Since yesterday, after Lu Zheng collected a bandit, all the bandit nests outside Luoyang City were terrified, and many bandits had returned to the city to settle down.

Lu Zheng was ready to start leading the army to suppress the bandits, at this time Luoyang City obviously felt unusual, the government had released the news, and the people on the street were talking about it, and some people were even very happy, because if the bandits were exterminated, the people's livelihood would be restored.

In a restaurant at this time, Lu Zheng gathered all his generals together and ordered them one by one, Lu Zheng thought that there would be some unknowns in this crackdown on bandits. Although the bandits are disheartened, they still have power, and if they want to solve it all at once, there will inevitably be huge resistance.

All the generals were sitting, there was a map in front of them, Lu Zheng pointed to various places on the map and made a detailed explanation, after a while, Lu Zheng said: "Now it is the first time that I Lu Zheng has fought a decisive battle against bandits, although there is no trace of the bandits, but what I just said, we must fight steadily, don't be greedy for merit, if the various departments are closely united, the thieves will not dare to be arrogant." ”

Several generals nodded, and suddenly someone asked, "Where is Lu Changshi directing the war?" ”

Lu Zheng said: "I will coordinate the war on a mountain, and as for personally leading the army, I have to rely on you." ”

"This is too dangerous, if this is the case, Lu Changshi can't let the thieves find out."

Lu Zheng said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I was charging into battle on the Longyou battlefield at the beginning, but now I am just coordinating the deployment of various departments, and there is no danger." But you are different, you go up the mountain this time to annihilate the bandits, and you want to fight a way out of the rain of arrows. ”

The generals were silent, and at this time Lu Zheng said again: "And I can't personally lead the army to fight this time, and I can't fight the enemy bandits at the same time with you, it's a pity." ”

Qi Huan explained at this time: "You don't know, Lu Changshi has been in poor health these days, so he can't participate in the battle. ”

Only then did the generals understand that it turned out that Lu Zheng was ill, so the generals comforted at the same time: "Lu Changshi must take care of his health." ”

Lu Zheng said: "Don't be afraid, since I, Lu Zheng, haven't finished what I should do, I'm not afraid of these illnesses." ”

At this time, the atmosphere in the room was not like just now, the conversation and laughter stopped for a moment, everyone looked at Lu Zheng silently, Lu Zheng looked at the map at this time, and later Liu Dayuan walked in with a happy face, looking at everyone's expressions, he couldn't figure out what was happening. However, he still said to Lu Zheng: "I already know what Lu Changshi commanded. Most of those thieves have returned home, and they no longer have the intention of robbing their homes. ”

Lu Zheng has always been on guard against the surrendered bandits, and he asked Liu Dayuan to carefully check the movements of those bandits, but now it seems that the surrendered bandits will no longer have any dissent.

Lu Zheng said again: "Is there any change in the city now? ”

"Please rest assured Lu Changshi at this point, the bandits are now like grasshoppers after autumn, they can't reach it for a few days, how dare they do anything wrong in the city."

At this time, Lu Zheng saw that several generals were almost ready, and said, "You can go, I will also arrive at the location later." ”

The generals said in unison: "Lu Changshi, take care." ”

At this time, Luoyang City is already known to everyone about sending troops to suppress bandits, and the Tang Army is waiting for orders in the open space outside the city at this time.

Several lieutenants came out of Lu Zheng's rented place at this time, and after rushing here, they began to walk towards a few bandits' dens, at this time the sky was cloudy, and the bandits were also terrified in the past few days, for fear of being wiped out, and were ready to wander to other states.

The two armies met on a hillside, the Tang army was well-equipped, so the bandits were about to collapse at the touch of a button, and then it seemed that the Tang army was capturing prey, and the bandits had almost no combat effectiveness.

Lu Zheng and Qi Huan sat down, and then Lu Zheng pointed to the scorching battlefield in the distance and asked, "Qi Sheren, how many days have we been in Luoyang?" ”

Qi Huan remembered it very clearly, so he said: "It's almost half a month, why do you want to go back to Beijing?" ”

Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "No, our business hasn't been done yet, so it's not okay to go back like this." ”

Qi Huan was a little skeptical, but still asked, "What else do we have to do?" ”

Lu Zheng said eagerly: "You see that Luoyang's official style is sluggish, mainly because some officials let the disaster spread and are guilty of dereliction of duty, how can it go on like this?" ”

Qi Huan said slowly: "This is true, but although we are here to Luoyang to do business, it seems a little inappropriate to meddle in this matter." ”

"What's wrong? Your Majesty said when I was leaving, that the matter of Luoyang can be handled cheaply, will he ignore it in Henan Mansion? Besides, as long as we are tough, he will have some concerns. If he does not agree to investigate and punish the derelict officials, we will go to the court and inform Your Majesty of the matter, and then deal with it. ”

Qi Huan reluctantly said: "Forget it, this matter is up to you, originally I just wanted to tell Fu Yin, but if you want to do that, I can't control it, but I want to remind you, don't be too public, try not to make enemies with others." ”

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Lu Changshi, now that several bandits have been basically cleared, do you think you can withdraw the army?" ”

Lu Zheng said: "The Qishe people will inspect the battlefield with me. ”

After Lu Zheng arrived at the battlefield, he looked at the corpses of both the enemy and us covering the hillside, and couldn't help but sigh: "How many loyal and good people have been destroyed in one fell swoop." ”

Lu Zheng sighed and walked in the middle of the corpses, followed by a few Commanders and Qi Huan, Lu Zheng suddenly stopped and said: "Look at this situation, we should have lost a lot of people." ”

A lieutenant said: "Yes, but compared to the bandits, we still have fewer losses, this war bandit has suffered heavy casualties, and it is estimated that there is no longer the strength to occupy the mountain to do evil." ”

"Okay, send someone back to the city to report to Fu Yin, and say that most of the bandits have been wiped out, and our army has won a great victory."

Lu Zheng was still marching in the corpses of the dead soldiers at this time, and then Qi Huan said: "Lu Changshi has also won this battle, let's go back to the city." ”

Lu Zheng shouted at this time: "Bring the wine, I will personally pay tribute to the dead soldiers." ”

Lu Zheng stood up, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and said: "My Tang sergeant has never been afraid to fight, and today are loyal and righteous people who died here, and I should drink wine to show my memorial." ”

At this time, it gradually began to rain lightly, and the entire hillside was muddy, Lu Zheng and the team walked along the official road, Lu Zheng seemed to be preoccupied, not only for the sake of the dead national mourning, but more importantly, his outlook for the future. Now Luoyang's situation can be regarded as improving, but who knows how it will develop under such an overall situation......

Qi Huan on the side saw that Lu Zheng was preoccupied, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Lu, what's wrong with you, you look sullen, isn't it all solved." Are you worried about Fu Yin's side? ”

Lu Zheng said to Qi Huan: "Aren't the Qi people worried? Fu Yin's side is a difficult bone to gnaw, don't look at Fu Yin's good words, in fact, he understands our actions very well in his heart. ”

Qi Huan fell into deep thought, and was also very worried, in fact, he really wanted to return to Chang'an, His Majesty asked him to come out, also to help Lu Zheng, and his own job is now temporarily replaced by others.

Qi Huan couldn't help but sigh at this time, and looked up at the Luoyang City Gate in front of him, he has been running around these days, but after thinking about it, since he came, it was not an easy job.

Qi Huan thought all the way, and when he arrived at the city gate, he looked at it, all the officials in Luoyang City were waiting under the city gate, and the Fu Yin and Shao Yin in front were even more smiling, and when Lu Zheng walked in, Fu Yin stepped forward and said: "I wish Lu Changshi a victorious return." ”

The people behind also followed, and at this time, Lu Zheng said: "Thank you Fu Yin for going out of the city to greet you." ”

Fu Yin said again: "Where is it, Lu Changshi's extermination of the mountain bandits is really the good fortune of the people of my Luoyang City, and it is natural for this official to come out to greet him." ”

Fu Yin looked at the soldiers behind him and couldn't help asking, "Lu Changshi, how much does our army lose?" ”

Lu Zheng also sighed, the meaning was self-evident, Fu Yin said at this time: "No matter what, after all, it is a victory, we can only do this, if we don't destroy the bandits, we will definitely hurt more people." ”

At this time, Lu Zheng and Fu Yin walked into the city together, surrounded by many people, at this time Lu Zheng walked into the city very gloriously, the people were shouting, but Lu Zheng was not happy. After all, there were still so many soldiers and brothers killed and wounded in this battle, no matter who they are, they should be saddened by it.

Until Lu Zheng walked into the mansion, Fu Yin had already prepared the wine, but Lu Zheng was not happy, but Qi Huan and Liu Dayuan comforted: "Lu Changshi, come to the table." ”

Lu Zheng sat down like this, and then many officials did it, and at this time, Fu Yin said: "We have now exterminated the bandits with the help of Lu Changshi, and basically controlled the disaster, so everyone drinks this cup full." ”

Lu Zheng looked around, saw everyone's faces with joy, and controlled his emotions, so he said: "I am willing to do my best for the people of Luoyang City." ”

Liu Dayuan, as a farmer, couldn't attend this banquet, so he leaned on the outside of the yamen of the mansion at this time, staring at the sky in a daze, inside was staggered, and Liu Dayuan's heart was empty. He also participated in the battle with the bandits this time, and he was slightly injured, but he experienced some meaning.

At this time, Lu Zheng saw Liu Dayuan standing at the door, so he stood up and walked outside the door, and said: "Brother Dayuan has also made a contribution this time, and when I return to Beijing, I will get you a martial arts position in the military department, and let you enter the official career, don't go back to the village, do you think it's okay?" ”

Liu Dayuan said: "I still want to stay by Lu Changshi's side, even if it is a coachman." ”

Lu Zheng smiled at this time: "Since you have no ambitions, I won't force you, but you have to drink this wine." ”

Liu Dayuan said with a smile: "Lu Changshi still understands me, thank you." After that, Liu Dayuan drank a glass of wine at all, Lu Zheng looked at him, and said, "Slow down." ”

Both of them were smiling at this point, and their smiles were very hearty, echoing in the night sky.