When Deng Ming was assigning tasks, someone suddenly shouted: "There is an enemy army breaking through!" ”

At present, the Ming army only formed a semi-encirclement of Guazhou and the camps outside the city, and the road leading from Guazhou to Yangzhou was not completely blocked. The first task of the Ming army that landed just now was to protect the ships and money and food, but after finding out that it might be a misunderstanding, Wu Baoping and Jiang Nan were a little weak-hearted, so they did not go all out to besiege Guazhou.

"Sure enough, there is a conspiracy." Deng Ming raised his head and glanced at it, and immediately ordered the rangers to go out to pursue the fleeing enemy, and then continued to assign combat missions to the others.

When the Ming army gradually surrounded the city, the rangers also captured Lin Qilong and his group who tried to escape. Deng Ming asked the governor of Caoyun to be brought up, and as soon as he saw Deng Ming, he asked, "Lin Qilong!" You and I have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, why are you attacking our army? ”

"Wronged, Baoguo Gong." Lin Qilong was so anxious that tears were about to flow out: "When did the old man attack your army?" ”

"You tried in vain to attack our army, but you didn't succeed when our army saw through it, if it weren't for the vigilance of my subordinates, maybe you would have succeeded." Deng Ming's tone was still stern.

"How dare the old man? Obviously, you are here to attack me. Lin Qilong shouted wildly in his heart, but how dare he say this complaint! can only desperately justify: "The sky is above, the thick earth is below, if the old man has the idea of breaking the alliance and breaking the contract, the sky will thunder." ”

"Since you don't want to attack our army, why do you want to run?" Deng Ming still didn't believe it: "If you don't have a ghost in your heart, what are you running for?" ”

Lin Qilong sighed.

The Ming army attacked Guazhou at night, and landed after dawn to take all the boats. When Lin Qilong sent an envoy to ask for a meeting, Deng Ming refused to see him, and instead ordered the Qing army to surrender immediately. Deng Ming's attitude had never been so tough in the past, and Lin Qilong suspected that the other party had bad intentions. Originally, Guazhou only stationed a small number of river officers and soldiers at Deng Ming's request, and the Caoyun officers and soldiers outside the city had no combat effectiveness, and they were all defeated.

In a panic, Lin Qilong wanted to take advantage of the fact that the encirclement had not yet closed and fled back to Yangzhou to make plans. But the old man's riding skills were not very good, and he couldn't compare with Deng Ming's guards at all, and he was captured like an eagle catching a chicken. Even if Lin Qilong knew each other, when he saw that he couldn't escape, he ordered the guards to quickly throw down their weapons and surrender, and there was no action to resist, so the rangers didn't treat his guards as well. As for Lin Qilong himself, he just tied his hands casually, or tied them in front of him.

If it was true, Lin Qilong was worried that he would accuse Deng Ming again, so he decided to start from the beginning. From the time when the Jiangxi Caoyun escort officials came to him last night, until he sent an envoy to communicate with Deng Ming before he broke through just now, Lin Qilong took the trouble to narrate every detail to Deng Ming, just as he expected, the suspicion on Deng Ming's face became lighter and lighter, and finally there was only a trace of dissatisfaction left.

“…… The old man's messenger came back and said that the old man refused to see him, because the old man had not slept all night and his brain was not good, so he had a little doubt about the magnanimity of the old man, and the old man really deserved to die. Lin Qilong finally completed the foreshadowing and was able to try to explain why he was running away: "But when I saw the guards sent by the Guogong to invite him just now, the old man suddenly realized that the Guogong is a hero in the world, and the old man really lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

Lin Qilong raised his wrist that was tied, since he flattered Deng Ming as a gentleman, then this rope naturally could not be tied by the magnanimous Baoguo Gong's subordinates: "So the old man tied his hands and came to ask the Duke of Guo for his guilt." ”

"Oh, Governor Lin is serious," as Lin Qilong expected, Deng Ming's last dissatisfaction also disappeared with his plea, Deng Ming said with a smile: "Although this time almost caused a catastrophe, but Governor Lin was unintentional after all. The saint has clouds, and he has no intention of doing evil, although evil is not punished. ”

After speaking, Deng Ming summoned left and right: "Help Governor Lin untie the rope." ”

"Thank you for not killing." Lin Qilong hurriedly thanked him.

"The past does not forget the teacher of the future, if Governor Lin robs the grain again in the future, he must communicate in advance, and no matter how bad it is, he must report it afterwards, if it makes a big mistake to break the contract and break the alliance, how can it be good?" Deng Ming said earnestly.

Lin Qilong wanted to say that although he had forgotten to report it in advance, who would have known that stealing something from the Qing court would still need to be reported to the Ming army? But he still paid attention to communication afterwards, but Deng Ming refused to see his messenger. However, as soon as he let go of his hand, Lin Qilong knew that even if he wanted to defend himself, he had to use a soft and tactful tone, and he rubbed his wrist and considered the words in his heart.

"The key is to inform in advance," Deng Ming saw that Lin Qilong was silent, and guessed what the other party was thinking: "Governor Lin set fire to the ship at night, and also instructed people to dress up as our army, how do I know if Governor Lin really wants to break the covenant and break the alliance, or is unintentionally doing something to break the covenant and break the alliance?" Governor Lin only sent a messenger, how dare I believe that this is not Governor Lin's delaying tactic? ”

Deng Ming pointed out that since the situation of the two armies fighting each other was caused by Lin Qilong, then of course he should personally come to the Ming army to clarify the misunderstanding.

"Guogong is so right, so isn't the old man binding himself to invite guilt?" Lin Qilong was also thorough at all, sincerely accepted the criticism, and volunteered to persuade Deng Ming to surrender the Qing army in Guazhou.

After Lin Qilong fled, the people in Guazhou City were panicked, and after seeing the Ming army surrounding, some people wanted to surrender, and some people wanted to resist stubbornly because they were worried that there was no way to live. While they were arguing, the Governor of Caoyun returned and announced to them that Deng Minglenient had forgiven the Qing army's attack yesterday.

Since this is the case, a unified opinion was immediately formed in the city of Guazhou, the city gate was opened, only the officials were left in the city, and the officers and soldiers of the river all drove out of the city, put their weapons in the designated places, and then camped under the supervision of the Ming army -- in a strict sense, this was not a surrender to the Ming army, because the Ming army did not enter the city, and the Qing army did not directly hand over the weapons to the Ming army, but put them in a no-man's land, and the green flag was still flying on the camp they set up, and the sentries at the camp gate were also green battalion soldiers instead of the Ming army, indicating that they were not prisoners. This is just a temporary peace with the Ming army. As long as this state is maintained, waiting for the Ming army to retreat can be regarded as a delaying strategy.

After seeing the "peace" between Guazhou City and the Ming army, the adjacent Guazhou battalion also sent envoys to ask for peace with the Ming army, and the conditions for peace were no different from those of Guazhou City.

The Guazhou battalion is used to house Caoyun escort officers and soldiers, these Huguang and Liangjiang men and horses originally had no fighting spirit when facing the Sichuan army, if they hadn't seen the banner of the Kuidong Army, it is estimated that they would have come out to negotiate peace with the Ming army before Lin Qilong. After a scuffle last night, most of the people and more than half of the escort officers and soldiers had been captured by the Ming army, so now it is the generals and their officers and soldiers who come out to surrender their guns.

Deng Ming happily agreed to the request of the Qing army, since he could not shed blood, of course there was no need to let his subordinates sacrifice. Deng Mingzhong has delayed the army many times, and he is already the first person in ancient times, and today he won another time in Guazhou City, so the Guazhou camp will come together, as the so-called debt is too much.

The vast majority of the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were very knowledgeable, except for one Jiangxi general, who stubbornly wanted to resist to the end, and even after seeing that the city of Guazhou had already negotiated peace, he still refused to negotiate peace even though he knew that resistance would be sent to death. This guy was tied up by everyone and sent to Deng Ming.

"I'm not convinced, I'm not convinced!" When he was dragged to the barracks of the Ming army, Wang Han, a native of Jiangxi, was still shouting indignantly: "I will not accept death!" ”

When the generals were caught in the tent by two black-clothed Ming troops, Deng Ming was surrounded by not only the generals of the Ming army, but also the senior officials of the Qing army who had just reached a peace agreement, including Lin Qilong, the governor of Caoyun, and the escort commanders of the provinces.

"Guogong, this is a rough man." The first to intercede for the diehards was the deputy general of Jiangxi Caoyun, who tied up Wang Han, because Wang Han was so fierce, if he didn't tie him up and hand it over to Deng Ming, the Qing army was worried that the Ming army would doubt their sincerity in negotiating peace; But after all, not everyone is like Zu Dashou to kill his colleagues to show sincerity, and knowing that Deng Ming is not a cruel person, Wang Han's boss opened his mouth to intercede for his subordinate.

Everyone else also hopes that the Jiangxi vice general will succeed in interceding, because if he kills someone, then the matter will not be covered up. As long as you don't report to the imperial court to go out of the city and disarm yourself, it will be a matter of delaying the army or a bloody battle, but if Wang Han is executed by Deng Ming, it will not be easy to cover up, and the bereaved family may make trouble.

But Wang Han didn't mean to appreciate it, the Ming army who was holding him did not force him to kneel, Wang Han saw that the governor, his boss and colleagues were all sitting, so he sat on the ground with a big grin, crossed his legs, raised his chin, and looked like no one in his eyes: "Even if you kill me, I won't accept it!" ”

"What are you not convinced?" Deng Ming asked. The other party did not say that he would not surrender, nor did he say that he would be loyal to the country, but he insisted that he was not convinced.

"Why are you hitting us?" Wang Han shouted: "Why? ”

"Why can't I hit you?" Deng Ming asked with a smile, the two countries are fighting, do you still need a reason for the Ming army to fight the Qing army?

But in Wang Han's opinion, there is really a need for a reason. He asked angrily, "I was the first one to rob the silver last night, why should I rob the silver?" Because you came to Jiangxi again and again, and you forced us to sell bonds! Now not only do you owe your salary, but you also send us your bonds as wages. If it weren't for the fact that these bonds couldn't make ends meet, how could the brothers have the idea of robbing the imperial court's silver? ”

Wang Han shouted louder and louder, and his face was full of anger: "You are the Baoguo Duke of the Ming Dynasty, we are the Qing army, if you come to rob the luck of the imperial court, we will resist desperately, and I have nothing to say if you kill me, that is because my skills are not as good as others." But not now, we are forced to sell our sons and daughters by your bonds, and we rob ourselves of the silver of the imperial court, what does it have to do with you? ”

Wang Han's questioning came one after another: "Why are you here to beat us?" Can't we rob Caoyin to buy your bonds? You also have to take care of this, is there still heavenly reason? Can't we oppose the Qing Dynasty and Fuming? Are you the Baoguo Gong of the Ming Dynasty? ”