"General Lu Zicai, your majesty may have only heard of his name, but you must know his brother, Lu Xingshi." Wu Mingche said calmly.
Lu Xingshi is the Nanchen general Lu Zilong, whose nickname is Xingshi. During his lifetime, he was the governor of Nanchen Jingzhou and General Yunhui. He once guarded the isolated city during Huajiao's rebellion. In the end, he persisted until the Nanchen army rescued him, and the main force attacked from inside and outside, causing Huajiao to
Defeat is one of the few generals who is proficient in defending the city. He has a stable character, neither humble nor overbearing, and has always been respected.
It is a pity that Lu Zilong passed away eight years ago, but the children of the Lu family still serve in the Nanchen Army. The Lu Zicai Wu Mingche mentioned is naturally one of Lu Zilong's younger brothers.
Chen Xu still had an impression of the name, and Lu Zilong still had a vivid memory after eight years: "I didn't expect that Lu Xingshi's brothers had already become fierce generals, and they were worthy of his brother's spirit in heaven."
Both Wu Mingche and Chen Xu participated in the battle to pacify Huajiao. One was the chief general and the other was in Xiangzhou as the regent. Therefore, it was very difficult for this fierce general to resist Huajiao and Xiliang with the power of a single city.
It was respect. When his name was mentioned at this time, both of them felt somewhat sad.
I don't know if I feel that nine years have passed by in a blink of an eye, and the famous generals and commanders who dominated the battlefield back then have all grown old.
"Forget it, how much does Sikong know about this Lu Zicai?" If Chen Xu had been hesitant before, now that he thought of Lu Zilong, Chen Xu had made up his mind.
Wu Mingche breathed a sigh of relief. When Chen Xu asked this question, it meant that he had run out of confirmed candidates in his mind: "Lu Zicai followed me to fight in Luliang, and he has made a lot of achievements. This man and Brother Nai have similar personalities, and they are both stable people."
, you may still have some worries when it comes to attacking, but your Majesty can rest assured when it comes to defending."
Chen Xu nodded slowly, and Wu Mingche remembered something, and then said: "If your Majesty is worried about Lu Zicai, you can also mobilize the dog to lead the army to support Northern Yanzhou. The dog is not talented, but the veteran minister secretly thinks that he still has the ability to guard one side.
In this way, General Fan is in Liangjun, Lu Zicai is in Zhongli, and Quanzi is in Beiyanzhou. It is better to have these three generals on the front than General Fan to support independently, so that the defense line can be protected without fail."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Chen Xu suddenly stood up and clapped his hands excitedly, "What Sikong said is exactly what I want!"
Wu Mingche breathed a sigh of relief. His son Wu Huijue was a regular servant of Nanchen's Yuanwai Sanqi, and he led troops to station in Nanqiaozhou. After all, Nanqiaozhou was still in the north of the Yangtze River, and was still a certain distance from the Huainan front line. Wu Mingche was ordered to lead the army at the beginning.
When the army went north, Chen Xu specifically ordered Wu Huijue to take over his father's responsibilities and be mainly responsible for the affairs of the states south of Huainan, so that Wu Mingche could devote himself to the Northern Expedition, which also showed Chen Xu's trust and reliance on the Wu family.
But as a general, if you want to make contributions, you have to go to the battlefield after all. If you just stay behind, you will still have merit for transporting food and grass, forging weapons, etc., and you may even be promoted to a higher rank because of it, but it will inevitably happen.
Make people look down upon you.
Now that Wu Mingche is old, if his son is still in the rear and does not get the opportunity to make contributions, I am afraid that he will have to stay in this position as a regular servant for a long time. Maybe such a position is not a big deal outside.
, but there are so many of them in the capital.
There is a saying that if a tile falls from the eaves of Wuyi Lane, it may kill a minister. This shows how many different kinds of ministers there are in the capital.
Therefore, Wu Mingche was also a little selfish at this time. Of course, he would not give this opportunity to others on the Huainan front line in vain. Lu Zi was his subordinate, and Wu Huijue was his son. No matter who of the two of them could be promoted, he would not give it to others in vain.
Wu Mingche is doing good things.
Chen Xu obviously understood this truth, but he didn't care much about it. Wu Mingche was not the kind of person who "doesn't avoid relatives when doing things internally, and doesn't avoid suspicion when doing things externally" - or in other words, after all, such a person in this world
There are only a few - so Wu Mingche will definitely recommend his relatives and subordinates.
What's more, Wu Mingche has been in charge of Chen's army for many years and has many disciples and former officials all over the world. If he can really say that he has nothing to do with him in the army, he is actually a minority.
At the same time, from another perspective, Chen Xu's understanding of the new generation of generals in the Nanchen Army was incomparable to Wu Mingche, otherwise he would not have paid a special visit, so this is better than having no one available.
As long as Wu Mingche is still loyal to Chen Xu, even if Wu Mingche really wants to train his own disciples and subordinates, Chen Xu has no need to stop him.
Silently watching Chen Xu get on the carriage, Wu Mingche breathed a sigh of relief and sent him away anyway. Fortunately, Chen Xu had obviously expected that Wu Mingche would not really want to go into battle in person, so he did not
Wu Mingche was strongly urged to go on an expedition, which also made Wu Mingche feel a lot more relaxed.
But this time I have offended the Fan family!
Wu Mingche smiled bitterly, everything has advantages and disadvantages, but I don't know whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage this time.
After following Chen Xu's carriage and disappearing around the corner, his eyes slowly turned to the northeast. If he did not hand over the command of Zhongli to Fan Meng, it would be equivalent to severing the connection between Fan Meng and the governor of Yangzhou. This meant that
What, Wu Mingche knows that those old foxes in the East Palace must also know.
No matter how you say it, this is a big favor, and as long as those people in the East Palace are not stupid, they will definitely repay it in the future.
Calculated in this way, offending the Fan family in exchange for favors from the East Palace and the experience of Lu Zicai and Wu Huijue is not a loss-making deal.
Wu Mingche stood quietly at the door. A smile flashed across the corner of the old man's mouth, but compared to the bitterness before, this smile was more relaxed.
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Nanchen, Bazhou, Baling County.
Baling County, also known as Baqiu, located at the mouth of Dongting Lake, is a fortress in the middle section of the river. Baling guards the throat of Dongting Lake. Anyone who wants to go north to the river from Xiangzhou or Yueyang must pass through Baling. In the same way,
If you want to drive directly to the south of the Yangtze River via Xiangzhou, you must first pass through Baling.
This is from Baling to the south, and from Baling to the north, we peek into Jiangbei, Yingzhou on the northeast side, Jiangling on the northwest side and other important towns along the river, all under the awe of Baling. In other words, of course, from Jiujiang
This string of pearls-like town cluster that goes to Yingzhou, then to Baling, and finally extends to Yidu through Jiangling, forms the entire defense line in the middle section of the river.
Throughout the ages, I don’t know how many wars have broken out around these nodes, and I don’t know how many bones there are in this section of the river.