In mid-August of the fourth year of Chuping, the news of Dong Zhuo's death at the hands of Lu Bu spread all over the world, and the princes of all parties were in an uproar. Hurriedly sent his spies to Taiyuan to thoroughly investigate the details of the matter. And Bai Yu, who was in Taiyuan, after passing the inside story back to Chang'an, began to arrange for the evacuation of Ying'er, as well as to investigate why Shuofang's army appeared in Taiyuan City.

Because of the timely appearance of the Shuofang army that day, Li Dao and the Xiliang army under Fan Chou's tent could not react, and were forced out of the city by the other party, and ran into the Xihe River in one go, and now they are hiding in Lishi to prepare for a counterattack on Taiyuan. Putting aside the tragic situation of the Xiliang Army, the appearance of the Shuo Fang Army made Bai Yu, the intelligence chief, very puzzled, even to the point of being unbelievable.

First of all, Dong Zhuo once sent Zhang Liao into the camp to clamp down on Shuofang's army. Secondly, Lu Bu did not personally contact the interior of the Shuofang army after the Shuofang army arrived. Thirdly, judging from the performance of the people at the city gate that day, they were also shocked by the appearance of the Fang army. In the end, after Lu Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo, why did he stop Wang Yun from killing Li Ru. Analyzing all the circumstances, Bai Yu felt that there was an invisible big hand behind the city gate incident that controlled everything.

Lai Ying'er, who was invited by Bai Yu to the Drunken Immortal Building, saw Bai Yu sitting there frowning and pondering, knocked on the table helplessly, and asked angrily, "Hey, hey, Lord Bai, did you call me to let me see you thinking about things there?" ”

Hearing this, Bai Yu was excited, turned around and looked at the other party, and chuckled, "I'm sorry to come girl, I'm a little distracted by thinking about things." Please forgive me for being sluggish. ”

"Stop, stop!" Seeing that Bai Yu, who was arrogant in the past, apologized to herself, Lai Ying'er hurriedly waved her hand. Then he pointed to Long Jun's handwritten letter on his desk, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter, he doesn't plan to let me find those keys?" Ready to let me go? ”

"Well, the lord said that you have been staying by Wang Yun's side for the past two years, according to his estimate, Wang Yun is afraid that Wang Yun has become suspicious of you at this moment, after all, Nanhua's faction has not moved in the past two years, and it stands to reason that Wang Yun will urge the other party, but in fact, Nanhua has hidden in Taiyuan since he hit the Hetao, which does not meet their desire for treasure. Especially when the important people in Guanzhong were the first to be repatriated, Wang Yun arranged for the people in them to be repatriated by us, and Wang Yun actually did not react to this matter, which is really abnormal, so the lord wants you to evacuate Taiyuan quickly. ”

"Okay, then I'll evacuate tonight." Hearing Bai Yu's answer, Lai Ying'er didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly responded to the matter.

Seeing this, Bai Yu nodded at the other party. When Lai Ying'er was about to get up and leave, Bai Yu inadvertently flashed a trace of realization in his mind, and then hurriedly called Lai Ying'er, and asked in a deep voice, "Can you tell the girl that when Lu Bu was hiding in the palace, who people had seen him?" Or who are the people who serve him? ”

"Huh?" Hearing Bai Yu's question, Lai Ying'er was a little confused as to why the other party asked about it, but she still replied seriously, "No one has seen him except Wang Yun, and as for the person who serves him, it seems to be the housekeeper in the mansion." ”

"Is that the butler?" After getting this answer, Bai Yu took a deep breath, and began to calculate the identity of the other party in his mind, as well as the relationship between the major forces in Taiyuan now. Lai Ying'er, who was standing at the door, saw that she was in deep thought, so she said goodbye softly. After Ying'er left, Bai Yu came to his senses, and then said to himself, "Lu Bu, Wang Yun, Nanhua, housekeeper." How many secrets are hidden in this Taiyuan. ”

At the same time, Long Jun and the others happened to receive Bai Yu's tip, and after learning about the problems contained in Shuo Fangjun, everyone was also puzzled. After sweeping the expressions of several people, Long Jun said in a quiet voice, "Nanhua appeared in Taiyuan, in fact, I am not curious, because Wang Yun is there. Zhang Liao did not choose to serve Lu Bu but remained neutral, which I can also guess, because his personality is the kind of person who is at ease with what happens. However, Shuo Fangjun appeared at the gate of Taiyuan City, and this matter was really a little incomprehensible, which force made such a precise arrangement, and even Wang Yun, Li Ru, Lu Bu, and Dong Zhuo were counted among them. ”

Judging from Bai Yuxin's description, Shuo Fangjun happened to appear when Dong Zhuo saw through Wang Yun's plan, not only saved Wang Yun, but also created an opportunity for Lu Bu. Later, Lu Bu rescued Li Ru, who was about to die at the hands of Wang Yun. Everything was rehearsed beforehand. And the most worthy of further investigation is that if this matter has already been exposed, then Lu Bu should not do it. Wang Yun won't ask that more question. ”

After Guo Jia finished dissecting, Jia Xu suddenly smiled, instantly attracting everyone's attention, and his eyes were full of inquiry. Seeing this, Jia Xu explained with a smile, "Actually, this matter is not so difficult to understand. First of all, Nanhua is in Bingzhou, so no matter how unbelievable things are, it's not surprising. Secondly, according to the lord, Zhang Liao is not a person of power, so the military power of Shuo Fangjun must still be in the hands of Cao Xing, as for whether this matter has been leaked out, this is better explained. Maybe Lu Bu has someone around him, and he is the kind of strategist who is not inferior to us. ”

Hearing this answer, a name appeared in Long Jun's mind, Chen Gong! The mastermind of life and death. So Long Jun hurriedly ordered someone to call Qu A, and then ordered him to lead a place and two people to gallop to Bai Yu, just one Nanhua, which has already made Bai Yu tired of coping, plus an unpredictable Chen Palace, Bai Yu, who has a tendon, may not die in Taiyuan.

However, this time Long Jun thought too much, Chen Gong did not join Dao Lu Bu's camp at this time, and was on his way to Bingzhou. Of course, Bai Yu didn't guess correctly about the Shuofang Army, otherwise Lu Bu would not have wanted to enter the Shuofang Army camp in a hurry at that time.

As for the cause of the whole thing, it was actually because Wei Xu found Zhang Liao and wanted to borrow Zhang Liao's hand to deliver news to Dong Zhuo. But he never thought that Zhang Liao did not stand on any side from beginning to end, so when Wei Xu raised the matter, Zhang Liao, who had justice in his heart, hurriedly found Cao Xingyan to understand the seriousness of the matter, and told Cao Xing that Lu Bu was wanted by Dong Zhuo in Taiyuan City. So the two summoned all the generals in the army and planned to attack Dong Zhuo's team when Dong Zhuo was out of the city, and then go into the city to rescue Lu Bu.

That's why such an unexpected scene happened that day, but because of the relationship between Nanhua, Li Ru, and Wang Yun, both Bai Yu and Chang'an thought things were too complicated. When Bai Yu found out the identity of the palace housekeeper and learned that Lu Bu was going to execute Wei Xu, Bai Yu, who figured out the key to it, gave the facts to the letter with a look of resentment. kept chattering in his mouth, and he wanted to slaughter Wei Xu, a bastard, with his own hands.

At the end of August, when Qu A and others arrived in Taiyuan, Chang'an also received a secret letter from Bai Yu, looking at the cause and process of the things mentioned in the letter, the corners of Long Jun's mouth twitched, and of course in his heart, like Bai Yu, greeted the women in Wei Xu's family one by one. However, what is worth noting is that after the battle of the city gate, Li Ru did not join the Dao Lu Bu camp as they thought, but chose to live in seclusion, and Hua Xiong, who was in Yanmen, left with a seal. Except for Xihe and Shangjun, the rest of the counties are in the hands of Lu Bu.

A mouthful of turbid air came out of his mouth, Long Jun put down Bai Yu's letter, and said with a wry smile, "Now that Lu Bu has replaced Dong Zhuo as the lord of the state, Wang Yun and the others' plan has failed, although Li Dao and others still have 40,000 soldiers and horses in their hands to occupy the West River, but they are already rootless water, and it will not be long before there will mutin due to the problem of grain and grass." Where should we choose the next goal now, and you can plan in your minds? ”

Seeing that Long Jun asked about this, Xu Shu, who already had a case in his heart, took the lead in getting up, walked to Yutu, and said loudly, "Now all parts of the Central Plains have entered a short truce stage, Cao Cao occupies Yanzhou and Hanoi, Yuan Shao occupies Jizhou, Lu Bu occupies Bingzhou, Gongsun Zhan occupies Youzhou, Liu Bei occupies Qingzhou, Tao Qian occupies Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu occupies Nanyang and Yuzhou. Generally speaking, all families are at a balance point, and no one dares to go to war without permission. South of the Yangtze River, Sun Jian is now in the east of the Yangtze River, occupying half of Yangzhou and confronting Liu Xuan. Yizhou and Jingzhou are both royal lands, and if our army does not have an excellent righteousness, I am afraid that it will be attacked by three sides. Therefore, the subordinates feel that at this time we should continue to accumulate strength or"

Speaking of this, Xu Shu's left hand slammed on the northwest corner of the map, and said in a deep voice, "Conquer the Western Regions and restart the Western Regions trade route." ”

When several people in the room heard this, their eyes showed a look of contemplation, it is not impossible to send troops to the Western Regions, but the current Western Regions are different from Wang Mang's before, the Han Dynasty has long been unable to control the Western Regions, and they don't know where the situation is. So Long Jun asked in a deep voice: "Then Yuanzhi thinks how many men and horses should our army send to attack the Western Regions?" ”

"Five thousand is enough!" While saying this, Xu Shu stretched out his five fingers left and right, and pressed heavily on the map of the Western Regions. and explained, "This is going to the Western Regions for thousands of miles of yellow sand, our army should not be too much, and according to historical records, all the countries in the Western Regions are small countries, and there is no need for a large army to go out to fight." A while ago, when I was traveling to Xinglichi at night with the military advisor Wenhe, I met a merchant from Qiuzi, and learned from his subordinates that the Western Regions are not at peace now, and the countries are constantly attacking each other, all want to unify the Western Regions, and the rear of the chariot division has secretly taken refuge in Xianbei. If Xianbei took advantage of this to intervene in the Western Regions and promote its development through the trade routes of the Western Regions, then you should also know what the result would be. ”

"What? The rear of the driver took refuge in Xianbei? Is this true? Hearing this news, Long Jun was suddenly startled, and then hurriedly looked at Jia Xu.

Seeing this, Jia Xu nodded lightly, signaling that what Xu Shu said was true. Then Jia Xu got up and said with a solemn face, "Before that, the subordinates and the others thought the same, they all chose to send troops to Yizhou, after all, there is Liu Yan in front of the attack on Guanzhong, as long as we do some tricks and feet in Jianmen Mountain, the name of sending troops may not be nothing." But since he learned about this, his subordinates felt that if the Western Regions were not pacified in advance, I was afraid that Liangzhou would catch fire, and even spread to the entire northern border of the Han Dynasty. ”

At this moment, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, and Xun Yu also said with a straight face: "The lord seems to be so, Xianbei has given birth to the intention of southern invasion, and it is rumored that every hundred years, there will be a big single outside the Saibei to unify the north, I am afraid that the person behind the control of the rear of the car division is for the position of the big single Yu." Now the Central Plains is in a scuffle, and only we can fight with it and stop the other party. Therefore, his subordinates seconded Yuanzhi's opinion and set out to conquer the Western Regions and force Xianbei back to Saibei. ”

"I'll second."

Seeing that everyone did not object, Long Jun stared at the top of the map, and sneered, "It is rumored that Pang De went to Shangjun to assist Tai Shi Ci in guarding against the annexation of the state, Yan Xing went to Xiqiang to command the Chang'an army, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun led 8,000 troops to the Western Regions, and Yuan Zhi was the military division of the army. ”

"Whoa."