Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 552

Zhu Yousong said: "Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zong's third general will not surrender to death. I cherish their martial arts. Thousands of soldiers are easy to get, but first general is hard to find. I wonder if the two lovers are willing to share my worries for me?"

These three generals are all loyal to Li Zicheng, Li Laiheng is Li Guo's adopted son, Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi are Li Zicheng's two generals, and they have followed Li Zicheng for more than ten years. In the war, Li Zicheng and his wife came forward to persuade them to surrender. Of course, the effect was much better. Zhu Yousong really knew how to find tricks. This time he really found the right person.

Li Zicheng and his wife fully agreed, intending to do their best to persuade the three to surrender.

A few days later, Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang, and Yuan Zongsan will be sent from Luoyang to Xi'an.

It is determined that loyal ministers do not serve two masters, let alone betray the country.Therefore, after these three generals were captured, they made up their minds to die. During this period, many people persuaded them to surrender. Zhu Yousong's people persuaded them, and the former Dashun army general who surrendered persuaded them. All three of them cursed. , I just want to die quickly.

After leaving Luoyang, they thought that they would be escorted to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, to be publicly executed, beheading, thousands of knives, five horses, etc. These tortures were conceivable, and they were all ready to be tortured, but they did not expect Came to Xi'an unexpectedly.

Xi'an was the original Xijing, the capital of the original Dashun Kingdom, the three generals were amazed.

What surprised them even more was that this road was originally Dashun's territory, but now it was all stationed by Ming's troops, even their capital Xijing was no exception.

When the three generals were puzzled, Li Zicheng and his wife brought Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong and others to the cell where they were held.

"Your Majesty? Queen?" The three generals were even more confused.

"Don't call me Your Majesty anymore. We have surrendered the city and surrendered to Daming, and there will be no more obedience." Li Zicheng said with an unnatural expression.

Then Gao Guiying gave a general account of Zhu Yousong's army taking Tongguan, being trapped in Xijing, and entering Xijing alone for peace talks.

The three generals were stunned for a long time after hearing this. It was really a sea of ​​vicissitudes. They did not expect that things would change so much in just a few days. They were loyal to Li Zicheng, and now Li Zicheng had surrendered to Zhu Yousong. Shun had surrendered to Daming collectively, they had no choice, and in the end they were all willing to surrender to Zhu Yousong.

Gao Guiying was very happy, and hurriedly sent someone to report the good news to Zhu Yousong. Zhu Yousong was even happier after getting the report. You must know that it is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but it is hard to find a general, let alone three generals, and these three generals are not ordinary three members The general, but the three generals under Li Zicheng, all of them are enemies of ten thousand people.In terms of single-handedly confronting these three generals, few of Zhu Yousong's generals can match the three of them.

When Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang, and Yuan Zongdi knelt down in front of Zhu Yousong to plead guilty, Zhu Yousong felt like a treasure. These three people were not only brave and good at fighting, but they were also national heroes who insisted on fighting against the Qing Dynasty in history. The heroes cherished and loved each other. Therefore, Zhu Yousong was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, he hurried over and supported him with his own hands, "The three lovers live in peace, and there is nothing wrong with abandoning the dark and turning to the bright and good. What is the crime? The three lovers accept the letter."

The three generals quickly knelt down again.

"I have appointed three Aiqing third-rank generals, and they will serve with the army, and they will be rewarded when they have military merits."

The three generals surrendered to Zhu Yousong when they had nowhere to go, but they did not expect to receive such a courteous reception.As a surrendered general, not killing is already an extrajudicial favor, and Zhu Yousong has also been named a third-rank military general. You must know that they are rogues for many years. They have killed officials and seized the government for so long. According to the Ming Dynasty's legislation, it should be crushed and wiped out, but when it comes to Zhu Yousong... people's hearts are made of flesh!

Therefore, Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang, and Yuan Zongsan were so grateful that they knelt down for a long time, grateful for the great kindness of the emperor, and vowed to be loyal to Zhu Yousong, to Ming Dynasty to the death, and never owe each other.

Watching Gao Guiying and Li Guotian seeing Xiu Gao Yigong and others' blood boiling, they were also happy.

Only the smile on Li Zicheng's face was a bit forced, and a sour jealousy rose in his heart. Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, Li Laiheng, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, they were all his generals before, now Made wedding clothes for Zhu Yousong, no one can understand his mood at this time.

After Zhu Yousong rewarded the three generals, he rewarded Li Zicheng, Li Guo and others again, and then passed an order to hold a banquet to reward the three armies.

After fighting such a big victory without bloodshed, Li Zicheng and other generals took over all the tens of thousands of soldiers, horses and food from the Dashun Army. It's really worth celebrating!
Therefore, after Zhu Yousong rewarded him according to his merits, he celebrated three days in a row in the city of Xi'an. These three days can be described as a mountain of meat and a sea of ​​wine.

However, one person can't be happy no matter what. This is Li Zicheng, the former Emperor of Dashun and now the Marquis of Xi'an in the Ming Dynasty.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?" Zhi Fu Mo Ruo's wife, Gao Guiying and Dou Meiyi all saw Li Zicheng's displeasure.

"Poor Na'er...it's all my father's ignorance, I shouldn't have listened to Niu Jinxing's slander, this time it's hard for you..." Li Zicheng said with tears streaming down his face.

A man of steel like Li Zicheng does not shed tears easily, but men do not shed tears easily because they have not reached the point of sadness.

Li Na was the flesh that fell from Gao Guiying's body, and this was her own daughter. Li Zicheng's actions touched her painful nerves even more, and her tears were like broken pearls, and she couldn't cry anymore.

Li Zicheng's second wife, Dou Meiyi, could only persuade the two of them with tears in her eyes, but she couldn't persuade her. When the three were crying, no one had the idea that there was an ear outside the window.

After crying for a long time, Gao Guiying wiped away her tears, choked with sobs and said: "We should tell His Majesty about this matter, Your Majesty is resourceful and talented, and there will be a way."

Li Zicheng shook his head, "Forget it, Zhang Xianzhong is cruel and ruthless. He learned that we had surrendered, and became angry from embarrassment. He guessed that Na'er had been murdered long ago. Even if the man hadn't been murdered, the gods couldn't save him. We can only accept fate."

"My poor Na'er..." Gao Guiying cried again...

The original imperial palace in Xijing is now Zhu Yousong's temporary residence. Zhu Yousong is accompanied by three beautiful concubines, Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, and Huimei, drinking wine while listening to songs and dancing.

In Sanmei, there are those who serve wine, those who add vegetables, and those who stuff fruit into Zhu Yousong’s mouth. The silk and bamboo are melodious. It is comfortable, this is the life an emperor should have.

Just at this time, the little eunuch on duty came in, "Qi Zuo Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei commanded the Tong Zhi and the prisoner of the Dongchang Qianhu Master Li to see him, saying that he has something important to report to His Majesty."

Zhu Yousong knew that it was Li Quan who came. Jinyiwei and Dongchang are daimyo's special secret service agencies, and they are also tools of the emperor's dictatorship. They can find out the inside story of all officials and know who is loyal and who is traitor at any time. This is what Jinyiwei and Dongchang are good at. Zhu Yousong Although the war also brought Dongchang and Jinyiwei, it can be said that the spies of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are everywhere now.

Now that the spy chief is here, Zhu Yousong knew there must be something important, so he withdrew the singing and dancing, and said to the little eunuch, "Xuan."

The little eunuch agreed, and after saluting, he turned around and went to the entrance of the hall, shouting in his characteristic voice: "Your Majesty has a decree, Lord Xuan Li has an audience—"

(End of this chapter)