It is said that Zhang Yang led two cavalry to leave Taoyuan Fort, go south to Taiyuan, and then cross the Yellow River from Lishi, and return to Wudu via Meiji, which took more than half and twenty days in total. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Bu was stunned for Zhang Yang to return so early, feeling incomprehensible, and said happily after reacting: "Uncle Zhi has worked hard. ”

Zhang Yang saluted and said: "Yang is not dishonoring his mission, and the situation in the state has been inquired clearly. ”

Lu Bu said happily: "Okay, quickly summon Wei Xu and the others to come and discuss." ”

At this time, the place where Lu Bu and others were located was a small town in the north of Wudu County, close to the south bank of the Yellow River, and not far from the desert in the south, which was a necessary place for east-west trade.

Relying on the bravery of Lu Bu and others, he organized a group of people who had a deep hatred for Xianbei, and often crossed the Yellow River in winter when it froze and plundered Xianbei.

Relying on the Xianbei wealth plundered every year, Lu Bu and others lived a fairly prosperous life, and there were often merchants here who went west to trade with tribes such as the Xiongnu Youxian King, and Lu Bu and others collected tolls, and sometimes provided some protection, which could get a lot of gains.

Within a few years, the power developed to nearly 600 cavalrymen, known as the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou, and Lu Bu also won the title of "flying general" in Hexi.

Lu Bu, whose name is Fengxian, is a native of Wuyuan County, born in 160 and is now 23 years old; Lu Bu was born with divine power, strong martial arts, extremely brave, and arrogant, and everyone admired him; Lu Bu is now married, married to Yan, and has just had a daughter, nicknamed Wanjun, under the age of one.

The military general Wei Xu, who is related to Lu Bu by law, has a shrewd mind and is brave in battle, and is very liked by Lu Bu and used as his right-hand man. There are also military generals Hou Cheng and Cheng Lian and others.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Bu said, "Uncle Zhi, tell me about Hedong (east of the Yellow River)?" ”

Zhang Yang said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are three major military forces in Hedong, the strongest is Dong Zhuo Dong Zhongying, the Taishou of Hedong County, with strong soldiers and strong horses, Hedong County is rich in salt, and the land is fertile, the irrigation is convenient, and it is very rich. ”

Dong Zhuo's situation Lu Bu also knows a little, this person is from a good family, relying on his military exploits to get mixed with the history of the state assassination, and promoted to the Taishou of Hedong County, but his power has become a number, and there are countless generals under him, and he is now trapped in Hedong County, and the hero is useless, if he defects to Dong Zhuo, it is better to continue to be free here, so he thought about it for a while and said: "Hedong County is a river on both sides and a mountain on three sides, and it is more than enough to defend, the attack is insufficient, and there is no stage to give full play to the strengths of the brothers, which is not what I want." ”

Wei Xu said: "Brother Feng Xian is right, then there are many scholars in Hedong County, how can we be allowed to develop and threaten their interests? ”

Zhang Yang felt that what the two said made sense, so he continued: "The second major force is Taiyuan County Taishou, there are many soldiers and few generals, but they don't understand military affairs, and they don't attach importance to military affairs. ”

Lu Bu said unhappily: "In a chaotic place, if you don't understand military affairs and don't pay attention to military affairs, you will suffer a catastrophe and can't be relied on; How is Zhang Yi in the history of the state assassination? ”

Zhang Yang said: "The assassin has no military power, so he can't worry about it? ”

"Let's talk about something else!"

"Yang is most interested in the third strength, is the Gaoshun force in Loufu County, Yanmen County, due to the late start, is still relatively weak, but the future is limitless, Yang and the two brothers temporarily lived in his military camp for a month, Yang was fortunate to be promoted to the head of the tun; And by the time Yang returned, his forces had obtained the position of Taishou of Daijun and Shanggu County, as well as the position of Captain of Wuhuan. ”

"Go on."

"Their treatment is very good, and their salaries can be paid on time, but the number of officers and soldiers is too small, at present there are only more than 1,000 cavalry and dozens of generals, but the combat effectiveness is very amazing, and they have annihilated a Xiongnu thousand-man team and a Xianbei thousand-person team one after another; When they take over Daijun and Kamitani, the speed of military expansion will inevitably accelerate, and now is a good opportunity to join. ”

Lu Bu was a little moved, in Dai County and Shanggu County, he could attack Xianbei at any time and obtain a lot of military exploits, but this force was too small, and there was not much difference between him Lu Bu's current situation, and asked: "What is the strength of their generals?" ”

"The strength of the generals is not weaker than Yang, and the strongest one is Li Qiang, no one is invincible, and it is estimated that he is on par with Brother Fengxian."

Lu Bu didn't believe this, he was very confident in his martial arts, and he had never met an opponent so far, so he asked, "What is the situation of their lord?" ”

"Their lord is not yet a weak crown, only 17 years old; It is said that martial arts and resourcefulness are very powerful, and they are also very courageous, and they once hunted aliens single-handedly. ”

made Lu Bu very disappointed, and asked him to worship a person so young as the lord, he Lu Bu couldn't wipe off this face and couldn't afford to lose this person, so forget it.

Zhang Yang said: "As soon as I mentioned Brother Feng's deeds, he seemed to have heard of it, and invited Brother Feng Xian to visit when he had time, and they could help him if he had any difficulties, and hoped to join forces to fight against foreign races." ”

Hearing Zhang Yang say this, Lu Bu was very happy in his heart, satisfying his vanity and fueling his arrogance.

At this time, Wei Xu said: "I am against joining any forces, now that we have food and drink, why should we join other people's forces?" What about being controlled by others? How can I be free now? ”

Hou Cheng said: "Brother Fengxian, these forces are not worthy of our allegiance, I think we should wait for the opportunity here, then Taiyuan is too defensive and does not pay attention to the military, and will definitely not reuse us; That Hedong County also did not have a chance to obtain military exploits; Dai County and Shanggu County belong to the boundaries of Youzhou, not in the state, we will definitely be excluded by the people of Youzhou, besides, I can't do it if I worship such a young person. ”

Cheng Lian said: "Brother Fengxian, we know that you have good intentions, but Lian feels that none of these three places can be our backers, so it is better to continue to wait and see." ”

Zhang Yang was a little anxious, he wanted to join Gao Shun's forces, so he said: "Although Gao Shun is young, his power has only been developed for 1 year. And its wealth is abundant, when parting, Yang Jun was given a horse, ten catties of gold, and the two little brothers who followed also got a good horse, if you join, you will definitely be able to get better treatment than Yang. ”

Wei Xu had already seen the horse when he entered the door, to be honest, he was very envious, but he was now under one person, and his life was very comfortable, but he didn't want to join other forces to be governed by others, so he smiled and said: "Hehe, Uncle Zhi, you can't sell your brothers because of a horse." ”

Zhang Yang himself is not good at words, Wei Xu said this, he couldn't say anything for a while, blushed, and simply didn't say anything.

Seeing some stalemate, Lu Bu said: "The reason why Bu sent Uncle Zhi out to investigate is that he hopes to take refuge in a powerful force as a backer, so that you all have a good future, I can't be too selfish, tie you here, and lose the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

Wei Xu said: "Brother Fengxian, now that the court is dark, the eunuchs are in the way, and the background of our people restricts our development, and meritorious service may not be rewarded. ”

Wei Xu's words were unanimously supported by everyone.

Seeing that Li Su had not spoken, Lu Bu asked, "Why is Brother Xian silent?" ”

Li Su said: "This is a matter of the family of the first brother, and it is inconvenient for Su to speak. ”

"Haha, Brother Xian is too polite, what can't we say between us?"

"Well, Su will tell me what is in his heart; The border county is in danger, it has been poisoned by foreign races for many years, natural disasters are continuous, people's livelihood is withering, and chaos in the world is in front of you; It is not a good strategy to find a reliable force to take refuge in, to seek a future for the brothers, and to protect their wives and children from displacement. It's just who to rely on? It must be carefully examined and must be cautious, otherwise there will be trouble. ”

This was exactly what Lu Bu wanted, so he said: "Since you are not willing to join other forces for the time being, then let's continue to be free here, train soldiers and horses, hunt foreign races, and strengthen ourselves, so as to wait for the time of day." ”

"Yes!" Everyone readily agreed.

Zhang Yang couldn't, so he had to write a letter and secretly send someone to Gao Shun to send it.