Chapter 308

Lu Jiude happily reviewed Liu Bu's army and inspected the army that defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army. He expressed great satisfaction.

Liu Bu's army has the characteristics of all elite armies. Both military appearance and weapons and equipment are very sophisticated.

In particular, Lu Jiude was impressed by their discipline, fearlessness and high morale. It is estimated that the elite cavalry of general Cao Wenzhao around Hong Chengshou had this momentum, but Cao Wenzhao's army didn't seem to have such sophisticated weapons and equipment. When he entered the city, he saw a lot of fleang machine guns fired in the city, These Falang machine guns didn't exist in Fengyang city. They should be brought by Liu bu.

After Liu Bu inspected the army, he said respectfully, "my nephew has arranged a banquet for uncle Shi to wash the dust for him. Please move uncle Shi to the big tent of the Chinese army."

Lu Jiude said to him, "I heard that you have captured Zhang Xianzhong. Where is he detained? I want to see this famous thief immediately."

Liu Buhe said: "because Zhang thief is very important to him, my nephew handed him over to Wang Zhiwen, the magistrate of Anqing, who will take care of him. He will take strict precautions day and night without any laziness."

Lu Jiude said, "this is due, but will it be a fuss in this way?"

Liu Bu said to him, "this is not a fuss, but it is really necessary, because my nephew once heard the news that Zhang Xianzhong has many trusted martyrs. They are not willing to capture Zhang Xianzhong by our army, so they secretly organized an army to rob them back, so my nephew will take strict precautions and dare not be lazy at all."

Lu Jiude snorted coldly, "it's really stubborn, but it's just a dying struggle. It's doomed to be useless."

Liu bu also agreed with the sneer and said, "yes! I'm not afraid of him coming, I'm afraid he won't come. If you dare to come, kill one, two and a pair."

Lu Jiude giggled and said, "it's really a heroic general. I'll take my supervisor to see the thief immediately. I'll personally scold the giant thief who endangers the Ming Dynasty."

Liu Bu had to flatter him and said, "my father-in-law is really loyal to the king and patriotic. He is the emperor's confidant and important minister. I admire him very much."

Lu Jiude said to him, "Zhang thief has done such a shameful thing. The supervisor decided to escort him to Beijing personally and give it to his majesty. He will be cut into thousands of pieces and executed late. Only in this way can he eliminate his hatred."

Liu Bu knows that Zhang Xianzhong's fate should be like this. Since he has fallen into the hands of the officers and soldiers, he can't have any good results. This is not what he can control, but he Liu Bu can't refuse to hand him over, because he Liu Bu still needs his head to make contributions for himself. This is a super valuable head, and you may not even get a lot of money.

Liu Buhe said: "my father-in-law escorts Zhang thief himself. This job is a little dangerous. The news I received is not groundless. If there is no elite force to protect him, it may not be able to resist the enemy's attack."

Lu Jiude was surprised. He said, "where did you hear the news, my good nephew, but it's true."

Liu Bu said, "it's true."

The reason why Liu Bu spread the false news was that he wanted to get away from the pit of Fengyang. He knew that he had done it alone. When Hong Chengchou and Zhu Dadian came, he couldn't get any benefits. He would certainly be angry with them and be bullied by them. Since he got benefits, he also made friends with the rogue bandits and accumulated experience, there was no need to fight with them and kill them.

He Liu Bu did this job. At least he can be an officer of the general or the general army. He can't get promotion and reward in the short term. Since there is no appreciation and reward, he has no motivation to fight desperately. This is to take Liu Jiajun's old capital and fight for the Royal family. This business is not worth it.

That's why he spread false news, just to intimidate Lu Jiude. He knew that the eunuch was not afraid of death. He was not afraid of death and was afraid of smashing his job, so Lu Jiude immediately thought carefully after listening to it.

Lu Jiude said, "this is a big event. If Zhang thief escapes, we will have to move our heads. Therefore, the supervisor suggests that you lead the elite army of your department to escort Zhang thief to Beijing to ensure that there is no risk."

Liu Bu wanted to get out of the pit after taking all the advantages. He didn't want to work for Hong Chengchou and Zhu Dadian, nor for the imperial court. Returning to the north and Shandong was his best place to go, so he readily agreed.

After Liu Bu received Lu Jiude's order, he immediately ordered his men to prepare materials. They will leave here and return to the north in the near future. Liu Bu has now become very realistic, that is, since he has made a profit, he will accept it as soon as it is good. It can't be good. He has to fight hard.

Another point is that the north is their main battlefield. He always feels that it is meaningless to fight against the exiles. Since his army has verified that it has strong combat ability and is regarded as a strong army in the world, it should fight against the JianNu army, which is known as the invincible army in East Asia.

Sometimes, even if Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng rebelled successfully and overthrew the Ming Dynasty, it was still the world of the Han people, and the meat was still rotten in the pot. However, once the imperial court was given to foreign people and Manchu Tartars ruled the Central Plains, it would become ruled by foreign people, and they would become inferior people, This is what future generations will never forgive.

That's why Liu Bu thought about getting out of the pit, and he had a tacit understanding with his father. After receiving the news of his victory, his father immediately replied to him and asked him to find an excuse to lead his troops back to the north. As long as he returned to the north, he was sure to transfer his troops back to Shandong.

The Liu family now has the tendency of warlordism, so they always have to deploy their troops in Shandong and in their own place. This is the most cost-effective arrangement. If they lead their troops to hunt down the rogue bandits and fight and kill, they may consume themselves and kill themselves in this chase war.

Liu Bu had this idea, so he immediately sent more than ten boxes of treasure to Lu Jiude. The eunuch didn't have the following things. He liked and loved money very much. It seemed that the more money, the more security he felt. Not only eunuchs, but everyone else, but eunuchs were more greedy.

When Liu Bu sent more than ten boxes of treasure, Lu Jiude smiled and praised Liu Bu's ability to be a man.

In fact, Lu Jiude, as a eunuch in charge of the army sent by Emperor Chongzhen, his status is not under Hong Chengchou and Zhu Dadian. At the same time, he can also intervene and modify the strategies and policies of the two adults, so Liu Bu will mainly flatter him.

Liu Bu has studied these three big men. Hong Chengchou is a Jinshi, and Zhu Dadian is also a Jinshi. They still have a certain professional ethics. If Liu Bu falls into their hands, they will certainly order Liu Bu to fight and work hard, and finally consume their main strength of Liu family army in the battle of eliminating roving bandits, which is actually in line with the war policy of the imperial court.

Even the emperor would not object to them if they did so. They just turned a blind eye. In the eyes of the emperor, Liu Jiajun and Qi Jun are untrustworthy. Only the army directly led by the imperial court can be accepted and trusted. Therefore, he is always wary of the troops coming out of these places, What they are most afraid of is the emergence of an army like Qi family army or Li family Army (Li Chengliang). The best way is to consume all these troops after exterminating the exiled bandits. The imperial court can put knives and guns into storage and release Ma Nanshan.

However, Lu Jiude's eunuch is different. What kind of ethics can a eunuch have? He is selfish in everything and takes himself as the first priority. Moreover, he also has a nature of being greedy for life and afraid of death. That is, after listening to Liu Bu's rumors, he wants to do his job well at the first time. He doesn't have any strategic vision and won't care about the future affairs of the imperial court, He is known as a soldier, but he has no strategic vision, so he agreed at the first time after Liu Bu put forward such an idea, because it is also in his interests.

In Lu Jiude's eyes, as long as he marched Zhang Xianzhong to the emperor and handed him over to the emperor, he would steadily keep his position. As for chasing and killing rogue bandits and recovering Fengyang, these things are Hong Chengchou and Zhu Dadian. They have to worry about, not Lu Jiude.

Moreover, he was also afraid of the rumors said by Liu bu. If it was the real army sent by the bandits to hijack them, if Zhang Xianzhong was lost in his hand, it was estimated that he would be cut by the emperor. It was Lu Jiude, so he decided to use the Liu family army that captured Zhang Xianzhong alive to escort him back to Beijing.

Zhang Xianzhong's elite army was defeated by Liu Jiajun. Even Zhang Xianzhong was captured alive by them. What can Zhang Xianzhong do with a defeated soldier? Therefore, sending Liu Bu to escort them back to Beijing is the best way. Lu Jiude basically agreed without any consideration, which is in his interests.

So after Liu Bu got what he wanted, he returned the favor and sent out more than a dozen boxes of jewelry. These things are still worth sending out. At least they can get all the benefits and free and easy.

Instead of risking the whole Liu Jiajun to work for the imperial court after receiving a small reward from the emperor, this is a money losing business, so he won't do it.