Lu Can, a native of Jiangxia, the heir of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, his grandfather Ping, Emperor Wu was a general, loyal and brave, his father believed, supervised Jiangxia for 20 years, Shen Hou was loyal, and the government and the opposition were admirable. The young man lost his confidence, followed his father into the military camp, was more than ten years old, could hold a three-stone strong bow, and had divine power, although a hundred warriors could not be defeated. The letter is left and right, and he says, "This son's deeds will be on me." ”

Since childhood, the public has been good at martial arts and tired of literature, because the country admires literature and light martial arts, and the letter is worried about it, and the teacher teaches and reads. The public surname is stubborn, and he drives the west. In the eleventh year of Xiande, Jiaxing Jiang Zhe was hired as the west seat, Shi Zhe was only fifteen years old, or he was worried that the public could not be safe, but the public changed his face and was very respectful.

In the twenty-second year of Xiande, Zhe was exiled to Yong, descended, within a few years, Emperor Yongdi gave the title of Chu Xianghou, and still the princess of Changle of Yongning Kingdom, the people of the country were angry when they heard it, and they were criticized by colleagues and old friends in the past.

- History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties; The Legend of Chungmu

At the beginning of August of the tenth year of Longsheng, on the post road leading from Haizhou to Xuzhou, there was an endless stream of pedestrians, and it had just rained heavily, which drove away the scorching heat, and the wind blowing from the sea carried a faint fishy smell, but also brought incomparable freshness. At this time, the smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, the sound of chariots came into the ears, and the continuous convoy of baggage came from the direction of Haizhou under the escort of the Yongjun sergeant. The merchants and travelers on the road all moved to the side of the road, and this happened almost every ten days and a half months, so they did not need to wait for the sergeant to give the order to avoid it. Dayong and Southern Chu fought for several years, spending countless amounts of food and baggage, although the Yongjun army also raised troops in the local Tuntian, but still needed to transport money and grain from all over Dayong, and the money and grain transported from Youji were mainly transferred to Xuzhou through Haizhou Yuntai Port.

In this mighty army, there is an unarmored young man in Tsing Yi riding a horse and moving slowly, he is Huo Cong, two days ago he landed from Yuntai, should have hurried to Xuzhou, but after going ashore, he was afraid in his heart, so he deliberately delayed the journey, and went on the road with the army transporting grain and grass, nominally for safety along the way. Although the tiger guards guarding him were clear about his thoughts, they couldn't bear to expose it, after all, they had been following each other for several years, and they and Huo Cong had a lot of friendship.

It was almost noon, the general who escorted the grain and grass ordered the troops to rest on the side of the road, and the general came over and said: "Huo Gongzi, there is a wild shop in front, and the last general often fights there when he comes and goes, if the son does not dislike it, let the last general invite the son to have a drink?" ”

Although Huo Cong was worried in his heart, there was no trace on his face that would not be revealed, the general intended to get married, and he would not refuse, so he smiled and said: "The general's kindness is ashamed." With that, he turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the wild shop while laughing with the general. This time Huo Cong left Dinghai, it stands to reason that those Tiger Guards who followed Huo Cong to stay in Dinghai have no reason to stay in Dinghai, but most of them are serving in the Eastern Navy, and many of them have already served as intermediate generals or other important positions, if they are withdrawn all at once, it will inevitably affect the combat power of the Eastern Navy. Therefore, before Jiang Zhe recalled Huo Cong, he wrote to Emperor Yong and simply transferred those guards to serve in the East China Sea Army, except for the four Tiger Ben guards who had been with Huo Cong all the year round, everyone else stayed in Dinghai. The general who escorted the baggage didn't know Huo Cong's identity, but he saw that the young man was escorted by the tiger guard, and he also knew the importance of Huo Cong's identity, so he was respectful and courteous along the way. And Huo Cong also took the opportunity to inquire about the situation in Xuzhou.

Since the eight years of Longsheng Jiangnan Xingyuan set up a large camp in Xuzhou, hundreds of thousands of reinforcements will be Huaibei impregnable, several major wars in the past three years, the blood between Jianghuai and Huai, the generals on both sides are exhausted, outside the battlefield, spy spies back and forth between the north and the south are endless, even Xuzhou is difficult to avoid the infiltration of Southern Chu spies and Jianghu righteous soldiers, and Xuzhou has more Qi King Li Xian, Prince Li Jun is in charge, so the assassins are endless. Therefore, Xuzhou has already entered the military management and is heavily guarded. Although Jiang Zhe is the counselor of Jiangnan Xingyuan, he does not seem to care much about the major military affairs, not only has he returned to Yongdu several times in the past three years, but also most of the time he travels between the mountains and rivers of Jingxiang and Huaibei, or boating on Weishan Lake, or climbing Songshan Mountain to visit Buddhist temples, or lingering in Hanshui Xian Mountain, it is rare to ask about military affairs. However, Emperor Yong's connivance with Jiang Zhe was also unprecedented, not only did he not condemn him, but instead promoted his title, and now Jiang Zhe is already the marquis of Chu, which makes many people blush. It's Huo Cong, although he knows that Jiang Zhe's promotion to the knighthood is because of his eight years of great achievements, but Jiang Zhe's indulgence also makes him quite puzzled, and giving people a handle is not something that his teacher will do.

Huo Cong's heart turned back and forth, but his face was not revealed, and he walked to the spacious and tidy wild shop on the side of the road with the general, lifted the curtain and walked into the store, the general was about to greet the shopkeeper loudly, his eyes turned, but his body was shocked, and he was stunned. Huo Cong walked behind, and saw that the general's behavior was a little wrong, but his eyes were blocked by the man's body, and he couldn't see anything wrong in the shop, but he subconsciously took a step back, and the two tiger guards who followed him followed up and faintly protected him.

If there is an accident in the store, the two tiger guards who entered in advance should find out the warning, Huo Cong was puzzled in his heart, his eyes were blazing and he looked inward, at this time, the general actually took two steps forward in a hurry, bowed down to the ground and said: "The last general Xue Quanzhong knocked on the Hou Ye, I don't know that the Hou Ye is here, please forgive the last general for trespassing." ”

Hearing this, Huo Cong only felt a rumble in his head, his body seemed to freeze, his eyes passed over the bowed general, he looked in, and saw two people sitting on the seat in the middle of the store. That young man whose face is as clean as ice and snow, although his face has changed a little compared to three years ago, is still as good as before, isn't it the evil shadow Li Shun, who is always away from Mr. And the man in the green shirt reaching to the ground, gray hair and frosty sideburns, and a little more wind and frost on his face, but his eyes are more and more warm and deep, isn't he the teacher who has been absent for several years?

The man stretched out his hand to help the general get up, then looked at the door of the store, and said with a smile: "Cong'er, I haven't seen you for three years, you won't be unrecognizable as a teacher, it's really a waste of time for the teacher to come to greet your heart in person." ”

Looking at the deep eyes full of appreciation and relief, Huo Cong only felt that the anxiety that had been entangled in his heart for many days was like seeing the ice and snow in the lie, which disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help but be excited anymore, threw himself in front of the man, bowed to the ground, and choked up: "The disciple knocks on the teacher, the teacher has always been good." The words did not stop, and the tears had already dripped into the dust.

Seeing Huo Cong's shoulders trembling slightly, but he was forced to suppress his excitement, my heart was also shaken, at this moment, I couldn't help but apologize, thinking of the fact that he had deliberately wronged this beloved disciple in the past few years, he had to bear such pressure at a young age, and it was really difficult for him. stepped forward to pick him up, sat him down, and said with a smile: "Okay, although I have suffered you in the past few years, it is difficult for ordinary people to have such an opportunity. But I declined for you, these years are just for you to experience, but also to familiarize you with the affairs, if you go out to serve as an official but it is not necessary, study by my side for a few more years, then you can directly assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in governance, if you have an official position now, it will be troublesome. ”

After listening to the teacher's earnest and seductive words, Huo Cong's original uneasiness in his heart gradually faded, wiped away the tears, and then realized that only Jiang Zhe, Li Shun and himself were left in the store, and other irrelevant people had retreated silently, leaving a space for them to talk about master and apprentice, as for Li Shun, Huo Cong naturally knew that this person and his teacher were one, and he stayed here without hindrance, calmed his mood, Huo Cong raised the long-hidden question in his heart and said: "Sir, the disciple learned the battle report in Dinghai, There are doubts in my heart, and my grandson has words, soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. If you can win, you should fight quickly, and if you can't win, you should also stop fighting and fighting hard to wait for the opportunity. Mr. has the emperor's attention, why don't you do your best, or advise the emperor to stop the war, or go all out to pacify Nanchu? ”

I smiled slightly when I heard this, and said, "Cong'er, people of insight in the world say that Nanchu is weak, why can't Dayong attack it?" Do you know why? ”

Huo Cong Zhengse said: "Most of the people in the south have a heart of peace, love Ronghua, and have no intention of enterprising the Central Plains, if you talk about the combat power of the two countries, except for the various departments under the command of General Lu Can, most of the rest are not strong, and the elite of our army can be one as ten, so Southern Chu is powerless to threaten Dayong, and this Southern Chu is weak." In spite of this, the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the fertile land is thousands of miles, and there are Jianghuai to block the northern iron cavalry, and there are more Shuzhong to guard the upper reaches of the river, which is conducive to defense, since ancient times, the princes who hold the Jianghuai and divide half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are countless, as long as the lord of Southern Chu has the hearts of the people, and the Jianghuai is safe, and there are one or two generals who hold the important places, and the military heart is the same, it can make Dayong look at the Yangtze River and sigh. Now Southern Chu has been in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, although now the ministers are in power, but the political situation is still stable, the taxes are not heavy, the civilians can barely live in peace, the people's hearts are still dependent, and there are famous generals like General Lu to prevent our army from going south, so the war has been cemented for several years, and it cannot be attacked. ”

I nodded secretly, Huo Cong has really made great progress in the past few years, and asked: "In this case, you look at the current situation, who on both sides has the advantage?" ”

Huo Cong had already thought through these things, and said without thinking: "Xiangyang is in the hands of our army, the Southern Chu army will not go north to Jingxiang, enter Nanyang, and threaten the possibility of Guanzhong, Xuzhou is solid, and the Southern Chu Huai Southern Army will not have the opportunity to go north to Qingxu, most of Shuzhong has fallen into my hands, and the Southern Chu Army can only defend itself according to Bajun and Kuizhou, and now the Southern Chu Army can only defend passively, and the advantage is unknown no matter where it is, but the Southern Chu Army can still protect itself, and in recent years, the soldiers have been sharpened, and the combat power of the Southern Chu Army has gradually strengthened, if it is delayed any longer, If one eliminates the other's strengths, maybe the advantage will be transferred to the hands of the Southern Chu army. ”

I said with relief: "You can see through this, sure enough, there is no wasted time, yes, now Southern Chu seems to be in danger, and although our army has an advantage, it is a strong foreign force, Lu Canfei is not an enterprising person, three years ago he took advantage of the opportunity of our army to reinforce in time, raided Chuzhou and Sizhou, if it wasn't for our army to attack in Dinghai first, I am afraid that he has taken the opportunity to seize the empty Xuzhou." Although I took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the heart knot of Xiangyang guard Rong Yuan to seize Xiangyang, but I had the upper hand, but Lu Can's ambition was fully revealed. Although Nanchu is now in a weak position, it has been taken advantage of Lu Can's hard fighting for many years, taking advantage of the Jianghuai military power, and training an elite army that is not inferior to our army. ”

Huo Cong was frightened when he heard this, bowed his head and thought hard for a long time, before he said: "Lu Can fights, although he often focuses on defense, but every time when the enemy army is slack, he highlights the strange soldiers, attacks the key city pass, and takes advantage of the Dongchuan Rebellion to take Jiameng Pass is an example, while our army is repaired after defeat, send Shiguan to take Suzhou, Yang Xiu's attack on Sizhou is another case, and now the two armies are deadlocked for more than a year, I am afraid that Lu Can is already planning to attack our army's important land, but I don't know where he will target?" ”

I nodded lightly and sighed: "Cong'er knows that if you want to capture Southern Chu, the best time is in the twenty-third year of Wuwei, when the Northern Han Dynasty was newly defeated, and Shuzhong has not been completely pacified, but Southern Chu is a virtuous king driving a crane, the monarch is dark, and the government and the opposition are falling apart, so Your Majesty can lead the army to break the construction industry, capture the lord of the country, and retreat with his whole body. It's a pity that at that time, the worry of seizing the heir in the Dayong Dynasty was imminent, although His Majesty controlled the army, but he did not dare to attack Chu with all his strength, and the army's hearts were different, so that the opportunity was missed. After the pacification of the DPRK and China, the Northern Han Dynasty has recovered its combat strength, the war in the north has resumed, and the hidden worries of Dongchuan have gradually surfaced, and the southern Chu is vast and densely populated, and the situation has been stabilized. After the Northern Han Dynasty was pacified, in order to digest the national strength of the Northern Han Dynasty, and because of the loss of Jiameng Pass, His Majesty had to recuperate, during this period, Lu Can has become the first person in the Southern Chu military, although the Southern Chu Dynasty is still under the control of Wei Jun, but the military is no one can compete with Lu Can, this is a rare unification situation in the Southern Chu military for decades, and we have lost a good opportunity to destroy Chu.

If according to my meaning, in the seventh year of Longsheng, you should not raise troops in Pingnan, you must know that at that time, Wei Jun and Lu Can asked a question, controlled the military and government, if it was a Dayong Southern Expedition, even if Shang Weijun had evil thoughts, he could only rely on Lu Can, and the Dayong Iron Cavalry was in the south of the Yangtze River, but it would make the two of them abandon their suspicions and work together with the outside world. It's a pity that His Majesty was eager to unify the great cause, and finally decided to calm down, so that he fulfilled Lu Can and let him win the heart of the Jiangnan army. As soon as the war broke out, I was ordered by the emperor to come south, and originally intended to use Dinghai to contain Wu Yue, and then confront the Chu army in Jianghuai, Jingxiang, and Chu army, and was not ready to start a provocation war immediately, but Lu Can took the initiative to attack, and even used the war to strengthen his position in the Southern Chu army. Seeing Jianghuai and Jingxiang soldiers, I was sure of Lu Can's intentions, he was unwilling to settle in the south of the Yangtze River, and he actually had the ambition of the Central Plains, although Dayong had the Ming Lord in power, and there were famous generals and soldiers, and he was eager to attack, but as long as Lu Can took away the gateway to the Central Plains in the north, he would not let it, and wait until the reign of Nanchu Mingjun, he could go north to the Central Plains, although it may be decades later, but it is not an impossible dream. ”

When Huo Cong heard this, his eyes flashed with coldness, and he said after a long time: "Since Mr. has seen through Lu Can's intentions, he must have a countermeasure, and Mr. has been wandering among the mountains and rivers in the past few years, isn't it to make Lu Can no longer pay attention to Mr.'s actions?" ”

I smiled faintly and said: "The two armies are fighting, cutting the generals and capturing the flag, it is not my strength, even if I am in front of the army, it will not play a role, if you want to deal with Lu Can, you need to start from the Southern Chu Dynasty." Although Lu Can is ambitious, he can't see the situation, the Southern Chu Dynasty is corrupt, the lord Zhao Long has just been in power, he is busy selecting beauties, building a large number of buildings, and building palaces, not by Ming Jun, and Shang Weijun has been afraid of Lu Can for a long time, but because of the military power in Lu Can's hands, and because Dayong is eyeing the tiger, and there is no excuse, he can't bear it. Lu Can is suspected of being so jealous, but he can't use extraordinary means to exclude dissidents and control the government, which is already a dead end, all I need is a situation to trap Lu Can in a place where he must die, why do I need to fight him on the battlefield? ”

Huo Cong's mind was racing, and in an instant, he had already recalled the events of the past few years, although he didn't know many of Jiang Zhe's secret arrangements, but just the things he knew had made him feel a chill in his heart, and he peeked at Jiang Zhe, and he asked, "Could it be that Rong Yuan is the sharp weapon that Mr. arranged for Shang Weijun?" ”

I nodded and said: "Rong Yuan's loss of Xiangyang is a big crime, the Southern Chu Imperial Court did not ask for the crime, but only demoted him to a military position, and even let him lead the troops to atone for his crimes, even if Lu Can has the heart to defend it, if there is no Shang Weijun's approval, how can it be like this?" Rong Yuan is narrow-minded, he is afraid of Lu Can's prestige and achievements for a long time, Lu Can also has mistakes, Rong Yuan is the former general of Prince De, and his surname is stubborn and narrow-minded, if such a person does not use it, he needs to get rid of it, lest he give birth to right and wrong, but Lu Can does not like Rong Yuan's means of excluding dissidents, and does not want to use it, but he allows him to be in charge of Xiangyang, so that the general is out of harmony, so that our army takes advantage of the gap to take Xiangyang, so that Rong Yuan has to rely on Shang Weijun to protect himself, once Shang Weijun makes a move on Lu Can, Rong Yuan is the person who slashes the knife, but Lu Can is obsessed with it in his heart, is unwilling to kill everything, but has the intention to make up for it, and appointing Rong Yuan as the general of the Jiangling military is not a mistake on top of a mistake. However, if I hadn't known Lu Can's surname, I would definitely not have fallen into the well, how could I let Rong Yuan escape, in the past, Rong Yuan fled south in a panic, I let people set up an ambush in the wind forest, if it wasn't for the opening of the net, how could Rong Yuan get out, just because Rong Yuan was left, Shang Weijun had the power to deal with Lu Can. ”

Huo Cong said again: "General Lu is all about the war, and he can't help but neglect the affairs of the court, and General Lu is surnamed Gaojie, and he doesn't like to fight for power and profit, and flattery of the king, so he will inevitably not be the king's heart, and Shang Weijun can't just find a reason to deal with General Lu casually, but once the lord of the country is in power, the situation will be different, thunder, rain and dew, all of them are Jun's grace, that is, the lord Zhao Long wants to remove General Lu from his military post for no reason, and General Lu can only obey his fate, but because of the cementation of the war, this order cannot be issued casually." ”

I sighed and said: "Outside the general, every time there is an opportunity to make an arbitrary decision, Lu Can is even more resolute and decisive, attacking Jiameng Pass, and using troops in Huaidong, all of which are arbitrary, so although my Da Yongmi spy went deep into the Southern Chu government and the opposition, but did not get the sign of raising the army, such a move is a taboo for people and ministers, even if the lord is the holy lord of the Ming Monarch, it is also a disaster of killing, not to mention that the lord of Southern Chu is not the lord of Zhongxing, and Shang Weijun, who is in power, is also a subordinate of the minister? A few days ago, the Empress Dowager of Southern Chu Shang intended to choose Lu Can's daughter Lu Mei as the queen, although she was blocked by Shang Weijun, she still intended to choose Lu Mei as a concubine, for Lu Can, sending Lu Mei into the palace as a concubine was the best way to deal with it, once married to the royal family, Lu Can had the opportunity to control the government affairs of Southern Chu, and gradually eliminated the influence of the Shang family, but unfortunately Lu Can was not a minister, and he was unwilling to sell his beloved daughter in exchange for wealth, I got the news, Lu Mei was escorted to Shouchun by Lu Can's second son Lu Feng, and there were more Chentang masters secretly escorted on the road, so that Zhao Long must be dissatisfied with Lu Can, once the situation changes, Zhao Long will never think of defending Lu Can. Not to mention...... Alas! ”

Huo Cong's eyes showed sadness, and he continued: "What's more, the general in charge of the army is the object of the king's suspicion, General Lu has a heavy army, and he is unwilling to flatter the royal family, Zhao Long must doubt his loyalty, since ancient times, it is inevitable that the famous generals will inevitably be doomed, not to mention that General Lu is so Gengjie, once the situation is stabilized, the Lu family will inevitably suffer disaster." If there are villains who take the opportunity to slander, it is impossible for General Lu to disarm and return to the field. ”

I said lightly: "This kind of situation, if it develops, Lu Can's only way to survive is to raise an army to rebel, but Lu's loyalty, the world is admired, if he really rebels, the former name will be wiped out, Jiangnan will inevitably be in chaos, and then it will be an opportunity for our army, if Lu Can does not rebel after all, it will be difficult to escape the poisonous hand of the faint king and the ministers, and when the Jiangnan pillar stone is overturned, who else can resist our army going south." ”

Huo Cong said in a low voice: "Although there are many hidden worries, but General Lu has a heavy army in his hands, and he is fighting fiercely with our army, I think Shang Weijun will not destroy the Great Wall in this situation, right?" ”

A trace of sorrow flashed in my eyes, and said: "Shang Weijun is not a fool, naturally he will not act rashly, if he starts, firstly, the war will be calmed, and secondly, Lu Can will have a handle in his hands, but I have been planning for three years, just for today, now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, in a few months, Nanchu is about to change greatly, I summoned you here, just don't want you to miss the chaos that determines the fate of Nanchu." ”

Huo Cong only felt a sharp pain in his heart, three years ago in Wu Yue and Lu Can also fought several times, although he had never been masked, he could also feel his demeanor and surname, he was really a hero at that time, thinking that this person was about to die under the conspiracy, he couldn't help but be gloomy, and said for a long time: "Mr. said that he only owes Dongfeng Dongfeng, but I don't know what Dongfeng means?" ”

My eyes flashed, and I said: "This east wind is Xiangyang, and Xiangyang is the place where Lu Can must take it, but when he captured Xiangyang, it was the beginning of the collapse of the pillars of Southern Chu." ”

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