"Second brother, do you think Lin Zhengbiao will kill us to silence us?" Lu Fei asked worriedly on the way back.

Lu Ping smiled, "Overyone will do this, but Lin Zhengbiao may be an exception."

"Why?"

Lu Fei asked in confusion: "This kind of jackal man dares to kill his father and brother. What else does he dare not do? Why did he show off to us?"

"It's very simple, and it's not the time to kill us yet. Although this person is cruel and ambitious, he is also relatively simple in his mind. He doesn't know what to do next? Besides us, who can guide him."

After pausing, Lu Ping smiled and said, "I'm not saying he doesn't want to kill us, but now is not the time. When he doesn't need us anymore, he will naturally take action."

Lu Fei nodded, "You are right. This person is ruthless and has a very suspicious person, and has no confidant. If he has someone who has trust, we will not let us do the secret matter of killing his father."

At night, the Lu brothers returned to Jianchang County, but the two decided to keep a move and beware of Lin Zhengbiao's in a hurry. Lu Fei took the soldiers back to their barracks first.

Lin Zhengbiao's 30,000 troops did not carry the tent. They drove half of the residents of Jianchang County out of their homes, while the army occupied the houses as barracks, and Lin Zhengbiao's military yamen as county yamen. At this time, Lin Zhengbiao was anxiously paced back and forth in the lobby of the county yamen, looking outside from time to time.

He was very worried that the ambush of the Lü brothers would fail. Once his father entered the military camp, he would be unable to control the army, and then Lin Zhengbiao would definitely die.

At this moment, a soldier reported: "General, General Lu Er is back."

Lin Zhengbiao was excited and hurriedly said, "Let him in!"

After a moment, Lu Ping quickly walked into the lobby, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I am not aware of the young master!"

"How is it?" Lin Zhengbiao asked expectantly.

Lu Ping smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, young master, you have succeeded."

Lin Zhengbiao felt relieved and patted his forehead and circled in the lobby. Now he didn't have to worry about his father coming to kill him. After a little regaining, he asked again: "How is the funeral process?"

"Everyone is buried in a valley. I don't know what the valley is called. Anyway, there are marks left, and the corpse will be found in the future."

Lin Zhengbiao got rid of his father and brother and had no trouble, but what should I do next, he became confused again, sat in the seat for a moment, and asked again, "What should I do next?"

"First of all, we must block the news. We cannot spread the news of the king's death for the time being, but this news will not be hidden for long-term-"

"Will your people leak out?" A sharp murderous intent suddenly burst out from Lin Zhengbiao's eyes.

"That's not what it means."

When Lu Ping saw the murderous intent in Lin Zhengbiao's eyes, he quickly explained: "I mean the king is missing. Other armies will soon know that the second young master will know first."

The fierce light in Lin Zhengbiao's eyes eased a little, and he said, "So, the topic just now."

"The most urgent task of the young master is to control this army and to change his own people to a key position. If necessary, the young master must kill another group of generals, such as Yang Ling, Wang Xingshan, Zhang Luwei and others. They are the confidants of the third prince and General Zhao, so they must prevent them from leading the army to join the young master."

"What should I do?"

Lu Ping took out a leather bag and handed it to Lin Zhengbiao, "This is the seal of the king. We can issue an appointment letter under the pretext of the king's order and appoint the young master as the commander of the army. Then the young master can directly remove those people from the position and let his own people take over the military power."

Lin Zhengbiao did not expect that Lu Fei had his father's seal, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. His father was illiterate, and all the orders were written by his staff, and his father stamped them himself, so as long as he had the seal in hand, he could issue his father's orders.

Half an hour later, Lin Zhengbiao summoned the generals of each army again and presented the order of King Chu sent by his father. The order of King Chu appointed him as the commander of the army, commanding the 30,000 troops, and being responsible for defending Yuzhang County.

Lin Zhengbiao also forcibly removed nine generals from military positions, isolated them and investigated them, and appointed the Lu brothers and four other generals as deputy generals, each leading 5,000 troops.

That night, Lin Zhengbiao secretly executed nine generals who were removed from office for review. As soon as dawn, he led his army to Jianchang County and turned south to Yuzhang County.

Zhang Xuan's army finally arrived in Pengze County. Just as the army had just entered the camp, the confidants sent by the Lu brothers to report the news also rushed to the camp of the Sui army.

In the big tent, soldiers brought two messengers in. The two messengers knelt down and saluted, "See Your Highness, King Qi!"

"What did General Lu bring you?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Report to Your Highness, we have brought Lin Shihong's head."

Speaking of this, the guard next to him brought up a copper plate, which was covered with a cloth bag. Zhang Xuan was immediately overjoyed, "Open and take a look!"

The personal soldiers untied the cloth bag, and there was a head inside. The personal soldiers on both sides couldn't help but exclaim. Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Go and invite the old general to see me!"

The personal soldiers rushed away, and in just a moment, Lai Hu'er strode in and bowed, "See the Grand Marshal!"

"Please waive the gift from the old general."

Zhang Xuan pointed to the bronze plate and smiled: "Please see this head."

Lai Hu'er walked forward, looked carefully at the head in the copper plate, and said in surprise: "This is Lin Shihong's head!"

"Can the veteran general be sure?"

"Of course, it's certain that he came to my mansion twice to invite me out of the mountain. I knew him, especially the big triangle-shaped mole on his forehead was his unique sign."

Lai Hu'er became more and more surprised, "Master, why is Lin Shihong's head here? He is not."

Lai Hu'er was a little confused. Their army came to wipe out Lin Shihong this time. Why has Lin Shihong been killed?

Zhang Xuan smiled and told Lai Hu'er about the situation of the Lu brothers. Lai Hu'er suddenly realized that he nodded and stopped talking.

At this time, Zhang Xuan asked the sending soldiers again and said, "Do you have anything else to say to the two Generals Lu?"

He gave a gift to the leader, "Report to Your Highness, General Lu Er said that they will continue to serve in Lin Zhengbiao's army. As long as your Highness gives orders, they will always work hard."

"I see!"

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered his personal soldiers, "Each of rewards them with ten taels of gold and take them down for a good meal."

The two soldiers sent the letter thanked each other for their gratitude. Zhang Xuan asked his personal soldiers to freeze Lin Shihong's head first. At this time, Lai Hu'er hesitated and said, "Master, there is a saying that is not to be said by humble officials."

"The old general just said it."

"Mr. Although the Lu brothers made contributions, these two are cruel and ruthless, use any means to do things, cannibalize people but are not loyal to the ruler, instigating the killing of their brothers and fathers. If such a man can satisfy their selfish desires, it would be fine. If the man disappointed them, they may become the man's confidant. These two people will never be able to use it. If the man is humble and straightforward, please let the man do his own words."

Zhang Xuan nodded. In fact, it was Zhang Xuan's intention to ask the Lu brothers to instigate Lin Zhengbiao to kill his father Lin Shihong. However, he was not easy to say this to Lai Huer. Zhang Xuan smiled and changed the topic and said, "I will definitely consider the advice of the old general. Now that Lin Shihong is dead, let's discuss how to deal with the following situation first."

Lai Hu'er pondered for a moment and said, "The Chu army mainly has three major parts, one is Lin Zhengwei's navy, the other is the 30,000 elite troops seized by Lin Zhengbiao, and the other is the 60,000 miscellaneous troops stationed in Jiujiang County, respectively, led by Lin Shihong's six subordinates. If Lin Shihong is still there, he can join forces with three armies to deal with us. Now that he is not here, then these three armies can only form their own formations. Bei Zhi believes that this is the biggest impact of Lin Shihong's death."

Zhang Xuan asked with a smile: "Don't the veteran general think that Lin Shihong's death will cause the morale of his army to collapse?"

"There will be a little impact, but the degree of impact is not certain.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I think this news should be spread first and let it work slowly."

Zhang Xuan walked to the sand table again. This sand table was only completed not long ago. The Sui army made sand tables mainly by relying on a large number of scouts to inquire about information and draw maps everywhere. Therefore, sand tables are more accurate around the city and plains, but in mountainous areas and lakes, sand tables can only provide a rough information. The same is true for Poyang Lake. It is difficult for scouts to enter the interior of Poyang Lake to draw, so they can only understand the situations around, such as the direction of surrounding official roads, large and small rivers, bridges, docks and city distribution, etc.

But inside Poyang Lake, the sand table is only made into a shape and marked black, indicating that there is nothing inside the lake.

Zhang Xuan looked at the sand table for a moment and said to Lai Hu'er: "Where is the old general who thinks Lin Zhengwei's navy's lair should be?"

This is a problem that the Sui army is currently facing. After the water battle in Pengze County, the Chu army warships that had been rampant on the Yangtze River disappeared almost overnight. Zhang Xuan certainly knew that the enemy's warships would not sink to the bottom of the river, but hid in Poyang Lake.

Poyang Lake in the Sui Dynasty was different from Poyang Lake in later generations. It not only had a wider area, but also had many islands in the lake. Several islands even occupied a larger area than that of a county. There were fjords and inner lakes in the islands, and dense forests. The thieves in the Poyang Lake were repeatedly suppressed because it was difficult for officers and soldiers to find the thieves' nests.

If the Sui army wants to wipe out this navy army, which is known as the second largest in the world, they must first find their nests and then eliminate this thief from the root, just like completely cutting off a rot on an apple, otherwise the Yangtze River will never have peace.

Lai Huer is familiar with Poyang Lake. He has entered Poyang Lake twice, one to pacify the Chen Dynasty, and the other to train troops in Poyang Lake.

Lai Huer pointed to the center of Poyang Lake and said, "There are four large islands in Poyang Lake, one is called Sanshan Island, one is called Qigong Island, one is called Baili Island, and the other is called Shengui Island. These four large islands can be built into naval army nests. We can send people to investigate and determine the location of the thief army nests. We must pay special attention to Qigong Island. There is Lake in the lake, which is large enough. I think the possibility here is the largest."

"What else do you need to do?" Zhang Xuan asked again.
Chapter completed!