The friendship between Lu Zheng and Song Wensong is very good, which is well known to everyone in the world.

When Lu Zheng and Dai Gao had a conflict, he was sent to the northwest by Dai Gao, and he and Song Wensong and they survived each other's difficulties.

At that time, Lu Zheng was suppressed by the prime minister and Song Wensong was excluded by the family. It is no exaggeration to say that the two were in trouble at that time. If it weren't for Lu Zheng, Song Wensong might have been suppressed by the family long ago, and there wouldn't be the famous General Song San today.

As for Lu Zheng, if it weren't for Song Wensong's protection and Dai Gao's eyes were clear, his life in the northwest would have been even more difficult, and it would have been difficult to make a comeback.

However, no matter how deep the friendship is, we need to find a coherence of interests. Now Lu Zheng and Song Wensong are in the same town. Song Wensong encounters difficulties and designates to ask Lu Zheng for help. At this time, Lu Zheng naturally has to open a golden mouth and negotiate terms.

In the meeting hall of the Song Mansion in the capital, Song Wensong was furious. He roared at the generals and advisers around him: "Look at this kid Lu Zheng, this kid is taking advantage of the situation to rob. It's really tolerant, who is unbearable!"

"You said he asked me what I wanted? He asked me for a horse, and I wanted 20,000 war horses! My god, he was simply crazy. Do he want to lift my old foundation?" Song Wensong was extremely painful, his face twisted into a ball, and he slapped the coffee table in front of him into pieces.

The counselors under Song Wensong were all there. They were shocked by Song Wensong's words. Wu Liewen said, "Lu Zheng is too domineering, we must not let him succeed. Twenty thousand horses are simply to let you spend all your savings over the years. It's really outrageous!"

Qi Yuanzhi said: "Young Master, Qi thought that this matter should be calm. Lu Zheng was extraordinary. Since he dared to speak loudly, he expected that the third general would agree to him!

Now for us, the northwest cuts off our foundation, and the war between the two rivers will inevitably affect the situation of losing both sides. We are short of food and money. It would be fine if there is no silver and money. Our entire army can be encouraged to maintain it, but if there is no food, not only can we not raise soldiers, but the people will also rebel. The situation in the capital will inevitably be in chaos. Young Master, we must be careful!"

Qi Yuanzhi paused and said, "Although Lu Zheng is a man who opens his mouth, the conditions for opening up are not bad. As long as we can give him horses, he can ensure the opening of canal transportation. Once the canal transportation is opened, we can not only get grain, but also get tea, porcelain, satin, and wood from Jiangnan. With these things, we can operate and earn money for silver.

In addition, the capital city and Jiangnan are connected through canal transportation. The capital city is still the prince’s supervisor, the third general is the minister of Dakang and the number one general under the prince. When we gain a firm foothold, whether it is the Western Expedition or the Northern Expedition, or even directly killing back to Longyou, we are all famous!

Because we represent the army of the Emperor Dakang, and the direct descendants of the Song family are the army of traitors. When the two sides fight, we represent the army of justice. Third young master, you are not an unfilial son who betrays the family, but have become a great hero who is loyal and filial and destroys his relatives for justice. What do you think of this?"

Qi Yuanzhi said this, and the staff members were speechless, and Song San had nothing to say. He said for a while: "Old Qi, if you hadn't followed me for many years, I would have considered you a lobbyist named Lu! Hey, Lu Zheng, I knew this child was not so easy to fool! Now... now he even wants my family!"

Xing Zheng said: "Three Young Master, did you detain thousands of horses about horses last time? Compared to our capital, Jiangnan has no source of horses, so it is normal for Lu Zheng to beg for horses if he is thirsty. Now the Third Young Master is hiding in Longyou. After Bingzhou is captured, these horses must be dealt with immediately. Otherwise, they may end up with the enemy.

We have been discussing the issue of sending troops just now. Now we have made a good repair with Jiangnan, so we will have no worries to send troops to Bingzhou. Lu Zheng also said that if we have a crisis, he can send troops to support him. 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 him, we can directly take down Bingzhou and occupy Bingzhou's military important areas to cut off the liaison between the northwest and the inner gates, and make Longyou a closed kingdom.

Then, if we only defend but not attack, it will be enough to make the Song family in Longyou suffer. When they look back, they will definitely be the best of the third general. Do you think so?"

Song Wensong laughed and said, "I, Song San, have always been loyal to the family, but in their eyes, have I ever regarded Song San as a human being? Humph, since that's the case, I, Song San, don't you have to be polite, don't you have only 20,000 horses? Tomorrow, I will prepare 100 canal ships and transport 5,000 good horses to the south of the Yangtze River. I gave Lu Zheng a child, and said this was my meeting gift!"

Song Wensong is also a hero. Although it hurts a lot, he is absolutely unambiguous when making a decision. The situation is eased by 20,000 horses, and the food that can survive. More importantly, the opportunity to trade with Jiangnan is too important for him!

Song Wensong left Longyou. On the one hand, he broke free from the control and constraints of his family, and on the other hand, he also walked out of his comfort zone. When he was in Longyou, he was defeated. Longyou was vast and he could lead a group of people to escape to remote places, or even uninhabited places to recuperate, and then slowly make a comeback.

But now that Song Wensong is defeated, he has only one way to die. The world is fighting for hegemony, the winner is the king, and the loser is the enemy. This is the iron law of fighting for hegemony.

"Go and invite Gu Zhilun to me!" 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 the news from Shangshu Lu! From today on, my brothers Song Wensong and Lu Zheng will fight side by side again! I will soon have a group of canal ships heading south, and these canal ships are filled with my meeting gifts to Lu Zheng.

As the capital and Jiangnan canal transportation are restored, Boss Gu’s business will grow bigger and bigger. Now we have one more thing, which is that we need to work together to win Bingzhou. I hope Boss Gu can put the overall situation first, give me more good words in front of Lu Zheng, and let him give us some support. Only in this way can our cooperation prosper together!"

Gu Zhilun was stunned for a moment. He was bombarded by Lu Zheng from Jiangnan to the capital. This was because he made a mistake in Jiangnan. He has been very nervous these days!

He was worried that Lu Zheng would neglect him from now on, and he was also worried that business in the north would become increasingly difficult to do, because Dakang was in chaos, the world was in conflict, and the business road was no longer peaceful. How could the business of trade in the north and south not get the support of local forces? It can be said that it is difficult to move forward. Now Lu Zheng and Gu Zhilun shook hands and made peace, and the two formed an alliance?

The two formed an alliance, Song Wensong controlled the northern land and Lu Zheng controlled the southern part of the Yangtze River. This was enough to establish the business roads in the north and south. Wouldn't Gu Zhilun's business be alive?

For a moment, he was extremely excited and said, "The Third General is really a hero. He can do such a big thing. This shows that the Third General and our young master have a mutual understanding and are both heroes!"

Song Wensong snorted coldly and said, "Hero? A bullshit hero, in order to make peace with Jiangnan, I paid 20,000 war horses to Lu Zheng. Do you know? How much is the value of 20,000 war horses?"

Song Wensong jumped and continued to curse, "Also, this is not a matter of money at all. Lu Zheng is as rich as a country, can he buy horses? Can you buy horses from Beiyan? Can you sell horses from Liaodong to you? Only Song Wensong gives him horses, and one gift is 20,000!"

When Gu Zhilun saw Song Wensong jumping his feet and cursing, he suddenly felt comfortable in his heart. He understood that Lu Zheng was forcing Song Wensong to a dead end. Gu Zhilun knew too well how expensive horses were.

He has been in trade between the north and the south for so many years, and he secretly transported horses from the north every year. After so many years, he accumulated only 10,000 horses. These 10,000 horses were stolen by Song Wensong. Only eight thousand war horses were successfully transported to Jiangnan, and he had already put all his strength into it.

Although Song Wensong has a horse farm in Longyou, the price of 20,000 horses is too high. If Lu Zheng had not taken this opportunity to speak, it would have been difficult for him to succeed!

Gu Zhilun suddenly wanted to go back to Jiangnan. He had not left Jiangnan for a long time, but the situation in Jiangnan had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Lu Zheng first destroyed the King of Qi and earned 50,000 elite soldiers. The Nanfu Army suddenly expanded, with more than 100,000 troops. Now Lu Zheng cleverly took 20,000 war horses from Song Wensong. With these 20,000 war horses, the Nanfu Army could build a cavalry that had been more than 20,000 cavalry.

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

For a time, 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, the one who turned the situation around is Lu Zheng.

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The boy forwarded the good news from the capital to Lu Zheng and said, "Song Wensong was anxious and couldn't take it for a moment. Now, five thousand horses arrived at Jiangning Wharf immediately. These were all good horses from Longyou. Song Wensong's move was generous!"

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

The boy said, "I have invited you, Mr. Zhang, our young master wants to see you!"

A middle-aged Confucian scholar stepped in and looked very humble. He saluted Lu Zheng and said, "Zhang Pinghua met Lord Shangshu tonight!"

Lu Zheng smiled softly and said, "Mr. Zhang, you don't need to be so disgusted! I have been with King Qi for many years, and the boy told me about your situation!

This time we can successfully fight with King Qi, and you have made great contributions! Let's do this, and you will follow me and live in the Lu Mansion. The boy will arrange everything for your mansion and rewards!"

Zhang Pinghua was stunned for a moment, looked up at Lu Zheng in a panic, and a look of ecstasy appeared in his heart. As far as he knew, Lu Zheng did not have many strategists around him. Generally, Lu Zheng would either be with boys or elders of the family. The reason why Lu Zheng did this was not because he was extremely intelligent and did not need strategists. Instead, he deliberately kept a low profile. After all, once he raised a soldier, he would feel that he was ambitious, but now, Lu Zheng could no longer consider finding a helper for himself.

A wise man will make a mistake. The current situation of Dakang has completely lost control. Even Cao Weiming has been king. I am afraid that it will not take long before the world will fall and become king and emperor. Dakang will completely fall apart. Dakang is about to collapse. As Dakang's mountain is about to fall, Lu Zheng, as a minister of Dakang, naturally has to turn the tide. In this case, how could he not have any support from the counselors?

Zhang Pinghua is an old man, these are all seedlings left by the old prime minister back then. He has been lurking by the King of Qi for more than ten years. At the critical moment, he was the one who instigated the King of Qi to send troops to Jiangnan. Without his instigation, I am afraid that the King of Qi would not be so easy to take it down.

This person is not simple, so Lu Zheng certainly has to treat it well and use it. In the future, in addition to Zhang Pinghua, Lu Zheng will also recruit more people under his command. The current situation is that no matter whether Lu Zheng is willing or not, the wheel of history will push Lu Zheng forward.

"Mr. Zhang, the relationship with the capital is very delicate now. I want to arrange an army to go north to the capital and take Bingzhou with Song San. Can you be more insightful?" Lu Zheng said.

Zhang Pinghua was slightly stunned, but not panic. He pondered for a moment and said, "Young master is in good terms with the capital. The method of earning 20,000 war horses for free is really a stroke of magic, which is admirable!

However, the Battle of Bingzhou had little to do with the prince. Song San was trapped in the capital. He either fought north or west. Cao Weiming made himself king, and he actually recruited many civil and military officials. He was the local snake of the two rivers. If Song San wanted to take the two rivers, he would inevitably suffer a heavy blow. In that way, he might not be able to take care of the capital. This is the reason why he did not dare to fight west.

In this case, the young master can send an army to occupy Tongzhou to ensure the stability of the west side of the capital and let it attack Bingzhou with peace of mind. Don’t hand over an army to him. The two armies will attack Bingzhou together. In that case, there will inevitably be conflicts, which will be detrimental to the war!"

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang is almost the same as me, but I am worried that I will send troops north to help Song San on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also means training. I only guard Tongzhou, so will our side not need to spend one soldier or another?"

"Haha!" Zhang Pinghua laughed and said, "Young Master, don't worry. As long as Song San goes north, Cao Weiming from Yuzhou will definitely send troops. If Zhang had expected that, Cao Weiming would have formed an alliance with the Song family in Longyou long ago. They secretly formed an alliance to deal with Song San together. Song San must have seen the clues. Only then did he agree so decisively that the 20,000 war horses you asked for. Otherwise, how could the 20,000 horses be so easy to make?"
Chapter completed!