Sun Chuanting didn't collect too many prisoners in this battle, so it didn't take much time to gather the army.

Because Luoyang City has not been broken at this moment, Sun Chuanting did not rush to escort Li Zicheng directly to the capital, but wanted to try to see if he could persuade the defenders in Luoyang City to surrender first, and then they would be escorted into the capital together.

In Luoyang City, as Li Zicheng expected, Gu Kecheng, who was originally responsible for defending the city, had been designed by Li Yan to take over, and it was Li Yan who was in charge of Luoyang City at the moment.

And Li Yan is not only a good person, but also not bad in force, he is a rare person who is both civil and military.

At this moment, under his rule, the entire Luoyang City is heavily guarded.

Although there are not many defenders in the city, Luoyang City is high and deep, and it was originally Li Zicheng's base camp, so there is no shortage of supplies.

If it is a strong attack, although Sun Chuanting is sure that he can take Luoyang City, but in that case, the casualties will be too great.

For the sake of the 5,000 people in Luoyang City, it is really not worth paying such a big casualty.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting did not attack the city as soon as possible, but directly sent people into the city to negotiate with Li Yan, wanting him to surrender the city.

And Li Yan's response was also very simple, it was okay to surrender, but he had to promise him to leave a whole corpse for Li Zicheng.

Although this request is very simple, it seems that Sun Chuanting can completely call the shots, but no matter what aspect he says, this matter is not something he can agree to.

Although Li Zicheng was arrested by him, how to deal with it must be up to the emperor to say, if he dares to go beyond the bounds, then even if the emperor doesn't give him small shoes to kill him, he will definitely not reuse him again.

Sun Chuanting has been up and down in officialdom for so long, although he is not very good at political struggle, he still knows this basic truth, so he directly repaired a letter and asked Lao Zhu to make this decision.

In addition, Sun Chuanting saw that Li Yan didn't seem to have much willingness to resist, so he simply escorted Li Zicheng to the capital first, and then left a part to guard Luoyang City, and the rest followed him to exterminate Luo Rucai and their remaining anti-thief leaders.

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Within the capital.

Lao Zhu looked at the good news sent by Sun Chuanting, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

After Li Zicheng's death, the entire Ming Dynasty's anti-thieves will be flat, although there are still some left, but basically there is no climate, and when the time comes, you can just send some troops to exterminate them.

The Ming Dynasty, which has been in turmoil for so long, can finally usher in the long-lost peace.

And without these internal troubles, Lao Zhu can also completely free up his hands to re-establish rules for Daming.

Originally, although he killed so many ministers, because of the constant internal and external troubles at that time, Lao Zhu just used unreasonable means to forcibly suppress the contradictions.

But after pressing down, it doesn't mean that things are gone, after pressing down, there are actually many hidden dangers, but because Lao Zhu's wrist is strong enough and his means are ruthless enough, he didn't break out.

Governing the country is like governing water, and blindly forcing pressure will only make the accumulated problems bigger and bigger.

Therefore, the reform of the Ming Dynasty is imminent.

As for Li Yan saying that he wanted to leave a whole corpse for Li Zicheng, Lao Zhu agreed without the slightest hesitation.

The reason why the imperial court wanted to behead the rebels and show them to the public was just to use such cruel means to deter the people and let them know what the end of the rebellion was.

But now Lao Zhu has faintly escaped from this realm of using low-level means to deter the people, so he is not too obsessed with the beheading of Li Zicheng.

Using Li Zicheng's complete corpse in exchange for the surrender of the five thousand soldiers in Luoyang City is simply a cost-effective thing in Lao Zhu's opinion.

Of course, not beheading Li Zicheng does not mean that he is soft-hearted, and he will not show mercy to those who he thinks should be killed.

After the eunuch of the inner court arrived in Luoyang with the news that Li Zicheng's body was kept, Li Yan did not break his promise, and directly handed over Luoyang City, and he was captured.

After being escorted to the capital, Li Yan was naturally detained with Li Zicheng and others.

Li Zicheng, who had been locked up for a while and looked a little embarrassed, burst out laughing when he saw that Li Yan was also taken in.

"Haha, I thought that Mr. was in control of Luoyang because he wanted to exchange his life."

"Unexpectedly, Mr. actually wanted to change a whole corpse for me."

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng stood up, saluted Li Yan with a serious face, and apologized: "It is Li Zicheng who underestimated Mr. Li Zicheng, and I hope Mr. will understand." ”

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"It's all come to this, why should the general be polite."

Li Yan looked at Li Zicheng, who was seriously apologizing, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said: "And this battle is under the can't help Mr., if it weren't for the news of the imperial court's firearms hidden from the general, the general has taken precautions in advance in this battle, and he will definitely not lose so badly." ”

"It's a loss if you don't lose so badly, so instead of doing anything wrong, Mr. saved the people from a sword fight, which can be regarded as a great merit."

Li Zicheng's words did not mean irony, he obviously figured out what Li Yan had done during this time, but he was not the slightest resentful of Li Yan's concealment of military information.

Since the imperial court began to gather the hearts of the people, he Li Zicheng has lost his foundation, even if this battle can be won, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, he can re-launch the second and third wars, as long as he loses in the next battle, the final result is a catastrophe.

Therefore, this battle has come to this point, no matter how he fights, the final result will definitely be lost.

It is also ironic to say that he could have lost again and again, but after the court began to gather the hearts of the people, his situation with the court was directly reversed.

It seems that as long as there is a wise monarch, it is simply impossible to overthrow a dynasty.

And Li Yan has always been chivalrous and has always attached great importance to the people.

After calculating that he would be defeated, Li Yan wanted to let Da Ming have fewer swordsmen, so he would no longer help, and Li Zicheng could understand it.

"The general's generosity made Li Yan a little ashamed."

Li Yan sighed, and then sat down directly in the cell.

No matter what you say this time, it was him Li Yan who couldn't stand Li Zicheng and sold Li Zicheng.

But he had no choice, with Li Zicheng's temper and temperament at that time, he would definitely not listen to persuasion with an army of 300,000.

So he could only choose to conceal it, and then let Li Zicheng lose the battle, completely ending this war that had lasted intermittently for decades.

As for Li Zicheng's side, he can only do his best to get some conditions for Li Zicheng.

The previous Luoyang City was only his first move, and in his plan, there was one more crucial thing to negotiate with the emperor.

Although it is possible to pardon Li Zicheng, if you are lucky, you may be able to exonerate Li Zicheng's family family.

It's just that Li Yan doesn't have much confidence in this matter, so at this moment, he just chatted with Li Zicheng for a while, and didn't tell Li Zicheng about it.