Deng Jian raised his eyebrows and said: "Your prefect said that Lao Dutong was poisoned by Yu Deputy Dutong, and the three commanders of Chaohu Water Division, Sheng, Yu, and An, but said that Lao Dutong was poisoned and died after going to the prefect's banquet, who poisoned him, and this general also wants to know!" ”

"Tell the truth! The An family and the Yu family are in-laws, a nest of snakes and rats, but Commander Sheng is loyal and good, how can he say this? The Luzhou general judge said angrily.

"It was Commander Sheng who accompanied the old people to the banquet, and it was Commander Sheng who went back to tell Yu and An like this...... Could it be that this Sheng commander said human words when he saw people, and told nonsense when he saw ghosts, and testified against the prefect of Luzhou in front of the water division, and testified against the two generals Yu and An in front of the prefect? ”

There was silence in the hall.

Luzhou Tongju gasped heavily, and his face was uncertain.

Luzhou Tongzhi looked at Deng Jian, Shui Jin and others, with horror in his eyes.

Who are these people?

What do you mean by that?

If this is the case, wouldn't it be said that Sheng Shuangdao played ghosts and played with the prefect and Chaohu Lake Sailor in applause?

Is the death of Lao Dutong related to this person?

Deng Jian was a little impatient when he said these words.

The hall was immediately deserted.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Huo Bao added: "In the first month of this year, the right protector of the Maitreya Sect, Shou Tianwan, returned to his hometown after defeat in Henan, passed through Chaohu Lake, and it was Sheng Shuangdao who sent Shou Tianwan across the river...... Shou Tianwan raised events in Hubei in May, and was proclaimed emperor in Qichun in July, with 100,000 soldiers, and the country name was 'Daqing'......"

The general judgment of Luzhou is still stubborn: "Qichun is thousands of miles away from Luzhou, and Sheng commanded Maitreya's background, and he is always known, even if he has sent people across the river, what about it?" ”

"The Jinling Navy Division has not moved, where does the official ship at the south entrance of Chaohu Lake come from?"

Luzhou Tong knew that he didn't know about the war, and when he heard the chaos, Luzhou understood the general judgment, and his face turned red.

"The prefect recruited soldiers like this, recklessly, and the two adults didn't feel strange?"

"The naval division is powerful, and the conscription is to prevent the division from going ashore to ......plunder," Luzhou Tongzhi muttered.

Huo Bao said: "There is only one exit for the sailor to enter the river, but there are more than a dozen exits for going ashore, has the prefect ever divided troops to garrison?" Not to mention other places, it is Luyang, and the sailor will go north to produce fertile water, and he can reach Luyang in an hour...... If the Chaohu Sailor was really rebellious, he would have hit Luyang a long time ago, and the prefect's move was not like encircling and suppressing the Chaohu Sailor, but more like forcing the Chaohu Sailor to rebel! ”

Luzhou Tongju looked at Huo Bao and said angrily: "When you go to Luyang today, isn't it a rebellion?" After seizing the city and killing the soldiers, what are you pretending to be innocent? ”

Huo Bao straightened his chest and said: "I'll wait, under the command of General Deng of Chuzhou, I was pleaded by the Chaohu Water Division and the deputy capital commander to come to help with General Deng!" ”

Luzhou Tongzhi had already heard the difference before, and it was not surprising that there was some speculation.

Luzhou was shocked, but he didn't dare to scold like before.

I thought it was the Chaohu Water Division, killing the enemy of the old capital, and killing Luyang, everyone had no way to live.

This is the Chuzhou soldier...... If you have no grudge against Luyang, can you survive?

Deng Jian squinted and looked at the Luzhou general judgment, originally planned to kill one and use one, but this guy withered again.

Deng Jian ignored the general judgment of Luzhou, and only knew about Luzhou: "In the next three days, Luyang will be under martial law...... If you want to live, it is important to keep the people safe; If you want to die, you can recommend someone else! ”

It's still the same old saying when I was in Shenxian.

This Luyang Tongzhi was quite surprised, got up and arched his hand, and said with sincerity: "General Xie is tolerant, and the officials will do their best, and they dare not slack off!" ”

Who would have thought that the legendary Chuzhou white shirt that kills officials still gives people room to choose.

People are not reluctant, they seek death and life, and they are at their own choice.

They are all court officials, who are familiar with the law, so they naturally know what the crimes of "losing the land" and "rebelling" are.

The Tongzhi of Luzhou admires the martyrdom of Chuzhou and the county very much, but people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and he can only admire, but he is unwilling to follow suit.

It's chaos everywhere.

The prefects of all places have begun to form troops and save their hearts, so let's survive.

……

In Luyang City, it is already chickens flying and dogs jumping.

4,000 men and horses dispersed, divided into 20 teams of 200 people, and used the messengers of the prefect's yamen to take the lead, east, west, north and south, and searched the four cities.

Under the guise of searching for fugitives.

In fact, it is to find out the young and strong families and confiscate the weapons of each family, and the deeper purpose is to search for Maitreya disciples and find Shou Tianwan's undercover agent in Luzhou.

The first twenty households are all the homes of the gentry and giants in Luyang.

Shui Jinqin led 200 people, and he went to Qiao's house, the head of the Luyang gentry.

The Qiao family has a son who is a Beijing official, although he is not a hall official, but he is a royal history.

Even the prefect of Luzhou did not dare to offend the Qiao family.

However, the Qiao family has a good reputation, when the Chaohu water thieves were in turmoil, the place was restless, the imperial court sent troops to conscript, and there was a stalemate, or the old head of the Qiao family came forward to persuade several water bandits to respond to the imperial court Zhao'an.

This time, the old capital died in Hengheng, and Chen Bing, the prefect of Luzhou, was in Beiguan, and the most uncomfortable was the Qiao family.

You don't have to think about it, the court investigates it, and the Qiao family, who once persuaded Yu, Sheng, An and others to surrender, will have to be implicated.

Old Man Qiao was so panicked that he was already bedridden.

The Qiao family is like a frightened bird.

This is surrounded by groups, and it is even more bluffing.

Old Man Qiao came out on crutches and looked at Shui Jin and the soldiers behind him.

In order to avoid twists and turns, these people who were ordered to search the city today are wearing the uniforms of officers and soldiers.

Old Man Qiao looked at the water in his eyes and thought about how to ask.

Shui Jin had already held up a sign and said, "I am ordered to search for fugitives and bandits...... Please also cooperate with you, and those who harbor will be punished with the same crime! ”

Old Man Qiao said: "But the general judgment is ordered? ”

Shui Jin nodded.

Old Man Qiao motioned for his children and grandchildren to be quiet.

The fifty Chuzhou troops did not move, and the rest of the people entered the mansion.

Three roads and five entered the house, and more than 100 people went down and searched for half an hour.

The woman in the inner house had already been alarmed, and the old lady wore a decree to serve, and gathered the young daughter-in-law and granddaughter around her, which was to prevent the officers and soldiers from making trouble, and use this service to protect people.

I didn't want the soldiers to come in in a hurry, but it was like a real search, and the focus of the search was on the boxes and under the bed, which were places where people could be hidden, and they did not disturb the female dependents, nor did they take the sheep and steal private property.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked someone to pass the word to the front, don't stop it, he is really searching for important criminals.

It's just that across the "officers and soldiers", the lady in charge is afraid.

When Old Man Qiao saw it, his heart trembled, and he beckoned someone to step forward: "But the old lady is not comfortable?" ”

The lady in charge said: "The old lady is fine, I see that the officials are honest, let the lord and the uncle prepare some tea money, don't let the officials work hard in vain......"

Old Man Qiao heard the words of the old wife, this is a search of the main courtyard, and Qiu has no intention of committing a crime.

Is it really a search for fugitives and bandits?

Such fanfare?

Old Man Qiao became more and more suspenseful: "My lord, who is causing trouble in Luyang?" ”

Shui Jin said casually: "Maitreya Sect's right protector Shou Tianwan established a country in Qichun, and now he has sent the water master Chen Bing Beiguan to plot the Chaohu water division, and the adults found out that they have internal responses in the city, so they will poison the old capital at the prefect's banquet, and hold the prefect hostage to order conscription......"

Sheng Shuangdao colluded with Shou Tianwan or something, as well as the strangeness of the Luzhou prefect, all of which were speculations by the Chuzhou army.

But everything needs to be famous.

If tens of thousands of Chuzhou troops really enter the city, they will directly display the banner.

The main force of the Chuzhou army is not there, and these people in Luyang must act "justifiably", so they will talk about this.

Old Man Qiao really didn't have any suspicions, only surprised: "The prefect has been kidnapped?" ”

Shui Jin frowned and said, "If you hadn't been kidnapped, how could you have not returned for five days?" The conscription was only made ten days ago, and the conscription was urged a few days ago to ......"

As he spoke, the soldiers had already searched for him.

More than a dozen people carried sticks and other objects, and two of them carried more than a dozen Yanling knives in their arms.

"Boom", something fell to the ground.

Qiao's father and son's expressions changed greatly.

The stick is okay, the people can't help it, but the Yanling knife is a prohibited instrument.

Old Man Qiao hurriedly said, "My lord, this is ...... This spring, the displaced people entered the city, and in order to protect themselves, they asked their families to prepare these ......"

Shui Jin pointed to the instrument and said, "Where do these instruments come from?" How many are scattered out there? Now that the world is restless, we must prevent people from making trouble! ”

Old Man Qiao hesitated when he heard this.

Shui Jin Zhengse said: "Old man, think about it, Bozhou and Chuzhou, if there is no internal response, how can thousands of officers and soldiers lose the city?" ”

Uncle Qiao hurriedly said: "The internal response of the white-clothed thief must be the Liu family, and there is no one else!" ”

Old Man Qiao looked at his son with reproach in his eyes.

Uncle Qiao said: "Liu Caiyuan, who claims to be a descendant of Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, often has words of resentment against the court......"

Shui Jin looked at the Yanling knives on the ground: "These blades are all from the Liu family?" ”

"Exactly! The ancestor of the Liu family was an iron striker, and later secretly operated equipment, and also supplied weapons to water thieves at the beginning...... If they hadn't pulled the strings, how could those water thieves find the Qiao family, and they would have to pull the Qiao family as a middleman......"

Shui Jin was shocked when he heard this.

If the Liu family is really an arms dealer, then the family is fully armed, and two hundred soldiers are afraid that it will not be enough.

He did not delay, ordered twenty people to stay at Qiao's house, and led one hundred and eighty people to hurry away.

Just in case, Shui Jin sent people to the prefect's yamen for help.

……

The Liu family's house is in Nancheng.

It's not a good place, but it's a huge area.

When Shui Jin and his party arrived, Liu's house was killed.

200 soldiers, nearly 100 dead and wounded.

One of the 100 households leading the soldiers, with a crossbow arrow in the middle of his chest, had already choked.

A figure flashed on the wall, holding a crossbow in his hand, looking out on guard.

The unwounded soldiers moved the dead and wounded out of range of their crossbows, looking at them with hatred.

The bandits did not die, they did not die in Hezhou, they did not die in Luzhou, they died in front of a private house.

Everyone is nesting for the Pao Ze brothers.

Seeing that Shui Jin brought people over, the remaining hundred households hurriedly stepped forward: "General, thirty-four brothers died, and Lao Qu also died...... This family can't be spared! ”

Shui Jin looked at the corpses in the ground, and he was furious, and said hatefully: "Don't worry, whoever hurts my Chuzhou army, no matter who it is, will pay it with his life!" ”

It's just that Shui Jin is not a reckless person, and once again sent someone to the prefect's yamen to deliver a letter, asking for medical guards, artillery carriages and ballista carts.

Hand crossbows?

Got a strong crossbow with a longer range?

Still afraid of your crossbow?

The reason why the Chuzhou army lost more than half of it was because of insufficient defense.

Retreat to a dozen zhang away, what about the hand crossbow?

……

Liu Zhaizhong.

Liu Caiyuan was wearing full armor and sat in the middle hall, with a little excitement on his face.

His wives and concubines and children and grandchildren stood like quails on the right and left, with terror.

Seeing this, Liu Caiyuan scolded: "Why are you afraid? The Luyang soldiers have poured out, and there are hundreds of soldiers in the city, what can I do? ”

He has 500 private soldiers, fully equipped, how can a few hundred soldiers take it?

"Haha, the sky is with you, I take it, the ancestors opened their eyes, got Luzhou as the foundation, and restored my Han country!"

Liu Caiyuan brought rebelliousness.

His eldest son said carefully: "Master, the Luyang soldiers are in Beiguan, less than a hundred miles away from Luyang......

Liu Caiyuan got up and said: "So what, this is Luyang, the city wall is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack!" With a population of 100,000 in the city, tens of thousands of soldiers can be conscripted in an instant...... Autumn grain granules are put into the warehouse, and the city is guarded for half a year......"

The steward hurriedly came: "Master, another soldier has arrived." ”

"How many?"

"More than a hundred."

"Don't be afraid! There are a total of 1,000 guards left in Luyang, 200 are in the official warehouse, 200 are guarding the city gate, and a maximum of 600 people can be drawn...... Just wait for the rabbit and solve it together! ”

Liu Caiyuan licked his lips, brought excitement, and got up to go out with the steward.

The son of the Liu family looked at his mother.

Liu's wife was desperate.

The husband has dreamed of being an emperor for half his life, and when he sees hope, he can't stop it.

Just with a full house of children and grandchildren to accompany the funeral, how can she bear it?

She took her son's hand and lowered her voice: "Go down the dark river, how many can you walk!" ”

A clever person has more than one plan.

The Liu family made a fortune by selling ordnance privately, so they naturally left a few back roads.

The last way back is that there is a well in the inner courtyard that connects to the dark river, which leads directly to the fertilizer water.

The eldest son was frightened, lowered his voice and said, "Mother, it's too dangerous...... Want to wait any longer? Maybe not so much......"

The ancestor who left this back road was a blacksmith, proficient in water, and full of physical strength.

It has been passed down for generations, and the children of the Liu family are also young masters, and they have grown up pampered, and this escape road is more like a road to death.

Liu's wife looked at her children and grandchildren, and couldn't help sighing: "You go ahead and star, the officers and soldiers have passed six hundred...... Gotta go......"

The husband can only draw out a maximum of 600 when he is a soldier in Luzhou, but there is no absolute in the world, how many days will the prefect go out of the city, what if he comes back?

It can only be said that the Chuzhou army is too thief.

Every time, it is launched on the fifth watch.

is wearing officer and soldier uniforms again, even if the gentry in the city notice that something is wrong, they can't think of the Chuzhou army for a while, but they are not less guarded.

……

Liu House, on the wall.

Liu Caiyuan looked at the soldiers outside, smug.

And what about hiding out of range?

His own 500 private soldiers were all dressed in clothes, equipped with 100 crossbows and 400 wild goose swords.

Can it only be retracted?

When the remaining state soldiers were also transferred, it was time for the Liu family soldiers to attack.

With the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of wheels, and the sound of heavy footsteps.

Crowds of people poured in from the streets.

Of the 2,000 child soldiers, except for 200 who stayed in the state capital, the remaining 1,08 were all dispatched.

Deng Jian brought 1,000 people, two gun carriages, and fifty ballistas to the front door, and Huo Bao brought the remaining 800 people and fifty ballistas to the back door.

By the time Liu Caiyuan saw clearly, Liu's house had been surrounded into an iron bucket.

Liu Caiyuan no longer had the previous rebelliousness, only a gloomy face, looking at the boundless soldiers.

The Liu family's face was full of horror, covering their mouths, and there was no luck, so they quietly retreated......

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