Zhu Yuanzhang jumped out of the grass beside the road and said with a smile: "Brother Zheng Yanfu, congratulations on your freedom again!" ”

Zheng Yanfu sighed and said: "You are right, it is not that I gave up on them, but that they gave up on me, if you hadn't woken me up, I would have died in that house now." ”

The four die-hard brothers behind him came up in turn to salute Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er, these four people are Zheng Yanfu's hardcore brothers, only he is the first to look forward, listening to Zheng Yanfu call Zhu Yuanzhang Zhu Bugs, the four of them also bowed their heads, and called the eldest brother in their mouths. They had also heard of the names of Baishui Zhuba and Baishui Wang Er, and knew that the two in front of them were the two heroes of Baishui, and these four young people had a look of worship in their eyes.

The seven of them went down the mountain together, Zheng Yanfu was betrayed by his brothers, he was a little disheartened, he didn't talk much, and walked quietly with a black face. Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do you want to see the final fate of Zhao Yu and his group?" ”

"Yes!"

"Then come with me!" Zhu Yuanzhang led the group, and after going down from the back mountain, he circled around the mountain and went to the side of the military formation of the officers and soldiers: "Sleep well tonight, and you can get up tomorrow morning to watch a good show." ”

That night, there was nothing to say, and the next morning, as soon as the day dawned, the officers and soldiers got up, the barracks were wide open, and rows of scolders came out of the camp again, shouting at the mountain: "Surrender quickly!" ”

"Zheng Yanfu, go down the mountain and surrender, and make you a big official!"

"Did you make a commotion on the mountain last night? Hahaha, surrender quickly! ”

It turned out that the chaos on the top of the mountain last night was also seen by the officers and men, but the cautious and timid officers and men did not have the courage to take the opportunity to attack the mountain, but waited quietly at the bottom of the mountain to see what happened, and then ridiculed the people on the top of the mountain with strange words after dawn.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Er, Zheng Yanfu, and others lay on the small hillside a few miles away, watching the movements of the officers and soldiers from a distance.

I saw that the gate of the cottage on the top of the cliff suddenly opened, and a large group of rogues slowly walked down from the top of the mountain, holding their hands high above their heads, holding the few pairs of armor in the cottage above their heads, without any weapons hanging on their bodies, of course, not holding white flags or anything.

Some authors of novels who are not familiar with ancient history like to write about the white flag raised when the ancients surrendered, in fact, this way of writing is wrong, the white flag represents surrender, which is stipulated in the West's "Treaty of Westphalia", and was later used by the "Neiva Convention", which has become a symbol of surrender in modern warfare, but in the late Ming Dynasty, raising the white flag is not the meaning of surrender, and there is a taste of provocation when the white flag is raised.

The defeated army should "stand still" and hold its armor with its hands above its head, which is the standard surrender posture in ancient China. Playing any flag, whether you are a white flag or a red flag, means that this army still has the will to fight, and it must not raise the flag when surrendering.

Friends who don't believe can think about the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, one of which is called the "Zhengbai Flag", when going out to fight, it is holding a huge white flag, if it is said that the white flag is equal to surrender, this "Zhengbaiqi" army will become a surrender army, no matter where it goes, it is surrendering to the enemy, what is the majesty?

Looking at the unarmed rogues who were descending the mountain with their armor held high, the officers and soldiers made a loud noise: "Surrender!" The rogues have descended. ”

Before the soldiers could enter the camp to deliver a message to Yang Hong, Yang Hong had already run out of the camp with dozens of personal soldiers, and the little maid Qiuye also followed him.

Zheng Yanfu gritted his teeth and watched from the side, only to see the rogues on the mountain walking down in teams one by one, with a big forehead Zhao Yu walking in the front, he was still holding a charred corpse in his hand, this corpse was burned into black charcoal, and he couldn't see his face clearly, he could only see that he was a tall man before his death.

Although it was clear that the rogues had come down the mountain to surrender, the officers and soldiers who were afraid of death still set up a military formation to prevent the rogues from injuring people. Yang Hong stood in front of the formation with a smile and asked loudly, "Who is coming?" ”

Zhao Yu shouted loudly: "I am Zhao Yu, the second master of Dongzi Cliff, Zheng Yanfu refuses to surrender to the heavenly soldiers, I have already killed him, and now I will bring his body to surrender." ”

Yang Hong was overjoyed: "Okay! Very good! Zhao Yu, you are a good example! Send Zheng Yanfu's body over to take a look. ”

Zhao Yu hurriedly trotted over, and the other rogues were standing in the distance, far away from the officers and soldiers.

If you are really so obedient and well-behaved, then Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will not make a comeback when they surrender to the officers and soldiers, and usually at the beginning of the surrender to the officers and soldiers, they will remain vigilant against the officers and soldiers, and will not easily hand themselves over to the swords and axes of the officers and soldiers.

When Zhao Yu arrived, Yang Hong glanced at the charred corpse he was holding in his arms, and couldn't help frowning and said, "This corpse is so black, who can tell if it's Zheng Yanfu?" ”

Zhao Yu hurriedly explained: "Last night, the villain surrounded Zheng Yanfu in the house with his brothers, wanting to take his head, but I didn't expect him to light the fire**, and when the fire is extinguished, we will enter the house, and he will be burned like this......"

Yang Hong's brows furrowed tightly, and he turned to Qiu Ye next to him and asked, "Come and see if this guy is Zheng Yanfu." ”

Akiba had long been frightened by the charred corpse, she covered her eyes with her hands, looked at it carefully, and quickly turned her head away, in fact, she didn't see it clearly at all, and said with a trembling mouth: "Look at the size...... That's it......"

"Should? Is it or not? Yang Hong was not polite to a little maid, and said loudly: "Show me clearly." ”

"Yes!" Qiu Ye was taken aback by his official authority, after all, she was a little maid who had never seen the world, and when she was frightened, she was full of nonsense, and she just wanted to finish her own things quickly, and said, "Yes, he is Zheng Yanfu." ”

"Haha!" Yang Hong doesn't care if what Qiu Ye said is true or false, anyway, he came out to suppress the bandits, it doesn't matter if he catches the thief or not, as long as there is a witness to prove that he caught the thief, that's it, he deliberately scared Qiu Ye with a fierce tone, just to let Qiu Ye quickly conclude that this is Zheng Yanfu, even if he finds out that he made a mistake later, the responsibility is not him, but the witness is talking nonsense, he just needs to report to the above.

Yang Hong slapped Zhao Yu on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Okay, your surname is Zhao, right?" Not bad! You have made a great contribution, the official is very happy, hahaha, come with me, go back to Xi'an Mansion to ask for merit, and I will let the court give you a big official to do. ”

Zhao Yu was overjoyed, he was simple-minded, and as soon as Yang Hong said this, he immediately believed it. The bones were crispy, and he forgot about Zhu Baihu and Wang Zongqi outside the clouds.

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In the woods in the distance, Zheng Yanfu snorted vigorously: "This soft bone! From now on, he will be the loyal dog of the court, and I will kill him. ”

"I'm afraid it's not your turn to kill." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Yang Hong will help you kill it, wait and see." ”

Several people quietly watched Yang Hong take Zhao Yu's shoulders and enter the camp, and soon after, a banquet was set up in the open space in the middle of the camp, Yang Hong and Zhao Yu Hu ate and drank, and it seemed that Yang Hong promised Zhao Yu a lot of benefits during the banquet, which made Zhao Yu's face full of joy. The minions who had been standing in the distance and had not come close were also taken care of, and the officers and soldiers rolled out several cartloads of food and delivered it to the minions so that they could eat and drink to their heart's content.

The goodwill unleashed by the officers and soldiers made all the rogues relax their guard, and many of them no longer held the idea of running away at any time, relaxed their moods, and sat down to eat, drink, and laugh. The officers and soldiers and the rogues became happy and harmonious.

The officers and soldiers sent a group of people up the mountain, burned the stockade on the mountain, and then began to pull out the camp and return in the direction of Xi'an.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others followed from a distance, just like when they came. The officers and soldiers ignored them as usual, and treated them as if they were villagers who had come to see the excitement.

That night, the officers and men camped on a low hill, the camp of the rogues was set up at the bottom of the mountain, and Zhu Yuanzhang and others rested in a small forest a mile away.

As soon as it got dark, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu: "There is a good show to watch tonight, do you want to watch it?" ”

Needless to say, the answer was needless to say, a group of people all followed Zhu Yuanzhang and went to the camp of the officers and soldiers to watch the show. They lay in the woods so close to the camp that they could hear the sound of the camp clearly.

The camp of officers and soldiers was lit with lights, and there was actually a night banquet, and from time to time there was the laughter of Yang Hong's persuasion to drink, and Zhao Yu had already drunk his tongue wide, and he was talking vaguely. The lights had gone out in the camp of the rogues, and the minions had all fallen asleep.

Around the time of the second watch, the sound of smashing cups suddenly came from the camp of the officers and soldiers, and then Zhao Yu's screams sounded, which came out far away in the quiet night.

"This ...... Could it be that the storytellers often talk about the bridge, the cup is the number? Two hundred axemen rushed out under the tent? Zheng Yanfu was a little dumbfounded.

"It's about the same, but you can't use two hundred knives and axes to deal with Zhao Yu, only twenty are enough." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "The next thing to look at is the main point...... Let's see what a night attack is! ”

I saw a burst of war drums in the camp of the officers and soldiers, and hundreds of soldiers poured out, most of them with spears in their hands, and a small number of general and small flag soldiers with torches rushed towards the camp of the rogues......

The rogues were awakened by the sound of footsteps and hurriedly got up, but they had been deceived by the goodwill of the officers and soldiers during the day, and were completely unprepared for battle......

Howling, scolding, unwillingly questioning, weeping, remorse......

Everything fell silent in the darkness......

After everything quieted down, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around, patted Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu on the shoulders, and said very seriously: "After embarking on the road of killing officials and rebelling, you can only move forward, if you retreat, this is the end!" ”

Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu nodded together, deeply agreed.

They didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang actually deliberately took them to see the fate of Zhao Yu and his group, because Zhu Yuanzhang had already planned to train them as his right and left hands, and what he needed was his subordinates who unswervingly embarked on the road of rebellion, no matter what difficult situation they encountered in the future, they must have the courage to rebel to the end and never compromise with the court, so he deliberately let the two watch such a scene, I believe that after watching this big drama, Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu's hearts will be greatly shaken.

The most important thing is to control their hearts.