As the saying goes, although Du Fuwei's secret warehouses east and north of Lujiang County were cleared by the Sui army, in Tong'an County, west of Lujiang County, Du Fuwei's last secret warehouse was still preserved.

This warehouse is located in Wangjiang County, the southernmost part of Tong'an County, close to the Yangtze River, storing 10,000 stone of grain, and at the same time there are 1,000 garrisons, the garrison commander is called Lu Fei, a native of Poyang County, who was originally a famous ranger in the south of the Yangtze River, and later defected to Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei saw that their brothers were strong in martial arts, so he used them as his own soldiers, and saw that they were smart and capable, so he promoted them again to lead troops to guard the granary, which was also Du Fuwei's principle, and his fourteen secret warehouses in various counties of Jianghuai were all in the hands of his own soldiers, all of whom he trusted.

Lu Fei already knew that the Sui army had begun to encircle and suppress the Jianghuai army, and he was also extremely worried in his heart, once the Lujiang army was defeated, there would be no eggs under the nest.

"Big brother, it's time for us to make a choice."

It was Lu Fei's twin brother Lu Ping who spoke, the two brothers looked almost identical, but there were slight differences in personality, Lu Fei was a brother, who could command the army and was ruthless.

And Lu Ping has brains and is good at making suggestions, and the combination of these two brothers is a powerful character, but it's a pity that Du Fuwei didn't see a point, and sent their brothers to guard the warehouse.

"What about your opinion?"

Lu Fei looked back at his brother, "Do you think we should take refuge in Lin Gong?" ”

Lin Shihong and their brothers are in the same village, and they have sent people to win over their brothers more than once, but Lu Fei can't bear to betray the lord and has always refused to agree, but the situation is getting worse day by day, and Lu Fei can't think about his own future, although he also knows that Lin Shihong has taken a fancy to his army and food, but after all, he is in the same village, and he should not treat himself and his brother badly.

Seeing that his brother bowed his head and was silent, Lu Fei said again: "I estimate that Gong Lin will send someone again in the next few days." ”

Lu Ping sighed, "Brother, don't you think that Lin Shihong will also be a dish of Zhang Xuan sooner or later?" ”

Lu Fei was stunned, his brother's words made him suddenly feel that it didn't seem wise to take refuge in Lin Shihong, he hesitated, "You mean to say that we surrender to the Sui army?" ”

Lu Ping nodded, "The people who can fight for the world are none other than Li Tang and the Northern Sui, but the Li family was born in the aristocracy and does not attach importance to recklessness, and lowly people like our brothers almost have no future, while Zhang Xuan attaches great importance to the concubines of the poor family, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the military merits are rewarded, and the generals under him are all from the poor family, and our brothers can only make meritorious contributions, and there will be a day when they will come out, I think about it repeatedly, and I think we should still defect to the Northern Sui army." ”

Lu Fei thought for a while and said: "You have a point, you and I are both people with sons, we must think about our children and grandchildren, gain a fame and benefit our descendants, but we don't have people to recommend, and Zhang Xuan may not pay attention to us." ”

Lu Ping smiled: "Brother has forgotten Shen Guang?" ”

Lu Fei suddenly realized that Shen Guang and them were both Jiangnan rangers back then, and they had a lot of friendships, so why did he forget him.

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In the afternoon, the four messenger cavalry galloped all the way to the remote Wangjiang County warehouse, several soldiers turned over and dismounted, led the horse to the warehouse gate, Lu Fei walked out of the gate, looked at the four people, "Who are you?" Where did it come from? ”

The leading soldier clasped his fists and asked, "Is it General Lu?" ”

"I am! What's the matter with you? ”

"We are from Hefei, and we have been ordered by His Royal Highness to go to Poyang County and Yueyang County to deliver a message, and ask General Lu to prepare a boat for us to cross the river."

Lu Fei nodded, "The ship is just going out and will come back in the evening, so please come in and eat something and take a rest." ”

The four messengers were hungry and tired, handed over the horses to Lu Fei's men, and entered the warehouse together, Lu Fei hurriedly asked his subordinates to buy wine and food, and after a while, the four of them sat around the table and ate and drank, but the accident happened, and the four of them fell to the table one after another, foaming at the mouth and twitching their limbs.

At this time, Lu Fei walked in, looking at the four of them with complicated eyes, Lu Fei's brother Lu Ping walked forward quickly and touched the nose of the four, and shook his head at Lu Fei.

"Throw them directly into the river!"

Several soldiers stepped forward to drag the corpse down, and Lu Fei opened the letter box of the four people, one letter was for Lin Shihong, and the other letter was for Xiao Miao, Lu Fei sighed lowly, and said to himself: "People are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, lord, Lu Fei is sorry." ”

At the fifth watch, Zhang Xuan was woken up by his own soldiers, "Marshal, General Shen has an important situation to report." ”

"I see, let's get up."

Zhang Xuan put on a robe and walked out of the sleeping tent, at this time the sky was not yet bright, the lights in the outer tent were bright, Shen Guangzheng was pacing back and forth, seeing Zhang Xuan come out, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See the big handsome!" ”

"What's the important information?" Jang Hyun asked.

"It is Du Fuwei's last granary, located on the Yangtze River in Tong'an County, the guard general Lu Fei is willing to surrender to us, and he brought his brother with him, is His Highness willing to meet him?"

Zhang Xuan frowned, "Do you think there is anything special about this matter?" ”

"Dashuai, these two brothers were both rangers in the south of the Yangtze River back then, and they knew them very well, their brothers were strong in martial arts, shrewd and capable, quite knowledgeable, and they were born recklessly, and the two brothers and Lin Shihong were in the same village, and they had a bit of a twisted kinship."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, then said, "Bring people in!" ”

Not long after, a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old man was brought in by his own soldiers, and the man knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Xiaomin Lu Ping pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

"Get up and speak!"

Zhang Xuan sat back in his seat, and a soldier presented two letter boxes, and Lu Ping explained: "This is Du Fuwei sent someone to deliver a letter to Lin Shihong and Xiao Miao, and we intercepted it. ”

Zhang Xuan opened the letter and looked at it, it was Du Fuwei's rescue letter to Lin and Xiao, written earnestly, especially begging Lin Shihong to send troops to cut off the logistics and transportation lines of the Sui army, Zhang Xuan was not interested in this.

Lin Shihong and Xiao Mo didn't dare to cross the line even if they had ten guts, and more importantly, Du Fuwei had no time, so Zhang Xuan did not intercept the soldiers who sent the letter, but he did not expect to be intercepted by the Lu brothers.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "Why don't you surrender Lin Shihong or Xiao Miao?" ”

Lu Ping hurriedly said: "The bird chooses a good tree to perch, although our brother has a humble official position, but he also knows the general trend of the world, and is willing to take advantage of the trend and seek a wealth for himself and his descendants, Lin Shihong and Xiao Mo are destined to become a big thing, sooner or later it will be the dish of His Royal Highness, we are already a mistake to be a thief under Du Fuwei, how can we be wrong again and again?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, this person is also honest, he can speak well, maybe he can really do something for himself, he smiled and asked, "Who else is in your family?" ”

"I still have a wife, children and an old mother at home, but I am not in my hometown, but in Tong'an County, where my brother bought land and a house."

Zhang Xuan smiled: "So be it! You have done something for me, and you have done it, and in the future I will make you two county counts, if you want to be rich and famous, and benefit your children and grandchildren, this is your only chance. ”

When Lu Ping heard that he could be named the county uncle, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "My brother and I are willing to do our best to serve His Highness!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to him slowly: "You two can bring food and soldiers to surrender Lin Shihong, and be an undercover agent for me, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Lu Ping hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "I understand the humble position, Your Highness can take my brother's wife, children and mother as hostages, if we are half-hearted, the sky will thunder!" ”

"General Shen praised your brothers for being smart people, so I decided to let you do this, I believe you know in your hearts, Lin Shihong can only make you rich for a while, but I can make your children and grandchildren rich and noble, which is more important, you should have a rod and scale in your heart."

"Our hearts are like mirrors."

"Very good, I will make your brother the general of the eagle and the general of the eagle, and reward you with five hundred taels of gold, if the matter is successful, I will give you the title again."

Lu Ping was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank Your Highness for your reward!" ”

"Go ahead! Someone will contact you two when the time comes. ”

Lu Ping was very excited in his heart, saluted, and retreated with his own soldiers, at this time Shen Guang asked in a low voice: "Do you think it is feasible?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I think it should be feasible." ”

Lin Shihong controlled Jiujiang, Poyang, Yuzhang, Yichun, Linchuan and other five counties of Ganshui, with an army of 100,000 and hundreds of warships, which was the second naval army in the world in addition to their Sui army, and it must not be taken lightly, especially not by the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that it's late autumn now, and winter is coming soon, and neither the wind direction nor the water flow is conducive to the Sui army downstream, so we can only wait for the spring of next year.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan turned around and instructed Shen Guangdao: "Send someone to send the wives, children, and mothers of the Lu brothers to Jiangdu and protect them tightly." ”

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