"Second brother, do you think Lin Zhengbiao will kill us?" On the way back, Lu Fei asked worriedly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Ping smiled, "Ordinary people do this, but Lin Zhengbiao may be an exception." ”

"Why?"

Lu Fei asked puzzledly: "This kind of jackal person even dares to kill his own father and brother, what else does he dare not do, why would he open up to us?" ”

"It's very simple, and now is not the time to kill us, although this person is ruthless and ambitious, but he is also relatively simple-minded, he doesn't know what to do next? Who else can guide him but us. ”

After a pause, Lu Ping smiled again: "It's not that he doesn't want to kill us, but now is not the time, when he doesn't need us, he will naturally do it." ”

Lu Fei nodded, "You're right, this person is unkind, extremely suspicious, and doesn't have any confidants, but as long as he has someone he can trust, he won't let us do such a confidential thing as killing his father." ”

At night, the Lu brothers returned to Jianchang County, but the two still decided to keep a hand in case Lin Zhengbiao jumped off the wall in a hurry, and Lu Fei took the soldiers back to their barracks first.

Lin Zhengbiao's 30,000 troops did not carry camp tents, they drove half of the residents of Jianchang County out of their homes, and the army occupied the houses as barracks, and Lin Zhengbiao's military office was the county government.

He was very worried that the Lu brothers' ambush would fail, and once his father entered the barracks, he would not be able to control this army, and he Lin Zhengbiao would definitely die at that time.

At this moment, a soldier reported: "General, General Lu Er is back." ”

Lin Zhengbiao perked up and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and let him in!" ”

After a while, Lu Ping walked into the lobby quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Humble to see the son!" ”

"How?" Lin Zhengbiao asked expectantly.

Lu Ping smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Childe, you've already succeeded." ”

Lin Zhengbiao was suddenly relieved, and patted his forehead again and again in a circle in the lobby, now he didn't have to worry about his father coming to kill him, and after a little recovery, he asked again: "How is the aftermath handled?" ”

"Everyone is buried in a valley, and I don't know what the name of that valley is, but it is marked anyway, and the bones can be found in the future."

Lin Zhengbiao got rid of his father and brother and had no trouble in his heart, but what to do next He became confused again, sat in his seat for a while, and asked again: "What should I do next?" ”

"First of all, we have to block the news, and we can't spread the news of the king's death for the time being, but this news can't be hidden for long-"

"Are your people going to leak out?" Lin Zhengbiao's eyes suddenly burst out with a fierce killing intent .

"That's not what it meant."

Lu Ping saw the murderous intent in Lin Zhengbiao's eyes, and hurriedly explained: "I mean the king is missing, and the other armies will soon know, and the second prince will be the first to know." ”

The fierce light in Lin Zhengbiao's eyes eased slightly, and he said, "Continue with the topic just now." ”

"Gongzi's top priority is to control this army, and he must change his own people to key positions, if necessary, Gongzi will have to kill another group of generals, such as Yang Ling, Wang Xingshan and Zhang Luwei and others, they are the confidants of the third prince and General Zhao, to prevent them from leading the army to defect to the eldest prince."

"So what to do?"

Lu Ping took out a leather bag and handed it to Lin Zhengbiao, "This is the king's seal, we can issue a letter of appointment under the pretense of the king's order, appoint Gongzi as the commander of the army, and then Gongzi can directly remove those people from their positions and let others take over the military power." ”

Lin Zhengbiao didn't expect Lu Fei to get his father's seal, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, his father was illiterate, all orders were written by the staff, and his father personally embossed it, so as long as he had the seal in hand, he could issue his father's orders.

Half an hour later, Lin Zhengbiao summoned the generals of the army again and showed the order of the king of Chu sent by his father, and the king of Chu appointed him as the commander of the army, commanding an army of 30,000 and responsible for the defense of Yuzhang County.

At the same time, Lin Zhengbiao forcibly dismissed nine generals from their military posts, isolated them for examination, and appointed the Lu brothers and four other generals as generals, each commanding 5,000 troops.

That night, Lin Zhengbiao secretly executed nine generals who had been removed from their posts for review, and as soon as dawn came, he led his army out of Jianchang County and turned south to Yuzhang County.

.........

Zhang Xuan's army finally arrived in Pengze County, and just as the army had just entered the camp, the henchmen sent by the Lu brothers to report the news also rushed to the Sui army camp.

In the big tent, a soldier brought two messengers in, and the two messengers knelt down and saluted, "See His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

"What did General Lu let you bring?" Jang Hyun asked.

"Back to Your Highness, we have brought Lin Shihong's head."

Speaking of this, the guard next to him brought up a copper plate, on which was a cloth bag, Zhang Xuan was immediately overjoyed, "Open it and take a look!" ”

The pro-soldiers untied the cloth bag, and Huo Ran was a head inside, and the pro-soldiers on both sides couldn't help but exclaim, and Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Go and invite the old general to see me!" ”

The soldiers rushed away, and after only a moment, Laihu'er strode in and bowed, "See the big handsome!" ”

"Old general, please excuse me."

Zhang Xuan pointed to the copper plate and said with a smile: "Please take a look at this head, the old general." ”

Lai Hu'er stepped forward, took a closer look at the human head in the copper plate, and said in surprise: "This is Lin Shihong's head!" ”

"Can the old general be sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, he came to my house twice to invite me out of the mountain, and I know him, especially the big triangular black mole on his forehead is his unique mark."

Lai Hu'er became more and more surprised, "Dashuai, why is Lin Shihong's head here?" He's not ........"

Laihu'er is a little confused, they are here to kill Lin Shihong when the army arrives this time, why has Lin Shihong been killed?

Zhang Xuan smiled, and simply told Laihu'er about the situation of the Lu brothers, Laihu'er suddenly nodded, and said no more.

At this time, Zhang Xuan asked the messenger again: "Do the two generals Lu have anything else to say?" ”

"Your Highness, General Lu Er said that they will continue to serve in Lin Zhengbiao's army, as long as His Highness orders, they will follow the work of dogs and horses at any time." ”

"I see!"

Zhang Xuan immediately instructed his soldiers, "Reward them with ten taels of gold each, and take them down to have a good meal." ”

The two messengers thanked them for their kindness, and Zhang Xuan asked the soldiers to freeze Lin Shihong's head first, and at this time, Lai Hu'er hesitated and said: "Marshal, there is a sentence in the humble position that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

"The old general just said it."

"Dashuai, although the Lu brothers have made contributions, but these two people are ruthless, unscrupulous, cannibalistic and disloyal to the master, instigating the killing of their brothers and fathers, such people, if the marshal can satisfy their selfish desires, if the marshal disappoints them, I am afraid they will become the henchmen of the marshal, these two must not be used, humble and straightforward, please the marshal at his own discretion."

Zhang Xuan nodded, in fact, it was his Zhang Xuan's intention to let the Lu brothers instigate Lin Zhengbiao to kill his father Lin Shihong, but he didn't want to say this to Laihu'er, Zhang Xuan smiled and diverted the topic: "I will definitely consider the old general's suggestion carefully, now that Lin Shihong is dead, let's discuss how to deal with the situation below." ”

Laihu'er pondered for a moment and said: "There are three main parts of the Chu army, one is Lin Zhengwei's water army, one is the 30,000 elites of Lin Zhengbiao's seizure of power, and the other is the 60,000 miscellaneous troops stationed in Jiujiang County, which are commanded by Lin Shihong's six subordinates, if Lin Shihong is still there, then he can unite the three armies to deal with us, and now that he is gone, then these three armies can only go their own way, and I think this is the biggest impact of Lin Shihong's death." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "Doesn't the old general think that Lin Shihong's death will cause the collapse of his army?" ”

"There will be a little impact, but to what extent, I can't be sure of the degree."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I think we should spread this news first and let it play a role slowly." ”

Zhang Xuan walked to the sand table again, this sand table was completed not long ago, the Sui army made the sand table, mainly relying on a large number of scouts to find out the news everywhere and draw maps, so around the city and in the plain area, the sand table is more accurate, but in the mountains and lakes, the sand table can only provide a general information, the same is true for Poyang Lake, it is difficult for scouts to enter the interior of Poyang Lake to draw, so they can only understand the situation on the periphery, such as the direction of the surrounding official roads, large and small rivers, bridges, docks and city distribution, etc.

However, inside Poyang Lake, the sand table is only made into a shape, marked in black, indicating that nothing is known about the interior of the lake.

Zhang Xuan looked at the sand table for a moment, and said to Lai Hu'er: "Where does the old general think Lin Zhengwei's lair should be?" ”

This is a difficult problem for the Sui army at present, after the water battle in Pengze County, the Chu warships that have been rampant on the Yangtze River disappeared almost overnight, and Zhang Xuan of course knew that the enemy warships would not sink to the bottom of the river, but hid in Poyang Lake.

Poyang Lake in the Sui Dynasty was different from Poyang Lake in later generations, not only covering an area more extensive, but also there were many islands in the lake, several islands were even larger than the area of a county, there were fjords in the islands, there were inner lakes, dense forests, and the water thieves in Poyang Lake were repeatedly suppressed, because it was difficult for officers and soldiers to find the nests of water thieves.

If the Sui army wants to exterminate this water army, which is known as the second in the world, it must first find their nest, and then eradicate this water thief from the root, just like completely ripping off a rot on an apple, otherwise the Yangtze River waterway will never be peaceful.

Lai Hu'er is more familiar with Poyang Lake, he has entered Poyang Lake twice, once to pacify the Chen Dynasty, and once to train troops in Poyang Lake.

Lai Hu'er pointed to the center of Poyang Lake and said: "There are four big islands in Poyang Lake, one is called Sanshan Island, one is called Qigong Island, one is called Baili Island, and one is called Turtle Island. ”

"What else needs to be done?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

Lai Hu'er said with a smile: "In addition, it is necessary to block the mouth of Poyang Lake to prevent the thief warship from entering the Yangtze River again, especially to prevent the thief warship from falling into the hands of the Tang army." (To be continued.) )