He calmly stated, but Li Biqing's face slowly turned from anger to ashes, and he sat on the ground and muttered: "That's it, that's it, it's really me who lost."

Zheng Yunming glanced at Yang Ling, when will he understand the truth that being smart is not obvious?

He asked again: "The news of the defeat of Xiangyang has not yet reached the north, in your opinion, how should the Hu people react?" ”

Li Biqing was silent for a long time, and said: "Qu has a Jin army of 3,000 people in Tangzhou, and the leader of the troops is Liaoyang Duti to control Sari Bojin. If the jackal gang really made arrangements, it should be that this army came south along the starry night at the foot of Wudang Mountain to support. In addition, the army captured more than 100 civilian ships in Junzhou, and there were more than 50 ships in Tangzhou, and Qu Chu also ordered to catch up with the ships, and it is estimated that there should be more than 200 ships available now. The army may also have traveled down the river from the Han River by boat. ”

Zheng Yunming was very satisfied with this answer, and ordered: "Take this guy down and take good care of it, this person is cunning and abnormal, don't let him get away." ”

Several soldiers came up to escort Li Biqing down, and Lu Xunzhi said: "The Tartars are advancing by land and water, and we must take precautions." ”

"Wudang Mountain has the danger of mountains and forests." When Ge Huai spoke, his beard was trembling: "You only need to give me a thousand people to guard the pass, and not a single soldier will let the Mongols in." ”

"Don't be careless." Zheng Yunming easily pulled out a general order from the ebony tube: "Ge Lao led the right wing battalion and the Youyi battalion with 2,000 people, and if you encounter the enemy's army, quickly return to Xiangyang to defend together." ”

He took out another general order to Yang Luo: "Tomorrow morning, lead a thousand sergeants to choke the upper reaches of the Han River with a hundred clippers, and attack immediately when encountering enemy ships, don't wait for orders from the city." ”

Yang Luo took the general's order and said, "How to deal with the rebellious army in the city? ”

"I've got my own plans for tomorrow." When Zheng Yunming said this, his tone was calm and scary. Yang Luo couldn't help but guess:

Shouldn't the governor think that he wants to directly trap and kill the army of 10,000 people?

At least on the second day, many of the rebels who were driven by the sergeants urging the enemy to pour out from the West Gate had the same thoughts as Yang Ling.

Hanging high above the city gate were more than forty bloody heads.

This is the head of the generals, military academies and envoys who participated in the rebellion.

Seeing that the head of the boss had been hung high above the city gate, and the soldiers of the Tulong Army who urged him to drive him were all murderous, someone in the rebel army shouted: "Zheng Yunming wants our lives!" ”

"Can't go to Simon!" "Can't go outside the city!" "They've even dug the pit!"

A few men turned around and were about to run towards the city, but before they could take a few steps, an arrow whizzed in front of them.

Zhu Sheng stretched out the horned bow in his hand, the arrows pointed at the escapees, and the archers behind him stretched out their bows and arrows, standing majestically behind the rebels.

"If you go out of the city gate, you may not lose your life! If you want to run away now, you will die immediately! Zhu Sheng shouted: "Don't stay, hurry up and rush outside the West Gate, the manager has something to say!" ”

Amid the cries of the army, thousands of captured enemy rebels were driven outside the West Gate, where the soldiers of the Tulong Army had cleared a large open space. There is a loess platform on the north side of the open space, which is often used as a point platform for temporary inspection officers and soldiers. At this time, the soldiers with helmets and armor and holding Changge stood under the soil hill, and the flags of Zheng Yunming and the generals of the Tulong Army fluttered in the wind.

The sergeants solemnly set up all kinds of torture instruments in front of them, and the executioners in red shirts were washing the blood stains from the yellow earth. Obviously, these forty or so heads on the city gate have just been hung up, and it hasn't been long ago.

Everyone looked at the young general standing on the loess hill in horror, at this moment he wanted to say kill, thousands of people may fall to the ground at any time, but there are swords, spears and halberds everywhere, how can it be so easy to escape.

Zheng Yunming said loudly: "Let you wait here today, just to give you a disposal!" ”

The crowd of thousands was so quiet that even a needle could be heard, and everyone held their breath as they waited for their verdict.

"The leader of this rebellion has been ambushed!" Zheng Yunming pointed to the heads on the West Gate who were still dripping blood: "First of all, you can rest assured, the rest of the people are all coerced into chaos, and they are exempted from capital crimes!" ”

As soon as he said this, a burst of cheers immediately broke out, and some people immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank the chief steward for not killing.

The whip raised his whip and crackled a few times, and the crowd fell silent again.

"Now there are two paths ahead of you!" With a wave of his hand, all the Tulong Army soldiers standing in the north withdrew, making way to Hanshui.

"You can choose to return to your hometown in the north as an ordinary citizen, or you can choose to stay and become a member of our army! Since then, the army does not distinguish between the north and the south, and the generals are treated equally. Is it to go or stay, for the king's self-determination! ”

Although he said this, everyone didn't know the truth of the road, how dare they casually go north to the Han River? If Zheng Yunming ambushed a group of men and horses north of Fancheng and killed them all, they could only consider themselves unlucky, where to find someone to theorize?

But those who remained in the army of the Southern Dynasties were still northerners who were discriminated against, and many of them had had enough of such days.

In the commotion, a young enemy sergeant stood up and shouted to Zheng Yunming on the post and asked, "If we stay, how can we guarantee that the general can treat us equally?" ”

"That's a good question." Zheng Yunming pointed at the young man with a folding fan: "Many of you think the same as this little brother." Whether I'm lying to you or not, I don't count. Let your new Lord speak to you in the future. ”

A tall general jumped onto the Tugang, clasped his fists at the black northern soldiers under the post, and said: "I, Jiaoxi Qinwu, used to be a soldier under General Manager Li Quan, and now I am invited by General Manager Zheng to serve as a general in the Tulong Army. ”

"I, like everyone else, am from the north, and I will never stand idly by and watch the Southern Army discriminate against us! As long as everyone can trust my surname Qin, in the future, everyone will go together, go in the water, go in the fire! ”

Everyone praised the rootless people who were exiled in the Southern Dynasties, and the feeling of meeting their fellow villagers at this time was very cordial, and many people knelt down to pay homage to the new general.

At this time, someone pointed to a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian in the Tulong Army and exclaimed: "It's Bi Tikong!" Bi Tikong also descended to the Southern Dynasty! ”

After Bi Zilun was captured by the Song army, the public statement given by the Jin State was that he committed suicide, which was of course to establish the image of the so-called loyal and righteous man. But in troubled times, many people rebelled between the northern and southern dynasties, and some people had long known that Bi Zilun was actually imprisoned in the Song army. His imprisonment for so many years without surrendering to the Southern Dynasty has long become a spiritual symbol among the exiles who have wandered between the north and the south.

Bi Zilun snorted, walked up to the mound in his clothes, and said loudly: "Below, so Dajin has raised control of Bi Zilun, and now he is acting as a senator of the Tulong Army. But I still have an appointment with Mr. Zheng, so now is not the time to be martyred! Although Dajin is gone, there are still so many soldiers who have fought for Dajin Country, I want to guarantee you the best in the Southern Dynasty! You won't be bullied! That's why I'm keeping this remnant right now, just for you! ”

Most of the sergeants under the soil are illiterate, and they usually do what their boss tells them to do, where can they distinguish the reason? When Bi Zilun said this, many people applauded.

The young sergeant made a gesture, and the crowd immediately fell silent, and all looked at him. The young man knelt down on one knee towards Zheng Yunming, bowed his head and clenched his fists, and said, "From now on, I am willing to obey the dispatch of the chief manager!" ”

He knelt down like this first, and thousands of people knelt down at the moment, shouting in unison: "I am willing to obey the dispatch of the chief manager!" ”

"Good!" Zheng Yunming shouted: "From now on, everyone will support the Great Song Dynasty and punish the Tartars together!" ”

The crowd cheered. Wang Deng whispered to Lu Xunzhi: "That young man who leads must be the hidden leader of the enemy's army, and you must check the details of this person. ”

Lu Xunzhi turned around and replied in a low voice: "Then you still need to say that yesterday the wind-hearer had already compiled a detailed information about this person and sent it to your tent." It's just that you stayed with the manager yesterday, and you didn't have time to go back to your tent to rest. ”

Wang Deng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you want to send it to my tent?" ”

"The order of the governor himself, let him be directly under your personal control." Lu Xunzhi looked at the young sergeant who was shouting excitedly in the crowd: "This is a little tiger, don't put it under your subordinates, I'm afraid that no one will be able to stop him." ”

In the main hall of Jinghu's pacification of the ambassador Yamen, Zhao Fan sat on the chair and watched Zheng Yunming walk in with his entourage.

The temporary owner of Xiangyang City still saluted as usual when he met the old master, as if he was a handsome man who saw Jinghu on weekdays.

But the marshal of Jinghu had already changed out of his official uniform at this time, and changed into a white prison uniform that represented the identity of a sinner.

The turmoil in Xiangyang, with tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians dying and almost half of the city burned to the ground, is by no means a disaster that can be perfunctory in a few words. Still in the midst of the war, Zhao Fan was certain that the imperial court's punishment would come faster and heavier than usual.

It was impossible for him to sit in this chair for long, and according to the country's usual practice of dealing with errant courtiers, it was unlikely that even Jinghu would have a place for him to stay.

As the culprit, Wang Min must have suffered a more serious punishment, considering the urgency of the Mongol attack this time, it is also appropriate to behead him for the sake of strict military discipline.

Although the severity of the punishment of the rest of the generals varied, the Northern Army made Lin'an even more uneasy from now on.

Even Li Hu and Yang Fuxing of the Southern Army, although they could not be punished, they could not reap any benefits.