nucmednet Chapter 214 Looking North
Chapter 214 Looking North
Lu Yihou returned to his former base again. To be honest, if there was no place for him to stand in Yizhou, he would never have considered going up the mountain again.
Today, Yizhou is ruled by Xing Shuren. To prevent the Lu family from causing chaos, anyone with the surname Lu must be strictly checked.
Before the city was broken, all the people of the Lu family fled to the north.
One hundred miles north of Wanquan Pass is where the Zhang family army stationed its troops. Originally, this place was called Xinghe City, but over time, people called it Zhang City.
Zhang Xiaoliu entered the customs from here.
Wanquan Pass has always been guarded by the Lu family, who mainly collect customs duties. The former Xinghe City was a military equipment and leather manufacturing base.
A large number of craftsmen from the south flocked here, the streets were prosperous, and merchants gathered, so it was known as "Longxing Prefecture", and this name was engraved on the lintel of the main gate of the Sipailou.
Therefore, importing and exporting from here is extremely convenient and quite safe.
Over time, the Lu and Zhang families also secretly colluded, not just in business dealings.
"You mean, the Lu family's foundation has been occupied by someone?" When Zhang Xiaofeng arrived at Wanquan Pass, he saw the Lu family's garrison general and learned about the situation in Yizhou. He was shocked.
"My brother is helping your Lu family inside the border. What should we do?"
"General Zhang, we still have people in Fanshan, and all the intelligence from inside the pass is gathered here."
Fanshan is more than a hundred miles away from Wanquan Pass, and the nearby Huairong County is forty miles away. They used to be counties on the border of Yanzhou, aimed at defending against the Huns in the north.
The two counties are very close to each other and are managed by the Lu family and the King of Yan respectively, which has the effect of mutual restraint.
"Pass the order down, stay overnight in Huairong!" Zhang Xiaofeng ordered the deputy general Mahamu beside him.
The cavalry could easily cover forty miles in an hour, and it would be quite easy to reach Huairong County at night. When Lu Benzhong learned that the young commander of the Zhang family army was coming, he prepared a banquet to entertain him.
"Lu Sha, is Zhang Xiaoliu settled?"
"Master, there are only a thousand people. They are stationed in a warehouse in a village below. It's empty there."
"Would you have any ideas?"
"It's so cold, having a few big houses to live in is better than sleeping in the open air."
"Give orders to be careful of flooding at night."
"Okay, sir!"
Lu Sha smiled secretly and walked out the door.
It is much simpler to deal with Zhang's army than to deal with the imperial court. At least it is not as troublesome.
After a while, a doorman came to deliver the message.
"Master, General Zhang Xiaofeng of the Zhang Family Army has arrived."
"Okay, you're welcome!"
Lu Benzhong stood up, dusted off his clothes, and walked towards the main entrance of the hall.
When Zhang Xiaojun stepped into the hall, Lu Benzhong had not yet reached the middle of the hall. Seeing that someone had already entered the room, he became a little flustered and hurried forward to greet him.
"The arrival of Major General Zhang has brought honor to our Lu Mansion. Haha, please take a seat, Major General!"
After saying that, he extended his hand as a gesture of invitation.
Logically speaking, there should be a few people from the Lu Mansion accompanying the visitors today, but these people fled here in a hurry and were busy settling down in their own houses, so Lu Benzhong had no time to call them.
However, he found a few maids in his house to serve him.
Zhang Xiaojun did not care about the pomp and circumstance, and walked towards the main seat in the hall, followed closely by his deputy general Mahamu.
After everyone was seated, Lu Benzhong signaled the maid to serve tea.
"Haha, I heard that the young general came here this time because of your brother's matter?"
"It's true, I came here to find out some basic information."
“The last time, General Zhang was accompanied by General Hou Qianzhi of my Lu family and General Lu Lihong, the garrison general of Zijing Pass, to fight in Guangchang County.
As a result, in the battle of Futu, our Lu family army suffered over a thousand casualties and was unable to pass. We then took another route, with your brother in the front and the Lu family army behind. Our army reached Guangchang County, but your brother was nowhere to be found."
Lu Benzhong's face was full of regret when he spoke, but in fact he cursed Zhang Xiaosi countless times in his heart as if he were an elder, saying that he was a piece of shit. He said he would go to Guangchang County, but he disappeared on the way.
"Is there any news later?" Zhang Xiaofeng asked.
"We attacked Guangchang County for two days but failed to take it, so we withdrew. Later, we heard that the military town had been attacked, and we speculated..."
This statement was too obvious. Lu Benzhong meant the military town that Zhang Xiaosi was going to attack.
"It was because of this incident that Yizhou was retaliated against. Just two days later, Yizhou fell."
Zhang Xiaofeng understood that his fourth brother had stabbed someone's military town, and as a result, Yizhou was retaliated against in order to find Zhang Xiaosi.
"Where does the old patriarch think my fourth brother will go?"
"Logically speaking, they have two destinations, one is Bingzhou and the other is Yizhou. Now it seems that the possibility of going to Bingzhou is very high."
"Why doesn't he come towards Fan Mountain?"
"Haha!" Lu Benzhong stroked his beard and chuckled, "Your brother is a man of great ambition."
After hearing this, an idea came to Zhang Xiaojun's mind, that is, Zhang Xiaosi had always wanted to set up his own business and occupy a county town on the border for development.
but……
Zhang Xiaosi's team discovered that the pursuers had raided north for seventy miles. After seeing Ansu County, they changed their minds and raided the county in one day and occupied it.
A small county town like this, located within the Great Wall, is basically not heavily guarded.
Although General Zhang had only more than 20,000 men, less than 30,000, after entering the city, he deployed soldiers on the four walls of the city.
In order to obtain reinforcements, a small team was sent towards Yizhou.
Ansu County is not far from Yizhou, only about seventy miles away. However, when they rushed there, they found that Yizhou had been occupied by the Yan army.
So they split into two groups, one group headed north, and the other group came back to report to Zhang Xiaosi.
After running a hundred miles north, the people met Zhang Xiaofu's team and immediately handed the letter to Zhang Xiaofu.
After seeing the letter, Zhang Xiaojun learned that his brother was surrounded in a place called Ansu County. He immediately asked the Lu family for 10,000 people and went to Ansu County to rescue him.
At the same time, people were sent back to Xinghe City to ask for reinforcements.
It took two days to reach the 170-mile journey, but Ansu County only held out for one day before the city gates were blasted open by the artillery of the 1st Special Division, and Zhang Xiaosi fled out of the city with 10,000 people.
The defeated soldiers were in a panic and had no idea where to go. There were troops surrounding them from the north, so they could only run more than 40 miles to the northwest and entered the mountains.
After walking another ten miles, we saw a river.
"Young Marshal, just take a rest by the river."
Kashna was so tired that he was panting. When Xing Buhua heard that he was taking a break, he fell off his horse and lay on the ground like a dead dog, not moving.
"Let's take a break and then we can find a way to cross the river."
The soldiers brought water and handed it to Zhang Xiaosi and others.
After Xing Buhua finished drinking the sweet river water, his strength gradually recovered. He said slowly, "This river is hidden among the mountains. There must be a magnificent river flowing upstream. We might as well follow the current and explore northward."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaosi thought this plan was very good and it was exactly in line with his intention of heading north, so he nodded in agreement. The group continued their journey north along the winding river.
After only four or five miles, the view suddenly opened up and a magnificent reservoir appeared in front of us. The rippling blue waves reflected the surrounding mountains, which was a breathtaking beauty.
Everyone decided to take a break here and appreciate the tranquility and grandeur of the mountains and rivers.