With the resolution of the salt shortage in Guanzhong and the internal strife within the Turks, the major separatist forces have become more and more aware of Li Tang's strength, and Li Tang is also looking for his prey in the separatist forces, and the major separatist forces are also stepping up preparations in order not to be annexed by Li Tang. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Mayi Xia County - Wei Wangfu. Lu Chongmao was drinking in his palace, and Lu Chongmao's closest subordinate, who was also Lu Chongmao's cousin, ran in:

"Lord, Lord, Lord."

"What's the panic? Someone is going to die. Lu Chongyue said anxiously to Lu Chongmao:

"Hey! Lord Wang, you are right, you are about to die, and Liu Wuzhou sent someone to urge us to train and collect food. The prince ......, "Lu Chongyue hasn't finished speaking, the people sent by Liu Wuzhou have already broken in:

"Lord Wei, is Lord Wei here? Yo! Lord Wei! It's going to be bothered again. "The person who came is called Song Laiyi, Song Jingang's cousin, and Song Jingang's cronies, and his colleague is also a guy with a very bad character, who likes to bully men and women and ask for bribes. Every time I come back to Xia County, I will make Xia County chickens fly and dogs jump.

"Yo! It's Lord Song! This king is far away. Please forgive Lord Song for the crime of being rude! ”

"Oops! King Wei was polite, and the emperor asked the lower officials to ask the prince how his preparations for war were going? The soldiers and horses are still ready, and the grain and grass are enough? Hearing Song Laiyi's yin and yang strange tone, Lu Chongmao didn't have a good tone:

"Lord Song, you also know that our Xia County is sparsely populated and the people are poor, plus what military grain tax has to be paid, the people really have no surplus food in their hands, and there are wars every year, and the number of strong men is becoming scarcer and smaller, so it is really impossible to recruit soldiers!" Song Laiyi sneered:

"Humph! What will the people eat in the coming year, how can there be no food! It must be those Diao people who are hiding, lord, is the knife in your hand rusty? Diao Min will kill his head if he doesn't pay food, kill a few more, isn't there food? As for the strong man? Capture all the remaining strong men, won't there be soldiers? Now Li Tang is eyeing our Ma Yi ......" Song Laiyi chattered, but Lu Chongmao couldn't listen to a word.

"If all the remaining strong men are conscripted into the army, then who will plant this land, no one will plant it, and what will we eat in the coming year? Couldn't the emperor allocate some grain, grass, soldiers and horses? As soon as he heard that Lu Chongmao wanted grain, grass and soldiers, Song Laiyi directly shirked it:

"King Wei, what you said is not authentic, when the emperor named you the king of Wei, he took this Xia County as your fiefdom, since it is your own fief, it is natural to guard yourself."

"Humph! When I asked for money, food, and pig iron, one opened his mouth bigger than a lion, and now the Tang Army is coming, but we want to send our own troops and horses to pay for food, what is this ** thing?! ”

"King Wei, since the ancient road, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. It is also appropriate to ask you to send some money, grain, and pig iron every year. Okay, King Wei should still have military affairs in his body, so the official won't bother, goodbye! After speaking, Song Laiyi left without looking back. Lu Chongyue looked at Song Laiyi's distant back, and whispered to Lu Chongmao:

"Big brother, you have offended Song Laiyi, he will muttered to Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang in his ears when the time comes, and we will ......" Lu Chongmao stopped Lu Chongyue's words and sighed.

"Second brother, I really regret being a brother! At the beginning, our two brothers, for the sake of a bite of food from the villagers, rebelled against Tang and voted for Liu, although Liu Wuzhou made me a king of Wei, but, as you know, over the years, Liu Wuzhou transferred money and sent grain from our Xia County, desperately squeezing our financial and people's power, and this salt shortage, they knocked us thousands of catties of high-grade pig iron. The villagers are having a hard time, and now Li Tang is going to call and ask them for money and food, but they don't pull out a dime. Ay! "How can Lu Chongyue's heart not know Lu Chongmao's suffering! Lu Chongyue's thoughts seemed to return to the days when he betrayed Tang and joined Liu. In order to resist Liu Wuzhou's attack, Li Tang Hedong defended Li Yuanji and burned the people's grain, causing dissatisfaction among the people. In October, Lu Chongmao, a resident of Xia County, saw his fellow villagers hungry and resentful, and often sighed in front of his cousin:

"Second brother, look at it, originally, when Li Yuan first arrived in Hedong, he also knew to be sympathetic to the people, from time to time to shock the people, win over the hearts of the people, and has always been under the banner of protecting the territory and the people, now you see, he Li Yuan is fighting to the east, Liu Wuzhou is attacking us, for their soldiers, horses, money and food, Xia County is now full of corpses, and that Lou Sijing knows how to make money and play with women all day long, a few days ago, I went to the county seat, and the streets were full of corpses. It's miserable! Lu Chongyue looked at Lu Chongmao:

"Big brother! If there is chaos today, why don't we ...... it too" Lu Chongmao waved his hand and said:

"Chongyue, the matter of swords and soldiers is not child's play, if you don't make a good fuss, you will lose your head, or don't talk about it." A few days later, Lu Chongyue brought dozens of acquaintances to find Lu Chongmao:

"Big brother, I didn't expect Li Yuanji's son Li Yuanji to be so not a thing, he didn't know how to fight, but he said that he was strong and cleared the wilderness, and took away the grain and even seeds in our hands, this day can't be lived, it's better for you to take us to fight back!" Lu Chongmao is a wealthy family in Xia County, who was originally righteous and squandering money, and was very generous to his neighbors, so he was very prestigious in Xia County.

"Second brother, you can't talk nonsense, I said it at the meeting, this sword is not a child's play! If you don't get it right, the villagers will die. Dozens of young men who followed Lu Chongyue knelt in front of Lu Chongmao:

"Brother Chongmao, now the villagers can't live anymore, besides, it turns out that when we were in the Great Sui, we didn't have a full meal, and now the Great Sui is dead, he Li Yuan can call himself the King of Tang, and Liu Wuzhou can also divide one side, can't we support a prince and emperor, sit in a corner, and be a big official of Brother Long? Anyway, now that the world is in chaos, it's better to give it a go, it's Li Yuanji who is unjust to us, it's not that we are disloyal to the imperial court, besides, he, Li Yuan, is not the emperor. It's better for you to take us and turn it around, at least everyone can drink a mouthful of severed wine and eat a mouthful of fat meat before they die. ”

"Yes! Ma Ermao is right, Brother Chongmao, you can lead us to fight a way to live! I, Xie Sanhu, support Brother Lu as the leader! Seeing the surging emotions of these people, Lu Chongmao knew that it was impossible for him to resign, and besides, Lu Chongmao also had a trace of ambition in his heart.

"Good! Since all the brothers trust, I, Lu Chongmao, will take you to break out of the way. Now, let's do it! "Xia County Commander Lou Sijing is counting the money in the county office. I thought to myself, 'That's great! General Li Yuanji ordered me to raise grain, grass and military salaries, and now that the oil and water in Xia County are about to be drained by me, do you want to wait a few days and let General Li Yuanji give me activities and transfer a place with more oil and water. Suddenly, the official reported:

"Master, it's not good, there is a group of Diao people outside, the leader is called Lu Chongmao, they attacked the armory, seized the weapons and then opened the granary, all the way to eat, to live, and now they are almost to the county office."

"What? Quickly mobilize the government soldiers in the county and suppress it! ”

"Oops! Master, why did you forget, isn't it Liu Wuzhou's invasion now! The soldiers and horses in the county have long been transferred. ”

"Then run to the county and ask for help!"

"Sir! Isn't the situation the same in the county as in the county? ”

"What then? What can I do? "When the official saw Lou Sijing, he would only say what to do! What to do! knew that Lou Sijing was just a wine bag and rice bag that would be curryed favor in front of his boss, and when he heard the voices of the chaotic people outside getting closer and closer, he didn't care about Lou Sijing's life or death, and quickly ran for his life. Lou Sijing saw that the official had run away, and scolded angrily:

"Damn, bastard, the labor and management have given you some pocket money on weekdays, and now you are better to leave the labor and management alone. Someone! Help me! Lu Chongmao led everyone to attack the county office, came to the front of the lobby, and saw the county magistrate Lou Sijing hiding under the public case, her buttocks shivering outside. Lu Chongmao ordered someone to pull Lou Sijing out. With a knife against Lou Sijing's neck:

"Lou County Order, do you still recognize me?"

"Ouch! It turned out to be Mr. Lu! ”

"Hmm!"

"Nope! It's King Lu, the king spares his life! The king spares his life! There are some scattered silver taels here in this county, all of which are given to the king, only to ask the king to spare the life of the villain. Lu Chongmao directly pushed Lou Sijing:

"Forget it! Lou County Order! The gold and silver treasures in your hands are all scraped by the blood and sweat of the people of our Xia County, and labor and management are just lacking an object to sacrifice the flag today, come on! Cut this dog officer for me, sacrifice the flag. In addition, a notice was issued to inform the whole city that from today onwards, this Xia County will be surnamed Lu from now on. As soon as Lou Sijing heard that she was going to kill her head, she hugged Lu Chongmao's thigh and begged for mercy desperately, but Lu Chongmao didn't listen, and directly asked Lou Sijing to pull her down. When Li Yuanji heard about it, he immediately led his troops to fight, and Lu Chongmao defeated Li Yuanji again. Li Yuanji asked Li Yuan for help. Li Yuan asked Yang You for an edict, and ordered Li Xiaoji, the prince of Yong'an County, Dugu Huaien, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Yun, the governor of Shaanxi, and Tang Jian, the internal envoy, to lead troops to attack Lu Chongmao. and reinforced Li Yuanji, and Lu Chongmao asked Lu Chongyue to ask for help from Liu Wuzhou's general Song Jingang with a heavy gift:

"Marshal Song, my eldest brother Lu Chongmao has heard of the prestige of the marshal for a long time, and admires the prestige of the Daxing Emperor very much, so he specially asked his subordinates to bring two thousand taels of silver to visit the marshal, and I also want the marshal to introduce to the emperor of Daxing, and my eldest brother wants to serve the emperor." Song Jingang looked at the two thousand taels of silver and sneered:

"Lu Chongyue, although Ben Shuai is hundreds of miles away from your Xia County, but Ben Shuai has also heard a little, after you raised troops to rebel and defeated Li Yuanji, now Li Yuan has mobilized heavy troops, let Li Xiaoji, the prince of Yong'an County, Dugu Huaien, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Yun, the governor of Shaanzhou, and Tang Jian, the internal envoy, lead the troops to crusade against you, and you asked us for help. Don't take us for fools. Lu Chongyue flattered Song Jingang with a smile on his face and said:

"Marshal Song, yes! Now we are in danger, but Xia County is an important town in the south of Shanxi, and it is also an important pig iron mining base, and this time, Li Tang's reinforcements still think that Li Tang's clan is a great achievement! Under the persuasion of Lü Chongyue, Song Jingang sent Wei Chi Jingde and Xunxiang to lead troops to rescue, and Lü Chongmao flanked the Tang army, and Dugu Huaien, Yu Yun, Tang Jian, and Liu Shirang, the head of the march, were all captured. And Li Xiaoji swore not to surrender, and fought Wei Chi Jingde to death. And Lu Chongmao was named the king of Wei by Liu Wuzhou because of this merit. Looking back at the beginning, Lu Chongmao didn't have a taste in his heart. Lu Chongyue saw it in his eyes:

"Big brother, do you say we want to surrender to Li Tang again?"

"What! No, the husband is in the world, don't be unfaithful! Besides, we rebelled against Li Tang in the past, but now that we see that others are strong, we turn around and beg others, isn't this a capricious villain?! No, I don't agree! Lu Chongyue continued to persuade:

"Big brother, this is a troubled time, in the original Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu was called the third surname slave, but what about him Liu Bei! first took refuge in Tao Qian, then Cao Cao, and later in Yuan Shao, and after Yuan Shao failed, he attached himself to Liu Biao, how many surnames is this!? So, the most important thing is to be alive. Lu Chongmao thought about it and nodded.

"Subony! Do you have any way? ”

"Big brother, there is no way for the time being, but there will be."

Historical truth: At the beginning, it was Pei Lin who was strong and clear, not Li Yuanji, for the needs of the plot, I changed Pei Lin to Li Yuanji.