Lu Wenhuan gradually became accustomed to life in Kaifeng.
He is not as fierce and brave as his brother Lu Wende, but he is not as greedy and power-loving as his brother. Therefore, he feels a lot more relaxed after putting aside the burden of the family.
Although he is also worried about the war in Jiujiang, he believes in one thing, that is, the children of the Lu family cannot resist until the end. If the war is not favorable, it will definitely end. Although this is stupid, at least they can survive.
At that time, these descendants of the Lu family who have lost their power will still have to rely on him. He must gain Li Xia's trust and reuse as much as possible.
Fortunately, Li Xia would summon him every one or two days to discuss military plans.
Sometimes I also chat a few words...
"I heard that Lu Qing is writing a memoir?"
"Memoirs? Oh, your majesty, I want to describe to future generations in detail the hardships and dangers that our Han people have endured in resisting the invaders over the past few decades. I want to explain the reasons why I surrendered to the Holy Emperor, so as to demonstrate your majesty's virtue and celebrate the opening of the road to rejuvenation in China."
"That's fine."
Although Li Xia thought it was unnecessary, Lu Wenhuan cared about this and let him go.
Today is a separate meeting, so it doesn't matter if we talk about something or not.
"I called Lu Qing here today because I want to deduce the war on the Yangtze River with Lu Qing again."
"I am honored to do so."
"Just go all out."
"I obey the decree."
"Sit down, you will be Jia Sidao."
Lu Wenhuan was a little surprised. He didn't know why Li Xia didn't care about Jiujiang Lu Shikui anymore, but he didn't dare to ask.
"I think that the more war there is, the more inaccurate this deduction will be, especially with Jia Sidao..."
"It involves too many court considerations?"
"Yes, maybe Jia Sidao is considering moving the capital at this time. I really can't guess what he is thinking."
"It doesn't matter, just think of it as a deduction."
"Then I became bold..."
This time's deduction was far less intense than the last one between Lu Wenhuan and Shi Jun.
Firstly, Lu Wenhuan really didn’t understand Jia Sidao and his soldiers; secondly, he was facing Li Xia, so he couldn’t let go; thirdly, the situation in Jiujiang was still uncertain, so he didn’t dare to ask, so he took him with him
Worry.
An hour later, when Lu Wenhuan wanted to push Xia Gui's warship forward but heard Li Xia say, "Xia Gui has surrendered," he was stunned for a while.
"I lose... Jia Sidao loses."
"Jia Sidao will come again if he doesn't guess that Xia Gui intends to surrender."
"I obey the decree."
After another deduction, Lu Wenhuan still lost.
Li Xia said: "Come again."
Lu Wenhuan thought for a while, then picked up a few more war chess pieces and said, "If your Majesty can attack Wuhu, he must have defeated Jiujiang. I wonder if Lu Shikui has fled eastward to join Jia Sidao's army?"
"No. The news is not clear yet, please wait. Let's eat first."
Li Xia called over Guan De and ordered lunch to be brought up. Finally, he said: "Prepare one for Lu Qing as well."
Lu Wenhuan was so flattered that he stood up quickly and solemnly bowed and thanked him.
After all, it was a very solemn thing for the emperor to give him food.
Not long after, a group of palace people arrived outside the palace, and Guande rushed out and brought in two food boxes.
"Your Majesty, the queen personally sent it here. She went back when she saw the foreign ministers were there..."
After Lu Wenhuan heard this, he understood in his heart that the queen did this because she was afraid of being poisoned. It was the most frugal way to prevent poisoning.
He bowed again before taking the food box from Guande's hand.
When he opened it, he found nothing more than two eggs, three steamed buns filled with a lot of meat, two meat dishes, and two vegetarian dishes. They were all quite large... but they made him feel as if he was the emperor's confidant.
Thinking about it again, Li Xia suppressed the Lu family and confiscated the Lu family. He was so cruel, but he only used such a small amount of worthless food to win people's hearts. It was too easy.
"The taste is rough, Lu Qing will make do with it."
"The emperor gives me food, and I am very lucky. Even though I have a simple diet, it is like eating delicacies."
"The last time I ate at Lin'an Fenglelou was more than ten years ago. Oh, lately the harem has been pestering me to say that I will eat Fenglelou's food again after reunifying Jiangnan..."
Li Xia said while peeling the eggs.
It is said that it is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Lu Wenhuan immediately thought about how to move Fengle Tower back to Kaifeng to please the emperor.
As for the taste of the fan restaurant rebuilt in Kaifeng, it is indeed not good enough.
"Lu Qing?"
"I'm here."
"I'm just talking about gossip, don't take it to heart." Li Xia said, "Don't let me even talk about gossip."
Lu Wenhuan was shocked, and quickly gave up the idea of moving to Fengle Building. At the same time, he secretly thought that he wanted to please Li Xia, and he didn't know how he would be scolded when he met his brother under Jiuquan.
After chewing two more mouthfuls of steamed buns, he found that the food box was full of dry things, not even a soup. Glancing at it, Li Xia had already finished eating although he was eating slowly.
"Your Majesty, Commander Jiang has arrived."
"Call."
After a while, Jiang Fan hurried over and said: "Your Majesty, the exact news has arrived."
There were fewer people in the hall today, and Li Xia was more approachable and said, "Sit down and talk slowly, have you eaten?"
"The stir-fried vegetables I ate at Fanlou while I was waiting for the news."
Lu Wenhuan thought that it deserved to be called stir-fry? Looking over, he saw ginger rice already being played on the sand table.
"Commander Gao's army arrived in Jiujiang and fought fiercely with Wang Da under the command of Song Wu Ding's army at Poyang Lake. The battle lasted until the next day and sunk Wang Da's warship. General Zhang Shun respected Wang Da as a hero and ordered people to salvage it, but Wang Da refused to remove his armor and drowned himself.
In the lake..."
Lu Wenhuan was stunned for a moment, surprised that Wang Da lost so quickly, which was different from what he had deduced.
Then I thought about it, it was me who told Tang Jun the information about Wang Da and Wu Dingjun.
After that, Jiang Fan didn't touch the sand table anymore.
"Not long after Wuding's army was defeated, Jiangzhou Zhizhou Qianzhen's grandson Xianbeimen surrendered, and Lu Shikui surrendered. He donated his family wealth to finance the military and asked himself to be the vanguard. At this point, Gao Shuai captured Jiujiang in only two days."
After Jiang Fan said this, he glanced at Lu Wenhuan casually.
Lu Wenhuan tried his best to swallow the coarse food in his mouth, and he looked unfazed.
"I congratulate Your Majesty."
"Lu Qing has contributed a lot to this battle."
"I would never dare to be..."
Now that the battle report in Jiujiang was confirmed, the two of them had lunch and continued to play the war game.
Lu Wenhuan was determined to show off his talents in front of Li Xia and did not want to be defeated again. He racked his brains and considered various ways to defeat the Tang army from Jia Sidao's perspective.
This round of deductions lasted until evening, and he once again held the war chess and didn't know where to go.
"Your Majesty... Jia Sidao will return to Lin'an and move the capital with Zhao Yu. Is it possible for you to agree to negotiate peace with your majesty's food and grass?"
At this point in the deduction, Lu Wenhuan felt that he understood the purpose of Li Xia calling him to discuss the matter.
Although there are thousands of variables on the battlefield, where the military strength is placed, there are only a few expected goals that both sides can achieve.
When the Song Dynasty reached this point, Jia Sidao still led his troops to fight, probably not seeking victory, but to promote peace through war.
After all, the newly appointed prime ministers in the Song Dynasty only temporarily reconciled with Jia Sidao.
"Didn't Lu Qing notice?"
Li Xia asked like this.
Lu Wenhuan couldn't help but be puzzled and asked: "What should I find?"
Li Xia didn't answer.
After three performances today, he could see that Lu Wenhuan had tried his best.
So, Lu Wenhuan didn't realize it, and Jia Sidao probably didn't think of it either.
Li Xia asked: "Lu Qing is not curious, how did the Public Opinion Department know the distribution of the Song Army's troops?"
"Is this... someone surrendering? Is it Xia Gui?"
The reason why Lu Wenhuan asked this was because the person who could give such confidential information must have a high official position, at least he must be a commander like Xia Gui.
Li Xia shook his head.
"Guess again."
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Wuhu County, Song Army Camp.
Jia Sidao was throwing away a piece of information that had just been sent, and stood up and walked around for a few steps, his face full of displeasure.
"I don't believe that Li Tingzhi defected. Although I hate him as a person, I believe in his loyalty."
Liao Yingzhong sighed: "Those mediocre people in the court are forcing me to do this. I'm afraid it's hard to tell."
"Where is Zhao Huai?"
"Zhao Huai was captured together with Li Tingzhi, but he probably hasn't surrendered yet. Soldiers who fled back from Jiangbei said they heard him yelling at the rebels." Liao Yingzhong replied, "After all, their life experiences are different."
"Yes." Jia Sidao breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "Although Zhao Kui is the one who ruined the Three Capitals, he is also a veteran of the Song Dynasty..."
Even though they have long been honored by the emperor, the Zhao family and the Lu family are still different. The Zhao family has been loyal and loyal for generations and is one of the pillars of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhao Huai cannot surrender, and the loyalty of generations cannot be destroyed just because of him.