Chapter 985 A chess piece
In the capital, the general of the defender was Wu Lie, the general of the Jiangnan Army. Wu Lie was originally from Jiangnan. The Jiangnan Wu family could only be regarded as a small family in Jinling. When the four major families in Jiangnan existed, the Wu family was dependent on the Chen family.
In fact, the four great masters in Jiangnan are magnificent, and almost none of the big families have some family dependence. The so-called dependence is actually the earliest families who serve as servants for everyone. Generations of servants grew up and grew with the family, and there were more people.
Besides, there will always be a rise and fall of a century-old family. Sometimes there will be internal strife within the big family, or a generation of heads of the family have weak personalities. At this time, slaves will also bully the master. This is how these second- and third-tier families develop!
In Jiangnan, the Wu family is highly valued, largely because Wu Lie is brave in fighting in the army, Long Zhaohuan is eager to seek talent, and can be said to be hungry and unstoppable. Wu Lie was originally a general in the Southern Prefecture Army! When Su Zhi's Southern Prefecture Army went north, he was reluctant to leave Jiangnan, so he entrusted his connections to temporarily come out of the army and transferred to the city defense camp to serve as a side general.
After Su Zhi went north, Long Zhaohuan took over the control of Jiangnan. Long Zhaohuan did not dare to use the people left by Su Zhi, so he could only use the generals he promoted.
Wu Lie was depressed and unsuccessful in Su Zhi's era, and the Wu family was repeatedly suppressed at that time, which was exactly what Long Zhaohuan meant. After he had a long conversation with Wu Lie, Wu Lie had a lot of strategies in his heart. More importantly, Wu Lie expressed that his Wu family was loyal to His Majesty and had no different intentions.
Long Zhaohuan was overjoyed and immediately promoted Wu Lie to a guerrilla general. After Wu Lie became a guerrilla general, he went to the south of the Yangtze River three or four times. Every time he performed very well on the battlefield, Long Zhaohuan valued him even more. Almost every time he passed by triumph, Wu Lie's official position would be promoted to a higher level. Now this time he went to the capital to finally become the chief general. Long Zhaohuan named him the general of Zhenbei and the title of Minister of War. He became a veritable second-rank military general.
Wu Lie was full of confidence and wanted to do something big! However, he never expected that he was not even in Gyeonggi, and the whole city of Gyeonggi was surrounded by a large group of Liaodong. Not to mention that people were going to fight out, even a bird was going to fly out, it was impossible. In this case, what's the use of Wu Lie's ability?
Not only was it useless, but it was also in panic all day long, because he suddenly realized that he was far away from Jiangnan, and the capital was surrounded by Lu Zheng's army, and the two rivers were Lu Zheng's territory.
Wu Lie is known as a military general, but what is he compared to those powerful generals under Lu Zheng who have been through the battlefield and killed countless people? He is not a bullshit!
I regret it, but I regret it too much! What makes him even more uncomfortable is that he can no longer contact the family of Jiangnan. According to the spies in his own hands, because he is deeply trapped in the capital, the family has no leader in Jiangnan and no support, and the current situation is very difficult.
This situation annoyed him because he was working hard for Long Zhaohuan. Long Zhaohuan could not even maintain his family's dignity in Jiangnan. Can such a majesty still rule the world?
Wu Lie now thinks that he is really naive. Long Zhaohuan is dying and seeking medical treatment. He needs his general to work hard. How could he believe it at that time?
Wu Lie can lead a large army to fight, but there is no need for him to really fight for it! Now it seems that he came from Jiangnan to Jingji not only to fight for it, but even to die!
"General, don't worry, your Majesty has sent a letter? He said that he is already actively contacting Lu Zheng, and the capital of the capital will definitely be able to escape danger. At most, we will throw the territory to Lu Zheng. We will evacuate from the canal south by ourselves. When we arrive in Jiangnan, are you still the general?" The adviser around us relieved Wu Lie.
Wu Lie sneered: "Bad, I, a general, are just a high hat. Others pressed it on my head. I didn't expect that I was so stupid and took this hat seriously!
Alas, let me tell you that Lu Zheng is not a fool. If he captures these tens of thousands of troops, he can severely defeat the morale of Jiangnan. How could he give up such benefits?
Do you think that Long Zhaohuan could let him let tens of thousands of us go to Jiangnan by giving him a hat of nothingness? It is impossible..."
Wu Lie said this, so it was difficult for the counselors around him to comfort him. Everyone was very smart and everyone was smart. The reason why Wu Lie decided to come to Jingji was that he never thought that Lu Zheng would dare to be so bold.
Secondly, Wu Lie is still a speculator at heart, because he can be promoted to the capital, and after he returns, he may be able to become the Minister of War. After becoming the Minister of War, the rise of the Wu family will become inevitable. The Wu family, the slave of the Chen family, was reborn and finally transformed into a top wealthy family in Dakang. If such a thing is written into history, everyone in the Wu family will be proud of it!
But Wu Lie thought very well and had great ambitions, but he forgot that when gamblers make huge profits, they sometimes have to pay a terrifying, terrifying, and even a huge price that he could not bear at all!
"Life is like a year. If this continues, all of us will be trapped to death. General, as long as we die, we might as well just fight the Liaodong Army and fight to the death. If we die, we will die. It would be better to die standing than to be trapped to death so poorly now and starve to death!" The general under his command came over and asked for the fight to the death.
Wu Lie frowned, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Haven't he thought about the matter of being defeated by the death? He had already made a lot of ideas, and if he had a 10% chance, he would do that.
But in fact, he knew very well that just by rushing out by the troops under his command, the lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and how many people died after rushing out.
The Jiangnan Army cannot fight with the cavalry at all, and there is no comparison with the Shandong Army! In fact, Wu Lie is also a genius for training troops, but the regional characteristics of the Jiangnan Army determine the shortcomings of its combat capabilities. Even if the world's most powerful general is training troops, without cavalry equipment and corresponding war conditions, it is impossible to train soldiers!
"Don't be noisy anymore. Now we must keep calm and wait calmly! No matter when we are, everyone must remember that as long as we still have force in our hands, we still have hope!
I am afraid that everyone will be defeated and there is no courage at all. At that time, we will really have to die!"
When it was torment, Wu Lie's sun and day after day, the messenger from the two rivers arrived. This time the messenger brought a secret letter from the eldest princess Long Lingxiu!
Long Lingxiu said that she could meet Wu Lie, which was the only way for Wu Lie to leave the capital successfully. Long Lingxiu said it very bluntly in the letter. She told Wu Lie that even the situation of Wu Lie in Jiangnan, he told Wu Lie that if Wu Lie could listen to her, she could protect Wu Lie back to Jiangnan, and she could also protect Wu Lie as the Minister of War.
Wu Lie felt confused when he received this letter. He didn't know what to do? He couldn't let his generals know about this letter, because he felt that this was a vague show of goodwill by Long Lingxiu to him.
Now everyone in the world knows that Long Lingxiu has arrived in Lianghe as an imperial envoy this time, and Lianghe and Jiangnan have turned war into jade. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that behind this peace is actually a compromise between the two sides. Lu Zheng is ambitious and ambitious in the world.
Long Zhaohuan claimed to be the orthodox royal family and regarded Dakang as his own country. Just imagine how could peace be between them in this situation? The so-called peace is just an illusion.
"Uncle, what should I do with this letter now? Do I really want to go out of the city to see the princess?" Wu Lie said.
The only adviser under his command was sent to him by the Wu family. This is the elder of the Wu family and the core figure who has been able to stand firm in Jiangnan over the years. His name is Wu Changchun, and this person is Wu Lie's grandfather's generation.
Of course, Wu Lie usually does not call his uncle, but calls him a husband. He only calls him this when the two meet alone and discuss top-secret matters.
"I understand, behind this is the medicine Lu Zheng gave! If you don't go to see Long Lingxiu, then you are rebelling. Lu Zheng can take the opportunity to take down the capital with a large army, kill you and the Jiangnan Army. Turn back and reply to Your Majesty, "The Jiangnan Army rebelled, Lu Zheng killed all the rebels for Your Majesty!"
The veins on Wu Lie's forehead suddenly bulged and he said, "That's a trap, or is it an excuse for Lu Zheng to deal with my Jiangnan Army! He expected that I would definitely not leave Beijing, so he used this method to deal with me! Okay, everyone calls Lu Zheng cunning and treacherous, and now it's true!
My uncle was so smart that he immediately understood his intentions…”
"Okay, I'll go and see the princess as soon as I die! The reality is that Lu Zheng is much stronger than us. The reason why he has been slow to take action is nothing more than finding a better interface and taking over the capital with a high sound!
In this case, so what if I go out to meet the eldest princess of the Lianghe River? If I can survive in a desperate situation, it will be a good thing for my Wu family at least!" Wu Lie said.
Wu Changchun sighed and said, "If you want to leave the city, I will follow you out of the city! If you and I go out of the capital, I may never be able to go back again!
Lu Zheng will never let the Jiangnan army go back to Jiangnan. This is his bottom line, so you and I may be able to survive, but the soldiers in the city are probably going to be finished! Ci is not in charge of the troops, so it is the case at critical moments!
When you go back to Jiangnan to report your Majesty’s military information, you will tell the matter outright. Your Majesty can only sigh at that time!
Neither of you nor I betray His Majesty nor the Jiangnan Army. But the situation is like this, and by chance, this ending is coming. What can we do?
Everyone knows that you and I are the weak, we are just chess pieces placed by big men on the chessboard. How can a chess piece change your destiny?"
Chapter completed!