Fame, power, and profit have been the most enthusiastic pursuits of people since ancient times.

Lu Bu started from a border county, has a straightforward personality, and his means of pursuing fame, power, and profit are more direct.

He had made up his mind in his heart, Wang Yun and others had wooed him, just to value the army in his hands and to use him, he had nothing to be dissatisfied with, as long as the other party could offer a sufficient price; Therefore, when Wang Yun invited him to his home again, Lu Bu began to think about what benefits he could get in addition to returning to the imperial court and resisting the soldiers and horses of Xiliang?

After Wang Yun finished arranging, Lu Bu asked rhetorically: "There are still more than 100,000 officers and soldiers in Xiliang, and they are in a family of their own, if they kill Li Ru and wait for them to return to Changsha City, how can Mr. refuse them?" ”

Wang Yun thought to himself, it is because he is worried about those Xiliang soldiers, so you Lu Bu have use value, if you can resist the Xiliang soldiers, why use Lu Bu? However, he couldn't say it directly to Lu Bu, but said with a smile: "Haha, Fengxian doesn't have to worry, if Li Ru dies first, the Xiliang soldiers will have no leader, they can be divided, they can be co-opted, and they can be easy to hear!" ”

Lu Bu was not stupid, shook his head, and retorted: "Sir, the Xiliang soldiers are from Xiliang, they have always been united, their combat power is super strong, it is difficult to deal with, and it is difficult to divide and win over; And the territory of Jingnan is narrow, and the trapped beasts are still fighting, not to mention the strong army with complete equipment, if they don't think about the strategy in advance, they will raise troops and make chaos, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

The Western Liang soldiers are predators, and his Lu Bu's army also started by plundering, and he knows too much about the habits of these Western Liang soldiers.

Wang Yun knew that Lu Bu was asking for the price, so he patiently asked, "What is Fengxian's good plan?" ”

Lu Bu smiled: "Haha, wait!" ”

"Wait?" Wang Yun asked puzzled.

Lu Bu explained: "Haha, sir, the Xiliang soldiers are far away from their homeland, the soldiers are not replenished, and now they are gradually getting old, and every year since then, a large number of old men have withdrawn from the army because of the war, and it will not take many years for the Xiliang soldiers to have no soldiers to fight." ”

Wang Yun knew that he was teased by Lu Bu, Lu Bu was young and could afford to wait, but he Wang Yun couldn't afford to wait, so he smiled and said: "Haha, Feng Xian laughed, our courtiers can wait, but Your Majesty can't afford to wait, and more people with lofty ideals can't afford to wait, we must get rid of the national thieves as soon as possible, and return to Your Majesty, this is our responsibility and obligation as courtiers." ”

After finishing his resignation, he said to Lu Bu: "Feng Xian, if it is successful, Your Majesty is grateful, how can you treat Feng Xian badly?" ”

Lu Bu has often read books for so many years, and has also developed a very good habit of being a philistine, that is, if you don't see a rabbit, you can't scatter an eagle, you must see the actual interests before you can express your stance and stop being impulsive; But for the sake of a large enough benefit, he will also fight bravely and not avoid hardships.

Gao Shun also started from the state, and the time of his rise was comparable to him, Lu Bu was both jealous of Gao Shun and Gao Shun, and unconsciously learned Gao Shun's actions, so it was inevitable that he would become a philistine.

Lu Bu didn't speak, but picked up the wine glass and drank it to himself.

Everyone looked at each other.

Wang Yun felt that Lu Bu was more cunning than before, but Lu Bu was strong in martial arts, with 40,000 officers and soldiers, and if Lu Bu joined, it would be a success; Even if Lu Bu remained neutral, they would not have the strength to fight against the Xiliang soldiers, and even if the assassination of Li Ru was successful, they would be counterattacked by the angry Xiliang officers and soldiers, and their success would fall short.

Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with the attitude of everyone in his heart, but he was not in a hurry, he had been waiting for so many years, and it was not a few days; In the past, they still had Liu Bei to choose, but now they can only choose to cooperate with him Lu Bu, which is his advantage.

The banquet broke up unhappily.

Wang Yun was angry with Lu Bu in his heart and decided to put pressure on him. So Wang Yun went to meet Li Ru and took the initiative to mention that Lu Bu was unwilling to dismantle the army.

Li Ruzheng was worried about this, so he asked, "What is the best plan for sir?" ”

Wang Yun said: "Taishi, why don't you transfer Wei Xu to the Yangtze River to guard against the Jiangdong soldiers in Wuchang County." ”

Li Ru shook his head and vetoed Wang Yun's suggestion; He had thought about dividing Lu Bu's power before, but Wei Xu and Lu Bu were related, and Wei Xu was greedy, if he was transferred to a local area, it would lead to the people's misery; What's more important is that he has now heard the rumors, it is rumored that Zhang Jinai surrendered to Gao Shun and is now fighting in Xiliang, and Lu Bu and Wei Xu had a deep relationship with Gao Shun at the beginning, so he did not dare to let Lu Bu's army have direct contact with Gao Shun's forces.

Wang Yun also suggested: "Taishi, if you don't suppress it with money and grain, and allocate less money and food, he will take the initiative to dismiss the officers and soldiers." ”

Li Ru still shook his head, he didn't want to cause civil strife because of this now.

In this world, Lu Bu lived a relatively stable life, took many concubines in Luoyang and Changsha, and had two sons and four daughters; The eldest daughter is married to Zhang Yang's son and lives in Mayi City; There are only two sons and three daughters in the family, and they are not yet minors.

For so many years, Lu Bu has been in contact with Zhang Yang, the general of Anzhou Zhonglang, and has a deep relationship; The relationship between the two was also very close in history, and Zhang Yang took several risks to rescue Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu returned to the private house angrily and talked to Wei Xu about the matter, Wei Xu complained dissatisfiedly: "Alas, we missed the opportunity to attack the barbarians in the north, the last time Uncle Zhi sent a letter, Wei Gong attacked the northern frontier and gained a lot of harvest, which is really enviable, that is the pursuit of my generation, but we are suffocated here, and the dragon is trapped in the shallows." ”

Lu Bu was already on fire, and Wei Xu was so emotional, which made him even more angry, and immediately drove Wei Xu away.

Wei Xu's words attracted his attention, he secretly thought to himself, rebelling against Li Ru is for the emperor, to repay the kindness of the first emperor back then, if he can't do anything, he can take refuge in Gao Shun, there is the love of the year, presumably Gao Shun will accept him, even if he is a lieutenant general under Gao Shun and goes to the frontier, it is better than being aggrieved here.

Wang Yun did not achieve any results with Li Ru, and after returning, he decided to promise more benefits to Lu Bu, otherwise, they would not have succeeded without Lu Bu.

So, they first discussed with Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and others, and finally everyone decided to appoint Lu Bu as the post of General Wei after promising that Lu Bu would succeed, and Fu Wan would go to visit Lu Bu.

Now Lu Bu has a different mind, and after finishing the conditions they agreed, Lu Bu readily agreed.

Everyone was overjoyed, they didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Wang Yun secretly regretted that if this was the case, he should have promised Lu Bu the benefits as early as possible, and he would not have wronged His Majesty for so many years.

The next thing was planned by Wang Yun and others, and Lu Bu only listened to orders.

Everyone discussed, and decided that before the New Year, His Majesty would set up a banquet to entertain the ministers, and Li Ru would definitely participate, and Lu Buke would prepare in advance, take down Li Ru at the banquet, and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Liangzhou soldiers for the New Year, and exterminate them one by one.

Emperor Liu Xie fully cooperated with the plan of Wang Yun and others, announced the banquet half a month in advance, and asked the palace to prepare carefully.

Li Ru has no doubt that there is it, the palace banquet has been held many times before, and this time it is just done as usual.

Sure enough, as Wang Yun and others imagined, without the pressure of Gao Shun, the Xiliang soldiers relaxed a lot, and the officers and soldiers who had families before the Chinese New Year went home one after another for the New Year, and only a small number of people were on duty in the barracks.

The officers and soldiers of Lu Bu and Wei Xu, in order to make an appearance, also arranged for 10,000 people who were old and had families to go home for the New Year. The rest of the strong men were on standby in the barracks.

Lu Bu's actions only made Xiliang Bing a little jealous, and did not attract Li Ru's attention.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the coming of the banquet before the year.