Chapter 282 Meeting Jinling (Part 1)
The bright moon shines, the river is surging, the water flows rapidly
Lu Gao couldn't sleep, so he got up in his clothes, left the small room, went to the side of the ship, and looked at the two sides of the straits, and there were two personal soldiers around him. At this time, the personal soldiers were still guarding.
It was not dawn at this time, but it had already flowed upstream from the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Lu Gao was thirty-five years old at this time, and he looked a little thin at this time. He was wearing a brocade robe and coughed from time to time.
This batch of ships can accommodate 500 soldiers, but now even the cabin is filled with people, and the ship is quickly heading towards Jinling under the mast sail.
Ten thousand people and twenty boats were full of stuffed, and the ship was crushed to sink very deep.
After walking a few steps, I heard the sound of speaking. Generally, soldiers are not allowed to go to the deck. If they can go to the deck, they all have an official body, at least they are still an official body now.
"...It feels like riding a boat and shaking waves. At first glance, you can see the water and look around you... How long will it take to arrive in Jinling? The feeling of not being able to keep your feet on the ground is really uneasy."
"There are also many brothers in the cabin, all of whom are so depressed that they are still getting worse and need to be treated in urgent need of treatment."
"What's the use of rushing? Youzhou is originally far from Jinling. If you take land, you may not have left Youzhou's range yet. You can take a boat very fast. I asked. Now that I have entered the Yangtze River, I will have half a day left. The fleet will arrive in Jinling. You can endure it for a while!"
"Half a day? It turns out that it's so close to Jinling, which means that I'll be docked in Jinling at noon today?"
"Yes, you can see along the coast that this is already the Southern Dynasty. It's like a dream, so far away from Youzhou... Alas! Can you still return to Youzhou to worship your ancestors in your lifetime? Your hometown was occupied by the Hu people."
"Who said that, I think we can go back one day, even if we can't go back, our descendants will always go back..."
Lu Gao heard some people whispering.
Listening to the feelings of his subordinates, Lu Gao's heart was extremely emotional.
But what can it be done?
Lu Gao smiled self-deprecatingly, saying that Wen cannot maintain peace, and Wu cannot defend against the enemy. Now he can only take the remaining troops away from Youzhou and go to join others in shame, which is so embarrassing!
When I looked around from afar, Youzhou was close to me. I looked at it intently, but I couldn't see it anymore.
Youzhou, he finally left.
Looking at the crowd farther away and talking in a low voice, Lu Gao felt sad and couldn't suppress it.
On this ship, both the lieutenant and the soldiers were reluctant to leave their hometown, let alone the governor of Youzhou and descendants of the Lu family?
"Master General!" At this time, the Youzhou people standing in a corner found Lu Gao's figure. The people couldn't help but look pale. They had said a lot just now, but when they saw Lu Gao standing, their faces were gloomy and they immediately came over to salute.
Lu Gao looked at the people in front of him and looked familiar.
He had some impression of these people. Although these people had low official positions, they were all lieutenants under the tent.
During the war with the Hu people in Youzhou for more than half a year, many old people's faces disappeared one by one, and those who filled them were these young lieutenants.
Judging from the standards of peaceful years, these lieutenants are too young, and on average are only twenty-five years old. A few are even only seventeen or eighteen years old, and a few are over thirty years old, and they become predecessors.
It must be brave to be promoted to a captain on the battlefield, but at this time, these people seemed to be burly and cold, but they still had a hint of childishness when they really looked on.
I have never seen such a confused look on their faces in the past, but now I see you, Lu Gao doesn't want to scold you.
Even I feel that it is hard to bear to leave my hometown, let alone young people like them?
"Are you thinking about Youzhou?" Seeing these people bowing, they lowered their heads and dared not speak. Lu Gao glanced at him and asked in a deep voice.
With a few plops, the people who were originally standing in front of him fell to the ground.
The thirty-year-old captain kowtowed and said, "Master, we are just talking casually, not intentionally disturbing the morale of the army. Please forgive me..."
The military has strict laws. Strictly speaking, although these words just now are human nature, if you really pursue them, they will shake the morale of the army and can be executed completely.
Has he ever said he blamed them?
Lu Gao frowned and said calmly: "All up, I didn't blame you. Stay away from my hometown, anyone will feel homesick. This is human nature..."
Seeing that they were still afraid to look up, they couldn't help feeling angry. Lu Gao raised his voice and said, "Look at what you are like now! The Hu people just occupied Youzhou for a while. You will definitely be able to return to your hometown in the future. Why are you still stunned? You can't get up!"
"No!" After being swept away by the coach's cold eyes, several people stood up quickly, but they still didn't dare to look up and stood respectfully.
Lu Gao's heart was mixed with all kinds of emotions, and he didn't want to talk anymore, so he turned around and left.
Looking at the back of the coach turning around, the few people sucked the meaning of the words just now, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. Judging from the coach's meaning... can only go back?
However, they did not dare to ask the general for a clear understanding, but they were confused.
Only Lu Gao knew in his heart that even if he was valued in the Dacheng court, it would be difficult for him to return to his previous days, and it would be even less likely to return to Youzhou to be an official or a commander.
On the contrary, these lieutenants may still have hope of returning to their hometown to glorify their ancestors.
"And..." Lu Gao, who was about to walk towards the cabin, stopped and spoke again without looking back.
Several lieutenants were slightly stunned and stood straight immediately, waiting for the commander to give him the next order.
"...It doesn't matter if you look like this now. When you arrive in Jinling, you will still be like this. The whole Youzhou people will be cheering up. Do you hear that?"
"I understand the mark!" The few people knelt down again and said in unison.
Lu Gao continued to walk in without expression, as if he had never heard their response.
When I returned to my own separate cabin, not long after, someone knocked on the door outside.
Lu Gao put down the book he picked up and asked casually: "Who?"
"Master, the lower official Zhu Ne." The voice outside sounded very familiar.
Lu Gao said lightly: "The door has not been closed, come in by yourself."
"No." The door was gently pushed open, and a middle-aged civil servant walked in from outside.
Zhu Ne is a senior civil servant in charge of military affairs under Lu Gao's tent. At this time, he was on the same boat as Lu Gao. After entering, he closed the wooden door with his backhand, walked to Lu Gao a few steps, and bowed first: "Master General."
"Others don't know, but you don't know the situation yet? Am I still a handsome man? Let's sit down, what kind of vain etiquette is still important at this time?" Lu Gaoyi pointed at his position and said lightly.
Zhu Ne smiled bitterly and sat down: "Why should the Grand Marshal be so decadent?"
After years of being with Lu Gao, how could he not see Lu Gao's thoughts at this time?
Facing Zhu Ne's old subordinate, Lu Gao didn't have much taboos, but now he felt that he was a little tired. Since the fall of Youzhou, although he did not live and die with Youzhou, he was ten years older.
"Alas! Youzhou, Youzhou... The Lu family has been operating in Youzhou for three generations. In my generation, everything will be destroyed. Not only did I, the descendants of the Lu family, have not only failed to carry forward the foundation left by their ancestors, but also failed to preserve the ancestral home in Youzhou..."
"Master, what are you saying? The fall of Youzhou is not because of the incompetence of the general. It is because the Hu people are rampant. Not only in Youzhou, but also in a few places adjacent to the grassland, which one is the exception?" Seeing that Lu Gao was becoming more and more despaired, Zhu Ne quickly interrupted.
Lu Gao sighed and said, "You don't have to say anything anymore. Since I left Youzhou by boat, I just chose the way to survive. I was just sighing for a moment."
Relieved, Zhu Ne said, "I feel relieved that the Grand Marshal can think like this. Even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about the old subordinates who survived Youzhou. With you, the Youzhou army is still there. If you are gone, who will look at us again? Youzhou will never be able to go back to you."
Hearing this, Lu Gao became silent.
Seeing this, Zhu Ne smiled bitterly. He actually understood Lu Gao's fear of gains and losses when he arrived in Jinling.
There is a huge change in the transformation from a prince to a minister, both psychologically and physically.
After a while, Lu Gao nodded: "What you said is true. The old subordinates of Youzhou have not yet been resettled. It is unknown how they will be in Jinling. However, I will definitely write to the emperor. Even if I don't have an official title, I have to arrange the old subordinates who will follow me!"
"Master, the emperor has always valued wise men and treated surrendered generals with kindness. The Master is leading the army to join, so why should he worry?" Zhu Ne said, sighing in his heart.
Lu Gao was silent.
There are roughly three methods for surrendered generals who led their troops to come.
The first thing is to disband and reorganize the officers and clean up the officers. Even Lu Gao did this several times, and the smell of blood did not dissipate.
The second is the most ordinary and effective one, which is to transfer the original officers and generals from their old subordinates, and they will naturally be digested in a few years.
As for the high-ranking officials who have a strong salary, or those who are brave and scheming and surrendering, this is already a wise ruler and grace, and can be recorded in history.
Speaking of the Song Dynasty emperors who "release military power with a cup of wine" is a symbol of magnanimity.
Of course, Lu Gao didn't know the Song Dynasty, but he knew the essence and was about to arrive in Jinling, so he felt uneasy day and night.
Forget it, I can only take one step at a time.
Thinking of this, Lu Gao finally sighed secretly in his heart.
Half a day later, the fleet arrived in Jinling.
When you climbed the port and looked at the prosperity of the port, Lu Gao felt like he was a different life.
"Master, Jinling is here." Zhu Ne said softly as he walked up to the bow of the boat.
Looking at the port, Lu Gao felt sad. His eyes swept to the ships and found that each ship had already started queuing up. The soldiers who had been pressed in the cabin for ten days were all on the deck in a mess.
"Arrange, go ashore according to the camp. The bathhouse has prepared hot water and clothes numbers. They line up one by one. The medical officer needs to check." At this time, someone was already shouting.
When people were told, they found that there were square buildings in the dock area, and a large amount of steam was filled with from time to time. Is this a big bathhouse?
Chapter completed!