Looking at the proud Yuan Shu, Sun Ce gently pushed the object in his arms to the right side, and saluted Yuan Shu and said: "Han Gaozu Liu Bang is just a pavilion chief, taking advantage of the violent Qin Wude, the world chaos to raise troops against Qin and the world, the Han Dynasty has been four hundred years ago, the number of gases is exhausted, the lord of the fourth world and the third duke, the people are looking forward to it, and taking the opportunity of Xuzhou to belong to the Han Dynasty can be said to be a good person!" ”

Yang Hong and others immediately dissuaded Yuan Shu: "Cao Cao is extremely treacherous, unbelievable, and although the heroes are rising today, the prestige of the Han Dynasty is still there, and the princes still nominally respect the emperor as the lord, if the lord establishes himself as the emperor at this time, he will inevitably be abandoned by the people of the world." In the past, Dong Zhuozhi was strong in the world, but he was still defeated by the princes and fled to Chang'an. Now that the strength of the lord is not as strong as Dong Zhuo, once he becomes the emperor, if he attracts the princes to discuss together, how can he be the enemy? After that, he asked Sun Ce again: "Sun Ce, what are your intentions?" I want to trap the lord in ten thousand calamities! ”

The main book pavilion elephant also said: "In the past, after the Zhou Dynasty, Ji accumulated virtues and merits, as for King Wen, there are two out of three parts of the world, and he still serves Yin." Although the Ming family's family is expensive, there is no prosperity of Zhou; Although the Han family is small, it is not as violent as Yin. This is by no means feasible. ”

Yuan Shu said angrily: "My surname Yuan is from Chen." Chen Nai Dashun after that. Bearing fire with earth is exactly what it should do. Another cloud: Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao. My word highway is in response to its prophecy. If you are not a king, you will go against the heavens. My will has been decided, and those who speak too much will be killed! ”

Sun Ce secretly wiped a cold sweat, but praised Yuan Shu for his wisdom. As Yang Hong said, he persuaded Yuan Shu to be the emperor did not have a good intention, in recent years he asked Yuan Shu many times, hoping that Yuan Shu agreed to let him lead the army to attack Jiangnan alone, for Yuan Shu to expand the territory, but Yuan Shu has always been wary of him, worried that he will go to Jiangnan and never return, so he never agreed. Later, Yuan Shu took advantage of the Cao Tao War to capture the three counties of Xuzhou, and the center of gravity shifted to the hinterland of the Central Plains. The day before yesterday, his father's old general Zhu Zhi saw that he was depressed, so he persuaded him to use the jade seal as a model to borrow troops from Yuan Shu and plot against Jiangnan.

After Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce defected to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu once asked Sun Ce for the jade seal of the country, but Sun Ce pretended that the war was lost, and did not hand it over to Yuan Shu, and now if it is handed over to Yuan Shu (Yuan Shu has always disagreed to let Sun Ce conquer Jiangnan, that is, he suspects that he is hiding the jade seal, but he is not easy to forcible it, so he has always kept Sun Ce on his body, and used the war to weaken Sun Ce step by step, Yuan Shu believes that when Sun Ce has no way out, he will definitely offer the jade seal with his own hands), will Yuan Shu punish Sun Ce because of Sun Ce's long-term deception? Now Sun Ce only has a few hundred Sun Jian's old subordinates in his hands, and if Yuan Shu wants to be unfavorable to him, he doesn't even have the strength to resist at all......

Zhu Zhi thinks that since Yuan Shu has long had the heart of being the emperor, if he presents the jade seal at this time, I believe that Yuan Shu will not embarrass Sun Ce because of that little thing, and maybe he will reward Sun Ce, after all, if he has the jade seal of the country in hand when he is called the emperor, it will definitely greatly increase Yuan Shu's fame, and use Yuan Shu to win the hearts of the army and the people.

Sun Ce, who was determined to be independent, finally decided to take a gamble under the persuasion of Zhu Zhi, who Cheng finally made up his mind to give his father's relics to Yuan Shu, and suddenly such a thing appeared, Sun Ce immediately refused to offer the seal, in the end he was still reluctant, not only because it was a relic left to him by his death, but the name of the jade seal of the country alone was enough to make him greedy. But if he doesn't send the jade seal of the country, can Yuan Shu let him go? He thought very clearly, as long as he helped Yuan Shu to conquer Xuzhou, Yuan Shu would inevitably ascend the throne and become the emperor, once he took this step, it was the time when Yuan Shu betrayed his relatives and left, he could take this opportunity to get rid of Yuan Shu, if he was lucky, he might be able to take a piece of meat from Yuan Shu! Even if Yuan Shu fell into Cao Cao's plot in Xuzhou, it would be beneficial to Sun Ce, and when the time comes, Yuan Shu, who has lost his troops and lost generals, will definitely reuse him and give him a certain amount of military power, as long as he has military power, he will have a way to break away from Yuan Shu and become independent!

Cao Cao and Yuan Shu hit it off, and immediately decided that Cao Cao would send 40,000 troops to attack Yaoya and Donghai through Taishan County, and Yuan Shu would send 50,000 troops to attack Guangling, and then the two armies would capture Pi.

After Liu Zhang of Chang'an got the news, he secretly sighed that Yuan Shu's attack was to make wedding clothes for her, how could the treacherous Emperor Wei Wu be so kind? If he didn't take this opportunity to avenge the last arrow, Liu Zhang dared to write his name upside down. However, he only mourned for Yuan Shu for a moment in his heart, and then let it go, and now he had to focus on another matter.

In the palace of the king of Shu, Liu Zhang was setting up a banquet to entertain a guest, in order to entertain this guest, Liu Zhang not only personally went out, but also sent his father-in-law Cai Yong, cabinet premier Xun Yu, six Shangshu and others to accompany the guests.

After three rounds of drinking, Cai Yong arched his hand to the guests and said, "Ziyan, what is Lu Bu's idea?" Even took Wuyuan and Xihe as a gift, you must tell me carefully! ”

The guest smiled and said, "Bo Yong, you might as well guess!" ”

Cai Yong shook his head and smiled: "No, I'm old, I'm lazy to use my brain, just say it!" ”

The guest looked at Cai Yong and shook his head, and said with a smile: "You, you ......"

Liu Zhang, the chairman, raised his glass and said to the guests: "Wan Gong, Lu Bu first sent Shuo Fang, Shangjun, and then Wuyuan and Xihe, if you count Hongnong, it means that he has lost more than half of the land in vain. "Yes, this guest is Huang Wan, the imperial lieutenant of the dynasty, and the reason why he appeared in Chang'an was naturally because he was ordered by Lu Bu to envoy to Shu.

Huang Wan smiled and said: "The King of Shu is wise and wise, how can he not know what Lu Bu means?" Why let the old man be ugly? ”

Liu Zhang was a little embarrassed, and said: "Although Lone has some guesses, I don't know if it's correct, if it's wrong, wouldn't Gong Wan make Lone embarrassed in this Manchu Dynasty?" He laughed.

Huang Wan said again: "The King of Shu is too humble, since the first year of the first year of the Ping Dynasty will be the alliance to discuss Dong, and then set Hanzhong, Ping Wang Rui, Zhu Dong Zhuo, the army of the King of Shu is invincible, no one can stop, it can be seen that the King of Shu is resourceful, Lu Bu is a shallow child, how difficult to get to the King of Shu!" ”

Xun Yu saluted the guests and said, "Gong Wan, is this a plan for Lu Bu's two tigers to eat?" ”

Huang Wan praised: "People say that if Wen Ruo has Wang Zuozhi's talent, it is indeed worthy of his reputation!" ”

Xun Yu waved his hand and said, "I'm ashamed to be ...... Wan Gong, is the battle between Yuan and Lu very unfavorable to Lu Bu? ”

Huang Wan nodded and said: "Yes, Lu Bu has only 100,000 troops under his command, but Luoyang, which is in the land of four wars, is overstretched. This time Yuan Shao is menacing, 150,000 troops are in Huguan, and Lu Bu only has 50,000 troops to support, not long ago Lu Bu got reliable information, Yuan Shao is dividing troops in Yanmen to prepare to attack Taiyuan, once Yuan Shao is in Taiyuan, Lu Bu is defeated not far away. At this critical juncture, Lü Bu urgently needed troops to support Taiyuan, so he did not hesitate to send two counties, first, to ease the relationship with the prince and relieve the pressure from the west and south, so as to transfer troops from Hangu Pass to support Taiyuan; Second, he naturally hopes that the prince's army will enter the West River, so that he can contain Yuan Shao, and if the prince and Yuan Shao break out in Bingzhou, he can even reap the benefits! ”

"Self-deception! Did Lu Bu think too stupidly about Gu and Yuan Shao? Liu Zhang said.

Huang Wan said with a smile: "Haha, Lu Bu is not stupid, he knows very well that once Taiyuan is lost, Hebei will inevitably fall, and then he will be trapped in Luoyang, a place of four wars, how to stop Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and the army of the prince?" For this reason, he did not hesitate to take risks, but in fact, he was helpless! ”

Xun Yu said: "Lu Bu sent out four counties, oh, it should be five counties, although he lost half of the land, but if you think about it carefully, whether it is Wuyuan, Shuofang, or Shangjun, they are all sparsely populated and harsh environments; Although the West River is more populous, it is also a barren land; Hongnong was prosperous, but Lu Bu moved eight or nine out of ten of the people in the county to Luoyang before retreating. From this point of view, although Lu Bu lost half of the land, the loss of population was actually insignificant, and he used these lands that had almost no effect on him in exchange for the lord to contain Yuan Shao for him and alleviate his defeat, in fact, he had already made a lot of money! ”

Listening to Xun Yu's words, everyone present couldn't help but nod slightly.

Huang Wan said again: "Not only that, Lu Bu asked the old man to come this time, and he also hopes that the prince will do him a favor!" ”

"Oh, Gong Wan, please say, what does Lu Bu want Lone to do for him?"

"Lu Bu is recruiting new soldiers, but he lacks enough weapons to arm these recruits, he hopes that the prince will send him some weapons!"

Liu Zhang was slightly surprised and said, "Lu Bu still wants to recruit soldiers?" How much is he going to levy? ”

"He announced in public that he would recruit 30,000 soldiers, but in the old man's opinion, the actual number may be even greater!"

"Thirty thousand? Or even more than thirty thousand? Liu Zhang was really surprised, and said, "Wan Gong, how many people are under Lu Bu's rule?" Once the conscription is completed, he will have at least 130,000 troops, and he can raise so many soldiers and horses? ”

Huang Wan sighed: "Alas, now the population under Lu Bu's rule is only one million, but the armor is 100,000, which can be described as extremely reckless!" Nowadays, there are only some old and weak women and children left in Luoyang and other places, which has seriously affected the harvest, and the expenses of the huge army have caused many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various places, and many people can only spend their days on gruel every day after a year of hard work. If he recruits 30,000 troops again this time, or even more, it will inevitably increase the burden on the people even more, and I am afraid that the people will not even be able to drink gruel by then! ”

Liu Zhang also sighed several times and asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, do you think Gu should accept Wuyuan and Xihe two counties, and support Lu Bu with some weapons?" ”

Xun Yu bowed and said: "Lord Yu, the minister thinks that he can agree to Lu Bu's request, although this may be used by Lu Bu, but it is beneficial and harmless to my Shu dog barking country." If we reject Lü Bu, Yuan Shao will surely successfully capture Taiyuan and then Luoyang, and then Yuan Shao, who has more troops in the land of Sizhou, will have enough food and can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and will inevitably become the great enemy of our army; On the other hand, Lu Bu was trapped in the place of the first and fourth battles in Luoyang, and he had no strategic depth at all, and he could not pose a threat to our country at all. What if he pulls up an army of 200,000? Just the salary and food were enough for him to be defeated without a fight! ”

Xu Huang also said: "Once the Xihe River is started, it is equivalent to winning a hundred miles of strategic depth for Chang'an, and Chang'an will be more stable." When the prince wants to crusade against Lu Bu, he can go out with three armies, one way to capture Hangu Pass, one way to attack Yique Pass, and the other way to directly attack Taiyuan, which will make Lu Bu lose one or the other and be difficult to resist! ”

Liu Zhang thought for a moment, agreed with Xun Yu and Xu Huang's opinions, and immediately ordered Xu Huang to prepare enough captured Xiliang army weapons to arm 20,000 people, and send them to Luoyang when Huang Wan left.

Although Liu Zhang agreed to Lu Bu's conditions, Huang Wan did not thank Liu Zhang, very simply, he has never regarded himself as Lu Bu's courtier, since the last mission to Chengdu, he has defined himself as Liu Zhang's courtier, is an ambush army arranged by Liu Zhang in Luoyang. Naturally, he would not thank his master for an outsider!

Subsequently, Huang Wan said something about Lu Bu again, but he didn't fully get Lu Bu's trust, so the situation he grasped was not very detailed and accurate. After talking about Lu Bu's situation, Huang Wan proposed that Liu Zhang immediately wave his troops to Luoyang, and with him as an internal response, he would definitely be able to conquer Luoyang in one fell swoop, but Liu Zhang refused with domestic instability.

Huang Wan did not stay in Chang'an for a long time, and on the third day, Xu Huang prepared the ordnance that Liu Zhang promised to give to Lu Bu, and Huang Wan set off immediately. Before leaving, Liu Zhang handed over a large amount of gold and silver to Huang Wan, firstly to help him improve his life, and secondly, to hope that he would use the gold and silver to buy some people, and when Liu Zhang attacked Luoyang, he could assist from the side.

After sending Huang Wan away, Liu Zhang immediately ordered Shan Fu, who had stabilized the situation in Shuofang and Shangjun, to send troops to take over Wuyuan and Xihe counties. Considering that the area to be defended by the Fifth Field Corps had increased exponentially, Liu Zhang temporarily assigned the three units of the Fourth Field Corps' Wenpin Cavalry Division, Jia Kui's Tenth Cavalry Division, and Zhang Fei's Third Guard Division of the Chang'an Weiwu District to the Fifth Field Corps, and at the same time formed the 11th Cavalry Division, the 12th Cavalry Division, and the 22nd Infantry Division in Chang'an, which will be included in the Fifth Field Corps after the formation is completed.