Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 109 The Story of Jiangzhou's Bandit Suppression

Jiangzhou and Yicheng.

After being defeated by the Tang army that day, Lu Chongmao was in a real embarrassment for a while.He didn't even want to stay in Jiangzhou to continue his business, but wanted to leave this sad place.Ma Zai, the younger brother of Bailaihao under his command, was hacked to death by Tang Jun, and Lu Chongmao was a little disheartened.

At this time, someone found him.

"Why did Big Brother Xun come here?"

A man in soap clothes looked at the cottage with disdain in his eyes, but he quickly disappeared quietly.

"I heard that my virtuous brother was attacked by Tang bandits, so I came here to visit you." Xun Xiang smiled and patted Lu Chongmao on the shoulder, and asked his followers to fetch spirits, and drank with Lu Chongmao in the cottage.

Lu Chongmao took a sip of strong wine and said bitterly: "It's also my bad luck. I wanted to rob the rich and help the poor, but I didn't want to encounter the Tang army's soldiers and horses. This caused the fiasco."

Xun Xiang said with emotion: "Back then, you didn't want to go for my brother Beitou Liu Gong, but now you know you regret it."

Lu Chongmao was slightly silent.

Xun Xiang and he used to be horse bandits in the Taihang Mountains. After Liu Wuzhou raised his army, Xun Xiang led his troops northward to join Liu Wuzhou.

"Did you know that Liu Gong now has the help of the Turks. He has thousands of generals and over ten thousand troops. He is already Emperor Dingyang. He is not talented, and his majesty named his brother Zuo Xiaowei General. Now he is in the top position." .”

Are you here to show off? Lu Chongmao said angrily, "Brother Xun came here to insult me?"

"No, my brother is here to save you." Xun Xiang said: "Your Majesty intends to go south to Taiyuan, this is a good opportunity for you to make contributions!"

"You want me to rely on Liu Wuzhou?"

"Isn't it good?" Xun Fang asked, and immediately said: "It's better to be a general, a duke of the country, and even a king in the future, than you are here to drill a mountain ditch."

Lu Chongmao was not a fool either, so he immediately asked, "What can Emperor Dingyang value about me?"

"Your charisma in Taihang Mountain is unmatched." Xun Xiang said: "Brother, I have already brought you the funds for raising troops that my majesty gave you. As long as you are willing, you will conquer Hedong in the future, and you will be the king of Hedong. Wouldn't it be nice for us brothers to eat meat, drink together, and play with women together?"

Lu Chongmao's heart was moved. He is now a bereaved dog. After all the old brothers died, he had to go into hibernation. If he could get Liu Wuzhou's help, it would not be a dream to make a comeback.

"Also ask the elder brother for advice!"

"Good talk!"

Soon after, Lu Chongmao went deep into the Taihang Mountains, summoned his former colleagues and opponents, and after some lobbying and promises of benefits, he raised five thousand troops and captured Yicheng.

At this time, Xunxiang had quietly returned to the north.

When Lu Chongmao rebelled in Yicheng, Li Zhiyun happened to have just left Zhiguanxing and arrived in Quwo.

"This Lu Chongmao is really tenacious." Li Zhiyun couldn't help but sneered when he heard the news.

Li Xiaocha asked: "Your Highness knows this Lu Chongmao?"

"En." Li Zhiyun nodded, and said: "When I was transporting grain to Xiangzhou, I passed by Wenxi and met Lu Chongmao who was blocking the way, so I took care of him. I thought he would settle down for a while, but I didn't expect him to come back so soon. It's coming back."

Du Ruhui opened the camp curtain and walked in, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the governor of Jiangzhou sent someone to ask for help, hoping that His Highness will suppress Lu Chongmao."

"Since we met, let's settle it together." Li Zhiyun ordered everyone to come to the camp to discuss matters.

After a while, civil and military gathered.

After everyone heard the news, Qin Qiong took the lead and said: "Your Highness, Lu Chongmao escaped at the hands of his subordinates. I implore Your Highness to let your subordinates lead the troops to suppress the bandits."

Li Zhiyun pressed his hand to signal Qin Qiong to be calm.

"Everyone, although Lu Chongmao is a mob, according to the news from the governor of Jiangzhou, the other party has about [-] troops under his command, which should not be underestimated. Now that we are escorting the Sui officials back to Chang'an, we must protect everyone's safety. The available force is [-]. People, everyone, do you have a perfect strategy to defeat Lu Chongmao?"

Everyone pondered.

Chu Suiliang went out, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the soldiers under Lu Chongmao's command were all Taihang horse bandits before. They are short-sighted, and they can be lured to them before they can be defeated."

"Details."

"Yes." Chu Suiliang said: "My subordinates think that the soldiers can leave gold and silver treasures along the way, and the horse bandits will inevitably loot them. When the army is in chaos, our army can attack in one fell swoop and take down Lu Chongmao."

Du Ruhui continued: "It's better for our army to attack first, pretend to be defeated, and drop gold and silver along the way. Horse bandits are greedy, so they will definitely pursue them relentlessly, and then they can choose to ambush."

"What do you think?" Li Zhiyun glanced at the crowd.

Afterwards, everyone said that this strategy was okay.

Li Zhiyun said: "Okay, let's do it like this!"

Immediately, Li Zhiyun took Xie Shufang as a bait army and headed to Yicheng with part of the seized luggage.He ordered Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin to lead the partial division, ambush the flanks, and wait for the opportunity.

In a few days, Xie Shufang led his army to Yicheng.

When he heard that the Tang army had arrived in Yicheng, Lu Chongmao was really excited.He vowed to take revenge, to kill Tang Jun, and to avenge the death of his brothers.

Therefore, he decisively led his troops out of the city to face the Tang army.

The two sides fought in the city for an hour, Xie Shufang ordered to retreat according to the plan.

"Tian She Nu will die, hahaha." Lu Chongmao jumped on his horse and raised his spear, and laughed heartily as he watched the fleeing Tang Jun.

He knew that the defeat that day was due to his lack of troops.Now that he has a lot of troops in hand, Tang Jun is definitely not his opponent.

Ok?
Suddenly, his laughter stopped.

Not far away, the soldiers under his command were looting the gold and silver left by the Tang army.

"Brother, good stuff!"

The soldiers picked up a string of jade beads and gave them to Lu Chongmao.

This string of jade beads is round and plump, bright in color, one can tell it is a high-grade treasure at a glance.

"There are more!" The soldier sent another jade bracelet.

Lu Chongmao's heart is shaking, good guy, this Tang army is so rich?
Thinking of this, he suddenly became vigilant.How did these Tang troops bring so many treasures with them when they fought?
"Go, find a few survivors and ask where they got their treasures."

"Yes."

After the soldiers went down for a while, they came back to report.

"I heard that this is the military salary they transported to Xiangzhou, and" at this point, the soldiers swallowed, "and, Quwo has dozens of cars of treasures."

Dozens of cars?
Lu Chongmao's eyes widened.

"How many of them are there?"

"Not many, the captives said they only had [-] people this time."

"Three thousand?" Lu Chongmao took a deep breath, holding the baby tightly, "It's done!"

Lu Chongmao was really fooled, and led his troops to chase and kill him all the way.Along the way, they just snatched the treasures left by Tang Jun in a daze, without vigilance at all.

At this time, Lu Chongmao hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter.

It wasn't until he realized that his orders were useless to the soldiers looting the treasure that Lu Chongmao felt something was wrong.

But at this time, it was already too late.

"Lu Chongmao!"

With a blast, Yiqi took the lead to kill.

The big man on the horse had a fierce and murderous aura.

"It's him!"

Lu Chongmao turned pale with shock, he will never forget the misery of being chased and killed by Qin Qiong that day.

"I've been fooled, get out!"

By the time he gave the order to retreat, the soldiers looting the treasure were already in a mess, disorderly, colliding with each other, out of formation.They were originally Taihang horse bandits, and when they saw the treasures all over the ground, they had already cast their vigilance thousands of miles away.

At this time, the enemy suddenly attacked, and the bandits without systematic training, how could they quickly organize their formation?

Qin Qiong came to kill from the east, and Cheng Yaojin led the army to kill from the west. The two sides attacked and strangled Lu Chongmao in Jiangzhou.

Only ten days after the start of the army, Lu Chongmao lost his soul in Jiangzhou.

(End of this chapter)