In the evening of the same day, Qiu Jingzhong rushed back to Xin'an County. He immediately summoned an army of 80,000 troops and wanted to lecture the soldiers.
General Feixiong Weilang and above were basically Qiu Jingzhong's confidants, but he also mobilized the lower-level generals and soldiers, and tens of thousands of torches illuminated the general camp square like daylight.
Qiu Jingzhong stood on the wooden platform and shouted loudly: "Brothers! I, Qiu Jingzhong, have something from the bottom of my heart to tell you today. I have been following the emperor for twenty-five years. I am loyal to him and founded the Zhuhan Dynasty with him. We
Our territory once reached as far south as the Yangtze River and controlled a population of more than 10 million, but now we have suffered repeated defeats. We fought for the Wei State and returned in defeat, and we also lost miserably in the fight for the Qi State! Why do we always fail? I have learned from the painful experience, and now I finally
Found the reason for the failure!”
Qiu Jingzhong looked at the excited faces. He took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "It's because it's unfair! We fight to the death, but we don't get any benefits. We eat less than pigs and dogs, and we hold a meager salary."
military salary, but the court was controlled by a group of wine bags and rice bags, and controlled by relatives. They were so arrogant and extravagant that one meal was much more than a soldier's salary for a year!
Liu Feng was just a butcher, and his sister became a concubine. He didn't know a word of it, but he became the prime minister.
General Zhang Guangsheng was killed by him. He used his confidants to guard the Wei Pass, but lost his letter and Xiao Wanding in three days. How virtuous and capable he was. He actually became the general of the Hu Ben Guard because his daughter pleased the emperor.
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Brothers, if this continues, the dynasty will be completely destroyed sooner or later. I advise the emperor to appoint people on their merits and not to let relatives gain power. If the emperor does not listen, then I can only remonstrate with troops!"
Speaking of this, Qiu Jingzhong raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, we want to clean up the emperor and punish the traitors. We want fairness!"
The 80,000-strong army heard this and their blood boiled with excitement. They raised their arms and shouted with him: "Qing Jun, punish the traitors!"
Qiu Jingzhong waved his hand, and a large flag was unfolded, with six big blood-red characters on it: 'Qing Jun, punish traitors and sycophants!'
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Half an hour later, Qiu Jingzhong led an army of 80,000 men out of the military camp and headed toward Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Zhu Sui was also in the army, and he felt a little regretful that he should not have followed Qiu Jingzhong to escape from Luoyang. He was completely used by Qiu Jingzhong.
Zhu Sui felt very regretful. If he had known that he had escaped from Luoyang with his wife and children and went to the countryside to become a rich man, it would have been much better than the poor situation he was doing now.
But now he has no way out. He can't go back to Luoyang. He doesn't even know what his fate will be. He has no choice but to leave it to fate.
At this time, a soldier galloped over on horseback and said to Zhu Sui: "General, please come over, Your Highness!"
Zhu Sui nodded and followed the soldiers to Qiu Jingzhong, "General, are you looking for me?"
Qiu Jingzhong faked a smile and said, "You'd better be safer with me, I'm afraid someone will harm you."
Hearing that someone would harm him, Zhu Sui was shocked, but then felt relieved. Qiu Jingzhong was just afraid that he would run away.
He nodded silently, Qiu Jingzhong glanced at him and said: "I think it is best to defeat Xiao Wanding, force the emperor to abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor, support His Highness to succeed to the throne, kill all Liu Feng and other relatives, and reverse the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court. This
This is my biggest wish, and then I will go back to Liaodong to find my old master, and I will be worthy of his cultivation."
These words were extremely sincere, but how could Zhu Sui believe him? He knew that loyal people are often traitors, so Zhu Sui pretended to believe them and happily said: "If I can ascend the throne, I will definitely make the general a great general."
Prince, we share the world!"
Qiu Jingzhong chuckled and said no more. The two of them had their own agenda. He asked Zhu Sui to get in a carriage and ordered the military commander to protect the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince and not allow anyone to get close. He said it was to protect safety, but in fact
He was placed under house arrest.
At the fifth watch, Qiu Jingzhong led an army of 80,000 people and arrived ten miles west of Luoyang City.
Soon, the spies came to report, "The main force of the army was found ahead, about 100,000 people!"
Qiu Jingzhong is very clear about the current strength of Luoyang's troops. The 50,000 Leopard Tao Army cannot pass through temporarily. There are a total of 150,000 troops in Luoyang City. The palace must be heavily guarded. If there are 100,000 troops in front, then there will be almost no troops in the south and east.
Guarded.
Qiu Jingzhong found General Wang Tang and said to him: "You can lead 10,000 troops to pretend to attack the palace, use more flags, and make the momentum bigger, just like the main force is attacking the palace. After attracting the enemy troops to the north, immediately retreat south.
, I am waiting for you at the southern camp."
"The general will obey your orders!"
Wang Tang immediately led an army of 10,000 people and marched northward holding 3,000 banners. At the same time, Qiu Jingzhong led an army of 70,000 people, crossed the Gushui River and Luoshui River, and moved to the south.
The terrain of the outer city of Luoyang is relatively complex. From Xicheng to Nancheng, it is very troublesome to continuously cross Gushui, Luoshui and Yishui. However, it is much more convenient and faster to walk from the inner city.
In fact, Qiu Jingzhong kept saying that he wanted to clear the emperor's side, but he had no intention of competing with Luoyang's 150,000-strong army, not to mention that the equipment and training of the 100,000-strong Tiger Army surpassed that of his Flying Bear Army.
Qiu Jingzhong is not that stupid. These 80,000 troops are his capital, and his capital is far from enough to replace Zhu Si. What he is most worried about is that Zhu Si sends an army to chase and intercept him. How can he get rid of the opponent's fight?
This is the issue that Qiu Jingzhong devotes himself to considering.
Qiu Jingzhong knew very well that the opponent must have sent spies, so he pretended to attack Luoyang in a large scale and attracted the opponent's army to the west of the city. On the one hand, he sent troops to feint to attack the palace, and on the other hand, he quickly evacuated southward. He wanted to use the feint attack to delay Huben.
Army, buy him time to retreat south.
Qiu Jingzhong brought a large number of rafts with him, and he used them to build a pontoon bridge to allow the army to quickly cross the river and go south.
Xiao Wanding was indeed fooled. When he learned that the Flying Bear Army was coming fiercely, he immediately led an army of 100,000 to set up a large formation outside the west city of Luoyang, preparing to face the enemy.
At this time, he suddenly received news that the main force of the opponent was attacking the palace, which shocked Xiao Wanding. He immediately led an army of 80,000 to the north of Luoyang City to intercept the enemy.
Ten thousand flying bear troops were beating gongs and drums in the north of the city, waving flags and shouting loudly, but they did not launch an attack.
At this time, the number of troops that Xiao Wanding had mobilized at the city gate had reached one hundred thousand, but after waiting for nearly half an hour, they still did not see each other, which made Xiao Wanding deeply puzzled.
Several spies galloped over on horseback and rushed to Xiao Wanding. They cupped their hands for the first captain and said: "General, we found that the actual number of enemy troops is not many, only about 10,000!"
"What?"
Xiao Wanding was stunned for a moment. Why were there only 10,000 troops? Where were the other 70,000 troops?
A general next to him said: "General, I'm afraid this is Qiu Jingzhong's strategy to seize the opportunity to attack the east and attack the west!"
"What's the sound of attacking from the east to the west?"
Xiao Wanding was really dissatisfied and said: "Where do they want to attack? Please tell me clearly, is there any place in Luoyang City that is more important than the imperial palace?"
The general became a little angry when he saw the coach. He didn't dare to say anything. In fact, Xiao Wanding had already realized that he had been fooled. He was falsely shot by Qiu Jingzhong, but he couldn't lose his face. He said to the generals: "The whereabouts of the other party are as clear as a mirror.
But I want to remind everyone that everything has priorities. For us, protecting the safety of the palace and protecting the emperor is the top priority. No matter what Qiu Jingzhong does, we must stick to the key points."
"The commander is still smart and can see far ahead!" All the generals flattered him one after another.
Although Xiao Wanding regained his face, he was still a little annoyed that Qiu Jingzhong dared to fool him with suspicious soldiers.
He immediately ordered: "Send the order for the forward army to attack!"
"Woo——"
The horn of the attack sounded, and the 30,000 Tiger Guards forward troops charged towards the enemy troops several miles away!
The 10,000 Flying Bear Army had already become a frightened bird. When the 30,000 Tiger Guards vanguard just launched, they quickly evacuated southward...
By the morning of the next day, Xiao Wanding received the definite news that the 80,000 Flying Bear Army had evacuated to the south. He breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to the palace to report the situation to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Qiu Jingzhong probably wanted to take a risk last night and launch a mutiny. He asked the army to confront the Huben Guards in the west, and at the same time sent 30,000 troops to sneak attack the palace. However, his trick was discovered by Wei Chen, who sent troops to defend in a targeted manner.
In the end, Qiu Jingzhong could not find any opportunity to launch a coup, and he fled south in panic."
Zhu Si nodded, "The general is right, Qiu Jingzhong is really good at using surprise troops. I wanted to remind the general yesterday, but I didn't expect that the general has seen through his trick. This really makes me feel relieved, but I hope to wipe it out as soon as possible."
Qiu Jingzhong, I hope the general will share my worries!"
Xiao Wanding had never fought before in his life. How could he face off against the experienced Qiu Jingzhong? He had no choice but to agree, and then went to Liu Sigu to discuss countermeasures.