After receiving the news from the county, the Zai of Sanshui County, Anding County, also tried to send someone to lure Lu Fang out of his old nest Zuogu (Weizhou Town, Tongxin County), and coaxed the county seat to capture him in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, from the county magistrate's self-proclaimed clever strategy to the two hundred county guards who were ambushed outside Zuogu, they were all discovered by Lu Fang.

Lu Fang had gathered a crowd for several years, and there were also three or four hundred subordinates attached to him, so he immediately made a decision and led them out of Zuogu, taking the county lieutenant by surprise. The county magistrate was defeated in a hurry, and was chased and killed by Qiang Hu from all the way, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, and even the county lieutenant himself was stabbed by Lu Fang.

"That's all the New Army!"

After this great victory, Lu Fang asked people to poke the head of the county lieutenant with a spear in triumph, and said to the Han heroes and Qianghu chieftains who had doubts in the center of Zuogu: "This is the combat power of the new army, there is nothing to be afraid of, as long as we are united, great things can be done!" ”

The big red cloth in Lu Fang's house was torn up, and after he asked his wife to cut it a little, he wrote an ugly "Han" character in thick ink and put it up with a clothes pole, which is the banner of reviving Yanhan!

The Han banner floated in the left valley sandwiched by the mountains, Lu Fang looked up and burst into tears: he has been deceiving people for a long time, and even he believes that he is really a descendant of the Han Dynasty.

And Lu Fang's righteous prose is also full of earthy flavor, quoting scriptures and classics does not exist at all, all are simple and easy-to-understand words that the old woman in the village can understand: "Wang Mang, a traitor, was originally a courtier of the Han Dynasty, but he poisoned the little emperor and usurped the throne, which is unbearable." My real name is Liu Wenbo, and I am the great-grandson of Emperor Xiaowu, who is a big generation, and I should avenge my younger generation and revive the temple of the Han Dynasty. ”

Lu Fang's usual ranger apprentices immediately responded: "Kill to Chang'an and take the throne!" ”

"Wen Bo should be the emperor!"

Lu Fang was quite sober, knowing that it was unreliable to be the emperor in a township, so he waved his hand and excused himself, saying that he would be the king first, and the emperor would talk about it later.

So he combined his own life experience and called himself "King Lixiping of the Han Zuogu", and his wife became the queen.

Then Lu Fang began to give official titles to his cronies: his eldest brother Lu Yu was named "General".

There is also a villager who failed to take four subjects in the county, but was humiliated by the great tycoon of Anding, and angrily took refuge in Lu Fang, who got his wish and was named "Great Prime Minister".

A poor Hu herdsman who took refuge in Lu Fang was named "Ma Shaobo" and was named "Da Sima".

was fooled and lame by Lu Fang, believing that he was really a townsman of the descendants of the Han family, and was named "Dadu Lieutenant".

The three elders of the township were pushed out and turned into a "great master", and Litian, who often went to the field in person, also became a "great farmer".

Even a lieutenant commander was mixed with the "big division".

Lu Fang is a local tyrant in the countryside, and he can't even tell the real lineage of the Han Dynasty, and of course he is not familiar with the names of the three princes and nine kings of the imperial court.

After rewarding his cronies, Lu Fang sent his "Great Sima" to refute Ma Shaobo, and immediately rushed to the Qianghu tribes of the subject country to make an appointment with them to do things together.

"My family only has Zuogu, even if the whole township gathers Ding Zhuang, it is only a few hundred, and I still have to make an appointment with the subject country Qiang Hu to do things together."

In the past, Sanshui County was the seat of governance of the stable and vassal state, and the Qianghu tribe that surrendered during the Han Dynasty was placed in this mountain col within a radius of hundreds of miles, living a life of half farming and half herding, and belonged to several Guiyi marquis. Originally, it was only necessary to use soldiers as a substitute for taxes when the imperial court was recruited, and there was no such thing as land rent.

It wasn't until Wang Mang came to power that he began to reform the system of the previous dynasty, first canceling the titles of the Qianghu Guiyi Marquis, and then dissolving the stable vassal state, requiring Qianghu to also levy taxes and serve labor according to the household and the people.

It sounds really natural, but the problem is that many Qianghu don't even plant land, but only graze sheep in the mountains, and let them pay the land to rent grain.

Dissatisfaction with the new dynasty is growing day by day in Sanshui County, which is why Lu Fang was able to gather people and win the hearts of the people by relying on a pretending Han identity.

"I must be the opposite of Wang Mang in everything in order to succeed." Lu Fang was so calculating, he was extremely generous, and gave the small tribe of more than 50 people in the county to the Hou, hoping that they could bring their troops to join him and besiege the county seat together.

But it was still not enough, Lu Fang said secretly: "Even if the Qianghu tribe gathers to capture Sanshui County, the Da Yin of Anding County in the south, and the general of Tunhu in the north, I will definitely send troops to suppress me later, and I still need foreign aid." ”

So he asked his eldest brother Lu Yu to run a long way.

"You managed to get out of the fortress and found the king of the Xiongnu Julin, and said that the king of Xiping of the Han Dynasty was willing to make peace with him! Then beg Shan Yu to send troops south to help me, after the matter is completed, I am a big Han, and I am willing to cut the land to the Xiongnu Da Dan Yu, call the ministers, and pay tribute! ”

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While Lu Fang was reviving the Yan Han with a big red cloth in Zuogu, the 5th Battalion had also marched south and arrived at Baitugang with Liang Qiuci.

As its name suggests, the soil on the banks of the river is white, and there are dozens of slab houses in the valley, but after the new army touched it, not to mention the living, not even a sheep was found.

"Why aren't there any thieves?"

Liang Qiuci was full of doubts, he was full of apprehension about this battle, and only felt that what he had to deal with must be a vicious Dakou, after all, Ru Chen and Dong Xi were killed one after another, and he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the two.

So Liang Qiuci was extremely cautious, and only walked twenty miles a day before setting up camp, and the guards surrounded their camp tents.

His worries are superfluous, although Liang Qiuci is also on the list of the fifth Lun, but this person is so reasonable, and he is quite enthusiastic about the fifth Lun, he has use value, and he can't die for the time being.

In this way, more than 2,000 people left the special force at the speed of turtle climbing, and it took three days to arrive at Baitugang. Not to mention that Ma Yuan had already been notified by the Fifth Lun to be transferred into the mountains, even if it was really a thief, it was enough to run away.

A soldier said to Liang Qiuci in a low voice: "Captain, now that you are in the air, you don't even see a single homeless person hiding in the mountains, so it's not good to kill the people and risk your merits." ”

"Who said no!"

Liang Qiu Ci was not so bad as to directly slaughter the envy of the army, but only let people set fire to the board house of Baitugang, and then reported: "Great victory!" The thieves died in the fire! ”

Although he didn't win the first rank, can this victory be erased? No!

Fifth Lun said: "Captain, he must have heard that the army was attacking and went south to join Lu Fang!" ”

That's right, at this point, General Tunhu's task is only half completed, and they have to continue to move along the Kushui River and go to Sanshui County to cooperate with the Anding County soldiers to exterminate the rebellious Lu Fang.

The road to Zuogu is narrow, and it is easy to get lost up and down the loess hills, and you need a guide, and the fifth Lun really found a herdsman who was blackened by the sun and brought it to Liang Qiuci.

Liang Qiuci was high up and glanced at this person: "What is your name?" ”

Wan Xuan, who was wearing a short fight and exposed his arms, lowered his head and said: "The villain's name is Ren Xia." ”

He had been in the area for almost two years, and he was fluent in dialect, claiming to be a poor herdsman on the banks of the Kushui River, who had been caught by bandits, and later fled to Tewu County, where he heard that the Fifth Lun Sima was recruiting guides, so he joined the army.

"I heard you've seen the thief leader, what does he look like?"

"His face is full of pockmarks, and his appearance is ugly." Wan Xuan recalled Ma Yuan's handsome appearance, gritted his teeth and said: "The heart is vicious, and he also occupied the villain's wife and daughter!" ”

"No wonder it's called a bandit!"

Liang Qiu gave it a clear idea, and when the battle was over, even if he couldn't catch the Ma Qu Shuai, he could forge a head and offer it according to Wan Yu's description.

If Ma Qu Shuai makes trouble again afterwards, he also has an excuse: "The thief is often a name, and he goes forward and succeeds, this Ma Qu Shuai is not the other Ma Qu Shuai!" ”

With Wan Xuan leading the way, the brigade continued on the road and entered the boundary of Sanshui County along the Kushui River.

The reason why this Sanshui County is called Sanshui is because there is Luochuan Valley in the county, and three springs flow together, but except for the three rivers along the slightly flat, the rest are all loess hills. Liang Qiuci was still cautious, only walking twenty miles a day, and the rangers were released far away.

"The subordinate is willing to be the striker!" Fifth Lun took the initiative to ask for help, which made Liang Qiuci a little surprised: "Isn't Boyu always unwilling to take the lead?" ”

"If you don't disperse the people along the way first, won't you let them become ghosts under your sword for nothing?" Fifth Lun said in his heart, he learned the lesson of the last march.

And the soldiers under Liang Qiuci are also happy to have the fifth Lun blocking arrows in front, if they encounter bandits, the losses are all from the fifth battalion, and when it is their turn to cut off the head of the thief, they will be able to drive themselves away.

However, the fifth Lun and Wan Xuan knew that Ma Yuan was already more than 100 miles away in the north, of course they would not come, and the only thing they needed to worry about was whether Lu Fang from Sanshui Zuogu would send someone to attack them.

But as the terrain gradually opened up, this worry gradually disappeared, and occasionally you could see a black shadow at the end of the horizon, and when you got closer, you found that it was a beacon tower, probably left by the Han Dynasty when you advanced northward, and some of them were scattered with broken tiles and bowls.

Seeing that his 600 combat troops were still in good spirits and had not fallen behind, Wu Lun decided to speed up slightly: "Speed up and travel thirty miles a day." ”

On the tenth day of the southward journey, Wulun and others arrived at Beixiang, Sanshui County, which was an empty river valley plain, which was later called "Hui'an Fort".

To the north of this place is the edge of the Gobi Desert, because of the salt lake, the desert does not stretch along, and the vegetation is quite abundant. Where there are many red willows, all kinds of flowers and plants are luxuriant, and the ravines with thorns and thorns are particularly thick. Local civilians dressed in rags, pulling thorns in ditches, digging licorice, shoveling artemisia, and trying to get some food in addition to food.

When they saw soldiers passing by from afar, they were more frightened than when they saw the bandits, and the adults held the children in their arms and immediately fell down in the ditch, but where could they hide from the officers and soldiers. A few rode over, and the young officers led by them looked down at them for a few times, but did not order the slaughter, but only waved their hands and drove away: "Hurry up, the king is behind, don't come to the side of the road for three days!" ”

As if they had been granted amnesty, the common people fled in a hurry, and did not dare to turn their heads back.

When the fifth Lun and his party arrived at Beixiang Xiaoyi, they found that the door was closed, and the townsman was looking at it in fear.

"Don't be afraid, we are official ......"

Fifth Lun stopped shouting from his subordinates, he didn't have a long memory, didn't this make the family more afraid? Even if you report yourself as a bandit, you are better than claiming to be a king.

"We were ordered to go south to suppress the Kou, but we passed by your land and sent two hundred stone of grain for the army to eat for three days, so that I could persuade the general not to lead his troops into the city."

"Is it the rebels from Zuogu Township?"

"Yes, have you ever come to Ruxiang to make a nuisance?"

The townsman cried with a sad face: "Superior, there is really no food, two days ago, Zuogu Lu Fang called himself a heavenly soldier of the Han Dynasty, so he sent someone to recruit ...... Snatched it! He also said......"

The movement is quite fast, Wu Lun frowned and asked, "What else did Lu Fang say?" ”

The townsman said cautiously: "The traitors also claim that they are suppressing the soldiers and reassuring the people!" ”

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PS: Overslept, the second chapter at 13:00.