Chapter Seventy-One: Latent
When the bad news reached the front line, Lu Yuanhang just asked coldly: "Who will take the position of Da Situ?" This made the family member of the messenger suspicious of his ears, and he could not believe that this man's own son had died unexpectedly, and he could still calmly ask this question that had nothing to do with the matter.
"I ask you who will hold the position of Da Situ"! His angry eyes almost burst into flames, and his face was hideous and trembling. Frightened, the family's body trembled: "The little one, the villain doesn't know, the villain, I haven't heard of it when I came."
Lu Yuanhang waved his hand and let him go down. Since the day of the forced palace, he had expected the current result, and what he didn't expect was that it would come so quickly.
He knew very well in his heart that his opponent had never been a moderate. A group of people who do not have military power in their hands will never be able to become the dominant ones in the political struggle. Because politics is always a game for the strong, and the weak can only be sacrificed by the strong. Without Qiu Shenghong's support, they would not even be able to stand up to the hardliners.
Party strife, an inevitable problem that has existed in all dynasties since ancient times, cannot be avoided even in highly centralized countries. But this is not an unsolvable problem, as long as the forces of both sides can maintain a balance, the peace situation will not be broken. The problem with the people of Mingsha Mountain is that Qiu Shenghong has added weight to the wrong side of the originally balanced scale. But the original roots of this can be traced back to the war.
In peacetime, when civil rule is the main theme, the value of military existence will be diluted. In the same way, during the war years, martial arts were the main theme, and the cultural value would be diluted. The two-year war with the Kangle people and the war with the Dondorians have pushed the profession of soldiers to the pinnacle of politics, and they have become the main theme. However, the moderates led by Zhong Dalu still relied on the capital accumulated during the peaceful years to maintain a slight gap with them. Subsequently, suddenly Mu passed away. This was the turning point of the whole affair -- the roof beams of the hardliners were broken. This was supposed to be the best time to balance the power of the two sides, but Qiu Shenghong made the wrong choice to weaken one side and then weaken the other's policy of strengthening the royal power. Judging from the end result, he did it, the moderates were wiped out, the hardliners were gradually losing their ground, but the country was finished, its internal organs had been hollowed out, only its brains and limbs remained, how could it live?
From the beginning of the dispatch of troops, there was only one way to go to the distant voyage, to protect the family and defend the country. But now, he has many paths, to be a Kangle person, a Dongduo person, a Huxia person, a Xiling person...... and even turn Mingsha Mountain into his country again. The first to reach out to him was the Kangle people.
After receiving the news of Lu Mingfei's tragic death, the general Chu Han wrote a letter to Lu Yuanhang as soon as possible.
General Kang Le Jibei Wang Chuhan presented the Great Sima General:
Good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the lord and do things, Ma Yuan has a saying, in today's world, not only the king chooses the minister, but also the minister chooses his king. However, the master is rare, and the love is difficult to be eternal, and the common feelings of this world are not just one person. Duke Qi Huan and Guan Zhong, King Wen of Zhou and Lu Wang, Shu Xianzhu and Zhuge Liang, all of them are one person in a hundred generations, and they are rare in a hurry. As for the merit that is not rewarded, the punishment for its sins. So much so that countless people were slaughtered and their corpses were displayed in the wilderness. The Qin people are to Shang Ying, the husband is to Wu Zixu, the Han Gaozu is to the Marquis of Huaiyin, the Wei Wu Emperor is to Xun You, and so on.
The general is a veteran of the world, the merit is high and the five mountains are high, and the honor is in the Ming Mansion, although the Taigong Bao Zhou Wu, Wu Han Zuo Guangwu, there is no difference. What is the report today? A son dies in state affairs, a son dies in a family disaster, he is on the battlefield, he is worried in his heart, and he has not known the place of life and death, isn't it sad?
Today, victory is inevitable, and defeat is inevitable. How? He who is loyal to him cannot be faithful to his ear. If you can't do a big thing, your wife won't be protected, and the leader will not be able to do it.
I am happy, and I am now a saint, and I have long admired the name of General Daming, and I look forward to seeing it. If the general abandons his old good and exalts it with great height, he will treat him as a national soldier, and he will live up to the meaning of the long way.
Small can not be the enemy of the big, weak can not be the enemy of the strong, this virtuous and foolish see, Mingsha Mountain and Kangle are the enemy, the future can be known. May the general ponder it.
Lu Yuanhang looked at it, smiled indifferently, and ignored it. Subsequently, the family came to report that the imperial court had appointed Liang Shutong as the great Sima, and chased Lu Ming as the king of Panyu, and his son Lu Weijiang was waiting. This allowed the mutiny to be suppressed for the time being. But then, Qiu Shenghong did something that would eventually destroy the country.
The plan to assassinate Lu Yuanhang is still the sole responsibility of Desheng Lou. This time, they put forward several plans, one is that the imperial court will transfer Lu Yuanhang away, and then rob and kill him on the road, but there are several difficulties, one is whether he can be transferred away, and whether it will provoke a mutiny, which no one is sure. In addition, once transferred, who will succeed him as a general and resist the Kangle people. If after the transfer, it is his cronies who take over, then the transfer is meaningless.
Another option is to infiltrate the barracks and assassinate. This is very difficult, and how to sneak into the heavily guarded military camp and find the place where Lu Yuanhang rests smoothly and accurately is also a problem. With his city, his own defense must be foolproof. And this method is basically suicidal, and even if you succeed, it is difficult to get out of it.
There is also the type of infiltration assassination. It also requires a few people to sneak in, pretend to be soldiers, and wait for an opportunity to move, but it has a disadvantage, that is, it takes too long and is easy to expose.
Another option is poisoning. Lu Yuanhang was once cautious, and all the people related to his personal safety had to be selected personally, but the cooks who cooked for him were not carefully screened. It's not that he didn't take it into account, the main thing is that he brought this cook from his own house, so he ignored it. But there is a problem here, and that is the choice of poison. All the diets of Lu Yuanhang were tried in advance, which made it difficult for the strong poison to work. And the poison is easy to show the horse's feet, and if he finds out halfway, he will lose all his efforts.
The last option is to incite a mutiny. There have always been their people in the barracks, and there are some junior officers, who are also their people. But it's more difficult, and it's hard to succeed in the absence of a special event.
"There is a special event", Lidson suddenly remembered one thing: "Lu Yuanhang and Kang Le people have been exchanging letters in private, although there is no clear evidence, almost everyone in the barracks knows about it."
"Then he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy", Han Shaoqing said meaningfully: "Moreover, at this time, it is just right that his son has just died, and Liang Shutong has taken the position of Da Situ instead of him."
Everyone nodded in unison.
"Over the years, there have been countless people who have died under the butcher's knife of the Kangle people, and the people hate them to the core. Not to mention defecting to the enemy, even if someone dares to say the word "good" in front of the public, they will be killed on the spot. Once you get the evidence, it is not a long voyage, even if it is a saint today, it is difficult to be safe." Ho Chi Minh analyzed.
"So how do you get the evidence"?
This is indeed a problem, Lu Yuanhang has always won the support of soldiers, and without conclusive evidence, it is impossible to achieve results. And it must be his own reply, and it is useless to get the letter of the well-being.
"There are only two ways, one is to steal, and the other is to intercept", Yu Zaiqing said: "In terms of stealing, you can only let the brothers in the camp complete it, even if the people outside go in, it is difficult to succeed if they are not familiar with the situation." As for interception, we'll have to do it ourselves." He laughed, and then said, "I don't believe this old fox doesn't show its tail."
All plans are empty words, and in the process of implementation, in response to the rapidly changing situation, it still needs someone to deal with it temporarily. When they got to the front, things didn't go well.
First of all, their hiding place can neither be too close nor too far from the barracks. It's easy to spot when it's close, but it's impossible to monitor when it's far away. The second is to deliver news to the barracks, which is different from city defense, in the case of city defense, the defenders and the people can still contact, and the camp cannot be approached at all. Finally, there's the issue of their food. This question may seem trivial, but in fact it is the most important. A group of more than a dozen people, looking out from the city to transport grain, could not pass the city gate at all. Although you can hunt in the wild, you can also hunt some small animals and the like, but it is not enough for these people to eat. Moreover, they cannot make fires during the day. Once a fire is lit, it will inevitably be discovered by both sides, and then it will not be a question of whether to eat or not, but a question of what to eat.