: Encounter

Wang Zisheng stood up straight, glanced at Ma Yin and Ma Xuanhua, and said in a deep voice: "The King of Wu sent the last general to come, welcome you to Jianye!"

"Now?" Ma Yin was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He didn't expect Lu Fang to act so quickly. After all, it only took two days for Wu Jun to enter the city. He thought Lu Fang would show off in front of him, but he didn't expect to set off so soon. When he thought that he was going to live under someone else's roof and wanted to rely on others to live, even though he had already made up his mind, he couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

"Yes, the master has an order. Let the general escort you on board. The chariot is already on the outside!" Although Wang Zisheng's behavior is very respectful, his attitude is very firm. Ma Yin smiled bitterly, looked at his daughter beside him, and nodded silently. Wang Zisheng made a gesture to the outside world. After a while, two servants carried a carriage to Ma Yin's couch and put it down.

Tanzhou City, the Jiedu District, was heavily guarded. After the Wu army entered the city, it was requisitioned by the army and became a place where the army was stationed. Compared with the solemnity of the past, the government office at this time had a little more solemn atmosphere. It was the pedestrians who were coming and going away at a hundred steps away, fearing that they would get a little closer, and inexplicably cause trouble and harm their families.

In the mansion, Lu Fang was leaning against Hu's bed, his eyes closed slightly, listening to Chen Yun on the side reporting on the military information of all parties and the disposals had been made. If he agreed, Lu Fang nodded and signaled to go over; if he disagreed, he made a decision in a few words. One of the king and his ministers said, one of them listened, and he saw that the documents on several cases were about to be processed. At this time, a person came in outside, Wang Zisheng, who was directly beside Lu Fang and whispered: "Report to the master, Ma Yin has already boarded the ship!"

"Yeah!" Lu Fang responded, but did not nod or object like other things. He just closed his eyes and leaned on the couch. The room suddenly became quiet. Chen Yun and Wang Zisheng both looked at Lu Fang quietly, waiting for the order. But after a while, Lu Fang didn't say anything. Seeing that the time for the ship was about to come, Wang Zisheng couldn't help asking, "King, the ship is about to open, do you have anything else to order!"

Lu Fang did not answer. Wang Zisheng understood his meaning very clearly. Because there may be many changes in the journey from Yuezhou to Jianye. If Lu Fang uses any means, it is the best time. If he arrives in Jianye, many things will be difficult to do. So Wang Zisheng came back to ask Lu Fang for instructions before the ship. Finally, Lu Fang shook his head and said, "Zisheng, you can go there yourself and you must send Ma Yin back to Jianye safely. People like him are more useful than death!"

"Yes!" Wang Zisheng immediately bowed and left. Seeing that Wang Zisheng left, Chen Yun was about to continue reading the interrupted letter in his hand, but Lu Fang suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Mr. Chen, who do you think you should stay behind in this Chu area?"

"This?" Chen Yun couldn't help but ponder. Lu Fang asked this question at this critical moment, obviously it was not something that he thought of. The newly obtained eight states lands are not only critical, but also densely populated. The Wu army will have to manage Jingxiang next, and this place is the rear of the army. The food and fodder and people must mostly come from this place. The main generals not only have the military strategy to suppress the various rebellions that have recently conquered this place, but also have considerable economic ability to recruit and develop production. If we consider the balance of various factions in Wu, there are very few people who can choose.

"What do you think of the King's Taiwei?" Chen Yun pondered for a moment and carefully proposed a candidate. The Wang Taiwei he mentioned was Wang Foer. Now he has reached the peak of the Wu general, so Chen Yun called him the Taiwei but was not known.

"Fu'er? No!" Lu Fang shook his head and immediately rejected Chen Yun's proposal: "The central military soldiers cannot live without him. I have always led troops outside, so I must have a trustworthy person to guard the central military!"

"What about Chen Zhang?"

"I've already planned to send him to Runxing's men. Runxing's men are a little more tender, and no one can do anything to do!"

"What about Zhu Jin? He is famous and will definitely be able to defeat the Southern Barbarians!"

"Chuzhou cannot live without him! There are too few cavalry generals in the Huaibei area!"

In this way, Chen Yun proposed six or seven candidates in a row, all of which were rejected by Lu Fang one by one. Finally, he finally smiled bitterly and said, "This is not possible, nor that one is not possible. From the perspective of his subordinates, he might as well let His Highness govern the military affairs of Hunan and serve as the Liang and Chu prefectures, so that the power of affairs is the same, wouldn't it be better!"

Lu Fang laughed and said, "Mr. Chu is joking. Runyan is only in her early twenties. It would be great to be able to supervise the war in Jingxiang. How can you have such ability? If you say this, you will exhaust your child, Shuxian will not be able to spare me after returning to Jianye!"

"What the Lord said is that this is because I am not considering it!" Chen Yun smiled dryly when he heard this, but he knew in his heart that Lu Fang did not agree to his suggestion just now. After all, after Heng Wen died in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the court divided Jingzhou into three in order to solve the problem of the overly powerful military town of the upstream Jingzhou once and for all, and divided Hunan into Xiangzhou later. If Lu Runxing took charge of Xiangzhou and took down Jiangling and Xiangyang, it would break the military and political balance of the entire Wu Kingdom, which was very unfavorable for the Wu Kingdom, which established its capital in Jianye.

"What about the governor Zhong?" Chen Yun suddenly proposed another candidate: "He is also the king's in-laws. He has suffered in Hangzhou over the years. He defeated Lu Shizhou. He had nothing to say about military tactics, and it was just right to use it to pacify Chu!"

"Okay!" Lu Fang pondered for a moment and finally nodded. After all, the Wu Kingdom has expanded too fast over the years, and the number of generals who have considerable military and political capabilities and trustworthy is very limited. Ministers at the prefecture and county level can retain the original people and maintain political continuity, but those at the level of the Jiedushi must use their own people. The enemies facing Hunan are relatively weak, so there should be no problem, right?

Thinking of this, Lu Fang said to Chen Yun: "Yue, Lang, Li, Chen is close to the Yangtze River, and you have to draw it out separately, and the remaining four states are given to Zhong Yangui. The military call is called--" Speaking of this, Lu Fang pondered for a moment: "Just call Ping'an Army! You can also get a good reputation!"

"Okay! What the king said is that only the safety in the rear can be achieved before the success!"

Liyang, Hengjiangpu. Six or seven small boats were moored in the water, surrounding a large boat, which was hiding invisible. Although these ships did not have official flags on them, their shapes were all Wu army naval fast ships. The sailors on the ship were all strong and strong, with excellent armor and machinery, and occasionally they could see firearms equipped in the army. A discerning person could tell at a glance that the big boat must be a noble person, but he did not want to show his tracks, so the other berths in the port had already been parked, but the big boat was empty within ten feet, and there was not even a small fishing boat.

Lu Runxing walked out of the cabin, and a gust of river breeze blew in front of him, which made his spirit excited. More than ten days ago, he suddenly received an imperial edict from Lu Fang, who appointed Lu Xiong as the Shouzhou Observer, and asked him to return to Jianye. He took a boat down from the Feishui River, crossed Chaohu, followed the Ruxu River to the Yangtze River, and moored west to the Hengjiang River in Liyang for a night, preparing to cross the river tomorrow morning. Although the letter did not mention the next appointment arrangement, as the eldest son of Lu Fang, he did not have to worry about his future future. According to the habit he had developed over the years, he was looking at the surrounding geographical forms with interest, silently reciting the words he had seen in military books in the past, comparing whether there was any difference.

"The key to Huainan is the river, and the river is blocked. Crossing the river and quarry, and rushing to Chukou and facing Jinling, then the Yangtze River will not be solid. If you point to Zhaoguan in the west and move Lu, and walk to Tuzhong in the north and collect Hao and Si, then the two Huai Rivers can be popular. Since the past country was in the southeast, it has always regarded Liyang as its key..."

Lu Run was so excited that a sound of oars came from afar. The soldiers on the boat immediately became alert. After a while, several shadows of boats appeared from the night sky, and someone on the boat was shouting something. It turned out that these boats were late and there was no place to park in the harbor. There was only room for space here, so I wanted to ask for some convenience, let some place be given up here and let them park the boat.

Lu Runxing's guards did not agree, and they all shouted loudly to drive the boats out, but the people on the boat had a very hot temper, and they started to quarrel in a few words. Lu Runxing was naturally too lazy to care about such trivial matters. Just as he was about to go back to the cabin to rest, a familiar shouting came from the boat opposite. Lu Runxing heard the heart and quickly turned around and returned to the side of the boat, shouting loudly: "Is it Wang Zisheng on the boat opposite, and Brother Wang?"

The boat opposite immediately calmed down. After a while, the familiar voice replied loudly: "It's a certain family. I'm sorry, but I don't know which old friend met by chance!"

Lu Runxing was overjoyed when he heard this. He was exactly ten years apart from Wang Zisheng. Wang Zisheng has been serving as a guard in Lu Fang over the years. Wang Zisheng is also his spear coach. He is a close friend. Later, he was sent by Lu Fang to Shouzhou as an observer. Wang Zisheng has been following Lu Fang before he left. He has not seen him for several years. Today, he met here by chance. He really met an old friend in a foreign land. Thinking of this, Lu Runxing climbed up the guard wall, jumped to the small boat beside him, and urged the soldiers to paddle faster, while shouting loudly: "I am the eldest son of the Lu family! Why can't my brother hear our voice?"

The two boats were not far apart. After a while, the small boat where Lu Runxing was located had approached the big boat. Lu Runxing could see clearly that there was a person standing on the bow of the boat. Under the firelight, he was covered with curly beard, with a wide mouth and a high nose. It was Wang Zisheng, who was also surprised and happy. As soon as the boat got up, a rope ladder was placed on it. Lu Runxing jumped and climbed up in a few seconds. He stood with Wang Zisheng and smiled: "I just now, my left eyelid was pounding violently. I knew that I would meet a noble person today, but I didn't expect it to be you, brother!"

Wang Zisheng was about to salute, but Lu Runxing grabbed his arms and couldn't break free. He could only smile bitterly and said, "Young Master, don't be nonsense, what kind of noble person are you?"
Chapter completed!