Di Sanxi decided to first conduct a heart-to-heart battle on an unprecedented scale, to publicize to the Qing army the favorable shape of the Jianchang Ming army after the great victory in Kunming, and the fact that the other side would never be able to receive reinforcements. Wait until the opponent's officers and soldiers are completely separated, and then launch a continuous attack, even if they can't immediately capture the opponent's camp, they must use the guò offensive to force the opponent to no longer go out hunting with peace of mind, and cutting off the opponent's supply channels can also exacerbate the panic of the Qing army. Di Sanxi's plan was to use political and military means to disintegrate the enemy army.

After a day of powerful heart-attacking tactics, Di Sanxi ordered the soldiers to be fed tonight, and prepared to begin the onslaught on the enemy camp. When he was preparing dinner, there was a sudden quarrel outside the camp, and it sounded like dozens or hundreds of people were shouting, so Di Sanxi sent his guards to check what was going on.

Soon the guards returned, and a large number of Qing soldiers came over to surrender to the Ming army. The guards strictly carried out Di Sanxi's orders and did not let them into the camp - after the previous incident of fake surrender and real dinner, Di Sanxi refused to accept the surrender of a few people, and the guards had already driven away the Qing soldiers who came to surrender sporadically countless times. Di Sanxi announced that he would only consider surrendering when the other party was led by President Qian to surrender. Today, the other party's Qian Zong still did not come, so the guards refused to report the surrender.

But these surrendered soldiers quit, and refused to be sent away by the guards of the Ming army, they shouted that Qian Zong would never come to surrender, because in the afternoon, the Qing army Qian Zong fled with ten dead friends, and when he left, he also swept away all the food in the camp - this Qian Zong saw that he could not do anything, and he used many tricks before, not only sent people to Di Sanxi to cheat and eat and drink, but also stole the prey in the traps laid by Di Sanxi's subordinates, and constantly launched counterattacks to destroy the other party's bird and animal cages, It is estimated that Di Sanxi must have hated himself to the bone, so he didn't dare to surrender and seized the opportunity to escape.

When the Qing army returned from picking fruits and hunting, the people who stayed in the camp conveyed the final order of President Qian: "Fend for yourself". After hearing the news, the remaining Qing soldiers ran over and surrendered to General Di Sanxi without any hesitation. Today they did not catch any big prey, and if the Ming army did not accept the surrender, they would not have landed for dinner today. After listening to the accounts of these soldiers, Di Sanxi's personal soldiers knew that the war in Dongchuan Mansion was finally over, but the guards did not agree immediately, but went back to the battalion to report to the commander, after all, "grace comes from above". Soon, Di Sanxi, dressed in a drape, walked out of the camp tent and came to the camp wall surrounded by the guards. After ordering the Qing soldiers on the opposite side to repeat the surrender request again, Di Sanxi waved his hand magnanimously and announced that he had accepted the surrender of the nearly 100 Qing soldiers and allowed them to come in and eat together.

Suddenly, there was a thunderous cheer outside the camp, and these Qing soldiers praised the kindness of General Di Sanxi in unison, and said that they had no eyes before, and they deserved to die for the crime of fighting against Wang Shi.

Di Sanxi immediately sent people to burn the stronghold of the Qing army. There may still be diehards in the Qing army who surrendered in the end, what if they have eaten and drunk enough and have the mind to fight against the Ming Dynasty? Their stronghold must be burned, even if there is such a person, he will have nowhere to go.

Those guards who followed Di Sanxi were also excited when they saw that the overall situation had been decided. When Di Sanxi set out from Jianchang, he took 300 soldiers, and although he ran a small 100 in the low cháo period, he finally defeated a Qing army that was twice as strong as himself, and now Di Sanxi has recruited and rebelled to nearly 500 soldiers, and sent back thousands of auxiliary soldiers to Jianchang. Whether it is the combat strength or the total strength, Di Sanxi has expanded to nearly twice the original strength in a short period of time, such an achievement is enough to be proud of the entire army of King Qingyang - Feng Shuangli's strength has been declining for several years, how can anyone increase the military strength so quickly?

What's more, such results were achieved under extremely difficult circumstances. Di Sanxi was full of suspicion, insulted, and ridiculed, and even when they left Jianchang with their own soldiers, they also had a feeling of being at the end of the road, and now they finally guarded Yunkai to see Rì, not only can they raise their eyebrows in front of everyone in Jianchang, but also with these five hundred soldiers, Di Sanxi is firmly in the position of the first general under Feng Shuangli. You must know that the total number of Qingyang Kings is less than 3,000 soldiers - the 3,000 soldiers who followed Feng Shuangli to Jianchang at the beginning also ran a lot.

In the end, there were a total of 93 people in this group of surrendered soldiers, and Di Sanxi greeted them with warmth and care. He was not interested in the reinforcements sent by Feng Shuangli from Jianchang, because they could only be lent to him temporarily, but as long as these surrendered Qing soldiers completed the incorporation, they were his personal force, and Di Sanxi, the Qing soldiers who surrendered before, were also very patient, and now they all have a certain loyalty to him.

"What's your Qian's name?" For the opponent who has been fighting with him for so long, Di Sanxi also has a sense of sympathy, he listened to the surrendered person call that Mr. Chu Qian, but he didn't know his exact name - after all, he was a nameless Mr. Qian, and these Qing soldiers did not belong to each other before.

"Chu eight catties," the general secretary of the Qing army who was asked replied: "Our Chu Qian is always called eight catties." ”

"Oh, Chu Bajin." Di Sanxi silently read this name several times in his heart. He really hated this hard-nosed Qing soldier Qianzong before, and in order to boost morale, the other party had brought a few people to sneak over in the middle of the night and defecate under the wild fruit tree on Di Sanxi's side; In the morning, he urinated in the river where they were fishing in front of the Ming army, and then fled as fast as Di Sanxi sent someone to catch them.

But now that he has the last laugh, Di Sanxi's feeling of hating Chu Bajin has faded a lot: "Chu Bajin, you do have some ability, but it's a pity that you met me Di Sanxi." Di Sanxi whispered to himself. I don't know why, he suddenly had a feeling that this Chu Bajin would still meet him, as if he was his mortal enemy. However, Di Sanxi also knew that this was his hallucination, no different from Bai Rì Meng, such a big southwest, so many troops and horses, where would he meet this Chu Bajin?

Although the results were brilliant, Di Sanxi was not satisfied, and he learned from Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge that those Qing army auxiliaries had been deceived by Deng Ming into taking refuge in the barren mountains. Di Sanxi planned to take advantage of Yu Yong, who had won Chu Bajin, to continue to go deep into Dongchuan Mansion. He estimated that the food of those auxiliary soldiers had already run out, and most of them were now fishing and hunting and collecting wild fruits, Di Sanxi planned to capture more people and return to Jianchang to make his victory more indisputable.

In order to let these Qing soldiers who had just surrendered not have any thoughts that they shouldn't have, such as escaping and the like, Di Sanxi also personally went to introduce them to the current southwest military situation when everyone was eating, and the most important thing is, of course, Deng Ming's glorious deeds of breaking the three thieves in Kunming. These soldiers were a little surprised when they heard it, and many people thought that the Ming army was blowing nonsense, but they didn't expect it to be true.

"You know what? At the beginning, Mr. Deng led 19 people, and he also defeated the general once in Jianchang......"

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At this time in Jianchang, Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang, was politely entertaining a guest from afar, who was Yang Youcai, the deputy general of Chengdu. After Deng Ming left Chengdu, Liu Yao and Yang Youcai discussed, and finally decided to draw out 200 jīng soldiers and hand them over to Yang Youcai to lead, and go to Jianchang to give Mr. Deng a strong voice. Yang Youcai set off a few days later than Deng Ming, and when he trekked all the way to the Sichuan Xingdu Division, Deng Ming had already made a big fuss about Jianchang and went straight to Dongchuan Mansion.

After learning about the conflict in Jianchang from the post guard, Yang Youcai did not dare to continue to advance towards Jianchang. He only had 200 soldiers, and he didn't dare to provoke Feng Shuangli, who had 3,000 soldiers, but he felt that Deng Ming might return to Chengdu, so he waited north of Jianchang. After waiting for a long time, I didn't wait for Deng Ming, but waited for the news of the battle in Dongchuan Mansion and Di Sanxi's defection - after Di Sanxi set off with his troops, Jianchang's generals and soldiers thought that he had absconded in fear of crime.

Yang Youcai thought that the limelight of the Jianchang Ming Army had changed, and the main battle faction had regained the upper hand, but he still did not dare to go to Jianchang, so he could only continue to wait and see the situation develop in the post station in the north. However, before Yang Youcai made a further judgment, Jianchang had already discovered this Chengdu army, Feng Shuangli, who had re-ascended to power and presided over government affairs, heard that there was a report that the guest army was close to Jianchang, so he sent a team of soldiers to investigate the truth, and found that it was Yang Youcai, the deputy general of Chengdu, Feng Shuangli sent his own soldiers to invite him to Jianchang for a meeting.

However, Yang Youcai did not agree to come down immediately, but immediately retreated to the north for a while, retreating to the foot of the Great Snow Mountain, if Feng Shuangli sent troops to make it difficult for him, he would immediately climb the mountain. But Feng Shuangli did not press Vice General Yang too much, and sent someone to send some food.

Then came the news of the Kunming fire, which was vague at first, but soon became clear, Deng Ming won a big victory in Yunnan, the pressure on Sichuan suddenly decreased, and some Xiying generals also led troops to Jianchang. Yang Youcai, who was overjoyed, immediately asked people to return to Chengdu to report the news, and Chengdu would definitely report the good news to Fengjiewen Inspector. Yang Youcai and Liu Yaoke were both the first batch of heroes to persuade them, and Deng Ming said that he would not forget their first persuasion.

When Feng Shuangli sent someone to invite him again, Yang Youcai led the team south in a big way, entered Jianchang City with pride, and had a good time with Feng Shuangli.

"Which king is Mr. Deng?" Feng Shuangli heard Yang Youcai triumphantly boasting about their persuasion in Chengdu, Feng Shuangli felt that since Yang Youcai had been persuaded to enter, then he must know Deng Ming's life experience, not only Feng Shuangli had this question, but also those Xiying generals who were heading towards Jianchang were the same, and everyone was eager to know which palace Deng Ming was from.

"I don't usually say this to people...... "Yang Youcai has been working hard in Chengdu in recent years, and the grain has never been rich, where is he willing to use it to make wine like Jianchang?" After a few glasses of wine, the warm feeling spread from his chest to his whole body, making Yang Youcai feel that Feng Shuangli, the western thief, was not so hateful.

Seeing that Yang Youcai looked like a traitor, Feng Shuangli hurriedly picked up the wine glass and toasted again, and leaned over to the other party: "Please also ask General Yang to give advice." ”

"That's it, King Qingyang doesn't want to spread the word." Yang Youcai first sighed, showing a reluctant sè, and then said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Mr. Deng is the real King of Shu, when the Shu Wangfu was broken by your western camp, the young Mr. Deng was carried by several guards and fled, incognito......"

When he was in Chengdu, Liu Yao saw that Li Xinghan seemed to be Deng Ming's confidant, and he was the first to jump out to support him, so he secretly asked him about Deng Ming's life experience. Li Xinghan has always hoped that Deng Ming will be the king of Shu in his heart, and he also believes that only such a background can explain why Deng Ming appeared in Sichuan, seeing Liu Yao asking, Li Xinghan vaguely said that Deng Ming may be the king of Shu. Li Xinghan's attitude was understood by Liu Yao to mean that Deng Ming's life experience needed to be kept secret, not that Li Xinghan was actually unsure. Later, when Liu Yao told Yang Youcai about this matter, in addition to categorically identifying Deng Ming as the king of Shu, he also mentioned some of his own speculations, such as whether this Li Xinghan was the descendant of the guards of the king of Shu back then? Otherwise, why would he know about this, and Deng Ming still trusted him so much?

"That Li Qian is the son of the guard who saved Mr. Deng from danger," Yang Youcai did not hesitate to tell Feng Shuangli about Liu Yao's guess as a fact: "They met Yuan Zongdi on the way to the camp. In order to thank Yuan Zongdi for saving his life, Mr. Deng vowed not to care about the rights and wrongs of the camp, while Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun vowed to assist Mr. Deng in the Ming Dynasty and then recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. King Qingyang, please see, General Xiao Yuan and General Xiao Liu came to Mr. Deng's side because of this oath, and so did Mr. Zhou Qian. ”

"King Shaoshu is really a person who values love and righteousness." Feng Shuangli was a little nervous when he heard it, after all, the grudge between the King of Shu and Chuang Ying was not big, but the feud with them was too deep.

"That's natural, but I still have to call Mr. Deng, before the Zhongxing Dynasty, Mr. Deng would not restore his original name, I heard that he was afraid of seeing his ancestors without a face." Yang Youcai likes to play the role of a jack-of-all-trades, and then recounts what Deng Ming said to Yuan Zongdi in the Three Gorges, and when that remark reached Chengdu, it also gave him and Liu Yao a lot of shock: "...... King Qingyang, you see, Mr. Deng has already announced in front of many people that he is right to break into the camp and Xiying Qingjun. ”

"Is there really a mention of Xiying?" Feng Shuangli was still a little worried, it was not strange for Deng Ming to pardon and break into the camp, anyway, the Qingjun side of the camp was aimed at Chongzhen. He asked, and another glass of wine was served.

"It did mention Xiying," Seeing that Feng Shuangli actually doubted his news, the know-it-all immediately said urgently: "There are many people in my personal guards who have heard about it, and the prince can ask if he doesn't believe it." ”

Yang Youcai thought that Feng Shuangli would definitely not ask on the spot, and that would be too faceless. Unexpectedly, the safety of Xiying was at stake, Feng Shuangli offended, so he asked a few Chengdu soldiers who were eating and drinking outside to ask about Deng Ming's public pardon for breaking into the camp and Xiying...... No, it is a public remark to rehabilitate the crime of trespassing and rebellion in the camp.

Fortunately, Yang Youcai was indeed not talking nonsense, Deng Ming did publicly express this opinion, and after hearing the testimony from several people, Feng Shuangli asked them to continue drinking with a smile on his face, and quietly ordered the guards to add two more dishes to these Chengdu soldiers. And Feng Shuangli himself complimented Yang Youcai vigorously, holding the latter in a daze, and he didn't know how old he was.

Today's dinner Feng Shuangli felt very rewarding, and got a large amount of first-hand information about Deng Ming, and he also looked at Yang Youcai differently -- he was worthy of being the first batch of meritorious men to support him. If he hadn't been invited for a drink, he really wouldn't have been able to understand Mr. Deng so clearly.

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"Here's probably how it is......" After arranging for the drunken Yang Youcai to rest, Feng Shuangli summoned all the envoys from Xiying who had arrived in Jianchang first, and introduced to them his gains today: "Mr. Deng is the queen of Shu...... Of course, it was the Emperor Ming's King of Shu and not after King Liu! In the second year, Hongguang was rescued by a guard surnamed Li and hid in the army of the Duke of Yasukuni under a pseudonym. Later, when the Yasukuni Gong returned to the imperial court, he gradually revealed his life experience...... During this period, someone resolved the resentment in Mr. Deng's heart, saying that if he could really not investigate the fault of Chuang Camp and our Xiying, he would be able to prosper the Ming Dynasty and recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. So Mr. Deng decided to give up the enmity of his parents and take the restoration of his ancestral industry as his lifelong ambition, and he also announced in public in Dachang: Xiying and Chuang Camp are righteous deeds......"

Listening to Feng Shuangli tell the ins and outs, these envoys from Xiying were full of admiration: they really deserve to be the king of Qingyang, well-informed and observant. Everyone hurriedly and seriously comprehended King Qingyang's speech, and fully digested and absorbed the information in it, and they all felt that this trip to Jianchang was really not in vain.

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Xiying's army had already entered the territory of Xingdu Division in Sichuan, and although the envoys returning from Jianchang had different expressions in details, they were generally quite the same. The vanguard generals of Xiying gathered these envoys together and asked them to make a careful recall of Feng Shuangli's statement, thus completing the summary of Deng Ming's life experience. Then the vanguard officer hurried to the rear to share this astonishing inside information with the people.

"King Qingyang has already found out!" The vanguard officer announced: "Mr. Deng is the queen of the Shu King of Huangming. ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately caused a sound of surprise, and many people with fast brains immediately remembered the Liangzi formed between Xiying and the old Shu king.

"Ah, ah, this is what King Jin did, and it has nothing to do with us." Immediately, a general of the Qin family interjected.

"Why has it nothing to do with you? When King Jin ransacked the Mansion of King Shu, King Sun and you all seemed to have a share, right? A former subordinate of Liu Wenxiu reminded.

"Of course we didn't do it, it was the King of Jin who did it, and it was the tailor Zhao and the shoemaker who sent him to loot the Shu Palace!" The person who was reminded immediately turned red.

"Who is Tailor Zhao?" Some people are not very familiar with King Jin's men.

"It's Zhao Zhiquan and Wen Shangtong, one of them was a tailor and the other was a shoemaker before they joined the Jin Dynasty, didn't Zhao Tailor have a son who was a Jinyi Wei Qianhu." The two men have been dead for many years, and most people have vague memories, but there are still people who remember.

"Oh, yes, yes." When Zhao Tianba is mentioned, everyone remembers, Zhao Qianhu is a famous warrior under King Jin, everyone here knows him, and later heard that he was sent to Sichuan, and there was no news.

"The gold and silver distributed to us by the King of Jin were also sent by Tailor Zhao, and we did receive it, but the King of Jin took the lion's share. I heard that the tailor Zhao and the shoemaker took not only gold and silver, but also rare treasures. Many Qin generals jumped up and tried their best to defend themselves, and finally ridiculed each other: "It was given to us by the King of Jin, not the Shu King's Mansion that we went to rob, and your King Liu even stole the name of the King of Shu!" ”

"What do you mean stolen? It was obviously given by the emperor. "The people of the Shu system are not to be outdone.

"Shut up! Stop arguing. The generals, who were anxious to hear what was going on, shouted.

"Mr. Deng was rescued by a royal eunuch surnamed Li hiding in a medicine basket." The Pioneer Officer continued.

"It's still the eunuch's loyalty." One person sighed.

"Looks like I've heard something like that." Another general of the Xiying pondered hard, but he never recalled a similar story in the commentary "Zhao's Orphan".

This eunuch took Mr. Deng and fled all the way into the depths of Emei Mountain, with nothing to eat and no water to drink, and there were wolf howls all around, and this loyal eunuch knelt on the ground and cried, saying that it was not a pity for him to die, but if the little prince had a bad cuò, then the Shu royal family would be extinct. Just as he was crying bitterly, suddenly an old Taoist with fairy wind and Taoist bones came out in front of him, and Buddha Chen took the eunuch and Mr. Deng to his Taoist temple. The old immortal chief praised the eunuch's loyalty, gave them food, and raised Mr. Deng, but he never confided in his Taoist name, only knew that the old immortal chief's Taoist temple plaque had two big characters 'Nanhua'. The pioneer officer continued to talk about Deng Ming's background.

"It's Nanhua Old Immortal!" Hearing this, a Xiying general slapped his thigh and shouted, but anyone who has heard the commentary "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be familiar with the word Nanhua.

"I don't know about this," the pioneer officer said with a stern face, "I heard that the old immortal chief has not revealed his identity. ”

"That's it, you can't be wrong, as soon as I heard that this old immortal chief suddenly appeared, I knew that he must be a great person." The general who was the first to see through the identity of Nanhua Lao Immortal said confidently.

“…… When Mr. Deng grew up, he wanted to go down the mountain to restore his ancestral business. The old immortal chief said to Mr. Deng that if you want to prosper the Ming Dynasty, you need to pay attention to two things, the first is not to seek revenge against Xiying......"

"Oh, this merciful old bodhisattva." A grateful Xiying general couldn't help the excitement in his heart, but he immediately realized that he had made a big mistake, and hurriedly bowed his head and repented: "The old immortal family atons for his sins, and in the future, the villain will definitely go to Emei Mountain to give you a few pillars of incense." ”

"The second is to continue to be incognito, don't be in a hurry to show your identity, show off your family background, only after the expulsion of the Tartars and the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Deng can recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and he will call himself Deng before that." The pioneer officer told his colleagues all that he knew, and especially did not forget to emphasize that Deng Ming had declared Xiying a righteous teacher in Dachang.

Many generals in Xiying had already made up their minds at this time that they must go to Emei Mountain in the future to offer some incense to Nanhua Lao Xianduogong. However, some people feel that the matter of immortals and ghosts is difficult to rely on, and how Deng Ming, who is the king of Shu, will look at them, the generals of the western camp, still has to wait until he sees him to understand.

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When Deng Ming and his entourage met Di Sanxi, the latter was searching for the Qing army auxiliaries hiding in the mountains under the guidance of Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge.

Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge cheered happily when they saw them, and after carefully looking at their outfits and equipment, they couldn't hide their envy: "Mr. Zhou Qian, Mr. Li Qian, you have made a fortune this trip to Kunming!" ”

"It's all up to Mr. Shenwu." Zhou Kaihuang and Li Xinghan laughed heartily.

After seeing Di Sanxi's expression, Deng Ming's heart was reassured, which showed that Jianchang had stabilized, and the Ming army in the territory of Xingdu Division in Sichuan had regained the courage and determination to fight. Now that he met Deng Ming, Di Sanxi no longer continued to search for the Qing army auxiliaries, but immediately turned around and escorted Deng Ming to Jianchang.

On the way to Jianchang, Di Sanxi sent a messenger to report the news to Feng Shuangli early, and when Deng Ming and the others arrived in Jianchang, Feng Shuangli, Yang Youcai, and many Xiying generals were already waiting to see each other.

Mr. Deng took two horsemen and seventeen iron guards with him—this was the first impression of the Xiying generals after seeing Deng Ming, Liu Jinge, Yuan Xiang, and seventeen other guards in splendid armor. Many of them had already seen Deng Ming's painting, but after all, it was not as majestic as it looked during the day.

Since all the generals knew Nanhua Laoxian's instructions to Deng Ming, everyone naturally would not say the wrong thing, and they all respectfully called Deng Ming.

"This is General Yuan Xiao, this is General Liu Xiao," after seeing the welcoming crowd, Deng Ming first introduced the two horsemen who followed closely behind to them.

"Long admiration, long admiration." Everyone hurriedly greeted these two guys, who were definitely the most shabby-dressed guys in Deng Ming's party.

The people in Xiying were very restrained in front of Deng Ming, and several of them still had the impression that although the sky was very dark when he met them in the south of Kunming City, as an art student, Deng Ming was very good at remembering a person's facial features and observing their subtle expressions, which had become his subconscious behavior.

"Under the city of Kunming, I am also forced to lie to you that night, I am sorry, and please forgive me." Deng Ming solemnly apologized to these people who had been deceived by him.

Naturally, everyone didn't even dare to say it. These Xiying generals admired Deng Ming's courage very much, and heard about his deeds of breaking into Jianchang to rescue Feng Shuangli and sweeping Dongchuan Mansion with twenty horsemen.

Seeing the nervous demeanor of the Xiying generals, Deng Ming guessed what they were worried about, most of them were also as suspicious as Feng Shuangli that they were the clans of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to know Deng Ming's attitude towards Xiying, and more importantly, they were also worried that they had surrendered to Wu Sangui, worried that they would be settled by the Autumn Queen.

Now that the Ming army needs every general and soldier who is willing to resist the Manchus, how can it pacify a group of soldiers who were enemies not long ago? How can we show that we are not guilty of the past?

Deng Ming decided to follow the successful precedent again.

"The emperor hunted in Burma in the south, since the emperor is not there, then the law of the Ming Dynasty will naturally cease to exist. Before the emperor returns, there is no charge of rebellion, committing crimes, or defecting to the enemy. "Since there is no charge against him, then naturally there will be no heinous statement; As for when Yongli would return, Deng Ming remembered that he had never returned in his own history - Deng Ming had not yet realized that the magnitude of the change in history had made this judgment unreliable.

But the failure of the Ming Law does not mean that the law is not needed:

"Today, I have made an agreement with the monarchs, soldiers, and the fathers and elders of Sichuan that before the Son of Heaven returns to China, there are only three chapters of the law: death to the murderer, death to the wounded, and atonement to the crime of theft."

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End of chapter.