Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 161
In the open space outside the north gate of Yan'an Mansion, Zhang Miao knelt on the ground with her upper body bare and her arms tied behind her back; There was faint blood oozing out.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, who were wearing red official robes, stood side by side, more than ten steps away from Zhang Miaoshou, behind them was a group of tall and burly soldiers with helmets and armor.

After Hong Chengchou met the cronies sent by Zhang Miaoshou to contact him about the surrender, and after a brief discussion with Sun Chuanting, the two unanimously concluded that Zhang Miaoshou really surrendered sincerely.

After asking about Zhang Miaoshou's location, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered Ai Wannian, who was defending the extended pass, to make way for Zhang Wenyao's troops to reach Yan'an Mansion through the extension.

Hong Chengchou strictly ordered Ai Wannian's department to closely monitor the more than [-] thieves who came to surrender, and urgently dispatched two cavalry troops from Wu Sangui and Zu Dale on the front line of Ansai to Yanchang, ambush in a dangerous place, and immediately stepped forward if the thieves pretended to surrender Siege.

A few days later, Zhang Miaoshou led more than [-] people from his troops to Yan'an Mansion under the guard of the officers and soldiers along the way, assembled ten miles outside the city and surrendered.

Zhang Wenyao came alone outside the city gate to meet Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

Seeing Zhang Wenyao's appearance, Hong Chengchou felt a sense of irony.

He put his hand on the jade belt and asked in a low voice, "Who is kneeling in front?"

After kowtowing, Zhang Wenyao struggled to straighten up, looked at the ground in front of him, and said loudly: "Report to the Lord, the sinner Zhang Wenyao came to plead guilty and please surrender! Please surrender!"

Hong Chengchou didn't let him get up, but asked in a stern tone: "I heard that you have served in the army for several years, and you can be regarded as a minor meritorious service. Why did you rebel? Why did the court feel sorry for you? Why are you waiting now?" Come down suddenly?"

Zhang Wenyao kowtowed and replied: "Responding to the words of the elder, the sinners were confused for a while before they raised their troops! Although I have rebelled for several years, I have never killed a good person. When my subordinates went out to collect food, I also ordered them not to kill or injure people." If you don’t believe me, you can send someone to inquire, I Zhang Miaoshou is definitely not an evil person! I was going to surrender a long time ago, but it happened that the emperor had an imperial decree to forgive us, so I brought my hands down down!"

Hong Chengchou snorted coldly: "I have tens of thousands of soldiers in my hands. When the time is right, I will wipe out you in one fell swoop! Who knows that you also know that you have repented and saved yourself from the disaster of killing yourself! You are smart! I will tell you today Yuer: Your Majesty is benevolent, determined not to blame you for the past! From now on, you must change your mind and start a new life! If there is any overthrow in the future! Your heads will be hung at the gate of the city!"

Zhang Wenyao even said that he did not dare, and that he wanted to join the army and kill the thief to prove his innocence.

Hong Chengchou walked slowly two steps in front of Zhang Wenyao, and shouted, "Stand up!"

Zhang Wenyao stood up vigorously with his waist and legs, but still bowed his head deeply, not daring to look directly at Hong Chengchou in front of him.

Hong Chengchou looked at Zhang Wenyao, who was tall and strong, and praised: "Looking at his appearance, he is a man! Do you have any military exploits in the army?"

Zhang Wenyao bowed his head and replied: "My lord knows that the younger one has been in Zhenqiang for five years, and he once had the heads of five Tartars and four party members in his hands! I was furious because the guards were greedy for my reward money." I cut him down and ran away. Because I had nowhere to go, I joined the gang of thieves! The young man is good at using bows, arrows and long knives, and I know a lot about battles. I also hope that the old man will let me join the army. I want to make amends!"

Hong Chengchou nodded in satisfaction, and said: "I have commanded thousands of troops for many years, and I have known countless people. Judging from your words and deeds, you are sincerely surrendering to the court! Anyway, since you have the heart to serve the court, I will not be cold How many people are there in your unit? How many are willing to join the army? Is there any food and grass in the camp?"

Zhang Wenyao was very happy when he heard that Hong Chengchou agreed to join the army, and he bowed his head and replied loudly: "My lord knows, there are more than [-] under my command, most of them are young and strong, and there are more than a hundred cavalry. Woman! There are still hundreds of stones in food and grass! I usually use the methods of the army to train my troops, and these thousands of people are quite capable! As long as the Elder Master agrees, these thousands of people will join the army!"

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said: "I will send someone back with you. Immediately select the personnel, and those who are over forty will be repatriated to their hometowns; those who are young and strong who volunteer to join the army will be treated as available in the army from now on." For the payment of food and salaries, I will send a general to command your department, are you satisfied with this arrangement?"

Hong Chengchou didn't mention how to arrange for Zhang Wenyao, but only talked about how to arrange for his subordinates, and stated that even if he became an official army, his tribe would be led by others.

Zhang Wenyao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied loudly: "I obey the orders of the Elder Master! I just need to be a soldier beside the Elder Master!"

Hong Chengchou was completely relieved when he heard Zhang Wenyao's answer.

Zhang Wenyao's words proved that he had no dissatisfaction. If he showed dissatisfaction with Hong Chengchou's arrangement just now, Hong Chengchou would have his head cut off immediately.

Since people sincerely rely on the imperial court, the imperial court has to show goodwill.

Hong Chengchou went around behind Zhang Wenyao, untied the ropes that bound his hands with his own hands, took off the jujube branches and threw them aside, Shen Shiyu took off the cloak he was wearing, walked quickly to Hong Chengchou and handed it to him, Hong Chengchou Putting the cloak on Zhang Wenyao's body, he turned around and said, "Wen Yao still needs to cherish his body, it is the right way to leave a useful body to serve the court! What I am curious about is, who taught you this? "

Zhang Wenyao was so moved that tears were about to flow down. He sniffed his nose and replied in a muffled voice, "My lord, I learned this from dramas! The scripts say that you have to wait to plead guilty!"

Hong Chengchou laughed loudly and said, "Wen Yao's drama is about reconciliation of generals? But Lian Po is the top general, and Lin Xiangru is the top official of Zhao State! By doing this, you are really exalting us! Hahahaha !"

Zhang Wenyao touched his nose with his hand, and replied in embarrassment: "My lord, I'm a rough person, I don't understand anything except battle formation, so don't blame me, my lord!"

Hong Chengchou waved his hands and said with a smile: "How can I blame you, honest and honest people have a heart of loyalty! Don't call me the old man in the future, I am Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces! That is the governor of Shaanxi, Sun Zhongcheng! This official I will promote you as a guerrilla general first, and I will report it to the imperial court later, and I will register you for an official certificate! Your department will be repaired temporarily and wait for the imperial court to issue armor and hats! From now on, you, Zhang Wenyao, will be Ming’s General!"

Zhang Wenyao was startled at first. Although he guessed Hong Chengchou's identity, he didn't expect that Sun Chuanting had also arrived in northern Shaanxi.Fortunately, I saw the opportunity early, if I continue to hesitate, the two killers will definitely join forces and launch an attack.

Then he was overjoyed again, he became a guerrilla in the blink of an eye, he was many ranks higher than the previous team, and he had already stepped into the ranks of senior generals.

Zhang Wenyao knelt down without hesitation, first kowtowed to Hong Chengchou, and then kowtowed to Sun Chuanting who was slowly approaching: "Humble Zhang Wenyao, I have seen the two elders!"

After several days of reorganization, more than [-] of the more than [-] people under Zhang Wenyao's department were left behind, and the rest were more than a thousand old and weak.

But although these people's hometowns are not far away in Qingjian, Suide and other counties, their relatives all died of illness, hunger and war; in addition, there is still a place where thieves are entrenched, and it is difficult to guarantee to join the thieves team again after returning. middle.

Considering these actual conditions, Sun Chuanting proposed to Hong Chengchou to send these people to Xi'an to reclaim wasteland and farm.

Not to mention the fertile land in the Guanzhong Plain, the drought situation is much worse than that in northern Shaanxi. Coupled with the implementation of a series of drought-resistant measures, it is safest to settle there, lest these people will rebel again.

Considering that Zhang Wenyao's troops need to go through formal training, they must know the flags and drums of the army before they can go into battle, and they have to wait for the court to issue clothing, armor, weapons, food and tents, etc. After a brief discussion, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting decided to These more than [-] people were merged into Sun Chuanting's Qin army, and the Qin army was responsible for training them.

Most of the Qin army's soldiers were peasants who had never been in battle a year ago. Zhou Yuji, Luo Shifang and others had a lot of experience in training recruits. Sun Chuanting was willing to accept the expansion of the team.

When Zhang Wenyao returned to the simple hall of Yongning Pass, Tuo Yangkun could hardly recognize him.

He was wearing a brand-new mail armor that only senior generals in the army had, and he wore an eight-petal iron helmet with extremely bright red tassels; against this attire, Zhang Wenyao, the original thief leader, had a hint of heroism.

Tuo Yangkun circled around Zhang Wenyao, touched the iron armor on his body from time to time, and kept tsk-tsk: "Tsk tsk, I haven't seen you for a few days, and brother Zhang has become an officer! Didn’t the other rebels shoot to death on the way? Haha! Good guy! This armor is really not bad!”

Zhang Wenyao opened his palm with a slap, and said seriously: "What other rebels? They are rebels! Chief, we get along very well on weekdays, so I came back to persuade you, hurry up and surrender! If you don't surrender, the court's ten Wan Dajun is coming! Brother, I can't save you then!"

After Tuo Yangkun glanced at him suspiciously, he walked slowly to the chair and sat down, and said, "One hundred thousand troops? Brother Zhang, don't be ridiculous! Where did the court get the one hundred thousand troops? Now the officials in Yan'an Prefecture The army is only in the tens of thousands, if there were [-] troops, Hong Chengchou would have led someone to push them over!"

Zhang Wenyao sat down on the chair, and said disdainfully, "Don't you remember what I said last time, Chief? Commander Hong has no [-] troops under his command, but Governor Sun is here! There are only a few people to wipe out the intruders." Originally, Commander Hong and Sun Zhongcheng were going to call immediately after they joined forces, but I was going to talk about it and use the head of the item as a guarantee, so the two adults gave me a little face and asked me to persuade the big leader to surrender! Big leader, I am I came back to persuade you because of the face of the township party. I can't just watch you let the officers and soldiers chop off your head, can you? The two adults said that you have to come to Yan'an Mansion within five days to ask for your surrender. Then follow, or it will be your fate to break into the thief!"

A few days later, Xiezi Kuai Tuo Yangkun, the leader of the biggest gangster in northern Shaanxi, rushed to Yan'an, accompanied by Zhang Wenyao, and knelt down and begged for surrender.

Most of the more than [-] men under him came to Yan'an to surrender, and only a few thousand thieves defected to Li Zicheng near Suide.

After more than ten days of screening and reorganization, more than 5000 people from the Tuoyangkun Department finally left [-] people to join the army, and the rest were all moved to Xi'an, where conditions were better.

Tuo Yangkun was also appointed as a guerrilla general, and the [-] troops were also handed over to the Qin army for unified training, and they were merged into the Qin army after they were formed.

Following the surrender of Zhang Wenyao and Tuo Yangkun one after another, the power of the northern Shaanxi thieves has been greatly reduced. Only the relatively large group of thieves, the general Li Zicheng, is left.

When the situation was so good, Hong Chengchou immediately forgot about asking Sun Chuanting to come up with a strategy to suppress the thieves. He ordered the generals under his command to march from the garrison to Suide and Mizhi, trying to capture Li Zicheng who was entrenched in this area. The Ministry was flattened in one fell swoop.

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