At noon the next day, Lu Yuan looked at Dezhou City, which was already in sight thirty miles away, and said to the generals under his opponent: "We will reach Dezhou City soon. Let the soldiers work harder and have dinner in Dezhou later."
However, Chief Su said: "The journey is long, but it is already noon. The soldiers are all hungry, and the sun is so poisonous. Although it is not hot, it is quite dazzling. It is better to let the big soldiers eat before continuing."
"And thirty miles is not that far, but everyone is tired after walking all morning. It will take a while for the army to carry their luggage, so it's better to take a rest."
Lu Yuan saw that others were also persuading, so he said, "Then bury the marching stove, let the soldiers have a good meal, and then each find a shady place to rest for a quarter of an hour." Then Lu Yuan saw that there were still people who wanted to talk, and immediately said, "No.
You should rest more. We will arrive in Dezhou City soon. You can rest as much as you like after entering the city."
Then Lu Yuan, all the generals, had nothing to say and said to Luo Ren: "In a while, your cavalry will eat first, and then you will patrol around with two thousand cavalry, just in case. I always feel that something is wrong."
Luo Ren didn't say anything and nodded in agreement. Then Luo Ren and the cavalry had a meal first and then patrolled around the place where they rested.
Luo Ren led 2,000 men on horseback to patrol to the east. After checking and finding nothing, he was about to turn to the south to continue his patrol. A sharp-eyed soldier said: "Hey! Is there someone over there?"
Luo Ren, who was absentmindedly thinking about something, heard what the soldier said, said "Oh" and then said: "You guys, bring that man over!"
After a while, this sneaky man was brought to Luo Ren. Luo Ren glanced at him and felt that he looked familiar, so he asked: "Who are you?"
The man struggled and knelt down and said: "Master Luo, I am Liu Li from a hundred households who stayed in Qingzhou!"
Luo Ren thought about it carefully and realized that he was indeed one of the hundred households staying in Qingzhou. Luo Ren looked Liu Li up and down and realized that something seemed to have happened. He got off the horse and took him to a small forest with his cronies.
Outside, he then asked: "Why do you look like this? What happened in Qingzhou?"
Liu Li said: "Lord Luo, Qingzhou was captured by the imperial court."
Luo Ren was shocked. He grabbed Liu Li's collar with both hands and said, "What's going on? Please tell me clearly!"
Liu Li said: "Originally, we received an order from Sir Lu Yuan on the 12th and came to Dezhou with several of your family members."
"But the next day, before we had time to leave, the imperial army attacked Qingzhou City. There were at least 30,000 people, and the entire Qingzhou City was surrounded."
"Then they began to attack Qingzhou City from all sides without much rest. There were only more than 3,000 people left in Qingzhou City. How could they withstand the attack of more than 30,000 people? Qingzhou City soon fell. I took advantage of the opportunity
When the imperial army entered the city in chaos, I rushed out with dozens of brothers on horseback, and luckily escaped from Qingzhou City. However, they pursued me until Boxing gave up. At this time, the brothers who followed me were all
died."
"Then I crossed the Xiaoqing River and the Qing River alone and rushed here. When I reached Ling County, the horse ran to death, so I ran over."
Luo Ren was not interested in how he came here, and just asked: "What about our family members? They all stayed in Qingzhou City!"
Although Liu Li was a little scared, he still said: "Probably, it was difficult to escape from Qingzhou City at that time."
Luo Ren put down Liu Li's collar and stood there wondering what he was thinking. Liu Li asked tentatively: "Master Luo, won't you take me to see Master Lu Yuan?"
Luo Ren came back to his senses and said, "Well, I'll take you to see Lu Yuan right now. Get up."
After listening to Luo Ren's words, Liu Li felt relieved, relaxed his tense body, and then stood up.
He was just about to ask Luo Ren, 'Which horses should I ride on?' when he heard Luo Ren say: "Hey, look who is that person behind. Is he someone who escaped from Qingzhou City?"
Liu Li looked back and carefully observed that he didn't see anyone. He was about to say, "Where is there? Why didn't I see him?" when he felt a chill in his chest and then lost consciousness.
Luo Ren pulled out his dagger from Liu Li's body, letting his unsupported body fall to the ground, and then went back without explaining why he did this. Several of his cronies didn't ask anything.
Returning to the team, Luo Ren said lightly: "It's a commoner from Ling County. He said that the sheep ran away while herding sheep and chased them here. I killed him in order to prevent the news from leaking."
Some people felt that the man did not look like an ordinary citizen, while others thought he looked familiar. But since Luo Ren had already spoken, they did not dare to question Luo Ren's words. However, some people had decided to report the matter to Lu Yuan when they returned.
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Luo Ren then continued to take them around.
Eight miles south of where Lu Yuan's army is stationed, the terrain here is somewhat sloping. In addition, Luo Ren didn't know what he was thinking and didn't send anyone to inspect, so Lan Zhen led the army to this place, but Lu Yuan's army did not.
No idea at all.
Lan Zhen looked at the smoke rising into the sky, stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and said to herself: "Judging from the smoke from their cooking, the army has not yet entered Dezhou City, but it is already very close to Dezhou City."
"Judging from the feces along the way, they number about 32,000. I don't know if they are the original imperial army or civilians who have been forcibly recruited in the past few months."
"But no matter what, this is the best opportunity to defeat them before they enter Dezhou City. If they miss it, they will have to attack Dezhou with all their strength, and they don't know how many people will be lost. So, we must be there before
Defeat them before they enter Texas City!"
Lan Zhen turned around and said to the generals behind her: "The time for meritorious service is right in front of us. As long as we defeat Cheng Ni's army, we will be able to make great achievements immediately. Your Majesty will never be stingy with the rewards for everyone!"
"So brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!" Then Lan Zhen took the lead, just like a Qianhu leading a charge, and rushed out with the cavalry led by himself.
The generals behind him looked at each other, gritted their teeth and started to charge with their soldiers.
When tens of thousands of cavalry started running, the vibrations caused by the horses' hooves trampling on the ground could be felt more than ten miles away. Naturally, the patrol team led by Luo Ren felt it immediately. At this time, there would be a large group of cavalry in Shandong.
Ni was the imperial court's counter-rebel army, so they immediately knew that the imperial army was chasing after them!
