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It was a dark and dry prison.

The cell was completely underground, cold, humid and dark, very dark. Although there were a few pine oil torches inserted on one side of the corridor wall, and the dim and swaying orange light shone in through the mottled railings, most of the cell was still shrouded in by darkness.

The dungeon is very humid, and it is normal to be underground in northern cities like Youzhou City. What Liu Rengong hates the most is the omnipresent rats. Like any dark place, there are even more rats in the black prison.

However, Liu Rengong complained about the dampness and darkness, but did not complain about the mice. On the contrary, he was very happy about the mice that appeared in the dungeon.

As a formerly famous Beidi Jinshi Captain, Liu Kutou stole many tombs, so he is no stranger to the dark and humid environment underground. What makes him feel most uncomfortable in prison is loneliness and hunger.

When he was brought in here, he was having a fever. When he broke through the siege in Wozhou, he was Li Maoxun's personal guard general. After Li Maoxun's death, he was naturally left by other central generals to become the unlucky person behind the palace. However, Liu Rengong did not die so easily. The thousand men behind the palace fought to the last one and successfully covered the central army's breakthrough. He killed several pursuing enemy soldiers at that time, but were stabbed twice on the thigh and waist.

He could not forget the damn spear now, which was neither an iron spear nor an ordinary spear, but a damn triangular spear. The three-foot-long edge edge and three-sided blades were cut. The iron armor on his body had no effect in front of the ramp, and it was directly broken. Then it opened a hole in his body, and the blood spurted out.

He tried his best to stab one to death with a knife, and finally hugged one and bit the other's throat, but he also lost too much blood. In addition, he had injuries on his leg and could not escape, so he finally changed into the armored battle robe of the man he bit to death. When it was dawn, the logistics soldiers of the Zhendong Army came to clean the battlefield behind him. They bandaged him and stopped the bleeding and stopped his injuries. In the wounded barracks, he also ate a few delicious meals of meat porridge, especially the canned whale meat, which was really delicious. In August, the Zhendong Army could still have canned peaches, pears, bayberry and other canned fruits.

There was food, drink, and medicine. After several days, he was finally able to barely dismount. At this time, the main force of the Zhendong Army had already launched the army in Youzhou City, and only some wounded and united soldiers were left in the Wozhou City. One day during the day, he took the opportunity to get out of the city, and then stole a large family's pen-pi horse halfway and fled back to Youzhou City. At that time, the soldiers and horses of the Zhendong Army were already spreading outside Youzhou City, with more than ten miles of camp, with flags flying.

However, he couldn't get in, so he had a way to enter the city. Finally, he jumped into the moat and sneaked into the city in a sewage ditch under the corner of the wall. However, as soon as he entered the city, he was arrested. He revealed his identity and asked to see the young master Li Keju. But Li Keju didn't see it at all. Instead, he was thrown into the dungeon. Later, after thinking about it, he felt that it was because of the uniform of Zhendong Army on his body. He did not change it at that time because he was afraid that he would meet soldiers from Zhendong Army on the road.

Unexpectedly, it became the reason for being suspicious. Thinking about it, the soldiers behind the palace had long been annihilated, but he suddenly appeared when Zhendong Army besieged the city, wearing a military uniform of Zhendong Army. He was sneaking into the city, and probably no one would doubt him. He wanted to explain, but no one wanted to hear it.

Because his injuries were not healed, he rode his horse all the way. He slept in the wind and slept in the stinky ditch, and the wounds recurred. Seeing that the injury was about to be cured, it actually broke out again. After entering the prison, he had a fever. In this black prison, no one gave him a sick meal, no meat porridge, no canned fruit, not a canned beef, canned whale meat. No one came to change his medicine, and there was not even water to clean the wound, let alone the alcohol that smelled and tasted good.

However, Liu Kutou's life was very hard, and there was nothing in the prison, but there were rats.

These mice are everywhere. Liu Rengong took out his skills that he had learned for many years and caught the unscrupulous mouse in a fever, and directly killed him and drank his skin, drank blood and ate flesh. As long as there were rats who dared to break into his cell, they were eventually eaten by Liu Rengong. After eating dozens of mice, he finally recovered magically.

He once thought he was about to die. He remembered that he had thought so, that I would die alone in this dark underground prison, no one knew about it, and be with the fur of the bunch of mice.

But now, he felt that he seemed stronger than when he escaped from Vaud. He was filled with a wild power, stronger than before.

There were no windows on the dark and thick earth walls, and there was no sun. Staying in this dungeon, he could only distinguish the change of day and night based on the shift changes of guards.

However, the two guards did not talk to him. He was lonely and bored and had to give them a name based on their appearance. The long-faced one was called horse face, and the short and strong one gave him the nickname Niu Tou. Niu Tou and Horse Face, which he often called them in his heart.

Based on the two mugs a day made of unknown what to do, plus the torches on the walls in the cell corridor, he secretly speculated on the date.

In the darkness, Liu Rengong was not afraid of dampness or mice, but he became lonely and longed to hear the sound. Every time the guard came to his cell, whether it was coming to deliver food, patrol, or change the toilet, he would try to talk to them. Every time he asked, he did not answer, but he was still not discouraged, hoping that they would answer him one or two words one day.

"How is the war going?" he asked, "Is Young Marshal Li now the position of Youzhou? How is he now?" In addition to these, he sometimes asks others, "Have the other units of the Lulong Army come to assist Youzhou?" "Has Zhendong Army retreated?" "Has Zhendong Army attacked the city today?"

But no matter what he asked, it was fruitless and they never answered his questions. However, among these two, the horse had a better attitude towards him and would occasionally look at him. As for the bullhead, he regarded him as a cow or a horse.

The torch on the wall was replaced, and the horse noodles took over the Niu Tou's shift. The new day passed, and Liu Rengong sighed in his heart. Then the horse noodles brought him supper. The supper was very rich, which surprised Liu Rengong.

"A bowl of tall corn rice, even two steamed cakes, a stack of dried radish sticks, a pile of salted fish, and a bowl of mutton soup. You can also see slices of mutton inside. In addition, there is a small jar of wine."

"Is this a farewell meal?" Liu Rengong asked bitterly. He was locked up here these days, and although no one was concerned, he was still full of hope. He thought that the more this was the case, the more he still had hope to go out. But now seeing this sumptuous prison meal, he immediately remembered a tradition in the prison. For those death row prisoners who were about to be executed, they would give them a last sumptuous meal of wine and meat, so that they would be a full devil when they died.

Ma Mian spoke out very rarely today and nodded to him. "I said my hair and I will kill you yesterday afternoon."

After Liu Rengong was slightly lost, he chuckled lightly, and finally laughed loudly, and then laughed wildly.

"I worked hard for the Li family. I didn't expect that this would be the result in the end." He laughed out loud, and the smile was very vicissitudes in the end.

Ma Mian said in surprise: "I heard you are a spy from Zhendong Army?"

"Go to the damn bird spy, I Liu Rengong is the chief general of the general of the general of the general of the general of the general. This time the general died, I led a thousand brothers of the personal guards to fight to the death of the palace, and finally the last one. I also got two shots and killed three enemies. If it weren't for the hard work of the general, I would have followed the general. I rushed back to Youzhou thousands of miles away, but unexpectedly I was regarded as a spy. It's ridiculous, annoying, and a pity!"

"Are you Liu Kutou?" The horse-faced seemed to have heard Liu Rengong's name and exclaimed. "So you are the boss's personal guard general, no wonder."

Hearing the words of the horse face, it seemed that there was something hidden here, so he asked quickly: "What the hell is going on."

As he said that, he poured a glass of wine for Mammon. The Mammon seemed to be a little moved, but he didn't refuse. He picked up the turbid wine and drank it all, and sighed, "I was originally under the command of the Grand Marshal of Guizhou. In this battle, I followed the Young Marshal as the fifth army. Later, the Young Marshal received an order to stay in Youzhou without leaving. Li Jing first defeated the former army and then defeated the Left Army, scared away the Right Army, and besieged the Grand Marshal in Wozhou. Many of the people in Youzhou City began to stir up trouble. They united and almost wiped out the Young Marshal. Many of us, such as Guizhou, were seized from power. Many of us were even removed from the army and arranged to other places. For example, I was arranged to be the guardian of this dungeon."

Liu Rengong originally thought that it was Li Keju who refused to see him, but now he may not know that he is alive when he sees Li Keju. He is a little shocked and his mind is in chaos.

"What's going on now?"

The horse face sighed, "What else can happen? If the news of the death of the Grand Marshal was not sent back, Li Jing led his troops to the city. The Young Marshal would probably have been harmed by them. However, when these people saw Li Jing coming, many of them fled with their families and soldiers, and threw the Youzhou City and Li Jing to the Young Marshal against him. Although the Young Marshal has taken over Youzhou again, there are less than 5,000 troops. These days, he temporarily summoned Qingshan and recruited about 50,000 Qingshan to defend the city, but he still has no confidence in dealing with Li Jing."

"Why didn't the Grand Marshal call you back?"

"It's called, I won't come again tomorrow."

Liu Rengong sighed in his heart, maybe you will never come again. He had seen Li Jing's strong army in the East Town. Now the generals in Youzhou City have run away, leaving only the little soldiers and horses under Li Ke's hands, and there is no hope.

"Youzhou City is four meters high and has a circumference of twenty-three miles. It is the largest fortress in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty. Even if Li Jing wants to attack, it is probably difficult to capture. Maybe the young marshal can drive Li Jing away."

The horse face smiled, knowing that this was impossible. The bigger the city, the harder it was to defend. It would be fine if there were too many soldiers, but now there were only a few soldiers in the city. It was obviously difficult to defend a big city with a circumference of 23 miles.

"However, there is no chance. The young marshal is sending someone to seek peace with Li Jing. Maybe Li Jing can withdraw his troops in the end."

Liu Rengong's eyes lit up, asking for peace, yes, this is the only opportunity. However, if he didn't make any bleeding, Li Jing would probably not agree casually. Didn't the Grand Marshal send him to Li Jing several times in Wozhou to ask for peace, but in the end, Li Jing ignored it and still called all the way.

The next morning, the door of the cell opened, Liu Rengong opened his eyes, tidied up his clothes, and prepared to die.

But he saw that the horse face that he said he might not come again yesterday. Today he had changed his outfit, wearing a familiar red Lu Long army armor, an iron helmet on his head, and a horizontal knife on his waist. His face was clean. His beard was specially trimmed. When he saw Liu Rengong, he immediately smiled and said, "Liu Kutou, you don't have to die. Come with me quickly. The commander wants to see you."

When he heard that the Grandmaster was about to see him, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that the Grandmaster was no longer the Grandmaster. But the new Grandmaster Li Keju.

"Liu Kutou, you are not dead yet, not bad." Li Keju was still the same Li Keju, and even became a little haggard, but his whole body seemed to have a little more majesticity. Finally, Liu Rengong thought that maybe it was the suit on his body. It was related to the position of coach he was in. "Are you okay, can you still have this coach go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"

"Although I spent some time in the black prison, my post was better than before."

"Are you missing something?"

"My family and children are okay?" Liu Rengong never asked about family members in prison.

Li Keju looked at Liu Rengong, an old subordinate with a smile, "Don't worry, they are all fine. At the beginning, I thought you had already died with the soldiers from the palace, so I announced your demise to your wife and children. Unexpectedly, you came back alive." After a pause, Li Keju stared at Liu Rengong and said, "I heard that you had served as the envoys on behalf of your father and commander several times. Now, I hope you can attend Li Jing's military camp on my behalf."

Liu Rengong nodded and did not refuse. "No problem, the general is driving and will die. However, the general. Li Jing is not a good man. I am afraid that ordinary conditions cannot satisfy him. Especially at present, he still has such an advantage."

"I understand all these. Let's give him whatever Li Jing wants." Li Keju didn't hesitate at all. "At that time, the father and the commander cared too much about Youzhou and protected Youzhou as his own home. But the commander forgot that this Youzhou not only has our Li family, but also countless families of all sizes staring at him. Therefore, in my commander's eyes, I would save myself first, and then talk about Youzhou. If I can't even save myself, and even the soldiers from my Guizhou can't protect you, how can I protect Youzhou?"

Liu Rengong was shocked. He didn't expect that Li Keju had such an idea. But if you think about it carefully, it was indeed the case. For example, this time, Li Maoxun fought against Li Jing for himself, and on the other hand, he also protected Youzhou, but the other military leaders would not think so. When Li Jing besieged Li Maoxun, they did not work hard, and even sat on the wall to watch and refused to save him. Li Keju was even under the cover and almost lost his life.

In mid-September, Liu Rengong returned to his post after coming out of the black prison. This time, he was still the general, but his capital had 3,000 troops, which were newly expanded guard capital. One thousand of them were Uighur tribes, and the remaining two thousand were also recruited by Khitans, Xi and other Hu people.

Afterwards, Liu Rengong went out of the city to see Li Jing.

After arriving at the Zhendong Military Camp, Liu Rengong gave him the conditions for reconciliation.

Li Keju is now completely defeated by Li Jing. Moreover, because Lu Long's army once wanted to replace him, he not only wanted to seek peace and quit, but also wanted to use Li Jing's power to firmly take charge of the position of Lu Long's army's commander.

"Duke Zhendong County, this time Liu came to serve as the young marshal of my family, and he had twelve percent sincerity."

"Tell me your conditions!" Li Jing said.

"On behalf of my grandmaster, Liu suggested that Lu Long's army would offer two million ounces to the county magistrate to reward the brothers of the east army. In addition, he took out 100,000 stones of grain and grass to the army, and the county magistrate's previous proposal to borrow the four cities was fully agreed. Moreover, in order to express respect for the county magistrate, we also married the county magistrate's sister."

Li Zhen chuckled: "This condition has been mentioned before Li Maoxun died. Is this also called sincerity?"

"Liu Rengong was not panicked, and continued, "Of course, this is only a part of the condition. In addition, our general is willing to respect the county duke as his uncle from now on. From now on, our Lulong army will follow the head of the Zhendong Army and be willing to attach his tail. Every year from now on, 10% of the taxes collected by our Youzhou Town will be handed over to the Zhendong Army."

After the subsequent conditions were put forward, Li Jing and Li Zhen couldn't help but look at each other and were slightly surprised. This is no better than the previous clause of losing money. This is equivalent to Li Maoxun surrendering to Li Jing, and Youzhou Town will become Li Jing's vassal in the future. Although this kind of vassal is only a temporary matter, it still has a great attraction to Li Jing.

Although he was moved, Li Jing was not willing to agree immediately. So after pondering for a moment, he said, "If Li Keju really has such sincerity, I would like to consider it. However, I will first send two million guan and five hundred thousand shi of grain outside the city, and then talk about other things. Moreover, I have to go to Youzhou City to talk about the following matters. If Li Keju is willing to open the city gate to welcome the East Army in the Town of the Town, everything is easy to say, otherwise, there is nothing to talk about. At worst, my Town of the East Army will take it for itself."

Liu Rengong's face changed a few times in an instant. Unexpectedly, things were so unhappy, and Li Jing was so cruel. Not only did he increase the amount of money and grain a lot, he also asked to open the city to welcome the army of Zhendong into the city.

He wanted to refuse on the spot, but remembered Li Keju's previous words, and finally endured it and said with a smile: "Such an important decision must be left to the decision of my boss. I will go back to the city and ask the boss for instructions."
Chapter completed!