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Chapter 663

By pardoning the captives and rewarding the generals of the Great Western Army, Zhu Yousong does not have to worry about causing dissatisfaction among his hard-working soldiers, because he is all bathed in Zhu Yousong's grace, and they know that without Zhu Yousong, they would not With them today, it is even more impossible to have the current recovery of Ming Dynasty.

In their minds, the Hongguang Emperor had long been the incarnation of God, a god sent from heaven, who loved all living beings and all things. Therefore, Zhu Yousong laughed and scolded all men and women, and his every move was a hero. This may be called faith.

Faith is such a powerful thing, especially in the feudal era, there was no uprising without belief, and nothing could be accomplished without belief. Once people recognized their belief, they would not doubt it at all. This is called a believer.

Whoever has believers in the world is awesome, and whoever has more believers is more awesome. When his believers spread all over the world, he will be the Lord of All Eternals.

Now the one who is most grateful to Long En is Zhang Xianzhong, who not only pardoned all his sins, but also was conferred the title of Daxi King by Zhu Yousong.

Before that, he repeatedly surrendered and thought about Emperor Chongzhen. In the eyes of the court, I am afraid that he has long been a capricious bandit, who can be killed but not kept.

Zhu Yousong was still able to keep him. It wouldn't be because of rights and interests to appease him. He would just find an excuse to kill him in the future?

"It's absolutely impossible!" Zhang Xianzhong denied himself as soon as he had such an idea.

If Zhu Yousong wanted to kill himself, it was as easy as flipping the palm of his hand, so would he deliberately find a reason in the future?There are a lot of reasons for what he did. Losing his head is the least serious thing. Cutting him into pieces, cracking his car, lighting up sky lanterns, and killing his family are not exaggerations.

Moreover, the flag-raising ridge on Fenghuang Mountain was captured by the Ming army, it was not Zhang Xianzhong who knew the current affairs and took the initiative to surrender the mountain. As for the subsequent surrender, it was just a desperate strategy to survive.

It was already an extravagant wish for Zhang Xianzhong to let himself and his beloved wife Li Na go out of the house, retire completely, and enjoy their old age in a thatched cottage at that time, but Zhu Yousong actually named him the King of Daxi!

Emperor Chongzhen had never been so generous.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Na knelt down and kowtowed their heads, Zhu Yousong smiled indifferently: "Jingxuan doesn't need to thank me, I still have two things to ask, and if I do these two things well, it will be considered as my repayment."

What the emperor said was the imperial decree, and the ministers had to obey unconditionally. As the saying goes, if the king ordered the ministers to die, the ministers had to die, so what is there to talk about?
Seeing Zhu Yousong's polite words, Zhang Xianzhong was even more flattered, and knelt down on the ground: "This humble minister respectfully accepts the hadith, and even if he loses his mind, he will die."

"I captured a general earlier, this man is called Li Dingguo, and he vowed not to surrender. I cherish his loyalty and bravery, and cannot bear to kill him. Jingxuan can persuade him for me."

Mention Li Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong is not without emotion.Li Dingguo is Zhang Xianzhong's most important confidant general. In the entire Daxi Group, except for Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo is the only one.Among Zhang Xianzhong's four kings and his four godsons, Li Dingguo ranked second, second only to Sun Kewang.

These four godsons, Zhang Xianzhong likes each one more than the other, especially this Li Dingguo joined his rebel army at the age of ten, and since then he has followed him to fight in the south and north, blocking east and west, and commanding thousands of troops at the age of 17. He is alone.

Li Dingguo was also born beautiful, and he is a rare all-rounder in civil and military affairs. Over the years, he has made great military exploits for his Daxi regime.After being captured now, he would rather die generously than surrender on his knees.

Compared with Sun Kewang and his ilk, it's a stark difference.

Therefore, when Li Dingguo was mentioned, Zhang Xianzhong treated him like his own son and asked him to persuade his son to surrender. Zhang Xianzhong said in his heart, Your Majesty really knows people with eyes. Have passed the Dingguo.

But then again, it is his blessing that Yu'er can meet such a timeless and sacred object like His Majesty, he must have a bright future, and it is also the blessing of all people in the world.

So thinking of this, Zhang Xianzhong fully promised: "Your Majesty, trivial matters are covered by this humble minister. The humble minister must live up to the holy reputation. Let Li Dingguo take the blame and do his best to be loyal to His Majesty."

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed, this is what he wanted.

Zhang Xianzhong immediately went to see Li Dingguo.

Here Li Na pays homage to his mother, Gao Guiying. The mother and daughter cry with each other in their arms. In the end, they all feel grateful for Zhu Yousong's kindness. If Zhu Yousong hadn't treated the captives kindly and amnesty the world, their mother and daughter would never have reunited.

Regardless of the fact that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong formed a double-parent family, it is absolutely impossible to become a family. Since ancient times, two heroes have not stood side by side. Their so-called pro-in-law and pro-in-law are just a game and means between emperors to compete for the world. The purpose of sacrificing the interests of children is destined to be a tragedy in the end.

Now that Zhu Yousong has given them a chance to surrender, their eight generations of ancestors have to thank Zhu Yousong for his kindness to the world. If they encounter a bloodthirsty and murderous emperor, their mother and daughter can only meet in the underworld.

The Ming army won a complete victory in the battle of Phoenix Mountain.This battle is of great significance, which means the demise of the Daxi regime. Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the fierce bandit who had been fighting against the Ming Dynasty for many years, surrendered to the court, and the Ming Dynasty also got rid of a serious problem.

Arranging prisoners, cleaning the battlefield, and taking care of the trophies, the soldiers of the Ming army were extremely busy.

That night, Zhang Xianzhong really lived up to expectations, and took Li Dingguo to plead guilty to Zhu Yousong.

When Zhang Xianzhong saw Li Dingguo, he didn't waste any words at all. Li Dingguo expressed his willingness to surrender to Zhu Yousong.

Not only did Li Dingguo surrender, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu, two of Li Dingguo's confidantes, were also willing to surrender. They were following Li Dingguo, and Li Dingguo was following Zhang Xianzhong.Zhang Xianzhong surrendered and came to persuade him to surrender, and these problems were easily solved.

When Li Dingguo brought Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu to kneel in front of Zhu Yousong to beg for sins, Zhu Yousong was overwhelmed with emotion, Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, and Li Dingguo surrendered, which can be described as the biggest event.

"Little Aiqing, don't give up courtesy and live a life of peace, the prodigal son will not exchange money when he returns. From now on, I will have another good general in Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yousong personally pulled them up, and finally his dream came true, and surrendered Li Dingguo. Zhu Yousong's sense of accomplishment was no less than that of surrendering Zhang Xianzhong. He called him Xiao Aiqing when he was happy, because his face was as white as jade. , like a handsome young man, in fact, Zhu Yousong is not much older than Li Dingguo in terms of age.

Zhu Yousong immediately delivered an edict to pardon Li Dingguo, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu for all their crimes, and conferred Li Dingguo as a general in person, and Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu as Li Dingguo's partial generals.

Li Dingguo's three generals thanked him again. Zhu Yousong felt that it was worth celebrating, so he immediately sent an order to arrange a big banquet. The Ming army celebrated three days on Phoenix Mountain and under Phoenix Mountain.

The news of Zhang Xianzhong's surrender to Ming Dynasty caused a sensation in the entire Ming Empire.Under the former rule of the Daxi Army, local officials from Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and other large areas in southwest Sichuan came to surrender one after another.

For these Zhu Yousong, of course they cannot be simply restored to their original posts.First send troops to take over, and the local government offices of the three divisions must be handed over to the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the supervisor of ceremonies to regulate the procedures.

On this day, Zhang Xianzhong came to see Zhu Yousong, and after performing the bowing ceremony, Zhang Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty once said that there are two important matters that Jingxuan should handle. group?"

(End of this chapter)