"The Holy One is here too?"

Gao Jie was a little surprised.

This is a bit too much.

"Here, just outside the camp."

Gao Qiqian urged again: "Marquis Xingping, please." ”

Gao Qiqian is actually a little pretty, and a cautious or suspicious person will be suspicious, but Gao Jie is a bit of a tiger, or he has no fear, after all, he has an army of 50,000 in his hands.

You are a vassal king who succeeded a small sect, and you dare to kill me?

Historically, Gao Jie also despised Xu Dingguo in this way.

In the end, he also folded his life in Suizhou City.

Li Benshen gave Gao Jie a look and hinted that he should not go.

Gao Jie ignored it and sneaked away with Gao Qi.

Less than two miles out of the camp, I saw a large number of cavalry standing with torches in the field, thousands of people were silent, only the war horses occasionally made a few noises.

Gao Jie couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

I am worried that Huang Chuangzi is really good at governing the army.

As they approached, the cavalry separated to the left and right.

Gao Qiqian led Gao Jie straight inside.

After walking a short distance, he saw a large group of generals surrounding a brocade-robed man in the firelight.

Seeing this brocade-robed man, Gao Jie was instantly stunned, how could it be? How can it be! Chongzhen is not dead yet? How did he suddenly appear in Yangzhou?

"Gao Jie, are you guilty?"

Chongzhen asked with a sullen snort.

Gao Jie exclaimed, turned around and ran.

But where can you run at this point?

As soon as Gao Jie turned around, the four Yiding rushed up and pushed him to the ground.

"Holy, holy!" Gao Jie's head was trampled into the soil and he shouted endlessly, "The minister is not guilty, the minister is not guilty, not guilty!" ”

"Just you, you still have the face to say that you are not guilty?" Chongzhen walked up to Gao Jie and reprimanded, "On the eve of the fall of Jingshi, I summoned you to King Jingqin, have you ever been summoned?" It's not too much to condemn you for disobedience, right? ”

"Sun Chuanting, the superintendent of the first battle of Tongguan, was killed, but you fled all the way, so it's not too much to condemn you to the crime of escaping, right?"

"The thieves attacked the city all the way, and as a military general, you didn't want to defend the city for the country, but you ran thousands of miles, and it doesn't seem too much to sentence you to the crime of abandoning the land for no reason, right?"

"From Shanxi all the way south to rob, all the way to kill innocent people, the soldiers arrived in Yangzhou in just a few days, a radius of 100 miles has become a barren land, as the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty is ten times more vicious than the thief, this kind of behavior is simply heinous, the above crimes are punished, and it is also appropriate to destroy your nine clans!"

Gao Jie was so frightened that he trembled at first, and then laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, Holy Lord, you don't dare to kill me, you don't dare to kill me, don't dare! If you dare to kill me, the 100,000 troops outside Yangzhou will rebel immediately, and the Ming Dynasty will be completely finished, hahaha, hahahaha! ”

"Hahaha, the Ming Dynasty can't do without me, without me Gao Jie, the Ming Dynasty will die! It's dead! ”

"Gao Jie, you overestimate yourself." Chongzhen said, "There is no one in this world who is indispensable, you are not as important as you imagined, if you die, the army outside Yangzhou City will not rebel, and the Ming Dynasty will not be finished, the sun will rise tomorrow as usual, and everything will run as usual." ”

This is the truth, after Gao Jie was killed in history, his tens of thousands of troops did not fall apart, let alone rebel, but obediently accepted Hongguang's division and co-optation, and guarded all parts of Xuzhou.

Although the current Gao Jie was killed by him Chongzhen, so what?

He Chongzhen is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and enjoys supreme authority.

As long as he said that he would only punish the first evil and not expand the punishment, Gao Jie's subordinates would definitely abandon Gao Jie and throw himself under his command Chongzhen, and human nature would be to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages!

Gao Jie's people are already dead, and they still follow him?

Chongzhen said again: "No one will care about you. ”

"Impossible!" Gao Jie roared, "This is absolutely impossible, Li Chengdong and they will not betray me!" ”

Chongzhen was stunned: "There is nothing impossible, do you think that Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku are loyal to you, in fact, they are not loyal to you, but only the fame and fortune you can bring to them, but what you can give them, I can also give it, you can't give them, I can still give, who do you say they will be loyal to?" ”

"Huh?" Gao Jie was stunned for a moment, and then said, "No, they won't betray me!" ”

"You're so naïve." Chongzhen said abruptly, "If you can betray Li Zicheng, they can also turn their backs on you, not to mention that those who turn to me don't have to bear the infamy of treason and treason, this is called abandoning the dark and turning to the light." ”

"Huh?" Gao Jie was stunned, thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was really the case.

Don't say that Li Chengdong's generals are his nephew Li Benshen, will they really rebel for him? If Chongzhen is willing to give them an official and a knight, it will be even more unlikely to rebel.

Chongzhen raised his hand and motioned for Yi Ding to kill Gao Jie.

Gao Jie is a good person, he must die, and he must be killed no matter how he can fight.

Seeing Yi Ding raise his waist knife, Gao Jie finally panicked and was scared.

"Holy life, life! I've been wrong, I've been wrong! ”

"It's too late to know at this time!" Chongzhen's right hand fell.

Yi Ding's raised waist knife brush fell, slashing at Gao Jie's neck.

Hearing only a loud sound, Gao Jie's skull rolled out of the way.

Chongzhen said to Gao Qiqian again: "Gao Companion, you go and summon Li Chengdong." ”

Me again? Gao Qiqian's face immediately flashed with a bitter color: "The old slave commands." ”

……

Let's go back and talk about the Gaojie camp.

Soon after Gao Jie left, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen, Gao Jinku, Yang Chengzu, Tang Yinghu, Miao Shunhu, Li Xiangyun, Guo Hu and other generals also rushed to the Chinese army camp.

The eight major generals were each led by a battalion and stationed separately.

"Benshen, what about the people of the town?" Hu Maozhen, who was the oldest, asked.

Li Benshen said: "The town was summoned by King Fu, and it is estimated that there is something important. ”

Li Chengdong said: "I heard that Zongzhen was knighted? And a marquis? ”

"That's right." Li Benshen smiled and nodded, "King Fu has already enshrined my uncle as the Marquis of Xingping, and has appointed the fourteen prefectures of Nanzhi and the four states of land and water. ”

"Really? And that's a good thing. ”

Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen and other eight generals were overjoyed.

Gao Jie added officials to the knighthood, and they could also follow the chicken dog to ascend to heaven.

While they were teasing each other, a family member outside reported that Father-in-law Gao had arrived.

Hearing that Gao Qi had dived, Li Benshen and the other nine people hurriedly divided into two shifts to meet them.

Welcoming Gao Qiqian into the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Benshen asked with a smile: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what about Master Hou?" ”

"The Marquis of Xingping is in front of the saint." Gao Qiqian smiled slightly, looked around and asked, "But I don't know which one is Li Chengdong, General Li?" ”

Li Chengdong hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "The last general, Li Chengdong, meet my father-in-law." ”

"You are Li Chengdong? Sure enough, he was born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. Gao Qiqian smiled and said, "The saint has named you, there is something good, come with our family to face the saint." ”

"Does the Holy Know About Me?"

Li Chengdong suddenly felt a little upset.

Hu Maozhen and others also cast envy on Li Chengdong.

The heart said that Li Chengdong, this kid, will be developed from now on.

"Let's go." Gao Qiqian smiled, "The Holy Lord is waiting for you." ”

Li Chengdong did not doubt him, and followed Gao Qi to see Chongzhen.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in front of Chongzhen, he saw Gao Jie lying on the ground.

And the corpse has been separated, and Li Chengdong was stunned at that time.

"Li Chengdong, are you guilty?" Chongzhen looked down at Li Chengdong and asked.

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty." Li Chengdong was stunned and quickly knelt on the ground, and did not dare to have a word of defense, "The minister should not escape from the battle, should not abandon the land for no reason, and should not harm innocent people, and the minister should die for his crimes." ”

"Indeed, you deserve to die for your sin, and ten thousand deaths are not enough to atone for your sins!" Chongzhen snorted.

"But you are not the first evil, after all, you are just acting on orders, and it is now an eventful time, and the country is in need of personnel, so I will spare you from death and allow you to make meritorious contributions in front of the army."

According to Chongzhen's original intention, Li Chengdong can't stay either.

But there is no way, if Li Chengdong and they are all killed, then the tens of thousands of border troops outside Yangzhou will collapse in an instant, which will not only weaken the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, but also pose a serious threat to the security of Jiangnan, because the scattered and fleeing rebel army will definitely launch a crazy revenge and looting of the various state capitals in Jiangnan.

Such a result is something Chongzhen does not want to see.

Therefore, we have to continue to retain Li Chengdong and them, and we have to appease them.

"Thank you, Lord Long." Li Chengdong is really grateful now.

Chongzhen said again: "Li Chengdong, where do you live now, and how many people are under the mark?" ”

Li Chengdong hurriedly got up and responded: "Qi Shengshang, the minister is now in the position of guerrilla, and he has 6,000 men and horses. ”

"Okay." Chongzhen said, "I will now enter you to help the general army in Xuzhou, and lead the headquarters of 6,000 men and horses to Xuzhou immediately north, stationed in Tunpei County, there must be no moments of stay on the way, and innocent people are not allowed to disturb the people, and those who violate the order will be beheaded immediately!" ”

"Huh?" Li Chengdong was stunned when he heard this, and he became the chief soldier? Don't you need to be dismissed?

Wang Chengen on the side reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Li, don't thank you soon." ”

"Oh." Li Chengdong woke up like a dream, and quickly bowed to the ground, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Li Chengdong left in despair, and after a while, Wu came back and reported that Li Chengdong had taken his battalion of 6,000 men and horses to the north overnight.

Chongzhen couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief when he heard this.

To be honest, what Li Chengdong's reaction will be after returning to the camp, Chongzhen has no bottom in his heart.

Fortunately, in the end, it turned out that at least until now, Chongzhen's identity as the emperor is still very deterrent, and the trick of slapping and then giving a sweet jujube is indeed very useful.

Of course, the main reason is that Li Chengdong's status is not high at this time, and he has not tasted the sweetness of being a warlord.

For someone like Gao Jie, who has already tasted the sweetness of a warlord, it is not so easy to deter.

Being a warlord is really addictive, which is also the main reason why Chongzhen has to kill Gao Jie, and if Gao Jie doesn't die, there is no way to divide and win over this army.