With a long drawn-out cry, a messenger jumped to the shore before the boat could stop, staggered and continued running wildly.
The area near Qingchuan Pavilion on the riverside was already crowded with soldiers.
The messenger quickly boarded the famous building and saw the huge Lu Wende standing by the window.
Through the window, you can see the Yangtze River. The warships on the Han River are arranged endlessly, and the flags completely cover the river in sight.
It's so majestic that you can't breathe.
"Report! Urgent report from Xiangyang. Li Ni personally led the navy down the Han River, attacked Junzhou in the Mid-Autumn Festival, pursued General Lu, defeated Wudang Camp, Yincheng, Gucheng, and reached the foot of Xiangyang City..."
If you only hear this, the war will be extremely disadvantageous.
But the messenger immediately took out another secret letter and handed it to Lu Wende.
Lu Wende was illiterate, so he showed it to his close aides and then started discussing it.
"Reporting to Shaobao, the sixth general means that Li Ni is definitely on the Han River warship..."
"How sure are you?" Lu Wende asked.
"Some people have seen it with their own eyes, and Li Ni's banner, close ministers, and even the two concubines Li Ni newly canonized seem to be Yan Fei from the palace and the oiran from Chang'an. They are all on the warship, in full view of everyone, so it can't be faked..."
"You're a slow learner." Lu Wende cursed, and after listening to his staff read many evidences in Lu Wenhuan's letter, they also knew that Li Xia was indeed in the Han River.
The situation of this battle is now very clear.
Recently, the rebels have sent reinforcements one after another from Chongqing Prefecture to support Jiang Cai. Now there are nearly 20,000 rebels on the Yangtze River battlefield.
Letters from Jiangling City asking for help came one after another.
Lu Wende refused to save him because he subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and finally realized that Jiang Cai deliberately did not capture Jiangling to attract him to move westward.
This is an intuition that only took decades.
If he didn't have this intuition, the most likely situation now is that Lu Wende is supporting Jiangling Mansion, while Li Xia has already captured Xiangyang, and then bypasses the rear to make a surprise attack on Ezhou.
Fortunately, I saw through Li Xia's strategy...
"Dalang, go and support Jiangling Mansion." Lu Wende finally made up his mind and recruited his eldest son Lu Shikui to arrange the layout of the Yangtze River defense line.
Li's counterattack against Song Dynasty consisted of two routes. If both sides were defended, he would be invincible in this battle. After that, he could achieve greater results with peace of mind...
~~Ezhou.
Lu Fu had heard of "two hundred thousand taels of silver" in the past and thought it was not much, although he had never seen even twenty thousand taels of silver in his life.
This time on the Yangtze River, he really gained experience.
Seeing the box after box of silver being moved away by the Mongols, he felt his heart aching and bleeding, and he couldn't understand why he couldn't use the money as military pay to drive out the Mongols and regain the Central Plains.
There are several trainers in the Wanzhou Army who always talk about the principles of family, country and world. Lu Fu also listened to them a lot in the past.
"Why do we have to insist on the King of Qin leading us to fight against the invaders? Because the official in Lin'an does not know the truth and politics, and the important ministers in the court are weak and incompetent. The Song Dynasty court is too decadent..."
Lu Fu didn't believe this before.
Even if the trainer said it was ridiculous, he didn't believe it.
The imperial court is the imperial court, ministers are ministers, and the common people are the common people. This is a concept that has been passed down for thousands of years, a concept that he has been exposed to for a lifetime.
It's impossible to convince him with just a few words.
But these words must be useful, it just takes a certain moment for him to think of them and integrate them with his own experience to understand them.
He said he didn't understand the corruption of the Song Dynasty. But now he knew that a foreigner without household registration could easily be used as a scapegoat, and a luxurious family could easily take prisoners as servants and then allow the servants to bully the people.
In this way, Lu Fu knew that he was lucky. He had a strong body and was in such a situation. If it were other refugees, they would have died on the road...
After returning to the Lu family from the north bank of the Yangtze River, Lu Fu thought about this every day for more than a month.
By mid-September, his injuries had completely healed, and he finally became one of Lu Wenfu's bodyguards, but he was not a personal bodyguard, and he was not eligible for such a good job.
He was assigned to work as a guard in Fengwei Outer Courtyard.
The work was very leisurely, but he gradually wanted to return to Jiang Caijun.
But once you become a deserter, it's hard to come back.
In this helplessness, the time has arrived on September 14th. Presumably Lin'an has already started the scientific examination...
That day, the guard captain kicked Lu Fu and said, "Let's go."
"Where are you going?" Although Lu Fu didn't know where he was going, he stood up immediately.
"Idiot... It is said that there is a fugitive from Sichuan and Sichuan hiding in the alley near Nanpu. For the safety of the mansion, we went to search him out."
"A fugitive from Sichuan?"
"Well, rebel thief, work carefully. Stop talking nonsense and let's go."
Lu Fu became a little uneasy, licked his lips, and followed the guards out...
*********
In the evening, in the lobby of Fengyuan.
Lu Wenfu was accompanying Tarup Man to count a batch of silk cloth, when suddenly a servant came forward and reported something.
"Lieutenant, something happened. Today, several guards were searching for escapees from Wanzhou in the city. Someone identified the guards in the mansion..."
"assassin?"
"It has not been confirmed yet. It was the one that Taiwei personally rescued from the Yangtze River."
Lu Wenfu was startled and fearful in his heart. He glanced at Talu Puman and saw that the Mongolian was not paying attention. He complained, asked his son to sit with him, and turned around and rushed to the outer courtyard.
I saw a row of fleeing people being pushed to the ground, including Lu Fu.
"Well, escort me over here."
"yes!"
Lu Fu was beaten again, his head was bleeding and his whole body was weak, so he was dragged to Lu Wenfu.
"Li Ni's people? Rebels?"
"The villain... dare not hide the truth and tell the lieutenant... The villain is a navy general in the rebel army."
"Elaborate work?"
"No! Not the villain! The villain really wants to return to his hometown..."
"Look carefully! Take down all the people who have come to the house in the past two months!"
"..." Lu Fu is still confused.
He has never been a craftsman. Although he changed his mind after returning to Song Dynasty, he had no idea how to go back.
At least in fact, he is still a righteous soldier of the Song Dynasty who is unwilling to join Li Ni.
When the Huaiyou army marched westward with the army, the court always praised those who were unwilling to rebel during Wu Xi's rebellion. Why has it changed now?
He had been beaten several times and was dragged into a large prison like a broken bag.
The prison was very dark, and there were constant cries, accompanied by screams and howls.
"We are not careful..."
"Really... the villain really escaped from the rule of the dog thief Li Xia because he loved the Song Dynasty..."
"I just escaped back after going through so much trouble..."
"You can't do this to me. I was a Jinshi in the first year of Xingchang in the Song Dynasty! Lu Wenfu, you persecute Zhongliang and make the loyal ministers feel cold..."
"Let me out, I'm going to Lin'an to face the Holy Spirit! I have important information about Li Ni..."
Lu Fu suddenly understood who was imprisoned here. He also knew that no one in this prison was a craftsman.
Given the capabilities of the Department of Public Opinion, it is impossible to wait until His Majesty proclaims himself emperor to arrange detailed work. I am afraid that all detailed work was arranged as early as five or six years ago.
Thinking of this, Lu Fu closed his eyes and scolded himself and Lu Wenfu for being stupid again.
He originally thought that he had been disappointed with Song Ting and should try to go back. But he didn't expect that he would be even more disappointed in the end.
For this kind of court, if you want to serve, you don’t know where to serve...
"Snapped!"
The whip was drawn again, and Lu Fucai's body, which had just recovered, was beaten to pieces.
He was tortured like this every day for an unknown amount of time. In his daze, someone raised his chin and asked, "Are you ready? You are the agent sent to Ezhou by Li Ni."
"I'm not……"
Lu Fu raised his head and saw in front of him a jailer with a cunning look on his face.
He knew that the most ruthless man in the prison was named Gou Shancai, who had a nickname of "Dog Shacai".
"I'm not being meticulous...really..."
"Do you know? Li Ni has been surrounded by our Shaobao and is about to die."
When he suddenly heard this sentence, Lu Fu was stunned, with shock, disbelief, and resistance in his eyes.
Gou Shancai then laughed ferociously. "Hahaha."
His voice was high-pitched, which made people feel uncomfortable.
"You are just a thief, look at your reaction, ha." After saying this, Xun Shan came closer and continued in a low voice: "You are a rebel, you are dead, we will peel off your skin."
."
Lu Fu couldn't help but feel terrified.
However, after the most shuddering fear, he actually forgot to worry about himself, and instead asked anxiously: "Is it fake? This news is fake, right? You lied to me, you deceived me. Your Majesty
...After all, Li...Li Ni will not be defeated so easily..."