"I have a lot of gold and silver. As long as you let me go, I will never treat you badly!"
Shao Hongyuan naturally did not recognize the masked general in front of him.
"snort…!"
"Shao Hongyuan, you beast, I, Li Xianzhong, will never let you go!"
"Shao Hongyuan, can't you even recognize my general's voice?"
Li Mingzhong said, taking off his mask.
"You...you're not dead?"
"you……?"
When Shao Hongyuan saw Li Xianzhong in front of him again, everyone was shocked.
"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end!"
"You, the evil thief, are not dead yet, how could I, Li Xianzhong, die?"
"But let me tell you, my name is Li Mingzhong now. The 'Ming' in Ming Dynasty is no longer called Li Xianzhong!"
As Li Mingzhong spoke, he lifted Shao Hongyuan's collar with one hand.
"General Li...Li Mingzhong!"
"Before, when I was young, I was also subject to the will of that faint lord Zhao Gou, and that's why I offended you, General!"
"General, you are escorted back to Lin'an. Everything is the emperor's will!"
"It's your will!"
"Please General, please let me go!"
"Let me go!"
"Please let me go!"
Shao Hongyuan was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.
"Let you go?"
"Did you let me go then?"
"Weren't you ordered by that foolish king to slander me, Li Xianzhong, as a traitor who collaborates with the enemy?"
"Today, I, Li Mingzhong, have joined the Ming Dynasty as you wished!"
"Actually, I, Li Mingzhong, have to thank you for your support. Without you, I, Li Xianzhong, would not have met such a good monarch as our Majesty!"
"I originally repaid you all the pain you inflicted on me, Li Mingzhong, but now I am no longer angry, not angry anymore!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Li Mingzhong said, and after letting go of Shao Hongyuan, he laughed.
Ruzhou City.
"Your Majesty, General Li Mingzhong and others have arrived not far outside Ruzhou City!"
A soldier came to report to Xu Xian.
"Yeah?"
"They're back!"
"good!"
"Everyone will follow me and go to greet General Li Mingzhong immediately!"
Xu Xian was naturally very excited when he heard the news.
After all, this battle of Guangcheng Pass resulted in a great victory over the Song Army, almost wiping out the most elite unit of the Song Army.
With the addition of famous generals such as Li Mingzhong and Ma Yu, the future situation of Xu Xian's Ming regime will naturally be very good.
"General Lee!"
"Finally waiting for your return!"
"This great victory is all thanks to you, General!"
After Xu Xian left the city and saw Li Mingzhong coming back, he quickly walked over to greet him.
"where!"
"where…!"
"Everything is thanks to Your Majesty and the blessings of the soldiers!"
Li Mingzhong seemed very humble.
"Thank you for your hard work, General Li!"
"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"
"Let's go into Ruzhou City and have a drink!"
So Xu Xian led a group of generals into Ruzhou City and held the banquet again.
As for the soldiers outside the city, Xu Xian did not ignore them. Instead, he ordered people to bring out a large amount of fine wine that had been prepared in the city. He also found a large amount of kabuki music from Luoyang and performed for these soldiers outside the city.
stand up.
"General Li, you take the lead in this battle!"
"This is the first glass of wine from all of us, General Li!"
At the banquet, Xu Xian first led others to toast Li Mingzhong.
"Where...where!"
"All officers and men have merit and merit!"
"But the one who made the greatest contribution this time must be Hero Ma Yuma!"
"If Ma Yingxiong hadn't taken action, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to catch the thief Shao Hongyuan!"
Li Mingzhong finished his drink and turned his attention to Ma Yu's table.
"Thank you so much for this time, Hero Ma!"
"Thank you so much, Hero Ma!"
"Everyone joins me in giving a toast to the horse heroes!"
Xu Xian immediately started to toast Ma Yu again.
"I, Ma, have only done a small amount of my best. How can I be worthy of being so valued by Your Majesty and the generals?"
Ma Yu behaved very modestly.
"correct!"
"Ma Yingxiong, haven't you always said that you want to defect to our Majesty, but you don't have a certificate of surrender?"
"This time you captured Shao Hongyuan, the leader of the Song army's thieves. This is a big sign of surrender!"
On the side, Yang Polu held up his wine glass and smiled.
"yes!"
"I have heard of Ma Yingxiong's name a long time ago, and our Ming Dynasty regime does not need any vote of approval at all. As long as they believe in me, Xu Xian, and are willing to follow us, they are all brothers, brothers!"
"Since Yingxiong Ma has made such a great contribution, I wonder what kind of reward Yingxiong Ma wants?"
Xu Xian also turned his attention to Ma Yu not far away.
"I, Ma Yu, am not the kind of person who cares about rewards. I only want to be able to work with your Majesty to drive out the Tartars and return the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains to me. That's enough, that's enough!"
"As for the reward, I don't need it, I don't need it!"
Ma Yu responded.
"Since Yingxiong Ma is so sincere in joining us, what do you think, Military Advisor Xin?"
Xu Xian then asked Xin Qiji.
"In my opinion, Ma Yingxiong once had the title of Ma Banzhou in Ninghai. Now Ruzhou is in need of a prefect. How about letting Ma Yingxiong help you manage Ruzhou Prefecture for the time being?"
Xin Qiji suggested.
"OK!"
"Now that the Song army is defeated, we can take advantage of the opportunity to regain Tangzhou, Dengzhou and other places, and Ruzhou is extremely important as a strategic location connecting Tang, Deng, and the eastward exit!"
"Of course I feel relieved to have Ma Yingxiong take charge of Ruzhou!"
"I wonder what Ma Yingxiong thinks?"
Xu Xian asked Ma Yu.
"This...this, I, Ma Yu, just surrendered to Your Majesty, and handed over Ruzhou to my management. This really caught me, Ma, off guard!"
"Your Majesty, please be careful, be careful!"
Ma Yu is very humble.
"fine!"
"I believe Ma Yingxiong can definitely help me manage this Ruzhou City!"
"Ma Ying, please don't shirk it!"
Of course Xu Xian still valued Ma Yu very much in his heart.
"Since His Majesty has entrusted me with such an important responsibility, Ma Yu, I can no longer shirk it!"
"But before I take office as the governor of Ruzhou, I have to go back to my hometown in Ninghai. After all, my family is still there!"
Ma Yu agreed.
"Of course no problem!"
Xu Xian was very happy when he saw Ma Yu agreed.
"By the way, Your Majesty, now that Ma Yingxiong has arranged his position!"
"Then what position do you plan to assign to General Lee?"
Xin Qiji reminded Xu Xian.
"You mean General Li?"
"Now we happen to be short of a Taiwei. How about letting General Li take the post of Taiwei and control all the troops?"
Xu Xian asked everyone.
"Of course it's no problem to let General Li serve as the Taiwei!"
"But this may cause dissatisfaction with the King of Qin and the King of Liang who are fighting against the Song army!"
Xin Qiji was also outspoken.
"yes!"
"I, Li, have just surrendered to Your Majesty, how can I hold such an important position as Taiwei?"
"So please be careful, Your Majesty!"
Of course, Li Mingzhong also understood the current situation within Xu Xian's rule.