With Dong Zhuo's approval, Li Ru prepared the holy decree through Shang Shutai, and then brought Lü Bu and Wei Xu to announce the Taishi's decision to them.

For this appointment, Lu Bu and Wei Xu were very disappointed.

Li Ru explained: "Fengxian, now the places where you can go out and loot casually are Chenliu County and Yingchuan County, Chenliu County has more troops, but Yingchuan County is convenient for looting, otherwise, where does Fengxian feel that it is better to loot?" ”

Lu Bu was stunned when asked, he just wanted to go out to loot, and he had no idea of serving in other places, if Wei Xu was asked to go to Yingchuan County to serve as the Taishou, wouldn't it become a guard for the imperial court? The stakes are high, but the gains are not big.

If he wants to, he can't think of where it is appropriate, indeed, as Li Ru said, only Chenliu County and Yingchuan County are convenient for plundering, and Yingchuan County's defense force is very weak, which is more convenient for looting; There are more garrisons in Chenliu County, and it is more difficult to plunder; The risk of looting Runan County is higher; It seems that Mrs. Dong also takes special care of him Lu Bu.

This is what he personally applied to Master Dong, if he doesn't go, it's very inappropriate, and if he goes, he's very unwilling.

So he asked, "Sir, who did you send to Chenliujun?" ”

"Haha, Dongzhong Lang General Hu Zhen, acted without authorization, resulting in the defeat of the army, Huaxiong was beheaded, and Dong Taishi asked him to serve as the Taishou of Chenliu County, and fight with the princes of Kanto."

Lu Bu felt aggrieved, Hu Zhen was guilty of meritorious service, but he and Wei Xu did not make any mistakes, they were very unwilling, so they asked again: "Sir, Bu's original intention was to go to the border county to contribute to the imperial court, these officers and soldiers led by Bu are all from the border county, and they are not suitable for the Central Plains environment, if they are sent to the border county, they can give full play to their advantages." ”

"Haha, then I will thank Fengxian for your kindness on behalf of the Taishi, now the border counties are all the territory of the champion marquis, and there is no need for the court to worry about it, only these Kanto traitors are worried about the court; If Feng Xian wants to go to the border county to serve, he can only wait for another opportunity. ”

Lu Bu felt that what Li Ru said was very sincere, and he could only wait for the opportunity; Now, in order to appease his officers and soldiers and give them a chance to plunder, Lu Bu still accepted the appointment.

Now because of the trade with the champion Hou, it is very easy to get rich when you go out to plunder, even if you don't have much money and food to loot, you can sell the people you loot to the champion Hou in exchange for money and food, and with money and food, you can feed a larger number of troops.

Lu Bu and Wei Xu returned to the barracks and brought Cheng Lian to discuss countermeasures together.

Wei Xu introduced the situation to Cheng Lian, and Cheng Lian complained: "My lord, the Taishi wants to use us, let us compete with the Kwantung princes, and weaken our strength. ”

Lu Bu smiled: "Hehe, I want to get rich without taking risks, where is such a good thing?" Isn't there a risk when we're in the border counties? The officers and soldiers of the Kwantung princes are not as powerful as the Xianbei cavalry, and we are not even afraid of the Xianbei people, how can we care about the infantry in the Central Plains? As long as the cavalry is dispatched, the entire Yingchuan County will not let us gallop? ”

Cheng Lian said: "My lord, the Taishi has incorporated so many soldiers and horses from the Northern Army, and his descendants have been assigned a lot of officers and soldiers, but he has not increased our men, it seems that the Taishi does not treat us as his own people." ”

Lu Bu felt aggrieved, but he couldn't show it, so he said: "No matter what, the current days are much stronger than when they were in Linhe City, and the rich Central Plains region is not comparable to the border counties." ”

Cheng Lian sighed with emotion: "It's really not as free and comfortable as when I was in Linhe City. ”

Wei Xu felt the same way.

Last month, when he came to Luoyang, he brought Zhang Yang's letter, and now Zhang Yang is a military officer of Zhonglang General, with 10,000 strong cavalry under his command, which makes Wei Xu and Cheng Lian envious.

On the surface, Lu Bu was valued by Taishi and rewarded him a lot every day, but Taishi Dong only treated him as a guard, and did not give him the opportunity to lead the troops into battle alone at all, and their subordinates did not have any chance to make meritorious contributions.

Therefore, even if Wei Xu is not interested in the position of the Taishou of Yingchuan County, for the sake of these people under him, he must accept it and do it well, otherwise he will have no chance in the future.

After another period of negotiation, Lü Bu decided to let Wei Xu lead 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to take office, and the remaining officers and soldiers would be rotated every six months, and they would all have the opportunity to plunder.

Cheng Lian stayed in Luoyang to help Lü Bu manage the remaining officers and soldiers.

Lu Bu promised Wei Xu that if the opportunity was right, he would also go to Yingchuan County to help, and hoped that after Wei Xu arrived, he would be cautious and plunder the people around the city first, not attack those well-defended cities, and after having a certain amount of wealth, he could recruit officers and soldiers to strengthen his strength.

Wei Xu readily agreed, in troubled times, only the army can make them feel down-to-earth, and only with a strong army in hand, they can be useful.

The soldiers under his command will not look too far ahead, and if they have the opportunity to plunder, it is a chance to make a fortune.

Wei Xu happily led the army to Yingchuan County to take office.

At this time, in order to facilitate the plunder, the school captain Zhang Ji was stationed in Guangchengguan, which could pass through Liang County and along Rushui to plunder Yingchuan County; Captain Fan Chou was stationed at Yuanguan, and after entering Yingchuan County, he could plunder along both sides of Yingshui.

Yuanguan is the shortcut to Xu, Chen in Luoyang, the pass is located in the Eling Mountain, between the Taimur Mountain and the Shaomu Mountain, the road is dangerous, there are 12 curves, the loop is circling, will go to return, so it is called Yuanguan.

Yingchuan County has been looted by Zhang Ji and Fan Chou.

Seeing this dilapidated situation, Wei Xu did not dare to move forward, let alone go to Yingyin City to take office, so he set up the county in Yangcheng, which was close to Yuanguan, and sent troops to take over Lunshi County, which was close to Yin, Henan; As for other places, Wei Xu did not dare to go for the time being, according to Lu Bu's instructions, be cautious, first send scouts, explore the situation along Yingshui, and then make plans after mastering the details of Yingchuan County.

And Hu Zhen was even more cautious, he didn't even dare to enter Chen Liujun, but temporarily lived in Zhongmu County, Yin, Henan, even so, he asked Zhonglang to send Guo Yan to garrison Xingyang, so that he could support him at any time, so that the back road would not be cut off.

Wei Xu didn't have such a good treatment as Hu Zhen, he felt very lonely and helpless, if he encountered danger, the nearby Xiliang army would definitely not come to the rescue, if he retreated, it was hard to say whether Fan Chou, who was stationed at Yuanguan, could let them pass through the pass.

Wei Xu wrote to Lu Bu about his thoughts.

Lu Bu learned about the situation on Hu Zhen's side again, and compared with the situation on Wei Xu's side, he was very annoyed, so he applied to Dong Zhuo that he would go to Yuanguan to station, or send his people to garrison Yuanguan as Wei Xu's response.

For such an important pass, how could Dong Zhuo let outsiders control it? And he didn't want to lose control of Lu Bu, so he directly rejected Lu Bu's application.

The more Lu Bu thought about it, the more annoyed he became, which confirmed that Dong Taishi wanted to weaken his Lu Bu's strength, so there was a gap between him and Dong Zhuo.

After that, the more Lu Bu thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved, when he was in Linhe City, how carefree he was, he was recommended to enter Beijing, first lived the appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor, and then won the attention of the general, serving as the Taishou of Hanoi County, it was also very beautiful, free, and free, and it would be like now, subject to so much control.

Things are afraid of comparison, this comparison, Lu Bu found that he was in Luoyang, which was too inconsistent with his character, no wonder the champion Hou was unwilling to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, unwilling to come to Beijing to serve, or at ease in the place.

Lu Bu was aggrieved in his heart, but he had no one to talk to, with his level, he was unable to solve the current problem at all, so he had to borrow wine every day to relieve his sorrows, and after drinking, he was even more aggrieved and depressed.