Although Chen Qiyu tended to be appeased, as long as everyone knew to avoid risks, Chen Qiyu asked the imperial court about the peasant rebel army's request for surrender, and asked Emperor Chongzhen and the court to decide.

However, because the leaders of the peasant rebel army had become professional performance artists after performing fraud for a long time, Chen Qiyu gradually believed that the peasant rebel army had really surrendered in a desperate situation, and he would be able to complete it without much effort. You must know that it has only been more than half a year since Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, took office, and he has wiped out the main force of the peasant rebel army, so ......!! Anyway, Chen Qiyu's fluttering mentality can be imagined.

The Ming army encircling the exit of the Carriage Gorge also put on a strange posture: on the one hand, they tightly guarded the exit of the Carriage Gorge to prevent the peasant rebels from escaping; On the other hand, they were reluctant to enter the Carriage Gorge, for fear of fighting with the peasant rebels; On the other hand, they all occupied an advantageous position, because if the peasant rebels really surrendered, then these Ming troops could receive these prisoners at the first time and rob the property looted by the peasant rebels for so many years.

However, there are many porridge and few monks, so the troops of military attachés like Li Lu will definitely be squeezed out of the periphery. At this time, Zhou Xun, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng were in Li Lu's camp, waiting for Li Lu, who had gone to the Chinese military tent to argue with the governor Chen Qiyu, to return.

Wet and muddy, Li Lu lifted the felt at the door of his big tent and walked in scolding. After months of marching and fighting, Li Lu has not had time to clean himself up, so his beard on his face is growing like grass.

The soldiers in the tent immediately brought a dry towel, but before Li Lu could wipe it, Chen Zhongzhi couldn't wait to ask: "Li Guerrilla!" How's it going? ”

It's okay not to ask, but when you ask Li Lu, you are angry. He wiped his face with a towel. Then, after throwing the towel to his own soldiers, he immediately scolded, "What else can I do? Let's go to the back to transport grain, saying that we want to offer those Shaanxi bandits like bodhisattvas, we can't let them freeze and starve, and we will become stepmothers instead. ”

"What's going on? Guerrilla Lee didn't intercede with the Governor, let's come up and drink some soup? Chen Zhongzhi immediately became a little anxious.

"Grandma!" Li Lu immediately scolded Chen Zhongzhi, "Don't you understand today, in this army, we are miscellaneous cards!" We are cannon fodder! It's been all the way, and your elm pimple head hasn't been opened yet? ”

When I saw the scene, I was a little stiff. Jiang Cheng hurriedly interjected to ease the atmosphere: "Brother Li, don't worry! Brother Chen is also thinking about all of us. Nothing else. Brother Li, just tell me, what did Governor Chen say just now? ”

"What can you say? Teased! Li Lu was still a little angry, "Our brothers have been gone for more than half a year, thanks to the love of all brothers, let Lao Li and I take the lead." No matter how you say it. In the past six months, none of our sons have suffered more than 100 casualties. Lao Li, I am also worthy of all the brothers. ”

"Lao Li, I also have self-knowledge. Knowing that I can't fight, all the brothers here may be better than me, but my Lao Li has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he is willing to listen to capable words. ”

"Who is that capable man? It's my brother-in-law. Before this departure, he repeatedly emphasized to me that it was necessary to guard against the deception of Shaanxi bandits! And now that the Shaanxi bandits have been forced into a Jedi by us, they have really come to deceive ......"

"Didn't Governor Chen say they really surrendered?" Chen Zhongzhi was still a little unconvinced.

"It's a swindle!" Li Lu raised his tone suddenly. "My brother-in-law said that it was a fraud! There can be no other outcome. Lao Li, I've told you a few times, you're good! When I got some gold and silver treasures sent by the Shaanxi bandits, I was fascinated like a hillbilly, and now I even want to go forward and get another ticket? What a joke! Who of you dares to pat your chest and say a word. You have a better eye for war than my brother-in-law? ”

Li Lu squinted at Chen Zhongyi, and saw that he closed his mouth stupidly, so he continued: "I'm not afraid of your brothers complaining, just now Lao Li and I just wanted to persuade Governor Chen not to believe in the Shaanxi bandits. But the camp full of civil and military just doesn't believe it, damn! Lao Li, I had a big quarrel in the Chinese military tent. ”

"I have proposed to them, if the Shaanxi bandits are blocked in the carriage gorge and starved for ten days and half a month, won't we be allowed to rub the round and flatten at that time? Those gold, silver and jewels won't fly off on their own, right? But they were all deluded, and they all drove me out of the Chinese military tent, and sent us to the back camp to transport food! Grandmother! ”

"Mr. Qi!" Li Lu then instructed his staff, "Immediately write two excerpts, one to the imperial court, telling them not to believe in the deception of the Shaanxi bandits; One was written to the governor, asking him to prepare for the re-entry of our Henan in case of Shaanxi bandits. Lao Li, I am not afraid of offending Governor Chen, the literati said that they want to be boneful, and this time I want them to see the spirit of me, a man from the capital! Write quickly! Send it out as soon as you're done! ”

"Brothers! Lao Li, my attitude is like this, I don't like to force people, you can just send a word! ”

"I listen to the old command!" Not surprisingly, Zhou Xun immediately supported Li Lu.

Jiang Cheng looked at Chen Zhongzhi, hesitated for a moment and said, "We all have to work together in Henan, and I will listen to Brother Li this time!" ”

Now everyone looked at Chen Zhongzhi, and Chen Zhongzhi also hesitated for a moment, and said: "Wu Dusi's vision is nothing. At this time, Chen Zhongzhi was still a little unable to pull down.

But when Li Lu saw the unanimity of opinion, he immediately grinned and patted Chen Zhongzhi on the shoulder, and said, "This is a good brother!" Listen to Lao Li and my arrangement, the camp set up in the back is three days away from here, and we will rush there as fast as possible. After that, they waited for news from the camp together. ”

"If it's a fraudulent surrender, then we will immediately pull out the camp and return to Ye County. In the past few days, we have made a lot of money, and we will make a lot of money on the grain and grass in the big camp, anyway, the general Hu Shen in the big camp at that time can't suppress the two of us guerrillas, at most we will give him a little at that time, and we will marry our father and mother. ”

"When you go, Lao Chen and Xiao Jiang will go first, you are walking and walking with a cart and can't go fast, I and the patrol will cover you with a horse team, don't turn back and go straight to Ye County. Don't worry about here, with more than 3,000 of us, we can't stop the more than 40,000 Shaanxi bandits. ”

"If it is really surrendered, then it is nothing for us to send food a few days later, at most a few Shaanxi bandits who surrendered will starve to death! After that, Governor Chen will enter Shaanxi to suppress bandits anyway, and our troops in Henan will also go home. At that time, you can requisition all the way back anyway. You can't eat this big meat, but you can always eat some shredded meat and sliced meat. ”

"Good!" Hearing that Li Lu was quite thoughtful, the rest of the people immediately agreed in unison, and even Chen Zhongzhi smiled and nodded. (To be continued......)