To be honest, Lu Kang and Zhu Qiao did not have any grudges in the past and had no grudges in recent days, and they had not even had much intersection before. They were just officials in the same dynasty and were in various towns.

Although Lu Kang had a high-ranking and powerful father, Lu Xun did not attract much favor from Sun Quan in his later years. Moreover, after Lu Xun's death, Sun Quan also fabricated a lot of Lu Xun's crimes and questioned Yu Lu Kang. Fortunately, Lu Kang was calm and moderate, neither humble nor arrogant, and argued one by one, leaving Sun Quan speechless and regained Lu Xun's reputation.

At first, Lu Kang was only a captain and a general of the Lijie Central Army, and his status was still below Zhu Qiao. Later, he was promoted to the Left General by Sun Xiu, guarding Wuchang and becoming the great champion of the country.

Zhu Qiao has always been a subordinate of Shi Ji, the Mu of Jingzhou. Although Lu Kang was in charge of Wuchang and controlled the troops of Jingzhou, his relationship with Zhu Qiao was not very close. There was no relative or reason, no grudge between the two, just a simple relationship between superiors and subordinates.

The reason why Lu Kang was determined to kill Zhu Qiao was that even if Jiang Wei came to persuade him was not helpful. In fact, there was no special reason. Lu Kang needed a chicken to warn monkeys, and Zhu Qiao happened to hit the gun, and the matter was that simple.

Lu Kang handed over all his power to Jiang Wei, so he had to establish Jiang Wei's authority. Otherwise, the generals of the Wu army would be dissatisfied and passive. When it comes to war, there would be big problems.

This time when Zhu Qiao was killed, Lu Kang was telling the generals of the Wu army clearly that they should not make any wrong thoughts or make any small moves. Whoever dares to disobey or neglect them will be the military law to serve them.

Zhu Qiao was the prefect, and the consequences of disobeying military orders were like this. Therefore, when others acted, you need to consider it yourself. Lu Kang killed Zhu Qiao, and hung his head on the city gate. Anyone who came and went can clearly see it. If you don’t want to follow Zhu Qiao’s footsteps, then follow the military orders honestly.

Lu Kang's method really had an immediate effect. The entire army was solemn, especially the Jingzhou army, everyone was in danger, and all military orders were unimpeded.

This undoubtedly played a key role in Jiang Wei's subsequent defense of Xiling. Before the Lu Kang arrived, Jiang Wei had already started to build a defense line in Xiling. The Bu Xie obeyed Jiang Wei's words and faithfully executed Jiang Wei's orders. The Bu Xie was also secretly restraining his subordinates and letting them obey Jiang Wei's orders unconditionally without any violation. Jiang Wei's orders were equivalent to the Bu Xie's orders. The Bu Xie let the Xiling Army completely obey the orders. Even when the Bu Xie was not present, Jiang Wei could directly issue instructions to the Xiling Army. If the generals of the Xiling Army disobeyed the army, they would be ruled according to military laws and would never be forgiven.

The Bu Xie has absolute authority in the Xiling Army. After his order, the Xiling Army naturally followed the order and did not dare to violate it at all.

But the Jiangling Army was different. They were originally obeying Zhu Qiao, but Bu Xie suddenly put Zhu Qiao under house arrest. The Jiangling Army had no leader, so they had to follow Bu Xie's orders and withdraw their troops from Jiangling.

Although the Jiangling Army temporarily surrendered to Bu Xie, it may not necessarily surrender sincerely. After all, Bu Xie is just the governor of Xiling. No matter how long his hands are, he cannot reach Jiangling. After arriving in Xiling, the Jiangling Army's dissatisfaction with Bu Xie gradually increased.

Especially after receiving the news that Lu Kang was about to arrive, there was a rumor among the Jiangling Army that Zhu Qiao would be restored to his post, which made the generals of the Jiangling Army unable to hold back and were running to rescue Zhu Qiao. As for Jiang Wei's order, the Jiangling Army must have been slanderous or shirked the responsibilities. Anyway, Jiang Wei would have been in a difficult situation to command the Jiangling Army smoothly.

Lu Kang arrived as scheduled, and the soldiers of Jiangling Army were excited and thought that the time for Zhu Qiao to rehabilitate Zhaoxue was coming, but no one expected that when Lu Kanggang arrived in Xiling, the first thing he did was to chop Zhu Qiao's head.

This made all the soldiers of the Jiangling Army confused and completely at a loss. This was completely different from their original imagination. Before Lu Kang came, Bu Xie only put Zhu Qiao under house arrest at most. Although he had no freedom, he still had to be served with delicious food and drinks.

But when Lu Kang came, he directly executed Zhu Qiao and hung his head at the city gate for public display. The mentality of the Jiangling generals completely collapsed. They were at a loss and didn't know what to do.

Of course, Lu Kang did not allow the Jiangling Army to go on in chaos like this. He suggested to Jiang Wei that people from Jiang Wei would be the governor of the Jiangling Army, and the Jingzhou Army arranged a deputy governor to help and restore order to the Jiangling Army as soon as possible.

However, Jiang Wei believes that it is not appropriate for the Shu army to send people to serve as governors. After all, Jiang Wei sent people to do not understand the situation of the Wu army and it is difficult to truly convince the public. Therefore, Jiang Wei proposed to select another governor from the Wu generals. The Jiangling army has 20,000 troops, which is also an indispensable force in the army. When the enemy is in front of the great enemy, the reorganization of the Jiangling army cannot be delayed for a moment.

So Lu Kang arranged for Lu Shi to serve as the governor of the Jiangling Army. Lu Shi was the governor of Chaisang before. After Chaisang fell, he fled to Wuchang and temporarily returned to Lu Kang's command. With his qualifications and level, there would be no problem if he served as the governor of the Jiangling Army.

What's more, Lu Shi is also the nephew of Lu Kang. At the same time, Lu Shi obeys Lu Kang's will, which makes it more convenient for Lu Kang to control Jiangling Army.

The deputy governor Lu Kang arranged his confidant general Zhang Xian. Zhang Xian is the most capable general under Lu Kang. He is unparalleled and loyal. Lu Kang is worried that Lu Shi will be young after all, and he will inevitably lack in military governance and tough battles, so he specially arranged Zhang Xian to be Lu Shi's deputy. With Zhang Xian's bravery in the future, Lu Kang can safely hand over the Jiangling army to Lu Shi.

The Jiangling Army is also the only team among the six armies that made Jiang Wei worry about losing their chains. The Wuchang Army and Xiling Army led by the Lu Kang and the Infantry Association should not have any problems with them. However, Zhu Qiao was killed just now, and the morale of the army was the most unstable. If the Jiangling Army cannot be reorganized and adjusted quickly, once the war with the Wei army officially begins, the Jiangling Army may become a gap for the Wei army to break through.

This is also an important reason why Jiang Wei did not accept Lu Kang's suggestion to send Shu to command the Jiangling Army in the future. The war is imminent, and the most taboo thing is the problem of different intentions among the top and the bottom. Fortunately, Lu Kang sent two members to reorganize the Jiangling Army in the future, which can be regarded as solving Jiang Wei's worries.
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