Chapter 105: The Old Question
Sanyang County did not have much resistance, before the arrival of Ergou with Sun Fang's head, many routs had already retreated, and the news of the rout of the official army made the defenders of Sanyang panic.
After several tosses from Shangyang to Sanyang, the command system of the official army almost collapsed, especially when Ergou threw Sun Fang's head into the city, the remaining generals had already lost their fear.
"The people in the city listen, immediately open the city and surrender, your generals have died in the hands of my governor, if you continue to resist, the day the city is broken, it will be the time when your heads and others fall to the ground!" The second dog shouted at the city.
"What should I do?" The battalion in charge of defending the city looked at the robe with an ugly face.
"What else can I do? The generals are all dead! If we continue to fight, I am afraid that we will end up with the total annihilation! Another battalion said in a deep voice: "I need to go back and report this to the court!" β
"You mean ......"
"While the thief army has not yet besieged the city, we will break through from the north of the city!"
Anyway, even Sun Fang is dead, even if the above wants to reduce the guilt, it will not be able to punish them, and now they are withdrawn, they have no psychological pressure.
"Okay, just do as you say, let's go together!"
There was no response, and after they gathered their troops and horses, they immediately withdrew from Sanyang County from the north gate.
In Sanyang City, the wealthy families of the big clan got the news for the first time.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers withdrew without even fighting, the three brothers of the Pei family gathered together with bitter faces.
"What now?"
Previously, because of Lu Xuan's trick of beating the drum and passing the flowers, the rich households in Sanyang County have now been divided into several groups, even if they are in the same group, they can't be completely believed.
I thought that the official army was coming, and their good days were coming, but who would have thought that it would not be a few days before Lu Xuan came back, and the official army was even more simply, without fighting, and directly abandoned the city and ran away!
Pei Ruhai now feels like a child without a father and a mother.
"What else can I do?" Pei Ruhai sighed and said, "Let's go out of the city to greet you, do you want to beat the drum and pass the flowers again?" β
Although the officials and soldiers also exploited them, even if it was a trumped-up crime, they would be deducted from it, at least there was room for turnaround, and they could even find a relationship to counteract, but if they made Lu Xuan unhappy, then beat the drum and pass the flowers.
It's not that it's all wiped out, and the probability is actually not high, but once selected, it's the end of the extermination.
When everyone heard this, they nodded in fear, no nonsense, and after making sure that the official army had indeed left, they went out with their servants and ran all the way to the city gate, and the second dog was still shouting.
At this moment, Ergou saw that no one answered at the head of the city, and he was already a little irritable: "If you don't open the city again, you will attack the city!" β
"General Ergou, it's me, Pei Ruhe, don't attack the city, this will open the city gate for the general!" Pei Ruhe poked his head out of the city and said carefully.
As he spoke, Pei Ruhai below had already opened the city gate and greeted him with a smile: "General Ergou, I haven't seen you for many days, and your demeanor is even greater." β
"Is that you?" Ergou frowned and looked at Pei Ruhai and said, "What about the official army?" β
"Seeing you killed, I was already frightened and fled directly from the north gate!" Pei Ruhai smiled and said: "The general is really brave!" β
"That is, Sun Fang and Bai Xingchang were all killed by my family commander in the chaos, and these officers and soldiers are also interesting!" Ergou nodded with satisfaction, but he did not rush into the city, so that his soldiers quickly occupied important positions such as the city wall and the county government to prevent them from being plotted by these rich families in the city of the joint city of officials and soldiers.
"What the general said is, I don't know where Governor Lu is?" Pei Ruhai said with a smile: "I have been longing for Governor Lu to come back, and now that I know that Commander Lu has won a big victory, I am overjoyed, and I have prepared a reception banquet." β
"Don't worry, the Governor will return in the evening, there is a big battle today, the Governor is also very tired, and he is still resting, but the Governor said, let you help pacify the people in the city." Ergou waved his hand.
"Well, it's a matter of duty." Pei Ruhai nodded hurriedly, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Lu Xuan didn't blame them for not resisting the government, and he would be thankful for beating the drum and passing the flowers or something.
As for playing any more yang and yin, Pei Ruhai wouldn't dare anyway.
Taking the life of the full door to play a drum and pass the flowers, it was really exciting, Pei Ruhai's heart couldn't stand it, so after receiving Chen Ergou into the city, Pei Ruhai didn't wait for Chen Ergou's instructions, so he sent his family to the street to Lu Xuan to promote the Unification Sect into the city, not to rob the people, everyone does not need to panic.
The people of Sanyang County are too familiar with Lu Xuan, this leader of the rebel army is different from other thieves, officers and soldiers, although he also does evil things, but he never targets the people, and even during Lu Xuan's time in Sanyang County, the people's living standards have improved a lot.
On the contrary, after the official army entered the city, big families like Pei Ruhai did not dare to indulge in pleasure as Lu Xuan did when he was there, which caused many people to lose their livelihood and have a lot of grievances, which made Sun Fang and Jiang Shu quite speechless at that time.
You must know that Jiang Shu wanted to reunite the green spirit of the city in Sanyang County at that time, but it has had little effect.
Coupled with the fact that the official seal was not in his hand, Jiang Shu finally blamed Shi Guan, who must have oppressed the people too weekdays, which damaged his luck.
There are also Sanyang These big families were tossed and scared by Lu Xuan, and they didn't dare to say bad things about Lu Xuan, when Lu Xuan was there, he spared no effort to promote Lu Xuan's positive energy, Lu Xuan left, and he didn't dare to say more, for fear that Lu Xuan would come back to settle accounts with them.
Now that Lu Xuan has really returned, the reaction of the people is much more enthusiastic than when the officers and soldiers entered the city, after all, things in this world are the most afraid of comparison.
Although Lu Xuan's life under his rule is not very good, at least there is still a way to live, and Lu Xuan's people will never embarrass the people at will, and the officials and soldiers are much worse in comparison.
In the evening of the same day, when Lu Xuan came back with the women and children who had moved out before, Sanyang County had completely stabilized.
However, compared with Sanyang County, Shangyang County is much more troublesome.
At the beginning, Lu Xuan killed Taishou, and a sentence of prince and general Xiangning had a kind of provoked the people to boil, but after he left, many people looted and fought everywhere under the banner of Guiyijiao, bringing tragic harm to the people of Shangyang, and even the big families of Shangyang secretly did something in the name of Guiyijiao, which made the reputation of Guiyijiao in Shangyang County a little stinky.
Like Sanyang County, the defenders of Shangyang County withdrew directly after seeing Bai Xingchang's head, but after Yang Chong entered the city, he encountered a lot of stumbling blocks.
The troops were attacked by the people for no reason, and no one paid attention to Lu Xuan's decree after issuing it, and even the food was poisoned, and more than 30 volunteers died that night.
Yang Chong was angry, but he didn't know who to vent to, so he could only send someone to Lu Xuan for help.
He can fight wars, but he is still unable to deal with these things.
"More than thirty dead!?" When Lu Xuan received the news, he was accepting a banquet from the Sanyang family in the Wang family's green building, listening to the situation sent by Yang Chong, Lu Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, and the surrounding atmosphere also cooled down.
Pei Ruhai and other big families who accompanied them were silent one by one, and they didn't dare to say a word.
"I know, you go down and rest first, and I'll deal with this matter." Lu Xuan waved his hand and motioned for the guards to rest with the righteous soldiers who came to summon the news.
"What's wrong?" After the rebels left, Lu Xuan looked at the quiet banquet hall, raised his wine and said with a smile: "Small things, then music, then dance." β
"My lord, you scared the slave family to death just now~" The Oiran who was in charge of pouring wine for Lu Xuan patted his chest with a frightened face.
"Yo, it's not a good thing to be a beautiful woman." Lu Xuan stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Oiran's slender waist and smiled in her ear: "Go to the girl's boudoir later, how about General Ben apologize to the beauty?" β
"Adults are good or bad~" Oiran wanted to refuse and welcome, and her body was just right for Lu Xuan to take advantage of, but she didn't look too.
"Does that beauty like it?"
"The slave family likes it so much~"
The atmosphere of the banquet became warm again with Lu Xuan's laughter.
"Commander, among the big clans in Shangyang County, the Bai family has declined with Bai Xingchang's death, but there are still a few commanders who need to be careful." After three rounds of drinking, Pei Ruhai took advantage of everyone's laughter, signaled Oiran to avoid, and came to Lu Xuan's side and whispered.
"Do you have an official background?" Lu Xuan leaned back and asked casually.
"In these days, who can get rich without relying on housekeepers." Pei Ruhai smiled bitterly: "It's just that there is one family that needs to be considered." β
"Which one?" Lu Xuan said curiously.
"The Cui family."
Lu Xuan recalled that he had also learned about the Shangyang family at the beginning, and frowned: "It's nothing special. β
"Shangyang Cui's is naturally nothing special, but Shangyang Cui's is a side branch of the Cui's in Huangzhou." Pei Ruhai reminded.
"Huangzhou Cui's family?" Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Tell me in detail." β
"The Cui family of Huangzhou and the Xie family of Zhangzhou and the Murong family of Wuzhou are known as the three masters of the world, and the protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the big cadres, and even the general Yin Zheng on the edge of the town is also the former official of the Cui family." Pei Ruhai reminded.
"I see." Lu Xuan nodded silently, looked at Pei Ruhai and said, "Thank you for telling the Pei family master." β
"It would be nice to help the Governor." Pei Ruhai hurriedly said politely.
"This favor, I made a note of it, continue to drink, and don't talk about business tonight!" Lu Xuan raised the wine and smiled.
"Yes, Governor, I respect you!" Pei Ruhai hurriedly picked up the wine and said.
The feast lasted until late at night.
Late at night, Lu Xuan got up from the bed.
"Commander, people can't stand it, find other sisters to serve the commander~" On the couch, the little Oiran flipped over in a daze, and her lazy voice was a little panic~
"Sleep well, I'll come back to you next time!" Lu Xuan patted her head, got up and dressed and went out.
Outside the Qinglou, Ergou and Sandao were already waiting there, and when they saw Lu Xuan coming out, they hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Big brother!" β
"Well, you go with me this time, you are all my henchmen, you will have to be alone in the future, Lao Yang, watch this matter carefully, how to deal with this kind of thing in the future." Lu Xuan took the reins of the horse handed by the guard.
"Leaving now?" The second dog turned over and got on the horse, and said with some surprise.
"Or else? Wait any longer, those people in Shangyang County will not be able to turn the sky upside down! Lu Xuan snorted coldly, pulled the reins of his horse, and went straight to Shangyang overnight with two dogs, three knives and a thousand soldiers and horses.
Change the time of the update in the future, that is, eight o'clock in the morning, two o'clock at noon, six o'clock in the evening, three more times a day, if you want to add more time to eight o'clock or ten o'clock, it will be this point in the future, the ability is limited, everyone forgive me~
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