That night, Lei Bo led the army that had rested for half a day and hurriedly evacuated, and Lu Su, who was not strong, looked at the wounded soldiers in the battalion, and was powerless, except for sending a small number of light enemies to follow and monitor, he could only sit back and watch Lei Bo leave.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Kang, who was lingering on the sickbed, was woken up by his eldest son Lu Jun: "Father, Yuan Shu's thieves have retreated......"

"What?" Lu Kang, who was pale, couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard the words of his eldest son, his pale face was also flushed, and he stretched out his thin hand and grabbed the eldest son's shoulder, and said in disbelief: "What did you say?" Again...... Ahem...... Say it again! ”

Lu Jun hurriedly stretched out his hand to help his father massage his back, and at the same time said, "Father take care of your body......"

Lu Kang raised his voice to interrupt his son's words and said, "Leave my body alone, say it quickly, is this true?" ”

Lu Jun knew his father's temper, if he didn't follow him, it would only make him more excited, but it would hurt his body, so he had to say: "Yes, father, you heard it right, Yuan Shu's thief soldiers retreated, just now the child went to the city wall to see it, there is not a single thief outside the south gate, and the east, west, and north gates also report that the enemy in front of him is nowhere to be found!" ”

"Great...... Cough...... Cough...... That's great......" he said as he coughed, and then lifted the quilt, looking like he was about to get up.

Lu Jun hurriedly held his father's body and said, "Father's health is not good, let's lie down for a while!" ”

"No, help me...... Get up and ......" Lu Kang's words were not heavy, but there was a decisive momentum, Lu Jun had to take Lu Kang's shirt and put it on his father, and then helped him up.

Lu Kang just stood firm, and as soon as his hands wrestled, he broke free of his son's hands, and knelt with a "bang".

Lu Jun was shocked, and stretched out to help his father: "Father, what are you doing?" Hurry up ......"

Lu Kang waved Lu Jun's hand away and said, "You also kneel down......"

"Yes, father......" Although he did not know what his father was going to do, he knelt down at his father's words.

"First Emperor, ......" only heard Lu Kang cry sadly: "Old minister...... Cough...... Cough...... The old minister finally didn't pay for it...... Tho, guarding my big ...... Han Yifang land...... Untaught...... The thief is out of my hand...... Grab ...... in your hands Cough...... Snatch out an inch of Han ......" After coughing and crying, Lu Kang respectfully kowtowed nine times, full of ringing, "knock, knock" sounded, so that after he raised his head, he could see a hint of bright red on his goosebump-like forehead.

Without Lu Kang's instructions, Lu Jun followed his father and kowtowed nine times, and then helped his father to lie down on the bed.

Lu Kang was still very uneasy in his heart, and said, "This Yuan ...... Why did the thief suddenly ...... Retreated...... Can you ...... Cough...... Find out why? ”

"The child has already sent someone to check, and I believe it won't be long before there will be a response! However, the child thought that it should be the thief Lei Bo who was defeated in front of the army of the King of Shu, so he had to retreat! ”

"No...... It's not like ...... Lu Zijing ...... With only 30,000 men, it is unlikely that Lei Bo will be defeated...... There must be other reasons for this...... "The reason why Yuan's army has not attacked the city in the past few days Lu Kang certainly understands, if it weren't for Lu Su's timely arrival, I'm afraid that Shucheng has been captured by Lei Bo at this time." Although Yuan's army was besieged, he still hung people down the city wall with ropes in the dark night, and got the situation of the battle between Shu and Yuan. According to the information obtained yesterday, Yuan's army still had 40,000 or 50,000 troops, and how could the Shu army, which had suffered heavy losses, defeat 40,000 or 50,000 enemy troops in one day?

"Could it be that the reinforcements of the King of Shu have arrived?"

"It's impossible, if the reinforcements of the King of Shu arrive...... Only...... Won't let Lei Bo leave easily...... ......"

"Master, the slave has something to see...... the maid outside the door said.

"Come in!" Lu Jundao.

"The slave has seen the master, and the young master has seen ......," the pretty maid bent over.

"What's the matter?" Lu Jun asked.

The pretty maid said: "Back to the young master's words, General Qin, who is guarding the south gate, sent someone to ask to see the master, and the person is waiting outside!" ”

"Call in!"

"Yes, young master!"

After a while, a tun chief entered Lu Kang's room under the leadership of the pretty maid and said, "The villain sees Lord Taishou, meet the son!" ”

"Get up...... Lu Kang raised his hand slightly and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"Back to my lord, there are people from the king of Shu outside the city, saying that they want to see my lord! General Qin was worried that it was a trick of the Yuan thief, so he didn't dare to open the city gate without permission, so he specially ordered the villain to come and ask Lord Taishou! ”

Lu Jun asked, "How many people came?" ”

"There are more than 200 people, and the first one said that he was from the Second Field Army of Shu...... By the way, it was the deputy chief of staff...... "For the strange title of the Shu army, this tun commander is very strange, he feels embarrassed and doesn't understand what the deputy chief of staff means, and he only memorized these words by rote memorization, but he almost forgot about this short distance."

"There will be no mistake, quickly, open the city gate quickly to welcome Wang Shi into the city......" Lu Kang shouted excitedly.

"Yes, the villain is retired!" Lu Kang's prestige in Lujiang was extremely high, and after receiving his order, the tun chief left quickly without saying a word.

"Quick, change clothes with me......" Lu Kang said to the pretty maid.

Lu Jun hurriedly stopped and said, "Father, you are unwell, you should rest more!" Let the child go to meet the army of the King of Shu on your behalf! ”

Lu Kang said stubbornly: "No, I have to ...... Go for yourself...... Quick, change clothes with me......"

"Yes......" Lu Jun didn't dare to say any more, and changed his father's official uniform with the pretty maid.

"Go, let Zhou Changshi and I go with them to meet the army of the King of Shu, and let Zhou Changshi bring the key to the treasury...... Cough...... Register of Household Registers...... Jun'er, you also bring the official seal to your father! ”

"Yes, Father!"

Lu Jun took the official seal of Taishou, handed it to a servant to hold, helped his father out of the mansion and got into the carriage, and went straight to the south gate.

Outside the south gate, Lu Su and Sima Lang met with Lu Kang under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers.

Originally, Lu Su wanted to stay in the camp to deal with affairs, so he asked Sima Lang to go to Shucheng on his behalf, but after Sima Lang left, he thought that Lu Kang was loyal and a respectable person, so he personally led hundreds of soldiers to chase after him.

"Ji Ninggong, you are inconvenient, why did you come out, you should have a good rest in the mansion!" Lu Su bowed to Lu Kang and said.

Sima Lang also said: "Yes, Ji Ninggong, the hundreds of thousands of people in Lujiang can't do without you, you have to take care of your body!" ”

A smile appeared on Lu Kang's pale face, and he said, "The old body of the old man knows it, I'm afraid it's ...... Cough...... It won't last long...... While...... The first emperor of the year...... Entrust the people of this side to the old decay, the emperor's grace is mighty, and the decay is old...... Cough...... Terrified...... Since taking office, I dare not say that I have made a fortune...... The people on this side are ...... and conscientious...... Old and faint now...... It has long been incompetent...... It's just that the imperial court has never sent a talented person to take over, so he can only live in the ...... Now that the king of Shu has arrived, the old man will personally return the fourteen counties of Lujiang, 53,740 households, and 460,000 people to the imperial court......"

After that, Lu Kang took the official seal from the servant and respectfully entrusted it to Lu Su.

Lu Su's face was straight, his hands were raised above his head, and he received the official seal, and then received the household registration register, the key to the treasury and other things.

Lu Kang fulfilled his greatest wish, his face turned unusually ruddy, and said, "Zijing...... You must ...... You must promise to be old and take good care of your ...... Protecting the people of this side ......"

Lu Su said solemnly: "Lu Su swore in front of Gong Ji Ning today that as long as Lu Su is in Lujiang for a day, he will do his best to keep the people of Lujiang safe!" ”

"Good...... Okay, that'...... That old decay...... Just rest assured......" Before the words fell, Lu Kang fell into his son's arms.

"Father......" Lu Jun knew that something was wrong, let out a sad cry, hugged his father's body, stretched out his nose and probed, but there was no breath at all.

"Father is gone......" Douda's tears slipped down Lu Jun's face.

Lu Su bowed respectfully in front of Lu Kang's body, and Sima Lang and hundreds of soldiers behind him also saluted at the same time.

Hearing that Lu Kang died, the generals, soldiers, officials, gentry, and people on the city wall all wept sadly, and their faces with tears on their faces most truly conveyed their sorrow for this Taishou who loved the people like a son.

Several Lujiang officials spontaneously stepped forward and sent Lu Kang back to Taishou Mansion with Lu Jun, and after a while, the people of the whole city knew the news, on this day, Shu County was shrouded in mourning and crying, and Shu County, which relieved the siege of Yuan Shu, had no smiling face on this day.

Lu Su personally inquired and ordered someone to find the best coffin for Lu Kang. The next day, Lu Jun hoped to send Lu Kang's coffin back to his hometown for burial, and Lu Su did not refuse, and personally ordered 100 soldiers to escort it along the way, and when it arrived on the Yangtze River, the remaining troops of the Second Fleet escorted the coffin back to the ancestral land of Wu County.

When the people of Shucheng learned of Lu Kang's coffin, almost all of them went out to bid him off for the last time. On the way back to Wu County, from time to time, people along the way learned the news and hugged Lu Kang on both sides of the road to say goodbye to Lu Kang.

On the day when the people of Shucheng bid farewell to Lu Kang, Zhang Liao happened to lead the army to arrive in Shu County.

Lu Su ordered Sima Lang to temporarily replace the Lujiang Taishou, and leave the First Independent Brigade of the Navy Army, the Third Independent Brigade of the Cavalry and the Second Fleet of the Navy Army, which had suffered heavy losses, to rest in Shucheng, and then took his personal guards and Zhang Liao to the north to pursue Lei Bo.