The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 654

After Mao Wenshen was sent away, Yang Yong sent someone to tell Xu Maogong about the matter. Xu Maogong was surprised when he heard it, so he handed over his men to the command of General Luo Song and Yu Chigong, and told them to cooperate with the navy commander Liao Yong, without his and Yang Yong's orders, you are not allowed to attack Li Zitong's men, but you must strengthen your guard to prevent Li Ziyong's men from breaking through, and then come to see Yang Yong with his personal guards on flying horses.

The two of them haven't seen each other for two months, and it's inevitable that there will be some chatter when they meet.Yang Yong saw that Xu Maogong was travel-laden, from Xu Maogong's residence to Yang Yong's camp, more than 350 miles away, Xu Maogong must have something important to come to see him from such a long distance.Therefore, Yang Yong let Xu Maogong into the big tent, made him a cup of fragrant tea himself, and then sat down, the two opened up the conversation and got to the point.

"My lord, are you really planning to accept Li Zitong's surrender?"

"Military officer, Li Zitong killed Fu Gong Er, Chen Dangshi and others, and his four heads are all in our camp. This king thought he was cornered, and he sincerely surrendered, so he agreed to accept him. Do you think there is anything wrong with him? ?”

Xu Maogong shook his head and said: "My lord, I don't think he is sincerely attached. I have known this Li Zitong for a long time. He is from Donghai, Shandong. He was a subordinate of Prime Minister Zuo Cai who joined the Shandong Rebel Army first. Li Zitong formed a party for private interests, and his power developed rapidly. He was suspected by Prime Minister Zuo Cai. Li Zitong wanted to kill Prime Minister Zuo Cai, but failed and fled to the south of the Yangtze River to join Du Fuwei. Soon, a group of buddies were cultivated, and they wanted to kill Du Fuwei and replace them. Du Fuwei was trapped and seriously injured. Fortunately, he was rescued, and he reorganized his troops and defeated Li Zitong. Today he surrendered. Perhaps it is Sincerely, this is desperate, forced to do nothing, and he will definitely betray him in the future, such a wolf and ambitious person, the prince will definitely harm him in the future if he takes him by his side."

Yang Yong heard that Xu Maogong's words were very reasonable, which basically complemented the historical records. It seems that Li Zitong is really an ambitious jackal and should not be trusted.However, I agreed with my red mouth and white teeth, and even replied to Li Zitong in the letter, how can I go back on my word?
Yang Yong told Xu Maogong what he thought, and asked Xu Maogong what to do.Xu Maogong said: "My lord, this matter is easy to handle. When Li Zitong comes, kill him to avoid future troubles."

Yang Yong shook his head and said: "Military Master, this matter is inappropriate. Li Zitong is now a surrendered general, and he is still a meritorious person for trapping and killing Fugong Er. What reason does this king have to kill him? Everyone knows that this king is the King of Yiyong. The policy of the rebel army is to give preferential treatment to captives and surrendered generals, isn’t this king self-defeating by doing so? Who will dare to come here in the future?”

Xu Maogong thought, "My lord is righteous, since my lord can't bear it, Li Zitong is here, we two will act together in a play, the subordinate will sing the bad face, and the lord will sing the red face, give him a blow and shock him before we talk."

Yang Yong nodded: "That's very good. We can pay attention to this person in the future. If he doesn't know how to repent, it's not too late to kill him. By then, he will be justified."

His eyes temporarily shifted to Li Zitong's camp.After Mao Wenshen saw Li Zitong, it happened that Le Botong was also there. It turned out that Li Zitong and Le Botong were waiting anxiously, and he was worried that Yang Yong would not agree. The process of this mission.

Mao Wenshen narrated it with a sense of accomplishment, and added more details to exaggerate his courage and contribution.

Li Zitong was overjoyed, and Yang Yong was really fooled. After rewarding Mao Wenshen, the three conspired together again, and then found all the trusted military officers under his command, from centurion commanders to ten thousand commanders, how many ten.Li Zitong held a secret meeting for them, and then ordered the whole army to assemble, and the 8000 troops were quickly assembled.

Li Zitong announced in public that he had surrendered to Yang Yong, and King Yiyong also agreed. From now on, we will be King Yiyong's people.

Now, quite unexpectedly, these generals began to whisper, whether these people were the old subordinates of Fu Gong Er or Li Zitong's subordinates, they were all very happy. their wish.

According to Yang Yong's order, Li Zitong registered all military supplies such as swords and guns, war horses, armor, grain and supplies, and other military supplies of all soldiers, and then sealed them up. With the roster, when everything was ready, he brought Mao Wenshen, Le Bo More than 3 soldiers including Tong entered the barracks designated by Yang Yong to accept the reorganization.

Yang Yong and Xu Maogong ordered Yang Yuling, Nangong Saihua and others to take over the captives, organize them according to the roster, and ask Luo Shiying and Princess Yujing to lead people to receive Li Zitong's military supplies such as swords, horses, tents, grain and grass, and luggage.

Li Zitong brought Mao Wenshen, Bo Letong and other high-level leaders to meet Yang Yong. When these people knelt down in front of Yang Yong and Xu Maogong and passed on the roster, someone took it and passed it to Yang Yong.Yang Yong flipped through it intentionally or unintentionally.

At this time, Xu Maogong suddenly shouted: "Bold Li Zitong, how dare you deceive my lord with a trick of surrender, and push them all to me, cut them off!"

Just this one sentence almost scared Li Zitong and others to the ground, and said to himself, how could Xu Maogong, who is so powerful, have been spotted by him?It's bad, it's all over now, it's all because Mao Wenshen, a beast, is so careless, if you want to surrender, you surrender, if you don't surrender, you fight to the death, this is good, there is no place to die, these people have whatever they think.Of course, it was Li Zitong and Le Botong who regretted it, and Mao Wenshen was almost scared to pee.

The knife and axe, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed up and tied Li Zitong and others tightly.Of course, some of these people sincerely surrendered to Yang Yong, and hurriedly shouted for injustice, Li Zitong, Mao Wenshen, and Le Botong also followed suit, and now they have to die.

These people were quickly tied to the pillars, and the execution warrior stood behind them with a sharp steel knife. When he was about to raise the knife, Yang Yong shouted: "Keep people under the knife!"

Xu Maogong said: "Will the prince still intercede for them? Li Zitong has always been rebellious, capricious, and will rebel in the future. Kill him to avoid future troubles."

Yang Yong said: "Military Master, we are a volunteer army. This king is called the King of Justice and Bravery. How can we kill people without any basis? It is our consistent policy to give preferential treatment to captives and surrendered generals. Now that they are surrendered generals, how can we convince the public by killing them? Didn’t this king also make a false statement? If they really rebel in the future, it won’t be too late to take their lives.”

"Okay, since the prince has opened the mouth of gold, I respect your orders." Xu Maogong said and came to Li Zitong, "you are lucky. Remember, this military division does not rub sand in the eyes. If something goes wrong in the future, I will definitely take it from you." Dog life. Come on, let them go!"

"Promise." The knife and axe promised, and let them loose the ropes. Most of them, including Mao Wenshen, were piled up on the ground and couldn't get up. Those who were bold had not forgotten to thank Yang Yong. Many people thanked Yang Yong, and then Kneeling in front of Yang Yong, including Li Zitong, they all shouted: "Thank you for not killing me, we will swear allegiance to you to the death..."

(End of this chapter)