Bastard’s Resurgence

The friendship between Lu Zheng and Song Wensong is not shallow, and this is something everyone knows.

When Lu Zheng and Dai Gao had a quarrel, he was sent to the northwest by Dai Gao, and he and Song Wensong had been through each other's difficulties together.

At that time, Lu Zheng was suppressed by the prime minister, and Song Wensong was squeezed out by the family. It is no exaggeration to say that the two were friends in need at the time. Without Lu Zheng, Song Wensong might have been suppressed by the family long ago. There would not be the famous Song today. Three generals.

As for Lu Zheng, if it weren't for Song Wensong and Dai Gao's hands and eyes were open to the sky, his life in the northwest would be even more difficult at that time, and it would be difficult for him to make a comeback.

However, no matter how deep the friendship is, they need to find a fit of interest. Now that Lu Zheng and Song Wensong are in each town, Song Wensong is encountering difficulties and appointed to find Lu Zheng for help. At this time, Lu Zheng naturally has to open the mouth and negotiate terms.

In the capital, in the Chamber of Song Mansion, Song Wensong was furious. He shouted at the generals and counselors around him: "Look at this kid, Lu Zheng, this kid is taking advantage of the fire to rob. It's really tolerable, it's unbearable!"

"Do you ask him what I want? He asked me for a horse, and 20,000 horses! My God, he is crazy, is he going to lift my old bottom?" Song Wensong was extremely painful , His face twisted into a ball, and he slapped the coffee table in front of him to pieces.

Song Wensong’s advisers Wu Liewen, Xing Zheng, and Qi Yuanzhi were all present. They were shocked by Song Wensong’s words. Wu Liewen said: “Lu Zheng’s child is too domineering. I will definitely not let him succeed. This horse is simply going to let the son of yours all your savings for so many years to be smashed out, it is really unreasonable!"

Qi Yuanzhi said: "My son, Qi must take a calm look at this matter. Lu Zheng is an extraordinary person. Since he dared to speak loudly, it is expected that the three generals will definitely agree to him!

For us now, the Northwest has cut off our foundation, and the war between the two rivers will inevitably affect the situation that will cause both losses, and we ourselves are short of food and money. No money is enough. We can encourage our army to keep up with food and clothing, but if there is no food, not only will we not be able to raise our soldiers, but the people will also rebel. The situation in the capital will inevitably be in chaos, son, we can't help but guard! "

Qi Yuanzhi paused, and then said, "Although the lion's mouth is open, Lu Zheng's conditions are not bad. As long as we can provide him with horses, he can guarantee the opening of water transportation. We can get tea, porcelain, silk and wood from the south of the Yangtze River. With these things, we can operate and earn money in exchange for silver.

In addition, the capital and Jiangnan are connected by water transportation, and the capital is still the prince’s supervision. The three generals are the ministers of Dakang and the first fierce generals under the prince seat. Wait until we have a firm foothold, whether it is the west or the north. , And even directly returned to Longyou, we are all famous!

Because we represent the army of the Emperor of Dakang, and the direct line of the Song family is an army of rebels. The two sides fight, we represent the teacher of justice, the third son, you are not an unfilial son who betrayed the family, but became a loyal and filial son. , A great hero who exterminates relatives righteously, what do you think of this? "

When Qi Yuanzhi said these words, the counsellors in the audience were speechless, Song San also had nothing to say. He was startled for a while and said: "Old Qi, if you have not followed me for many years, I will treat you as a lobbyist with the surname Lu. Hey, Lu Zheng, kid, I know this kid is not so foolish! Now... now he even wants my family!"

Xing Zhengdao: "San Gongzi, with regard to horses, didn't you also detain thousands of horses last time? Compared to our capital, Jiangnan has no source of horses at all. Therefore, Lu Zheng's request for horses is also a human. Normally. Now San Gongzi's horse farm is hiding in Longyou, and after Binzhou is captured, these horses must be dealt with immediately, if not, I'm afraid they will all fall into the enemy's hands.

Just now we have been discussing the issue of sending troops, and now it happens that we have repaired with Jiangnan, and there will be no worries about sending troops to the state. Lu Zheng also said that if we have a crisis, he can send troops to support. Liu Song is now the number one general under Lu Zheng. He is a general trained by the Third Young Master. If he can lead troops to support, we can directly take Bingzhou and occupy important military lands in Bingzhou, thereby cutting off the communication between the northwest and Guannei and letting Long The right becomes a closed kingdom.

Then, if we only defend and not attack, it is enough to make the Longyou Song family suffer. When they look back, they will surely be the third general, right? "

Song Wensong laughed loudly and said, "This group of gangsters, I Song San has always been loyal to the family, but in their eyes, have I ever seen me Song San as a person? Humph, in that case, I don't have to be polite, no. Is it only 20,000 horses? Tomorrow, we will prepare a hundred boats to transport 5,000 good horses to the south of the Yangtze River, and give them to Lu Zheng's children, saying that this is my meeting gift!"

Song Wensong is also a hero. Although it is very painful, he is absolutely unambiguous when he wants to make a decision. Twenty thousand horses are exchanged for the ease of the situation, for the food that can survive, and more importantly, for the opportunity to trade with Jiangnan. This is for him It's too important to say!

Song Wensong left Longyou. On the one hand, he got rid of the control and restraint of the family, and on the other hand, he also walked out of his comfort zone. When he was in Longyou, he lost. Longyou has a vast area. He can lead a husky man to escape to remote places, even uninhabited places, to recuperate, and then slowly make a comeback.

But now that Song Wensong is defeated, he has only one dead end. The world is fighting for hegemony. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. This is the iron law of hegemony.

"Go, bring me Gu Zhilun!" Song Wensong looked around and said, and after a while, Gu Zhilun came to the hall in a proper manner.

Song Wensong laughed and said, "Boss Gu, I think you should have received news from Lu Shangshu! Starting today, my brothers Song Wensong and Lu Zheng are fighting together again! Soon I will have a batch of boats going south, these The cat boat was filled with my greetings to Lu Zheng.

With the resumption of water transport in the capital and Jiangnan, Boss Gu's business will grow. Now we have one more thing, that is, we need to work together to win Bingzhou. I hope that Boss Gu can put the overall situation first and give me more good words in front of Lu Zheng and let him give us some support. Only in this way, our cooperation To be prosperous together! "

Gu Zhilun was stunned for a moment. He was bombarded by Lu Zheng from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital. This was because he made a mistake in the south of the Yangtze River. He has been panicked these days!

He was worried for a while that Lu Zheng would be left out of it from now on, and he also worried that business in the north would become more and more difficult to do, because Dakang was chaotic, the world was strife, and the business way was not peaceful. How could the business of North-South trade not get a place? The support of the forces can be said to be difficult to achieve. Now that Lu Zheng and Gu Zhilun shook hands and made peace, the two have formed an alliance?

The two formed an alliance. Song Wensong controlled Beidi and Lu Zheng controlled Jiangnan. This was enough to establish the North-South Commercial Road. Wouldn't Gu Zhilun's business survive?

For a while, he was extremely excited and said: "The three generals are really heroes, and they are able to do such a big thing. This shows that the three generals and our son are sympathetic to each other, and they are all heroes!"

Song Wensong snorted coldly and said, "Hero? Shit hero, I paid 20,000 war horses to Lu Zheng in order to fix Jiangnan, do you know? How much are 20,000 war horses worth?"

Song Wensong jumped and continued to curse, "Also, it's not a question of money at all. Can Lu Zheng be rich enough to buy horses from the enemy country? Can you buy horses from Beiyan? Can you sell horses from Liaodong? Only I, Song Wensong. He's a horse, and once you get it, you get 20,000!

Gu Zhilun suddenly felt comfortable when he saw Song Wensong jumping and cursing. He understood that Lu Zheng had forced Song Wensong to a dead end, and Gu Zhilun knew too much about the luxury of horses.

He has traded between the North and the South for so many years. Every year he used caravans to secretly transport horses from the North. After so many years, he accumulated only 10,000 horses. Song Wensong robbed these 10,000 horses by 2,000. Only 8,000 war horses can be transported to Jiangnan smoothly. This is already an effort.

Although Song Wensong has a horse farm in Longyou, the asking price for 20,000 horses is too high. If Lu Zheng didn't take this opportunity to speak, I am afraid it would be difficult to succeed!

Gu Zhilun suddenly wanted to go back to Jiangnan. He didn't leave Jiangnan for a long time, but the situation in Jiangnan has changed drastically.

Lu Zheng first destroyed King Qi and earned 50,000 elite soldiers. The Nanfu Army swelled up and its strength exceeded 100,000. Now Lu Zheng has cleverly taken 20,000 war horses from Song Wensong. With these 20,000 war horses, the Nanfu Army can build a cavalry with more than 20,000 horses.

With so many cavalry cooperating with the infantry, they can cross the big river, take two rivers, or cross the Huaihe River to take the Huainan Road, and send troops to Shandong to drive the Liaodong army back to the north.

For a while, the Jiangnan Army had many possibilities, and all this was not clear a few months ago. Even Jiangnan was once considered to be in a very dangerous situation. Now, it is Lu Zheng who will turn things around.

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The boy passed the good news from the capital to Lu Zheng, saying: "Song Wensong is in a hurry and can't wait for a moment. No, five thousand horses will go to Jiangning Wharf immediately. These are all good horses from Longyou, Song Wensong's. The shot is generous!"

Lu Zheng smiled faintly and said, "This is all expected. By the way, has the person you invited come back?"

The boy said: "I have already invited, Mr. Zhang, our son wants to see you!"

A middle-aged Confucian student stepped forward and looked very humble. He saluted Lu Zheng and said: "Zhang Pinghua has seen Master Shang Shu at night!"

Lu Zheng smiled lightly and said: "Mr. Zhang, you don't need to be so dismissive! I have been working with King Qi all these years, and the boy told me about your situation!

This time we can successfully fight King Qi with one blow, and you have done a great deal! Well, in the future, you will stay with me and live in the Lu Mansion. Regarding your mansion, rewards, the Boys Club should be arranged! "

Zhang Pinghua was stunned, flattered and raised his head to look at Lu Zheng, with ecstasy in his heart. As far as he knows, there are not many counselors around Lu Zheng. Generally, Lu Zheng discusses matters with the boy or the elders of the family. The reason why Lu Zheng does this is not because he is incomparable and does not need counselors. It was his deliberately low-key. After all, once a scholar was raised, he felt ambitious, but now, Lu Zheng could not help but consider finding a helper for himself.

A wise man must have lost his mind. Today's Dakang situation has completely lost control. Even Cao Weiming has become king. I am afraid that it will not be long before the world will become king and emperor, and Dakang will completely fall apart. The mountain of Dakang is about to fall. As a courtier of Dakang, Lu Zheng naturally has to turn the tide. Under such circumstances, how can he not have counsellors to assist him?

Zhang Pinghua is an old man. These are all the seedlings left by the old prime minister. He has been lurking with King Qi for more than ten years. At the critical moment, he is the one who instigated King Qi to send troops to Jiangnan. Without his instigation, I am afraid that King Qi has not yet been so. Easy to take down.

This person is not simple. Of course, Lu Zheng has to treat him favorably and use it. In the future, in addition to Zhang Pinghua, Lu Zheng will have to recruit more people under his command. The current situation is that regardless of whether Lu Zheng is willing or not, the wheels of history will push Lu Zheng towards Go ahead.

"Mr. Zhang, the relationship with Jingcheng is very delicate now. I want to arrange for an army to go north to Jingcheng and win Bingzhou with Song San. Can you see me?" Lu Zheng said.

Zhang Pinghua was slightly stunned, but not panicked. He pondered for a while and said: "The method of making 20,000 horses in vain by making good friends with the capital is really a magical trick, and it is admirable!

However, the Battle of Bingzhou did not have much to do with the son. Song San was trapped in the capital, and he would either march north or west. Cao Weiming proclaimed himself king, and he actually enlisted a lot of civil servants and generals under his hands. He himself was the head snake of Lianghe. If Song San wanted to win Lianghe, he would suffer severe damage. Then he might not be able to take care of the capital. Dare to conquer the whole story.

In this case, the son can send an army to occupy Tongzhou to ensure the stability of the west of the capital, so that he can attack the merged state with peace of mind. Don't hand over an army to him, and the two armies will attack and merge the state together. That will inevitably lead to discord, which is not conducive to warfare! "

Lu Zheng nodded and said: "Mr. Zhang thinks about the same as me, but I have a worry. On the one hand, I send troops to the north to help Song San, and on the other hand, I also have the meaning of training. I only guard Tongzhou. Fang doesn't need to spend a single soldier?"

"Haha!" Zhang Pinghua laughed loudly and said, "My son, don't worry, as long as Song San goes north, Yuzhou Cao Weiming will definitely send troops. If Zhang's expectations are not bad, Cao Weiming has already formed an alliance with the Song family in Longyou, and they secretly formed an alliance together. When dealing with Song San, Song San must have seen the clues. This is how he resolutely promised the 20,000 horses you asked for. If not, how could 20,000 horses be so profitable?"

Lu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and laughed: "Mr. Zhang is really a counselor. I didn't think about this problem clearly. That's how it is, that's how it is! From this point of view, I'm afraid that someone in the northwest will be king... …"