The city of Chongqing, which is approaching December, is also a scene of peace and tranquility.

At this time, the temperature is not too low, the sun is soft and gentle, and a few white clouds reflect the vastness of the blue sky in the clear blue sky.

There is no damp rain in spring, no unbearable heat in summer, and no damp cold in winter when a little chill can penetrate into the bones.

What's more, the Mongols have retreated far away, and the capital of Chongqing is already the world of the Lu family!

Lu Shihu was probably the most lost of all the Lu family's children, and Li Tingzhi did not take him to Lin'an, who was snubbed by Li Tingzhi after he was unable to take over the Sandbank camp of the Perak Water Army. And on the Chen family's side, there is obviously no place for him. So he had to go to Chongqing and became a staff member of his uncle Lu Wende.

When he first arrived, he also had a lot of energy to do things, and he wrote a thick pile of books on the way to the west. Lu Wende opened a military school, reformed the military system, and manufactured equipment...... There are more than a dozen of them, all of which are not mentioned casually, but his experience in the two years of the Thunderbolt Water Army. Chen Jiajun's various "Drill Codes," "Regulations," and military textbooks were also attached.

However, Lu Wende had no intention of adopting it at all, and he did not arrange any dispatch for Lu Shihu, and he was completely cold. ↘ In this comfortable day in early winter, Lu Shihu had to invite Sanwu to have nothing to do with him to go to the Yangtze River to drink and write poems and kill time.

"Muban, Moban, Uncle is invited."

Just when Lu Shihu called a few concubines and was about to go out, he saw one of his brothers, Lu Wenfu's son Lu Shimeng, walk in from outside. Lu Shimeng is the same as Lu Shihu. They are all the second generation of the Lu family who take moral articles as the direction of development. also landed several times, after the change of Lin'an. He also returned to Chongqing, where he was also doing an errand as a staff member.

"Uncle looking for me? What's the matter? ”

Lu Shihu responded. Still watching his little concubine pack up her things. I heard Lu Shimeng urging beside me: "Hurry up, don't let the uncle wait...... This time may be an opportunity to get ahead, Chen Dexing sent an envoy to Chongqing. ”

As soon as he heard the name Chen Dexing, Lu Shihu's face turned blue and white, as if he had sprinkled a lot of salt on his wounds. But he couldn't shirk it, because this was indeed his chance to turn over in the Lu family.

The envoy to Chongqing was none other than Zhang Xizai, Chen Dexing's deputy judge of the Foreign Affairs Department. When Lu Shihu arrived at Lu Wende Festival Hall, Zhang Xizai had just left.

"Chen Qingzhi is going to use his wedding with the princesses of the Han Kingdom and the Zhou State to hold a hero conference on Ganghwa Island in Goryeo, and the princes of the world will be assembled, this is to be the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period!" Lu Wende beckoned Lu Shihu to sit down, and talked straight to the point about Chen Dexing's wedding.

Lu Shihu smiled peacefully. I can't see the resentment in his heart at all: "Chen Qingzhi has always had the ambition of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and the princes of this conference are probably going to jointly attack Mongolia." It's just that the princes of the world have their own calculations, who is willing to really contribute? ”

If Chen Dexing was the leader of the princes' alliance and wanted the northern and southern heroes to follow him to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, no one would be willing to contribute.

"Chen Qingzhi wants to make an appointment with the princes of the world and restore the king of Yanjing first!" Lu Wende said lightly, "This king ...... He is the Lord of the Northland! ”

"What!" Lu Shihu's eyes widened, "Lord of the Northern Lands!" ”

The Lord of the Northland is actually the Lord of the World!

"Also. He also wants to make an appointment with the heroes of the world, restore the Zhou system, practice feudalism, and fight together. Lu Wende glanced at Lu Shihu. It's very meaningful. "Chen Qingzhi is a hero, such as Chen Qingzhi, who can be called a hero today, and Kublai Khan, who is loyal to the Han Confucians in the north as a barbarian. MOOC. It's normal that you can't fight Chen Qingzhi, and the old man blames you. ”

Lu Shihu pursed his lips. Lu Wende seems to mean that he is too far behind others. It's normal to be played like a monkey by others!

"Uncle, this is a double week. Practicing feudalism and fighting together...... I'm afraid it's fake, and when Chen Qingzhi recovers Yan and becomes the lord of the northern land, it will be time to cut the domain. ”

"Chen Qingzhi may not be able to recover Yan first." Lu Wende shook his head and said, "Kublai Khan is not Qin II!" And he is now the target of public criticism, and Kublai Khan and the four kings of the Mongol host will regard him as a mortal enemy. Maybe he is like the overlord of Chu, he fought hard and fiercely, but it was someone else who recovered Yan first. ”

"Who is Liu Bang?" Lu Shihu asked.

"Li Pu, the prime minister of Yidu, Shi Tianze, the prime minister of Henan, and Liu Heima, the governor of Xijing and Shaanxi, all have the opportunity to be Liu Bang. It's my Lu family...... It's not necessarily that there is no chance! ”

"Uncle wants to be Liu Bang?"

"Where do I have such ambition?" Lu Wende sneered, "But Zhang Junyu and Liu Zhongwu will definitely want to move north." If Liu Heima is still loyal to Mongolia, Sichuan will send troops. I, Lu Wende, may not be able to be Liu Bei! ”

There are four pacification roads in Sichuan, Lizhou Road to the north and Kuizhou Road to the east. Now Kuizhou Road is the territory of the Lu family, and Lizhou Road is shared by Liu Cheng and Zhang Jue. If Lu Wende takes Lizhou Road, then the gate of Sichuan to the outside world will basically be controlled by Lu Wende. The rest of Yu Xing, Yang Wen and others could only bow their heads and be subordinate.

"Uncle wants to start a war with Liu Zhongwu and Zhang Junyu?" Lu Shihu said in surprise.

"Why go to war?" Lu Wende said with a smile, "There is land but no food on Lizhou Road, and there are soldiers but no people. Liu Zhongwu and Zhang Junyu both relied on the old man, and the old man helped him with food and equipment, and sent them to the Northern Expedition. ”

Lizhou Road was originally controlled by the Mongols, and the population loss was extremely severe, and there was no one out of ten, and it could not afford the tens of thousands of troops under Liu Cheng and Zhang Jue. Although there is a salary issued by the imperial court, life is still bitter. Going north to capture Liu Heima's Guanzhong, Wang Tiange's Gongchang is a way out.

And Liu Heima, Wang Tiange, among the many Han marquis in the north, are still loyal to Mongolia. If the general situation is not clear, most of them will not openly betray Mongolia, and it is not surprising that Liu Cheng and Zhang Jue will attack.

Lu Shihu frowned: "Uncle, will Liu Zhongwu and Zhang Junyu have any thoughts about Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road?" ”

Lu Wende glanced at Lu Shihu and sneered: "Are you a bully for me?" Liu Zhongwu and Zhang Junyu's situation is dangerous, there is no food and grass inside, there are strong enemies outside, and they are also exposed to the enemy on their backs! If they wanted to map the two rivers, they had to go to the Mongols and use the power of the Mongols. But now Kublai Khan has the strength to lend them the power? Kublai Khan's ability to defend Yanyun and Hedong is already a great luck!

Chen Qingzhi's clever move directly stabbed Kublai Khan in the soft underbelly! ”

One of the characteristics of warlords is that they do not have a firm stance, or they are prone to being a wallhead. Whichever side is windy over there - of course, the premise is that the windy side can take refuge! In the past, the Song court's tolerance for warlords was too low, or it was not allowed to take refuge. Therefore, the process of Mongolia's conquest of the northern land was very smooth. Now, the authority of the Great Song Dynasty has been discredited, and its tolerance for the warlords in the north has increased greatly, and it has surpassed Mongolia to become the first choice for the warlords to take refuge.

And if Mongolia remained strong, the warlords of the Northland certainly did not dare to defect to the side of the Great Song Dynasty. But now that Mongolia is divided into a civil war, Kublai Khan, who actually controls the warlords of the northern region, is facing two strong enemies at the same time, Ali Buge and Chen Dexing.

How many warlords would be optimistic about the Mongols in this case?

And Chen Dexing held high the banner of "restoring the Zhou system and practicing feudalism" at this time, and he also wanted to "restore the king of Yan first". It is difficult to guarantee that no one among the warlords in the south and north will be moved, even if only one big warlord raises troops, it will be difficult for Kublai Khan to gain a firm foothold in Yanyun!

"Muban, it's up to you to take a trip to Jianghua Island on behalf of the Lu family." Lu Wende spoke again, "Bring another 300 elite armor soldiers of the Lu family, if Chen Qingzhi wants to go north to Mongolia, he will follow, it can be regarded as my Lu family's contribution to the Northern Expedition." ”

"Why?" Lu Shihu was very surprised, 300 elite armor soldiers is not a small number, although the Lu family's soldiers and horses are about 50,000, but the real elite is only five or six thousand, and one tenth of it is taken out to support Chen Dexing, which is not small!

"In order to return to Chen Qingzhi's command again!" Lu Wende frowned, he knew that Chen Dexing and Lu Shihu had a problem.

He shook his head and said in a low voice: "Chen Qingzhi's future is unlimited, our Lu family should not be his enemy, and there is no need to be his enemy." And he's a hero, and he won't bother with you about the past. ”

Lu Shihu was silent, he knew that his uncle was really optimistic about Chen Dexing's future!

And this time to Ganghwa Island is the last chance that Lu Wende gave him to turn over!

……

"This is Chen Dexing's centipede boat?"

"It's not exactly the same, it was improved by the Pu family with their own sailboat. Pu Shougeng said that if there were 100 such centipede boats, he would be able to take the sea back from Chen Dexing! ”

"100 is enough?"

"It should be enough, similar ships will be seen on the coast of the West Sea (referring to the Mediterranean) in the far west, and I heard from the Fu Lang people that this kind of ship is often in the initiative in naval confrontations because of its extremely fast speed, and all the countries along the coast of the West Sea use such warships to fight at sea. I don't want the Song people to have such a ship. ”

On the ice-covered grassland outside Kaiping City, the camp tents are full of wilderness at this time. Kublai Khan's army has returned to the division and will spend the winter under the city of Kaiping, and then go to compete with Ali Buge in the summer and autumn of the following year.

In the middle of the camp was a large tent with a golden roof, and a group of people were gathered around a long table on which a model of a ship was prominently displayed—the appearance of an Arabian spinnale with long oars.

Kublai Khan was in the midst of the crowd, talking to a middle-aged man with a loyal face, dark skin, and a sturdy physique.

"Guo Kan," Kublai Khan looked at the man in front of him and said gently, "There is really no one in our Mongolian army who understands naval forces, and even if there are, they will only fight in the rivers." You are good at making equipment, and you have seen the centipede ship in the Western Regions, so it is better to be the head of the navy and build the centipede ship with Pu Shougeng. I will also appoint Guo Shoujing and Ali Hague to assist you. (To be continued......)