In the area of ​​the Ponu Army, Zhengrong City, located in the hinterland of the Xuanwei envoy of the Ponu Army, has become the center of attention of all parties. Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Ponu Army, who is increasingly ill, seems to be more and more perverse in recent days. Zhang Ping'an drove Qin Xiangyi and Yang Ai back to Ping'an City on the grounds that he did not like Qin Xiangyi's clumsy service. Similarly, the Ji sisters were also driven back to Ponu City, leaving only Lu Ruge and Liu Zhenzhu to serve him in turn. Zhang Ping'an's action aroused the dissatisfaction of Wu Tianxing, the general of the Ponu Army, because Zhang Dashen's action is easy to misunderstand. They will all guess whether Zhang Dashen will replace Qin Xiangyi's wife's position before he dies and let Lu Ruge replace him.

Lu Ruge was called the wolf of the general's mother by Zhang Ping'an, which shows that he was scheming. If Lu Ruge gave the unconscious Jiang Dashen the status of Zhang Shangde's legitimate son, then the possibility that Lu Ruge's son Zhang Shangwu would inherit Zhang Dashen's legitimate son would greatly increase. As for this possible result, Wu Tianxing, as Zhang Shangde's father-in-law, would certainly not sit idly by. He contacted Ping'an City and supported Zhang Shangde to follow the deputy general Chen Po to manage the government. Wu Tianxing's move to maintain the legitimate son's inheritance of the position of general was very consistent with the Confucian orthodox Confucian concept. Zhang Shangde's teacher and Yang Lian, the ruler of the Legal Affairs Office, took the lead in responding. Lu Deyin, who was stationed in Ping'an City, also agreed with Wu Tianxing's view. He wrote a letter to the General Staff Department to demonstrate the necessity of Zhang Shangde's study of government affairs.

Although Yang Lian, as the civil servant of the Xuanwei envoy of the Ponu City, did not hold military power, his words as the leader of the Donglin should not be underestimated. Lu Deyin held the most powerful battle camp in the Ponu Army. He spoke to support Wu Tianxing, which was much larger than Yang Lian. Lu Deyin was originally the earliest brother to follow General Zhang. The battle elephant camp he led had 600 chariots, heavy armored ghost sword teams, artillery teams, cavalry and other soldiers. Originally, Lu Deyin's status was similar to that of Deputy Commander Chen Tou, and they were all first-class commanders, but he instigated his wife Zhou Wei to kill Zhang Ping'an's Korean woman, and Lu Deyin was also punished to be demoted from the First-class commander to the Third-class commander.

Faced with the chaos in the Po Nu Army, Deputy General Chen Pang transferred back to his war barracks from Eagle Fort to strengthen control of the situation. The Li Qingshui Department, Gao Chenggong's troops, and Huang Zhijia's Silver Wolf Camps were stationed around Ping'an Hepingshun City to strictly prevent the unrest in the area. Just when the morale of the Po Nu Army was unstable, Zheng Tai sent a spy from the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen was about to issue an edict to recall the Xuanwei envoy of the Po Nu City, Lu Xiangsheng, and was preparing to appoint Lu Xiangsheng as the governor of Shaanxi, and specialize in the extermination of Shaanxi rebels. For some reason, this confidential spy spread and had a huge impact on the stability of the Po Nu Army.

As expected, five days later, the Ming Dynasty court issued a formal Ming decree, first commending Lu Xiangsheng's great contributions in Ponucheng, and at the same time, it stated that another capable minister would be selected to replace Lu Xiangsheng's position in Ponucheng Xuanwei Envoy. Lu Xiang promoted Lu Xiang several levels in the next appointment, and promoted a fourth-rank tutor to second-rank governor and minister of the Ministry of War. In fact, Lu Xiangsheng was not promoted out of thin air. He had already been dismissed from the third-rank rank of high-rank rank of high-rank rank. Lu Xiangsheng had been struggling in Ponucheng for so many years, and it was reasonable for the court to upgrade several levels to win people's hearts. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty's strategy of removing firewood from the underworld aroused the anger of the generals of the Ponu Army.

Lu Xiangsheng came to Ponu City to fight against the enemy's siege at the most difficult time in the most difficult time. His command knowledge was recognized by all the generals. They had already regarded Lu Xiangsheng as his brother who shared life and death from his heart. They all knew that this was a divisive plan made by Emperor Chongzhen. Before he was seriously injured, General Zhang had told everyone that the Ming court would use despicable means to discord the generals of Ponu Army, and they were also looking at how Lu Xiangsheng would deal with it. After receiving the emperor's Ming imperial edict, Lu Xiangsheng submitted a memorial to the Ming court, earnestly refusing the court's generous salary. Unexpectedly, within a month, the Ming court issued several relocation letters, ordering Lu Xiangsheng to return to the court as soon as possible.

Just when Lu Xiangsheng was in a dilemma, the seriously ill Marshal Zhang asked Lu Xiangsheng to discuss with him. Lu Xiangsheng, who had not seen Marshal Zhang for a long time, stepped into the lobby of the middle road camp, and saw Zhang Ping'an's face falling yellow and thin and weak. Under the careful treatment of the three masters of the Ponucheng Medical Bureau, Zhang Ping'an survived the most dangerous high fever period, but it would take a long time to fully recover from Marshal Zhang's appearance. Today Lu Xiangsheng was invited to visit Marshal Zhang, and he felt very ashamed. After bowing to Zhang Ping'an, Zhang Ping'an struggled to stretch out his right hand from the quilt and slowly pointed to the round stool on the side of the bed to signal Lu Xiangsheng to sit down.

Lu Ruge brought Lu Xiangsheng a bowl of tea from outside and said with apologetically, leaving silently. When the only two of them were left in the house, Zhang Ping'an smiled and jokingly said: "Since Jiandou, you vowed not to return to the Ming Dynasty in the Tumot Khan tribe, you have said behind your back that I am a villain who takes advantage of others' danger. Seeing you in a dilemma, you don't plan to be a gentleman anymore. Ha... Ha... Ha! If I am a villain, you are a hypocrite!"

Zhang Ping'an used the second year of Chongzhen. Zhang Ping'an used Wan Gu Fei to send troops to the Ming Dynasty as a bargaining chip to exchange for Lu Xiangsheng's promise to not return the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Ping'an joked about Lu Xiangsheng, mainly to ease the atmosphere of chatting. Zhang Ping'an saw his determination to return to the Ming Dynasty to serve the court from Lu Xiangsheng's helpless and anxious expression. For this reason, Zhang Ping'an was very generous. In addition to making fun of him, he immediately said solemnly: "The persistence of Jiandou in serving the court has really touched Ping'an. For so many years, you have adhered to your beliefs in your heart, so Jiandou will not stop you from returning to the Ming Dynasty. We will not be able to survive the danger together. I hope that Jiandou will not forget those brothers who live and die with you after returning to the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhang Ping'an's words were smooth and the meaning of seeing off was strong. Lu Xiangsheng was very moved and just nodded silently to respond to Zhang Ping'an's instructions. Zhang Ping'an seemed to be prepared. He slowly took out a thick brocade bag from under the pillow and handed it to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Ping'an still hopes that Jiandou will be a gentleman again. This brocade bag will be opened when you return to the Ming Dynasty. I will allow you to let go of the brothers in Tianxiong Camp. I have already explained this to Gu Xin. You can rest assured that no one will gossip about leaving. After you leave, I will let Xiao Luo Tianlai lead the commander. I will never remove the organization of this heroic army because of your departure."

Before Zhang Ping'an finished speaking, Lu Xiangsheng, who had a strong expression on his face, couldn't help but shed tears of excitement. Lu Xiangsheng, who was deeply taught by Confucianism, was always confused about the right and wrong between righteousness and morality. Responding to the court was righteousness, and promising not to reply to the Ming Dynasty was his own virtue. Lu Xiangsheng had prepared a set of great righteous words to persuade Zhang Dashen to let go. However, Zhang Ping'an was far more reasonable than he thought. Before he could say anything, Zhang Ping'an saw through the entanglement in his heart and generously allowed him to return to the Ming Dynasty.

Just as Lu Xiangsheng was about to say some gratitude, Zhang Ping'an said again: "There is no need to be false when dealing with you and me. In the future, if you are framed by a villain, you can't survive in the Ming Dynasty, but when you come back, you can take refuge. However, at that time, I need you to fulfill your promise!"

Zhang Ping'an's prophecy was quite accurate. Lu Xiangsheng could only smile bitterly at this. In fact, he didn't want to leave the relaxed environment of the Po Nu Army doing things and not doing things. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng saw that Zhang Ping'an might have closed his eyes and rested tiredly, and he also got up to say goodbye. However, Zhang Ping'an opened his eyes again and took out a piece of paper from the quilt and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiandou, write a few words for me before leaving. I had no strength in my hand and let Ruge write the note for me."

At this point, Zhang Ping'an still showed his benefits and had to ask for some cheap problems again. Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng followed Zhang Ping'an for a long time and knew his bad habits well. Besides, Zhang Ping'an generously asked him to select personnel in Tianxiong Camp, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't care much about some minor details. Lu Xiangsheng took the note and saw that Zhang Ping'an didn't ask him to write much, such as Yan Zhenqing's "Self-written Post", Wang Xizhi's "Preface to Lanting", and Cao Cao's "Viewing the Sea". At first, Lu Xiangsheng thought that Zhang Ping'an wanted him to write these three characters had a deep meaning, but the more Lu Xiangsheng thought about it, the more something was wrong, and Zhang Ping'an seemed not so noble.

Lu Xiangsheng was struggling with the noble or not of Zhang Ping'an for a long time until he took the old brothers from the Po Nu Army to leave the area controlled by the Po Nu Army. When he walked to Zhangjiakou, Lu Xiangsheng curiously opened the tip that Zhang Ping'an gave him, and there were two letters wrapped with ribbons in the tip. One outside was written by Zhang Ping'an. Judging from the crooked font, Zhang Ping'an obviously spent a lot of effort to write this letter when he was seriously ill. Zhang Ping'an's letter was plain, but he just recalled the friendly past of their fighting together. However, at the end, Zhang Ping'an told Lu Xiangsheng that he must not fight hard by himself when he was in trouble, and that he could find his own brothers when he encountered difficulties.

After reading the letter, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head. He had no scruples in the Po Nu Army's work. In the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng could only restrain himself even if he was in a high position and was in power. As for the problems, he went to the Ming Dynasty to find the yamen of the Po Nu Army's north and south Xuanwei envoys, and even if he encountered difficulties, he would go to the Ming Dynasty to find a foolish thing. He was even more taboo to bring disaster to the Po Nu Army and Zhang Dashen. When Lu Xiangsheng put back the first letter, he saw the font that Zhang Ping'an was as easy to recognize as a dog crawling, with the words "Run Pen Fee". Lu Xiangsheng shook his head again and smiled bitterly. Zhang Dashen had to find a good reason for his Yicheng, for fear that Lu Xiangsheng would not accept his face. When Lu Xiangsheng opened the envelope and took out a stack of thick Po Nu City gold tickets, he was so moved that he burst into tears. Zhang Dashen gave him 30,000 taels of gold gold tickets.

It seems that Mr. Zhang was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would refuse his kindness, so he specially prepared a generous gift for this old brother. Lu Xiangsheng was going to Shaanxi to take office, and it would be good if the Ming court could give 20,000 taels of silver to suppress the thieves, not to mention forming a new army. Lu Xiangsheng, who is familiar with the inside story of the Ming Dynasty's official army, often heard Zhang Ping'an mention that the Ming Dynasty's official army was already rotten to the bottom, and if he was the commander of the Ming Dynasty, he would not have all withdrawn and recruited people again. Lu Xiangsheng also agreed with this. Zhang Ping'an was the recruitment money given to Lu Xiangsheng after he returned to the Ming Dynasty and formed a brand new army. (To be continued)
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