Chapter 560 One Step Late

He did what he said. After discussing with his second brother, Sun Congyi immediately went to ask for an audience with the governor.

Hearing that Sun Congyi came to ask for a fight, Lu Songli was surprised, "Don't you want to rest for a while?"

Sun Congyi shook his head quickly, "Two days of rest is enough." Besides, not all of them will go to the expedition. Those who can go to the East China Sea must be selected in good condition.

After that, he added righteously, "Why sleep long when you are alive? You will sleep long after death."

Lu Songli liked such subordinates, and she encouraged them at the moment, "Okay, if you think it's okay, go and count the troops later. I believe in your judgment."

Anyway, if Sun Congyi's army is deployed in the East China Sea, it will be considered as additional troops. They are also willing to go to the expedition, why don't they agree?

Going to the East China Sea to cause trouble, no, it's also good to practice. After all, it's a battle in a foreign land, not a battle on the home ground.

After hearing these words, Sun Congyi couldn't react. The governor actually said that he trusted his judgment. No one had ever trusted him so much. His father had never said such a thing.

"But you have to promise that everything is based on the safety of you and the soldiers." The strategy in the East China Sea has been determined. They just need to make some adjustments in tactics in the past. There is no strategic goal that must be achieved at the expense of everything in the territory of King Jin.

Sun Congyi nodded repeatedly.

"After you confirm the departure time, I will arrange the ship. Don't worry about the subsequent supplies."

This feeling of just fighting and not having to worry about anything else is really great.

Sun Congyi hurriedly said, "Governor, I have confirmed the troops and horses for the expedition today. Can I set off tomorrow?"

"So soon?" Now even Lu Songli can feel his urgency.

Sun Congyi replied, "The military situation is urgent."

In fact, Sun Congyi was mainly afraid that his father and elder brother would return to Shanggu County to rest after completing the mission, and he would not be able to go to the East China Sea.

Over the years, he has been detained by his father and brother, and has never led troops to fight alone. This time is a rare opportunity, and he must fight for it!

"Okay, I know, you go and arrange it." Lu Songli said.

After Sun Congyi received the order, he immediately returned to the camp where their Sun family army rested.

...

Until he set foot on the territory of Pingzhou, the lumberjack Li Gang was still in a trance.

Li Gang still remembers the scene on their last day on Zhuya Island.

That day, he was busy all morning. After lunch and a short rest, he carried a polished axe and came to the assigned woods with his men. Before that, their people had just taken away some things.

He looked around and picked a rubber tree that grew the thickest in this area. He ignored the two wounds on the tree and chopped it down in two or three strokes. After chopping one tree, he continued to chop another one.

The man in charge of pruning immediately stepped forward, waving the sickle in his hand, and in the blink of an eye, a useful rubber wood came out.

He did not stop for a moment, and soon, he had felled all the rubber wood.

Because of the tight time and heavy tasks, he did not rest after cutting down this piece of rubber wood. He carried an axe and prepared to go to another hill with his men.

Unexpectedly, they were stopped by their leader, "Li Gang, don't be busy cutting trees yet, come and help."

Then, the leader explained the reason to them, "The boat is coming again, and we have to fill the boat before dusk."

Li Gang did not doubt him, put the axe on his waist, and started to help.

However, after moving the wood, he was called directly on the boat. Not only him, but all the lumberjacks from Pingzhou were called on the boat.

Then they were told that they were about to return.

Immediately, a man responded that it was so sudden that they didn't even take their bedding.

The manager said directly, no, go back and make up for them.

Anyway, the same meaning, let them not make trouble.

Li Gang listened silently, wondering in his heart, only half of the time had passed, had they cut enough 10,000 cubic meters of rubber wood so quickly? But the stewards had decided to return, so it must be enough.

Li Gang's doubts were also Lin Shan's doubts. Just when Lu Songli summoned him, he asked, "Governor Lu, aren't you going to transport 10,000 cubic meters of wood from Zhuya Island back to Pingzhou? Now there is not even half of it, and you let all the lumberjacks withdraw?"

Lu Songli smiled and said, "10,000 cubic meters is just the number on the surface, to deceive Xie Zhan and others. Xie Zhan is not trustworthy, so you must be careful of him."

"Besides, wouldn't it be better to let you Cao Gang do less work?"

"Xie Zhan and Song Mo secretly joined forces. If you don't withdraw at that time, you may not be able to come back later."

Lin Shan: ... I feel like I have been hit hard.

Not a word of the alliance between Pingzhou and Nandi is true.

Now it seems that Xie Zhan has already secretly joined forces with the emperor, but he came to deceive Pingzhou into an alliance with him.

Pingzhou obviously also guarded against Xie Zhan. Lin Shan didn't know that Lu Songli of Pingzhou had already seen through Xie Zhan's conspiracy.

At this time, Lin Shan felt that he was very honest and didn't doubt that the conditions discussed when the two sides formed an alliance were so watery. Sure enough, he was right not to move his mind to compete for the Central Plains because of his adoptive father's words, because he couldn't beat Lu Songli and Xie Zhan and others.

If Lu Songli knew what he was thinking at this time, he would definitely agree with it. If they joined in, they might not even survive the current stage of clearing small monsters.

"Governor Lu, the current situation is that I sent your lumberjacks from Pingzhou back to you first, but the batch of wood is still floating on the water."

"There's no rush for this. Deputy Chief Lin, help me transport another batch of soldiers to the East China Sea."

"Governor Lu, are you going to send more troops to the East China Sea?" Lin Shan wondered in his heart, who is Lu Songli going to fight, the King of Jin or the imperial army led by Xie Zhan?

"Anyway, Pingzhou is fine now, let them go to the East China Sea to have some fun." Lu Songli said nonchalantly.

Okay, Governor Lu, as long as you are happy. Lin Shan naturally would not object. Before, Lu Songli had already spent money to obtain the priority use of the Cao Gang's ships during this period. Now her request is just to exercise her power.

After sending Lin Shan away, Lu Songli was not in a hurry to sit back and handle official business.

She looked far away in the direction of Yanmen, wondering if things were going well.

What Li Gang and others who returned home didn't know was that as soon as they left, people came to Zhuya Island.

When King Cheng was executed, Xie Zhan sent Xie Nan to Zhuya Island, but he came up empty-handed.

"Where are the lumberjacks from Pingzhou?" Xie Nan asked the manager of the southern area of ​​the island.

"They left yesterday."

Xie Nan stamped his feet, a step too late, "Why didn't you stop them?"

The manager thought, he wanted to stop them, but these people left so suddenly, without even taking their bedding.