Although he was thinking about it, Li Ru did not stop thinking, nor did he stop walking. However, this time when they left Kaiyangmen and came to Luoshui, they had to abandon their horses and board the ship, and then continued their pursuit. Xiao
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Unlike Lu Bu and the others, Li Ru was not prepared in advance and had no control over the Luoshui River. After all, both he and Ma Chao had some cavalry under their command and had no water power, so they could only find the Luoshui River.
The most common type of small boat could not carry many people, and of course it was impossible to carry horses.
For example, Lu Bu was able to arrange ships large enough to carry people and horses before. This also involves him starting to consider establishing a naval army as early as when he was in Bingzhou. Although Wei Xu and Hou Cheng still have a group of
Navy recruits hibernate in Bingzhou waters for training
, but not long after taking control of Luoyang, he transferred some navy soldiers to Luoshui, but most of the time they cooperated with the dark men in the city. It is precisely because of this that when he needed ships this time,
Of course, it can be used immediately.
Of course, Li Ru did not have such convenience. Even if he settled in Luoyang City, it would only take a few days, which was not enough to fully control Luoyang City, let alone the Luoshui River outside the city.
Fortunately, their tentacles have not reached here yet, so even though the royal flag has been changed in Luoyang City, and both noble officials and civilian soldiers are living in panic, the Luoshui River is still unaffected.
In today's season, due to the stability of the people under Lu Bu's rule in the past few months, the Luoshui River Transport is more
It was even more prosperous in the past, so although they came in a hurry, there were no shortage of boats on the river. Of course, if they wanted to use these boats, they could only use force, and the people did not fight with the officials. Obviously, in Li
Under the threat of Confucianism and his entire armored army, no one would turn a blind eye and resist, so everything went smoothly.
It is said that people in the north are landlubbers, which is certainly true. After all, there are also waters in the north. If there are waters, there will definitely be people who make a living in them. So it is not difficult to be familiar with the nature of water for life, but after all, Luoshui is not
No matter how big the river is, there are no boatmen like those on the Yellow River who make a living by ferrying people across the river. In fact, the boats Li Ru and the others requisitioned were just civilian boats that happened to pass through this area. The boatmen were not locals. There were two
One of them is from Guanzhong.
But of course Li Ru would not have any communication with them, and even secretly ordered the soldiers to be on guard against them. Of course he would not fail to consider the unreliability of these people with unknown origins, but at this time he must use
They can only add caution.
If the Xiliang cavalry can rule the roost on land, then on this water and on this boat, their strength will probably be reduced to less than half of their original strength. Some even have weak hands and feet and pale faces, even Hua Xiong
They all had gloomy faces,
He was obviously not only in a bad mood, but also felt physically uncomfortable. On the contrary, Li Ru, a "weak" scribe, quickly adapted to this unfamiliar environment. He was able to stand on the edge of the boat when he was free.
Head to take a look at the surrounding scenery.
For Li Ru, this was a rare experience. It was his first time taking a boat by water, so everything he faced felt very novel, but his thinking was obviously a little different from ordinary people. Looking at the Luoshui River
As he boarded the boats that were coming and going, what he was thinking about was that when Dong Zhuo took power in Luoyang City, he didn't know what the scene was like on the Luoshui River.
Although he had not thought about it or had the opportunity to come here to take a look at it at the time, and naturally did not know the specific situation at that time, many of Dong Zhuo's decisions at that time were specifically arranged and implemented by him, and of course he also knew the consequences of doing so.
In any case, it can be said that Dong Zhuo's reign brought basically nothing but damage to the economy of Luoyang, Henan County and even most of Sili.
In fact, compared to Dong Zhuo's successive governorships of Hedong and Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo at this time seemed not to regard Luoyang or even Sili as his own territory. He only cared about his own enjoyment and collected more money for his own use.
They even wantonly destroyed the central minting system.
This move broke the currency value balance that had become extremely fragile since Emperor Ling. Thinking of this, Li Ru couldn't help but think of Wang Yun, who still makes him hate the thought of it. If Lu Bu can still explain it by catering to Dong Zhuo
If so, Wang Yun's true stance can only show his sinister intentions.
Seeing that after Lu Bu took control of Luoyang, in the past few months, he was able to win verbal praise from both the government and the public, obviously not only because he was quite respectful to the little emperor, but also because he was relatively low-key as a minister, official, and general.
Because he did effectively redeem and make up for some of the huge mistakes of those in power in the past. Although this was only a temporary solution, it greatly won the hearts and minds of the local people for Lu Bu.
Dong Zhuo pales in comparison, and such an obvious comparison makes Li Ru feel confused.
Continuing to think along the same train of thought as before, Jia Xu's plan to withdraw from Luoyang this time probably also took this into account, because even when Dong Zhuo was in Luoyang, he was not able to do it.
To completely break the old order, and this is doomed that many things cannot be changed, and will even become inevitable in historical development; and
Lu Bu had not taken action immediately due to various considerations before, but apparently he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to actively seek changes, so he simply used external forces and the war that was about to happen here to bring Luoyang, even Henan County, and Sili Prefecture into a big army.
Shuffle the cards and break the old things in one fell swoop, and then he can establish a new order based on actual needs.
If this is really the case, then this plan is really terrible, but for some reason, Li Ru felt a kind of excitement, especially after he made a decision in his heart, he felt excited that he was about to participate in it.
While Li Ru's thoughts were swirling, their special "fleet" had already left the southern wall of Luoyang City far away. It has to be said that in such a flood season, it would be difficult to sail down the river by boat.
To a certain extent, the speed was even faster than that of a horse running on land, and Li Ru quickly came to his senses and should have almost reached their destination.
In fact, although he had been prompted by Hua Xiong before to determine the direction and general location, he also knew that he had to check the situation at this time, especially if Lu Bu and his group were to land here, there would always be some left behind.
There are traces, maybe the boat they took was left on the shore.
Unfortunately, he didn't find anything on the river bank, but he didn't have time to regret it, because something brightened up before his eyes again.
Because it was on the north bank of Luoshui, that is, to the left of the direction of their boat. He saw that there was about a hundred steps away from the river bank. A large number of people had gathered at this moment. Although the distance was not close, for Li Ru, he
His eyesight was not enough to see clearly, but he quickly determined that he and others could stop the boat and go ashore right here and now, because whether from intuition or speculation, these people should not be able to escape from Lu Bu's group.
relationship.
Of course, Li Ru didn't know at this time that they were the fourth force joining this unexpected dispute on the north bank of Luoshui River, and they would also be the most decisive force. To be continued...<>