Chapter 420: Li Xuan's suspicions
At this moment, Ma Chao was already killed, and he stabbed Xu Rong in the throat with a gun. Xu Rong didn't care about face, he rolled again, and Ma Chao stabbed five or six shots beside him, but he was almost stabbed. Later, the Liangzhou sergeant saw that Xu Rong was in danger, and the light cavalry team in front of him rode his horse to save him, and Ma Chao was besieged, but he only killed for a while, and then killed the light cavalry team back. However, Rao was like this, and Xu Rong also won time to flee and was rescued back into the battle by several sergeants.
Ma Chao killed two generals and defeated Xu Rong. The Liangzhou sergeants were all intimidated by its might, and the speed of the charge was much slower. After Ma Chao led the army and the Liangzhou cavalry in front of him for a while, he saw that Ma Teng had led the army to flee away, so he led the army to retreat. Xu Rong saw that Ma Chao was so powerful, and Ma Teng also escaped, and it was useless to chase after him, so he had to collect his troops and return to the city.
In another place, Han Sui's rear army was besieged and killed by Zhang Ji's army. Seeing this, Ma Chao did not return to the battle, and led the army to kill Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses. The soldiers on Zhang Ji's side, who didn't know Ma Chao's bravery, several generals bullied him when he was young, and came to him to besiege him, and was stabbed wildly by Ma Chao's gun, so that he had no power to fight back, and in less than ten rounds, he was killed by Ma Chao. Ma Chaoyue killed more and more vigorously, and killed Zhang Ji again.
Zhang Ji secretly saw Ma Chao's bravery, and knew that he was not his opponent, so he hurriedly fled on horseback, and at the same time ordered the surrounding sergeants to block Ma Chao's advance. Ma Chao was in the army of Liangzhou, killing seven in and seven out, and wherever he passed, there must be a bloody storm, and a single horse simply killed Zhang Jun's army in chaos.
At this point, Han Sui's rear army got a buffer time and hurriedly fled. Ma Chao waited for Han Sui's rear army to flee away, and sprinkled away again.
Afterwards, Zhang Ji and Xu Rong were ugly and shocked when they mentioned Ma Chao. At the same time, Ma Chao's ghostly posture was also deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Liangzhou soldier who fought with him.
The Xiliang army retreated, and Li Xuan's pressure dropped sharply, and a few days later, Li Xuanzheng discussed with Guo Yan, Li Ru and others about the crusade against Lu Bu. And Zhang Ji and Fan Chou both marched first and went back to Jingzhao and Hongnong to prepare for the battle with LΓΌ Bu. At this moment, Li Xuan's nephew, Li Bei, suddenly came to him, saying that he had something important to tell Li Xuan.
Li Xuan frowned, his nephew was unlearned and unskilled, and his ability was average, but after all, he was his own relative, so Li Xuan still decided to meet his nephew. After he confessed to Li Ru and Guo Yan, he walked out of the main hall. Li Bei was waiting outside the main hall, and when he saw Li Xuan coming, his expression tightened, and before Li Xuan could speak, he quickly said a few words in Li Xuan's ear. What he said was so shocking that Li Xu's face was full of iron.
It turned out that this Li Bei saw Lu Bu let Fan Chou go, and when he came back, he saw that there were still foreign enemies in Chang'an, so he never said anything. And Li Bei is the eyeliner that Li urged to put next to Fan Chou. Li urged Li Bei to hear that Li Bei was true, and thought that he was his nephew, so he believed it at the moment. Then Li Xun thought that there were many suspicious points in the fact that Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were deceived by the fake secret letter and were ambushed by Lu Bu. Suddenly, Fan Chou's suspicion became a little heavier, and he even thought that this was a good show that Fan Chou and Lu Bu colluded to do!
Li urged his anger and asked Li Bei to go to his mansion to receive the reward on his own, and then went back to the main hall. After Li Ru and Guo Ru saw Li Yu come back, their faces were angry and dark, and after Guo Ru and Li Ru glanced at each other, Li Ru opened his mouth to ask Li Yu. Li Xuan's expression changed first, and he glanced at Guo Yan. Guo Yan and Fan Chou are good friends, and although Guo Yan is obedient to him on the surface, he has always been quite kind to him secretly. Li Xuan casually said that he pushed it off, and then he had no intention of discussing the conquest of Lu Bu, and then said that he was tired and wanted to rest, Guo Yan left first, and Li Ru deliberately walked a few steps slower, and after walking out of the main hall, he turned back after a while.
Li Ru was thoughtful, and he had exchanged glances with Li Yu several times just now, so he knew that Li Yu had something to discuss with him, but at that time, because Guo Yan was here, it was inconvenient to say it.
Li urged Li Ru to turn back, and secretly dealt with smart people, which was easy. Then his expression changed, he was convinced of Li Ru, he did not hide it, and immediately expressed his suspicions about Fan Chou, and also wanted to raise troops to fight Fan Chou.
Li Ru felt that there were a lot of unclear points, and persuaded Li to wait quietly for a while before making plans. Li urged that Fan Chou had a heavy army in his hands, and he was about to fight a decisive battle with Lu Bu at the moment, and if Fan Chou turned against him at that time, he would be wiped out. So he insisted on getting rid of Fan Chou. Li Ru couldn't persuade Li Xuan, so he had to make a plan.
"Now the people's hearts are not at peace, Fan Chou rebels, but his soldiers have no different intentions. If the two armies fight, it will only make Lu Bu benefit from the fisherman. If you set up a banquet, invite Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to celebrate, and capture Fan Chou during the banquet, effortlessly. β
Li urged him to be overjoyed, and immediately acted according to the plan, and sent a message to inform Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, ordering them to rush to Chang'an. Although Zhang Ji and Fan Chou didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Li Xu's gourd, after all, Li Xuan was their lord at this time, and the two of them didn't dare to disobey. After Zhang Ji and Fan Chou came, Li urged a banquet for Zhang Ji and Fan Chou. The two generals went to the banquet with Xinran.
When the wine was halfway through, Li Dao suddenly changed color and shouted.
"Fan Chou, I gave you heavy military power, and I believe in you, why did you traffic Lu Bu and want to rebel?!"
Fan Chou was shocked, it turned out that this was a Hongmen banquet, and he secretly said that my life was over, and he didn't have time to reply. I saw the knife and axe hand rushing out, and he had already beheaded Fan Chou under the case, so frightened that Zhang Ji fell to the ground, and repeatedly asked Li to spare his life.
Li Ji's face was splashed with a few bloods, slightly hideous, he helped Zhang Ji up, and said coldly.
"Fan Chou rebelled, so he was punished. The public is my confidant, so why be afraid? As long as you are faithful to me and have no dissent, I will not harm you! β
Zhang Ji hurriedly raised his hand and made an oath that if he had two hearts, he would not die well. After listening to Li Xuan, his face improved a little, and he comforted Zhang Ji a few words, and assigned Fan Choujun to Zhang Ji to take charge.
Li Ji's suspiciousness and moodiness made Zhang Ji uneasy, Zhang Ji didn't know when Li Ji would kill him, and after staying in Chang'an for a few days, he made up a reason and went back to Hongnong. At the same time, he sent soldiers and horses to take over, and Fan Chou was in Jingzhao's soldiers and horses.
After the news of Fan Chou's traffic and Lu Bu's killing by Li came out, the entire Chang'an City seemed to contain a storm. Many Liangzhou generals are worried, especially the friendship between Guo Yan and Fan Chou, which is well known. Li Xuan wanted to kill Fan Chou, and if he didn't consult him beforehand, he must have been suspicious of him, even if he wasn't, it also showed that Li Xuan didn't trust him Guo Yan.
Guo Yan is not a person who sits idly by, he was afraid that Li Xuan would also kill him, so he immediately found his henchmen and began to discuss how to guard against Li Xuan.
At this point, Li Xuan and Guo Yan are united on the surface, but secretly they are wary of each other. And Li Xuan and Guo Yan are almost equal in strength in Chang'an, so their power and power are equal. Therefore, once the two have a rift, the future will definitely bring a great storm.
And it was precisely because of the rift between the two that the matter of conquest of Lu Bu was temporarily put on hold. In this regard, Li Ru and Xu Rong and other civil and military officials who wanted to avenge Dong Zhuo were helpless. Li Ru had the intention to repair the relationship between Li Yu and Guo Yan, but neither of them listened to his advice. After Li Ru had no choice but to discuss with Xu Rong, he decided to secretly gather people's hearts and gather a group of soldiers and horses.
A few days later, in Upper Lok County.
Lu Bu heard that Fan Chou had been killed, Li Xuan and Guo Yan had not sent troops to attack Shangluo in recent months, and their faces were full of joy, and they admired Chen Gong beside him even more.
"The discord plan of the public platform is really wonderful. Without much effort, this Fan Chou will be counted to death. Moreover, Fan Chou and Guo Yan were good friends, and Fan Chou was killed, and Guo Yan must have become jealous of Li. And Li Xuan will also be suspicious of Guo Yan because of Fan Chou's matter, so the day when the two will turn against each other is not far off. β
"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, let alone people, who are sometimes more terrible than beasts and birds. At present, the lord should make preparations early and rest his troops and horses. Once Li Qi and Guo Yan fought, Chang'an would be in chaos.
In this way, the lord can take advantage of this to send troops to rescue the current saints, help the world with loyalty and righteousness, and restore the Han dynasty. In this way, the reputation of the lord will be revived, and the heroes and men of the world will also flock to him, and then the lord will accumulate troops and horses to win the court. The lord occupies the righteousness, and has unparalleled bravery, who in the world can resist the lord's edge! β
Chen Gong suddenly opened his mouth, and he was completely upright. Lu Bu was not affected by his bold words and ambitions, and in Lu Bu's heart, the Han family had already existed in name only.
"Gongtai, the matter is very high, and I can think about it for the time being. And I received information that the state had fallen into the hands of Wen Bufan. At this time, the merger of states had just been decided, and Wen Bufan's soldiers and horses in the merger were all tired. Wen Bufan hoarded huge grain in Hedong, and the people in Hedong were rich, and at this time Hedong was empty of troops. β
Chen Gong's eyes changed suddenly, and he pressed towards Lu Bu fiercely, and shouted in a condensed voice.
"No!! Don't !! Wen Bufan newly acquired the state, and incorporated a large number of white wave thieves and the official army of the state, and there were 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in the state. And Wen Bufan a few months ago, he repelled Qianghu, and his momentum shook the sky, and he was praised by the world's scholars. If the lord sneaks up on Hedong at this time, he will have another notoriety! β
"How can a husband only care about fame based on the world. As long as there is food and wealth, there will be a generation of male soldiers, and in the current troubled times, to achieve hegemony, soldiers are the royal road! β
"Lord!! In the past, Dong thieves took away a lot of gold and silver from Luoyang, and they were all placed in Chang'an. Right now, the lord just needs to sit and wait for Li Xuan and Guo Yan to bite each other, send troops to calm down, and rescue the current saint. Not only can you win all the reputation, but you can also get endless gold and silver! Why retreat to the next best thing and attack Hedong! β
"Enough! I, Lu Fengxian, have made a decision, so I can't discuss it anymore! β
Lu Bu snapped the table, almost smashing the table, and there was a loud bang, which frightened the guards in front of the main hall and trembled. But Chen Gong was not afraid, his eyes looked directly at Lu Bu, and he shouted unrelentingly.
"Lord !!!"
"Chen Gongtai!! I am your lord!! You are so disrespectful and disobedient to me, do you want to rebel!! β
Chen Gong seemed to have seen through all of Lu Bu's thoughts, and stepped up step by step and walked into Lu Bu.
"Lord, you are so obsessed with Hedong for just a woman. For this reason, you do not hesitate to ignore the saints of today and ignore the great cause of society. Such a rare opportunity for a thousand years is rare to miss. In this way, what is the difference between you and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu! β
"Chen!! Public!! Platform!!
Lu Bu knew that he wanted to send troops to Hedong, and he couldn't hide it from Chen Gong, but he didn't expect Chen Gong to say it to his face. Lu Bu was angry and annoyed, and the blood in his whole body was running wildly. But in Chen Gong's eyes, the tragedy and righteousness made Lu Bu really unable to be ruthless. Moreover, when Shangluo was besieged, if it weren't for Chen Gong's plan, how could he Lu Fengxian have today's brilliance, it is likely that he would have been defeated and the city would have been broken, and he would have led dozens of remnants of the army to survive somewhere.
Lu Bu took a few deep breaths of air, suppressing the exuberant fire. Lu Bu, who is unparalleled in the world, has a little sadness on his face at this time.