Chapter 92 Change your mind

Guoquan is now fatter than before, but darker than before, obviously caused by training in the barracks every day.

Lu Qiang is very satisfied with the performance of the two old generals. This is the real smart man. After briefly asking about the training of the barracks and the life of the old general, the conversation turned around and asked about the city defense of Xunyang.

As Lu Qiang thought, Guoquan was very smart. After listening to Lu Qiang's question, he immediately thought of Lu Qiang's idea of fighting Xunyang, but after all, he is not a core figure in Jingzhou, so he doesn't know that Lu Qiang actually went for the warship, let alone that Lu Qiang's mind changed again just now, and he doesn't just think about it. There will be a warship.

He muttered and said, "Your Excellency, please be honest. At this moment, with our strength, it is not enough to start a war with the Beifu Army."

He can really think from the perspective of Jingzhou, which shows that he has gradually put aside the shadow of Huan Xuan and is getting closer to himself.

Lu Qiang nodded and said, "The old general's words are deeply in line with me, but I don't want to fight with Liu Yu"

"The old general should know that the Jiangling navy is being formed, and there is a shortage of warships. The soldiers lack training and actual combat experience, while Liu Yu is constantly increasing troops to Xunyang. We have to guard against it!"

While talking, Lu Qiang introduced Guoquan into the battle room. Now even the people around Lu Qiang, there are not many people who have really seen this sand table, so when Guoquan saw the sand table, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Your Excellency, did you do this?"

"Hehe! Let's do it!"

Even if Lu Qiang wants to deny it, he can't find a suitable reason and can only bear it with shame.

Guo Qun fell down and carefully observed on the sand table. After a long time, he took a long breath and said, "It turned out that Lord Guan was training, and the last general once told General Feng that he was a genius who could not be born. Today, he will see this sand table, and the last general is really convinced."

No matter how thick-skinned Lu Qiang was, he was rarely praised by Guoquan. After all, these were not his own creation.

He picked up two wooden poles from the sand table, took one by himself, and handed the other to Guoquan. First of all, he pointed to Xunyang and said, "At present, Liu Yu has 30,000 horses stationed in Xunyang, of which 10,000 navy is led by Zhou Anmu, 20,000 troops are stationed in Xunyang City, led by Beifu's fierce iron warfare."

"There are also 5,000 people stationed in Jianchang, which is hundreds of miles south of Xunyang, but it is Liu Yi's army. The general may be a little strange. Why did Liu Yi send such a few people here?"

While talking, Lu Qiang pointed the wooden pole to the east and continued: "The Poyang County is now garrisoned by Liu Huaisu, Liu Yi's brother, with 20,000 troops. These three local types are like horns and contain each other. If I say so, the old general should understand, right?

Zhou Anmu and Tie Zhan are both acquaintances, especially Zhou Anmu, who led the way into the Beifu Army, but now he is thinking about him, and Lu Qiang is not very excited, but now this is no longer his business alone. It is related to the future of Jingzhou, and his personal feelings can only be put down first.

This has been said. If Guoquan doesn't understand it again, there will be something wrong with his brain. However, he looked at the sand table but kept frowning and never expressed his opinion.

Lu Qiang was not in a hurry and quietly waited for him to finish thinking.

After a while, Guoquan said, "The adult's idea is very clear, but as far as the general knows, Er Liu is holding each other, but he is also afraid of each other. Although he has the intention to get rid of the other party, he is obviously not very sure. In this case, I believe that no one will take action first and give the other party a tongue, so he wants to provoke the two sides to fight. Question mark Difficult!"

Of course, Lu Qiang knows that there are difficulties, otherwise he will not discuss it, but Lu Qiang already has a plan in his mind, but it is a little bold and needs further improvement.

"The old general should know that your majesty has been awarded the title of Jing, Jiang Assassin, and the military of the five prefectures, whether it is Xunyang or Poyang County, which are in Jiangzhou, so I will take these two places back sooner or later. After that, I need the old general to station in Xunyang for me and guard the first gateway of Jingzhou waterway."

Guo Quan seemed to have some understanding in his heart and subconsciously hugged his fist and said, "What you ordered, the last general must obey, but this Xunyang..."

Lu Qiang was about to speak when he suddenly listened to the guard newspaper outside, and the court sent a special envoy to read the edict.

The bodyguard's voice interrupted Lu Qiang's words, but Lu Qiang was not in a hurry. He nodded to Guoquan and smiled and said, "First accompany me to receive the order. I will tell you when to leave for Xunyang."

Guoquan is confused now, but he also knows that this young adult likes to play cards according to the routine, just like he took Jiangling with dozens of people. I guess he has some strange ideas this time.

As expected by Xie Wangzu, after reading the emperor's edict, the special envoy of the court immediately asked Lu Qiang to clean up and go to Beijing with him to thank him.

Without saying a word, Lu Qiang immediately expressed his loyalty passionately, and then proposed to explain Jingzhou's government affairs first, and then went to Beijing with the special envoy.

After preparing a gift for the special envoy and sending it to the post hall for resettlement, Lu Qiang summoned everyone to discuss. He is now the well-known governor of Jingjiang and the military of the five prefectures, but now he is not under his control except Jingzhou. Therefore, this intention seems to be extremely favored to him, and there is also a hidden danger in it.

However, everything is beneficial. Lu Qiang will maximize his interests through this crisis.

Soon, Lu Qiang's men arrived, except for Yan Yanzhi, who was patrolling outside.

Lu Qiang sat in the middle, and Wen Wu sat on both sides. The civil servants are led by Wang Zhenwei, and below are Tao Yuanming and Xie Wangzu. The generals were led by Zhou Kui, followed by Tan Daoji, Zhao Lunwen, Guo Quan, Feng Gai, and Luo Song sat at the end.

Because we have discussed how to deal with the special envoy of the imperial court before, what we need to study this time is to implement it.

Wang Zhen said evil first, "Your Excellency, there are many excuses. As far as my subordinates know, Lu Xun is very happy in Guangzhou. As long as the adult and the imperial envoy are ready to leave, they send someone to pretend to report it, and then make the situation more serious. Even if the imperial envoy is suspicious, he can't dare to do anything to the adult."

Tan Daoji on the opposite side suddenly said, "Since you are the governor of Jingjiang, Jiangzhou should not have Erliu's army. Now that my soldiers in Jingzhou are strong and strong, can we take the opportunity to drive them away?"

Tan Daoji's words were immediately recognized by Zhao Lunwen and Zhou Kui. In their imagination, Jiangling now has nearly 50,000 elite soldiers, which is enough to fight with one of Erliu.

The fighting spirit of the generals is commendable, but of course Lu Qiang can't listen to them. His eyes look at Xie Wangzu. This old man has many similarities to himself and likes to walk side by swords. I don't know what he thinks now.

Xie Wangzu seemed to know that Lu Qiang was going to ask him, and smiled and said, "I'm afraid you have made a plan in your heart, right?"

When he was in Guangling, the old man had been suppressed by various gates in the south of the Yangtze River, and the strength of his own family was not as good as before, so he had no opportunity to play. Unexpectedly, Lu Qiang, an adult who did not follow the scholar's employment system, gave full play to his intelligence. To the full.

After listening to Xie Wangzu's words, everyone's eyes couldn't help looking at Lu Qiang.

Although they are all my most trusted subordinates, they can't say anything. He nodded and said, "At that time, I will lead 20,000 troops south to suppress the rebellion. General Zhao Lunwen and General Feng Gai guard Jiangling. General Tan Daoji and General Guoquan are waiting for orders at any time to enter Xunyang, and the navy will be pulled out together with the two generals Tan and Guo."

After listening to Lu Qiang's words, everyone was a little confused. What kind of order is this?

Lu Qiang did not explain and ordered everyone to go back to prepare, leaving only Wang Zhenjiu, Xie Wangzu and Luo Song.

Looking at the confused eyes of the three people, Lu Qiang said in a low voice, "My plan is a little risky, but as long as it succeeds, we will take all the two states of Jingjiang, and this first step is to make Liu Yu from Xunyang and Liu Yi in Poyang County fight."

Wang Zhenwei understood a little, but frowned and said, "Although the two families are hostile to each other, they have not really started a war. How can they fight?"

Lu Qiang smiled and said, "Iron War is arrogant and fierce. Maybe he will take the initiative to attack without Liu Huaisu sending troops."

Looking at Lu Qiang's confident appearance, everyone stopped talking and obviously understood that Lu Qiang had a way to let Tie Zhan do it first.

The army has not moved, and the intelligence must be kept up in time, and Luo Song knows that Lu Qiang has always attached great importance to the collection of intelligence, so his scout camp has already collected information from Jingzhou Zuo Jin and even Jiangzhou in case Lu Qiang can listen to it at any time.

This time, Lu Qiang took Xie Wangzu, and Wang Zhenvil was responsible for guarding Jiangling. Jiangling is Lu Qiang's old nest, and it must not be lost.

Lu Qiang did think about how to get Liu Yu's warship before, but when he was waiting for Guoquan, he suddenly thought, "These places were originally mine, but now with the will of the court, it is also reasonable. Why do you want Erliu's people to be stationed? Don't people often say that they don't allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch? I raised these two tigers in my own home. Who can guarantee that they will not suddenly hurt people? So you might as well take this opportunity to drive them away."

If Er Liu hadn't contained each other, Lu Qiang would not have made this decision, and if they had won or lost, he would have no chance.

Selecting an auspicious day, Lu Qiang accompanied the special envoy of the imperial court and ordered 1,000 men and five warships to prepare to go straight down the river to Jiankang.

In order to create an atmosphere, Lu Qiang ordered Tao Yuanming and others to mobilize a large number of people to come to the dock to see him off, and read the imperial court's award to him again in front of all the people.

The special envoy of the imperial court is in a hurry! If it hadn't been for the benefits of Lu Qiang, he would have been urged to go on the road.

In the noise of gongs and drums, Lu Qiang walked to the boat while waving to the people, as if he were going to participate in some festive event.

Although Lu Qiang has not lived in Jiangling for a long time, he has really done a lot of good things for the people of Jiangling, so many people's feelings for Lu Qiang are from the bottom of their hearts.

The imperial envoy is getting more and more impatient. Why hasn't it been finished? This boy only stayed in Jiangling for a few days? Why are you so thick-skinned? Just as he was about to ask Lu Qiang to get on the boat, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hoofs from far and near.

"Idle people get out of the way... There is an emergency military situation..."

When the unknown people heard the word military situation, they got out of the road one after another. Then they saw a dusty scout coming. After being stopped by the bodyguard not far from the road, they turned over and jumped off the horse and knelt on one knee.

"Report, my lord, the big deal is not good. The anti-thief Huan Xuan led a 150,000 army and was killing Jiangling in three ways."

This was ordered by Lu Qiang. After all, Lu Xun is too far away from Jiangling. I'm afraid no one will believe it. If it is Huan Xuan, it will be very credible.

What

Lu Qiang was "shocked" and took a few steps to the scouts and shouted, "Come carefully"

"The anti-thief Huan Xuan raised his army from Liangzhou, and the striker has been killed to Jianping. Please make a final determination as soon as possible."

At this time, the people who were close to them had also heard the words of the scouts and immediately coaxed them.

After listening to the words of the scout, Lu Qiang suddenly shouted: "Don't panic. If you are here, you must let the thief come back."

After saying that, he turned to the special envoy of the court and said with a solemn face, "I'm sorry, my lord, please go back to the court first, and say that I swear to fight with the Huan thief to the end and report to the court. Xia'an Lishu, military affairs are in place, and I have no time to accompany him."

"Ah... What did you say?

The special envoy of the imperial court seemed to be a little lacking in brain. Seeing Lu Qiang turn over and give orders to the officials around him, he seemed to be dreaming...