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Lu Kang sat on the four-wheeled car with a lonely face, looking at the surging Huai River, a little distracted.

Holding an oil-paper umbrella behind him was Lu Kang's eldest son, Lu Yan, who said softly: "Father, this riverside is stormy and turbulent, you are not in good health, so you should go back early." ”

Lu Kang shook his head gently, but was silent.

It has been more than two months since he returned to Yiyang, and all the generals of the Wu army are very lucky to be able to escape death, but Lu Kang's face has never had a color of joy, and the defeat of Luoyang has left an extremely painful imprint in Lu Kang's heart.

100,000 people went on the expedition, and only 20,000 or 30,000 people fled back, seven or eight out of ten, such a fiasco is even if you look at the history of Wu State, it is also unique, Lu Kang, as the leading governor, naturally has to take full responsibility for this failure. After returning to Yiyang, he immediately went to the table of Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, and asked him to degrade himself to the position of the governor of the Great Sima.

The news of the defeat at the front came back to Jianye, and the entire Wu country was shaken by the government and the opposition, and public opinion was in an uproar. Those ministers who disagreed with Lu Kang's politics came to the table one after another to impeach Lu Kang.

Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, fell into a dilemma, saying that Sun Hao was a mediocre and brutal monarch, which was not false at all, but it was also biased to say that he was a brainless emperor. Because of this, Sun Hao dared to kill Zhang Bu, dared to kill close ministers like Pu Yangxing, and dared to kill people from the Wu State clan, but he never moved a single hair of a townside general like Lu Kang.

Lu Kang's defeat this time stands to reason that he will be heavily punished, and there is even the possibility of killing his head, but Sun Hao also knows that if Lu Kang is removed from his position, the entire border defense line may really be unavailable. Therefore, Sun Hao thought about it again and again, and only demoted Lu Kang by three levels as a punishment, and demoted from Da Sima to a general, but he still served as the governor of the capital and commanded the border passes.

After the defeat of Luoyang, the situation in which Wu was located became more and more dangerous, and the burden on Lu Kang's shoulders became heavier, but Lu Kang's body was riddled with illness, and his condition deteriorated.

Lu Kang's illness is no longer an overnight thing, in fact, his illness is not too serious, if he puts down military affairs and recuperates in peace, he may be cured after a year or two. But Lu Kang was worried about national affairs, how could he go to recuperate, and this time he hastily dispatched troops and was defeated, which was a major blow to Lu Kang's spirit, and it was not surprising that his condition worsened.

Lu Yan and Lu Jing were so anxious that they urgently called a famous doctor to diagnose and treat Lu Kang, but Lu Kang's illness had been delayed for a long time, and he was terminally blind, and the doctors and craftsmen he summoned were helpless and shook their heads again and again.

In this regard, Lu Kang is relatively calm, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, and if he looks down on life and death, he will naturally not have any burden.

The only thing that Lu Kang is not worried about is the Yangtze River defense line of Eastern Wu, and the entire Jiangshan Sheji of Eastern Wu depends on this line of defense, and now the power of Shu Han is in full swing, and Wu has lost the ability to compete with it.

After returning to the big tent, Lu disobeyed the people and said, "Ziyin, if the situation is today, what do you think?" ”

Zhou said respectfully: "I think that now Shu has four directions, wielding the power of Jin, and gaining the momentum of the Central Plains, and will have the heart of swallowing Wu, and now Shu is strong and Wu is weak, and the only thing our country can rely on is the Yangtze River defense line, and Shu occupies Yizhou, the source of the Yangtze River, if it goes downstream, this will be a great harm." ”

Lu Kang said: "Then where does Ziyin think the main point is to defend the river?" ”

Zhou said: "The Yangtze River is as vast as smoke, if you want to cross, it is not easy, so I think that although Wuchang Jianye is the main point, but the first city of thousands of miles of river defense, when the first push Xiling, as long as the Xiling is held, block the trend of the Shu people going east, Jiangdong will be stable as a mountain, if Xiling is lost, Jiangdong is difficult to protect. ”

Lu Kang sighed: "What you see coincides with me, the land of Xiling is the barrier of the country, and it must not be lost." I have asked Your Majesty to recommend you as the Assassin of Jingzhou and the Governor of Xiling, hoping that after my death, you can take on the responsibility of guarding the Jiangshan Society of Eastern Wu. ”

Zhou Chu was shocked: "Why did the governor say this? The governor is the most important weapon of the country, and nothing can be tolerated. ”

Lu Kang smiled indifferently and said: "Life and death have their own destiny, and the will of heaven is like this, how can manpower violate it." After my death, I hope that Ziyin can put national affairs first everywhere, protect the country and the society, and live up to my support. ”

Zhou cried and bowed: "How dare you forget the grace of the governor's knowledge, I am willing to do my best to serve the dogs and horses!" ”

Lu Kang said: "When I am dying, I can get Ziyin, and I have no regrets in my life. ”

Subsequently, Lu Kang summoned Xue Ying, Zhang Xian, Wu Yan and other generals into the account, and said: "My life is not long, after my death, Yiyang will be guarded by Zhang Xian, I have expressed His Majesty's order Zhang Xian to be the governor of Yiyang, Xue Ying is the governor of Wuchang left, and still return to Wuchang to guard, Wu Yanbiao is the governor of Chaisang, and lead the troops to guard Chaisang." All of you are the generals of the country, and you must use your own lives to prevent the troubles of Shu. ”

Xue Ying, Zhang Xian, and Wu Yan wept and took orders and retreated.

Lu Kang called Lu Yan Lu Jing to the couch again, at this time, Lu Yan Lu Jing was already crying like a tearful person, Lu Kang instructed: "After the death of your father, you and other brothers should be siblings, and you can't have a gap, Yan'er Jing'er, you two are brothers, you must love your younger brother even more, and don't fall into the family's reputation." sighed that Xuan'er, Ji'er, Yun'er, and Tan'er were not around, and they couldn't ask in person. After I died, the funeral was simple, not extravagant, and the expenses saved should be used as a blessing to the front-line soldiers. ”

"Father-" Lu Yan Lu Jing washed his face with tears and cried to the ground.

Lu Kang's body was already extremely weak, but he still insisted on writing a long letter to Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, urging him to be diligent in government and love the people, and to re-implement benevolent government.

Lu Kang had written this kind of music many times before, but every time it was handed to the imperial court, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and Sun Hao never adopted it at all.

Lu Yan comforted: "Father, why is this difficult, no matter how much you write, Your Majesty may not be willing to listen." ”

Lu Kang put aside his pen and sighed: "Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" ”

It was night, wind and rain, until the early hours of the morning, Lu Kang's illness intensified, he couldn't sleep, and finally vomited several liters of blood, looked up to the sky and sighed: "I have a life, do my best, want to open up territory for Soochow, but the will of heaven is unpredictable, and now I am gone, I am willing to repay, and the hatred of my life is also!" ”

He died suddenly at the age of forty-nine.

The last famous general of Soochow fell like this.