Jingnan is in a good form, forming a trend of encirclement of Dong Zhuo; Qin Guan and Liu Ye were satisfied with their results and immediately sent someone to report the good news to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun was furious when he learned of the situation, and secretly sighed that Liu Bei was really an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, and he actually rose again in adversity; The Sun family is also a person of great luck, but they were easily let go, preserved their strength, and became a force of their own in Nanhai County.

Qin Guan and Liu Ye not only let Sun Quan go, but now they are even funding Liu Bei, if Cao Cao rebelled, then the three kingdoms would be together.

In history, Lu Bu first opposed Ding Yuan and then opposed Dong Zhuo, all of which were forced by the environment, which is understandable; And Wei Xu is also a righteous person, Qin Guan actually wanted to win him over, which couldn't help but make Gao Shun angry.

Now that he doesn't want to make his relationship with Cao Cao, Qin Guan and Lu Su public, what should he do next?

Thinking about it, the easiest things to use Dong Zhuo and Li Ru and can solve with money and food are all small things; So he immediately sent a secret envoy to Changsha County, Gao Shun confessed that as long as the imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion and destroy Liu Bei's forces, he would pay a tax of one million stone of grain to the imperial court, and if Sun Quan's forces were destroyed, he would pay another one million stone of grain tax to the imperial court.

Subsequently, he wrote a letter to Qin Guan and Liu Ye, severely reprimanding them for letting Sun Quan go and funding Wei Xu and Liu Bei in disguise, so that they could make a brief alliance with the imperial court and Jiaozhou, with the goal of destroying Sun Quan and Liu Bei's forces, and once again supported 20 senior civil and military officials and nearly 100 intermediate and junior civil and military officials.

Li Qiang, Ma Gui and others rarely saw Gao Shun angry, how could they be angry about such a trivial matter today?

So Li Qiang asked: "My lord, Liu Bei, why be angry." ”

After the arrangement was completed, Gao Shun was no longer angry, and said with a smile: "Haha, you don't understand, Liu Bei is a hero in the world, no matter how much pressure and how bad the conditions are, he can always rise in adversity, which makes people very uneasy." "In terms of details, he is not easy to leak.

Ma Gui suggested: "My lord, now that the Central Plains has been decided, it is better to be the king; In that case, Lu Su and Cao Cao could be made public. ”

Gao Shun would never be called king while the emperor was still there, so he retorted: "The court is still there, how can you be called king?" "And now there is Lu Su and Cao Cao apart, Dong Zhuo is not under much pressure, and there are still certain illusions, recently they have been removing important ministers from the court one after another, which is in line with Gao Shun's intentions, this so-called killing people with a knife.

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Shun also became suspicious of Cao Cao, so he wrote to Zhou Fei, Feng Yong, and Lu Su again, asking them to strengthen their monitoring of Cao Cao's forces; He also wrote a letter to Yizhou Mu Zhao Yun, which could encroach on the territory of Jingnan and prevent Liu Bei and Liu Pan from entering the country.

Ma Gui suggested: "My lord, if you unite with Jiaozhou, you can surround it on all sides and compress all forces in Jingnan. ”

Gao Shun thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to arrange this matter to Qin Guan, so he wrote a letter to Qin Guan and Liu Ye again.

Zhou Fei, Feng Yong and Lu Su received Gao Shun's letter, and they did not suspect him and immediately began to make arrangements.

Qin Guan and Liu Ye were shocked when they received the letter, Gao Shun's tone was too harsh, which made them a little unbearable.

Liu Ye was even more secretly disappointed, he was a member of the royal family, and he wanted to rely on the forces of Qin Guan to fight Dong Zhuo; Now that Liu Bei occupies Jingnan in the name of Uncle Liu Huang, he hopes to fund Liu Bei, and even form an alliance with Liu Bei to deal with Dong Zhuo and save the imperial court from danger; When he suggested that Qin Guan let Sun Quan go, it was also his selfish motive, and he had the intention of raising thieves.

Gao Shun's letter made his previous arrangements go to waste.

Qin Guan understood very well that Gao Shun had the ambition to unify the world, and all the princes were his enemies, so he must be eliminated, and now he could not attack the imperial court represented by Dong Zhuo, so he joined forces with the imperial court to remove the princes from all sides first, and remove obstacles to the unification of the world.

As a result, Qin Guan and Liu Ye negotiated the attack again.

Now, Liu Ye didn't dare to be selfish anymore, he felt that Gao Shun had seen through his thoughts, so he was so angry; This time, Gao Shun was already seriously dissatisfied with him, and the letter was a warning to him; The general trend of the world has been decided, even if he tries hard, it seems that it is in vain at present, the court is hopeless, and there are no more loyal people in the world.

Besides, although all the armies were nominally under his control, there were a large number of descendants of Gao Shun and Qin Guan in all the armies, and they had firm control over the army, and if he dared to rebel, he would be cut into pulp in an instant.

After calming down and pondering for a while, Liu Ye suggested: "Ye suggests that the trade with Wei Xu be terminated immediately, and then executed according to the order of the lord, unite with Jiaozhou, destroy Sun Quan first, and launch attacks from the sea and land respectively, the sea is in charge of the navy, and Zhang Xiu, the Taishou of Huiji County, is in charge; On land, Ji Ling was in charge, first occupying the two southern counties of Guiyang County and cutting off Sun Quan's trade ties with Jingnan. ”

Qin Guan thought for a while, and asked rhetorically: "If Wei Xu defects to Liu Bei and attacks Luling County, it will cut off Ji Ling's way back, so what?" ”

Liu Ye couldn't either, so he had to answer: "I can only strengthen the garrisons of Yuzhang County and Luling County, strengthen the defense, deter Liu Bei and Wei Xu, and befriend Dong Zhuo at the same time, there is no other way." ”

In the letter, Gao Shun had agreed that they would temporarily unite with Dong Zhuo, and Qin Guan agreed to Liu Ye's suggestion, asking Liu Ye to send someone to contact Jiaozhou and the imperial court as soon as possible, and formulate a battle plan.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru received a messenger sent by Gao Shun, and naturally agreed to Gao Shun's request, but asked Gao Shun to give half of the grain first, and then receive the remaining 500,000 stone grain after Liu Bei was destroyed.

The envoy readily agreed to Dong Zhuo's request; And according to Gao Shun's explanation, he reminded Li Ru that he should pay attention to preventing Wei Xu from defecting to Liu Bei.

This made Dong Zhuo and Li Ru unable to understand Gao Shun, was he really interested in the imperial court? Then why don't you ignore the murder of ministers and bullying the emperor? Now he supports the imperial court to quell the rebellion.

Li Ru was not stupid, and quickly understood that this was Gao Shun's plan to kill people with a knife. However, now the situation is special, they can be used, it seems that there is still use value for Gao Shun, and when they have no use value, Gao Shun will never keep them.

After the envoy left, Dong Zhuo asked, "What is the purpose of Gao Shun's move?" ”

Li Ru felt bitter in his heart, and he couldn't tell the truth to Dong Zhuo, so he had to say perfunctorily: "Gao Junhou doesn't care about small things, big things are not confused, no matter how decaying the court is, it is still the court, how can rebellion exist?" Counterinsurgency is the duty of the cavalry general. ”

Dong Zhuo didn't think as long-term as Li Ru thought, recognized Li Ru's words, and asked rhetorically: "Gao Shun must know that Wei Xu and Liu Bei have colluded, how to deal with it?" "No one wants their subordinates to be disloyal, and Dong Zhuo is no exception, but I don't know if Wei Xu's defection to Liu Bei is his personal matter, or if he has Lu Bu's support, if it is the latter, it will be a big trouble.

Li Ru said: "No matter what, let's transfer back for the time being." ”

Dong Zhuo no longer cared about the affairs of the army, and entrusted carte blanche to Li Ru.

Subsequently, Li Ru received the envoy sent by Qin Guan, and wanted to form an alliance between the two families to deal with Liu Bei together, Li Ru readily agreed, but this aroused his suspicions, could it be that the forces of Jiangdong Qin Pass have been controlled by Gao Shun?

Qin Guan was originally a Yellow Turban thief in Jizhou, after being absorbed by Gao Shun, the thief leader Qin Guan disappeared, but suddenly rose in Jiangdong, if there was no secret support from Gao Shun, where did he get so many war horses? How to cultivate such a strong soldier?

Think about it carefully, was the yellow turban thief in Jizhou supported by Gao Shun at that time? Otherwise, how could he so easily absorb Qin Guan's powerful forces in Jizhou?

If this is the case, then Gao Shun's arrangement is too long-term, and the goal is too long-term, and Li Ru Khan can't help but go straight down.