Chapter 5 Capture the city and defend it

Luo Fang calmed down for a moment and said with a smile: "It's not that the old man believes in Fu Gaoxian, but after all, this is a matter of life and death, and it involves the lives of many people in the old and old clan, so I have to be careful." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info The old man just remembered one person, or maybe he helped the old man, and the old man didn't scratch the two sages. also invited the two sages to sit here, and the old man went to take Xiangguo County. Send the two more sages away safely. ”

Luo Fang was flustered when he came, but he was calm when he went. When Cheng Zhang saw him walking away, he shook his head unhappily and said, "Big brother, when Deacon Luo begged for help, his behavior after asking for help was really unpleasant. Do you think this Deacon Luo will be able to succeed and capture Xiangguo County? ”

Fu Xuan's expression was also a little depressed, and he sat back on the couch and said: "It's just Xiangguo County, if you have a heart or not, no matter who leads the sect, you can capture it?" After all, Xiangguo County is close to Julu County, and the prestige of the great sages and good teachers in this place is too high, and the strength of Xiangguo Ling and the county lieutenant is not superior. It's just that the way to do it after the capture is the top priority of this major event, if you do it well, just one county in Xiangguo, you can conjure thousands of troops out of thin air, and if you don't do it well, I'm afraid that it will ...... Falling short"

Chengzhang asked, "Oh, big brother, is there anything unfinished that you haven't finished speaking?" ”

Fu Xin shook his head, lay back on the couch, and said after a while: "No, it may be just the first time to make plans with others, and I feel uneasy." ”

Chengzhang is not good at the way of conquest, and when he saw the salary, he said no, and he also thought that it was the first time to pay the salary, and he was a little unsure. So after a few words of persuasion, they slept on the couch together and closed their eyes to recuperate.

Not long after, I suddenly heard the cries in the city, the firelight and the cries for help, and I heard a chaotic shout, and finally converged into a complete sentence, "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand." The year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. ”

This slogan, which started out with only a few hundred people shouting, slowly gathered more and more, and finally became the only note in the city. These sixteen-character mantra seems to have become the only voice in the world at this time, and there is no room for anything else.

An hour later, the shouts of the sixteen-character mantra suddenly became the largest and rose to the top. The sky of the entire Xiangguo seemed to be boiling, and Cheng Zhang, who was half-propped up, listened to it for a while, and then asked uncertainly: "Did you catch the commander and captain of Xiangguo County?" Xiangguo is completely occupied? ”

There was an "um" sound between the wings of Pay's nose, and after a while, his breathing gradually became heavy. Chengzhang shook his head and leaned over to sleep.

When the two got up and left the hospital, the entire Xiangguo County became a sea of joy, and everyone was smiling. The two of them did not participate in last night's major event, so naturally they can't empathize. In order not to be different from others, I had to go to Luo Fang with a smile on my face.

I heard that Luo Fang was sitting in the county government at this time, and when the two found the county office, they saw that the county government was full of countless people, a large group of old and young, no less than a thousand people.

The two squeezed in desperately, but saw Luo Fang's thin body wearing a Han system of county order uniforms. On either side, there were 20 young men armed with thick wooden sticks, who were knocking down and beating several middle-aged and elderly people in brocade clothes. The blood, tears and screams of those people failed to arouse the sympathy of others, but instead attracted laughter and excitement from thousands of spectators.

Cheng Zhang asked a few questions from the people on the side, and then said to the salary: "These people are the patriarchs of several wealthy families in the city. ”

Fu Yuan nodded expressionlessly, and sighed in his heart: It turned out to be them, and it was exactly what I was worried about last night. After all, Taiping Dao is too weak compared to the Han family, and the people fighting between the two are not this group of wealthy families and family lords who are all over the country's thirteen states.

Although he hated the wealthy families and clans everywhere because of his own experience. But I have to admit that today, those who have the heart of the world will win the world, and those who have lost the heart of the world will lose the world. These families cannot be provoked, and they will never be provoked. At least they must not be touched when the world of the Taiping Road is undecided. Even if the world has been decided, and there are millions of male soldiers in hand, you still need to be cautious if you want to move the world. What's more, when the Taiping Dao was weak at the beginning, it persecuted the scholars greatly.

It seems that this matter of Xiangguo County will definitely be difficult to achieve in the near future. Since Luo Fang doesn't believe in himself, there is no need for him to stay here anymore, let's go to Julu County. Presumably, the great sage and good teacher are different from people like Luo Fang.

He didn't want to face Luo Fang when he was proud, so he asked Chengzhang to go to find Luo Fang's warrant to leave the city, and Luo Fang casually asked one person to come and lead the two out of the city, and he didn't say anything about the salary, turned around and left. As soon as he walked not far, he heard a sharp cry in the county government "chop". After a few screams, thousands of spectators once again boiled to the extreme.

After the two left the city, Cheng Zhang asked, "Big brother, where am I waiting to go here?" ”

Pay the salary and said: "Go to Julu, the great sage and good teacher are there, and Julu is easy to take in a county." Ma/Yuanyi was captured generously, and I don't know where my division is now? Did you escape back to the giant deer? As his disciple, I naturally wanted to go and see him. ”

Cheng Zhang nodded in agreement and said: "That's right, the Taiping Taoist sect in Handan was captured, and I'm afraid that none of my senior brothers will survive, and I also want to go to Julu to meet the master and see what he will do for the younger brother." With that, the two headed east.

As soon as he walked less than ten miles, he saw a large group of people and horses hurrying in the distance, and hurriedly grabbed Chengzhang and hid in the field by the roadside.

After a while, the people approached, and the two secretly watched, and Cheng Zhang asked in surprise: "Big brother, but someone is here?" ”

Fu Yu calculated the number of people in his heart, and said in his mouth: "No, Handan is ninety-three miles away from Xiangguo, and even if the brigade is a light car, it will take two days to arrive, and it must come from the south." This team of men and horses is only 600 people, with mixed clothes and different weapons, and they are not Handan's soldiers. Looking at their calm figures, they do not look like people who have traveled a long way, they should be an army composed of local soldiers in Xiangguo, thieves in various towns and pavilions, and private slaves of local wealthy families. ”

Cheng Zhang looked at the banner surnamed Li behind the lord of horseback and was startled, as if he thought of something, and said: "It turns out that he, Li Huai, the patriarch of the Li clan in Xiangguo County." ”

Fu Qian Qi said: "Brother Xian knows him? ”

Chengzhang shook his head and said, "I don't know, I've just heard of it." The founding ancestor of the Li clan of Xiangguo was Li Mu, the Xiangguo Wuanjun of the Zhao State in the pre-Qin period. Although the patriarch of this generation is not good, he has also served as a county commander and school captain of the Han family. A few years ago, because of the failure of the battle with Xianbei, he was dismissed from office for questioning and dismissed. Although he was idle at home at this time, he was the only one who could gather hundreds of soldiers from Xiangguo to attack the city and quell the chaos. ”

Paid the salary and was shocked, and muttered: "It turned out to be Wu Anjun's descendant." Wu Anjun Li Mu is one of the few people who admires the salary, and in the face of his descendants, he does not dare to have disrespectful thoughts.

Pay pay to know that what Cheng Zhang Fang just said is the battle between the Han family and Xianbei six years ago, the Han Emperor had sent Karasuma Captain Xia Yu, Po Xianbei Zhonglang General Tian Yan, and Xiongnu Zhonglang General Zang Min, each leading more than 10,000 cavalry, divided into three ways out of the border fortress, and penetrated more than 2,000 miles into the land of Xianbei. In the end, they were defeated by the Xianbei Great Khan Tan Shihuai, Xia Yu and others even lost all the runes and baggage, and each only led dozens of cavalry to flee for their lives, and the soldiers killed in the Han army accounted for seven or eight tenths.

I didn't expect that Li Huai of Xiangguo was also among them, and although Tanshihuai won that battle, it was not a real victory. Just looking at the fact that he died of serious injuries in the next year, and his son Helian could not use his prestige to dominate the Xianbei tribes, it was clear that the Han family was not necessarily the worst loser.

Looking at the speed with which Li Huai led his troops, he knew that he saw the fire in Xiangguo County last night, and guessed that there was a rebellion in Xiangguo County. Without waiting for the court to give an order, he gathered hundreds of soldiers overnight to attack and save the county seat of Xiangguo, knowing that he was also a capable person, comparable to ordinary generals.

He looked at the departing brigade and sighed: "If I come to lead the army, or it may be possible to repel Li Huai, Luo Fang...... Dangerous. ”

Cheng Zhang persuaded: "Since the eldest brother has left the county seat of Xiangguo, don't worry about Luo Fang's affairs anymore." Let's hurry to Julu. ”

Fu Yan shook his head slightly and said: "No, it's okay if Luo Fang can't do a big thing, but if he can't even keep it, it won't be done." Xiangguo County is Taihang in the west, Julu County in the east, and the only place to use troops is the north and south. You can attack Handan, take Handan's iron official workshop to make weapons, and threaten Wei County nearby. Retreat can help Julu County's great virtuous and good division contain most of Wei County's troops. This can be regarded as a battleground for soldiers, and it cannot be easily lost. ”

Cheng Zhang frowned and persuaded: "Not to mention that Luo Fang is unwilling to hand over power to the eldest brother, and besides, the eldest brother is going at this time, and he can't hurry, why are the two of us still staying here?" ”

Paid sat on the stone and frowned and pondered, and then said for a while: "The matter of Xiangguo County, or there is a possibility of redemption." ”

Cheng Zhang asked puzzledly: "Then how to redeem it?" ”

Fu Yan said with a smile: "When he left the city, although Luo Fang did some things to defend the city, it seems that he has not yet gathered the sects in the townships of Xiangguo County. Then Li Huai went to attack the county seat, and he might not be able to go down for a while, but it also blocked the way for the sect members in the townships to enter the city. You and I can gather the congregation on the periphery and see each other again. ”

Cheng Zhang muttered: "The sect members in the townships are too scattered, even if the two of us gather the sect members in the name of the great sage and good teacher, it will be difficult to gather many people in a day. Besides, we don't have weapons, and it's difficult to fight with Li Huai, if Luo Fang can't defend today, then what? ”

Pay the salary and said: "Don't worry, Li Huainai is a veteran of the battlefield, although he went quickly, but it was only for deterrence, so that the sects in the townships were afraid and did not dare to defect to Luo Fang, and also made Luo Fang panic, sitting in a lonely city, it was difficult to become bigger." So it doesn't have to be fast. You and I have time. As for the armament, I can't do it, so I can only chop wood for soldiers. Fortunately, Li Huai's six hundred people did not have a few pieces of iron armor, and only half of the leather armor was made, and the others were also cloth clothes. ”