Ma Xianglin and Lu Baqun's troops were fighting each other and almost started fighting. They must be unable to complete the Pioneer's mission.

When Zhu Xieyuan heard that the two vanguard troops he had high hopes had collapsed under the enemy's attack without even touching Xiangyang City. He also argued and accused each other. He was shocked and immediately rushed here with his personal guards to investigate the matter clearly.

Zhu Xieyuan is very experienced and smart. He knew that if something happened like this, both sides would definitely shirk responsibility, refute and accuse each other, so they would not be trustworthy.

Zhu Xieyuan ordered people to separate them and interrogate them separately.

At the same time, Zhu Xieyuan also personally asked the captured Chinese army prisoners, wanting to know what was going on.

Whether it is Ma Xianglin or Lu Baqun, they have followed him for several years. Those who can get along with Zhu Xieyuan must have outstanding features. It is impossible for other troops to climb to this position by relying on luck, flattery or Zu Yin.

Zhu Xieyuan is honest, with clear rewards and punishments, and is very convinced and loved by soldiers. He is also very clear in his organization. He understands that Ma Xianglin and Lu Ban's group have the best personal abilities and ethics. It is hard to say what is wrong with them.

As a result, after investigation, Zhu Xieyuan was not willing to make a rash statement. For a while, he could not determine who was right and who was wrong, and who was right and who was wrong. However, the combat capability of the Chinese army alerted Zhu Xieyuan. The other party actually dispatched a thousand cavalrymen and attacked them. This enemy general named Li Dingguo should not be underestimated.

But this one named Li Dingguo must have emerged. He had never heard of this person's reputation before.

Zhu Xieyuan is different from other people. When he marched and fought, he paid great attention to the collection of information. For example, when others were fighting, he didn't even know who he was fighting. He was different. He would arrange a large number of night binge-shou and spies to find out about the other party's affairs.

It is not easy for his subordinates to fool Zhu Xieyuan, because he was very clear and he had to find out the position of an official above the other side's camp. Although it was difficult, his spies were working hard for this.

Therefore, many senior officers of the Chinese Army knew and knew clearly that they didn't know where this person named Li Dingguo came out. There must be no such person among the senior officers of the Chinese Army in the past.

Zhu Xieyuan couldn't help but sigh that the Chinese army was indeed a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, and there were many experts.

After this interrogation, Zhu Xieyuan did not dare to make a decision, so he had to beat fifty boards each.

Whether it is Ma Xianglin or Lu Baqun, they all defeated the war, and they had to be punished if they were defeated. This is the rule set by Zhu Xieyuan. Even if Ma Xianglin was injured and was the young master of Shizhu Chieftain, they would still be beaten with military sticks.

The two were beaten to a 50-strong military stick at the same time, dismissed on the spot, and fined 1,000 taels. However, considering that it was time to hire people, they ordered the two of them to continue to act on their posts and continue to lead the group of subordinates.

Whether it is Ma Xianglin or Lu Baqun, they are all under Zhu Xieyuan, who are capable of fighting and are good at fighting. At the same time, he is now at the right time to use people, so he can only comfort them, each hit fifty boards, and then suppress this matter.

Zhu Xieyuan originally supported the rapid development and quickly conquered Xiangyang, but since both of his vanguard troops were in trouble, he knew that Xiangyang City was already prepared and the opponent also had strong defense and attack capabilities. If he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, he would easily be taken advantage of by the opponent.

So Zhu Xieyuan gave up all his fantasies and said loudly: "Let's fight to the death in Xiangyang."

Since he was preparing for a decisive battle here, he did not dare to divide his troops, but led his army to advance together and prepare for a large-scale advancement.

Xiangyang City is a huge city that he cannot escape, but his 100,000 army can move. When his 100,000 army arrives in Xiangyang, it is the time to take this place.

Although the other party had an elite cavalry, there were only a thousand people who could do his 100,000 troops. When he thought of this, he could just crush him with all his might. This was called a one-force submission of ten.

However, when Zhu Xieyuan's army was about to set off, they looked at a group of people, wearing white clothes, holding white flags, and came to ask for a meeting.

Zhu Xieyuan knew what the other party was going to make. It was time for the soldiers to fight fiercely, so he actually sent an envoy to discuss. Zhu Xieyuan said: "The officials and thieves are incompatible, and there is nothing to talk about. They cut all these people and sent their heads back."

A general advised: "When two countries are at war, they will not beheaded."

Zhu Xieyuan said coldly: "What are the two countries? The Ming Dynasty is the country. The Liu thief is just a rebel, just a rebel. Sooner or later, he will be swept the cave by our generals, killing the nine clans, and killing them."

Zhu Xieyuan's toughness shows that just when he sent an envoy who wanted to kill the other party, his subordinates rushed to report: "You can't kill! You can't kill, this envoy has a great background."

While reading the military newspaper, Zhu Xieyuan did not raise his head and continued, "No matter who it is, he cut it down."

Zhu Xieyuan knew the other party’s intention, and the other party would not negotiate with them, but was determined to delay time, and the other party’s envoy had no other benefits except disturbing his morale. It would be better to kill him directly to show that the officials and thieves were incompatible.

His subordinates said, "You can't kill, you can't kill! The envoy is Zhu Yihe, the auxiliary general of the Xiang Palace, who is still the emperor's clan."

Zhu Xieyuan then raised his head and said, "There are still people living in the royal palace?"

His subordinates said, "I will invite him here to inquire about the city."

Zhu Xieyuan said: "There is nothing to ask about. No matter who it is, as long as you speak for the rebels, you will be killed without mercy."

Although Zhu Xieyuan made a decisive order to execute the envoy, his subordinates still dared not take action, because if they killed a traitor rebel, they would kill him as soon as they said they could. However, this was a general of the auxiliary country, who was still a member of the royal family. If he killed the person in the royal family, he would be settled by Qiu Hou. Zhu Dashui could bear it, but they could not bear it.

Zhu Xieyuan was a man of old age. When he saw the expressions of these subordinates, he knew what the other party was thinking. These responsibilities were really not something that his subordinates could bear and were willing to bear.

Others are afraid, but Zhu Xieyuan has no need to be afraid. Since he has been ordered to be the commander of the seven southern provinces, command the southern army and be responsible for suppressing the Chinese thieves, he must do his best and do his best.

As long as he can destroy the Chinese thieves, no matter what he does, he will be right. If he cannot destroy it, he will inevitably be defeated and will be wrong in the end.

The Chinese thieves are powerful and can be said to be the most vicious enemy in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. If they do not do their best and do everything possible to deal with them, they may be the ones who die.

So he had nothing to think about, and just said in one sentence: "Implement military orders."

Zhu Xieyuan was a smart man. He quickly understood the other party's intention. The other party sent the cousin of the vassal king to discuss peace, just to use these people to threaten Zhu Xieyuan's army. If Zhu Xieyuan obeyed the other party's threat and was timid, he would probably accomplish nothing and end up being able to do nothing.

In the Ming Dynasty, the fall of the vassal king was a death sentence. No one could bear it, and even the emperor was not easy to bear it.

But Xiangyang was not thrown by Zhu Xieyuan's hand, but by Fei Yangguang's hand. If you want to kill, kill Fei Yangguang.

As for the other party's wishful thinking, he wanted to use the vassal king to threaten them, so he thought too much. Zhu Xieyuan could not fall into the trap and could not obey them.

If he is worried about the hostages in the other party, he can do nothing and can only sit back and watch the other party occupy the entire Huguang and sweep the entire south.

To deal with such people, we can only ignore them. These rebels thought that they could threaten them by taking a few hostages. This is too much thinking.

I remember that during the Tumu Fort Incident, I took Emperor Yingzong hostage and prepared to enter the capital, but they were beaten up by them. In order to protect the Ming Dynasty, even the emperor and the others could ignore it, let alone these wasteful vassal kings.

As the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was extremely noble and noble, so he naturally had to pay attention to his integrity. Since they had all been thieves, that is, they were lost, let them die, let them die at the hands of thieves.

Zhu Xieyuan was a very upright person and also served as an official in many places in Jiangnan. He knew how harmful these vassal kings were to the local area. Emperor Taizu, who was granted the kings to the purpose of allowing his son to defend the world of the Ming Dynasty and enjoy wealth and glory. However, after more than two hundred years of development, these vassal kings have become a harm to the local area and have become an extremely heavy burden for the Ming court. If the Ming court did not have to pay so much salary to these vassal kings, his pressure would have been much lighter.

The burden of the Ming Dynasty was extremely heavy, with internal and external difficulties and extremely difficult, but the expenditures for these vassal kings were not small.

Because the salaries of these vassal kings are all intercepted by local taxes, and often the local government receives taxes and has been intercepted by them before they have been escorted to Taicang, Beijing.

If it was a peaceful and prosperous era, this was nothing, but now it was already such a difficult situation. These vassal kings were still not satisfied at all, and still did not reduce their treatment and wealth at all. This was like a cancer attached to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xieyuan dared not tell others that in fact, what he implemented was to reduce the burden on the Ming Dynasty. If these vassal kings died, it would reduce the pressure on the local area.

The situation in the southwest has always been turbulent and very chaotic, but after the fierce war, a large number of people lost their losses and a large amount of fields were left, which gave the local area a chance to breathe.

Zhu Xieyuan was sure that after quelling the She'an Rebellion, he could have a peaceful life in the southwest for decades.

Let Zhi be in a long-term stability and become an important vassal for the Ming Dynasty. Who knew that the rise of Chinese thieves would disrupt all his deployments and plans.
Chapter completed!