Chapter 3805 Rebellion?
The rain and the water are really giving people a headache, but what is even more troublesome is that Luo Fengtang discovered that Wu Xiong and his gang were actually as he expected,
in order to escape for their lives , took the lead in this extremely bad weather and crossed the river in danger.
It was enough to pass it. After passing it, I cut off the only pontoon bridge with my backhand.
So Luo Fengtang stopped on the shore for a while, only seeing half of the pontoon rising and falling in the waves.
Luo Fengtang was so angry that the bones in his fists were almost crushed. Vice General Xie came over.
"General, it's all the fault of my subordinates. If my subordinates hadn't delayed, they wouldn't have been allowed to escape." Vice General Xie stood behind Luo Fengtang with a guilty look on his face, his head lowered and frustrated to the extreme.
The general takes things seriously, but he himself is too bad.
If the general hadn't chased him with a group of light cavalry, by the time the large group of people arrived at the river tomorrow...
"It's not entirely your fault."
Taking a deep breath, Luo Fengtang turned around.
He put his hands behind his back, and his face washed by the rain was stern.
"The bridge is broken, and it will take at least three days for the large group of troops to take a detour to cross the river. By the time we cross the river, Wu Xiong's troops have been supplied. We are exhausted and we will definitely suffer a loss in the confrontation."< br>
“Vice General Xie, you send two ones with better water properties. "We waded across the river overnight to go to Minzhou." Ready to meet us at a safe place across the river ”
After crossing the river, it was the real battle, the battle with the main force of the Han army.
So support from the local government is needed.
Vice General Xie cupped his hands and said: "General, I have good water skills, and I have had a relationship with the prefect of Minzhou. This matter is of great importance, and I am willing to make this trip. "The merits are not the crime!"
Vice General Xie went to Minzhou to ask for help. On the other hand, Luo Fengtang sent people to find nearby villages and tried to see if they could get a boat through the villagers.
While Luo Fengtang was waiting anxiously by the river, standing by the river every day and looking at the stall with a frown on the surging river, Yang Ruoqing also left the cave with Wang Dalong.
Luo Fengtang waved his hand and the soldiers retreated.
Luo Fengtang looked at the place where the water and the sky met, with a look of contemplation on his face.
At this time, a familiar voice came from the front, "General!"
Luo Fengtang turned around in surprise and saw Vice General Xie dismounting from his horse and running towards this side.
"Why are you back so soon? Have you ever met the magistrate of Minzhou? What did he say?" Luo Fengtang came to Lieutenant General Xie in three steps and asked.
Vice General Xie said: "General, I didn't enter the city at all because I met a secret envoy on the road."
"The secret envoy gave this to my subordinate, please take a look at it, General!"
What Deputy General Xie handed over was a sealed piece of kraft paper. The kraft paper was very small and covered with blood.
"Are you injured?" Luo Fengtang asked, looking at Lieutenant General Xie.
Vice General Xie shook his head: "My subordinates were not injured. This is the blood of the secret envoy. The secret envoy was entrusted by the special envoy Mr. Lu to risk his life to deliver a message out of the city to the general."
"When I received this letter, the secret envoy passed away. I could only find a place to bury him hastily."
Luo Fengtang frowned and gently opened it with his fingers. I read this letter that was escorted out with someone else's life. On the white paper was a letter written in blood, with the name of Special Envoy Mr. Lu and a signature indicating his identity in the signature area.
After reading the letter, Luo Fengtang's face turned gloomy and he stood there without saying a word.
This made Vice General Xie next to him even more uneasy.
"General, what did Mr. Lu say in the letter?" Vice General Xie asked cautiously.
While handing the blood letter to Vice General Xie, Luo Fengtang sighed softly and said: "There is no need to go to the Minzhou Prefect for support. The Minzhou Prefect has already colluded with Qin Hanqing and others."
After reading the bloody letter on the paper, Vice General Xie's heart sank to the bottom of his heart.
"General, who is this Mr. Lu? Why did he send you a letter, General?" Vice General Xie couldn't help but ask again.
Luo Fengtang said: "Master Lu is a member of the emperor. At the beginning, our troops were divided into three groups. My brother-in-law Da'an was a secret imperial envoy and came to Tianhai County to investigate and collect evidence."
"I am responsible for escorting the Ninth Princess and preparing troops to support the imperial envoy at any time."
"As for Mr. Lu, he is on the third line. The emperor has considered in advance that if a fight breaks out on our side, he will temporarily dispatch troops elsewhere. Must be rescued from afar "You can't get close to the fire,"
"And the number of people in the wedding group is also limited. If we bring all the soldiers here to escort the princess to get married, such a big movement will definitely arouse the vigilance of Wu Xiong and others." he said.
Vice General Xie said: "That's for sure. All the brothers in our national defense army are good. If we had brought all the brothers over this time, we would have conquered Tianhai County long ago. As for This pursuit will kill people!"
Luo Fengtang nodded: "So, the emperor sent the special envoy Mr. Lu to Minzhou and brought the emperor's imperial decree."
"Lord Lu said in the letter that when the news about Tianhai County reached Minzhou, Lord Lu immediately took out the imperial edict and went to see the prefect of Minzhou, and in the name of the emperor ordered the prefect of Minzhou to quickly dispatch troops and generals to come to the rescue. ,"
"But the magistrate of Minzhou not only failed to comply with the order, but instead imprisoned Mr. Lu and sent people to guard him closely. "
“Master Lu wrote a letter in blood, and it took a lot of trouble to finally send it out.”
“This letter in blood is to remind me that the prefect of Minzhou has rebelled. , let me stop the scam of the prefect of Minzhou!"
Hearing Luo Fengtang's words, Vice General Xie gritted his teeth in anger.
"This bastard, the prefect of Minzhou, waits until we break into the city of Minzhou, and I will cut off his head and use it as a stool to sit on!" The rebels are so audacious!" Lieutenant General Xie said angrily, with anger burning in his eyes.
Luo Fengtang said: "There is no time to be angry now. The top priority is to find a way to cross the river as soon as possible. If we can't cross the river, everything will be in vain!"
Vice General Xie said: "General, this Can you find ordinary people nearby? The fishermen's families should have boats..."
When asked about this, Luo Fengtang casually called over a soldier who was sent to inquire.
"Tell Lieutenant General Xie exactly what you found out," he said.
The soldier then told Lieutenant General Xie: "In reply to General Xie, my subordinates are responsible for going to inquire about the situation. Within ten miles nearby, two villages were found. The villages are very small, and the people in their prime are all After going out, only a dozen or twenty old, weak, women and children were left behind in the village. Not even a floating board could be found, let alone a boat. "
Luo Fengtang waved his hand and the soldier retreated.
He told Vice General Xie: "The young and middle-aged people in these villages were probably deceived by the Han army. Even if their families had boats, most of them would have received the Han army's signal before we arrived. Destroyed everything like boats and rafts.”
“Crossing the river is really a tricky thing right now!”
(End of this chapter)