...

Although it was expected, when Liu Wenxiu finished speaking, Li Dingguo was still slightly excited. He reached out and helped Liu Wenxiu up and said solemnly: "Okay, just as you said!"

Liu Wenxiu wiped her tears and put away her knife: "There is also the fourth brother, can the court tolerate us? Will the court settle the score later? Can you promise your brothers? Otherwise, even if I go with you, the brothers in the city will not follow you!"

Li Dingguo was solemn: "We sincerely surrendered, and from then on, we will go on the big road and do big things. The court has no reason to make things difficult for the court. Moreover, Emperor Shanglongwu is quite wise today. I think we don't have to worry about this."

Liu Wenxiu still had doubts: "But I'm afraid that the traitors will make slander. We walked all the way from Shaanxi, wherever we went, we were full of bones, not to mention, we followed our adoptive father to dig the Fengyang imperial tomb of the Zhu family. That would be a serious crime to destroy the nine clans. Can the court really let us go?"

"Yes, we killed too many people."

Li Dingguo's face was gloomy: "Hands were covered with blood, and there were not many corrupt officials who killed? There were countless innocent people. This was not my intention. A man and a real man should die in the frontier, and he would be a hero to slaughter the people? Moreover, in the current situation, there is no possibility of a reversal in my camp. If I don't surrender, my brothers will die. I have taken them for so many years and can't watch them die."

"In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the adopted father surrendered to the court once. Although the court had doubts and surveillance of my camp, it did not pursue the crime of digging the imperial tombs back then. The adopted father also received a deputy general. If his adoptive father had not rebelled, he would not have been able to do these things today. So I thought, but we sincerely surrendered and had no desires and no demands, the court would not surrender for no reason. Let's take a step back, even if there are treacherous slander and you and I die, the brothers in the city can be preserved."

In the end, Li Dingguo became more determined.

Liu Wenxiu nodded slightly.

Li Dingguodao: "I want to release the magistrate of Tongshan County and the magistrate, and ask them to pass messages to the court, and also inform the court of the situation in the city, so that the court knows that we have no intention of looting the people and staying in Tongshan, but just waiting for the imperial court's will."

Liu Wenxiu sighed: "That's all."

Li Dingguo looked out of the city: "According to that old lady Tang, Longwu will come to Xianning soon, and we may meet him."

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...

Under the city wall.

When they saw Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu hugging each other and reaching an agreement, the people on both sides breathed a sigh of relief.

In this way, things are done.

...

The next morning, the vanguard of the official cavalry appeared around Tongshan, and Li Dingguo sent a letter to release the county magistrate and county magistrate, allowing them to leave freely.

At noon, the number of official cavalry gradually increased. According to the banner, it was the three thousand camps of Tiger Dawei. Once, Tiger Dawei only brought thirty cavalry under the city to challenge, trying to lure Li Dingguo out of the city to fight. After no success, he put away his troops and concentrated on waiting for the subsequent infantry.

In the evening, imperial infantry began to arrive.

At this time, the "message" of the magistrate of Tongshan County had spread. Everyone knew that Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu in the city meant to surrender, but there were all military generals at the scene, and the highest literary rank was only a seventh rank, so they could not make any guarantees to Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu. So they gathered troops in Tongshan and reported to Emperor Longwu at the same time.

"Tongshan City, the thieves in the city are already in the turtle, and they are at the end of their journey. I am afraid that it may not be true to surrender at this time~~"

"Otherwise, it has been four or five days since Li Dingguo Liu Wenxiu occupied Tongshan County. During these four or five days, he has not plundered the people and has many protections for the county magistrates and magistrates. It is obvious that it is not a temporary intention or forced by the situation, but a decision was made when he entered the city."

"The reason is this, but I have been cunning and rebelled against the court many times. I must be careful of his adopted son. In my opinion, it is better to wipe out one stone and eliminate future troubles forever!"

In Wuchang, the prefect and the military prefect are discussing.

The footsteps were rapid.

"Sir, Your Majesty has issued an order to go to Tongshan County in person!"

"ah?"

...

Tongshan County.

"Da da da da da da~~"

The sound of horse hooves was rapid, and the yellow dust stepped on it, and a large cavalry rushed along the official road.

"Here, hurry up, welcome~~"

On the side of the official road, officials and generals who were waiting were standing in vain to greet him.

The full body of armor and the mighty Wuxiang left and right guards were driving the way forward. The Jinyiwei near him was wearing leather armor and embroidered spring swords, guarding the four-wheeled carriage in the middle, rolling in.

...

Tongshan city.

"Long live, long live~~"

The sudden huge shouts and the rolling flags outside the city shocked the soldiers guarding the city, and they urgently reported to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu rushed to the city tower.

"It's the emperor," Liu Wenxiu's face turned a little red and a little white, as if excited and uneasy: "Longwu is here."

Li Dingguo was calm, took a long breath, looked out of the city, and said two words firmly: "Kaicheng!"

...

Hahaha~~

The gate of Tongshan City is open.

Li Dingguo was wearing a regular dress, without putting weapons or riding a horse, and personally carried a white flag, leading Liu Wenxiu and others out in a row.

---Li Dingguo, everyone has no weapons or armor.

"Da da da da da da~~"

The horse's hooves rolled, and the brigade of officials and cavalry came up, and they reached the front, divided into two, arranged on both sides of them, bowed and stringed swords were unsheathed, and their eyes were stared at them, but if they were moved, they would immediately surround them and kill them.

Facing the murderous officers and soldiers, swords and guns flashed, Li Dingguo's subordinates were a little dissatisfied. He was worried that the officers would suddenly riot and kill them all, but Li Dingguo's expression remained unchanged. He handed the white flag to Dou Mingwang who was watching, took the surrender book that had been written long ago from Liu Wenxiu, held it in both hands, and knelt on the ground.

Liu Wenxiu and the others also knelt down, and knelt together in front of the city gate.

--Li Dingguo's surrender was not as good as before. As for the late Ming Dynasty, when the bandits surrendered to the court, they usually had intensive contacts between the two envoys from both sides and put forward conditions. Even the chief officials of the court would personally go to the bandits' camp to persuade them with great righteousness. For example, Du Yinxi, in the Southern Ming Dynasty, entered the 100,000 camp alone, was not afraid of swords, and put life and death aside, and told them about the fortune of heaven, the hearts of people, the rise and fall of the rise and fall of the people, and even ordered loyalty and righteousness, and wine as a vow, tears were aroused. Li Guo was ashamed and was willing to surrender to the Southern Ming Dynasty with a large army.

But this time, there were no envoys on both sides. After Li Dingguo released Tongshan County Magistrate to show his intentions, he closed the four gates, which made the Hu Dawei under the city very puzzled. If Tang Liang had not given some advice to Hu Dawei, he would know that His Majesty had some ideas about Li Dingguo and he would have to persuade him to surrender. With his impatient attitude, he would have led his troops to attack the city.

Now that His Majesty has arrived, Li Dingguo immediately opened the city to surrender without any conditions.

"Da da da da da da~~"

A cavalry came to Li Dingguo, with armor and dazzling red tassels on his face, but his face was young. It turned out that it was Li Laiheng, the central officer.

Li Laiheng asked: "But Li Dingguo?"

"It is the sinner." Li Dingguo replied.

Li Laiheng looked at him seriously, then looked at Liu Wenxiu: "Liu Wenxiu?"

"It's the sinner." Liu Wenxiu replied.

Li Laiheng nodded and raised his voice: "Your Majesty has an order to announce the visit of Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo. You two, follow me."

"Abide by the order."

Li Dingguo stood up with a calm expression, but Liu Wenxiu was a little uneasy. He wiped the sweat from his head and handed the white flag to the people around him. He followed Li Dingguo small and walked towards the place where the army had the most flags and the most prosperous troops.

Along the way, he saw the Jing camp infantry army bright armor, many bird guns and spears, and the soldiers were majestic and mighty, like mountains and mountains. Liu Wenxiu was shocked, thinking that no wonder Yanglou Town was defeated. The Beijing camp's combat power was not even a little stronger than Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying. He didn't dare to raise his head, followed Li Dingguo and moved forward carefully. It was not until Li Dingguo stopped that he suddenly woke up, so he stopped quickly. Then, he knelt down with Li Dingguo and shouted: "The criminal Liu Wenxiu (Li Dingguo) pays homage to Your Majesty, Long live my emperor~~"

Just as he was kneeling down and worshiping, Liu Wenxiu glanced at the corner of his eyes. He saw that there were yellow umbrellas standing fifty steps ahead of them. Around the umbrellas, many Jinyiwei wearing leather armor were standing with knives. In the middle were several robe officials clustered together with a noble man sitting in a chair with a golden helmet and a eunuch holding a whisk in his hand.

Because of the distance, he could not see the noble person, but he could already feel the powerful power that was coming to his face.

This is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

No response.

Everyone around seemed to be watching them.

Liu Wenxiu bowed to the ground, not daring to breathe.

Finally, a clear and young voice heard in my ears: "Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, you raise your head."

Liu Wenxiu slowly looked up with Li Dingguo.

But his eyes still didn't dare to look straight ahead, he only dared to look at the ground in front of him.

"Li Dingguo, my army has long been at the foot of Tongshan City. Why have you surrendered now? Do you want to buy time for Zhang Xianzhong to escape?" The young and clear voice suddenly became stern again.

Liu Wenxiu's heart thumped when she heard this, and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead. The emperor actually guessed his intention!

But Li Dingguo was still calm. He slowly replied: "Reply to Your Majesty, although Zhang Xianzhong was very guilty and killed people, the criminals were his adopted sons for more than ten years. After all, it would take some time to cut off his robe and destroy his relatives for the sake of justice, and to organize his subordinates. Please come late, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive him."

"What Zhang Xianzhong is for the thief!"

A voice severely rebuked.

It was not Emperor Longwu, but the military officer Chen Qiyu.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu hurriedly bowed.

"I will not punish you for your mistakes." A young and clear voice came again: "What I want is your heart, and I will submit to you today, but you can regret your previous sins, do your work faithfully, and live up to the court, and I will never let you down!"

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu hurriedly kowtowed again.

...

After a few simple words, the audience ended, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were taken away.

After walking out of the ban 500 steps, Li Laiheng, who was carrying them, said to Li Dingguo: "Your Majesty, I will send you a message: Ling Mei's high fever has subsided and is safe now. However, her injuries are still severe and further treatment is still needed. Your Majesty has selected the best female doctor in the army to treat Ling Mei. Please don't worry."

Li Dingguo looked relieved and bowed deeply to the place where Huang Luogai umbrella was, "Thank you Your Majesty~~"
To be continued...