In the evening, on the bank of the East River in Anqing City, Li Yan stood alone with his hands behind his back and looked at Cheng Niandong who was walking slowly in the distance, young, burly but very haggard.

Cheng Niandong is also carefully observing this legendary figure who once assisted King Chuang to fight the world but now serves the imperial court, two words, elegant.

"Anqing is a city of Fufu, there are tens of thousands of people, and I have thousands of soldiers in my hands, and there is a lot of money and food, why did General Li open such a low price?" Cheng Niandong went straight in, Li Yan smiled slightly: "This time is different from the past, this price is already the highest."

"General, can you elaborate on this price?" Cheng Niandong frowned.

"This meeting is for this," Li Yan took a long breath and looked at the river: "In previous years, the thieves were powerful, the imperial court was weak, and the bandits were powerless, so they could only accept it when they saw it, but those who came to surrender were treated favorably, and it was also regarded as a thousand dollars to buy horse bones and make a shout." However, at this time, the national strength of the imperial court is still weak, but there is a person who is good at using soldiers, this person is invincible in battle, and you must have heard of his name, in addition to fighting, his attitude towards the thief army is also very different, and the Huairou policy in previous years can be described as extreme, often with thunderous means to kill chickens and monkeys, ordinary captives are not soft, not to mention those famous thieves, whether it is captured or surrendered, there is no way to live! ”

Cheng Niandong thought in his heart: "Is General Li talking about the eunuch of Dongchang, is he really so powerful?" ”

Li Yan nodded: "Very powerful, Ben will fight Li Zicheng side by side with him, chase the Tartars, his combat power and resourcefulness are far from comparable, if he had broken Anqing City in this place, Ben Jiang would have been surrounded by the past and not give you some time to make a choice."

Cheng Niandong was silent for a while and said: "Even if I am killed regardless of capture, how can General Li guarantee that I can survive after surrendering?" ”

Li Yan laughed: "Your name is unknown, and you are not a person who must be killed, and Ben Jiang still has a bit of face in front of him, and he will give him the face of a nameless person."

"Was General Li the guarantor of his surrender in the first place?" Cheng Niandong asked curiously, Li Yan nodded with a sigh: "You don't have to make a choice in a hurry, just before dark tomorrow."

"If I don't descend before dark tomorrow, will General Li really attack the city?" Cheng Niandong said and turned his head to look at Anqing City behind him, his expression was a little lonely.

"Ben will be able to tell you for sure that if you don't surrender, Anqing City will be broken overnight, and Ben may not need to attack. It will be broken from the inside" Cheng Niandong, who heard this, was stunned: "Could it be that you know the things in the city?" ”。

Li Yan smiled: "This kind of thing, it's not difficult to guess."

Cheng Niandong sighed and looked up at the head on the high pole not far away: "General Li, can you tell the truth, is that Bai Dashuai?" ”

Li Yan also glanced up, and then smiled: "Heavy?" ”

Cheng Niandong nodded slightly: "It's important, but it doesn't seem to be so important," he said and sighed; "If I surrender to Chengcheng, in addition to saving my life, what kind of officials can I give and how to settle those thousands of brothers under my subordinates?"

"Liu Tichun, have you heard of it?" Li Yan asked.

"General Feihu, of course I've heard of it" Cheng Niandong said stunned: "Could it be ......" Li Yan nodded: "He is also in the army at this time, if your department surrenders to Chengcheng, you can fully organize his command, as for you, you can always be a guerrilla."

"What is his official position at this time?" Cheng Niandong hurriedly asked.

"General, the same as Hao Shaoqi, but the wine jar has now established itself as an army belonging to the Dongchang ......Guard," Li Yan said casually, but Cheng Niandong was full of horror, and he only heard that Li Yan had surrendered, but he didn't know that so many bigwigs under King Chuang had surrendered, so he said to Li Yan without any worries: "Before noon tomorrow, I will reply to the general" said and turned around and left.

"The sooner the better, the sooner you get free, you can eat well and sleep well," Li Yan looked at his back and said with a smile, Cheng Niandong didn't raise his head back, waved his hand, turned over and returned to the city.

"How? Is the thief descending or not? As soon as Li Yan returned to the camp, he was surrounded by the generals.

"Guess right, tomorrow night, we will celebrate in the city!" Li Yan chuckled, everyone cheered, and even Liu Zeqing, who suffered heavy casualties because of the first two sieges, accepted this reality, after all, it is a great thing to be able to surrender without a fight, and he firmly believes that the reason why the thief army can't stand it and want to surrender is not due to his own onslaught and pressure, anyway, he is definitely the first merit when he finally talks about it!

It's dark, and the rain in Zhide County is still dripping non-stop, and the rain has been heavy and small from last night to now, but it has not stopped.

However, Chang Yu at this time enjoyed this weather very much, and it was very enjoyable to fall asleep listening to the sound of rain after the fierce battle.

Most of the guards have woken up, those who bake clothes rely on washing clothes, and some go to the back kitchen to help make fires and cook, after all, the food of nearly 100 people is not something that those few female relatives can do.

Chang Yu was very energetic, and he slept for a while after a banquet for a few squires in the city at noon, but he woke up again when it was dark, and first went to visit Chen Wangting and the wounded, and saw everyone's aching teeth, this feeling he can empathize, when he was just injured, he generally didn't feel pain, but after bandaging, especially after sleeping, the feeling was ...... Don't mention it.

And the pain lasts for at least a few days, until the wound starts to scar.

However, Chang Yu didn't have this trouble, the injuries on his body didn't have to be less than anyone else, nor were they lighter than anyone else, but he was gifted and healed quickly, and he woke up without any pain, and the minor injuries had begun to heal.

"Wine, wine, you said you want me to have a good drink!" Wu Zhong was lying on the bed, it hurt and didn't want it, but he was still thinking about drinking, Chang Yu sighed: "Are you not hurt lightly or ......"

"No, how can you talk and not speak, wine, I want to drink, if I don't drink, it will hurt to death, and if I drink it, it won't hurt......" The wolf cried and howled Chang Yu had no choice but to let people get a few jars of wine, and everyone saw that the wine insects were moved, and they all shouted to drink, Chang Yu agreed.

If you have wine, you can't live without food, but these wounded people have to be served by someone to eat, not to mention drinking, so Chang Yu called a few guards to serve a few heroes who captured the city.

After talking to everyone, Chang Yu came over and whispered as soon as he walked out of the door: "I just heard that the thief's wife hanged herself in the backyard."

Chang Yu was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "Death is death, at least the governor did not break his promise, so he asked people to go to the city to find a coffin shop and come back to bury the thief's wife."

I don't know if this thief lady is the death of the husband and wife, or she is full of fear of the future and has no way out, so she chose to be short-sighted, Chang Yu couldn't guess it, but he felt panicked in his heart, so he called Chen Suole out of the yamen and went to the east next door.

Next door is a big house, and the owner's family is a rich gentleman surnamed Wang, but Jiang Yitao killed this house and it became his warehouse, which stored Wang Yien's family wealth accumulated for many years.

Of course, it's all Chang Yu's now.

Chang Yu is not bad for money, at least for him personally, but he invests too much and does not have much cash on hand, at this time in the cellar looking at the rows of neatly stacked silver feel particularly cordial and satisfied, grabbed a few big ingots and stuffed them into his arms, and asked Chen Sole: "Like a rich man?" ”

"The Duke has to bring the round hat of the rich man to look like it" Chen Suole and a few guards laughed, Chang Yu found a few more jars of good wine in the cellar, he didn't drink and let the wine be collected and brought to Wuzhong to drink.

"Don't you think this silver is a little small, Duke?" Chen Suole suddenly asked: "Jiang Yitao has tortured all the rich gentry in the city, plus Wang Yien's total attack is only 110,000 taels, this is too shabby, let's copy those big families before, don't just grab hundreds of thousands or even millions."

Chang Yu sneered: "You think this is the big families in the capital and Shanxi, and it is very remarkable that there are tens of thousands of taels in the family of ordinary rich families in this remote mountain town."

It's also oh, Chen Suole scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "But there is a lot of food, and the houses in the front yard of the Wang family are all piled up."

Chang Yu snorted, no matter what kind of year, food is a necessary reserve, and there is no need to worry about storing more food