Just before Zhang Xuan sent troops to Liyang, a news came that surprised him extremely much, Lu Mingyue, who he thought had fled back to Wei County, was actually caught by Xiong Kuohai, the leader of the Taihang Mountain bandits, and escorted to Tanyuan County, and is currently waiting outside the camp.

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered the tent to be raised, the drums beat one after another, hundreds of middle and senior generals of the Qingzhou Army gathered in a tent, and some soldiers shouted loudly: "Taihang strong men are majestic and ask to see the marshal!" ”

"Ask him to come in!"

Not long after, Xiong Kuohai and two of his subordinates walked into the big tent quickly, and Xiong Kuohai knelt down in front of the tent, "The Taihang Mountain People Xiongkuohai see Zhang Dashuai!" ”

Many generals next to him almost laughed, obviously he was the leader of the eighteen villages of Taihang, but he claimed to be a native of Taihang Mountain, but Zhang Xuan quickly stepped forward to help Xiong Kuohai and said with a smile: "Chen Liu, I didn't expect us to meet again." ”

"Thank you Dashuai for saving my life in Chenliu County, this time Kualhai is specially here to defect to Dashuai, I hope Dashuai will not think that Dahai was born recklessly, and give Kuhai a chance to serve!"

Zhang Xuan couldn't ask for it in his heart, Xiong Kuohai was a famous fierce general in Huohuo, how could he not want such a talent, Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "Heroes don't ask about their origins, since General Xiong captured Lu Mingyue alive, I should fulfill my promise, reward a thousand taels, and be named a martial arts general." ”

Xiong Kuohai was overjoyed, he was worried that he had no money to settle his family, this thousand taels of gold reward came at the right time, he knelt down on one knee again and hugged his fists: "Kuohai is willing to die for the handsome!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and said a few words to appease him, and then asked the flag officer to lead the majestic sea to change his armor and receive the reward, he returned to his seat and shouted: "Escort Lu Mingyue up!" ”

Hundreds of generals on both sides perked up, looked down together, and saw several sturdy soldiers carrying up Lu Mingyue, who was tied up strongly, Lu Mingyue's armor was stripped off, and his hair was scattered. His face was cold, and his eyes were full of unruliness.

He knelt in front of Jang Hyun, snorted heavily, and twisted his head.

Zhang Xuan slapped the table and said coldly: "Lu Mingyue, you are ruined." Do a lot of evil, fortunately the sky has eyes, so that you can't escape, so far, what else do you have to say? ”

Lu Mingyue said proudly: "I am crisscrossing Hebei, killing people like hemp, I don't know how many thousands of people died in my hands, I have already put life and death out of the way, and I lost my head today." It's just reincarnated and grown, don't talk nonsense, do it! ”

"Good! I failed to kill you back then, causing you to devastate the people of Hebei, which I have always regretted to this day, I will never make a second mistake, and today I have fulfilled your wishes. ”

Jang Hyun took his saber and put it heavily on the table. "This is the Lu Clan's knife, which was supposed to be presented in the Lu Clan's ancestral hall. In order to kill the children of the Lu family, I will use it to send you on the road today, and it is also your destiny! ”

Jang Hyun threw the knife on the ground, "Push it out, slash!" ”

More than a dozen executing soldiers picked up their knives and pushed Lu Mingyue out. Lu Mingyue looked up to the sky and sighed, "Although I, Lu Mingyue, have the name of King Wei, I don't have the burial of the prince, it's a pity!" ”

Under the gaze of countless generals, Lu Mingyue was pushed down. In a moment, the knife and axe hand presented Lu Mingyue's head, "Qi Yu is handsome, Lu Mingyue has been beheaded!" ”

Zhang Xuan ordered: "Send Lu Mingyue's head to Luoyang, and then reward him with a thin-skinned coffin to bury his body!" ”

After dealing with Lu Mingyue, Zhang Xuan immediately led the army to set off from the camp, killing Liyangcang, and at the same time, more than 200 Qingzhou warships in the Yellow River also sailed into the Yongji Canal and headed for Liyangcang.

Wang Wei, a veteran of Liyangcang, had been following the battle between Zhang Xuan and Lu Mingyue with anxiety, and the scouts he sent one battle report after another to Liyangcang.

Zhang Xuan's army feinted to attack Neihuang County, but ambushed Xu Hengyi's army in the north of Liyang County, annihilated 30,000 enemies, and then waved his army south, and defeated Lu Mingyue's 50,000 army in the north of Tanyuan County, Lu Mingyue's 80,000 army attacking Liyangcang was annihilated, and Lu Mingyue's own life and death are unknown.

One battle report after another stunned Wang Wei, in just one day and one night, Lu Mingyue's army that swept through Hebei was completely annihilated, what a brilliant result!

Wang Wei was also in distress, he knew that Zhang Xuan's next step would definitely be to attack Liyangcang, but at first he wrote a letter to beg him to come to the rescue, Wang Wei suddenly had a feeling of luring a wolf into the room.

That night, the messenger he sent to Luoyang returned to Liyangcang, and when the messenger saw Wang Wei, he knelt down and pleaded guilty, "If you fail to fulfill the general's trust, please punish the general!" ”

Wang Wei was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently, "Didn't you give the letter to Duan Da?" ”

"General Qiyu, the letter was handed over to Dr. Duan, but Dr. Duan immediately went to Wang Shichong's mansion and did not hand over the letter to King Yue."

Wang Wei slapped his forehead suddenly, he finally understood, no wonder he asked Duan Da for help several times but there was no news, it turned out that Duan Da and Wang Shichong were in collusion, it seemed that Wang Shichong was unwilling to send troops to save him.

Wang Wei was so angry that he paced back and forth in the room, he was already a veteran in his fifties, proficient in officialdom, he knew very well why Wang Shichong refused to save himself, in Luoyang's several armies, Wang Shichong's army was responsible for the outside world, once the king of Yue ordered the rescue of Liyangcang, the task would inevitably fall on Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong was unwilling to consume troops for Liyangcang.

Moreover, Luoyang has two major grain and grass in Xingluocang and Luokoucang, and there are countless grains and cloths, Wang Shichong is not rare at all in Liyangcang's materials, he just wants to preserve his strength and compete with several other armies for control of Luoyang.

Wang Shichong actually colluded with Duan Da, the first assistant of the king of Yue, it seems that this person is ambitious and wants to follow Taizu's military power to control the young master.

"General, what are we going to do?" The messenger asked in a low voice.

Wang Wei sighed, he didn't know what to do, he could only take one step at a time.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still numb, and the alarm bell suddenly sounded at the head of Liyang Cangcheng, when! While! While! The sound of alarm bells spread throughout the city, and countless soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and the scene in front of them made them gasp.

I saw that in the moat outside the southern city, it was densely packed with warships, there were hundreds of them, almost all of them were big ships of more than 1,000 stones, and on the bank of the river in the distance, there were boundless troops standing in line, at least 100,000 people, the armor was bright, the queue was neat, and the murderous spirit was vigorous, and at the front, a green dragon flag with a black edge and a yellow background fluttered in the air, embroidered with a big 'Zhang' word, indicating to the defenders of the city. They are the Qingzhou Sui Army.

At this time, Wang Wei had already heard the news and went to the city, and the dozen or so three-thousand-stone five-tooth warships in front of him suddenly made his face turn pale, and he knew that Zhang Xuan had seen through the weakness of Liyangcang, and used the three-thousand-stone battle to attack the South Water Gate, not only could he condescendingly shoot the soldiers defending the city. You can also go directly to town.

What's more, Zhang Xuan's fleet entered the moat last night, and his army didn't even find out, they could take the opportunity to attack the city directly, but Zhang Xuan didn't do this, but lined up and waited, Wang Wei couldn't help sighing, this is Zhang Xuan warning himself.

At this time, a soldier came running and reported: "General. Zhang Xuan sent Pei Hong, who joined the army, to come. ”

Of course, Wang Wei knew who Pei Hong was, Pei Ju's eldest grandson, the heir of the Pei family, born in the imperial examination, served as Wenxi County Cheng for three years, and later served as Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and was forced to Zhang Xuan by Pei Ju, and is currently in the Qingzhou Military Cangcao Military. He came to negotiate, and it was just right for him.

Wang Wei nodded. "Ask him to come to the city to see me!"

Not long after, Pei Hong followed a few soldiers to the city tower, from here you can clearly see the situation of the moat outside the city, Pei Hong bowed and saluted, "Qingzhou Military Cang Cao participated in the military Pei Hong was ordered by General Zhang, the envoy of Hebei, to come to discuss the matter of Liyang Cang with the general!" ”

Wang Wei saw that Pei Hong was about thirty years old. He is of medium stature, calm and unhurried, calm and sophisticated, and quite like everyone, he can't help but secretly admire. is worthy of being a famous child of a family, neither humble nor arrogant, and is really outstanding.

He waved his hand, "Pei joins the army, please take a seat!" ”

Pei Hong sat down, took out Zhang Xuan's letter from his arms and presented it to Wang Wei with both hands, "This is a handwritten letter from the commander of my family to General Wang, please take a look at it!" ”

Wang Wei opened the letter and read it slowly, Zhang Xuan's tone in the letter was quite sincere, he hoped that Wang Wei would give up Liyang Cang, he needed to use the grain and cloth of Liyang Cang to relieve the victims of the Central Plains, which was a bit unexpected by Wang Bian, it was actually for disaster relief.

Wang Wei pondered for a moment and asked, "General Zhang said in his letter that he would use the grain of Liyang Cang for disaster relief, is this your sincerity?" ”

Pei Hong sighed slightly: "The general should also know that the seven counties of the Central Plains have suffered a once-in-a-century drought, and there has been no rain since last autumn, and the famine has broken out. ”

Pei Hong's tone was very heavy, but also very sincere, "We Qingzhou in Jibei, Lu County and Dongping three counties set up dozens of disaster relief points, and deployed more than 600 officials, the next official is responsible for the two counties of Jibei County, when I set off, there have been more than 100,000 victims from Dongjun and Dongping County, I estimate that at least three or four hundred thousand victims will pour into Jibei County, the entire Qingzhou will accept more than one million victims, although we have a little stockpiled food, but it is still difficult to deal with the protracted disaster, so the food in Liyang Cang is very important to us, I hope that the general will give us food based on the disaster. ”

"But why did the victims rush to Qingzhou, I think they should go to Heluo to ask for food!" Wang Wei was still a little puzzled.

"Hasn't the general been to Qingzhou? Qingzhou's political situation is stable, bandits are cut off, our handsome has been committed to the people's livelihood for several years, releasing bandits to return to the fields, rewarding animal husbandry, building water conservancy, and restoring fisheries, so that the people's livelihood in Qingzhou has been fully restored, only the amount of farmland has been restored to the level of the great cause for three years, the people can be described as living and working in peace and contentment, and have long been famous all over the world, the Central Plains is in trouble, of course the victims will run to Qingzhou for food, I am worried that the victims will be far more than one million, or even more than three million, and Qingzhou will face a severe test. ”

Wang Wei couldn't help but be moved, even Pei Ju's grandson said this, he couldn't help but believe it, if this is the case, Zhang Xuan will be the hope of thousands of victims in the Central Plains! How could he refuse to give relief to the victims?

Wang Wei was finally convinced, nodded and said, "What does General Zhang want me to do?" ”

Pei Hong said with a smile: "My commander gave the general two choices, one is that the general withdraws from Liyangcang, we will take over, we are responsible for sending 10,000 defenders across the Yellow River, if the general is willing to continue to garrison Hebei, then my commander will be the governor of Wei County, in charge of the military administration of Wei County." ”

Of course, Wang Wei understood Pei Hong's euphemism, that is, if he was willing to surrender to Zhang Xuan, he could become the governor of Wei County, and if he was unwilling to surrender, he would send himself across the Yellow River.

Wang Wei remembered that Wang Shichong and Duan Da colluded to usurp power, and if he returned to Luoyang, he would definitely be framed by Wang Shichong and take the opportunity to annex his army.

It is better to surrender Zhang Xuan and seek a long-term blessing for his children and grandchildren.

Wang Wei was born in a merchant family, and he was very good at investing and seeking huge profits, and in his opinion, surrendering Zhang Xuan was a good deal to seek blessings and profits for his descendants.

Wang Wei pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "I am willing to obey Zhang Dashuai's arrangement and guard Wei County, but my family is in Luoyang, and I implore Zhang Dashuai to take them to Beihai County to settle down." ”

Pei Hong didn't expect Wang Wei to be so reasonable, he immediately got up and said: "Please rest assured, the old general, we will immediately fly the pigeon to inform the scouts in Luoyang to take action to ensure that the general's family must be safe and sound." ”

Wang Wei hurriedly walked out of the city tower and ordered: "Pass my order, open the city gate to welcome the Qingzhou army into the city." ”

(To be continued.) )