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Chapter 216 Magnificent!Martyrs in the late Ming Dynasty

"Even so, the general thinks it's better to be careful." Yang Yufan thought for a while, and persuaded him: "Kong Youde is nothing more than a traitor. Now that our army has occupied Dengzhou, Kong Youde is about to fall into internal and external difficulties. Under such circumstances, the imperial court spared his life and allowed him to surrender, which is already a mighty grace of the emperor, but he asked the two adults to leave the city. The last general thought that this was unnecessary, and ordered his subordinates to lay down their weapons and spare their lives, which was enough .Your lords don't have to take any chances."

"You can't say that." Xie Lian shook his head and said: "The emperor's grace is great, and Shandong has been corrupted for a long time. The sooner this war ends, the better. Although our army has already won the victory, it may not necessarily be victory. Everyone, don't forget, there are [-] to [-] elite teachers around Kong Youde? More importantly, I am worried about another person. If I fail, the wolf will be sent away, and the tiger will be ushered in again! And it is still a fierce tiger .”

"Tiger?" Zhu Wannian's face changed when he heard this, he looked at Xie Lian and said, "Your Excellency is talking about Li Xin?" Yang Yufan and Peng Youmo looked shocked, they looked at Xie Lian in surprise, waiting for the other party's answer.

"That's right, it's this person." Xie Lian squinted his eyes, and everyone could still see a glint of coldness through the gap, but they heard Xie Lian say, "What is Li Xin? , pardoned his crimes, he should have vowed to repay the emperor's grace, but you see what he did, occupying the grassland, the disturbed grassland is a bloody storm, killing people from life to death, such a person has quietly come to Shandong now, who I know what he thinks? Maybe taking advantage of Shandong’s corruption and Kong Youde’s rebellion, this person will become ambitious and occupy Shandong. What should I do? Shandong is close to Gyeonggi, and there are many cavalry around Li Xin. Once Shandong is occupied, Isn’t it our fault. We are ordered by the emperor, and Si Mu’s side should protect the country and the people. Shandong is the Shandong of the imperial court, and it cannot be taken by Li Xin, a rebellious minister and thief. Therefore, Kong Youde must be removed immediately. If he If he doesn't want to submit to the imperial court, then forget it. Since he wants to surrender to the court, he should first recruit them, and then order them to attack Li Xin. It would be good to drive Li Xin out of Shandong. Even if Kong Youde failed, Li Xin would not be able to reap the benefits " Xie Lian said triumphantly.

Zhu Wannian and the others felt cold secretly when they heard this, they didn't expect that the Lord Governor of Shandong actually had such calculations.This is exactly the same as Zhao'an Liangshan in the Song Dynasty!Just can something like this be successful?Don't forget, even the current imperial court has not declared Li Xin to be a traitor, and has even sealed him as a strategist. In name, all the military and political power in Shandong is in the hands of others. Although Xie Lian and others are governor generals Yes, but you have to obey Li Xin's orders.It was rare for a subordinate official to attack a superior official in the Ming Dynasty.This time Xie Lian wants to drive away the wolf, can such a thing succeed?Can Kong Youde really believe it?On this point, Yang Yufan was not sure.

"In the final analysis, Li Xin is still a general of the imperial court, and he did not rebel against the imperial court, and the emperor ordered him to be the governor of Shandong. Although Master Liu is the right servant of the Ministry of War, he still has to obey Li Xin's orders in Shandong affairs. We are going to surrender this time. Kong Youde, shouldn't he also report to Li Xin, after all he occupies Dengzhou, without him occupying Dengzhou, I'm afraid Kong Youde would not have surrendered so easily." Zhu Wannian considered it carefully and carefully addressed Xie Lian Said.

"Forget it! Then tell him about it." Xie Lian frowned. Although he didn't want to, he didn't want to offend Zhu Wannian. After all, the other party was also the governor of Laizhou.In this place, Xie Lian still needs Zhu Wannian's support to handle affairs.It's just that he has already made up his mind. After recruiting Kong Youde this time, he will immediately use troops in the name of destroying Mao Chenglu, like using troops in Dengzhou. Even if Li Xin cannot be captured alive, he must be driven out of Shandong.

"Although Kong Youde surrendered, he has a lot of troops and many pirates. Kong Youde's surrender does not mean that those pirates are willing to surrender. The defense of Laizhou City is indispensable." Zhu Wannian looked worried. He said to Xie Lian, "The lower officials thought that it would be enough for you and me to surrender. General Yang and General Peng stayed behind in Laizhou City. I don't know what the governor thinks?"

"It's up to you." Xie Lian agreed after thinking about it.In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether Yang Yufan and Peng Youmo go or not. What Kong Youde wants is a high-ranking official in Laizhou, which naturally refers to himself and Zhu Wannian, but Yang Yufan's two generals are not included in this list.Literati are always superior to others, even Xie Lian once fought side by side with Yang Yufan and Peng Youmo.

"My lord, there is a messenger from Kong Youde coming outside, please go and accept the surrender." At this time, a guarding soldier said loudly outside.

"So fast?" Zhu Wannian asked in surprise.It was only half an hour since the messenger came here, and Kong Youde on the other side was already ready to surrender, which couldn't help but surprise people.

"Is there a fraud?" Yang Yufan, who had some doubts about this matter, couldn't help but said at this moment.

"Haha, no, no, Kong Youde is still trying to cheat at this time, does he want to die?" Xie Lian laughed and said, "It must be Liu Shilang who pushed Kong Youde so hard. Master Zhu, let's go." Let's meet this Kong Youde for a while. Let's see what kind of ability he has to make Shandong so corrupt."

"That's fine." Zhu Wannian nodded after being silent for a while. Although he was a little skeptical, since Xie Lian had already made a decision, he could only support it.Only Yang Yufan was very suspicious.

"Why, do you have doubts in the general's mind?" Peng Youmo and Yang Yufan left the government office to send Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian out of the city, seeing Yang Yufan's pensive expression, he couldn't help asking.

"A son of a thousand pieces of gold can't sit still. Now in Laizhou, Lord Xie and Lord Zhu are the leaders. Now they are both heading out of the city. What if the enemy repents?" Yang Yufan was only in his 20s. He was extremely young, and more importantly, he came from a wealthy family. His father, Yang Zhaoji, was a member of the imperial court. He was once an official to the crown prince and Taibao. He also passed away last year. After his death, Emperor Chongzhen was very sad and cried: God !Why don't you bless me, let the country and I lose such a pillar of talent, alas!Afterwards, Qian Weikun, the cabinet minister, was sent to set up a sacrifice at the top of the mountain, and he personally led the ministers of civil and military affairs to hold a memorial meeting for him.Take Li Chengliang, Uncle Ningyuan, as an example for all the gifts. He was specially promoted to the Shangzhu Kingdom. He was a doctor of Guanglu. There are ancestral temples for Xiangxian, famous eunuchs, five sages, and a memorial archway for meritorious service.Yang Zhaoji fought south and north for more than [-] years in his life. His sons Yang Yuyin, Yang Yufan, son-in-law Zhou Shixi and others followed him and made a lot of military exploits. This naturally broadened his horizons a lot.That's why Yang Yufan disapproved of Xie Lian's actions.It's just that his words didn't play any role at all.

"General, don't worry, Kong Youde is already a turtle in the urn, and he can't escape even if he wants to." Although Peng Youmo was also a little skeptical, he still comforted him.

"Although Li Xin is somewhat dirty with the imperial court, he is also appointed by His Majesty as the Shandong Economic Strategy. The matter of recruiting surrender and accepting rebellion should not be handled by Mr. Liu, but should be reported to Li Xincai." Yang Yufan shook his head and said.

"My general, are you really stupid or fake!" Peng Youmo glanced around, and finally whispered: "Do you think the emperor really trusts Li Xin? The emperor wants Li Xin to die, and Xie Lian Your Excellency, Liu Yulie and others have long been uneasy and well-intentioned. It would be great if they didn't take the opportunity to kill Li Xin. This kind of surrender of Kong Youde is a great achievement. By recruiting Kong Youde, Shandong can be calmed down. Why is this kind of credit? Do you want to give it to Li Xin?"

Yang Yufan was silent on the horse for a while, then sighed, and said, "No matter what, we still need to tell Li Xincai about this matter." Ignoring Peng Youmo's dissuasion, he sent someone to tell Li Xin not to mention it.Looking at it like this, Peng Youmo shook his head repeatedly.

Xie Lian and Zhu Wancheng who were in front didn't know this, they left Laizhou City by themselves under the escort of a group of elite soldiers, and headed towards Kong Youde's camp, leaving Yang Yufan and Peng Youmo to guard the city.

The two waited for more than an hour, secretly anxious in their hearts, and when they were about to go to meet them, they saw Xie Lian and Zhu Wancheng leaving the camp accompanied by Kong Youde and other rebels.This group of people is talking and laughing, very special.The two generals who watched looked at each other, but they didn't know what Kong Youde was capable of. He actually persuaded Xie Lian and the other two within more than an hour.The two of them waited until Kong Youde left before rushing to Xie Lian and the other two.

"Kong Youde and others surrendered intentionally, or they surrendered under the pressure of the court. No matter what, he has already decided to submit to the court tomorrow. Shandong has been pacified since then." Xie Lian laughed loudly without waiting for the two to ask. stand up.His face was full of excitement, obviously happy that he was able to recruit Kong Youde.

"You're still a master." Yang Yufan nodded in appreciation with embarrassment on his face.

"Kong Youde also knew the names of the two generals. He admired them very much and told me that he would invite the two generals to go to the front of the battle tomorrow to accept his surrender." Xie Lian patted Yang Yufan's shoulder and said, "Since Kong Youde has With such sincerity, General Yang, you must not let the hearts of surrendering soldiers be chilled!"

"My lord, the general is just a warrior. It's better for the general not to participate in such a thing." Yang Yufan refused without thinking.Yang Yufan disdained this kind of publicity, pointed to Peng Youmo at the side and said, "Just go, General Peng." Peng Youmo was very happy to hear that, and nodded repeatedly.

"Well, since that's the case, let's worry about it tomorrow!" Xie Lian glanced at Peng Youmo, but frowned.He really doesn't like Peng Youmo.If Yang Yufan was an ordinary general, he would look down on him, but his father was too famous, so he looked up to him.

(End of this chapter)