When Lu Shen returned to the main hall, Lu Tong was drinking tea and pondering, and when he saw him come in, he smiled and said: "The girl of the Li family is worthy of being a tiger girl, and there are not many young women in this world who can compare with her." Lin Xi's kid is definitely not weaker than her in terms of martial arts and open-mindedness alone, but it is inevitable that she will be slightly inferior on the battlefield. ”

Lu Shen sat down next to him and said angrily: "Dad, my senior sister is a heroic man in the rivers and lakes and a non-military general, she and Miss Li have little similarity except for their strong martial arts, and their personalities, experiences and ideals are completely different, so why is it necessary to compare them together?" Furthermore, how could they be fighting each other on the battlefield? ”

"Don't be in a hurry."

Lu Tong has always been gentle and kind to him, and he has never put on a strict father's shelf, and then sighed: "Before your mother passed away, the only thing I didn't worry about was that you wouldn't be able to meet someone caring in the future, and I couldn't take care of you for a lifetime." In those years, I was really worried, and I would be anxious about your lifelong events every day, so I tried to mention it to Lin Jie, but fortunately he didn't refuse directly, and agreed to let Lin Xi get along with you for a while. ”

The old man was quite emotional, and Lu Shen was also a little touched in his heart.

Lu Tong raised his eyes to look at him, and couldn't help laughing: "You kid seems to be silent, but you have been very beneficial in the past two years." I heard that the girl of the Wang family is gentle and knowledgeable, and she is very considerate to you. As long as you live in Lai'an's house, she will cook for you every once in a while? ”

Lu Shen teased: "Song Pei said it, right? I have to bang her when I go back, lest she divulge my secrets in the future. ”

Lu Tong hurriedly persuaded: "It's all my idea, don't embarrass her." ”

"Don't worry, Daddy."

Of course, Lu Shen was just joking, he knew very well that the old man cared about him.

Lu Tong said with relief and embarrassment: "In my opinion, Lin Xi's daughter-in-law is naturally perfect, and she can't find fault in any aspect, and you must think so yourself." It's just that now the girls of the Wang family and the girls of the Li family are also very good, and their family backgrounds are extremely prominent, Shen'er, what do you think of yourself? ”

Lu Shen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Dad, don't worry about these things, your son will handle them properly." ”

"Good, good, good."

Lu Tong rubbed his hands, and his expression gradually became serious: "This time the matter can be big or small, you have to deal with it carefully." ”

Lu Shen looked at the middle-aged man's eyes, and stopped talking.

Lu Tong seemed to know his thoughts very well, and said calmly: "When I came to Ancheng, I told you the story of the year, and today I will tell you clearly that you are my Lu Tong's biological son, and you have nothing to do with Yang Dashuai." In fact, as long as you think about it, you will know that according to the vigilance and vigilance of Yang Dashuai in the imperial court at that time, how could it be possible to miss that his wife and concubine were pregnant? If you are really the widow of Yang Dashuai, how can the eagle dogs of the court let you go? ”

Lu Shen is twenty years old this year, and Yang Guangyuan died unjustly eighteen years ago, if the two really have a blood relationship, it means that Yang Guangyuan did not know the prophet two years before he was killed, and hid his pregnant wife and concubine in advance, and he had to hide it from the people of the world secretly entrusted to Lu Tong.

Don't say whether this kind of thing can be done, the key is that Yang Guangyuan has never thought about the safety of himself and his family.

It's a bit brutal, but that's the way it is.

Lu Shen looked at his father and said guiltily: "Dad, it's the son who is not filial, so he shouldn't have this kind of doubt." ”

Lu Tong waved his hand and said gently: "Rumors are like knives, this is not your fault." Besides, there are too many secrets in your father, and it's normal for you to have doubts. Now that the time has come to a crucial time, I will not deliberately hide it from you in order not to make you make a mistake. ”

Lu Shen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I think this rumor will definitely set off a storm in the capital, and the Son of Heaven may not be suspicious, mainly because there is a joint that is difficult to explain, that is, Uncle Xiao's care for me is beyond the ordinary love of talent." ”

Just as Ji Ximing questioned Lu Tong before, Xiao Wangzhi didn't know how many talents he had unearthed over the years, not to mention that his own two biological sons were in the army, and he had never spared no effort to promote Lu Shen as much as he did.

Even though Lu Shen's performance in the Battle of Guangling was quite outstanding, he had no previous military experience, and it stands to reason that at most he was recruited by the Governor's Mansion, and then gave him a low-level military position, and let him lead hundreds of people to grow up slowly.

However, Xiao Wangzhi directly appointed him as the prosecutor lieutenant, and let him be responsible for drafting the strategy for last year's war, of course, a discerning person knows that this strategy has been instructed and revised by Xiao Wangzhi, which means that Xiao Wangzhi is using his own efforts to help Lu Shen rise rapidly.

As for the recent Northern Expedition, Xiao Wangzhi still let Lu Shen control the overall situation, and he and Li Tianrun played more of an escort role, could it be that he didn't even have the ability to plan for half his life?

The world treats his own son like this, not to mention that Xiao Wangzhi put his own son aside and did his best to cultivate Lu Shen.

The father and son in the hall naturally understood that Xiao Wangzhi did this because he was ashamed of Lu Tong.

When Yang Guangyuan was alive, he was constrained by all kinds of constraints of the imperial court, and one of the young and handsome men around him had to leave the army to take care of logistics and dredge all parties for the Yang family's army, which meant that that person could not be famous in the world in this life, and could only hide among the masses of people and be willing to be ordinary.

Lu Tong did not hesitate to take on this responsibility, so young generals like Xiao Wangzhi who were determined to follow Yang Guangyuan were all guilty.

The years have passed, and now Lu Tong has reached the middle-aged belly, and it is impossible to have a chance to realize the ideal of stepping on the world to protect the common people, so Xiao Wangzhi compensated Lu Shen for this guilt.

This is reasonable, there is nothing suspicious, the problem is that they can't tell the inside story.

This involves a lot of entanglements in the past, and if it is made public, it will cause greater waves, and may even lead to the complete end of Lu Shen's future.

Lu Tong knew this, and said unhurriedly: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, Lei Ze's victory came very timely, at least it can help you suppress many people at both ends of the head." Secondly, as long as Xiao Wangzhi is still in command of the Huaizhou border army, you have performed well in the Northern Expedition, and even if someone in the DPRK wants to attack you, you must also take into account the perception of the world. ”

Lu Shen frowned slightly and said, "But it is a little difficult for the Northern Expedition to make greater progress. ”

Although Lu Tong is quite talented in military affairs, after all, he has been away from the army for more than 20 years, and he has not personally experienced the border war, so his understanding of the current situation is not as profound as Lu Shen, so he asked puzzledly: "Why do you say this?" ”

"I have always had a feeling that even if the strength of the Jing Army is not as strong as it was in its heyday more than ten years ago, it will not degrade so quickly. Last year's Battle of Guangling, the Battle of Qingxia and the subsequent Jiangbei Battle, and even not long ago, I led my troops to attack Yongquan Pass at night. ”

Lu Shen's expression was solemn, and he continued: "These Jing troops are indeed not the main force, they are just leftovers among the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Jing Dynasty, plus they have been stationed in the territory of Pseudo Yan for a long time and have neglected to practice, so they have lost consecutive battles in several major battles, I can use this explanation to convince myself." But in the battle of the Razor Plains, the 20,000 Jing troops were the main force, and they were also defeated. ”

Lu Tong shook his head and said: "No, you have to know that in this battle, the elite of the border armies of Huaijing and Jing are exhausted. Needless to say, the Jingzhou Feiyu Battalion is the killer weapon of Li Tianrun's bottom of the box, and the six thousand cavalry is almost all of his family background. Coupled with the fact that Xiao Wangzhi and Li Tianrun joined forces to make a plan, what if the 20,000 Jing Army was defeated? If we take out so many hole cards here, and the 20,000 Jing Army can still defeat more than 50,000 of you on the frontal battlefield, then the Northern Expedition will be mentioned again, and everyone might as well think about how to save their lives. ”

In the end, he said in an accentuated tone: "The strength of the 20,000 Jing Army is very strong, but you must know that we are also the main elite, so why should you be arrogant?" ”

However, Lu Shen's real doubts were not here, as a first-hand witness on the battlefield, he was not surprised that the Qi army could achieve a big victory in the Razor Plain, but another root problem.

"But Dad, have you ever thought that the leader of Jing Jun's battle is Qing Yu Huaijin. This Jing Dynasty county lord may be very talented, but she is far inferior to Uncle Xiao and Li Dadudu. If you were Qing Yugong, the marshal of the Jing Dynasty, would you give such an important responsibility to a young woman in her early twenties? ”

Lu Shen's words left Lu Tong speechless.

There is no doubt that if he was in the position of Qing Yugong, he would definitely not have arranged it this way.

Lu Shen continued: "The Jing army has nearly 60,000 people in Heluo City, and if Qing Yugong orders them to defend various dangerous cities, the advance of our army will be extremely difficult. It can be seen from the battle on the Razor Plains that the resilience of the main force of the Jing army is very strong, and we attacked for more than two hours before finding an opportunity. This kind of resilience can be quickly amplified when defending a city, and we may not have that many troops to gnaw through it city by city. ”

"Are you trying to say that Qing Yugong didn't put too much energy into the war in the territory of Pseudo-Yan?"

"I thought about it for a long time, and there are only two answers to this question. Either Qing Yu Gong has a false reputation, and he trusts his daughter too much, which causes Qing Yu Huaijin to have a lot of autonomy, so Jing Jun will fall into the siege of our army. Either he is happy to see the defeat of the pseudo-Yan step by step, as long as Heluo City is in his hands, he doesn't care about our army's recovery of Dongyang Road. ”

Lu Tong fell into deep thought, and said slowly: "Qing Yugong is definitely not the kind of person who has a name for nothing, and the second speculation is more likely, but why did he do this?" ”

Lu Shen said softly: "Dad, you also know that now that the Jing Dynasty army is conquering the Zhao State and it is going well, it may have completed the set goal." If at this time, the puppet Yan also won consecutive battles, the north and south marched together, and the Jing army was invincible and invincible, wouldn't they have grabbed merit and fought for power internally? In the final analysis, Qing Yugong was not the emperor of the Jing Dynasty. ”

The last sentence made Lu Tong's eyes light up, and he said: "You are right, if the Jing Dynasty can still occupy the advantage in the south while pacifying the Zhao State, then the importance of Qing Yugong will naturally be greatly reduced." Emperor Jing may consider letting people share his military power, after all, if Jing Jun is still invincible in the world, he does not necessarily have to come forward with Qing Yugong. Moreover, Emperor Jing may not be worried that Qing Yugong's authority is too heavy, so Qing Yugong needs a strong opponent, that is, our border army. ”

Lu Shen slowly exhaled a turbid breath and said in a deep voice: "I thought about this problem on the way to Taixing, so I have an idea in my heart, the current situation is not only a crisis for me, but also an opportunity!" ”

There are also in the evening.

(End of chapter)