Zhu Nao

Huainan Lujiazhuang.

In the evening, the farm was full of gongs and drums, and it was very lively. It seemed that someone in the farm was planning a happy event today.But if you walk into the village, you will find that today's happy event is not the same as usual. There are no newly married young men and women, and there is no old man who is the birthday star. Every family is celebrating spontaneously.

The farmers brought out eggs, pasta, sugar cakes and home-made wine from their homes, while the owner, Lu Taigong, ordered two sheep and eight chickens to be slaughtered. During Shenshi, people reunited in front of the Earth Temple to share a feast.

"Our hard days are finally coming to an end! Let's respect the land lord and the old owner Lu together!"

"Respect, old owner Lu!"

"Respect the old owner!"

The old owner Lu sat on the main seat, his face was full of red light: "Thanks to the imperial court sending Captain Liu, we will finally have a peaceful life in the future!"

Today they held a big feast here, not for anything else, but for Liu Jingfeng's successful recovery of Huainan the day before yesterday.Since Ma Shu established his army in Huainan, he has been collecting food from the people in Huainan, and later it has become openly robbed. The people in Huainan are suffering unspeakably.

Many wealthy families in Huainan ran away. Because the old grandpa was too old to run away, and the villagers had lived here for several generations, no one in Lujiazhuang was willing to leave their hometown, so they gritted their teeth and swallowed their breath.In fact, they were almost at the limit of their patience. Many young men in the village had already gone to other places, not only because the village was running out of food, but also to avoid forced conscription.And the lack of young people in the village means less labor. This year, many fields in the fields are deserted. Next year, it will be another wave of hard times.

Now that the Huainan Army has been surrendered, it is a joy to the common people!In order to celebrate such a great happy event, the villagers tightened their belts and held a big banquet, just like a festival.

Everyone has been suffocated for more than half a year, and now that their worries have been relieved, they all opened up and drank and made noises. In a blink of an eye, a group of people were already drunk and reeling from side to side.

Just when it was half dark, a young man ran in from outside the village and interrupted the banquet.

"Old man, old man, something is wrong!!"

Mrs. Lu was already getting old, and he drank a few too many glasses of wine too much, and he was already confused.He vaguely heard someone calling him, squinted his eyes and looked for a long time, and recognized the young man standing in front of him as Lu Aqiu from the village, and held Lu Aqiu's hand in surprise: "Aqiu, you are back? You are back well." , Good to be back! It’s time for everyone to come back! Have you heard the good news? — Huainan is going to be peaceful!”

Lu Aqiu was one of the young people in Zhuangli who escaped to avoid conscription.He said anxiously and helplessly: "Grandfather, are you drunk? I am Aqiu! I came back several days ago! I came back and told everyone about the imperial court sending troops to take back the Huainan Army!"

"Ah?" Old Mrs. Lu stared at him in bewilderment, a little confused.

Although Lu Aqiu escaped earlier, he didn't hide too far, so he found a cousin's house ten miles away to hide.Later, when he heard that Liu Jingfeng had brought an army to quell the chaos, he ran back with him and went out every day to inquire about news.He was the one who brought the good news back to the village two days ago.

Old Mrs. Lu thought for a while, patted his head, and remembered: "Oh, it's Ah Qiu!"

Aqiu didn't care whether he had figured it out or not, and said anxiously with a pale face: "Grandpa, it's too bad, something big happened! Take the banquet quickly. The man surnamed Ma drove away the soldiers and horses of the court again. Now in Huainan Let the surnamed Ma take it again!"

Old Mrs. Lu was still staring, but everyone on the table who was not drunk jumped up.

"Aqiu, what did you say?"

"Lieutenant Liu was beaten away?? Really???"

"How is it possible! Isn't that the imperial court's army! How could it be beaten away?!"

"That's Master Wang, Master Wang!"

"How much food do we pay the imperial court every year? How can the soldiers they raise can't even defeat the horse?"

Everyone said something to each other, and Lu Aqiu's ears were buzzing from being yelled at.He wanted to cry but said without tears: "I don't know what happened. Ma Shu was defeated by the Shu army in Xuzhou, so he brought a group of soldiers back from Xuzhou. He took the group of soldiers to fight Liu Xiao Lieutenant Liu's barracks, but he beat Lieutenant Liu away! Lieutenant Liu led so many people, why did he get beaten away..."

The crowd exploded again, and the voices of questioning, crying, and cursing became louder and louder.

"God, who will accept the disaster of this horse surnamed!"

Some people didn't believe what Lu Aqiu said, and planned to go out to find out the news by themselves.

At this moment, there was a muffled "bang" sound, and the people were still making noise, not realizing what happened.

Until someone exclaimed: "Old man! What's wrong with you, old man?!"

Everyone looked back, only to find that Mrs. Lu had passed out on the ground and was unconscious.

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Xuzhou.

At dawn, a small boat sailed quickly from the south bank of the Huaihe River to the north bank of the Huaihe River.The people in the boat went ashore and went straight to the barracks.

Not long after, the spy came to Tian Chou.

"General Tian!" The spies hurriedly reported the latest information, "Liu Jingfeng has issued an order to let his soldiers withdraw from Huainan first and gather in Luzhou. Now there are only a few stragglers left in Huainan! "

Tian Chou was overjoyed when he heard the words, and secretly squeezed his fist: Great!Now that Chen Guojun has retreated, they will take over Huainan again. There is nothing more legitimate than this!

Although this horse beam is a general of the enemy army, every step of the way is paving the way for their Shu army. Where in the world can we find such a lucky star!

"Hurry up, order the whole army to order troops!" Tian Chou ordered, "We will cross the river in half an hour!"

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On the other side, the Huainan military camp.

Two patrol soldiers walked in the barracks. The atmosphere in the barracks was very gloomy. The soldiers along the road were all downcast, and they didn't have the slightest joy of winning the battle just now.

After a while, the patrol saw a dozen soldiers gathered not far ahead, whispering to each other, not knowing what to say.

The patrolman reprimanded loudly: "What are you talking about!"

The soldiers were startled, and immediately dispersed like birds and beasts.

Two patrol soldiers walked over quickly, and looked at the soldiers with scrutiny.The soldiers all lowered their heads not to meet their eyes.

"What are you talking about? Ah? Tell me the truth!"

"It's nothing, I'm just talking about today's food..."

"that's it?"

"that's it."

"Be honest! Don't get together if you have nothing to do. Let me see you next time, and be careful that I will make you eat too much!"

"..."

The patrolling inspected the group of soldiers for a while, seeing nothing unusual, so they continued to walk forward.However, within two steps, a patrol soldier suddenly turned his head and met several pairs of hostile eyes behind him!

The patrol soldier was stunned, his hairs stood on end, and he shuddered.

The soldiers looked away again, pretending nothing had happened.The patrol soldiers should have questioned them, but those gazes just now made his legs weak, and his mouth seemed to be sewn shut.He hurriedly pulled his companion quietly, signaling that the companion left quickly.

These patrolling soldiers were arranged by Ma Shu to monitor the soldiers in the barracks. Ma Shu specially selected a group of snobby villains, and developed them into his eyes and ears in the army with generous rewards.Because Ma Shu wants to control the army, he must use public opinion to control people's hearts, and he is extremely afraid of comments that are not good for him in the army. These patrol soldiers can help him accomplish his goals very well.It is precisely because he was very successful in controlling public opinion before that he was able to make Huainan soldiers swing their swords at Chen Jun!

However, many things can be coaxed for a while, but they cannot be coaxed forever.Ma Shu convinces his men that Chen Guo's court wants them all killed, so they are willing to fight to the death.But after taking Huainan back, these Huainan soldiers inevitably discovered that before they came back from Xuzhou, Chen Guojun had obviously surrendered many of their colleagues, which was completely different from what Ma Shu said!What's more, they also learned from Chen Jun's captives that Chen Guojun also had plans to surrender them! !

Who would want to be a rebel if he could be a master of the king? !

Now, the Huainan soldiers have gradually understood what happened.It was because of Ma Shu's selfishness that they got stuck in the mud and got deeper and deeper.

Anger, negativity, and bewilderment are like a prairie fire, quickly spreading in the army...

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In the general's account.

"The Shu army has crossed the river?!" Ma Shu jumped up when he heard the news.

Although he had already guessed that Tian Chou put him back to the south bank of the Huaihe River in the hope that he and Liu Jingfeng intended to kill each other, but he did not expect that the Shu army would not even give him a chance to catch his breath just after he repelled Chen Jun. Here, call again!

Ma Shu's eyes were red and he was furious.

He paused every word: "Assemble the whole army and prepare to meet the enemy!"

He is more familiar with the terrain of Huainan than the Shu army, and the battle just won also restored his confidence.This time he wants the Shu army to take a good look, he is definitely not a vegetarian!

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On the bank of the river, Tian Chou has already led the army to cross the river at the fastest speed.

He divided the army into three ways to attack. Before dividing the troops, he told several generals who led the troops: "Remember, just like last time, the focus is on driving away. Especially Ma Shu, keep him and kill him." He's more useful to us."

Now that Tian Chou has tasted the sweetness, he has fully realized the usefulness of the horse bundle.This person is simply a pawn of the Shu army!Let him open the way ahead, and as long as the Shu army chases him, they can occupy both reputation and territory!

The general hurriedly said: "Yes, General!"

Tian Chou said, "Attack!"

The mighty Shu army went straight to Ma Shu's camp.

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After half an hour.

When the Shu army rushed to the Huainan barracks, it was surprising that before they arrived, the Huainan army might have heard the news in advance, and they had already started to flee!

This is exactly what the Shu army wanted, so several soldiers and horses chased after the Huainan army according to Tian Chou's instructions.Tian Chou coordinated the overall situation from behind the army, trying to drive Ma Shu and his troops to where he wanted them to go.

Not long after, a subordinate suddenly came to report: "Report—General Tian! A Huainan soldier has come to surrender!"

"Oh?" Tian Chou didn't care.Every time on the battlefield, some soldiers who were left behind or who were afraid of fighting surrendered to the enemy, which is also common.He said, "Let's take it to the prisoner camp first."

The subordinate did not retreat, but said: "General Tian, ​​they tied up a man and said that the man is the enemy general Ma Shu. I don't know how to deal with it?"

Tian Chou: "...!!!"