Lu Ming

Chapter 722 The Prisoner
In other words, while Lu Xiangsheng was eating Boss Cao's business meal and drinking Boss Cao's rice wine in the hotel, there was another person working for Lu Xiangsheng: Fu Youdifu Discipline.

This time he went north with the boat from Guangzhou, and Guanjiao Fu gained another wave of knowledge.Not only did you experience the charm of Shanghai, but also the magnificence of the Yangtze River.

In Wuchang, Guanjiao Fu was lying on the side of the ship and witnessed the textbook-like city defense takeover operation.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of field forces were mobilized to the Shanluo theater and the northern border, causing the three towns of Wuchang, an inland transportation hub, to become a sieve.The various peasant armies passed through the three towns back and forth, crossing the south of the Yangtze River frequently, and regarded this place as a logistics center for free supplies.

This time, the arrival of thousands of musketeers and gunboats essentially represented that the inland navy of the Great Yan Kingdom blocked the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, completely blocking the route of the peasant army.

This action, by the way, protected the property and lives of the officials and people of the three towns.

In fact, before this, the officials of the three towns had received the wind.However, unlike imagination, the resistance of most middle and low-level officials and even merchants is actually not high. In troubled times, if you can have a strong team to defend your hometown, you don't need so much.

The huge amount of pre-preparation and publicity work here is the result of the hard work of all colleagues in Wuhan Station, which is indispensable.

Of course, there are still loyal courtiers who are still stubborn in the face of the muzzle, ignorant of current affairs, and devoted to the king, who say that they are at odds with Cao thief, but not many.

Among them, the two most influential had inexplicably caught a bad cold and died before the fleet arrived at the port.Among those with little influence, one was knocked out of a sedan chair and broke his leg, and the other one was ignored.

In such a tense environment, Fu Youdi dared not get off the boat from the beginning to the end.Later, he received the latest order: a Ming official named Lu Xiangsheng would be "administratively detained" when he came back.

Usually, most of those who fall into the hands of Fu Youdi are reeducation through labor prisoners who are equivalent to criminal detention.

Administrative detention, in this period of time, is called a prisoner, but it is actually synonymous with "house arrest".It indicates that the identity of the visitor is unusual, and the review time needs to be extended.

Fu Youdi accepted the task cheerfully: among the colleagues who came with him, unconsciously, he has already belonged to an excellent civil servant who "has participated in major operations" and "has a strong thinking and a tenacious style".

Excellent civil servants belong to the training objects, and they began to leave chores and take on some important tasks, such as detaining Lu Xiangsheng.

A political prisoner of Lu Xiangsheng's level would definitely not run away, and it is rare to change his mind.

On the way back to Shanghai from Hankou, Guanjiao Fu understood the intention of his superiors.While taking good care of Lu Xiangsheng's daily life, he used his shallow life experience to brainwash this old master Lu by the way.

Needless to say, from a dying starving person to today's appearance, Fu Guanjiao's life experience really aroused Master Lu's interest.This exchange in the cabin also let Master Lu know about the power he is about to contact from the side.

In short, the completion of the teaching work is not bad.After Lu Xiang was promoted to Shanghai, he was in a stable mood and had a clear mind, some of which were also part of the storytelling factors along the way.

After this, the ship docked.Even though he was dismissed from office, Master Lu, who is still a Jinshi, was picked up by his friends to have a drink.

But Guanjiao Fu went to run the formalities for Lu Xiangsheng bitterly.

As soon as the formalities were completed, I got the temporarily assigned house.When Instructor Fu returned to the boat, he found that Master Lu had already returned to the cabin, but his face was full of complex expressions, and he sighed from time to time.

Fu Youdi didn't know what stimulated this guy after going out.He can't take care of so much here, so he has to pack up and salute quickly, and take Master Lu to the new house.

Just as he was packing up, he heard Master Lu asking leisurely, "Do you know that Hong Chengchou was defeated in Tongguan?"

Fu Youdi didn't care at all: "I heard someone yell when I got up early."

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "Do you have an opinion?"

Master Lu obviously asked the wrong person.With Fu Youdi's cultural level and the overall situation, he only knows which gang Hong Chengchou and Li Zicheng belong to, which is beyond the outline.

"Fuck the asshole to death!"

Lu Xiangsheng stared dumbfounded at Fu Youdi who was packing his luggage, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "It's student Meng Lang."

Next, Fu Youdi, who didn't know why, took Master Lu to a high-end hotel in the Shanghai port area.Master Lu's temporary room was on the top floor. Although the area was small, it was beautifully furnished, with running water and a toilet.

Following Fu Youdi's ass, after learning how to use high-tech furniture, Master Lu sat on the soft sofa, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Brother Fu, I am writing a greeting card here, please send it to me. Go to the handsome."

"Ah! Master Lu, you finally figured it out!?"

Fu Youdi was overjoyed.He knew that Lu Xiangsheng was the guest that the commander-in-chief wanted to see, but he also knew that Lu Xiangsheng had a literati air and was resistant to the commander-in-chief.Unexpectedly, shortly after disembarking, this guy suddenly figured it out.

Lu Xiangsheng said indifferently: "When staying at the master's house, you must always thank him according to the etiquette."

Master Lu's level is undoubtedly very high.In the afternoon of the second day, I joined a team of various gentry, heroes and figures who were waiting outside the "Walk in", and Fu Guanjiao led Master Lu into the "Walk in".

The so-called walking is actually a hotel in the core area of ​​Shanghai Port, called Four Seasons Hotel.The contemporary living Cao Cao Cao Chuan stayed here after arriving from Guangzhou on a battleship a few days ago.

There was no way, the main force of the field battle was sent to the north, and Prime Minister Xia Xianze wanted to stay in his hometown to preside over the overall situation, so Emperor Cao himself had to come to Jiangnan to sit in charge.

Hearing that Cao Cao is here, there has been an endless stream of people from Jiangnan, including Nanjing and other places.The bigwigs from all walks of life brought their subordinates, and almost filled the commercial and residential rooms around Shanghai Port, and there was a continuous line of cars and horses walking in front of the door, which was quite spectacular.

Mr. Cao naturally does not refuse anyone who comes: he is here to appease people's hearts, and the more people he sees, the better.

After showing his ID and identity documents, Fu Youdi led Master Lu through a "silver door" standing in the middle of the road, shining with metallic luster. This door has recently been endowed with various mysterious functions by visitors.

After that, the tall agent used a silver brush to brush the space between the front and back of the two of them. It looked like an exorcism.

After all the tossing, Guanjiao Fu took Master Lu and followed a young man who was in charge of reception into the spacious modern hall.

After entering the door, Fu Youdi could not move forward and was signaled to stand by the door.But his purpose has been achieved.Actively running around to contact "Miansheng" for Master Lu, just for this moment: Now that the talisman has land, you can see "Tianyan".

Looking up, in the wide hall, first of all, there is a circle of big ice cubes half the height of a person.The cold ice made the hall cool and comfortable.

Surrounded by ice cubes is a sofa arranged in a ring.The people sitting on it are all the nobles and dignitaries in silk.

The person sitting on the sofa above, with parted hair, a short beard, and a fan handle in his hand, was the one Fu Youdi wanted to see with his own eyes, Grand Marshal Cao.

Because of the need to meet guests, Cao Dashuai specially made an image these days.At this moment, he was wearing an apricot-yellow Husi gown that was about the "Sima Zhao brand", second only to bright yellow in grade.

The next moment, looking at the young and tall contemporary Cao Mengde in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath and walked forward slowly.

A young attendant beside the Marshal bent down and said something softly.

Hearing this, Cao Chuan let out a long laugh, and got up: "It turns out that Jiandou is here, please take a seat, sit down, sit down, we have something to talk about today."

"The student thanked the commander in chief for his kindness."

At the same moment, there was a suppressed exclamation all around: "Yixing Lu Jiandou? Didn't it mean that he was trapped in Li Ni's formation?"

Can't hear those small words.Fu Youdi, who was standing at the door, opened his eyes excitedly, seeing that Emperor Cao stretched out his hand and forcibly pulled the right hand of Master Lu, who was bowing his luggage, and shook it up and down for a long time.

Seeing Master Lu's unfamiliar handshake movements and awkward smile on his face, Fu Youdi, who had long been used to shaking hands with people, opened his mouth and let out a series of smirks.

The next moment, Guanjiao Fu was invited out and arranged to drink tea in the side hall.

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Finally saw the "Holy Face" and fixed the specific image of his allegiance target.Coupled with Cao Dashuai's handsome appearance, tall stature, gentleness and closeness to the people, this perfectly fits all the fantasies that Fu Youdi, a man of five short stature, has about the profession of emperor.

Therefore, Fu Guanjiao is undoubtedly satisfied today.

As for the expressionless Master Lu after the "Mian Sheng" was finished, Disciplinary Fu didn't bother to expose it at all. The acid is the acid, and they all came to pay homage to the mountain gate, what's the hypocrisy.

Fortunately, Fu Youdi is about to get rid of Master Lu, a high-end prisoner.

On September [-], Fu Youdi received an order: handle the handover as soon as possible and go to the north to accept the task.

Excited, Fu Youdi seized the time to complete the handover, and then took a colleague with him, and the two boarded the transport ship at the port on the [-]th.

Spent a day on the boat.On the morning of the [-]th, the newly formed transport fleet set sail for a certain port in the north.

On this day, just one month had passed since Houjin's army entered the customs.

The transport fleet numbered K9 has a total of ten ships.Among them, there are seven ships loaded with military supplies, groceries, and food.The remaining three ships are simply empty.

The reason for this is that after a month of developments in the situation, the high-level leaders of the Great Yan State judged that the total military strength sent to the north was sufficient, and there was no need to send more troops.

In this way, the fleet only needs to transport supplies to the north.As for the empty cargo ship, there is no doubt that it was going to Tianjin to pull people.Nowadays, Tianjin is full of refugees overnight, and it is necessary to step up the transfer of people to the food-rich south.

When the K9 fleet sailed outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, Fu Youdi saw another large fleet heading south on the deck.

The fleet going south was escorted by gunboats, and there were more than [-] ships in number.

There is no doubt that the cabins of this fleet are filled with men from Hebei.Today's Tianjin Port is devouring all materials like a giant beast in the abyss.The only thing that can be "exported" is nothing but Hebei people.

Due to the advanced navigation technology, the K9 fleet did not go north along the coastline after leaving Shanghai, but pulled a straight line.

In this way, it took less than three days for the fleet to arrive at the transit anchorage: Dengzhou Port in a sea route of more than 600 kilometers.

To Fu Youdi's surprise, Dengzhou Port, including the sea off Dengzhou, was densely packed with a large number of warships and transport ships.

Didn't they agree to go to Tianjin? Why is the main force of the navy in Dengzhou?
Feeling puzzled, Fu Youdi took a colleague off the ship and received a confidential letter about himself at the port office.

After opening the secret letter to accept the task, Fu Youdi first asked for an attendant to lead the way from the director of the port office, and then he and his colleagues followed the attendant to the government office in the city of Dengzhou Prefecture.

Along the way, seeing the continuous temporary barracks inside and outside the city, as well as the familiar sound of training, I am convinced that the main force of my navy and army is in Dengzhou at this moment.

Why the main force is in Dengzhou, Fu Youdi is not qualified to know.But Fu Youdi knew who he was going to meet next.

In the lobby of the government office, after waiting outside the door for a while, Fu Youdi was able to enter the door, stood at attention, and saluted: "Guangzhou Second Watch Special Commissioner Fu Youdi meets the general!"

At this moment, the person sitting behind the big case in the Dengzhou governor's main hall is none other than Wei Yuan, chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army and former special forces commander.

Hearing the sound of the report, Wei Yuan hastily signed on the case table, and then handed over the document to the confidential staff officer beside him.After that, he looked at Fu Youdi in front of the hall: "Well, I will work when I come here, hurry up, we don't have much time."

"Yes!"

Fu Youdi, who was sent out of the lobby with a single sentence, was still a little excited when he said it.This is the second time he has seen a living general, and he is still a lieutenant general with a higher rank.In the past, they were all movies and videos seen in internal albums.

Next, Fu Youdi led his colleagues, followed a communications staff officer sent by a general, and went straight to the back office.

Generally speaking, whether it is a county office or a government office, the back office is the residence of officials and family members.Fu Youdi entered the Hou Yamen and walked all the way to the end. In a study room, he saw the target prisoner of his trip: Governor Sun Yuanhua of Denglai.

Since there was no Kong Youde rebellion incident in history, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Dengzhou, has sat comfortably until today. No, he sat until last month.

Governor Sun, who is over fifty years old, with a square face and a long three-strand beard, is sitting in a chair drinking tea silently.Opposite him, sat a young man in leather armor.

Seeing Fu Youdi and the others enter the door, the two people in the room seem to know what the visitor does.The next moment, the young man got up, bent down and clasped his fists and said: "My lord, the last general is wearing armor, please don't send me far away, I will surely be able to make great achievements, and the last general will be honored!"

Sighing, Sun Yuanhua, who seemed to be much older than the previous two years, slowly got up.

With his back arched, Sun Yuanhua wanted to say something when he passed by the young man.In the end, he shook his head: "Kong Youde, you can do it yourself."

That's right, just like in history, Kong Youde rebelled in Dengzhou this time even though he had traveled through time and space.

But this time Kong Youde rebelled for the country.

Rewind time to last month.On the second day after the Northern Expedition set off from Shanghai, Kong Youde's department, which was originally stationed outside Dengzhou City, suddenly launched a mobilization. With the cooperation of Shandong Station's special agents, they took down Dengzhou City in one fell swoop and put the governor Sun Yuanhua under house arrest.

Soon after Kong Youde's troops succeeded, they opened the Dengzhou Water Gate and released the Northern Expedition Army's forward gunboats into Dengzhou City.

At the same time, the cavalry battalion led by Li Jiucheng and his son had spread out on all the main roads outside Dengzhou, completely blocking the news of the contact between Dengzhou Fucheng and the outside world.

Next, after the army landed one after another, Dengzhou was completely taken over and blocked.As for the official level, the highest person in charge under the temporary military control is Wei Yuan, and his future strategy is to mess around as long as he can, and procrastinate as long as he can.If it was discovered by the imperial court, then Kong Youde would jump out and top the vat, and publicize the news of the rebellion.

The reason for this is simple: confidentiality.

After the war, Tianjin has become a hot pot.The huge population flow and the soldiers and horses coming from all over the country have caused Tianjin's defense loopholes.

At this time, if the main force is stationed in Tianjin, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be spies or traitors running to report to Houjin.In that case, the Jin army would run away every minute, which is not in line with the current strategic plan of the crossing crowd.

With this in mind, Dengzhou Prefecture, located at the top of the Shandong Peninsula, is a good place to hide soldiers.

Thanks to the layout of the crossing people in Dengzhou during the first Northern Expedition, today's Dengzhou has a complete dock system, as well as sufficient storage and military camps.And this place is not far from Tianjin, and the steam fleet can arrive there in two days, so it can be reached quickly.

So, under the command of the black hand behind the scenes, Kong Youde's department, who had already rectified the troops and was excitedly preparing to go to Tianjin to settle accounts with the Tartars, had to resume his old job and became the Ming rebel again. Why did he say again?

The poor and kind man Sun Yuanhua was put under house arrest once again, which is really unlucky.

As for Sun Yuanhua, a pioneer of Western learning, to be honest, the benefits he brought to the country from being a university tutor are far greater than his being an official.So after Fu Youdi sent Lao Sun back to the rear this time, there was already a position in the Ministry of Education waiting for Lao Sun.

In this way, Fu Youdi and his colleagues first accompanied the old grandson to the back house to pack their luggage.Unlike Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Yuanhua himself is the governor of Dengzhou, so he has family members here.Including one of his sons, Sun He Ding, and his concubine, etc., are all in the back house now.

Sun Yuanhua, who was prepared, returned home, first dismissed the local servants, and then gathered a group of family members. Without further ado, he went to the pier with the amulet guard and boarded the transport ship going south.

In other words, this time, the task of Disciplinary Fu was easier: Sun Yuanhua was originally registered in Shanghai, and he was escorted back to Shanghai Port by Disciplinary Fu. He flung his sleeves and went home as soon as he disembarked.

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The situation has evolved to this point. In fact, the cross-travelers have already completed all the preparatory work ahead of time.

As for what the army is waiting for in Dengzhou, it's very simple, it's waiting for Li Zicheng.

In the strategic planning of Chuanzhong, this time the Northern Expedition is to eliminate the four forces of Houjin, Li Zicheng, Chongzhen, and even the Guanning Army.

Let alone the backwaters of Guan Ningjun and Chongzhen.This time the priority needs to be resolved, mainly Hou Jin and Li Zicheng.

In this way, the strategy of the Northern Expeditionary Army is very clear: before Hou Jin shows signs of retreat, try his best to provide Li Zicheng with time to get close to the capital.

Otherwise, once the Northern Expeditionary Army settled Houjin ahead of schedule, Li Zicheng might get the real news and be scared back to Shaanxi after waiting for a long time.

In that case, the situation will be very bad.Afterwards, the three regions of Gansu, Shaanxi and Luozhou had to drag out their nets to pursue and suppress Li Zicheng, and the cost of unification increased greatly.

Therefore, in the general staff's plan, Li Zicheng must be lured to the capital this time.At the very least, Li Zicheng's troops had to enter the North China Plain so as to block the latter's passage back to Shanxi, and gather and annihilate Li Zicheng's troops on the spot.

To sum up, the Northern Expedition army gathered in Terengganu is actually very nervous.It is not easy to keep one eye on Li Zicheng's progress and the other eye on the movement of the main force of the late gold.

For this reason, Han Xiaobo, the governor of the North and the commander of the Northern Expedition Army, had already gone to Tianjin to sit in charge a few days ago.

Considering that this time is a big market for harvesting all retail investors, there is a lot of pressure on the trader, so the cross-travel crowd no longer pretends: there is a special information camp accompanying Han Xiaobo to Tianjin.

This battalion is equipped with four domestic pterosaur UAVs, which are loaded with electro-optical/infrared sensing systems and synthetic aperture radars.Today, the drones are taking turns to detect the Houjin army located in the area around Gyeonggi 24 hours a day.

As for the fact that Li Zicheng's department does not need to investigate, the Taoist priests of the Iron Umbrella Sect will send news in time every day.

Waiting before dawn is always so difficult.However, good news should be on the horizon.

Li Zicheng has dealt with the last field corps in the inland of the Ming Dynasty, the Hong Chengchou Department.Next, it was Sun Chuanting's turn.

And Tongguan is only two hundred miles away from Chang'an, and it is within walking distance.

In fact, there are intelligence reports that Comrade Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, has been terrified by the fate of the seven provincial prime ministers and the trilateral system, and is gathering troops to defend Chang'an.
That's a good thing.

(End of this chapter)