After all, Jiujiang County is the state capital, and if the ships are excellent, the counties cannot be compared. This is a matter of hard power, and Zhiru Guo Jia and Xi Zhong don't have a good way to deal with it. The long-term method has long been implemented, that is, to expand the shipbuilding industry in Lujiang, but unfortunately shipbuilding is not to build houses, more professional personnel are needed, and a lot of time is needed to test the performance of ships.

It was precisely because he fell in love with the boat of Jiujiang County that Xu Chu would give Danyang to take Jiujiang first.

Lu Jun is now stationed in the mouth of the river, which will be a big hidden danger for the newly occupied Hefei, if he wants to continue to march the troops, he will have to arrange troops to garrison in Xiaoyaojin.

Pointing to the location of Xiaoyaojin on the map, Guo Jiasi measured: "My lord, the terrain on the south bank of Xiaoyaojin is open, and it is easy for the enemy to land in formation, and only with at least a thousand troops can the defense be comprehensive. It is better to let Gongsu and Zifan stay in Xiaoyaojin to consolidate the defense. ”

Gongsu and Zifan suffered great losses during the siege of the city, and after the battle, there were only more than 500 people left, and they needed a period of rest and replenishment on the spot. Xu Chu had no objection to this arrangement, and simply directly put forward the proposal to make Gongsu the commander of Hefei County, Zifan the county lieutenant of Hefei, and Shi Lu the county governor of Hefei.

Seeing that Guo Jia, Xi Zhong and others did not object to this matter, Xu Chu summoned a few people to meet and said the three appointments.

Gong Su and others were surprised and delighted, to put it bluntly, he came to Yuzhou to meet Xu Chu in Youzhou to avoid crimes, like Zifan, the two of them have not seen much of the world before'hillbilly', in addition to being able to rely on their own courage or confidence in the army, supervising the military and political affairs of a county, they have not thought about it since they came out of their mother's womb.

Shi Lu is because of his self-knowledge, he and Zhao Zhao Bai studied under the same teacher, and Zhao Zhao Yun Wen Yunwu is quite good, but he seems mediocre, compared with the two, it is inevitable to be ashamed of himself.

Xu Chu looked at the expressions of these three people, and said in his heart: Jade is not a weapon, although the children of the scholar clan are familiar with political affairs, but if I don't give these people from humble backgrounds the opportunity to exercise, they will inevitably rely more and more on the scholar clan in the future.

How did Gong Su and others know about his mind of 'cultivating the forces of the cold door', so in order to make Gong Su and others pay special attention to this opportunity, Xu Chu said: "You have been from me for a long time, so today I will entrust this great task, if the matter is done well, it will be a great achievement, otherwise I will not blame me for not caring for my feelings, and I will not blame the ruthlessness of military law!" ”

Gong Su and others were awe-inspiringly ordered.

After arranging this matter, seeing the three of Gong Su leave, Xu Chu was still not at ease, and said to Xi Zhong: "Zhicai, two of the three of them are light chivalrous, and one is a scholar who has been in office for less than a year...... It will take a few days for you to sort them out. ”

Xi Zhong smiled: "Please rest assured. ”

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After getting Hefei, Xu Chu's next marching route was two, one was to go north to cooperate with the Xu Shu Department in the direction of Yangquan, and the other was to go east to Liyang, the state capital. There are nine counties in the north of Jiujiang County, and there are two important towns, namely Yinling County, where the county is located, and Shouchun County, where Comrade Yuan Shu was called the emperor in history. Because Xu Chu and Xu Shu were separated by the enemy's jurisdiction between the two main forces, the transmission of military reports was not so timely, and before the progress of Xu Shu was clarified, for the sake of stability, Xu Chu ordered the three armies to be rectified on the spot in Hefei.

And the next day, Cai Yong's letter was sent from Shu County.

A merchant ship was on its way to Yuzhang County.

Cai Yong faced the cold river breeze, stood on the bow of the boat and enjoyed the snow scene on the riverbank, and not long after, a handsome young man quietly draped a crane on his body.

Cai Yong looked at it and smiled, and said, "Zhou Lang has ever been to Yuzhang?" ”

The young man was Zhou Yu, and he replied: "I have never been there, so this time I volunteered to go south from Cai Gong." ”

"It's good for young people to walk around and see." Cai Yong looked at the landscape on both sides of the strait, touched the scene, and sighed: "I remember that about seven or eight years ago, I went to Nanchang to visit Zhou Yuzhang by boat alone, and it happened to be a heavy snowfall at that time......

"What Gong Cai said is that Yu Zhang is too conservative in Zhoushu?"

Cai Yong bowed his head, "Revisiting the old place, things are not people...... However, today's Yuzhang Lu Gong Ji Ning is also an old friend of the old decay, in terms of old teeth, he is still older than the old decay, but he doesn't know what he usually eats, and his body is tough. ”

Involving Lu Kang, whose name is higher than the state, Zhou Yu didn't dare to answer, but just listened with his ears pricked up.

Cai Yong continued: "Lu Gong is in power, he has always been rigid and soft, and he has quite a means, and now Xu Hou will focus on the state capital and Danyang, but he forgets that the former officials of the Lu family are all over Jiangdong, and there are countless of them, but he wants me, an old bone, to run for him to contact." ”

didn't want Cai Yong to drop Xu Chulai, Zhou Yu didn't dare to answer, but said in his heart: The Lu family in Wu County has Lu Gong as Yuzhang Taishou, and Lu Jun as the captain of Jiujiang, which should not be underestimated. Fan Wu and Huiji are the most prominent under the Zhou family and the Lu family of Zhou Danyang. However, after the victory of the Fujun Festival, my Lujiang Zhou clan will at least have a figure who is the county guard in Yangzhou.

Cai Yong went to Yuzhang on this trip, and he went to visit Lu Kang.

When the boat is fast, it may be a thousand miles a day, and the letter can reach Hefei, Cai Yong and Zhou Yu can already see the city of Chaisang County, the gateway of Yuzhang.

With the official documents of the Lujiang County Government in hand, the road was unimpeded, and the ship arrived in Nanchang in the early morning of the next day.

When Lu Kang heard the news, he sent his eldest son Lu Jun to the ferry to greet him.

Rushing to the Nanchang County Mansion by car, Lu Kang was already waiting at the gate of the mansion, leading Cai Yong and Zhou Yu into the main hall.

The two veteran celebrities reunited, omitting those politenesses, Lu Kang took out the text written by Xu Chu when he sent out the army, and said to Cai Yong: "This article is four and six, it must be Bo Jie's masterpiece." ”

Cai Yongzhi smiled and congratulated Lu Kang: "I heard that Brother Ji Ning has a young son, congratulations." ”

Lu Kang stroked his beard and smiled, two years ago he had a young son at the age of 63, named Lu Ji, and he was very proud. And Cai Yong has only two daughters in his life, one daughter is married to Yang Wei, and the other daughter is still not married, Zhou Yu heard this, and finally understood why Cai Yong said such words as 'Lu Kang's body is tough'.

Lu Kang, who was old and had a son, stared at Cai Yong a few times, and suddenly said, "Uncle Jian came to visit this time, isn't it just to say hello to me?" ”

"Since Brother Ji Ning has already received Lujiang's message, why do you want to ask knowingly? This time, I came to your mansion to talk to Brother Ji Ning about this matter. ”

Lu Kang said indifferently: "The matter between the state capital and Lujiang, the old man is far away in Yuzhang, and he has no intention of interfering. ”

Cai Yong asked: "Lu Jun, a son of your family, was the governor of Jiujiang at the time, stationed in Hefei, on the eve of the night, Xu Lujiang sent troops to attack him, with the high opinion of his brother, will Hefei still be in the hands of Lu Duwei today?" ”

"What? Xu Lujiang sent troops when he was dying? ”

Lu Kang was surprised, and unconsciously pulled off a beard, but after a while, he stabilized his mind and said eloquently: "It's the first day, marching on a snowy night, with the name of Xu Lujiang, presumably my useless nephew has lost the city at this time." But then again, Xu Lujiang is good at land warfare, and most of the elite soldiers under his command are people from the Central Plains. ”

Zhou Yu couldn't help but speak: "Even if there is Chaohu Lake as a barrier, Xu Hou only needs to arrange more than 1,000 guards to stay in Hefei to avoid worries. ”

Lu Kang glanced at Zhou Yu and asked, "Bo Jiao, who is this?" Without waiting for Cai Yong to answer, Zhou Yu reported to his home, and Lu Kang said: "It turned out to be a Qianli horse of the Zhou family, with comfortable eyebrows and handsome and extraordinary, not bad, not bad." After a pause, he added, "What if you say it?" Zhou Danyang has always had great ambitions, how could he sit and watch the Lujiang River be powerful, and when he crossed the Yangtze River to the west, Shu County was in an emergency, and Lujiang would have elite soldiers and fierce generals, but how could he deal with two strong enemies at the same time? ”

Cai Yong suddenly laughed, got up and came to the hall, and said, "Brother Ji Ning, with the high opinion of a brother, can't you see Zhou Danyang's ambition?" Among the Huiji clans, the Zhou family and the Zhu family are the most prominent, but Zhu Gongwei is in the imperial court, only one of his two sons is in Huiji, and the other is in the state capital, and only the children of his clan are at their disposal. On the other hand, Zhou Danyang is not only in charge of the military and political affairs of a county, reusing Zhu Huan and Zhang Yun of Wu County, and Wei Ze of Huiji, but also his brother Zhou Ang, now Yuan Che is a general, and his younger brother Zhou Qiao, now Wu County is a soldier Cao Peng, let me ask, if Zhou Danyang's power is expanded, how will the Lu family of Wu County deal with itself? Is it to condescend to everyone and look up to others, or simply turn away from their homeland and move their family to Yuzhang? Brother Ji Ning, you are old after all, this Yangzhou is those juniors after all. ”

Lu Kang's face remained unchanged when he heard this, and he said: "The old man is dying of old age, and I am afraid that there is not much time left." At this point, if you are willing to stay and cook wine to negotiate, the old man welcomes you, if you want to be a lobbyist for Xu Lujiang, please forgive me for being inconsiderate. "Walk away.

Out of the main hall of the county government, Zhou Yu followed behind Cai Yong and asked carelessly: "Cai Gong, I see that Lu Gong is determined and difficult to convince, so let's go back to the county?" ”

Cai Yong frowned and said: "This Lu Jining, the older he gets, the more stubborn he is...... what he said is also right, the Yangzhou Shi clan is intricately intertwined and self-contained, and they are the masters of each other and exchange in-laws, if they want to make internal gaps, it is not easy." But ......"

"But what?"

"But he walked away, apparently because I was talking about the central matter."

If you look at Lu Kang's resume, he can be described as an all-round talent. When he was young, Lu Kang was known as a martyr in the county, and was later named Maocai by Zang Min, the father of Zang Hong, who asked Dong Huimeng to read the oath, and successively served as the Taishou of Wuling, Guiyang and other places. When Huang Sui, a native of Lujiang, gathered a crowd to visit, he was ordered to put down the rebellion of more than 100,000 people, how could such a person be willing to let Zhou Xin and other juniors ride on his head?

Cai Yong asked himself if he was Lu Kang, he would never allow his own affairs to happen in the hands of other families after a hundred years.

In the backyard of Yuzhang County Mansion, Lu Kang reached out and hugged his young son from the nurse's hand, teasing Lu Ji's pink little face. After a while, the eldest son Lu Jun asked to see him, so he put down Lu Ji and walked to the main room.

"The father called the child over, but something happened?"

Lu Kang said: "Last year, Xu Hou came to Shu County, you met him once, what do you think of this person?" ”

Lu Jun recalled: "That day, I handed over the seal ribbon and the paper, and I went south by boat, and I didn't talk to Xu Hou in detail......" After speaking, he peeked at Lu Kang's expression.

Lu Kang smiled bitterly in his heart.

His eldest son is better than the rules, but there is nothing outstanding, among the children of the Lu family, he originally liked Lu Jun's eldest son Lu Xun the most, and after Lu Ji was born, he put the hope of the family on Lu Ji.

As Cai Yong thought, those words touched on his sore spot, and every time he thought of Lu Ji, he was melancholy, hating himself for being old and old, and he couldn't teach him to grow up. Besides himself, who else can help him take care of this family business and Lu Ji, who is only two years old?

Lu Kang couldn't help but sigh, and then said to Lu Jun: "Early tomorrow morning, you will go with Cai Bojiao and ask Xu Hou a few words for your father." ”

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Hefei, Xu Chu Daying.

Guo Jiali was in the hall and said to everyone: "Zhou Taiming passed on Zhuzhou County, saying: The Lujiang division is nameless, and he wants to trap the people of Yangzhou in fire and water......

"Wu Jun Zhang's family, Huiji Wei family and others jointly went to the state government, and they were willing to help each other with their family children and property to discuss Lujiang......

"The powerful sect commanders in Danyang, Jiujiang, and Wujun led by Zu Lang each raised their banners to coerce me into calling off the army in Lujiang......"

Xu Chu rubbed his swollen eyebrows, waved his hand to signal Guo Jia not to continue, and said, "Is there any news from Yuanzhi?" ”

Everyone looked at Xu Yi.

However, it was Xu Chu who temporarily kept Xu Yi as an account official to deal with the military information sent by all parties, because if there was news from Xu Shu's side, it was usually Xu Yi who knew about it first.

Xu Yi shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

Xu Chu still frowned: "It's been nearly four days since the capture of Hefei, why is there no news from Yuanzhi?" Isn't it ......" He thought with some concern, could it be that Xu Shu encountered a setback in Xia Cai?

Xi Zhong's tone was firm, and he said: "The lord doesn't have to worry, Xia Cai Xiaoxian, it is expected that his county soldiers are not hundreds, and they are not elite, so it should be fine." ”

Xu Chu nodded.

With Liu Miao's troops, not every county can send heavy troops to guard it, except for Shouchun and Yinling, the defense of the rest of the counties should be handed over to the county commander and magistrate. It stands to reason that it is very easy to take down Cai, so Xu Chu can't figure out that the good news from Xu Shu's side has not come so far.

——Xu Shu watched Li Tong and Chen Gong command the fleet to move carefully, and at the same time beckoned to Zhao with a gloomy face: "Zijing, I don't want this weather to be so cold!" ”

This is the first time he has gone out with the army, and he has to perform well when he holds his breath, but the heavy snow does not stop for days, which makes them encounter uncommon freezing on the river. Fortunately, the freezing situation only occurred in the shallow and gentle flow along the road, and under the command of Li Tong and Chen Gong, this fleet, which was mainly composed of merchant ships and fishing boats, could still move forward slowly.

"General Xu, look ahead!" Suddenly.

Xu Shu looked far away, only to see a layer of gray city wall in the distance appear in the field of vision, he was overjoyed, and ordered: "Quick, order all departments to dock, if there is ice, leave someone to guard the ship, and the rest of the people will directly get off the ship and board the ice to attack the city!" ”