When the two brothers, Han Daren and Han Yuanren, were escorted back to Jiujiang City by the whole festival, they were naturally greeted by the complicated eyes of the soldiers of the Wu army in the city, with angry eyes, disdainful eyes, gloating eyes, and disappointed eyes, but more eyes carried more or less pity.

Under the gaze of countless such eyes, the two brothers Han Daren and Han Yuanren were eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, but they regretted why their brothers didn't kill themselves on the spot, why did they still accept the rescue of Quanjie, and follow Quanjie back to Jiujiang City to suffer such a shame? However, Quan Jie, who finally rescued the Han Daren brothers from the pursuit of the Qing army, showed no mercy, and let the officers and men of the Han Daren army, who had only more than 3,000 people left, go to the garrison for rest and treatment, and personally escorted the Han Daren brothers to the Wu army headquarters and handed them over to Lu Fatzi for punishment.

When he arrived at the gate of the Wu Army Headquarters, Lu Fatzi, who received the news, had already sent his confidant Xiao Erlang to the door to greet him, and after meeting, he first made a salute, and then said to Quan Jie and Han Daren brothers: "General Quan, two generals, my young master has been waiting for you in the lobby for a long time, please come in." ”

Quan Jie agreed, and was about to enter the door, but Han Daren said timidly: "General Xiao, can I trouble you with something?" ”

"Absolutely." Xiao Erlang nodded, didn't wait for Han Daren to speak, and hurriedly said: "But General Han, if you plan to let me help and find two ropes and two thorns for you, then you will be exempt." My young master said that this hand is too old-fashioned, please ask General Han to think of something fresh. ”

The faces of the two brothers, Han Daren and Han Yuanren, turned white together, not only surprised by Lu Fatzi's unpredictable prophet, but also understood that Lu Fatzi would never spare his brother this time - don't look at his brother and Hu Guozhu have some kinship, even if Lu Fatzi kills his two brothers, Hu Guozhu, who has always been fair in the Pingxi Palace, will not have the slightest gossip, and Wu Laohan, who attaches great importance to military discipline, will raise his hands to support.

In desperation, Brother Han Daren also died of the mind of pleading guilty, and honestly followed Xiao Erlang and Quan Jie into the gate, and came to the meeting hall where Lu Fatzi gave orders. At this time, Xiao Erlang ordered again: "Two Han generals, my young master has an order, please kneel here and wait, and he will pass you in later." Han Daren and Han Yuanren didn't dare to disobey, knelt down honestly together, and waited tremblingly for Lu Fatzi to announce the results, and the whole section followed Xiao Erlang into the lobby and reported to Lu Fatzi about the rescue of Han Daren's brothers.

There are constantly Wu generals who rush to check the situation when they hear the news, but the Han Daren brothers are usually proud of their talents, and they like to compete for merit and climb up with their colleagues, and they get along extremely badly with most of the Wu army generals, so although the number of Wu generals present, none of them said that they want to intercede for Han Daren's brothers, all of them are watching the excitement and patiently waiting for the results of Lu Fatzi's treatment, and many people are still sneering and gloating. And Brother Han Daren was even more embarrassed, his forehead was close to the ground, his face was hot, and he didn't even dare to take a breath.

Brother Han Daren waited for a long time and did not wait for Lu Fatzi's decision, but waited for the two brothers' rivals Gao Dejie and Gao Hongchen's cousins to come back, and when they entered the compound, Han Daren's brothers peeked and saw that the two pairs of cousins of the Gao family were covered with blood, and their faces were full of sweat, blood and dust, but they were full of happy smiles, and Lu Fatzi also personally greeted him out of the lobby and said hello to the two brothers of the Gao family, "Brother Dajie, General Hong Chen, I heard that you not only won the battle this time, but also fought a big victory, congratulations, congratulations." ”

"Thanks to Brother Lu's divine calculation, Zhao Guoqi really arranged all the new recruits in the Chinese army brigade, which made us kill a happy one!" Gao Dejie laughed and said: "Beheading at least more than 7,000, our army's loss is less than 300, and the grain, grass, baggage and weapons of Nanchang full of dogs have all been burned clean by us!" ”

"The last general personally cut off the heads of three dog-filled soldiers!" Gao Hongchen flashed the head he was holding in his hand, held it with both hands and smiled at Lu Fatzi: "Please reward the general!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the generals of the Wu army present were already cheering and congratulating, and Lu Fatzi was also overjoyed, and announced on the spot: "Okay, come quickly, hang the heads of these three dog-filled soldiers on the city gate!" Then pass the order, and the 3,000 soldiers who went out with Brother Dajie and Brother Hongchen will be rewarded heavily, and each person will be rewarded with two taels ......of silver, no, three taels! For those who have died in battle, the bereavement will be counted as three! ”

"The last general and other generations of brothers express their gratitude to the general." Brothers Gao Dejie and Gao Hongchen hurriedly saluted and thanked them. Lu Fatzi laughed and went to help Gao Dejie and Gao Hongchen, and said with a smile: "The two generals must not be polite, if it is not for the lack of military resources, I really want to reward more." Come on, come on, you two please come into the lobby and sit down to rest, I will let someone arrange a celebration banquet for you, and by the way, discuss how to play a victory to the prince, and ask for merit and reward for the two of you. ”

Gao Dejie and Gao Hongchen agreed happily, and hurriedly followed Lu Fatzi into the hall together, and Lu Fatzi smiled at the generals present: "Don't worry about it, come in and have a drink with the two Gao generals." The generals of the Wu army cheered and agreed, and hurriedly followed Lu Fatzi and Gao Dejie into the hall, but Lu Fatzi did not glance at Han Daren from beginning to end, but just laughed with the generals and entered the hall, leaving the tired, hungry and thirsty Han Daren brothers to continue to kneel in the courtyard.

The celebration banquet was tossed from the afternoon to the end of the dark, and the brothers Han Daren and Han Yuanren also knelt until it was completely dark, during which no one came out to say a word to the two brothers, and no one said a word for the two brothers in front of Lu Fatzi, let alone handed them a glass of water or a piece of bun, their eyes were so hungry that their eyes were green, their throats were smoking, their legs were numb when they knelt, and they lost consciousness several times, and they were in great pain. But Lu Fatzi still treated the two brothers as if they didn't exist, and didn't pay attention to them at all.

After the celebration banquet was over, and after the gold and silver rewards for the Gao Dejie brothers were awarded on the spot, Lu Fatzi personally led the Wu generals to send the Gao Dejie brothers out of the hall, and it was also at this time that Gao Dejie asked as if he had just discovered Han Daren's brothers, and asked seemingly casually: "Brother Lu, what should they do?" ”

Hearing this, Brother Han Daren was shocked, and Lu Fatzi replied very casually: "Let's talk about it later, Brother Dajie, you are also very tired, go back early to rest, and talk about other things tomorrow." There are other generals, you all go back to rest, pay attention to the patrol posts, and don't let the dogs take advantage of the loopholes. ”

The generals of the Wu army agreed together, and went out with the Gao Dejie brothers talking and laughing, and Lu Fatzi watched them go out with a smile, until all the generals of the Wu army were gone, Lu Fatzi put away his smile, turned to Brother Han Daren, and snorted coldly: "Get up, go into the second hall to talk." ”

Han Daren and Han Yuanren brothers trembled a few times, struggling to stand up, but as soon as they moved, they collapsed on the ground together, Lu Fatzi also understood that they knelt for too long, so they bowed to Xiao Erlang, Xiao Erlang understood, and led a few pro-soldiers forward, and the two helped the Han brothers up, followed Lu Fatzi behind him through the messy hall, and entered the clean and neat second hall. After Lu Fatzi sat down, the Han brothers wanted to struggle to kneel, but Lu Fatzi said impatiently: "If you can't kneel, don't kneel, Erlang, help them sit down, and give them two glasses of water." ”

Xiao Erlang and the others followed the order, first helped the Han brothers to sit down, and then brought two glasses of water to the two brothers, until the Han brothers drank the water in embarrassment and quickly, and then Lu Fatzi asked coldly: "Han Daren, Han Yuanren, you two brothers, can you be guilty?" ”

"The last will be convicted." The brothers of the Han family rushed to agree hoarsely, and struggled to kneel down together, Han Daren trembled and said: "The last general deserves death, please deal with the general, the last general will never complain." ”

"Do you know why I didn't treat you in front of the generals?" Fat Lu asked a clueless question.

Han Daren and Han Yuanren looked at each other, and only after a while did they cautiously reply together: "The last general doesn't know, please make it clear to the general." ”

"I knew you didn't." Fat Lu sneered, suddenly raised his voice, and hummed: "You Han Daren still have the face to compete with me for the position of General Dongda, since you regard me as a target and a competitor, then with me, watching and listening every day, you are a child who has just learned to speak, I'm afraid you have learned a lot, right?" ”

"What ......, what do you mean?" Han Daren was completely scolded and confused by Fat Lu.

"Look at the arrogance of your two brothers!" Fat Lu continued to scold: "In order to climb up in a hurry, I usually grab credit when I see it, let it go when I see difficulties, pick thin and choose fat, I would rather die than suffer losses, and try my best to take advantage!" I don't care, but with so many brothers in the Eastern Crusade army, can I not hold a grudge? If you want to find death, it's not your way to find it! Tell yourselves, touch your conscience, if I announce the beheading of your two brothers in front of all the generals, how many people will intercede for you? How many people will be willing to give their lives to save you?! ”

Scolding this, Fat Lu paused, and then scolded: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I am willing to spare you, let you live, and let you continue like this, in the future, when you reach the battlefield where the two armies are fighting, sooner or later you will be cut with black knives and black guns!" Two idiots! Got it? ”

Han Daren and Han Yuanren brothers were dumbfounded, and it took a while to come back to their senses, and they hurriedly kowtowed to Lu Fatzi, crying and saying: "The general's lesson is that the general's hard work for the last general's brother, the last general's brother understands everything!" The last general will never dare to wait for the future, no longer violate military orders, no longer pick thin and fat, and no longer dare to compete with the general. ”

"Do you think I'll be afraid that you two brothers will rob me of the throne of the Great General of the Eastern Expedition?" Fat Lu snorted coldly again: "Do you think that the prince chose me as the coach of the East Road because I would be a sycophant and pleaser?" Wrong! Let me tell you, if you two brothers still only want to step on others to climb up, even if I give you the position of the general of Zhengdong, you will not be able to sit steadily! ”

"The last general will never dare again, and the last general will never dare again." Han Daren cried and said: "The general's broad mind and magnanimous belly are greatly admired by the general. From today onwards, if the last general dares to be disrespectful to the general again, the last general will die tragically under the indiscriminate swords and arrows, and there will be no place to bury him! ”

Han Yuanren also kowtowed again and again, crying and thanking, both grateful and admired for the belly and meticulousness of Fat Lu. Lu Fatzi snorted: "It's your business whether you dare or not, and it's your business whether you change it or not, anyway, I can be regarded as benevolent and righteous to you two brothers." If there is a next time, you two brothers will do the same thing, and I don't know what to do with you. ”

"General Xie is the grace of not killing, and General Xie is not killing." Han Daren was not stupid, and soon heard Lu Fatzi's voice, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Please rest assured that the general will be on the battlefield, and he will swear to kill the enemy and atone for his sins, so as to repay the general's kindness for reconstruction." ”

"I hope you'll do what you say." Fat Lu sighed, turned to Xiao Erlang and ordered: "Erlang, lead them down, let the cook get them some food and drink first, and when they finish eating and drinking, lead them to get fifty military sticks each." After the fight, I will take them to see Dr. Zhu to apply the medicine. ”

In the end, Fat Lu turned his gaze to Brother Han Daren again, sighed again, and said softly: "Heal your injuries as soon as possible, the big war is coming, and you will make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, so that everyone can look at your brothers again." Brother Han Daren burst into tears, didn't speak, and kowtowed to Lu Fatzi three times together, and finally got up with difficulty, wiped his tears and went down with Xiao Erlang to eat and be tortured.

As soon as the Han brothers left, Lu Fatzi's henchman Wang Shaobo tiptoed out of the back hall with a bunch of official documents, first seeing clearly that the Han brothers had gone away, and then he smiled like Lu Fatzi: "Dongjia, what a good means, as long as the Han brothers still have a little conscience, they will have to die for anything they say to you in the future." In fact, not only the two brothers and all the generals, but even the students, think that you will definitely not let them go this time. ”

"Three reasons, you can't kill Han Daren." Lu Fatzi said calmly: "First, Han Daren is indeed a rare talent, both civil and military, but he is unlucky, and the opponent he encounters is too powerful to suffer again and again. Second, Han Daren is Hu Guozhu's nephew, Hu Guozhu is my elder, and he treats me well, I can't help but give him a little face. Third, if I kill Han Daren, I will not be able to speak to Gao Dejie in the future, Gao Dejie is an old man in the palace, and his qualifications are much older than mine, and I am now in a position above him, and the reason why he did not show dissatisfaction and disrespect to me - to be honest, it is because of the blessing of his opponent Han Daren. ”

"It's still the owner who is thoughtful, and deliberately let Brother Han Daren kneel for a long time, and after suffering so much humiliation, the anger of our generals towards them has almost disappeared, and the owner will give the two brothers another chance to make meritorious contributions, and the others have nothing to say." Wang Shaobo patted his ass with a smile on his face.

Fat Lu smiled and didn't speak, because there was a more important reason why Fat Lu refused to kill Han Daren - Han Daren made it clear that he was sent by Wu Lao Han to monitor and restrain him, and it was easy to kill Han Daren by marching by himself, and Wu Lao Han was beyond reproach, but he would definitely have suspicion and vigilance in his heart, which was obviously a very unwise decision for Lu Fatzi, who had not completely escaped from Wu Lao Han's control.

"The owner, the student also thought of an important issue as an afterthought." After a few words of gossip, Wang Shaobo turned to the topic and said: "Yesterday, Han Daren attacked privately, and our army made the mistake of ambushing Nanchang Mangou, although a big defeat and a big victory took a lot of advantage, but in this way, the owner's plan to deceive and lure the enemy is likely to be exposed?" Will Mangou suspect that you are a fraud, so you give up attacking Jiujiang, causing our plan to lure the enemy to a decisive battle under Jiujiang City fails? ”

"Regarding this, I didn't think about it very carefully the night before yesterday when I formulated the tactics of ambushing Nanchang Mangou by mistake." Lu Fatzi said: "But fortunately, I have already thought of a way to remedy it." You immediately pick up your pen and write a letter to Zhangtai in the tone of Itambu, and then ask Zhangtai to send that Qiu Sheng across the lake. ”

"How do you write a letter?" Uncle Wang couldn't wait to ask.

Lu Fatzi replied: "In the letter, I told Zhangtai in the tone of Itambu, yesterday's battle on the southern front was like this, Han Daren and Gao Dejie in order to compete for merit, took advantage of the opportunity of my seriously injured and incapable army, and led an army on my back to attack, as a result, Han Daren fell into Zhao Guoqi's ambush, Gao Dejie deliberately refused to rescue, and inadvertently ambushed the infantry of Nanchang Mangou successfully. After Gao Dejie and Han Daren returned to Jiujiang City, they made a lot of trouble because of Gao Dejie's refusal to save Han Daren, I was seriously injured and about to die, and I was powerless to suppress it, and the internal strife in Jiujiang City was on the verge of breaking out. As for why this news was not delivered to the eastern shore of Poyang Lake in time, let's use the excuse that the two armies of our army went out of the city to fight without permission and tightly sealed the city. ”

"It's not hard to write a letter, but will a full dog be fooled?" Uncle Wang asked suspiciously.

"Give it a try, I can't think of anything better than that." Lu Fatzi smiled bitterly, and said with great relief: "But I am sure that the news that I am seriously injured and about to die must have been sent to Yanjing City by that stupid pig in Zhangtai as a lifesaver, and after receiving such a report, Emperor Mangou will definitely order Anqing Mangou and Nanchang Mangou to counterattack Jiujiang, annihilate our leaderless Eastern Crusade army, and strike at the momentum and arrogance of our army's six-way attack - I can think of this, and Hilgen can definitely think of this." ”

"When he thinks of this, he must have to worry about the consequences of withdrawing his troops." Lu Fatzi analyzed in a gloomy tone: "Now there is no conclusive evidence whether I have been seriously injured or not, if Hilgen withdraws his troops, not only will the generals not accept it, but in the future, if it is proved that I am indeed seriously injured and will die, the pockmarked emperor full of dogs will definitely not let him go, and there will be countless small shoes and black pots waiting for him." So if I'm right, Hilgen will at least take the army to the mouth of the lake, and wait until my injuries are further confirmed before deciding whether to cross the lake and attack the city! ”

"It makes sense, the owner is really smart." Uncle Wang nodded, and said with a smile: "And that full of dogs Beizi Zhangtai, in order to save himself and to atone for his sins, he will also willingly believe that the owner has really been seriously injured, and desperately try his best to encourage Hilgen to be deceived." ”

"Hilgen's old man is scheming, Zhangtai'er's words are bullshit in front of him, and he will definitely not listen to it." Fat Lu pressed his brow with his thumbs in both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Whether the plan to lure the enemy to a decisive battle under Jiujiang City can be completely successful, now we can't do anything, even Hilgen's old man can't make a final decision." Whether we can succeed or not, whether Hilgen Lao'er will give up attacking Jiujiang ......, to be honest, depends on luck and providence. ”

"Luck?" Wang Shaobo smiled and said: "Boss, when you usually formulate tactics and strategies, you never consider luck, why did you change your surname today, saying that you have to rely on luck?" ”

"It's really a matter of luck this time." Fat Lu sighed and muttered: "The attitude of the Mangou Emperor, the attitude of the generals under Hilgen, and the progress of the other five-way armies of our army, all of which may affect Hilgen's decision-making, and what of these things can I influence?" But fortunately, even if the plan to lure the enemy to a decisive battle under Jiujiang City completely fails, I still have the move to play Nanchang first and then Anqing, but Hilgen's old man, I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage to leave Nanchang alone and lead the army to retreat to Anqing. ”

Lu Fatzi's luck never seemed to be good, although Yi Tanbu sent Qiu Sheng, who was still in the dark, to cross the lake overnight according to Lu Fatzi's request, and sent Lu Fatzi's letter to the Qing military camp on the other side of Poyang Lake, but Qiu Sheng never returned this time and did not return to the west bank of Poyang Lake. In the afternoon of the next day, which was also the afternoon of the first day of the second lunar month, the scout ship of the Wu army sent to reconnoiter the lower reaches of the Yangtze River reported that in the early morning of the first day of the second lunar month, the Qing army of Anqing, which had arrived in Pengze, suddenly stopped its westward advance and chose to be stationed on the spot.

In this way, Lu Fatzi can also guess the reason even if he analyzes it with his toes - after receiving the news of the fiasco of Zhao Guoqi's army, the old fox of Hilgen must have begun to suspect that he is deceiving and luring the enemy!

(To be continued)