Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 67
Right Longwu Army Military Gate
"Du Gong, think twice, Badu is also a part of the Longwu army, how can it be attacked and killed by the Hedong army."

Du Rangneng said: "I have no good strategy. If the whole army enters the city, Li Kerang will attack each other, so there is nothing I can do."

"Huh!" Wu Zhan said, "If you attack, you will attack. The Youlongwu army is not afraid. This general will just meet the troops from the east of the river."

Du Rangneng let out a long sigh and said, "Life and death are minor matters for you and me. If we can't occupy Luzhou, we will be deeply indebted to the emperor. Even if we die, we will not feel guilty."

Wu Zhan said: "Your Majesty has said that the army will never abandon its robes, and there will be no remnants in the ranks. If you abandon the soldiers of the Eight Capitals today, you will be deceiving the king. I also ask Du Gong to allow the last general to enter the city."

"This……"

Just when Du Rangneng was hesitating, the sentry reported back.

"Reporting to the commander, the soldiers of the Eight Capitals killed Li Kerang's five hundred cavalry on Xingping Street. Li Kerang is gathering the rest of his troops to try to attack again."

Du Rang Neng opened his eyes wide and said, "You said that the soldiers of the Eight Capitals killed the cavalry from the east of the river?"

It is unbelievable that there are only a thousand people in Badu, and they even killed the Hedong soldiers.

These are soldiers and horses from the east of the river!
Wu Zhan said: "At the beginning, the princes of the court did not believe that we could destroy Li Maozhen."

"This!"

Du Rangneng was speechless, and thought to himself: "Commander Wu, are you complaining about this old man? It's not easy for the court to raise soldiers. I'm really afraid that you will fall into Li Kerang's hands! The mightiness of the Hedong Army is not blown out. Someone saw it with his own eyes."

Huang Chao ruled the world, and the world's feudal towns dared not look at each other. Gao Pian in Huainan was defeated many times, but the Hedong Army repeatedly won. In the battle of Chang'an, Huang Chao was defeated.

In that battle, corpses were strewn all over the field, and the reputation of the Hedong Army became great.

Is he wrong? Du Rang Neng shook his head, it is unwise to make a big mistake because of a small one.If you win, you will fight against the east of the river, and if you lose, you will lose your army and land. Whether you win or lose, it is useless.

In front of him, the most important thing is Luzhou. If the soldiers are gone, how can there be Luzhou...

After all, the Hedong Army had few soldiers. After thinking twice, Du Rangneng said: "Commander Wu, I allow the general to enter the city, but the general must agree to this officer. If there is no military order from the officer, the general cannot fight the Hedong army!"

Wu Zhan didn't hesitate, and said directly: "No!"

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Li Kerang gathered the rest of his troops, heard the whistle and reported the imperial army, and entered the city from the west gate. He frowned and said: "The city is defending Wu Jin, why let the imperial army enter the city?"

"The commander-in-chief, previously ordered all the ministries to pull out their camps, so no troops were stationed at the gate of the city."

Li Ke was silent.

1000 people are already so difficult to deal with. If there are more than [-] people, I am afraid that it will not be enough for all the more than [-] soldiers and horses.

"You are handsome, are you still attacking?"

Li Kerang looked at the battlefield. In front of him, the remnants of the Eight Capitals of the Youlongwu Army were building barriers to resist horses. The market was narrow, and the brigade could not be used at all. There is a fear of overturning.

"Let's go, the whole army leaves the city through the east gate."

Li Kerang left very simply, he didn't even meet Du Rangneng, he led his troops with money, ordered soldiers and horses after leaving the city, and lost more than [-] horses in the first battle.

Turning his head and looking at the city of Luzhou again, Li Kerang let out a long sigh. He could only swallow this bitter fruit by himself and find his parents. He couldn't afford to lose this person.

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Luzhou, Anjia

The An family has lived in Luzhou for generations, and the children of the family are the generals of Zhaoyi's backyard.

In the tenth year of Emperor Zongdali of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Zhiqing, the envoy of the Zhaoyi Army at that time, was lured by Tian Chengsi, the envoy of Jiedu of Wei Bo next door, and raised his troops to make trouble.

Later, the imperial court granted Zelu Jiedu Sima Li Baozhen, and also took charge of Zhaoyi's military affairs.

After Li Baozhen was ordered, he felt that Wei Bo's army was intimidating, so he wanted to be safe.

Imitating the establishment of the Weibo Ya Army, he will have 3 men and horses under his command, and choose one out of ten strong men. He calls himself an army and is the pro-soldier Yawei.

Three thousand pro-soldiers and yamen guards, and one out of ten strong ones will be selected to form the backyard army, also known as the "backyard tooth army", as personal guards.

This is the case with An's family. The descendants have been inherited from generation to generation. In the Ya army, each family has intermarried from generation to generation, and the roots have long been intertwined.

The so-called iron-struck tooth army, flowing water Jiedushi.

Meng Fangli believed that after Jiedu stayed, there were many people who were dissatisfied in the Ya army. However, Meng Fangli had the power to eliminate the thieves at that time, and his momentum was irresistible, so he followed for the time being.

Naturally, Meng Fangli knew this, and felt that Luzhou was not a place to wait for a long time, and when Li Ke used the Hedong Army to plunder Zhaoyi, he moved his thoughts to his hometown of Xingzhou.

And after Meng Fangli moved the government office to Xingzhou, the An family teamed up with a group of Ya army generals to completely break with Meng Fangli and fell to the Hedong army.

Falling flowers are intentional, flowing water is ruthless.

An Jia couldn't think of it.

Hedong Li Keyong only regards them as arbitrarily asking for warehouses. They are looking at the people in Hedong, and Hedong only cares about their money, food and women.

An Jushou is the current leader of the An family, and he is quite popular among the generals.

"I want to visit Duke Du and ask him to take me in. What do you guys think?"

"A certain class also has this ambition."

There are not many choices for them, and they are self-reliant, but they are not strong enough.Second, it was used by Li Ke in the east of the river. After trying it, it was used as a chamber pot.

At this time, if you choose to choose, you can only choose to join the court.

In fact, Anjushou has his own little calculations, the imperial army will leave Luzhou one day, if it manages well, there may not be a chance to control Zhaoyi.

Of course, the heart of Zhaoyi Yabing must be won first.

An Jushou said: "I am not for myself, but for Luzhou soldiers and civilians. The thief Meng Fangli stole Luzhou's soldiers to defend Jizhou. A certain heard the words of the Hedong army: "If the city is broken, no chickens or dogs will be left behind.

The Luzhou soldiers are all my brothers. If they cannot be rescued, it is really unjust. A certain person wants Du Gong to stay with him. This is the reason. If the court asks Hedong to stop the soldiers and stop the war, the Luzhou soldiers will be able to save them. Some brothers also have a chance to get together. day. "

All the officers and soldiers who spoke in one sentence were very grateful. Meng Fangli took away more than [-] troops from Luzhou. Some of these people were deeply or shallowly related to those sitting here, and some were even brothers and nephews. How could we not read it.

"I would like to listen to the orders of the Meng Junshi!"

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Li Kerang retreated, which surprised Du Rangneng.

"Why is Kerang like this?"

"I'm timid!"

Victory one by one is the courage of the army.Li Kerang's escape really raised the morale of Youlongwu Army to another level.

Although there were not many casualties, it was not easy to remain unbroken in front of the world-famous Hedong Cavalry Army. Being able to bite off a piece of meat was already considered a powerful army nowadays.

"Report, Luzhou Army envoy Anju is invited to see you!"

"An Jushou?"

Wu Zhan shook his head. With such a big incident happening in Luzhou City, these Luzhou soldiers dared not come out while hiding in the camp.

"Advance cannot resist the enemy, retreat cannot protect the people, how can we meet each other?"

Du rangneng said: "according to this place, I should accept the hearts of Luzhou soldiers and civilians. Now Luzhou military envoys are asking to see me. It's very kind. Send it quickly."

After a while, the sentinel led An Jushou into the hall.

After exchanging pleasantries, An Jushou went straight to the point.

"Humble staff is willing to go to Xingzhou to persuade Duke Du to surrender!"

Du Rangneng was greatly surprised: "It's true!"

(End of this chapter)