Zhu Nao

Not long after, Ma Shu was tied up and brought to Tian Chou.

Tian Chou couldn't help being surprised when he saw Ma Shu's appearance.

I saw that the armor on Ma Shu's body had been stripped off, his obscene clothes were torn to pieces, his face was bruised and purple, and the corners of his mouth were covered with blood, he was in an extremely embarrassing situation.

Ma Shu lowered his head, clenched his teeth, and his eyes were full of hatred.

Just half an hour ago, he ordered the whole army to prepare to fight against the Shu army, but this time his order was invalid.

The soldiers of the Huainan Army were defeated by the Shu Army just a few days ago. Although they regained a victory from the Chen Army, this did not make them feel better, but only worsened the situation.And their fear of the Shu army has not been dispelled, and they were frightened when they heard that the Shu army was attacking.In this case, no one is willing to fight for the horse beam anymore.

After the order of Ma Shu was issued, it caused a disturbance in the army.As soon as someone starts it, everything goes out of hand.The restless soldiers began to beat the patrol soldiers who were regarded as eyes and ears by the horse harness to vent their anger, and some of them took off their uniforms and fled home.When he found that he could no longer control the situation, Ma Shu wanted to escape in the chaos, but unfortunately he was still discovered.

The Huainan army who seized the horses was worried that they had participated in the battle that defeated Liu Jingfeng two days ago, and Chen Guo could no longer forgive their sins, so they came to the Shu army to surrender with the horses.

Tian Chou ordered people to find the prisoners who had just been captured for identification. After being pointed out by everyone, he finally confirmed that the person who was tied into rice dumplings in front of him was indeed Ma Shu.He let out a long sigh of disappointment.

He originally wanted to use Ma Shu to open the way for him to acquire more territory of Chen State, but now this good thing has come to nothing.Of course, he can also release the horse bundle, but now the horse bundle has completely fallen into the end of betrayal, and he has no more available people under his command, so he loses his value.

Tian Chou said: "Let the order go on, let the battalion soldiers, and the rest of the enemies don't have to chase."

"Yes, General Tian!"

Tian Chou said again: "Go to the barracks to search their military account books and supplies. No one can take the captured war profits privately. I will collect them all. I have other arrangements!"

He finally took a look at Ma Shu, who was full of reluctance and still didn't seem to know where he was wrong, shook his head, and ordered: "Escort this person back to Luoyang, and hand it over to His Majesty and General Xie."

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Lujiazhuang.

Several mule carts had already parked at the gate of the farm, and inside the farm, a group of people gathered around Mrs. Lu, persuading him tearfully.

"Old man, the car is ready, you can go with everyone."

"Yeah, let's go together. If you stay any longer, you will only have a dead end!"

"The man surnamed Ma suffered a defeat in Xuzhou, and he will definitely intensify his efforts to exploit us again. We really can't stay any longer. If we keep the green hills, we don't have to worry about running out of firewood!"

After learning that Ma Shu had re-occupied Huainan, the villagers of Lujiazhuang did not dare to stay in Huainan anymore. They finally made up their minds: leave their hometown and find another way of life elsewhere!

Old Mrs. Lu sighed again and again, but still sat on the chair and refused to move: "You all go. I was born in Lujiazhuang, and I will die in Lujiazhuang. Anyway, I have lived enough at this age, you don't need to worry about me !"

"Grandfather, how can this work?"

"Yeah, if you don't leave, we can't leave either!"

"Why don't we fight them like the Zhang family!"

"But how can we fight against them..."

"Grandfather, just take it as we are begging you, let's go together, let's go!"

It is also unusual for an elderly person to be stubborn. No matter how the villagers persuade him, Mrs. Lu just stands still and refuses to leave the land where he has lived all his life.

The old man didn't notice, and several juniors quietly walked aside to discuss.

"Since the grandfather refuses to leave, we can't really keep him. Why don't we tie him up and take him away by force?"

"If this is the case, Grandpa will definitely be angry with us..."

"There is not much food left in the village. It's hard to say whether we can survive this winter. If the surname Ma brings people to grab it again, we really have to wait for death. If we leave, at least there is still a way to survive. Even if Grandpa gets angry again, sooner or later the anger will disappear."

"Okay... let's do it."

Several people reached an agreement and quietly prepared to go.

The old man was still arguing with the rest of the villagers. Suddenly, two people rushed up from behind and forcibly lifted him from the chair.He was taken aback, only to hear "Grandpa, offended", and the two men started to tie his hands and feet!

The old lady Lu was shocked and said, "What are you doing?!"

The two did not reply and continued to bind.

The old man tried to struggle, but he was old and weak, how could he struggle better than the younger generation?Soon he was tied up and couldn't move.

"Go, let's go!"

Everyone took their packed bags, carried the old man on their shoulders, and came to Zhuangkou.They helped the old man and the old man in the village to the mule cart, waved their whips and said, "Woo, woo, go!"

The mule started to move forward, leaving Lujiazhuang behind step by step.

Old Mrs. Lu looked up and down, and sighed: "Sin, sin!!"

When the crowd had just walked a hundred meters away, someone behind suddenly shouted: "Wait, wait!"

When everyone looked back, it was Lu Aqiu who was chasing him.The location of Lujiazhuang is relatively remote, and the news is not so well-informed. Recently, Lu Aqiu has been running around to find out the latest news for the villagers.

Everyone decided to leave the farm last night, but Lu Aqiu still didn't give up, hoping that Master Wang would come back to play horses, so he went out to inquire about the news before dawn this morning.

Lu Aqiu caught up with the crowd and panted, "There have been changes, and there have been changes!"

Everyone was surprised and delighted, and quickly asked: "Lieutenant Liu is back?"

Aqiu shook his head: "No, Lieutenant Liu ran away with his troops, but the Shu army crossed the river! They have already defeated the Ma Shu army and captured the man surnamed Ma!"

"Shu, Shu Army?"

The villagers looked at each other in blank dismay.

This Shu army is really powerful.Ma Shu was able to beat Captain Liu away, which shows that he is also extremely powerful.But as soon as he arrived in front of the Shu army, he was like a mouse meeting a cat. He was defeated in Xuzhou first, and as soon as he returned to Huainan, he was captured alive by the chasing Shu army!This really made Chen Jun led by Liu Jingfeng even more incompetent...

The capture of Ma Shu was naturally a happy event for the villagers of Lujiazhuang, but they were not happy about it.Because it was the Shu army that defeated Ma Shu, not the Chen army.

This is not because they hate the Shu Army and the Shu Kingdom, it's just that Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and they don't understand the external situation.Although the rule of Chen Guo was not good, it was not bad, so they welcomed Chen Guojun.But they don't know Shu people at all. Shu people may be good, but what if they are worse than Ma Shu?

With this anxiety, the originally united Zhuangmin could not help but split into two groups.

A group of people think that since they have decided to leave, they should go on and not stay and take risks.In case the Shu army is the same as Ma Shu, they won’t be able to leave if they don’t leave today; the other group of people still don’t want to part with their home and think they can stay and see, the Shu army should not be worse than Ma Shu .

Lu Aqiu said: "Perhaps we can stay and have a look. After the Shu army captured the horse bundles, they immediately released a message, saying that the people in Huainan can rest assured that they will never do anything wrong to the people..."

After hearing Lu Aqiu's words, those who wanted to stay became a little more determined, but those who wanted to leave still felt that these words were not credible.When Ma Shu first arrived, who would have known that he would be so bad?

At this time, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Grandfather, be careful!"

When everyone looked back, Mrs. Lu struggled to fall off the mule cart while everyone was not paying attention.His hands and feet were still bound, so he flipped over and fell to the ground with a plop.

Everyone rushed up to help the old man up, and the old man sighed weakly: "Go back, go back!"

After the matter was over, the people who agreed to go back to the village loosened the rope for the old man and helped him go back.

The rest of the people looked at me and you, feeling helpless, and finally turned back one after another.

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Two days later, the horse bundles had been sent away, and the materials seized from the Huainan Army had also been counted.

Due to the difficulty of raising the army for Ma Shu, most of the money and food he robbed had been consumed, and the remaining amount was not much.It is of course impossible to return the amount he robbed to the people, and there are too many confused accounts in it, and it is not clear at all.

Tian Chou summoned all his staff and discussed for a long time, and he adopted one of his staff's suggestions.

He decided to combine the surplus food captured by the Ma Shu Army with his own part of the military food supplements from the army to form a granary, and all the people who had difficulties in winter could come to apply for relief food.After the investigation, the Shu army determined that the applicants were in difficulty, and they would distribute relief food to help the applicants survive the winter.

Since Ma Shu had been captured, all the captives of the Huainan Army were released directly to their original places, and those who escaped by themselves were not held accountable. After all, many people in the army were forcibly recruited by Ma Shu.The military roster will be burned and destroyed in public to show tolerance and reassure the people.

Many people agree with this plan, but there are also people who oppose it.

"Tian Gong," one of Tian Chou's former subordinates disagreed, "the war profits donated are not distributed to the soldiers, but returned to the people, so that's fine. But we won the victory, and we have to use money and food to supplement it." , How can there be such a reason? And if you let Shu... let His Majesty know about the distribution of military rations to the people without authorization, wouldn't you blame Tiangong?"

Tian Chou glanced at the old department.This person had stayed in Xuzhou before, and after Tian Chou returned to Xuzhou, he returned to work under Tian Chou.Therefore he had no contact with Junau.

Tian Chou shook his head and said, "You don't understand His Majesty, but you will understand later."

Tian Chou knew very well that now Zhu Nao wanted to dominate the country, and only Jiangnan was left.The difficulty in regaining Jiangnan does not lie in soldiers and horses, but in people's hearts.Since Jiangnan is originally a rich and prosperous place, as long as there are no major natural and man-made disasters, most people can live in peace.Naturally, they would rather keep the life they have now than let it be ruled by a court they don't understand.

Now that Tian Chou leads troops to take Huainan, the most important achievement is not that they are one step closer to Jiangning Mansion, but that they have a chance to let the people in Jiangnan understand them.

"Let's do it like this!" Tian Chou made up his mind, and immediately arranged for his subordinates to make arrangements.