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Chapter 121 I Only Kill Those Who Should Be Killed
Some people and horses were left to protect the palace with the guards of the imperial camp. Some people cleaned the battlefield in front of the palace, carried away the corpses, and washed the blood with clean water. Naturally, Huang Degong didn't care about these trivial matters. Gone like a gust of wind.

This episode came in the middle of the night, Zhu Yousong returned to the palace and couldn’t sleep anymore, it was the fourth watch in front of him, Zhu Yousong was still in high spirits, and danced his sword on the dance floor of the palace, the sword light was lingering, and the sword wind howled , until dawn.

After breakfast, Zhu Yousong arranged for people to release the list immediately to calm the people. As the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, the land of Longxing, the people were in a panic. The lawless army generals rebelled, feigned surrender and killed them. Now that the emperor has controlled the situation, these people will be severely punished.

At si o'clock in the morning, someone came to report, and Huang Degong brought Qiu Yue, Zhang Jie and Chen Xiance to kneel outside the palace gate to plead guilty.

Zhu Yousong knew that Huang Degong and others did not catch Li Chengdong. This guy is really a loach, slipperier than a slippery one, so he heard about Huang Degong and the other four.

The four generals came in and knelt down in front of Zhu Yousong, with shame on their faces, and Huang Degong reported to pass by. As expected by Zhu Yousong, Qiu Yue, Zhang Jie, and Chen Xiance chased and killed Li Chengdong and Wang Zhi overnight, and chased them all the way to the east gate.

At this time, there was a fierce battle at the east gate. The reason was that the people Wang Zhi had arranged in advance wanted to seize the gate, and the guards would fight to the death. , Naturally, it was another scuffle, and as a result, Li Chengdong's men and Wang Zhi's men were all killed in battle, but Li Chengdong and Wang Zhi were not missing in the search for the corpses. At this time, Huang Degong arrived and ordered a search of the whole city, but no one was found until dawn The shadow of these two people.

Later, someone found several naked corpses under the southern city wall. Next to the naked corpses was a special rope made of belts and military uniforms. After identifying the dead were all Huang Degong's subordinates, Huang Degong understood that it must be Li Chengdong and Wang Zhi taking advantage of the chaos. He ran here under the cover of night, killed the defenders, and made a rope out of their clothes and belts to fall into the city and escape.

Huang Degong was so angry that his face was blue, he swung his iron whip and smashed the head of the south gate guard with a crack, but he still couldn't let go of his anger, and then dumped Qiu Yue, Zhang Jie and Chen Xiance, each of the three chief soldiers. Boy, the faces of the three generals were fat at that time, bleeding from the corners of their mouths, but the three generals didn't even dare to fart, knowing that they were taking a big deal. The guards smashed their heads with iron whips.

After Huang Degong finished venting his anger on them, he brought three general soldiers to plead guilty to Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong still didn't blame them, not because Huang Degong and others were incompetent, but because Li Chengdong was too cunning, but the more the emperor forgave, the more uneasy Huang Degong's four generals felt. How could such a heinous person slip through the net so cheaply?

Zhu Yousong smiled: "Masters, don't worry, he can't escape!"

The four generals naturally didn't know the secret, and looked at Zhu Yousong in surprise, Zhu Yousong smiled but didn't answer, so he naturally didn't dare to ask more questions.

At this time, someone came to report that Huang Ming, the commander-in-chief, died of serious injuries and blood loss.

Huang Degong and others stood in awe, and Zhu Yousong said in a heavy tone: "General Huang is my hero and the backbone of our Ming Dynasty. It is my order to bury him generously according to the specifications of a prince, and to take care of his wife, daughter and family. Dukes are hereditary."

At this time, Chen Xiance's deputy commander reported that all the defectors of Li Chengdong and Wang Zhi had been arrested, except for 300 people who participated in last night's mutiny. Most of the 2000 soldiers died in battle, and some He was directly executed by the emperor, and 100 of 450 people were captured again.In addition, there are [-] people who did not participate in last night's mutiny. After investigation, they knew nothing about what happened last night. We came to ask these people how to deal with them.

Huang Degong glared, "Idiot, why did you ask for instructions, there is no good thing for his mother, all of them will be executed early, and no one will be kept!"

"Slow down!" Zhu Yousong stopped him, "I only kill those who deserve to be killed, and I can't kill innocent people indiscriminately. I will release all 450 people who did not participate in last night's incident, and continue to adapt. The [-] captives who mutinied were all beheaded."

On the same day, 450 soldiers will be acquitted, and the 100 people who participated in the mutiny will be beheaded. When the news spreads, the whole city is a sensation.Farmers and merchants in the city, in the streets and alleys, were discussing a lot, and they all gave their thumbs up in favor of their majesty as a wise emperor who clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments, enemies and friends, and merits and demerits.

Of course, the most grateful are the 450 generals. They were originally Gao Jie's old troops, and they were compiled under the command of Li Chengdong and Wang Zhi. imperial court.

Fengyang City currently has 5 troops, which can be roughly divided into three parts. One part is the troops brought by Huang Degong from Chuzhou, the other part is the Beijing camp soldiers brought by Zhu Yousong from Nanjing, and the other part is Gao Jie's old troops. It took another three days for the men belonging to Li Chengdong and Wang Zhi, and Zhu Yousong organized the [-] men, and all of them became his loyalists.

At this time, another great news came. Li Quan drove 4 people to the south gate of Fengyang.

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed. A few days ago, the Yizhen victory under his personal command successfully ambushed Gao Jie's main force, and the entire army of 4 horses was wiped out. Gao Jie's 1000-strong army blows the lamps and pulls the wax, and the number of prisoners alone is close to [-]. Including the wounded barracks, there are more than [-] people.

At that time, Zhu Yousong was in a hurry to send troops to Sizhou, and left 1 troops for Li Quan to handle the post-war affairs of Yizhen's ambush, take care of the spoils, clean up the battlefield, reorganize the prisoners, treat the wounded, etc., all of which were handed over to this Dong. The factory leader punished Qianhu.

Now it's time to count, more than half a month has passed, and Li Quan should be back.

Zhu Yousong led Huang Degong and others to open the city gate and take them out of Nancheng.

The emperor personally went out of the city to welcome the generals into the city. The ostentation was not ordinary. The streets and alleys were already full of armored soldiers on duty, and they continued to line up outside the city.

At this time, on the official road outside Nancheng, flags filled the sky, trumpet belts fluttered, and a team like a giant dragon covered the official road, and the edge could not be seen at a glance.Under the clear sky and autumn sun, the armor of the generals is shining, their swords and guns are like ears of wheat, and their swords and halberds are like hemp forests.

Huang Degong took three general officers to personally escort him, plus more than a thousand imperial guards. Zhu Yousong, without helmet and armor, wearing a brand new yellow dragon robe and a golden dragon crown with hair tied on his head, came without a dragon chariot. It was riding a lantern for thousands of miles and walking forward slowly, which attracted the people in the city who had settled down a long time ago to flock to the streets to see Long Yan again.

When Zhu Yousong's horse head just came out of the city gate, Li Quan, who was [-] meters away, had already jumped off his horse. He trotted all the way to stand about ten steps away from Zhu Yousong, straightened his armor and shook his robe, and knelt down on the ground , Kowtow up, "Li Quan, who is in charge of thousands of households in Dongchang, sees the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

(End of this chapter)