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This is Sima Qian's "Historical Records of Goods and Colonies", which summarizes that all people in the world are driven by interests.

The essence of buying and selling is profit. The nature of war, too.

The core of war, contention, is interests.

Throughout the ages, countless wars have been named righteousness, denounced as unrighteousness, and many have been cited for various reasons such as political ideas and religious beliefs.

The struggle for politics is a struggle for rights. The religious dispute is also the spiritual dispute. In the final analysis, we still can't get rid of the word "interests".

As long as it is profitable, the lives of hundreds of millions of people, Hongmaoer.

The same is true of the White Horse situation.

It's just that the purpose of the parties involved is not to fight for the white horse, but to prevent others from seizing it.

Liu Mang, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, whoever wants to take the Puyang area as their own, but whoever does this will become the enemy of the other two sides, and no one is sure that one enemy will be the other.

White Horse City, not far from the tripartite base camp.

There is no worry about supply, and the three parties are very calm. Neither take the initiative to cause trouble, nor show weakness, nor easily withdraw from the army.

……

The three parties stared at White Horse City, stalemate, and Lu Bu, the current owner of White Horse, became a spectator.

The top three gathered, displaying tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

If the war breaks out, more soldiers and horses will flock to it.

Such a big scene, right in front of his own house, Lu Bu's blood was full of blood.

It's been a long time since it's been so lively, and Lu Bu really hopes that the top three will be turned upside down and fight to the death.

However, the top three didn't do it for a long time, and Lu Bu was itching. He really wants to take the initiative to cause some trouble and provoke a big war!

Chen Gong hurriedly persuaded: "Wen Hou, be steady!" Under the nest, there are no eggs. If this battle breaks out, it will be like a landslide, and we will live in it, how can we be spared? ”

Lu Bu was excited. "With this battle, this life is in vain! It is better to die a heroic death than to live a life! ”

Causing trouble is tantamount to looking for death, Lu Buyan can not know.

Lu Bu didn't want to die, what he couldn't bear was that as the master, he was ignored by the three powerhouses.

Chen Gong repeatedly persuaded and explained that although the top three were all aggressive, none of them were fully prepared and had no certainty of victory. In the current situation, it is very difficult to fight this battle.

Lu Bu was disappointed.

The battle couldn't be fought, and Lu Bu couldn't stand being ignored. "Since there is no intention of a decisive battle, why do you want to stalemate here?"

"I don't dare to retreat first, I'm afraid that others will gain an inch. The stalemate is waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the steps of the end. ”

"Oh......" Lu Bu's eyes suddenly lit up. In this case, a certain person should come forward, mediate the three parties, and stop the army! ”

Lu Bu thought about it, but he still wanted to show his existence and prove his worth.

"No, never!" Chen Gong hurriedly poured a basin of cold water.

Chen Gong patiently persuaded that he must be stable at this time.

When the top three face off and intrigue, we must not be in a hurry to choose a side.

The top three are deadlocked, and it is difficult for them to determine who is a friend and who is an enemy. At this time, not only can you not be a good person, but you may even become the target of public criticism, and the existing territory may become a bargaining chip for the top three to negotiate and divide!

"In the current situation, wait and see."

"Wait?" Lu Bu was really not interested in this strategy.

"Yes! Wait for it to be lossless and profitable. ”

"It's a small profit, and I can't look down on it." Lu Bu was bored, "Let's go practice." ”

Chen Gong was right.

At this time, the competition between the three is momentum and diplomatic means, and their goals are no longer Baima and Puyang.

In order to win more support, the top three have shown favor to Lu Bu.

Although Cao Cao did not take the initiative to express it, he also stopped the attack on Lü Bu's army.

Liu Mang asked Xu Da to take the initiative to contact Lu Bu and communicate his feelings.

Yuan Shao behaved more actively, and with the attitude of the leader of the alliance, he greeted Lu Bu and Zhang Miao with warmth and provided a lot of military supplies.

……

The situation in Baima has gradually stabilized, and all parties concerned have breathed a sigh of relief. Including people closely related to the situation in the Central Plains, they also breathed a sigh of relief.

For example, Liu Bei has just captured Jiujiang and expanded his territory, and it takes a period of time and a relatively stable environment to consolidate the fruits of victory.

He didn't want the Central Plains to be in chaos right away, at least, not to fight now.

Liu Mang received Liu Bei's letter.

Liu Bei's letter is humble and polite.

In the letter, Liu Bei praised Liu Mang's exploits in exterminating Yuan Shu and his remnants, and said that he would play the Son of Heaven and show Liu Mang's merits.

Liu Bei's favor, Liu Mang won't care. However, it is not rude to come and go. Liu Bei's capture of Shouchun, the capital of the puppet imperial court, is also a great achievement, and Liu Mang naturally has to express it.

Liu Bei also said in the letter that a large number of materials had been seized after breaking through Shouchun, which had been counted, loaded and transported to Luoyang, and handed over to the imperial court.

There was also a group of prisoners, who were escorted to Luoyang with the materials and handed over to the imperial court for interrogation.

The letter is followed by a list of supplies and a list of prisoners.

Liu Mang looked at it and said, "Hehe, Liu Xuande can be a man." ”

Most of the captives sent to Luoyang were pseudo-court officials with small official positions, and they were of little value. These people can be disposed of locally, whether they are released or beheaded, no one will care.

There were a lot of items handed in, but there were no particularly valuable items.

Among the materials handed in, the largest amount was coarse cloth and five baht coins minted by the puppet imperial court.

Yuan Shu listened to Jia Yidao's suggestion and implemented a monopoly system of grain, salt and cloth, with a large backlog of coarse cloth, which the rich could not look down on and the poor could not afford it, and finally became Liu Bei's trophy.

Liu Bei took out a small part of coarse cloth as a trophy and handed it over to the Luoyang Imperial Court to fill the amount. It is large in size and good-looking, but it is not valuable.

Among the trophies, there are also many things used in the Shouchun puppet palace. Including the crowns, robes, various ceremonial guards, ritual utensils, and supplies that can prove that Yuan Shu was rebellious.

Like the goods handed in, they are large quantities, but they are of little value.

Liu Bei is very shrewd.

Turning in these things, especially those related to Yuan Shu's great rebellion, can show merit and show his innocence, and he will not follow Yuan Shu.

However, everyone knows that Liu Bei will not hand over really useful and valuable objects.

At the end of the list, there is another paragraph that says that after the Xuzhou army captured the Shouchun puppet palace, they searched carefully, and wanted to find the jade seal of the country and return it to the imperial court, but they couldn't find it.

Interrogating the puppet court captives revealed that when Yuan Shu fled west, he took the jade seal of the country with him.

Liu Bowen looked at the list and asked casually: "I don't know if Qin Qionglin Chong's side has found the heirloom jade seal." ”

Liu Mang said: "Shubao has sent someone to report, and all the seized items have been inspected and sealed and shipped back. What are the specific things, we will know when they arrive in the next two days. ”

"Oh, if the jade seal of the country can be returned to the imperial court, the lord can be described as a masterpiece of the world."

……

Qin Qiong's department is already on the way home. The seized booty was personally escorted back by Lin Chong.

Liu Mang personally inspected the loot.

Airplanes......

The system starts suddenly......