Li Guodong stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the Guazhou lock in Jiangbei, full of confidence. As long as the navy fleet passes the Guazhou lock and enters the canal, the land of China will usher in a new era, an era that is economically similar to the Southern Song Dynasty and militaryally comparable to the Han and Tang Dynasties. Li Guodong will be more like Cao Cao and Sima Yi in the future, but Li Guodong has not thought of turning Chongzhen into Emperor Xian of Han, Emperor Yuan of Wei, etc., and social changes are still inseparable from the golden sign of Chongzhen.

The ships that can navigate the canal are much smaller than those of the Yangtze River. Most of the warships of the Huai Army cannot enter the canal. Only small gunboats, centipede fasteners, small sampans and small transport ships can travel north of the canal.

In fact, there is another way, even if you go by sea, you can reach the capital. But if you go by sea, those small boats will not come in handy. Li Guodong's army of kings will reduce many people, and it is also dangerous to go by sea. In winter, the wind and waves are high and the waves are harsh. If something happens, it will cause losses to the general. His red single-ship style gunboats can resist the wind and waves, but there are only a dozen warships, how many soldiers can they transport?

If the Guazhou ship lock is closed and Li Guodong really wants to break through, the canal transport soldiers will not be able to stop it.

"Lord, with me Wu Liuqi here, as long as I am alone and an iron rod, I will ensure that those dogs and things can open the lock honestly!" Wu Liuqi stood up and said.

"Brother, let us brothers go together to keep the blind dogs and let those blind dogs open the lock!" Han Dashan also stood up and volunteered to fight.

Li Guodong shook his head: "If you force the lock, it is tantamount to rebellion. Let's do this, Lu Zhenfei, the current Right Censor, the Governor of the Grain Transport, and the Governor of Huaiyang, is a righteous man. Let's go to Huai'an and visit Lu Zhenfei."

If the Guazhou ship lock is forcibly opened, it will offend Lu Zhenfei. In the future, Li Guodong will have to use Lu Zhenfei if he wants to accomplish great things in the future, so he decided to send someone to interview Lu Zhenfei, hoping that Lu Zhenfei can open the ship lock on his own initiative and make it difficult for the three towns in Jiangbei not to make things difficult for him.

At this time, Gao Jie was still in the north and had not yet gone south, so there were only three towns in Jiangbei, Liu Liangzuo was in Luzhou, Huang Degong was in Dingyuan, and Liu Zeqing was in Shandong.

Although it is still unknown whether the three towns in Jiangbei will listen to Lu Zhenfei's words, it is much easier for Li Guodong to go north through the canal with the Governor of the Canal. In the original plan, it is likely that he would start training with two or even three towns in Jiangbei. However, this does not mean that Li Guodong likes to start training with more people, especially with the Ming army, if he can fight less, he can fight less.

Who should I send to Lu Zhenfei for an interview? Right Military Advisor Sun Heding is the best candidate.

Originally, Sun Chuanting volunteered to go to Huai'an, but was dissuaded by Li Guodong: "Sun Commander Sun, if you go, if Lu Zhenfei takes you down, you will be confirmed to be absconded. Now is not the time to see Lu Commander Lu. This time, when you enter Beijing, you can meet Your Majesty. After explaining the reasons in person, Your Majesty pardons you, you can go to the court officials."

Sun Chuanting thought about it and felt that Li Guodong’s statement made sense, so he did not persist anymore.

Li Guodong sent Sun Heding to Huai'an, and sent another twenty elite soldiers to protect him at night without taking them to protect him. On the way, dozens of personal guards were secretly protecting him.

Sun Heding came ashore from Guazhou and took a canal boat to Huai'an.

When they arrived at the gate of the Governor's Office of the Canal Transportation, the guards stopped Sun Heding and his group.

"I am the right senator of the Wuwei Bo Mansion. My uncle intends to dispatch troops north to pacify the bandits. He specially ordered me to come and meet the Lu Governor." Sun Heding said, handing over his famous letter.

"Senator Sun, please wait. The young men come in and report to the supervisor and come out." A young officer who looked like a senior took the famous post and walked into the mansion.

Not long after, the little officer came out: "Senator Sun, please come with Bei Yi."

When Sun Heding saw Lu Zhenfei, he saw Lu Zhenfei's hair was gray and wrinkled face. His face was very majestic with a national character, but he was quite kind. He had already stood outside the inner hall and waited. Seeing his personal soldiers leading Sun Heding in, Lu Zhenfei walked forward with a smile.

"Sister-in-law has met the commander-in-chief!" Sun Heding quickly saluted.

"Hurry, Senator Sun, please come in." Lu Zhenfei invited Sun Heding to sit in the inner hall.

The two sat down, Lu Zhenfei asked Sun Heding why he came to Huai'an. Sun Heding replied: "The bandits in the north are rampant, and the army of Sun was defeated and died in the country. The situation in Shanxi is in danger. Our uncle's hometown is in Shanxi, so we naturally have to return to Shanxi to eliminate the bandits. A large number of people, horses, supplies and materials must go north by water. The governor can let our army pass."

Lu Zhenfei looked stern: "If Wuweibo went north by land, Lu could turn a blind eye and pretend that he had not seen it; but if you were going to walk the canal, Lu really dared not let it go. The court has an order that the Wuweibo army would not allow the Wuweibo army to set foot on Shandong again, and the Central Plains would not allow the Wuweibo navy to enter the canal."

Of course, Sun Heding knew that Lu Zhenfei was a straightforward official. When he was the magistrate of Jingyang, the prefect asked him to build a temple for Wei Zhongxian, but Lu Zhenfei refused to obey. Although the current Wuwei Bo army has not been charged with rebel by the court, the court has issued an imperial edict to Lu Zhenfei and the three towns in Jiangbei, and Li Guodong is not allowed to go north.

"Lu Governor, the bandits have broken Shanxi. If Datong is lost, the bandits will attack the capital. It is too late to go to Beijing to serve the king again! Please ask the Lu Governor to put the overall situation first, open the lock, and let our army go north to suppress the bandits." Sun Heding advised.

Seeing that Lu Zhenfei still refused to let go, Sun Heding asked him to follow him into Lu Mansion. A soldier who disguised himself as his slave opened the bamboo tube on his back and took out the map. Sun Heding pointed to the map and explained to Lu Zhenfei in a slight way.

"Senator Sun, don't make things difficult for me. I have received the imperial edict, but I dare not resist the imperial edict." No matter how Sun Heding said something, Lu Zhenfei still refused to give up.

"Since the governor Lu refused to open the gate and let it go, please ask the governor Lu to go to Guazhou to see the majestic posture of our army!" Sun Heding stood up.

"Senator Sun, what do you want to do? Do you want to threaten me?" Lu Zhenfei said sternly.

"Governor Lu, I offended him." Sun Heding bowed.

The "old servant" of Sun Heding who was waiting outside the hall suddenly exploded, his movements as fast as lightning. Before several personal soldiers in the courtyard could react, the "old servant" had already rushed into the hall in one step. At some point, a sharp dagger appeared in his hand, pressing against Lu Zhenfei's throat.

"Please follow us." Sun Heding smiled.

A group of soldiers outside surrounded him, and Sun Heding attached himself to Lu Zhenfei's ear and whispered: "Governor Lu, the subordinates are also helpless. It would be better if this is the case, I'm afraid the capital will be in trouble."

After saying that, Sun Heding suddenly opened his voice and said, "Governor Lu, tell them all to retreat!"

"You guys, retreat quickly!" Lu Zhenfei shouted in cooperation.

The personal soldiers holding weapons retreated step by step. Sun Heding and his personal soldiers rushed Lu Zhenfei out of the mansion. The twenty elite Ye Bushang sent by Li Guodong to protect Sun Heding didn't know where they had just run away. Seeing Sun Heding and Lu Zhenfei coming out, the twenty Ye Bushang seemed to emerge from the ground, surrounded Sun Heding and Lu Zhenfei and surrounded the three of them in the middle.

"The person I tell you, just say you go to Guazhou and come back!" Sun Heding said loudly.

"Brothers, you guys retreat first. Senator Sun just invited me to visit Wuweibo Camp in Guazhou, and then go back." Lu Zhenfei shouted to his soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers retreating, Lu Zhenfei whispered to Sun Heding: "I can only help you like this, otherwise I will not be able to bear the charge of resisting the order. If the situation in the north had not been decayed and the capital was in danger, even if you killed me, I would not have opened the lock."
Chapter completed!