The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 435
"General Wei, there is an order from the sage, order the general to lead the army back as soon as possible, and meet Dai Wang (Wang Wan, son of King Shiwei of Chu) at Hulao Pass!" How long will it take, a small school rushes in.

"Are you going to withdraw?" Wei Lu was a little bit reluctant. He is a veteran of the Jianghuai Army. He has followed Wang Shichong for ten years since Daye, fought south and north, and never gave up.

After all, he is also a veteran minister under Wang Shichong's command. Although he is not as highly valued as the Wang family's children, he is currently the governor of a county, and Wang Shichong treats veterans like them quite generously.

Wang Shichong's foundation today is the country that he, Wei Lu, followed all the way. From the time when Jiangnan rebelled to the present, he really has his own foundation, and many brothers died in the battle of Xingyang County. He is even stronger than Wang Shichong. I can't bear to leave Xingyang County.

But since Wang Shichong has no complaints, he, Wei Lu, can't say much. It is not a bad thing to shrink troops and defend Luoyang. At least the capital can be kept.
For these years, Wei Lu knew very well that Wang Shichong had paid a lot for this Luoyang. The tens of thousands of Jianghuai troops were almost wiped out, and the rest have now become the backbone of the army.

Now, although Li Tang is attacking aggressively, he believes that Wang Shichong can persevere.Because Wang Shichong has never let them down.

"Move out all the food, grass, and supplies in the warehouse, take away all that can be taken away, and burn the ones that cannot be taken away. Even if these things are burned, they will not be given to those people." Wei Lu put on his armor and snorted coldly. One Road.

"Here!"

His own generals went to the school to deliver the order, and Wei Lu brought his own soldiers to leave the city and go to Hulao Pass to meet Wang Wan. There is still more than 100 miles to go to Hulao Pass.

Just as Wei Lu was about to lead the army to leave, a school lieutenant hurried over, bowed and said, "General, the gate of the city has been blocked with debris!"

"Huh?" Wei Lu frowned: "Who dares to be so presumptuous?"

"It's the Zheng family. All the wheels of their grain team were broken, so they blocked the gate of the city, blocking our army's way."

"Hahaha!" Wei Lu couldn't help sneering, the wheels are broken collectively?This is a liar.

What's even more incredible is that the wheels of the four city gates broke down at the same time. Why does this sound so funny?
"Since it's broken, let's set it on fire!" Wei Lu has endured this gang of sons and daughters for many years. If it weren't for their two heads spreading rumors in Xingyang, how could Xingyang be exiled? Four times, why does the Holy One need to abandon this important place full of brothers' blood?If they hadn't surrendered in Kaesong, how could Fuyang and Xiangcheng have been lost so quickly?
But now the behavior of these people is even more disgusting. The Holy Majesty wants to move people into Luoyang to help defend the city, and these people jump out to give porridge and food around. , When you are a cow and a horse, why are you so early?
What's even worse is spreading rumors everywhere, blaming Wang Shichong for all natural and man-made disasters. Wei Lu has seen many shameless people, but this is the first time he has encountered such a shameless person in his life.

Now that these people dare to come here to make trouble and hinder the march, it is no wonder that Wei Lu is being rude. He is so full of birds that he has no place to vent his anger. Now that the Zheng family has come to the door by themselves, then we can't blame Wei Lu Cruel.

Immediately recruit a school lieutenant and whisper a few words to him.

"General, this...isn't that good?" The captain was startled when he heard this, and then rubbed his hands faintly excitedly.What kind of soldiers bring out what kind of people, the soldiers brought out by Wei Lu are naturally not much different from Wei Lu.

"Ms. Shaote is playing tricks on me!" Wei Lu whipped his whip lightly, and scolded with a smile: "Others go to wait in front of the city gate, and see what the bastards of the Zheng family say. Didn't you see these aristocratic families a long time ago?" Is it not pleasing to the eye? Hurry up and do this vote. If you don't do it, I will replace you."

"Do, do, do! I will..."

A group of people excitedly followed Wei Lu to the city gate, and when they reached the north gate, the city gate had been blocked by a raging fire.

Wei Lu was not in a hurry, he just led his troops to watch, and let the fire continue to spread. A group of family servants anxiously wanted to put out the fire, but the fire was too big to be extinguished.

"Wei Lu, why did you burn my goods!" Zheng Shanguo was furious in his heart. He was entrusted by others to delay for a while, so he thought of blocking the gate of the city with goods so that Wei Lu could not leave the city. Let people set it on fire directly. This is half of his Zheng family's property. If it is burned away, his Zheng family will also suffer a lot of damage. Seeing Wei Lu coming over at this moment, he immediately cursed.

"I heard that the gate of the city was blocked by sundries. Since they are all useless sundries, they can be burned. Everyone will save time and trouble." Wei Lu said lazily while sitting on the horseback.

"Absurd, that is the property of my Zheng family, how can it be a sundry, why don't you let someone put out the fire!?" Zheng Shanguo scolded angrily.

"This general will only act under the orders of the sage. Why don't Mr. Zheng go to Luoyang to find the orders of the sage first, and the last general will be able to handle things." Wei Lu leisurely admired the fire engulfing the entire city gate, and said with a smile: "Besides, you guys If the item is lost, it will definitely be our fault again. I will not be fooled by this kind of stupid thing."

In the past, Wang Shichong asked the local sergeants to establish a good relationship in order to win the hearts of the aristocratic family. The soldiers followed the orders of their superiors and provided convenience to the aristocratic family. In the end, he was falsely accused of theft, and his ass was beaten several times. He would never do such a kind of kindness that is not rewarded... If he is free, he would rather help ordinary people every day, and express his sincere thanks , made his heart warm.

When Zheng Shanguo saw that Wei Lu didn't buy his account, he felt even more anxious, so he could only lower his posture and said, "General Wei, the city gate is blocked by fire, and people coming and going will be blocked, and the general will also leave the city. Wouldn't this delay the military plane? Is it gone?"

"The burning will be over soon. I am not in a hurry, and I won't waste much time. Judging by the intensity of the fire, it will only take an hour or two at most. I can't miss a big deal. I have nothing now, only time." Wei Lu Said lazily.

"Wei Lu, don't deceive people too much!" Zheng Shanguo grabbed Wei Lu's horse rein and shouted sharply: "If the goods of my Zheng family are gone, not to mention you, even Wang Shichong will never get better!"

"That won't bother you." Wei Lu sneered.

"General, report from Xiangcheng that the Tang army is gathering in Yangdi." A scout rode his horse outside the city gate and said with a serious face.

"Mr. Zheng, you idiot, is it time for you to be so bad?" Wei Lu smiled disdainfully, turned his head to look at Zheng Shanguo and said.

He knew that Zheng Guanyin, a daughter of the Zheng family, was Li Jiancheng's good concubine. After Wang died of illness, she officially became Li Jiancheng's concubine. The Zheng family's troubles must have been bewitched by Li Tang.

"Humph!" Zheng Shanguo snorted coldly with a dark face: "As long as the general puts out the fire, I can help the general persuade the invading enemy to retreat."

Wei Lu looked at Zheng Shanguo, and said triumphantly: "Mr. Zheng, Mr. Wei didn't study much. He used to be a rough person, but since he was in Xingyang, he suffered a lot. He suddenly became smart. What do you think?" Is it strange?"

"Let me tell Mr. Zheng. Li Tang tried his best to kill Xingyang, just to keep me here, so that Luoyang would not have more strength. They will retreat because of your words? It is sir, you think highly of yourself, Or are you taking me for a fool?"

Zheng Shanguo turned his head and said with a dark face: "I have my own calculations, otherwise, once the fire stops, it will be the time for the general to die."

"I'm really scared..." Wei Lu looked at his subordinates in panic and said, "Tell me, how many troops did Tang Jun send?"

"Back to the general, looking at the lineup, I'm afraid there are no fewer than 2 people!" The scout outside replied.

Zheng Shanguo looked at Wei Lu proudly: "It's still too late for the general to wake up. If you are willing to surrender, I can introduce you to the general."

"An old thing that is not as good as a pig or a dog!" Wei Lu's panic expression disappeared, he kicked Zheng Shanguo in the chest, and directly kicked Zheng Shanguo out: "Old thing, you should worry about yourself, I will go to the south with the saint In the Northern War, not to mention [-], when Li Mi's hundreds of thousands of troops came to attack, I didn't even frown, [-] soldiers wanted to scare me, there was no way."

"Patriarch, something is wrong, look!" Zheng Shanguo wanted to say something, but a servant pointed in the direction of the city and shouted in horror.

Zheng Shanguo looked up, but saw a cluster of thick smoke rising from the city, and he could faintly see the flames flying.

That's the Zheng Mansion!

Zheng Shanguo rushed towards Wei Lu with a ferocious expression, and shouted sharply: "You dog thief, I will fight you!"

"boom!"

Before Zheng Shanguo touched Wei Lu, he was kicked out by a soldier.Wei Lu looked down at Zheng Shanguo, and said with a sneer, "Don't wrong the good guy, I'm here, how can I burn your house down?"

"You must have ordered someone to do it." Zheng Shanguo said angrily.

"How do you know?" Wei Lu pointed at the burning city gate and said, "It's like I guess you let people block my way. I don't have evidence, so I can't say you did it on purpose; you said I burned you for no reason. House, what about your evidence?"

"I..." Zheng Shanguo was speechless for a moment.

"General, after the fire is over, the Zheng family's old house will not even have scum left after today." At this moment, a school lieutenant came out of an alley with dozens of soldiers. Loudly.

"Keep your voice down, don't let people know that I asked you to do it." Looking at Zheng Shanguo's cannibalistic gaze, Wei Lu cursed.

"Oh!" The soldiers glanced at Zheng Shanguo, came to Wei Lu as if nothing had happened, bowed and said, "General Qi, the task has been successfully completed."

"Return to the team!" Wei Lu waved his hand, looked at Zheng Shanguo and said, "Mr. Zheng, don't worry about it. This money is something outside of your body. If you burn it, you will burn it. In fact, you should really thank me, at least I didn't kill you all." !"

"The wisdom I have today is all thanks to your Zheng family. I am very grateful. Hehe, the Zheng family is really a scholarly family, and even those who have been tricked are tricked into being smart."

"You..." Zheng Shanguo couldn't see that the other party was playing tricks on him, but it was as if he was blocking the other party's retreat, and the other party had nothing to do with him. At this moment, the other party was using the same method to tell himself that I burned your property without proof You still have nothing to do with me.

"You, you can get out!" Wei Lu looked at Zheng Shanguo and said.

Zheng Shanguo was furious: "What did you say?"

"I'm in a good mood, if I tell you to get out, just get out, if you dare to stare at me with those dog eyes again, I'll goug them out!" Wei Lu looked at Zheng Shanguo coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Zheng Shanguo's heart trembled, and he turned around with an ugly expression and was about to leave.

"Is the general going to let you go?" Wei Lu waved his hand, and two soldiers immediately blocked Zheng Shanguo's retreat.

"What do you want?" Zheng Shanguo suddenly turned around and shouted sharply.

"I was going to let you go!" Wei Lu leaned over and looked at Zheng Shanguo: "Why are you so stupid?"

"You..." Zheng Shanguo was furious, and sternly said, "Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!"

"Then kill!" Wei Lu waved his hand, and the two soldiers drew out the knives around their waists, and they were about to strike.

"Wait a minute!" Zheng Shanguo took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "I'll get out, I'll get out, can't I..."

(End of this chapter)