Ma Hualong has a long body, a white face and beard, and a calm demeanor, looking Xun Xun and elegant. In terms of appearance alone, I don't think much of it, this person is actually a hero, eroding the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, destroying millions of lives, the imperial court has made several expeditions to no avail, lost troops and generals, wasted money and food, within a few years, nothing like it.

Ma Yaobang is not as tall as his father, but he has strong muscles, sword eyebrows, and a heroic face.

Ma Hualong's father and son knelt on the ground, kowtowed, but there was no trace of fear on their faces. Ma Hualong said: "In the past, all kinds of heartaches, there is no way to talk about it, I hope to redeem the innocent lives of all people with the death of one person in Chaoqing." ”

Well, you have changed your name to "Ma Chaoqing".

Zuo Zongtang didn't talk nonsense with him, and proposed: first, hand over all the instruments in the fort, and not a single dagger is allowed; Second, all the Hui in the fort, regardless of whether they were injured or not, whether they could walk or not, all left the fort and surrendered, and not a single baby was allowed to stay in the fort.

The Huangya Mountain teaching case is not far away, and I will never do this kind of thing of "entering the fort and surrendering".

"Ma Hualong!" Zuo Zongtang said sharply, "If you are 1510 and follow the order, you may be able to reduce your sins a little; If there is the slightest repetition, hum, the Golden Castle will be burned, and not a single dog will be left - don't mistake your parishioners! ”

Zuo Zongtang still calls him "Ma Hualong", not "Ma Chaoqing", that is, at least for now, he does not recognize his self-proclaimed "Chaoqing".

Also, Zuo Zongtang said, you only have half a day, I have everything here, tomorrow is the morning, I can't see the people in the fort to surrender, and the officials and troops will attack on a large scale. Later. What doesn't fall. No more need to mention.

Ma Hualong was speechless.

Zuo Zongtang ordered Ma Hualong and his son to go back.

The generals had a big accident, and someone said that Ma was cunning and cunning, and he should be prevented from delaying the army, so he should take this opportunity to detain him and let Ma Yaobang go back alone to spread the word.

Zuo Zongtang said. Ma Zhi's words may not be fully believed, but the plan to delay the army cannot be talked about - what tricks can he play in half a day? Therefore, the intention of Ma Reverse is roughly true, although there is not necessarily no moisture in it. If Ma Hualong is detained, the people in Jinji Fort will have different thoughts, and Ma Yaobang will not be able to hold down the field. Maybe there will be some repetition. One person advocates chaos, and ten thousand people respond. We're going to have to work hard.

The handsome man is from a lofty position, and all the generals claim to be good.

Officers and soldiers were on strict alert all night.

The next day, at the first moment of the first month, the whole army made rice; At the right time, the sky was bright, and the various units began to enter the attack position; At the second moment, all parts are in place; At the beginning of the morning, all the attacks were ready.

The whole army waited with bated breath.

At the third quarter of the first day of the morning -- when there was still a quarter of an hour before the deadline given by Zuo Zongtang, the white flag was erected on the wall of Jinji Fort, and then the gate of the fort was opened, and guns, cannons, knives, and arrows were sent out.

The officers and soldiers of the various departments, loaded guns and unsheathed knives, stared at them with good eyes.

After the instrument, it's a person.

The crowd in the Jinji Fort, supporting each other, came out. Minor injuries are either on crutches or carried by others; Seriously wounded, missing arms and legs, or lying on stretchers, or several people crammed into a carriage.

Almost all of them seemed to have rolled out of the mud - the truth was pretty much the same, the officers and soldiers opened the floodgates and released the water, and the Jinji Fort had become a big yellow mud pond.

Some people are expressionless, but most people can't hide their uneasiness, fear and anger, and in the long line, the suppressed cries and the ** voices of the injured come and go.

The crowd descended into the pre-marked camp, fences were erected around it, and heavily armed guards were eyeing from all sides.

It wasn't until about the beginning of the year that no one came out of the Golden Fort. A small group of officers and soldiers entered the fort first, searched everywhere, and after half an hour, led a thousand people to report that the fort was indeed empty.

The Golden Jackpot has been restored!

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Jinjibao is not only the backbone of Ganhui, but also the center of the entire Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion, Jinjibao reverted, marking the decisive victory of Shaanxi-Gansu Hui, the rest of Hezhou Ma Zhanao, Suzhou Ma Wenlu, take Zuo Zongtang's words, but "swimming fish at the bottom of the kettle", it is only a matter of time to suppress the level. As for Ma Zhenggang and Ma Chaoyuan, who couldn't get along in Shaanxi and returned to Gansu in embarrassment, it is needless to say.

The happy event is naturally the first time, "eight hundred miles urgent", to report the victory to the imperial court. On the road together, there was also a letter to King Xuanjun: What should I do with Nama Hualong?

Originally, before leaving Beijing, Guan Zhuofan and Zuo Zongtang had already agreed: Ma Hualong must not stay.

Not only Ma Hualong himself can't stay, but his cronies can't stay either.

This person's prestige among the Muslims is too high. In addition to controlling the eunuchs and monopolizing the religious power, Ma Hualong also created some miracles of healing and seeking heirs, and the people of the church almost regarded them as "demigods" and "prophets", and their blind obedience to them reached the point of being intoxicated and unbreakable. If the tiger returns to the mountain, the wind and grass will be blown in a different day, and this lord may not be Li Yuanhao!

However, it is precisely because his prestige among the Hui people is too high, and Ma Hualong took the initiative to surrender without a fierce battle in Jinjibao, if there is no strong reason to kill him, he is only afraid that the people will not accept it, and the people's hearts will fluctuate, causing new chaos.

What "to redeem the innocent lives of all people with the death of one person in Chaoqing", each other's hearts are naturally just two cheap words.

Zuo Zongtang is a very decisive person, and he has always been brave in doing things, and he didn't want to trouble Guan Zhuofan again with this matter that had already been agreed, but he really couldn't make up his mind, so he had to ask Guan Zhuofan for instructions.

Guan Zhuofan's reply was also "800 miles to step up". In the letter, in addition to congratulating Jinjibao on his victory, Guan Zhuofan reminded Zuo Zongtang that according to the report, Ma Hualong had a batch of foreign guns transferred from Russia, so Jinjibao "did not leave a piece of iron", including this batch of Russian-made firearms?

Zuo Zongtang's eyes widened: Yes, why didn't I think of it!

Most of the guns handed over by Ma Hualong were earthen guns, earthen cannons, and foreign guns, but they only added up to dozens of them - it could not be so few, it was indeed very suspicious!

Zuo Zongtang ordered: Jinji Fort is the whole fort, dig three feet into the ground!

The Golden Forts were turned upside down.

The hard work paid off, and finally under a horse circle, the treasure was dug up: a full 1,200 foreign guns.

Ma Hualong's father and son were immediately shackled.

At this moment, Lei Zhengwan, who was in charge of monitoring Ma Wanchun's department, reported: There was an abnormality in Ma Wanchun's department.

Zuo Zongtang suddenly said: You were the first to surrender, that's the case!

Zhan Donglu Department and Lei Zhengjuan Department, acting at the same time, two sides and one clip, Ma Wanchun's department "disarmed" for the second time, and the leaders below Ma Wanchun were all captured. Some wanted to resist, but the officers and soldiers showed no mercy and killed them on the spot.

The officers and soldiers continued to make large-scale moves, and except for Chen Lin's department, the leaders of Jinjibao Hui were all arrested, regardless of their size.

Things quickly came to light.

Ma Hualong knew that if he resisted, it would be a matter of time before the castle was broken, and when the time came, the jade would be burned, and there would be no room for him to turn over. If you can't do it, you can't fight it, and you can't help but surrender. His surrender could not be said to be entirely fake, but he was left behind: the 1,200 foreign guns.

He thought that he went to the camp alone to ask for surrender, and he could be regarded as Zuo Zongtang's army, if he really didn't die and escaped this catastrophe, he could rely on this batch of foreign guns to make a comeback; If it is difficult to escape death after all, then Ma Wanchun will take over his "will", wait for the official army to retreat, dig out foreign guns, and when the time comes, the situation will rise again.

Therefore, Ma Hualong arranged for Ma Wanchun to be the first to surrender out of the fort in order to gain the trust of the officials and soldiers.

However, Chen Lin's surrender was not arranged by him, it was true, and it was indeed "people's hearts scattered".

Zuo Zongtang was killed, Ma Hualong's father and son were executed by Ling Chi, and more than 1,800 leaders of the Hui people in Jinjibao were killed, all of whom were beheaded.

Only Chen Lin survived.

The muddy field of Jinji Fort has become a plasma field.

Ma Zhanao's troops in Hezhou and Didao received the news of the fall of Jinjibao and the killing of Ma Hualong, and their morale completely collapsed, and Ma Zhanao asked Liu Dian to surrender.

Ma Zhenggang and Ma Chaoyuan, who returned to Gansu, had nowhere to go and fell apart, Ma Zhenggang was unlucky, and ran into the Xuanjun cavalry who was protecting the grain road of the North Road Army, and was shot indiscriminately, while Ma Chaoyuan was nowhere to be found.

The rebellion in Gannan was completely quelled, and the rebellion in Shaanxi and Gansu was completely quelled, leaving only Ma Wenlu in Suzhou in the westernmost part.

The edict was issued, and Zuo Zongtang was promoted from the first-class Kejingbo to the third-class Kejinghou. Zuo Zongtang was very proud: Zuo Jigao overwhelmed Li Shaoquan!

As for Guan Zhuofan, he also greatly praised him in the edict, saying that he was "planning and strategizing in the rear, and he made great contributions", implying that even if he became the prince, he should be shared. However, the king was humble and self-restrained, insisted on not accepting it, and had to talk about it later.

*(To be continued......)