The general camp of the Zhou army

Lu Ba left the tent and returned to his tent, and as soon as he sat down, he saw his two sons Lu Fanglian and Lu Fangxu, running in with a tangled face.

"Dad, did the general really kill the eldest grandson Yuting?"

Lu Bahu was stunned: "The corpse of Yuanmen can't be seen, military law is like a mountain, is this still fake?" ”

The brothers of the Lu family stopped talking, and looked at each other, all of them showing concern.

As the sons of Lu Ba, they are also considered to be the top eunuchs in Mingjing, and they have naturally dealt with the eldest grandson Yuting, the future son of the Duke of Liang, and their relationship with each other is not good, but it is not much worse.

Now witnessing the tragic death of an acquaintance, it has a great impact on the two young masters Lu who have not experienced too much of the world.

At the same time, the death of the eldest grandson Yuting also alerted them, although they were protected by their father, it did not mean that they would not be cleaned up if they made mistakes.

After all, from a certain point of view, the status of Liang Guogong and the later general Changsun Wuchang in the court is faintly superior to Lu Ba, and the eldest grandson Yuting, who has such a background, was killed by Ji Linbing when he said he would be killed, and he was also shown to the public by a violent corpse.

This made the Lu brothers, who have always been self-conscious of their family background and proud of it, deeply understand what military law is, and understand that under the real big mistake, no matter how high the family background is, they cannot completely guarantee that they will get out.

The eldest grandson, Yuting, taught the Lu brothers a lesson at a bloody price............

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Lu Ba, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at the two sons who were silent and thoughtful in the tent, and nodded with a little relief.

Don't look at him as a hot-tempered person with a rude personality, but Lu Ba was able to be a guard general for Emperor Taizong for ten years, and was deeply trusted, and now he has been promoted to the commander of the Western Zhou Forbidden Army.

Can he have a little scheming in his heart?

It's all about recklessness and recklessness, and you can't get the position of a military giant!

I don't care about the four words in thick.

The forbidden army guards the imperial city, which is related to the safety of the Son of Heaven, as long as the Western Zhou royal family is not stupid, it will not be handed over to a reckless man, Lu Ba can continue to rise from the forbidden army, and finally take charge of the entire forbidden army, under the seemingly rude appearance, his heart is extremely cautious.

In the past ten years in the Suwei Palace, Lu Ba has never had a big difference, which is the best proof.

Some people may feel that what Lu Ba did in Shuai Tent before does not seem to conform to his cautious character, but in fact, this is exactly Lu Ba's policy for officials.

What is the Forbidden Army?

It is the Son of Heaven Guard, the most loyal to the emperor's troops, and as the commander of the forbidden army, the most important thing is to be loyal to the imperial family.

And who is the most loyal to the royal family?

It's very simple, two words - lonely minister.

The more Lu Ba sprayed with the ministers, people hated dogs, notorious, and discorded with most of the courtiers and generals, the more the Empress Dowager Ning and the little emperor trusted him, and the more stable Lu Ba's position as the commander of the forbidden army became.

On the contrary, if Lu Ba mingled with others, drank with Ji Linbing, and called the Ning brothers brothers, then no matter how loyal he was to the Empress Dowager Ning, the Empress Dowager Ning would not dare to use him.

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This set of official ways was researched by Lu Ba based on his years of experience in the forbidden army, and the effect was quite obvious, but the sequelae were not small.

That is, in order to be a lonely minister, Lu Ba offended many ministers.

These people can't do anything about him, but it's hard to guarantee that they won't make a fuss about the people around him and retaliate, especially these two sons.

is different from Lu Ba, Lu Ba is obviously reckless, but secretly he is actually thick and fine, bearskin and fox heart, but Lu Fanglian and Lu Fangxu's brother family grew up in a honey pot since childhood, and the scheming city government is relatively pure.

Therefore, sometimes Lu Ba is very worried that his two stupid sons will be trapped by others and affect the family, so he has repeatedly dissuaded him, but after all, there is no real and vivid case, which leads to Lu Ba's little effect.

Until now, seeing the tragic death of the eldest grandson Yuting, Lu Fanglian and the brothers finally had something to think about, which made Lu Ba very happy, and even with the disgust for the dead eldest grandson Yuting, he cut two or three layers.

It's good to die............

And just as Lu Ba was about to strike while the iron was hot and teach Lu Fanglian and Lu Fangxu brothers well, the personal guard came to report, and Ning Dewu asked to see him.

"Why is he here?"

Lu Ba frowned, since he has always regarded himself as a lonely minister, he naturally will not have any contact with the most powerful rear party in the Western Zhou Dynasty, although Ning Dewu is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Ning, but Lu Ba still has no friendship with the other party.

Because he understands that no matter how close his relatives are, he is also a courtier, and the forbidden army is only loyal to the emperor.

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However, there is no friendship and no friendship, Ningde Wutang, General of Western Zhouzuo, and the deputy marshal of the Jin army, he personally came to the door to ask for a meeting, and Lu Ba could not turn people away.

Let the two sons retreat first, Lu Ba personally went out of the account to invite Ning Dewu into the tent, and after they sat down, Lu Ba didn't wait for tea to Ning Dewu, and he went straight to the point.

"Lu Mouhui still has to prepare the army and horses and go to Yuhu Beach, Ning Shuai is suitable for Lu, you might as well say it directly."

"Lu Hou is really quick to talk, since this is the case, the little brother will not hide it."

Ning Dewu obviously knew something about Lu Ba, and when he heard this, he was not angry, but directly talked about his intentions.

He supported Lu Ba's strategy of grabbing grain in the commander's tent, and hoped that Lu Ba could cooperate with him and jointly send troops to collect food at the necessary time.

When Lu Ba heard this, his brows furrowed tightly, and he glanced up and down at this uncle of the country, and his tone was a little unkind.

"General Fang Cai has already made the stakes clear, Ning Shuaigui is a heavy general in the military, how can he know his mistakes and make mistakes and violate military orders."

"Lu Hou's words are wrong."

Lu Ba's title of Marquis of Mingwei was sealed before Taizong's death, in order to reward his loyalty to duty, Lu Ba has always been proud of it, so although he is a military giant, he doesn't like people to call himself Lu Shuai, but likes the title of Lu Hou.

Ning Dewu's face was full of seriousness, and he explained: "You are also in the army, and you know that the manpower and material resources consumed by the imperial court for this battle, the money and grain alone are worth hundreds of millions, and they have almost exhausted the imperial court's savings of ten years of national strength.

To say something that shouldn't be said, if this battle is lost, it will be difficult for us to recover for several years, and when the country is weak and the people are declining, it will be difficult for Jin and Chu to ride on the head, so this battle must not be defeated. ”

Speaking of this, Ning Dewu's emotions became a little excited: "Ji Linbing, as a general and commander of the army of the current dynasty, disregarded the safety of the three armies, regardless of the expectations of the people, did not listen to our persuasion, insisted on going his own way, and insisted on fighting to the death with the Zhou army.

is so radical, once there is a mistake, even if the army can safely withdraw to the country, what is the money and food spent in the previous war, and the soldiers who sacrificed, and the war between the two countries has become a child's play? ”

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Ning Dewu's voice became louder and louder, Lu Ba's face was ugly when he heard it, he lowered his head and was silent for a moment, let Ning Dewu wait for a while, and turned around and walked out of the tent.

Summoned a group of guards, ordered them to be on guard outside, and no one was allowed to approach, and then returned to the account, looked directly at Ning Dewu, and said with a sigh of relief.

"The fierce battle of the general, Lu Mou is not very much in favor, but I believe that the general has his own considerations, as for the arson to grab food......... It was indeed the best policy, and I proposed it at the time, but also for the sake of the overall situation, and I did not want to give up the current good situation.

However, what the general said is also right, although the army grabs grain, although it will gain temporary benefits, but it will be short-sighted in the long run to lose the heart of the two governments. ”

"Bullshit short-sighted."

Ning Dewu saw Lu Ba's arrangement just now, and knew that the other party had listened to his words a little, and he was slightly happy in his heart, and his words were even more wanton and bold.

"What would rather withdraw the army than disappoint the people's hearts, it is all sour and rotten, Ji Linbing is just thinking about his own reputation.

In order to appease the people of Erfu before, he allocated a large army of military rations for relief, which caused the military rations to be surprised, and now it is such an important matter related to the national war between the two countries, and this official is still thinking about these Diao people who are bent on the Northern Jin Dynasty, how stupid.

As long as this battle can be won, what is the people's heart, the people in the second government are in turmoil, and the troops will be sent to suppress it, kill him for five or six rounds, see who dares to rebel, it is really not good, just move the people from the country to come here, as long as the territory is in our hands, it will not take long to completely turn this place into my Great Zhou land.

This is the land that the imperial court spent countless grains and grasses and the lives of soldiers to take, but Ji Linbing disregarded the interests of the imperial court for his own personal name, Lu Hou, can you and I just watch it?

When the next day came to the queen mother, the emperor asked why he abandoned the land and withdrew his troops, do you and I also want to use such sour and rotten words to perfunctory the emperor and queen? ”

Lu Ba was asked twice in a row by Ning Dewu, his face changed, and he got up and paced left and right in the tent.

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In fact, it can be seen from the fact that Lu Ba was the first to propose the matter of grabbing grain, Lu Ba did not care about the life or death of the people of Erfu, and although he was later stopped by Ji Linbing with the words of the people, he may not have broken this idea in his heart.

Ning Dewu came over to agitate and vigorously criticized Ji Linbing's words, which made Lu Ba happy, but he also took into account Ji Linbing's prestige, and he didn't want to get involved in the entanglement between Ji and the Ning brothers, so he didn't express his position for a long time.

It wasn't until Ning Dewu moved out of the Empress Dowager Ning and the little emperor that Lu Ba's belief was completely shaken, as mentioned earlier, Lu Ba, as the commander of the forbidden army, was loyal to the emperor and the Empress Dowager Ning behind him.

He could ignore the Ning family brothers and Ji Linbing, but he couldn't help but consider the thoughts of Empress Dowager Ning's mother and son, thinking about it, Lu Ba asked Ning Dewu in a dumb voice.

"What are you going to do?"

Ning Dewu smiled slightly, and stretched out a finger: "It's very simple, if Ji Linbing is frustrated at the General Pass, you and I must not sit back and watch him withdraw from the Second Mansion of Nanling, but force him to order the troops to grab grain, stick to the Second Mansion, wait for the grain and grass to come from the rear, and continue to fight for Jin." ”

Lu Ba was very embarrassed and rubbed his face: "Do you know that this is a mutiny, a bad one, and we will be the sinners of Da Zhou in the future." ”

"If you don't do it, you're a sinner."

Ning Dewu sneered: "So far, the junior brother has not hidden from Lu Hou, Ji Linbing insisted on attacking the General Pass, and many generals in the army were very dissatisfied.

The general's gains from the war were good, but once he was frustrated, the dilemma brought to the army by Ji Linbing was enough for him to hand over his military power and step down. ”

At this time, Lu Ba couldn't sit still at all, in his opinion, the mutiny forced the palace Ji Lin soldiers to be very out of line, but now looking at Ning Dewu's meaning, the other party is trying to seize the military power.

This is a taboo in the military!!

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Lu Ba, who had a cautious personality, almost blurted out that he was about to say something of refusal, but when it came to his mouth, he suddenly reacted.

Ji Linbing's prestige in the army is by no means something that Ning Dewu can shake, so why does Ning Dewu dare to seize Ji Linbing's military power?

Soon, Ning Dewu relieved Lu Ba's doubts, it turned out that Ning had a secret decree from the Empress Dowager Ning in his hand, which stated that Ning Dewu could seize power at a critical moment.

"Lu Hou, the queen mother's secret decree to the younger brother was originally to prevent Ji Linbing from supporting the army and threatening the imperial power, but now the younger brother sees that this person is arbitrary and arbitrary, and he really can't bear to destroy the court's hard work, so he plans to ask for a decree to seize power.

Wanglu Hou remembers His Majesty's holy grace, and the auxiliary brother is on the side, and if there is any punishment in the future, the younger brother will bear it alone. ”

Lu Ba didn't believe the nonsense behind Ning Dewu, what one person bears, such a big thing, he can't do it alone, and he can't bear all the responsibilities, if he joins, he will be held accountable in the future, and Lu Ba will never be able to get out of it.

But Ning Dewu had the secret decree of the Empress Dowager Ning, and Lu Ba couldn't turn a blind eye, after thinking about it, he finally agreed to force the palace Ji Lin soldiers to grab food.

But about the seizure of power, Lu Ba said that he would wait until he sent someone back to China to ask for instructions from the Empress Dowager Ning's mother and son.

Lu Ba's approach, Ning Dewu didn't say anything, he dared to speak out and seize power, naturally he would not only win over Lu Ba alone, in addition to Lu Ba, he had other layouts.

Of course, Ning Dewu's layout, including Lu Ba, can only really play a role when Ji Linbing can't win the general pass, causing the Zhou army to be frustrated.

If Ji Linbing wins the General Pass, and even fights and wins, these layouts of Ning Dewu will disappear directly, if he is against the sky, without Ji Linbing's action, Lu Ba's allies will have to abolish Ning Dewu.

Therefore, whether Ning Dewu can get his wish depends on the results of the Zhou army at General Pass............