Zhuang Yexiang was very unwilling at this time, and the current situation was completely contrary to what she thought before, from active to passive, everything was her own fault, but she couldn't blame others.

Even the old housekeeper always persuaded her at the beginning, and it was her own stubbornness that eventually led to such a result. If you have suffering, you have to swallow it yourself, but fortunately, the current situation is not the worst, at least Mao Wenlong has some interest in the power of the Qing family.

After some fundraising, Zhuang Yexiang no longer concealed it, and said bluntly: "As long as we are incorporated into the Qing family, the first benefit is that Kaifeng City can be immediately included in the hands of General Mao." Second, our Qing family still has some money and food, and it is completely easy to recruit 100,000 soldiers and horses. With the above two points, will the general soldier still think that we are not qualified to defect to you? ”

A bright light flashed in Mao Wenlong's eyes, and he smiled: "Let's talk about your conditions first." ”

Zhuang Yexiang's face was cold, and she said coldly: "It's very simple, we need the general army to help us take revenge." ”

Mao Wenlong also asked with a serious face: "Who is your enemy?" ”

Zhuang Yexiang said viciously: "Li Zicheng, now known as King Chuang, has spread all over Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan and other places. ”

Since Gao Yingxiang's death, Li Zicheng has been supported by his subordinates as the new king of Chuang, leading the peasant army to continue to fight against the imperial court. However, Zhang Xianzhong was killed by Mao Wenlong, which led to Li Zicheng being the first person in the peasant army at present.

Li Zicheng's power was completely unexpected by Zhuang Yexiang, and it was also the reason why she was eager to defect to Mao Wenlong. After all, Mao Wenlong once easily killed Zhang Xianzhong, who was on the same level as Li Zicheng.

After thinking for a while, Mao Wenlong asked again: "There is no problem with killing Li Zicheng, but it must be after three years." In three years, the general soldier will definitely not kill him. ”

Zhuang Yexiang and the old housekeeper suddenly felt embarrassed, and the two discussed directly in a whisper.

Mao Wenlong didn't urge, but asked people to loosen the ties between the two, and then let them discuss enough.

At this time, Chen Jisheng, Cheng Zuo, and Liu Guangzuo, who were in charge of the aftermath, also came back together. According to Chen Jisheng's inventory, in this battle, his side suffered 3,000 casualties, of which 1,000 were killed, and the wounded were only a little more than 1,000.

The enemy's casualties amounted to more than 10,000, about 5,000 died on the spot, and about 7,000 wounded.

Of course, the casualties on Mao Wenlong's side were all those newly recruited manpower, and as for the real Dongjiang Army, there were only a few dead, and less than a hundred people were injured. Thirty of them were Mao Wenlong's personal guards, and it was obvious that these people were all trying to protect Mao Wenlong's safety, which would cause so many people to be injured.

Mao Wenlong understood the truth, and he instructed Chen Jisheng to treat those guards well, and he must give the best medicine for injuries and the best doctor to take care of them.

Of course, Chen Jisheng had no objections, so he simply agreed and promised to do so.

However, the remaining more than 30,000 people of the Qing family surrendered, Mao Wenlong did not want to recruit them for the time being, after all, these people were too messy in Mao Wenlong's opinion. If it is necessary to recruit them, they must also be sent to Yexian County for real training, and then they can be disrupted before they can be reintegrated into the army.

These are all future affairs, which can be handed over to Chen Jisheng, the general, to take care of, Mao Wenlong just asked about the situation, and then asked Chen Jisheng and them to retreat to do things.

Zhuang Yexiang and the old housekeeper also seemed to have discussed it and made a decision. After Chen Jisheng and the others left, Zhuang Yexiang said to Mao Wenlong: "We can agree to the request of the general army, but we also hope that the general army can let us continue to govern Kaifeng City." ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment and said coldly: "Give me a reason." ”

Zhuang Yexiang suddenly returned to her previous confident courtyard, and she chuckled: "Kaifeng City is now controlled by our Qing family, and the prefect is now obedient. With him as an official of the imperial court, Kaifeng City can completely show that he still obeys the assignment of the imperial court, but secretly it is controlled by us. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded again and again when he heard this, he naturally understood the benefits of doing so. In this way, Kaifeng City changed hands, but it was hidden from the sky and the sea, and it would not attract the attention of the imperial court. This is indeed much better than Mao Wenlong's direct occupation and then a real fight with the imperial court.

"Yes, there is no reason for this general soldier to refuse you." Mao Wenlong also simply agreed to Zhuang Yexiang directly.

At this point, the old butler's heart that had been hanging finally fell back into his stomach, and he smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then please return the more than 30,000 surrendered subordinates to us to lead." Of course, in order to avoid the suspicion of the general soldiers, our young lady will go to Ye County every month to report the situation to the general soldiers. The general soldier can also have men around us to show oversight. ”

The old butler's request was obviously a bit excessive, but what he said later was also very sincere, Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou discussed it in a whisper for a while, and then agreed.

The matter ended happily here, and in the end, both sides took what they needed, and everyone was happy.

Mao Wenlong then ordered someone to get a table of wine and food, and entertained the old housekeeper and Zhuang Yexiang, and during the banquet, Mao Wenlong also took advantage of the conversation to have a deeper understanding of the Qing family.

It wasn't until the evening that Zhuang Yexiang and the old housekeeper said goodbye and left, and Mao Wenlong was not polite, and directly sent a thousand old Dongjiang troops to be placed by Zhuang Yexiang's side. And Chengzuo was also sent over to monitor Zhuang Yexiang's every move. It was also up to him to pass the message between Zhuang Yexiang and Mao Wenlong.

When the sun was setting, Zhuang Yexiang and the old housekeeper rushed back to Kaifeng City with nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses. Mao Wenlong also returned the nameless town to Zhuang Yexiang to take care of, and only asked her to recruit 1,000 young adults to Guide Mansion every month.

Then the people from Guide Mansion will escort him to Yexian County for training, so as to solve Mao Wenlong's current shortage of troops and lack of food and grass.

That night, Mao Wenlong finally slept peacefully, and after completing the handover of Nameless Town in the early morning of the next day, Mao Wenlong immediately led his troops to leave and rushed back to Defu.

Two days later, he successfully arrived in Ye County, and this trip to the nameless town was very fruitful. Not to mention that the Qing family got such a big bargain for no reason, Kaifeng City and Nameless Town also belonged to Mao Wenlong's name at the same time, and it was on the premise of not spending a single soldier.

On the day Mao Wenlong returned to Ye County, he suddenly received a letter from Adou who went to do business. In the letter, Adou made it clear to Mao Wenlong that he and Ren Tianming had killed all the Jinyi guards who stayed in Luoyang City.

Now the two of them have rushed to Jingshi and began to disrupt Jingshi's plan.

After Mao Wenlong read the letter, he laughed happily, the assassins of the East Factory and the West Factory had been eliminated. Now that Jinyiwei has also been killed by Adou, Mao Wenlong can now sit back and relax.

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