Chapter 351: The First Big Victory

For now, it seems that Lu Bocheng and Mu Congke have the same goals. read

Lu Bocheng thought and felt a little at ease.

As for the Prince of Jin's Mansion, Mu Cunxian, the eldest son of the Prince of Jin, did not understand his father's plan.

"Father, why did you summon Lu Bocheng? Do you want him to lead troops to help Wen Gongren?"

Mu Congke was leaning on the throne paved with tiger skin. He stretched out an iron fork into the brazier in front of him and was turning over the oily meat.

Hearing the eldest son's question, Mu Congke nodded casually.

A few years ago, Wen Gongren was just a governor of Youzhou in his hands, but he dared to rebel against him and led his troops to occupy part of Hebei's territory, out of his control.

Cunxian led troops to attack him before, but he was careless and underestimated the enemy. 50,000 men returned in defeat.

Now that Wu Quanzhong has proclaimed himself emperor and built Daliang, Wen Gongren actually imitated him and called his territory Yan State.

Now Wu Quanzhong is leading troops to attack Yan State. He can't fight, but he still has the nerve to borrow troops from him.

Cunxian was probably angry and disagreed with his plan to borrow troops.

"Don't be impatient. If you want to take over my position from now on, don't be impatient in everything. You need to distinguish between right and wrong, weigh the left and right, and think twice before you act."

"yes."

Mu Cunxian listened obediently. There are so many fathers, sons, and adopted children, so what if I don’t behave well?

Mu Congke saw that he was willing to listen to the advice, so he said earnestly: "With the current situation in the world, there are almost eight out of ten forces that have attached themselves to the Liang Dynasty. The relatively strong separatist forces like Zhao, Wei, and Zhongshan have all attached themselves to the Liang Dynasty in the end. Now the Yellow River To the north, Wu Quanzhong is only afraid of the Jin and Yan countries."

"If Yan and Jin form an alliance, it will not be a good thing for the Liang Dynasty. Wu Quanzhong will probably have trouble sleeping."

"There is no need to care about small details when fighting for the world. Although Wen Gongren rebelled from our Jin territory, at this time, he came to us for help and borrowed troops from us. If we help him, he will naturally be grateful and owe me a big favor. . And it can also give Wu Quanzhong a painful blow. He has just established the country and is still sitting on his butt. If he is defeated by me, he will probably vomit three liters of blood. Isn't it possible to kill two people with one stone?"

When Mu Cunxian heard this, he nodded repeatedly. It makes sense.

It was my father who thought too far, and he had many shortcomings.

"Then why don't you use my Jin troops and horses and give the opportunity to Lu Bocheng? And he only has so many troops? Only ten thousand people."

Mu Congke paused while turning over the barbecue.

He glanced at his son leisurely.

It usually looks pretty good, but why is it so awkward sometimes? Can he safely hand over Jin land to him?

"Have you forgotten that Wen Gongren led 50,000 soldiers and horses to take care of him?"

When Mu Cunxian heard his father mention the incident of him being beaten up by Wen Gongren, he couldn't help but blush: "That's, that's... that's underestimating the enemy."

"Whether you underestimated the enemy or whatever, the military strength of Yan State cannot be underestimated. And now he is afraid of failure and comes to borrow troops from Jin State. Have you thought about it deeply?"

Father, what does this mean?

Are you afraid that the Jin army will fail?

So should I borrow this soldier or not?

Mu Congke stopped looking at him and started grilling the meat in his hand.

"Father..."

After waiting for a long time, Mu Congke replied: "If the Jin State borrows troops from the Yan State and is defeated in the end, the two places will surrender to the Liang Dynasty. Can Wu Quanzhong let our family go? But we can use Lu Bocheng's 10,000 troops first Take the lead and test the Liang Dynasty's fighting power. If we win, everyone will be happy. If we lose, we can attack and retreat. "

"For Wen Gongren, he asked me for help. Did I help? I helped. As for Lu Bocheng, I took advantage of him, but did he suffer any loss? He wanted to avenge Cui Sheng and Fengxiang Army. , then let’s give him this opportunity, and I’ll give him money and food, killing three birds with one stone, isn’t that great?”

"Father is wise!"

I quickly flattered a few people.

When Lu Bocheng arrived at Prince Jin's Mansion, what he saw was such a picture of a loving father and a filial son.

"I've met King Jin."

"Okay, come on, sit down." Mu Congke was very enthusiastic, as if he was seeing a nephew he hadn't seen for a long time.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. When I saw you before, you were still with Cui Sheng. Now, Cui Sheng is gone. I had a good relationship with him. His passing is really sad."

"The Marshal also often mentioned the King of Jin to me, saying that the King of Jin was brave and resourceful, but had a rift in his heart. The fact that the King of Jin rules the land of Jin is really a blessing to the people of the land of Jin."

Now Lu Bocheng can also speak some scene words.

Sure enough, Mu Congke was flattered by him and felt very comfortable.

Immediately ordered people to serve wine and meat, ordered singing and dancing performances, and personally entertained Lu Bocheng.

Lu Bocheng also frequently toasted with him.

The two of them chatted and chatted with each other.

After the wine and food were full and the singing and dancing gradually stopped, Mu Congke finally revealed his intention of inviting Lu Bocheng to come over this time.

"King Jin wants me to lead troops to help King Yan and repel the Liang Dynasty's attack?" Lu Bocheng was a little surprised.

He thought King Jin wanted to recruit him.

After all, he has more than 10,000 subordinates, all of whom are elite soldiers and cavalry. It is impossible not to be coveted by others.

Does Mu Congke not want to recruit him? Of course I do.

But firstly, he was worried that Lu Bocheng would reject him if he spoke easily. Secondly, he had to deal with his morale first. It would be easier to talk about recruitment when he was desperate.

Otherwise, 10,000 soldiers and horses may not obey the command.

This time it happened to be an opportunity. If you lose, it's natural to open your mouth. If he wins, it's okay. Give him money and food and let him lead his men as usual.

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, ten thousand troops are not enough to be feared.

After a long time, we will gradually divide them in the future.

He had 10,000 soldiers who needed food, clothing, and salaries, and weapons had to be replaced. With Lü Bocheng alone, it wasn't that he underestimated him, but Lü Bocheng couldn't solve the military supply problem for the 10,000-man army.

Mu Congke was calculating, and Lü Bocheng was also thinking about what Mu Congke said.

But after a moment, he readily agreed.

First, his current 10,000-plus people needed a lot of silver and food. Second, he also wanted to take this opportunity to severely hit Wu Quanzhong's morale.

Jin and Yan had nothing to do with him, Lü Bocheng, but Wu Quanzhong ordered the army to attack, and Lü Bocheng was worried that he had no chance to fight against the Liang Dynasty's army.

So, he agreed.

Thinking of the various money, military rations, clothing, and other items that the quartermaster had calculated for the army, he immediately asked Mu Congke.

Mu Congke agreed immediately.

Very straightforward.

So when Lü Bocheng left, dozens of carts followed him, carrying all kinds of food, military supplies, and silver boxes.

When they returned to the camp, everyone looked at the carts that came in one after another, filling the warehouse, and their eyes widened.

Sure enough, the commander went to the Jinwang Mansion and robbed so many military supplies?

It turned out that the commander was still powerful.

Now they don’t have to worry about having no food to eat. They don’t have to worry about their beloved horses being skinned and eaten.

When Lü Bocheng told everyone about the intention of the Jinwang, everyone agreed without hesitation.

They are soldiers, their blood is hot, and they will fight when there is a war. Moreover, it is against the army of the Liang Dynasty.

I was worried that there would be no chance to avenge the marshal and the Fengxiang army.

Isn’t the opportunity here?

Lü Bocheng quickly organized his army to go to Jin, and together with the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Jin, he took 20,000 elite soldiers to Yan.

The two countries gathered nearly 100,000 troops and fought fiercely in Luzhou for one and a half months with the Liang Dynasty army, which also sent 100,000 troops.

Records of the Grand Historian: In the winter of the first year of the Liang Dynasty, Wu Quanzhong ordered 100,000 troops to attack Luzhou.

The Liang Dynasty army built a double city outside Luzhou City and surrounded Luzhou. Luzhou was besieged, and Yan Wang Wen Gongren borrowed troops from Jin Wang Mu Congke.

Mu Congke sent Lu Bocheng to lead 20,000 troops to support.

Lu Bocheng's army fought bravely, fearless of war and death, and defeated the 100,000 troops of the Liang Dynasty with one against ten.

In less than two months, the Liang Dynasty withdrew from Luzhou.

The crisis of the siege of Yan State was resolved.

Lu Bocheng ushered in his first great victory after becoming the commander-in-chief.