Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Crisis Mounts

Liu Wuzhou had an affair with Wang Rengong's concubine A Tuan more than a year ago, and at first it was just an accidental affair, during this time with Wang Rengong to be transferred to Ye County, and Liu Wu couldn't leave on Monday, the two were even more inseparable, as long as there was a chance, the two would be entangled, this morning, Liu Wuzhou took advantage of Wang Rengong to go to the county office, and came to cheat with A Tuan, but he didn't expect Wang Rengong to come back and arrest them.

Liu Wuzhou was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, seeing that the sword was about to stab him, he jumped up from A Tuan, Wang Rengong stabbed the air with a sword, and stabbed him with a backhand, Liu Wuzhou was strong in martial arts, and his body was vigorous, in the scream of A Tuan, he avoided Wang Rengong's sword, and kicked Wang Rengong to the ground, this kick was extremely hard, Wang Rengong's bones were almost broken by him, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

Liu Wuzhou seized this opportunity, grabbed the clothes on the bedside, jumped open the window, rolled to the backyard, he ran two steps, and ran over the wall to the county office.

“**! Come back and clean you up. ”

Wang Rengong scolded hatefully, got up and ran outside the house, and shouted to his entourage and personal soldiers: "Go to the county government immediately, catch Liu Wuzhou, and cut a thousand knives!" ”

Everyone climbed over the wall and chased after the county office......

Liu Wuzhou put on his clothes indiscriminately, he only had one thought now, to escape from Mayi County, he opened the side door of the county government and ran outside, but he was so shocked that he stopped, only to see tens of thousands of hungry people blocking the gate of the county government, the crowd was excited, and it was already on the verge of losing control.

As soon as he turned around, he saw more than a dozen entourages chasing after him, he had no way to retreat, his heart was crossed, and he raised his arms and shouted: "Fellow villagers, Wang Rengong is corrupt and solicits bribes, just take care of his own promotion and make a fortune, regardless of everyone's life and death, I, Liu Wuzhou, am willing to lead all the villagers to rebel and snatch back our food!" ”

"Take the food again!"

Tens of thousands of people are excited, there is a lack of a leader, they are under the leadership of Liu Wuzhou, angry embankment, tens of thousands of people rushed into the county government like a tide, at this time Wang Rengong rushed out, he saw the black crowd rushing into the county office, immediately stunned, Liu Wuzhou picked up a long knife on the ground, laughed fiercely, jumped up high, waved the knife to Wang Rengong, Wang Rengong couldn't dodge, the head was split by a knife.

Liu Wuzhou looked up to the sky and laughed, "Lao Tzu has rebelled, the emperor should be done by me Liu Wuzhou!" ”

In January of the twelfth year of the great cause, Liu Wuzhou of Mayi County led the hungry people to rebel, he opened a warehouse to release grain, recruited soldiers from the hungry people, and got more than 10,000 soldiers in ten days, Liu Wuzhou contacted Mayi County and Yanmen County Haoqiang, and the heroes and strong people from all over the country attached to it, and got thousands of elite soldiers, Liu Wuzhou claimed to be too guarded, and sent a letter to various places, calling on Hedong Haoqiang to raise troops against Sui.

In the morning, Liu Wuzhou was training soldiers in the school field, and at this time, a soldier came to report, "The proprietor of Yanbei Commercial Bank asks to meet!" ”

In the past two days, Liu Wuzhou was thinking about looking for a backer, the sparse population of Mayi made it impossible for him to recruit troops on a large scale, and it was impossible to raise more than 100,000 troops like the Central Plains bandits, he got more than 10,000 troops, which was already the limit, and he was now weak and weak, unable to resist the attack of Yang Wuqing and Li Yuan, if there was a backer, it would be completely different.

Liu Wuzhou knows very well in his heart that the Turks are undoubtedly his best backers, with the Turks as his backers, he Liu Wuzhou is not afraid of Yang Yuanqing, let alone Li Yuan, but how to contact the Turks has always given him a headache.

Liu Wuzhou hurriedly greeted him, outside the school field, Wang Jinfu smiled and put his hands behind his back, waiting for Liu Wuzhou's arrival, he was fat and tall, his expression was calm, he had just returned from the Turks, nearly two months ago, Li Yuan's staff Liu Wenjing found him, Li Yuan also intended to contact the Turks, he took Liu Wenjing to the Turkic tent, and only came back last night, he learned that Liu Wuzhou also rebelled, which was exactly what he wanted.

At this time, Liu Wuzhou rushed out and said with a smile: "I heard that the proprietor Wang went to the Turks to do business, when did he come back?" ”

"Just came back last night."

Wang Jinfu's eyes narrowed into a slit, but he did not return the salute, there was a condescending attitude, in his eyes, Liu Wuzhou was just a new anti-king, and he was the general spokesman of the Turks in the Great Sui, and his status was much higher than him.

Liu Wuzhou saw that his expression was quite arrogant, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but now he had a request for Wang Jinfu, so he had to hold back the annoyance in his heart, and still said respectfully: "I heard that the proprietor Wang has contact with the Turks from time to time, can you help me in the next small favor." ”

"What do you have to do with the Turks, just say it, I think there are some things I can call the shots."

At this point, Liu Wuzhou already understood a little, the identity of this Wang proprietor was extraordinary, and he hurriedly said: "The proprietor Wang asked the county government to speak!" ”

The two came to the county office and walked into a secret room, Liu Wuzhou closed the door, he invited Wang Jinfu to sit down, and said impatiently: "Wang Dongzhu, I want to serve the Turkic Khan, I don't know if Wang Dongzhu can pull the line?" ”

Wang Jinfu didn't expect Liu Wuzhou to be so direct, a little surprised by his actions, he thought about it and said with a smile: "I can tell you a piece of news first, the Turkic Khan Xianba led an army of 300,000 to the south, just north of Dingnan County, you can also meet Shibi Khan if you want to, but you need to show sincerity first." ”

"Sincerity?"

Liu Wuzhou was a little puzzled, he thought for a while and then said: "In this way, I will close all the commercial houses in Mayi County, and only one Yanbei commercial bank will be left, how about it?" ”

Wang Jinfu shook his head and said with a smile: "General Liu misunderstood, the sincerity I said is not the sincerity of Wang Jinfu, but the sincerity you gave to Shibi Khan, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Liu Wuzhou nodded, turned around and went out, and in a moment he picked up a thirty-pound golden Buddha, which was one of Wang Rengong's bribes, he put the golden Buddha in front of Wang Jinfu, bowed and bowed, "This is a little heart from Wu Zhou to Mr. Wang, for the sake of fellow villagers, please ask Mr. Wang to show Wu Zhou a way out." ”

The glittering golden Buddha made Wang Jinfu's little eyes gradually narrow again, not only did he like this brilliance, but he also liked Liu Wuzhou's respect for him.

"Alright! For the sake of my fellow villagers, I reminded General Liu once, less than a hundred miles away from here is the Fenyang Palace in Loufu County, did General Liu think of anything? ”

Liu Wuzhou suddenly realized that he knew what to do, but there were five thousand guards in Fenyang Palace, and he needed to fight a hard battle.

In the north of Dingxiang County, Shibi Khan once again led an army of 300,000 to the south, at this time less than half a year from the defeat of Yanmen, although the defeat of Yanmen made him lose more than a dozen men and horses, but most of them were soldiers and horses of the Tiele Division, the Turks' own casualties were not heavy, did not hurt the vitality, and the defeat of Yanmen made the Turkic nobles not only not get benefits, but lost countless cattle and sheep, this kind of loss-making business made the Turks complain internally, questioning the voice of Shibi Khan one after another, so that Shibi Khan suffered huge political pressure.

He was in dire need of a lucrative plunder to regain his prestige and quell doubts within the Turks, and it happened that at this time, Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan, sent someone to contact him, which made Shibi Khan see the chaos and division of the Sui Dynasty and get his opportunity.

In the early spring, Shibi Khan, with the Turkic army as the main force and the Tiele army as the auxiliary, mobilized 300,000 troops to go south again.

Shibi Khan's army was stationed on the bank of Fu Qibo, on the one hand, he was waiting for the arrival of logistics, he could not make the last mistake, on the other hand, he was waiting for Li Yuan's official reply, he put forward three conditions to Li Yuan, Li Yuan must fully agree, he will attack Fengzhou according to the agreement, otherwise, he will not be so cheap Li Yuan.

In the king's tent of the Turkic camp, there was a lot of singing and laughter, and bursts of melodious music were played, accompanied by the fierce drumbeat, dozens of Turkic girls danced to the music, and a circle of generals sat around, everyone was in front of them with large pieces of barbecue and bags of intoxicating mare's milk wine, they made a loud noise, and did not treat the hearty laughter, this was an extremely ordinary banquet, this was a very ordinary banquet, there was no special reason, but the Khan Duji wanted to eat with the generals and exchange feelings.

If he finds that a general is in an abnormal mood during the banquet, he will pay attention to this person, maybe there is a conspiracy to overthrow him behind it, and in the past few months, he has been extremely concerned about his leading generals.

At this time, he found that the Captain Haoda was drinking sullenly alone, this Munda was one of the three warriors under his command, one of the warriors Sha Kali died at the foot of the Xicheng Pass, and the other Bosuda was the leader of his guards, who generally did not leave him, and the other warrior was this Munda.

Duji knew the reason why Munda was sullen, and he almost became his brother-in-law, but Asto ran away, causing Munda to suffer great humiliation.

Duji whispered a few words to his guard, who walked quickly and led Munda over in a moment.

"Is there anything wrong with the Khan?"

Duji pulled the Turkic man who looked like a black bear and said with a smile: "Sit next to me and drink!" ”

Monda sat down beside the Khan, but he was still not happy, he bowed his head sullenly and drank, he had many women, but he could never forget Asto, it was not that he liked Asto, it was because Asto left him with an indelible shame.

Du Ji patted him on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him: "She is your woman, you take her back, it's up to you to decide what to do with her, I won't interfere, if you want Yang Yuanqing to have another woman, I'll give it to you too." ”

Munda gradually revealed a beastly fierce light in his blood-red eyes due to drinking, and he slammed the table hard, gritted his teeth and said, "Khan, when are you going to Fengzhou?" ”

"Soon, ten days at most, what I want will come, then we will kill Fengzhou and completely raze it to the ground, no matter how strong Yang Yuanqing is, he can't stop my 300,000 army."