First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 336 Capture Li Guangdu Alive

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Seeing that Li Guangdu was nowhere to be seen, Jiang Baoyi was stern and swearing, and was about to shoot him down.

Suddenly, a shout sounded from the side.

"Deputy envoy Jiang waits a moment."

Jiang Baoyi turned his head to look, and saw that Lu Deyong was walking Shi Shiran from one side of the hillside, with a very contented expression.

"What's the matter, Mr. Lu?" Jiang Baoyi asked seriously, "It won't be too late after I capture Li Guangdu."

"Deputy Jiang, don't be in a hurry." Lu De twirled his beard with his left hand and waved his right hand down, signaling to be calm and calm, and said with a calm smile, "Li Guangdu can't escape."

"What do you mean by that?" Jiang Baoyi was startled and asked with a frown.

"Deputy Jiang will know later," Lu De said with a faint smile that continued to be unpredictable.

Jiang Baoyi was worried about Li Guangdu's escape from the bottom of his heart. Seeing that Lu Deyong still had this superior demeanor, surrounded by clouds and mist, he snorted coldly: "Then Mr. Lu will be here later, and he will come back when he goes."

It was obvious that Lu De had gone a little too far in his attitude of controlling the scholars of the family, but Jiang Baoyi's upright temper made him so, so he refused to accept this, and immediately flattered and chased after him.

Lu De stopped with the hand that was twirling his beard, then he waved his sleeves heavily, raised his hands to the sky, and said angrily, "I'm so quick-tempered, I'm planning a strategy, how can I miss it."

If Gao Chong was here, he must have exclaimed and praised: "Your Excellency is really good at pretending, you are really a master of my generation."

Jiang Baoyi led more than a hundred cavalrymen to chase them all the way. Along the way, they encountered lone soldiers, who killed them if they could, and wounded them if they couldn't. The whole journey was very bloody, with a dead body every three steps, and a serious injury every five steps.

"General, look quickly," the guard pointed at the hundreds of people in front of him, and exclaimed in surprise, "The man in the red robe is Li Guangdu."

Jiang Baoyi's eyes froze, and he saw hundreds of Li Guangdu fleeing all the way around Li Guangdu. He immediately raised his gun and shouted: "Where are the Liao thieves running away? Li Guangdu in red robes, whoever captures Li Guangdu alive, will be promoted to three ranks."

Among the chaotic army in front, Li Guangdu turned his head in panic after hearing this loud scolding.

The leader was big shoulders, thin waist, stern face, holding a long gun high in his hand, with a terrifying aura, Li Guangdu's face suddenly changed, he hurriedly took off his red robe and threw it away.

"The one with the long beard is Li Guangdu."

Li Guangdu cursed loudly when he heard the words, looked left and right, he was the only one with long beard.

After all, ordinary soldiers didn't have the time to grow long beards. They drew out their short knives, cut off their beards, and hurriedly hid in the chaos.

Jiang Baoyi spat and cursed, at this moment, he saw the fleeing Liao soldiers standing still in front of them, panicked. .

"He Bin?" Li Guangdu couldn't help being shocked when he saw the person blocking the way, "Why are you here?"

"The last general is here to send the chief to die." Seeing Li Guangdu's terrified face, He Bin was very relieved and said through gritted teeth.

"You...what a thief, you are so brave, how dare you turn against me?" Li Guangdu looked terrified, pointing at He Bin and yelling.

"Lieutenant He, you must capture Li Guangdu alive," Jiang Baoyi, who was chasing up from behind, said happily when he saw this.

It was only then that I realized why Lu Deyong had such a wise plan. It turned out that it had been planned long ago.

He Bin nodded in response, and pulled out his horizontal knife, "Brothers, we are all Han Chinese, how can we help the Liao people rebel, follow me to the court, and swear to the death not to be a traitor, kill."

Most of He Bin's subordinates were fellow villagers, and they had a deep friendship. As early as when He Bin decided to follow Lu De to use "anti-bureaucrats", he had already decided to join the imperial court.

The people who are loyal to Li Guangdu have already been disposed of by He Bin, and thrown into the thick grass and dense forest
Hearing He Bin's words at this time, the morale is even more like a rainbow. Who would like to be a rebel if he can be an obedient citizen, let alone follow the bureaucrats to rebel.

What's more, this Liaoren chieftain still despises their Guizhou Han soldiers so much, even charging towards Li Guangdu and others filled with righteous indignation.

"How courageous", Li Guangdu was shocked and furious.

Under the front and back attacks, Li Guangdu's remnant soldiers were quickly cleared away. Li Guangdu sat slumped on the ground, staring at He Bin, his eyes were full of hatred, and he gritted his teeth, "Where is Lu Deyong now?"

"Chief Chief, the old man is here," the voice came from behind.

Everyone looked back, only to see Lu De wearing a long robe, not stained with blood, sitting short on horseback, swaying to the front.

"Why?" Li Guangdu stared at Lu Deyong and asked, "I ask myself that I treat you well, why are you against me?"

When He Bin charged forward with his troops, Li Guangdu already understood that he had been tricked.

Ever since Lu De suggested to separate the former army to explore the way, he had already fallen into the trick, but the two behind Lu He cooperated in acting, which convinced him so much that he plunged into the Tang army's ambush.

Li Guangdu hates He Bin very much, he doesn't hate He Bin, because He Bin is just a pawn, Li Guangdu understands He Bin's personality, even though he has resentment in his heart, He Bin never dares to turn against him alone, only the deep-minded Lu De can use it.

"This old man comes from the Lu family of Fanyang, with five surnames and Qiwang. After Han Lu Zhonglang, how can he be attached to the Liao thief?" Lu De said proudly while sitting on his horseback.

"I once saved you from danger," Li Guangdu said word by word with ferocious eyes.

"I have helped you unify 48 Dongzhai." Lu De calmly faced Li Guangdu's questioning: "If you are loyal to be the governor of Guizhou, I am also willing to be the governor of Guizhou. Now the story of Wuhu, how can a son of the Lu family, son of the Han family, be a thief?"

Li Guangdu grinned, pointed at Lu Deyong, his eyes were very contemptuous, "Hypocrisy, the children of aristocratic families are so hypocritical, scholars from the Central Plains, but that's all, ungrateful people are not worth jackals and wild dogs."

Hearing this, Lu Deyong's face darkened, and Jiang Baoyi immediately said: "Press it down, so I can take care of it."

After all, Lu Deyong took the initiative to join the imperial court. He was loyal and made great achievements. Jiang Baoyi must not let him be humiliated, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Mr. Don't worry about it, sir."

The step Jiang Baoyi gave was just in place, Lu De nodded silently, turned around and left.

"Where are you going, sir?" Jiang Baoyi was startled and asked in surprise.

"Shi'an", Lu De said calmly, he was very concerned about Li Guangdu's words just now, ungrateful, jackals and wild dogs, these words really stuck in Lu De's heart.

If this comment was spread back to the Central Plains, Lu Deyong's reputation would be tarnished. In any case, when Lu Deyong was exiled in Guizhou and was impoverished, it was Li Guangdu who rescued him and was the benefactor.

Thinking of this, Lu De was very unhappy and very depressed.

Hearing the word "Shi'an", Jiang Baoyi's eyes lit up, he rode his horse to catch up with Li Guangdu, and shook his spear, "Would you like to surrender?"

Li Guangdu sneered and turned his face away.

Jiang Baoyi was furious, but he couldn't kill him.

"Deputy envoy, why don't you ask Mr. Lu?" The captain from Jiangling reminded upon seeing this.

At this time, a Tang cavalry rushed from behind, "General, Mr. Lu said that he could gather the armor of the Liaoren, and falsely claimed that Li Guangdu was seriously injured, so he could open the gate of the city."

(End of this chapter)