Song Dynasty

Chapter 191
Suddenly, tears welled up in his eyes: "When the army was raised in Hebei, I saw that Kong Juji was a bloody man, with a heroic nature, and he was very kind to his brothers. But he's a worthy hero."

"It's common for a man to like fast horses and beauties, but... But, how can he attack his own flesh and blood? One more word, I'm also dirty. That Brother Kong...he's dead."

Lu Benzhong nodded, and said in a low voice: "General Liu Fu is right. How can a dignified man from Yanzhao rely on such a beast. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in. I don't know what the general will do in the future?"

Liu Fu murmured: "I don't know, I don't know."

Lu Benzhong rolled his eyes and said, "General Liu Fu, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Liu Fu: "Master Lu, please tell me more."

Lu Benzhong: "Perhaps General Liu Fu didn't know about it. Just yesterday, the old man persuaded Kong Yanzhou to accept the court's recruitment. Since everyone will return to serve the Song Dynasty in the future, it is better to rely on the city gate to surrender Wang Daosi. Anyway, Wang Shen is also from the court. The Huangzhou defense envoy, if you surrender him, you will be on the right path."

After speaking, he roughly said what he said to Kong Yanzhou yesterday.

"Jiang Wang Daosi..." Liu Fu pondered.

Lu Benzhong: "Why, the general is unwilling?"

Liu Fu: "Wang Daosi is a hero, so it's good to surrender him. But... After all, I have served under Kong Yanzhou for many years, and I still can't do this kind of betrayal. Although Kong Yanzhou is now a beast .”

As he spoke, he shook his head firmly.

Lu Ben was very annoyed in the center: this Liu is really unhappy, how can he be more pedantic than the old man?
He went on to say: "General Liu Fu, as far as I know, you still have five or six hundred soldiers under your command. They are all the children of the army when you raised the army in Hebei before. Could it be that you just watched them bury the man surnamed Kong with your own eyes? Are you worried?" How can you bear it? Even if Wang Shen can't destroy the city for a while, once Kong Yanzhou is recruited, you will have to serve under his command. How can General Liu and the heroes under him be willing to be restrained by such villains?"

"No, it can't be like this!" Liu Fu was still shaking his head, and he scratched his hair with his hands in pain: "I don't want to care about anything, I don't want to care about anything."

Lu Ben's thoughts moved again: "The old man also understands General Liu Fu's thoughts, but if you don't stop, you will be disturbed by it! Since you don't want to take care of anything, if you don't, you should withdraw your soldiers to the camp. The old man and Wang Shen has been with Wang Shen for a long time. A certain man is an official of the court. Wang Daosi also respected the old man. At that time, the old man guaranteed the wealth and life of you and your brothers. As for the future, you will never end up. As for As for the other soldiers of the Kong family army, they are willing to follow you and accept themselves, if not, I can’t control so much.”

Liu Fu was still silent, Lu Benzhong said anxiously: "General Liu Fu, you are also aware of the current situation. There is no reinforcements outside, and the food and grass in the city are cut off. Is it possible that you want to watch all the men from Hebei go with Kong Yanzhou, a beast? Die? So, what face will you have when you go to see Jiang Dong’s elders in the future, you can’t be too selfish!”

Liu Fu suddenly came to his senses, and he sighed: "Yes, I had tens of thousands of soldiers under my command when I came from the south of Hebei, most of them were relatives' children. Now there are only a few hundred left. We must not let them all die in this inexplicable place this time. Otherwise, if the elders in my hometown ask me for someone, how should I reply. Master Lu, my mind is already confused, and it is up to you to decide."

Lu Benzhong: "General Liu Fu, where are all your children?"

Liu Fu replied, "They were all stationed at the four gates of Qichun. The north gate had the largest number of soldiers, about [-], and they couldn't gather them all at once. Moreover, when they were all gathered, there was too much commotion."

Lu Benzhong: "Let's go to the north gate first and withdraw all the troops back to the barracks. As for other places, just send someone to notify. I don't need to worry about anything, just stay in the barracks. As for whether Kong Yanzhou can defend Qichun, that's up to you." I don't care what I'm waiting for. He defended, and Wang Shen withdrew his troops. Let's tell Kong, everyone, get together and disperse. With so many soldiers and horses in hand, are you afraid that Kong Yanzhou will use force? If Kong Yanzhou can't hold it, the city will be destroyed. Afterwards, I will go to Wang Shen to say a word, and when the time comes, I will ask him to give me a present and leave the city."

Liu Fu didn't speak any more, just bowed deeply.

Soon, the two climbed up the north gate wall.

After two months of bloody battle, the soldiers in the city were all in tattered clothes and armor, with dejected faces.

Since the Sizhou army adopted a stance of encircling Qichun without fighting, the soldiers have also relaxed a lot.There is no sun today, but the sky is full of dark clouds, and the whole city is like being placed in a steamer.Everyone couldn't stand the heat, so they all climbed up the city wall to welcome the cool wind blowing, and the people and horses gathered together.

Opposite the north gate is a large open space, and there is another official road outside the city, which is the main road connecting Qizhou to Huaixi.It's just that because of the Qi River, Wang Shen was afraid that once the water rose, the troops would be divided in the east of the river.Therefore, only a small number of troops were placed here, and long forts, trenches, and deer villages were built to surround them.

Seeing the two of them going to the city, an officer stepped forward to salute: "I have seen Master Lu and General Liu Fu, but I don't know what orders you two have come here?"

Before Liu Fu could speak, Lu Benzhong asked, "General Gu, who is the leader of the Sizhou Army on the opposite side?"

The officer surnamed Gu said: "If you go back to Master Lu, Wang Shen's front army is outside, and the leading general is Lu Can, the deputy defense envoy of Huangzhou. There are two thousand soldiers." Don't worry, the frontline army is not considered elite among the Sizhou army. Although there are many troops, but relying on the city wall, we can still resist. It's just... just..."

Hearing that it was Lu Can's pick of the striker, Lu Ben was a little disappointed.Originally, he wanted to persuade Liu Fu to open the city gate and surrender to Wang Shen, but Liu Fu refused to do so.Then, the only thing we can do is to persuade him to withdraw all the troops directly under him.As a result, the entire Qichun City will inevitably be empty of troops, with loopholes on all sides. Naturally, Wang Shen will seize this rare opportunity to attack the city and capture Kong Yanzhou in one fell swoop.

Even if Qichun cannot be taken down for a while, Liu Fu's sudden withdrawal of troops will surely arouse Kong Yanzhou's vigilance, and there will definitely be a major civil strife at that time.

No matter what the result is, Qichun City is over.

However, the key to this matter is the cooperation of the Sizhou army. Wang Shen must move quickly, so as not to give Kong Yanzhou a chance to regain his senses and rectify order.

Lu Benzhong stayed in Huangzhou for a long time, and he knew the personalities of the major generals of the Sizhou Army well.Lu Can is upright and strong, but there is one thing wrong with him. He thinks it is safe to do things and refuses to make decisions easily.When the troops at the north gate are withdrawn, the city defenses will be empty. I don't know if Lu Ziyu will seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

It would be great if the leading generals outside were Yue Yun and Hu Yantong, the old man doesn't have such troubles either.

Lu Benzhong asked, "What is it?"

The officer surnamed Gu said: "It's just that the weather is too hot and there is a shortage of water in the army. The soldiers only have a small bowl of well water full of silt every day. If this continues, everyone is almost exhausted. Can you get some water?" Come up."

Hearing what he said, Liu Fu realized that all the soldiers' lips were dry. Everyone looked eager when they heard the word "water".

Liu Fu felt sad and asked, "Gu Fugui, how many years have you been with me?"

Gu Fugui said: "General Liu Fu, you have forgotten that when you were serving as a soldier in your hometown, I was still farming. I heard that the army can drink big bowls of wine and eat meat. It’s been years in the blink of an eye.”

Liu Fu stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, sighing: "Yes, it's been many years. Speaking of which, we are still fellow villagers. I'm really sorry for making you starve. Let's go, gather the soldiers and go back to the camp, I'll call someone Cook two pots of plum soup for the brothers to use."

"That's a good relationship, but, General Liu, the city defense here?" Gu Fugui hesitated.

Liu Fu smiled bitterly: "Don't worry about it, let Kong Yanzhou worry about it."

Before Gu Fugui could say anything, the other soldiers jumped up happily and said in unison: "I'll wait until I die, let's go back to the barracks and drink some soup."

In an instant, hundreds of people rushed down the city wall.

Lu Benzhong stopped two soldiers and said: "You guys go to the other three gates and call all your soldiers back to the camp. Only General Liu Fu will be rewarded."

The two soldiers nodded again and again: "They are all my brothers, how can we forget them, let's go now."

Seeing that the soldiers under Liu Fu's command were scattered, an officer led by Kong Yanzhou was shocked and hurried forward: "General Liu Fu, you have transferred so many troops away, how can you hold them if the Sizhou army comes to fight later?" ? Can the military master know about this?"

Liu Fu said indifferently: "I see the hard work of my soldiers, and I want to reward everyone. It's a little bit of my heart. It's out of my own pocket, so I don't need to tell others."

"But, but... don't go, don't go."

Seeing that he was rude to his own general, Gu Fugui was immediately annoyed, and cursed: "We are almost dying of thirst, we are drinking muddy soup these days, military master, military master, don't use the military master to oppress others. Call us Work hard, you can talk about it with some wine and meat."

"Yes, yes, the emperor still has hungry soldiers?" The other soldiers shouted.

Some people scolded: "What kind of military leader is not a military leader? If you have food, we will recognize you as the master. If you don't give food and clothing, who will recognize you. A soldier eats food, and a soldier eats food. If we don't eat or drink, we might as well farm in our hometown. What are you trying to endure here?"

Speaking of the annoyance, someone suddenly lifted a stick and threw it down, knocking the man unconscious to the ground immediately.

No one stopped them, and the soldiers dispersed in an instant.

Hearing that there was plum soup to drink, not only Liu Fu's troops, but also soldiers from other parts of the city and the conscripted people mixed in, wanting to get a share of the pie.

Immediately, there was no one in sight on the huge north gate wall.

Seeing this situation, Lu Benzhong knew that the broken city was just now.He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and felt complacent: Well, I can finally leave Qichun, the hell on earth...Zhiniang, the old bastard surnamed Kong insulted me too much, today I will take your head to relieve my hatred.It's just that I don't know if that Lu Can can seize this opportunity...

Just as he was thinking, Liu Fu shouted, "Master Lu, let's go!"

"Come on, General Liu Fu, wait for me, old man."

(End of this chapter)