Chapter 407 Liu Cheng was assassinated (three in one)
Chapter 407 Liu Cheng was assassinated (three-in-one)
The night is quiet, and there are some fireflies by the river.
The sound of water waves sounded, and under the cover of night, ships passed by the river, followed the river, and merged into the river.
Then go eastward with the current.
It soon blended into the night.
Among the ships disguised as merchant ships, some people looked panicked.
In the darkness, looking at the place where the family is, full of reluctance and panic.
These people are the outstanding second and third generations among the four families including the Lou family and the Shen family.
and some necessary escorts.
These people are ready to run away.
Under the arrangement of their respective family heads, they ran away.
Taking some necessary supplies, we headed east along the Yangtze River to Jingzhou.
He went to seek refuge with Liu Biao, the herdsman in Jingzhou.
This was the idea of the head of the Lou family.
He had some relatives with Liu Biao's deceased father, and the relationship between them was relatively good.
When Liu Biao was a teenager, he was taken by his father and lived in the Lou family for a while.
So this time, the head of the Lou family set his sights on Liu Biao.
Let some of his selected outstanding family members go to Jingzhou to join Liu Biao with his handwritten letters and carefully prepared gifts.
Seek refuge with Liu Biao.
As for the Wang family, the Shen family, and the Li family, those with no reliable connections would join the Lou family and defect to Liu Biao.
If you have a reliable relationship, go find your own reliable relationship and join him.
Or go about your life anonymously.
Anyway, as long as you can survive after leaving Yizhou, you will be fine.
As for the remaining members of the four families, under the planning of their family heads, they fought to the death.
This is what the head of the Lou family thought of.
Send out a group of outstanding children in the family and let them leave Yizhou, so that if things really go wrong later, the entire family will perish and there will be no descendants left...
The boat went down the river and arrived at Wu County after one night.
After passing Wu County, we will continue to go east, and we will be able to leave the border of Yizhou and reach Jingzhou.
Seeing that Yizhou was approaching, the people in the ships felt excited.
Just because here in Wu County, there are checkpoints and water forts.
All ships coming and going need to be inspected here and pay taxes.
Since Zhang Liao led his troops and stationed here in Wu County, the investigation has become even more rigorous.
After the ship moved forward for a while, it lowered its sails and began to slow down.
There are boats in front of us, and people from the government are queuing up to check them here.
During this heart-wrenching wait, the ships in front passed by one by one, and it was Lou Zhong's turn to be inspected.
The officer with the knife on his waist was about to get on their ship, but something happened suddenly!
A group of about a hundred elite soldiers came galloping all the way.
The leader was a general wearing fine armor.
When I got to the shore, I got off my horse and came straight with my people.
Officials rushed to greet him.
Lou Zhong, who was waiting nervously for the examination, felt even more nervous.
Some bad premonitions appeared in his mind.
After hearing clearly what the officials called the general who came wearing fine armor, the man became even more nervous.
Because this general is actually Liu Cheng’s right-hand man, Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan!
At this juncture, the opponent actually led his troops in person and galloped over. I'm afraid things are not simple!
"... Some bandits have appeared in Yizhou and may flee along the river. I received an urgent order, so I came here to personally check the passing ships."
Zhang Liao said this to the officials who saluted him.
Then, accompanied by several officials, he took seven or eight soldiers and boarded the Lou family's ship.
Lou Zhong and the rest of the Lou family, who were barely sleepy, were extremely nervous.
Just now, they heard everything Zhang Liao said.
The purpose of apprehending the robbers was clearly aimed at them.
Otherwise, how could time be such a coincidence?
Fortunately, it was dawn at this time and the light was not very good.
And everyone on board can pretend to sleep here openly.
It won't be revealed easily.
Lou Zhong also lay here, pretending to sleep.
There are smart people, who are originally people who go back and forth on the river to make a living, to deal with those who board the boat to investigate.
Zhang Liao held the knife in his hand, and while listening to the words of the man who claimed to be the caravan leader, he walked in the cabin, lighting a torch, and shining it on the faces of the sleeping people one by one.
The firelight shone on Lou Zhong's face, bringing some scorching heat.
He, who was extremely nervous inside, pretended to be even more asleep...
"Let's go!"
After a while, Zhang Liao led people to leave the Lou family's boat and issued a warning to let them go.
When Lou Zhong and others in the cabin heard these words, they felt as if they had heard a fairy voice!
Just now, they felt that they were about to be discovered and about to die.
But he didn't expect that under all the twists and turns, he would be released and get a better chance.
The man who claimed to be the person in charge of the caravan stood on the bow of the ship, smiled at Zhang Liao and others, held his hands in his hands, and said some words of thanks.
And Zhang Liao took people to the next ship.
There are also people from the four families on this ship...
A quarter of an hour later, all the boats of the four families left here and went eastward along the river...
…
"...The people on those ships all have problems. What will Zhang Zhonglang do to you..."
The leader of the officials who specialized in inspecting ships looked at the several ships leaving and spoke to Zhang Liao in a low voice.
After defeating Mianzhu, Liu Cheng reported the victory to Chang'an, and then began to ask for credit from his subordinates.
Zhang Liao, who performed outstandingly, was appointed as Zhonglang General by him.
Although Dong Zhuo has not yet approved it, everyone knows that based on Zhang Liao's achievements this time and Liu Huangshu's reputation in Chang'an, Zhang Liao's appointment as Zhonglang General is already a certainty.
Therefore, he is called Zhonglang and the general.
Zhang Liao nodded when he heard this: "I know, but this is something that the emperor specially told me."
After hearing what Zhang Liao said, the official immediately fell silent.
He vaguely felt that Uncle Liu Huang had a plan in this.
This is not something that a person of his level can participate in...
After letting those ships go, Zhang Liao searched here for a while and then left with the people.
After returning home, Zhang Liao immediately sent a message to Mianzhu about the incident.
After the messenger left, Zhang Liao quickly began to organize his troops and horses, and asked them to come to the riverside and board the warship for training.
Work harder than ever.
Ten days later, Gan Ning sailed down by boat and brought four thousand soldiers and horses to Wu County to join Zhang Liao.
The entire Wu County became tense, and the atmosphere of war seemed strong.
There were spies from the army who took a boat and went down the river to Jingzhou and back...
Lou Zhong and others, who were sailing eastward, had already left Yizhou and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Jingzhou.
The team that originally seemed dull now seemed too relaxed.
Under the leadership of Lou Zhong, they headed towards where Liu Biao was.
At this time, people from the other three families also made the decision to follow Lou Zhong and attach themselves to Liu Biao.
After all, Liu Biao was the shepherd of Jingzhou. Compared with the people they wanted to seek refuge with before, he had much higher status.
Moreover, Liu Biao had some relations with the Lou family.
The three of them have shared hardships with the Lou family this time, and their relationship is unusual.
Follow the Lou family, and the Lou family will not let them suffer.
Lou Zhong was also keen to take people from the three families to join Liu Biao.
In this way, on the one hand, it can be shown to Liu Biao that they are not completely destitute, and on the other hand, they can support each other in Jingzhou and take root faster and better...
They were so happy that they knew nothing about what happened in Wu County after they left...
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Going back in time, the location came to Mianzhu.
Fifty miles outside Mianzhu City, a team of about 1,500 people was advancing towards Mianzhu.
This team was not an army, but was organized by people from four families in Ba County, using their private armed forces, as well as some servants and tenants.
We are going to attack Mianzhu.
Of course, their slogan was not to attack Mianzhu, but that Uncle Liu would not give the Yizhou people a way to survive, and they wanted to go to Uncle Liu to ask for an explanation.
They attracted the attention of countless people along the way, and even some people with ulterior motives or who did not know the truth joined their team.
It's quite a distance from where they are to Mianzhu.
They have been walking for three days and have not yet arrived at Mianzhu.
During these three days, they did not suffer any attacks from Liu Cheng's soldiers and horses, and they were always safe and sound.
This situation is the same as when the head of the Lou family analyzed it with them before and came up with the highest possibility.
This made the people who came to do this with a desperate mentality become more confident from being anxious at the beginning.
"...Don't look at those aristocratic families. They all have this attitude at this time. That's because we haven't achieved anything.
As long as we make some achievements and deal with Liu Cheng, these people will immediately change their direction.
We have a backup plan that Liu Cheng would never have expected.
When the time comes to suddenly start, and fight to the death, there is a great hope of success..."
While walking, the head of the Lou family whispered to the other heads of the family to strengthen their confidence.
"Along the way, Liu Cheng didn't dare to send troops, which is the best witness..."
While he was talking, there were people and horses blocking the road ahead.
In a panic, they quickly sent someone to inquire and learned that the Wu family from Shu County had come to join them and do this together.
Several people couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The uprising of the Lou family and Liu Cheng's inaction gave some people hope, thinking that Liu Cheng was timid and easy to bully, and wanted to give it a try.
In addition to the Wu family, there were also some rangers from Yizhou and some organizations like Jiangjiang thieves, who also came one after another and joined the Lou family and others.
Some of those who joined were indeed deceived by the Lou family and others, while others were ambitious enough to take this opportunity to make a fortune.
Of course, more people actually have some families behind them.
Some prudent families act in a flawless manner.
After Liu Cheng conveyed such news that day, he immediately sent people to make arrangements with the Lou family, Shen family and others.
But I was still unwilling in my heart.
After seeing the Lou family and others starting to fight tooth and nail, but Liu Cheng not immediately taking action to exterminate them, he gradually had some other thoughts in his mind.
I want to be prepared.
On the one hand, he openly stood firmly on Liu Cheng's side and obeyed Liu Cheng's orders.
On the other hand, some personnel were secretly dispatched to contact heroes or some lawless elements and join the Lou family and others.
Except for one Wu family, all the other families did not take action personally and acted secretly.
Even people like the Lou family and the Shen family don't know which family has ended up.
All I know is that there are more people here, their strength is increasing, and some families are secretly taking action.
However, this doesn't matter to them, as long as they know that they and others are getting stronger.
This is the reason why the old man of the Lou family decided to take his own family and the other three families to fight to the death...
As time goes by, the size of their team becomes larger and larger.
By the time we arrived in front of Mianzhu City, there were no less than 8,000 people!
There are so many people standing here, in a large, noisy area, and they look very impressive.
"Where is Liu Cheng who is doing chaos and plundering people's wealth?!"
At the signal of the head of the Lou family, some young disciples of the Lou family shouted loudly.
It looks majestic.
"It's not us who want to do such a thing, it's because Liu Cheng was too ruthless and plundered too hard, denying people a way to survive!"
The rest of the people started making noises...
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Inside Mianzhu City.
After the Lou family and others came over, some generals ran wildly and hurried all the way to where Liu Cheng was.
"Uncle, uncle!
Not good!
Those thieves from the Lou family have arrived outside Mianzhu City, and their number is no less than ten thousand!"
Ren Qi rushed all the way to Liu Cheng and immediately told the news in a hurry.
It really sounds like my eyebrows are burning.
Ren Qi is a native of Yizhou.
The Ren family's influence in Yizhou is not small.
Ren Qi is also a reduced general and has good military qualities.
He was promoted to Qu Junhou by Liu Cheng.
The Ren family is also relatively active in Liu Cheng's investigation of hidden households and concealment of property, and has clearly expressed its support.
Hearing this, Liu Cheng also looked anxious and said, "Hurry up and follow me to watch!"
After that, he took dozens of soldiers with him and hurried back to Mianzhu City along with Ren Qi who came to report the news.
At the same time, the north gate, south gate, and west gate of Mianzhu City all opened wide. Soldiers and horses were hidden there, and they began to leave quickly.
Move towards the east of Mianzhu City.
Gan Ning held a sword in his hand, rode a horse, and took his brothers who were adapted from the Jinfan Thief, as well as the rest of the soldiers and horses assigned to him by Liu Cheng, and ran all the way.
Everyone seemed excited.
After waiting for so long, it’s finally time to start!
Yan Yan also rode forward and there was no emotion or joy on his face. He looked very calm...
At this time, Liu Cheng had already arrived at the east gate of Mianzhu City and came to the city wall.
“...You unjust people are trying every means to occupy land and hide the population, only to enrich your own pockets...
You actually dare to rise up and rebel now, how brave you are!"
Liu Chengli stood on the east gate, looking at the Lou family and others below, and shouted loudly.
He was full of energy and after deliberately letting go of his voice, his voice boomed.
It directly suppressed the noise below.
"You are so greedy that you don't give us a way to survive! You still dare to stir up trouble here!
We will not rebel, but you, Liu Cheng, are too ruthless in what you do and don't give people a way to survive!"
Someone below spoke to Liu Cheng.
"Hahaha……"
Liu Cheng laughed very wantonly.
"I won't give you a way to survive!
A good one will not give you a way to survive!
I just want to clean up your hidden illegal income from land and population. Your family has a great business and your living standards will not be affected at all in the future!
If this is considered as not giving them a way to survive, then how should the people who have lost even a penny of money due to your occupation of their fields and plundering them, how should they live?
Have you ever given them a way to survive?!"
"If the imperial court hadn't imposed random taxes, why would these people be doing this?
If we hadn't kindly taken over their property, given them money, and given them shelter, many of them would not be able to survive long ago!
We gave them a way to live!
Of course they should be grateful!"
The head of the Lou family spoke out and confronted Liu Cheng.
His words resonated with many aristocratic families.
"If you hadn't used your power to bully others, not paying or underpaying various taxes, passing on the taxes that should be paid to the people, and when collecting them, using various methods to take advantage of them, those people would not be able to live.
Go down and sell the land and myself to you?!
You have the nerve to tell me this?!"
Liu Cheng's words can be said to have dug into the graves of his ancestors.
These people were left speechless and speechless for a while.
Just when Liu Cheng was fighting with these people to attract their attention, a large number of soldiers and horses rumbled all the way from the north and south sides of Mianzhu City.
Instead of attacking the thief directly, he went straight to the east.
When they rushed about a mile behind those people, they turned and started traveling north and south.
Enclose and surround.
Thousands of people, headed by the four families, instantly panicked.
However, no one escaped.
"You and I will die together!"
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded above the east gate of Mianzhu City.
At the same time as the loud shouts were heard, a man held a long sword and stabbed Liu Cheng hard in the back of the heart!
Prepare to kill Liu Cheng with a fatal blow!
This person is Ren Qi!
In the past, he was very obedient.
At this time, he was standing next to Liu Cheng.
At this time, he suddenly got into trouble, and no one expected it!
Liu Cheng's guards subconsciously stopped him and killed him.
But there is simply not enough time!
Before they kill him, the sword thrust out from Ren Qi's hand will definitely hit Liu Cheng's heart first!
The head of the Lou family, as well as the other three heads of the family who knew that such a scene would happen and had been looking forward to it, all seemed to hear fairy sounds at this moment.
They expected that Liu Cheng would be caught off guard and killed by this sword.
This is also the biggest honor guard of their trip!
Ren Qi's eyes were full of hatred, and he completely ignored his own life and death at this time.
I just want to kill Liu Cheng in front of me!
He also believes that he will succeed!
Because, for this attack, he had been quietly lurking beside Liu Cheng for a long time.
At this time, it was absolutely unexpected!
But he soon discovered that he had thought a little wrong!
Because just when the sword in his hand was about to stab Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng suddenly moved!
He didn't look back or dodge around, but leaned forward suddenly!
At the same time, his right leg suddenly swung up from behind toward the front.
Like an iron whip!
"Bang!"
A crashing sound suddenly sounded.
Liu Cheng's leg, which was swung up like a steel whip, was thrown hard between Ren Qi's legs.
There seemed to be a vague sound of something breaking.
Ren Qi, who was about to stab Liu Cheng with the sword in his hand, subconsciously let out a scream that was inhuman.
The whole person flew off the ground uncontrollably!
The long sword in his hand was subconsciously thrown away.
When people are in the air, their bodies are already curled up together!
With one leg, Ren Qi was thrown upwards by a full foot, and Ren Qi, who was curling up with his hands covering his key parts, finally fell down.
This shows how lethal Liu Cheng's leg is!
During Ren Qi's descent, there were two Liu Cheng Tiger and Leopard Cavalry guards who were in the right position, and they subconsciously planted their spears under Ren Qi's body.
"puff!"
"puff!"
There was a sound of flesh penetration, and Ren Qi, who fell down, was directly penetrated by the sharp spear!
It was as if he could not survive before his eyes.
"Why do you want to assassinate me?
Do you also think that what I did in Yizhou was to enrich my own pockets?"
Liu Cheng looked down at Ren Qi and asked.
At this time, Ren Qi had been pierced by a spear, curled up and lying on the ground. Blood kept pouring out and dyed a large area of the land red.
