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Luo Dai'en and Luo Yanqing, the envoys from Cao's camp, stayed in Chuang camp to rest and communicate with the generals in Chuang camp. However, Luo Dai'en used the excuse of reporting back the news and sent a few of his personal followers back first.
Stationed in the old village of Caoying near Xingshan County.
Among these personal followers is a man named Luo Ruming. He is Cao Cao's distant brother and is a few years younger than Cao Cao. He has been working as a soldier for Luo Rucai since he was a boy. Now he is doing some chores in Cao Cao's camp and does not lead troops.
The above is a close confidant of Luo Rucai.
It can be seen from this that most of Cao Cao's cronies are his relatives. In addition to uncles and sisters such as Luo Dai'en and Luo Yanqing, generals like Yang Chengzu and Yang Shengzu in Cao's camp are Cao Cao's nephews. Although Luo Rucai is known as
He is well-known for his good conduct and loyalty, but he always likes to give priority to individuals. This is very different from Li Zicheng, who appoints people on their merits, and Zhang Xianzhong, who gives priority to his adopted son.
Luo Ruming had a few pockmarks on his face and thick lips. As soon as he got off his horse, he ran straight into the inner hall of Cao Camp. Luo Ruming liked luxury and pleasure. Even the inner hall of the old camp was specially built with large beams and tiger
Decorated with leather and satin, it is magnificent.
Luo Rucai has a strong physique, but the enjoyment in recent years has made his face look swollen. He is sitting on the front seat, listening to seven or eight singers and musicians playing music, cracking melon seeds with one hand, and tapping the rhythm on the handle of the chair with the other
The next person sitting next to Luo Rucai is Ji. He has some fame and is the military advisor of Cao Ying. He is about forty or fifty years old this year.
Ji Yuan was stalled in his official career and was trapped in Yunyang. After being introduced by a friend, he temporarily became the teacher of Hao Jingchun, the magistrate of Fang County. After Luo Rucai accepted Xiong Wencan's recruitment, he stationed Cao Ying in the Fang County area. Ji Ben and Luo Rucai began to know each other and secretly made friends with each other.
Later, Luo Rucai, together with Zhang Xianzhong, raised his troops again and captured Fang County, and he became Cao's camp's military advisor.
Luo Ru just got Ji's treasure, and he almost obeyed his advice. In order to win over Ji, he selected two more beautiful girls from the large number of women captured in the camp and gave them to Ji as concubines. He often said, "Ji Ziyu is my Liu Shenxian."
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Ji also often said, "Emperor Wu of Wei was very resourceful, and if he had Xun Wenruo as a tiger, he would be able to achieve great things. However, Xunwenruo was confused at the critical moment, so he could not get a good ending and protect his eternal fame. This is quite undesirable!" He was very utilitarian, and he was very utilitarian.
He made up his mind to assist Luo Rucai. Even if he could not become king or emperor, he would still gain fame and wealth.
Although Luo Rucai was addicted to pleasure, he was very able to prioritize things. When he saw Luo Ruming coming back to report the news, he immediately waved his hand and asked the concubines, singers, and musicians waiting around to get out.
Just leave Ji alone.
"You're back! Where are Uncle Luo and our little sister? How are they doing at camp? Did everything go smoothly?"
Luo Rucai had been waiting for news from Luo Dayen for several days. He was a little anxious and asked a lot of questions. On the contrary, Ji was much calmer. He waited for a while and then asked Luo Ruming: "Ruming, you go
After leaving Chuangying, how strong is Li Zicheng now?"
Luo Ruming knelt on one knee and stepped in to answer: "I tell you, Uncle Luo, everything is going well. The soldiers and horses who broke into the camp were beaten hard by the officers and soldiers in the Tao River and Han River. The soldiers and horses were less than one-tenth of what they were at their peak.
.Uncle Luo and I checked their barracks and estimated that the number of soldiers who broke into the camp was only more than a thousand."
"More than a thousand..." Luo Rucai murmured for a while. Chuangying's strength was beyond his expectation. After all, Cao Ying and Chuangying had been separated for a long time, and Luo Rucai's impression of Li Zicheng still remained in his role as Shaanxi civilian.
In his heyday when he was the commander-in-chief of the army and had tens of thousands of troops, he never expected that Li Zicheng had fallen to the level where he was even inferior to Hun Tianxing Huiden Prime Minister and Huaguansuo Wang Guangen.
"Although the number of soldiers and horses in Zizheng is small, I think they are probably the most capable elite soldiers and generals in the camp. If he joins our eighth battalion, he should still be able to help me fend off a few officers and soldiers."
Luo Rucai frowned. He was very disappointed with Li Zicheng's weak strength. But Ji instead showed joy on his face and congratulated Luo Rucai: "Student, I would like to congratulate Commander Cao. General Chuang reduced his troops greatly and joined the eighth battalion.
Then he will not turn his back on the guest, and can be used by Commander Cao to check and balance Prime Minister Hui Deng and Wang Guangen."
"Ha, the military advisor is still thinking deeply. The weakening of Zicheng's troops and horses does have both advantages and disadvantages. Zicheng is my sworn brother. I am very familiar with him. He is a calm and tenacious person. If he can do his best to help
It is definitely a great good thing that Cao Ying is busy."
Ji smiled and said nothing, pretending to be confident that he had a million soldiers in his chest. He asked Luo Ruming again: "Ruming, tell me, what is the large-scale combat power in the camp?"
"Report to the military advisor," Luo Ruming thought for a while and replied, "I see that the Chuang camp is extremely short of rice, wheat, mules and horses, which is far inferior to our Cao camp. Moreover, General Chuang is too strict in controlling his men. He does not allow his subordinates to be around at all.
Going to the village to collect grain and barging into the camp, the life of the people is a miserable one."
"I think Chuangying is more like an army than an army, just like a group of monks. When we stayed in Chuangying, our mouths really became like birds."
"Hahaha, my little brother, his bad habits are really getting worse." Luo Rucai laughed heartily, remembering the past when he and Li Zicheng fought together, and explained to Ji, "It's okay for Zicheng to be a drunkard, but
Not only does he live like a monk himself, but he also insists on taking care of his subordinates. It is really unkind to ask his subordinates to become monks with him. I have advised him several times to be a general and take action.
The more generous you are, the more you can gain the support of your brothers. Not only is he unable to listen, but he is getting more and more violent!"
Ji frowned. He felt that Li Zicheng's behavior was a sign of great ambitions. But seeing Luo Rucai smiling heartily, he couldn't object. He just followed Luo Rucai's wishes and said: "Cao Shuai is a magnanimous and generous man.
.I think among the eight battalions now, except for the two battalions of Hun Tianxing Hui Dengxiang and Huaguansuo Wang Guangen, the other five battalions such as Zheng Shiwan, Xiao Qin Wang, etc., I think they all have the intention to join our Cao camp.
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"Although I love money and sex, I am never stingy. If I, Lao Cao, spend a penny, I will never let my brothers have nothing to spend." Luo Rucai patted his chest. He really loves money and sex, but he doesn't care about his subordinates.
He was a very generous man. He was far from silent about his own poverty, and he also had to control his subordinates to live in poverty together. He was comparable to Li Zicheng.
"Commander Cao is such a man, I think all the brothers who have suffered so much in the camp will definitely come to join him once they know the living conditions of the officers and men in Cao's camp."
"Hey, I don't dare to vouch for this. But as long as I, Cao Cao, am here, I will never let the brothers in Cao camp suffer and live worse than other rebels." Luo Rucai said a few words with a smile, and looked at it again
The map hanging on the tiger skin at the back of the hall said to Luo Ruming, "Ruming, go and call all my nephews. Now that the joint venture has been negotiated, we should take action and give Lao Yang a good look!"
Luo Ruming raised his head and asked: "This...does the master already have a way to deal with the officers and soldiers?"
"Hehe, our great military advisor has already come up with a good idea."
Ji smiled and replied: "I'm already familiar with the preparations. Let's combine Cao's eight camps and break into the camp. There are ten thousand soldiers. We can divide our troops to raid Xing, Gui, Yi, and Yuan, and be the leader of the counties.
We killed the generals and captured the strongholds, burned the villages and plundered the land. Yang Sichang sent out troops to supervise the division, but it only made our actions more rampant. He must be very anxious and will rush to suppress the troops."
What Ji said about "raiding Xing, Gui, Yi, Yuan, and Dang" refers to the counties of Xingshan, Zigui, Yiling, Yuan'an, and Dangyang in western Hubei. These counties are all located in Jingzhou
To the west of the mansion, it is at the junction of the Jianghan Plain and the mountainous area of western Hubei. Once officers and soldiers come to suppress it, Cao Ying can push directly into the mountainous area of western Hubei.
"We retreated into the mountains and lured the officers and soldiers into the mountains to search and kill them. We divided their forces, gathered nine battalions of soldiers and horses, and together we annihilated one of the officers and soldiers, and we were able to severely slap Yang Sichang's face."
Cao Cao slapped his thigh and said, "Ziyu, I often say that you are my Liu Bowen, that's right!"
"The commander-in-chief has received the award, but I really don't deserve it. The ancients said: 'A man will die for the one who knows him, and a woman will look for the one who pleases her.' I am incompetent, but I only think about it and use my wisdom and loyalty to keep the commander in an invincible position, and I will show my grand plan. Great.
The commander-in-chief has no intention to be Zhu Hongwu, how can he expect the sincerity to be inferior to him?"
Early the next morning, Luo Rucai asked Luo Ruming to return to Yiling, inform Li Zicheng of Ji's military strategy, and let Chuangying prepare to cooperate with Cao Ying's actions. In addition, he also sent people to Zigui and Yuan'an to inform Huntianxing.
Prime Minister Hui Deng, Huaguan Suo, Wang Guangen and others were preparing to unite all nine battalions of rebels in western Hubei to fight a great victory and defeat Yang Sichang's prestige.