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"General." The adjutant general stepped forward, came to Wei Yan's side, and said in a low voice.

"Who did that?" Wei Yan said in a deep voice.

"Judging from the cluster of arrows left, it is the Han army system, the means are clean and neat, the five brothers were pierced through the throat by an arrow before they even had time to react, and one was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but he was beheaded, judging from the posture of holding the knife, our brothers should have found the enemy and made a state of combat readiness, judging from the fracture of the weapon, it was cut off by someone with a knife on his head." The lieutenant said in a deep voice.

A touch of awe flashed in Wei Yan's eyes, these scouts were all selected from the elite around Lu Bu, each of them could be one as ten, but now in a face-to-face situation, he was beheaded with a knife, Wei Yan could also do it if he asked himself, but there were not many people in Lu Bu's army who could do this.

"Go back first, report the matter here to the lord, send out all the scouts, and increase the intensity of monitoring here." Sighing, Wei Yan said in a deep voice, at the moment, he doesn't even know who the enemy is, the Han army's standard equipment seems to be a clue, but Cao Cao, Ma Teng, and Han Sui all use the Han army's system, and at present, there are only these three princes around, Wei Yan can only increase his investigation efforts to avoid being attacked by these forces, and at the same time, he will quickly pass this information to Lu Bu.

Wei Yan had a hunch that it wouldn't be long before these enemies hidden in the shadows would make a move.

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Late at night, Jincheng, Zhenxi General's Mansion.

Under the light of the oil lamp, Han Sui looked at the appointment document in his hand again.

"My lord." Cheng Gongying crossed the door, brought a cool breeze, and saluted Han Sui: "The imperial envoy has settled down. ”

"The imperial court wants us to unite with Ma Teng this time to discuss Lu Bu, what do you think?" Han Sui raised his head and looked at Cheng Gongyingdao.

"Now the two major princes of Kwantung, the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is imminent, the two tigers are fighting, no matter who wins this battle, it will be the overlord of the north in the future, right now, we are not good to turn against Cao Cao." Cheng Gongying Road.

"It's just that Lu Bu is extremely brave, after the defeat of the Xuzhou army, he led five hundred remnants of the army to flee, and fought for thousands of miles, not only was it not eliminated, but it became more and more powerful, and now he led millions of people to enter Jingzhao, this time he sent troops, it was good to win, but if he was defeated, ......" Han Sui smiled bitterly and shook his head, he was greedy for the million population, but Jincheng was too far away from Jingzhao, and there were other forces in the middle, and if he really defeated Lu Bu, Cao Cao might not let him take the million people away.

There is no benefit in winning the war, and the defeat is even worse, not only losing the army, but also provoking such a big enemy as Lu Bu, but if he doesn't fight, it is not easy to explain to the court, Han Sui knows his own family affairs, don't look at his prosperity in Xiliang, but he has missed the best period of chasing the Central Plains, and now he does not join any of the forces, and he is just waiting for the price to sell, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, before the two sides decide the victory or defeat, his side does not want to offend.

Cheng Gongying pondered: "Although Lu Bu is strong, but after all, the foundation is not stable, although his people are brave, but his subordinates are few and far between, the lord can wait and see for a while to see what General Andy means, if we join forces to send troops, this matter is quite promising, the lord may wish to write to ask." ”

Hearing this, Han Sui nodded and said, "Good." ”

General Andy is Ma Teng, and the two are brothers with different surnames, but to put it bluntly, this brother with a different surname is a kind of political alliance, which Han Sui positioned this brother very accurately in his heart.

At the same time, General Andy's mansion sent away the envoy sent by the imperial court, Ma Teng knocked on the table, he didn't have the twists and turns in Han Sui's heart, and he agreed to go to Lu Bu very happily, but I heard that Lu Bu was brave and good at fighting, and although the eldest son Ma Chao was powerful, he didn't know if he was Lu Bu's opponent.

"Father, are you looking for us?" Two generals came in outside the door, led by a young man of about twenty years old, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing a brocade robe, although he was dressed as a son, but there was a faint bit of Jin Ge's atmosphere between his steps, and the people behind him were not very old, but they had an old spirit.

"Meng Qi, Ling Ming." Looking at the two, Ma Teng said with a smile: "This time, the Han court came to envoy and asked me to join forces with your uncle Wenyue to discuss the **** Lu Bu, my father has promised them, and I want to take Meng Qi as the main general, and Ling Ming will lead 20,000 troops to cooperate with the imperial army to discuss Lu Bu." ”

"Lu Fengxian?" When Ma Chao heard this, a strong battle intent flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly: "I have long heard that this person's reputation for bravery is the best in the world. ”

"Don't be reckless!" Ma Teng's face muscles stiffened, you must know that among the princes in the world that year, including him Ma Teng, but Ma Teng also knew that his son was talented, and now although Fang and the weak crown, he has already shocked Xiliang, and he is indeed stronger than him, but Ma Teng has seen Lu Bu's majesty back then, and frowned: "Lu Bu is not a vain person, Guan Zhang's two generals are not under you, and Liu Bei was added back then, and the three of them fought against Lu Bu together, and they couldn't get a bargain. ”

Ma Chao nodded when he heard this, but there was a little disapproving look on his face, Ma Teng saw this, and knew that it was useless to say more, so he looked at Pang De behind Ma Chao and said: "Ling Ming acts calmly and moderately, this time I go on an expedition, I should listen to Ling Ming's advice." ”

"Yes, the child obeys his father's command." Ma Chao nodded depressedly.

"Alas~" Looking at Ma Chao's appearance, Ma Teng could only sigh, and instead asked Pang Deduo to assist Ma Chao.

Early the next morning, the imperial envoy went to Jincheng and explained that Ma Teng had promised to send troops, Han Sui saw this, and knew that it was not good to shirk again, so he ordered the candidate to be the commander and led the infantry Ma to the south, and at the same time Ma Chao and Pang De also took 20,000 soldiers and horses to Hanoi to join the imperial army waiting there.

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Jingzhao, Lu Bu naturally couldn't know that thousands of miles away, the two princes of Xiliang had reached a consensus with Cao Cao and jointly raised troops to come to crusade.

Wei Yan's information has been sent, but these alone are not enough to judge who did it, so they can only be put aside.

With the continuous improvement of Lu Bu's decree, and quickly sent to the four directions, soon selected some brave among the people to be responsible for maintaining law and order, responsible for helping the people to rush on weekdays, and training with the army when they rested, as groups of refugees were resettled, these people were naturally incorporated into the county soldiers.

Although these village warriors can only be regarded as righteous troops at most, but after Lu Bu completely stabilizes the million population, according to the statistical data, Lu Bu's troops can suddenly have an additional 50,000 troops.

"There are still court officials in Xinfeng County?" Lu Bu was surprised by another thing at the moment.

"Li Guo's two thieves were defeated, although Cao Cao was unable to look west, but he did not let go, Zhang Ji this person, quite talented, Guanzhong has been through several wars over the years, but this person will govern Xinfeng County in an orderly manner." Chen Gong nodded.

"Where did you come from?" Lu Bu frowned and said, if he is a member of the family, no matter how talented he is, he can't let him continue to stay in Xinfeng County.

Chen Gong smiled slightly: "This person was born in a poor family, he was once promoted to filial piety, Cao Cao has recruited this person several times, but he has not come out, the lord may be able to fight for it." ”

Lu Bu nodded: "Let Wei Yan send someone to contact him to see what his attitude is, and if he refuses to return, he will arrest this person." ”

Born in a poor family, it may not be willing to stand on the opposite side of the family with you, a typical example, just look at Jia Xu, after all, in this era, students from poor families want to ask for learning, and they can only make friends with the family, even if they get ahead in the future, they will also want to integrate into the circle of the family instead of standing on the opposite side of others, for this kind of thinking, Lu Bu can understand, but the talent in hand, if you want to put it back, then don't think about it, I understand you, please understand me, even if you eat and drink for nothing, it will not give you the opportunity to help my enemiesand see who can consume whom to death.

But if you want to use the same method as Jia Xu to deal with other people, don't think about it, not everyone will be as cute as Jia Xu, even if they are forced, they will still be willing to help you do something without discipline, although they will not take the initiative to help you do anything, but all the tasks assigned by Lu Bu, Jia Xu can complete them very well, which really saves Lu Bu a lot of effort, he likes such scholars, but he doesn't expect every scholar to be as cute as Jia Xu.

"Yes." When Chen Gong heard this, he smiled and nodded, and then asked, "If he is willing to belong, will he continue to be the commander of Xinfeng County?" ”

"Then bring him in." Lu Bu naturally realized that in this chaotic situation, Xinfeng was governed in an orderly manner, his ability was good, and at the same time, Xinfeng's popularity would not be bad, and it was impossible for Lu Bu to continue to keep him in Xinfeng until he was sure whether this person was perfunctory or genuinely attached.