Zhen Ming laughed bitterly and said, "What's so difficult about this! Please Lord Lu open the city gate, and Zhen will enter the city with General Yang! ”

Li Daliang heard the words and said in a low voice: "General, please think twice, this person is loyal and treacherous, in case it is a trap, the general enters the city and is detained by him as a threat, not only the general's life is worried, but if there is no general in the army to command, I am afraid that it will immediately collapse without a fight!" ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly: "If I can bet Zhen's life in exchange for the opportunity to win Dengzhou City without blood, I am willing to gamble ......."

Li Daliang was stunned for a moment, seemed to understand something, and said, "Please go with you." ”

"You are the mainstay of my Dark Guard, after I leave, the lieutenant general of the army will be fully responsible for you, and with you in the army, I can enter the city with confidence."

As he spoke, he turned around and said loudly to the generals in the army: "Generals listen to orders, if this general does not come out for two hours after entering the city, all matters in the army are under the command of General Li Daliang, and those who dare to disobey will be immediately killed!" ”

"Yes!"

"General Yang, let's enter the city together."

……

In the city of Dengzhou, the ragged people on both sides of the street, whose faces were like vegetables, heard that it was the general of the secret guard who came to recruit them, and they all greeted each other in the middle of the road, just to see the great savior of the people, whether the nemesis of Zhu Cang's poultry and beast soldiers had three heads and six arms.

Zhen Ming rode horseback, looking at them all skinny, all of them were old and weak women and children, and they basically couldn't see a strong man, and couldn't help but feel sorry, it seems that even if there are no other forces to attack this Dengzhou City, it won't be able to support it for long.

At the gate of the government office of Dengzhou City, Lu Zizang and many officials of Dengzhou City were already waiting for them, and when they saw Zhen Mingku's arrival, Lu Zizang personally stepped forward and led the horse for Zhen Ming's hardship.

Zhen Mingku hurriedly got off the horse, gave in humbly, and was about to enter the mansion together, when a few old and young people suddenly rushed out next to him, crying and running towards Yang Shilin.

"Son, is that you?"

"Xianggong!"

Yang Shilin was shocked, turned his head, and looked at the few people who were rushing, his hands trembled slightly, and his eyes were red.

He glanced back at Zhen Mingku, saw Zhen Mingkuo nodded, no longer hesitated, turned around and ran towards them, and before he was in front of the old woman, he knelt far on the ground and kowtowed his head to the ground: "Mother!" Children are not filial! ”

The old woman cried: "Son, it's really you, let my mother touch you!" I was looking forward to your return, my mother thought that my son had died on the battlefield, and I didn't even let my mother see the bones, God finally opened his eyes, and finally let my mother see you one last time, woo woo......"

She touched Yang Shilin's armor until she touched his face that was already full of tears and snot.

Yang Shilin grabbed her withered hand, and saw that her eyes were dull, gray and dull, and she seemed to be blind.

He turned back to his wife, whom he had not seen for many years, and the young woman who had been quite beautiful had now turned into a yellow-faced woman with dry skin and thin skin, and cried: "Lady, what happened to my mother's eyes? ”

The woman cried and said: "Xianggong, you have been gone for six years, my mother-in-law is afraid every day, three years ago my mother-in-law heard that your Nanyang Jucheng took refuge in Zhu Cang, and then there was no news of you, thinking that you were gone, and your eyes were crying blind, if it weren't for Lord Lu's care, the three of us would have starved to death, Juan'er, call Daddy." ”

Yang Shilin turned his head and looked at the six or seven-year-old girl beside his mother, when he was captured and left home, his daughter had just turned one year old, waiting to be fed, and now she has grown into a bright little girl.

The little girl timidly looked at her father, who was strange in front of her but often heard her mother and grandmother mention, and timidly called her father, Yang Shilin couldn't hold back any longer, hugged the three of them in his arms, hugged his head and cried.

The people around them were all poor people who had suffered a lot from the conscription, and most of their relatives had died on the battlefield.

Zhen Mingku suddenly understood why Yang Shilin did not hesitate to risk offending Liao Sheng and proposed to surrender, it seems that he is well aware of the suffering of the people of Dengzhou, and knows that they are all looking forward to the days when the war will be eliminated and they can live and work in peace and contentment, but the ferocity of Zhu Cang's army made them dare not surrender to Zhu Cang.

Lu Zizang, who was beside him, wiped the corners of his moist eyes and said, "General Zhen, it's rare for Brother Yang to meet his family, let them get together for a while, please surrender, let's talk about it in detail, please!" ”

A few people were about to enter the mansion, and there was a sound of "pop" in the distance, and the old woman suddenly raised her hand and slapped Yang Shilin, and said in shock and anger: "You, what are you talking about!" You've joined Zhu Cangjun! Animals, beasts! Get out of here, I don't have a son like you! Juan'er, this person is not your father, this person is a beast, a devil! We've mistaken someone! ”

The old woman pulled one big and one small, stumbling towards the crowd, Yang Shilin's wife and the little girl turned their heads with reluctance in their eyes.

Yang Shilin burst into tears, just knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Zhen Mingku, who suddenly felt a little sympathetic to this Yang Shilin, had always felt that Zhu Cangjun was some beast soldiers, so he ordered that no matter who it was, as long as it was Zhu Cangjun, he would be beheaded after he was caught.

Now it seems that in Zhu Cang's army, although many people hate Zhu Cang, they have to obey Zhu Cang's orders, and the result of the rebellion is undoubtedly to become the military rations of Zhu Cang's army.

In order to survive, people sometimes have to do something against their will that they are not willing to do, and this does not mean that the person's conscience is extinguished, nor does it mean that the person is hopeless.

Looking at this Yang Shilin, Zhen Mingku suddenly felt that his previous views were biased, turned back to Lu Zizhang and said, "Lord Lu, wait a moment", turned around and walked towards Yang Shilin and his wife, stopped the three of them, and said with a smile: "This lady, you misunderstood, General Yang joined not Zhu Cang's army, but my secret guard." ”

Yang Shilin, who was kneeling in the distance, was shocked, and raised his head to look at Zhen Mingku, with endless gratitude in his eyes.

Hearing this, the old woman reached out and touched Zhen Mingku's armor, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?" ”

"My name is Zhen Mingku, and I am also from the Dark Guard."

Yang Shilin hurriedly stood up from the ground, ran over, helped his mother and said, "Mother, he is the general of the secret guard, Zhen Mingku, and he is also my commander." ”

The old woman was excited when she heard this: "General of the Dark Guard? Is it the dark guard general in Luoyang? He is infatuated with each other, the great savior of the common people! ”

Zhen Mingku was speechless for a while, not knowing whether to say yes or no, Yang Shilin hurriedly said, "It's him." ”

The old woman smiled when she opened her eyebrows: "It's good to be infatuated, it's the great savior of our people, our people all support him, and they all look forward to him defeating Zhu Cangjun and saving our people in Dengzhou, son, are you also the general of the Dark Guard?" ”