When Emperor Chongzhen saw the infantry starting to arrive, he immediately issued an order: "This time we must wipe out all the bandits and surrender to avoid death. Anyone who resists or tries to escape will be killed without mercy! Especially the leaders of the bandits must not be killed." Let them run away again!"
Through the prior layout, almost all the rogue thieves have been attracted here. As long as they are dealt with at once, at least in a short period of time, there will be no more rogue thieves. And with follow-up measures in place, it is expected to solve the problem of bandits in the customs.
The cavalry guarding him was thrown into the battlefield by Emperor Chongzhen. Five thousand Panshi battalion soldiers were left to guard Yu Jia's side, and other Panshi battalion soldiers were also thrown into the battlefield.
Suddenly, there were more Ming army soldiers chasing each other on the battlefield, and there were shouts everywhere.
"Surrender and avoid death!"
"Those who resist will die, those who run away will die!"
"..."
Many of the panic-stricken thieves knelt down and surrendered, not daring to run away anymore.
Many of them were civilians who had been coerced. Of course, most of them were young and strong. As for the old and weak among the civilians, they had all become cannon fodder under Nanyang City.
Some of them were evil-doers and felt that even if they surrendered, the court would probably not let them go, so they ran as hard as they could to escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.
"I have seen my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Chen Qiyu rushed to the emperor on the occasion of his victory and paid homage excitedly.
In the decisive battle with the bandits, because the emperor's army arrived in time, the dangerous battle suddenly became easy. For the commander who has full responsibility, I don't know what a surprise it is!
Moreover, the emperor's control over the battle situation boosted the morale of the troops he led, allowing him to see with his own eyes the emperor's wisdom and prowess, which also made him extremely happy.
If an emperor is wise, benevolent, and powerful, as a minister who only wants to serve the country loyally, he will naturally be very happy.
It was the combination of these factors that made Chen Qiyu pay homage even on this battlefield.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he smiled and said with his hands, "Thank you for your hard work, Chen Qing!"
So, the next scene was a Ming border official wearing a scarlet robe, accompanying a young man in armor, pointing at the battlefield in front of him from time to time, and introducing the situation.
Many soldiers of the Ming Dynasty turned their heads involuntarily to look at the emperor while they were busy. They saw the sunset shining on the monarch and his ministers, seeming to be shining, and the emperor's figure seemed to become more majestic.
Every soldier of the Ming Dynasty felt very at ease when they saw this scene. Even though they had been busy all day, they still felt full of strength.
On the emperor's side, Chen Qiyu looked at the sunset. Seeing that it would be dark in half an hour at most, he became a little anxious and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the capital of the thieves has not been captured yet. I am a little worried. I hope Lead the troops to search!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked up at the fiery red clouds in the west, then lowered his head at Chen Qiyu and said: "It doesn't matter, I have issued an order to let the elite Yongwei Camp, Baigan Army and other places in the periphery speed up the reduction of the encirclement, and go to Come here. Even if there are stray thieves who escape the search here, they will run into the surrounding army. This time, I must wipe them all out."
Chen Qiyu didn't know Emperor Chongzhen's peripheral layout. Therefore, he was a little stunned when he heard it, but when he came back to his senses, he thought that the emperor had asked Panshiying to find someone in Nanyang to pretend to be the emperor, which meant that the emperor decided to use Nanyang at that time. As the main battlefield, all the bandits will be eliminated in one fell swoop, so it is not surprising that a dragnet will be laid with Nanyang as the center.
Thinking of this, Chen Qiyu had to admire him and said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise!"
When he said this, he was thinking that even if the thieves escaped from the capital, they would not be able to escape for long.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxian and other big leaders among the bandits have all killed each other. And Zuo Liangyu, the traitor, has now been caught."
Hearing this, Chen Qiyu was startled again. He turned around and saw a team of about fifty people coming this way. At this time, you can see clearly with the naked eye that people are tied up at the front of the team and escorted over here. Although the face of the kidnapped man could not be clearly seen, the emperor said so, it should be Zuo Liangyu.
He guessed correctly, the tied man was Zuo Liangyu. His target was too big, and when he wanted to escape, he was dragged away by other bandits, and then he was surrounded by Liu Guoneng's troops. With people panicking, his personal guards did not fight to the death. Instead, they scattered and ran away.
Speaking of which, there was another episode when arresting Zuo Liangyu.
Liu Guoneng's troops were infantry, so Zuo Liangyu fled and he couldn't catch Zuo Liangyu in one go. However, when a cavalry army passed by later, Zuo Liangyu was surprised. When he wanted to turn around and leave again, he was overtaken and surrounded by Liu Guoneng's troops.
Amidst their shouts of killing, the cavalry heard that Zuo Liangyu was here and wanted to come up and take the credit.
At this time, Liu Guoneng saw the big flag with the word "Wu" and the majestic cavalry, and felt timid in his heart. There was nothing he could do about it. His background as a bandit made him feel inferior when facing the majestic cavalry. Especially now, these cavalry troops are following the emperor, suddenly descending like heavenly soldiers and generals.
The young general drove his horse closer, with a hint of excitement on his face, and shouted loudly: "Is the one being surrounded by the rebellious Zuo Liangyu?"
Zuo Liangyu, who was surrounded, recognized that this was Guan Ning's army. He hated Liu Guoneng for betraying him. Naturally, he wanted Liu Guoneng to die. Anyway, he was willing to do it as long as it was difficult. Therefore, upon hearing this, he shouted loudly: "This general, I am Zuo Liangyu. These are all bandits. That person is called Chuang Taotian. He is also very famous among bandits."
After he thought about it, after such a shout, and with him here, this young general of Guan Ning Army would definitely have no scruples, would seize credit, and might even kill Liu Guoneng and others. If that was the case, then he would have had a bad breath.
Liu Guoneng's men were all shocked when they heard this. If this wise general who seemed to want to steal the credit indiscriminately took the opportunity to kill them and rob Zuo Liangyu, then they would really have died unjustly.
So they quickly pointed to the white bands on their arms and started to defend themselves.
"General, we are our own people, look, we are our own people!"
"Yes, we are also officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Those wearing white belts are undercover agents!"
"..."
This general named Wu is naturally Wu Sangui. To be honest, when he saw Zuo Liangyu here, he was really moved. This was the head of the thief this time, and catching him was a great achievement. Moreover, these people in front of them are all dressed up as thieves. Although they are tied with a white belt, according to Zuo Liangyu, the leader still has a bandit name. What is called Chuang Taotian? If they are killed, someone will know about it. , and probably wouldn’t care much.
He was thinking in his mind. Suddenly, he saw a person next to Liu Guoneng who looked a little frightened. However, he did not panic at all. He took out a waist badge and shouted loudly: "I am Liu Yue, a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu family. I am following General Liu by the emperor's order." The traitor Zuo Liangyu is being captured by my side now, please help this general, make sure Zuo Liangyu doesn’t get away!”
In fact, at this time, Zuo Liangyu could no longer run away. But when he said this, he intentionally gave some credit to this wise general. Of course, it was indeed the cavalry under this Ming general that made them catch up with Zuo Liangyu so quickly.
When Wu Sangui heard that this person turned out to be Jin Yiwei Baihu, he was suddenly shocked. The emperor's spies were really everywhere, and they were even lurking among the thieves. Then maybe there are Jin Yiwei spies among the personal guards or subordinates around you!
With this in mind, he did not dare to neglect, and quickly raised his fists and saluted Liu Yue: "It turns out to be Liu Baihu. Congratulations on catching this traitor. I still have military affairs, so I'll take my leave!"
He was straightforward. He said goodbye almost immediately after Liu Yue reported his name, saying that he had no other intentions.
"Drive!" Wu Sangui then pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and immediately led his men to continue chasing the other bandits.
Watching him leave, Liu Guoneng breathed a sigh of relief. But at this time, he was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Liu Yue was just a member of a hundred households, but he could treat the general so politely. It was really amazing!
Zuo Liangyu, who was surrounded by the crowd, was stunned. Is this the end of the matter?
When did Guan Ningjun become a good bird? Taking advantage of the chaos, so what if there are hundreds of Jin Yiwei, just kill them and grab the credit!
For him who usually kills good people and takes credit for his crimes, this seems a bit unimaginable. However, if he understood that Wu Sangui had been following Yu Jia in the past few months, and knew how unpredictable the news about the current emperor was, and how wise and powerful the emperor was, he would probably understand why Wu Sangui turned around so neatly. And went.
When things got to this point, Zuo Liangyu saw that the imperial cavalry was galloping around everywhere, dividing and surrounding, either forcing the bandits to land, or directly killing the bandits. He knew that it was useless for him to resist, so, He rolled his eyes and immediately dropped his weapon. At the same time, he ordered the few followers who were following him to drop their weapons as well. Then he smiled at Liu Yue and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all my own. I'm also an undercover agent. I love the imperial court, I really do! You have to believe me!"
At this point, he dodged the package carried behind his bodyguard, shook out a human head and said: "Look, this is the head of the Eight Kings, and, and this, this is the head of Cao Cao, this is the head of Chuang The king’s head…”
Zuo Liangyu laid out all the heads he had chopped off and introduced them to Liu Yue one by one. Then he smiled and said, "Look, I also pretended to surrender to the bandits, just to kill them for them. Now, thanks to the emperor's great blessing, Already accomplished, the leader of the thieves has been killed!"
"..." Liu Yue, Liu Guoneng and others were all dumbfounded at this moment. They didn't expect that things would take such a turn.
Seeing their expressions, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but feel secretly proud in her heart. She had saved a chance, maybe she could escape and ascend to heaven. If she was more lucky, she might be promoted to a higher rank!
When Liu Yue came back to his senses, he immediately flashed Zuo Liangyu's things in his mind, and knew that he had been fooled by Zuo Liangyu, so he immediately sneered and shouted: "That's nice to say, but the emperor Will?"
"Ah?" Zuo Liangyu was a little dumbfounded when he heard it. How could he possibly come up with the emperor's will? However, he was also a quick-witted person, and he immediately defended himself, "The situation is urgent. I'm afraid that I won't be able to wait to ask the emperor for orders, so I will make my own decision and decide to catch these bandit leaders first!"
Liu Guoneng on the side was confused. Is what Zuo Liangyu said true or false?
However, Liu Yue had confidence in his heart and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, tie them all up and take them to see the emperor. We will find out for ourselves!"
So, just like that, they escorted Zuo Liangyu and his personal guards, and brought the heads of the bandit leaders to the imperial commander's location.
Seeing the imperial driver getting closer and closer, and hearing the shouts of "kill the bandits" coming from the battlefield from time to time, Liu Guoneng felt a little unsure for some reason.
Zuo Liangyu was right about one thing. He was originally a well-known person among the bandits. He was "breaking into the sky". I wonder if the emperor would mind if he heard this? If he took advantage of the situation and killed himself, it seemed like it would only be a matter of words.
Does the emperor really know that he is loyal to the emperor and the country, and that rebellion is just a last resort? Could it be that because Zhang Xianzhong and others have repeatedly rebelled, they are also wary of themselves, and now that the overall situation has been decided, they want to end it once and for all?
To be honest, Liu Guoneng was really a little uneasy along the way. At this time, he felt a bit like "the ugly daughter-in-law wants to meet her parents-in-law". Regarding his characterization, no matter what happened before, it can only be finalized after meeting his "in-laws", that is, the emperor.
On the other hand, his subordinates, such as Wang Liuhui, Wang Gui and others, did not think so much. They were only excited because of the possibility of meeting the current emperor. They felt that they had done the right thing by following their eldest brother to serve the imperial court!
When they were still a hundred steps away from where Yu Jia was, the Panshi Camp soldiers who were guarding Yu Jia stopped them, and then went to report to the emperor on their behalf.
Liu Guoneng and others could see the emperor looking at them. After saying something, the decree came over, asking Liu Yue and Liu Guoneng to escort Zuo Liangyu and the heads of other bandit leaders.
As for the others, for the emperor's safety, the officers of the Panshi Camp stopped them.
Neither Zuo Liangyu nor Liu Guoneng had ever seen the emperor. However, when they saw Chen Qiyu and saw Chen Qiyu accompanying the young man, they knew that this young man was definitely the current emperor.
What a good Zuo Liangyu, when he was about to reach the imperial court, he knelt down first, and then shouted loudly with a look of fear: "Your Majesty, the last general is guilty. The last general should not have pretended to rebel against the imperial court and approach the bandits without getting the order. . Fortunately, thanks to His Majesty’s great blessing, the general worked hard and worked hard to bring down the bandit leaders from all walks of life!”
