Chapter 40: The Luzhou Crisis

Hao 13 touched his chin and carefully studied the map, Fu Youde and Tu Danjun were listed on the left and right, and Zhang 31, Wu Liujiu, and Tu Dan Hu, the three centurions of the guards, stood beside them, waiting for Hao 13 to make a decision to deal with Zuo Junbi's subordinates who set fire to and killed people last night.

His main purpose in occupying Luzhou was twofold, first, to provide strategic depth for the reclamation of Shouzhou, and second, Luzhou had iron ore and copper mines, which could provide strategic materials, but Luzhou was a place of four wars and was not easy to defend.

To the east, in the territory of Luzhou Road, there are two pieces in the north and south, respectively, Zhao Pusheng, the double knife of the Mingjiao sect in the south, and Zuo Junbi of Bianliang Province of the Tianwan regime in the south.

Further east, there are more than 100,000 garrisons of the Yuan army in Hezhou in the south, Sun Deya, Guo Zixing Peng Da, and Zhao Jun in the north of Haozhou Prefecture, and the remnants of Xuzhou Sesame Li led by Mao Gui, struggling in the land of projectiles.

Further east, Zhang Shicheng occupies Gaoyou in the north, and Fang Guozhen occupies Wenzhou in the south, which is too far away to be considered.

To the west, there is the Yuque of Anqing in the southwest. Due west, the prime minister of Mengyuan Province is too unspent, and the provincial Pingzhang Da Balu and Xu Shouhui Tianwan regimes are intertwined.

In the northwest direction of Runing Mansion, there are 10,000 households of volunteers of Chahan Timur and Li Siqi.

Although Luzhou and Shouzhou can rely on each other as horns, but Luzhou is lonely, sandwiched in the middle of the Tianwan regime, even if Xu Shouhui has disappeared, the west is in full swing, no matter whether the Mengyuan army wins, Tianwan wins, Luzhou can't let the east and west have a side to rely on, sooner or later it is a matter of suffering from the enemy.

Hao 13 had thought about capturing more cities and expanding his strategic depth, but his forces were limited and his factions were huge.

In terms of strength alone, being able to capture Luzhou is already the biggest operational limit, and at this time, there is an urgent need to recuperate, and the whole army is armed and military, and if the steps are a little bigger, it will be easy to pull the egg.

The factions are huge, and his army mainly comes from one side, the old department of Xuzhou Sesame Li Er, Fu Youde's left army, Shouzhou's Han army's surrender to the right army, Wu Liuqi, the Red Horse Detective Army, the Jurchens' thousands of troops, and the Chinese army, which is dominated by Shouzhou recruits, many officers are still Fu Youde's old subordinates.

For these generals, a small favor for a while, the battle is smooth, and loyalty can be guaranteed, once the army suffers a defeat, it is unknown which subordinate stabs the black knife in the back.

If you want to firmly control Luzhou, you must get the support of Luzhou's heroes and the people, obviously a good battle, who would have thought that Feidong's Zuo Junbi's military discipline is so bad, just one hour, there are 132 rich families in Luzhou were looted and slaughtered.

Although Hao Shisan is not the direct murderer of this incident, if he wants to gain a firm foothold in Luzhou, he must give an explanation to the people about this matter.

Zuo Junbi and Shuangdao Zhao Pusheng both belong to the Tianwan regime, and they are both disciples of Peng Yingyu, Zuo Junbi's thirty or twenty thousand soldiers and horses, Hao Thirteen is not afraid, if he joins forces with Zhao Pusheng on Chaohu Lake? There is no need to wait for the Mengyuan army to attack, Hao Shisan estimates that he will not be able to bear it.

"Kill!" Hao Shisanyi slapped the table and made his own decision.

As if eagerly awaiting this result, Tu Shan Jun walked out with the hilt of his sword in his hand, ready to carry out the commander's orders.

Wolf nature is wolf nature, blood nature is blood nature, this is rooted in the bones, not a wolf who has been locked up in the sheepfold for a few days can become a sheep. Killing, for Tu Danjun, this is a happy thing.

"Alone and slow!" Fu Youde shouted to stop the disciple Shan Jun, and hugged his fists to advise: "The chief manager should think twice, that second handsome Zuo Junen, but Zuo Junbi's younger brother, they set fire to and hurt people, they really deserve to die, it is better to think in the long run." ”

"Zuo Junbi counts a ball, as long as the chief manager gives an order, I will lead my former army to thousands of households, and go to Feidong to level him Zuo Junbi a ball!" The person who took the lead in the occupation of Luzhou by Tu Danjun has somewhat inflated his ego, and he has become more confident in speaking.

Hao 13 waved his hand, interrupted Tu Danjun's words, and also stopped Tu Danjun's actions, Hao 13 is not an arbitrary person, he must let the two thousand households in front of him be consistent with his own attitude, arbitrary, and can only be limited to the dozen or so brothers who came out of Mujiazhai with him.

"Officer Su Wei, what do you say these murderers should do!" Hao Shisan didn't want to have a debate with Fu Youde, after all, Fu Youde also considered the interests of the Shouzhou Red Turban Army.

Monkey Zhang Thirty-one scratched his head and smiled: "The officials of the thousand households and the chief steward are deliberating, I am a centurion, and I have no qualifications to intervene, since the chief steward asks, my attitude is - kill!" ”

The monkey made a movement of wiping his neck with his palm, and continued: "Lord Steward, do you still remember that Mujiazhai was slaughtered by the rebels? Make me wait to be homeless. The fight between the Red Turban Army and the Mengyuan Tartars is like a fight between Master Tudan and Master Fu, my monkey Zhang Thirty-one has nothing to do with them, and was stabbed by one of them for no reason, you say that I am not wronged! This has nothing to do with me at all -- isn't it the same reason that those innocent civilians who were killed were slashed with me! ”

"Of course, they should be killed, but I also consider it from the perspective of our Shouzhou Red Turban Army, I mean, below Zuo Junen, as long as he is recognized as a murderer, we can all kill him, but this Zuo Junen, although the sin is not forgiven, still leave him alive, and it is good to meet Zuo Junbi in the future." Fu Youde admonished again.

"Kill Zuo Junen or not, I'm afraid it's all over with Zuo Junbi, Zuo Junbi was driven out of Luzhou, and he has always treated Luzhou as his own bag, otherwise how can he infiltrate many people into the city?"

Hao Shisan pointed to the map and continued: "Zuo Junbi's roots are in Xu Shouhui, if he gets in touch with Xu Shouhui in the west, he will not be able to get through Anqing, and he can only occupy Luzhou, so that he is not alone, and can get the assistance of the Tianwan regime in the west." ”

"However, Xu Shouhui's old nest Xishui has been occupied, Xu Shouhui is nowhere to be found, and he is too busy to take care of himself, how can he support Zuo Junbi?" Fu Youde still asked puzzled.

Hao Shisan couldn't say that he knew that this Xu Shouhui would not be able to become emperor again in Hankou in a short time, nor could he say that the imperial court would send a million-strong army to levy Zhang Shicheng of Gaoyou, but he just pointed to Yutu and said:

"Liu Futong and others want to go north to Bozhou, we occupy Shouzhou and Luzhou, these may not be anything for the Mengyuan Imperial Court, which is rich in land and resources, the key is that Zhang Jiusi occupied Gaoyou, blocking the grain road from the south to the capital of Yuan, the imperial court will inevitably draw troops from all over the country, Xu Shouhui still has the opportunity to make a comeback, if Xu Shouhui makes a comeback, Luzhou, sooner or later it will still be in Zuo Junbi's bag."

"Then it seems that we can't kill Zuo Junen, and Zuo Junbi's Liangzi can be regarded as a conclusion." Fu Youde suddenly realized.

"Look again" Hao 13 pointed to the map and continued: "There is a Red Turban Army in Chuzhou, it is Guo Zixing's department, they are also subordinate to the Red Turban Army of the Northern School, as long as we send people to pass well and contain Zuo Junbi, Zuo Junbi will be in the cracks, how dare he help Luzhou?" is only afraid of him and Zhao Pusheng on Chaohu Lake in the south. ”

Fu Youde nodded and said yes again and again, but he was impatient with Shan Jun and the others: "Then these people, do you still want to kill them?" ”

"Kill!" Hao 13 simply and decisively said: "The purpose of our army is to make all living beings equal, under my rule, if you can't get rid of the crime of killing, how can I, Hao 13, be worthy of being the head of one party?" Besides, I didn't kill his subordinates! Someone pretended to be the Red Turban Army Zuo Junbi subordinates, killed people and set fire to Luzhou, I am justifying his name for Zuo Dashuai, he doesn't thank me, I don't care about him. ”

While he was talking, there was a commotion outside the door, and there seemed to be two people fighting, "What's going on?" Go out and check it out! ”