In Wancheng, two days after Zhu Kui led the army to capture Luyang County, a messenger asking for reinforcements had just entered the county government office.
"Report to the second commander, Luyang County urgent report."
It was already three o'clock in the morning, and a middle-aged man in the house got up from the bed in a loud voice, and casually grabbed the breast of the beautiful girl next to him, causing her to moan for a while, and patted his forehead with his other hand, which made him sober up:
"Well, urgent report from Luyang?"
"Fuck you, you woman, why don't you get up and change clothes for someone?" The man brutally kicked the woman out of bed. The woman did not cry, but looked sad. She was obviously used to this and quickly brought water.
After washing his face, he put on his clothes.
In the back hall, the man received the messenger. After hearing this, he asked: "You said that there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers attacking Luyang."
"I reported to Marshal Zhao, but it is like this. I saw with my own eyes that it was all over the country. General Gong sent me to report to the gods to send troops to rescue quickly."
"Okay, I understand. I will inform the superiors. You can go down first."
This middle-aged man is named Zhao Hong. He has a pointed nose, cross-eyed eyes, and a beardless chin. He is the second highest ranking envoy in the army of God.
"Go and inform the general who is staying behind to come to the palace to discuss matters."
In the palace, the generals of the major thieves gathered here, whispering. Soon Zhao Hong came in through the gate and saluted everyone.
"Brothers, the messenger has just come to report that after Bo Cai was captured in Yingchuan, he was quartered to death on five horses in Luoyang, the capital a few days ago. Then Zhu Jun and Huang Fusong sent a large army to attack Luyang and annihilate us. Brothers, please
What do you think about this?"
"What, the officers and soldiers are here again. I heard that this time there are tens of thousands of elites from the imperial court. The leader of the army is named Zhu. It may be the right middle man, General Zhu Jun, who is here personally."
"No, didn't the previous spies report that Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song led the army north? Why did they come to Nanyang?"
Some of these generals may be a little scared when they hear Zhu Jun coming, but some are eager to give it a try. For example, Han Zhong, who is about thirty years old and wears a yellow scarf on his head, is a loyal subordinate of Zhang Mancheng. The two have known each other for many years and also participated together.
He went to the Yellow Turban Road and was the leader of all generals.
Zhang Mancheng's Divine Army is actually divided into two parts. The biggest one is of course that Zhang Man became the first local believer in Nanyang. Then Zhao Hong wanted to start an uprising in Southern Jingzhou. He didn't want to be defeated by the officers and soldiers soon, so he took the remaining troops and surrendered to Zhang Mancheng. Since they all
Coming from Taiping Road, Zhang Mancheng accepted the other party and became Erqushuai.
"Commander Zhao, with my soldiers and horses, let me go to Luyang to kill Zhu Jun. That wave of Cai Pengtuo is nothing. Let him see the strength of my Nanyang Yellow Turban."
Han Zhong asked for orders, and he was right. Although Bocai Pengtuo had a huge army, he had not laid a solid foundation. After Zhang Mancheng captured Wancheng, he advanced step by step and steadily captured six counties, and then the breakaway started.
Zhang Jiao's thoughts are that he thinks he is an envoy from the gods and is independent.
Zhao Hong did not agree to him immediately and said: "Everyone knows that Commander Daqu has collected the information early. After Bocai's defeat, the officers and soldiers will definitely notice us, so he hurriedly led 30,000 troops to attack
In Anzhong County, the new governor Qin Jie took in nearly 10,000 remnant soldiers from various counties and had to get rid of them."
"If we, Taiping Dao, want to fight against the imperial court, we must have a stable foundation. Bo Cai is a lesson learned from the past. We don't want to defeat Qin Jie before the army comes so quickly."
At this moment, Zhang Mancheng is not here, and all affairs in Wancheng are decided by him. This is Zhang Mancheng's affirmation of Zhao Hong's status and ability, even though the other party is lecherous and a little cruel.
"In this way, we don't know what Commander Daqu is doing in Anzhong. How long will it take to capture the city? Let's first send someone to Anzhong County to inform him about this. There are still 60,000 soldiers and horses in Wancheng. General Han Zhong
, General Sun Zhong and you two led 20,000 horses and rushed to Luyang County for reinforcements. You and Gong must stop the official outside Luyang City. I expect that after Commander Daqu gets the news, it will not take ten days to defeat him or not.
Anzhong County will withdraw its troops to resist the officers and soldiers."….
"Yes, second commander, the last general will take orders."
This was Zhao Honglaocheng's arrangement, and all the soldiers thought it was the best arrangement and nodded in agreement.
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In Luyang County, after the war, more than a thousand thieves were captured. Zhu Kui dealt with them as usual. Those who were willing to serve as soldiers were kept, and those who were not willing were dismissed. However, these people did not receive severance pay, but if they were caught
, behead and make a decision.
"General, Lord Gan and the others have discovered the granary. General, please go take a look."
"Oh." Zhu Kui cheered up. What he lacked most now was food and grass. He rode out and quickly found Gan Ning.
"Meet the general (eldest brother)!"
"No gift, where is the food and grass?"
As soon as the door opened, he found that the warehouse was well stocked. After checking, he found a batch of grain and rice. Looking at the bags of rice, Zhu Kui knew that most of this batch of rice was looted from businessmen, not poor people.
People, otherwise the quality would not be so good.
However, thinking of the way those businessmen used the opportunity to stock up on grain and raise prices whenever there was a war, Zhu Kui smiled coldly and ordered: "These are the spoils of war, count them one by one!"
"Brother, we also captured an enemy general, please take a look."
After saying that, Gan Ning dragged a strong man tied up with five stripes to Zhu Kui. He had been tortured before. He was Gong Du's personal guard and was hiding near the granary. After he was discovered, Gan Ning captured him.
As soon as the man was brought to Zhu Kui, he bent his legs and begged for mercy: "General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me. I have something important to report. I have a place to hoard the wealth that Gong Du looted from the people. I am willing to take it."
The general goes to see it."
Before the uprising, Taiping Road had a good reputation. It treated the sick and practiced medicine. Later, it was called ant thieves and locusts by the common people. On the one hand, it was certainly a conspiracy of the Eastern Han Dynasty. On the other hand, Taiping Road probably except Zhang Jiao, all the other canals captured a city.
, if you attack a village, you will definitely burn, kill, plunder, and loot the property. Gongdu gained a lot from the villages all the way to Luyang. After garrisoning this city, the property was hidden here.
"General, look!" Under the guidance of the surrendered guard, a soldier quickly found him and led Zhu Kui in. The wealth was not in the granary, but in a residence nearby. He took off the bed boards and went down the stairs.
into the cellar.
I found several big boxes inside. I opened them and saw that they contained gold and silver. I took out an ingot and looked at it. There was also the word "Cheng" on it, as well as the word "He". I couldn't help but snorted, this was obviously Cheng.
Weighed the silver that was privately minted by wealthy merchants such as He and others, and found that one ingot was about five taels.
At this time, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, countless wealthy families had already disappeared in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. Gradually, the court could no longer control them. Often within a county, local tyrants would build forts, deep ditches and high walls, and private soldiers would be blocked.
, even the government has to look at their faces, the only difference is that they don’t hold high the flag of rebellion.
Zhu Kui just thought about it and ordered his men to count the gold and silver.
"Sir, the rough estimate is one thousand six hundred taels of silver, two hundred and fifty taels of gold, and the remaining boxes are all copper coins."
"Hiss, there are so many!" Zhu Kui was surprised. The value here is as much as one-third of what he got from Yan Baihu's secret treasury. This Gong Du is just a small Qushuai, and he robbed it for a few months. How should those big bosses calculate Yan Baihu's income for several years? The money Bocai Pengtuo robbed along the way was obviously not what Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song told him. It should be more. I don't know if they lined their own pockets. Or maybe the Ling Emperor had another secret order, which was swallowed up by the supreme being in the world.
Zhu Kui said again: "Don't mention anyone today, carry it back carefully!" Then he glanced at Gan Ning and winked: "Third brother, this lieutenant has meritorious service and has been incorporated into your staff. You should treat him well." .”
After returning to the government office, Zhu Kui wrote a report on the capture of Luyang. This is what every general who goes on an expedition must do. He counts the casualties, military exploits and trophies. He must report how much he has and keep the rest to himself. Keep it for yourself or distribute it to the soldiers.
In the battle report, he did not conceal the battle achievements or casualties. It can be said that Lu Yang won easily. It was a good record for him and he wanted to publicize it.
However, in terms of the money and food seized, the originally more than 20,000 stones of grain and grass were changed to 15,000 stones. One thousand, six hundred taels of silver were changed to one thousand taels. Several boxes of copper coins were also written down, while the two hundred and fifty taels of gold were changed by themselves. Swallow.
Zhu Kui knew that although he could command 50,000 troops and horses now, it was only temporary. After the Yellow Turbans were pacified, all the troops and horses returned to the court. The only ones he could take away were the more than 500 people he brought out from Moling. Duoyi was a close confidant, but the lieutenant who revealed the treasure was killed by Gan Ning when he turned around. That guy was not a good bird either. He hid nearby just to sneak into the cellar and steal it for himself. If he was an outsider, he would be dead. died.
"Come here, send this battle report to General Zhonglang."
At this moment, he was still under the control of Zhu Jun and the others.