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Chapter 638
Zhu Yousong personally persuaded him to surrender, but Li Dingguo vowed not to surrender. Zhu Yousong was not angry at all. The ancients valued loyal ministers and not serving two masters.Zhu Yousong would not be able to use such a person no matter how great his skills are. For example, Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms period had no martial arts, but his character was so poor that even Cao Cao could not tolerate it.

Li Dingguo turned Wanxian County upside down by himself, and hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army died at his hands. After learning these details, Zhu Yousong not only did not convict him, but lamented Li Dingguo's bravery, There are now thousands of generals under him, and no one can match his personal bravery. It seems that there is no mistake in history, Li Dingguo, a tiger general!
Zhu Yousong became more and more determined to surrender him, and sent an imperial doctor to treat Li Dingguo's injuries, and then handed Li Dingguo over to Ma Wannian to take charge of him personally. Ten thousand years is a question.

Then Zhu Yousong called Zhang Huan to him and praised him face to face, "Qing lived up to my expectations, outwitted Wan County, captured Li Dingguo alive, and made the first contribution. In the future, I will reward you for your merit and give you a royal banquet first." , to suppress your shock."

Zhang Huan escaped from danger and was scratched on his shoulder. After being treated by a military doctor and bandaged with Jinchuang medicine, the wound did not feel any pain in the past two days.Seeing Zhu Yousong favoring him so much, Zhang Huan was very moved. You must know that Zhang Huan is not the only one who has made great contributions in such a big victory?What kind of honor is it that His Majesty summoned him face to face and personally rewarded him with a royal banquet?

Therefore, Zhang Huan was so grateful that he knelt down and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I just fulfilled my duties a little bit, so what's the point? The capture of Li Dingguo, the chieftain of the bandits, was the result of His Majesty's miraculous work. I dare not presume to take credit. If His Majesty hadn't come in time, How can there be Zhang Huan's life? Zhang Huan has been rescued by His Majesty many times, and even if he dies, he will not be able to repay His Majesty's grace." Zhang Huan kowtowed continuously as he spoke.

When Zhang Huan was so good at talking, Zhu Yousong was very happy and asked him to return to the account to rest. After the war, Zhu Yousong failed to assign any errands to him, but let him rest and recuperate.After chasing and killing Li Dingguo with so much effort, he escaped from the tiger's mouth and almost died. It is time for him to rest and recuperate.

But Zhang Huan got up and took two steps, turned around and came back again, knelt down and kowtowed for the second time.

Zhu Yousong was taken aback, "Is there anything else you can do, Qing?"

"Your Majesty, I have the guts. Since the thief chief is determined to die, why not kill him and avenge those soldiers who died under him. I don't want any rewards. I just ask your majesty to hand over the thief chieftain Li Dingguo to the minister's supervision and behead him." , in order to avenge deep hatred, then the spirits in heaven of ministers and fathers will not blame Long En." He said emphatically and kowtowed his head.

Zhang Huan had wanted to talk about this for a long time. Zhu Yousong was very angry at Li Dingguo's kindness to persuade him to surrender, but he didn't dare to say more. Now that he heard that Li Dingguo vowed not to surrender to the death, Zhang Huan dared to persuade him.

When Zhu Yousong heard that Zhang Huan was still a child, even if I wanted to kill Li Dingguo and asked you to supervise him, you took the opportunity to torture him and finally killed him to avenge his father, but can you tell about it?There is no city mansion, no wonder he is only a teenager, his behavior is perverted, and his speech is naive, which has nothing to do with his experience and encounters.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong deliberately lowered his face, "Li Dingguo committed an unforgivable crime, but there are still some things unresolved, and I don't plan to kill him for the time being. The two armies are rushing to kill each other, and there will inevitably be casualties. At best, this can only be regarded as a national enmity. There is no personal hatred. The martyrs were loyal to the country and died worthy of death. Thousands of people in Ming Dynasty and I will remember them, but this is different from personal grievances. Otherwise, when will the grievances be reciprocated ?”

Zhu Yousong's use of this sentence is equivalent to implicitly warning him that he has no hatred with Li Dingguo, and there is no revenge.

Although he felt that His Majesty's words were reasonable, he couldn't let go, but he didn't dare to speak up.

"Your Majesty understands, I will leave." Zhang Huan left the imperial tent and returned to his own tent. The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he felt. What army did he join if he couldn't avenge himself?Fame and wealth, he has never valued.

He began to bury His Majesty for not allowing him to take revenge, but felt that he was too heartless. Not to mention His Majesty's kindness to him, just saving his life a few times is enough for him to repay him for several lifetimes, let alone revenge Opportunities are not without. I have fought against Li Dingguo several times on the battlefield, and my skills are not as good as others. How can I blame others?

Thinking of this, he began to hate himself for being incompetent. He put his father's tablet on it, burned incense and knelt down, crying unceasingly.

Crying to the point of excitement, he pulled out the steel knife and wanted to commit suicide with the knife. The soldiers were so scared that he hugged him quickly and took the knife away.

At this time Ma Wannian came in, and seeing this situation, he said in his heart that His Majesty had his pulse accurately and that he came at the right time.

So Ma Wannian put on a face and did not persuade Zhang Huan, and said to his subordinate soldiers: "Bring the thief Li Dingguo here, and chop off his dog's head in front of my uncle's tablet. My brother Zhang Huan's revenge is my Ma Wan." The hatred of the year!"

The soldiers were startled, "If you killed Li Dingguo, how will the general explain to His Majesty?"

"What else do you need to explain? A certain brother and Zhang Huan brothers swore to live together and die together in Jinlan. Zhang Huan brothers are going to commit suicide. Of course, I, Ma Wannian, the eldest brother, cannot live alone. You have three heads with you. Apologies to His Majesty. Go!"

Seeing the sincerity of what Ma Wannian said, Zhang Huan was so grateful that he knelt down to Ma Wannian with a plop, "Brother can't do it, it's my younger brother who is unrighteous, how can I hurt my elder brother?"

Then the brothers hugged each other and cried...

In the two battles in the Wanxian area, Li Dingguo's 8-strong army was wiped out, and more than 3 Daxi generals were captured alone.The obtained cannons, knives and spears, food and horses, and other trophies are piled up like mountains and countless.

After going out to appease the people, providing disaster relief, and pacifying the people in Wanxian County, the soldiers and horses have almost rested. Next, Zhu Yousong began to implement the second step of the plan to destroy Daxi, leaving 1 horses for Ma Wannian to garrison Wanxian , recruited prisoners, guarded Li Dingguo and others who were unwilling to surrender, and left the wounded and sick who came down from the battlefield to continue the treatment and recuperation.

Then Zhu Yousong took Li Quan, Zhang Huan, Zhao Fu and other generals, and personally led an army of 5, all dressed up as the Great Western Army, and came around to Chengdu.

At the same time, Zhu Yousong sent people to ride fast horses to the Ming army camp under Ming Fenghuang City, and informed Song Xiance of the situation here and his next plan in time.

Chengdu is the capital of the Great Western Army, but Zhu Yousong’s 5 horses traveled smoothly for hundreds of miles along the way. They fought under the banner of the Great Western Army and reported the number of Anxi King Li Dingguo. Among the 5 horses, quite a few were surrendered by Li Dingguo's old troops, so the play was very similar without much effort, enough to be fake and real, so it was almost a green light all the way, and soon arrived in the mountains more than 100 miles southeast of Daxijingshi .

Zhu Yousong didn't dare to go any further, so he hid in the mountains and sent Jin Yiwei and other military agents to the Chengdu area to inquire about the military situation.

(End of this chapter)