Just when Li Zicheng and his team were planning to capture Wang Jiayin and present it to the official army for surrender, Tang Feng, who was in the camp outside the city, received an order to eliminate the anti-army immediately.

More than half a month has passed since Tang Feng came to Henan to quell the rebellion. The court finally learned about his strategy of leading his army to attack Shangqiu through the local government and secret spies from the East Factory. When he learned that he had just sent a surrender army with equal combat power to attack the city and left the Liaodong army in the camp, some people in the court began to say that he was wrong.

Chongzhen had no longer trusted Tang Feng, but now when he heard that he had made such a decision, he could not tolerate it. So he immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering him to capture Shangqiu within five days after receiving the edict, otherwise there would be severe punishment.

After receiving the imperial edict, Tang Feng locked himself in the tent and saw no one else. A day later, when he walked out again, he immediately ordered the Liaodong army to replace the Henan army and start attacking Shangqiu City. In fact, everyone understood that after a long period of siege, the defense power of the anti-army in the city had been greatly reduced. Even if the Liaodong army was not sent, as long as the three armies of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan teamed up to attack the city at the same time, the small city could not hold on.

But when they saw Tang Feng's gloomy face, no one dared to say anything. They could see that Tang Feng was extremely angry. In fact, after this period of experience, they also understood Tang Feng's good intentions. In just half a month, these military officers and surrendered troops, which had limited combat power, had greatly improved. It seems that Tang Feng's strategy is still very suitable. But since the court has issued an order, of course, everyone can no longer sing the opposite tune and have to act according to their orders.

The Liaodong Army has been so suffocated these days that it has been so hard that it has been watching others constantly on the battlefield, but it is just watching from behind. If it weren't for the military orders, they would have stopped doing it long ago. Now it's finally my turn to show off. The soldiers are very fighting spirit and line up to prepare after breakfast.

But just when the army was about to launch a strong attack, the gate of Shangqiu City suddenly opened, and the anti-army immediately escorted Wang Jiayin and stepped out, raising the flag of surrender. This really surprised Wu Sangui and others who were preparing to rush forward. However, the matter was too big, and they did not dare to make a decision, so they had to report to Tang Feng and let him decide.

Tang Feng had a gloomy face after making the decision to attack the city with the Liaodong army today. He knew that the court had already attacked him. Once Shangqiu took it, he would naturally recruit himself back to the capital, and it would be hard to say what would happen. But now the entire army has not yet been fully grasped, and he dared not take the risk of doing something against him, so he had to take one step at a time. Just as he was thinking about how to fight back in the tent, personal soldiers came in to report the surrender of the anti-army in the city.

"There is such a thing, let me go and see it." Tang Feng hurried out. He felt vaguely in his heart that this seemed to be an opportunity, an opportunity to block those in the court who criticized his improper use of troops.

When Tang Feng came to the front, several people in the anti-army had already taken Wang Jiayin to the front of the official army. A young general said, "Dear generals, we have no intention of opposing the government. We are only encouraged by Wang Jiayin and the dead Gao Yingxiang, and we are forced to fight against the heavenly soldiers many times. Now we are tied up the culprit, and we hope that the generals can forgive us."

Everyone looked at Tang Feng when they heard this, but Tang Feng looked at Wang Jiayin who fell to the ground, very embarrassed, but his eyes were full of grief and anger, and asked, "Is he Wang Jiayin? The thief who rebelled at the beginning?"

"Yes, sir!" The young man saw that Tang Feng was only wearing casual clothes, but the soldiers were very respectful to him, and immediately guessed his identity, so he also said respectfully: "This time we have no way out, but he still refused to surrender to the court and still wanted to fight. We couldn't stand it, so we tied him down and surrendered to the government army."

Tang Feng nodded slightly. He knew that the other party would not deceive him in such matters. However, he was still curious about the young man in front of him, so he asked, "Who are you? Maybe it represents all the people in the city?"

"Li Zicheng, a grass-rootsman, is one of his subordinates. Most of us are willing to surrender this time, and the other diehards have been taken down by us. Just rest assured."

"You are Li Zicheng..." Tang Feng began to carefully look at the terminator of the Ming Dynasty in front of him. He looked very tall and heroic, but he seemed to be too young and looked far less threatening than he thought. Although the Ming Dynasty court had already had a grudge with him, he still didn't want it to be ruined, which was also the key to his dispute with the court. The officials in the court only knew how to hold on to the ancestors and only knew how to use their power to gain more benefits, but he was careless about the lives and death of the people. He really couldn't watch such things happen constantly.

"...Sir..." The soldiers beside him called Tang Feng softly, then pulled his sleeves, which made Tang Feng come out of his thoughts. He smiled at Li Zicheng and said, "Since you sincerely surrender, I will naturally not make things difficult for you. Take everyone out and put down my weapons. I will not attack you again."

"Yes..." Li Zicheng quickly agreed, turned around and walked towards the city. He was also a little surprised, why would Tang Feng, the commander of the court, know his name, and was stunned by this.

However, this doubt did not affect their surrender. Soon, the anti-army troops in the city walked out with their weapons one by one, and then piled the weapons aside according to the instructions. They themselves set up their troops and waited for the official army to fall.

Tang Feng did not interfere with the surrender. He just ordered people to watch the anti-army forces that had been held together, and then returned to his account and wrote a report. Not long ago, he had an idea that as long as he described his previous decision as to reduce casualties of soldiers on both sides, and now there is a real situation of anti-army surrender, those in the court who wanted to take advantage of the situation could not find a better excuse to attack him.

The report was quickly written, and Li Zicheng and others were very honest. Tang Feng led the army and surrendered army to Shangqiu. While ordering the surrendered soldiers to help the people in the city rebuild their homes, while waiting for the imperial decree to arrive. In the end, he still couldn't make a final decision. After all, he was just a person who made contributions now, and the emperor had no way to condemn himself. Now that the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty have been quelled, there should be no disputes. For the sake of the people of the world, he resolutely decided to hand over his wealth and life to the court. Of course, this has a great relationship with the fact that the power of the Liaodong Army was not under his full control until now.

On the eighth day of the eighth month, the court finally responded to this matter. In addition to commending the bravery of the official army and the command of Tang Feng and others, it was to let Tang Feng and a group of meritorious generals return to the capital for rewards. This decision by the court was completely within Tang Feng's expectations. Those officials in the court would not be relieved that they had always been in charge of such a large number of elite soldiers. Now that the matter is over, they naturally have to recall themselves to the capital. The other generals just wanted to not be so conspicuous that they could enter the capital with them.

Tang Feng had no intention of objection to this, and immediately gathered the generals together and said the court's intention. "We must make any statement when we enter the capital this time, so we should select a group of strong men from the surrendered anti-army to enter the capital together to present victory to the court, so that the court's reward to us will not be abrupt. As for the matter in the army, I think it will be handed over to you, Brother Lianghuan. I hope you will not let me down." Tang Feng said sincerely.

Wu Xiang nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, the last general will do everything well." This time, Tang Feng was relieved to be able to follow the orders. After he felt Tang Feng's dissatisfaction, he was very confused. Now, everything has passed. Although he was not on the imperial reward list this time, Wu Sangui's contribution ranks second, second only to coach Tang Feng, so he, as a father, would naturally not have any complaints.

After preparing for a while, on the tenth day of August, everyone left Henan and headed for Beijing. After learning that Tang Feng and other important generals had left, Li Zicheng's heart was moved again. To be honest, he was very dissatisfied with the current situation. They have now become prisoners. Although they have not been restricted from being detained, there are always officials around him staring at him, which makes him feel insecure. So he took the opportunity to discuss with Li Yan again to see if he could act according to the opportunity. At the same time, there was a question he had always wanted to ask that needed Li Yan's answer.

After surrendering, in order not to let Tang Feng recognize him, Li Yan has always been low-key and pretended to be an ordinary soldier, which has facilitated the meeting between the two of them. "Mr. Li, you see, the government army has left so many generals now, can we make a difference?" As soon as they met, Li Zicheng made a straightforward explanation.

"No, haven't you noticed it? The government army is now more strict with our guard than before. Obviously those people also know that after the generals leave, we will be restless." Li Yan shook his head and said, "And now we are powerless to resist at all. No one has weapons. How can we be the enemy of the government army? Hold on, and we will be placed in another place soon, and the opportunity will come."

"It seems like this is the only way." Li Zicheng thought about it, so he had to give up this tempting plan. Then he asked, "I remember the last time you said we still had a chance, but I don't know what it is?"

"After these days, I have been paying attention to the situation in various places and discovered something very interesting. It turns out that nearly 80% of the fields in the Ming Dynasty were divided up by wealthy people. Ordinary people only rent other people's fields to survive, so they will be protected from exploitation. General Li, do you think these people will not be angry? So I think the next time we revolt again, we can start from this aspect. As long as there are enough people who are dissatisfied with the current situation to support us, our strength will be greatly increased, thus achieving what we really want to see."

"Hao, why didn't I expect this?" Li Zicheng said happily.

"But this will have to wait until we make a comeback. Now the only thing we can do is to protect ourselves and not let the government have any excuses to be detrimental to us." Li Yan said solemnly.

After a period of rushing, on August 18th, Tang Feng and his group of more than a thousand people finally arrived in Beijing. Although the Mid-Autumn Festival was already over, after returning from the court's victory in quelling the rebellion, the people in the capital still happily came to Andingmen to welcome the heroes in their minds. Although the court already had an opinion on Tang Feng, the people's understanding was very simple. Whoever serves the country is of course a hero should be enthusiastically supported.

Tang Feng escorted more than a hundred prisoners and Wang Jiayin, who was still alive, into the city. At this time, some court officials who heard the news came to welcome him. This is the case in the officialdom. Even if the conflict between you and someone reached an irreconcilable situation, they still had to show a united side in public.

The court sent three of the six ministers to bring dozens of officials to welcome Tang Feng into the city. This specification is not small. Tang Feng didn't dare to be arrogant and smiled and greeted these officials who were not very friendly.

"Mr. Anping is truly worthy of being the hero in the minds of our Ming soldiers. In just a short period of time, he had to cross the three provinces and defeated hundreds of thousands of anti-army forces. It really made the earth famous for my court."

"My lords are too much of acclaim. This is just the holy virtue of Your Majesty, and the soldiers of the three armies are using their lives. My personal contribution is simply insignificant. However, the great masters in the capital have not used less money and food in order to calm the chaos, which is more support from you. So if you really want to talk about it, this little contribution of this lord is really worth mentioning."

Seeing that Tang Feng was so low-key, the officials were a little surprised. In fact, the reason why they said this was not only necessary clichés, but they also wanted to raise Tang Feng's arrogance, so that they might be able to plot against him again. However, they did not expect that Tang Feng had not received this merit, so they had to smile and say that the Marquis was so serious.

As they spoke, everyone had already entered the imperial city, and the emperor was already waiting in it to meet these meritorious ministers.

After seeing the chariot, Tang Feng told him about his quelling chaos during this period. Of course, he never mentioned the practice of robbing money and food from the anti-army and dividing it with the soldiers. The officials in the court also tacitly did not mention this point, because now is the time to reward merits, rather than discussing Tang Feng's mistakes.

Then, Tang Feng said again: "Your Majesty, I want to apologize to you. On that day, outside Shangqiu City, I did not want to commit more murders, so I did not order the elite soldiers of Liaodong to attack the city immediately, which made the war unable to end for a long time. Fortunately, the rebels finally chose the right path..."

Chongzhen had read Tang Feng's report on this point, and of course he could not punish him for this matter. He smiled and comforted: "Tang Qing, you are not only unforgivable, but also more outstanding than the contributions you made to annihilate the enemy. After all, they are all people of my Ming Dynasty. If this chaos can be ended peacefully, it will only be a blessing for my court, and you don't have to blame yourself at all." After appeased Tang Feng, Chongzhen began to announce the imperial reward for those who have made meritorious efforts to quell the rebellion.

As the commander of the three armies, Tang Feng's contributions were naturally indisputable. Not only did he receive some real rewards, he was also promoted to the title again and promoted to the third-class Duke of Anguo. This was something that had not happened in decades. Tang Feng was a little unbelievable after hearing this, but the emperor's golden mouth was already open, which was obviously not a joke. He had no choice but to kneel down to receive the reward, and at the same time he knew that this was the emperor's final concession.

The emperor's second contribution was not Wu Sangui as he had thought before, but was replaced by the military supervisor Tang Wenzheng. In addition to some rewards, the emperor also bluntly asked him to continue to stay in the army and serve the country. Then Wu Sangui and others made many contributions.

These generals were all promoted, and some mentioned that they were asked to return to the army to serve the country again. But there was no mention of this about Tang Feng. This soon made people realize it. Tang Feng knew this very well. After this, it would be difficult for him to lead troops again.

Tang Feng was actually acceptable to such a result. Although he had some other thoughts before, it was a natural reaction under constraints and threats, now everything has been settled, and he has lost the ability to cause trouble again, so he naturally has to admit it. Moreover, the imperial court's reward was sufficient this time, and he could see that the imperial court would not really deal with him, so he stopped talking.

What he wants to do most now is to return to his home and gather with his wife and children. He has been away from them for several months. He is over thirty years old and has become more attached to his home. So after accepting the congratulations from all the civil and military officials of the court, Tang Feng went home.

Liu Hui and others had already known about their husband's return, so they prepared to prepare his favorite food to welcome him. Looking at the smiling faces of their family, Tang Feng was also glad that he did not take that road in the end, otherwise he would not be able to guarantee what they would do.

Shortly afterwards, the Henan government troops also returned, and the surrendered anti-army were dispersed and placed in various places to prevent them from having any trouble again. After this chaos, the world of Ming Dynasty finally calmed down again. The natural disasters dissipated, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Naturally, there would be no rebellion within the country. The Jin Kingdom in the northeast did not invade Liaodong again due to the great damage to its own strength.

In this way, Tang Feng spent another free time. At least the court will not look for him again. Everything seems to be the same as two years ago. However, the officials in the court were still staring at him, just trying to stab his mistakes and get rid of this person. Although Tang Feng no longer paid attention to the affairs in the court, everyone was still staring at him because of inertia...
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