"So you are not a thief on the fifth floor, but a thief on the five banners?"

Geng Yan was still a little younger. He suddenly saw four or five thousand bandits coming here to siege the fort. He thought it was the fifth floor of Liaocheng. In surprise, he sent someone to inform the fifth reunion to quickly attack Liaocheng.

But when it was dusk, the bandits were unable to capture Weijiawu for a long time. Seeing Geng Yan lingering around, the infantry led by Geng Chun was almost here, so they gave up the attack and began to retreat eastward.

The ordinary prisoners who were captured before were talking about the dialect in Qingzhou, but they didn't know what to do. It was not until Geng Yan took the risk of making a breakthrough and caught a small leader who fell behind to ask, and he thought it was not good.

No wonder these bandits who besieged Weishiwu were a little stupid! According to the leader's confession, they were not thieves from the fifth floor of Liaocheng, but were invited by Zhang Wen. Although the Five Banners who went south from the north were only one word short, they were indeed divided into two leaders.

"Zhang Wen said that this small fort has a lot of food hidden, so he asked our troops to attack, and he will arrive later."

It was not just the Five Banners who were deceived, but Geng Yan was all caught in the story. At first, he thought it was Zhang Wen who was also playing the same attack, and wanted to lure the official army to set up an ambush in Liaocheng.

Unexpectedly, the scout who sent a letter to Di Wulun came back to report that Ma Yuan, who was stationed in the east, had long discovered that the thieves on the fifth floor of Liaocheng were evacuated in the fog. There was no need for Geng Yan to remind him that Ma Yuan had already pushed his troops to Liaocheng, and now he has put the flag on the top of the city!

"What a thief! I would rather take advantage of Ma Wenyuan than leave Liaocheng for me."

Geng Yan understood the reason, but Zhang Wen saw that the food in Liaocheng had been exhausted and the fifth reunion was firm and cleared the fields, so they could not grab the food. The thieves became increasingly hungry and had no confidence in the battle, so they decisively deceived the Wuban thieves to attract the attention of Geng Yan and Geng Chun, the Western Army. Zhang Wen hurriedly left Liaocheng with the thieves on the fifth floor.

Although Zhang Wen was forced away by the Fifth Reunion strategy, wouldn’t he be fooled by Geng Yan?

Geng Yan was quite annoyed, but he also remembered that the overall situation was the most important thing and didn't care about the thief on the fifth floor who was walking away. He only stared at the Wu Banner thief who was deceived by Zhang Wen and was still ignorantly retreating to Liaocheng. On the way, the Wu Banner thief wanted to counterattack several times, but Geng Yan calmly opened the distance and played with it in his palm, causing heavy losses.

When he arrived near Liaocheng, he did not see the thieves on the fifth floor coming to support, but saw Ma Yuan's banner on the top of the city. The five banner thieves were shocked. Ma Yuan had already gone to pursue the thieves on the fifth floor. Di Wulun arrived with his rear army and happened to fight with Geng Yan and Geng Chun who arrived later, and almost wiped out the five banner thieves near Liaocheng.

Although the number of people is similar, the strong attacks the weak and orderly attacks the disorder. The battle process is not good, which really helps Gengshi's remaining soldiers to train their courage and practice their hands with the fifth ethics. Because I heard that this battle can be divided into fields in Shouliang, and the militia will also do their best.

In the end, the thieves Xiao Qu Shuai died in battle. When the rest saw that they could not defeat him, they put down their weapons and surrendered, with a total of more than 3,000 people remaining.

"Dayin, I'm at fault, please remove me from joining the army."

At the end of the battle, there were corpses on the ground. Geng Yan came over with a red face to avenge the crime. Although it did not lead to a big mistake, he also misjudged the enemy situation today. Although he could be dismissed from his official position by the fifth republic and go home, he said he would have to win a big victory, but he ended with such a mistake, and Xiao Geng was a little unwilling to accept it.

But Wu Lun said: "I didn't expect that the thief was more than Bo Zhao? My fault was even greater."

They guessed that Zhang Wen might run away and made preparations, but they never expected that this would be the way to run. This attitude of selling friendly forces without hesitation is actually not inferior to the fifth reunion, and it is worthy of being a five-character in his name.

Geng Chun pointed to the prisoners who were squatting on the ground and squeezing warmth, holding their heads in both hands and said, "What should he do?"

He immediately made a killing gesture: "Shouliangjing is in such a difficult situation, even the local refugees are hungry, so how can they still have extra food to support them?"

The fifth relationship is also difficult. Shouliang is broken and has to rely on blood transfusions in Wei County. Wei Cheng's food and resources are also very tight. Even if he brings this group of people to the Wu'an Mine to make use of his residual heat, there is no food supply halfway through the way. In the twelfth month of winter, he is afraid that half of his death will be killed. So what is the difference between him and the new military bureaucrats who have strengthened the army?

Finally, the fifth reunion decided to go to Liaocheng to see the situation before making plans.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, it was also the first day of the fourth year of the Dihuang in Xinli (23 AD). The fifth reunion was on the road between soldiers and soldiers. The local scholars and ladies took a car to enter this ancient city that was built during the Warring States Period.

The one who led him was the Ludalu Zhongkang, who escaped from Liaocheng to join and was enlisted as a disciple. He put on a Confucian uniform again. Last night, he took the sword seriously and killed a single thief in the chaos.

Lu Zhongkang pointed to the city full of devastation and felt heartbroken: "A big city with tens of thousands of people and a major town between Qingji, is now suffering from bandits and has become a ghost."

The people in the city had almost escaped when the bandits entered. Those who had survived these two or three months were thin and had no wealth and confidence in the people of the big city in the past. I heard from Lu Zhongkang that the fifth man who was kind to the people was here, because the three elders who were old and who were not killed by the thieves came to pay their respects, and tears were pouring down.

Telling about the experiences of these days, it’s just one word, it’s so bitter.

"There were hundreds of families in my home, but now there are only a dozen families left. The rest will either be killed or fled. The bandits live in the empty house, bullying men and women, and coercing the people in the village to be slaves and maids. My concubines are all... "

The three elders in Liaocheng were very angry, but why did the fifth reunion hear that in order to protect their family, this old man took the initiative to do things for Zhang Wen, calling on everyone to provide food to the bandits, and gave him many suggestions. The concubine also took the initiative to give it?

But other things are generally not bad. The thief on the fifth floor has been an "better" armed force in the words of Zhen Junjian, who had been a thief, but he also caused great harm to Liaocheng. After rough statistics, the household registration was reduced by half, and business and handicrafts were almost destroyed.

The local rats were removed, but there were more thieves who had no rules on the people. They didn’t have to pay food to the government, but the bandits took more, and even you had to take away. For a moment, many people in Liaocheng began to miss the time when the Daxin government was still there.

It’s better to be a peaceful dog than a person in troubled times!

The losses are immeasurable. The escaped population will slowly return, but the famine caused by burning and looting is far-reaching. If Liaocheng wants to restore its prosperity before the war, it will probably take one or two generations of people to do so.

After seeing the miserable appearance of Liaocheng, the fifth reunion lost his sympathy for the bandits. Although he did not plan to commit a massacre, he was unwilling to be responsible for their lives this winter.

He first asked his subordinates to identify the locals of Shouliang. If they could speak dialects of Liaocheng and other counties, and were helpless to follow the thieves, they would be left behind. The other foreign host bandits were regarded as locusts. After being imprisoned for a night, they were asked to drive the hungry bandits north.

Ma Yuan didn't give up and went to chase the main force of the fifth floor thief yesterday, but Zhang Wen was indeed a runaway talent. He actually took clean and light clothes and only brought light silk. All other things were thrown in Liaocheng.

Ma Yuan only caught a few people who fell behind and killed thousands of people. It happened that the sky was frost and snow and the weather was extremely cold. They ran around for several days and were extremely tired, so they had to return in disappointment.

The thieves on the fifth floor had already followed Zhang Wen to the neighboring county, while those who could not walk were left to die. Some people even sat in the snow and begged at the passing officials and soldiers, completely ignoring the previous ones.

"As long as you give stutters, clothes, tenants, slaves, and we can do it."

Many people looked pitiful, but the fifth relationship was as hard as iron, which made people gather together and drive the old path of the Yellow River higher than the ground.

The former Yellow River Road turned a large bend in the shape of "factory" north of Shouliang. After the river water was diverted, a "Great Wall" that was hundreds of miles east and west was left, consisting of two river embankments in Zhao and Qi countries and depressions full of salt and fish bones and shells.

This is the only natural boundary in northern Sholiang, and it is also the only geographical advantage that the fifth reunion can take advantage of: "Where can you find such a good isolation wall?"

Thousands of refugees were blocked here, and the fifth reunion asked the seventh reunion to pull out one tenth of the male, that is, three or four hundred people came and executed in the river on the spot!

The blood moisturizes the old ways that dried up again, as if the Yellow River is revived.

This is to punish the crimes they committed in Liaocheng and Boping, and to allow the living people to spread the cruel side of the fifth rebellion throughout the Hebei Uprising Army.

But what is more terrifying than the ruthless assassination of hundreds of people by officers and soldiers with spears was that the Fifth Reun discovered that these thousands of bandits were still numb when they witnessed the death of their companions, without any fear. After being released, they staggered across the river, like walking corpses.

If the Han Dynasty was a time when slaves were temporarily stabilized, then this new end was an era when most people wanted to be slaves but could not get it.

Why is this world like this?

Wu Lun sighed, but his heart still became soft, which made the soldiers shout at the bandits, causing many people to turn around and look at the condescending fifth Lun in a daze.

"The fifth official tells you that if you are still alive in the beginning of spring, you can come here again."

"At that time, if you are refugees who put down your weapons, you just want to live a stable life again and are willing to become tenant farmers and farm well, so you will come here to surrender and become a household registration and all residents, and reduce rent as appropriate."

"If you are still a bandit who harms Xiangqu, you will not only draw ten or kill one, but you will dare to cross the river boundary. Your head will cover the old riverbed!"

...

The fifth floor Qu Shushou Zhang Wen had already led his troops to cross the old road of Dahe and ran to their hometown, the boundary of Qinghe County.

What drove them to evacuate was not only the troops of the fifth reunion, but also the hunger and panic that had nowhere to search for food. The bandits were fishing through the abyss. If they could not find food in a place, then no matter whether it was a famous city or a palace or a capital, it would have no value to the thieves on the fifth floor.

"It's time to move." Zhang Wen turned around and the long line was much shorter than when he was in Liaocheng, so he asked someone to count the number of people while everyone was resting.

“How much has been lost?”

"A few days ago, more than a thousand people were attacked by officers and soldiers, more than two thousand people fell behind along the way, and more than a thousand people were chased and killed by the captain Ma."

Seeing that the number of people was less than half, Zhang Wen smiled. Compared to the Wu Banners who blocked the arrows for him and the Five School Army and were wiped out by the entire army, their losses were smaller and not considered as trauma.

"Change another place, build a county town, and carry the young and strong, and the number of people will be tens of thousands."

Zhang Wen did underestimate the fifth relationship. Now he even secretly regretted not accepting the surrender, but he could no longer turn around. In order to survive, the bandits could only keep moving forward.

Qinghe County has been removed by bandits from all walks of life for several layers of land, and the competition is large and it cannot last long. They need a new direction.

Zhang Wen raised the sword seized from Liaocheng Zai and threw it away casually, letting it decide!

The sword fell on the snow with a bang. When the Qushou coach came over and saw it, they all wailed: "Why is the point of the sword pointing to the south again!"

Last time they threw the south, they dizzy and entered Shouliang and captured Liaocheng. After a few days of good days, they met the fifth relationship. The bandits were trying to survive, not seeking death. Why do they have to fight to the forefront?

Everyone looked at each other, looked at Zhang Wen, and waited for him to make a decision. If he insisted on his own and wanted to fight the fifth reunion, he would have to let Zhang Qushuai down, so everyone could change to a leader.

Zhang Wen was smart, saw the doubts of the people and knew their intentions, so he laughed and said, "What I threw this time is in the direction of the hilt of the sword!"

"To the north." His thumb deliberately pointed to the northwest: "Go to Julu County!"

...

The bandits abandoned thousands of corpses and left behind tens of thousands of local unjust souls who were killed directly or indirectly, which reduced the household registration of Liaocheng and other counties by half. After patting their butts, the fifth relationship had to be in a mess and rebuild order.

After coming to Shouliang, the group of subordinates who defected to him were appointed as officials, and even Huang Chang was appointed. The fifth reunion wanted him to be the priest of Liaocheng, but Huang Chang refused. He also said that he was willing to be a subordinate for the fifth reunion for ten years, and that he would not be paid a salary.

"Meng Gao is better than three hundred stones, not Bailihou." The fifth reun pointed at him and smiled. Huang Chang knew very well that the size of power was never measured by ranklu, but by the distance from the lord.

At the beginning of the fourth year of the Earth Emperor, with the fifth reunion annihilated the Five Banners and expelled the Five Floors and the Five Schools, and the famous Heji, two letters of help were sent to him one after another.

One letter was from the neighbors in the north, and Pinghe (Qinghe) Lian led Gu Gong to send someone to the emergency.

Huang Changnian said: "Gu Gong said that there are three or four bandits in Pinghe County, namely five schools, Qingdu and Dajian. The number of people is tens of thousands. Gu Lian has been trapped in the county government for more than a month. Now that the court cannot send a large army to conquer, the governor of Jizhou has no choice but to ask for help from the Dayin."

Regarding this emergency, the fifth reunion only drank hot porridge, looked at the snow falling outside, and slowly said: "The current situation is that everyone can sweep the snow in front of the door, don't worry about the frost on others, and block the bandits from the river. Our troops will never take the initiative to cross the border to attack."

Ma Yuan and others have pushed the defense zone to the old road and attacked each other, but the hasty expansion outside without recovering from the counties of Shouliang County, which has no benefit for them, and will instead be affected by more messes.

Everyone agreed with it, and Geng Chun was even more amazed at the fifth reunion’s words, “Everyone swept away the snow in front of the door”.

But soon, when the second letter arrived, Geng Chun couldn't laugh.

"The Liangshan Red Eyebrow attacked Dingtao, and the city was in danger. The Grand Master Wang Kuang guarded Luoyang, fearing the Red Eyebrow like a tiger, refused to go east to Chenggao to rescue. The soldiers of the Grand Situ Wang Xun were also recruiting, so they could only leave the pass after spring..."

Although it was expected, the day came.

Geng Chun rarely had such panic. He bowed to Diwulun: "Dingtao's city defense may not last until spring. Red Eyebrows have always hated the chief officials of the border most, and if they are captured, they will be killed suddenly. My father is helpless. Looking at it thousands of miles away, only the Wei soldiers have the power to fight, so he asked us for help!"

He could not say a reason to have to save peace, but he still hoped that the fifth replies would agree.

Geng Boshan is not a subordinate or a friend now. He has only one identity: his son who only wants to save his father's life!

He bowed to the fifth reunion again: "I want to borrow troops!"

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Chapter completed!