The traitor Li Jiantai was ordered by Zhu Youzhen to slap a soldier in the face.

The ministers were not as excited as Zhu Youzhen imagined.

And all of them seemed to have a look of shamelessness on their faces.

Zhu Youzhen secretly thought that this might be Li Jiantai's words just now that stimulated these officials who followed him to retreat south.

Once again, they felt that it was their own incompetence that dragged down their own emperor, His Majesty.

Zhu Youzhen naturally would not let Li Jiantai's words easily affect the morale of his team retreating south.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen also came to Li Jiantai at this time, and said with a serious expression:

"Even if the ministers who follow me are really incompetent, they are loyal and courageous! And you, Li Jiantai, are not only incompetent, but also have no loyalty! ”

Zhu Youzhen's words made the officials present suddenly realize.

Baiguan couldn't help but secretly think that it was indeed as His Majesty said, no matter how he was, he could be regarded as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he was stronger than the traitor Li Jiantai who betrayed the country and sought glory in front of him.

Because of this, the ministers and officials were once again excited.

Li Jiantai was speechless for a while when Zhu Youzhen said this. 、

Of course, he can't speak now, let alone scold nonsense.

The eunuch Du Zhi was still crying and kowtowing to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen didn't bother to deal with them anymore, as an emperor, he knew that if he wanted to win in the future competition, he had to be ruthless to those who betrayed him and must not be merciful!

What's more, whether it is Li Jiantai or Du Zhi, who not only surrendered to Li Zicheng in the original history, but even surrendered to Jiannu later, they became traitors!

Therefore, Ling Chi and these two people are really a righteous act.

Moreover, Li Jiantai, as a cabinet minister, actually dared to take the initiative to surrender to the thieves on the premise of knowing that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen, was in Baoding, and the impact caused by this was not bad.

From this point of view, Li Jiantai must also be severely punished, otherwise it will not be enough to deter other ministers!

Early in the morning.

The officials and people in Baoding City were summoned to the high platform in front of the government office.

Li Jiantai and Du Zhi knelt on the high platform and were judged by His Majesty Zhu Youzhen, the emperor.

Actually, there is nothing to review.

But in order to allow the people to vent their grievances accumulated by the atrocities of the Ming army in Baoding, and continue to trust the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen still chose to use an open trial to let Li Jiantai and others accept the scolding of the people of Baoding.

Because His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen was judged.

The people were very vocal about their misdeeds.

In the end, when Zhu Youzhen directly ordered the two people to be executed, there were even louder voices of long live the emperor.

Li Jiantai was also shouting, "Your Majesty! Two words.

I watched everyone scold him, throw mud in his face, and even throw stones at him.

Once again, Li Jiantai felt devastated.

He really wanted to ask His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen for forgiveness, and he regretted that he had betrayed Zhu Youzhen at this time.

Before he could shout, however, the executioner had already drawn a sharp knife and cut a cut in his forehead and began to cut the first piece of meat.

Li Jiantai suddenly screamed in pain, and the miserable sound continued.

The same is true for Du Zhi, the whole person roars, and unconsciously incontinent.

But in fact, Zhu Youzhen only sentenced them to 500 knives each.

Because he considered that he couldn't stay in Baoding for too long, it was impossible for him to be like Ling Chi and Yuan Chonghuan back then, and Ling Chi and these two people had 3,600 knives.

The people were very relieved and rushed to buy the meat of the two.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know how much trauma these two people brought to the people of Baoding after they led the troops into Baoding City, so they were so hated.

But the ministers were frightened, and secretly warned themselves that they could not betray His Majesty again until they had to do so in the future, otherwise they would have to end up in a late situation.

Li Jiantai and Du Zhi were Ling Chi, which can only be regarded as an interlude on Zhu Youzhen's retreat to the south.

After Li Jiantai and Du Zhi were eliminated, the popular support of the people of Baoding was restored, and Zhu Youzhen did not convict all the officers and soldiers led by Li Jiantai and Du Zhi.

After all, the law does not hold the people accountable, and it is impossible for him to really be jealous and hateful, which will only make all the officers and soldiers who have committed crimes dare not return to him, and it will be more difficult for him to revive the cause of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen directly disrupted the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers led by Li Jiantai and Du Zhi and reorganized them into Zhou Yuji's First Guards Army and He Xin's Second Guards Army.

Next, Zhu Youzhen still had to continue to face the north-south pursuit of Li Zichengtian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang.

In addition, he also had to think about how he would deal with Liu Zeqing's troops after entering Shandong.

"Whether it is the thief's Tian Jianxiu department going south, or Liu Fangliang's department going north, if you want to chase us, you have to conquer Baoding first, so in order to ensure a smooth retreat south to the south of the Yangtze River, Baoding must not be lost, at least in the short term!"

After Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, said, he stepped aside.

Zhu Youzhen nodded and didn't say anything, he agreed with Li Banghua's point of view.

Now this Baoding City will be another key point after Tongzhou City to block the pursuit of thieves.

And this time it is even more important than Shoutongzhou!

After all, in Baoding City, it is necessary to face the attack of two bandit armies.

Moreover, once the two intruders are allowed to join forces, their southward retreat team will have to face the pursuit of more than 100,000 troops, and basically they can no longer fight with the intruders' army, and can only rush south.

"Baoding City must be defended, and it must be defended for a month or two, and Baoding City can be defended, so that we can calmly retreat south and calmly deal with the four towns in Jiangbei!"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words fell, Zhou Yuji stood up:

"Your Majesty, Wechen asked to stay in Baoding, Wechen swore to the death to promise to hold Baoding City for three months, if one day is missing, Wechen is willing to be killed!"

For Zhou Yuji's volunteering, Zhu Youzhen was very pleased.

But Zhu Youzhen rejected Zhou Yuji: "To rectify military affairs in the south, Aiqing is still needed to deal with the four towns in Jiangbei, and the old general cannot be used to defend Baoding City." ”

"Mrs. Liu!"

Zhu Youzhen suddenly shouted into the screen at this time, and Mrs. Liu, dressed in armor, stood up: "Weichen is here!" ”

"It's up to you, Mrs. Liu, to hold Baoding City for me for a month! Would you like to? ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, Zhou Yuji, Mrs. Liu, and the officials present were all surprised.

Everyone didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen would let Zhou Yuji's wife Liu be in charge of the security of Baoding City.

The reason why Zhu Youzhen chose Mrs. Liu to guard Baoding City for him naturally also has his own reasons.

First, after all, Mrs. Liu is a veteran who has followed her husband Zhou Yuji to experience actual combat, and her son also died at the hands of the thieves, and there is a deep blood feud with the thieves, so Mrs. Liu will naturally not worry that she will surrender the city when she guards Baoding City.

The second is that Mrs. Liu and Ning Wubo Zhou Yuji are husband and wife, and they left their wives in Baoding to defend the city and took their husbands south, so even if Mrs. Liu really wants to surrender the city, she has to consider that her husband's life is still in her own hands.

In other words, it can also force Mrs. Liu to do her best to defend the city, otherwise, even if she can't cure herself, she can also cure Zhou Yuji's crime.

Although Zhou Yuji has his own soldiers, but the money and food are in the hands of the emperor, coupled with the collection of military spirit these days, except for Zhou Yuji's personal guards, Zhu Youzhen does not think that he can control a small chief military officer.

Of course, these are all conspiracy moves.

In fact, neither Zhou Yuji nor Mrs. Liu are people with different intentions, and Zhu Youzhen just wants to think of the worst ending.

Mrs. Liu accepted Zhu Youzhen's decree without hesitation.

And Zhou Yuji was reluctant to connive, so he could only accept the fact that his wife was guarding Baoding and escorting him south.