Chapter 81 Light the Next City

Xiao Tianjian did not expect that Lu's county would be taken in such a way. Originally, he was ready to fight hard for a few days to conquer the county. Even the battalions had been mobilized before reaching Lu's county, but when they rushed outside Lu's county with murder, he found that There is nothing to fight here.

As the pioneer cavalry, before the main force arrived, it had controlled the gates here and blocked the crazy soldiers in the city.

It was not until this time that the rebels realized that it was time to run away, but it was too late. Under the condition of no organization, they could not use any strength at all. Unexpectedly, even the defense line of the thin Xingtian cavalry guarding the gate could not break through. When Zhao Er donkey led the infantry to arrive, the chaotic soldiers in the city It's even more difficult to rush out of the city to escape.

Situ Liang was also fierce enough. After Zhao Erlu arrived, he handed over the city gate to Zhao Erlu's subordinates to guard, and he led the headquarters cavalry to let go of the south gate of Lushi County and withdrew the cavalry outside the city.

These soldiers, who had been frightened for a long time, were already at a loss because they were blocked in the city. When they learned that the South Gate was released, they ignored the belongings they had robbed, rushed to the South Gate one after another, squeezed out of the South Gate one after another, and ran away from the South Gate like a bomb.

This time fell into the hands of Situ Liang's cavalry. Under the command of Situ Liang, these cavalrymen were also scattered out and began to play the game of cat and mouse hunting. The soft soldiers with their legs on their backs, how could they run over their four-legged war horses! As a result, after leaving the city, they became the target of the Xingtian cavalry.

One by one, the chaotic soldiers were chased and cut to the ground by the roaring cavalry. They cried and cried. They didn't even have any room for resistance, and even knelt down and begged for mercy. They were still turned to the ground with a knife by these Xingtian cavalrymen who had already killed their red eyes.

When Xiao Tianjian led his troops to arrive at Lu's county, the bodies of the corpses of the riot soldiers were already everywhere outside the city. Among them, there were also some of the bodies of some splashers in the city mixed with it. Seeing that the people who ran out of the city in front of them were killed so miserably, the remaining riot soldiers in the city were so scared that they peed their pants. I don't dare to run away from the city anymore. I can only cry and hide in the city and pray for God's blessing. Don't let them be killed like this.

At this time, the riot soldiers who began to rob in the city found that their identity had completely lost. After the Xing Tianjun arrived, they became the weak ones who were slaughtered.

After learning about the situation in the city, Xiao Tianjian directly ordered the army to enter the city without saying a word, appeased the situation in Lu's county as quickly as possible, and searched for those evil soldiers in the city and the skins who took advantage of the chaos. For these people, Xiao Tianjian did not care about them. He ordered that as long as he caught one Kill one by one, and the head hangs directly on the street to deter those restless people in the city.

As a result, less than half a day after Xing Tianjun entered the city, he completely stabilized the situation in Lu's county. The rebels and splashes hiding in the homes of the people were exposed by the people, and they were immediately killed on the spot or caught on the street by the members of the Xing Tianjun, showing off in public.

In this way, the city of Lushi County has regained stability again. Originally, the people in the city were almost desperate. As soon as the officials ran away, the soldiers began to rob in the city. Many people' homes were destroyed, and then the Xing Tianjun entered the city. The people in these cities thought they were There will be another greater looting, but it is not expected that the generals of the Xingtian Army, which they regard as a thief's army, are not as they think at all. As soon as they enter the city, they immediately began to enforce martial law along the street and search for those soldiers who harmed the people and the skins. At the same time, these members of the Xingtian Army have very strict military discipline. Without robbery, spoiling women, and not forced into people's houses, he stabilized the situation in the city at a very fast speed, and killed those who threw the turbulent soldiers in the city.

Soon, Xing Tianjun won the hearts of the people in the city. Some ordinary people spontaneously identified the people who took advantage of the chaos in the city that day, told Xing Tianjun the hiding place of some people who escaped from the net, and some of the rebels who took off their uniforms were also identified one by one, and these chaotic soldiers who were the evil side. Don't kill a clean one.

What surprised the people in Lushi County was that after Xing Tianjun entered the city to clean up the rebels in the city and stabilized the public security in the city, he immediately left a few troops to maintain public security in the city. Most of the rest of the soldiers quickly withdrew from the city and camped outside the city, with little disturbance to the people. This kind of thing is almost unbelievable. The government has repeatedly told the people how ferocious these thieves are and how greedy they are. However, when they see Xing Tianjun's every move, they find that the information indoctrined by the government before has been subverted, and the officers and soldiers have become On the contrary, the scourge of the evil side is that Xing Tianjun, a civilian army called a thief by the government, has become a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. On the contrary, he came to save them when they were in danger.

Even some big families in the city, after Xing Tianjun entered the city, they sincerely took out some food and other things at home and gave them to Xing Tianjun to express their gratitude.

However, although Xing Tianjun did not disturb the people, he seized a large amount of fine and soft money from the chaotic soldiers and splashing skins. For these trophies, Xiao Tianjian was not kind enough to return them to the bitter masters, and all of them were filled into the Xing Tianjun and accepted by Xiao Tianjian.

To some extent, the scourge of these soldiers and bandits in the city has helped Xing Tianjun. On the one hand, they have harvested a large amount of soft property, but on the other hand, they have harvested the hearts of the people in the county. If not, it is really inconvenient for Xiao Tianjian to do this kind of thing in order to buy the hearts of the local people after capturing Lu's County. Love.

After inventorying the warehouses of the county government, Xiao Tianjian found that those officials were too anxious to clean up their own homes and ran away. The things in these warehouses basically did not move. Later, after the officials ran away, although the soldiers also thought of the warehouse, their main goals were focused on The treasury doesn't care much about the warehouse that stores military equipment and grain. Nowadays, it goes without saying that the treasury has been swept away by the rebels for a long time. However, the armory and grain warehouse have basically fallen into the hands of Xing Tianjun, and Xiao Tianjian has obtained a lot of materials. At least he can maintain the Xingtian Army for a short time. Action here.

After Xiao Tianjian stabilized the situation in Lu's County, he immediately summoned his generals in the camp to discuss the next step. What is different from the situation in Yongning County is that Lu's County is relatively easy to control, except for the north and south roads. Outside Lushi County, the rest of the large areas can't be entered from the outside. To some extent, the terrain here is a little similar to that of Yangcheng, Shanxi, which is a good rear base.

Moreover, almost half of the current hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland in Lushi County have been sealed to Luoyang King Fu. As his fief, the rest of the land is basically concentrated in the hands of five or six gentry. Almost all the people are working as tenants for them, relying on farming for them to make a living, so land reform is carried out in this area. Compared with other places, it is much more convenient and easy to get the support of the people.

Therefore, after Xiao Tianjian took the Lu's county seat, he began to arrange his soldiers and horses to spread out the five giants in Lu's county to remove them.

In this operation, Xiao Tianjian sent out the two battalions of Luo Li and Li Shuanzhu, leaving only the Guards to guard Lushi County. The artillery and the engineering company also sent them two battalions to cooperate with them to attack the Zhuangbao of Huangzhuang and the heroes in Lushi County.

After the generals took the order, they did not delay. The next morning, they all ordered all the soldiers and horses, rushed to the targets like a whirlwind, and launched a sweep of the whole territory of Lushi County.

And the clerks who accompanied the army were not idle. They were immediately spread out and set out with the army, spreading Xing Tianjun's various policies on the people along the way.

Looking at the batches of soldiers and generals under his command leaving the camp, Xiao Tianjian sighed a little. Judging from the situation here in Lushi County, the control ability of the Ming court in many prefectures and counties in many places is already quite weak. The government can no longer effectively exercise control over the local areas, and the local tyrants are also There is a common phenomenon in troubled times. They began to build forts and villages, build villages to protect themselves, and no longer listen to the dispatch of local officials. In this way, the foundation of Daming became more unstable. For them, it was much more convenient for them to act.

Speaking of which, it was really unlucky for Fuwang to meet the Xingtian Army. Previously, his grain shipping fleet and the merchant fleet of Wangfu were repeatedly attacked by the Xingtian Army. Now he leads his troops south into Henan. The Lu family fell, and Fu Wang suddenly lost a large area of good land. If he continues to expand like this, Fu Wang I'm afraid the days will get worse and worse.

At this time, Jiang Qin, who was sent by Xiao Tianjian some time ago, rushed all the way from Yongning County to Lushi County. After Xiao Tianjian heard that he was coming, he immediately returned to the camp to summon Jiang Qin.

As soon as he saw Jiang Qin, who was covered in dust and his face was frozen blue and purple, he felt a little uneasy and felt that something bad might have happened. Otherwise, Jiang Qin would not have to be so embarrassed and chased him all the way here.

So he immediately asked Tietou to prepare ginger soup for Jiang Qin to warm him up, and immediately asked Jiang Qin, "But what's the big deal? Did you get here in such a hurry?"

Jiang Qin, with a frosty face, was stiff and saluted Xiao Tianjian. He immediately shook his head and replied, "Don't worry, general. There is no bad news. It's basically good news!"

Xiao Tianjian was relieved when he heard this, so he smiled and asked Jiang Qin to sit down and talk. Let's have a cup of hot tea first.