Chapter 48: Contest Part Three "Plan No. 1, probably, won't be used for the time being."
Wu Yongchun was slightly stunned at first, then slowly shook his head.
What surprised him was not that the other party also knew Plan No. 1, but that the old man suddenly called out his previous name, Wu Twenty-Er.
That means that it may be time to repay the kindness that was given to him in the first place.
But now, apart from military power, I am afraid that there is nothing that Old Master Lu can value in his hands.
Sure enough, Plan No. 1 was just a prologue.
Lu Zeng quickly looked around, then faced the dark rainy night outside, and continued to say in a deep voice: "I don't know how to fight, so I have been feeling very panicked these days.
Twenty-two, can you tell me the truth?
You have How certain is it to ensure that Jiangwan is safe?"
"Jiangwan fired three volleys of artillery this evening.
Judging from the sound, it was not to kill the enemy."
Wu Yongchun did not directly respond to Old Master Lu's words, but explained very patiently.
According to the agreement between me and Chen De, this is him telling me that there is no need for any reinforcements there for the time being."
"Hoo" Lu Zeng heard this and let out a long breath of relief.
Then he slowly turned his body around, stared into Wu Yongchun's eyes and asked, "How is the situation with Xu Da recently?"
"Tuotuo has crossed the Yellow River from the lower reaches, but the city of Huai'an is as safe as a rock."
Wu Yongchun didn't know what the other party wanted to know.
He pondered for a while and continued to respond in a low voice.
"Xuda has sent Hu Dahai to guard Gaoyou.
As long as these two cities are still there, Tuotuo will be defeated sooner or later."
Between Huai'an and Yangzhou, both waterways and land routes are open.
And the old master has the authority to read military newspapers immediately.
He should be well aware of the above information.
Why did you come to your side to verify the authenticity?
Before Wu Yongchun could figure out any clues, Lu Zeng's voice suddenly became extremely low, "Over there, there is new news coming from the chief manager.
I remember that he left Huai'an five days ago."
"No."
Wu Yongchun suddenly became alert, pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, and shook his head gently.
"Everything you have here at Mojiang, Lord Changshi, has it.
Lord Changshi, if there is nothing else to do, go back and sleep quickly.
It's already late at night."
This was a clear order to expel guests, but Lu Zeng had no intention of leaving on his own initiative.
He quickly looked around and asked in a lower voice, "There are rumors that the chief steward had an accident at sea.
Twenty-two, did you hear it?"
"No."
Wu Yongchun was shocked.
In his excitement, the sword from his waist was pulled out by more than half an inch.
"Master, where did you hear this from?
Master, you are the elder of the Governor."
"It is precisely because I am the elder of the Chief Manager that I feel restless."
Lu Zeng slowly took a half-step back, his body tensed up like a bow.
"Not only did I hear this rumor, I also heard someone say that the reason why Tuotuo was able to cross the Yellow River was because someone deliberately relaxed their vigilance on the water and used it to kill people with a borrowed knife."
"Boom" suddenly there was a thunder in the sky, and the lightning illuminated the inside of the enemy building brighter than the snow cave.
Wu Yongchun's face also turned whiter than snow at this moment.
The governor never had children after getting married.
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If he encounters an accident at sea, the Huaiyang Department will immediately fall into the embarrassing situation of being leaderless.
As for Xu Da, who was designated as the first heir, his prestige was obviously incomparable to that of the Grand Governor.
Not only are Mr.
Su, Liu Ziyun and other veterans dissatisfied, but other military commanders may not be willing to follow their lead.
Therefore, allowing Tuotuo's army to cross the river and attack Xu Da through Meng Yuan's hands was undoubtedly an excellent move.
No matter who wins or loses in the future, Xu Da's prestige will definitely be greatly reduced.
The other few people in the queue will have the opportunity to move forward and surpass them.
But if Tuotuo breaks through Huai'an, aren't they afraid that everyone will be wiped out?
After all, Meng Yuan has an army of 300,000 people.
After all, everything currently being done in various places in Huaiyang is incompatible with the current system of the imperial court.
Just as he was frightened to death, more voices from Lu Lu Zeng came to his ears, a bit sinister and more vicious, "I also heard that several shareholders of Huaiyang Company were meeting in secret recently.
And from the imperial court , and promised that if they surrendered Yangzhou, they would only need to hand over the chief executive's shares to the imperial court, and everything else could continue as usual."
"Crack" was another thick bolt of lightning, shaking the entire watchtower to the ground.
The Huaiyang business house was a huge magnet.
The reason why the local prominent figures were willing to advance and retreat together with the general manager's office was after the government and gentry were integrated to pay the grain and share the land.
On the one hand, it was due to the knife in the hands of Huai'an Army, and another very important reason was that it saw huge dividends from the industries under the name of Huaiyang Company.
And if the imperial court agrees to keep the business name as it is, the last reason for resistance will completely disappear for the local gentry.
Without the Governor, their life would only be better than now.
But what about the brothers in the Huai'an Army?
What about the millions of common people in Huaiyang and Gaoyou?
And the refugees who have just found the taste of life from the New Deal and the New Workshop?
There is no need to think about what is waiting for them.
Wu Yongchun knows it clearly.
Before the Xuzhou Uprising, he was a small follower under a subordinate official, and he had seen all the darkness that belonged to the bottom class at that time.
"Twenty-two is from Xuzhou."
Thinking of that unbearable past, all the panic and fear in Wu Yongchun's heart disappeared in an instant.
"Without the Governor, what Er Er is doing now is still bullying good and fearing evil, and humiliating the ancestors.
After Er Er joined the army, although he brought his parents and brothers and sisters to Yangzhou, there are still many people inside and outside Xuzhou.
There are dozens of relatives of my Wu family, as well as neighbors who have watched Twenty-Two grow up since childhood.
A flood swept away the whole of Xuzhou.
Therefore, no matter what others did, he would not care where the governor went in the future.
As long as he was still alive, this city of Yangzhou would be there.
As the governor, no one can take away the master.
Twenty-two said this, can you understand?"
As he spoke, he slowly pulled out the waist knife and wiped it slowly with the palm of his left hand.
The sharp blade cut open the palm of his hand in an instant.
There were bright red blood beads along the edge of the palm, splashing on the ground drop by drop.
When illuminated by the candlelight in the watchtower, the red blood was extremely dazzling.
An overwhelming murderous aura instantly emitted from his body, pressing like a mountain toward Lu Luzeng on the opposite side.
The latter was so frightened that he took several steps back.
Immediately, a sincere smile broke out on his face, "Twenty-two, wait a minute, I'm not the kind of person you thought.
I saw you right.
I'm glad that I saw you right that day. you" "You sir" The murderous intent in the enemy tower was quickly blown away by the night wind.
Wu Yongchun, the commander of the Fourth Army, frowned and his eyes were full of vigilance.
"Not to mention that the chief steward is my son-in-law.
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There are more than 170 members of my Lu family, and in the end, less than ten were taken over the Yellow River alive."
Lu Zeng smiled again and added in a low voice.
"Wu Yongchun, you know that you and Meng Yuan are sworn in.
How can I go and beg for mercy from the Tatars again?"
These two sentences, however, convey the key point.
Although no one from the Lu family was listed as the successor by Zhu Chongjiu.
But the relationship between their family and Zhu Chongjiu, from the perspective of the Meng Yuan court, was closer than anyone else.
Therefore, anyone in Yangzhou City may survive after surrendering to Meng Yuan.
Only the Lu family has no such hope.
According to the cruel behavior before Meng Yuan, from Lu Luzeng down to the half-year-old daughter of the fifth army commander Shi Ludeshan, no one could escape from birth.
"What about you?"
Having figured this out just now, Wu Yongchun breathed a sigh of relief and asked hesitantly.
"This matter is of great importance.
I have to test your attitude first."
Lu Zeng also exhaled softly and opened the hem of his clothes, revealing a grenade pinned to his waist.
It is a new type of grenade that has just been manufactured by the Grand Craftsman Institute and has not yet been officially put into production.
The biggest difference from the grenades currently equipped by the Huai'an Army is that this one has a small pull ring installed at the original fuse position.
As long as the pull ring is pulled, a copper wire will pull through the glass slag and sulfur mixture inside, igniting it instantly.
Then within a few breaths, the entire grenade will explode, sending all living creatures within three steps to the west.
"You are seeking death, you, please hurry up and take off that thing."
Wu Yongchun was frightened again and ordered in a dumbfounded voice.
The reason why the new grenade has not been put into production is because the explosion time of this object cannot be controlled at all.
It's possible that the hoop would explode instantly after being pulled open, leaving the grenadiers no time to even throw it out.
It may also be delayed in exploding after being thrown out, and then suddenly surprise people when people around them think it is misfired.
"It's okay, it's okay, this one, this one was made by Master Jiao himself, there won't be anything wrong with it."
Lu Zeng turned aside and waved his hands repeatedly.
"Don't worry about the grenades for now, listen to me.
This afternoon, the three shareholders of Huaiyang Company, Zheng, He, and Hu, gathered a dozen other small shareholders to discuss and plan to dedicate Yangzhou City to Dong Juanxiao.
I have solid evidence in my hand.
Evidence, you quickly mobilize your troops to catch them with me."
"Shopkeeper Zheng, Director He, Accountant Hu and the others" Wu Yongchun was suddenly startled again, but he asked very calmly, "Why don't they have any news about the Internal Security Department?"
"Zhang Song is in Huai'an at the moment.
The person staying in Yangzhou is a guy named Duan Zhengyi.
He ranked second in last year's imperial examination and was ordered to join the army for training.
Then he gradually climbed up to the position of deputy director of the Internal Affairs Department.
"Location" Lu Luzeng sighed and added helplessly.
These days, those who can take the imperial examination must at least come from well-to-do families.
Before the Huaian Army resumed social education, children from poor families could not afford to study.
And the wealthy families these days are more or less connected with the local gentry.
Therefore, the reason why the Ministry of Internal Affairs turned a blind eye to the sinister plots of the gentry is very simple.
The deputy chief, Duan, was on the same page as the other party and deliberately made it convenient for the latter.
Everything was very clear, but Wu Yongchun still shook his head slightly, "According to the rules set by the Governor before he went north.
The Internal Affairs Department only supervises and investigates, but arrests must be approved by the prefect's Yamen.
And Wu here is not invited by the prefect's Yamen , are also not qualified to arrest people.”
"How can you think so much at this time?"
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Lu Lu Zeng heard this, and his eyes immediately burned with anxiety.
"Liu Bowen, the headmaster of Mingli Academy, was also involved in what happened in the afternoon.
And Liu Bowen is Luo Zhifu's uncle.
If he is also pulled over, it will be too late for you to regret
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