Chapter 98: The Land of Hanzhong is in My Hands!
Luo Ru is a person who doesn't have any big ambitions, let alone a foreign county, it doesn't matter if he sends another Chenggu County, anyway, Luo is not a person who aspires to the world, he just wants to be a mountain king, you can have good wine to drink, good meat to eat, beautiful women to accompany you all day long, and you can be with the green forest brothers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, the arrival of Zhu Changyuan gave him a strong sense of crisis.
If Zhu Changyuan occupies a foreign county, it would be fine, but what does it mean that this goods broke four cities in one day? The key is that at his speed, it won't take ten days to reach Hanzhong Mansion.
If Zhu Changyuan entered Hanzhong Mansion, what would happen to him Luo Rucai?
When he was in Yunxian before, he claimed to be an army of 300,000 to the outside world, but in fact, only he knew where there was an army of 300,000, and the families of the army were only 100,000, so it would be good to have 100,000 troops that could really fight.
All the way north to Shaanxi and Hong Chengchou to fight, and was defeated a lot, although there were later supplements, but those new farmers did not have any combat effectiveness.
It can be said that although these soldiers of his are comparable to Zhang Xianzhong in terms of quantity, they are 108,000 miles behind in terms of combat effectiveness.
Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000-strong army couldn't resist Zhu Changyuan, let alone Luo Rucai.
At the critical moment, it was a matter of life and death, no matter how lustful Luo Rucai was, he lost the mind of chatting with his wife, so he hurriedly tidied up his clothes and gathered all the generals in front of the battle to discuss countermeasures together.
said that he was a general, but in fact, most of them were his close friends, or those brothers in life and death in his green forest.
For example, Bai Gang, such as Sun Hongbo.
And then there are the generals who actually serve him on the battlefield.
The conference lasted for nearly a day, and there was no discussion, and the generals in the hall were divided into two factions, one faction advocated surrendering to Zhu Changyuan; The other faction advocated fleeing.
Anyway, no matter which faction it is, not even one person dares to propose a head-on confrontation with Zhu Changyuan.
In fact, Zhu Changyuan's name is too big, and 200 people broke Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 army, not only scared Zhang Xianzhong, but also scared these peasant troops.
For example. At the stall where Luo Rucai was meeting, a scout in red clothes ran in from outside the door, and when he saw Luo Rucai, he fell to his knees and said with tears in his eyes: "Handsome." Oh no, I just received news that Chenggu County has surrendered. ”
"Smack!"
A book in Luo Rucai's hand fell to the ground, and the two factions that were fighting to the death in the hall just now were also stopped at this moment.
Chenggu County. It was only a barrier of fifty miles away from Hanzhong Mansion, and now that Zhu Changyuan's army had not arrived, he had already led his troops to surrender, which completely shattered Luo Rucai's hope of resisting to the last moment.
The Hanzhong Basin, which can also be said to be the Hanzhong Plain, has several large cities from east to west: Yangxian, Chenggu, Hanzhongfu, and Mianxian.
Now that Yangxian County was captured by Zhu Changyuan in half a day, and the city was solid and surrendered, if Zhu Changyuan really led his troops to march westward, Luo Rucai believed that he did not need to resist, and there were a lot of people under his command who could open the city gate and sell everything in Hanzhong Mansion to Zhu Changyuan.
"Great. Don't hesitate! Bai Gang knelt down and said: "The general trend of Hanzhong has gone, the marshal should have made a plan early, Zhu Changyuan is like a wolf and a tiger, Sun Xiaofeng and Zhang Xianzhong are lessons from the past." ”
Hearing Sun Xiaofeng's three words, Luo Rucai shuddered for no reason, got up and walked down from his seat, helped Bai Gang up, and said, "What is Big Brother Bai doing?" Then he said abruptly, "If only I had a few hundred cannons." ”
He also thought about using artillery to deal with Zhu Changyuan's cavalry.
"Isn't it? Is there really no other way but to surrender and flee? "To be honest, let Luo Rucai give up his current status and rights in one go, especially the ladies in the harem that I feel sorry for. It's a terrible thing.
"Zhu Changyuan is like a stone, and the handsome is like an egg, with all due respect, the possibility of the two hitting the stone and the egg is very small!" Bai Gang didn't say anything to death, but he said so. Luo Rucai sounded not much different from saying death.
"But if I surrender, don't I mean that the egg and the stone are put together, and the two are combined, and although they are safe at first, once there is movement, the result will not be the same?"
Luo Rucai is not a fool, and he is naturally worried about the treatment after surrendering, in case Zhu Changyuan turns his face and denies people and kills himself, it is not as easy as killing a chicken?
Bai Gang said: "Offering the city is the first merit, Chang Yuan is not a person who is easy to kill, and he should not be too mean to the handsome." ”
"This...
Luo Rucai was still a little undecided.
Bai Gang was anxious, stomped his feet, and said: "If the marshal is hesitating, there is no need to surrender, tonight someone will call Zhu Changyuan and open the gate of Hanzhong Mansion for him." ”
Bai Gang is not alarmist, what he said is the truth, many low-level petty officers who may not be reused in their lives can often soar to the sky in this way.
If someone in his army comes up with this idea, it will not be good.
Luo Rucai gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh, and said: "Okay, Brother Bai will run towards Zhu Changyuan for Ben Shuai, and say that Ben Shuai is willing to surrender, and beg Chang Yuan to protect my family!" ”
"Good!" Bai Gang gave up the order, "Without further ado, my subordinates will go to Yangxian County for a trip, and they will bring good news to the marshal within two days." ”
Luo Rucai waved his hand and told Bai Gang to go down, so he didn't want to hear any good news. Then, regardless of the subordinates below, he slipped back to the harem alone.
At this moment, Zhu Changyuan, who was far away in Yangxian County, was a little crying and laughing.
The four cities around Nimayang County surrendered, and just received news that the defenders of Chenggu County, far to the west, also sent people to surrender and sacrifice the city.
When he first received the news, Zhu Changyuan thought that the other party was making a trick, but when he turned his head and thought about it, it was unlikely, because the other party had no need to play this trick at all.
Chenggu is not Huazhou City, and Hanzhong Mansion does not have cannons, so it is impossible to play himself into the water like Li Zicheng.
So, he personally met with the generals who came to offer the city, encouraged him to defend the city, and rewarded him with some items brought from modern society to let him go back.
Unexpectedly, the goods were just sent away in the morning, and before it was dark, I heard a report from my subordinates that Luo Ru had just come to surrender.
Zhu Changyuan was stunned for a moment, and secretly said that this Luo Rucai is also a talent, although he is not as famous as Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng in history, but he is also a hero, why does the entire army have the habit of surrendering the city from top to bottom?
I met the envoy with questions, and when I saw Bai Gang, I smiled, it turned out to be an old acquaintance!
Bai Gang is a person from the rivers and lakes, and when he saw Zhu Changyuan, he opened his mouth to say something, and he didn't procrastinate, "Don't come to the general?" ”
"Very good! Boss Bai, please be seated! Zhu Changyuan summoned him in a small area in private, and also prepared some small tea and snacks.
Boss Bai sat down and said, "Don't dare, the general can call me Bai Gang, this time Bai Gang came to harass because Luo Dashuai wanted to surrender to the general, so he sent me to be a middleman." ”
"Huh!"
Zhu Changyuan smiled slightly and personally poured a glass of water for Boss Bai.
"Thank you, General!" Boss Bai took a sip of water and asked, "What is this?" ”
"Coke!" After Zhu Changyuan finished speaking, he also took a sip, got back to the point, and said, "General Ben doesn't want to be the second Wencan." ”
At that time, Luo Rucai also surrendered Xiong Wencan, but as a result, it didn't take long to turn the old bear around, if it wasn't for Zhu Changyuan to save the scene in time, I'm afraid the old bear would have been in a different place at this moment.
Bai Gang naturally understood what Zhu Changyuan meant, and said: "The general is too worried, last time Marshal Luo surrendered by fraud, this time, it is a real surrender, and there is no deception to the general!" ”
"How do you really descend?"
Zhu Changyuan took a sip of water, shrank slightly, and asked.
Boss Bai was a little nervous by him, but fortunately, he was also a veteran of the battle formation, stood up and said to Zhu Changyuan, "This time, Marshal Luo not only surrendered to the general, but also handed over the 100,000 troops under his command to the general for moderation, as for the ordnance, grain and grass, it is not bad at all, but there is one thing that must be promised by the general!" ”
"Say!" Hearing Bai Gang say this, Zhu Changyuan naturally believed that Luo Ru was the real descendant.
"The marshal begs the general to ensure that his family is not disturbed, and the general must not do the rabbit and the dead dog cooking!" Although Bai Gang was taken by Zhu Changyuan's majesty, he was finally Luo Rucai's messenger, not to mention what he couldn't fight, he naturally had to fight for it.
"It's okay!" Zhu Changyuan readily agreed, and said in his heart Isn't it just to protect your family, and if Lao Tzu moves your family to Sun Moon Island, won't everything be fine.
Zhu Changyuan didn't know something, when he personally met Luo Rucai later, and after seeing his harem, he realized that his previous thoughts were wrong, there are really a lot of small families, there are more than 100 wives and concubines alone, not to mention those children who are waiting to be fed.
Trying to feed such a large family is also a big expense.
The two talked about the details of the handover of troops and materials again, and then after signing the agreement, Zhu Changyuan sent Boss Bai back.
I never thought that I could get the land of Hanzhong so easily, after Zhu Changyuan sent away Boss Bai, he climbed the city head of Yangxian County alone, and watched the soldiers and civilians under the city build those big holes left by themselves when they broke through the city a few days ago, and couldn't help but shout at the breeze and bright moon: The land of Hanzhong is in my hands!
The weather is getting warmer, and the harsh winter has passed before you know it.
Counting the days, it is now the first month of March of the lunar calendar, in terms of the calendar of modern society, it is already April of the solar calendar at this time, the temperature has risen significantly, and there are already many farmers in the fertile soil where Hanzhong is located.
"It's really time for Luo Ru to surrender now, if the war drags on a little, it is very likely to miss this year's rice planting, as for now... Hehehehehe, just in time! (To be continued.) )