Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 101 Travel to Jiangzhou and meet thieves

Transporting grain from Guan to Xiangzhou, crossing the river from Shanzhou to Hanoi is actually the most convenient route. However, there is a Wang Shichong in Luoyang. For safety reasons, the Ministry of War’s plan is to cross the river from Pujin Pass to Hedong, and then cross the Taihang Mountains to reach Xiangzhou. .

Compared with the two routes, the latter is obviously the next choice.However, due to formalities, Li Zhiyun could only honestly go to Pujin Pass to cross the river and go to Xiangzhou.

This time, he led five thousand soldiers and horses in his headquarters, and a group of counselors and generals.Generals such as Xie Shufang, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Junxian, Luo Shixin.Civil servants such as Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Xue Yuanjing and so on.

Originally, Li Daoxuan and Li Daozong also wanted to come, but Lao Li disagreed, so they could only stay in Chang'an.

The purpose of gathering so many talents is actually just to transport food.

When Li Zhiyun was on the road, he thought to himself more than once that the heroes in his lineup were enough to kill the Turkic son Liu Wuzhou, and now they are used to transport food. Isn't this a bit overkill?

Of course, in addition to this, he thought more about another person.

Duguying.

To be honest, when the officials transferred Duguying to his subordinates, the first thing Li Zhiyun thought of was that this was definitely not what Lao Li meant.

Because Lao Li is not that boring.

"Keming, are you familiar with Duguying?"

Soldiers and horses as long as dragons and snakes are slowly crossing the Pujin Ferry.Li Zhiyun and Du Ruhui were chatting aside.

Du Ruhui shook his head, "The subordinates don't know this person well, but after getting along with him these few days, I found that this person is quite sincere in his work, and he is not lazy. He should be able to deliver some matters."

"Who do you think Dugu Ying transferred to this king's command?"

"He must not be a saint." Du Ruhui ruled out wrong answers first.

Li Zhiyun nodded, rubbed his chin, and thought: "What do you think the Dugu family wants to do? Use Duguying to observe the king?"

It wasn't Lao Li's meaning, but Li Zhiyun and Du Ruhui's default was the Dugu family's meaning.

"It's possible, but it's also possible that they want to give Dugu Ying a chance to develop. Now Datang is mainly focused on expanding abroad, and the children of the family can go faster by joining the army."

Regarding this, Li Zhiyun was noncommittal.

"Forget it, let's take a look."

"Yes."

Although he didn't know what the Dugu family wanted to do, Li Zhiyun didn't relax his vigilance. The Guanlong family was intricate and complicated. There was me in you, and you in me. We had to be more considerate when dealing with them.

When the army passed by Hedong, Li Zhiyun recalled the story of capturing Qu Tutong alive in the last years of Daye. Unfortunately, this old general is now very close to his second brother.

The lesson Li Zhiyun has learned is that those who get him may not necessarily get his heart.

The march in Puzhou went smoothly, and then entered Jiangzhou.

For Jiangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhiyun's deepest impression is Xue Rengui of the Longmen.I don't know if this famous general is playing mud in Longmen now.

Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun showed a smile.

At this moment, a horse galloped over.

"My lord, there are bandits in front of you!" Li Junxian clasped his fists and said.

"Bandits?" Li Zhiyun frowned and asked, "Why are the bandits following? What is the current boundary?"

"It is reported that it should be Lu Chongmao from Xia County, and the army is now approaching Wenxi."

Lu Chongmao?
Li Zhiyun was amused when he heard it. This buddy is a fierce man. He remembered that this buddy made Tang Jun suffer a lot in history.

After thinking for a moment, Li Zhiyun gave an order: "Order Qin Qiong to lead his troops to repel them. Be sure to injure his men and horses, and not let anyone go."

"As ordered!"

Qin Qiong was ordered by the king of Chu, and immediately ordered three hundred troops to rush to the bandits in the distance.

At this time, Lu Chongmao was besieging a group of cavalry.When his subordinates learned that the Tang army was attacking, they immediately told Lu Chongmao the news.

"How many people does Tang Jun have?"

"I don't know, there are many, many." The uneducated younger brother used a quantifier that made Lu Chongmao's forehead full of black lines.

"How much is a lot?"

"Thousands of people."

Lu Chongmao was shocked. He thought that the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared should be rangers from the Tang army. There were dozens of them at most, how could there be thousands of them?
"withdraw!"

As a veteran bandit, Lu Chongmao has learned the true meaning of the four characters of "Bengqi Selliao".The mob under his command fought against the Tang army with standard equipment in the wilderness, which was no different from courting death.

The situation is not right, retreat quickly!

However, the retreat at this time was obviously not so smooth. Qin Qiong led the soldiers and horses straight into the back of Lu Chongmao's soldiers and horses, tearing the bandits apart like a sharp sword.

Qin Qiong rode in the lead, and Ma Qiang's light was cold, cutting a bloody path among the rebellious army, and directly took Lu Chongmao's head.

"help me!"

When Lu Chongmao saw Qin Qiong coming to kill him, he lost his mind immediately, steered the horses, and ran away in a panic.

Helpless, the man behind him was too brave, Ma Qian swung and killed, and no one could get close to him for a while.

Just when Lu Chongmao felt that he was bound to die, a turning point occurred.

"Shubao, save someone!"

Li Junxian yelled behind him, Qin Qiong immediately looked for the sound.

I saw a cavalry not far away, and Lu Chongmao's remnants were scrambling for the goods of the cavalry.

In such a dazed effort, Lu Chongmao seized the opportunity to apply oil on the soles of his feet, and slipped a long distance in an instant.

Seeing this, Qin Qiong had no choice but to give up chasing and killing Lu Chongmao, and turned around and led his troops to rescue him.

Half an hour later, a large Tang army approached.

"Lv Chongmao ran away?" Li Zhiyun blinked and looked at Qin Qiong in disbelief. Considering Qin Qiong's force and Tang Jun's fighting power, ten more Lu Chongmao would not be enough to fight.

"what happened?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it was a lowly position and negligence that allowed Lu Chongmao to escape, and please His Highness punish you." Qin Qiong was honest and admitted his mistake directly.

Li Junxian hurriedly explained the cause and effect.

After listening, Li Zhiyun comforted: "It's okay, it's important to save people."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Qin Qiong bowed her head.

Afterwards, Li Zhiyun came to the horse team.

Xie Shufang looked at the guards of the horse team, and reminded in a low voice: "My lord, these people have practiced before, so don't be careless."

Li Zhiyun nodded, he could actually see the difference in this cavalry team.Otherwise, they would not have persisted for so long under Lu Chongmao's siege.

Xie Shufang rushed forward and shouted, "Who are you!"

The guards of the horse team looked at each other, and after a while, a man in black came out from the crowd.

He clasped his fists and saluted, "Dare to ask, is General Tang face to face?"

"Exactly!"

"I'm Wenxi, I'm back from a long journey, thank you General for saving my life."

Xie Shufang lightly urged the horse and walked in front of the man.

"What's your name?"

The man in black frowned, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm Pei Shuang."

Surname Pei?

Xie Shufang didn't dare to be careless in his heart, left a word, and turned back to report to King Chu.

"Wait."

Seeing Xie Shufang going away, and Tang Jun's banner further away, Pei Shuang silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, Pei Shuang saw a young man riding a horse among the stars and the moon.The young man wore a golden helmet, and he could tell that he was a good person at a glance.

"Are you from the Wenxi Pei family?" Li Zhiyun asked.

"Exactly."

Li Zhiyun nodded, "Although Pei's farming family is said to be a heirloom, the world is chaotic now, so it's better for you to study less outside. This king will send a team of soldiers to escort you back to Wenxi."

"Thank you." After finishing speaking, Pei Shuang suddenly realized that the young man in front of him actually called himself the prince. Could it be that he is the Prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Before he could ask, Li Zhiyun had already led his troops and continued on the road.

(End of this chapter)