“…… In life, whether you have ambition or great ambition, there is nothing wrong with this, the fault is only whether you have a self-knowledge......"

After saying some emotional words, Cao Zhang finally couldn't help but ask, "Sister Lu, do you hate my father?" After all, Ling Zun Wenhou died at the hands of my father. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Lu Lingqi looked up at the sky, and after thinking for a long time, she shook her head and said, "I hated it at the earliest, but then I slowly figured it out. My father had actually embarked on a road of no return at that time, and he was afraid that he would be similar to Xiang Yu when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony. In the end, although he was defeated and died, he finally lived up to his reputation for life, and it was better than some people who were humiliated like lost dogs after being captured. Uncle Lu is right, there is no right or wrong at all in this troubled world, only success or failure, and although my father is judged to be a capricious, faithless and unrighteous person, it is just the result of his ignorance of the art of scheming.

"Of course, if something happens to my father, he can only be a cruel and unkind lord like Xiang Yu, but he died on the battlefield, but he didn't have to bear so much. He is only suitable for the battlefield, but he is by no means suitable for officialdom, so being able to die on the battlefield is the best destination for him. So I can't talk about any resentment towards your Cao family, because this chaotic era is like this. ”

After hearing this, Cao Zhang was silent for a while, and then asked: "Then Sister Lu, do you say that there will be a time when you and I will meet each other on the battlefield in the future?" ”

Lu Lingqi smiled: "Who knows? Maybe one day in the future, we'll really fight, right? But don't worry, if there is really that day, your sister Lu will never teach you a lesson with personal enmity, but will defeat you on the battlefield as a general. In a word, my father is my father, and I, Lu Lingqi, am my Lu Lingqi! ”

“……”

Cao Zhang didn't say anything. Look at this time, the Yizhou soldiers have almost cleaned up, and they know that it won't be long before Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu will leave Juyong Pass with the Yizhou soldiers. Sighing secretly, Cao Zhang took off the saber on his waist and handed it to Lu Lingqi: "Sister Lu, as a woman, you don't let you have eyebrows, and it is just right for me to give you this knife." This knife is one of the more than 100 good knives that my father made when he raised troops at the beginning of that year, so it is called 'Hundred Tempers', and he has always carried it with him since he practiced martial arts. This time in the battle of Juyongguan, you and I can be regarded as working together, and this knife will be given to you as a souvenir. ”

I don't have much to say about what the weapons that the generals gave each other with each other, Lu Lingqi also took off the long sword she carried and gave it back to Cao Zhang according to etiquette after taking it, but the words that came out made Cao Zhang a little crying and laughing: "Xiao Yuan, you are taking advantage of your sister!" At the beginning, Uncle Lu served under your father's command and had seen those hundred refining swords. According to Uncle Lu, although these hundred refining knives are good, they are just ordinary blades. And this sword of mine ......"

As she spoke, Lu Lingqi pulled away a few inches, but it didn't have the cold light that people generally thought, but it was a little dark. There are some black alloy knives in modern society, although they don't look so shiny, but their hardness, toughness or something have nothing to say, Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu, as well as some people's portable swords are made of this alloy, but because of the restrictions of various conditions, the number is not much, and it is impossible to manufacture it as a standard weapon.

But Cao Zhang is a person who understands swords, and after taking it over, he knows that his hundred refining knife is not a horizontal thing at all compared to Lu Lingqi's sword, so Lu Lingqi said that Cao Zhang picked up a cheap one is really not a joke. So I could only hug my fist to Lu Lingqi and say, "Thank you, Sister Lu!" There will be a period later. ”

"There will be a date later!"

Soon after, the Yizhou Corps left Juyong Pass and drove a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to the southeast. At Juyong Pass, Cao Zhang was holding Lu Lingqi's sword and looking at it from a distance, but he whispered in his mouth: "Is she really thirty years old?" How do you look like it! It's no different from a person in his twenties...... In fact, even if she is thirty years old, what does it matter? It's just a few years older than me...... However, it is not easy for this fierce horse to subdue her. ”

Tian Yu on the side heard Cao Zhang's low muttering, so he peeked at Cao Zhang with a strange and surprised gaze......

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Yizhou, Mangjia Parliamentary Hall.

Since Lu Ren transferred some of the main personnel to various places, this is the first time that all the main personnel have been gathered together for a meeting. It can be said that in this meeting, except for Deng Ai who stayed in Nanzhong, Shi Tao who stayed in Guangzhou, and then Tuoba Yu, Murong Ziying, Lu Lingqi, and Zhao Yu who did not come back in Liaoxi, the rest of the people were all here. Even Xu Shu, who was guarding Quanzhou, Sun Shangxiang and Lu Xun, who were digging silver mines on Wadao, were called back by Lu Ren.

There are familiar people with each other, and there are also people who don't know each other well, so the mess is all the sound of conversation. Finally, when Lu Ren entered the conference hall, everyone quieted down. After a few polite words, Lu Ren asked people to send the map and sand table into the meeting hall, and after blasting out all the irrelevant people, Lu Ren pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Everyone, I believe there are some things you already know." Not long ago, we joined forces with Lao Cao, and scattered the nomadic herds in the north at Juyong Pass, which may have more than 100,000 people. Not only did they break them up, but the two big men of Karasuma and Xianbei, namely Nengchen Di and Kobineng, both died in this battle. As soon as these two goods die, many nomadic tribes in the north will have no leader, and it is believed that in the next period of time, these nomadic tribes in the north will be in chaos. ”

After a pause and then a change of tone, Lu Ren continued: "It is said that such a thing should be a good thing, at least the nomadic tribes in the north cannot form a large-scale raiding group because they have no leader, and the people on the northern border can suffer less from the plundering of many nomadic tribes. But with all that is good there will be disadvantages, and at least for me, the current situation has greatly affected my plans. There are some things that I expected to start working on in two or three years, but now that there has been such a change, I have to start implementing this plan earlier, which is why I have invited everyone back to Yizhou to discuss it. ”

"I want to hear about it!"

Lu Ren looked at Shirley, and Shirley stood up in understanding, holding a thick stack of documents in her hand and distributing it to everyone in the hall: "This is the information that our caravan gathered after slightly increasing its trade with Liaodong. Intelligence shows that although the current lord of Liaodong is nominally Gongsun Gong, he is just a vase-like ornament, and Gongsun Gong himself does not have any talent for governing the country, and the real power in Liaodong is basically in the hands of relatives and staff. Especially Gongsun Yuan, the son of Gongsun Kang, don't look at his young age, he is only in his early twenties this year, but he is already a bit of a hero. ”

After turning around and sending the information, Shirley continued: "According to our transaction records with Liaodong in previous years, at least six to seventy percent of the military supplies we sold to Liaodong were actually bought by Gongsun Yuan through various channels. In other words, Gongsun Yuan has been cultivating his military strength, and the military power in his hands is getting heavier and heavier.

"This is the current existence of the Gongsun clan and some other relatives to restrict Gongsun Yuan, but the people in power of these relatives are already very old, and they may die of old age and illness at any time, and Gongsun Yuan is in his youth, as long as he can endure it and drag those old bones to death for a while, then the real power in the Liaodong region will fall into his hands. If there is no accident at that time, Gongsun Yuan will definitely use force to force Gongsun Gong to abdicate, and he will become the lord of the Liaodong region. ”

Except for a few people at the scene, the rest of the people were all human spirits. After listening to Shirley's explanation and flipping through the information in his hand, he immediately affirmed Shirley's statement, and Xu Shu immediately asked Lu Ren: "What does the lord mean?" ”

Lu Ren smiled and said, "I plan to take advantage of the situation in Liaodong to send troops to capture Liaodong, I want to ask you what you think?" ”

"Never!"

This was a group of people who shouted out together, and then Lu Xun stood up and said to Lu Ren: "Brother, please think twice!" Although there is a rebellion for power in Liaodong, Liaodong has tens of thousands of troops and a strong army, which is not an opponent that can be easily defeated. And the elder brother is basically in the southern region, and the distance between the two places is not more than ten thousand miles? If tens of thousands of people are lightly mentioned, Yizhou is already a virtual country expedition, and even if it is successful, the army will not be able to return immediately. Once the situation along the coast changes, Yizhou is in danger, and my brother is in danger of being homeless! ”

Huang Zhong's temperament is straightforward: "My lord, when it comes to plotting and planning, the old man knows that he is far inferior to all gentlemen. In fact, there is a battle to be fought, and the old man is most willing to make meritorious contributions in front of the battle, but the old man also feels that such a virtual expedition is really not feasible. The old man can't say anything else, he only knows that we are so far away from the north, and the transfer of money, food, soldiers and horses alone is already a big problem, and once something goes wrong, I am afraid that none of the tens of thousands of soldiers will be able to come back. ”

Lu Xun turned his head to look at Sun Shangxiang, who was also in the hall at this moment, and seeing Sun Shangxiang nodding lightly, Lu Xun spoke out again to dissuade him: "Brother, it has been five years since the lord of Sun County entered the hostage. In the past five years, the strength of the main public army has indeed risen, and it can be compared with Jiangdong, but such a virtual country expedition, Yiquan's defense must be empty, and the army armor in Yiquan is insufficient, and the main water division is making every effort to supply the northern expeditionary army, and it is difficult to guarantee that Jiangdong Wuhou will not take advantage of the weakness. ”

Sun Shangxiang picked up and said, "Bo Yan is right. Lu Yizhou, I don't shy away from suspicion, because this old brother of mine knows too well, and it is difficult for him to break the enemy in front of the two armies; However, judging the situation and distinguishing between truth and falsehood, I am afraid that even the middle brother Zhou Gongjin is inferior to him. The main thing is that he has never taken me seriously, and once the Yiquan garrison is empty, I dare to conclude that he will definitely take the opportunity to raise troops. ”

Lu Ren smiled again, waved his hand and said, "Please accept everything." Actually, I've already thought about what you're talking about. The reason why I still want to send troops to Liaodong is because I already have an idea, but it is not perfect. I invite you to come here today just to ask you to help me refine my ideas. ”

Leaving the table and coming to the map, he pointed to Yizhou and the north and said: "First of all, the transfer of money, grain, soldiers and horses...... Mi Zhen and Zhen Mi, how much grain can we supply to the army in the summer and autumn in Yiquan without using it in the warehouse? ”

Mi Zhen and Zhen Mi glanced at each other, but they couldn't speak, but it was Shirley who picked up on the side and said: "If 80% of the grain stored in the warehouse in the summer and autumn every year is used, and only 20% is put into the warehouse, it can ensure that the 30,000 army has enough food." However, we can't calculate the account so simply, because what we advocate in Yizhou is the separation of peasants and soldiers, and now our regular army in Yizhou is 20,000 troops and 35,000 navy. Together with some other troops, there are almost 60,000 of them. With these more than 60,000 troops, in order to ensure that there is still grain in the warehouses and that no additional taxes are levied on the people, we have to pay our own money every year to purchase grain from the people in order to ensure the normal circulation and operation. In addition to food, the daily maintenance of ships and ordnance ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand again: "I mean that I use 10,000 army and 20,000 navy, which can basically not affect the normal livelihood and economy of our Yizhou, and the remaining troops are enough to guard Jiangdong." Changqian, how long will it take for our northern ship regiment to fight between the north and the south? ”

Changqian is Xun Yu's eldest son, Xun Yun's cousin. Xun Yun can't do nothing after following Xun Yu to Yizhou, right? Because Xun Yun was very familiar with many things in the north, Lu Ren arranged for Xun Yun to follow Zhao Yu to run the boat to familiarize himself with the things on the trade route, and then because Zhao Yu was transferred to Chrysanthemum Port by Lu Ren to help, Xun Yun temporarily took over Zhao Yu's position.

Even if Zhao Yu returned afterwards, Xun Yun would continue to run as the commander of the Second Fleet. You must know that fourteen years have passed since the Battle of Guandu, and many areas in the north have long been settled, and only one fleet of Zhao Yu and some non-governmental business operations cannot meet the needs of the northern region at all, and it is necessary for Lu Ren to open an additional branch fleet here.

I won't talk about this, just say that Xun Yun responded respectfully: "Generally, it is about twenty days, and there may be delays in case of wind and waves." But no matter how you stay, you can go back and forth between two months. ”

At the earliest, the one-way trip from Yizhou to Lianyungang in Xuzhou took about a month and a half, but for so many years, the navigation ship industry has always been one of the industries with the tightest grasp and the most development investment here in Yizhou, so it is not too much for the Yizhou fleet to play a round trip between Yizhou and Lelang in two months.

Lu Ren nodded, and then explained to everyone in the hall: "Since ancient times, the transfer of grain, grass, soldiers and horses has been the biggest problem, but that is generally only for conventional land warfare. But let's not forget, my Yizhou shipping can be the best in the world, hundreds of thousands of grains and grass, in the land transportation will indeed tire people to death, can be loaded on the ship from the sea and transported very light, there is no mountains and rivers obstacles. ”

Everyone nodded in unison. I have been in Yizhou for so many years and know a lot about Yizhou's shipping capacity. Hundreds of thousands of grains and grass? A single dispatch of a larger fleet will be done.

Lu Ren continued: "Since the transfer of money, grain, soldiers and horses is not a problem, the next thing to consider is where our army should first attack as a foothold after it sets out. Mr. Gongda, what do you think? ”

Xun You frowned, looked at the map in the hall and muttered: "If Lu Yizhou insists on sending troops to Liaodong, the first one to take it should naturally be Lelang. Just ask Lu Yizhou Mingjian, Lelang is surrounded by a flat river, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the Gongsun family has been in Liaodong for a long time, with tens of thousands of troops. When he saw that the Yizhou army was attacking Lelang, he would definitely not sit idly by. Even if Yizhou captured Lelang for a while, he led his troops to counterattack, and Lelang was really difficult to hold. Moreover, the Gongsun clan has always colluded with the surrounding Xianbei and Goguryeo, and if these forces send troops to help, I am afraid that the army of Lu Yizhou will not return. ”

Everyone in the hall nodded in unison, and after Lu Ren looked around, he suddenly laughed loudly: "Everyone, I didn't say that I must bring down Liaodong, why are you so nervous?" ”

At this time, everyone in the hall looked at each other, and said in their hearts, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd? At this time, he said that he wanted to fight Liaodong, and he said that he didn't want to beat Liaodong down, so what the hell are you meowing for?

Lu Ren smiled again, turned his gaze to Xun Yu on the side seat and said, "Xun Gong, most of you here are stationed elsewhere, you have been staying by my side, don't you understand my intention to fight Liaodong?" ”

Xun Yu glanced at Lu Ren with a smile, shook his head and said, "How did I know that Yihao would suddenly say this?" Sometimes I don't expect what you think. ”

"Is it you or am I coming now?"

Xun Yu glanced at Lu Ren again: "If you want to be lazy, just say it!" ”

Lu Ren shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture of invitation to Xun Yu, and everyone in the hall was speechless about this conversation between Lu Ren and Xun Yu. Everyone knows what kind of virtue Lu Ren is, but they didn't expect that after two years, Xun Yu was also "poisoned" by Lu Ren.

Seeing Xun Yu cough twice and clear his throat, he then said with a straight expression: "Everyone, don't be misled by Lu Yizhou's previous words. Lu Yizhou's original intention was to use troops against Liaodong, but not to capture Liaodong. First of all, Liaodong is now a strong military and is not an easy opponent to deal with; Secondly, even if we can defeat Liaodong now, we will not allocate much manpower, material and financial resources to consolidate it, which means that we will not be able to gain a firm foothold in Liaodong. ”

Gan Ning asked puzzledly: "In that case, why are we fighting?" There are thousands of miles between Yizhou and Liaodong, and once the troops mentioned by the lord are used, the military expenditure is by no means a small amount. If you don't want to capture Liaodong, wouldn't it be a waste of money and food? ”

Xun Yu glanced at Lu Ren again, and seeing Lu Ren nodded, Xun Yu sighed and continued: "No way, if you don't fight, you can't do it!" You also don't know that in the previous battle of Juyongguan, although we have been deliberately concealing our strength, because of a series of accidents, some of our edges have been revealed prematurely. If at this time, we don't find a suitable opponent to fight, it seems that we are being dragged down by other forces, I am afraid that we will be targeted by Cao Mengde......"

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Yesterday I had a cold and had a terrible headache, so I had a problem halfway through the writing, so I had to make up the words first. Today, I rushed out with a headache desperately, and I hope you will forgive me! In addition, all the mistakes have been corrected. (To be continued.) )