Chapter 26: Competition

"Ten days. Lu Bu looked at a group of girls in the Night Stalker Camp: "This is your first operation since I took over, you only have ten days, and you have to get as detailed information as possible without alarming the enemy, including the layout of the various camps on Taihang Mountain, the deployment of troops, the location of the generals and Zhang Yan, and the current situation of Guan Hai, remember, your mission this time is to investigate rather than kill, if you can't complete it, then there is no need for the Night Stalker Camp to exist."www.biquge.info ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Lu Bu's face became extremely indifferent, and he looked at everyone: "This operation, there is no backup, no supplies, all problems, solve them by yourself, ten days later, I will guide you to join me with Xiaoying and set off immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Li Shuxiang and his leaders stood up, solemnly hugged their fists to Lu Bu, packed their equipment, and soon, the one hundred and eight night owl battalions disappeared into the camp.

"Lao Xiong, can you still go into battle?" Seeing the night owl camp disappear, Lu Bu turned his head, looked at the vast sea, and grinned: "It's time to kill." ”

"Don't worry, no problem!" Xiong Kuohai slammed his chest and said roughly.

"Wenhe?" Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu and said, "Who do you say Zhang Yan will fall to?" ”

Since Zhang Yan killed He Yi, no matter what the reason, the head was sent over like this, it was obvious that Zhang Yan had made preparations in his heart to tear his face with Lu Bu.

"Left and right, but behind this incident, I am afraid that it is inseparable from the frustrated Zhang He who escaped into Taihang Mountain." Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand, Cao Cao is dominant in the Central Plains, holding the righteous name of the imperial court, Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, Weijiahai, only Lu Bu, the foundation is weak, and the land occupied is also a vast and sparsely populated place, Zhang Yan missed the best opportunity for the battle of Guandu, and now he is sandwiched between the three forces, and there is no possibility of breaking the situation at all, but no matter which side he falls, he will be suppressed by the other two parties, the best way is to drive Lu Bu out of the state first, let himself have less pressure on one side, and then choose among the remaining two sides.

This also represents a dangerous signal, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao after the battle of Guandu, in the case of no one can help anyone, reached a certain consensus, want to drive Lu Bu out of the unstable factor first, because the two are now probably evenly matched, and Lu Bu is obviously no longer as ignored as before the battle of Guandu, if the two sides compete again, Lu Bu will inevitably become a huge unstable factor affecting the situation, and Zhang Yan In this case, Naturally, his heart will be more inclined to the alliance between Yuan Cao.

And Lu Bu, in Zhang Yan's decision, has obviously been regarded as a chess player destined to be expelled from the world, after all, the two have fought before, with the level that Lu Bu showed at the beginning, it is obvious that in Zhang Yan's eyes, he does not have the qualifications to compete with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other figures, even if Lu Bu later sealed the wolf Juxu and shocked the north, it is also the same.

"No matter who it is, since he has already decided, there is no need to be polite to him." Lu Bu sneered: "The person who kills me must be prepared to be killed." ”

"The minister still hopes that the lord can think about it clearly, and this battle does not necessarily have to be attended by the lord in person." Jia Xu shook his head and said.

"I have made up my mind, and there is no need to persuade Wen He in this matter." Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "And at the moment, the generals of all parties must not move lightly, and then pass on an order to me, so that Gao Shun will personally go to Hangu Pass to sit in the town, if Luoyang is fine, one Cao Ren, Wei Yan is enough to deal with it, but if Cao Cao takes the opportunity to sneak attack, he will immediately intervene in the battlefield." ”

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded and bowed and said: "My lord, the minister also wants to send a good debater to lobby Jingxiang and Jiangdong, if any party is willing to ally with our army, it will be enough to break the dilemma that our army is now isolated by the princes." ”

"Are you sure?" Lu Bu frowned, he didn't have much friendship with the Sun family and Liu Biao, and even strictly speaking, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's women were snatched away by Lu Bu, and the two were humiliated by Lu Bu more than once from Xuzhou to Lujiang, not to mention Liu Biao, Lu Lingqi was not easy to make trouble in Jingzhou at the beginning, and Ling Cao and Wen Ping are still locked up in the prison of Chang'an City. But just think about it.

"You have to try." Jia Xu said with a wry smile, at present, as Lu Bu is getting stronger and stronger, it also represents the views of those princes on Lu Bu, allies, and has always been what Lu Bu lacks the most.

"Who can send an envoy?" Lu Bu groped for the stubble under the remains, whether it was Li Ru or Jia Xu, they were all unpopular characters in Shilin, and Jiangdong and Jingxiang, the biggest feature is that there are many families, if these two people go, don't think about fighting Confucianism like Zhuge Liang, they can't be detained directly.

"Tianshui Yang Fu is quite eloquent and worthy of this position!" Jia Xu said the candidate in his heart.

"Is it reliable?" Lu Bu frowned, when he was in Xuzhou, he asked Chen Deng to ask Cao Cao for the position of Xuzhou Assassin, but in the end, this position was taken by the Chen family, and Lu Bu was instinctively a little wary of these people in his heart.

When Jia Xu heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "The lord can rest assured, this person cares about the people, and the lord's various measures in Yongliang are also quite supportive, and there will be no problem." ”

"This matter is arranged by Wen He." Lu Bu nodded, Yang Fu, like Jiang Xu, is in the investigation period, Jiang Xu is by Lu Bu's side, there are some things that Lu Bu can see, but Yang Fu, Wei Kang, Zhao Cen, Yan Wen These people are also assigned to deal with people's livelihood in various places, what is the specific ability and character, Lu Bu is not clear, and now he can only believe in Jia Xu's judgment, and more importantly, even if it is not successful, it will have no impact on Lu Bu, but if it succeeds, the benefits are huge.

"Don't worry, my lord." Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, looked at Lu Budao, and said, "For the Black Mountain thief, does the lord have a plan?" ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "Although the Black Mountain thieves are known as millions, they are distributed throughout the Taihang Mountain, Zhang Yan cannot concentrate a million people together, and most of these million Black Mountain thieves are old, weak, sick and disabled, I have fought with the Black Mountain thieves when Yuan Shao was there, when Yuan Shao's army pressed the border, Zhang Yan only mobilized tens of thousands of people to fight, one is difficult to mobilize, and the other is that the grain and grass in the mountains are unsustainable, even if he really has a million people, it is impossible to use them all, as for how to deal with it, wait for the night owl battalion to spy on the intelligence clearly." ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he couldn't help but persuade again: "Xu still hopes that the lord can think twice, the lord is now famous, if he wins, he will be fine, but if he loses, he will achieve Zhang Yan's name." ”

This is also the so-called reputation burden, when Lu Bu is down, infamous, no one will care about Lu Bu's movements, win or lose, no one will care, but when Lu Bu is now famous, not only shocking China, but also a prince, naturally will focus on the eyes of the world's heroes, at this time, in fact, Lu Bu can't afford to lose, even a small defeat, it is very likely to shake the spirit of the three armies, so that Lu Bu's reputation will be stained.

"The words of Wenhe, Bu Zi should be remembered." Lu Bu nodded solemnly, and said to Jia Xu in a deep voice: "In this matter, Bu should do what he can, if it is true, it cannot be violated......"

In the end, Lu Bu smiled and said, "Bu will quit Taihang Mountain in due course, Wen He is satisfied?" ”

"The Lord is serious." Jia Xu smiled bitterly, he had tried his best to persuade him to come here, now that Lu Bu had made up his mind, what Jia Xu could do now was to help Lu Bu stabilize the rear.

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In Taihang Mountain, in an inconspicuous cottage, two scribes sit opposite each other.

"Brother Zhu, I don't want you and me to live in this life, and there is even a time to drink at the same table." Cheng Yu smiled and raised his glass, originally coming to Taihang Mountain this time, it should be Guo Jia's business, but Guo Jia was weak and unwilling to suffer from this week's car fatigue, so he could only come by Cheng Yu, but he didn't expect to be in Taihang Mountain, and he was frustrated.

At the beginning, Fu Zhu and Zhang He were repelled by Pang De and Ma Chao in Huguan and escaped into the Taihang Mountain, which naturally aroused Zhang Yan's vigilance, and there was a conflict at that time, and it was also at that time that Fu Zhi knew that Lu Bu's people had infiltrated Taihang Mountain and wanted to persuade Zhang Yan to use it for his own use.

At that time, Zhang Yan was having a headache in the choice of the tripartite forces, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao didn't want to offend too much, and finally reached an agreement to let Zhang He go over the mountain, but he was kept as a hostage, but he was not left in vain, and finally succeeded in persuading Zhang Yan to abandon Lu Bu, although he had not yet made a choice between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but he also killed He Yi who broke in by mistake and sent it to Lu Bu, which is similar to a letter of nomination.

"Brother Zhongde is idle, and he has the heart to come here to enjoy the mountains and rivers?" The identity of the frustrated professor is different from Cheng Yu's now, the frustrated professor is considered a hostage, but Cheng Yu came as a messenger to persuade the Black Mountain thief to be used by Cao Cao, and the two are opposite in their positions, but at the moment, the two have reached an agreement, let Zhang Yan and Lu Bu completely turn against each other.

"When I see my friends, I don't want to leave." Cheng Yu said with a smile, if you leave a person here, then nine times out of ten, with the ability of frustration, it is likely that Zhang Yan will eventually be pulled to Yuan Shao's side, as one of Cao Cao's four strategists, Cheng Yu naturally does not want to see Yuan Shao grow, so he sent someone to inform Cao Cao and explain the current situation of the Montenegrin thieves, so he took the initiative to stay, ready to persuade the Montenegrin army, at least not to let the Montenegrin army fall to Yuan Shao's side, you must know that the Montenegrin thieves are all over the Taihang Mountain, and many states and counties of Cao Cao have borders, once the Montenegrin thieves are determined to help Yuan Shao, That was definitely not a good thing for Cao Cao.

"I'm afraid that the matter of Hai is from Brother Zhongde's handwriting, right?" Fu Zhi looked at Cheng Yu and sneered.

"For a reckless man, Lu Bu has no one to use, and it is really ridiculous to send such a reckless man as a lobbyist." Cheng Yu shook his head and smiled.

"Humph!" A gloomy light flashed in his eyes, what he wanted to ask was naturally not this matter, but Cheng Yu avoided the important and trivial, and he was not easy to explain. (To be continued.) )