Chang Yu abandoned his boat and changed his horse and headed north from Anqing. He built bridges over water and crossed mountains. He did not harm the people along the way. Although the speed was not as fast as the emergency march, it was much faster than before. Due to the hot weather, it was controlled at 180 per day. Within a few miles, we set up camp at sunset and break camp early in the morning.
After a few days, they arrived outside Luzhou City.
Luzhou and Anqing are both on the edge of mountainous areas. To the southwest are the vast mountains, Yingshan Mountain, Huoshan Mountain, and Shanlian Mountain. At first, Gezuo Wuying and Zhang Xianzhong took root in them to raid and attack surrounding counties. Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo worked with them in the surrounding areas. It took several years.
Now Gezuo Wuying and Zhang Xianzhong have long since left the mountains and settled in the city. One is a local landlord in Jingzhou, and the other has gone to Sichuan to proclaim himself king and emperor. However, the land is still not peaceful. The remaining disciples and disciples are dozens of people, large and small, living in this area for hundreds of miles. There was a commotion in the mountainous areas, which made the people miserable, and the states and counties were also on tenterhooks, fearing that they would make a big attack on the county.
Chang Yu went all the way north, not entering a village or a city on the way. Now that he was outside Luzhou City, Li Muchian suggested that he should go into the city to have a look.
Because there is a big boss in Luzhou City, Liu Liangzuo.
Chang Yu was always confused about whether to kill or not to kill this guy with a deep palace, or when to kill him.
If you don’t enter the city, you won’t see me!
It was noon when they arrived in Luzhou, and the team rested in the woods beside Chaohu Lake outside the city. The weather was hot and the soldiers went down to the lake to play in the water, and Chang Yuzi was among them.
After enjoying themselves, they closed their eyes and rested in the shade of the trees by the lake. Kuang Ren led one person over, who was the Jin Yiwei from Luzhou City.
In the Ming Dynasty, wherever there are people, there are Jinyi guards who monitor local surveillance officials, not to mention generals like Liu Liangzuo, who are the main targets.
Liu Liangzuo had been very low-key and honest for most of the past six months. He almost never left home in the city, but he did not do nothing. He sent his subordinates to garrison Tongcheng, Shucheng and other prefectures and counties to crack down on bandits and bandits. He also took the initiative to send troops into the mountains to clean up, which severely hit the mountainous areas. The thieves' arrogance prevented them from doing anything arbitrarily, and their scale was reduced from dozens of stocks to six or seven stocks.
After listening to Jin Yiwei's report, a smile appeared on Chang Yu's lips. It was effective to scare the monkeys.
Liu Zeqing is the chicken, and Liu the flower horse is the monkey.
The death of the chicken made Huama Liu feel extremely frightened. The warlord who held a heavy army and divided one side, who was once so powerful that he even dismissed the imperial edict, actually died on the word of death, and his death was unclear.
Thinking about himself again, how could he not be afraid.
He can also feel that there is a knife hanging over his head, which can kill him at any time, and there are only two ways to save his life, behaving like a cow to show his loyalty, or turning the team against him.
But at this time, there were too many people expressing their loyalty to the imperial eunuch, so it was difficult to get them to change their minds, but what if they wanted to do the opposite?
It's not that Liu Liangzuo hasn't thought about it, but after thinking about it, he feels that the risk factor is too high.
Although there are soldiers, generals, food and grass, people and people, there is no right time and place!
Let’s talk about the timing first. The great eunuch came out of nowhere and swept away the gods and Buddhas everywhere in just one year. Now the Tatars have rolled out of the customs and are unable to protect themselves. Li Chuang shook hands and made peace. Zhang Xianzhong hid in the deep mountains and old forests. Who can do it at this time? Anyone who opposes them will become a young man and become a target of firepower.
Besides, Li Chuang was very powerful at that time, claiming to have millions of soldiers, and Tatars entered the customs. Bai Wang approached Nanjing to provide assistance, but he was beaten to pieces by the eunuch. Now that he has no assistance, rebellion is equivalent to fighting against the eunuch. Given the choice, Liu Zeqing considered himself no match.
Let’s talk about the geographical advantage. If I were in Wuchang and Jingzhou, I could directly go to Sichuan to join a group, or I could work alone. But now that I am in Luzhou, I can go to the old territory of Yingshan Zhangezuo Fifth Battalion to start a rebellion?
Good guy, he could have predicted that when he entered the mountain, the eunuch would mobilize surrounding soldiers and horses to surround the mountain, then close the door and beat the dogs. He really had nowhere to run if he wanted to, especially since Huang Degong was there. Anqing, he knows the terrain of the mountains very well.
After weighing the pros and cons, luckily I got the upper hand. If I wanted to kill him, I would have killed him long ago or killed him together with Liu Zeqing. There is no need to kill Liu Zeqing and beat myself up. Since beating it means that I don't have to kill him, as long as I keep my attitude low. There is still room for improvement if you do your job well.
The eunuch is a pragmatic guy, so he should be more practical.
So in the past six months, Huama Liu seemed to be a different person.
"Duoji" Chang Yu glanced at the monk who had just climbed out of the water: "Do you think you can really become a Buddha immediately by putting down the butcher's knife?"
Duoji shook his head: "That's not what the monk said, it was what the Buddha said..." Before he could finish his words, Kuang Ren flew into the water and kicked him into the water. Wuzhong looked at him and shook his head. A monk drinks three times a day, but this guy has a whole day. Three beatings...
After resting by the lake for more than an hour, Chang Yu broke out of camp and left, less than ten miles away. There was an urgent report from behind that numerous horsemen were chasing him, and they verified that they were Liu Liangzuo's men.
"The Commander-in-Chief is on his way here, so he asked me to come first to accuse him. I don't know that the Governor is here to welcome you from afar."
"Master Du Gong said, I have too many important things to do to disturb General Liu in the city, so you can go ahead." Tu Yuan waved away the cavalry, and they didn't even see Chang Yu's face.
"Huama Liu's reaction is a little slow," Li Muchian muttered beside the car.
"Don't be slow. We are more than ten miles outside the city and not under the city, and it's only for an hour." Chang Yu said lightly. Li Muchian didn't take it seriously: "We walked all the way through Tongcheng, Lujiang, and Shucheng, and we didn't deliberately hide our identities. , those are all under his jurisdiction, it is impossible not to hear the news in advance and not make preparations. Under normal circumstances, we would go out ten miles to meet the enemy, instead of finding out after walking ten miles."
Chang Yu stopped talking and asked after a while: "Why does the Taoist think he is like this?"
"Pretending not to know" Li Muchian smiled.
Chang Yu also smiled: "Little Daoer."
After traveling for dozens of miles, the team was resting on the roadside. Liu Liangzuo's men came again. Everyone was panting and sweating: "My lord, the commander-in-chief, I have given you a hundred taels of gold."
Looking at the glittering golden light in the sun, Tu Yuan swallowed his mouth and shouted angrily: "How dare you pay bribes to ask that pretty Liu who knows how to live or die!"
Those people were so frightened that they knelt down: "No, no, no, general, don't misunderstand. This is not a bribe, but a supply to the Dongchang Wei brothers as usual."
Although it is not expressly stipulated in the law, it is indeed a common practice to provide food and fodder to passing soldiers and horses.
The premise is that the local government takes the initiative to supply. If someone gives you a favor, if you don't give it, it's a duty. If you don't give it, it's a robbery. In normal years, as long as a passerby opens his mouth, the local government will be interested.
But now is the time of war, and the landlords don’t have much food left. Who will give it to you if you are unfamiliar with it? Therefore, in the past ten years or so, it has often happened that the two sides have been at odds or even started fighting because of the lack of supplies. Liu Zeqing was responsible for this. Liu Liangzuo did it, Huang Degong did it, Gao Jie did it, but the worst one was Liu Zeqing, who burned, killed and plundered directly outside the city without giving him permission.
After Chang Yu came to power, he slightly changed his voice, that is, the local government still may not provide supplies to passing soldiers and horses, but it will definitely supply supplies to the East Factory Guards. There are also cases where they may not actively provide supplies to you, but they will definitely provide supplies as long as you open your mouth.
The reason is self-evident.
So Liu Liangzuo said it was for supplies, but you can't fault him.
Of course, five to six hundred people gave a hundred taels of gold supplies, this...
how? Of course not much. Remember when Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, came to Beijing to report on his duties, Liu Zeqing directly gave him 20,000 taels of "transportation money" when he passed through Shandong.
At dusk, in the Luzhou General Military Mansion, Liu Zeqing paced back and forth at the entrance of the lobby with his hands behind his back. He had been restless all afternoon, or he had started to have a headache since yesterday.
He naturally got the news about the Dongchang Guard crossing the border. If soldiers and horses usually crossed the border, it might not have reached his ears so quickly, or even reported to him. But the identity of the Dongchang Guard was different. Someone saw the black tiger. Yingqi rushed to report.
The Dongchang Guards were more of the emperor's personal soldiers than the great eunuch's personal soldiers. Wherever he went, it was almost as if the great eunuch was personally present, but whether he was there or not, he had to say hello politely.
So when the news was sent to Luzhou, Liu Liangzuo was shocked at first and panicked. He was really scared.
what to do?
After discussing it with my confidants, we decided to pretend not to know, receive him when he comes, and chase after him when he leaves.
In this way, you can establish a new character. He is busy with official duties and has many things to do. He is busy with military affairs every day and has no time to do that kind of thing. His mind is not on that and doing serious things.
Of course, this little trick deceived Chang Yu for a while, but was seen through by the veteran Li Muchian.
The call of "Sir" made him tremble uncontrollably. One of his subordinates hurried over, sweating profusely. Liu Zeqing hurriedly ran down the steps: "Can you accept it?"
"Take it," the subordinate said quickly.
Liu Zeqing's face relaxed and he took a long breath: "What did he say?"
"No" the subordinate shook his head.
Well, Liu Zeqing raised his eyebrows: "How do you look?"
"I didn't see anyone. I only saw General Tu from Black Tiger Camp twice."
Oh, Liu Zeqing nodded slightly, waved away his men, and looked at the sunset in the distance in trance.
