For the Zou family, if Liu Yuan is not tempted at all, it is lying to himself, after all, the Zou family has some "attributes" that Liu Yuan loves. But at this time, Liu Yuan didn't have much of a fishy mood.

Although he drank some wine, Liu Yuan's mind was clear, and Cao Cao lost his soldiers and died because of his daughter. If Liu Yuan occupies it, he can't guarantee that Zhang Xiu won't give him this kind of attack, especially if Liu Yuan wants to use it to defend the Acropolis Pass.

Moreover, Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew took refuge in him early, which was also different from the situation Cao Cao faced "at that time". Even if he has desires, he doesn't dare to make some unpopular moves, and he is not the King Hu who can act recklessly at the beginning. became the emperor, but he subconsciously restrained his words and deeds.

After the martial affairs are over, the royal car sets off, and the next destination is Hangu. Today's land of Heyu is not peaceful, and Xia, Zhao, and Wei have been entangled for many years. Since the beginning of the year, Zhao and Wei, especially Cao Cao, have made a big move to the west. Liu Yuan used Xu Rong to coordinate the military of Heluo, and the pressure was not small to deal with.

"Then after the Zou family returns to Chang'an, send someone to take care of it!" Quietly, Zhang Rang summoned his subordinates and commanded.

"Zhang Weng, why is this, just a woman, what's the problem? Why do you ask for yourself? ”

"Don't you hear of the disease of the widow?" Zhang Rang smiled faintly and said quietly: "Don't ask more, do things well!" ”

"No!"

Wuguan is less than 400 miles away from Hangu in a straight line, but the mountains in it are daunting. For this route, you have to return to Weinan along the original road of Wuguan Road, and then go to Hangu through Hongnong. Although it will take thousands of miles to detour, it will be much faster than going over mountains and mountains. And there is almost no road to the mountains, and it is impossible for Emperor Liu Yuan to visit the mountain road in person, and he will suffer from the risk of crime.

Returning to Weinan, under the order of Liu Yuan, Li Le recruited 2,000 soldiers and prepared to increase troops in Wuguan, and was called by Liu Yuan to the imperial tent to listen to the holy teachings.

"Li Le, how long have you been attached to Great Xia?" Liu Yuan held a newspaper in his hand, and his voice drifted to Li Le's ears.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's been nearly seven years!"

"It's been so long! Over the years, you have been conscientious and diligent in the king's affairs in Great Xia, and you are lonely in your eyes! Putting down the things in his hand, Liu Yuan stared at Li Le's eyes: "I, can I trust you?" ”

"If anything happens to Your Majesty, please issue an edict, and the minister will die!" In this case, Li Le immediately expressed his position.

"Wu is about the importance of Guanzhong, so I won't go into details. I sent troops and horses, just to ensure that they were not lost, after you arrived at Wuguan, you should do your best to assist Zhang Xiu to defend the city! Liu Yuan instructed carefully, paused, and his eyes showed a little unease: "If, I said that if Zhang Xiu has a change, you can relieve his military power and take over the city defense." Do you understand what I mean? ”

With a tense heart, Li Le immediately buried his head and said, "The minister understands!" ”

took out an arrow from his sleeve and ordered Zhang Rang to hand it to Li Le. Li Le respectfully took it from Zhang Rang's hand, which was the guarantee that Liu Yuan gave him, and then respectfully retired.

"Your Majesty, if you don't worry about Zhang Xiu, why don't you just remove the guards?" Looking at Liu Yuan's thoughtful appearance, Zhang Rang couldn't help but ask.

"Zhang Xiutun has been in Wuguan for many years, and he is familiar with the internal and external situation, and he has never made any mistakes, so how can he be rashly withdrawn." Liu Yuan explained in his mouth, in fact, he knew in his heart that the reason was that the appearance of the Zou family made his heart a little rippling.

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Rang, his eyes were slightly cold, and Zhang Rang bowed his body: "It's the slave who has said a lot!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Speak!"

"It has been found out, Shi and Zhu Erren are secretly lurking in the territory of Hongnong, and they have to go to the south to assassinate them!" Zhang Rangyu said.

"There are such evil bandits in the county, and they don't realize it, Yang Ding's county guard is really good!" Liu Yuan said the opposite thing in his mouth and slammed the table.

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In the east of Huayin, driving again, Liu Yuan has a feeling of revisiting his hometown. The majestic pass stands on the Tongguan Road, blocking the east-west entry and exit roads.

"The Tongguan you supervised back then has now become the strongest barrier for Sanfu!" Standing at the juncture, Liu Yuan said to Gao Shun beside him.

Pressing lightly on the female wall, when the city was built, it suddenly rose up in a few months, and Gao Shun also put a lot of effort into it: "It's been several years, and now it can become this Xiongguan, all of which are the merits of General Wang!" ”

Tongguan guard Wang Shun was on the side, and when he heard Gao Shun mention himself, his face was happy, and he said to Liu Yuan: "This is what the minister should do!" ”

glanced at Wang Shun, this young general, after being "loyal and good", although he did not show too outstanding ability, he was better at peace and obedience, and he still had a bit of status in Liu Yuan's heart.

Didn't stay long in Tongguan before driving east, this patrol took too long, since the emperor, Liu Yuan has never left Chang'an for so long.

When passing by Hongnong, he gave an edict and directly gave Taishou Yang Ding. Yang Ding was originally subdued Liu Yuan with Zhang Ji, at that time, Guanzhong was initially decided, and there were few people available up and down, Yang Ding was appointed Taishou to rule the whole county for Liu Yuan.

Compared with Zhang Ji's death, Yang Ding's life has been quite nourishing over the years, controlling the county's population of more than 100,000 people, the family is pleased, and the strong kneel and lick, so unpleasant.

Liu Yuan's edict, as soon as he pushed it to the end, he naturally refused to accept it, but there was no room for resistance at all, so he returned to Chang'an quite lonely and looked for another opportunity.

Li Li, who served in the Ministry of Officials, was transferred by Liu Yuan to serve as the Taishou, and these transfers were all because Liu Yuan was preparing for the battle in the future. Hangu is backed by Hongnong, and once the war starts, Hongnong is its first backing, and there is no room for loss. With Yang Ding's past performance and ability, it was no longer enough to reassure Liu Yuan, so it was time to change, and he changed decisively.

Xu Rong, who entered the Han Valley, was stationed in Yi County, Hanoi, and coordinated the military and political affairs of the two rivers, returned across the river to welcome Liu Yuan.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but the general's demeanor is still the same!" In order to show his attention, Liu Yuan personally helped him to stand up and exclaimed.

"Old, old! A generation of new people is better than the old people, and the end will become more and more powerless! Xu Rong's face was a little tired, over the years, in the face of Cao Ren and Gao Ran's advance, it had indeed consumed a lot of mental energy to deal with it with weak soldiers. He has long passed the age of not being confused, and there are gray hairs growing between his temples.

"The general is strong, this is too modest!" Liu Yuan laughed and comforted.

Invite Xu Rong into the hall and listen to his detailed report on the current situation of Heluo. Although there have been many reports of the development of the situation over a long period of time, it has not always been as clear as the details of the situation.

Since three years ago, Cao Cao has been migrating from Yan and Henan to fill the population gap in Henan, using Liang Xi as Henan's Taishou and assisting Cao Ren to guard Luoyang. Today's Luoyang, after several years of recovery, has become an important base for Cao's westward advance. Especially this year, the Wei army moved westward, and there were 20,000 troops, and Cao Cao's Qingzhou army also came west.

Hanoi's Yuan army also appeased the Sima clan and obtained the surrender of the Hanoi Shi clan, and with their assistance, quelled the chaos in the county and attacked to the west and north. Xu Rong is in Hanoi, and he can only hold Yi County.

"It's not good, we have to prepare early!" Liu Yuan came to such a conclusion.