After Li Ruolian was captured for the seventh time, he sent people to lobby again.
Unexpectedly, Ren Qi was very stubborn. He not only cursed the visitor, but also took the opportunity to bite off the other person's ear.
Li Ruolian was furious when he found out about this, and immediately took his cronies to find Ren Qi, preparing to give him some color.
Ren Qi was indeed a tough guy. He survived six or seven punishments from Jin Yiwei without saying a word.
When Li Ruolian saw this, he also admired Ren Qi in his heart.
He asked his personal guards to untie Ren Qi and sent a table of food and wine to the prison.
When Ren Qi saw the food and wine, he didn't care whether it was poisonous or not, and started to eat on his own.
Li Ruolian secretly observed from the sidelines and knew that people like Ren Qi were soft-spoken but not tough, so he took the opportunity to tell him about Zhu Yuanzhang's new policy and hoped that he would change his banner and become loyal to the court, but he did not talk about rewards and other matters.
At this moment, Ren Qi didn't refute, but he didn't answer either. He just ate meat and drank wine.
Upon seeing this, Li Ruolian knew that it would be difficult to convince Ren Qi in the short term. In addition, there were other leaders in Yuyuan. If he killed Ren Qi or took him away, it would only increase the hatred between the two parties and would not solve the problem at all.
But if Ren Qi is let go, depending on the other party's character, they may be able to prevent each other from invading each other.
However, he thought that this matter involved southern grain and the stability of the north. If something went wrong, the consequences would be disastrous.
Just when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a crackling sound.
He looked sideways and saw that it was Ren Qi who turned over the table after drinking and eating.
Seeing his gaze, Ren Qi sneered and said, "I'm full now, so feel free to use whatever means you have. If I frown, I'm not a hero!"
Li Ruolian looked at him carefully and said in a deep voice: "Isn't it true that a hero is not afraid of death?"
Ren Qi was stunned when he heard this, and also looked at Li Ruolian.
In fact, although Ren Qi is reckless, he can still distinguish right from wrong.
In addition, he had previously seen Li Ruolian defeat 10,000 of his troops with just over a thousand people, and he had some respect for Li Ruolian.
But when he thought of those dog officials who bullied them, he felt angry for no reason, so he didn't give Li Ruolian a good look.
But just now, when Li Ruolian could no longer endure the torture and was about to scream, he actually asked his men to stop and brought a table of food and wine. This made Ren Qi feel that there seemed to be something different about Li Ruolian.
Moreover, when Li Ruolian recruited him to surrender, he did not talk about high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but only talked about civil affairs and people's livelihood, which surprised him even more.
In fact, he had heard about some of the new policies in the capital recently, but he believed that they were just expedient measures taken by Chongzhen to survive, and were not really for the sake of poor people like them.
But after listening to Li Ruolian's words, it seemed that as long as the imperial court regained Shandong, Henan and other places, it would distribute land to the people, and he had some expectations in his heart.
It was only when he thought that he was a prisoner now that he would lose his integrity if he gave in now that he turned over the table and showed a proud look on his face.
However, when he heard Li Ruolian's rhetorical question, he was a little confused.
Seeing that Ren Qi had a look on his face, Li Ruolian took the opportunity to list the things that Guan Yu, Yue Fei and others had done to love the people and serve the country. Unexpectedly, Ren Qi shouted angrily: "Kill if you want, there is no such nonsense!"
Li Ruolian saw that although Ren Qi had an angry look on his face, he also looked ashamed. He felt more confident and pretended to be disdainful: "I came to arrest you because you hurt my people."
"Now I'm angry. If I kill someone like you, I won't taint my sword. Get out of here!"
Ren Qi was stunned for a moment, and actually walked out without looking back.
The guard outside the door wanted to stop him, but when he saw Li Ruolian's eyes, he let Qi leave.
Half an hour after Ren Qi left, Li Ruolian received news that the rebels who originally moved towards Fan County had dispersed.
Li Ruolian knew that this bet was a good one, and after warning everyone not to reveal the story of Ren Qi's capture alive, he led his army to Henan.
After he waited for the soldiers to sneak into various fortresses in eastern Henan, he launched an attack and prepared to open the southern grain channel.
Everything was going smoothly, but Ren Qi's people suddenly broke in and suppressed his uprisings in Heze, Shangqiu and other places.
After what happened before, Li Ruolian felt that Ren Qi was not a treacherous person, so he sent someone to inquire about the reason.
People who had never thought of him fled back and reported that they were surrounded and suppressed ten miles away from Ren Qi's camp, and they swore that it was Ren Qi's people who did it.
Li Ruolian was immediately furious. After hurriedly making arrangements for southern Henan, he led more than a thousand people northward and successively captured Shangqiu, Heze and other places.
However, when Li Ruolian was attacking these places, he found that Ren Qi's men fled after seeing him and did not confront him at all, so he suspected that they had fallen into someone else's scheme.
So while he was attacking surrounding towns, he sent people to contact Ren Qi.
While he was singing all the way, he was suddenly attacked by more than a thousand people near Huaxian County, and the opponents were also all cavalry, and their combat power was comparable to his.
Li Ruolian was also shocked when he saw this, because the cavalry under his command was already an elite second only to the Huben warriors. After these days of fighting, they could almost compete with the Guan Ning cavalry. Unexpectedly, in a small place like Huaxian, Encountered a powerful enemy.
Fortunately, although the opponent's combat power was strong, the people who led the troops lacked strategy and just rushed and attacked.
He pretended to be defeated, divided into three groups and fled. After the enemy dispersed, he joined forces again, and then repulsed the enemy.
However, after this battle, he also lost more than 300 people, so he entered Huaxian County to rest.
Unexpectedly, he would be surrounded by Ren Qi early the next morning.
Li Ruolian originally thought it was a misunderstanding, but when he saw Ren Qi besieging the city, he was furious and immediately led his troops to break out.
After a lot of fighting, he was about to break out of the encirclement, but he never thought that Ren Qi, disguised as a soldier, stopped him.
While fighting with him, Ren Qi told him the cause and effect.
It turned out that after Ren Qi was defeated by Gao Jie's troops, he planned to use the terrain of Yuyuan to deal with them. Unexpectedly, their base camp was attacked by a mysterious cavalry and captured several of their leaders and family members.
After Ren Qi heard the report, he hurriedly organized his troops to rescue him, but the other party disappeared mysteriously.
However, the vicinity of Fan County was Ren Qi's territory after all. Soon he discovered the opponent's whereabouts and immediately led his troops to rescue him.
Unexpectedly, although the opponent's number was small, his combat power was very strong. After defeating the 5,000 people he brought, he walked away.
Ren Qi was unwilling to give in and summoned more than 10,000 people to rescue. However, due to speed issues, each time they were half a beat late.
Just when he was worried, the other party sent another message, saying that if he wanted to save everyone, he must capture Li Ruolian.
Ren Qi had no choice but to lead his army.
His original intention was to surround Li Ruolian and then buy time to rescue him.
Unexpectedly, Li Ruolian broke through his siege with only a few hundred people, so he hurried over.
Li Ruolian originally thought that Ren Qi was a loyal person. After listening to his story now, he realized that it was all a misunderstanding before, so he led his army back.
That night, Ren Qi sneaked into Huaxian alone again and expressed his gratitude to Li Ruolian.
After some discussions between the two, Li Ruolian asked Ren Qi to continue besieging the city to confuse the other party, while he led his army out of the city to help Ren Qi rescue people.
Then Li Ruolian left the city under the cover of Ren Qi and hurried to the place Ren Qi said, but missed.
At this time, Ren Qi's person came to deliver a letter, saying that he had discovered that the other party had gone to Liaocheng, and he hurried over again.
It's just that when he rescued Ren Qi's people, he didn't encounter the powerful cavalry.
He was suspicious, and Li Chengdong discovered his whereabouts, so he pretended to retreat.
After hiding it from everyone's eyes and ears, he divided his troops into two groups.
They rushed to Liaocheng quietly all the way, while he led the other way into Shenxian County to inquire about the news. Unexpectedly, they unexpectedly met Zhu Yuanzhang's people...
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to his story, he was silent for a while and said: "You have fought with that cavalry, can you identify where they come from?"
When Li Ruolian heard this, he hesitated and said: "Judging from their weapons and tactics, they may be wolf soldiers!"
"Wolf soldiers?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Can you tell whether it's the wolf soldiers from Guizhou or Guangxi?"
Li Ruolian shook his head and said: "The general is just a guess. If you want to confirm it, I'm afraid I have to capture him and interrogate him."
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Li Ruolian was always cautious, and since he had spoken, he must be a wolf soldier, so he couldn't help but frown.
Some people died, but not completely...
