Borrow the day to change the day

Upon hearing this, Gu Baichuan hurriedly followed.

At this time, Zhong Jinwei was followed by Dongchang Fanyu, Jinyiwei, Hu Hao's Yebushu, and some white cavalry. A large group of people went downhill in a mighty manner, heading for the captive assembly place.

Ma Xianglin was at the back, and he ordered a few white-armed cavalry to go to the back to meet the Datong army, so that they and the businessmen would not think about the front-line battle, and then they caught up with Zhong Jinwei and his party.

The work of the leader of the Jabel bandits went smoothly, and the captives included Wang Jiayin, the leader of the bandits, from Fugu County, Gao Yingxiang from Ansai, who claimed to be the King of Chuang, Liu Guoneng, from Yan'an, who claimed to have broken the sky, and the man from Qingjian, who was known as the star of the sky. Hui Dengxiang, Zhao Sheng, who is known as the lighter of Qingjian, and Li Wanqing, who is known as shooting down the sky, etc.

In addition, the leaders of the thieves found in the corpses are King Suide who is known as Zijinliang, Ma Shouying who is known as Lao Huihui, He Yilong who is known as Ge Liyan, and Tuo Yangkun who is known as Scorpion Block, who is known as the king of fighting for the world. Lin Chengcheng from Yan'an, Zhang Cunmeng from Luochuan who is known as not sticking to mud, etc.

Another important bandit leader, Luo Rucai, who called himself Cao Cao, was never found.

Zhong Jinwei listened to these names, some had heard of them, and some had not, but these were not the people he cared about the most.

There are two people Zhong Jinwei cares about the most, and I believe that anyone who comes from later generations will definitely know those two people.

Now one has been captured alive, and there is no news about the other. [

So he asked Ma Xianglin, "Among the thieves there is Li Zicheng, have you found him?"

Ma Xianglin was not impressed, so he turned around and asked the thieves about Li Zicheng.

When he came back after a while, he told Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, no one has heard of the name Li Zicheng, is he not among the thieves?"

Zhong Jinwei wasn't sure, but he remembered something and said to Ma Xianglin, "Bring that Gao Yingxiang over here."

After a while, a tall man wearing a white robe, a white scarf, and slender arms was escorted over.

"You are Gao Yingxiang?" Zhong Jinwei confirmed.

Gao Yingxiang was caught after the horse was injured and fell to the ground. Thanks to his years of experience in horse sales, he was skilled in riding and landed without injury.

He has been engaged in the cause of the rebellion for two years, and he has long put life and death aside.He thought that the marquis of the imperial court wanted to confirm his identity and kill others as an example, so he was not afraid at the moment, so he replied boldly: "That is, if you want to kill him, you can cut him up casually."

Jinyiwei Qianhu Xie Dong was right in front of him. Hearing his arrogant words, he whipped him over and scolded: "Your Majesty asks questions, answer honestly."

Gao Yingxiang didn't dodge, and was whipped abruptly, glaring at Xie Dong.

When Xie Dong saw it, he turned his head against the sky and dared to stare at me, so he picked up his whip and wanted to beat me again.

Zhong Jinwei frowned slightly, and motioned for Xie Dong to back off.

When Gao Yingxiang saw it, no matter what, he had a little more affection for this young court marquis, and looked at Zhong Jinwei.

"Is your nephew called Li Zicheng?" Zhong Jinwei asked.

Gao Yingxiang was taken aback when he heard that, he had only one nephew, namely Li Hongji, not Li Zicheng. [

For a moment, he didn't understand why the marquis asked this. If the person he asked was really his nephew, he seemed to be an important figure in the rebel army at this time. He didn't know why the marquis cared so much.

"No." Gao Yingxiang answered Zhong Jinwei with pity.

Zhong Jinwei was surprised. Didn't the history books say that Gao Yingxiang was Li Zicheng's uncle who only took over the title of King Chuang after Gao Yingxiang died. Why did Gao Yingxiang say no?

Zhong Jinwei looked at Gao Yingxiang's expression, but found no sign of him lying, so he asked again: "Then what is your nephew's name?"

"Li Hongji." Gao Yingxiang knew that this matter could not be concealed, as long as the Hou Ye asked other people, he would be able to know his nephew's name, so he said it directly.

Oh, by the way, I seem to have heard of the name Li Hongji, it should be Li Zicheng's original name.Zhong Jinwei came to his senses and asked, "What about others?"

Gao Yingxiang shook his head, don't say he didn't know, even if he knew, he didn't want to tell him.

Zhong Jinwei thought that Gao Yingxiang was hiding something and refused to tell, which is also understandable, after all, he is his own nephew.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei asked Ma Xianglin to check Li Hongji's whereabouts again.

To Zhong Jinwei's disappointment, Ma Xianglin came back soon and told that this Li Hongji had never seen anyone alive or dead, and that he might have fallen into the Yellow River, or he might have fled back to Qin.

Zhong Jinwei was slightly disappointed, but it was okay.I thought that after entering the Qin land, it would be more troublesome to discuss with the local government how to quell the uprising of the peasant army.

But now they ran into the peasant army directly on the road, and captured most of the people who would continue to cause trouble for Daming in the future.

As long as Li Zicheng ran away, he ran away. As long as he assisted Emperor Chongzhen to solve the root cause of the peasant uprising, even if Li Zicheng ran away, he would not be able to make waves.

When Zhong Jinwei thought of this, he stopped paying attention to Li Zicheng's affairs.

But there is another problem before him, which is how to deal with the more than 3000 prisoners.

Zhong Jinwei himself was going to Shaanxi, but the government along the road was already under a lot of pressure to supply his army of nearly 3000. If he had to bring more than [-] mouths with him, the problem of food would not be very easy to solve.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei, Ma Xianglin and others held a small meeting to discuss this matter.

Zhong Jinwei asked them to work together and express their opinions freely to see how best to arrange it.

After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, no one spoke, and there was a little silence.Ma Xianglin saw that several people were silent, and said: "Master Hou, these are actually just hungry people. The general principle of the court is to repatriate them to their original places and keep them under strict supervision."

Zhong Jinwei shook his head and said: "It is because there is nothing to eat that you become a thief. If you want to go back to your original place now, will you have something to eat?"

Ma Xianglin knew that the key was food, but the imperial court generally did this. When they were repatriated, the local government would give them relief if they could, and let them resign themselves to their fate if they had no spare capacity. They just took care of them and prevented them from rebelling again.

Seeing Zhong Jinwei looking at him, Ma Xianglin replied: "Let the court allocate some food and pay, as long as it can support the stomach."

With Ma Xianglin taking the lead, the atmosphere of the discussion became a little more heated. Gu Baichuan also interjected at this time: "I am afraid that the imperial court's allocation of food and salaries will not be able to quench the near thirst."

Zhong Jinwei nodded, and then asked: "Is there any other way?"

Seeing that Ma Xianglin's suggestion was not good, and Xie Dong of Qianhu of Jinyiwei hadn't received any reprimand from Zhongxinghou, he boldly said: "Master Hou, since there is no food, if you let them go back, they will definitely rebel. Why don't you take advantage of it now..."

When he said this, he made a gesture with his hand into a knife.

Zhong Jinwei was startled when he saw it, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, these are the people of Ming Dynasty, so you can't do this."

It is very difficult to have no food and do not want to kill prisoners.The group suddenly lost their minds, and the atmosphere cooled down as no one continued to talk.

Zhong Jinwei looked at these people frowning and thinking, but he just didn't speak, it seemed that he had no idea, so he had to think of a way by himself.

Although Hu Hao standing behind Zhong Jinwei has a low position, he is Zhong Jinwei's savior, and he usually guards Zhong Jinwei's side, so he has an understanding of Zhong Jinwei's temper.Seeing that they had no idea now, they leaned over and interjected, "Master Hou, isn't there a grain truck behind us!"

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, but Zhong Jinwei shook his head and said: "No, these grain trucks are intended to be used in Shaanxi, and it is not appropriate to use them before they arrive in Shaanxi."

But Zhong Jinwei was inspired by this, clapped his hands and said: "Yes."

"Hehe, Master Hou is still very powerful, and he has an idea right away." Seeing Hu Hao approaching to talk, Li Laosi also said the last sentence, feeling that he participated in the meeting of Lord Hou to speak, and his status seemed to have become higher A lot, I feel a little proud.

"Master Hou, what can we do?" Gu Baichuan also came to have fun, and asked following Zhong Jinwei's words.

"Didn't I say before that we would divert some of the victims of the disaster to Zhangjiakou, so we can send all these prisoners of war there. I will write a memorial to the emperor and ask the capital to send people from the cement factory to Zhangjiakou earlier." Zhong Jinwei said own way.

This method is indeed a solution. There happens to be a large amount of food in Zhangjiakou, so we are not afraid of having so many mouths.

But Xie Dong was a little worried, and reminded: "Master Hou, although these people were hungry people before, they have also organized against the imperial court now. Will there be problems if they are distributed together? What if there is a rebellion in Zhangjiakou? "

Xie Dong's worry is not unreasonable. These people are all organized by superiors and subordinates. Some of them have certain military capabilities and are used to the life of thieves. Whether they will no longer live the hard life before is worth discussing.

Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, and said to Xie Dong: "Well, there are white-armed soldiers over there, and these people can't overthrow the sky. In addition, the leaders of the peasant army can't be released so cheaply, and they will not be sent to Zhangjiakou with these peasant troops. go."

"Then Hou Ye means...?" Ma Xianglin imitated Xie Dong's hand gestures while talking, forming a knife with one hand, and slashing down.