The city has settled down temporarily, but how to deal with Liu Guangwu and Wu Zeyuan has become a headache for Cheng Xiaolian, if you just let them go, it is really unreasonable, but it is impossible to deal with them secretly, the eyes of the whole city are on them, once they are killed, everything done today will be in vain.

However, Chen Chengan came up with a solution: "Since they were all once in the army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now they have taken refuge in us, but it is estimated that no one will spread the news, and people in other places will only think that they are exhausted and captured." ”

Cheng Xiaolian somewhat understood what Chen Chengan meant, when Nanyang Mansion was about to fall and even face a continuous war, no spy was willing to stay in the city, and it would not be of much value to stay in the city, so what happened in Nanyang Mansion today, it is estimated that few people know that the identities of Liu Guangwu and Wu Zeyuan are still safe.

"You go on."

"What the minister means is that they are all Han generals, and it is easy to cause the sadness of those Han generals to die and the fox, let them incite those Han generals, even if those people do not surrender to the city, their combat effectiveness will be weakened by half, and it will be easier for us to fight at that time."

Cheng Xiaolian's eyes lit up: "It's really a good idea." He waved his hand as he spoke: "Yang Youcai, bring Liu Guangwu and Wu Zeyuan over." ”

Liu Guangwu and Wu Zeyuan can also be regarded as seeing it, the worst of the two of them is that their heads have been cut off, and now that their heads are saved, no matter how bad they are, they will not be much worse.

came to Cheng Xiaolian, and the two of them glanced at Cheng Xiaolian: "The criminal minister knocked on the emperor." ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled: "The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have killed and injured thousands of people under your hands, but you are safe and sound now, I don't know what the soldiers under my command will think." ”

The two of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly: "The ministers are willing to send the head of Xiang Shang to calm the hearts of the army." "It's not that the two of them are selfless, now in this situation, people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, even if they don't say so, Cheng Xiaolian wants their heads, they have no choice.

Cheng Xiaolian snorted: "I want to kill you, but unfortunately the father of Nanyang Mansion didn't agree, but if you want to integrate with Daming, you have to make meritorious contributions to Daming." ”

"The emperor is merciful, we are willing to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire for the Ming Dynasty!"

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Now that few people know the news of your surrender, I will give you 200 fast horses, no matter where you run, as long as you run to the army in Henan, then you will start to cry because there are no reinforcements, how the army of the Ming Dynasty beat them to the ground, and the other important thing to say is that the Manchu Tartars do not treat you as their own family at all." ”

Liu Guangwu immediately understood: "The emperor means that we should rebel against those Han generals. ”

"It's too difficult for you to rebel, and if you keep encouraging them to rebel, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of those people, and it won't be beautiful to give you your life at that time, you just need to cry about what happened to you, and you don't even have to tell them about rebellion, can you do this?"

Liu Guangwu stood up: "Yes!" If we can't do this, we'll see you a few times. "To be honest, in this case, their net worth is in the hands of others, even if they let them take risks with their heads, it is estimated that there is no problem, but Cheng Xiaolian just considered their feelings and did not let them risk their lives, this matter is certainly worth doing, if it is done well, it will become the army of the Ming Dynasty from now on, and it can be regarded as having a livelihood, right?

In the past, I always wanted to go home to farm, and it was the most helpless way to go home to farm, saying that I could be a small landlord when I returned to my hometown, but in these years, the soldiers are in chaos, and human life is as cheap as grass.

Before Wu Zeyuan could react, Cheng Xiaolian looked at him and smiled bitterly: "General Wu, don't go, if you go like this, people have to see the flaws." "To be honest, there are a lot of people like Wu Zeyuan in these years, they are brave and loyal, and there are no fancy intestines in their stomachs, so they don't have a word to fight to the death, and it is very difficult for them to deceive people.

Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Liu Guangwu: "You find two suitable people, divide into three teams, give you an hour to go home and say goodbye, and set off from the city an hour later, and do this, I can also explain to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Liu Guangwu nodded fiercely: "Your Majesty, you just wait for my good news." He didn't turn his head and went out to pick someone.

Some soldiers live in the city and have the opportunity to say goodbye to their families, while those who are outside the city can only ask someone to bring a message back, telling their families that they are fine, just going out to do something, and they will come back in ten days and a half months.

An hour later, Liu Guangwu led 200 people from the city gate to part ways, each with a goal, Liu Guangwu must have told them: "If this errand is done well, the brothers will be promoted to become rich, if it is not done well, the fathers and elders of Nanyang Mansion will have to suffer from the swordsman." It is conceivable that once the two sides fought each other, the people inside and outside the city would be affected.

These people are all people from Nanyang Mansion, and they naturally value their homeland, and their parents, wives and children are all here, if they can't do it well, they can go back if they lose the Ming Dynasty, if they run with them, they will become refugees, if they don't follow, are they still waiting to be betrayed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty once?

Looking at the distant backs of these people, Chen Chengan shook his head: "I don't know if these people can come back alive." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "As long as they don't have two hearts, they can come back alive, if they have two hearts, the generals over there are suspicious, and they must be suspicious of their words, and for the safety of the army, they will definitely be killed before raising troops." ”

Yang Youcai coughed: "Your Majesty, our brothers have taken over Nanyang Mansion, and it seems that the situation is not bad, but the emperor is wise enough not to kill these people, otherwise our brothers will have to work hard." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Don't be a sycophant, how can you kill in this case, but don't be careless, you must pay close attention to the situation, I don't want to cause trouble for Xiao Wall." ”

Nanyang Province is not having a good time, although they are a large production province, but most of the grain has been allocated to military rations, and the people only have a little ration left in their hands, if the army collects food, they will have to force people to death.

For this matter, the gentry in the city have asked Cheng Xiaolian several times to ask for exemption from taxes, and Cheng Xiaolian of course pretended to be very embarrassed at first: "The army has gone on an expedition here, and if food is not collected, what will the army eat?" ”

Under the bitter pleading of those gentry, Cheng Xiaolian exempted Nanyang Mansion from paying taxes for a year, this kind of reason must not be pretended, if it is a generous exemption from taxes, those people will not remember the good of the Ming Dynasty, and they don't know which side they will help when the battle starts.