Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 239 Uncle Thief

Hebei, Pingyuan County, Lujiao Pass.

Qin unified the world and established counties.After Han Gaozu established the Han Dynasty, Pingyuan County was divided from Qi County, and the Jin Dynasty was changed to Pingyuan State.In the Song and Wei Dynasties, it was renamed Pingyuan County. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the county was abolished and the state was merged.

Most of the time, Pingyuan County belonged to Qi County on the south bank of the Yellow River, and it was only later that it was divided into another Pingyuan County.In terms of geographical situation, although a river divides the two banks, the Pingyuan County on the north bank of the river is flat. Without the support of Mount Tai in Qi County, there is actually no strategic location to rely on.

Lujiaoguan is just a town fort guarding the north bank of the Yellow River ferry.

General Liu Zhen personally led his subordinate officers out of the customs to welcome him.

The two parties stated their identities, and General Liu Zhen was very surprised when he heard that this army was actually a newly added military mansion last year, but he was relieved when he heard that the person in charge of the army was Luo Cheng.

"It turned out to be Luo Cheng, the white tiger of Qi County, who has been famous for a long time."

The fourth child was beside him and said, "Then General Liu Zhen has heard of the name of Luo Cunxiao, the fierce tiger of Qi County?"

"I've heard it, of course I've heard it, the four tigers of the Luo family in Zhangqiu County, Qi County, this has already resounded on both sides of the Yellow River."

General Liu Zhen is also a very interesting person, he looks at least 50 years old, his beard is gray, but his face is flushed red, he always feels like he had drunk a couple of drinks before he came here.This man always smiled when he spoke, but Luo Cheng knew that this man must have something to ask for.

Otherwise, a town general of the sixth rank would have no reason to come to welcome him, the governor of the seventh rank.

Following the old system since the Northern Dynasties, the Sui Dynasty set up towns and guards in important military areas, each divided into upper, middle and lower ranks.

As for the strength of the town and garrison, it is a little less than that of the military mansion, one thousand in the upper town, eight hundred in the middle town, and five hundred in the lower town.And the upper garrison is three hundred, the middle garrison is eighty, and the lower garrison is fifty.

General Shangzhen is as high as the fourth grade. For example, in October of the second year of Daye, he set up a warehouse in Luokou on the southeast plain of Gong County. , set up prison officers and town soldiers thousands of people.

There are thousands of soldiers in this town, and it is the upper town, and the town general is Cong Sipin.

Lujiaoguan is stationed in the south of Pingyuan County, guarding the ferry of the Yellow River, with [-] soldiers stationed in the town.

The town and garrison system was passed down during the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the past, the town generals had a very high status. In the early days of Beizhen, the town generals were all governors of the states and served as governors. In the later period, the big towns were all abolished. The town generals no longer served as governors, but they also led the county keep the duty.

After the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into the Eastern and Western Weis, the status of the town general declined again, and turned into a county guard and town general.

During the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, most of the town generals also served as county magistrates, and later, they became county magistrates and town generals.

In the Sui Dynasty, although the county magistrate no longer served as a town general, the rank of the town general continued to decrease. Although the town general still guarded the Guanjin pass, his grade was not high anymore, and a town general was only sixth rank.

But no matter what, the general of the sixth-rank town has no reason to curry favor with a passing Sima from the seventh-rank mansion in a neighboring county.

General Liu Zhen set up a banquet in Lujiaoguan City, and invited Luo Cheng and the others to the banquet.

Although I don't know why he is so enthusiastic, but since people say it, Luo Cheng can't refuse. Anyway, this is Pingyuan County, not Liaoxi County, so there is no need to worry about too many other accidents.

The banquet dishes are rich, and Liu Zhen will be very kind.

He kept persuading him to drink, and even called a few kabuki to accompany him.

It wasn't until after drinking for three rounds that General Liu Zhen began to complain to Luo Cheng.

It turns out that the status of the township has been declining in this dynasty. Although there are [-] soldiers in Lujiao Pass, they are all sent from the local government to guard them in turn. to supplement military rations.It was a good thing, but in recent years, most of the soldiers sent by the local government are criminals.

Criminals, of course, are not easy to control, plus they have to farm, so they don't have much energy for training.

Year after year, the strength of the town soldiers at Lujiaoguan was getting lower and lower, and there was even a shortage of soldiers. He also reported it to the Ministry of War repeatedly, but it was not resolved for a long time.

But not long ago, the Ministry of War ordered to transfer [-] soldiers from Lujiao Pass to Zhuo County to gather, leaving only [-] soldiers in Lujiao Pass.With such a small number of people, farming is not enough.

"I'm in Hebei, and I've also heard that the four tigers of the Luo family in Qi County are famous. Suppressing bandits and suppressing thieves is always beneficial. To tell you the truth, Brother Luo, my antler pass, don't look small, but there are many places to manage. Going to the north is the junction of Pingyuan County and Bohai County. At the junction of the two counties, there is a huge salt marsh hundreds of miles long, called Douzilukeng. There is the Negative Kelp River, and the terrain is deep and obstructed. Since Gao Qi, groups of thieves have been hiding here."

Douzigang, Luo Cheng has heard of this before. There are two places in Hebei where Tibetan bandits gather. Ze is the kind of place where bandits are easy to gather, just like Dayozawa and Changbai Mountain in Henan.

"There used to be a lot of bandits in this Douzikeng, but they are still small bandits. But recently, the Eastern Expedition is imminent, and the imperial court conscripts and dispatches soldiers, so many scoundrels fled and hid in the middle. Unfortunately, there are He is a powerful man named Liu Ba Dao, who lives next to the Douzi Pit. He has been an official for many generations and has a wealth of tens of millions. Liu Ba Dao also likes knight-errants, and he likes to make friends. There are often hundreds of diners at home."

Speaking of Liu Domineering, Liu Zhen will have a headache.

Because speaking of it, this Liu Badao is actually his relative, but the relationship is far away.But just because of his relatives, once something happened to Liu Badao, he wanted to get rid of the relationship in a hurry.

Liu Badao is rich and easy to make friends with both black and white. In the past, Liu Zhenjiang had a good relationship with him.But not long ago, a large number of people evaded school duties and hid in Douzigang, and even joined bandits to plunder the place.But Liu Badao deliberately covered up and concealed it. Pingyuan County tracked down and found the evidence, so they wanted to arrest him. This person simply fled to Douzigang.

Because of his reputation in the past, as soon as he joined the post, all bandits and bandits went to attach him one after another. In a short time, it is said that he has already claimed to have a crowd of over ten thousand.

"This Liu Badao even played a banner, calling himself uncle thief!"

When others are bandits or thieves, they always call themselves some kind of manager or even some kind of king. This Liu is overbearing, and his name is resounding, but he is a bandit, but he wants to call himself uncle thief.

Could it be that he likes being someone else's uncle so much?

"Brother Luo knows the prestige of Brother Luo, and he is best at suppressing bandits, so I have a heartless request today. I would like to ask Brother Luo for a favor. I will bring my brothers to help me destroy this uncle thief!"

General Liu Zhen is also very helpless, Douzigang is right next to him, which is also part of his defense zone, and now not only the higher ups want him to suppress the bandits, but the swollen bandits in Douzigang have seriously threatened His antlers, which only had more than a hundred guards left, were closed.

There are rumors that Liu Badao is going to break through his antler pass in order to seize the weapons of the soldiers in Guanzhong.

He only wanted to save himself now, once the gate was breached by bandits, then he, the general of the town, would have really achieved his goal, and he would not even be able to keep his head.

In desperation, when he saw Luo Cheng, the [-] heroic soldiers of Qi County, he was like a drowning man seeing the straw.

"Brother Luo, please help the old brother with this."

After finishing speaking, General Liu Zhen waved his hand, and immediately an officer brought up a plate of gold, about one hundred taels worth eight hundred copper coins.

"This is a thank you gift for Brother Luo. In addition, the money and food spent on suppressing the bandits will come from our Lujiao Pass. Every time a thief is captured or beheaded, I will exchange money and food." General Liu Zhen gritted his teeth.

(End of this chapter)