Cao Bianjiao said angrily: "The king's fortune is loyal to the king! My Ming general, actually surrendered to the Tartars? Xia Chengde! You are so innocent! Come! He pushed him out and killed him!"

"General Cao, please spare me!" Xia Chengde knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "The General's son is also in the hands of Jiannu. They threatened the General. If they do not cooperate with them, the Dog will die!"

Cao Bianjiao snorted coldly: "You are the deputy general of Songshan. I will not kill you. This matter needs to be decided by Commander Hong!"

Xia Chengde's servants were either killed or subdued, and all his troops were controlled. Hong Chengchou learned about this and ordered Cao Bianjiao to take Xia Chengde to the hall of the Governor's Headquarters.

In the lobby of Songshan Mountain, Hong Chengchou, dressed in military uniform, sat behind the iron case in the middle, with gold medals, arrows and other objects on the table. Hong Chengchou sat on the lower left side of Liaodong Governor Qiu Minyang, and behind were the soldiers Zhang Dou, Yao Gong, and Wang Sanzhen in turn; on the lower right side were the general Zu Dale, and behind were the deputy generals Jiang Zhu, Rao Xun, Zhu Wende and others.

Cao Bianjiao's men rushed Xia Chengde into the hall of the headquarters. All the civil and military officials inside were covered with helmets and armor, brightly colored cloaks. Hong Chengchou, who was sitting in the middle, wore a purple gold phoenix winged helmet, purple gold fish scale armor, and big red cloaks. He looked majestic. Although he was a civil servant, he had the style of a Confucian general.

Xia Chengde was taken to the hall, and Hong Chengchou yelled: "Kneel down!"

"Super the commander, please spare me! Super the commander, please spare me!" Before the two soldiers pressed down on Xia Chengde's shoulders, his legs weakened, his knees touched the ground, and he kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy. "Super, the last generals have no choice. The court defenders were all defeated, and Songshan was trapped in the siege of Jiannu, and it was an isolated city. If he persisted, he might be wiped out."

Hong Chengchou said with a righteous spirit: "All of us are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. We should serve our country with death. How can we surrender to Jiannu? People come and go and behead them!"

"Supervisor, please spare your life! I hope the supervisor will consider more than 10,000 soldiers in Songshan so that all the brothers can survive! The generals were helpless. The generals of Mo were in the hands of the Tartars. They threatened the generals and said that if they did not surrender, they would kill the generals and their sons!" When Xia Chengde was dragged out, he was still shouting incoherently.

After a while, Xia Chengde's head was brought up on a pallet.

Hong Chengchou used his energy and shouted loudly: "Everyone, this governor is deeply loved by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He is trapped in Songshan and died today. Since there is no reinforcements and there is no hope of breaking through, he should serve the court with his death!"

"We are willing to die for the court!" All the soldiers in the hall said in unison.

Cao Bianjiao said: "Supervisor Xia Chengde treason and surrendered to the enemy, he should hang his head at a large camp to intimidate those villains who have bad intentions!"

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "General Cao, we will not let Jiannu know for the time being that their inner servants have been killed. Use your mind, this may be the hope of my family breaking through!"

"The supervisor has a clever plan?" Cao Bianjiao was overjoyed.

"Of course! Please step back first, General Cao stayed!" Hong Chengchou said.

Everyone left behind, and Hong Chengchou asked Cao Bianjiao: "General Cao, how did you learn that Jiannu had made a detailed move into Xia Chengde camp?"

Cao Bianjiao said, "It was Wu Wei Bo's people who came to tell me. Wu Wei Bo installed a fine work in the Jiannu army. When Jiannu's fine work was mixed into the city, Wu Wei Bo's fine work also entered the city. He came to find the Mo General and told Mo General about this. This caught Jiannu's fine work in one go. In addition to the three fine work in Xia Chengde Camp, there were more than a hundred fine work in the city, all of which were caught in one go."

"I didn't expect that Wu Wei Boyuan was thinking deeply that others were suppressing thieves in Kaifeng and were still concerned about Song Jin! General Cao, can you guarantee that there are no Jiannu's detailed works in the city?"

"Absolutely gone! That man gave the list to the last general. The last general caught people according to the list. No one of them ran away in detail, and no signal was sent."

"General Cao, how are your injuries?"

"Go back to the commander, it's almost done. You can go to the battlefield to kill Jiannu!"

"That's good! This governor has a plan to break through!" Hong Chengchou was overjoyed.

"I will be stupid and I hope the supervisor will give me some advice."

"We can use the tricks to trick Jiannu into our ambush circle, burn their elites with fire, and then take the opportunity to go out of the city to break through. General Cao, can the person who reported to you be there?"

"The supervisor wants to see him? I will bring you this."

After a while, Cao Bianjiao brought Xu Liang to Hong Chengchou.

"See the Supervisor!" Xu Liang knelt on one knee and saluted Hong Chengchou.

"This hero, please get up quickly!" Hong Chengchou helped him for a moment.

Xu Liang stood up and said, "I don't know if the supervisor summoned the humble official. What should I do if I want the humble official to do it?"

"Do you know all Jiannu's plans?"

"I don't know this humble position, but I can ask those Jiannu to do it carefully. Also, Xia Chengde's servants also know about this, and they can also ask them."

"Then I will question those Jiannu's detailed works!" Hong Chengchou said.

Cao Bianjiao bowed: "I'll do it all at the end."

Hong Chengchou chatted with Xu Liang for a while. Of course, Xu Liang could not tell the story of the personal guards. He just said that he would not take him at night. In order to get involved in Jiannu, he would shave his hair and braid him. He had been lurking in Jiannu for five years. If he was not careful, it would be exposed. But for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, they could sacrifice their lives.

"What a hero!" Hong Chengchou sighed, "Warrior Xu, how many people are there like you who are lurking over Jiannu?"

Xu Liang was heartbroken and did not tell Hong Chengchou: "When I return to the supervisor, I am humble in my position and my body are low, how can I know so many things? We are all single-line contacts, not my upper and lower-line connections, and I don't know who is our own person at all."

"Then who is your online and offline?"

"I'd like to supervise my punishment. I can't say this humble position!" Xu Liang's attention caused Li Guodong's detailed work that had been involved in the Qing army after Hong Chengchou surrendered to the enemy and rebelled, and he protected the lives and safety of a large number of agents.

A few hours later, Cao Bianjiao came back with disappointment. He bowed to Hong Chengchou with apologetic expression: "Those fine workers and servants are so stubborn that they can't speak out even if they do anything."

"If you want to do this, let Beizhi come. Beizhi cannot guarantee that they will speak all of them, but it can guarantee that most people will speak!"

Afterwards, Xu Liang interrogated the captured Qing army and Xia Chengde's servants separately and tortured them by water-boarding. Soon after, many people spoke. After the confession comparison, the information was confirmed: "Jiannu will launch a sneak attack from the city wall defended by Xia Chengde at the time of Yin! Also, the traitor's younger brother was also in Jiannu's place! He secretly sent him! As for his son being held hostage by Jiannu, Xia Chengde himself asked his younger brother to take his son as a hostage to gain Jiannu's trust."

Hong Chengchou was furious: "Xia Chengde has no choice but to die! Fortunately, Xu Yingxiong risked his life to expose this matter to us, otherwise Songshan would be in danger!"

Cao Bianjiao turned his head and bowed to Xu Liang: "Cao represented more than 10,000 soldiers in Songshan, thanks Xu Yingxiong!"

"It is the duty of our soldiers to be loyal to the country!" Xu Liang said loudly.

"Xu Yingxiong, let you go back and lure Jiannu. Once Jiannu finds out that he is deceived, you may die. Are you willing to do this?" Hong Chengchou asked.

Xu Liang replied calmly: "When I go to Jiannu's side, I will naturally find a way to escape. Even if I cannot escape, I will sacrifice my life for the country and die! Why don't a real man be afraid of life and death!"

"Okay, I'm relieved with Xu Yingxiong's words! I'll ask you Xu Yingxiong for the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers in Songshan!" Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand and patted Xu Liang on the shoulder.

"The supervisor asked me to report fake information to Jiannu and trick Jiannu into taking the bait?"

“That’s right!”
Chapter completed!