Zhu Youzhen suddenly proposed to change the general, which greatly surprised Li Zicheng. He thought that Zhu Youzhen would ask for gold, silver, jewelry, or grain and grass, but what use did these people have for him?

In Li Zicheng's opinion, the men in these people can still be used to attack the city, but unfortunately most of them have fallen into the city. As for the old, young, women and children, they are basically a burden, how can they have so much food to feed them? The captured thieves are not, that is their own capital to fight for the world, and this deal is definitely worth it.

But before Li Zicheng could speak, Liu Zongmin on the side shouted loudly: "Since it is a change of generals, you can only change one by one, otherwise you won't change it!" Do you want to exchange more than 1,000 people for more than 10,000 people, when we are stupid! ”

"Liu Zongmin, what the hell are you onions, is it your turn to speak here?" Zhu Youzhen was furious and said, "You made a big fuss in Xi'an Mansion, set fire to countless houses, and caused many people to be homeless, and the king of this account book hasn't counted it with you!" ”

The captured Hao Shaoqi was also escorted to the city at this time. He and Liu Zongmin have never been on good terms, and when he saw Liu Zongmin deliberately making a hindrance from it, he was even more angry, and scolded: "Liu Zongmin, I thief your mother!" Lao Tzu knows what you think, don't you just want to get rid of Lao Tzu with the hands of the officials and soldiers, and take the opportunity to merge Lao Tzu's men? Tell you, no one under Lao Tzu's command eats inside and out, even if Lao Tzu dies, you don't want to catch anything! ”

Liu Zongmin let Hao Shaoqi scold a bloody dog, and was about to have a seizure, Li Zicheng stopped him in a hurry and shouted to the city: "Brother Shaoqi, don't get me wrong, I will treat the soldiers of the camp equally, and I will never leave you alone!" Zhu Youzhen, according to what you said, let's start replacing people now! ”

Liu Zongmin was still a little unconvinced, but Li Zicheng whispered to him sternly: "Don't say it again!" Ben will do this not only for Hao Shaoqi, but also for everyone! Think about it, if Ben General was to worry about these details, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers who broke into the camp? ”

I have to say that Li Zicheng's vision is indeed much higher than Liu Zongmin's, so he can control so many unruly subordinates. At this time, he didn't care about Liu Zongmin, who was still muttering, and immediately sent his subordinates to drive the remaining people up, preparing to replace them with the officials and soldiers.

And Zhu Youzhen also put forward specific requirements for the exchange: to break into the camp, you must take another 100 steps back from the outer moat, and divide the people into groups of 200 people. When the day is bright, let the people come in batches, and the thieves are strictly forbidden to follow. Qin Wangzhuang opened a small crack in the city gate, put them into the city one by one, counted the number of people, and then released the corresponding thieves.

Li Ziyuan also wanted to see if there was an opportunity, and he had to give up when he heard this kind of strict arrangement. Now he is no longer qualified to talk to Zhu Youzhen about the conditions, so he has to agree.

As soon as the next day dawned, the large-scale "change of horses" began. The common people who were coerced flocked to the city gate one by one, and the Qin soldiers strictly checked and counted at the city gate.

For women and children and the infirm who were not threatened, they were allowed to sit down and rest temporarily in the open space of the outer city, and they were also sent to bring food and water to them; As for the young men, just in case, they were all imprisoned and ignored after the substitution was completed.

In order to ensure the safety of the people, Zhu Youzhen did not deceive Li Zicheng again. For every 200 people he let in, he released twenty thieves. Although the thieves are mixed with the common people who have been coerced in, it is easy to distinguish them, because the thieves are not locals after all, and they speak with different accents.

After the thieves in each cell were screened out, the remaining common people, Zhu Youzhen, were not closed, and they were all gathered in a square in the outer city to wait for their release. These people held their breath in the sweltering cell all night, and at this time they were relieved, and they also swore that even if they were killed in the future, they would not be able to be thieves and suffer this living crime.

Due to the large number of people who were being coerced, the process of substitution lasted a whole day, and did not end until it was nearly dusk. Hao Shaoqi, who was the last to be released, finally bowed his head at this moment, and lost his previous arrogance.

Zhu Youzhen called him to him, and said seriously and earnestly: "Hao Shaoqi, your original name is 'Yongzhong', think about what you have done, not only are you not loyal to the imperial court, but also to the people of the world and the Chinese nation!" Do you live up to the name your parents gave you?

"It stands to reason that you have sinned so much that you deserve to be punished. It is as easy for this king to kill you as it is to crush an ant; This king is not compassionate either, to tell you, the bandits, Mongols, and Jurchens killed by this king himself must add up to at least twenty!

"But this king respects you as a good man, and this king will exchange you for those innocent people, so I will spare you from death for the time being. I hope you will do it yourself in the future, if there is another thing to harm the people, this king can catch you once, naturally he can arrest you again, and then it will be too late to regret it! ”

Hao Shaoqi made Zhu Youzhen's face flush and he didn't say a word. It wasn't until he walked out of the city gate that Li Dingguo, who was beside him, asked: "Your Highness, in the past, you have always been a killer to thieves and showed no mercy, why are you open to Hao Shaoqi today?" Do you want to break into the camp generals, or even have the intention of soliciting? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled but did not answer, in fact, the main reason why he did not kill Hao Shaoqi was that he vaguely remembered that in the original period of history, after the fall of Li Zicheng, Hao Shaoqi did not surrender to the Manchus with the tide, but switched to the Ming court, which was once a mortal enemy, insisted on fighting against the Manchus, and finally died heroically. As for the fact that he did not lose the national righteousness, Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to kill him.

However, it was said that Hao Shaoqi hung his head and returned to the camp, and Li Zicheng and other generals were busy with warm words and comfort. Hao Shaoqi only thanked Li Zicheng for arching his hand, and ignored Liu Zongmin, and went straight back to his camp under the pretext that he was injured.

Li Zicheng also said that Hao Shaoqi felt ashamed in front of everyone, and he didn't take it too seriously. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Hao Shaoqi suddenly led the remnants of the headquarters to flee overnight, leaving only a letter for Li Zicheng. It is to the effect that he is grateful for his kindness, but now he doesn't want to be a thief anymore, he just wants to live a stable life, so he can't follow the camp anymore.

Liu Zongmin immediately became angry when he saw it: "This is another Gao Jie!" Break the general, let me go chase him back! ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and sighed: "Everyone has their own ambitions, there is no need to force them!" Besides, Hao Shaoqi is brave and good at fighting, are you sure you can leave him behind? I don't think we can stay here for long, so let's think about where to go next! ”