Ruan Renlie looked at the hundreds of Ming troops who had gathered in front of him with despair, then at the dozen or so people around him, and pulled out the sword from his waist.
Just now, he was urging Pan Ningyuan's troops to fight the Ming army on the opposite side. Although some people turned around and tried to escape from time to time, they were all wronged by the sword of Guitou who was supervising the team.
But suddenly, a huge fire broke out in the south of the city, and the guards everywhere in the city collapsed in an instant. Everyone threw down their weapons and ran to the east; some people ran towards the city with weapons in hand.
, probably wanting to plunder before running away.
Pan Ningyuan's troops were no exception. Everyone ran away crying and howling. Even Pan Ningyuan himself threw down his helmet and armor and ran away.
"I, Ruan Renlie, was promoted from the army by the Supreme Emperor himself. The Supreme Emperor has shown me kindness and will never surrender to the Ming army. But you are different. You were not promoted by the Supreme Emperor. You still have wives, children and children to support at home.
, when I die, you all surrender to the Ming army." Ruan Renlie held a knife in his hand, made two gestures near his neck, and said to his guards.
"Sir! If you die, we will accompany you to the underworld. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty once wrote a poem: How will you feel today after your head is cut off? It is difficult to start a business and there are many battles. Now I go to Quantai to recruit old troops. With a hundred thousand banners, I will kill Yama."
One of Ruan Renlie's bodyguards cried and said: "Your Excellency has arrived in the underworld to kill Yama, how could he not be with us!"
"I dare not compare to Lan Lian who died in the battle of Mobei in the 28th year of Hongwu." Ruan Renlie said with a bitter smile: "Lan Lian died for his country and saved the life of the Ming emperor. After his death, he was granted the title of Marquis and his daughter was granted the title of Marquis.
The princess has a name before and after her death. Although I am loyal to your majesty, I have failed to live up to your majesty's expectations. How can I compare to Lord Lan."
His bodyguard wanted to say something else, but Ruan Renlie had already turned his head and shouted to Chang Jizong: "This gentleman from the Ming Dynasty." As he spoke, he bowed and saluted.
Chang Jizong couldn't help but bowed and saluted, and asked: "General Ruan, are you willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty? Our Ming Dynasty inherits the destiny and is the orthodox country in the world. Even the monarchs of the Chen Dynasty and the Hu Dynasty of your country recognize me as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
As the lord of the world, the general justly complies with the will of heaven and surrenders to the Ming Dynasty."
"I also guarantee that Your Majesty will give the general preferential treatment, and maybe he will let the general continue to command the army in the future. So why doesn't General Ruan surrender?"
"Haha!" Ruan Renlie said with a smile: "How can I surrender to other countries because I have been so favored by my great emperor Yu?"
Although he spoke in an understatement, Chang Jizong immediately heard that he would never surrender to the Ming Dynasty and stopped trying to persuade him to surrender. He asked: "General Ruan, do you have something to ask me? As long as it does not involve confidentiality, I will definitely answer."
"I wonder who you are? I have heard of Chang Jizong's name. Today, I always want to know at whose hands we were defeated." Ruan Renlie asked.
"I am the Jinwu avant-garde commander of Qianshi in the Ming Dynasty, and also serve as the Qianhu, Chang Jizong." Chang Jizong replied.
"Chang Jizong?" Ruan Renlie frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "But the eldest grandson of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun Chang Gong?"
"That's right." Chang Jizong said.
"If I can be defeated at the hands of Prince Sun of Kaiping, I can't be considered unjustly defeated." He sighed.
"General Ruan, you are not defeated at the hands of me. In fact," Chang Jizong suddenly paused and said: "The leader of the attack on Duobang City this time is not me, but the former army corpsman."
General Zhang Fu; just now I did not break through the general's defense, but I only captured Duobang City because others made a breakthrough, so General Ruan was not defeated at the hands of my subordinates."
"Haha," Ruan Renlie laughed again and said, "That's all. I have another question that Mr. Wan Wangchang can answer. Why can you light a fire in Nancheng?"
"Of course this is because there are traitors in our army in the south of the city." Chang Jizong pointed to Mo Yuan beside him and said: "The three brothers of the Mo family have been inspired and are willing to abandon the dark side and surrender to the Ming Dynasty."
"This is not right." Ruan Renlie said: "I am not unprepared for the troops of Modi and Mo Tun brothers. All the bows and crossbows in their hands were taken away, and I did not allow them to go out to the Western Capital tomorrow.
Camp, they will never light a fire in the south of the city."
"Nothing can be hidden from General Ruan." Chang Jizong said with a smile: "There are indeed other things, but if General Ruan wants to know, he must surrender to the Ming Dynasty. By then, we will both be colleagues, so I will naturally know everything.
I can’t say enough.”
"Then forget it. I'd better keep my loyal name for the rest of my life." Ruan Renlie sighed, then raised his knife and was about to commit suicide.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt wind behind his head, and hesitated for a moment, and then he knew nothing.
"Wait a minute, do it." One of the guards surrounding Ruan Renlie, holding a wooden stick, shouted loudly just behind where Ruan Renlie was standing just now.
"Yes, I knocked General Ruan unconscious just now, and I am indeed a trick of Ming Dynasty, but I am doing it for General Ruan's good!" The man rushed to say before others spoke: "General Ruan is not a lonely man, he has dozens of wives, children, and children.
We are all guarding General Ruan. If the general dies, what will happen to the general’s family? He may be displaced or even starve to death on the streets. For the sake of the general’s family, the general must live.”
"Besides, the reputation of a loyal minister that General Ruan pursues may not be so good. 8 Conspiracy to usurp the throne is contrary to human ethics, and his reputation in the history books will never be good in the future. As a loyal minister who died for him, the general committed suicide after defeating the battle.
, future generations can at most sigh "foolish loyalty", and his reputation may not be as good as that of the ministers who died in the Chen Dynasty."
"So I want to save the general."
"I've been talking for a long time, but I'm just serving the Ming Dynasty! If the Ming Dynasty wants a living general, you will give the Ming Dynasty a living general. It's really shameless to say it in such a lofty manner!" said another guard.
"If you really want to fulfill the general's loyalty, you can kill the general. Why do you need to stay here with me?" the guard Xizuo said again.
The person who just spoke stopped. They are loyal to Ruan Renlie, but 8 has no kindness to them. They actually don't want Ruan Renlie to die for his country.
After refuting the others, the fine guard stepped forward to help Ruan Renlie up. He walked to Chang Jizong and handed Ruan Renlie to the others. He knelt down and said, "Han Qiqing, a common man, has met Mr. Chang!"
"Okay." Chang Jizong said to him: "You have made great contributions to capturing Ruan Renlie for our Ming Dynasty. I will definitely report your achievements to His Majesty and the Qin commander."
The reason why Chang Jizong wanted to spend a long time with Ruan Renlie just now was to capture him. As a confidant of 8, Ruan Renlie had a huge influence in Annan. If he could surrender to the Ming Dynasty, future battles would be much easier to fight.
Even if he does not surrender to the Ming Dynasty, capturing him is still useful. When the war is over and order is restored in Annan, a Hu Dynasty general who once fought with the Ming Dynasty will still be well entertained even though he refuses to surrender, which can greatly alleviate the pain of those who have fought with the Ming Dynasty.
The generals of the Hu Dynasty who were fighting in the Ming Dynasty were anxious and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, quickly stabilizing the order in Annan.
Chang Jizong spoke very politely to him just now, just to let his guards see his respect for Ruan Renlie and not think what Ruan Renlie would do after he was captured, so he would resist his capture.
Chang Jizong turned around and ordered his soldiers to take good care of Ruan Renlie without any treatment. Then he asked other soldiers to spread out and station themselves at various places at the top of the city, not giving the remaining Annan soldiers a chance to cause trouble. Then he took a few soldiers with him.
A guard walked towards the north gate.
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"Your Majesty, Zhang Fu, I have met General Mu." At this time, at the gate of the North City, Zhang Fu led several guards and said to Mu Sheng, who was wearing an exquisite chainmail suit. According to Zhang Wen's previous arrangement, under Zhang Fu's command
After the vanguard army landed, the second batch of troops to respond were Mu Sheng's right army soldiers. So at this time, Mu Sheng came to Duobang City with his soldiers and horses.
"General Zhang, please get up." Mu Sheng said with a smile: "General Zhang led the troops to capture Duobang City. He has made great contributions. Your Majesty will definitely reward General Zhang. Maybe I will call you Zhang Hou in two days.
It’s my father.”
"General Mu is so complimentary." Zhang Fu still bent over and said, "How can you be awarded a title for your merits as a low-ranking official?"
Mu Sheng smiled and did not continue to struggle with this matter. Although he intended to have a good relationship with Zhang Fu, he would not and did not need to be too respectful.
