"Li Chengdong, why do you want to arrest our people?"
In the big tent, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Chengdong calmly and said.
When Li Chengdong heard this, his body couldn't help but tremble, and then he glanced at Qianhu Ge Erdan who was kneeling next to him, wondering what the other party had said.
But Ge Erdan just lowered his head and looked at the ground, not looking at him at all.
When Li Chengdong saw this, he thought that Ge Erdan had always been loyal and would not tell the truth, so he tentatively said: "Your Majesty, I will be the loyal and righteous uncle..."
"snort!"
Just when Li Chengdong mentioned Gao Jie's name, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang snort.
He glanced at Ge Erdan again and saw that the other person's body was trembling. He quickly changed his words and said, "On the order of Mrs. Xing, the wife of Uncle Zhongyi, we came to stop His Majesty's people because many mysterious people have appeared around Liaocheng recently."
"Mrs. Xing is worried that your majesty's people have fallen into their trap, so she specially asked the general..."
"Li Chengdong, we heard that Mr. Xing likes to peel day lilies. Is it true?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Chengdong was talking nonsense, he interrupted him loudly.
When Li Chengdong heard the words "peeled daylily", his heart trembled.
He originally wanted to tell the truth, but he was worried that Mrs. Xing would settle the score with him.
But if he didn't say anything, the majesty in front of him would kill him.
Just when he was hesitating, Ge Erdan beside him suddenly made a strange sound, and then fell to the ground.
"Drag it down!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced contemptuously at Ge Erdan, whose eyes and nose were slanted, and said to Li Wudao beside him.
Li Wu waved his hand, and two soldiers walked in from outside the tent and dragged Ge Erdan out.
After Ge Erdan was dragged away, there was still a pool of water stains where he knelt, exuding a fishy smell.
When Li Chengdong saw this, he thought of the dozen skinned soldiers, and his body trembled.
"Li Chengdong, I'll give you one last chance. If you still don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Seeing Li Chengdong's hesitation, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly.
When Li Chengdong heard this, his body trembled again, his face looked horrified, but he still did not speak.
In fact, Li Chengdong is also a desperado who licks blood from his knife edge, and he should not be so timid.
Just because when he first met Zhu Yuanzhang, he was overwhelmed by the opponent's momentum, and was later forced to kill Li Benzhen. The fear of Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart exceeded the threat of death.
If he hadn't always been afraid of the Xing family, he would have been unable to resist Zhu Yuanzhang's pressure.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he was silent, he felt a sense of appreciation in his heart, and said slowly: "Li Chengdong, we know that you are loyal, otherwise you would not disobey the Xing family's order and just capture our people alive."
"But you have to understand that a loyal minister has nothing to do with two masters. Now that you have chosen to be loyal to us, do you think Mr. Xing will still trust you?"
"And if Mr. Xing trusts you, why would he let you kill our people? You should know that once this happens, even if you have ten lives, it won't be enough to kill..."
Li Chengdong's body trembled even more when he listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
In fact, deep down in his heart, he also hated the Xing family very much and hoped to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. However, after he killed Li Benzhen last time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not accept his surrender certificate, which made him very passive.
However, when he heard "A loyal minister does not serve the two masters" just now, he was also touched in his heart.
He was still frightened just thinking about Xing's methods.
He weighed it over and over again in panic, and chose a compromise. He told the story of the arrest of Jin Yiwei on the orders of the Xing clan, and Gao Jie's preparations to deal with Xie Sheng, but he did not instruct Xing clan to make Xie Bi's concubine, to induce Xie Bi to take action. He also talked about his preparations to capture Jinan and Linzi.
In addition, in order to win Zhu Yuanzhang's trust, he also specially emphasized that a mysterious army had appeared in Liaocheng in the past few days, and that Xie Bi pretended to lead his army to Huaxian, but in fact secretly returned to Liaocheng, preparing to take the opportunity to attack Gao Jie, etc. .
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to his story, he asked tentatively: "Are the mysterious soldiers and horses the same group as those who attacked Lu Jiude?"
Li Chengdong was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said: "The last general has never seen the person who attacked Supervisor Lu, so he cannot confirm it."
"But I heard that there were thousands of people who attacked Supervisor Lu's army, but this group of people seems to be only about six or seven hundred, and they are all cavalry. They should not be the same group of people."
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Chengdong's reaction was normal and did not seem to be a fake, so he temporarily ruled out the conspiracy between Gao Jie and Lu Jiude.
Then he thought that only 5,000 of Mr. Zou Da's 10,000 cavalry appeared, and asked, "Are you sure there are only 600 or 700 cavalry?"
Li Chengdong said hesitantly: "The general just saw them leaving with his own eyes, so I can't be wrong!"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "They left? Are they really gone?"
Li Chengdong nodded and said: "They must have really left, because the general sent people to follow them for more than thirty miles and came back only after confirming their departure."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he understood why Li Chengdong was half an hour later than expected, and at the same time he was a little lucky.
If Li Chengdong hadn't been delayed by this incident, Li Wu might have encountered Li Chengdong when he pretended to be his personal guard and escorted him back to Zhao Li to rob the military camp.
Of course, it doesn't matter even if he encounters him, because Zhu Yuanzhang has also considered this situation. He just imagined that he could capture Li Chengdong without any blood as before, but he might not be able to do it.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and then said, "Does Gao Jie know about this?"
Li Chengdong nodded and said: "I know, but Uncle Zhongyi and Mrs. Xing thought that the other party was Xie Sheng's person, so they just asked the general to pay more attention."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Gao Jie and Xie Bi were about to take action, and he would never let Li Chengdong pay attention.
So he glanced at Li Chengdong again and said in a deep voice: "There are really only these six or seven hundred people?"
Gao Jie was stunned and said with some hesitation: "Not really, there seems to be some mysterious people, but the general can't confirm it, so I didn't report it to you."
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, and after covering it up with a cold snort, he asked: "You said that both Gao Jie and Xie Bi were planning to attack each other, does Shi Kefa know?"
Li Chengdong shook his head and said: "The general heard that the two thousand people led by Mr. Shi are outside the city, so he probably doesn't know about this."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "How many soldiers and horses do Gao Jie and Xie Sheng have in the city? Where are the other soldiers and horses?"
Li Chengdong said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, you don't want to enter the city..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's stern gaze and hurriedly replied respectfully: "Although Your Majesty Xie brought six thousand people, he was probably afraid of being discovered by Uncle Zhongyi, so he only brought a thousand elite soldiers into Liaocheng. .”
"Coupled with the original soldiers and horses in his city, the total number should be about two thousand. The other soldiers and horses are all near Jinan."
"As for Uncle Zhongyi, in addition to 30,000 people near Jinan, there are more than 10,000 people in Yanggu and Fan County. The remaining more than 10,000 people stay outside the city, and there are only about 1,000 people in the city."
"Since this operation was personally arranged by Mrs. Xing, I don't know how many people will participate!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Chengdong coldly and said: "Gao Jie and you originally had 20,000 troops. After passing through the capital and the battle of Yu County, even if there are some losses, the total strength should be more than 10,000."
"And the Xing family has already surrendered 20,000 to 30,000 people before. After the Battle of Hengshui, the number of people who have surrendered should be about 30,000. Plus your army expansion, you actually told us that Gao Jie only has 50,000 to 60,000 people?"
Hearing this, a look of panic flashed across Li Chengdong's face, and he whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard that Hu Maozhen has some troops in Zhangqiu, but I really don't know how many, so please forgive me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Li Chengdong had not told the truth, but there was no one available to him now, and Li Chengdong also wanted to surrender, so he said in a deep voice: "Okay, this matter is very important. You will report it as soon as you find out!"
Li Chengdong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise and said, "Your Majesty, are you asking the general to investigate?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Why, you don't want to?"
Li Chengdong was overjoyed and said: "No, I am willing, I will go now!"
After he finished speaking, he bowed respectfully, and when he was about to leave, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice again: "You must be careful when you go, don't leak the news."
"If you do this well, we will make you Uncle Trustee, and you will be in charge of an army alone, and you will no longer be controlled by others!"
Li Chengdong trembled, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise and said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you... you want to make the final general..."
"Yes, we will make you Uncle Xinyi!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Chengdong and said every word authentically.
Li Chengdong suppressed the excitement in his heart and bowed solemnly before hurriedly walking out of the tent.
Some people died, but not completely...
