Relying on the supreme authority of the emperor and the skillful political skills of grace and power, Chongzhen killed Gao Jie in one fell swoop and successfully divided Gao Jie's more than 40,000 troops.

By dawn the next day, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen, Gao Jinku, Yang Chengzu, Tang Yinghu, Miao Shunhu, Li Xiangyun and Guo Hu had all been appointed as the chief soldiers, and led 4,000 to 6,000 soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and the camp was set up overnight to the station assigned to them by Chongzhen, which was basically in Xuzhou.

Not a single one of them went out of trouble.

It can be seen that these generals are all sober in the world.

No matter how good Yangzhou is, it is not more attractive to be the general soldier and the town alone.

What's more, even if they really robbed Yangzhou City, Gao Jie ate meat alone, it would be good for them to share some soup and drink, and it was not worth it to rebel and become a thief for a little soup.

Speaking of which, I still haven't tasted the sweetness of being a warlord.

By dawn, there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses left outside Yangzhou.

These 10,000 are Gao Jie's own army, led by his most trusted nephew Li Benshen.

At this moment, Li Benshen's mood was both a little nervous and a little expectant.

Li Chengdong's eight people were promoted as the general army by the generals, garrisons or guerrillas, and they had all led the troops north to the state capitals, so it was his turn to Li Benshen next.

It is said that Li Chengdong and they are all chief soldiers, and there is no reason to give him a deputy chief soldier.

But before the mystery is revealed, my heart is somewhat unsure.

What's more, Li Benshen still doesn't know why Gao Jie didn't return to the camp, and when he asks Li Chengdong, they are all secretive, and if he is in a hurry, he will say that you will ask Xingpinghou to go.

made Li Benshen a little inexplicably nervous, and said that nothing would happen, right?

Finally, the eunuch came again, but this time it was not Gao Qiqian.

is a bigger eunuch, the eunuch of ceremonies and the eunuch of the Jingying camp, Wang Chengen.

Li Benshen had seen Wang Chengen, and immediately stepped forward with a flattering face: "Princess, are you going to see the saint?" ”

"No need, you don't have to see me." Wang Chengen waved his hand, and immediately shouted in a sharp voice, "Come on, take it with our family!" ”

The four Yiding who followed behind Wang Chengen immediately pounced like wolves and tigers, and immediately pushed Li Benshen to the ground, and his head was trampled under his feet.

changed in a hurry, Li Ben was deeply stunned.

More than a dozen pro-army generals are also stunned, what is the situation?

"Grandpa Gao, why is this?" Li Benshen said, "Why is this? ”

"There is a will!" Wang Chengen opened his throat and shouted, "You still don't kneel down to answer the holy decree." ”

When a dozen generals looked at each other, the cavalry that had been facing each other all night outside the main camp suddenly drove over, and with this cavalry came another huge infantry force.

The infantry even pushed the side vans.

This infantry does not know when it arrived.

The black-pressed cavalry and infantry had surrounded them.

Gao Jie's pro-army suddenly stirred, and they finally realized that something was wrong.

But at this time, Gao Jie was not there, Li Benshen was controlled again, and the highest positions in the battalion were more than a dozen generals around Wang Chengen, and the rest were sentinels, captains, and even chiefs.

Wang Chengen shouted at the dozen generals again: "Kneel down and take the order!" ”

The dozen or so always hesitated for a moment, and finally knelt on the ground one after another.

This old eunuch is a messenger in the end, unless they dare to kill officials and rebel, they can only obediently kneel down to accept orders, but even if they rebel, someone has to take the lead, right?

What is lacking now is the one who dares to take the lead.

As soon as Li Benshen wanted to stop it, he was trampled his entire face into the mud by Yi Ding.

Seeing that more than a dozen generals knelt down, the other soldiers were also deflated.

If Gao Jie or Li Benshen took the lead, these ** would really have the courage to rebel, but now that Gao Jie is not there, Li Benshen has been caught by the imperial court, and they have no backbone.

The cavalry and infantry that approached the camp swarmed in.

The entire camp fell under control, and Chongzhen finally appeared outside the gate.

Behind Chongzhen, Huang Degong, Gong Yonggu, Xu Dingguo and others were also followed.

Seeing Chongzhen's grace and power, he divided and disintegrated Gao Jie's army overnight, Huang Degong, Gong Yonggu and Liu Wenbing and others were all admired, Xu Dingguo, Liu Qiguang and Wang Yinglong and others were secretly frightened, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that Chongzhen acted so old-fashioned, and he really underestimated him before.

The two Yiding escorted Li Benshen to Chongzhen.

"Holy Lord?!" Seeing Chongzhen, Li Benshen was also very surprised.

Chongzhen didn't even glance at Li Benshen, and Li Benshen had to die.

Because Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and he is in command of Gao Jie's Zhongying pro-army, it can be said that he is Gao Jie's hardcore henchman, but this is not the reason why Chongzhen wants to kill Li Benshen.

Chongzhen wants to kill Li Benshen because he has seen big money!

As the old saying goes, it is difficult to seal the high merit, but in fact, there is a next sentence.

The next sentence that is difficult to seal is that there is no reward for a lot of money.

A person who has eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas is difficult to eat bran again.

A person who has a lot of money will not be thanked by him no matter how much he rewards.

The property stolen by Gao Jie will definitely be handed over to his henchmen for safekeeping, Li Benshen is his nephew, of course, he is the best choice, so Li Benshen must have seen a lot of money.

Therefore, rewarding Li Benshen with dozens of taels of silver will not be appreciated at all.

Just as Chongzhen rewarded Tang Tong with forty taels of silver before, but the result angered Tang Tong, Lao Tzu sent you these forty taels of silver? Insult whom.

Therefore, keeping Li Chengdong and them, entering the general army, and rewarding them with some gold and silver in the future can make them grateful to Dade, but Li Benshen can't, no matter how Li Benshen rewards him, he won't be good.

Instead, he will only remember that it was Chongzhen who hacked his family's money.

Yes, that's right, Chongzhen has set his sights on Gao Jie's floating wealth.

Gao Jie grabbed all the way from Shanxi to Henan, and then from Henan all the way to Nanzhili, and the gold and silver treasures he grabbed on the way were by no means a small amount, and he just ate this floating wealth as a military salary.

Therefore, Gao Jie has to die, and Li Benshen must also die.

In the same way, the second Liu, that is, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, must also die.

Zuo Liangyu, although he is also as rich as Er Liu and Gao Jie, and has become a de facto warlord, but I am afraid that he will be helpless in a short time.

Da Ming also pointed to him to guard Jingxiang.

All this is a long story, but in fact, it is just a change of thought.

"Kill it." Chongzhen left a sentence and went straight into the camp.

Yi Ding, who resisted Li Benshen, immediately pulled out his waist knife and slashed it with one sword.

When the dozen or so generals and nearby pro-army families who knelt on the ground saw this scene, they were immediately silent, this is going to kill them?

Chongzhen soon came to Gao Jie's line, and Wu Tan and Jin Xuan were worried that there was an ambush in the line, so they immediately rushed to Chongzhen and opened the tent curtain with a horse chopping knife.

I saw a soft couch and a large number of wooden boxes in the row.

Many of the chests were open, and inside they contained a silver ingot.

Gao Qiqian, who was following behind Chongzhen, immediately showed a greedy look, and the whole person was also eager to try, long live Lord, you just let the old slave help you count the silver, okay?

Chongzhen said: "Wang Daban." ”

Wang Chengen stepped forward and said, "The old slave is here." ”

Chongzhen said: "Hurry up and count your belongings and register them one by one. ”

Turning around, Chongzhen said to Jin Xuan again: "Jin Qing, Gao Jie must have another den in addition to this big camp, you can find out where his den is, and then lead the troops to raid his property!" This dog thing is robbing the people's fat and people's ointment of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally it should also be used to contribute to the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Commandment." Kim Hyun turned and walked away.

Chongzhen said to Huang Degong again: "Jing Anbo, Gao Jie's 10,000 pro-army will be handed over to you, you carefully screen it, but if you can use it, give them a chance to atone for their crimes, and if it is really useless, you will be executed directly." ”

"Commandment." Huang Degong waved his hand, and also turned around and walked away.

After finishing this, Chongzhen walked to the couch in the middle of the line and lay down.

In less than a moment, there was a thunderous snoring.

This month, Chongzhen is really tired.

……

Chongzhen was tired, and Huang Jiarui, the governor of Nanzhi in Yangzhou City, and Ma Mingluo, the deputy envoy of Yangzhou's military garrison, also stayed awake all night and always stuck to the city.

Last night, Gao Jiejun tossed outside the city for a whole night.

Huang Jiarui, Ma Mingluo, and the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou were also worried for a night.

It wasn't until dawn that the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou were stunned to find that most of the rebel army that was originally surrounding Yangzhou had withdrawn, and only the rebel army outside the West Gate was still there.

Ma Mingluo was stunned and said, "What's going on?" ”

"You ask me?" Huang Jiarui said angrily, "Who do I ask again?" ”

Ma Mingluo was bored, and said, "Futai, do you want to send a team of people to go out and have a look?" ”

Huang Jiarui hesitated, but still shook his head and said: "Forget it, more is better than less, this is Gao Jie's thief's plan to capture and indulge, we can't fall for him." ”

While he was talking, a group of cavalry suddenly approached the city gate.

When I got closer, I found that the leader was wearing a python robe, a three-mountain hat on his head, and his face was white and beardless, and he turned out to be a eunuch, and it seemed that his grade was not low.

"This father-in-law, is he a little familiar?" Ma Mingluo whispered.

"It's Grandpa Gao!" Huang Jiarui had already shouted, "High dive!" ”

While the two were talking, Gao Qiqian had already come to the city gate, and asked in a sharp voice, "Who is the lord in the city?" The former prison army of our family Ning is high and diving, and there is something important to enter the city. ”

"Father-in-law, wait a minute." Huang Jiarui motioned to Xiang Yong to put down the hanging basket.

In the face of a big eunuch like Gao Qiqian, no one dared to slack off.

But he didn't dare to open the city gate easily, so he could only use hanging baskets.

Gao Qiqian quickly came up in the hanging basket, and asked in the first sentence: "Our family has long heard of the name of Yangzhou thin horses, you immediately look for a few Yangzhou thin horses for our family, be fast." ”