Two flowers bloom, one branch each, and then Lu Xiangsheng on Phi Island.

At the beginning of October, Lu Xiangsheng led the main force of the Praetorian Guard to Phi Dao, lined up in the bay outside Phi Dao, and ordered Liu Xingzuo to board the ship to meet him.

The imperial army came across the sea, and looking at the situation of the masts like forests and sails like clouds in the open sea, the Liu Xingzuo brothers were stunned. There are more than 200 sea ships, and most of them are sea ships with more than 1,000 materials, which is at least the rhythm of tens of thousands of troops!

For the sake of just Phi Dao, as for it? Is the imperial court so aggressive?

With so many sea ships and such a huge army, they came to Phi Island for more than 2,000 miles across the sea, how much food does it cost, and this is too much to look up to yourself and others!

"Disaster is coming, I said at the beginning that I shouldn't have done anything to Chen Jisheng, after all, they are all Dongjiang soldiers, why cannibalism, now that the imperial army is coming, it must be to suppress us." Liu Xingji muttered.

"Shut up!" Liu Xingzhi was furious, "I've done everything, what's the use of regretting?" Besides, third brother, you didn't know at the time, then Chen Jisheng's eyes were red, we defeated Jiannu and made a great contribution, for fear that the eldest brother would become the chief soldier of this Phi Island, and he was bent on killing our brothers, so we just started first. If we don't do it first, where will we still be alive now? ”

"But ......" Liu Xingji was about to continue, but Liu Xingzuo raised his hand to stop him.

"Lao Wu is right, how to deal with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court when it is a top priority at the moment, it is useless to complain." Liu Xingzuo said in a calm tone, the matter was so urgent, but Liu Xingzuo didn't seem to be panicked at all.

"Big brother, if you want me to say let's just go back to Dajin! Although the imperial court has a large number of troops, it is impossible to completely blockade Phi Dao, so let's make a false mistake first, and then leave Phi Dao by boat at night. Dajin Khan Huang Taiji has always been kind to his mother, in order to hope that his eldest brother will return. Liu Xingzhi suggested.

Liu Xingzuo shook his head slowly: "Fifth brother, you still don't know Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji treats his mother well, he wants to use our brothers to recruit Phi Dao and completely solve Dongjiang Town." Our brothers have control of Phi Dao, which is of use to Huang Taiji, if he escapes like this, what use will it be to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji may kill us in the name of defection.

Besides, you and my brother are Han Chinese, and now they have finally escaped, why do you want to go back to the barbarians to become traitors? ”

"Big brother, as long as he can live, does he care if he is a traitor or not?" Liu Xingzhi was anxious, "Big brother, you said, Huang Taiji is very talented, and he sent Ying Erdai to recruit us some time ago, how could he kill us?" ”

Liu Xingji shook his head and said, "Big brother is right, you are wrong. Even if Huang Taiji doesn't kill us, he will never reuse Big Brother again. If you are the fifth old, you are Huang Taiji, will you reuse the person who repeats it? ”

The Liu brothers were originally Ming, and later surrendered to Houjin, and then returned to Ming, if they voted for Houjin again, it was equivalent to repeating between the Ming Dynasty and Houjin, such a capricious person, who would never be reused.

Liu Xingzhi was furious: "Left is not right, can our brothers only wait for death?" ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "Who said you were going to die? Who said that the imperial army came to Phi Island to deal with you and my brother? I have repeatedly thought that it is not worth it for the imperial court to use such a large army to deal with our brothers on Phi Dao, because if the imperial court wants to deal with us, there are too many means. If we kill Chen Jisheng, we are just barely controlling Phi Dao, as long as there is a holy decree from the imperial court, I am afraid that these people on Phi Dao will no longer listen to us. ”

"It's not to deal with us, is it to attack from Phi Dao?" Liu Xingzhi sneered.

"Why not?" Liu Xingzuo said, "Maybe the imperial court just wants to attack Houjin from Phi Dao." Since Lu Jing has been slightly summoned, go to the ship to meet you, and everything will be known. ”

"Big brother can't!" Liu Xingzhi suddenly became anxious, "The imperial army is coming to Phi Island, so Lu Jing didn't go to the island but asked you to go on the boat to see you, it is obviously ill-intentioned, maybe once you get on the boat, you will never be able to get down again." ”

"Yes, big brother, don't be reckless." Liu Xingji also persuaded.

"Don't persuade anymore!" Liu Xingzuo resolutely said, "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided!" Even if I die, I don't want to surrender to Jiannu again. In this case, we can only face it bravely, and I hope that the imperial court can spare our lives for the sake of you and my brother killing the heads of hundreds of Jiannu. ”

After speaking, Liu Xingzuo resolutely walked out.

"Big brother!" Liu Xingji and Liu Xingzhi chased them out.

"The third and sixth don't need to say it anymore, you secretly prepare some ships, if I can't come back, you can escape from Phi Island, and then choose to surrender to Jiannu or wander the world, it's up to you." Liu Xingzuo didn't look back.

"Big brother, I mean you'd better bring those more than 200 Jiannu heads with you." Liu Xingji said.

......

"After a while, Liu Xingzuo has arrived." A Chinese officer walked into the cabin and reported to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng said lightly: "Xuan him in." ”

"Liu Xingzuo also brought something, it is more than two hundred heads, do you see it?" The Chinese military officer asked.

"Hehe," Lu Xiangsheng smiled, "This is for fear that he won't be able to go back, so he specially reminded Ben Jingluo that he is a meritorious person." ”

Cao Bianjiao on the side said with a smile: "I heard that Liu Xingzuo was very prosperous in Jiannu, and he also married a daughter of the clan, and now he has returned to the Ming Dynasty and beheaded hundreds of Jiannu, which can be regarded as a ruthless person." ”

"It's not a ruthless person, and he can't do such a thing as killing Chen Jisheng to control Phi Dao." Lu Xiangsheng said lightly.

"Send someone to count the heads of Jiannu and let Liu Xingzuo come on the boat to see him!" Lu Xiangsheng ordered.

"The last general will knock on Lord Jinglu." After a while, Liu Xingzuo walked into the official cabin and respectfully kowtowed to Lu Xiangsheng.

"Liu Xingzuo, are you guilty?" didn't let Liu Xingzuo get up, Lu Xiangsheng asked majestically.

Liu Xingzuo's heart tightened, but his face was very calm, and he replied: "The last general will be guilty." ”

This guy didn't quibble and pleaded guilty directly, which made Lu Xiangsheng very surprised, and asked with interest: "Then tell me, what are your crimes?" ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "The last general should not have killed Chen Jisheng, the deputy general of the Dongjiang Right Association, who tried to rebel, without consulting the imperial court, and committed the crime of killing his colleagues. ”

"Chen Jisheng tried to rebel, do you have any evidence?" Lu Xiangsheng asked lightly.

Liu Xingzuo said: "Lord Huijinglu, there are many people on Phi Island who can prove that Chen Jisheng was jealous of the last general's great achievements, and was worried that the last general would become the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, so he colluded with Jiannu to participate in the general Yingordai, and wanted to use a counter-plot to get rid of the last general, but because of his unsecretive behavior, the last general was noticed by the last general, and the last general took the first step to get rid of Chen Jisheng. After the incident, a dry of human evidence and physical evidence, please send someone to the island to investigate. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "No matter what the truth is, then Chen Jisheng was appointed to manage Phi Dao, which is your Shangguan, you are good at killing Shangguan, and your deeds are close to rebellion, thinking that there is a reason for the incident, and you have made great contributions by beheading more than 200 levels of Jiannu, and this scripture will not kill you, but the capital crime can be forgiven and the living crime is inevitable, this scripture represents the imperial court, and you are removed from the post of deputy general and demoted to a small flag officer, can you be convinced?" ”

From the deputy general to the small flag officer all of a sudden, it is equivalent to being demoted by more than ten levels in a row, and then demoted to an ordinary soldier, the punishment is not serious, but Liu Xingzuo said without hesitation: "Thank you Lord Jinglu for forgiveness." ”

Since Liu Xingzuo chose to board the ship and accepted the punishment for him, it shows that he has no idea of surrendering to Jiannu in his heart, and Lu Xiangsheng is naturally satisfied with Liu Xingzuo's performance.

Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and other generals of Guangludao have been detained on Lu Xiangsheng's ship, and when Lu Xiangsheng met Liu Xingzuo, they were also on his side.

When they saw Liu Xingzuo on the boat, Mao Chenglu and the others were spewing fire in their eyes. And when they heard that Liu Xingzuo was demoted to a small flag, Mao Chenglu and others laughed out loud again.

From the moment they were detained on the ship, Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and others knew that the imperial court had decided to take action against Dongjiang Town, and there was no longer the possibility of taking charge of an army to do whatever they wanted. Now seeing that Liu Xingzuo has ended up in the same fate, even worse than them, at least they have not been removed from their official positions, how can they be unlucky?

Liu Xingzuo ignored the ridicule and schadenfreude of Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and others, and just stood silently.

To the surprise of Mao Chenglu and others, Lu Xiangsheng did not detain Liu Xingzuo, but ordered him to return to Phi Dao to deliver a letter, telling the generals of Phi Dao that the army was about to land on Phi Dao and let the generals go to the dock to listen to orders.

Liu Xingzuo returned to Phi Dao and heard that he had lost his official position and was demoted to a small flag, Liu Xingzhi almost jumped up.

"Big brother, you have made such a great contribution, and now you are almost being swept to the end, this Ming can't stay!" Liu Xingzhi shouted.

"Shut up!" Liu Xingzuo said angrily, "Since Lu Jingluo dares to let me come back, it means that he doesn't take our brothers seriously at all, if you dare to move, it will be a dead end!" Listen to me, everyone is not allowed to move, everyone goes to the dock to gather, and obeys Lu Jingluo's orders, this is our only way to survive! ”

When Liu Xingzhi was about to say more, Liu Xingzuo pointed his finger at his nose: "Old Five, shut up, and dare to make trouble and say that I killed you, so as not to cause trouble to my brothers!" ”

Liu Xingzhi immediately closed his mouth and didn't dare to say anything more. Among the brothers of the Liu family, Liu Xingzuo has absolute authority.

Under the leadership of the Liu brothers, the surviving generals of Phi Island respectfully came to the dock to welcome the arrival of the imperial army.

As the ships approached the dock, heavily armed and well-equipped Praetorian Guard soldiers disembarked in groups and quickly took control of the entire pier.

The 30,000 Praetorian Guards took turns to stay in the convoy in three waves, and there were more than 20,000 soldiers who landed on Phi Island, which had already surpassed the Dongjiang Army on Phi Island.

Looking at the well-equipped and well-trained army, even the armor of ordinary officers is much stronger than their own, Liu Xingzhi and the others dare not say more. Compared to this Praetorian Guard, the Phi Dao Army is really like a flower child.

Lu Xiangsheng has no plans to do anything to the Liu brothers again, and there are still more than 18,000 Dongjiang troops on Phi Island, and Lu Xiangsheng has no plans to rectify this army. The main thing is that it is now the middle of October, the big war is imminent, and it is too late in time.

But no matter how you say it, the Dongjiang Army is still the army of the imperial court, and even Liu Xingzuo does not dare to disagree, and other generals are naturally even more impossible. This Dongjiang army may not be able to fight a tough battle, but it is still enough to contain Jiannu, provided that its morale is improved.

Lu Xiangsheng transferred more than 100,000 stone of grain from the fleet to the island, first each soldier was given three months' worth of money and food, and then the whole army was assembled, and he did not practice much, three meals a day, and a full meal, first let these hungry soldiers eat for a period of time to nourish their strength. Because of the serious shortage of money and food allocated by the imperial court, coupled with the deduction of the generals, except for a few family members, most of the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were difficult to eat at ordinary times, and they looked thin and weak, and they could be blown down by the wind, so such an army could not fight at all.

Suddenly, a large amount of money and food were distributed, and they were able to eat enough at once, which made these Phi Dao soldiers ecstatic. The money and food that were reissued could support their families, and they were able to eat enough in the army, which made them extremely grateful to the newly arrived Jinglu, and since the establishment of the Dongjiang Army, they could only have enough to eat.

Whoever gives them food, they will listen to whomever they say, and now the Liu Xingzuo brothers want to rebel and want to take them to Jiannu, and no one will follow, even their henchmen.

Less than half a month's full meal has made these Phi Dao soldiers have changed a lot, and they are no longer in the same situation as before, and their mental state is very different from the original, at least they can be pulled out to see.

And in these days, news has come from southern Liaoning:

Jiannu really sent troops and made a detour to Mongolia to attack the Ming Dynasty;

Zhou Yuji sent troops and captured Lushun; Zhou Yuji led his troops to continue the attack, and completely annihilated 608 banners to conquer Jinzhou.

When he received the news that Zhou Yuji had captured Jinzhou, Lu Xiangsheng knew that it was his turn to play.

Lu Xiangsheng immediately summoned the generals and began to deploy, and Liu Xingzuo, the small flag officer, was allowed to participate in the meeting on a special basis.

Only then did Mao Chenglu, Liu Xingzuo and others know that Lu Xiangsheng did not come to rectify the Dongjiang River, but to launch a large-scale attack on Jiannu.

Liu Xingzuo secretly felt lucky, glad that he bet on the right treasure, and glad that he didn't listen to his younger brother Liu Xingzhi.

"The slave chief Huang Taiji led the main force of the Eight Banners to detour through Mongolia to invade the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and this Jinglu decided to send troops from Phi Dao to attack the belly of Jiannu in order to respond to the imperial army.

According to the information sent back by Jinyiwei, the troops in the hinterland of Jiannu were empty, and those who stayed behind were all old and weak soldiers. Now, Zhou Yuji's general army has led tens of thousands of troops to conquer Lushun Jinzhou and attack Jiannu from southern Liaoning, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Liaodong, has also sent 10,000 iron cavalry from western Liaoxi to attack Liaoyang from Jinzhou.

This scripture will lead you, from Phi Dao troops, attack the back of Jiannu, while the Jiannu army is pinned down in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, our army three ways to attack Jiannu, and strive to meet the city of Shenyang, straight to the nest of Jiannu! ”

When Lu Xiangsheng said something, Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde and others were all enthusiastic.

As a general of the Dongjiang River, he has been fighting with Jiannu all the year round, which one has no blood feud with Jiannu? On weekdays, they were afraid of the combat power of the Eight Banners, they did not dare to fight with Jiannu, but now that Jiannu's belly was empty, and there was a Praetorian Guard army as a basis, they were all courageous.

"Lord Jinglu, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and open the way for the army!" Mao Chenglu and others shouted one after another.