Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 26 Ye Sheng, why is it you? (Please read on)
"Your Majesty, that is Marshal Zhu's mansion."

In the suburbs outside Lu'an City, Yang Wuyi led Lu Jin and others to a village. Although it was called a village, it was actually more like a small town. After all, it was very close to Lu'an City.

Looking at the brick courtyard wall in front of you, although it is not very big, compared with the surrounding adobe houses and thatched houses, you can still see the wealth of the owner.

Lu Jin took out a knife and put it on the vendor's neck. "You better not lie to me, otherwise I will make you cry so hard that you won't be able to find your grave. I remember your home is in Xin'an Township."

"How dare I? Great King, please forgive me. I have elderly and children at home, and the whole family is counting on me."

"Shut up and stop crying."

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Lu Jin shook his head at Yu Tonghai and Zhang Desheng who followed him, "Tonghai, fence off the yard and guard the perimeter. Desheng, go in and arrest the people. Be quick and don't let anyone go, but don't hurt anyone either."

"Yes."

A few minutes later, the yard was brightly lit, and there were sounds of shouting and fighting. More than a dozen men and women were all caught in the front yard.

Zhu Liangzu's family was relatively simple. There were only his parents, his first wife Zeng, and his 11-year-old eldest son Zhu Xian. There were also two security thugs who had just resisted. The rest were maids and servants.

"Who are you? Why did you break into people's houses at night and tie us up?" Old Master Zhu looked at these people with red scarves on their heads and was immediately shocked and angry.

Hearing this, Lu Jin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why does Old Master Zhu ask when he already knows the answer? Aren't our red scarves eye-catching enough?"

"What do you want?!"

Lu Jin spread his hands, "Isn't this obvious? Your son Zhu Liangzu is a Han Chinese, willing to work for the Tartars, killing my compatriots, and stubborn. So I can only capture his family and force him to surrender. Old man, please come with us!"

After that, he no longer cared about their reactions, waved his hand, and shouted, "Take him away."

"Brother Lu, where are the maids and servants?" Yu Tonghai asked.

"It's no use taking them with us, and it will only delay things. Just take Zhu Liangzu's parents and wife with us. Tie up all the other maids and servants and lock them up in the room. Find a carriage to load them. We have to be quick." Lu Jin thought about it and made a decision immediately.

"it is good."

After a while, a carriage drove out from the side door of the yard, and Yu Tonghai said happily.

"Brother Lu, I found something good at his house."

Lu Jin frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you not to take his property?"

Lu Jin had the intention of subduing Zhu Liangzu, so even though he kidnapped his family, he did not hurt anyone, and it was even more impossible for him to take his property, otherwise it would be difficult to say what would happen next.

Yu Tonghai immediately said happily, "It's not really property, it should be the weapon that guy used to practice martial arts, look."

After saying that, the boy pulled out a long-handled mace from the carriage. The shaft of the mace was about one foot and three inches long, covered with iron nails. The handle was about one and a half meters long, and the total length was less than two meters.

Lu Jin took it and weighed it. It was probably about 20 to 30 kilograms. Although he was very strong and could swing it, he still felt a little strenuous.

Being able to wield something and being able to use it are two different things.

It's easy to swing this thing to hit someone, but you can't retract it once you've swung it, so it's very inflexible to use. If the enemy dodges and you swing the weapon and can't retract it, then you're dead.

The heavier the cold weapon is, the better it is. This is just a training equipment for daily strength training.

He frowned and asked, "What are you doing with this thing?"

Yu Tonghai chuckled.

"Brother Lu, aren't you still missing a handy weapon? I think this mace is pretty good. Try it first. If it doesn't suit your hand, it's still a good piece of iron. Come back and ask a craftsman to modify it into something else."

"Okay, then keep it for now." Lu Jin carried the mace on his shoulder.

Since joining the Chaohu Navy, he has always appeared as a man of great strategy. At most, he has used a slingshot and a sword a few times. He really doesn't know how to use long weapons. He has been busy recently and has no time to learn.

But after this fight, there should be time, and I will definitely have to customize a weapon by then. After Yu Tonghai took the carriage away and disappeared from everyone's sight, Lu Jin looked at the guard he caught in the yard. This should be the guard left by Zhu Liangzu at home, or a personal soldier.

The man glared at Lu Jin with angry eyes, but Lu Jin didn't care. He asked someone to bring two horses from the yard and just patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Remember, my name is Lu Jin, and I'm the new captain of the Chaohu Red Turbans. I'm here to take your husband's family away first.

"You can go and tell your husband what I said. The court asked him to guard Lu'an, so he should just stay in Lu'an and guard it well. Whether Luzhou City is captured or not is none of Zhu Liangzu's business.

"Since he insists on intervening in Luzhou, I'll take Lu'an. Go tell your husband and tell him that I want to ask him whether he is a Han Chinese or a Tartar dog.

"Of course, I don't mean to fight him to the death. We are all Han Chinese, and the right thing to do is to work together to expel the Tartars. Why should I risk my life for the barbarians? Even if I die, I will be branded as a traitor. Don't you think so?

"Tell him that he still has a chance to get his family back. Come back here right now. Don't let him interfere in the affairs of Luzhou City. As long as I see his soldiers outside Luzhou City, I will let his wife and son fill the ditches in Lu'an, and let his parents take bamboo poles to attack the city first!
"Isn't Zhu Liangzu very brave? His parents and wife must be pretty good too. We can surely take Lu'an in one fell swoop.

"Have you remembered everything?" Lu Jin patted the general's shoulder.

The man didn't say anything, just nodded with an angry look on his face.

"Go now, hurry up, or I'll really let his parents attack the city."

The general snorted angrily and cursed "despicable" under his breath. Then he skillfully climbed onto the horse, led another horse, and galloped all the way towards Luzhou.

There were two horses for changing, and the general spared no effort and reached the official road to Guanting Village in less than half an hour. However, it was normal that there was no one on the road late at night, and his mission was urgent, so he did not stop, and therefore did not notice anything unusual.

At eight o'clock the next morning, Zhu Liangzu's troops were still ten miles away from Feixi and thirty miles away from Luzhou. The battlefield was already in sight. He immediately ordered the army to stop and rest, and then go for the battle after they had rested.

Zhu Liangzu set out with his troops yesterday afternoon and marched until midnight before setting up camp to rest. He got up and started marching again at five in the morning of the next day, so his pace was quite fast.

However, just as he was about to arrive in Luzhou, bad news suddenly came from behind him.

The general ran his two horses until he was foaming at the mouth, and finally caught up with Zhu Liangzu in time.

"What did you say? The Chaohu Red Turbans went to attack Lu'an? They also captured my parents and my wife?" Zhu Liangzu was so angry that he clenched his fists until they made a crackling sound.

"It's all my fault for being incompetent. I failed to protect your family. Please punish me." The general knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Zhu Liangzu raised his whip as if to hit him, but then he took two deep breaths and put his hand down.

"Get up! The enemy is well prepared and outnumbered. You only have two of you. What can you do? You said that man's name is Lu Jin. What does he want to do by arresting my family?"

The general immediately said, "That man claimed to be a new captain of the Chaohu Red Turbans. He said that the court asked the general to guard Lu'an and he should guard it well and not meddle in Luzhou. Since the general wants to take charge of Luzhou, then he will attack Lu'an.

"He also asked the Marshal whether he was a Han Chinese or a Tartar dog, and advised him not to work for the barbarians, otherwise he would be called a traitor even if he died.

"He finally said that he didn't want to fight to the death with the Marshal, but he didn't want the Marshal to interfere in Luzhou's affairs. He also said that if he wanted to get his family back, he would immediately dispatch troops back. If the Marshal's troops appeared outside Luzhou City, he would let the lady and the son fill the gullies and let the old man go to attack the city first."

The general's voice became smaller and smaller, and Zhu Liangzu's fists became tighter and tighter. After a long while, he finally uttered a curse.

"Lu Jin! This despicable villain, what's the point of taking someone's family? If you have the guts, come and have a fair fight."

The general said anxiously, "General, now is not the time to be angry. We have to go back quickly. That man said that if we are slow to go back, he will really let Taigong go first to attack the city."

"Humph, I want to meet this despicable villain. Let's turn around and go back. We don't care who cares about Luzhou City anymore."

Zhu Liangzu immediately turned his horse around and urged his soldiers to turn around and march back to Lu'an.

The soldiers immediately started to curse. They had finally reached their destination after running all night, but now they were asked to go back. Isn't this too much trouble? Aren't you tired?

However, Zhu Liangzu did not feel tired while riding a horse all the way. He was even worried about his family, so he urged his soldiers to march faster all the way. He ran almost the entire time and did not spare the soldiers' physical strength at all.

When he ran back for more than 20 miles, a cavalryman riding a white horse and wearing silver armor and holding a long spear suddenly came towards him. Zhu Liangzu became alert at once. After a closer look, he recognized that the man was Ye Sheng, a cavalry general under Zuo Junbi.

"Ye Sheng? Why is it you? Didn't Zuo Junbi's entire army get wiped out? Why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)