Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 64 Encountered a stubble

The Youlongwu army ate and slept all the way until Qinzhou, and added 20 stones of grain and grass in the river. Du Rangneng was relieved and went fifty miles to the border of Luzhou.

Li Kerang is the younger brother of Li Keyong.

The next day, a sentry reported that Li Keyong had been attacking Xingzhou for a long time. He sent generals Li Cunxin and Kang Junli to attack Cizhou and Mingzhou. .

In Liulipo, Li Keyong led an army to catch up with Ma and Yuan Yuanjun. In a great battle, Ma Jia and Yuan Fengtao were captured.

Li Ke returned to Xingzhou in time, pushed Ma Ji and Yuan Fengtao to the front of the city gate, and shouted at the guards in the city.

"Anyone who can kill Meng Fangyi will pretend to be the envoy of Sanzhou Jiedu."

The morale of the Zhaoyi army was low, Meng Fangli wanted to boost morale, and climbed up the tower in person, but along the way, no matter what he said, all the soldiers of the Zhaoyi army pretended not to see him, and sat on the ground without getting up.

Meng Fangli was terrified, he already knew that the soldiers were no longer willing to serve him, and there was no money left in the treasury, so he had no money to reward the soldiers.

Frightened, Meng Fangli committed suicide by taking poison in the mansion that night. The next day, Meng Fangli's younger brother, Meng Qian, the city defender, was pushed behind Jieduliu.

Du Rangneng said to Wu Zhan, "Li Ke used his main force to stay in Jizhou, and Meng Fang was defeated. Jizhou must not be defended for a long time. You and I should go to Luzhou as soon as possible and send troops along the way to guard the passes. Only then can we last for a long time."

Wu Zhan said: "Hedong soldiers have occupied Luzhou. If the two sides start fighting, what should we do?"

Du Rangneng said: "Let's go to Luzhou first, and I will discuss it with Li Keyong."

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When the imperial edict arrived at the Hedong military camp, Li Keyong was overjoyed.

Li Keyong naturally benefited greatly from the court's favor with the Hedong army. As for Du Rangneng's proposal, Li Keyong also had no choice but to let the imperial army station troops in Luzhou and gather food, grass and equipment.

In Li Keyong's eyes, the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty were like earthen chicken crock pots. He was only worried if they were fighting, not to mention losing troops in vain, and it would also boost the morale of the enemy.

However, it is also suitable for guarding the city and taking care of food and grass. He also has one less thing to worry about.

Since Meng Qian received the imperial edict from the Tang court, he was in a state of panic all day long, and sent someone to Bianliang overnight for help.

He also said to the army and people in the whole city: "Hedong army is cruel, and the city will be plundered if the city is broken. You will die ten times without living, and your wife and daughter will be insulted by him. We will stick to the strong city and wait for reinforcements. When the Hedong army runs out of food, we will definitely retreat. "

Li Keyong said long ago: "If the city of Jizhou is destroyed, there will be no armor left." In Meng Qian's words, the soldiers and civilians in the city deeply believed that if the city was destroyed, they would die. Naturally, the Hedong army could not be allowed to enter the city.

For a while, everyone was united.

Li Ke's siege was extremely unfavorable. In the previous month, tens of thousands of people had been filled in, all of whom were looted people nearby.He didn't even touch the bricks of the city wall, so he was very annoyed.

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Luzhou, the residence of the Jiedushi
As soon as Du Rangneng arrived in Luzhou, he found Li Kerang at the Jiedushi's mansion, and rushed to discuss the transfer of Luzhou.

Li Kerang said: "Du Gong came from Chang'an, the emperor can bring rewards to all the soldiers."

Asking for money as soon as they met, Du Rang Neng was a little displeased and said, "How can you reward money if you haven't accomplished an inch of merit?"

"Hmph!" Li Kerang put on a face. If Li Keyong hadn't urged him to move to Zezhou, he might not have left.

Immediately said mercilessly: "Grandpa sits in the hall, how do you know that we will wait for more than a month to fight, and the soldiers will be tired. How can it be useless?"

Du Rangneng looked at Li Keyong. This is Li Keyong's younger brother. His eyes are very arrogant. He is only pretending, and he doesn't dare to turn his face. After all, Li Keyong has made it clear that Li Keyong will withdraw from Luzhou. How could Du Rang be willing to spend money on these people.

He said: "the imperial court ordered the Jiedu envoy of Hedong to beg the bandit Zhu Wen. What are you waiting for to set up Luzhou?"

"You!"

Li Kerang was very annoyed, and when he arrived at the barracks, he ordered his troops to loot.

Before Du Rang could enter the mansion, he first checked the treasury. Where there was any money and food in the treasury, Li Kerang took it all away.

Suddenly a sentry reported that the Hedong army was looting in the city, and more than a thousand people from the Eighth Capital were confronting the Hedong army at Dongping Lane...

"How……"

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This fact is not to blame for the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Capital. At the beginning of entering the city, all the officers and men were strictly ordered by the chief officer to avoid conflict with the Hedong Army. The Longwu Army basically saw the Hedong Army and walked around the road.

But Li Kerang was annoyed that the court didn't pay the reward, and after a while of publicity in the army, the Hedong army felt that the court was unfair.

Even if the Longwu army took a detour, they would follow and find fault.

A group of soldiers from the east of the river found the camp of Badu, rushed into the camp with their horses, and hung the severed heads of the common people under the necks of the horses, and randomly threw them among the soldiers of Badu of the Longwu Army.

This kind of "joke", the Hedong army played a lot, they like to watch the imperial army of the Tang Dynasty, running around in fright.

But this time, they didn't see what they wanted to see.

Cao Guangping, commander of Badu, squinted his eyes slightly, looking coldly at the group of Hedong sergeants.

Long Wujun had seen blood before, so how could he be intimidated by a few heads.

One member of the Hedong army was puzzled and said: "These people are a bit kind. Last time I went to Chang'an King Qin with Jieshuai, the forbidden army saw the head and peed out of fear, haha!"

The other person shook his head and said, "There's a fart, just look at me."

The man immediately pulled out the road, galloped his horse, found a soldier of Badu and slashed with a knife. The soldier didn't know that the soldier of the Hedong Army would attack as soon as he said he was in trouble.

Pfft!

An arm flew into the sky, and half of the man's face was stained red by the soaring blood.

The Hedong soldier was a little puzzled, he saw the fear in the eyes of those in the Imperial Guard, and he also saw anger.

what happened?

Shouldn't they have run away?
These soft-legged shrimps shouldn't be frightened, why are they still approaching them.

These people lined up in a strange formation and surrounded more than [-] people from the Hedong Army.

Cao Guangping, the commander of the capital, didn't know what to do with these people. He would definitely not be able to kill them. If the Forbidden Army and the Hedong Army were to merge, he would not be able to bear the responsibility.

Thinking of capturing these people first, and then handing them over to the military envoy.

But he could restrain himself, how could the Hedong army restrain themselves, the fifty or so Hedong cavalry were about to be surrounded, so they hurriedly regrouped, wielding their sabers, and broke through the encirclement along the way.

For a while, more than a dozen soldiers were cut down.

"They are all handsome!"

"Hedong dog bullied me too much."

"You are handsome, give the order."

Everyone on the left and right was furious, and hurriedly urged Cao Guangping to fight back. Cao Guangping also knew that if he didn't make a decision at this time, he might not be able to take the 1000 people with him.

Before he could give an order, several bows and arrows were shot towards the Hedong Army, puff, two people fell off their horses.

Cao Guangping saw the situation, heaved a long sigh, and thought: "Forget it, if the court punishes, then punish it!"

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