Fu Gongtuo felt strange, he had heard that Du Fuwei had lost the battle with the imperial army in Jiangbei and was captured alive, so he should have been asked if he was beheaded, how could he suddenly appear in Jiangning City and come to the general's mansion!

When he entered the city, he was not discovered by the guards until he appeared here, which is very strange.

"Mr. Zuo, what do you think?"

Zuo Youxian pondered and analyzed, "Manager Du suddenly appeared here, this matter is not simple, a certain guess, Manager Du either has the wrong news of being captured, or the court let him come back as a lobbyist." ”

Fu Gongtuo was a little skeptical: "Be a lobbyist? ”

Zuo Youxian nodded, "Yes, I came to persuade him to surrender and submit to the imperial court, so that the land south of the Yangtze River can be attached without blood, and the court does not need to use a single soldier to recover Jiangnan." ”

Fu Gongtuo sneered, "Hmph, how can there be such a good thing, these powers, territories, soldiers and horses, we have been fighting for several years to get it, and we haven't covered the heat yet, so we will give it up?" If the imperial court does not defeat the 100,000 army of this duke, it will not want to take the land south of the Yangtze River! ”

Zuo Youxian regained his demeanor and said, "It's okay, you'll know when you see it, but if you really become a lobbyist for the imperial court, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your situation in Jiangning County, after all, he is our nominal governor, you are a general, and you have to obey him on the surface, and there are still many of his cronies and generals in Danyang County." ”

Fu Gongtuo hummed a little excitedly, "At the beginning, I did have a friendship with him, and I took care of each other, Jianghuai's power, I joined forces with him to fight down, and finally he became the governor, but I was empty, if I hadn't listened to Mr. Zuo's strategy, left Jiangbei, and took the initiative to develop in Jiangnan with a little people, how could I have the current position?" He lost his own territory, but now he wants to hand over my territory to make meritorious contributions, how can there be such a reason in the world for nothing, I don't care if he is a close friend, whether he is in charge, I only know whose fist is big, who says it! Whoever stands in my way is the enemy of life and death! ”

Zuo You Xiandao is in the general's mansion, there are some generals who are on duty in the office, as well as Gong Cao, Sima and others, all called over to see how he spoke, when the time comes, someone will naturally speak for the auxiliary general to refute it, lest you speak directly and tear your face, until the end, we still don't want to say anything. ”

"What if he insists on persuading him to surrender and inciting other generals?" Fu Gongtuo was a little worried.

Zuo Youxian came up with an idea: "Then put it under house arrest, and wait until you fight with the imperial army." ”

"That's a good idea!" Fu Gong Tuo nodded slightly, feeling that the method was feasible, if he killed people directly, he still couldn't do it, after all, in front of many old departments, because he didn't agree with each other, he would kill the chief manager, and he would also have a great loss to Fu Gong Tuo's reputation and prestige.

It is equivalent to conspiring against the general rebellion, no matter what the reason is, it will not sound good when it is heard, it will disturb the morale of the army, and even produce a mutiny.

"Someone is coming, summon the strategists and generals who work in the general's mansion to the lobby, and together with the general, welcome the return of General Du."

After Xu Shiji pacified Liyang County, he began to mobilize troops and horses in Jiangbei, and discussed with the generals about crossing the river to fight.

Although he knew that His Majesty had sent Du Fuwei to Jiangnan as a lobbyist, the negotiations also needed to be pressured by force, so that the political negotiations could be effective.

Moreover, they must also be prepared, once the lobbying fails, the real attack on Danyang County will become the primary means.

At present, it is late autumn, and the cold winter is coming, leaving them only one month to cross the river and fight.

Once the cold winter begins, there will be a lot of rain along the Yangtze River, and the soldiers in the north will not be able to endure the clammy and cold weather, and they will be prone to dysentery and cold, and the mortality rate will still be very high under the current medical level, which will have a considerable impact on the strength of the three armed forces.

Therefore, no matter how the negotiations go, they are speeding up preparations for crossing the river.

This time, Luo Zhaoyun did not directly participate in the command, he sat in Jiangdu, overlooking the Yangtze River, and handed over the command of the river-crossing operation to Xu Shiji again.

If you can't even do this well, it will really go against the reputation of the military in the Tang Dynasty.

Xu Shiji was grateful in his heart, but also felt a strong responsibility, he led the army south for the first time, it was a failure, but His Majesty not only did not punish him, worship his officials, deprive the military power, but continued to appoint, and now there is a chance for him to show, he must grasp it.

There are also many generals sent by His Majesty to cooperate, including Duan Zhixuan, Zhou Zhongyin, Zhang Gongjin, Bing Yuanzhen, Zhou Faming and others.

This is a good time for Luo Zhaoyun to decide to give them a meritorious service, because the general situation of stability in the world is about to be completed, this time to cross the river to fight, it is likely to be the final battle, all the generals who go out to fight are eager to make some military achievements in the final stage, and then return to the court to be crowned officials and knights, these Luo Zhaoyun knows in his heart, so he avoided the pro-expedition and gave them some opportunities to perform.

Xu Shiji asked, "General Zhou, how are the ships of the Navy Division prepared?" ”

Zhou Faming hugged his fists and said, "Back to General Xu, there are already 100 large ships and hundreds of small and medium-sized ships, all of which are recruited from Liyang County. ”

Xu Shiji nodded: "Very good!" His Majesty sent Du Fuwei to Jiangnan to lobby Fu Gongtuo and others, the success rate was less than forty percent, but it would make the enemy army on the opposite side fall into infighting and disintegrate the fighting spirit. ”

When the soldiers heard this, they still admired His Majesty's strategy.

It turned out that His Majesty was not optimistic that Du Fuwei would be able to persuade Fu Gong Tuo, but he still sent it over, just to break down the stability of the enemy's military morale, let Fu Gong Tuo's soldiers and horses fight among themselves, and the 100,000 troops who could continue to fight with the imperial court were instantly halved.

This plan can be described as very vicious, I think it is no wonder that His Majesty can lead the troops to defeat all the battles every time, the original grasp of the people's hearts, so accurate, with a clever strategy, has to be convincing.