Chapter 442: Kneel on the battlefield
As soon as he heard that Zhang Yuan had such a move, even if he was stupid, he knew that he was going to abandon the city and flee without keeping the agreement, and he was so frightened that he was scared of the souls, and even rolled and crawled with a few officials to catch up with Zhang Yuan's team, pulling the reins of Zhang Yuan's war horse, crying and begging to ask Zhang Yuan to stay, as for the matter that he originally thought of participating in Zhang Yuan's book, it could only be put aside temporarily, that was a matter of the future, and now I still beg him to pull his brother.
But Zhang Yuan, who was on the horse, smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Lord County, I was originally a guest army in your county, and I came to suppress the bandits on the orders of the Governor and the Governor, and I have been here for a long time, and I will be punished by the Governor, so I will go out of the city now, kill and go to the Black Tiger Village to meet with Li Yuanhao, the deputy commander-in-chief, this is a military matter, but it cannot be delayed, please forgive me." ”
When the county heard this, he scolded in his heart, these words are all liars? also went to the Black Tiger Village to meet the army to suppress the bandits, not to mention that Li Yuanhao also saw that the Black Tiger Village was already fierce and unlucky, and the thieves in the Black Tiger Village were outside the city, but you turned a blind eye, but you had to go far and near, isn't this a lie when you open your eyes?
But what Zhang Yuan said is also reasonable, he is a guest army, not under the jurisdiction of Ganquan, and he still has military orders, so he really just says to go, and he doesn't have to be polite to your county order. But if he is gone, he will be really finished.
But no matter how the county lord begged and made a wish, that Zhang Yuan was determined to go, and none of the Xiangyong around him stopped, and besides, that Zhang Yuan went up with a big foot, kicked the county lord who was in the way, and then whipped the horse and walked away.
The county lord got up and looked at Zhang Yuan, who was walking away, and scolded, but scolded and scolded, the reality is so cruel, as the respect of a county, he didn't dare to leave the city full of old and young people to escape, that must be taken down by the imperial court, even the family is not spared, suddenly remembered that the thief only robbed the grain and did not kill the official, as soon as the county was broken, the grain would be robbed by him, as long as he saved his life, and when the thief retreated, he was still a county order, thinking of this, he hurriedly rushed back to the county office, with his own gold and silver and a family, In a hurry, he rushed to the barracks to seek refuge.
The thousand households are quite kind, and they don't care about the festivals in the city at the beginning, and generously sheltered the county and his family members, after all, the same county is an official, and if you lose the county seat and then lose the county official, then you will really die without a place to be buried.
Regarding the signing and family Ding Zhuang Ding in the city, they got the situation in the county town, that is, they scattered and fled home, closed the door, and asked the Bodhisattva to bless the thief as the legend goes, open the county seat and not loot or kill people.
At this time, Lu Shi and Guo Tianxing were inspecting the cavalry camp in the north, and had just sat down with Guo Tianxing and Cao Meng, discussing the next step.
Originally, the army did not bring much grain and grass this time, not to mention that seeing that Cao Meng's battle was urgent, he threw all the baggage behind and rushed to support, and there was no grain and grass, but now there are more than 4,000 people and horses here and nearly 1,000 prisoners who have to open their mouths to eat, and the baggage brought by Lu Shi is collected and can arrive before dark today, but with the nearly 3,000 men and horses brought by Lu Shi, it is also a drop in the bucket, not enough for a day, and it is unrealistic to transfer food from Heihu Village and not rush, and it is a way to raise it on the spot.
However, the landlords in the south of Ganquan have already attached themselves to the base area, and they cannot be moved, and the northern part of Ganquan is not attached to themselves, but they cannot choose targets in a hurry, and it is impossible to defeat them in a battle. And if you want to annihilate Zhang Yuan, you must block Zhang Yuan's dog skin plaster in this Ganquan City, once the tiger is released and returns to the mountain, it will be endless troubles.
Now the army is not afraid of those officers and soldiers who have reached a certain level, and they are most afraid of Zhang Yuan, who has money and food, and will become a banner for the landlord to turn over, this is a potential enemy who must be killed and then quickly.
Just when he was frowning, a prison sergeant stumbled in, and shouted at Lu Shi and Black Tiger Star: "Oh no, King Chuang, Great Commander, Zhang Yuan's gang took advantage of the laxity of the friendly forces defending in the west, and the loopholes that did not belong to each other, and now they have broken through the encirclement and gone straight to the ice surface of the Luohe River." ”
Lu Shihe Guotianxing suddenly stood up and said in shock: "What? How did Zhang Yuan choose that dead place to break out? He didn't know that there was the Luo River in that place, and the ice was also difficult to walk? ”
"No, King Chuang, that Zhang Yuanxiangyong doesn't know what method he used, not only is he not afraid of smooth ice, but he can also walk on smooth ice like flying, but our brother is chasing on the ice but he keeps slipping and falling people on his back, and he was defeated by Zhang Yuan taking advantage of the situation. Let's take a look, or it won't be too late. ”
Lu Shi was even more anxious when he heard it. How could it be like this? The enemy can run, but we can't pursue? Could it be that God is on the side of Zhang Yuan's jumping clown?
Lu Shi hurriedly asked Guo Tianxing to rectify the people, and hurried to the west of the city to pursue Zhang Yuan, he must kill this Xiaoqiang, and don't let him recover again. Guo Tianxing nodded, pulled up Da Lang and strode out, gathered the team, and shouted and rushed to the west gate to intercept Zhang Yuan.
Lu Shi also did not delay any longer, followed closely out, ready to get on the horse to the battlefield at any time to observe the situation and dispatch soldiers and horses to prevent accidents, just about to go out, a squad leader of the sergeant came to report that the reinforcements had recovered their strength, and they rushed to the south gate of Ganquan under the leadership of several captains, waiting for the next step of King Chuang's arrangement. The arrival of this so-called new force immediately made Lu Shi overjoyed, and he hurriedly rushed to the south gate with the sergeant of the prison, and saw from a distance that his team was encamped with the help of a large group of people, and everyone was scrambling to work, shouting and cheering.
An old man carried a piece of wood, but the soldiers who broke into the army immediately grabbed it, and said guiltily: "Daddy, we have just received everyone's help, and we are already grateful, so let's do such physical work as we boys." ”
"What did you say? You have just rushed more than 100 miles to drive away the official and military robbers for us, and your physical strength has not yet eased up, so leave these little things of camping to us, you have a good rest, and when the official army leaves the city in a while, we are still counting on you to beat him a rabbit cub. ”
"We won't let go of these rabbit cubs, but the old and young masters have also worked hard for a long time, and we have recovered our strength at this time, we can do all these things, let's go home and rest."
"What kind of effort is this? We're still here, as long as you guide us, let's have more energy to kill the enemy, and we won't be tired of doing some work. As he spoke, he continued to rush to work.
A woman came to a soldier with a bowl of boiling water; "Come on, little brother, drink some water and rest, let my man do your work."
"Don't bother sister-in-law, if it weren't for sister-in-law and your husband and wife's treatment this morning, I might not have woken up, and I would have recovered my strength by this time."
"Where is this coming from? Isn't it because you give us where to support us in the old money, so that we can have food and clothing next year? Don't get tired of this little thing, we ordinary people still count on you to protect you. ”
Lu Shi was overjoyed to see such a scene, this is exactly the goal he is constantly pursuing, breaking into the army to serve the people, becoming the people's children and soldiers for glory, and the people are close to the army as their children and dependent.
Seeing Lu Shi coming on a white horse from a distance, those people all dropped their tools and flocked together, so they surrounded Lu Shi in groups, knelt down together, and shouted King Chuang, and for a time the sound of King Chuang shook the four fields, so that Lu Shi was at a loss. hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and stepped forward to help, but he knelt down with this and that, and knelt down with that and that, which also moved Lu Shi for a while.
"The foundation of all political power is the people, the source of all heroes is and must be the people, and everything that can last forever still depends on the people who live endlessly. Love them, take care of them, protect them, this is the foundation of what we are really strong and never fail. Lu Shi said to the people who came over, Hei Niu, Cao Meng, Chen Che and those captains.
"I said that our knees only kneel to the parents of heaven and earth, even the emperor and the old son do not kneel, but today I say that we must not only kneel to the parents of heaven and earth, but also sincerely kneel to our people, our second parents." After that, Lu Shi lifted his robe and solemnly knelt down for these tens of millions of people.
Cao Meng, Chen Che, and those brothers who broke into the army all followed their king and solemnly knelt down for their food and clothing.
The audience was in an uproar, and the army knelt down here, and it will never fail again, even if it is a temporary setback, but it will make a comeback.
Finally appeased the excited people, Lu Shi hurriedly instructed Chen Che to gather his brothers, and prepare to support the Great Commander and Ximen's allies to intercept the culprit Zhang Yuan, and definitely not let Zhang Yuan, a scourge, escape back to his lair to recover his vitality and become a big trouble in the future.
At this time, there was another announcement, and a sergeant strode forward and reported to Lu Shihe: "King Chuang, now there are thousands of households in the Ganquan garrison and the county order jointly sent a book, and they will meet outside the camp, please make a decision." ”
Lu Shi and Chen Che glanced at each other in surprise, at this time, what were the thousands of households and the county order sent by the Ganquan garrison to do the next book?
But since they are here, let's meet them and see what tricks they are up to.
What was brought up was the chief bookkeeper of a county government, a young scholar who was quiet and quiet, came up politely, reported his place of origin and position according to the habit of officialdom, and then presented a letter to Lu Shi in his sleeve.
Lu Shi was not embarrassed to be with him, so he took the other party's letter with a smile, unfolded it and read it by himself, but after reading the letter, he was surprised, and he was even more puzzled.
Chen Che didn't know why he whispered in Lu Shi's ear: "King Chuang, what is written in this letter?" So surprising you? ”
Lu Shishun showed the letter to Chen Che, and explained to him in a low voice: "This letter was jointly written by the county zun of Naganquan and Qianhu, and the letter said that in order not to want us and the people in the city to be innocently killed or injured, they are willing to make the people open the city gate, let us enter the city, and occupy the warehouse county government and other places, and only ask that after entering the city, do not kill and loot the merchants and gentry, and publicize to the outside world that the attack on the military camp will not be lower, and ensure the safety of the county zun and the county officials and soldiers who take refuge in the military camp. ”
"That's all?"
"That's all. Nope. “
"This is really a strange news in the world, Kaesong let him go, but he didn't surrender, is this what is the matter?" Chen Che was puzzled.
Lu Shi figured out the ins and outs of this matter, but he didn't bother to explain, so he said to Chen Daodao: "You still have to ask this master bookkeeper about this matter." ”
But Lu Shi laughed secretly in his heart, there are too many strange things in this world.