Chapter Sixty-Eight: King Shou's Scheme
Li Congwei fled as soon as he saw that it was not good, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he fought his way out of the encirclement and galloped ten miles before Li Congwei stopped his horse. Looking back, it was only the 3,000-pro-military battalion that followed him.
Li Congwei had no choice but to take people to the southwest, and Han Tao, the captain of the pro-military battalion, stepped forward, "Dashuai, Chengde is in chaos now, Dashuai can occupy a county seat to rest first, in order to plan for the future!" Li Congwei nodded: "That's it!" Thousands of people got on their horses and headed straight for Yizhou.
At this time, it was the beginning of December, and there were villages abandoned due to civil strife, and a group of people was hungry and cold, and finally arrived at a small county town before dark the next day, and a group of people rushed into the city to loot, and for a time the county town was full of chickens, dogs, jumping and crying.
Just then, an official led a group of officials to the front. This man is in his thirties, his face is dark, and he does not have the arrogance of previous officials. The fingers are a little rough. A pinch of mustache on the chin is messy. The official uniform is also a little dirty and torn. This person came to Li Congwei's horse and bowed down, "General, why did you rob the people under your rule early?" ”
Li Congwei glared, "Who are you to dare to speak like this?" "That man bowed his hand" under the official Lin Fan, it is the county order of this county. Li Congwei said, "General Ben's men and horses need to be replenished, so what about robbing these untouchables!" Hugh more mouthful! Lin Fan bowed down again, "General can't, the people here live in hardship, and the barrage may provoke a civil uprising!" ”
Li Congwei was furious, "You guy, you dare to teach General Ben, come here!" Drag it down and beat twenty military sticks! Several pro-soldiers came up and pressed Lin Fan to the ground and beat him on his back. Then he threw Lin Fan to the officials who came with him, and several officials hurriedly carried Lin Fan away.
Back at the county office, the more Lin Fan thought about it, the more angry he became. Suddenly, he remembered Liu Rengong from the nearby garrison. This person is ruthless, resourceful, and unsubordinate. Thinking of this, Lin Fan ordered people to prepare horses, and then walked out of the city in a puff of smoke.
Thirty miles away, Lin Fan sat on one side in Liu Rengong's camp tent, and said, "Dashuai, this official is here to send a wealth to Dashuai!" Liu Rengong touched his beard under his chin, "Why did the county say this!" ”
Lin Fan said again: "Today, Li Congwei led 3,000 men and horses to loot everywhere in my county, and the commander can lead troops to kill him, and then sacrifice it to Youzhou." Isn't that a great achievement! ”
Liu Rengong thought for a while, "But after all, they are brothers, I'm afraid they won't kill the killer!" Lin Fan said: "The handsome man is also wrong! Since there is a proclamation in Youzhou, it is endless! Dashuai, this is a great achievement. If you don't worry, after the matter is completed, the official will personally go to Youzhou to ask for credit for the general! ”
Liu Rengong was overjoyed, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Then there will be Lao County!" That night, Lin Fan stayed in the barracks.
At dawn the next day, the morning sun, pale and unwarm, flashed out of the mist on the ridge due east, and it shone on the plains and mountains covered with a layer of white frost, and Li Kuangchou and his men and horses continued to the southwest, passing through a valley. Suddenly, there was a sound of drums, and countless archers stood on both sides of the valley, and the arrows shot down as if they didn't want money, and the three thousand cavalry were immediately disorganized.
When the cavalry entered the valley, it was a place of death, and it could not be used at all. Li Congwei was frightened and hurriedly led people to break through, braving the rain of arrows and running back desperately, and from time to time people and horses fell to the ground with arrows around him. As soon as I ran out of the valley, I was met with another rain of arrows. Li Congwei was in a hurry, "Rush, rush up!" ”
Thousands of horsemen rushed towards the army with their horses, and the cavalrymen took their crossbows from their bodies and shot them desperately, and from time to time someone fell from his horse and was trampled into a pulp by the horses that rushed up from behind. Finally, Li Congwei led the men into the military formation, and the horse's hooves stepped on the shield, and the soldiers behind the shield spat blood and fell to the ground. The horses rampaged through the formation, and the knights on the horses slashed left and right with steel swords. All of a sudden, the military formation was in chaos. The encirclement of the military array is already as thin as a piece of waste paper, and rushing out is the way to live.
Liu Rengong also knew this, and also gave a death order to fight to the death without retreating, and immediately divided 500 cavalry to fly down the mountain, directly joined the battle formation, and drove the officers and troops who had been dispersed everywhere to turn over and counterattack, and 5,000 people in the rear joined the battle group again, and the battle was once again stalemate.
The cavalry lost its speed and waited for death, countless spears stabbed from all directions, and the cavalry on the horse struggled to chop, but soon they were picked up from the horse by several spears, and were thrown to the ground to die with a scream. There were fewer and fewer people around Li Congwei, and finally a spear stabbed him in the back from behind, looking at the bloody tip of the spear stabbed from the chest, Li Congwei fell off the horse with a scream, and a soldier stepped forward and cut off his head.
In the military tent, Lin Fan arched his hand and said, "The big handsome, the big thing has been accomplished, the big marshal is here for the time being, and the county will go to Youzhou to ask for merit for the marshal!" I am willing to fight for the greatest benefit for the marshal with the mouth of this county! Liu Rengong arched his hand, "There is Lao County, and Ben Shuai is waiting for the county here!" Lin Fan bowed his hand out of the camp, smiled proudly, and then hit his horse and went straight to Youzhou.
In the afternoon of the next day, Lin Fan rode into Youzhou and went straight to Shuaifu. After reporting at the door, he was led into the side hall by his subordinates, and when Li Kuang came out, Lin Fan gave a salute, "The county order of Yi County is lowly Lin Fan has seen the handsome!" Li Kuangchou waved his hand, "No courtesy, I don't know why Zun County is here!" ”
Lin Fan told Li Kuangchou about Li Congwei's death, and Li Kuangwei and the others burst into tears when they heard it, after all, it was his brother. Seeing this, Lin Fan said, "I don't know what the marshal plans are in the future?" Li Kuangsuan stopped his tears and said, "If you don't like to be handsome, you will try your best to protect Youzhou!" ”
Lin Fan shook his head, "Dashuai, you are still too young, do you think you can suppress those generals below?" Li Kuangchoi thought for a moment and shook his head: "No!" Lin Fan asked again: "Then can you solve the salary of the soldiers below?" Li Kuangchou shook his head, "Barely support!" ”
Lin Fan smiled, "Dashuai, you should think about the way back!" Li Kuangchou was stunned for a moment, then got up and left his seat, walked to Lin Fan and gave a deep salute: "Please sir, save me!" Lin Fan hurriedly supported Li Kuangchou, "The handsome don't have to be like this!" ”
The two sat down again, and Lin Fan arched his hand and said, "Commander, I don't know how many soldiers and horses you have?" How many other generals are there? Li Congwei thought for a while and said, "There are less than 60,000 under the jurisdiction of this commander!" Liu Rengong has 30,000 there, and there are more than 30,000 in Jizhou! Lin Fan asked, "Do these 60,000 people obey the military orders of the marshal?" ”
Li Kuangchou said, "30,000 people are my headquarters, and the other 30,000 are led by three generals, so they don't listen to my orders!" Lin Fan said: "Have you thought about what to do in the future?" Li Kuangchou gave up his hand again: "Please teach me, sir!" ”
Lin Fan arched his hand to the upper left, "His Royal Highness King Shou has led the army to possess the second town of Weibo and Chengde, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Lu Long." Why don't you push the boat down the river and dedicate Lu Long to King Shou, and then the handsome can return to the countryside and make a pair of fairy beauties with his wife? ”
Li Kuangchoo was stunned! He was a little reluctant to hand over Lu Long, but he also knew that he couldn't control those generals under him at all! After thinking about it again, Li Kuangchou asked, "If I hand over Lu Long, how will King Shou treat me?" ”
Lin Fan said: "I heard that many generals and landlords in Weibo have invested their family property in the United Chamber of Commerce, and dividends are distributed every month. It's very enviable! Chengde has recently started doing the same! ”
Li Kuang was tempted, after all, he was only eighteen years old, and he really didn't have the ability to let him manage a huge Lu Long. But! He hesitated and said, "If I offer Lu Long to King Shou, it's okay, but the rest of the generals may not be willing?" ”
Lin Fan smiled, "Dashuai, this is what I came to tell you?" Liu Rengong will definitely not take refuge in King Shou, this person is ambitious, and he must also want to be the envoy of this section, and the marshal can order him to lead all the people to Youzhou, and then order several other generals to ambush in the valley thirty miles outside Youzhou City. When his two sides fought to the death and lost both, the marshal personally led the men and horses to wipe out all the two sides. At that time, there will only be 30,000 horses left in Jizhou in the entire Lulong! He will not dare to move, and the commander can send someone to welcome the army of King Shou in. ”
Looking at Li Kuangchou, Lin Fan said, "Dashuai, the people have been harmed a lot recently!" As far as I know, many towns and cities are now waiting for the Shouwang army to come! Li Kuangchou's face turned red, he was blindfolded by gold and silver!
But then Lin Fan's words surprised him! "Chengde Weibo Henghai Lulong, King Shou is so big! Almost effortlessly, the three towns of Hebei were turned upside down! Li Kuangchou said in surprise, "Sir, you... Are you saying that the chaos in the three towns of Hebei was all caused by King Shou? ”
Lin Fan smiled, "Dashuai, you can think about it, why did so many things happen not long after King Shou came to Hebei, and King Shou's soldiers and horses also accounted for Wei Bo and Chengde?" And the most ridiculous thing is that it is really possible that Lu Long is not in the Shouwang plan, but... Lu Long himself was automatically sent to King Shou's mouth! ”
Li Kuangchou's sweat came down, and the people just threw out a sentence, but Lu Long's side was fighting to death. And Lu Long is probably not in other people's plans, otherwise he would be in a different place now.
Li Kuangchou left his seat and knelt in front of Lin Fan, "Mr. Gao, the kid is indeed inferior, I hope everything will obey Mr.'s arrangement!" Lin Fan hurriedly helped Li Kuangchou up, "The big handsome can send someone to Liu Rengong with me, and then send him to Shouwang to rescue the soldiers!" ”
Li Kuangchou was overjoyed and immediately began to write a letter, and after the letter was written, Li Kuangchou ordered someone to call his eldest brother over. The eldest brother's name is Ye Rong, and he served as a long history in the Jiedu Embassy. handed over the letter to Ye Rong, and told him to send it to King Shou, although Ye Rong was a little surprised, but it was related to the future of his sister and his family, and he didn't ask anything.
Li Kuangchou personally led the two to the outside of the city, and sent 20 domestic dead soldiers to escort them. The two of them hit their horses and went straight to Liu Rengong. Li Kuang returned to the city to convene the other three generals to discuss things, Youzhou is about to usher in a new master, and Datang has changed its appearance!