Chapter 656: Loyal and Righteous Man
After Hong Chengchou returned to the handsome ship, he immediately summoned the generals in the army to make arrangements, and at the same time sent a large number of fine works to sneak to the rebel camp by boat.
Early the next morning, Hong Chengchou ordered the whole army to march and approach the rebel camp from the north and southeast, and put pressure on the rebels to force them to surrender.
In the camp of the rebel army, Lu Peng sighed worriedly in the tent, and in the past two days, all kinds of news continued to come from Nanchang, making him feel upset and unable to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
There is news that Zhu Yousong, the prison state, escaped privately and was caught by the Praetorian Guards, and there are also scholars Wu Zhaoyuan who personally led the troops to fight against the Praetorian Guards, and there is also the news that Nanchang City has fallen and all the ministers have surrendered, which made Lu Peng unable to distinguish the truth from the false for a while.
The only thing Lu Peng expected was that the Nanchang Imperial Court could send an official envoy to bring accurate news, but now it has been long gone. And that made him feel very bad.
Nanchang is not far from Poyang Lake, and it is still controlled by its own hands along the way, and under normal circumstances, it is necessary to communicate once a day, but now it has been two days, and there has been no news from the Nanchang Imperial Court, and the envoys sent by themselves have not returned.
Could it be that Nanchang City has really fallen? Or did the Praetorian Guards blockade the city of Nanchang and make it impossible to pass the news?
Just when Lu Peng was hesitating whether to send another team of soldiers back to Nanchang to inquire about the news, a subordinate suddenly reported that the Praetorian Guards were attacking on a large scale.
Lu Peng hurriedly led people to climb the watchtower, and looked through the clairvoyant mirror, and saw that the Praetorian Guard fleet was approaching his camp from three sides, and it was less than ten miles away from the camp.
"This is too arrogant, their ships are not as strong as ours, and they have made a move to divide the troops." Lu Peng muttered, at this moment he actually saw hope to turn the situation around.
"Come on, beat the drums and gather the generals!"
The dull drum sound of "dong dong dong" came out from afar, and it didn't take long for the eight general soldiers to lead people into Lu Peng's Chinese army tent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the art of war: the method of using soldiers, ten to surround it, and five to attack it. The enemy's strength is only 60% of ours, and it is ridiculous that he should make a strategy to besiege us. Generals, this is a good opportunity from heaven to break the enemy. We can concentrate our elite forces to attack one side, and we will definitely be able to quickly defeat its forces along the way, and then besiege the other two enemy forces, and we will definitely be able to turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.
Generals, defeat the enemy and capture the Faint King today! ”
Lu Peng said impassionedly and enthusiastically, encouraging the fighting spirit of the generals, but everyone present was dejected, and no one was willing to respond at all.
"What's the matter, what are you thinking? Cheer up, victory or defeat is still unknown! Seeing that everyone looked like they were going to die, Lu Peng was furious and reprimanded loudly.
"Dare to ask Master Inspector, is Nanchang City still there?" Suddenly, a general asked.
Lu Peng was furious: "Of course it's still there, don't listen to the rumors." Nanchang City and the prison country are all fine, and your family members are also fine, as long as we can defeat the Praetorian Guards in front of us, we can return to Nanchang. ”
"Supervisor, don't lie to us, I heard that the prison country was arrested by Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, what are you fighting, fighting for ghosts?" Chief soldier Xu Chengming sighed leisurely.
"Do you dare to disturb the morale of the army, aren't you afraid of the nine clans?" Lu Peng glared at Xu Chengming angrily and reprimanded sharply.
"I know that you don't believe it, Inspector, and I don't believe it either, but just yesterday, someone secretly sent me these, and I can't help but believe it." Xu Chengming said and took out something from his arms and held it in his hand, but it was a small jade seal.
"What is this?" Lu Peng asked with a trembling voice, already having a bad feeling in his heart.
"It is said that it is the jade seal of the prison country, I don't know whether it is true or not, I want to ask the superintendent and the generals to distinguish one or two." Lu Peng said and raised the jade seal and printed it on the map in front of him.
The four red characters "Seal of the Prison State" appear on the map. The generals present were no strangers to these four words, because their letters of appointment were all stamped with the same seal, and many of them had received one or more orders from the state of superintendent, and they all had the same seal.
"This must be fake, forged! Xu Chengming, where did you say this thing came from, and who made you shake the heart of our army? Lu Peng was in a daze, pointing at Xu Chengming and asking angrily.
"Who can fake such a jade seal?" Xu Chengming shook his head and sighed: "Don't hide it from the Inspector, this jade seal was sent to my camp by the Praetorian Guards last night, I didn't believe it at first, but I had to believe it after comparing the imprints on the official diploma, it seems that the prison country was really caught by the Praetorian Guards, in this case, let's fight something, let's drop it." ”
"Okay, Xu Chengming, you dare to commit treason to the enemy, come here, catch him!" Lu Peng shouted hoarsely.
When several guards around him raised their weapons and were about to step forward, many generals in the tent stepped forward and stood in front of Xu Chengming, glaring at Lu Peng and his guards, the guards hesitated and did not dare to step forward.
"General Fang, you quickly lead people to catch these traitors, I will give you the title of hereditary prince." Lu Peng looked at Fang Guoan. Among these generals, Fang Guoan and Xu Chengming have the greatest contradictions, and they are also the most likely to obey orders.
"Inspector Lu, there are too many of them, and the last general is afraid of the enemy," Fang Guoan stood up, a little embarrassed, "Besides, the army is in turmoil at the moment, and we have no chance to win, the last general is willing to escort the overseer to Nanchang and meet with the prison country." ”
"Well, there's the Labor Commander." Lu Peng thought about it, and there was no other way for a while. Most of the generals have rebelled, and it is almost impossible to win this war, and now they can only think of escaping.
"When you stop them, I'll escort the overseer to my camp first." Fang Guoan shouted to Lu Peng's guards. Seeing that Lu Peng didn't speak, the guards had to obey Fang Guoan's orders, blocked behind Fang Guoan and Lu Peng, and confronted Xu Chengming and other generals.
"General Fang, when you get to Nanchang City, I'll do," Lu Peng said as he walked.
"Poof"
Lu Peng's voice stopped abruptly, and he lowered his head with difficulty, and saw a sharp blade coming out of his chest and abdomen.
"You" Lu Peng wanted to look back, but he didn't even have the strength to turn back.
Fang Guoan sneered and stabbed behind Lu Peng, and then pulled it out violently, letting the blood splash all over his body.
"Lu Peng supported Zhu Yousong, a puppet prison state, betrayed the court and betrayed Your Majesty, and our loyal and righteous people eradicate this traitor today, abandon the darkness and turn to the light." Fang Guoan roared, slashed down with a knife, and cut off Lu Peng's head.
The generals in the tent were stunned.
On that day, Fang Guoan, Xu Chengming and other rebel generals worked together to kill the puppet governor Lu Peng, and surrendered with 200,000 troops, ending the Poyang Lake War that lasted for more than half a month.
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