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Zhang Qiao caught it.

Song Ren was shocked when he heard this.

"Take him into the dungeon of the Governor's Mansion and keep him under strict guard. Don't let this person escape."

With a promise, Mo Zheng locked Zhang Qiao into the prison himself, and hung his back-cut arm on the wall with a thick cable twisted with several strands of cowhide bands. Only at ease.

Once Zhang Qiao is captured, the matter of persuading him to surrender can be put on the agenda.

Before that, Song Yan had already sent Yan back to the guard in the city several times to Ma Yuan's camp. He wanted to explain the misunderstanding with him and tell him the truth about Xiao Yucheng's murder, so that Ma Yuan would know his way back and stop following the real enemy. Rebellion.It's a pity that Ma Yuan was overwhelmed with grief because of Xiao Yucheng's death, and he didn't listen to others at all. He was eccentric and changeable, moody, and now he lost his mind even more, blinded by hatred, and refused to believe anyone who spoke , just holding on to the prejudice identified in the past, and going to a dead end.

Without exception, the guards sent to persuade Ma Yuan to surrender were captured without even seeing Ma Yuan's face. He forcibly shaved off half of his hair, stripped off his robe, whipped him, and threw him back into the city. .

From then on, no one was willing to go to Ma Yuan to persuade him to surrender. Even if Song Ju issued a strict order, the generals would rather go out and disobey orders than provoke Ma Yuan, the black-faced god.

Think about it too.At this time, those in Yanhui City were all generals and lieutenants with names and surnames who had been in the army for many years, held high positions, and commanded tens of thousands of brothers under their command. They were humiliated by Ma Yuan again and again, You also have to be able to not fight back when you hit or scold you. Even if someone cuts your hair, you have to be happy and not say "no" halfway, so that everyone will have to worry about it.Let the soldiers under him see, what face do they have?No one is willing to go, and it makes sense.

This time it was difficult for Song Ruo, as the coach, he naturally couldn't go in person for this kind of matchmaking.Ma Yuan was very tight-lipped. He killed Xiao Yucheng because he was killed by Emperor Hongyou. When he heard half of the word "Song", his teeth itch with hatred. Those who went to persuade them to surrender were all beaten back by Ma Yuan before they even opened their mouths. , Don't mention any explanations, persuasion, Ma Yuan refused to agree to even a serious meeting or talking.

In the past, there were no witnesses, and there was no basis for their words. It was indeed a bit flimsy. It is no wonder that Ma Yuan misunderstood their deliberate sophistry.But today is different, with Zhang Qiao captured and important witnesses, their confidence is much stronger. I believe they will be able to convince Ma Yuan and make him change his mind.

Song Ren couldn't wait to order to go down and interrogate Zhang Qiao. After taking the confession, he asked Sima Hong to take Ma Yuan with him quietly.

Fearing that Sima Hong would not go, Song Bian started talking with him a few days in advance, and promised him many benefits, and promised him that if the matter was completed, he would be transferred to the capital as an errand, so that he would no longer have to stay in the lonely city, but stayed in Yanhui city .

Sima Hong couldn't help laughing: "Your Highness, don't worry. Isn't it just a little bit of anger? As long as Ma Yuan can be persuaded to turn around and stop rebelling with Feng Kui, and guard Dongli's great rivers and mountains. If the last general's hair is all plucked by him, And willingly."

Song Ru also smiled and said: "General Sima has a heart of mountains and rivers, he is dedicated to serving the country, and he is willing to suffer such hardships. Song Ru is really grateful."

Sima Hong waved his hands again and again, and the two of them were polite to each other for a long time, and they both laughed.

Having been together for more than a year, Sima Hong admired Song Bi's personality, and Song Bi also cherished Sima Hong and others.Thousands of gold are easy to get, but generals are hard to find, especially generals like Sima Hong and Nie Pengcheng who use soldiers like gods, are bold and upright, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and there are very few of them.

They cherish each other, and after a few tough battles, they have gained a sense of camaraderie. It's really awkward to be so bureaucratic to a brother who can entrust life and death to each other.

Song Ren and Sima Hong couldn't help laughing, putting aside distracting thoughts, and focused on discussing how to persuade Ma Yuan to surrender.

After more than three months, and the end of summer, Sima Hong finally met Ma Yuan after a lot of effort.

At this time, Feng Kui and Song Bin went through several fierce battles, and all of them ended in Song Bin's overwhelming victory.For a while, Song Ren became famous in the army. Regardless of whether the rebels or the soldiers and civilians in Yanhui City, whenever Song Ren was mentioned, they all said that he was the God of War of Dongli's new generation after Xiao Yucheng.

The situation of the rebel army became more and more urgent. Feng Kui's men and horses, after fleeing and fleeing, were severely damaged, and there were only more than [-] people left. Even Ma Yuan, because of the mountain torrents caused by Nie Pengcheng last time, After being severely flooded for a while, his vitality was severely injured, and he was not as good as before.

If the fight continues, the two sides will definitely fight each other to the death. If it is said that the rebels had an absolute advantage in the past, they will undoubtedly win.Then at this time, after more than a year of fighting by Song Ru and others, the situation has completely reversed. The balance of victory has tilted to Song Ru's side, and Feng Kui will definitely lose.

Although Ma Yuan is eccentric, he is not a fool. He has led troops for many years, so he can naturally tell who is beneficial in the current situation.Feng Kui's situation is over, and now he is just lingering on his last days, and if he gets involved with Feng Kui again, he has to think carefully about how to do things in the future, so as to keep his 15 men and horses from being dragged to death by Song Ren .

At this moment Sima Hong came to see him, Ma Yuan ordered him to be driven out of the camp without thinking about it.Sima Hong was not willing to give up. He came several times and was rejected several times. Finally, he asked someone to send in a message, saying that he had important witnesses, which could prove that Xiao Yucheng was not killed by Emperor Hongyou. This moved Ma Yuan , into the camp.

When Ma Yuan saw Sima Hong, naturally he didn't have a good face. Sima Hong was a loyal man, and he wanted to seek peace, but he didn't feel neglected. He told Song Ren's words truthfully. At first, Ma Yuan refused to believe it, and even spoke out Juse reprimanded Song Ren, saying that he was talking nonsense.When Zhang Qiao was mentioned later, Ma Yuan's expression softened. After listening to Sima Hong's words, he pondered for a while and said, "Let Song Ju bring Zhang Qiao to see me personally, otherwise we won't talk about it!"

Sima Hong's face darkened when he heard the words, how could Song Ren, with his body of a thousand gold, sneak into the enemy's camp and put himself in danger?He wanted to refuse immediately, but it was not easy for him to meet Ma Yuan. If he returned without success, it would be difficult to see Song Bin, so why not take a step back, say something alive, go back and ask Song Bin what he meant, and then It is not too late to reply Ma Yuan.

Promise now, and you must bring the words back when you say it.After bidding farewell to Ma Yuan, he sneaked out of the camp along the original road, made a big circle, turned on the mountain path, and returned to Yanhui city from the back mountain.Ma Yuan was not ashamed of Feng Kui's character, so he deliberately chose such a mountain pass when camping, which was far away from Feng Kui's handsome camp, but it made it easier for Song Ren and the others to persuade them to surrender.

After Sima Hong returned to the city, he hurriedly said what Ma Yuan had said. Song Bi thought about it for a moment, and then said, "It's enough to be alone."

I had long wanted to know who this General Ma was. I had heard of his name in Beijing, and everyone said that he was indistinguishable from Xiao Yucheng, both in martial arts and in leading troops, he was a first-class talent.It's just that this person's temperament is too withdrawn, and his eyes are clean. Except for those he can see, the rest of the people wait for Ma Yuan. Compared with Xiao Yucheng, who is generous and open-minded, his popularity and prestige are higher. Naturally, there is a lot worse, so when Yulong Pass is mentioned these years, people only praise Xiao Yucheng, but few people mention this Ma Yuan, even if he has made great military exploits like Xiao Yucheng, After all, it's a bit short of reputation.

Nie Pengcheng refused to let Song Ren go, "This matter is too dangerous, who knows what Ma Yuan is planning? In case he is ulterior motives, he will meet with us while secretly plotting with Feng Kui to lure His Highness into him. In the camp, if they were captured in one fell swoop, wouldn’t we be rushing to die? No way. I don’t agree with your Highness going down.”

Sima Hong also asked Song Bin to think about it again, "The last general also disagrees. Your Highness is the coach and the prince. He has a very high status, so how can he take risks easily. Let me leave this matter to the late general, and let me grind with him slowly." Go, one day does not make a month, and one month does not make a year, I believe that one day, Ma Yuan will be able to make Ma Yuan believe in our words."

Ruan Yunqing didn't want Song Bin to go, but he understood Song Bin's difficulties, and knew that it would be impossible not to go this time.So he just pursed his lips and said nothing, secretly thinking of a good plan.

Song Yan also shook his head and said, "I'm afraid we won't be able to wait. There is not much food and grass left in the city. Gu wrote a letter back to the court to urge food the day before yesterday. Unexpectedly, more than half a month later, that letter disappeared without a reply. It's coming. There must be a major event in the court, otherwise it will never be like this. I'm afraid that if we drag on, some bad news will come from the court before our food and grass are exhausted. Difficult to care about, but really passive."

Sima Hong and Nie Pengcheng looked at each other, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, what bad news can there be?"

Song Ru was silent for a while, before he said: "I'm afraid that my father will ask us to make peace with Feng Kui because this battle has dragged on for too long."

"What?" Sima Hong's eyes widened, "We have fought hard for two years and lost so many brothers, and finally fought to the point where we are now. Seeing that we are about to win, the gang of dog officials in the court want us to negotiate peace ?”

"I won't do it!" Nie Pengcheng slammed his fist on the table, "Are you kidding us? A shitty peace negotiation, unless I die, don't expect me to negotiate peace with that Feng Kui!"

Song Fu couldn't help but smiled wryly, he had worked so hard until now, if he didn't capture Feng Kui alive, how could he be reconciled.But something must have happened in the court, Song Ren is very sure of this.He hadn't heard from Gu Yuanwu for several months, and when they were fighting Feng Kui's rebels to death, Gu Yuanwu suddenly cut off the news.

In the past two years, almost every ten days, Gu Yuanwu would write the developments in the court into the secret book, and asked his subordinates to take them to Yanhui City for Song Ren to have a look.This includes the transfer of personnel in the court, the movements of the empress and concubine Shu Gui, and other miscellaneous things, all of which are included so that Song Ren can keep abreast of the situation in the court when he is far away on the battlefield, so that he can know himself and the enemy , in order to prevent Queen Wei and others from making any changes while Song Bi was not in the court.

Now Gu Yuanwu suddenly cut off the news, not only that, even Ruan Yunqing hadn't received a letter from Ruan Baosheng for a long time.Song Ren was even more uneasy, he faintly felt ominous, there must be a major event in the court, and Gu Yuanwu and Ruan Baosheng were probably more ominous, otherwise, with their cautious and meticulous temperament, it would be impossible for them to break up without any reason. got in touch.

The matter of the rebels had to be resolved quickly. Song Ren didn't dare to delay any longer. After thinking for a while, he hurriedly said to Sima Hong, "Go and answer Ma Yuan, and tell him that after Gu three days, Zhang Qiao will be taken to cut plums on the west mountain of Huziling." Poe see him."