Jiangzhou Lieutenant Cheng Rugao, tall, with a dark face, spoke like Hong Zhong, and was an extremely anxious person. Cheng Rugao has been a captain in Jiangzhou for more than seven years, and he has not been promoted, and he inevitably has some complaints in his heart, and he has no good impression of the economic strategy, mainly because he usually doesn't know how to tie up with his boss, and he just thinks that he can be promoted with his hard work and his exploits in suppressing bandits.

Niu is used to this person's suffering, he accepts anyone's money, and even his cousin Ye Tengjiao wants to be punctual in Jianzhou County, so he has to give him filial piety. Niu Mandi didn't say anything about his cousin's silver, and he didn't miss his family, and the price was clearly marked at 10,000 taels, not a single copper plate was missing, not to mention a person like Cheng Rugao who had neither silver nor background. Ye Tengjiao still has a background like his cousin Niu all over the ground, and he is Cheng Rugao, and he only has his back.

If he has no background, he can't give silver, his mouth is not sweet, and he doesn't know how to be loyal to his boss, how can he climb up? Therefore, Cheng Rugao has been squatting in this position as a lieutenant of Jiangzhou for more than seven years. A few days ago, when he received the transfer order from the envoy of the Yamen, Cheng Rugao also scolded, "Damn, when I was suppressing bandits, I remembered that Lao Tzu was here, why didn't I have Lao Tzu's share when I was promoted?"

It was still Jin Dazhong, the county guard of Jiangzhou, who knew his thoughts, and persuaded him privately: "Old Cheng, King Wei is now here in Jiannan Dao, and in the future, he will no longer cover the sky with one hand." You just have to go to suppress the bandits, and if you have merit in suppressing the bandits, I will report to you, I have a friendship with King Wei, you know, when King Wei was not King Wei, he came to Jiangzhou to live in my county to guard the yamen, let's rely on the towering tree of King Wei, what are you afraid of?"

Cheng Rugao heard what the county guard said, so he held his breath and dragged 3,000 men and horses to Luye City, and along the way he was still scolding Niu Mandi, a thief who was a pest. As a result, I didn't expect to meet the envoy of King Wei's Mansion, the messenger Wang Chibi took the order of King Wei, and asked the soldiers and horses of the three counties to work together to seize Luye City, after Cheng Rugao received the order, he was so excited, he didn't expect King Wei to trust him so much and entrust him with such a heavy task.

What made Cheng Rugao even more excited was that the envoy of the Wei Wangfu said that this Niu Jingluo wanted to rebel, hey, I'll go, where else would I find such an opportunity to quell the rebellion? He was excited, and Luo Bingshang of the Yamen was still bumped into him. Fortunately, Luo Bingshang didn't say that he was the master of the cows, but only said that he was a staff member, otherwise the excited Cheng Rugao would have tortured him half to death.

Over the years, Cheng Rugao has been suppressed by cattle all over the ground, and he has not been able to be promoted, and he gritted his teeth with hatred all over the cow. Eight generations of ancestors with even Niu Mandi, relatives and friends, and staff subordinates, as long as they have a good relationship with Niu Mandi, Cheng Rugao hates them. So Cheng Rugao slapped Luo Bingshang with a big mouth, damn, as long as he is a person with cattle all over the ground, he will not be a good person, Lao Tzu has not been promoted all these years, it must be the idea of you guys to blow the wind all over the ground, who will you beat if you don't beat you?

Poor Luo Bingshang has received it on behalf of Niu Mandi, how did he know that this soldier's mind is so simple, originally he was a little master, but he was only responsible for making suggestions, and Niu was full of money to make money, so he naturally held the power of personnel and refused to let go. He couldn't reach out or care, but here he was slapped in vain.

Besides, Luo Bingshang traveled this time, with the two big guards He Lidong and Fan Weihong who were all over the ground, originally the two of them were in the martial arts realm of the third grade, and when they moved, these soldiers really couldn't do anything about them, at least the two of them could also take Luo Bingshang and withdraw calmly. Who would have thought that when they encountered this team on the road, as soon as they inquired, they said that it was a team from Jiangzhou that came to Luye City to suppress bandits, and they relaxed their vigilance.

Unexpectedly, the boat capsized in the gutter, as soon as they heard that it was the people from the Yamen who made the strategy, they immediately pointed Luo Bingshang with a bow and crossbow first, He Lidong and Fan Weihong themselves were not afraid, but they were afraid that Luo Bingshang, who did not know martial arts, would make a mistake, so they could only obediently raise their hands and surrender, otherwise if Luo Bingshang was hit by an arrow, he would definitely pick up their skin when he went back.

He Lidong and Fan Weihong didn't dare to resist, and the fifty cavalry behind them didn't dare to resist, they all obediently tied up the military horses in Jiangzhou, and the little colonel who tied people had an extra heart, seeing that these two should be martial arts masters, so they specially ordered people to find two cowhide bands and tie these two to a knot, He Lidong and Fan Weihong secretly complained, if they were tied with an ordinary rope, they would be able to break the rope with internal force for a while, and now they were tied like this, so what should I do?

Besides, Luo Bingshang was slapped in the face, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, his face was swollen, and his crown was also taken off

When I went down and kicked the ball, my hair was unkempt, and I was so angry that I almost turned my back on it. After all these years of being a master under Master Niu, who is not allowed to give Master Luo a seven-sided thin face? Who dares to slap him mercilessly in public? Luo Bingshang scolded angrily: "Soldiers, Sven sweeps the floor!" Unfortunately, it only attracted the merciless ridicule of these Qiu Baye.

Cheng Rugao is not very literate, and he has no good impression of readers, he always feels that these guys are very poor, they can't carry the burden on their shoulders, they can't carry the basket in their hands, they pay more attention to it, and they look down on this and that, they just owe it! The main general is like this, and the soldiers under him are naturally the same, so this Luo Bingshang is considered to have suffered a crime, and he was abused along the way, and he refused to even give a sip of water.

Cheng Rugao and Wang Chibi, the envoy sent by the Wei Wangfu, had a very happy conversation, and the two talked in detail about the next arrangements, how to capture Luye City, and so on. Luye City was built on flat land, surrounded by mountains, only a Lushui River passed, so the builders used the Lushui River to dig a moat ten zhang wide, in addition, there is no natural risk to rely on. But there is a Weng city in Luye City, which is a headache.

And the 3,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangzhou did not bring siege equipment, and if they attacked strongly, it would never be feasible. Wang Chibi believed that there were at least 5,000 to 7,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and Jiangzhou had few soldiers, so a hard attack would definitely suffer, so he could only outwit the enemy according to the situation. At the same time, it is necessary to contact the soldiers and horses of Huzhou and Lianshan County, and the soldiers and horses of the three counties together have more than 13,000 people, and it is easy to capture the defenseless Luye City.

Just after noon, Cheng Rugao, who was riding on a tall horse, had already seen the gray city wall of Luye City from a distance, Cheng Rugao laughed cruelly, patted his weapon, two water-milled steel whips, and said to himself: "Old man, I'm afraid we haven't opened meat for a month or two, right? We have to eat enough this time! We have to satisfy this Lord Niu who invited us here!"

When the three thousand soldiers were still a few miles away from Luye City, Qi Chengde, the captain in charge of guarding the city gate, saw this team on the city tower, and immediately became nervous, and quickly called a shrewd and capable pawn to ride a fast horse out to inquire about the origin of this team.

There was not much time, and the pawn came back to report that this team of thousands of people came from Jiangzhou, and with the transfer documents of the Jingluo Yamen, they were ordered to come to suppress the bandits. Cheng Rugao guessed that Niu Mandi would not let them enter the city immediately, so he asked the soldiers to start camping three miles outside the city gate.

Qi Chengde, the captain of the city gate, heard that this team had the transfer documents, so he relieved his heart and hurriedly sent someone to report to the yamen. When Niu Mandi heard that the soldiers and horses transferred from Jiangzhou County had arrived, he clapped his hands excitedly and said, "God really helps me!" immediately sent an order, telling this team to camp outside the South Gate City and wait for the next instructions. Niu Yilong, the captain of the patrol school, came to the army outside the city and conveyed Niu Mandi's message to Cheng Rugao.

Niu Yilong is a distant relative of Niu Mandi, and he thinks he is Niu Jinglue's henchman, so he is very arrogant and does not take Cheng Rugao in his eyes at all. When he came to the army with more than a dozen cavalry to give orders, he didn't even get off the horse, and let Cheng Rugao bow his hand and salute, and he didn't return the salute, arrogant and arrogant to the extreme. also whipped the little colonel who didn't mean to snub him a few times, and Cheng Rugao, who loved soldiers like a son, saw all this in his eyes, and the burning anger in his heart hit his head.

Seeing Wang Chibi beside him, Cheng Rugao slowly calmed down his anger, and if he couldn't bear it, he made a big plan, so he endured this breath first, and soon Lao Tzu chopped you off the sacrificial flag! Cheng Rugao deliberately glanced at the little envoy who was whipped, and shouted: "How dare you rush into Lord Niu if you don't have long eyes? Why don't you quickly make amends to Lord Niu!" The little school was reluctant, and when he saw Cheng Rugao's eyes, he stepped forward to make amends.

Niu Yilong, who had the dog's head and toad's eyes, pouted his lips and was about to take people back to the city. Cheng Rugao was willing to let him go, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face: "Lord Niu, don't you hurry back to the city first, right? The humble post has already prepared thin wine and vegetarian dishes in the camp, please enjoy it and eat as much as you want!" Cheng Rugao leaned forward again, and said in a low voice: "In addition, the humble post also has gifts and filial piety!" As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at Niu Yilong. This was Wang Chibi's idea, and Cheng Rugao just did it.

Niu Yilong saw that he was so sensible and knew how to slap himself, and he suddenly felt good in his heart, nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Oh, I told you to break the bank, and the official was very unhappy in his heart." Well, since you have this heart, then the official is better to be respectful than to obey his fate. Now that you're in Luye, we'll have to deal with each other in the future. ”

Cheng Rugao nodded, and said with a flattering smile: "The humble post has just arrived, and Lord Niu is a popular person around the master of the strategy, and he has to rely on Lord Niu to support him! The humble position naturally does not dare to forget the benefits of Lord Niu!" But he secretly scolded in his heart, this grandson is obviously a captain of the same grade, what kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending! But his mouth is very courteous, and he is both boasting and praise.

Wang Chibi also stepped forward, claiming to be the secretary of the army, and slipped his beard and patted the horse, the two of them let Niu Yilong and others into the camp, accompanied Niu Yilong to drink wine in a big bowl, eat meat in large pieces, and took out a bag of gold and silver, and gave it to Niu Yilong, the two of them partnered to fool Niu Yilong, Niu Yilong was very useful, and his tongue was big, and he said in a loud voice: "Go back, the official must say a lot of good things for the two of you in front of the Lord of the Economic Strategy, and you must be promoted and reused by the Lord of the Economic Strategy!"

During the banquet, Wang Chibi began to talk, Niu Yilong didn't know what to do, and explained the situation in the city. Wang Chibi and Cheng Rugao glanced at each other, and then they knew that most of the soldiers and horses in the city had been transferred to Jianzhou, and at this time, Luye City was empty, and the total number of soldiers and horses was no more than three thousand. The two of them were ecstatic, it seems that they don't have to wait for the soldiers and horses of Lianshan County and Huzhou County to successfully take Luye City!

Niu Yilong was drunk by the two of them, unconscious, and couldn't go back that night, so he could only stay in the barracks overnight. Cheng Rugao summoned a few henchmen to discuss with Wang Chibi and others of the Weiwangfu, and the plan was calculated, so Cheng Rugao disguised himself as Niu Yilong's men and horses, and led more than ten elite soldiers to disguise themselves as Niu Yilong's men and horses, and first mixed into the city, and greeted the soldiers, only saying that there were gifts from Jiangzhou soldiers and horses escorted to Lord Niu to enter the city and needed to be taken care of.

Then two hundred strong soldiers disguised themselves and drove the carriage into the city, and after converging, they waited for an opportunity to take the city gate. Then the soldiers behind followed, controlled the south gate and Weng City, and then the soldiers drove into Luye City, went straight to the Yamen, and captured cattle all over the ground. Then post a notice with the order of the Wei Wangfu to calm the hearts of the people, and at the same time send people to report to the Wei Wangfu. As for how the Weiwang Mansion will deal with the cattle and how to take over Luye City, that is the next step, in short, first cut off the retreat of those anti-thieves outside Jianzhou County, so that they can't go back to Luye, and there is no supply of food and grass.

In the early morning of the next day, Cheng Rugao ordered someone to tie up Niu Yilong and others, find a small colonel with a similar appearance and figure to Niu Yilong from the military academy, put on Niu Yilong's armor, pretended to be a portable military academy, and brought weapons to the south gate of Luye City. Cheng Rugao was afraid that the little school pretending to be Niu Yilong would show his stuffing, so he asked him to pretend to be hangover and not wake up. Cheng Rugao answered on his behalf.

The guards at the city gate saw that the captain of the city patrol came back outside the city, he was drunk and drunk, and he didn't dare to come over to disturb him, for fear that this captain Niu, who was used to being domineering on weekdays, would turn his face and kill people, which was convenient for Cheng Rugao and others. Cheng Rugao arrogantly instructed the guards and the captain of the city gate, Qi Chengde, and later there were Jiangzhou military horses to escort some gifts to the Yamen of the Jingluo Envoy, and instructed them not to hinder and make things difficult.

The captain and the guards of the city gate laughed secretly when they heard this, who would dare to attack the gift of the envoy Cheng Rugao and others entered the city and looked at it from afar. After a while, 200 Jiangzhou soldiers drove the carriage to the city gate, and the garrison had already received orders, so they did not dare to stop it, and let 200 Jiangzhou soldiers enter the city. When these people arrived at the inner city gate, they suddenly turned their faces, shouted, and moved their hands, first hacking to death the captain of the city gate who was caught off guard, and then killed the soldiers and seized the city gate.

On the edge of Weng City, the follow-up team moved together and controlled Weng City and the South City Gate. Unexpectedly, just in time for the patrol lieutenant Wu Chengzhong to patrol with 30 cavalry here, the two sides immediately broke out into a conflict, Wu Chengzhong's 30 cavalry, most of them were killed by Jiangzhou soldiers, Wu Chengzhong was slightly injured, only led three cavalry to escape back to the Yamen to report the news. Cheng Rugao couldn't catch up, and when he saw that things were not good, he hurriedly withdrew to the south gate to defend.

The Jiangzhou soldiers took out all the bows and crossbows hidden in the carriage and lit a fire on the city. When the army outside the city saw the signal, they immediately rushed forward with 200 cavalry as the lead, assisting the more than 200 soldiers in the advanced city to hold the south gate and Weng City, waiting for the follow-up infantry to arrive.

Niu Mandi was eating breakfast in the main hall, and was happily drinking with a bowl of soy milk, when he suddenly saw the housekeeper Niu Chengming's panicked expression, and hurriedly ran in to report, "My lord! My lord! The military horses from Jiangzhou outside the city have rebelled! I have already captured the south city gate! I also injured Wu Chengzhong, the deputy lieutenant of the city patrol, please send troops to support me quickly!"

Niu Mandi glared at a pair of big triangular eyes, with a look of disbelief, and only said a sentence after a while: "This official has lured the wolf into the room?"

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