Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 136
After Luo Youdu handled the Huaiyan matter in Hezhou and handed over the burden of Hezhou to Cao Bin, he led his troops to Shuzhou.

Here he is playing tricks a little bit.

Different from the situation in Luzhou, when he was in Luzhou, Luo Youdu used all the money and goods in the treasury to reward the army.There is really no money in hand, which allows merchants to buy shares and give them a share of the pie, instead of choosing to earn the difference in transit prices through direct acquisitions.

The Hezhou treasury is rich, and the Luzhou treasury has also received the first wave of Huaiyan profits, and has considerable savings.

But he still chose the method of letting gentry and merchants buy shares, so that Luo Youdu will get much less coins in the end.But there is one advantage. Once Hezhou falls, the business will be lost.

In one fell swoop, he tied the gentry of Hezhou with himself. If they don't get money for a day, they will try their best to help Cao Bin defend the city, help, and can't go back if they want to go back.

The distance between Hezhou and Shuzhou is not close. If you march on foot, it will take five days to reach Shuzhou.

But as long as the Chaohu water system is used to transport troops by boat, it only takes two days to arrive.

The general of Shuzhou is called Zhu Lingyun, a local, his grandfather is Yang Wu general Zhu Yanshou, he can be regarded as a general, and he is proficient in military strategy.

Zhou Jun's soldiers and horses advanced side by side, attacking from all directions. Zhu Lingyun knew that it would be Shuzhou's turn sooner or later, so he arranged scouts from all directions to investigate the situation early in the morning.

Sure enough, he found out about Luo Youdu's movements.

The shadow of this man's famous tree, when he heard that it was Luo Youdu from the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhu Lingyun felt a little apprehensive before he fought.

Luo Youdu's record is too bluffing. In the whole Southern Tang Dynasty, who doesn't know that there is a Luo Youdu, a Zhao Kuangyin, a plan, and a reincarnation of the overlord, which turned Huainan upside down.

These two opponents are existences that the entire Southern Tang generals do not want to encounter at the moment.

"Zhu Defense Envoy!"

Lieutenant General Zhang Hong approached with a look of embarrassment, and said angrily, "Those untouchables outside the city don't want to enter the city."

Zhu Lingyun's face was also a little ugly. In the face of a siege, manpower is the key.

Move the people outside the city to the city, collect their food and arrange it in a unified way.

These people are the reservists, the young and strong are soldiers, and the old and frail can burn gold juice to sew and mend.

Since ancient times, the defense of the city has paid attention to the cooperation of the whole city, and only the defenders can only hold it for a while.

But I don't want the people outside the city to be unwilling to enter the city.

A stern look flashed in Zhang Hong's eyes, and he said bitterly, "Do you want to force them into the city?"

Zhu Lingyun was very moved. Keeping the people outside the city would be the enemy's help, and letting them stay outside the city would be of no benefit to Shuzhou.

"never mind!"

Zhu Lingyun let out a long sigh of compassion, "We are all brothers and sisters, why bother to kill?"

How could he be so kind, but he just got the news from the scouts that the army led by Luo Youdu was not at all like the soldiers of the northerners. The army marched in boats and boats. Half a day's work.

At this moment, forcibly coercing the people into the city, time is extremely tight.

Luo Youdu is the best at using Qi, and the example of his subordinate Shi Shouxin riding down to Luzhou is close at hand.

If the other party sends cavalry first, wouldn't everything be over?

Zhu Lingyun's remarks are purely for gaining fame, and there is no guarantee that such a passage will be recorded in future history books.

However, what Zhang Hong said made Zhu Lingyun feel ominous.

In this era, Luo Youdu is definitely an outlier.

How can there be such a leader.

If the army doesn't rob or kill, where's the morale?Where does the motivation come from?

How much is popular support worth?

But he took Luzhou to talk about surrendering to Hezhou, and he did it without committing any crimes.

The gentry and common people sang praises, and even philistine businessmen preached benevolence and righteousness.

It's all right now, even the people in Shuzhou have been affected, and they don't want to enter the city.

What about the gentry and common people in Shuzhou City?
The more Zhu Lingyun thought about it, the heavier his heart became, and he thought to himself: "No, I will die, and I can't hurt my wife, children, and mother."

With this in mind, Zhu Lingyun hurried back home and secretly told his servants to send his family to Jiangnan at night.

Taoxi Town.

Luo Youdu did not drive the transport ship into Taoxi Town, but stationed outside the city to prevent the army from entering the town and disturbing the people.

After the soldiers got off the boat, Luo Youdu called Zhang Xiong: "I will leave this place to you, don't be careless."

Zhang Xiong and his recruits are all experts on the water. They used the water network of Chaohu Lake to travel between Luzhou, Hezhou and the current Shuzhou by boat.

All rely on Zhang Xiong's recruits to ferry.

The appearance of Zhang Xiong was the biggest surprise that Luo Youdu encountered during this Southern Expedition.

Zhang Xiong has a resilience that ordinary people cannot match.

After staying in Luzhou for more than ten days, Zhang Xiong did not take a step out of the barracks, and practiced martial arts, military art, reading and calligraphy every day.

He is not a nerd, let alone a genius. Books cannot bring him happiness.The esoteric art of war and incomprehensible knowledge are like heavenly scriptures to him, a commoner with no cultural background, extremely boring.

But Zhang Xiong suppressed this boring and tirelessly absorbing knowledge.

The same goes for their expeditions and states.

Zhang Xiong's two sons, Zhang Zhong and Zhang Xiao, couldn't bear the loneliness and went out to eat and drink in style.

But Zhang Xiong still stayed in the barracks.

Luo Youdu made a lot of money through Huaiyan, and rewarded the army from time to time.

All the money Zhang Xiong received was spent on Mr. Zhao, and now he hired an old scholar to go with the army, and he would listen to the art of war and learn how to read characters every day.

More than a month ago, Zhang Xiong didn't know how to arrange the camp, so he had to ask Shi Shouxin for help.

In just one month, Zhang Xiong knew clearly about setting up camp.

Luo Youdu was pleasantly surprised, and handed over the rear to him with confidence.

He didn't know that Zhang Xiong had led a group of white-armored soldiers composed of peasants and repelled the well-equipped Zhou soldiers many times in history, relying on this tenacity.

It's just that "little people" like Zhang Xiong have been submerged in the torrent of history, and he doesn't remember them.

After the reorganization of the army, Luo Youdu specially emphasized military discipline to Wu Han again before departure.

Although Wu Han didn't understand why Luo Youdu paid so much attention to such unimportant things, he also knew that Luo Youdu was generous with his subordinates.

There are not many people who are as psychopathic as Wang Jixun, killing people and eating meat at every turn, and they don't have much rejection of this kind of military discipline.

Luo Youdu did not enter Taoxi Town directly, but bypassed Taoxi Town and headed towards Shuzhou.

About to reach the outskirts of Shuzhou, the sound of horseshoes behind him gradually sounded.

A smile appeared on the corner of Luo Youdu's mouth.

Shi Shouxin came closer with a stinky face, and cursed: "This damn place, why is there a river everywhere?"

"Haha!" Luo Youdu couldn't help laughing three times.

At the time of departure, Shi Shouxin didn't believe that they marched faster by water than his own cavalry.

The two gambled to see who would arrive in Shuzhou first.

It turns out that there is a water vein near Shuzhou called Longshushui that leads directly to Chaohu Lake.

As long as Luo Youdu's fleet arrived at Chaohu Lake from Hezhou, they would drive straight in without turning, day and night, Shi Shouxin's cavalry could not compare.

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