The thieves died in the country, and the pirates defended the remaining land. This is a true portrayal of the 17th year of the south's resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

Whether it is Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng, what they and their descendants did are far more righteous than the hanged emperor, and more suitable for the national spirit of "mountain and rivers are together, and shining with the sun and the moon".

King Li Jin with bloody eyes and tears in southern Xinjiang;

Duke Li, who is covered in white hair in Kuidong.

A descendant of the Eight Kings, a descendant of King Li Chuang.

Two thieves guarded the Ming Dynasty until the end, not sure whether it was ridiculous or sad.

I wonder how the emperor who hanged himself on the crooked tree felt after knowing it under the fountain.

Gao Youwei's poor performance made Lu Si have no hope for the Ming army to resist the Qing Dynasty, and also accelerated his determination to completely destroy the Ming Dynasty.

Even if Gaoyouwei's skin is not attached, how can the hair in Gaoyouzhou City be preserved?

There is no question of cleaning the battlefield. Lu Si just ordered the collection of weapons used and abandoned by the Ming army, and the prisoners except the officers were ignored and allowed to go home on their own.

Bao Yingchen and the others couldn't understand this, thinking that if the soldiers were not waiting for them to return, would it be like letting the tiger return to the mountain?

Lu Si asked everyone: "Are they tigers, or are you tigers? Even if they are tigers, you are also heroes who kill tigers!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment and laughed. Although they had many casualties and injuries in the fight with the officers and soldiers just now, and some even felt afraid and timid in the battle, the final victory showed that their Huai Army was the tiger. Since that is the case, what should we worry about?

When they learned that the "thieves" had actually let them go home, the captured Gaoyou Weiming soldiers were very surprised. Many of them thought that the "thieves" would kill them all to prevent future troubles.

Most of them were chosen by the Ming army to go back. Rather than being soldiers, they were people who were born and raised around Gaoyou Lake for more than 200 years.

If it weren't for the Huai Army that emerged out of thin air, these military households who had transformed into civilians would either be massacred by the Qing army next year or join the Qing army.

It’s not that Lu Si didn’t want to incorporate these more than a thousand prisoners, but Li Zicheng’s lesson was too profound. He didn’t even create the Huai Army itself. Taking over these military households that had no sense of identity with the Huai Army in their bones would only make the Huai Army more bloated, weaker, and extremely unstable.

This is not good for the Huai Army or Lu Si.

But more than a hundred Ming troops did not choose to go home. These people were determined to stay and join the Huai Army. Lu Si was really surprised when he heard Cheng Lin report the incident.

"I'm not hiding the hero, the reason why we are willing to join is just to protect our relatives." A Ming army "soldier" who had a thicker hand than Lu Si's uncle and his uncle said.

Lu Si looked at Qiao Dayin, who was more appropriate to call him a soldier or an old farmer, who was more appropriate to call him a soldier.

Sure enough, when people get older, they are naturally wise.

Protecting relatives and joining "bandits" may seem contradictory, but it is the simplest truth.

Officer Lu Si did not let them go, including Gaoyou Guard Commander Wang Hong. When Lu Si first saw this commander Wang, he felt that this person was pretty good.

The reason was that Lu Si did not see the ugly appearance of lying on Wang Hong's ancestors' blessings and eating fat and round, nor did he see the cruelty of treating the people like an ant on him. His face was also the national face that made people feel trustworthy at first glance, especially the pair of sword eyebrows that faintly exuded a soldier's temperament.

It looks like a professional soldier.

Wang Hong was captured after being injured. If the Huai Army had not captured him had been one step faster, this hereditary professional soldier who had participated in the "Pingbo Battle" might have committed suicide.

The commander of the Yiwei was a high-ranking official in the military officer system of the Ming Dynasty. He was no worse than the general. He was also the largest official captured alive by the Huai Army since its inception.

Lu Si had the idea of ​​persuading surrender, not to rely on Wang Hong to recruit the entire Gaoyouwei, but to use his name to facilitate the persuasion of surrender to Huaiyang and nearby areas to avoid unnecessary killings.

"Will you surrender me?"

"Rebel!"

"Would you like to help me?"

"Rebel!"

"I really want to die?"

"If you don't die, your ancestors will be shamed!"

As soon as they were asked and answered, they were straightforward and clear, so all the officers of Gaoyou Guard, including Wang Hong, were taken to the city of Gaoyouzhou.

Facts show that people who are both within the "system" have inexplicable hatred for those who are in the "system" leadership. Under Sun Wujin's drive, both the commander Wang Hong and the thousands and hundreds of households below, and the general bannermen all bowed their heads and moved forward obediently like cattle and sheep.

If you don't leave, those who fall behind will be beaten by scabbards.

The officers were ignited on the night road for dozens of miles. At first, they retained their last dignity one by one, especially those beaten behind. After being beaten, they would subconsciously lift their heads higher and their bodies straighter.

However, after three consecutive days, they began to instinctively urge the people in front to go faster. When the people in front were not fast, they were beaten again, the officers tied to the back of the rope began to get tired.

After a low curse, he kicked the person in front of him...

The bound and driven away team has produced a good order and a good system to maintain order.

............

“This salty duck egg is good!”

Under Gaoyou City, Lu Si peeled off a salted duck egg that Cheng Lin had brought him and took a light bite. The egg yolk was filled with water, which was really delicious. Unfortunately, there was no time to cook porridge, otherwise the salted egg and thin porridge would be like a cigarette afterwards.

Cheng Lin glanced around Gaoyouzhou City and said in surprise: "This Gaoyou City is not smaller than Huai'an Prefecture City."

"Gaoyou is a big city."

Lu Si stuffed the remaining half of the salted duck egg into his mouth and chewed it down, remembering a miscellaneous poem he learned in his previous life.

"How long is Gaoyou City? Plant wheat on the city and mulberry on the city.

In the past, it was not as good as iron, but now it is a farming site.

I hope that for tens of millions of years, all overseas will be bounded.

The mulberry is shady and the wheat is vast. In the end, there is no need for the city or the god."

This miscellaneous poem written by the Mongolian Yuan poet describes Gaoyou City. The poem says that wheat can be planted on Gaoyou City and mulberry trees are grown under the city. These two points alone are enough to be shocking.

However, it also shows from the side that Gaoyou during the Mongol Yuan period should be a Tucheng, otherwise it would be impossible for wheat to grow on the city.

It was not yet dawn, and Lu Si couldn't see clearly whether Gaoyou is now a Tucheng or a brick and stone city, but he was shocked for no reason.

He thought of the word "reincarnation".

More than two hundred years ago, a man from Yancheng County brought his brothers to Gaoyou, and defeated a million yuan army here to win over the world, and also sounded the death knell for the complete demise of the Ming Dynasty.

This person is Zhang Shicheng.

Eighty-monthly the people of Yancheng County came from Jiangnan. Their ancestors were all Zhang Shicheng's soldiers. Because they followed Zhang Shicheng to fight against the Ming Dynasty, they became "sinners" after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and were forcibly moved from the Suzhou-Xi-Chang area to Yancheng in northern Jiangsu.

Then, when Lu Si, the descendant of the Ming Dynasty "sinner" appeared under Gaoyou City with his fellow countrymen again, it seemed that it was really a cycle of reincarnation.
Chapter completed!