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Chapter 102 Rebellious ministers must be punished despite meritorious deeds

"speak!"

Zheng Hongkui was also very tired at this time, and he just took this opportunity to catch his breath, but he only gave Gao Jie one word.

Gao Jie hung up the lance on the horse, clasped his fists and showed sincerity: "Perhaps Gao can see that even if he doesn't talk about Brother Zheng, the situation in front of him is hard to fly. As the saying goes, those who deal with current affairs are heroes, and Gao admires Brother Zheng." He is a hero who cannot bear to be harmed. Surrender, Gao is a good friend and will never treat Brother Zheng badly."

Zheng Hongkui said angrily: "Shut up! Mr. Zheng is an official of the imperial court, unlike you and other repeated people, who will not change their thieves. If you want Mr. Zheng to bend his knees, turn your eyelids by mistake!"

Gao Jie saw that Zheng Hongkui vowed not to surrender, so he didn't bother to spit anymore. He told his subordinates that they were going to live and don't kill Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui was injured and fought hard, and now he has two more minor injuries. In the end, there were only 40 to 2 guards around him. .

Later, Gao Jie led people to trap Zheng Hongkui and dozens of people. Gao Jie immediately laughed and persuaded again: "Brother Zheng, forget it, your Zheng family army is famous, and Gao has always admired it. With Brother Zheng's bravery and Brother Zhilong Why don't you worry about your great talents and great achievements? Gao doesn't care about the past, as if today's incident never happened, brother just needs to be a recommendation, how about Gao's joining your Zheng family army? Wouldn't it be nice for you and my brother to conspire for a great cause!"

"Shut up!" Gao Jie may have meant it, but Zheng Hongkui had a feeling of being exposed, and scolded, "Our Zheng family serves the court, how can we be with you and other thieves who have never changed their nature?" Hurry up and shut your stinky mouth, so as not to dirty Zheng's ears!"

"Hmph, well, since Brother Zheng is so noble and looks down on Gao, Gao has no choice but to let Brother Zheng down." Gao Jie's eyes shot fiercely at this point, and he pointed at the horse in his hand, " Kill me, leave no one behind!"

Countless soldiers rushed up again. Zheng Hongkui was injured in many places, and he was exhausted from rushing for so long. Sheng En, I am afraid that our monarchs and ministers will not see each other..."

At this moment, there was a commotion behind Gao Jie and Xing's team, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, "Come on, kill, don't let Gao Jie escape, there will be rewards for catching whores and sluts alive..."

Gao Jie's men didn't know what was going on, and stopped besieging Zheng Hongkui and the others. Along the official road, a group of people and horses turned out from the mountain ring. I don't know how many people there were.

Gao Jie was shocked, because he knew this team too well, the team was flying the royal banner, and the large "Zhu" embroidered on the apricot satin was particularly conspicuous, he even saw the figures of Zhu Yousong and Zu Hai .

That's all for Zu Hai, after drilling in the mountains for a few days, he was completely exhausted. It is said that Zhu Yousong's [-]-year-old body set foot in the mountains should be worse than Zu Hai, but on the contrary, Zhu Yousong's eyes were shining, He was full of energy, as if he had taken some holy medicine, and his energy seemed extremely abundant.

In fact, how did Gao Jie know that this is the reason why Zhu Yousong practiced the method of interbreeding grass and trees in the mountains these days. Even when he was marching and fighting, Zhu Yousong did not forget to practice his kung fu hard. If you are suitable for qi, you will be qi, if you are suitable for sword, you will be able to use sword.

This exercise in the cultivation world is really amazing. It can not only relieve fatigue, but also strengthen the breath inside and strengthen the muscles and bones outside. Therefore, even though he left the palace and slept in the mountains, Zhu Yousong didn't have the hard work of long-distance marching and trekking, but he looked alive and well. .

Gao Jie was looking dumbfounded, when the sound of crossbow arrows, gunfire, and shouts soaring into the sky drowned out the sound of galloping horses.

Gao Jie's men fell one after another, and the rest fell into chaos.

Surprised, angry, and frightened, Gao Jie's face turned green. He never dreamed that the emperor and his troops would chase after him from Yizhen. He still had lingering fears when he was trapped and almost died a few days ago. He has become a frightened bird, and he doesn't care about Zheng Hongkui anymore, so he rushed down the hillside with his people and ran, "Retreat, quickly retreat to Sizhou City!"

However, it is not easy to retreat, because they are still in a ravine between two mountains and a ditch. Although it is a low mountain and the slope is not too steep, it is different from flat land after all. It is not easy to march, and there are still several miles of battlefields. The men and horses fought here for a long time, at the beginning they were at a disadvantage, and later gained the upper hand, but no matter what, they never rushed out. Forty to fifty thousand people rushed here for several hours, and now there are dead bodies everywhere. People are still not completely dead, struggling and moaning, which is undoubtedly an obstacle to the withdrawal of troops.

It should be said that war is a killing machine. Once the machine is started, the finished products are corpses, and the semi-finished products are wounded and sick. There are lonely ghosts and thousands of wounded people struggling on the edge of life and death.

In order to escape for his life, Gao Jie had to lead people to step over the corpses. Of course, the injured soldiers included Zheng Hongkui and Gao Jie, but now he can't care about anything. The "finished product" of the last breath.

Gao Jie was running forward, when a group of men and horses rushed down from the hillside in front of him, and a general at the head shouted loudly: "The traitor Gao Jie, where are you going, I am here!"

When Gao Jie saw it, he was so frightened that his soul jumped out. It was his Emperor Zhu Yousong who was coming, with a silver helmet and plain armor, a red horse and a long sword, and he was extremely powerful.

Although there are no dragon crowns, dragon robes and jade belts, palace dragon chairs, eunuchs and maids, there are no such ostentations, and some are just dressed in generals.But no matter where Longyan Royal Body goes, no matter what he wears, he is undoubtedly the Ninth Five-Year Master.

It turned out that Zhu Yousong's horse was fast. After locking Gao Jie in the chaos, he raised his horse and charged up the high slope, and then plunged down diagonally from here, just in front of Gao Jie, and the imperial guards behind him followed closely behind. .

Since ancient times, evil does not invade righteousness. After Gao Jie peeled off the thief's skin and changed his face, when he saw this body or a piece of his paper, he bathed and changed his clothes, burned incense and worshiped, and divided the monarch and ministers. This body is now in front of his eyes. Gao Jie felt uncomfortable as if he had been stung.

Surrendering is also death, and giving up is death at worst. Today is today, so Gao Jie gritted his teeth and scolded: "Fun Monarch, I don't care how much credit I Gao Jie has made since I abandoned my secrets and surrendered to the Ming court, but the one that happened more than two months ago Who can compare to the merits of support? But you don't even think about the slightest bit of love and indiscriminately punish and kill heroes, so stupid that I am a rebellious minister, and you, a stupid king, forced me to do so!"

Zhu Yousong sneered and said: "The brave man knows the reason, well, I might as well argue with you. It is true that I cleaned up the factory guards not long ago, and killed Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, etc., but these rebellious officials and thieves are all They are the ones who deserve to be killed. They either deceive the emperor and commit crimes, or rely on meritorious deeds, or support soldiers to shake the lord. According to the Ming Dynasty's law, they should raid the family and exterminate the family. For example, I spared Zu Hai, Liu Kongzhao, etc. and entrusted them with important tasks. The generals of the four towns were all under Ma Shiying's subordinates, but I did not offend Huang Degong. It’s nonsense, I’m raising the teacher this time because you didn’t abide by the court’s laws and created chaos in Yangzhou, and it has nothing to do with Ma Shiying and others, so what else can you say?”

Gao Jie was just making excuses to cover up his crime, Zhu Yousong's words really made him speechless.

Zhu Yousong continued: "If you offend our celestial dynasty, you will be punished even if you are far away; ministers who rebel will be punished even if they make meritorious deeds, and will never be tolerated. Dismounting from the horse and subjugating the law is your advantage. I think of the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, and only punish those who should be punished." People, still don't want to punish people, where to go, you can think clearly!"

"Mr. Hun, I'm going to fight with you!" Gao Jie showed his ferociousness, and he went straight to Zhu Yousong.

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