Liu Wenxiu is good at stabilizing the morale of the army, which is why Zhang Xianzhong transferred him over. However, because of this, he knows more than anyone else about the morale of the army today!

It would be fine if Li Dingguo did not surrender, but with Li Dingguo's surrender and he personally came to Wuchang City to persuade him to surrender, which would have a greater impact on the morale of the army in Wuchang City!

If you insist on not surrendering, Wuchang City would not be able to be defended under the attack of the imperial government army.

But now, there is a chance. Li Laiheng and Li Dingguo are role models!

Thinking of this, Liu Wenxiu sighed in her heart and finally spoke to Li Dingguo: "We have surrendered!"

When Li Dingguo heard this, he was very happy and immediately responded: "Wenxiu, then we can still serve the country together and see who will win the title of his wife and son first!"

After saying that, he came to his senses and immediately asked in surprise: "Where is the adoptive father, isn't the adoptive father in the city?"

After hearing this, Liu Wenxiu shook her head and said, "The adoptive father transferred me back urgently, but he went to Hanyang!"

When Li Dingguo heard this, he immediately turned his horse's head and drove the horse to Li Dingguo and reported: "There are only Liu Wenxiu's men in the city, and he is willing to surrender to the court and serve the country. My adopted father is no longer in the city, so he goes to Hanyang Prefecture."

Zhang Mingwei was overjoyed when he heard this. Wuchang Mansion went down without a fight, and Liu Wenxiu accepted the invitation. This result was what he most wanted to see. As for Zhang Xianzhong ran away, he didn't care much.

So he immediately sent an order to make Zhou Yuji prepare to accept Liu Wenxiu's surrender.

It’s not that he didn’t want to send troops to pursue Zhang Xianzhong anymore, but that after launching a sudden attack from Huangzhou Prefecture, he rushed forward all the way and fought to the bottom of Wuchang City. The bandits who surrendered along the way, plus the ones in Wuchang Prefecture, were probably more than 300,000.

Zhang Mingwei's troops are only about 50,000, so they can't be sluggish. Otherwise, if there is a problem, the consequences will be unimaginable and will be turned over.

We must first settle down the bandits who are recruited and wait for other imperial officials to come to Wuchang Prefecture to meet before we can continue to advance westward to pursue Zhang Xianzhong's troops. Anyway, we should drive Zhang Xianzhong westward, and then catch all bandits and rebels in the jar. This is the most ideal situation.

Not long after, Liu Wenxiu brought the highest-level generals in the city, without weapons, to meet Duke Xingguo.

This time, although it was not as exaggerated as Li Dingguo, it was not much worse.

Zhang Mingwei dismounted, and was surrounded by the generals, and said loudly: "Wenxiu has a kind heart, avoids military disasters, and gives peace to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Such a move of abandoning darkness and turning to the light will definitely be praised by the people!"

Liu Wenxiu didn't expect that before he could say anything to apologize, the powerful Duke Xingguo, who was in power, actually praised him. Suddenly, he felt grateful and no longer regretted the idea of ​​making the decision to surrender, and quickly apologized humbly.

Beside the Duke, Li Dingguo was there. He was also happy and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Just like that, Wuchang Prefecture went down without fighting. The bandits in the city saw Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo patrolling the whole city, which made them feel very at ease.

As a result, the entire process of accepting recruitment was extremely smooth.

Two days later, he did not take back the reward at night and said that Zhang Xianzhong was indeed in Hanyang Mansion.

Although the registration of the reorganization of the thieves here is still in progress, generals at all levels have asked for battle, wanting to pursue Zhang Xianzhong. Even Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo have asked for battle to Zhang Mingwei, wanting to persuade Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves to surrender.

After Zhang Mingwei thought for a while, he sent Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu to pursue him, and Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were with him. It would be a good thing to convince Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves to accept the recruitment. However, according to his opinion, Zhang Xianzhong should be a stubborn person and could not accept the recruitment.

As for Zhang Mingwei himself, it’s not that he doesn’t want to go to Hanyang, but that there are too many things.

Although he went down without a fight, there were too many thieves who received the recruitment, and there were more things he needed to make. There were too many requests for the thieves who reported to them, those who wanted to return to their hometown to work as farmers, those who wanted to continue fighting, whether to go to farm or join the war, etc., including coordinating local governments, contacting the prince in Nanjing, and logistics affairs, etc.

Especially now, October is already here, and the cold air coming from the north is coming one after another, and it is time for the entire army to change their military uniforms.

Perhaps for others, if you can make do with this kind of thing, just make do with it first. However, Zhang Mingwei didn't think so. If he wants the soldiers to fight bravely, he must at least ensure their logistics.

Fortunately, with his power and the money collected from Yangzhou, it is OK to ensure that these are all right.

In addition, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong's troops were about to arrive at Wuchang Prefecture. Zhang Mingwei also had to review their two armies, and those who should be reorganized must be reorganized. The Jinyiwei's lieutenant also had to be placed in large quantities in their army, so that the organization of all the troops that could fight in the court was the same as the imperial army he led. At least the Jinyiwei was at the level of the general flag, and the ruler no longer had the final say in everything.

Only in this way can we control these imperial troops that have been out of place for a long time.

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Two days later, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo led their troops to Wuchang Prefecture one after another.

To be honest, before, they were a little disdainful of the tactics of Duke Xingguo's military orders that they should advance slowly and steadily and focus on attacking the mind and fighting.

I think that Zhang Xianzhong's troops are all old thieves. If they can defeat these thieves so simply, it is basically impossible for them to accept the recruitment.

You should know that Zhang Xianzhong's troops had just received revenge in Gucheng before, and then rebelled again, which caused Xiong Wencan, the governor who was in charge of revenge at that time, to behead him in the city.

However, the situation that followed surprised both of them.

At first, they were very surprised that the effect of such a mental battle was so good. They said casually that the morale of the bandits was unstable. But they soon learned that there had been an internal supporter of the court in the bandits' army, and that Duke Xingguo sent it half a year ago.

Seeing that the situation seemed to be very smooth, they were of course happy. However, they never expected that suddenly, the bandits retreated in large numbers, and then they raised their troops to chase them.

As a result, before they could catch up with Wuchang Prefecture, news came that Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu had both accepted the recruitment, and the thieves, including Wuchang Prefecture, were all undergoing reorganization, but did not make any requests to lead the original troops, etc.

This means that the thieves really accepted the recruitment. The battle, which originally thought was huge, ended quietly.

Whether it was Liu Liangzuo or Huang Degong, he had witnessed the power of Duke Xingguo with his own eyes. Therefore, he came over and asked Duke Xingguo to meet him without any negligence.

Even their immediate boss, Lu Jiude, the eunuch in charge who was hiding behind them, rushed over and finally went with them to meet Duke Xingguo.

Lu Jiude was originally a faction of Wang Zhixin. He was sent by Wang Zhixin and always held the Beijing camp. Later, he was the power to supervise the imperial army in Fengyang, south.

However, when the King's Heart was first settled, Lu Jiude was pardoned for his military achievements.

Even so, Lu Jiude was still frightened when he saw Duke Xingguo, and he didn't know how to change his thighs.

Now that he has the opportunity to win, he will naturally not let it go. The compliments to Zhang Mingwei made Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong stunned.

The eunuch in the palace who was originally majestic in front of them actually had such a side?

If they were in the capital, they would not be surprised by this situation. Because as long as they were from the palace, regardless of their status, they would be similar whenever they met Duke Xingguo.

Originally, no matter who it was, the court would definitely not be happy to send so many Jinyiwei to their army. Even Huang Degong, who had no wrong thoughts, would be the same.

However, after seeing these, they didn't even dare to make a fuck. Whatever Duke Xingguo said was what.

So, in this way, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered inside and outside Wuchang Prefecture, all of whom were reorganized, but did not cause any riots.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how powerful Zhang Mingwei is, he will not be able to arrange so many people.

However, it happened that Wuchang Prefecture was the land where the King of Chu was born, which was passed down from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Although the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years was snatched by Zhang Xianzhong, fixed assets could not be snatched away, including the land.

With the experience in Kaifeng, and the original King of Chu was killed, Zhang Xianzhong destroyed the family. Needless to say, the land that originally belonged to the King of Chu could be used to settle most of the thieves.

However, this matter is too big, involving local gentry, and having experience in Kaifeng, it is definitely necessary to take charge of a heavyweight figure.

Zhang Mingwei himself had to continue pursuing Zhang Xianzhong's troops and go to Shu to fight. It was impossible for him to stay here for a long time. But there was one person suitable, which was the prince in Jinling.

But it will take time for the prince to come here.

Just when Zhang Mingwei was busy in Wuchang Mansion, news from the front line was also coming one by one.

Ainengqi was persuaded by Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu and led his subordinates to accept the recruitment. Of course, this is good news.

Then, Sun Kewang also surrendered. This was another good news, and it also stimulated the pursuit of the imperial government. Now there are only Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and this great achievement depends on who will fall in!

However, perhaps it was too smooth. In order to win the merits, Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu couldn't wait to place the newly surrendered thief, so they went to chase Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong ambushed Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu halfway. Before they could stabilize their positions, Sun Kewang, who had surrendered before, suddenly killed Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu and defeated the whole army.
Chapter completed!