Late that night, north of Changping Prefecture, in the Chinese Army's tent at the New Army Zuoying.
Zhang Yi looked at the person in front of him with furrowed brows. This person called himself Wang Yue. He was decent-looking, but he had a pair of smiling eyes and a money rat tail on the back of his head. No matter how you looked at it, he looked like a despicable villain who was always following people's influence!
"Are you saying that Monk Kong Youde wants to lead his troops to surrender?"
With a smile on his face, Wang Yue hit the horseshoe sleeves with his hands as usual, then wrapped his leather robe and knelt on the ground: "Hey, my general! King Zhishun and King Gongshun were also forced to have no choice. They were in the heart of Cao Ying. In the Han Dynasty, don't you understand this? It's all just a joke, but in fact, the hearts of the two princes are still on the side of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Yi reprimanded in disgust: "What nonsense are you talking about? I have to understand this and understand that!"
"Yes, yes, what the general said is true."
"Don't call me lord or lord, just call him by his first name. Two traitors are still here, my prodigal son."
"Yes, yes, what the general said is certainly correct."
Wang Yue knelt on the ground, with a smile written all over his face. He looked so troubled, but he didn't feel unnatural at all. At this time, he had no idea what shame was.
Zhang Yi couldn't help but sigh when he saw it: "The Manchu Tatars are really good at turning a living person into a slave, which is unprecedented!"
"Tell me, what are the conditions for Shang Kexi and Kong Youde?"
Wang Yue said flatteringly: "General Mingjian, the two kings..., oh! The two generals Shang Kexi and Kong Youde said that as long as the general can guarantee their safety and report to Liu Duchen, it was the two generals who defected in the battle. , presented Changping Prefecture, and immediately led his troops to fight anyway."
Zhang Yi burst out laughing after hearing this
He stood up and said, "Can they still make such a condition?"
Wang Yue said: "It's gratifying that the general doesn't know something. Kong Youde is a fierce general in Dongjiang Town, and he has countless elite soldiers and generals under his command. If it can be reversed this time, doesn't it mean that the general doesn't know? Is this a villain? As long as the general agrees to these conditions, it will be a great achievement. In the future, the general, Shang Kexi and Kong Youde will be officials in the same court, and they will have to take care of each other. This is also a good relationship. The general should know these principles..."
Zhang Yi was upset when he heard this. He slammed the table and said angrily: "Nonsense! What should I know? What should I know! Where does all this nonsense come from!"
Wang Yue hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Yes, yes, yes, the villain made a mistake, please forgive me, General!"
Zhang Yi glared at Wang Yue and said secretly: "Your name is Wang Yue, and there is also a Wang Yue in the rear camp. Although he has the same name and different words, he looks like a villain and a flatterer. But fortunately, Wang Yue followed the governor, and now he has Reborn, but you, a villain, have followed the Tatars, with a pig’s tail growing on your head!”
Although he disliked traitors like Wang Yue in his heart, Zhang Yi was not a reckless person. After thinking for a moment, he said: "It's great to go back and tell Monk Kong Youde that the conditions they proposed are too harsh, and some of them are not something that I, the general, can handle." The one who calls the shots.”
"But there is one thing I can guarantee: as long as Kong Youde and Shang Kexi can open the city and surrender early tomorrow morning, I will ensure their personal safety. If you are not worried, I can also send someone to take you to the camp to have a look, Han Tens of thousands of prisoners were also captured under various banners of the army.
They are imprisoned in the general's camp. They have enough to eat every meal and have clothes to keep out the cold. This is a guarantee! "
Wang Yue suddenly beamed with joy, kowtowed and said: "The general understands the righteousness, and the villain has long seen it. The general will definitely be able to rise to great heights, and he will definitely be no ordinary person!"
Zhang Yi looked at Wang Yue's face and felt nauseated. He waved him away and sent someone to take Wang Yue to take a look at the prisoners.
When Wang Yue braved the cold wind and rushed back to Changping Prefecture, it was already late at night. At this time, both Kong Youde and Shang Kexi had not slept, and were waiting in the Zhizhou Yamen.
Seeing Wang Yue come back with a stormy face, both of them raised their hearts in their throats and asked, "How did the new army general respond?"
Wang Yue acted like a villain asking for credit, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two princes. The new army general Zhang Yi has already made a guarantee that as long as the two princes can open the city and surrender early tomorrow morning, it will be guaranteed that the two princes and The safety of the entire army. As for the other matters, Zhang Yi did not agree immediately. He just said that he would report to Liu Yan before making a decision."
Later, Wang Yue also recounted what he saw and heard in the Zuoying of the New Army. In particular, he saw that the prisoners of each banner of the Han Army had food and drink and were not treated badly. This made Shang Ke happy. , Kong Youde felt completely at ease.
Monk Kong Youde looked at each other happily, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes. In fact, all other requirements are false, only saving life is real!
Wang Yue was still talking about how he "talked with the Confucian scholars", saying that one or two points of credit was turned into twelve points, and ten points of difficulty was turned into a hundred times, openly and secretly asking Kong Youde and Shang Kexi to take credit.
But
This fashion was gratifying. Kong Youde was only focused on discussing the details of Kaicheng's surrender tomorrow, and had no intention of paying attention to how noisy Wang Yue was.
"You go down first."
"嗻!"
Wang Yue promised, but did not move away, and continued: "The villain did not expect such twists and turns this time. Fortunately, he lived up to his mission and handled the matter properly. He really..."
Kong Youde was upset by what Wang Yue said, so he slapped Wang Yue in the face, causing Wang Yue to vomit blood and his two front teeth flew out.
"Ouch! Master, why is this happening?"
Shang Kexi frowned and stood up suddenly, scolding: "You insignificant dog slave, when was it your turn to speak here!"
After saying that, Shang Kexi directly drew his sword and stabbed Wang Yue to death, and then ordered his men to come and deal with him in disgust.
At the end of the day, Shang Kexi said to Kong Youde with some dissatisfaction: "I really don't understand that you actually have such a dog under your command. I really can't tell the difference between his features. Even if you are trying to curry favor with an official or ask for credit, you must have a certain standard! "
Kong Youde knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't say anything. He just spat a mouthful of thick phlegm towards Wang Yue's body, which fell directly into Wang Yue's horrified mouth. Then the body was carried down by several soldiers.
"Okay, the annoying fly has been swatted to death, let's talk about tomorrow."
Shang Kexi asked: "Tomorrow morning, who among you and me will leave the city first?"
Kong Youde said: "I have more troops at Zhenghongqi, so you should leave the city first. If there is any fraud, I can also support you."
Shang Ke said with dissatisfaction: "I think it's better for you to leave the city first. You have more troops under the red flag, so you can hold on longer in case of fraud."
Both of them have their own ideas
After a stalemate for a while, Kong Youde finally gave in: "In this case, you and I will each send five hundred soldiers out of the city first. If the new army general does not cheat, how about we go out and surrender again?"
"Okay! Let's do it!"
Early the next morning, Zhang Yi led the soldiers of the New Army Zuoying to prepare for the attack. More than 10,000 soldiers were in formation, and tens of thousands of muskets were ready based on the low wall defense line.
At the same time, the city gate of Changping Prefecture slowly opened. Five hundred Han Army soldiers with red flags and five hundred Han Army soldiers with blue flags walked out of the city. They placed their armors and weapons at the city gate, and then lined up towards the new army. This way.
The guerrilla general Jin Xuecheng of the left camp of the New Army led a group of generals out of the battle and accepted prisoners in front of the army. After searching the bodies of a thousand soldiers from the two flags, they all arranged to settle in the camp.
On the top of the city, Monk Kong Youde was pleased to see that the thousand soldiers were not harshly criticized or mistreated, but were simply searched, and felt a lot more at ease.
Half an hour later, Shang Kexi and Kong Youde led more than 9,000 Han flag soldiers and horses out of the city to surrender. When they saw Zhang Yi, their faces were full of embarrassment. They clasped their fists and said, "The defeated general has seen the general!"
Zhang Yi nodded with a smile and said: "It is a great achievement that you two were able to find your way back. Today, you will settle down in the camp. When I report to the governor, I will serve you two drinks to calm down your shock!"
Monk Kong Youde was overjoyed when he heard this. He was glad that he had made the right choice, and then happily led his troops into the left camp of the New Army.
At this time, in addition to the more than 10,000 troops brought by Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, there were also more than 30,000 Han troops previously captured by the New Army.
There were prisoners from all banners, and the whole camp was already overcrowded.
Monk Kong Youde was happy to occupy a tent alone, and the two of them sat inside. Although it was still a little cold, their hearts felt warm.
"I don't know Liu Yan, oh, no! It's the Governor. I don't know what the Governor looks like. I've fought against him several times, but I haven't been able to get a good look!"
Shang Ke smiled and looked forward to it. Kong Youde was about to talk when he suddenly realized something was wrong: "When we came in just now, why were those New Army soldiers still outside?"
Shang Ke smiled happily, waved his hand, and said: "This camp is crowded, and the new army soldiers will naturally go to Changping Prefecture to station themselves. It is estimated that there are only soldiers from our banners in this camp now..."
Having said this, the smile on Shang Kexi's face froze instantly, and he and Kong Youde stood up suddenly and rushed directly outside the camp.
boom!
Suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by a second and third one, and then there were explosions one after another. There were explosions everywhere inside and around the camp. Tens of thousands of Han army-flag prisoners rushed out of their tents in fear and crowded in the camp. Fleeing and trampling on each other, there were many casualties!
"We fell into the trap, that damn Zhang Yi is going to kill us!"
Shang Ke shouted angrily and loudly, but it was too late. At this time, all the tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp had their weapons confiscated, and they were completely like lambs to be slaughtered.
Kong Youde's face turned livid and he shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? Let's flirt!"
The two of them squeezed through the crowded crowd together, and along the way they kept seeing soldiers of various banners of the Han army who had been killed by bombs.
"Where are these artillery fires!"
Shang Kexi pointed at the gunpowder smoke in front of him angrily and said, "It must be Zhang Yi who buried the poison in the camp in advance.
The thunder and other objects were ignited with hidden fuses at this time! "
Kong Youde shouted angrily: "Traitor!"
The two finally managed to escape to the western edge of the camp, stepping on corpses and scraps of meat all over the ground. However, they were disappointed to see that new gunners had been deployed outside.
"put!"
boom!
At this time, Zhang Yi led more than 10,000 soldiers from the left camp to surround the camp and fired volleys at the Han banner prisoners who were escaping. Shang Kexi and Kong Youde were killed on the spot. Those prisoners who were scrambling to escape also fell in pieces. Like the wheat being harvested in autumn, neat and orderly.
The central guerrilla general Shi Niuzhong looked at the tragic scene not far away and asked Zhang Yi doubtfully: "Since the general has accepted Shang Kexi and Kong Youde's surrender, why do you still want to kill them?"
Zhang Yi said coldly: "How much food do these tens of thousands of prisoners consume every day? How many soldiers and horses do we need to dedicate to guard them? These are all traitors who have taken refuge with the Tatars. Whose hands are not stained with the blood of the Han people, and which one is not burdened with the blood of the Han people?" Blood debt? Why do they do evil when they are in power, but surrender to save their lives when they lose power! What about the people who were killed by the Tatars and traitors, who will pay for their lives!"
Shi Niuzhong nodded in agreement and said: "It doesn't matter if you kill them, they are all deserving of death anyway. If you kill them, you can save a lot of food."
More than half an hour later, more than 40,000 prisoners of all banners of the Han army in the camp were slaughtered. Zhang Yi ordered his men to find the bodies of Kong Youde and Shang Kexi among the piles of corpses, cut off their heads and preserve them, and then All the remaining more than 40,000 corpses were beheaded and buried on the spot.
"Hurry up, finish it before nightfall today, and the whole battalion will rush to Yanqing Prefecture early tomorrow morning
Join the war! "
