Li Gu looked at Li Huai blankly and asked, "Uncle, what should I do now?" ”

The counterinsurgency army, which had been able to fight without strength before, was all panicked and demoralized when they saw that the rear road had been lost. If it weren't for www.biquge.info fact that nearly half of them were private soldiers of the Li family, and their loyalty was quite high, they would have dispersed in a hurry. Now they all look at the attitude of the patriarch Li Huai, whether it is to fight or surrender.

Li Huai's face was full of bitterness, since the defeat of Mobei six years ago, he has been thinking about how to recover, he thought that this Taiping Dao rebellion would definitely become his own opportunity to recover, but he didn't expect to be defeated again. The previous defeat was a good opponent who was also the hegemon of one side. This defeat is unclear, and even the opponent doesn't know who the opponent is, and it seems that it's time for him to completely ignore the military.

Li Huai said softly: "Gu'er, the Li family is all lost, and the blame lies with my uncle." I don't know how the people of the village will treat me Li, as the head of the clan, I must bear the responsibility that I should bear. And you are still young, although you were born in a concubine, but no one in my Li family's young generation can match you. Therefore, you will shoulder the responsibility of the revival of the Li clan in my Xiangguo, and you must not be damaged here. Before the thieves arrive, you should leave quickly. ”

Li Gu couldn't help crying: "Uncle...... We still have more than 400 people, and we still have at least the strength to fight, so we can't give up. ”

Li Huai shook his head and said: "No, there are more than 100 members of my Li clan, and now they are all in the hands of thieves, so don't anger the thieves." As long as there is the slightest opportunity, I, as the patriarch, cannot give up on them. ”

Li Gu persuaded for a while, and it was not until Li Huai became angry that Li Gu led several horsemen to flee to the south with tears. When the other 400 people saw this, their tongues became irritable, and they wanted to flee by night.

Li Huai shouted: "The people of the rebellion are all from my Xiangguo County, as long as they abandon their weapons and surrender, the other party will not blame." If you escape in the dark, you may encounter the other party's ambush and accidentally be injured or injured. Instead, it is better to wait on the spot and let it fall. ”

After careful consideration, the rebels decided that this statement was credible, so they ordered the whole army to sit on the ground, put their weapons and armor on the ground, and waited for the leader of the thieves to come.

Luo Pei's army was surprised and delighted when he saw Li Huai ordering the whole army to abandon their weapons and sit in meditation, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous considering Li Huai's former prestige, but just sent people to the direction of Li's Zhuangyuan to inquire and report the news.

After another two moments or so, I saw more than 100 chaotic people with yellow scarves on their heads coming from the direction of the Li family's village, and two clansmen from the Li family. The person who was striding forward was a young man in his early twenties, with a wide mouth, thick eyebrows and sword eyes, and a curly beard under his cheeks.

The young man hugged his fists and said from afar: "The patriarch of the Li clan, in the lower Han Dynasty, Chenggu people pay salaries, and I am very fortunate to be able to compete with the descendants of Wu Anjun today." ”

Li Huaiqiang stood up and said without changing his expression: "The old man failed miserably today, and he is ashamed to be the descendant of Wu Anjun, and he has no shame to see Wu Anjun after his death." However, it is a great disappointment for you to be willing to be a thief with such talent. ”

He was not annoyed when he paid his salary, and said with a smile: "In this world, there are you and other family lords in power, where can there be a way out for me and this Han Shi." ”

Li Huai couldn't help but be speechless, and thought: If it was in the early Han Dynasty, it was the Han Shi who were more popular, but the Hao family would need to suffer. By the end of the Han Dynasty, everything had changed.

Li Huai arched his hand and said: "The general of the defeated army does not dare to speak bravely, I don't know how the leader of Fu will treat my Li clan and the hundreds of soldiers present?" ”

Fu Xin said with a smile: "When the village was broken, only a few servants of Guizhuang died, and none of the Li clan died. If you don't believe it, there are two clansmen in your family here, and the Li family can find out as soon as you ask. ”

Li Huai turned his head to look at the two descendants of the clan, and the two of them nodded yes again and again, and also shouted, "Patriarch, come down." ”

Fu Yan said: "As long as Patriarch Li is willing to surrender and Fu agrees, there will be no loss of grass and trees in the Li family." And promise you that the Li clan can also keep a little weapon for self-protection. As for the other soldiers, if there are those who are willing to take refuge in my Taiping Road, Fu is welcome. If you don't want to take refuge, as long as you return to the countryside and wait for the arrival of the peaceful world, Fu will not be held accountable. ”

As soon as the words of pay fell, hundreds of rebel troops immediately cheered and shouted long live, and everyone couldn't help but be happy. Li Huai couldn't help but smile bitterly, and as soon as he said to himself, he had the heart to fight against the water, and he was afraid that he would not succeed. Li Huai had no choice but to spread his hands and said, "Then it's all down." After thinking about it, he added, "If I, Li Dexin, were still an official of the court, I would not easily demote you for the sake of my clansmen." ”

Knowing that Li Huai was holding on to the shelf, he could only casually flatter a few words, and then ordered someone to clean up the weapons scattered in the field.

Li Huai looked at the Taiping Dao traitors, who were mostly armed with long bamboo sticks, and asked, "I wonder how many men and horses Leader Fu dispatched tonight to besiege the old man?" ”

Fu Xin said with a smile: "Fu has more than 1,300 people in his hands. But...... There were only more than 400 young people who participated in the battle, and the rest of the people who lit fires and shouted in all directions were old and weak women and children. ”

Li Huai exclaimed: "Impossible. More than 400 people can only ambush the old man before, but they can't divide their troops to quickly capture our Li Zhuangyuan. ”

Fu Xin smiled: "It's really impossible, I never thought of breaking through Guizhuang with untrained soldiers in my hands at the beginning." Originally, I just wanted to ambush Patriarch Li once, and I just drove him away. However, after Patriarch Li was hit by an arrow, he abandoned the rear army and left, and was dragged by the soldiers in our city. So he took the armor of the rear army, made a detour and went straight to Guizhuang, and coaxed the door of the village with lies, and then captured Guizhuang. ”

Li Huai shook his head again and again with remorse, and sighed: "Alas, if Li Gu had led the army in this battle, things would not have ended up completely defeated." ”

Pay said with a smile: "Water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent." The art of using war should be kept in one mind. If someone else commands the army, it will be another countermeasure in the general. Li Huai finally bowed down after hearing this.

The salary came to the county seat of Xiangguo again, and Luo Fang, according to the words of the child Luo Pei, generously handed over all the things in the county, and the salary finally controlled the military and political power of the county.

Early in the morning of the second day, he ordered the Taiping Taoist people scattered in the scattered townships to gather in the county seat, and gathered the weapons and armor of the whole county to form an army, with a total of 2,000 people. Among them, 1,000 had weapons, and the other 1,000 cut wood as soldiers, and served as food carriers for the rear army. He also collected the money and grain saved by the wealthy families who were killed by Luo Fang, and bought cloth to make military uniforms and flags. None of the others moved, and the people of Xiangguo County did not commit any offense, and within a few days, they had won the hearts of the people of the entire Xiangguo County.

After several days of continuous drills, the two thousand soldiers under his command finally had a little appearance. At least understand some of the changes, and the methods of forward, backward, and turning, are no longer a chaotic mess. Paying salaries, it is almost time to send troops to fight, and I can't wait for the crusade of the Han army.

On this day, the three sons of Chengzhang, Luo Fang, Luo Fang, Luo Ding, Luo Zhi, and Luo Pei, as well as Tao Sheng's generals, Hu Kuang, Ge Qi, and others, the leaders of the Xiangguo Taiping Dao Guardian Army, were discussing in the county government.

Luo Fang said: "Leader Fu, the old man opened an official warehouse to relieve the poor according to your order, although he has won the hearts of the people of Xiangguo, but there is only half a month's grain left in the hands of our army, what should be the next step." ”

Hu Kuang also interjected: "Yes, Boss Fu, you said that it is early spring, and you can't tax the people, but you can't move the other wealthy families in Xiangguo County." Now that we only have half a month's food, what will we use to feed the army in the future? ”

Fu Fu whispered: "Please rest assured, Fu has his own plans in his heart." Luo Pei, is there any news from Handan, Julu, Changshan and other places? ”

Luo Pei stood up and responded: "There happened to be news this morning, and it has not yet been reported to the leader. After learning of the defeat, the great sage and good teacher immediately started an incident in Julu, and is now leading the crowd to besiege the various counties of Julu County. In the direction of Changshan, I taught Dafang Zhang Niujiao to take the lead in breaking through Changshan County and YS County, and is now attacking other places in Changshan. On the Zhao side, Zhongqiu County and Bairen County in the north were also besieged by the leaders of our sect, and the city could be broken in a few days. Only the leader of Yiyang County in the south was killed in advance, and the sect members had already turned to Julu County and took refuge in the Great Sage and Good Master. As for Handan City, King Zhao and Zhao Xiang had no intention of sending troops, but just waited for reinforcements. As for the news from the Luoyang Han Court, because the distance is too far, the news is unknown. I don't know who the Han court will send as a general to conquer Jizhou. ”

Paying the salary, he knocked on the desk in front of him and said: "I originally wanted to take Handan to send troops to Julu, but I waited to take advantage of the situation, but I didn't expect Zhao Xiang to be so timid." Since he does not send troops, then I will take the initiative to meet them. ”

Cheng Zhang hurriedly persuaded: "Big brother, although the younger brother doesn't know the soldiers, he also knows the danger of the high pool in Handan City, and although our army has 2,000 people, the soldiers don't know how to fight, and the food and grass are not enough, and I am afraid that I will be defeated when I go to Handan." I also hope that the eldest brother will not go out of Xiangguo lightly. ”

Fu Yu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Handan has no guts, we can first attack Yiyang generously, train our troops in battle, and take Yiyang's grain by the way." ”

The plan has been decided, and the salary payment decision will be set out to Yiyang County early the next morning, leaving Luo Fang to guard Xiangguo County. Luo Fang was originally a local deacon of Taiping Road, and he was most familiar with the affairs of Xiangguo, so he was naturally the best person to stay behind.

Pay the salary and warn Luo Fangdao: "It is okay for the wealthy clan of Xiangguo to oppress a little, but you must not oppress too much, otherwise there may be a recurrence." If they are all killed, it will be detrimental to the great affairs of my Taiping Dao, so we need to be cautious and careful in dealing with them. ”

Luo Fang nodded again and again and said yes, but early the next morning, he saw more than a dozen wealthy families in Xiangguo County, each transporting 200 stone of grain, saying that they were ordered by Luo Fang to send the army to the battle. This made Fu Xuan's brows furrow, for fear that Luo Fang would have any thoughts after he left. It wasn't until Luo Fang repeatedly promised to pay the salary that the uneasy commander left.

However, Luo Fang's move allowed the salary to have nearly 3,000 stone of food, which could be eaten by the army for three months, which was not a pure bad thing. It is easy to make the salary pay calmly and handan. Even if it is to call up twice as many soldiers and horses, the pressure on food is not too great.