Chapter 419: The Expedition to Jinwei in the Past (Part 2)
Just as the peasant army swept across Huainan, the eastern capital Luoyang City was in the city of Luoyang. With Zheng Ting, who returned to the position of prime minister and served as the minister of the disciple, and was at the center of the Central Secretariat, the newly established Eastern Zhaofang Camp became lively again.
Of course, the most talked about at the small dynasty meetings is the incident where the Xu family demon monk wrote a poem in Yang Zi and suddenly restored his real name, and the aftermath of it rippling.
"Since this dormitory dares to regard himself as Zhou Lang's Red Cliff, he doesn't know that he has secretly missed the corresponding shouting..."
"The Zhou clan of Runan, he must be a child of the Zhou clan of Runan."
"I may not be sure that my son is the origin of the prime minister of Emperor Xuanzong's dynasty, and the origin of the title of the right servant of the Dongchuan Jieduan and the censor of the Censor of Situ Zhou Gong..."
(Zhou Ji (793-851), whose courtesy name is Desheng,)
"I didn't expect that after thirty years, the family of Desheng Duke actually had such a person who was resentful and confused the world."
"So what? Isn't Runan County (now Zhumadian, Henan) now trapped among the thieves? Caizhou Ya killed Qin Zongquan and claimed to be the governor. Even if the court wants to do something, it will be out of reach and there is nothing to do for a moment."
"Then I'll send envoys to help him as soon as possible, and then I'll send all the Zhou clans to the capital... Even people like Liu Hanhong who repeatedly followed the thief can surrender again for a while, so why should I be stingy with the title of governor of a mere state?"
However, after this regular meeting ended, some people sighed at the camp and the officials who were exchanging news privately.
"It's a pity that the envoy Zhou who has recently returned to flee to the court is afraid that it will be abandoned and will be abandoned for a while... Don't you see that when you first returned to the court, the title of General Zuo Xiaowei and Shaoqing, the Holy Lord, who was awarded to the title of General Zuo Xiaowei and Shaoqing, was recently taken back."
"What's the matter with this? I remember that Zhou Envoy was born in the Zhou family of Lulong, Pingzhou (Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province). Why is it related to it again?"
"It is said that it was because of the dispute between Zheng Xianggong and Lu Jixiang in the court that he was angry with the Holy Lord. After all, the ancestors of Pinglu Zhou clan also came from Runan County (Caizhou).."
"Wouldn't that mean that the Zhou family in Runan had two sides between the court and the thief... and the Zhou envoy was defeated and fled, so it was really... the luck was extremely bad..."
"Don't you know that Zhou Renju, the former examiner, has been seized from his post and imprisoned; Zhou Congyu, the commander of the Hedong camp, was also recruited to return to the Central Plains... and Zhou Ji, the governor of the Zhongwu Army of Xuzhou, also came from a branch of Huangzhou divided by Runan County."
"Now there is also the idea of moving the commander in the court. After all, the Zhongwu Army has always been the screen of the Eastern Capital, so how can it be lightly in the hands of strangers? However, Henan is now famine after the drought, and still thieves are still rising. Although there is no king and Huang is in great trouble, it still has to rely on these commanders to settle the ground..."
At this time, suddenly, a minister from the government rushed in and shouted in a low voice:
"Zhou Ji, the governor of Zhongwu Army who received the letter from the Xianggongtang, has already arrived outside Jianchun Gate with Yidu Yajun..."
"What.."
Among the officials present, they couldn't help but show some shock, surprise, and even a horror expression like shudder and something big is about to happen.
...........
And on the walls of Hefei, Luzhou Prefecture City.
Looking at the vanguard cavalry who was rushing around outside the city without any concealment, he had just witnessed his own eyes taking the initiative to fight against his subordinates and returning from defeat. As the governor of Luzhou and the commander of Helu defense, Yang Xingmin also looked a little unpleasant.
"It would be fine if Hezhou is lost, but a mere setback is nothing. It's enough to have the foundation of Luzhou, and there is still hope for everything."
He still forced himself to calm down and tried to calm the defeated general An Renyidao.
"It's a pity that Zhu Bing Envoy, who was behind and flew back in Zhoucheng, was unable to get back. I'm afraid it's too bad."
An Renyi, who was covered in dust and still had blood, said in a hoarse voice.
"This can only be said that life and death have a life of fate. I only hope that he can turn bad luck into good fortune."
Yang Xingmin couldn't help but sighed in a heavy mood
Just seven or eight years ago, he was just a mud-legged man who followed his father to farm in the field. But he couldn't survive and then he became a bandit who "eats a big family"; then when he was caught by the government army, Zheng Qi, the governor of Luzhou, changed to a military force to garrison the border (now Lingwu, Ningxia).
He also understood from this that this world cannot tolerate good people who are at peace and order. Only by being better than others can one survive this difficult time.
Therefore, after finally waiting for the expiration to return, he simply killed the general who made things difficult for him with a disagreement, recruited hundreds of people to rush to expel the governor Lang Youfu, and since then he has been known as the military envoy of the Eight Camps of Luzhou, and began his separatist journey in his hometown.
In this process, in addition to Li Shenfu, Tian Pei, An Renyi and Liu Wei, who have always followed the village party and the old family of guarding the border, they were born in a local wealthy family, but the family helped his wife and uncle Zhu Yanshou to contribute the most. They are also the link and representative of the local wealthy family to cooperate with them.
"These thieves who killed thousands of swords actually gave up their promises and killed them again... How much benefit did they bring us at the beginning?"
Another general, Li Shenfu, the Luzhou Tuanlian envoy, said angrily.
"This time it's unusual. It's the thief that is known as the most elite military and armor, especially the Taiping thief's troops of the official army. In the Battle of Runzhou, even the Dantu City of Zhou's envoy was taken down... How many days can I have to live in the old city of Luzhou?"
Governor Shi Liu Wei was pessimistic about pouring cold water.
"So we have to prepare both ways, Dechen, how are you preparing for it?"
Hearing this, Yang Xingmin turned toward another sturdy and armoured general.
"The people of the Zhou clan of Lujiang have a total of 1,4670 people, men, women, young and old, and all of them have been taken down..."
Tian Bo, who is a military envoy in Luzhou, replied:
"With a good job, it is more than enough whether it is dedicated to the court to perform merits or to negotiate with the thieves."
"Rongcheng, you must trouble you to contact each other in the city and explain the interests and major relations."
Then he said to Liu Wei:
"Just say that these peaceful thieves hate wealthy families the most, and countless people destroy families. If they cannot work together and do their best, how can they cry out after the nest is destroyed?"
"What do you think about Mr. Yuan..."
Yang Xingmin turned to the last one beside him, Yuan Xidao, whom he had newly collected, and adviser.
"I think that since I have an old relationship with the thief, why not just ask for money among the thief?"
Yuan Xi, who looks thin and elegant, and has a pale face, is also a confident Taoist.
"Can this peaceful thief be different from other thieves, and there is no means of raising control or restraining the situation?"
"Let's do it like that..."
Hearing this, Yang Xingmin's face became a little better.
"First collect a large amount of wealth and goods from the city to use; whether it is to seek redeem among the thieves or to reward and encourage the soldiers and civilians to defend the city, it is indispensable."
At this time, a military academy suddenly rushed to the city sweating profusely and shouted anxiously:
"The inner yamen urgently reported that Zhou Ben, the cavalryman who was deprived of his post and was arrested, was taken away. This guy got news and responses from somewhere, and dozens of cavalry members have already broken through from the west!!!"
"What.."
At this moment, Yang Xingmin couldn't help but be shocked and shouted fiercely.
"Why don't you hurry up and call the Qima team, and I will come back after chasing and capturing the first one... I will say it again, I will definitely not be alive anymore."
With his order, the city gate opened again and many flying figures ran out; but Yang Xingmin sighed more and more annoyedly.
Zhou Ben, the cavalry general in front of the Yazhou who ran out of imprisonment, was also considered a powerful general under his command. He was originally the Chizhou defense envoy, Zhao Huang, killed by the civil strife of the Chizhou army after the Battle of Xinzhou. Yang Xinghan also took the opportunity to annex most of his old subordinates and obtained this powerful general who claimed to be able to fight with his bare hands when he was young.
Since then, he was led to the horse general in front of the Yazhou and drove the formation without any disadvantages; he made a lot of contributions to the battle to capture Hezhou; he was also a person who was increasingly valued by Yang Xingmin. However, since his surname was Zhou, he was a native of Susong, Shuzhou, and a descendant of the family of Zhou Gongjin, the governor of the Eastern Wu.
Therefore, during the process of liquidating the Zhou family in Lujiang, there was a lot of family connections and was also detained and imprisoned. I was supposed to overcome this difficulty first and then return it and win it back in the future. But I didn't expect that his temperament would be extremely strong and would run away with the support of a group of loyal old subordinates.
As one of the most respected generals in the yamen, his rank is not enough to participate in the military discussion between the old brothers Yang Xingmin and others, but he can hear a lot of inside stories outside the tent; he also knows many false and real things in the city.
Chapter completed!