Looking at Lu Xiong's proud smile, Zhu Renxia secretly sneered in his heart.
"The more you laugh wildly now, the more embarrassed you will be when you die. Just laugh wildly!"
Zhu Renxia cleared his throat and sneered: "The mob is just robbing homes and bullying orphans, widows and children. What kind of fighting power can they have?"
"Haha...I love hearing what you say, kid!"
Lu Xiong laughed and patted Zhu Renxia on the shoulder, "Even if there are only 400 people left, I can't kill him casually, right? After all, he has surrendered to the King of Heaven now, and everyone is his own family, so let him take over the fields." Bring Zong Ren to see me."
Zhu Renxia cupped his hands and replied: "Returning to the general, Yang Dali said that he will only wait for you for two hours. If the general is willing to go to see him outside the city for an interview, he will dedicate Tian Zongren to you. If the general does not see him, he will immediately He led his troops to take a detour to Bozhou and personally dedicated Tian Zongren to King Yang Tian."
Lu Xiong was furious, his eyes widened and he said, "You son of a bitch, you are so shameless, right?"
"Yang Dali is really shameless!"
Zhu Renxia looked like it had nothing to do with him. You scolding Yang Dali has nothing to do with me.
Then he said with an extremely sinister and despicable expression: "General Lu, actually this villain has been putting up with him for a long time, and I would like to ask General Lu to help me."
"how do I say this?"
Lu Xiong looked puzzled, wondering what kind of medicine this guy was selling in his gourd?
Zhu Renxia said: "There are more than fifty brothers in this team who are my confidants. However, they are not as powerful as Yang Dali, so I can only accept the humiliation and rely on others. If the general is willing to help me get rid of Yang Dali, I can become the leader of this team." General, I am willing to lead my troops to obey your orders when the time comes."
"Oh...is that so?"
Lu Xiong stroked his beard and fell into deep thought, "I didn't see that you are quite ambitious."
Lu Xiong's men lost more than 800 people in the street fighting last night, which gave him a big headache. He was eager to replenish his strength, and even planned to capture young men in Liping City.
If you can really recruit the bandits from Wulong Mountain under your command, this would be a very good addition.
No matter how rabble-rous these bandits are, no matter how vulnerable they are, they are still desperadoes who have killed people, and they are definitely much better than honest ordinary people!
Zhu Renxia clasped his fists and said: "A good bird chooses a tree to roost in. Yang Dali has no virtue and incompetence. This villain is willing to die for General Lu, just to be a general."
After hearing what Zhu Renxia said, Lu Xiong no longer hesitated: "Okay... I will go out of the city with you to meet Yang Dali. I want to see what conditions he can propose!"
"Cao Bin, I will leave the rectification of Liping City to you for the time being. I will take 200 people to meet Yang Dali."
Lu Xiong patted Cao Bin on the shoulder and said confidently: "Tian Zongren's head can only belong to us!"
Cao Bin cupped his fists and said, "Brother Xiong, be careful and bring more people with you, right?"
"The ragtag group is vulnerable to a single blow. The sixty men who used six hundred men to fight against Tian Zongren lost one-third. How dare he attack me?"
Lu Xiong got on his horse and said, "I'm afraid that I'll bring too many soldiers and horses and scare this guy away!"
Soon, Lu Xiong led two hundred rebels and followed Zhu Renxia out of Liping City from the east gate.
Ding Xiao and others who were waiting outside the city saw Zhu Renxia come out safe and sound, and their hearts fell to the ground.
Zhu Renxia didn't wait for Ding Xiao to speak, then waved his riding crop and said, "Come and see General Lu quickly. He has promised to help me get rid of Yang Dali. I will be the general by then!"
Ding Xiao and others understood, knowing that Lu Xiong had been fooled, and they all clasped their fists and saluted: "See General Lu, we are willing to follow the general's lead."
Lu Xiong nodded with satisfaction: "Is this yours? The quality is good, and it looks quite strong!"
"Haha... From now on, we will have to rely on the general for guidance and guidance."
Zhu Renxia smiled to please him and pointed his horse whip eastward, "Go east along the post road for about twenty miles, and you will see Yang Dali."
"drive!"
Lu Xiong rode his horse and raised his whip, followed by more than thirty cavalrymen, and the rest all ran forward.
A canyon twenty miles away.
Jiang Guanjun raised the Yang banner again and waited for Lu Xiong's arrival.
He also ordered Chen Daoming to lead the fifth company with the weakest combat effectiveness, which was Lao Bazi Company's ambush on the left side of the valley.
Hou Jie was ordered to lead the Sixth Company, known as the "Ape Company", to ambush on the right side of the valley. They each prepared bows, arrows and stones, waiting for the rebels to arrive and then attacked them head-on.
Jiang Guanjun immediately stood under the banner with the word "Yang", followed by Jin Zhu, Ding Xiao's Junzi Company, Xu Le's Fourth Company, and Ouyang Feng's Seventh Company, all waiting in formation.
About an hour and a half after Zhu Renxia left, the scout Pegasus came to report.
"Report to the battalion commander that a troop of troops is coming from the west. The leader is the mayor, followed by a bearded general."
Jiang Guanjun was filled with admiration and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Ren Xia's plan to be successful again. He actually deceived Lu Xiong."
Jin Zhu clenched the scimitar in her hand with joy: "I know this bearded man. He is Lu Xiong, who is known as one of Yang Yinglong's five tiger generals."
After a pause, he said with a smile: "The fifth master is Wolong in Chang'an Town, so the mayor is Fengxiao? As the old saying goes - Wolong and Fengxiao can make the world peaceful. Do we have to do something big? ?”
Xu Le, who was next to him, suggested: "I heard that Lu Xiong is a powerful general under Yang Yinglong. It is better to outwit him than to outwit him, so let me wear Tian Zongren's clothes and pretend to be a prisoner, and take him down in one fell swoop when he is unprepared. This way it will be easier." It can be fought without bloodshed."
Although Jiang Guanjun has absolute confidence in his martial arts, he also knows the principle of "capture the thief first".
If Lu Xiong could be beheaded directly, the rebels would be defeated without a fight, minimizing the casualties suffered by the people on their side.
This is what a qualified general needs to do, instead of showing off his courage like a knight errant and fighting alone against his opponent.
"Okay...just do as you say!"
Jiang Guanjun ordered someone to find a flag as a baggage, wrap Tian Zongren's blood-stained head, and then handed the crimson prefecture robe to Xu Le, asking him to put it on and pretend to be Tian Zongren.
Xu Le smiled "hehe" while getting dressed.
"Hehe... I, Xu Le, have always dreamed of becoming a high official. I can finally have a good time today. This is the official robe of a dignified fourth-grade prefect. It looks really good on me!"
"Then let's tie you up with a rope and see if you're still strong?"
Two Qi soldiers came forward and tied Xu Le with a large five-flowered tie, but left a loose buckle on his back, which could be easily untied by just pulling it with your hands.
Xu Le secretly hid a dagger in his sleeve and sat on the ground waiting for Lu Xiong's arrival.
After a stick of incense, Lu Xiong led two hundred rebels and followed Zhu Renxia to the canyon.
Although I felt that this place was a bit strange, when I saw that the troops on the other side were in disorder and discipline, some were sitting, some were squatting, and some were even lying down and taking a nap. It looked like a ragtag crowd, and I immediately stopped being wary.
"Who is General Yang Dali?"
Lu Xiong stopped his horse's hooves about fifty feet away from the other side, his eyes were stern, and he asked in an arrogant manner.
Jiang Guanjun clasped his fists on his horse and said, "I am Yang Dali. Could it be that you are General Lu Xiong under the command of the King of Heaven?"
"Well... Yang Dali is quite good-looking and has a loud voice."
Lu Xiong groaned in his heart. Unexpectedly, Yang Dali was not the wretched image he imagined, so he immediately stopped looking down on him.
"General Yang, since you have surrendered to the King of Heaven, we are colleagues."
Jiang Guanjun nodded: "Exactly."
Lu Xiong said again: "You were the one who came up with the plan to open the gate of Liping City. You also stole the seals and ribbons and arrows of Jinping County Government. You also captured Tian Zongren. I will report all these to the King of Heaven. I don't know if you still have it." What are you dissatisfied with?"
Jiang Guanjun said: "What I am not satisfied with is that General Cao Shen will not let me participate in the siege, otherwise our brothers from Wulong Mountain will definitely be the first to attack the city."
After a pause, he continued: "What I am asking for, the first credit for this battle should go to General Lu's dispatching and command, followed by me, Yang Dali, and third by General Cao. If the general is willing to agree to my request, we will give Tian Zongren Leave it to you, otherwise I am afraid that the brothers will not agree and will have to escort Tian Zongren to Bozhou to present it to the King of Heaven..."
"Well……"
In Lu Xiong's heart, as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, he must be ranked first in merit. This has been unquestionable throughout the ages.
As for Yang Dali's desire to get a second credit, that is absolutely impossible. The second most credit can only be his own assistant Cao Bin, which affects whether he can be promoted to deputy general.
The mouth is on him, so he agrees to him for the time being, and when he deceives Tian Zongren, when he meets Yang Yinglong in the future, he can say whatever he wants.
