From the beginning to the end of the battle, it was only one hour, in which the two sides really contacted each other and fought, and it was only a matter of a moment, and the rest of the time was to capture the prisoners and chase the dead to the north.

Because of the successive defeats of the three-way Ming army, so that at the beginning, the Black Mountain Wandering Army, from ordinary thieves to the big boss Wang Jiayin, looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and even fantasized about attacking Yulin in a war.

However, they didn't know that what was in front of them was not an ordinary border soldier, but a Praetorian Guard armed with a large number of firearms, an elite soldier who could compete head-on with Jiannu!

Just a round of artillery fire, thousands of grenades were thrown, and the cavalry and horses of the Wandering Army were all frightened, and they were driven to break through their own infantry arrays.

Zhang Shize sat on the horse, watching the groups of prisoners of the Wandering Army being escorted over, and only felt that Yi Xing Shan was so boring. The combat effectiveness of this rogue army is also too weak, and it feels like it has collapsed before it has exerted its strength. In fact, it was not that the combat power of the Wandering Army was too weak, but that the firepower of the Yansui Army was too strong, and the cavalry of the Wandering Army was directly abolished.

The pursuing troops rushed back and reported the harvest to Zhang Shize, who casually ordered to treat the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and place the prisoners, everything had its own rules.

Li Hongji came back, with a large number of prisoners, Gao Yingxiang was also among them, his mouth was gagged with rags, and his eyes were staring at Li Hongji's back.

At that time, Li Hongji was ordered to attack the Ming army in Shangang, of course, he would not attack hard, but did not make contact with the Ming army. And when the homeless cavalry was defeated and the Ming cavalry took advantage of the situation to break Wang Jiayin's infantry array, Li Hongji shouted bad and beckoned his thieves to flee. So the two thousand thieves dispersed in a hurry, and at this time, the Yansui army on the hill took the opportunity to kill them. After Li Hongji identified himself to the Ming army, he led the Ming army to launch a counterattack against the exiled people's army.

And at this moment, Gao Yingxiang arrived, just fell into the net, and was ordered by Li Hongji to be captured alive.

As soon as he grabbed Gao Yingxiang, he ran into Zhang Xianzhong and fled. Zhang Xianzhong saw that the subordinates he had assigned to Li Hongji were scattered, so he fled with his horse, and was ordered by Li Hongji to shoot him and cut off his head. In another time and space, the two thieves who have ravaged the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, King Gao Chuang was captured, Zhang Xianzhong was shot, and his fate was simply the same as that of another time and space. And it was another big thief who captured them, which is really a great irony.

"Li's guerrilla has worked hard." Looking at the captive Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's head, Zhang Shize was very satisfied and said to Li Hongji.

"It's just a matter of duty." Li Hongji said with a red face. This undercover black mountain thief can be described as a great success, and with this credit, his official position will definitely be promoted to one or two ranks.

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang's body twisted violently.

"Take his mouth out of the rib." Zhang Shize commanded, just idle, he wanted to hear what the thief would say.

"The son of the world can't," Li Hongji hurriedly said, "This guy is full of feces, so I ordered his mouth to be plugged." ”

"It's okay, it's a big deal to cut out his tongue." Zhang Shize said with a smile.

The rags in Gao Yingxiang's mouth were taken out, he didn't pay attention to Zhang Shize, but looked at Li Hongji angrily, did not scold angrily, but asked angrily: "Li Hongji, tell me honestly, did you start with the official army, or did you choose to surrender the official army when things were not good?" ”

"Brother Gao, haven't you understood it yet?" Li Hongji sighed, "There are many things now, and I won't hide it from my eldest brother." I was ordered to enter Montenegro in order to clear the hidden dangers for the imperial court. ”

Gao Yingxiang smiled sadly: "I treat you as a brother, I believe in you and use you, and I tried my best to recommend and guarantee in front of the big boss, but the result was to lure the wolf into the house, and I hurt tens of thousands of brothers." Big boss, I'm sorry for you! ”

"This is the prince of England, right?" Gao Yingxiang looked at Zhang Shize again, "You are a noble man of Tianhuang, we are all cheap, but I want to ask the prince, we have already hid in the grassland, we have been far away from the Ming Dynasty, why does the imperial court bother to get rid of us?" ”

Zhang Shize said expressionlessly: "Since you rebelled, you are a thief, no matter how far you hide, the court will arrest you and bring them to justice." ”

Gao Yingxiang said sadly: "Yes, we are anti-thieves, but why are we anti-thieves?" If it weren't for the tyranny of the imperial court, if it weren't for the cleverness of the gentry and evil officials, would we rebel, but if there is a bite to eat, who will rebel? All this was forced by the imperial court! ”

Zhang Shize sneered: "Don't be a fool, others can't live, but can't you live either?" Gao Yingxiang, I remember that you were born as an officer in the border army, so you can eat your stomach no matter what, and the reason why you rebelled is just for ambition. ”

Gao Yingxiang said sadly and indignantly: "Ambition, what ambition? Yes, among us are border officers and soldiers, and we can eat a full stomach, but we don't want to go thousands of miles to Liaodong to fight with Jiannu, we don't want to be driven by plain people without money and food, and we don't want to be corpses on the side of the road! ”

"Since it is a border army, it is natural to obey the dispatch of the imperial court. If you are like this, how can Da Ming resist external humiliation? The imperial court has been raising troops for a thousand days, and soon it will let you go to the battlefield, you still have the face to talk nonsense here! Zhang Shize said impatiently.

"Yes, Brother Gao, what the prince said is right. If you encounter some suffering and rise up, the world will have to be in chaos, and more people will die. Now that the Son of Heaven is in power, he has the people of the world in his heart, and now the villagers in Yansui's hometown are living a good life, at least there is no problem with a full stomach. Your Majesty Shengming, my Ming Dynasty has recovered most of Liaodong, and the loss of soldiers is no longer a threat, Your Majesty has decreed that the levy of Liaodong and training will be stopped forever, and the people of the world will live a good life from now on. Big brother, you better go back and admit your mistakes, Your Majesty Shengming, maybe I will forgive your sins. Li Hongji patiently persuaded.

Gao Yingxiang shook his head: "The matter has come to this, and I don't expect to be pardoned." But I have one last question for you, and if you don't figure it out, you won't be able to see it even if you die. ”

Li Hongji said: "Let's be brothers, if the eldest brother has anything to say, just ask, I know everything I can tell you." ”

Gao Yingxiang said: "Li Hongji, you just said that you have been working in the imperial court from the beginning, in order to exterminate my Black Mountain Army, but since you are a member of the imperial court, why did you help us deal with the Ming army at the beginning." My Montenegrin army can defeat the 50,000 Ming army on three roads, among which you Li Hongji has the greatest credit, in these three battles, the Ming army suffered thousands of casualties, all of which are your credit, which makes me very puzzled? ”

Didn't you Li Hongji keep saying that he was undercover for Montenegro on the orders of the imperial court, but you helped the Montenegrin army defeat the three-way Ming army, killing and wounding thousands, how can you explain to the imperial court?

"Oh?" Zhang Shize looked at Li Hongji with interest, wanting to hear how Li Hongji would explain.

Li Hongji was silent all of a sudden.

"Of course, I know that Brother Hongji, you are also forced to do so, after all, if you want to win the trust of the Montenegrin Army, you have to hand over some votes." Gao Yingxiang continued.

With the lives of thousands of Ming soldiers as a vote, the price is too great!

"Actually, during the time I was captured, I have been thinking about it, what you said before Hongji brothers is very reasonable. At that time, you said that if you defeat the three-way Ming army, the Ming army from Yulin to Datong is extremely empty, and my Montenegrin army can take advantage of the weakness to enter the Ming Dynasty. Brother Hongji, you suggested that my Montenegrin army attack Datong, but unfortunately the big boss Wang Jiayin didn't listen to you, and had to enter the border wall from Yulin, but he didn't expect that Zhang Shizi and the Yansui army had already arrived in Yulin. If Wang Jiayin had listened to your brother at that time, maybe my Montenegrin army would have captured Datong and entered Shanxi by now. ”

Gao Yingxiang was full of pity. His tone was very flat, but every sentence shot at Li Hongji like a poisonous arrow, wanting to kill Li Hongji.

Gao Yingxiang's words are that Li Hongji himself is also a speculator, and he has already betrayed the Ming court, so he offered a plan to help the Montenegrin army defeat the three-way Ming army, and then offered a plan to attack Datong, but Wang Jiayin didn't listen to him, and he had to march from Yulin to have his current end. The implication is that Li Hongji knew that Zhang Shize would lead the Yansui army to Yulin, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he went straight to the front anyway and reappeared to pick up the identity of the previous undercover agent. But Li Hongji is still a thief in his heart, bent on rebellion!

Li Hongji listened silently and let Gao Yingxiang finish speaking. After Gao Yingxiang shut up, Li Hongji raised his head, first looked at Zhang Shize, then at Gao Yingxiang, and suddenly smiled.

"Brother Gao, I understand your thoughts, it's just that I betrayed the Black Mountain Army and wanted to avenge the big bosses with the hands of the imperial court. But let me tell you, don't bother, because whether I give advice to the Montenegrin army, or help the Montenegrin army defeat the three-way Ming army, they are all acting on orders. ”

"How is that possible?" Gao Yingxiang shouted in a lost voice, "How can the imperial court sacrifice thousands of officers and soldiers for the sake of these tens of thousands of people in Montenegro, it makes no sense at all. ”

"Lord Shizi, it's better to keep his mouth shut." Li Hongji no longer paid attention to Gao Yingxiang and looked at Zhang Shize, "Some words are not suitable for too many people to know." ”

Zhang Shize nodded, waved his hand, and ordered someone to block Gao Yingxiang's mouth again.

"What the hell is going on?" After instructing his subordinates not to say much, he sent everyone else out, and Zhang Shize looked at Li Hongji.

"All the last generals do according to the instructions of the above." Li Hongji said simply.

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Shize asked.

"Lord Sun, the governor of the three sides." Li Hongji said succinctly.

Zhang Shize opened his mouth and didn't ask again. Since Li Hongji pointed the matter to Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, it means that the matter is true, and it is not Li Hongji who is double-faced, because this matter is easy to verify.

As for why Sun Chuanting did this, think about the generals such as Ma Gui, the chief soldier of Yulin, who were arrested by his own order, and the matter is clear. It is nothing more than killing people with a knife, using the defeat as an excuse to clean up the top echelons of the border army, and taking the opportunity to reorganize the border army.

With an army of 50,000 as bait and the lives of thousands of soldiers at the cost of Zhang Shize, Zhang Shize also had to secretly sigh that Sun Chuanting was too poisonous!

However, if you think about it carefully, this is the least costly way to clean up the military fields and reorganize the border army.

And Sun Chuanting is so bold, is there an emperor's mind behind it? Zhang Shize didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Shizi, what are you going to do with these soldiers?" When he was pondering, he suddenly heard Li Hongji say in his ear.

"Huh?" Zhang Shize was stunned for a moment, "What advice does Guerrilla Li have?" ”

"There are a lot of captives captured this time, and from the point of view of the last general, we should carefully screen them, most of the captives are indeed homeless people who can't survive, and they have to take risks in order to get a bite to eat. However, there are also people like Gao Yingxiang, who were originally border soldiers, and did not hesitate to rebel and rebel in order to evade military service. The last general suggested that all these thieves should be killed as an example. As for those ordinary thieves, they can either be sent back to their hometowns or incorporated into the army. Li Hongji said solemnly.

"Will Wang Jiayin also be killed?" Zhang Shize asked with interest.

According to the usual practice, anti-thief leaders like Wang Jiayin would generally be escorted into Beijing, and after being interrogated by the three law divisions, they would be executed in the vegetable market to show the majesty of the imperial court, thinking that the world would be a precept.

"If it is the intention of the last general, it is better to kill it too, so as to save all trouble. Of course, if you can't make up your mind, you can write to ask the governor of the three sides, Lord Sun, or simply go to Mishu to ask Your Majesty's meaning. Li Hongji said with drooping eyelids.

Now Li Hongji is beating a drum in his heart, after all, it was he who gave advice to the Black Mountain thieves that caused the Ming army to collapse on all three routes and the Ming army to lose thousands of people. Although he acted on orders, if the news spread, it would inevitably cause a shock in the court. This thing is too bad, no matter how weak those border troops are, no matter how hateful the border army generals are, but they are also the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they were sacrificed in vain. If the news spreads, those civil officials in the court with a strong sense of justice don't know how they will react, and they don't know how many of them will fly to the court for impeachment.

Sun Chuanting is okay, after all, he is the governor of the three sides, and he has won the victory against the Black Mountain bandits, and he is just a guerrilla general, an official with a big sesame mung bean, who cares about himself?

Li Hongji doesn't know, what will Sun Chuanting do when he arrives?

Do you take it on your own, or push yourself out to take the blame?

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Now Li Hongji is beating a drum in his heart, after all, it was he who gave advice to the Black Mountain thieves that caused the Ming army to collapse on all three routes and the Ming army to lose thousands of people. Although he acted on orders, if the news spread, it would inevitably cause a shock in the court. This thing is too bad, no matter how weak those border troops are, no matter how hateful the border army generals are, but they are also the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they were sacrificed in vain. If the news spreads, those civil officials in the court with a strong sense of justice don't know how they will react, and they don't know how many of them will fly to the court for impeachment.

Sun Chuanting is okay, after all, he is the governor of the three sides, and he has won the victory against the Black Mountain bandits, and he is just a guerrilla general, an official with a big sesame mung bean, who cares about himself?

Li Hongji doesn't know, what will Sun Chuanting do when he arrives?

Do you take it on your own, or push yourself out to take the blame?