Hong Chengchou hesitated.

His original intention, as Gao Yingxiang said, was to capture Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang, the two biggest mountainees in Li Zicheng's splitting rebel army.

I didn't expect Wang Jiayin's action to be so strong, and he really arrested people.

I had to signal to He Renlong, "He Shoubei, go and see, is this person your fellow countryman." ”

He Renlong paced over and took a look, turned the other party's face over, and pinched it, still a little hesitant.

Leaning into Hong Chengchou's ear, He Renlong said, "Senator Hong, this person has an iron face and ringed eyes, a small nose and high cheeks, and looks like Zhong Kui." It is seven or eight points similar to the thief Li Zicheng. ”

Hong Chengchou was annoyed and said, "What is seven or eight points, yes, yes, no, no, is this person Li Zicheng?" ”

He Renlong was also a little helpless, "I didn't meet this person, I just saw the portrait on the poster list, and I can't say if it's distorted." ”

Hong Chengchou glanced at Gao Yingxiang, who was held down by Guo Tianxing and struggled desperately.

"That's what Li Zicheng, otherwise why would his uncle be in such a hurry?"

He bowed his hand to Wang Jiayin and said, "King of Chaotian, since the prisoner has been obtained, we will go back and fight with the governor." As for whether Zhao'an can succeed, you still need to rely on me for three more things. ”

Wang Jiayin was in a very good mood, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Don't say three, even 10,000 pieces. “

"Okay, this first thing is that if you want to surrender and return to your hometown, you must let the senior officials of Yulin and Suide Prefecture verify it one by one, and if there are people like Li Zicheng who have committed heinous crimes, they will end up today."

Wang Jiayin's face spasmed, "I'm up to you." ”

"The second thing is that whether you return to the official army or return to your hometown to farm, you need to be completely dispersed. No matter what battalion or what was in charge of the battalion before, they cannot be mixed together. ”

Wang Jiayin thought for a moment, anyway, he had to disperse and escape. "It's up to you."

"The third thing is that if you surrender, you must hand over the ordnance in your hand, which is also the proper meaning of the question." Hong Chengchou looked at Wang Jiayin with blazing eyes.

Wang Jiayin frowned, and said with a smile, "Lord Hong, you are just joking, we will share the armament with you, who knows if you will kill us all like killing the king?" ”

Hong Chengchou sneered, "This is not the first time that Wang Zuojiao has surrendered, before I appeased him, he had already surrendered twice, and it was the third time to surrender to me!" ”

"I look at the King of Chaos, he is a hero, he shouldn't be as capricious as him, how can he be compared?"

Wang Jiayin was silent.

Hong Chengchou said, "Besides, you are trapped here, and you have no livelihood. After being appeased, you have to eat food. ”

Wang Jiayin's eyes lit up, "Lord Hong is right, what do you want us to do to get food?"

Hong Chengchou said, "This is the head of the Governor's Envoy." But those who do not disarm will not be given food, and this is to be made clear to the king of chaos. ”

Wang Jiayin didn't think twice, "Okay, it's up to you." ”

He seemed to be a little anxious, "Lord Hong, the brothers have long been hungry and sour, so it is better to be appeased and disarmed sooner rather than later." Then I will send a lamp and lead some good horses to send you out of the camp. ”

After separating from Zhao Sheng out of the camp, Hong Chengchou and his entourage led Li Zicheng straight to Chen Qiyu's camp.

Chen Qiyu was already waiting impatiently in his tent, and when he saw Hong Chengchou coming, he hurriedly took his hand.

"How's it going, but the other party really wants to descend?"

Hong Chengchou was not in a hurry, first told the story in 1510, then knelt down to plead guilty, talked about his own opinion, and asked Wang Jiayin to agree to his three conditions.

Chen Qiyu helped him up, "Yan Yan, although you call the shots without permission, you are all on the point, and you have no fault!" ”

He stroked his long beard and said, "In this way, these people are indeed exhausted, and they are sincerely begging for help." ”

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice, "Governor, I always feel that this time is too smooth, but I'm afraid that there will be fraud in it." ”

"Wang Jiayin is such a reckless dragon and snake, his heart must be not small, how could he casually meet a petty official like me, and he did not hesitate to break with the generals under his command, and also tied up his own people to send them to the door? I'm afraid he still has something to ask for. ”

"You Southern Barbarians, you just have too many eyes." Chen Qiyu was slow and reasonable, and said in a tone that taught the juniors.

"You don't want to think about it, he Wang Jiayin is a person who wants to wash his hands and not dry it, do you still care about a few subordinates?"

Hong Chengchou thinks about it carefully, and it is indeed reasonable.

"Besides, now that the thieves are running out of food, they have to ask me, and it is entirely our government that is taking the initiative. When you go to collect your ordnance, you might as well sharpen it so that they are so hungry that they will be the first to offer their weapons. ”

"When they're all unarmed, what waves can they make?"

Hong Chengchou smiled and complimented, "When the time comes, life and death will be taken away, all in the hands of the Governor!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, very refreshing.

As for Li Zicheng, who was kidnapped, no one was ready to send him to Beijing to sacrifice prisoners.

Pull a rope directly and hang yourself at the camp gate.

Poor generation of Dashun Tianzi swayed with the wind like this.

But this person is tough, and he hasn't said a word from beginning to end.

Next, Hong Chengchou's key work is to collect weapons.

Whenever the officers and soldiers confiscated a person's weapon, they would give him half a bag of millet.

Although the amount is not large, it is barely enough to eat for a few days.

After all, the purpose of the officers and soldiers was not to feed them, but to make the thieves hungry and weak, so that they could be repatriated to their hometowns.

Hong Chengchou is also cautious about hiding weapons, and after everyone searches, he will also search his camp.

The weapons collected are also varied, in addition to the standard firearms and swords of the border army, which are high-end goods, other Fanding's self-made compound bows, bandits' meteor hammers, and even farmers' pitchforks and shovels.

Fortunately, there are not as many thieves as he claims to be, and the total number is only nearly 40,000.

Otherwise, Hong Chengchou would have to be exhausted to death on the spot first.

On this day, Hong Chengchou was counting in the arsenal, and suddenly an uninvited guest came.

The person who came was none other than Deputy Chief Soldier Ai Wannian.

This person is also from Mizhi, who was born in a person, and has a very good relationship with Cao Wenzhao, who is by Chen Qiyu's side.

"Mr. Ai, you are not guarding in Shanxi, why did you come here?"

Ai Wannian smiled and said, "Senator Hong said that he laughed, it's not that you all said that they were all down, and we are also happy to be idle." ”

Approaching Hong Chengchou, Ai Wannian said with a solemn face, "I heard that a stubborn bandit Li Zicheng was hanged in the camp before, I don't know if you can give me a look." ”

Seeing Hong Chengchou's surprised gaze, Ai Wannian took a deep breath, "My uncle's family was killed by this thief. ”

Only then did Hong Chengchou remember that when Li Zicheng was in Mizhi, he also killed Ai Juren's entire family.

Put down the stiff corpse in front of the camp gate.

Ai Wannian looked closely, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled this person's ear.

Hong Chengchou was surprised, but saw Ai Wannian slowly turn around.

"Lord Hong, this is not Li Zicheng!"

"It was Li Zicheng's nephew who died, 'a tiger' Li Guo."