Li Yan at the gate of the camp said to Cheng Niandong: "I will know that you are aggrieved in your heart, but only in this way can you calm their anger, your new foundation is unstable, and you should focus on forbearance, and no one will dare to bully you when you grow stronger in the future."

Cheng Niandong said that he was dissatisfied with this peace, but he was sincerely grateful to Li Yan: "In the future, I will count on General Li to carry him more."

"You and I are of the same origin, we should work together" Li Yan patted Cheng Niandong on the shoulder: "The complexity of the faction among the officers and soldiers is not worse than that of the mountain in the thief army, but remember one thing, the strength of our Toucheng faction is not weak at all" said with a slight smile, and said goodbye and left.

These words made Cheng Niandong's heart move, the orthodox faction of the imperial court generally looks down on the generals, but there are also awesome characters in the generals, such as Li Yan, Gao Jie, etc., which are beyond the reach of many orthodoxes.

It can be said that the rebel forces in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been uprooted, and it is difficult to do anything again......

It is unrealistic to take away thousands of people at once, because Li Yan will not give him a chance to act alone at all now, since he did not send himself to Wangjiang County. But even if he can take it away, there is no food, grass, no money, what to eat with these thousands of mouths, and how many people are willing to die with him, not to mention that he has just left, Li Yan will definitely send troops to chase him.

Otherwise, stay and talk to Li Yan first, and then it's not too late to leave when the time is right. Cheng Niandong thought about it, he had a very good impression of Li Yan at this time, and his every move gave the greatest respect and care to him, a lonely and unknown general, and it was evident from the fact that he personally sent him out of the city, not to mention his kindness to protect his life and that of the three thousand soldiers.

After returning to the city, Li Yan did not immediately go to the yamen to rest, but turned around and went up to the Dongcheng Tower, looking at Cheng Niandong's military camp on the riverside, he felt very sad, because he never thought that one day he would break his faith and kill people.

Although I know that the soldiers are not tired of cheating, and although I know that the overall situation is limited and I have to do it, I always feel very guilty.

Whether it is pretentious or true feelings, only he knows best, at least for Chang Yu, he doesn't have this kind of psychological burden, he can kill if he wants, lie to you and count yourself as unlucky, they are all adults Who called you so naïve.

"Why don't you do it in the city?" When he first returned to the yamen and was about to rest, Gao Jie, who seemed to be drunk for a long time, came to them, and he couldn't even see a little drunk.

"When I sent him back to the camp, none of his men in the camp slept near the camp gate and assembled, such a heavy rain......" Li Yanhei sneered, and Gao Jie reacted immediately: "This kid is not shallow."

Li Yang snorted: "If they go back for a while, they are so impatient, if they do it in the city, we can't tell it clearly, and we are sure that this is the Hongmen banquet specially designed to kill Cheng Niandong, and it is strange that his subordinates are not messy."

Gao Jie sighed: "No wonder you let him pick his own place to stay from the beginning, and even sent him out of the city, just to get out afterwards, he sighed, no wonder the little overseer values you so much, you can't catch up with your thoughts."

Li Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Who wants to mix this kind of pickled matter, since I have to fall into it, I have to protect myself first."

The sky was bright and rainy, and the atmosphere of the camp outside the city became strange.

Early in the morning, Li Yan ordered the whole battalion to enter a wartime alert state, which made many people very puzzled, what happened when the city was broken and the people were lowered?

Event!

For this matter, Li Yan mobilized Huang Degong, Zhang Qingzhen, and Wei Shichun's three departments to impose martial law, blocking the Anqing City Gate, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will, and Liu Zeqing's troops and Cheng Niandong's troops were not allowed to leave the camp without an order, and those who violated the order were beheaded!

And all this is to resolve the grievances between Cheng Niandong and Liu Zeqing, and according to what was agreed yesterday, I will kowtow in front of Liu Zeqing's coffin today to apologize.

Liu Zeqing has been dead for several days, the weather is hot, in order to prevent the corpse from rotting and stinking, Li Yan has made people deal with it, as for how to deal with it, some people say that antiseptic medicinal materials are used, and some people say that Liu Zeqing is now a piece of salted meat.

But even if it is, it still smells.

The mourning hall is located in Liu Zeqing's camp, his family is wearing linen and wearing filial piety and kneeling on both sides, and the generals led by Ma Huabao are lined up on both sides with solemn expressions, perhaps because of a wine last night, everyone's faces have lost their murderous aura, which makes Cheng Niandong, who came accompanied by Li Yan, secretly relieved.

Cheng Niandong did not come alone, with four or five subordinates, it can be regarded as full sincerity, in order to avoid accidents, Li Yan ordered the participants not to carry weapons, which also made Cheng Niandong and others grateful, Li Yan thought about him everywhere.

In front of Liu Zeqing's coffin, Cheng Niandong's expression was indescribable, and Liu Zeqing next to him didn't see that his eyes were all focused on him, and no one shouted angrily or urged.

After a long time, Cheng Niandong knelt down on his knees, and then kowtowed three times: "General Liu, go all the way."

At this time, a family member walked to Cheng Niandong with a sharp blade, Cheng Niandong was about to reach out to take it, Gao Jie next to him took a step forward and snatched the sharp blade over and looked at it carefully, and then actually pulled it on his hand.

The inspection was no different, Gao Jie handed the knife to Cheng Niandong and nodded, Cheng Niandong took it and took a long breath, and stabbed his left arm three times, bleeding three inches into the flesh.

Poking yourself three times is just an attitude, of course, you can't pierce your heart.

Cheng Niandong pulled out the knife and handed it to the little soldier, when the person next to him was about to bandage him forward, he didn't know that the family Ding took the sharp knife and suddenly stabbed Cheng Niandong several times in the throat and heart, and in the blink of an eye, Cheng Niandong was lying in a pool of blood, his eyes were open angrily, his mouth kept trembling, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word.

The incident happened suddenly, everyone was stunned by the sight, and when they reacted, Cheng Niandong had fallen in a pool of blood and swallowed his breath, and several of his subordinates rushed over and kicked the family away, and then rescued, but it was too late.

Not only Cheng Niandong's subordinates panicked, but also Liu Zeqing's subordinates were stunned, including Li Yan on the side, Huang Degong and other bigwigs were also dumbfounded.

"Take that man!" Li Yan shouted angrily, and without waiting for others to do anything, the family Ding threw the knife in his hand and knelt on the ground: "Mr. Liu, I have avenged you!" He said angrily and reprimanded everyone: "General Liu treats me like a mountain, and this revenge has to be revenged, and if you want to kill you, you have to kill you, etc."

The news of Cheng Niandong's assassination soon spread throughout the barracks, and his subordinates were angry and shouted for blood debts to be repaid.

The soldiers trusted Li Yan very much like Cheng Niandong, and several of Cheng Niandong's subordinate generals witnessed the whole process, and it can be seen from the looks of Ma Huabao's generals that they were also shocked by this sudden incident, not like they arranged it, but more like Liu Zeqing's servants to avenge the Lord.

When is the time for retribution, Li Yan said that he would investigate this matter strictly to the end, and allow Cheng Nian to participate in the interrogation of that family Ding, if there is no behind the command to kill that family Ding, you will understand this matter, if there are still people who make endless trouble, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

At this time, Cheng Niandong's subordinates were silent, if it was Li Yan who rebelled and killed Cheng Niandong to pay for Liu Zeqing's life at the beginning, they would have their own reasons to start a rebellion.

But Li Yan protected them everywhere from the beginning.

And now it is the servants who avenge the Lord, and it is indeed the fault that they killed a court general first, if it weren't for Li Yanlibao, I am afraid that the whole camp will be more auspicious.

What reason do you have to start a rebellion? Let Li Yan kill all of Liu Zeqing's generals? That's impossible. They can't find any reason, Li Yan secretly ordered Cheng Niandong to kill Liu Zeqing Such a secret thing, Cheng Niandong could not reveal it to others, and Li Yan did enough to kill Cheng Niandong, every word he said and every move he did was carefully planned and deliberately done, just to make this incident an accident without a trace.

If Chang Yu or Li Muxian could see the flaws based on some small clues, but Cheng Niandong did not have such talents, they did not have any suspicions about Li Yan and were very grateful.

Although Cheng Niandong's killing made them angry at the moment, maybe this is the best result, and Cheng Niandong's death can truly understand the grievances of the two families.

Besides, not all the surrendered troops may care so much about the life and death of Cheng Niandong, after all, there were people who wanted to pull the team to surrender during the siege of the city, which shows that it is very disunited internally.