At night, the city lord's mansion.
For Lu Wu, who had taken full military power, Jiang Xingde's importance had been greatly reduced, so Jiang Xingde was allowed to leave.
However, when Jiang Xingde came to visit, Lu Wu couldn't turn him away.
"General, the Jiang family has no way to go now. We are willing to serve you, General!"
At Jiang Xingde's age, and having suffered under Ou Wenyi for so many years, he has already seen through that things like face are simply not worth mentioning in the face of actual interests.
What's more, if two people face each other, even if they lose face, how many people will know?
Lu Wu was stunned.
He thought about the old general Jiang using all his troops to fight to the death, and also thought that the other party might rebel again and defect to Chu State, but he did not expect that the other party would admit defeat so neatly.
Seeing Lu Wu's hesitation, Jiang Xingde said: "General, it is impossible for the Jiang family to take refuge in the Chu State again, nor to abandon the family foundation and move to the Wu State. Now they have lost their military foundation. Apart from sincerely surrendering to the General, There is no other way out."
"I also know that this matter is empty talk, so I ordered people to organize the Jiang family's arsenal. There are 190,000 arrows, 30,000 crossbows, 7,400 spears, 2,000 knives, and 1,300 large and small shields. Nine hundred long bows, seven hundred crossbows, one thousand leather collars, and three hundred pieces of iron armor - these are now of no use to the Jiang family, and they are all dedicated to the general." Jiang Xingde said, with a look of sadness on his face.
Jiang Xingde spent a lot of money this time. Although the Jiang family's influence in the army was uprooted, these weapons and equipment are worth more than 100,000 taels of silver just for sale, which is definitely not a small amount.
"Oh, then the Jiang family will use the other 1,500 leather armors, 60 iron armors, the two woodwork workshops for making arrows, and the hydraulic iron shop for other purposes?" Lu Wu raised his tea cup with a smile. He said kindly.
Another layer of cold sweat broke out on Jiang Xingde's back.
Even Jiang Xingde himself had to listen to the people below to count and report the number of these armaments before he knew the specific number. As for the woodwork workshops and ironware shops that make arrows, they are all hidden in the furniture, carpentry and farm tool making workshops. It is impossible for ordinary people to do so. Know.
Even during the rule of the Chu State, it was taboo for local wealthy families to make arrows and weapons.
But how did Lu Wu know this?
Could it be that he had already made plans and planned the Jiang family for more than just one day? Collecting intelligence is the most expensive and time-consuming
"Well, the Jiang family has a large population, so they must leave some assets." Jiang Xingde originally put on an impassioned look, but when Lu Wu asked him this question, his momentum suddenly dropped.
"That's right, but when we take Nanhe Mansion, the Chu Kingdom will definitely not stop. These armors and workshops are of great use -"
"The Jiang family is willing to donate!" Jiang Xingde said quickly.
"Well, Mr. Lu is not an unreasonable person. The workshop still belongs to the Jiang family. The crossbows and weapons produced are purchased by Mr. Lu at the market price. As for the armor, Mr. Lu borrowed it."
"Of course, of course, Jiang heard that the general is gathering people to form a personal army. There is a nephew in the Jiang family who is willing to die for the general." Jiang Xingde said.
Lu Wu raised his eyebrows, and then he believed that the Jiang family really wanted to surrender to him.
Serving as a personal soldier for others may be to gain support. Under the current situation, those who dare to take the initiative to sign up to be Lu Wu's personal soldier must really be prepared to die in battle.
"Okay, General Jiang can call more people. Lu is preparing to find some people to patrol the army for lawlessness." Lu Wu said with a smile.
This smile is much more sincere.
Now that the Jiang family has offended the army sergeants to death, the elected grassroots officers are inherently opposed to the Jiang family. If the Jiang family is allowed to serve as military inspectors, they will not only be familiar with various corruption techniques, but also do not have to worry about these people interacting with the officers. Collusion - nothing to worry about at least for a while.
For dictators, the best way to maintain their power is balance.
Although Lu Wu did not have the patience to be a dictator, he had no one under his command, but he still had to rely on the balance of power to maintain stability in Nanhe Mansion.
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Wu State, Songjing.
It has been a month and a half since the Songjing Rebellion. Those who should be liquidated have been liquidated, and those who should be pardoned have been pardoned. The people of Wu have gradually stabilized.
But today, there was another quarrel in the court - for the past three days, the Wu Kingdom's court had been arguing every day, all about Lu Wu.
Three days ago, news came from Chu State that Wu Guodou's general Lu Wu rushed into Nanhe City single-handedly and killed Nanhe City Guards and Chu State sage Ou Wenyi.
The ruling and opposition parties of Wu State argued endlessly about this.
Some people say that the two countries did not declare war, so Lu Wu killed the important ministers of Chu without authorization. He committed the crime of conquest and must be recalled and punished.
Lu Wu carried out a massacre in Songjing that day. Although he made great achievements, he offended many people. Even Wu King Ketu found it difficult to suppress these ministers who kept saying that they wanted to recall Lu Wu to punish him.
Of course, if these people were asked to recall Lu Wu, one of them would not go.
It's okay to beep in the court, but if you really go to face the man who doesn't even sell the face of the Queen Mother of Wu, who knows whether you will be chopped down by Lu Wu?
Before deciding who to send to recall Lu Wu, news came back from Chu State two days ago.
General Jiang Xingde of Chu State rebelled. Now this man respects Wu State's fighting general Lu Wu as a general and has taken control of Nanhe City.
Moreover, Jiang Xingde wrote a letter asking Wu and Yue to send out naval forces to clear the waters and cross the river to attack Chu - in fact, he was asking people to save lives.
However, Nanhe Prefecture was called Zhenjiang Prefecture in the past and was the homeland of the Wu Kingdom. Now that there is an opportunity to regain this homeland, who would not be tempted?
It's just that it's easy to cross the river, and it's probably not difficult to occupy Zhenjiang City, but it would be extremely difficult to hold Zhenjiang City or even occupy Zhenjiang Mansion in the face of the Chu army's counterattack.
The State of Chu was a large country in the Central Plains, and its national power was at least five times greater than that of Wu.
If one thing is not done well, the soldiers crossing the river will be wiped out.
What's more, back then, the Jiang family rebelled and stabbed Wu in the back when they crossed the Yangtze River and fled south. Today, the Jiang family rebelled again - not all of Wu's older generation of military generals are dead yet.
For example, General Luo Gan firmly believed that the Jiang family was absolutely untrustworthy, and even sent someone to inform Lu Wu, asking him to be wary of the Jiang family. If the situation went wrong, he should run away quickly and leave the Jiang family alone.
But news came yesterday that General Lu had attacked seven cities in one day, blocking traffic inside and outside Nanhe Prefecture (Zhenjiang Prefecture). The remaining counties were already in trouble, and he was about to take over the entire Nanhe Prefecture.
This news shocked the government and the public of Wu State with their mouths agape.
What is the concept of conquering seven cities in one day?
Not to mention siege, even running through seven cities in one day is extremely difficult - soldiers are really fast, and it's so fast that it's hard for people to believe it's true.
Everyone was still dubious. Today, two pieces of information came in succession. The latter one was sent in a hurry for five hundred miles, and it was sent to the court of King Wu at the same time as the previous piece of information.
The previous message said that the Jiang family, the Tang family and General Lu Wu had joined forces to capture all the cities and the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture (Nanhe Prefecture) had been recovered.
The latter urgent message, five hundred miles away, stated that there was a mutiny in Nanhe Prefecture, and the Jiang family was swept out of the army. General Lu ordered his soldiers to elect junior officers on their own, and took control of the 30,000-strong army in Nanhe Prefecture!
At this time, the Wu court suddenly became excited.
