At the moment when the figure appeared, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde crawled forward on their knees almost at the same time, without the heroic spirit of holding soldiers in their hands and crisscrossing the north and south, that look, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are lost dogs.

The two of them climbed forward without any face, Kong Youde was better, and Li Jiucheng howled in his voice: "Father-in-law Gao, father-in-law Gao!" Sinners are confused, damned, damned! The sinner asked Gonggong Gao to cut off the head of this bastard, apologize to the court, and cut off the head of the sinner."

Gao Qi dive out of the horse, the mount was a little frightened by Li Jiucheng's howl, the front hooves squealed, and almost threw the high dive off the horse.

He sat on the horse and only stared at Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde, and after looking left and right, he quietly called the little eunuch on the side and told him to go to the camp to find a few people who had seen Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.

There were generals in the camp who were officers in Dongjiang in the past, and after several people heard the news and took a look at them from a distance, they were indeed Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.

Gao Qiqian was still not at ease, and found several governors who escaped from the city in Denglai City, and after their identification, it was also confirmed that the people who were guilty of Jing were Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng. Those few bookstores had seen the rebels enter the city and massacre them that day, and they all gritted their teeth and shouted that they would cut the two rebels with a thousand knives. But after only shouting for a moment, he was chased back.

There was a guerrilla under Zu Dabi over there who had been to the Dongjiang River with Yuan Chonghuan, and it was also confirmed that one of them was Kong Youde, and the other he had never seen, so he was not sure that it was Li Jiucheng. But this is no longer a problem, and now everyone believes that these two men who came from the thorns are Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.

Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng were still kowtowing there, shouting that the past lard had blinded their hearts, and the ignorant sinners had committed heinous crimes, and now they knew that they had lost their way back, and felt the kindness of the court, and they had come to surrender to the officials and soldiers, and if they wanted to kill them, they would listen to the court's disposal, and the two of them would never dare to have half a word of complaint, only asking the court to be lenient on the subordinates who followed them.

The words are colorful, the sentences are from the bottom of their hearts, there is no fake appearance at all, everyone who sees it believes it, even Wu Sangui, who has always had doubts, also believes that Li Kong is really here.

Every time Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde shouted, Gao Qiqian was overjoyed, and his heart was already beating wildly, and he couldn't imagine that the great work of pouring the sky would fall on his head without much effort.

After all, he is the great eunuch of the inner court, and his ability to cultivate qi and hide color is better than ordinary people, but for a moment, Gao Qiqian has already pressed the ecstasy in his heart, and quietly beat the horse and rushed straight to Li Kong and the others, bowed slightly on the horse, pointed to Li Jiucheng in front of him, and asked him very calmly: "Is it the so-called Marshal Li Jiucheng who is kneeling?" ”

"Sinners don't dare to be the marshal of this capital, they are all messing around in the past, and the people below are doing this messy thing for personal gain, and sinners will never dare to be this Marshal of Raushzi. Father-in-law, the sinner is here to surrender with all his heart, and he will never dare to do shameless things again, and please ask his father-in-law to take him in! Li Jiucheng said "dong dong" a few times, he was sincerely frightened, trembling, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Seeing that the rebel head was so humble in front of him, Gao Qiqian couldn't help but sigh with emotion in his heart, this heart was also determined, he breathed lightly, and pointed to Kong Youde and asked: "But that deputy marshal Kong Youde?" ”

Kong Youde naturally hurriedly confessed, and a few knocks were no lighter than Li Jiucheng.

"Are you two really here to surrender?" Gao Qiqian's face was as calm as water, and he couldn't see half a minute of fluctuation in his true emotions.

"It is true that the sinner is sincere to surrender, and the sinner is a martial artist, and he doesn't know how to show his sincerity to his father-in-law, and there are scholars in the camp who have read for a few days who came up with this idea, and want the sinner to take the same responsibility as the ancients, saying that the only way to prove to the court and the father-in-law that the sinner is obedient, and the sinner does not know whether the way is right or not, but whether the father-in-law is smiling or not, and the father-in-law is also asked to take in the sinner's subordinates, that is, the father-in-law took this thorn and beat the sinner to death, and the sinner is grateful to the father-in-law, and there is no resentment."

Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde peeked at each other, and they didn't dare to come out when they were lying there. Where are they willing to be really sucked to death by Gao Qi and dive, and they are here to fight, otherwise there is really no way out.

There was a whisper in the ears of Gao Qiqian and the accompanying generals, but they didn't know what to say, the two wanted to listen to it, but they were afraid that Gao Qiqian would be disgusted, so they couldn't bear it and didn't dare to make any rash moves.

was frightened, I don't know whether Gao Qiqian wants to kill them or accept their surrender, but he heard the sound of Gao Qiqian turning over and dismounting, and in the blink of an eye, he has already walked in front of the two of them, and held them one by one, "The two of them came here, which shows that the heart of the two of them is true, and it is okay, although you have teased the court a lot before, and you have also done a lot of foolish things, and the saint has issued a strict order to suppress you." But our family came on behalf of the saints, and it is best if we can not fight, and if we fight together, I don't know how many people will die. Whether it is the officers and soldiers, you or others, they are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and it is the loss of our Ming Dynasty wherever it is lost. We want you two to be lost, and the Holy One must be happy. Come, come, come, the two of you please get up quickly, since you are sincere to descend, you will follow our family into the camp to discuss, after all, this surrender is a major event, involving too much, without a detailed charter out, it is inevitable that there will be twists and turns. ”

Supported by Gao Qiqian, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng got up cautiously, both of them looked ashamed, and Li Jiucheng's face was even more blushing. The two of them did this, but Gao Qiqian was even more reassured.

"Thank you father-in-law for being able to contain sinners, sinners were still worried when they came, afraid that what they had done before would not allow the court, not allow the father-in-law, and don't want the father-in-law to ignore the past suspicions, so that the two of us have this opportunity to stop the horse. Father-in-law, please accept my two bows! ”

Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde seemed to have agreed in advance, and they knelt down again and bowed to Gao Qi.

Gao Qiqian laughed loudly: "Since you are sincere and come down, you don't have to worry about anything." Our family can give you words, as long as you can sincerely repent, the saint will naturally not embarrass you, and I can't say that I will borrow you two, glory and wealth are not impossible, the so-called talent is rare, talent is rare, hehe"

Hearing this, Kong Youde hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed his waist, grateful, and almost choked up: "The person who made a rebellion, if the father-in-law does not give up and let me wait to return to the court, it is already a great grace, how can I dare to ask for the glory of my own family, if the saint does not give up, the two of us will only die to repay the grace of the saint!" ”

Gao Qiqian Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, "This is the best, the best, this is not the place to speak, you two and follow our family into the camp to talk, enter the camp to talk." ”

The two agreed in unison, knelt down and kowtowed. Gao Qiqian helped him up, and introduced the generals one by one, "Hey, the two generals know the overall situation, they know how to return, and the prodigal son does not return the money, he is a big hero!" You've all met with the two generals, and you're going to have to work together in the future. ”

The generals were either reluctant or reluctant, and they came up to greet Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng. Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui looked extremely ugly, and followed behind with a forced smile. Lin Qing and Wang Hong, their smiles are really bright, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde surrendered, this battle does not have to be fought, there is no need to fight the battle, there will be no death, and the fact that this immortal person can be promoted and make a fortune is naturally happy for everyone.

Gao Qiqian didn't get on the horse, held Kong Youde with his right hand, held Li Jiucheng with his left hand, walked on foot, and quickly arrived at the camp gate, pretending to ask casually: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses the two generals surrendered?" ”

Hearing this, Li Jiucheng hurriedly lowered his head and said: "I'm ashamed, don't hide it from my father-in-law, there are only more than 12,000 soldiers and horses in my two at the moment, and the rest are rabble who are not on the stage. ”

Hearing this answer, Gao Qiqian did not show a look of disappointment or doubt, but secretly boasted: These two people are still sincere, unlike other generals who blow their own soldiers and horses into the sky, they are also knowledgeable, and they are also knowledgeable.

In the matter of appeasement, the fed party has always wished that the more soldiers and horses there are, the better, because one more soldier in the court will give one more money to settle down or several, and these silver will fall into the hands of the soldiers at the least, how can it really fall into the hands of those soldiers. In the past few years, the Northwest has recruited thieves, and a lot of such rewards have been given, but they still haven't been able to soothe them. Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng only reported that they had more than 12,000 soldiers, but dismissed the rest of the soldiers and horses.

Although Gao Qiqian is known as the first person to know the soldiers in the inner court, after all, he has never led an army before this, and he has not been involved in military affairs, he only talks about the army on paper in the inner court, and he doesn't know too much about things on paper. Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde wanted Gao Qiqian to be contained, and they wanted to sell them for a good price after they returned to Shun, and the imperial court continued to reuse them, so naturally they would not tell Gao Qiqian the truth that their soldiers and horses were scattered.

On the way, Gao Qiqian asked Zhong Fu and Zheng Bo about the two eunuchs, Kong Youde squeaked a few times, and said that he died in the chaos outside Laizhou City that day, I thought that Gao Qiqian would be dissatisfied, and I didn't want Gao Qiqian to really ask casually this time, and he didn't go to his heart. Compared with such a major event as the surrender of the rebels, the death of the two eunuchs is too common, too common, even if Zhong Fu is Wang Chengen's person, when the performance of the merit is sent to Beijing, who else in this inner court dares to make irresponsible remarks on the side of the saint.

The next thing is also fast, everything is done efficiently, Gao Qiqian sent people to the rebel camp to check, and sure enough, all the rebel generals are waiting there, and the rebels are also restrained. Gao Qiqian did not rush to relieve Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde of the military power, but still ordered them to live in the camp, and the grain and grass should be supplied by Laizhou City, only restricted from leaving the camp, and dragged more than a dozen Hongyi cannons into Laizhou City. In Laizhou City, Yang Yufan has more eyes, and the city gate is still closed and will not be opened lightly.

More than 10,000 people surrendered, involving too many things, and there was a continuous performance to the Beijing Division, waiting for the instructions of the capital, and sending people to Sixiang to gather the displaced people, sending troops to garrison or something, and the high and diving were busy, but they were very busy

"Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng surrendered to Gao Qiqian?!"

Shi Dayong only learned the news that the rebels outside Laizhou City in Ludao had surrendered to Gao Qiqian under the leadership of Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde two days later. With the urine nature of Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde, saying that they are going to surrender is as laughable as saying that the sow will go up the tree.

But then the news from Peng Dazhui and Peng Sihai's uncle and nephew Tanma confirmed the authenticity of Li and Kong's surrender.

At this moment, Shi Dayong was depressed, and Cao Bianjiao and Song Qing and Jiang Wanli, who rushed over, were also stunned.

Tens of thousands of rebels were wiped out once only a remnant of the army, the head of the rebel head is as easy to obtain as a bag of things, with the collection of Dengzhou and the head of the rebel, no matter how big the sin in the past can be washed away, but now there is such an unexpected change, Jinzhou is depressed and angry, and they have scolded Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng for being spineless, and they have planted to such an extent, and the rebellion has been half made.

It makes people laugh and cry, the current Jinzhou army is bent on fighting, grinding its fists, but the rebels are not fighting, which makes the Jinzhou army feel like a fist hitting cotton, and it is uncomfortable.

What to do?

There is only one thing being discussed in Jinzhou now, what should I do next?

Li Jiucheng surrendered Gao Qiqian, and when he heard the news from Tanma, it seemed that Gao Qiqian intended to incorporate them, although he had not yet been officially confirmed by the imperial court, but he thought that things were not much worse. In other words, if the Jinzhou army recruits this force of soldiers and horses, it will also be recruited, otherwise what, should they let them put down their weapons and become farmers?

has surrendered to the official army, and it is impossible for the Jinzhou army to attack the rebel camp outside Laizhou City again, otherwise it will be involved by a fold, and the real crime is not small, and the trouble is not good, and the crime of treason can really be confirmed.

In addition to being discouraged, Jiang Wanli and others proposed to return to Dengzhou first, and transform the more than 30,000 rebel troops that had recently been recruited, so that they could truly become part of the Jinzhou army. As for the future, let's see what the court says. Even if there is no head of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, after all, there is a great merit in recovering Dengzhou, and there is also the merit in recruiting these 30,000 rebels, and if it were not for the prestige of the Jinzhou army, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng would not have surrendered to Gao Qiqian in desperation.

There is no way to retreat. Shi Dayong has been saying to the generals that they want to expand the strength of the Jinzhou army, and now is also the best opportunity to do it, more than 30,000 rebels to remove the old and weak, and they can also select 20,000 out, and Dengzhou City must also be governed, and the sailors will have to solve it completely.

The expansion is too fast, the progress is too fast, and the problems that Dayong faces will increase. No matter how you look at it, it is also a wise choice to go back to Dengzhou first to solve your own affairs.

But during the military discussion, Dayong suddenly slapped the table, pointed in the direction of Laizhou, and scolded: "Dog, it's so easy to get out, no way!" Damn, Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil, give me some soldiers and horses to kill it, Lao Tzu wants to see if Gao Qiqian can't protect them without birds! ”