"According to the distance, our army will meet the Jizhou army tomorrow. Lu, General Ding, Lao Xue, Shao Gong and others must have visited Governor Ding. At this time, no one in the army was in charge, so Bai Xu could summon his confidants to launch a surprise attack. The Jizhou army, who came from afar, naturally would not be prepared for the friendly forces of the imperial court. If he was lucky, he might be able to catch all the generals in the Jizhou army and us... It's really a good plan!" Lu Yao stopped in front of Hou Zhen and Cao Jingzong: "Both are Bai Xu's capable generals, don't tell me, you know nothing about this."
Hou Zhen spitted bloody spit. A few of his teeth were smashed off, and his voice seemed a little vague: "My surname is Lu, you are slandering!" He turned his head and shouted at Chen Pei and others: "Brothers, are you watching this guy cheat? We are dead, and you will have no way to live sooner or later..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shi found a bunch of rags from somewhere and stuffed them into his mouth: "Are you still thinking about involving others at this time?"
Next to Hou Zhen, Du Qin raised the long sword pressing on Cao Jingzong's neck a little, and said with a grim smile: "Old Cao, the person surnamed Hou is obviously crazy. You give me a clear word. A good man dares to act, don't be shy!"
After several days of contact, everyone knew that among Bai Xu's subordinates, Cao Jingzong was a relatively wise man, and smart people were often weak. Seeing Bai Xu's head not far away, Cao Jingzong was already bloodless, his lips trembled, showing a look of wanting to speak but stopping. Seeing his hesitant expression, Hou Zhen suddenly widened his eyes, but he stuffed a bun in his mouth, so he could only scream "whimper" and didn't know what it meant.
These two men, one of them was stubborn and the other hesitated. Although their behavior was different, they were already waiting for everyone in the hall to admit everything Lu Yao said.
Ding Miao is a general who commands the army and has a lot of experience in governing the army. He first thought of subsequent handling. The 1,300 infantry and cavalry commanded by Lu Yao at this moment, and the Bingzhou army has only more than 20. The elite Qihuo Army supported by Li Yun was only 100, and most of them were surrendered soldiers from Ji Sang's troops. These surrendered soldiers were originally fierce and rebellious, and had not been purged or trained on a large scale. It was a time to be suspicious. If what happened in the hall was spread now, it would be a small matter for a large-scale escape of soldiers. I was afraid that everyone in the army would be in danger and would immediately stir up a mutiny!
Thinking of this, he slapped the teacup in his hand and left the seat and said in a slight manner: "Daoming, these people must have accomplices and must arrest them immediately. In addition, they will also dispatch soldiers to suppress the troops to prevent chaos!"
As soon as this said, the clanging sound of armor in the hall sounded, and all the generals and schoolmen were shocked. Even Chen Pei and several newly attached team leaders behind him showed a look of panic. A few of them reacted quickly and vaguely complained that Lu Yao had never planned comprehensively: Now that all the officers above the army are here, isn't it dangerous? If there is something unexpected, who can grasp the army in time?
"Liu Fei."
"What?"
"No need to panic. Bai Xu's confidant subordinates have Liu Fei to take care of it. Calculate the time, and you should have succeeded at this time." Lu Yao replied: "You all don't know that Liu Fei and Liu team also received the order of Lu Zhi to send envoys. Liu Fei knew the most about all the inside story from beginning to end."
In such a tense atmosphere, Lu Yao seemed particularly relaxed. The generals and schoolmen present were shocked by one explosive news after another.
The only death soldiers sent by Lu Zhi in the past are Liu Fei and Bai Xu, who are still alive in Lu Yao's army. Bai Xu has already been awarded the title, but Liu Fei has not participated in the military discussion because he is on duty tonight. But what happened in this military discussion is so complicated that everyone wants to forget him. It turns out that this person has been subdued by Lu Yao?
Thinking of the abrupt whistles outside the gate before Xue Tong suddenly started to kill Bai Xu, it was clearly a signal that Liu Fei had finished preparing and was about to take the person. Liu Fei was originally the right-hand assistant of Ji Sang Yiruo. His prestige among the surrendered crowd was still above Bai Xu. If he personally came forward to capture Bai Xu's confidant, he would definitely be invincible.
Moreover, since ancient times, if the situation is not closely related, it will be defeated. The number of people in Bai Xu's subordinates who can participate in this matter will definitely not be many. After several days, Lu Yao has continuously adjusted the ranks, most of these people have been dispersed and distributed among multiple unrelated ranks. Even Bai Xu himself, it will take half a day to summon them. In this situation, how can he fight against Liu Fei's prepared for a sudden arrest?
"Uh... I, Old Shen, have a little bit of a brain. Daoming, when did you hook up with Liu Fei?" Shen Jin said with a tongue.
This guy's words were so ugly. Even in such a tangled occasion, everyone couldn't help but shake his head.
"Liu Fei! You villain! You traitor who betrayed your brother!" Hou Zhen suddenly screamed wildly. He had spit out the cloth in his mouth at some point and shouted in a loud voice. Xiao Shi quickly held the knife in his hand and smashed it down with the hilt. He made several ruthless moves, and finally knocked him out.
"Don't be surprised, Lu does not have the ability to be brilliant, and Team Master Liu is not a person who cares for honor. However, even the loyal dead soldiers are humans, not tools. Each of them has their own ambitions and goals. Perhaps Bai Xu is an exception, but Liu Fei is not willing to ruin usefulness for the illusory future. The thrilling turn against Lu Zidao outside Jianchun Gate is enough to repay Lu Zidao's kindness. What's more..." Lu Yao continued with a smile: "Maybe the luck of His Highness the King of Chengdu has been declining. Team Master Liu and Brother Qingnian are both old relatives of the King of Chengdu, and they are also old friends of Lu. Old friends' words are easy to be heart-wrenching after all, and it will be more effective."
In this era when the influence of the aristocratic family was exerted to the extreme, even if the descendants of the aristocratic family were as down-and-out as Lu Yao, they could still master the most basic personal resources. Although Lu Zhi was the leader of the Chengdu King, Lu Shiheng and Lu Shilong, the outstanding figures of the Lu family in Jiangdong, had never served as officials, or even commanders of hundreds of thousands of troops? Lu Yao followed his two uncles across the river and went north since he was a child. In more than ten years, he had traveled all over Jiangdong, Central Plains and Hebei, and there were no few people who had made friends with him. Of course, this was far from enough to support Lu Yao in both military and political circles, but he could use his own protection to play a miraculous role at the right time.
"Brother Wenhao, what do you think?"
"Since Daoming has already made a good plan, it's best." Ding Miao nodded in disappointment. For this young general who became crazy, it was obvious that everything that happened tonight was a bit too dull.
"Take them all down, let's take care of them for the time being..." Lu Yao waved his hand, and Zhu Sheng immediately took Hou Zhen, Cao Jingzong and the messenger away with his subordinates. As for Bai Xu's head and body, they were naturally dragged away. He Yun was the most clever one. He took two buckets of water from the back hall and washed the blood-soaked ground, so that the strong smell of fishy smell in the hall was slightly dissipated.
"General is such a good method." Chen Pei's one-eyed eyes flashed, and he bowed deeply to Lu Yao: "Of course, please forgive Chen Pei for being stupid and ask for something."
"Our military generals and colleges gather here, and we should be honest with each other. Brother Qingnian just say it."
"But I don't know whether the military discussion today is to capture the rebellion or to discuss our next steps."
The meaning of Chen Pei's words was on the surface to ask the purpose of today's military discussion, but in fact, it was to ask two other questions: Is the disposal of Bai Xu and others the end? Are the surrendered people from Ji Sang, other than Bai Xu, still regarded as soldiers of the court and not implicated? Chen Pei was originally a good son who joined the army, and was also a cavalry supervisor with both civil and military under the tent of the King of Chengdu. In his words, he was indeed different from the tyrants.
"Brother Qingnian, please rest assured. I have said just now that today is not the Hongmen Banquet, and there are no ambushing hundreds of knives and axes. Today's military discussion is to discuss the next arrangement, and there is no other intention. Lu is helpless about Bai Xu, so please don't have to doubt yourself."
Lu Yao pondered for a moment, looked at Chen Pei and the team leaders behind him who were bowing and the team leaders behind him, and decided to say it more clearly: "When this crisis is happening, a good man should make achievements on the battlefield, rather than becoming a sacrifice for power and profit from the imperial royal family. This matter ends here. I hope that Brother Qingnian will understand Lu's intentions. Apart from Bai Xu, I don't want any more deaths and injuries."
At this time, is there any choice besides believing in Lu Yao? Chen Pei and others looked at each other several times, bowed and said, "Yes!"
Lu Yao turned around and sat down: "Master Hu Dazhai."
Perhaps because he was too surprised just now, Hu Liuniang looked a little dazed, and she seemed to have not heard Lu Yao's voice.
Lu Yao had to raise his voice: "Master Hu Dazhai!"
"Oh! I'm here!" Hu Liuniang jumped up.
"You just asked, as Bingzhou officials, why should we intervene in Dai County, which belongs to the Youzhou Governor's Governor?"
Hu Liuniang nodded and said, "That's right."
"I have already answered you. What is going to happen in Yecheng is the reason why we are enough to interfere in Daijun."
"General, you mean..."
"Lu Zhi took advantage of the power of the King of Chengdu and was desperate. The civil and military officials in Yecheng fought for power and profit. Although the bandit Shi Le was defeated, his strength was not damaged. The army of Ding from Jizhou went south..." Lu Yao raised his hand to Ding Miao and signaled: "I'm afraid there is also the intention to intervene in the Three Wei. Perhaps tonight or tomorrow, Yecheng will fall into chaos again. Whether the King of East China Sea is in power or the old subordinates of Chengdu is in power, whether it is the imperial center far away in Luoyang or the governor of Jizhou, he will hope that someone can stabilize the situation in the northern border for them. You might as well think about it, is there anyone more suitable to undertake this task than us?"
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I had an urgent matter yesterday afternoon and forgot to post it. Sorry. There will be another update tonight.
Chapter completed!