Chapter 175: Capture Dragonstone Fort
Lu Xinghe had already made preparations, and the reason why the net on his periphery had not been tightened for a long time was nothing more than to make sure of one thing, he wanted to know if this rebellion had anything to do with Li Jiuyuan, and whether Ma Xudong and Liu Xilie were in each other's camp. Now seeing that they are preparing to attack the city, they are actually in the right place.
He immediately dispatched troops and asked the guards to guard the pass, while he stood on top of the enemy tower and observed the movement.
The offensive of the four major families was extremely fierce, and the Yu brothers were indeed talented generals, and they deployed these rabble in an orderly manner. But the army is the army, and the stragglers are the stragglers, although they have been preparing for several years before, but when they really use them, they find that many of the things they have prepared are not used, and many things that can be used are not prepared.
This was not an evenly matched duel, the one-sided situation was doomed from the beginning, and the four major families relied on a blood spirit to draw with each other in the initial battle. The more time passes, the weaker the momentum becomes. Their numbers were also rapidly decreasing, and it seemed that they could no longer organize the troops that charged. At this time, Lu Xinghe also began to close the net. As the three horns sounded, the people from all walks of life who came to the rescue quickly appeared behind the four major families.
The army that came like a tide quickly engulfed them, the Yu brothers were killed in battle, and the people of the other three families were basically slaughtered, and few people were able to break out of the encirclement.
After a big victory, there was bad news, just as the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle, Ma Xudong and Liu Xilie, who were ambushed at the south gate, attacked the guards of the gate, opened the gate, and put Ba Niu's 200,000 troops into the city. In this way, the victory becomes undisputed. He had long expected that Ba Niu would make a move, but he didn't expect it to be at this time, let alone that he would come so fiercely.
The 200,000 battle-hardened regular army and the men and horses of the four major families are not the same at all, compared to Ba Niu, they are simply a swarm of ants. How can the land of the projectile of the civil fort withstand such an elite army? Lu Xinghe called Metro in front of him again, and said to him in a serious tone: "While the enemy is not yet surrounded, take the people of the Mai family away." With the descendants of the Mai family, we all have hope. The civil fort can't be saved, and the dragonstone fort doesn't have a safe place, and even the Kyushu mainland is no longer safe. Go to Shannan, where there is no one who can help you make a comeback, but at least you can save your lives."
He didn't think of surrendering, and he didn't let the Mai family surrender, he couldn't bow his head in front of his juniors by a person like him, and the Mai family had no value at all in the eyes of the other party.
METRO has nothing to say at this time, he has done something wrong himself, and he wants others to bear the consequences, which is an inexplicable thing in itself, and now he has no ability to redeem the defeat, so he can only lie on the ground and keep pleading guilty and admitting his mistakes.
Lu Xinghe grabbed his arm and helped him up: "It's pointless to say those words now, you have to leave immediately." I will send Shi Maopu to lead his own soldiers to escort you out of the city by the path, and the rest will be up to you."
METRO retreated with great gratitude, returned to his residence, simply packed up his things, and then took his family and Shicaipu to quietly leave the civil fort and walk on the mountain road.
Lu Xinghe sent the Mai family away, and a major event in his heart can be regarded as an explanation, and next, he will have to accept his fate. Ba Niu's army had already surrounded the civil fort more than a dozen times, and the huge Nine Dragons flag fluttered outside the city. The first thing he saw was Ba Niu's letter of persuasion. The writing is strong, concise and concise, at first glance, it is written by Ba Niu himself, and the cover is gorgeous enough. Lu Xinghe just looked at it once, put it aside, and then said to the envoy: "The good intentions of your prince are understood by someone on the road, but if people have a place of life, they will have a place of death." Before that, someone on the road didn't know where he died, but now he can be sure. You go back and tell your lord that although he thinks that I am his opponent, now that I am old and tired, I can't walk on these legs. He'll just go ahead of him, it's not an obstacle for him anymore."
The messenger pondered for a while before continuing: "My general would like to ask the chief of the guard, what are your unfulfilled wishes, or what do you want my general to do for you, and he is very willing to serve you."
Lu Xinghe smiled bitterly, he knew that Li Jiuyuan would not agree to his request, and he didn't need to make it difficult for him, so he just shook his head: "People like me, if they have any wishes, they will do it themselves, and if I can't do it myself, I believe that others can't do it for me."
The envoy was silent for a while, and then said: "The general of my family hopes that he will pass on one of his sons to you, so that he can inherit the incense of the Lu family, and he knows that you will not refuse, so I would like to ask you to give him a name."
"Son, son"! His eyes suddenly radiated a strange brilliance, and his tone of voice suddenly became excited: "Li Jiuyuan actually thought of this"?
Heirs have always been Lu Xinghe's biggest sore spot, unfilial piety is the greatest, in any era, inheriting incense is the top priority in a family. Lu Xinghe entered the Praetorian Guard at the age of fourteen, became the chief of the guard at the age of twenty-five, and married a wife and had children, this son was the later General Zuo Wuwei. Unfortunately, he died on the battlefield at a young age. After that, the war continued for many years, and Lu Xinghe had been running around the battlefield and basically did not go home. Later, he was defeated at Dragonstone Fort and retreated to the snowy mountains, where the ultimate weapon attacked the entire Erndondor, and his family was nowhere to be found. When he returned to Dragonstone, he searched for it but found nothing. Now he has no relatives except for the generals around him, so he was so excited when he heard that Ba Niu was going to pass on one of his sons to him.
"Lu Xiuwen, let's call it Lu Xiuwen." He thought about it for a long time before he finally made up his mind: "You go back and tell your general, let's call Lu Xiuwen."
The messenger agreed, but still did not get up, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "My general has one last thing I want to ask the chief of the guard."
Lu Xinghe waved his hand and interrupted him: "Be careful of the Changlin people, tell your general, you must be careful of the Changlin people, sometimes they are people, sometimes they are not." When they are not human, it is possible to do something even crazier than Chu Yuxing."
This suggestion was confirmed after a long time, but it was enough to show his foresight, but unfortunately, Ba Niu did not take this sentence too seriously, and the answer he wanted was the most important problem to be solved at the moment. He had only 200,000 horses, and the land he was going to conquer was something that a million people could not conquer.
The white flag was hung high at the head of the city, and at the same time, the troops in the city wore mourning clothes. A generation of legends has fallen, and behind him, there are only some fragmentary legends and a few lines of text recorded in the official history.
Ba Niu only led more than 10,000 people into the civil fort, and after completing the handover, three orders were issued. The first is to mourn for Lu Xinghe and bury him with a royal ceremony. Second, he was promoted to the rank of general of Shijiechuan, sealed the sheep Shihou, and led Lu Xinghe's original team to guard Longshi Fort. Feng Shi Xueming is the general, the deputy commander, and the graphite chuan guards the Longshi Fort. The rest of the people of the city remained in their place. Third, the three-year lease of Longshi Fort is restored, and all residents of Longshi Fort can be rent-free and tax-free for three years.
These three orders not only quickly calmed the morale of the army, but also stabilized the morale of the people. At the same time, he pardoned the four great families and their accomplices for the crimes of treason, and all of them were not prosecuted.
After capturing Dragonstone Fort, the situation in front of Ba Niu suddenly became clear. Behind him is the new Dongduo dynasty composed of the original Dongduo and Mingsha Mountain, and in front of him is the chaotic Kangle Dynasty. Now, he is not in a hurry to swallow it, his stomach is not big enough, he eats too quickly, and he is prone to indigestion. He wants to eat it bite by bite, and this first bite is Changtu. Changtu is the only way to go to Dadu, and it is a city that has not undergone too many baptisms of war, relatively speaking, it is relatively well preserved and the reserves are very sufficient.
Changtu's current guard is the Kangle man Gibran, who is brave and good at fighting, and is also a famous general, but he was born at the wrong time and has not been reused, so his reputation is not very great.