Feng Guoyong heard that the other party announced his family name, and he turned out to be from the Western Route Army of the Northern Expedition, and said: "Come to think of it, Commander Fu Youde is also a general of the Northern Expedition Army, and he is now under my command. I don't know your name, can you tell me something?
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The other party was stunned for a long time before saying: "My name is Li Xixi. Even though I was somewhat famous, I surrendered to Li Siqi and became a lackey of the Yuan Dynasty. I have already lost all my dignity. Governor Feng doesn't need to worry about it."
How could Feng Guoyong not care?
This Li Xixi, whom Fu Youde often talks about, is considered one of Liu Futong's strong men.
Li Wu and Cui De were the first to enter Guanzhong, and then Li Xixi led troops to rescue them. Fu Youde and other figures were only assigned to Li Xixi as his subordinates.
Later, they were ambushed and suffered heavy losses. Li Xixi fled into Bashu with Fu Youde.
According to the original history, Li Xixi would join Chen Youliang, while Fu Youde later joined Zhu Yuanzhang and became a powerful general under Lao Zhu.
But at this time, history went awry.
On her way to defect to Chen Youliang, Li Xixi happened to hear about Zhu Yuanzhang's movements and got an article that talked about China's three rises. It was very conclusive and said that China would win and all the people would win.
Reading this article made Li Xixi feel very excited and uncomfortable at the same time.
It was obvious that they had raised the banner of the Northern Expedition, and the three-pronged army conquered the mountains and rivers.
Now that I am fleeing in embarrassment and miserable, is it possible that when the Northern Expedition is mentioned in the future, I still have to look at Zhu Yuanzhang?
The more Li Xixi thought about it, the more sad and angry she became. Since China must win, we also have a chance!
After much thought, Li Xixi, who was unwilling to give up, secretly returned to Bashu with a hundred and eighty confidants, climbed over mountains and ridges, and sneaked back to Guanzhong.
He also wanted to contact his old troops and deal with the Yuan army.
It just took a while. Although I ambushed the Yuan army several times and won a few small victories, in the end I was unable to reverse the overall situation, and most of my brothers lost their lives.
Li Xixi had no choice but to give up. It seemed that the people who could truly destroy the Yuan Dynasty in the Northern Expedition were destined not to be them.
In order to survive, Li Xixi joined her enemy Li Siqi and lived in a muddleheaded life under Li Siqi's hands.
Perhaps he did not expect that one day, when the Ming army entered Guanzhong, he would be captured by the Ming army.
After going around, he fell into the hands of the Ming army again... If I had known this, I might as well have surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang in the first place!
Li Xixi was silent for a while, and then suddenly took out a piece of yellowed paper from his arms, which was densely packed with many words... Li Xixi said to Feng Guoyong: "Captain Feng, can you tell me no... this
Is what is written above true?"
Feng Guoyong glanced at it a few times and said immediately: "This is of course true. The person who wrote this article is Zhang Xianggong, the supervisor of the Northern Expedition. He is not only the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, but also the emperor's division and all officials.
The teacher is also the teacher of our generals. Over the years, we have also adhered to Zhang Xiang's ideas, equalizing land, establishing schools, restraining powerful men, treating women well, developing industry and commerce, and reorganizing the army and military... If General Li is interested, you can take a good look at it.
You will know the truth and falsehood when the time comes!”
Li Xixi nodded repeatedly, with tears in her eyes, "It's really good! It's really good! Then, I'll be relieved!"
After finishing speaking, Li Xixi turned around and left. Feng Guoyong asked someone to prepare a horse for him and gave him a bag of dry food. After Li Xixi thanked him, he mounted the horse and galloped directly to Fengxiang.
After Feng Guoyong saw him leaving, he also sighed in his heart... Although the Northern Expeditionary Army failed, it did not disappear completely. They fought against the Yuan army for many years and kept dealing with each other.
Many people were captured and became part of the Yuan army.
But these people still have a lot of energy. As long as they can successfully arouse them, it is not difficult to dismantle Li Siqi's troops.
Although Liu Futong failed, his legacy still exists.
Prime Minister Zhang advocated affirming Liu Futong's achievements. Now it seems that it is indeed very reasonable.
Feng Guoyong couldn't bear to let Li Xixi take risks on his own, so he immediately selected a group of people from the prisoners and asked them to return immediately to tell other brothers about the situation of the Ming army.
Clearly inform them that as long as they are willing to surrender, they can be safe.
In addition, Feng Guoyong arranged for someone to visit Li Siqi with his letter.
Tell him that Tongguan is so dangerous that you dare not defend it, and that important territory in Huazhou will be lost in less than a day.
The general trend is that fighting against the Ming Dynasty is a dead end.
As a Han Chinese, how can you expect Yuan Ting to really trust you?
Instead of fighting alone and hitting rocks with eggs, it is better to surrender early and avoid killing. This is also to accumulate virtue for yourself and save your life, otherwise death is imminent.
Feng Guo used a tough tone, mainly threatening, but he also left some room.
Use both soft and hard tactics, and all kinds of means.
Next, let’s see how Li Siqi chooses?
Feng Guoyong told his generals to reorganize their troops and not to go beyond Huazhou for the time being. If Li Siqi didn't know how to raise his troops, he would immediately launch an offensive.
It can be said that Feng Guoyong has made all preparations... Li Xixi also rushed to Fengxiang City.
He looked up at the big flag and then at the soldiers guarding the city.
Li Xixi mustered up her courage and shouted towards the city, "My name is Li Xixi! If any of you know me, you might as well come forward! I just met Governor Feng of the Ming Army!"
"Stop fighting and surrender! Only by surrendering to the Ming Dynasty will you have a way to survive!"
Li Xixi shouted continuously towards the city.
Li Xixi's reputation was not only among the Northern Expeditionary Army, but also many of Li Siqi's subordinates had heard of him.
The former life-and-death enemy later surrendered to Li Siqi, and now he has become a lobbyist for the Ming army. Isn't it really interesting?
Everyone didn't speak, just listened silently.
After a while, two generals came up to the city. They passed the crenel and leaned down to look. Three people with six pairs of eyes were gathered together.
The two people who came were none other than Li Wu and Cui De.
They were all former commanders of the Northern Expeditionary Army. After successive defeats, they retreated to Ningxia in an attempt to protect themselves.
As a result, he was jointly killed by Li Siqi and Zhang Liangbi, and had to surrender to Li Siqi.
"Li Pingzhang took us in and did not kill anyone. We should be grateful and serve Pingzhang. How can you have the nerve to join the Ming Dynasty?" Li Wu reprimanded angrily.
Li Xixi held her head high and said loudly: "I don't care about life and death. Li Pingzhang thinks I deserve to die, so he can take my head away now! Just let me have a few words with my brothers!"
Li Xixi said loudly: "Listen, everyone, Liu Taibao's Red Scarf Army started in Henan. Li Pingzhang also started in Henan. One side wanted to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, and the other side wanted to protect the Yuan Dynasty. Both sides went back and forth, killing more than ten people.
For years, there have been countless casualties and rivers of blood! Why is this?"
"In the final analysis, most of us are from the same hometown and we are all brothers. What's the point of continuing to kill like this?"
"I have already asked. Our hometown has been allocated acres of land. The Ming Dynasty sent many people to prepare for the establishment of village communities and lead everyone to work, organize the land, cultivate the acres... The floods are gone, and there is enough food.
I can live a stable life again!”
Li Xixi tried his best to prove what he said. He stretched out his hand and lifted the package for everyone to see.
"See, they're all white-flour steamed buns! Go home, work for a few years, and you'll be able to eat white-flour steamed buns every day!"
Li Xixi's shouts reached the top of the city.
Looking at the soldiers, many of them were already in tears.
Everyone looked around and saw that it was indeed the case.
The greatest irony in the world is that the main force of the Red Scarf Army came from Henan, and the main force that suppressed the Red Scarf Army, Chahan Timur and Li Siqi, were also from Henan.
The war for more than ten years turned out to be a fight between fellow villagers.
What makes people even more speechless is that the big guys have been killing for so many years, but they have not solved any problem. Instead, they have left all the rooms in the Central Plains empty, causing countless casualties.
In the end, we have to rely on the people of Huaixi to save us. Don’t be ashamed!
"Brothers, stop fighting and go home quickly!"
Li Xixi kept shouting. At this moment, a voice suddenly came, "Are you all dead? If anyone dares to disturb the morale of our army, kill him! Shoot him to death!"
Li Siqi came angrily and yelled.
The soldiers at the top of the city were stunned, but they did not dare to disobey the order.
Someone raised a bow and arrow and shot at Li Xixi.
Although it was archery, everyone had a tacit understanding. Either they were weak or tilted to the west, but Li Xixi was unscathed.
This moment made Li Siqi very angry, "Okay! You all have to rebel!"
Li Siqi turned his head and said to his confidants: "Go ahead and kill that nonsense!"
This group of people immediately took the order, and they drew their bows one after another, preparing to pierce Li Xixi with random arrows.
But at this moment, hundreds of prisoners came in a hurry, and they rushed to Li Xixi's side.
"The Ming army is now in Huazhou and has not moved westward. Let us come back and persuade everyone to surrender!"
"Yes! Stop fighting. The Ming army has promised that they will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"Put down your weapons, you can be allocated acres of land, and live a good life!"
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These prisoners were not all former members of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Among them were many of Li Siqi's men. They all stood up and shouted together.
Above the city, people's hearts are in a state of flux, and everyone is thinking about it.
When they attacked Shaanzhou and fought for several days, not only did they make no progress, but they lost troops and generals. From that time on, they knew how powerful the Ming army was.
Recently, various news has been coming, and I know that the Ming army treated its soldiers well.
Generals are not allowed to bully soldiers, and soldiers can still read and write.
Once you join the army, your whole family will be honored.
News also kept coming from my hometown in Henan.
Letters from home describe the changes in their hometown and advise them to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.
When things have reached this stage, Li Siqi's subordinates are also in a state of confusion and have many thoughts... If not, Li Siqi would not have retreated to Fengxiang and tried to resist.
But now, Li Siqi is not sure anymore.
At this moment, a quarrel suddenly broke out at Li Siqi's feet, and then the city gate suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man ran out from inside.
While running, he yelled, "I want to go home!"
Li Siqi was furious, "Shoot, shoot him to death!"
Just as his henchmen were about to take action, Li Wu and Cui De pulled out their weapons and aimed at Li Siqi!
"What? You want to rebel too?"
The two men looked at each other and knelt down together, "Pingzhang, we know you care about the soldiers, please be merciful! Let them go home alive!"
As soon as these words came out, many people fell to their knees one after another and cried bitterly.
