After sneaking back to the Han Dynasty from Rome, Lu Yi gathered the old department in Fangshan, Changshan County, Jizhou. Fangshan is not high, but the forest is dense, and the people are inaccessible, and the cottage built here by Luyi is not known to outsiders. It's just that he now has no money and no food, and the matter of recruiting the old department has had little effect, and after a few months, he has gathered less than 500 people, and it is a big joke that people want to rebel with this point.

At this time, Liu Xin suddenly issued another order to recruit the old armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Although these old soldiers were only temporarily enlisted, their salaries and daily treatment were no different from those of the regular army, and there were many applicants for a time. The name of the koji is not right, and it is even more difficult to recruit the old department. Once a person's ambition is born, it is difficult to take it back. Undeterred, Koji scrambled to train his old department while trying to find an opportunity, turning his gaze to the thieves he had not been able to see in the past.

Hebei Yijing was originally the birthplace of the Yellow Turban, and there were many thieves in the past. After Yuan Shao's defeat, the Han army vigorously eliminated the thieves in various places, and promised that as long as these thieves were willing to abandon evil and follow good, the court would not blame the past and give land. Therefore, after a few months, the thieves were good, and the land of Hebei gradually became peaceful.

Most of the thieves were originally from poor people, and they couldn't get by, so they gathered in the mountains and forests or were confused by Zhang Jiao and his ilk. But there are also a few thieves who are accustomed to the days of being lazy and unproductive, and he can't stand it anymore if he returns to the old life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, facing the loess with his back to the sky.

However, the Han army was very strict, and a large number of thieves had nowhere to hide, so they could only go out in groups of three or five, day and night, and do some things such as stealing chickens and dogs, and robbing houses and houses, which could no longer compare with the "scenery" of the past.

At this time, the former general Lu Yi under Yuan Shao suddenly stretched out an olive branch, and these thieves happily obeyed. Within a month, 2,000 people had gathered in the cottage.

Two thousand men and horses are not much, as long as they are properly dispatched, it is enough to capture a county seat. Although Lu Yi did not understand the truth that a spark could start a prairie fire, he knew that Liu Xin's rule in Hebei was not very stable, and many local scholars still resisted Liu Xin. As long as a county town falls, those disgruntled scholars will follow the example and rise up, and he will be able to make trouble out of chaos.

Lu Yi hibernated in the mountains for more than two months, the grain and grass were gradually exhausted, his subordinates complained, and the army's morale was unstable. When Lu Yizheng was at a loss for what to do, news suddenly came from outside the mountain, saying that a large number of troops and horses of the Fifth Army stationed in Hebei had been transferred to the west.

In fact, the Fifth Army only mobilized 10,000 cavalry, and the main force remained in the Hebei area. But Koji has no exact sources, relying more on his own judgment. The movement of the Fifth Army showed that the war in the west was tight, and at the same time, it would also cause Hebei to be complete and empty, and Lu Yi felt that the opportunity had come.

In the evening, Lu Yi gathered his men and horses, set fire to the cottage, in order to show his determination not to look back, and marched towards Lingshou County, a hundred miles to the southeast. More than 2,000 people lined up in a long line, holding torches, like a fiery dragon in the night, which was quite spectacular. However, with the exception of Koyoshi and a dozen or so of his cronies, who were armoured, the others were dressed in cloth, and their weapons were only ring-headed knives and sharpened wooden clubs. Lu Yi understands that such an army, even if the garrison of Lingshou City is empty, it will be extremely difficult to capture it, and only by winning by surprise can there be hope.

More than 2,000 people were originally a rabble, but no one complained about this rapid march. It's not that Lu Yi's training during this period has been effective, it's that they have been holding back in the mountains for too long, and they all want to be able to go into the city this time to indulge. Lu Yi promised them that they had broken through the county seat of Lingshou, and in addition to not allowing the harm to the big families of the scholars, the rest of the property and children would be taken by them.

The sky is not bright, Lingshou City came to the light sound of "Bang Bang Bang", five watches, some early people have gathered at the city gate to wait, those who enter the city enter the city, and those who go out of the city go out of the city. Finally, a "squeak" sounded, and the four doors slowly opened. Suddenly, a large group of people rushed straight to the west gate in the dark, and the people waiting outside the city gate had no time to dodge, and dozens of people were cut down in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers defending the city saw that the situation was not good, and hurried to close the city gates. It's just a large number of people coming in and out of the city gate, where can it be closed. The bandits had already rushed to the front and killed people on sight, and many innocent people fell one after another in pools of blood, crying and screaming.

Lingshou County is not an important town, and the defenders of the city are all local soldiers, with no more than 100 soldiers. However, these soldiers have spent at least a year in the training center, especially in dealing with emergencies, and have undergone no less than 10 drills. The city gates could not be closed for a while, and the soldiers tried to evacuate the people at the gates while ringing the warning gong.

The defenders woke up from their sleep, quickly put on their armor, and rushed out of the barracks with swords, guns, bows and arrows. Emergency assembly is also one of the daily training items, and it only takes a cup of tea to complete this set of movements. But it was the time of this tea, and the bandit army of Lu Yi had already rushed into the west gate. Although the six soldiers on duty at night fought hard, they were finally outnumbered and all died heroically.

The capture of Ximen has completed the first step of Lu Yi's plan, and his next target is the county government. However, this rabble refused to obey the command, and broke into the houses along the street in groups of three or five, and began to loot property, defile women, and kill innocents indiscriminately, causing a miasma in the area around the West Gate.

Lingshou County Ling Lin Jin was a disabled soldier whose right arm was cut off during the battle to pacify Hebei and had no choice but to retire. Lin Jin has studied and is a meritorious minister, and was appointed as the commander of Lingshou County. Years in the army have given him the habit of waking up early. At this time, Lin Jin had already gotten up, did not eat breakfast, and first looked through the official documents in the back office.

Suddenly, a servant stumbled in and said in a loud voice: "My lord, it's not good, tens of thousands of thieves have entered the city!" ”

"What!" Lin Jin was shocked, slapped the table hard, and shouted, "Quick, summon the three classes of officials to cover the people out of the city!" ”

Although Lin Jin really wanted to go to the battlefield again, he understood his responsibilities better, and the local army was responsible for meeting the enemy, and his responsibility was to protect the people.

At this time, Tang Yong, the lieutenant of Lingshou County, had already led more than 80 soldiers to fight with the bandits of Luyi. Although there were many bandits, they were all busy robbing property, and they were unable to form a team, and they were blocked by these more than 80 people on the west street.

Lu Yi was furious and personally drew his knife and rushed forward. Tang Yong did not show weakness, waved his sword to greet each other, and the two fought in one place.

After fighting for three or five rounds, the two knives collided, only to hear a loud sound of "dang", and the knife was not as sharp as the sword, and the head of the knife was cut off. But the strength of the koji is great, Tang Yong's mouth was numb for a while, and the overlord couldn't hold it, and flew into the air.

As a general, Lu Yi's martial arts are far above Tang Yong. His own knife was cut off, but he didn't panic, shouted, and threw the half-cut knife towards Tang Yong.

Tang Yongba took off his knife, he was already a little flustered, and now he saw a flash of cold light, and subconsciously shrank back. But Lu Yi rushed forward, caught Tang Yong's hand-held sword, and slashed away, and actually split Tang Yong diagonally into two sections.

"Good knives!" Lu Yi exclaimed in admiration and waved his big hand, "Kill!" ”

These rabble under his command were blocked by the Han army, and dozens of people had been injured, and they were hesitating to move forward, when they saw Lu Yi showing his might and killing the main general of the Han army on the spot, they couldn't help but boost their morale, and they rushed forward with strange screams.

Tang Yong was dead, but the Han soldiers did not panic and continued to fight the bandits. For every step forward, the bandits had to pay more than a dozen lives. The battle lasted for most of the hour, and the 100 local soldiers guarding Lingshou fought to the last man, and all of them died heroically.

However, their death bought Lin Jin enough time, except for the first time when the West Gate fell, and the people there did not have time to evacuate, most of the people of the other three gates withdrew safely from the city under the urging of the officials.

Lin Jin gathered the officials together and said in a deep voice: "You will escort these people all the way east, defect to Xinshi, and set off immediately, and must not stay!" ”

One of the officials asked worriedly, "My lord, aren't you going with us?" ”

Lin Jin shook his head and said, "As a parent official, Lin has the responsibility to defend the land, so how can he leave without permission?" Now that the city has been lost, and many people have fallen into the city, Lin can't turn a blind eye! You wait to go, Lin has only one dead ear! ”

Ignoring the persuasion of the officials, Lin Jin clenched the sword in his left hand, turned around and walked towards Lingshou City firmly, and never saw him again. It is said that after Lin Jin entered the city, he killed dozens of bandits in a row, was captured by exhaustion, and would rather die than surrender, and was finally buried alive by Lu Yi's order. Later, after the recovery of Lingshou County, the imperial court once sent people to search for Lin Jin's bones in vain. In order to commemorate Lin Jin and Tang Yong, the saved people in the city built a temple for them outside the west gate, respected them as the county god and land, and sacrificed at four o'clock.

This is a later story, not for the time being, but it is said that Lu Yi captured Lingshou County, and the bandits under his command plundered everywhere and did all kinds of evil, which was more than the crimes committed by the Xianbei army in Yanmen back then.

Obtaining the support of the Hebei Shi clan was a key part of Lu Yi's action, so he repeatedly emphasized before sending troops that he should not intrude on the wealthy. But after the bandits entered the city, they liked to drill into the homes of the big scholars. Because only such people have countless gold, silver and jewelry, and delicate and beautiful women. At first, Lu Yi took a few cronies to supervise and stop it, but he could manage it here, but he couldn't control it there, and finally had to give up.

The news that Lingshou County was captured by bandits soon spread out, and rumors spread for a while, some said that the yellow turban had made a comeback, and some said that there were hundreds of thousands of bandits, which made the surrounding counties panic.

Huang Zhong went with Liu Xin to the Western Regions, and the Fifth Army was temporarily commanded by Wei Yan. Getting this news, Wei Yan was furious, on the one hand, he sent a meteor fast horse to Chang'an, and on the other hand, he ordered the surrounding counties to strengthen their defenses, and personally led the cavalry to kill Ben Lingshou.