Goodbye?
Leaving now?
Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng couldn't believe their ears.
Yuan Jixian turned indifferently and walked towards the carriage. When he was about to lift the curtain of the carriage, he turned around and stopped, and said to Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng: "Brother Zuo, my dear nephew, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not!"
Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng looked around and found nothing unusual before they walked over to Yuan Jixian and said, "Brother Yuan, please tell me what you want to say."
"The court has given you and your son the title of Pingnan Bo and Pingze Jiangjun respectively, and treated you well! Why are you still doing this? Have you thought about the consequences?"
Zuo Liangyu smiled helplessly: "In troubled times, we must seek self-protection. Wu Sangui did so, and so did I, Zuo Liangyu! What's wrong with that?"
"Duke, Marquis and Earl are all empty titles. I, Zuo Liangyu, am old now and have long since stopped caring about those things."
Yuan Jixian was stunned for a moment, looking at his good friend in front of him, he frowned and asked: "Brother Zuo, what you said makes sense, but not much. There is nothing wrong with protecting yourself in troubled times, the premise is to know yourself clearly."
"Do you want to be a king or a general?"
This question stunned Zuo Liangyu. He had been thinking about preserving his strength but had never thought deeply about this issue.
King? General?
Yuan Jixian continued, "If you want to be a king, you should recruit soldiers and win over the people, instead of letting them plunder and stir up public resentment! If you want to be a general, you should choose a side, charge forward and make achievements. Even if you lose the battle, you can still gain credit for your hard work!"
"Instead of shrinking back and missing the opportunity!"
"You have an army and you are acting on your own, but you neither do what a king should do nor what a general should do. Do you know what the consequences are?"
Zuo Liangyu was confused by the series of questions. He looked at his good friend in front of him, wanting to answer but not knowing how to answer.
In his opinion, as long as there are endless bandits to be suppressed, the court will continue to use him.
His contribution will become greater day by day!
In the Ming Dynasty, it was common to keep enemies for personal gain.
If others can do it, so can Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Menggeng raised his young face and asked Yuan Jixian, "Master Yuan, can't we just maintain the status quo?"
Yuan Jixian sighed: "It worked before, but not now!"
"Why?" Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng asked at the same time.
"Because Your Majesty can no longer tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes!"
"Brother Zuo, my dear nephew, see you in the next life!"
As Yuan Jixian spoke, he dodged to the side and quickly moved away from the carriage.
at the same time.
boom!
There was a loud noise from the carriage!
As the sound was heard, a thick smoke wrapped in hundreds of small lead bullets gushed out!
The huge impact force directly blew the carriage door curtain into pieces, and the overwhelming lead bullets instantly enveloped Zuo Liangyu and his son.
Before the two of them could make any sound, their fragile bodies were pierced directly by the lead bullets.
The flesh was torn apart, blood mist rose, and the corpse was a horrible sight.
The lead bullet continued to have force and hit the brick wall behind Zuo Liangyu.
After a burst of crackling sounds, the scene returned to silence.
Everyone was frightened by the sudden explosion.
The generals who reacted quickly held their heads and lay on the ground to avoid the attack, while those who reacted slowly stood there like fools, motionless.
"Ah!" Someone was hit by a lead bullet and lay on the ground holding the wound and screaming.
"What...what's going on?" More people had questions written all over their faces.
"Well...it seems to be the Portuguese!" said an experienced general, rubbing his ears.
But.
Where did the Franji come from?
Two thousand soldiers had already cleared the streets nearby, leaving no one, not even a bird, to speak of a human.
Soon, a general saw the carriage that Yuan Jixian was riding in!
Yes!
They checked everywhere except Yuan Jixian's carriage!
No one expected that he would hide a Portuguese door in the carriage!
"It was Yuan Jixian. He hid a Portuguese gun in the carriage! He was the one who blew up the Earl of Pingnan to death!"
"Yes, not only the Earl of Pingnan, but also General Pingzei was killed by him!"
"Brothers, come on, avenge the father and son of Pingnanbo!"
After many generals came to their senses, they were furious and immediately drew their weapons and surrounded them.
"Who dares!" Zhang Rong sat in the carriage and had already finished loading the falconet. Fortunately, the carriage was fixed to the ground in advance, otherwise it would have been dragged away by the frightened horse.
The Ming Dynasty falconet consisted of a main gun (barrel) and a secondary gun. Its disadvantages were short range and poor accuracy.
The advantage is the fast firing rate.
If the musket is loaded with gunpowder in advance, the firing speed will be faster than that of the bird gun.
Yuan Jixian covered his ears and stood up, pulling out the imperial edict from his arms: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
The generals were stunned at first, then stopped after seeing the imperial edict in Yuan Jixian's hand and the Portuguese in Zhang Rong's carriage.
"By the will of Heaven, the Emperor has decreed that the bandits have invaded the capital. I have ordered all the troops in the country to come to the capital to defend the king. Zuo Liangyu and his son have their own troops and are disobeying the order. They are guilty of death!"
"They also committed serious crimes such as allowing soldiers to plunder, killing innocent people to claim credit, and withholding military pay!"
"Today, you will be punished for multiple crimes and executed on the spot!"
"The rest of the officers and generals shall be reinstated. I decree this!"
Yuan Jixian held up the imperial edict and shouted to everyone: "I, Yuan Jixian, have been ordered to lead troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. Those who are willing to work with me can stay, and those who are unwilling to serve can leave now. Take your troops out of the city, and I will never chase you down."
"We are all soldiers. If you have any dissatisfaction, we will meet on the battlefield!"
"I'll give you half a day to think about it! No more waiting after that!"
All the generals present stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
Zuo Liangyu and his son are already dead... they can't be deader.
Even killing Yuan Jixian would not change this fact.
Where to go now?
Continue to serve the court? Or kill Yuan Jixian and fight against the court?
The former is a soldier and the latter is a thief.
They were afraid of being held accountable by the imperial court later, and they were also afraid that there would be no turning back after killing Yuan Jixian.
For a moment, everyone was hesitant.
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