Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 537
Reforming the land and returning it to the people is obviously not something that can be done in a short while, which is tantamount to giving Sun Chuanting more time and space to do this.

Moreover, reforming the land and returning it to the bloc has begun to be officially implemented as a national policy, and his strategy of suppressing thieves in the southwest will also need to be changed.It is no longer simply to drive the thieves to the chieftain's territory, but to use it together with the strategy of reforming the land and returning it to the brigade.

Sun Chuanting spread out the army and made a decision within a time limit for the chieftain in front of him.

Whether to respond to the new policy of the imperial court, choose civil and military officials by yourself or accept the canonization of titles, or rebel against the imperial court and be wiped out by him, choose!
At the same time, he also recruited a large number of local people, and spread the benefits of appointing officials by the imperial court to replace the chieftain's jurisdiction to the people in the chieftain's territory, letting them know whether to support the imperial court or accompany the chieftain to fight against the imperial court!
All these things will take time, so Sun Chuanting is not in a hurry to attack.

As a result, Li Zicheng was also given time.

However, Li Zicheng didn't want to get too close to Sun Chuanting's elite troops. After the previous battle, he followed Song Xiance's proposal and sent vanguards to the depths of Yunnan and Guizhou to publicize the imperial court's sinister intentions to drive away wolves and tigers. The chieftain would not attack him, or even join forces with him to fight against the imperial court based on the southwest of Ming Dynasty.

On this day, the last two rogue armies remaining in Wanhongwu's territory, namely Gao Yigong and Liu Zongmin's troops, were also preparing to withdraw.

No, Gao Yigong entered the military tent and saw Liu Zongmin, and he told him: "The chieftain has already greeted him. Although he is very dissatisfied, he did not refuse us to leave."

"Hmph, he doesn't dare to leave it alone!" Liu Zongmin sneered immediately after hearing this.

After Li Zicheng left the two of them here, he actually gave Tusi Wan Hongwu an explanation: Look, the top generals under his command are all staying here, so you don't have to worry about the court officials.

But after a period of time, the imperial army did not attack, and on Liu Zongmin's side, when it was time for Li Zi to confess, he directly asked Gao Yigong to communicate with the chieftain to leave.

In fact, the two parties did not get along happily, and the breakup was expected.

At this time, after Liu Zongmin said something, he waved to Gao Yigong and said, "Let's go and watch a good show together!"

"What good show?" Gao Yigong couldn't help asking a little puzzled after hearing this.

Liu Zongmin didn't answer, and strode out.

When Gao Yigong saw him, he had no choice but to follow, just to see what was going on.

After walking for a while, he probably knew where he was looking.

Sure enough, soon after arriving, I saw a large group of brothers surrounded by this empty square, and a group of ragged people in the middle. They were tied up, but they were all held by brothers with long guns.

Of course, Gao Yigong knew that these ragged people were part of the forward troops of He Renlong's army.They went deep into the chieftain's territory and were eventually besieged and killed. These people were captured by them.

I have been detained here, in addition to asking them to confess to the news from the imperial army, I also want to persuade them to surrender.

These court officers and soldiers are all elites, and they can just become the backbone of these thieves.At least a large part of them old thieves originally came from the imperial court.

Unexpectedly, the bones of these court officers and soldiers turned out to be very hard, and they refused to surrender, and they refused to confess important news among the court officers and soldiers.

Now, they are going to withdraw. If these people still don't surrender, they will either leave it to chieftain Wan Hongwu, or kill them.

Liu Zongmin's so-called good show, what is this for?
It was a little strange for Gao Yigong to think so.

As soon as Liu Zongmin arrived, he saw those thieves yelling at Liu Zongmin one after another.

Liu Zongmin waved his hand to make them quiet, and after looking at the end, he pointed to those who were not tied up and asked, "Aren't they the ones who are willing to surrender?"

A little leader heard this and quickly replied yes.

Liu Zongmin sneered immediately after hearing this, and then looked at those who were not tied up and said, "How do I know if your surrender is true or not? Come here, give them a knife, one knife per person, and chop up those who refuse to surrender, Lao Tzu I believe you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all his subordinates screamed strangely.

"That's right, one person, one knife, chopped up those who refused to surrender!"

"This is called a certificate of merit, understand? Everyone in the world pays attention to this!"

"As long as these officials are killed, we will be brothers!"

"..."

Gao Yigong listened at the side, frowned and didn't speak.

Although it is the proper meaning to trade in the name certificate, he still doesn't like it a bit.

Because these men are all from Shaanxi, they are fellow villagers, and they all have kindness, and they have persisted until now.Forcing them to kill their comrades like this is not what a hero does!
If it is said that these people who were killed were corrupt officials, that is another story.But these people who are going to be killed are all heroes who would rather die than surrender!

When he was thinking this way, he saw a brother step forward, handed a knife to the court soldier standing in the front, and then pushed him to the side of the stake, and at the same time Shouted: "Chop a knife, you are a brother!"

When the other thieves saw it, most of the thieves became excited and shouted: "Chop it up, chop it up..."

The man holding the knife looked at the man who was tied up in front of him, and said with a mournful face: "My lord, one of the children in this villain's family is only three years old, and the daughter-in-law probably just gave birth to a second one. If there is no villain... I don't want to die!"

Hearing his words, the thieves all fell silent. Many of them were in the mood of watching a show, just watching this man want to submit a certificate!
The person who was tied up had the highest status, he was Qianhu among the forwards, and his name was Gao Ruli. After hearing his words, instead of being angry, he showed a slight smile.Probably because of the serious injuries on his body, he smiled a bit reluctantly.

But this smile seemed very sincere, and he said to the person in front of him: "Da Heizi, I know, it's okay, let's do it!"

After finishing speaking, he kept that smile, looked down on life and death, and just looked at Da Heizi like that, as if he didn't mind.

His appearance made Da Heizi even more hesitant.The hand holding the knife kept shaking, as if the knife weighed a thousand catties.

Looking at Gao Ruli's smiling face, looking at his death-defying knife, Da Heizi couldn't lift it at all.

Liu Zongmin at the side became a little impatient, and immediately urged sharply: "What are you doing in a daze, chop it up quickly, and eat meat in big pieces and drink in big bowls, everyone will be brothers!"

"Yes, chop it up quickly, we will be brothers in the future!" The other thieves also echoed after hearing this.

However, Da Heizi kept looking at Gao Ruli's smiling face with tears in his eyes, and still couldn't lift the knife in his hand.

Seeing this situation, Liu Zongmin's complexion became a little ugly, this play is not going according to his idea!
Thinking of this, he lost face at his subordinates.

So, several of Liu Zongmin's subordinates used their long spears to stab at the big blackie, apparently to force the big blackie, don't hesitate, and hurry up.

Forced by them, Da Heizi finally raised the knife in his hand, but he couldn't hold it firmly, so he trembled in the air.

If Gao Ruli had reprimanded him, or threatened him, or something like that, maybe he would not have hesitated so much.However, the current Gao Ruli just looked at him with that kind of death-defying smile.

That gaze, like a sharp sword, pierced his heart, making him unable to do anything.

Liu Zongmin was even more unhappy watching it, and immediately said coldly: "Hurry up, don't want ink stains!"

"Hurry up!" His subordinates also echoed, showing a fierce look. It seemed that if Da Heizi didn't make a move, they would stab their spears into Da Heizi's body.

Under such pressure, Da Heizi finally clenched the knife a little tighter.

Seeing this situation, Liu Zongmin's face showed a silent sneer of disdain.

But who knows, at this moment, he saw Da Heizi yelling "Ah", and then said loudly to Gao Ruli, "My lord, see you all!"

After finishing speaking, I saw him pointing the blade towards his neck, and with a sudden force, he killed himself!

No one could have imagined this scene, and they were all stunned for a moment.

It wasn't until the knife fell to the ground and Da Heizi fell to the ground that they came back to their senses.

But at this moment, all the thieves who shouted fiercely just now fell silent, and just looked at Da Heizi's body like this.

"Good brother, see you loyally!" Gao Ruli said with a smile, tears streaming from his eyes.

"Next!" Liu Zongmin was upset and shouted loudly.

When his subordinates saw it, they immediately went over to pick up the knife, stuffed it into the hands of the second person, and pushed him, and pushed it to the front of Gao Ruli, beside Da Heizi.

The man looked down at Da Heizi's body, then at Gao Ruli, but without hesitation, he also shouted to Gao Ruli, "My lord, see you all!"

After he finished speaking, he also swung his knife to commit suicide, and fell beside Da Heizi.

The scene was quiet, and all the thieves silently looked at the two bleeding corpses on the ground, without speaking.

Liu Zongmin was very annoyed when he saw it. One by one, he shouted something like "See you in the hall", and then committed suicide, it was a slap in the face for him!
Loyalty Hall, Loyalty Hall, Loyalty Bird Hall!
So, he waved his hand and roared, "Next!"

However, the third one still slapped him in the face, and also shouted "See you in court", and would rather commit suicide than chop off his own comrades!
They may have had the idea of ​​survival, after all, ants still steal their lives, but, facing the death of their colleagues, in the end, they also chose Zhonglietang.

Liu Zongmin was so angry that he wanted to jump into a rage, and when he was about to shout again, he heard Gao Yigong next to him say: "Staying here is all anger, go get busy, leave this place to me!"

　The design of Zhonglie Hall and Zhonglie's pension system, in the late Ming Dynasty when even the military pay was in arrears, I think it will have a very big impact.There has never been a suitable plot to express this point before. I happened to watch the video to force a prisoner to kill a Soviet Red Army officer. This video has no language, just expressions, which shocked me so much, so I borrowed it. .

　　
　
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