"The people of Shen Shu want me to personally take the burden of thorn meat to apologize before allowing our army to surrender? Rubbish! You're going to talk about such a condition? Come on, push this king out and cut it down!

Chen Qiyu Xiong Wencan's official position was much bigger than this Shengou official back then, either the governor or the governor, and when we surrendered, we could keep the old department and divide the land for self-defense! The Shen Dog Officer didn't even leave any land or soldiers, who did he think he was! ”

He Yilong was furious when he heard the surrender conditions sent back by Shen Shuren. Personally, he will draw his sword and cut down the messenger who brought back this humiliating and humiliating word.

Fortunately, the generals and strategists around him were quite calm, and they tried hard to persuade him to try to recognize the reality.

The scorpion tail needle that helped him design to kill He Jin and annex He Jin's subordinates before, took the risk to persuade:

"The king is furious! At the moment, we have less than 20,000 soldiers to fight! Didn't Shen Shuren also say that he could talk about the conditions again, maybe he just felt that we were not sincere and asked for a price.

Alas, compare your heart to your heart, this matter is all Zhang Xianzhong's harm! If it weren't for Zhang Xianzhong's reputation for all of us every time and forcing us to offend the court by voting for our name, how would it be like now? ”

The reckless general Meng Broomstar, who had covered He Jin with a pillow before, was also seriously injured at this moment, he had broken one of his arms by a musket in the breakout battle eight days ago, and he was still wrapped in thick bandages at the moment, occasionally bleeding out. He also persuaded in a way that said:

"Yes, my lord, we can't break through, the brothers in the old camp have suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining strong soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the food and grass are unsustainable. Let's make a bargain. ”

In the face of everyone's humility, He Yilong also lost his temper completely, and could only sigh. In the last roundup, it is allowed to send the right-hand man Scorpion Tail Needle to negotiate with the Sinking Tree:

"Since you have to bargain, this matter is up to you! The Sinking Tree didn't kill our messenger, and you won't be killed if you go, don't worry! ”

The scorpion tail needle didn't expect to get into trouble instead, and he trembled with fright, but he could only grit his teeth and accept it.

……

The siege lasted for another two days, and a new wave of envoys from He Yilong's side came, this time it was said that the level was not low, and he was a more trusted advisor by He Yilong's side.

Shen Shuren also gave face, and met in person again.

As soon as they met, Shen Shuren couldn't help but be shocked, and subconsciously wanted to cover his mouth and nose with a folding fan, but fortunately he couldn't bear it.

With just this one glance, he already knew why this guy was a thief-

As a scholar, he looks too ugly, it is estimated that he is the same as Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, they are all huge black, short, buckteeth, hemp face, and their lips and nostrils are turned out.

In the era of the imperial examination, after all, it was not as good as the college entrance examination in later generations, and there was no interview in the college entrance examination in later generations, and you could pass the written examination with good results.

At best, the imperial examination can only be compared to the civil service examination. And as long as there is an interview component, this kind of appearance will definitely damage the dignity of officialdom, and there will be no drama for a lifetime.

The moment he saw the other party's face, Shen Shuren even reflected on the imperial examination system, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was over, is there such a factor or two, is it because the officialdom system does not give ugly people a chance to advance?

Perhaps, in the future, a hundred flowers should bloom, and more public positions in science and engineering should be set up, and separate scholars should be recruited to conduct research behind closed doors. Such a position does not have to deal with people, it is quietly ugly in the corner, and it does not get in the way of others.

"Let's talk about it, which ones He Yilong is willing to agree to, and how do you want you to bargain. My time is precious, and I don't have time to talk to you. Shen Shuren held back the emotions in his heart and put on a calm expression.

The Scorpion Tail Needle was originally a little disgusted with courtiers, and when he saw civil officials, he would remember the tragic experience of being scrutinized with disgust by those examiners in the early imperial examinations.

But seeing that Shen Shuren didn't dislike him at the first glance, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of a sense of encounter-no wonder this Shen Lord can do great things at a young age, he can do it without judging people by their appearance, it's not simple.

He also took a deep breath and replied, "My lord, the king of my family...... I mean General He is willing to give up all the cities and accept the reorganization and adjustment of the imperial court. But I hope the imperial court can let Mr. Liu let us out of the valley first-

Of course, we know that Li Thief Zhang Shun ruined the reputation of thieves from all walks of life back then, and you should not believe it. General He was actually involuntarily, and he rebelled the year before last, and he was really coerced by Zhang Yi! He was afraid that everyone else would rebel, but if he didn't follow suit, sooner or later he would be liquidated by the suspicion of the imperial court.

Therefore, before leaving the valley, General He was willing to repair a letter, so that all the defenders of Xinyang and other counties surrendered, or at least withdrew from the city, and let General Liu divide his troops to take over the counties occupied by our army before.

Please also ask the military commander to grant this condition, and don't force us to put down our weapons immediately - our army is also afraid that the officers and soldiers will rebel and suddenly slaughter the brothers, please be aware of it! As for the property and all the seizures of the army, we can hand them all over and give them to General Liu as money to buy the road! ”

Give up your land in exchange for not having to be disarmed?

Shen Shuren sorted out his thoughts for a while, and soon realized the subtext of the other party:

"Heh, are you the same as other dog officials who 'drive thieves out of the country'! How many magistrates in the Ming Dynasty only wanted their political achievements to be safe, and the thieves were willing to stay away from the border, and they allowed the thieves to escape if they handed over the land risk! Come on, push out this guy who has the heart of a villain and the belly of a gentleman and behead it! ”

The scorpion tail needle hurriedly kowtowed: "My lord, spare my life!" The small one just helps to bring a word, and if you don't agree, you won't agree, and the adult can give another quasi-word, and the small one must be brought. ”

Shen Shuren waved his hand, letting the left and right retreat slightly, leaving only a few henchmen of the brave guards, and also left a thousand generals with his eyes who he had just recruited to fight the first-line attack in the past few days.

Then Shen Shucai said neatly: "The gentleman is hard to chase after a word, and the conditions I offered are what I said at the beginning, not giving an inch-

The reason why you are allowed to surrender is because you feel that the world is in chaos, ordinary soldiers are innocent, and how many of you are strong men who have been forcibly captured. Now that slavery is rampant, if our Han warriors can be unanimous with the outside world, they will quit the slaves...... This official is looking at this point and giving you a chance!

However, since you said that you are He Yilong's right-hand man, I can set a new condition for you and the others—this official never modifies the conditions, but only gives different conditions to different people.

If any of you can take He Yilong's head to descend, and then kill He Yilong's clansmen and hardcore righteous sons, the official has a step down, and there is no need to kill more prisoners. Although you still have to lay down your arms when the time comes, God has the virtue of a good life, and this official will not kill people for no reason. ”

After Shen Shuren finished speaking, he didn't give the other party a chance to react, and with a look, he asked the Qian Zong next to him to pull out the knife and put it on the neck of the scorpion tail needle.

Shen Shuren took a sip of tea for a long time, and his eyelids did not raise: "Liu Sandao, tell him what you used to do." ”

"The Sword Comes"

It turned out that because the ammunition supply in the army was not enough in the past few days, Shen Shuren left all the guns and ammunition for the descendants to supervise the war, and then took Liu Xiyao's old department, which surrendered last year, by Liu Sandao, plus a part of He Jin's old department, and took turns to carry the line and fight a small war of attrition.

This is also to train the troops, and at the same time, it is also to let them accept the name, get more blood on their hands, and let them kill each other.

If anyone dares to retreat, the shotguns of the descendants of the troops behind the battle will be aimed at it at close range, and the portal will be cleared immediately.

Shotguns are the best at close combat, just as even in World War II, the warlords had to use flexible, fast-firing weapons with short ranges, which were the greatest deterrent to newly surrendered soldiers.

With limited ammunition, do as much as you can.

Liu Sandao didn't think there was anything wrong with such a day, but was very proud that he could accumulate his credit by fighting a good fight. So at this moment, he did not hesitate to lead by example:

"My name is Liu Sandao, and now I am a thousand presidents under the account of Zhang Dusi, last year I was still the righteous son of Liu Xiyao's dog thief, and I fell into the thief's nest by mistake, but I killed Liu Xiyao to vote, and the soldiers trusted me. Brother, I hope you can fulfill our merits, and let's make meritorious contributions together. ”

Liu Sandao had already been instructed before, and he learned that if his "leading by example" could have an exemplary effect this time, so that He Yilong's people could follow his example and kill the boss to surrender, then Shen Shuren would promote him.

So Liu Sandao worked very hard in showing up.

This is what Shen Shuren wants, he wants all the thieves to worry that one day they will be chopped up by their own sons after falling into a headwind.

And Shen Shuren promised every time: Even if it is the righteous son of the king of thieves, as long as he kills his father to surrender, he will be exempted from crime and become an official. What he wants is to finally defeat Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's practice of accepting Yizi to consolidate the team, so that there will be more rifts within the thieves.

The bullshit moral cleanliness of the traditional Confucian bureaucracy is discarded as casually as straw paper here by Shen Shuren.

The scorpion tail needle shook violently in his heart, and once again realized that this Shen Bingbei was really not an ordinary person, how could there be a scholar in the world who had been educated by a saint who would directly attack this article?

However, the more this is the case, the more Scorpion Tail Needle feels a sense of pleasure in the revenge of the landed literati against the system.

"Subordinate...... I know, however, I also asked the Lord of the Soldiers to secretly repair a few pardons, and use the seal of the Lord to persuade some of the generals under the command of He Thief to respond. His subordinates are just literati, and they can't do it on their own. ”

Of course, this request can be agreed, just a few letters to sow discord, even if it is leaked and seized, the Shen Shuren have no loss, and they can also divide the internal unity of He Yilong's department.

Just like Cao Cao wiped Han Sui in the book, whether the letter fell into the hands of Han Sui or Ma Chao, Han Sui and Ma Chao could make each other harmful.

With a stroke of Shen Shuren's pen, he sent the messenger back on the same day.

After a few more days of siege, as the army rations on the bandits' side became less and less, some people finally made up their minds.

On the second day of the sixth month, after the thief army was besieged for 16 days, in the Pingjing Pass where He Yilong was stationed, a fire suddenly broke out at night, and there was a great chaos, and all kinds of sounds of slashing and killing each other were endless.

At dawn, someone sent He Yilong's head to Shen Shuren, and put down all the weapons in the army, loaded them in carts, or carried them with flat poles, and sent them to the official barracks in batches to show their disarming.

The officers and soldiers confirmed that they had surrendered at least 10,000 weapons, which was very sincere, and it was too late for a while to count them in detail, so that all the thieves were allowed to surrender empty-handed.

There were at least more than 20,000 thieves who surrendered, and at least several thousand, either out of fear or out of loyalty to He Yilong, who chose to flee over the mountains and on small roads.

But you can't bring any supplies with you on this dangerous road, and if you're unlucky, it's estimated that you'll starve to death in the mountains in a few days. If they are lucky, they will be able to get out of the woods again and find a way to escape when the officers and troops are reorganized and their guards are relaxed.

Of course, even if the soldiers who surrendered were disarmed, some of them would find a way to escape, and it was impossible for them all to accept reform.

In any case, at least 20,000 people were accepted at once, and the strength of Shen Shuren also increased greatly.