Sili Hedong County, Qin Shi Huang implemented the county system when the beginning, the early Han Dynasty followed the Qin system, belongs to one of the parallel counties in the world, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the history of the assassination system, the country was divided into thirteen thorn history department, Hedong County belongs to the Si Li School Captain Department, the seat of governance is in Anyi County, here is also the Han Dynasty Diannong Zhonglang General is located.

There are 20 counties under the jurisdiction of Hedong County, among which in addition to the county magistrate, there are Wenxi, Linfen, Pingyang, Yongan and Xie County, which are quite well-known, not to mention that in addition to the Han Dynasty twin star generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing and the Pingyang County of Huo Guang, the father-in-law of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xun, in this Xie County, there are two historical celebrities of Guan Yu and Liu Zongyuan, but at this time Guan Yu is far from being well-known in the historical trajectory in Lu Bu's impression, and has not reached the corresponding status, let alone officially stepped onto the big stage of history. At most, he can only be regarded as a more familiar member of the time, and it is even more unlikely that he will be promoted as a god and achieve the glory of martial arts in the future; Liu Zongyuan is a person five hundred years later, so this Xie County, in addition to Hedong itself, is still unknown.

However, at this time, there will be a storm here, which is more likely to lead to the situation in the world, all because there are a group of people who once followed Dong Zhuo to dominate Luoyang and the cholera dynasty to dominate the world.

Among these people, the leader is Li Ru, a military advisor known as the ghost fox, and the martial ones are Hua Xiong, Xu Rong, Zhang Xiu, Xu Huang and other famous generals, plus there are no less than 40,000 elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry below, or the remnants of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, this is actually a force that will not be inferior to many princes today.

It's a pity that for a long time after they came to Hedong, they could only pick up their tails and be people. Even if the limelight of the world's Zhu Dong gradually dissipated, it is still cautious and cautious, it is not easy to survive to this day, after all, whether it is Maliangzhou in the west or Lu Fengxian in the east, they are not easy to get along, and if anyone really wants to deal with them ruthlessly, it is already a good result if they can escape.

Especially Lu Bu, he spent months cultivating his good reputation in Luoyang, all of which were all seen by Li Ru, in his opinion, as long as Lu Bu wanted to. It's completely okay to do it on your own side. However, he didn't do it in the end, either because he really remembered some old feelings, or because the time was not ripe for the layout of the world in his heart, of course he preferred to believe in the latter. It's not just because in his heart, Lu Bu is no longer the proud martial artist he once was. Rather, it is a great overlord across the North. Also because the former will stimulate his feelings, which in turn will affect his judgment.

I have to say that even now, in this high-level force that is somewhat entrenched in Hedong, such as Li Ru, Hua Xiong, Xu Rong, Xu Huang and others, their senses for Lu Bu are still very complicated. The first two used to have a good relationship, and as long as you think about Lu Bu's approach, it seems that it is not easy to criticize anything from a neutral point of view, after all, the two of them are the sluggish Hua Xiong, and later they gradually know many unknown contradictions and grievances between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu through various channels, knowing that Dong Zhuo himself has done a lot of things against Lu Bu for plotting against him, even if Dong Zhuo is his lord, but morally speaking, Lu Bu's betrayal behavior has at least a reasonable explanation, As for Li Ru or the person who formulated many of these plans, he had no way or position to blame Lu Bu for anything, could it be said that he was not gracious? I'm afraid it will become that they are unreasonable, just because they know these inside stories, when facing Lu Bu, a "traitor", they are even more conflicted in their hearts, and they don't know what to do; Although the latter two do not have too many deep friendships with Lu Bu, they admire Lu Budi from the bottom of their hearts, and compared to others, they are still more or less interested in doing a great career, and it is precisely for this reason that they followed Dong Zhuo at the beginning, if Dong Zhuo is still there, they may go all the way to the dark for loyalty, but now, ......

As for Zhang Xiu, who is gradually ascending to the throne, after knowing that the death of his uncle Zhang Ji is inseparable from Lu Bu somehow, he is destined to have only you and me, as for his general Hu Che'er, needless to say, they are the most distinctive of these Dong Zhuo's remnants of his subordinates towards Lu Bu.

It is precisely because of these many vague thoughts and attitudes that strictly speaking, Li Ru and the others are not so stable internally, although Lu Bu has not done anything to them, but the situation is constantly changing, even the rough Hua Xiong understands that it is impossible to go on like this, sooner or later one day they all have to choose a way to go, of course, he is resolutely following behind Li Ru, but others may not.

Originally, this invisible contradiction had not broken out so quickly, but unfortunately even Li Ru might not have expected that the situation in Xiliang would change so quickly, originally his idea was just to find a survival gap for the time being, just in the gap between Ma Liangzhou and Lu Fengxian, plus Wei Duan of Jinggi next to him has always been unclear about his attitude towards Luoyang's side - Duan Xuan was directly ignored by him, so that he could calmly maneuver around it, at least he didn't have to face one of them so quickly, maybe when the time passed, he would always be able to come up with a way.

It's a pity that the plan is never as fast as the change, after Ma Teng's death, the Ma Jiajun was forced into a desperate situation under the combination of Cao Xing and Yan Xing sent by Lu Bu, and the final situation is worse than they are now, although it cannot be said that the whole army was annihilated, in addition to some surrendered and captured, some are said to have lost contact with Ma Chao and others.

Of course, if it was said that because he was cautious that there were also dense spies in the area of Gyeonggi to investigate the news, he had long known that Ma Chao and the others were lurking here, but he didn't know what kind of calculations they were playing, whether they wanted to go on like this forever or had other plans, so that Li Ru had no clue, but now he knew the real purpose of the other party.

On the mansion where Xie County lived, Li Ru, who was still talking to his family just now, connected all the things he knew about it the moment he heard that Pang De, the general under the command of Xiliang Jinma Chao, came to ask for a meeting, and almost immediately clarified all the clues, and suddenly had some ideas.

Li Ru is no stranger to Pound, who shows that he came from and secretly hints of his intentions. This is also a strong general under Ma Chao, in fact, when he was under Ma Teng, this Pound did not get any reuse, this is not to say that Ma Teng has no knowledge of people, it is completely that Pound is too upright, and he has offended Ma Teng a lot, and at that time Ma Teng and Ma Chao did not deal with each other, and the father and son fought fiercely in private. It's good that he didn't take the opportunity to suppress him. Not to mention reuse.

Of course, after Ma Teng's death, Ma Jiajun was in charge of Ma Chao, and he immediately entrusted Pang De, a mysterious personal friend, to him, and Pang De gradually began to shine. In several battles with Cao Xing, he almost gained the upper hand. If it weren't for Yan Xing's repeated recognition of his marching strategy. The means are also slightly higher, and he has sabotaged his intentions several times, I am afraid that Cao Xing, the general who trusted Lu Bu very much, handed over tens of thousands of troops and horses to him to bring to the strange land in Kansai, will be spoiled by that Pound.

Even if he didn't get anything good with Yan Xing. It does not affect the status of this Pang De in Li Ru's heart, after all, Yan Xing is the first military general in Xiliang who has been famous for a long time, if this name is really only because of his force, it will inevitably seem too worthless, after all, even in the first battle of the Tiger Prison against the fierce generals of the coalition army, Lu Bu, who is famous all over the world, is also in the later battles, especially after returning to the state, he slowly established his name as the world's first general, if you really think that Ma Chao will really take this title after defeating Yan Xing, it can only be the opinion of the small people in the market, If it weren't for Yan Xing's gradual low-key, Ma Chao would still be quite accomplished, and it would be difficult to slowly overshadow the other party's limelight, of course, Yan Xing has announced to the world in the last few battles that he is strong, and no one dares to underestimate him.

If Li Ru is still the original Luoyang court lieutenant, the son-in-law of Dong Zhuo, the first powerful minister of the dynasty, and the number one military advisor of the invincible and world-famous Xiliang Iron Cavalry, then with Pang De's identity, he is not even qualified to approach his mansion, and now it can be regarded as a tiger falling in Pingyang, fortunately, Ma Chao is not using a dog to bully him, after all, Pang De is now the first person in the Ma army under Ma Chao, Ma Chao is definitely impossible to come to the door at this time because of various scruples, and Pang De is the best candidate.

However, what Li Ru is scrupling about now is not whether Pang De's identity is qualified enough, but what he wants to do in the face of the other party's almost undisguised intentions?

Once almost single-handedly helped Dong Zhuo run most of the imperial court, but Li Ru would also have doubts, who told him that every decision he made at this time would affect the life and death of these people around him, unlike at the beginning, even if he made a mistake, he had capital, he must be very careful, and at the same time, it is impossible to make decisions by himself, he must inform others first.

How could Li Ru not know about the thoughts of several other people? He was also keenly aware of it at the first time, and this Ma Chao's abrupt visit was afraid that it would break the seemingly stable situation that had been maintained and even said to be a stalemate, but even if he knew it, he couldn't stop it, and could only put the matter directly on the table, so that everyone knew about it, and he could see the consequences of doing this and that clearly, at least he would try to be as cautious as possible when making decisions and consider the overall situation.

For this reason, even if he hung the Pang De first, Li Ru also called someone to call Xu Rong and others from the back door first, and added the word urgent, the other four generals all knew the character of the military adviser Li Ru, and said that it was urgent that it was really urgent, so they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, no matter what they were doing at the time, they all temporarily put down the matter at hand first, and hurried to the Li Mansion, when they were brought in through the back door, the four of them couldn't help but be a little surprised, but they didn't feel that this humiliated them, After all, the people who went to invite them had already mentioned the prudence when someone from Li Ru's mansion came to visit and Li Ru sent someone to invite them, and those who thought more like Xu Rong and Zhang Xiu felt even more heavy in their hearts, knowing that there must be something big about it today.

When they saw Li Ru in person in the West Wing Hall, just looking at the other party's slightly frowning brows and sinking expressions, the four of them "chuckled" in their hearts at the same time.

Li Ru soon noticed their arrival and invited the four of them to take a seat, he didn't have to talk about family affairs first as usual, and directly entered the topic: "Presumably, the people who sent to invite the four generals over have made it clear that someone is coming to visit, and I hurriedly summoned the four people, and it is the people who came from this visit." ”

Hua Xiong didn't have such a good patience, so he immediately asked angrily, "The military advisor will just say it." Who is visiting? ”

Xu Rong smiled bitterly: "The military advisor is so anxious to find me and wait, I'm afraid this person's identity is not simple, isn't it the envoy of the princes of which party?" ”

Li Ru glanced at him with admiration, he has always been very optimistic about Xu Rong, this person not only has a set of marching and fighting, arranging troops, but also has good means of dealing with people, but it is a pity that Li Yu has always suppressed him before, and when he can be reused now, there is not much room for him to play.

It was not the slightest surprise that Xu Rong could think of him, and he didn't plan to go around in circles. Said bluntly: "Yongguang is right. This person was sent by Naxi Liangjin Ma Chao, and you should have all heard of his name, Pang De Pang Lingming. ”

Xu Rong's eyes flashed, and Li Ru paid attention to him. Immediately I knew what he was afraid of in mind. But to the other three. Still, he explained: "Now that he has handed over his name, I have not yet decided whether I want to see him or not." But even if you don't see him, you can probably guess what his purpose is here. Meeting is still a trivial matter, the key is that meeting means that we agree to his affairs. I summoned the four of you this time, precisely because I didn't want to hide anything from you on this matter, and I also hoped that everyone would discuss it together to see how the other side would respond, after all, this is a matter of life and death for us. ”

"Oh, the military advisor said it clearly, what is the truth in the middle, how is it related to our life and death plan, so going around like this, there is no clue," the more he said this, the more Hua Xiong felt confused, and Xu Huang was not a little confused, but Zhang Xiu's eyes also flashed at this time, and he pursed his lips and didn't know what he was thinking.

However, after being stirred up by Hua Xiong like this, Li Ru's face showed a hint of a smile, and after a pause, he said: "This Ma Chao was jointly attacked by Cao Xing and Yan Xing in Liangzhou, panicked like a lost dog, and even separated from a large number of people, and finally hid directly in Gyeonggi, it can be said that on this day, whether it is Yan Xing or Lu Bu is his great enemy, not to mention that at this time, Yan Xing, the biggest enemy, also voted for Lu Bu, and it is even more impossible for him to vote, so he can only be an enemy." It's just that he is the enemy of the first prince in the world, and he still has no strength, but looking around, only we can be with him, so I came to visit, in fact, I just want to tie us up with them, and ask us to advance and retreat with him, and deal with Lu Bu together, and also deal with the counterattack from Lu Bu together......"

He had already said it so obviously, Hua Xiong naturally knew it, but he who should have reacted quite a lot suddenly fell silent at this time.

Li Ru naturally knew the reason, glanced at Zhang Xiu, looked at Xu Rong again, and said softly: "Yongguang, do you think we should go to this troubled water now?" ”

Xu Rong smiled bitterly: "Since the military advisors all said that this is a trip to troubled waters, they should know that it is not beneficial to us, and this matter has become a personal grudge between the Xiliang Ma family and Lu Fengxian, so why should we get involved?" ”

Of course, Lu Bu and the Ma family have no enmity relationship, but because Cao Xing participated in the war between the Ma family and Jincheng before, Ma Chao's father Ma Teng was killed in this battle, and it is indirectly related to Lu Bu, not to mention that Yan Xing, Ma Chao's most hated and hated enemy, is now also Lu Bu's subordinate, as long as Ma Chao wants to take revenge, he will inevitably be an enemy of Lu Bu, and it is impossible to expect Ma Chao to swallow this breath, so Xu Rong said that it was a personal grudge between the two of them, which was not wrong.

At this time, Zhang Xiu spoke: "The military advisor said that it was a trip to troubled waters, and it seems that we can get rid of it if we don't get along with that Ma Chao, but Xiu thinks that no matter what Ma Chao thinks, it is a sincere alliance, or a fake alliance just to drag us into the water, or even to pull us to be cannon fodder, which is not necessarily a bad thing for us." Could it be that the military advisor really thinks that if we don't provoke that Lu Fengxian, we will definitely be able to stay stable and stable? In Xiu's opinion, this is just because we haven't brought a threat to the other party yet, or Na Lu Bu has other considerations, and not doing it for the time being doesn't mean that we will be entrenched on the edge of this sun forever. What's more, it was Lu Fengxian who betrayed first, and with this source, we are so degraded today, and our hatred with him may not be light. Then Lu Bu didn't take the initiative to provoke us, even if he was merciful, but we were able to live here with peace of mind, so we forgot how Dong Xiangguo, a certain uncle, and Uncle Li died? In someone's opinion, instead of continuing to live like this, it is better to die as much as you wish! ”

Everyone present was silent, because although Zhang Xiu was speaking from his own point of view, it was not their embarrassing situation at this time, which was what Li Ru had always been most worried about.

Looking at the current forces of the princes, which one does not have a little goal and survival pressure, but they have the pressure, and it is quite large, but they don't know why they are still holding on like this.

is living aimlessly, or it is really not as good as Zhang Xiu said to die as he wishes.

Li Ru sighed, and could only smile bitterly: "What Bo Yuan said is also very reasonable, but now we don't care whether we have personal grudges or not, hatred or not, the 40,000 soldiers below, their fate, we have to take into account!" ”

How do you know that Zhang Xiu, who has never refuted his face in person, suddenly stood up this time, Hua Xiong also stood up when he saw this, as if he wanted to reprimand him, but Zhang Xiu only smiled coldly, leaving a sentence "The military advisor will continue to discuss your lingering plan here, please forgive Xiu for not being able to accompany him" and went away directly.

Li Ru and the four of them glanced at each other and looked at each other, but they all knew that this meeting was unhappily dispersed, but no one noticed that Zhang Xiu's eyes showed a frightening madness when he turned to leave...... (To be continued......)