Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian went out of the city to surrender, and they came out of the city without any accidents, and the rebel generals in the tent cheered, and this time they didn't even have to play the play again.

After Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde discussed briefly, Li Jiucheng came forward to greet him, while Kong Youde waited in the tent.

Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian did not bring guards, but only brought a dozen followers out of the city, and when the city gate opened, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes immediately shot at Xie Lian and his party.

Xie Lian paused at the city gate for a moment, took a deep breath, and then slowly walked towards the rebel camp opposite. Zhu Wannian followed behind him, his face was heavy, and the faces of the attachés did not have the excitement of going out of the city to surrender, but their faces were sad, as if this trip out of the city was not to make meritorious service, but to send them to death.

Some of the attachés couldn't help but look back at the city gate, only glanced at it, and their hearts were even more panicked, but the hesitation was only a short moment, and when they looked back again, their faces were more tragic and heroic "the strong man is gone".

Zhu Wannian saw a group of generals in the opposite camp rushing out from a distance, and reminded Xie Lian in a low voice: "My lord, Li Kong has come out." ”

Xie Lian nodded, did not speak, and did not pause in his steps, with a resolute look on his face.

Zhu Wannian was not afraid, he stepped forward with his head held high, the official uniform on his body was spotless, and the whole person looked very energetic.

Under the infection of the two of them, more than a dozen attachés gradually suppressed the fear in their hearts, and their expressions and demeanors slowly calmed down

"It's Xie Lian! It's Xie Lian! ”

"The person in front is Xie Lian, and the one in the back is Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, I saw this person when I went to Laizhou on business last year, and he is a good official."

"Good officer? Hey, that's going to have to be left for us like Master Sun. ”

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Behind Li Jiucheng, several generals talked in a low voice, and when they saw that Xie Lian had reached within 100 steps, Li Jiucheng hurriedly raised his hand to signal the generals not to speak anymore, and then led Geng Zhongyi, Li Zhongfu, Li Yingyuan and other officers out of the camp to greet them.

Zhong Fu and Zheng Bo were also brought over by the rebels, and when they saw Xie Lian coming out and surrendering in the crowd, their hearts were full of excitement, and the secret path was finally done.

Seeing that Li Jiucheng had already gone to greet Xie Lian, Zhong Fu hesitated for a moment and followed, Zheng Boyuan was relying on his status as a minister and didn't want to welcome Xie Lian, but seeing that Zhong Fu had gone, he had no choice but to follow.

Xie Lian and his entourage stopped more than a dozen feet away from the rebel barracks, Xie Lian adjusted his official uniform, took another step forward, and then waited there.

Seeing this, Li Jiucheng hurriedly led Geng Zhongyi, Li Zhongfu, and Li Yingyuan to stride forward, and before Xie Lian could see him, he was already kneeling on the ground, crying bitterly and said: "The crime belongs to Li Jiucheng to see the lord, the crime deserves ten thousand deaths, and the sin deserves ten thousand deaths."

All the rebel generals also knelt there, crying with Li Jiucheng, but their faces were all lowered, and they didn't know if there were tears in their eyes, but just listening to the voice, they really looked full of remorse.

Xie Lian didn't expect the rebels to make this move, he was slightly stunned, and instinctively raised his hand and said: "When you know your way back, repent and be appeased, so that the people can enjoy peace again, and then you can make meritorious contributions to the frontier, the court will not pursue it." Wake up by the grace of God. ”

Xie Lian said in his mouth, but his eyes were scanning the rebel generals in front of him, and after glancing at it, his brows suddenly wrinkled, "Why don't you see Kong Youde?" ”

Li Jiucheng hurriedly raised his head and said: "Back to my lord's words, this surrender is the meaning of the crime, and Kong Cheng is still in Dengzhou City." ”

"Huh?" Xie Lian was taken aback, "No, what Zhang Guochen told the official is that you and Kong Youde are going to surrender, why are there only one of you now?" Could it be that Kong Youde still wants to resist stubbornly? Or maybe you still want to surrender like Dengzhou! ”

"If you don't see Kong Youde, we can't stand this caressing!" Zhu Wannian suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Xie Lian, "My lord, they have no sincerity at all, let's go back to the city!" ”

Li Jiucheng didn't expect Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, to react so violently, and in a hurry, he was about to step forward to tie up people, and he was just about to drink the order, but Zhong Fu's voice came from behind him.

"Master Xie, our family is Zhong Fu of the palace Shangbao Supervisor, who came to preside over the affairs of Gao Gonggong on the order of Gonggong Gao, before that, Li Jiucheng has explained the situation to our family, that Kong Youde had previously sent a letter to Liu Dutang and Gonggong Gao, saying that he was willing to surrender, where did he know that his thief heart was immortal and capricious, and now he is unwilling to surrender. But don't worry, Li Jiucheng is willing to surrender enough. Kong Youde jumped off the beam clown, most of the soldiers and horses in his department had gone, and it was no longer a worry to be trapped in Dengzhou, but as soon as the army arrived, he was wiped out like a chicken, a tile, and a dog. Now, please settle down and be born. ”

Li Jiucheng also swore solemnly: "If the adults are not worried about Kong Rei, please give the sinners a chance to atone for their sins, and the sinners are willing to lead the troops to recover Dengzhou and escort Kong Rei to the adults in person!" ”

What Li Jiucheng said was true or false, Xie Lian was skeptical, but there was someone from the palace to prove it, and he didn't say much. At this moment, I just want to hurry up and finish the matter of Li Jiucheng's appeasement, and then bring a group of rebel generals into the city, so that the big thing will be settled.

"In that case, then the officer will be surrendered by you, and bring the officer to your camp, and present the list of your department, and the officer will order the soldiers and horses, and then give supplies to prevent the soldiers from causing chaos."

"Yes, sir, please!" Li Jiucheng got up in agreement, then bowed to the side, signaling Xie Lian to go first.

Xie Lian nodded slightly, and walked forward with Zhu Wannian. Just after taking a few steps, several rebels took a step forward at the same time, and the two of them sandwiched one of them, and before Xie Zhu and the others could react, they set up and left!

"It's not good, the thief is deceitful again! Close the gates! Close the gates! ”

Yang Yufan above the city saw it, knew the plan, slapped the battlements angrily, and ordered the city gate to be closed quickly without saying a word!

Not far away, thousands of rebels, led by dozens of cavalry, had already rushed towards the city gate.

The attachés who went out of the city with Xie Lian were all civilian officials, and when they saw the sudden change, they all panicked, and some people thought of running, but the retreat had been intercepted by the rebels, and the rebels tied them all up like wolves and tigers.

"Li Jiucheng, what are you doing here?"

Zhong Fu and Zheng Bo were so frightened that they stayed on the spot, the first thing Zhong Fu reacted to was to drag Li Jiucheng and persuade him not to break his promise, but before he could drag Li Jiucheng, he was hugged by several soldiers and dragged to the camp without saying anything.

"Let go of our family, let go of our family! Ouch! ”

Uncle Zheng struggled a few times, but in exchange for the beating of the rebels, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to howl anymore.

What happened, Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian didn't have to think about it, but they didn't even scold, they just stared angrily at the rebels who were rushing towards the city gate.

At this moment, the safety of Laizhou is far more important than their own lives.

The eyes of everyone in the city and under the city also looked at the rebels who rushed to the city gate, as the rebels approached, the defenders in the city were already a little panicked, but fortunately, Yang Yufan ordered in time, and when the rebels were still dozens of steps away, the city gate was closed tightly with a "bang".

Damn!

Seeing that the seizure of the door failed, the rebels suddenly heard a scolding voice.

The rebels who seized the gate still wanted to storm it, but under the blow of the Ming army in the city, they left more than 100 corpses and had no choice but to retreat.

Seeing this, Li Jiucheng spat and asked someone to put Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian in the camp.

After Xie Zhu and the others were carried to the camp, they saw Kong Youde leading Mao Chenglu and Geng Zhongming towards them.

Xie Lian saw Kong Youde, and as soon as he saw him, he scolded angrily: "Kong Youde, you despicable, shameless, and ungrateful villain, you don't want to die!" ”

Kong Youde smiled, and did not pay attention to Xie Lian, but gave a few orders, and after a while, more than a dozen Hongyi cannons were pushed out from the back of the camp, and then pushed to the front of the camp, lined up, and the muzzles of the cannons were all aimed at the city wall of Laizhou.

The city of Laizhou has been bombed to a point where it is not as strong as before, and some places are newly reinforced, and it is not very useful, if these Hongyi cannons have enough ammunition, I am afraid that they will be able to collapse the city wall if they are bombed a few times.

Seeing that the rebels were about to open fire, Xie Lian was so anxious that his face was colorless, but he had no choice but to look at half of his eyes in pain. Zhu Wannian suddenly laughed, startled Li Jiucheng, and scolded: "Lord Prefect, what are you laughing at, what's the matter, scared stupid?" Zhu Wannian glanced at him with disdain: "This mansion is laughing at you for being stupid, since you are holding on to me, why do you have to fight?" I will ride with me to the city, and I will surrender. If it doesn't fall, it will be shelled again. Hearing this, Li Jiucheng suddenly felt reasonable, and he laughed: "If the adult can summon the city to surrender, how many heads will be saved to the ground?" Please! Kong Youde was suspicious in his heart, he sneered and said: "Zhu Wannian, if you cheat, you will be killed!" Zhu Wannian smiled, didn't answer, and walked forward.

Kong Youde made a look, several soldiers followed, put the knife on Zhu Wannian's neck, Li Jiucheng waved his hand, Li Yingyuan hurriedly followed with his cavalry, and embraced Wannian to the city.

Zhu Wannian raised his head to look at the city, and saw that Yang Yufan was also looking at him in the city, almost without any hesitation, only to see him shout towards the city: "I fell into the thief's plan and swore to die!" The elite of the thieves are all here, and they are bombarded urgently, don't think of me! ”

Yang Yufan heard it clearly, and burst into tears, but he couldn't bear to fire.

Zhu Wannian didn't see any movement, and suddenly shouted: "General Yang, don't miss the opportunity, otherwise it's too late to regret it!" ”

The word "矣" came out, and the head was cut to the ground by the angry Li Yingyuan.

"Fire, fire!"

Yang Yufan was furious, stood up at the head of the city, and ordered the artillery to be beaten hard, and the soldiers in the city saw that Zhu Wannian was killed, and they were also red-eyed, and they bombarded it.

Kong Youde ordered artillery to return fire, and the two sides fought back and forth for half an hour, each with casualties, but the defenders lost more than the rebels. The reason is that Yang Yufan ordered the defenders on the city to double, making the defenders on the city wall too dense, and the rebels had to transport more than a dozen Hongyi cannons from Dengzhou, which were more lethal than ordinary cannons, plus Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian were captured by the rebels, and the morale of the defenders was a little low, so the casualties naturally increased.

Seeing that the counterattack of the Ming army in the city was weakened, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng were excited, and were about to order to wait for the Hongyi cannon to cool down before continuing the bombardment, but there was an urgent report from the camp: "Urgent report, urgent report!" ”

Urgent?

Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng were shocked: Could it be that the Ming army in Xiaoguanzhuang came over?

Li Jiucheng drank and asked the person who came to report the news: "What's the matter?" ”

The messenger didn't even bother to take a breath, so he shouted: "Dashuai, Dengzhou is lost!" ”

Blowing the air conditioner blows out a cold, and it also touches the back of the lady, but even the feeling of yawning is so refreshing, but the snot is uncomfortable.

Some readers said that the branch line has arranged more than a dozen chapters and still doesn't see Dayong, so speed up the plot and don't describe Laizhou too much.