Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 110 Cavalry must be fast!

Hearing what Mr. Miao said, that he had long wanted to surrender to Lu Jin, Wang Bi, Hua Yunlong and Li Xu who were present were all very shocked.

"father???"

Even Miao Youzhen looked at her father in disbelief.

Li Xu had been somewhat skeptical at first, but when he saw Miao Youzhen's reaction, he immediately came to his senses.

"Bah, I believed your lies. You want to join Marshal Lu, but you don't even know about your son?"

'Ah, you silly boy'

Mr. Miao sighed inwardly, secretly cursing his son for being so tactless and not knowing how to cooperate, so he had to explain quickly.

"Joining Coach Lu is a matter of great importance. Young people are not reliable, so why would I tell him about this in advance? It's up to me to decide who to join.

"Li County Magistrate, I am telling the truth. There is really no need for us to go to war."

Li Xu still had a skeptical expression on his face and didn't say anything. Seeing this, Mr. Miao could only speak again.

"How about this? I'll stay here as a hostage, and you take Youzhen to take over the city defense. Don't get into conflict with Marshal Lu's army, otherwise it will end badly."

Seeing that Mr. Miao was so cooperative, Li Xu finally nodded.

"Okay, Captain Hua, you take General Miao to take over the city defense."

Hua Yunlong also nodded and looked at Miao Youzhen.

Miao Youzhen still looked very nervous, holding the knife and looking at his father, "Dad, are we really going to Luzhou?"

Tycoon Miao was immediately furious. "Why are you still asking?" However, there were many people in the room, so he couldn't get angry. He could only suppress his anger and grit his teeth.

"Well, throw!"

"You can't let dad stay here as a hostage. It's better to let me be a hostage while dad takes over the city defense." Miao Youzhen still had some filial piety, but it was a pity that his father didn't appreciate it.

Hearing this, Mr. Miao said, "Go if I ask you to. Your brothers are still outside. If your father goes to lead the troops, they will not be at ease."

Miao Youzhen thought about it and it seemed to be true. If his father didn't want him anymore and took his soldiers and his brother away, wouldn't he be dead? No!
Thinking of this, Miao Youzhen immediately sheathed his knife and walked out while shouting, "Dad, be careful. I'll be back soon."

Seeing Miao Youzhen leaving with Hua Yunlong, Li Xu immediately smiled and said, "Your son is really filial."

Miao Daheng: '.'

'How could such a thing be born? ! '

A moment later, Zhu Liangzu, led by brothers Wu Guoxing and Wu Guobao, entered the city from the east gate and went straight to the county government office.

Liao Yongzhong commanded the main force of the Fifth Regiment to take over the city defense. The four combat battalions each took over one side of the city wall, and they took turns guarding in company units. The auxiliary battalion took over the county government office.

Miao Daheng's troops were also temporarily taken over by Hua Yunlong and Wang Bi, and Li Xu also posted notices to reassure the people in the city.

On the evening of October 17th, the eleventh year of Zhizheng, Dingyuan City officially changed its flag and was incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Shengwu Army.

Outside Dingyuan City, Feng Sheng saw Zhu Liangzu's main force entering the city, so he rode on horseback to inform Guo Zixing that Dingyuan had been captured, so Guo Zixing no longer had to hide.

"Mr. Guo, Marshal Lu has already sent people to capture Dingyuan. You can recruit soldiers now."

"It's Dingyuan, surprisingly, so fast. Brother Feng, tell me quickly, how did you take down Dingyuan?"

"Hahahaha, that's all thanks to County Magistrate Li Xu." Feng Sheng immediately explained what happened.

Last time, Guo Zixing wanted to recruit soldiers to start an uprising, but Feng Sheng asked him to wait, saying that Lu Jin had arrangements in Dingyuan. At that time, Guo Zixing guessed that it was about attacking Dingyuan.

The city was still recruiting soldiers to defend the city, and Guo Zixing suspected that there was a spy from the Lu Jin faction, but he didn't expect that the biggest spy was actually the county magistrate.
Is Marshal Lu looking for such a high-level insider?

"So, Li Shanchang was able to get the position of chief secretary because of his contribution of surrendering the city this time?" Guo Zixing said suddenly.

Feng Sheng nodded, “There are these reasons, but Mr. Baishi is also a man of real talent and learning.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Lord Guo must have been making a lot of connections recently. It's time to recruit soldiers. This matter has been delayed for too long. We don't have enough troops here, and it's been difficult for the Marshal to make arrangements."

Guo Zixing said immediately, "We've already prepared everything. Tianyou, call your two brothers and uncle over. We'll start recruiting soldiers tomorrow!"

"okay."

Guo Tianyou agreed and just called his two brothers and uncle Zhang Tianyou over when an uninvited guest came to the door.

Lu Ding’s brother-in-law Zheng Chao came to the door.

"Mr. Guo, something terrible has happened. What about Sun Deya? Who is this?" Zheng Chao looked at Feng Sheng next to him and felt that he looked unfamiliar. He immediately stopped talking.

Guo Zixing said, "This is Brother Feng Sheng, one of us. Isn't Brother Zheng the brother-in-law of Lu Ding? What did you say about Sun Deya?"

Zheng Chao then said, "Oh, Sun Deya started an uprising in Outang Town this evening, gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and raided Renhe Township where my brother-in-law is. The more than 2,000 soldiers my brother-in-law gathered were all dispersed by them.

"Luckily we still have some war horses, which helped my brother-in-law escape. But now all our family and property are gone, and Sun Deya is ambitious and eyeing us covetously. Now my brother-in-law and I have nowhere to go. I wonder if Mr. Guo can take us in temporarily?"

Guo Zixing and Feng Sheng were both shocked. They didn't expect Sun Deya to be so shameless and despicable.

"Sun Deya actually dared to do this. He is so brave. The uprising just started, but instead of attacking the Yuan army, he attacked other rebel armies first. What a shameless person!"

Guo Zixing cursed in shock, and then said, "It's not a bad idea to take you in, but to be honest, I'm planning to go to Marshal Lu in Luzhou.

"Instead of you two coming to me, why don't you go and join Marshal Lu? I haven't even recruited new soldiers yet, so I can shelter you for a while, but I can't help you with anything else."

Zheng Chao was even more shocked when he heard this, "What? Mr. Guo also wants to join General Lu of Luzhou? Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll go call my brother-in-law!" Guo Zixing and Feng Sheng looked at each other. From what they could see, it seemed that Lu Ding also wanted to join Lu Jin?

After a while, Zheng Chao called Lu Ding to Guo Zixing's house. There were only more than a hundred dusty cavalrymen left around the three of them. Lu Ding sat in the yard of Guo Zixing's house, sighing and unable to help complaining.

"Brother Guo, you really made me suffer. If you had told me your true intention earlier, we two brothers would have joined hands and would not have allowed Sun Deya to run rampant."

Guo Zixing couldn't help but curse when he heard this.

"I reveal my thoughts? I reveal nothing! Joining the army to rebel is a matter of life and death, how can I easily tell others about this?

"You just can't control your words. When Sun Deya came to find you, why didn't you just say you didn't want to be with him? Why did you say you wanted to join Coach Lu? If you want to join, just join yours. Why tell others about it? Now you've brought disaster upon yourself!"

"I" Lu Ding was speechless for a moment, as if this was really the case, and he sighed again.

Feng Sheng also said, "Brother Lu, since you are planning to join Coach Lu, why don't you contact Coach Lu first? Even if you don't go in person, you should at least send someone to tell him."

"Yeah~" Guo Zixing also nodded beside him, indicating that this was what he did.

"What's the point of saying all this now? It's too late to say anything. Brother Guo, can you lend me some soldiers to help me get my family back? As long as Brother Guo is willing to help, I don't want the property, but just my family back."

Lu Ding wanted to cry but had no tears. It was too late to regret now and he could only beg.

"Well, where can I borrow soldiers for you now? Not to mention that there are none, even if we gather them now, they are just new recruits. How can they defeat Sun Deya's army of tens of thousands?" Guo Zixing also said with his hands spread out.

Lu Ding was silent again after hearing this, and then asked after a while, "What should we do now? Should we go directly to Luzhou to join the army?"

Feng Sheng suddenly said, "Why don't we go to Dingyuan City first? It's always safer in the city. After Lord Guo enters the city, he can start recruiting soldiers. When we have recruited soldiers, we can gather them in the city directly. Now that Sun Deya is eyeing us covetously, it's always unsafe outside the city."

"Good idea, it's feasible." Guo Zixing agreed immediately.

Lu Ding was stunned when he heard this. "Dingyuan? That's the territory of the government army. There are thousands of soldiers in the city. If we go to the city to recruit soldiers, isn't that courting death?"

Guo Zixing and Feng Sheng immediately looked at him with contempt.

"You don't know, right? Marshal Lu has already sent a large army to capture Dingyuan City. Now Dingyuan is ours!"

"Just now I said that if Brother Lu had contacted the Marshal in advance, how could he not know anything?"

Lu Ding: “.”

Everyone is numb, it seems that he is the one who is kept in the dark.

However, when he heard that there were soldiers in Dingyuan City, he suddenly felt hopeful again. "Can you go to Dingyuan to borrow soldiers to help me get my family back?"

"this."

Feng Sheng hesitated, he couldn't make the decision on this matter.

"Why don't we tell Commander Zhu about this first? He is now the commander-in-chief of Dingyuan. Regardless of whether the families can be rescued or not, Commander Zhu must be informed that Dingyuan County has such an uncontrolled army of 10,000 people."

After a while, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Feng Sheng brought Guo Zixing, Lu Ding and others to the city. Such a big event as Sun Deya's uprising had to be reported to Zhu Liangzu.

After Zhu Liangzu heard the whole story, he stroked his beard and said, "You Dingyuan is really in chaos."

"." Li Xu was speechless after hearing this.

"Commander Zhu, can you help me get my family back? I will definitely reward you handsomely." Lu Ding hurriedly asked Zhu Liangzu to borrow troops again.

Zhu Liangzu himself certainly wanted to go. He really wanted to fight a real battle. This time he marched for eight days to take over Dingyuan City. He ran so far but didn't fight, which made him feel uncomfortable.

But before he could say anything, Liao Yongzhong next to him spoke.

"I disagree. Our mission is to defend Dingyuan. We only have one regiment here, which is barely enough to defend the city. If there were two regiments here, I could send troops to help you."

Lu Ding was immediately discouraged when he heard this, but Zhu Liangzu said.

"We can't just let this Sun Deya do whatever he wants in Dingyuan. Dingyuan is our territory now. Defending a territory is not just about guarding the city walls. We can't just let tens of thousands of his men run around in our territory, can we?
"If he kills all the people, there will be no point in us guarding an empty city."

"We can't take the troops with us. What if someone seizes Dingyuan while we're out? Do you want the Marshal to chop off our heads when you return?"

Liao Yongzhong's tone was firm. He came here to take over Dingyuan anyway, and he must not send his troops away.

"Who said we were going to mobilize the main force of the Fifth Regiment?" Zhu Liangzu immediately stood up and retorted.

"Doesn't Commander Ye have a battalion of cavalry? Our Fifth Regiment also has dozens of cavalry, which makes a total of 900 cavalry."

Zhu Liangzu looked at Lu Ding again, "You have more than a hundred cavalrymen?"

Lu Ding nodded quickly like a chick pecking at rice.

"Look, there are already a thousand cavalrymen. It would be easy for them to defeat Sun Deya's ten thousand newly recruited soldiers, wouldn't it?"

Liao Yongzhong hesitated after hearing this, but finally nodded.

"Isn't that right? You, Deputy Commander Liao, will lead the main force to defend the city here. I will go with Commander Ye to destroy Sun Deya. That's it, hahahaha." Zhu Liangzu immediately laughed happily.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ding jumped up and said, "General Zhu, when are we leaving?"

"Go now, light a torch, and you lead the way. Let me see how I will avenge you." Zhu Liangzu said immediately.

"Go now? It's already dark!" Liao Yongzhong wanted to object, but Zhu Liangzu immediately said.

"Cavalry must be fast!"

(End of this chapter)