All the officers who were captive from the Qing army, from Li Rong to the captain, were gathered together, tied their hands behind their backs, and tied them to their necks with a rope one by one. Their servants and personal soldiers were also picked out and tied to several other ropes in the same way.

According to the convention of the Ming and Qing armies in this era, if Li Rong refused to surrender, his trusted officers and soldiers would basically not surrender, so the fate of these people was only a dead end.

Chen Wen did not intend to let Li Rong go, especially from the defeated soldiers of the Ming army in the Battle of Siming Mountain, knowing that Li Rong was the chief general of the Qing army during that war. Even if it was not the culprit of the Ming army's disastrous defeat like Wang Sheng, he still needed to use this person's head to cheer up the people of the Ming army in Zhejiang, which had not been wiped out by the Qing army this time, so as to prevent them from surrendering to the Qing Dynasty in fear.

Chen Wen still heard about the emperor's loyalty chain, for example, if he did not try his best to eliminate the bad habits of the feudal army, he should now be a soldier who is loyal to the captain, the captain is loyal to the captain, the captain is loyal to the chief of the whistle, and the chief of the whistle will be loyal to the general Qian, and the general Qian will be loyal to him again.

Although such an army is more conducive to the growth of a general into an independent warlord, it is incompatible with the existence of the nation-state, modern and modern army, Chen Wen, who has always longed for and regarded it as a life-saving remedy, which is exactly what he hates.

Since Li Rong was bound to die, these officers and personal soldiers had no choice but to die. So after he ordered people to search, he dispersed their supervision to prevent trouble.

Among the prisoners, Chen Wen selected some auxiliary soldiers who seemed to be very afraid of the Ming army or felt more honest. After they asked them to whip over a Qing army officer who had just taken the lead in causing trouble, they started to pull a cart under the supervision of the temporary auxiliary soldiers. In Chen Wen's words, if you want to live, you must let him see your use to the Ming army.

After receiving this promise, the selected auxiliary soldiers immediately began to show their usefulness with great joy. Even if they were arranged to pull the cart, they were not disgusted. The unselected auxiliary soldiers also ignited a glimmer of hope after getting the information that they could survive if they were useful.

The remaining soldiers were assigned a rope for every ten people. Among them were murderers who killed the Ming army and the people. However, Chen Wen did not have the time to identify them here. Just like the Qing army that was identified by Zhang Jun, he did not choose to execute them directly. However, it did not mean that they could escape the trial, because Chen Wen had come up with a new trick.

Under the supervision of the spear and blade of the Nantang camp, the Qing army's prisoners were obediently tied up by auxiliary soldiers and fire soldiers, and most of the seized spoils were loaded. Of course, the fallen soldiers of the Ming army were temporarily wrapped in straw mats and placed in the carriage. After arriving in the occupied area of ​​the Ming army, they were buried with a grand ceremony. The injured soldiers were also sitting on the carriage for transportation.

I think I have to thank Li Rong again. If he hadn't been the idea of ​​getting benefits from the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, so he had brought so many empty cars, how could the dead soldiers' bodies and wounded soldiers be loaded into the car?

"Li Rong gave the carriage here"

So, Chen Wen, who firmly believed that he would have to pay off his work, set a reward for Li Rong next to the sign that was still stuck on the road with the words "Those who cross the line die, don't say that he is not prepared for it." This is also considered to be a wooden sign with these seven ink words for his good deeds, which has been famous for his future generations.

Just as Chen Wen erected the monument for Li Rong, Li Ruixin also rushed back. Strangely, Li Ruixin was not riding on the horse at this moment, but instead returned on foot with a Qing army officer. Even the officer was not tied up, but just followed Li Ruixin on foot.

What is the way this is?

It should be noted that Li Rong, the deputy general of the Lunar Battalion, was tied up by the cavalry and handed over to Chen Wen. Could it be that this officer has a higher status than Li Rong? He is not Tian Xiong.

"General, I beg you to speak with me."

Chen Wen glanced at the Qing army officer. Li Ruixin's expression was very strange and he did not act like his usual style. It was obviously related to this Qing army officer.

Chen Wen and Li Ruixin, full of doubt, came to the stream. As soon as they got there, Li Ruixin actually fell to the ground and kept kowtowing.

"Brother Li, what are you doing? Let's talk about something."

For Li Ruixin and Wu Dengke, who became familiar with him when he was white, Chen Wen always regarded his brothers when he was not an outsider, just like when he met him. On the one hand, this is to win people's hearts, but more of it is out of habit.

"General, I beg the general to spare the Qing army officer."

Chen Wen knew that Li Ruixin's experience made him hate those Green Camp soldiers or the traitors of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. During the days he lived in the town at the foot of Dalan Mountain, he even kept coming out to attack the lonely Green Camp soldiers. Why did he plead for the officer who did not look like a senior general? This surprised Chen Wen.

After helping Li Ruixin up, Chen Wen immediately asked: "Brother Li, please make clear the matter. Only then can I decide how to deal with this person."

Hearing Chen Wen's question, Li Ruixin quickly gave Chen Wen a brief report on what Xu Lei had told him, but just kept it from Xu Lei asking about Chen Wen's details on the road.

After listening to this story, Chen Wen was even more surprised. After Chen Wen had heard of Li Ruixin's past, he decided that his family was impossible to survive in such a mess. However, Li Ruixin's words were earnest, obviously believing the words of the Qing army officer.

In Chen Wen's impression, although Li Ruixin is a bit arrogant on weekdays, he is also a very opinionated person. Otherwise, he would have rejected so many military generals in recent years, and in the end he was willing to become his subordinate who was still white at the time. Chen Wen believed that Li Ruixin would not lie to him, and there was no need to lie to him, otherwise he would have let this guy go privately, and no one would know that since he brought him back, it was obviously a choice that was made out of loyalty.

Looking back on how we have been together these days, especially the details of Sun Yu privately chasing Chu Suxian that day that Sun Yu mentioned to Chen Wen a few days ago, which made it difficult for Chen Wen to say no.

Loyalty requires reward. Chen Wen can understand this truth, even in modern society, this is normal. However, today he can open a back door for Li Ruixin, and tomorrow there will be someone who will disobey the military orders based on his merits, which will inevitably happen, especially after such a great victory.

Military discipline is still human favor. Chen Wen's rationality believes that he will definitely choose the former, but people are by no means cold machinery. Li Ruixin's long-term loyalty and courage have touched Chen Wen too much. If his indifference caused the mother and daughter of the Li family to die in a bad life, Chen Wen felt that he could no longer face Li Ruixin.

Forget it, let's figure out whether what the guy said is true or false. After all, the authorities are confused and bystanders are clear. Li Ruixin's judgment ability is affected by the surprise of his relatives' escape and the subsequent family affection. Although this situation will make Li Ruixin even more sad, it is better than the sudden disappointment after hopes for a long time.

"Brother Li, let that guy come over. I will see how credible what he said."

Hearing this, Li Ruixin didn't even care about courtesy and hurriedly pulled Xu Lei, who was being taken care of by several Ming soldiers.

"I heard that Mr. Xu Qian's brother-in-law is Mr. Li Qian's brother-in-law?"

At this moment, Chen Wen sat on a stool that Zhang Jun got from somewhere, and asked Xu Lei with a smile on his face. There are many ways to identify whether a person is lying in modern times. Although Chen Wen can't remember too much, it should be enough here. After all, the concept of psychology has not been proposed yet, and people rely more on experience to identify lies.

However, at this moment, Xu Lei would never dare to believe Chen Wen's smile-provoking face. The scene of Chen Wen moving forward against the artillery fire just now really shocked him. Xu Lei has not seen brave generals in recent years. Not to mention the distance, he had followed the general like Huang Degong, who was famous for his bravery in the late Ming Dynasty, but on this narrow road, he was the only one who stood in the first row to move forward against the artillery fire.

At this moment, Chen Wen was clearly a monster who could turn against others at any time in Xu Lei's eyes, because most of the brave generals have had bad tempers since ancient times. Huang Degong dared to even tear up the imperial edict back then. Now this person is more ruthless than Huang Degong, but he is afraid that his temper will be more moody. Otherwise, how could he suppress his "brother-in-law" who is extremely brave?

"The villain has met Marshal Chen." As he said that, Xu Lei fell to the ground and kowtowed respectfully, not much worse than when he met Tian Xiong.

However, Chen Wen has always maintained the modern view of the etiquette of kowtow. Whether he kowtows to others or kowtows to him, he will feel a little uncomfortable. So he was too lazy to exchange greetings and began to ask about the situation of the Li family’s mother and daughter directly.

Chen Wen seemed quite impatient with Xu Lei's respect, but Xu Lei misunderstood it as a precursor to the desperation that this outlaw was about to turn against him. Seeing this, Xu Lei immediately took out the words he said to Li Ruixin again and began to tell Chen Wen about the "love story" between him and the Li girl.

Chen Wen never expected that when he used his love story to fool Li Ruixin, he was fooled by Li Ruixin's brother-in-law with his love story. It was a blessing in disguise.

After hearing this, Chen Wen kept staring at Xu Lei's eyes. If we look at the judgment methods of later generations, we should be telling the truth, but he didn't know whether these words were Xu Lei's conversations with Li Ruixin, or the reality he recalled.

After a plan failed, Chen Wen had another plan. After Xu Lei finished speaking, he began to ask questions over and over again, and did not give Xu Lei time to think. After one question was asked, the next question was immediately answered, and then asked the previous question backwards. It was clearly the way to interrogate the prisoner in the TV series.

After asking a while, although Xu Lei did not perform well in some places, Chen Wen believed some of his words, but Chen Wen expressed doubts in the details. Next, Chen Wen asked about some habits and characteristics of Li’s mother and Li’s younger sister, so that Li Ruixin could identify them. Although most of Xu Lei’s answers had to recall a moment before, he only missed one or two places, and was not that wrong.

It seems that Li Ruixin's mother and younger sister should have survived. While Chen Wen was happy for Li Ruixin, he found that the problem once again came back to him - is it military discipline or favor, or is this guy letting go or not?

Seeing that he could not find any questions to ask, Chen Wen, who brought him into a dead end, was still unable to make a decision. He knew very well that this was impossible to hesitate. It was related to Li Ruixin's only two living relatives. Hesitation for a moment may affect their future relationship, so Chen Wen decided to change the topic.

"Mr. Xu Qian's answer will be quite satisfied, but there is still something that Mr. Xu Qian can solve the problem for me?"

The previous answer really consumed a lot of Xu Lei's mental and mental power. After getting a pretty satisfactory result from Chen Wen, Xu Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but seeing the victory in sight, he would never dare to take it lightly.

"It is a villain's honor to ask Chen Dashu, and he really can't solve the problem."

"Then please tell me the details of the battle on the banks of Siming Lake. How about it?"

Battle of Siming Lake?

Neither Li Ruixin nor Xu Lei, neither of them expected that Chen Wen's thinking would jump to this point. Even Zhang Jun, who was always next to him, was stunned when he heard this question.

However, this kind of surprise only appeared on Xu Lei and disappeared without a trace. Instead, he replaced these with a look of horror, You Sheng's previous look - the Simingshan coalition was wiped out. According to common sense, at this moment, just when the outlaw general who had just won a great victory revenges on the Qing army, would Xu Lei be the first victim?

Xu Lei did not dare to beg for mercy. He knew that begging for mercy was useless. The only way to make Chen Wen divert his attention from him was to explain the details of the Battle of Siming Lake clearly as required, and at the same time highlight some goals that can arouse hatred. Xu Lei had already thought about these goals, so he decided to hand over the arduous task of attracting hatred to Li Rong and Wang Sheng.

"As soon as Marshal Chen heard the news, the villain should know everything he said..."

Next, Xu Lei told Chen Wen in detail the beginning, process and results of the Battle of Siming Lake. Among them, Wang Sheng collaborated with the enemy, Li Rong's promotion of the left camp's main attack, Wang Sheng's turnaround at the battle, and Xu Lei gave several close-up shots. This narrative story tells the story even more exciting than the storyteller who was a stolen master in Dalan Town. I really don't know if this guy did this when he was a personal soldier in Tian Xiong's army.

However, the death of Huang Zhongdao and Fang Shujie still hurt Chen Wenshen. He had only met Huang Zhongdao for several times. Huang Zhongdao not only told him a lot of the combat methods and battlefield experiences of the army in this era, but also had the feeling of giving guns. And that Fang Shujie was an opponent of the two. Chen Wen even deliberately fought against the Central Camp with a disadvantaged force in order to fight for the command of the army to Jinhua south, and finally defeated him. But what Chen Wen did not expect was that this Fang guard would resolutely choose to attack Li Rong's general flag when the entire army collapsed, and finally sternly refused Li Rong's recruitment and was brutally killed.

Hearing all this, Chen Wen felt difficulty breathing, as if he had fallen into a deep pool. He could neither see the hope of surface, nor step on the bottom of the deep pool. But at this moment, Xu Lei immediately shook his burden out, and the time was just right.

"... Although the villain was in the camp, he did not dare to forget his identity as a Han Chinese for a day. In this battle, Governor Liu, Governor Huang and others sacrificed their lives for the country. Even Wang Jingluo was captured with all his might. The villain was cowardly and did not dare to rescue him, but he also knew that the officers guarding Wang Jingluo were very good at serving him, which was also a sign of a heart."

Wang Yi is not dead?

This answer really put Chen Wen in a hurry, not only Chen Wen, but also Li Ruixin and Zhang Jun.

Chen Wen has no God's perspective. His previous understanding of the Battle of Siming Lake comes from Wang Xiuquan's narrative when he reported the message and the confessions of the defeated soldiers. Since these people were not captured by the Qing army, they obviously escaped quickly. How could they, who had already escaped, know Wang Yi's whereabouts in the end?

Wang Yi did not die, and this news is indeed worthy of the joy of the people of Dalanshan. However, Chen Wen knew very well that Wang Yi died heroically in history. Like Zhang Huangyan and Feng Jingdi, the civil officials of the Lu State system, he would never surrender to the Qing army. So for Wang Yi, he was actually only a dead end to be captured.

So, whether Xu Lei is the one who is willing to let go, and whether to use Li Rong to exchange Wang Yi back, these two problems have become the problems that Chen Wen must solve at this moment!
Chapter completed!