Now, it has been three days since the army of intruders retreated from Kaifeng City, but the King of Zhou repeatedly tried to persuade Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao's army to stay and not leave!
In the large tent of the Chinese army, a man was tied up and kneeling on the ground. He was not tall, but his exposed chest, back and arms were very strong, and his veins were exposed when he exerted force.
Zhang Cheng was sitting behind the big case and was looking at the strong man kneeling on the ground. He looked at it for a moment and then asked in a deep voice to Chen Zhong who was sitting on the right: "Is this the person you are talking about?"
"Come back to the Commander-in-Chief, it was this reckless man who destroyed three of my brothers before I captured him."
Zhang Cheng looked at Chen Zhong's left hand wrapped in white cloth and asked, "Is your hand okay?"
Chen Zhong smiled and replied: "It doesn't matter, the medical officer said it's just a skin injury and it will be fine in a few days."
Zhang Cheng turned back to look at the kneeling man and suddenly said: "Come here, please take off the rope from his body!"
"No. Commander, this thief is very brave and tough. He is extremely difficult to control. You must not break his bonds!" Chen Zhong heard this and shouted hurriedly.
Zhang Cheng, however, didn't take it seriously and said in a deep voice: "Except for Wang Yuanjing, a scholar in this military camp, there is no one who is not a veteran soldier who has experienced hundreds of battles. I am afraid that he will not be able to 'jump into the river tiger'. "
As he spoke, he glanced at the generals in the military tent and said in a deep voice: "All the generals are here. If you can't control a monkey that can jump, how can you have the face to say 'sweep the bandits and drive out the Tartars'?" ?
I think it would be better to go back to Xuan Town to farm. Come on, untie me! "
The generals in the military tent were speechless for a moment. What Zhang Cheng said was true. None of the generals in the military tent, including Zhang Guodong, Zhang Guangda, Wei Zhice, Lin Fangping, Chen Dakuan, Jin Yong, etc., were vegetarians. Even Chen Even though Tadashi's left hand is injured, he doesn't delay fighting with one hand.
If such a lineup is still afraid of an unarmed prisoner, then it is really what Zhang Cheng said, it is better to go home and farm.
Under the watchful eyes of the generals, two Tiger Guard soldiers stepped forward and removed the ropes from Du Youwei, the third master of Yidou Valley Bandit Camp, "Tiaojian Tiger". They were worried that Du Youwei would suddenly burst into violence. If he hurt Zhang Cheng, he would stand behind him and monitor him, not daring to leave.
At the same time, Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai also stood up from the last seat on the right side of the military tent and came to stand beside Zhang Cheng. They would not allow Du Youwei to hurt their adoptive father.
The moment Du Youwei took off the rope, he took his hands back in front of him and gently rubbed the red scars on his wrists and arms. He raised his head and stared at Zhang Cheng, who was looking up at him, with a flash of light in his eyes. A series of fierce lights.
Zhang Cheng looked at him with a smile, his eyes were piercing. Although his face was calm, he still had a majestic look. He looked at Du Youwei and said to the people around him: "Where are you, go bring a chair and give it to me?" He sits down!"
Du Youwei sat on the chair unceremoniously, but the fierce light in his eyes gradually faded away. He dropped his hands on his knees and did not do anything radical.
Zhang Cheng was still looking at Du Youwei with a smile on his face, and suddenly shouted to him: "Du Youwei, as a citizen of our Ming Dynasty, you have all the martial arts skills, but you don't want to serve the country and save the people. Instead, you help the tyrants to commit evil. I was a thief and brought trouble to the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, how could I have imagined that I would be here today?"
The expression on Du Youwei's face did not change, but his eyes were bright again. He also shouted in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense. Since we have fallen into the hands of you and others, we know what will happen to us. All we need to do is give me a happy life. Why bother?" Talk more of that nonsense.”
He raised his head and looked at Zhang Cheng, without any trace of fear in his eyes, and said: "Hmph, it sounds nice to say it, just like you don't kill good people to take advantage of merit, drink the blood of soldiers, and don't take people's wealth by force, you wait The dog officer worked hard for the emperor, but we are the ones who seek justice for the people!"
"Snapped!"
At this time, Wei Zhice couldn't stand it anymore. He slammed his palm on the table, stood up and shouted angrily: "That's nonsense, you gangsters, every place they go, they rob all the grain, grain and money, but you can't help it." The people have a way to survive. How dare you act like this and claim to be redressing justice for the people?
You have been stuck here today, and you still don’t want to repent, but you are making such quibbles. Your heart will not hurt!
My commander-in-chief is dedicated to serving the country and protecting the people. When he came to Beijing to serve as King Qin the year before last, he fought a bloody battle with the Tartars on a huge deer, shot Dorgon with an arrow, beheaded Yue Tuo in formation, and saved tens of thousands of captive people. He was personally praised by the current emperor as the best. Three armies.
After returning to Xuanzhen, I worked hard on the North Road alone, reclaiming wasteland and building canals, suppressing bandits and calming the people, so that every household in our North Road had fields, every household had a living, and no one was deprived of food. How dare you talk nonsense if you haven't seen it in person? ? "
He paused and then continued: "You have been a thief for several years and have faced countless battles with officers and soldiers. Have you ever seen an army as brave as our North Road army? If you kill good people for merit and plunder people's wealth, you can't. Do you have such vigor? Even if you face the intruder face to face, you will still defeat him and retreat!"
Du Youwei was so speechless by Wei Zhice's words that he didn't know how to reply. He sat on the chair in shock, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
Zhang Cheng raised his finger and pointed at the wine bowl on the big table, and said to Zhang Chengfang beside him: "Chengfang, fill up a bowl of wine and bring it to him."
Zhang Chengfang felt a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. He just filled a bowl of wine as ordered and gave it to Du Youwei.
Du Youwei took the wine bowl. Without saying a word, he stood up and drank it all. He then said loudly: "Come on. Now that you have drunk the wine, let us have a good time. Eighteen years later We are still a man."
Zhang Cheng looked at Du Youwei and said in a deep voice: "The man is a man, but he is by no means a hero!"
Du Youwei was stunned again by what Zhang Cheng said, and then heard Zhang Cheng continue: "A good man should leave a name for eternity, be praised by thousands of people, and be praised by future generations. Even if he cannot make his wife a shadow, he should still protect his people. Keep the place safe.”
When he said this, he looked at Du Youwei with bright eyes and shouted loudly: "Du Youwei, are you willing to work for me?"
Du Youwei was so frightened by Zhang Cheng that he didn't know what to do.
Zhang Cheng saw that he had lost all his energy at this time and was not seeking death, so he continued to speak loudly: "I miss you because you are full of courage. I feel sorry for you because it is not easy to practice martial arts. I want to leave you with a broken body to serve the country and the people." , use his military exploits to win his wife and shadow son, and his reputation will last forever.
I ask you again, are you willing to work for me? "
No matter how stupid Du Youwei was, he understood the meaning of Zhang Cheng's words at this time. For a moment, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, and the hope of life was once again ignited in his eyes.
But there was another person in the military tent whose eyes were full of surprise. When Wei Zhice heard Zhang Cheng's first question to Du Youwei, "Are you willing to serve me?", he didn't feel anything at all.
But Zhang Cheng then asked, "Would you like to serve me?" In Wei Zhice's view, Zhang Cheng should ask Du Youwei if he was willing to serve the court, rather than Zhang Cheng personally.
Wei Zhice quietly scanned the generals in the military tent and found that even the scholar Wang Yuanjing did not agree with Zhang Cheng's question, and the other generals did not pay attention at all.
He couldn't help but think to himself: Was it right when he chose to follow Zhang Cheng? Will you continue to follow Zhang Cheng in the future?
