After receiving the summons from the messenger, Zhu Renxia rode his horse into the city gate.
In order to dispel Lu Xiong's doubts, he left all his followers, including Ding Xiao, outside the city and entered Liping City alone.
There are two reasons why Zhu Renxia is so confident.
First: He has met Lu Xiong many times and gained a certain amount of his trust. As long as his intentions are not revealed, Lu Xiong will never embarrass himself.
Second: That is Chang'an Tianzun looking at him in the sky. With his old man's gaze, Zhu Renxia believes that no one can hurt him.
"Zhu Renxia, go with peace of mind, no one can hurt you as long as I am here!"
Because Zhu Renxia did not enter Liping City, the vision in the box remained in the dark wilderness.
Zhu Changan, who was bored, had no choice but to do some exercise with Fang Rou and practice his acupuncture skills.
In recent times, she has not called Yang Nan, a slave, and she has not even contacted him.
This made Zhu Changan a little curious, why is this money-greedy woman so calm?
After daybreak in the box, Zhu Renxia brought more than ten people to Liping City. Zhu Changan lit a cigarette and sat down to watch again, so as to protect Zhu Renxia at all times.
"Tianzun, please rest assured, I believe Lu Xiong will not hurt me."
Zhu Renxia rode into the city and communicated with Zhu Changan from his heart.
In the past six months, he has mastered communicating with Tianzun with his heart, no longer having to keep talking with his head raised to the sky.
The advantage of doing this is that it is more concealed and will not let people around you know what content you are communicating with Tianzun.
The disadvantage is that sometimes the communication is ineffective. Either Tianzun cannot hear his own voice, or he cannot hear Tianzun's voice.
"Go, I will watch you from heaven."
The communication went smoothly this time, and Tianzun's voice came to Zhu Renxia's mind.
This made him more confident and calm, and he rode his horse down the post-war streets without any rush.
It was already bright now.
The morning sun rises from the east, casting a bright light.
After the war, Liping City was in chaos. The streets and alleys were filled with corpses of those killed in battle, lying on the ground in a mess.
There were broken weapons, burned flags, and coagulated blood stains everywhere.
The doors of many robbed houses were open, and the dilapidated couplets were blown by the cold wind, conveying a sense of solemnity.
It is very likely that the owner has suffered an accident and died in the hands of the rebels.
"Alas... I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me!"
Zhu Renxia sighed in his heart, and became more determined to kill Lu Xiong and avenge these innocent people.
Following the messenger, he walked another five or six miles and arrived at the place where Lu Xiong stayed.
At this moment, he was discussing the next plan with some officials under his command. Should he abandon Liping City and only transport the baggage and food back to Bozhou, or should he stay and hold on to the city?
Lu Xiong couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he had to send an envoy to return to Bozhou quickly to ask for the king's opinion.
"Report to General Lu, Jiang Renxia will bring him."
The ordering soldier turned over and dismounted, shouting at the top of his voice.
"Meet General Lu."
Zhu Renxia clasped his fists with both hands and bowed respectfully to Lu Xiong.
"Haha...we meet again!"
Lu Xiong stroked his thick beard and laughed, "Your idea is very good. I was able to capture Liping so easily. I should thank you very much. Tell me, what do you want?"
"To serve the general is to serve the king."
Zhu Renxia showed a harmless expression, "It is a blessing for a villain to gain the general's trust. How dare I just say thank you."
"Good boy, I like your mouth." Lu Xiong put his hands on his hips, "You said the news about Arita Zongren, are you serious?"
"Reporting to the general, Tian Zongren escaped from the east gate and happened to bump into our team. He has been captured alive."
Zhu Renxia was smiling all over his face, trying his best to put on a flattering expression.
Although he hated this expression, in order to trick Lu Xiong into taking the bait, he could only work hard at acting.
Lu Xiong was not surprised, because this was within his expectation, "Yes, being able to catch Tian Zongren can be considered a credit."
Then the conversation changed and he pointed to Cao Bin beside him: "But, the person who asked you to set up an ambush at the East City Gate is General Cao. In terms of merit, he is the first, and you are second. Do you have any opinions?"
Cao Bin and Lu Xiong grew up in the same village, so Lu Xiong shamelessly tried his best to support him, and even wanted to give all the credit to this young boy.
"no comment."
Zhu Renxia clasped his fists and bowed to Cao Bin, "Originally, it was General Cao Shen who was so good at predicting events that we were able to catch Tian Zongren. Naturally, it was General Cao Shen who made the first move. If we can make a second move, we will be very satisfied." .”
Cao Bin showed a satisfied smile and patted Zhu Renxia on the shoulder: "Haha... you are smart enough, I will protect you from now on. If you are not comfortable under your general Yang Shen, come to me and do it A personal soldier."
"Since you caught Tian Zongren, why didn't you escort him to see me?" Lu Xiong stopped smiling and asked solemnly.
Zhu Renxia showed a flattering smile and lowered his voice: "The thing is, Yang Dali was not allowed to participate in the siege battle, which made him very dissatisfied."
"Is that so?"
Lu Xiong touched his beard and fell into deep thought.
To be honest, Cao Bin did not let the people from Wulong Mountain enter the city, which was indeed a bit unreasonable.
Cao Bin hurriedly explained: "I am afraid that reinforcements will cut off our retreat, and I want you to intercept Tian Zongren. Otherwise, Tian Zongren would have run away long ago, and you would not have made this contribution."
"Of course I understand the good intentions of General Lu and General Cao, but our General Yang does not understand. He is very dissatisfied and even angry." Zhu Renxia said with an embarrassed look.
Lu Xiong's eyes widened and he roared: "Then what does he want to do? Could it be that he wants to let Tian Zongren go? If he dares to do this, I will cut off his head and use it as a ball!"
Zhu Renxia continued to laugh, and he could even feel that the muscles on his face were sore from laughing.
But in order to trick Lu Xiong into taking the bait, he could only try his best to play a flattering villain, "To be honest, General Yang Shen plans to escort Tian Zongren directly to Bozhou and dedicate him to King Yang Tian."
"He dares?"
Lu Xiong punched the bare poplar tree next to him, causing the tree trunk to shake violently and the dry bark to fly everywhere.
"What qualifications does he have to meet the King of Heaven? Do you believe that I will kill him?"
Although it was Liping City that Cao Bin entered first, the strategy of attacking the city was planned by Wulongshan. The seals and arrows in Jinping County were snatched by people from Wulongshan, and they captured Tian Zongren.
If Yang Yinglong rewards based on merit, then the first merit is Yang Dali's, and Cao Bin has the most multiple merits. This is absolutely unacceptable to Lu Xiong.
Zhu Renxia smiled and said: "I support General Lu from the bottom of my heart. I know that you are the main general in the attack on Liping. According to the rules, General Yang Shen should dedicate Tian Zongren to you. But we, General Yang Shen, don't listen to me. I want to say whatever I want. , finally persuaded him to stop."
"He promised to meet with you first to discuss the distribution of the credit. If he is satisfied, he will leave Tian Zongren to your disposal. If he is not satisfied, he will escort Tian Zongren to Bozhou to present it to the King of Heaven."
"In that case, let Yang Dali come to see me!"
Although Lu Xiong tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, his livid face truly reflected his heart.
Zhu Renxia believed that if Yang Dali stood in front of him at this moment, he would most likely be decapitated with a knife.
But Yang Dali is no longer in the world, so it must be Lu Xiong who dies!
"Returning to the general, Yang Dali is cunning and suspicious by nature. He knows that doing this will definitely offend you, so he refuses to enter the city no matter what." Zhu Renxia clasped his hands in his fists, bent down, and said respectfully.
Lu Xiong snorted coldly: "Don't he have soldiers? Can I still eat him?"
Zhu Renxia explained: "There are only more than 400 people left under General Yang. He dare not come because he is afraid that the general will embarrass him."
"Didn't you say that there are five or six hundred bandits in Wulong Mountain?" Lu Xiong's tone revealed a trace of impatience.
"There were indeed five or six hundred people there before."
"Then why are there only more than 400 people left now?"
"I fought with Tian Zongren last night!"
Cao Bin frowned: "How many people did Tian Zongren take to escape from the city, and you lost nearly two hundred people?"
"Less than two hundred people were lost!"
"To be precise, more than 130 people died, and more than 50 people were frightened and fled."
Zhu Renxia first narrated the battle situation, and finally answered Cao Bin's question, "Tian Zongren brought about fifty or sixty people. Our army spent a lot of effort to annihilate them all and capture Tian Zongren alive."
"Haha... what a rabble!"
Lu Xiong laughed loudly, with disdain in his eyes, "You have five or six hundred people. Facing Tian Zongren's fifty or sixty people, which is ten times the enemy, you actually lost nearly two hundred people?"
