Not to mention Cao Cao, and to say that Lu Bu here, in Zhongmu did not find Chen Gong, although he was slightly disappointed, but I believe that in the future, Chen Gong will definitely take refuge in himself, without him, maybe this is the so-called belief in fate. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

On the other side, Lu Bu personally sat in Zhongmu, and led the troops by Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others to sweep away the leaves in the autumn wind, and seized the counties around Luoyang. It is also because Lu Bu and the generals are restrained, and the army does not commit any offense in the autumn, and the orders of the cities and counties see that it is the army of the imperial court, and they open the city one after another to accept the surrender.

Now that Lu Bu has completely occupied Guanzhong, except for Hanoi and Hedong, Guanzhong Sili is already under the control of Lu Bu.

Cao Cao welcomed the new Son of Heaven, and had no time to take care of it for the time being, Yuan Shao was busy fighting for Youzhou with Gongsun Zhan, and in the south, Yuan Shu was busy exploiting the family, only in the west, Han Sui and Ma Tengtun soldiers Chen Cang, who had not left for a long time. Lu Bu was worried about Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west, so after pacifying Luoyang, he discussed with Jia Xu and wanted to return to Chang'an.

"Now that Guanzhong is newly determined, only Han Sui and Ma Teng in the west still have 100,000 troops, unwilling to withdraw, and they intend to return to fight with Han Sui and Ma Teng."

Lu Bu had a kind of disgust and hatred for Han Sui and Ma Teng and others, these two were comparable to Wang Yun and others, which made Lu Bu angry, so he decided to hit these two hard.

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Lord, please forgive me for saying bluntly, at the moment, our army should not use swords and soldiers in vain, it is better to rest and recuperate and accumulate strength." Guanzhong has suffered from the rebellion of Dong Zhuo and Li Dao, and the people's livelihood has withered, and ten rooms and nine emptiness! What's more, Han Sui Ma Teng has tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry, and if our army fights with it, it will inevitably damage the strength of our army. ”

Lu Bu patted the case and said coldly: "These two people have been stationing troops while the general is on the occasion of the eastward expedition, in order to wait and see the success or failure of our army. Today, Ben will sweep the Guanzhong, these two thieves are still stationed in Chen Cang, do they really think that Ben will not exist? ”

"At this time, it is advisable to focus on deterrence, hold on to it, and take the enemy's food and grass to disperse, and then leave." Jia Xu said lightly.

"Return to Chang'an tomorrow!" Lu Bu just gave the order, and at this time, Hou Cheng hurriedly entered from outside, handed Lu Bu a piece of bamboo paper, Lu Bu opened it and looked at it with ten lines, and after reading it, he said angrily: "This Han Sui Ma Teng really wants to die!" ”

Jia Xu took the letterhead from Lu Bu's hand and looked at it, it turned out that this was the information sent by Li Ru from Chang'an, Yan Hansui and Ma Teng led the troops from Chencang into Guanzhong and led the troops to attack Xu Rong in Yiwu.

Xu Rong's Wang Fang and Li Meng went into battle without authorization and were killed by a young general in a white horse and white robe of the enemy army. Now Xu Rong had to hold on and ask Chang'an for help.

Jia Xu touched his beard and thought for a while: "It seems that Han Sui and Ma Teng want to take advantage of Chang'an's empty troops to attack Chang'an." ”

"Xu Rong has 10,000 soldiers and horses, if he can't hold out, our army has nothing, and there are still Huangfu Songtun soldiers here in Dasanguan, and he can also gallop to help Chang'an when the time comes. Didn't Han Sui and Ma Teng know that it would not be easy for him to capture Chang'an with his tens of thousands of cavalry! ”

Jia Xu said: "The two relied on the benefits of the cavalry to surround the point and send reinforcements, and the fight was to eliminate Xu Rong's soldiers and horses, and Chang'an would be at their fingertips." ”

Lu Bu thought about it, maybe these two thieves really had such a mind, and the only way to do this was to lead the troops to help Xu Rong, originally Lu Bu planned to sit in Luoyang and assist Ren Jun in implementing the Tuntian policy, but it seemed that time was running out.

Lu Bu had no choice but to leave Zhu Jun to lead 5,000 troops to guard Zhongmu, Chen Wu to guard the tiger prison with 3,000 troops, Zhang Liao and Zhang Ji to lead 5,000 troops to guard Luoyang, and bring Xu Huang, Dian Wei, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Zhang Xiu and other generals to return to Chang'an, and the rest of the generals all stayed in Luoyang and were controlled by Zhang Liao.

Originally, in the battle with Cao Cao, Lu Bu's cavalry lost half, and after replenishing the men and horses, it was only 2,000 people. Coupled with the cavalry brought from Chang'an, and the cavalry replenished after killing Li Dao, Lu Bu now has a total of 6,000 cavalry in his hands. There were 30,000 infantry, leaving more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Luoyang, and Lu Bu left 1,000 cavalry for Zhang Liao, bringing 5,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to help Xu Rong.

Lu Bu led 5,000 cavalry to set off first, and Xu Huang led the Chinese army to set off later.

The cavalry horses were fast, and when they arrived in Chang'an, it took only one day. The war was urgent, and when he passed through Chang'an, Lu Bu passed through the door and did not enter, and he didn't care about going back to visit his wife and daughter at the moment.

Lu Bu led the troops directly to Yi County, and Xu Rong opened the city gate to welcome Lu Bu's army into the city.

After not seeing him for many days, Xu Rong's face was more pale, but his eyes were sharp, and his eyes were more firm.

The government office, Ye Lu Bu gathered the generals and asked, "Tell me about the specific situation." ”

"No!" Xu Rong said: "Before February, Han Sui Ma Teng led his troops to attack Chencang, and he never invaded Yixian. The subordinates had no choice but to garrison Yiwu and Meiyang, and they were each other's horns. I don't want to do it recently, Han Sui and Ma Teng led the troops to attack and show off their might under the city. Wang Fang and Li Meng went into battle without authorization and were killed by a young general in the Xiliang army. Therefore, his subordinates had to move to Yixian County and wait for help. Wang Fang and Li Meng fought for the first time without authorization, which was the responsibility of their subordinates for not governing the army strictly, and they hoped that the lord would punish them! ”

"Hmph, Wang Fang and Li Meng fought for the first time without authorization, and it is true that you have no way to govern the army. However, if you stick to Meixian during the general's eastward expedition to Li Dao, you will temporarily bypass your responsibility this time. ”

"Thank you, lord!"

"Okay, the army will march for a day, let's rest for the time being, and when Xu Huang leads the troops here, I will make a plan!"

Lu Bu waved his hand and sent Xu Rong and the others away, leaving Jia Xu behind. Lu Bu knew that Jia Xu was resourceful and must have a plan to let Han and Ma retreat, so he asked Jia Xu: "Now Han Sui and Ma Teng have 50,000 cavalry, and our army is only 5,000 cavalry, so it may not be easy to let the two retreat." ”

"Although Han Sui and Ma Teng are half-brothers, they actually have a bad heart, and they will have to separate these two in the future. Jia Xu smiled faintly.

Lu Bu lowered his head and pondered, as if he understood Jia Xu's words, raised his sword eyebrows, and said, "The meaning of Wenhe is to lead the troops to attack Jincheng?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Han Sui and Ma Teng have been running Liangzhou for several years, and in the past, they supported the rebellion in the Zhongping period and approached Sanfu, which shocked the imperial court, which shows that these two thieves are strong. If a lone army goes deep into Jincheng or Wuwei, if it is discovered by Han Sui and Ma Teng, this army is likely to have no return. ”

Lu Bu rubbed his temples and asked inexplicably, "What does Wenhe mean?" ”

Jia Xu has lived in Liangzhou for a long time and is very familiar with the terrain of Liangzhou. He said: "During the Zhongping period, the Jincheng Qiang people Beibo Gongyu rebelled against the imperial court, kidnapped Han Sui and Bian Zhang as hostages, and then Han Sui launched a rebellion, killing Beibo Gongyu, Li Wenhou, and Bian Zhang, and annexed the Beibo Palace Yu tribes, and the power became more and more powerful. Later, they massacred the Beibogong Yu family. Therefore, the Qiang people rebelled against Han Sui, and Han Sui had no choice but to unite with Ma Teng, who was in the prestige and height of the Qiang people, to appease the Qiang and Hu people. The two are brothers, but in fact they are just using each other. Now that Han Sui is leading his troops to attack, the rear is empty, and our army can take advantage of it, so that it cannot be taken care of in the first place. Han Sui's wife and Xiaoju are in Jincheng, and when they hear that there is a change in the rear, how can they continue to attack Yiwu? ”

Lu Bu was interested and nodded. Jia Xu took a sip of tea lightly and continued: "Can the lord be familiar with this Liangzhou Qianghuke? ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said, "No! ”

"The Qiang people in Liangzhou are roughly divided into West Qiang and East Qiang. Xiqiang is distributed in Jincheng, Longxi, and Hanyang; Dongqiang is distributed in Wuwei and Anding. The Qiang people were fierce and often gathered to rebel and rebel against the imperial court. There are also constant disputes and frictions between the various Qianghu tribes. Among the Qiang tribes, the first Lingqiang and Burning Dangqiang are strong, and this Beigong Boyu is the Burning Qiang tribe. As soon as Beigong Boyu died, the strength of the Dangqiang tribe was greatly damaged, and they were often suppressed by Xian Lingqiang. And Han Sui offended the Xiqiang tribe by killing Beibogong Yu, so he deliberately used Xian Lingqiang to suppress and burn Dangqiang. In this way, it is just right for me to wait for the cheap to act. ”

Lu Bu finally understood what Jia Xu meant, and praised: "Wenhe is really an old fox!" ”

Jia Xu smiled awkwardly, whether this was praising him or belittling him.

"Wen He's meaning, Bu has already understood, is nothing more than to provoke a conflict between this burning Dangqiang and Han Sui."

"The lord is wise!" Jia Xu took a picture of the horses in real time, and Lu Bu waved his hand and said: "If you have no self-cultivation, Wen He won't say it." ”

Ahem! Jia Xu almost wanted to vomit blood, smiled awkwardly, and only heard Lu Bu ask: "It's just how to provoke, I don't know if Wen He has a candidate?" ”

"Does the lord know about Hu Chi'er?"

"Hu Chi'er? This person was originally under the command of Niu Fu Zhang Xiu, but was captured by Xu Huang. Where is this person now? ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "The lord and nobleman forget things, that Hu Chi'er has been under the command of the lord since he was captured by Xu Huang, but the lord didn't remember it." This person is now in Chang'an, and the lord can order someone to pass him here. ”

"Could it be that this Hu Chi'er is a Qiang person?" Lu Bu and his gang asked.

"That's right, the lord may not know that this Hu Chi'er is still burning as a Qiang person."

Lu Bu was first overjoyed, and then frowned: "Although Hu Chi'er is a Qiang person, this person is just a reckless man, how can he take on the heavy responsibility of provoking and burning Qiang?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and didn't answer, Lu Bu suddenly understood, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

The next day, Xu Huang led the army to Yiwu, at this time, there were 40,000 soldiers and horses, 6,000 cavalry, a total of 46,000. Lu Bu ordered Xu Huang to lead 30,000 troops, go down to the village according to sincerity, and become horns with each other in the city.

In the conference hall, Lu Bu was discussing military affairs with the generals, and Qin Yi entered from outside and reported to Lu Buyu: "Lord, thirty miles away, Han Sui and Ma Tengzheng are leading troops to Yiwu. ”

Lu Bu suddenly got up and shouted: "It's good to come, I want to see the power of this Xiliang cavalry." The people will obey the order and go out of the city with me! ”

The generals agreed.

The cities of Yiwu were opened, and Lu Bu led 6,000 cavalry out of the city, and then Xu Huang also led 30,000 troops to press the formation. Lu Bu sat in charge of the army, watching the Xiliang soldiers coming slowly.

On the plain, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses lined up in formation, banners covered the sun, swords and guns were like forests, and the murderous aura rushed straight into the sky.

Lu Bu immediately stood in front of the formation, and the generals behind him lined up. Six thousand cavalry were in the center, followed by thirty thousand infantry. Over there, there are two people, one of whom is tall and broad, with a beard; Beside him was a thin middle-aged man. The tall and broad man is Ma Teng, and the thin middle-aged man is Han Sui, and the generals behind the two are also lined up.

The Xiliang soldiers are all over the mountains, mighty and majestic, Lu Bu saw the left and right and said: "The Xiliang soldiers are really majestic!" When the generals heard this, they all had a look of anger, and Lu Bu saw it in his eyes, but he didn't know it.

Subsequently, Lu Bu rode out of his horse, pointed to the opposite side with a halberd, and shouted: "Han Sui, Ma Teng, the imperial court Efeng'er and others are the generals of Zhenxi and Zhengxi, and the others are not guarding in Liangzhou, why did they lead the troops here?" ”

Han Sui stepped out and replied: "Lu Bu, you dominate the supergang, belittle the loyal ministers of the court, and bully the king, and everyone will be punished." Today, we are waiting for the order of the Son of Heaven to come to conquer the national thieves, you should tie your hands and feet, and please surrender to the city, otherwise, when the city is broken, the jade will be burned. ”

Lu Bu looked up to the sky and laughed: "What a good one is under the edict of the Son of Heaven, where is the edict of the Son of Heaven?" Bring! ”

Han Sui waved his hand, rode out of the prancing horse, and came to the formation.

Before he could get out of battle, an arrow came like a meteor, and came at great speed, hitting him in the throat, and before the poor knight could take a few steps, he was shot off his horse by an arrow.

Lu Bu slowly put down the Heaven-Shaking Bow, his eyes were like lightning, and he swept over the Xiliang Army, his eyes revealing a murderous aura.

The Xiliang army was shocked, at such a distance, Lu Bu could even shoot with an arrow, and they retreated one after another.