Chapter 727: A Dilemma
Fei Mo looked fierce and said viciously: "You must have heard that our Khitan people raised troops because they were fighting for the Li family, and in order to recover Li Tang Jiangshan!" Now, we are under attack by Wu Zhou's soldiers and horses, and we are short of food and grass, so we need the help of you local gentry.
You have helped us today, and we will help Li Tang Kuang to restore the country in the future, you are meritorious people, and the court will return all the money and grain borrowed today. If you refuse to take out the grain and grass, it is the Wu Zhou Party, a traitor to the party, and the general's knife will kill people, but he will never be soft! ”
The town was a bit richer than most of the towns, and there was a large manor house with no luxurious buildings, which meant that this was not a local landlord, but a local villa of a large landowner in the city.
Fei Mo and the others have copied so many rich families in various places, and they are already very clear, which means that this family owns a lot of land here, so there may not be much else in their garden, but there must be a lot of food.
With his long-term experience in looting, Fei Mo knew that instead of wasting time and effort to loot from house to house, it was better to intimidate these big families to pay on their own initiative.
Fei Mo grabbed the long knife on the side of the mat, thrust it into the ground, and said sharply: "After a while, you will each go back to raise food, and the ugly words of this general are in the head, if any of you dare to hide the grain and grass, once we search it out, then the whole house will be slashed, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" If you want money or death, you think about it! ”
Fei Mo's knife was stained with blood, and it was quite terrifying to thrust it down so hard, but he was half-wearing his pants and kneeling on the mat, with a big butt wrapped in white cloth, which was really not terrifying, but a little ridiculous.
Among the gentry, the person who had just seen Yang Fan with a surprised and shocked look on his face had already returned to normal, and like the other gentry, he listened to Fei Mo's words with a sincere and frightened look. Don't look at Yang Fan anymore. But the corner of his eye was always on Yang Fan.
After repeated identification, he was convinced: "This person must be Yang Fan!" ”
This person mixed in the gentry group is named Liang Shuang, he is not a local gentry, but a wealthy housekeeper, and the wealthy family he is in is the Fanyang Lu family, the uncrowned king of Hebei.
When Yang Fan came back from southern Xinjiang and first entered Chang'an. Lu Bin, the second son of the Lu family, deliberately wanted to deal with him in order to find a place for his eldest brother Lu Binmi, and the person who was sent to investigate Yang Fan's details at that time was him, so he knew Yang Fan.
At that time, Yang Fan was just a messenger in the imperial court, and then Yang Fan replaced Lu Binmi and became the suzerain of the "Succession Hall". followed a series of things that led to a secret fight with Lu Binmi, which may be a big secret to others, but Lu Binzhi and his confidant Liang Shuang are clear.
After the news of Lu Binmi's "suicide in shame" in the Tiger Prison Pass was transmitted back to the Lu family, the Lu family hated Yang Fan very much. But this incident is obviously Lu Binmi's fault first, and Yang Fan has let him go very much, but he just rescued his daughter, so he didn't do anything wrong.
If it is an ordinary family, the Lu family can still be quite unreasonable. Just take advantage of the power of the Lu family. Kill the other party to vent his anger, but Yang Fan is different. With Yang Fan's current status, under the condition that Yang Fan is justified, the Lu family really does not dare to act recklessly.
The tragic death of the eldest brother made Lu Bin, who was confined at home, unhappy, and he gritted his teeth every day and cursed Yang Fan for his early death, perhaps because of sincerity and gold, not long ago, the Lu family suddenly received a news, which made Lu Bin ecstatic, only to say that the sky has eyes, because Yang Fan is missing.
Yang Fan was missing during the Battle of Huangzhang when he was on the northern expedition with the army.
In this battle, the 160,000 troops of the imperial court were wiped out, and the wounded soldiers who fled back one after another were less than 20,000 defeated, and the corpses were all over the Huangzhang Valley, and the road from the Huangzhang Valley to Macheng was also full of corpses, and the corpse refining furnace of Qianjinye City was non-stop day and night, and now only one-third of the corpses have been disposed of.
"Succession Hall" has not yet heard of Yang Fan, judging from the mortality rate of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yang Fan is likely to be more than lucky, "Succession Hall" has been temporarily taken over by the head of the Seven Great Families, and all major matters and decisions are jointly decided by the Seven Great Families, which will seriously affect efficiency, and some urgent matters will even delay the opportunity, but as an emergency measure, it can only be so.
As the Lu family of the Seven Great Families, of course it is impossible to hide this kind of thing from them, and Lu Binzhi, who is the authentic family of the Lu family, and after the tragic death of his eldest brother, Lu Binzhi, who is already the only family heir of the Lu family's generation, naturally understands everything, as his confidant, Liang Shuang is also one of the few insiders in the Lu family.
But he never expected that Yang Fan, who had already died in battle in Gongzi's heart, was still alive and well, and it was right in front of him, in the Khitan army.
The Lu family has a large manor in the local area, with nearly 1,000 acres of land, more than one-third of the people in the town are tenants of the Lu family, Liang Shuang came here to inspect on the order of the son, and the result happened that the Khitans attacked Zhuolu, the town suffered from the disaster of pond fish, and he was also trapped in the manor when he had no time to escape.
Seeing Yang Fan at this moment, Liang Shuang's whole mind was on Yang Fan, he no longer cared about the grain in the grain cellar of his manor, even if all the grain stored there was looted, it was just a drop in the bucket for the powerful Lu family, but Yang Fan was the great enemy of the Lu family!
Liang Shuang's first reaction was that Yang Fan was captured by the Khitans, but judging from the attitude of the Khitan soldiers towards Yang Fan, it didn't look like treating him as a prisoner, at least the hostility was not deep, which was strange.
Liang Shuang would not think that Yang Fan was a fellow party of the Khitans, because no matter what purpose Yang Fan wanted to contact the Khitans, he would not play the trick of disappearance, which would cause chaos in the Jihetang. Liang Shuang couldn't help but be curious about the role Yang Fan played at the moment.
Dealing with Yang Fan in Chang'an that day, including assassinating Yang Fan on the banks of the Quchi River and on the Furong Bridge, Liang Shuang was only responsible for the secret investigation, scheduling and arrangement, he did not go into battle shirtless, so he was not worried that Yang Fan would see through his identity, and after having this doubt in his heart, he wanted to find out the reason why Yang Fan appeared here.
Fei Mo was intimidated for a while, so he asked the Khitan soldiers to escort these gentry back to raise grain, and Liang Shuang cooperated unusually and took the initiative to contribute all the grain stored in the manor, including several secret cellars that were not easy to be noticed.
After fully winning the favor of the Khitans, Liang Shuang inquired about Yang Fan's current situation and learned that Yang Fan was indeed a prisoner of the Khitans, but the Khitans did not have the idea of executing him, Liang Shuang was secretly anxious.
He didn't think the Khitans could achieve great things. In his opinion. Under the blow of the imperial army, the defeat of the Khitans was only a matter of time, and Yang Fan would inevitably be rescued at that time.
Moreover, once the "Jihetang" learns of Yang Fan's news, he will definitely go all out to rescue him, and I believe that with the financial resources of the "Jihetang", he will definitely use a condition that the Khitans cannot refuse to make this deal.
Although said. Yang Fan is now engulfed in the Khitan rebellion, and there are no eyes on the battlefield, so he may not be dead, but that is only a possibility after all. Wang Xiaojie, who recovered the four towns of Anxi, made immortal achievements, and now worships the prime minister, was defeated and captured that year, and was arrested in the Tubo royal city. A safe return?
The second son hated Yang Fan deeply, but unfortunately there was nothing he could do about Yang Fan, if he couldn't take advantage of his illness and ask him for his life, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not escape.
Thinking of this, Liang Shuang was anxious, but Yang Fan was in the hands of the Khitans, which was invisibly equivalent to an extra layer of protection. He couldn't help Yang Fan at all. Think about it. Liang Shuang just wanted to report the news to the second son, and the son would decide.
But. He was also worried that the Khitans would leave after looting the grain and grass as usual, and he would have no way to find Yang Fan's whereabouts when the soldiers were in a panic.
What is strange is that this time the Khitans did not leave immediately, in the afternoon, Fei Mo summoned the gentry in the town again, and asked them to vacate the house for their soldiers to move in, seeing that this is to live in the town for a few days, Liang Shuang was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly arranged people quietly, preparing to sneak out at night and go to Zhuozhou to report to the second son.
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It's not that the Khitans don't want to move quickly, but they can't go.
The Khitans couldn't go not because Wu Youyi suddenly changed his mind and took the initiative to send troops to encircle and suppress, but because their "supreme khan" Li Duzhong was critically ill.
Li Qianzhong was hit by a cold arrow in his back last time, although he applied herbs and bandaged the wound in time, the injury did not heal. After all, he is an old man in his sixties, and his physical recovery speed is far less than that of a man in his prime.
In the process, the arrow wound on his back burst out, and it was the hot summer, and the army of Rong Ma fought everywhere, and the arrow wound could not be treated very well, and finally caused a fatal disaster.
In fact, Li Quanzhong also knew his own injuries, but there was no food in the army, and he, the khan, had to lead the army to solve the food problem. In order to avoid shaking the morale of the army, and he was busy discussing an alliance with the Xi people at the time, he kept his injuries a secret.
Li Quanzhong dragged his sick body to fight in all directions, his body was already the end of the strong crossbow, this time he attacked Zhuolu City, Li Quanzhong immediately supervised the battle under the city, the scorching sun was scorching, and a healthy old man couldn't stand it for a long time, not to mention that he was beaten down by Zhuolu City, Li Quanzhong just entered the city gate, and his eyes were dark, and he fell into a horse and fainted.
Only a few people know about his injuries, and Generalissimo Sun Wanrong is one of them, when he saw the Khan fainting, Sun Wanrong secretly panicked, and hurriedly rescued Li Quanzhong, temporarily placed in a large family, and only claimed that the Khan was suffering from heat stroke and fainted, and did not dare to reveal the truth, but secretly inquired about the famous doctor in the city for treatment.
In this case, of course, they could not move immediately, so the Khitans occupied Zhuolu and settled here. In the face of the superior strength of the Tang army, the greatest strength of the Khitans was their mobility, and now they couldn't walk, and the Khan's injuries did not dare to be announced to the public, Sun Wanrong couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.
Wu Youyi's only mobile Liliang has been sent to Lu Long, and now he has not returned, after learning the news of the fall of Zhuolu, he sent troops to Zhuolu He was worried that Xi people would attack from behind him, according to the city self-defense and the suspicion of not saving him, Wu Youyi and Sun Wanrong made a pair of difficult brothers, and also fell into a dilemma.
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