mesbooks Chapter 138: Bandit Practices
Chapter 138: Bandit Practices
Yuzhou City had at least 3,000 defenders, while the other side had only 5,000 or 6,000 men.
They were defending and the other side was attacking, and they were in a dominant position and were ready, so how could it be so fast?
Liu Cheng was unwilling to give up and wanted to run to the top of the city wall to see what was going on.
However, a large number of defeated soldiers who fell from the city wall blocked his way and he could not move forward at all.
"Sir, why are you still here? Run quickly. The city gate has been broken and the enemy has entered the city." A soldier saw Liu Cheng and shouted loudly.
Liu Cheng suddenly realized what was going on. He turned around and ran forward to his own house behind the yamen.
He had a wife and children at home, and he had to take them out of the city.
However, he had never expected that the city would be breached so quickly, and his wife and children at home were completely unprepared.
When he returned home and shouted to his wife and children that he wanted to escape together, the house was in chaos and disarray.
When everything was ready, I hurried out of the house, but the door was blocked.
"He is our prefect Liu Cheng." A soldier pointed at Liu Cheng and said.
"Catch the man." Ling Xiao gave an order.
Several soldiers came up and pinned Liu Cheng to the ground and tied him up.
There was a sudden sound of wailing in the yard.
Murong Feihe never expected that Yuzhou City would be conquered by Lu Xingchen so quickly.
It took less than half an hour from the beginning of the attack to the final capture of the city.
The defenders of Yuzhou City were already frightened out of their wits. When Lu Xingchen and his men entered the city, they encountered almost no resistance and were completely routed.
Lu Xingchen came to the Yuzhou government office and sat in the lobby.
Officials from Yuzhou Prefecture were brought up one after another.
The official structure of Yuzhou is relatively complete. After all, it is a provincial capital directly inherited from the previous dynasty.
In addition to Prefect Liu, there are the Chief Secretary, the Sima, and the Si Cao of each department.
Lu Xingchen looked at the official kneeling on the ground without any pretense and said directly, "My surname is Lu, and I am the military governor of Jizhou and Yongzhou."
"Now Yuzhou is also in my hands."
"I will also be the governor of Yuzhou."
"Yuzhou is the prefecture with the most complete staff of officials among all the prefectures I have visited."
“Everyone still has their own duties.”
"If everyone cooperates with me, then everything will be easy to deal with. But if you don't, don't blame me for being ruthless."
There were many officials kneeling on the ground. They had never heard of Lu Xingchen, let alone knew that she was a woman.
But the situation is stronger than people, who dares to disobey Lu Xingchen's orders?
They all expressed their willingness to pledge allegiance.
Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, "Then report all the matters you are in charge of now."
"What I want is the list of people, account books, and land records directly managed by Yuzhou..."
The officials kneeling on the ground stood up one after another and took out all the account books of the affairs they managed from the office and placed them in front of Lu Xingchen.
Seeing that everyone was cooperating, Lu Xingchen did not make things difficult for them and asked the guards to take the people away first.
Soon Ling Xiao brought Liu Cheng into the yamen.
Liu Cheng knelt on the ground and looked up at Lu Xingchen.
He had only heard that Lu Xingchen was a woman, but he didn't expect her appearance to be so stunning.
"Do you want to submit to me or be loyal to Da Qi?" Lu Xingchen looked at Liu Cheng and asked directly.
"I have already written to the court to submit to Daliang." Liu Cheng replied.
"We are both officials of Daliang. I don't know why you want to attack me and occupy Yuzhou."
"What do you think?" Lu Xingchen raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Liu Cheng had an idea in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it out loud at this moment.
Liu Cheng looked at Lu Xingchen's beautiful face, but when he met her gaze, he lowered his head instantly.
"I am willing to be loyal to the commander-in-chief and Lord Lu." Liu Cheng was a man who knew the times and quickly expressed his loyalty.
After all, his wife and children are already under Lu Xingchen's control.
"That depends on what you have done in Yuzhou over the years?" Lu Xingchen waved at the guards.
The guards took Liu Cheng away.
As usual, Lu Feng began to take over the affairs of Yuzhou.
Wei Hu, Zhang Fan and their men led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Murong Feihe and Wang Mao followed Lu Xingchen's troops directly into Yuzhou City.
Huangshan stayed in the camp.
Looking at Wei Hu and Zhang Fan leading the soldiers to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner, the scene before them also made them dumbfounded.
Because the soldiers gathered all the gold, silver and other valuables they had obtained together and piled them directly in the open square of Yuzhou City.
Murong Feihe had never seen such an operation before.
"Young Master, what are they going to do?" Even though Wang Mao was a smart man, the scene before him was unbelievable to him.
Murong Feihe shook his head slowly. "I'm not sure either."
“Isn’t this a bit too direct?”
"But they don't seem to disturb the common people." Wang Mao said as he observed the situation around him.
Murong Feihe also noticed that although Lu Xingchen and his soldiers robbed gold and silver, they only robbed the soldiers' belongings and did not rob the common people.
As long as the people keep their doors and windows closed, they won't disturb them.
Even though the shops on the roadside were open, they did not go in.
These soldiers robbed things, but they did so in a very restrained and orderly manner.
Soon, the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield.
Wei Hu began to distribute the stolen gold and silver on the spot.
This scene shocked Murong Feihe even more.
Yes, this is what bandits do.
If it were a regular army, it would absolutely not be allowed to do this.
However, looking at the joy of victory on the faces of the soldiers who received the property, Murong Feihe seemed to understand something.
This direct reward can greatly inspire the soldiers' will to fight.
He was now even more grateful that he did not fight with Lu Xingchen on the plain.
If a battle were to take place, he would be defeated miserably.
He discovered that the troops led by Pei Jun were also a magical force.
They seemed to be looking for some capable enemies to test the results of their training, but unfortunately they were disappointed every time.
He was a little scared when he thought about it now. People like Pei Jun at that time really hoped that he would fight them desperately.
"Master Murong, how do you feel after watching this for the whole day?" Lu Xingchen came to his side on his warhorse.
The girl was wearing silver armor but no helmet. The breeze ruffled her hair, making her face even more bright and charming.
But at this moment, in Murong Feihe's eyes, Lu Xingchen's beauty had begun to fade, and her wisdom and ability were constantly improving and shining.
Where is this woman?
Her wisdom and ability far surpassed any man he had ever met.
Even his father was inferior to Lu Xingchen's wisdom and leadership ability.
Murong Feihe felt that he hadn't even started pursuing love yet, but he already felt inferior in front of Lu Xingchen.
"I learned a lot." said Murong Feihe.
"That's good..." Lu Xingchen replied.
"I went to see the granary in Yuzhou. There is a lot of grain in the warehouse. I'm giving it all to you. You can bring people to get it tomorrow." Lu Xingchen said.