Chapter 90 Shrinking Turtle

Liu Ruming rubbed his hands, and his face was gloomy. He lowered his head and no one knew what he was thinking. More than a dozen people also looked at Liu Ruming nervously, waiting for him to make an idea about what to do.

"Adult! Whether to fight or go to Ruyang, you should make an idea quickly! The thief army has now arrived in the south of the city and is less than 20 miles away from here. If you wait any longer, it will be too late!" A Mr. Qian said with an impatient face and holding a fist to Liu Ruming.

Liu Ruming suddenly raised his head and said, "What's the hurry? We're not going anywhere, just stay here in Yichuan!"

Another Mr. Qian immediately said, "But didn't the magistrate ask me to rescue Ruyang as soon as possible? If we stay here, will we be scolded by those people above for not saving us?

Liu Ruming was the deputy general of Guide Mansion. This time, he was ordered by Wang Jiazhen to lead his troops to come to Luoyang to deal with the Xing Tianjun. However, after Liu Ruming led his troops to Yichuan County, he no longer advanced towards Yongning. Even Yiyang did not go, so he did not continue to act on the grounds that he was short of military food and had to wait for raising military food and salaries.

Originally, Liu Ruming thought he would stay in Yichuan County for a while to see the limelight, but he didn't expect that he didn't want to fight, but Xing Tianjun took the initiative to come to him.

When he heard the news that the thief army turned from Song County to Yichuan, and the thief army crossed Henan and went straight to Ruyang County, Liu Ruming suddenly had a big head. At this time, all his good intentions fell empty again.

This time, he was ordered to come to Luoyang to suppress bandits. In order to ensure that there would be no situation of being beaten by the Xing Tianjun, Liu Ruming thought for a lot of time and sent details to Yongning and Lu's area in advance to inquire about the news. He came to the conclusion that if Xing Tianjun moves again this year, it is also very He may send troops to Yiyang to threaten Luoyang City. At that time, he will have the opportunity to take advantage of the weakness of the thief army in Yongning County to lead his troops into Yongning and seize Yongning or the Lu family. In this way, he can make great contributions.

This is also the reason why he stayed in Yichuan and refused to move again. He would not run to fight against the attack of the Xingtian army with Wang Shaoyu's soldiers in Yiyang!

He is very clear about the level of the 5,000 officers and soldiers he brought. If he defends the city, he is estimated to be able to use it, but he doesn't even think about it at all to let these people fight in the wild. Guan Ning under Zu Kuan's command is powerful enough! However, when he met Xing Tianjun, he still returned with heavy losses. Now he had to clean up the remnants and run back to Lushan to stay, so he didn't think that with his men, he could beat Xing Tianjun to pieces.

But he didn't want to make trouble, but he had something to do. He didn't want to provoke Xing Tianjun, but Xing Tianjun came to the door himself, which made Liu Ruming really not think of it, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Now his generals are waiting for him to come up with an idea. After looking forward and backward for a long time, Liu Ruming made up his mind.

"This is the trick of the thief army. They want to enter Ruyang with troops, lure me and others to send troops, and then attack us back and forth to eat! He will have something to do with his life outside. As soon as Feng Yijun touched his mouth in Luoyang City, he let us go to Ruyang to die. You know, we have thousands of lives. How can I, Liu Ruming, act carelessly? Don't say more, strictly guard the camp, and no one is allowed to ask to fight without authorization! It's a great achievement to hold down this group of thieves here. Once we leave, won't Yichuan fall into the hands of the thief? Liu Ruming waved his hand and asked the generals not to say anything more, and immediately ordered the door to be closed and not to fight.

After Luo Li and Liu Bao led their troops to Yichuan County, they immediately set up the camp five miles away from the official army camp. While arranging sentries to monitor the actions of the officers and soldiers, they quickly camped on the spot to prepare for the counterattack of the officers and soldiers.

However, until Xing Tianjun set up the camp, he did not see a soldier or a soldier in the army's camp. He just watched them stop the camp. Even if Liu Baodang pointed to the army's battalion, he smiled at Luo Li and said, "Brother Luo, the officers and soldiers on this road also look good, but they don't like it! Seeing that our troops are not superior, we dare not go out of the camp to fight, and we didn't pull out the camp south to Ruyang. I guess the enemy will make up his mind to be a shrinking turtle and stay here!"

Luo Li looked back at the basically formed camp and said with a smile, "Brother Liu is right. Most of the officers and soldiers are good at the outside. After we overturned Zu Kuan's headquarters in the first battle in Liuquan Town, we were so scared that we were egged. How dare to come out and fight against us! Ha ha! Whether he is a shrinking turtle or not, if our two battalions come here this time, we can't let him stay here! If they don't come out tomorrow, let's curse and force them out!"

Liu Bao nodded and said, "Brother Luo said that although the general ordered me to just contain the officers and soldiers this time, we can't just work with them here. He can't shrink his head, so let's smash his turtle shell and force them out!"

The next morning, Luo Li and Liu Bao led the troops out of the camp. A team went to the outside of the officer's army battalion to set up a position, but the officers and soldiers were still huddled in the camp without any movement, but they sent a lot of soldiers to strengthen their defense in the camp and had no intention of coming out to fight at all.

Luo Li rushed to the front of the official army camp. He scolded and asked the officers and soldiers to come out to fight, but after scolding for a long time, he roared that Luo Li's mouth was dry. The officers and soldiers were like they couldn't kick a fart with three feet. They didn't care about it in the camp and had no intention of leaving the camp at all. Luo Lizong rushed straight to the camp of the officers and soldiers. As a result, the officers and soldiers Immediately, the cannons sounded in the camp and rumbled towards Luo Li. Liu Bao saw that Luo Li was in danger, and immediately ordered Ming Jin. After Luo Li heard the sound of Ming Jin, he had no choice but to return to this array.

"Brother Luo can't take such a risk anymore. Once Brother Luo makes a mistake, I'm afraid it will be a great blow to the morale of our army. The officers and soldiers are unwilling to come out to fight! These shrinking turtles seem to be settled today!" Liu Bao said to Luo Li, who rushed back to this battle.

Luo Li said carelessly, "I'm afraid of them!" How can their rotten cannons hurt me? Humph! Brother Liu, don't worry! Damn, it seems that the officers and soldiers on this road are all castrates, and they are all eggless guys! Don't say anything and come out to fight! Brother Liu, let's talk about it. What should we do? Otherwise, let's set up a cannon and kick these turtles out and pull them down!"

Liu Bao smiled and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. This group of officers and soldiers are determined to be turtles. I'm afraid that even if they are bombarded, they can't be bombarded. Besides, there are not many cannons, and we don't necessarily take advantage of them. What's more, the ammunition we brought this time is limited. It's better not to waste it. !"

Luo Li scratched his head and said helplessly, "That's right. Is it so difficult for us to spend time with their grandchildren here?" We will spend dozens of stones of grain in a day! They can afford it, but we can't afford it!"

Liu Bao touched the beard of his chin, thought for a while and suddenly laughed and said to Luo Li, "What should I do? According to our marshal, it's a salad! Hey hey! If they don't come out and pull down, we can do what we should do! Yichuan County is so big that there are several big villages near here alone. Since they dare not come out, let's go to the Zhuangbao in two ways! Look at the two villages, get some grain to eat and drink first, and see if these bastards can't come out!"

After Luo Li thought about it, his face slowed down a lot. He smiled and nodded and said, "Brother Liu is very right. They are the shrinking turtles, so we won't spend time with them here!" Well, I will lead the brothers of the second battalion to stay here and keep an eye on this group of officers and soldiers. Brother Liu, you work hard and lead your brothers of the fourth battalion to beat the big families here in Yichuan! Let them force this group of officers and soldiers to come out and play with us!"

After the two agreed, they began to take action that day. Luo Li continued to lead the troops to stay in the local area, continued to go out of the camp every day, staring at Liu Ruming's troops, so that he did not dare to move. Liu Bao immediately led the soldiers and horses of the camp, left the camp, and rushed straight to a nearby village called Liushutun.

Liushutun was originally a village in the southwest of Yichuan County. Later, the good land here was occupied by an official with a high surname. Originally, dozens of households in the village have now become tenants who have returned to their hometowns. What's more, the officials with the surname Gao have invaded and occupied more land in the first few years, so there was chaos in Henan. After that, the official surnamed Gao built a big village in Liushutun and raised nearly 200 Zhuangding to protect Zhuang. It was not without the idea of Liushutun before, but they were all beaten back by Zhuangding led by this family surnamed Gao. In addition, their family is also very powerful in the local area. As long as there are thieves to attack Liushutun, The government often sends troops to rescue, so no matter how chaotic the local scene is, Liushutun has not been broken, but it is very safe.

But this time the situation is different from usual. The arrival of the Xing Tianjun made the local officials in Yichuan County shrink into the county and dare not come out to fight with the Xing Tianjun. At the same time, Liu Ruming's troops were stationed outside the city. Even Liu Ruming did not dare to fight with the Xing Tianjun, not to mention the local Yichuan. The garrison.

Originally, Gao thought that his family was close to Liu Ruming's camp. Coupled with his identity, Liu Ruming's officers and soldiers did not dare to provoke them in Liushutun. With such an army sitting here, he thought that his Zhuangzi should be very safe, and the thief army should not dare to attack Zhuang easily.

However, he didn't think that Liu Ruming made a soft egg this time. As soon as the thief army came, he closed the door tightly and did not dare to fight. Instead, he forced the thief army to rush directly to his house.

When he learned that the thief army rushed to Zhuangzi all the way, the senior man was so scared that his hands and feet were cold. On the same time, he quickly sent his family to the county to ask for help. On the other hand, he sent people to Liu Ruming's camp and asked Liu Ruming for help. At the same time, he quickly sent Zhuang Ding to the Zhuang wall, put up several earth cannons and a nine-headed bird, and made The posture of fighting to the end.

Liu Baoke will not be polite to Gao. Since he came to Henan, he has not fought a decent battle. Now that he has the opportunity to perform in the fourth battalion, how can he keep it? After he led his troops to Liushutun, even if the cannon began to attack the village.

Although the Fourth Battalion is not satisfied with the formation at present, there are only three companies, but it is enough to deal with Zhuangzi like Liushutun. First, a few three-pound guns of the direct artillery team are bombarded, which made the Zhuangding people in the village jump, and then there are several rounds of guns, and the wall is basically gone. Zhuang Ding, before the knife player began to lift the ladder to attack Zhuang, Zhuangmen was opened by a group of anti-water Zhuang Ding from the inside and sent the master out of Zhuangzi.

Liu Bao is so depressed! This battle was really boring to the extreme. In desperation, he led his troops into the village, copied the Gao family to the bottom, left part of the grain to the tenants in the village, and the rest were loaded and pulled back to the Xingtian Army camp.

And the family of the high-ranked giant gentry, Liu Bao did not tell them anything about benevolence and morality. He directly ordered the men of his family to be killed. The head was also sent outside the official camp of the army, hung outside the camp of Liu Ruming with wooden poles, and then continued to lead his troops to the next target...