Zhang Xiu crossed the river overnight with his aunt Zou and the only remaining 3,000 soldiers in the city, and Jia Xu had taken Wei Xu and Cheng Lian back to Lu Bu's camp before Zhang Xiu crossed the river, so Lu Bu did not leave Zhang Xiu behind, but ordered the generals and Jia Xu to continue to migrate the people.

On the other side, Duan Xuan was led by Ye Zhao, gathered men and horses and rushed to Hongnong, when passing by Huayin, Huayin was already an empty city, and there was a bloody smell in the city, which was disgusting.

In the past few years, I have seen a lot of things about the slaughter of the city, Duan Xuan is only a little uncomfortable, and he did not stay in Huayin for long, he searched around and found a few live mouths, after all, such a large city, and Wei Qi was in a hurry to leave at the beginning, there are always a few well-hidden people who stay.

Duan Xuan learned from these people that the Nanyang army had been gone for nearly seven or eight days, and he was thinking that the people were migrating and should not go fast, so he immediately led his troops to continue to chase fiercely.

Huayin is located in the Taihua Mountains, although there are no high mountains along the way, the road is also spacious, but there are quite twists and turns, and there are several large mountains and rivers that can hide soldiers.

On weekdays, Duan Xuan would pay more attention to such a place, but the people of Huayin had been moved away for seven or eight days, and Duan Xuan instinctively felt that there could be no more Lu Bu soldiers and horses in this area, so he just marched with his head bored.

Two hours after leaving the city, seeing that the sky was about to darken, the Xiliang army did not have the ability of the Shu army to rush overnight, and when Duan Xuan was already preparing to find a place to camp, he heard a gong sound on both sides, and a group of men and horses suddenly came out, directly cutting off Duan Xuan's men and horses.

"Lu Bu!?" When Duan Xuan looked back, in the crowd, the image of Lu Bu's freshly dressed and angry horse was recognized by him at a glance, and the Fang Tian Painting Halberd swept across the Quartet, and there was no one in the place where he passed, and the ferocity was so powerful that even if it had been a few years, it still made Duan Xuan's heart tremble, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't mess up!" Don't mess around! ”

It's just that at this moment, the Xiliang army is running around, already tired, and suddenly attacked, and the leader of the troops is still the fierce and powerful Lu Bu, the first reaction is to escape, the middle section has begun to rout, Lu Bu rushed back and forth to kill, and the continuous cholera formation did not give Duan Xuan time to reorganize the army, although the number of Xiliang army was numerous, but it was killed by Lu Bu crying and shouting, holding his head and running away, many of the soldiers who were knocked down did not have time to get up, and they were trampled into rotten meat by a burst of chaotic feet.

Seeing Lu Bu killing this way, Duan Xuan only felt that his scalp was numb, and he shouted again and again: "Stop him!" ”

Originally, Lu Bu just rushed to Shuai Qi to kill, and in the dim sky, he didn't notice Duan Xuan, but at this moment, Duan Xuan kept shouting, but it attracted Lu Bu's attention.

Duan Xuan was also a general under Dong Zhuo in the past, Lu Bu naturally recognized it, and recognized Duan Xuan at this moment, his eyes lit up, and he ignored the others, and rode his horse towards Duan Xuan, a Fang Tian painting halberd flew up and down, and the place where it passed was like a wave splitting, many soldiers were afraid of Lu Bu, and they avoided it, and they were killed by Lu Bu under the handsome banner.

"Duan Xuan, where to go!" Lu Bu Pegasus came close and laughed fiercely.

Duan Xuan's scalp was numb, and he was about to stab it out when he raised his gun, but Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd had already come, but when he saw the cold light flashing, Duan Xuan's head flew up.

As soon as Duan Xuan died, there was no threat to the Xiliang army, although Lu Bu was happy to kill, but he still remembered Jia Xu's instructions, if he could kill the enemy's main general, he would retreat immediately, and he would not be in love with the war, so after killing Duan Xuan, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and with a roar, the soldiers under his command regrouped, and saw that the Xiliang army was still in a mess, laughed, and led his troops away.

In this way, even if Ye Zhao sends troops to chase after him, he won't be able to catch up!

……

Three days later, Chang'an!

"Bang~"

Ye Zhao pressed the book in his hand heavily on the table, looked at the Xiliang soldiers who came to report the news, and said: "Duan Xuan is also a battlefield general, how could he be ambushed so easily?" ”

Li Ru, who was beside him, pondered for a moment, then looked at the visitor: "Duan Xuan is marching, can you send sentinels to investigate the Quartet?" ”

"Back to the lord and the military division, when I arrived in Huayin, the Nanyang army had already moved the people away for seven or eight days, and the general was in a hurry and did not send a sentry." Xiliang said with a wry smile.

Ye Zhao and Li Ru glanced at each other, they didn't expect such a thing to happen.

"This is the end of the matter, let's send someone to bring the soldiers and horses back." Ye Zhao shook his head helplessly, everyone is dead, and there is no way to blame anyone, even if he sends people again now, it has been more than half a month back and forth, and by then, Lu Bu has already passed the Hangu Pass, and the population of more than 200,000 can only give up.

"Whoa!" The Xiliang general agreed, bowed and retreated.

"Lord, although Duan Xuan was careless in this ambush, Lu Bu's grasp of the timing and people's hearts is quite accurate, not like what Lu Bu can do!" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and frowned, Lu Bu fought very well, if he ambushed Duan Xuan, even if Duan Xuan was prepared, he might not be able to stop Lu Bu, but this time Lu Bu chose the timing and location not only boldly but also very thoroughly understood people's hearts, not like Lu Bu could come up with it.

"It seems that someone is giving him advice." Ye Zhao nodded and said: "Let's not talk about these first, Nanyang's spies will naturally send the information, now Hongnong is empty, but it can't be ignored, Hangu Pass is the gateway to Guanzhong, it must be occupied, so as to avoid anyone from being able to kill Guanzhong so easily, pass my order, transfer Guanping to Hangu Pass to guard the pass, and lead Hongnong Taishou, Zhang Ren is the Taishou of Hanzhong, Gan Ning is transferred back to Chang'an, I have another reuse, in addition to transferring manpower from Chengdu/Du Academy, preparing to set up Chang'an Academy, County School and County School in Guanzhong, the workshop also needs to be built here. ”

Hongnong and Hanoi have now been pacified, and Chang'an has begun to gradually stabilize, after the war, since the great governance, Ye Zhao is ready to first set up the skeleton that has been formed in Shuzhong, and then gradually improve, because of the previous Li Dao and Guo Yan's scourge to the family, at this time in the land of Guanzhong, the implementation of the new policy is even much easier than in Shuzhong.

"One more thing!" Li Ru hesitated for a moment, bowed to Ye Zhao and said: "Now that the lord has come out of Shu, he will compete with the princes of the world in the future, and he must not be righteous ...... The lord can support King Hongnong as emperor. ”

Ye Zhao nodded, if it weren't for the scene where Liu Wei was instigated by Zhang Song and others, with the old relationship and Liu Wei, Ye Zhao might not fight Liu Wei's idea again, let him be a rich and noble prince in his life, but since Liu Wei had already given birth to such a thought, the love was gone, and Ye Zhao was naturally more willing to squeeze out the last drop of Liu Wei's use value.

After thinking about it, Ye Zhao asked Li Ru to wait for a while, returned to the mansion and took out the two boxes, and then went to the table.

"This is ......," Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously.

"Wen Wei open it and take a look!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Whoa!" Li Ru nodded, and opened the long box first, but saw that it was an edict, Li Ru glanced at Ye Zhao suspiciously, and after opening the edict, his face couldn't help but change: "This is ......"

"Really!" Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Before the first emperor died, he actually made two edicts, if he can kill He Jin, then this edict shall prevail, and set up King Chen Liuwang as the emperor, if he can't be killed, then support the king of Hongnong, at that time, the first emperor also had a murderous intention towards me, and the hundred officials in the court were quite hostile to me, because I did not show it with an edict, so that He Jin set up the king of Hongnong." ”

"The edict of Prime Minister Dong was ......," Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and said in surprise.

"I gave it to Zhang Rang, and asked Zhang Rang to welcome Dong Zhuo into Luoyang." Ye Zhao nodded.

Even though more than ten years have passed, Li Ru still feels that the cold hairs stand on end, he has always wondered why Ye Zhao wants to sit and watch Dong Zhuo's rise, originally Ye Zhao was capable of competing with Dong Zhuo, but now looking at this edict, Li Ru seems to understand a little.

Ye Zhao was not a loyal minister of the Han family from the beginning, although he didn't know why Liu Hong wanted to kill Ye Zhao at that time, but he must have noticed something, sat back and watched He Jin support Liu Wei, and gave the edict of Liu Xie's succession to Dong Zhuo, in order to constantly shake the majesty of the Han family, Dong Zhuo, He Jin and Yuan Kui and other officials in the court and China are all chess pieces in Ye Zhao's hands, and now take out this edict, it is conceivable that when this edict comes out, the majesty of the Han family will fall to a low point.

"Then what is this ......thing" Li Ru looked at the other box, he already had some guesses in his heart, but he couldn't believe that Dong Zhuo had quickly lifted Luoyang over for this thing.

"Open it and take a look." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Li Ru nodded, opened the box, and when he looked at the things that had been missing for many years, even if he had already guessed, his heart still couldn't help beating a few times, and he looked at Ye Zhao speechless, and only after a long time did he say astringently: "When is this ......?"

"When Zhang Rang was spared, Zhang Rang asked me to go back to the palace to find a palace maid, but the search was unsuccessful, and finally it was salvaged in a well in the palace where it was located and found this thing." Ye Zhao smiled.

Li Ru took a few breaths to calm himself down, and after thinking about it carefully, he bowed down and said, "Although these two things are precious, they must not be easily revealed. ”

"Tell me about it." Ye Zhao nodded.

"First of all, the edict!" Li Ru said: "Before we speculated that the battle of the Central Plains, when it was the dispute between the two Yuan, but now Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, a large number of talents entered Xuchang, and Yuan Shu this person has no way to govern, now there is a faint decline, sooner or later it will be replaced by people, the situation in the Central Plains, I am afraid that it will eventually be between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, the two must have a battle, if the lord takes out the edict too early, Cao Cao in order to maintain the orthodoxy of the Son of Heaven in Xuchang, will join forces with Yuan Shao to attack the lord, the minister thinks, this matter should be divided between the two, no matter who the final Xuchang Son of Heaven is in the hands of, When the lord sacrifices this edict, he can hit the other party, before that, the minister thought that he only needed to play the banner of King Hongnong. ”

"As for the jade seal of the country, the same is true, or even worse, if it is sacrificed too early, I am afraid that it will be besieged by the princes, which will be unfavorable to our army!" Li Ru bowed and said.

"Take it out today, but also to give Wen Wei a bottom, these two things are temporarily useless, but the name of King Hongnong has to be sacrificed, you can spread some rumors to build momentum for King Hongnong!" Ye Zhao nodded and smiled, in fact, this matter had been discussed with Xi Zhicai at the beginning, at that time, Ye Zhao's power was still very weak, and it was not easy to show it, now that Ye Zhao occupies Guanzhong, there are some things, even if they are not needed now, it is time to plan in advance.