Ma Jinzhong's troops were not stationed in the same camp as Jin Shenghuan's troops. Most of Jin Shenghuan's troops were on boats, and a few elite servants were stationed at a small ferry.
Ma Jinzhong's troops were mainly land soldiers. Even after being defeated several times by Hao Yaoqi, he still managed to control several camps. However, when Ma Bao entered his camp, he still found that all the camps were filled with desolation and desolation.
the breath.
All the officers and soldiers were dejected, their bows and arrows were randomly abandoned on the ground, and the beans for feeding the war horses were spilled in the road and no one was cleaning them up. One after another, they formed a large tent like a cloud, and many of them were already twisted.
In Balwai, the officers and soldiers only cared about whether there would be food to eat tonight and where to find their way out after being surrounded, and no one had the time to sort out the chaos in the camp.
Ma Bao only brought two personal soldiers into the camp, which was regarded as a solo adventure. However, he and Ma Jinzhong had an old friendship for many years. When Ma Jinzhong was a powerful commander in the peasant army, they had made friends several times in Henan.
Second hand.
Ma Bao still remembers this past event very clearly. At that time, he was an official and Ma Jinzhong was a bandit. However, one time Ma Bao was surrounded by troops led by Ma Jinzhong in Nanyang. The entire army was almost wiped out. He gave away three-thirds of the army's food and salary.
Second, he gave it to Ma Jinzhong to buy a way out, and he escaped with a way out.
Who would have thought that a few years later, the two of them would meet again, and Ma Jinzhong would become an official, while he himself would become a gangster. The situation suddenly changed, and Ma Jinzhong asked himself to be surrounded. This time, there was no possibility of buying a way out.
sex.
He felt deeply that after Ma Jinzhong surrendered to Zuo Liangyu a few years ago, he had drunk wine and dined with him several times in Luoyang. At the end of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when Xuzhou rebelled, he still tried his best to persuade Ma Jinzhong
, and made him swear allegiance to Zuo Liangyu, which allowed Ma Jinzhong to rise to the position of Zuo Liangyu's confidant general.
Later, after Ma Jinzhong relied on his unyielding performance during the Xuzhou Mutiny and got into Zuo Liangyu's lap, his promotion speed became faster and faster day by day, and he soon left Ma Bao behind by who knows how many miles.
In the official army, Ma Bao's highest level was only as a member of the garrison under Gao Qian, the Henan guerrilla. However, Ma Jinzhong rose through the ranks and soon became the deputy commander-in-chief of Zuozhen.
This Ma Jinzhong has a similar temperament to Zuo Liangyu. He is best at conserving strength and can quickly change the situation when things go wrong. Today, he seems to have become the last standout in Zuo Town.
"Brother Kuiyu, long time no see."
Ma Jinzhong and more than a dozen servants waited for Ma Bao at the gate of the camp. After Kuiyu surrendered to Zuo Liangyu, Arty Fengya obtained a brand name, which was the same as Ma Bao's brand name on the city wall. All the staff around him helped to pick it up.
Ma Kuiyu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zuozhen, who was once a heroic commander of the rebel army and was now surrounded in the camp with no way out, had a gloomy look on his face. His pampered life for several years had made his figure mellow.
However, after Ma Bao observed carefully for a while, he could still find a bit of ruthlessness and slickness in this old friend's eyes.
Ma Bao was not familiar with "Hua Guansuo" Wang Guangen. If Li Laiheng were here, he might say that Ma Jinzhong and Wang Guangen have very similar temperaments. The two people do have a lot in common.
"Brother Chengbi... Without further ado, I just want to ask, is there any way out for me?"
Ma Jinzhong's question got straight to the point. The servants around him all moved out of the way, and the two old friends came together again. Ma Jinzhong, who was in a desperate situation, held Ma Bao's hand tightly. The anxiety in his eyes seemed to indicate
The sincerity of surrender.
Ma Bao smiled slightly and said: "My brother, there is always a way out. But what kind of way do you want? If you want to buy a way out and escape to Xiangyang or Wuchang, I'm afraid there is no such way out."
"This..." Ma Jinzhong smiled. He felt that Ma Bao seemed to be resenting the fact that he asked him for money to buy the road. He explained, "There's no point in bringing up the past, right? Anyway, brother, I also helped him back then.
I'll give you a hand...Today it's your turn to help me!"
"It's not up to me to decide whether to help or not." Ma Bao looked at Ma Jinzhong's wavering expression and felt more confident in his heart, "You know no less about what kind of person Mr. Li is than I do. My family is handsome.
There are only two requirements. As long as you meet them, Jieshuai will definitely protect your wealth and life."
When Ma Jinzhong heard this promise given by Ma Bao, his eyes finally lit up, and he immediately asked;
"Two demands? What demands! Even if I go through fire and water, I will go through fire and water. I will work tirelessly for the sake of the commander-in-chief!"
"First," Ma Bao raised a finger and said slowly, "Brother Kuiyu, all your troops must put down their weapons and accept the adaptation of Chuang Army first."
Ma Jinzhong could still understand the point of putting down his weapons, but he was a little confused about this adaptation by Chuang Jun. He didn't quite understand Li Laiheng's wording, so he frowned and asked:
"Brother, what does this adaptation mean?"
"Adaptation...the adaptation mentioned by Commander-in-Chief means that all your soldiers and horses must accept the arrangements of the Chuang Army. All your generals and officers must leave the army and study in the camp school for a period of time first, and then wait until they pass the exam.
Appointment is based on merit. The soldiers under your command are based on the principle of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong. Dismiss the old and weak, retaining the strong and strong, and fill them into the army of the invaders."
Ma Bao's words were simple and straightforward, but a violent earthquake occurred in Ma Jinzhong's heart. What kind of adaptation is this? Isn't this a complete annexation?
It's not that Ma Jinzhong has never surrendered before, on the contrary, he has quite a lot of experience in surrendering. When he surrendered to Zuo Liangyu, the situation was not much better than it is today.
But what were the terms of surrender given by Zuo Liangyu? It was to give Ma Jinzhong a garrison, to replenish his troops with food and fodder supplies, and to allow him to still take charge of the troops of his original squad.
This is the general principle of surrender. When Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai accepted Xiong Wencan's recruitment, one was placed in Gucheng and the other in Fang County. Wasn't this the same arrangement?
What does Li Laiheng mean now, is not to replenish food for him, not to allocate flood land to him, but also to completely dismantle his army, and transfer all generals and officers out of the army and appoint them separately?
No, even if it is annexation, mid-level officers will usually be retained. The surrender of the Chuang army is simply more extreme than annexation, it is simply annihilation!
In Ma Jinzhong's view, the surrender demanded by Li Laiheng was the same as the surrender he required after a deadly battle and then being annihilated. He was indignant in his heart and his face was extremely ugly. Several servants around him heard Ma Bao's threatening words.
, even half of the waist knife was exposed, revealing the cold light.
But Ma Bao's expression did not change. He was very calm and continued:
"This is just the first one, bro... there's also the second one."
"What's the second one? Tell me."
Ma Jinzhong suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to speak to Ma Bao as calmly as possible. He had already made plans to detain Ma Bao and let everyone fight to the death if the conditions for breaking into the army were too excessive.
"The second item is your naval warships. Commander Jie requires you to keep all the warships. If you let Jin Shenghuan destroy the ships, we Commander Jie will not care whether you surrender or not."
"Hahahaha," Ma Jinzhong simply laughed angrily. He couldn't help laughing, "The navy is commanded by Jin Shenghuan, so what Xiao Wang means is that if I surrender, I must also surrender with Jin Shenghuan in order for it to count.
Or else King Li will not accept my surrender and must kill them all?"
Ma Bao snorted first, and then sneered: "Brother, let me explain it to you directly. The meaning of our tactics is that we want you to be captured without mercy. Not only do we want you to be captured without mercy, but it is best that Jin Shenghuan does the same...
If you can't take down Jin Shenghuan and save those naval warships, you don't have to think about how you can retain your position as a general in the Chuang Army."
Ma Jinzhong lowered his voice and replied: "Brother Chengbi, you also know that I, Ma Jinzhong, have never been a man of promises. Aren't you afraid that our talks will break down and I will detain you? Of course I can't do anything to Chuangjun today, but I can send you alone."
Come to your door, can't I do anything to you?"
"Hahaha!"
After Ma Bao laughed three times, he threw his sword to the ground, making a metallic clang sound. He folded his arms in front of his chest, smiled like an old god at Ma Jinzhong, and replied:
"Riding into the camp alone...Brother, you have given me such a great achievement, how could I not come? King Xiao Li knows people well and is responsible for their duties. As long as you have merit and talent, he has always been a man of merit and will never look at you.
My past and background. If I can convince you to agree to these two conditions today, my position in the army will be stable... Brother, do you understand what I mean?"
Ma Bao turned his gaze to the north and said: "Zuozhen is finished. How many troops are left in the pass for the imperial court? Guan Ning's army is indeed powerful, but after the Songjin War, there are not many troops left, right?"
Brother, don’t you understand? Now is the time for heroes to use force, and among the heroes in the world, the Chuang Army has the greatest chance of winning. Aren’t you going to give it a try and recruit the founding fathers to do it?”