The Weizhou City Wall is unusually quiet late at night.
Luo Shaowei put on an ordinary military uniform, took a few cronies with him, and sneaked to the city wall - someone was already waiting here.
To his surprise, in addition to Sima Sikong Ting, the shogunate's marching commander, and his family, there were also two generals, Wang Yuanwu and Yin Xingfang.
"Luo Shuai..." The two people walked over with complicated expressions.
"Stop talking and run." Luo Shaowei nodded and took the lead on the top of the city. After some gentle negotiation, he lowered the city wall and went down.
Sikong Ting also nodded and took his eldest son to the top of the city. As for the other family members, they had already been sent out.
Wang Yuanwu and Yin Xingfang were so ruthless that they escaped alone without taking any of their family members with them.
There were sergeants guarding the city wall, and the guards were very strict. There were many sentries. No one was lazy in the middle of the night. It seemed that the military discipline was still very strict. But this group of people actually watched Luo Shaowei, Sikong Ting and others escape.
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It can't be for money, and even if you take the money, you may not be able to spend it. It can only be said that Luo Hongxin, Luo Shaowei and his son have still forged some favors. He himself is a military governor, so it is not difficult to arrange defense.
After descending the city wall in fear, Luo Shaowei knelt on the ground and shrugged his shoulders.
Sikong Ting walked over gently and called, "Commander."
Luo Shaowei ignored him and kept twitching.
After a long time, everyone came down, and Luo Shaowei just stood up, crying and laughing on his face.
"Alas!" Yin Xingfang and Wang Yuanwu sighed.
We are all born and raised in Wei Bowufu. As long as things can turn around, who would want to be like this?
They both looked back at the city head in unison.
This time I escaped, hiding it from my family and subordinates. I really didn't care about anything.
Sikong Ting also looked back.
In fact, there are only a few servants left at home. If they know the opportunity, they divide the family's belongings and scatter in a hurry after dawn, or there is still a way to survive. If they are found and haven't left yet, the end will be dire.
"Wei Bo, it's over!" Luo Shaowei's voice was hoarse and his emotions were complicated.
Once upon a time, Wei Bo was a flag. The imperial court could do nothing, and the surrounding vassal towns could do nothing. They stood proudly on their own, looked around in all directions, and were arrogant.
But the crisis was also planted at that time.
The special system allowed the soldiers to share the benefits of the development of the feudal town. They knew why they were fighting, so they worked together as one, united and helped each other, ensuring Weibo's tranquility for many years.
In the past, when Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao started an uprising in Yunzhou, why didn't they develop towards Hebei? Instead, they abandoned the near and sought the far away, heading south to the Jianghuai River. Aren't they afraid that Wei Bowufu would chop them into pieces like melons and vegetables?
But it was this system that, while protecting Wei Bo, also tightly bound it.
By now, it has grown more and more into a monster, a monster with its own will.
The yamen soldiers make up the brain of the monster, the town soldiers, and the state and county soldiers make up the monster's torso and limbs. The warriors who are close to the party and the former warriors' families are its tentacles. No one can disobey the monster's will, not even the Jiedushi.
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"If I can't defeat you, why don't I leave?" Luo Shaowei cursed fiercely, turned around and ran away.
"Where do you two generals want to go?" Sikong Ting turned to Yin Xingfang and Wang Yuanwu and asked.
"There's nowhere to go, so it's better to follow Luo Shuai so that we can take care of him." Wang Yuanwu said tentatively.
"Let's go!" Sikong Ting nodded and did not refuse.
Seeing that Luo Shaowei's figure was almost gone, they immediately started running towards the woods. There were horses stored there for them to escape.
Wang and Yin quickly followed.
There were still several people in the woods. After a handover, Luo Shaowei and others rode away.
The few guarding the horses stayed to clean up the footprints and hoof prints, and then ran in the other direction.
When entrusted by others and loyal to others, they can be regarded as fulfilling their responsibilities.
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"What? Luo Shaowei escaped?" After receiving the news, Wu Zangjieming, who was on the march, was furious: "Let him go back!"
A phoenix without its feathers is not as good as a chicken. Luo Shaowei came to surrender alone, which is useless!
"Military envoy, I'm afraid it will be useless to go back now. It's already dawn." Yang Can, the military envoy in the left wing, said.
"This idiot!" Fu Zang Jie Ming was so angry that he had nothing to say.
What a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but I gave it up because I was afraid of death.
If you stay in the city and deal with the government soldiers, you may or may not die. If you want to exchange your life for future wealth, normal people will choose to take a risk. It would be better for you to just give up. How many people want to risk their lives but have not yet had the chance.
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Yang Can was also very sad.
If he had been Wei Bo's military envoy, he would have led his army soldiers to ransack the house to draw out the fire that might burn him, and use the money obtained from the raid to buy off the sergeants, which might bring about temporary peace.
But Luo Shaowei gave up on his own, who is to blame?
"Send an order to Wang Jingxuan to advance with light troops and advance into Weizhou as quickly as possible." Meuzang Jieming ordered.
The messenger immediately galloped out.
"Send a message to Lu Dutou, detailing the situation here." He ordered again.
Another messenger rushed out.
"Let Luo Shaowei come to see me." Wu Zangjieming got off his horse and said.
Luo Shaowei, Sikong Ting and others hurried over.
"Shuai Luo, you are so confused!" Wu Zang Jie Ming raised his riding whip, put it down gently, snorted and said, "Why did you abandon the city and run away?"
This sounds a little funny to outsiders. The enemy coach abandoned the city and fled, but the attacking team was furious. No one would believe it if he told it.
"General Wu Zang, calm down." Luo Shaowei squeezed out a smile and complained: "The army is making noise and can no longer control it. If we delay it any longer, something unspeakable may happen. By the time we leave, the city has been wiped out.
The peaceful place of the ancient jungle temple was plundered, and samurai armed with swords and bows were also invaded. The monks were conscripted into the army, and the Buddha statues and bronze bells were melted. The army's desires are hard to satisfy. Wait until tomorrow, God knows what will happen."
"If you're afraid of death, you're afraid of death. Why are you talking so much?" Wu Zang Jie Ming sneered.
After all, he didn't regard Luo Shaowei as one of his own, so he naturally wanted to squeeze out the last bit of value from him, who knew he would quit.
"General Wu Zang is ridiculous." Sikong Ting came up and said with a smile: "Commander Luo escaped from the owl's nest and used his useful life to persuade the prince of Great Xia to surrender the cities. Isn't it a blessing from heaven? The ten generals of King Bozhou are Luo
My handsome cousin has three thousand soldiers. Others tried to persuade him to surrender, but the outcome is hard to say. As soon as Luo Shuai's letter arrives, he will definitely surrender. The envoy of Lu Town, Wei County, was once a servant of the Luo family. Luo Shuai persuaded him to keep his armor and surrender..."
The name of the "Wang Ten Generals" is Wang Ju. His father is the former shogunate Wang Zhiyan, Luo Hongxin's brother-in-law, and he just died of illness last winter.
The name of "Lu Zhenshi" is Lu Hub, which is said to be a servant of the Luo Mansion, but in fact it is the private military school where Luo Hongxin was raised in the countryside of Yuancheng County.
In fact, it is not as easy as Sikong Ting said to persuade these two people to surrender, and they may not agree. However, the situation is different now, and the possibility of success in persuading them to surrender is greatly increased, because no one is a fool. When they are destined to be destroyed,
, someone close to me persuaded her, and if things didn’t go well, she just gave up and gave up.
After hearing this, Wu Zang Jie Ming calmed down his anger and said: "Then quickly persuade us to surrender. After surrender, drive to the gate of Weizhou City and let those die-hard thieves have a good look."
"As ordered." Sikong frowned and smiled.
"Yes... yes." Luo Shaowei also bowed his head and responded.
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On the seventh day of the second lunar month in the second year of Jianji, the city of Weizhou was in a state of chaos.
The news that Luo Shaowei and his family had fled spread like wildfire and quickly spread throughout the city.
It was not the first time for Wei Bo that Jieduzhi ran away. But this time things were more troublesome. The Xia army laid siege to the city. As a result, there was no one to call the shots. It was going to end!
The commander of Pingnan City, Cheng Gongzuo, was immediately invited to Duyu Housi.
To be honest, he was a little confused.
I was unhappy last night and drank with others until late at night. In the morning, while he was still sleeping soundly at home, the sergeant broke in and pulled him up from the bed, "hugging" him all the way to Duyuhousi.
"What? Luo Shuai ran away?" Cheng Gongzuo was very surprised when he heard the news, and he suddenly woke up from the wine.
After further inquiry, it turned out that the soldiers and servants of the Luo Mansion were scattered in large and small bags before dawn. Some people thought it was strange and went in to see that the Luo Mansion was empty.
What the hell!
Cheng Gongzuo was a little dizzy, he ran so fast!
"Where is Wang Yuanwu? Where is Yin Xingfang?" Cheng Gongzuo asked.
"Run away!" Youya Bing said through gritted teeth.
"She should have run with Luo Shaowei."
"The family members are still there, but the people are gone. It's so cruel."
"This kind of trash can run away from the battlefield, no wonder he can't win every battle."
Cheng Gongzuo felt his heart sink when he heard this, and he was a little envious at the same time. Why did you drink last night? Wouldn't it be nice to run with them?
"Commander Cheng, there are not many yamen generals left. How about I recommend you to be the governor of the yamen?" A junior high school officer from the yamen army came over and asked.
The tone was inquiring, but Cheng Gongzuo was also from Wei Bo, so how could he not know the pros and cons? These grandsons have already appointed me as the governor.
"Shi Renyu is a veteran general on the battlefield. Your Majesty, please quickly send people to Guantao to invite him back and worship him as the Jiedushi Envoy." Cheng Gongzuo said.
Obviously, he did not want to be a governor.
"General Cheng, are you just watching Wei Bo's disaster?" someone said angrily.
"What virtues and abilities do I have?" Cheng Gongzuo shook his head and said, "When General Shi was a yamen general, I was still a deputy general. It's not appropriate."
"Kill him!" The government soldiers stopped talking nonsense and swarmed forward, swords in hand.
Cheng Gongzuo was about to say something, but it was already too late. He was injured several times in an instant, and he screamed and hid behind a pillar.
The two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, raised their swords and slashed at him.
Cheng Gongzuo tried his best to avoid it, but his calf was stabbed with a knife, and blood flowed like a stream.
Several more people rushed over and chopped him into mincemeat.
"Find someone else!" a primary school student said.
"Bring a gong and shout along the streets to ask who is willing to be a governor." someone added.
"Okay!" Everyone had decided on their plan and was about to split up when the noise started outside the door.
"Commander Liang is here." It turned out that it was another group of sergeants, "supporting" Liang Huaijin, the commander of the decisive victory capital.
Everyone was overjoyed and stepped forward to surround Liang Huaijin.
"We are facing a formidable enemy. I would like to ask Commander Liang to take up the post of Jiedushi." The sergeants asked one after another.
Liang Huaijin already knew about the changes in the city. When he saw Cheng Gongzuo's unrecognizable body, he said nothing.
The sergeants saw that he didn't answer and didn't take it seriously.
A group of people hugged him to Hu's bedside, pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit down, then stepped back and prostrated themselves: "See Liang Shuai."