Fufeng Song

When the meeting at Fenyang Pavilion dissipated, the soldiers happily returned to the army.

It was already the end of the first year of Guangxi. Although the year was full of wars and suffering, people still had great enthusiasm and anticipation when the traditional festival was approaching.The powerful and powerful people were also very knowledgeable, and they bought a lot of wine, meat, etc., and the soldiers ate and drank along the way, not to mention rushing on their way.After walking slowly for four days, it was not until December [-]th that I saw the iron-gray city wall of Jinyang City.

Because many materials and people need to be counted and entered in the register one by one, Yue Shigong appointed a number of assistants to handle related matters, and Lu Yao and others had to accompany them.

When he was in a hurry, he suddenly heard the sound of hooves coming from the city gate.Dozens of riders rushed out like a whirlwind, knocking over countless pedestrians along the way, and the whole street was thrown into chaos.

In Jinyang City, who dares to be so arrogant?Lu Yao turned his head to look, and suddenly said in surprise: "Huh?"

Xue Tong was beside Lu Yao, so he asked, "Daoming, why are you surprised?"

Lu Yao pouted at the team of knights leaving with a strange expression: "Old Xue, who is the leader?"

Xue Tong set up a pergola to take a closer look.But I saw that the team of knights had bright armor and was very majestic.The first person, the whole body seems to be a thick cylinder.Then look at his huge head and fleshy face.Although this person tried his best to be rough and unrestrained, Xue Tong actually felt a little vicious.

This team of cavalry ran extremely fast, and disappeared at the end of the road in a blink of an eye.The corners of Xue Tong's eyes twitched slightly, and he scolded in a low voice: "I'm Cao, it's actually Long Jimeng... This fellow is still alive?" .

This Long Jimeng was a high-ranking military officer under the command of Ma Teng of Dongying Company in the past, and his status was only two or three people, far beyond the reach of ordinary military leaders such as Lu Yao and Xue Tong.This gentleman is extremely brave, and he is one of the few warriors in Bingzhou.But what Lu Yao and Xue Tong remember is not his bravery, but his greedy nature of doing everything possible to amass property.

When he was ordered to go out of the town, he allowed his subordinates to plunder wantonly. On the one hand, the proceeds of the looting were used to bribe the superiors, and on the other hand, they shared the spoils with his subordinates; The most vicious bandits are even more vicious.

The soldiers who knew about this incident were very disdainful of Long Jimeng and the bandits he led. Many people successively wrote letters to Dongying Company Ma Teng to accuse him of his evil deeds.However, Sima Teng and Long Jimeng had the same taste, instead of punishing them, they trusted them more and more.Later, the two actually jointly sold Hu slaves for profit.Long Jimeng was in charge of sending troops to arrest the Hu people everywhere, while Sima Teng was in charge of arranging caravans to sell the captured Hu people to various places in Shandong.The local officials and generals appointed by the imperial court are in such a state of embarrassment that people have nothing to say.

The so-called difference of way does not conspire with each other, both Lu Yao and Xue Tong respected Long Jimeng when they were in the Bingzhou Army.After experiencing the disastrous defeat in Daling, this person had already died in the rebellion army, but after the earth was turned upside down, he would be able to meet him here.Both of them couldn't help but feel the white sun bumping into a ghost.

Lu Yao turned around and asked Shuzuo who was counting supplies.It turned out that after Long Jimeng was defeated last year, he fled all the way north, hiding in the thousands of mountains and ravines near Yanmen.After hearing the news that Yue Shigong had captured Jinyang, he resumed the banner of General Yokono to recruit exile.In a few months, a large-scale team was actually organized, and they came to Jinyang two days ago to serve under Yue Shigong's command.

After all, this person is a general in the Bingzhou army, no matter how he speaks or behaves, he is commendable, and he is also very majestic and powerful, Yue Shigong is very happy with his words.In addition, because his status and reputation are far higher than those of the Bingzhou Army officers and soldiers who joined before, and he is well aware of the situation of the Bingzhou army and civilians;More than a thousand men and horses recruited by Long Jimeng were stationed in Yangyi, and Yue Shigong ordered You Sihou to provide supplementary supplies.

Lu Yao didn't like this person at all, so he just shook his head and sighed.

In the next few days, Lu Yao gave the soldiers a big holiday to let everyone relax.Except that they had to be present twice in the morning and evening, they were allowed to wander around Jinyang City during the rest of the time.

Although the bulk of the supplies seized from Guojiawu Fort had been handed over to the jurisdiction of Bingzhou Governor's Mansion, after all the soldiers broke through the city and snatched it up, the harvest was not small after all.During these few days of vacation, they spent extravagant food and clothing, which made other generals' subordinates jealous.

Fortunately, Yue Shigong quickly distributed the New Year's rewards to all the troops.The poor Yue Shigong has newly gained the support of Bingzhou tyrants and the rich savings of Guojiawubao for decades, just like a penniless poor man who picked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in vain, so the rewards to the soldiers this time are extremely generous So much so that every soldier who got the reward was so happy from ear to ear.

The soldiers in the troubled times are doing the business of licking blood with the blade of a knife, and they have hung their heads on their belts for a long time, so they usually don't deliberately accumulate money.Except for a small number of those with family members, the rest of the officers and soldiers spend a lot of money when they get rewards, and their whereabouts are nothing more than eating, drinking, gambling and the like.The few restaurants and merchants in Jinyang City made a small fortune as a result.

Different from the elation of the soldiers, in the last half month of the year, many powerful families in the Taiyuan Kingdom did not have a stable life.Many people are thinking about how to go on the road ahead.

Lu Yao's team successfully completed the plan to kill chickens and monkeys, not only bringing sufficient food and fodder to Jinyang, but also enriching Jinyang City with the engulfed population.And this sudden and swift blow deeply shocked the Bingzhou tyrants who were watching.In the next few days, it was Wen Qiao's turn to be so busy that he kept his feet on the ground. He went back and forth to various places in Taiyuan, meeting with those clan chiefs and Wubao masters one by one. fame and fortune.He was born in a wealthy family in Taiyuan, and his eloquence and demeanor are excellent. Taking advantage of the counterexample of Guoshi Wubao in Qi County, wherever he went, there was no harm to him.

Of course, it is not without ignorance of the situation.There is a Wubao in Yangqu, perhaps because they haven't seen the harsh hands of the officers and soldiers with their own eyes, they refuse to accept their rude words.

This time Liu Kun did not send Lu Yao out, but sent Ding Miao to deal with it.Ding Miao is a well-known titan. Although he looks kind, he has no temper at all.He stormed Wubao with his army, and went down with one blow; then he directly beheaded all the men in the castle, and the women were thrown into the barracks.Only two days later, he came back to pay the order full of ambition.

While the Hu people were staring at each other, the Han people used cruel means to kill each other. This really made Lu Yao feel heartbroken; but he also had to admit that this extremely cruel behavior was very deterrent to the double-minded wealthy family. force.If this is not the case, I am afraid it will be difficult to unify the entire Taiyuan Kingdom within the shortest time limit.

After doing so, the situation in the Taiyuan Kingdom was changed.All the thirteen counties obeyed Liu Kun's government order.In just half a month, almost all the representatives of the Bingzhou Hao family came to Jinyang to meet the new governor. In addition to offering materials and household registration yellow books, they also delivered a number of Dingkou to enrich Jinyang, and dispatched protons according to the order. .

In addition, Liu Kun successively recruited many Bingzhou figures to enrich the shogunate.Among them, Xu Xian, Mo Han, Wang Ju, Wang Dan and others are all celebrities in Bingzhou, and Liu Kun appointed them to work.Xuxian, courtesy name Xiaozong, was a member of Shangdang. He was a disciple of Du Yu, the general who led the army to destroy Wu in the past.Mo Han is from Fanqi, Yanmen. His family has been in business for generations, and he has made a huge fortune by trading with the Xianbei people, and he is quite prestigious in the local area.And Wang Ju and Wang Dan are the children of everyone, let alone crowned for generations.

The strength of the Jinyang Army has also expanded rapidly during the past half month, and hundreds of people come to join the army every day.The total force quickly increased from more than [-] people to nearly [-] people.

A considerable number of the newly added troops came from the rest of the Bingzhou Army.The original Bingzhou Army was, after all, a well-known powerful vassal in the world, with 5 horses. Except for those killed and captured by the Huns, a considerable number of stragglers were scattered all over the country. They came here one after another.On the other hand, Liu Kun's official position of protecting the Xiongnu Zhonglang was indeed useful, and many tribes of miscellaneous Hus took the initiative to defect to his command.Liu Kun placed them one by one in Xinxing, Yanmen and other places, bestowed official positions and treasures on their chieftains, and selected thousands of strong men to join the army.

Anyone with a little vision in the world can clearly see that a new and powerful regime is reborn from the ruins of Jinyang City.The foothold and growth of this regime undoubtedly represented that the strength of the Han people in Bingzhou was still strong enough to fight against the Xiongnu, and it also represented that the prestige of the Jin court would not be wiped out because of a defeat, and the court was still determined to maintain local stability!

What made Lu Yao extremely happy was that among the new recruits was his old subordinate Guo Huan.Guo Huan is from Xinxing County, and he is also a distant relative of the Guo family in Taiyuan. He is tall, upright, and taciturn.He is good at using spears, and he is quite famous in the Bingzhou Army.When Lu Yao first entered Bingzhou, Guo Huan followed Lu Yao, and he was a capable subordinate who Lu Yao relied heavily on.After the disastrous defeat in Daling a few months ago, Lu Yao led the army to fight and retreat. After Guo Huan was ordered to die in a fierce battle, he has never been seen since then.Lu Yao was overjoyed to think that he had already died in battle, but who knew that there would be a day of reunion.Along with Guo Huan, there were more than a dozen tough men, most of whom were officers above Lu Yao's subordinates, including Fei Cen, Xu Mu, Yang Ruo and others, all of whom were Lu Yao's effective subordinates.

At this time, Lu Yao's subordinates had expanded to more than 200 people.He set up three infantry teams, each with 50 men, each led by Xue Tong, Gao Xiang, and Guo Huan; the [-]-man cavalry team was still led by Shen Jin; in addition, Deng Gang's supply team had more than [-] people and several vehicles; Lu Yao led a hundred soldiers himself, who also practiced military tactics. These hundred soldiers were all warriors who could ride strong horses and draw strong bows, and they were also the elite of the whole army.Two other scholars, Shu Zuo, were recruited from among the refugees.

It is worth noting that He Yun was dismissed from the position of the captain of the personal army, and became the chief of Guo Huan's subordinates.This is undoubtedly a major blow to He Yun, but he is also very clear that this is a punishment for his collusion with Gao Xiang and Shen Jin in Guo's Wubao, and there is no excuse for it.The new commander of the army is Chu Kun. Lu Yao is very optimistic about this simple young officer and intends to reuse him.

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