Although he was grateful to Murong Lun, decades of ups and downs in officialdom also made Lu Jianchao realize that Murong Zhengshan's letter was not as simple as it seemed... ··········With the fall of the Luo'an court and the death of Murong Lun, the Murong family also changed their ambiguous attitude in the past and began to fully support the Fengwu Army, and tried to use the Fengwu Army to show their support. Seeking a more important position in some power structures!
The Fengwu Army has always had clear rewards and punishments, with rewards for meritorious deeds and punishment for delinquencies. Therefore, if the Murong family wants to seek a more important position in the Fengwu Army, they need to establish a great meritorious service for the Fengwu Army!
A great achievement that is enough to change the current power structure of the Fengwu Army! Looking at today's world, the north has been completely unified by the Fengwu Army, and only a few provinces in the south have not yet been captured by the Fengwu Army!
Therefore, there are not many opportunities left for the Murong family to achieve great achievements! As a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, the Murong family has some political influence in Huainan and Sichuan. There are some disciples and former officials who serve in Huainan and Sichuan. However, these people do not hold any important positions and it is difficult to assign them. What a great use!
But things are different in the most affluent and prosperous Jiangnan! After thinking about it for half a cup of tea, Lu Jian asked his eldest son in front of him: "Houde, what do you think of Zhengshan's visit this time?" Faced with his father's inquiry, Lu Houde replied without hesitation: "Zhengshan is here to test your thoughts this time to see if you want to fight the Fengwu Army to the end, or if you have other ideas... ··············" Lu Jianchao's expression showed a hint of complexity when he heard what his son said. He also had the same view as his son Lu Houde. He felt that Murong Zhengshan came this time to complete the work of his father Murong Lun. The last wish to give yourself something may be true, but it is more likely that it is to test your opinion!
Lu Jianchao was also very confused about the Fengwu Army. On the one hand, his rationality told him that Xu Zhaojie could make Jiangnan a fool. If the Fengwu Army really came to attack, it would be difficult to resist even if Jiangnan has the natural danger of Nanjiang River. The front line of the Fengwu Army!
Therefore, instead of surrendering after defeat, it is better for him to surrender directly. In this way, he can have more negotiation capital and get better treatment for himself. It is not even impossible to establish the Fengwu Army in the future. Have a place in the new dynasty!
Although he thought so intellectually, Lu Jianchao was still somewhat unwilling to surrender to the Fengwu Army.
After all, he has been running Jiangnan for ten years and has deep feelings for Jiangnan. It is difficult for Lu Jianchao to accept that the land he has worked so hard to manage is handed over to others. Moreover, he is also used to the prosperity of Jiangnan. I want to spend the rest of my life in Jiangnan.
Once the Fengwu Army surrenders, Marshal Ye will give himself high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but he will never allow himself to stay in Jiangnan... ·······The most important point is that although Lu Jianchao and Fengwu Army have no deep hatred, there are still some minor frictions between them!
For example, in the past, the Fengwu Army exported goods to the south of the Yangtze River and earned money. However, because Murong Lun served as the official minister of the Luo'an court at that time, under the influence of Murong Lun, Lu Jianchao's butt also sat in Luo'an. On the An court side!
Therefore, in order to submit the certificate of surrender to the Luo'an court, although Lu Jianchao did not completely cut off the sales of Fengwu military products in Jiangnan, he also significantly increased tariffs and imposed various restrictions on the sales of Fengwu military products in Jiangnan.
This directly caused the Fengwu Army, which was originally able to earn nearly one million taels of silver a year from trade with Jiangnan, to have its income drop to two to three hundred thousand taels!
There was a lot of diplomatic friction between the two sides over this matter. Ye Mingsheng even wrote a personal letter to Lu Jianchao, explaining his interests to Lu Jianchao, hoping that Lu Jianchao would carefully consider lifting the trade restrictions on Fengwu Army and allow both sides to trade ties are back on track.
But because Lu Jianchao was also optimistic about the Luo'an court's defeat of the Fengwu Army at that time, he turned a deaf ear to Ye Mingsheng's letter and turned a deaf ear to Ye Mingsheng's advice.
Only under the sincere advice of his staff Wang Huaiyi, he reluctantly relaxed some restrictions in some insignificant places, so as not to completely take Ye Mingsheng's face as a fart... ···········At first, Lu Jianchao was a little unconcerned about this, thinking that Wang Huaiyi was unnecessary, but now he is very glad that he listened to Wang Huaiyi's advice and gave Ye Mingsheng some face.
Even so, Lu Jianchao was still a little worried. He felt that if Ye Mingsheng was a vengeful person and it would be enough to be beaten by someone with a small shoe, he was afraid that Ye Mingsheng would be ruthless and kill hundreds of members of the Lu family!
Therefore, considering these factors, Lu Jianchao was very complicated about Fengwu Army. Lu Houde could also feel his father's thoughts, so he hesitated for a moment and suggested: "Dad, although Zhengshan came here in his own name for private matters, but I think he came here with the instructions of Fengwu Army, and may even directly represent Marshal Ye. So I think Zhengshan can come to test our attitude, but we can also use this to test Fengwu Army's attitude. !" As soon as these words came out, Lu Jianchao couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "Houde, your suggestion is very good! Just follow this suggestion!
"Houde, Zhengshan is your brother-in-law! I'll leave this matter to you. You must try out the Fengwu Army's attitude toward us from Murong Zhengshan, and see if Marshal Ye I still remember the friction back then!" In response to his father's instructions, Lu Houde naturally nodded repeatedly and said: "Dad, please don't worry, I will definitely test out the Fengwu Army's attitude... ············" Lu Jianchao also nodded with peace of mind after hearing this. After the father and son had a serious conversation, they also talked about some family matters, and then Lu Houde said goodbye and left.
Lu Houde, who got on the carriage back home, changed his submissive expression in front of Lu Jianchao just now and turned into a very sinister one.
Although he had a premonition that his father, Lu Jianchao, would not do anything to that bastard Wang Chuanxiang, but when he saw that bastard commit such a big thing, his father still wanted to wipe the lid for him. The resentment in Lu Houde's heart could be said to be Nothing more!
Lu Houde can now imagine the smug look on Wang Chuanxiang's bastard face when he saw that things had passed so calmly!
When he thought of this, Lu Houde couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly into fists. He wanted to cut Wang Chuanxiang into pieces and cut him into pieces with a thousand swords!
Although his father, Lu Jianchao, had made great achievements in managing people's livelihood in Jiangnan, his personal ethics were not particularly good. When he was still serving in Guanzhong more than 20 years ago, he had an affair with the famous prostitute Yi Zhihua, and spent a lot of family wealth on Yi Zhihua. Redeem your body and hide your beauty in a golden house outside.
Originally, Lu Houde's mother, Zhao, turned a blind eye to this matter and pretended not to know about it. After all, the matter became serious and affected Lu Jianchao's career.
However, Yi Zhi Hua is very ambitious. She broke into the Lu family just because she was pregnant with Liujia and wanted to break into the house. Zhao family could not tolerate this, even if she wanted to have Yi Zhi Hua kicked out. , but Lu Jianchao was protecting Yi Zhihua... However, he also suffered from a serious illness due to anger, and died of depression a few years later.
Yi Zhihua later gave birth to a baby boy for Lu Jianchao. Because Lu Jianchao's political opponents at that time used this incident to attack Lu Jianchao, under Murong Lun's instruction, Lu Jianchao arranged for Yi Zhihua to be given to one of his subordinates named Wang at that time. Concubine, so the illegitimate son Yi Zhihua gave birth to for Lu Jianchao also took the surname Wang!
This illegitimate son is what Lu Houde just said. He accepted the bribe from Qian Huwei who pretended to be a businessman and let Xu Zhaojie go. Wang Chuanxiang, the commander of the Jiangnan Navy.
Because of what happened back then, Lu Houde hated Yi Zhihua and Wang Chuanxiang very much, and always wanted to avenge his mother Zhao, but his father Lu Jianchao kept letting the mother and son go, so Lu Houde was never able to get his wish, and could only He kept his resentment hidden in his heart.
Compared with his father's complicated attitude toward the Fengwu Army, Lu Houde had gone on a mission to the Fengwu Army with a caravan, witnessed the life of the people under the Fengwu Army, felt the powerful strength of the Fengwu Army, and the common people. Support the Fengwu Army.
Therefore, Lu Houde is very aware of the gap between Jiangnan and Fengwu Army, so in the past he has always supported the three southern families to jointly fight against Fengwu Army.
However, due to Xu Zhaojie's ambition, the alliance of the three southern families can only be a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water!
Therefore, Lu Houde, who knew that fighting alone could only be defeated by the Fengwu Army, gradually changed his mind to the idea of surrendering to the Fengwu Army in order to fight for maximum rights!
Although Lu Houde has such an idea, after all, the person in charge of Jiangnan now is his father, Lu Jianchao. Therefore, Lu Houde, who can't figure out what his father is thinking, can only hide his true thoughts and try to be politically consistent with his father, Lu Jianchao· ··············································· ... Amid the wild roars of wild beasts and the roar of Serban cannons, countless Kipchak soldiers once again launched an attack on Wugang Mountain.
Facing the enemy's charge, Ye Fu calmly commanded his men to use Tiger Crouching Cannon, Weiyuan Cannon, Fengwu Army and other firearms to kill the opponent from a distance in the fortifications. Although Fengwu Army's three-stage gunfire, it had tried its best to Seeking to suppress the opponent and prevent the enemy troops from rushing in front of you!
However, under the attack of the Kipchak soldiers who were not afraid of death, the relatively slow shooting speed of firearms was greatly amplified. After paying more than 200 lives, the roaring Kipchak soldiers finally rushed to the Fengwu Army's fortifications. before.
The two sides were fighting in close combat. As a newly formed unit of the Fengwu Army, the gap between the 14th Division and the most elite Tiger Division of the Kipchak Khanate became apparent.
The two sides fought one-on-one. Most of the soldiers of the 14th Division were no match for the Kipchak Tiger Division. Fortunately, the Fengwu Army basically fought in small groups and coordinated with each other, so the gap in individual combat could be made up. Some, but even with such a brave Kipchak Tiger Division, the Fengwu Army's position was still crumbling... When the position was likely to be lost at any time, a new force suddenly appeared on the Fengwu Army position. This new force was not only well-equipped, but also had strong individual combat capabilities. Their battle formation coordination was even more perfect!
Therefore, even though the number of this new force was not very large, only more than a thousand, their joining immediately stabilized the Fengwu Army's position.
At this time, Esdogan, who was standing on the watchtower of the Kipchak military camp, noticed the existence of this new force while holding up the captured telescope!
Estogan narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that this Fengwu Army soldiers and horses with strong combat effectiveness were the best guard battalion of the Fengwu Army!
It stands to reason that Ye Mingsheng is right where the Guards Camp is, and it is precisely because of this that Esdogan was sure before that Ye Mingsheng was in Wugang Mountain!
But after these days of fierce fighting, the reaction of the Fengwu Army made Estogan become suspicious again!
In his opinion, Ye Mingsheng's status in the Fengwu Army was a factor. Once Ye Mingsheng is really trapped in Wugang Mountain, the Fengwu Army in Dagu County will definitely rescue him, help Ye Mingsheng break out, and let Ye Mingsheng return to Dagu County... ·················For this reason, Esdogan also carefully arranged some pockets, preparing to surround the points to reinforce the ambush of the Fengwu Army. However, the fact is that the Fengwu Army in Dagu County Although the Wu army sent out soldiers and horses several times to try to assist the Fengwu army on Wugang Mountain, they were all small-scale fights. As long as the Kipchak soldiers made a slight obstruction, they would withdraw to Dagu County and let Esdogan Jin A carefully planned ambush cannot be carried out.
Estogan was also very confused about this, and didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Fengwu Army's gourd.
He didn't know whether his judgment was wrong. Ye Mingsheng was not on Wugang Mountain, or whether Ye Mingsheng was really on Wugang Mountain. But the Fengwu Army wanted to use this trick to make him think that he had been deceived. This is to reduce the intensity of the attack on Wugang Mountain, and then take advantage of Ye Mingsheng's breakout when he is unprepared!
Esdogan is also a little hesitant between these two ideas. He always feels that the Fengwu Army is setting up a trap, but for now, he seems to have no good solution and can only continue to attack Wugang Mountain... ·······················
