Chapter 103, two-pronged
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Li Ru's guess was basically not wrong, and after getting Cai Yong's reminder, Lu Bu once again developed his divergent thinking.
Cai Yong wanted to use the cover of others to let himself and others go out together, but from the several indirect "conversations" that he had before although he had not met directly, Lu Bu could see that the person who led the other party was not an easy person, and if the group set off together, the target would be too big, not to mention their war horses, which could easily be detected by the other party.
So after thinking about it deeply, Lu Bu perfected this idea and turned it into only sending out the parts that had to be sent out from this road in batches, such as Cai Yong, and then those war horses.
The problem of war horses is actually very easy to solve, as long as you find some people around here and let them ride out, after all, these war horses are not too conspicuous excellent breeds, just some ordinary war horses, which can be described as ordinary and visible, and it is not easy for the other party to notice anything, as long as the time comes to the outside to complete the handover.
However, Cai Yong's matter is more troublesome, no matter how Lu Bu thinks, he can't completely rest assured that he will be handed over to others to take him out, and he is even wondering if he should simply kill Cai Yong on his back.
But soon Cai Yong himself proposed a candidate who could ask for help, and the identity of this person also surprised Lu Bu, that is, Zheng Xuan.
Cai Yong and Zheng Xuan were both at that time, and the literati were contemptuous of each other, and they had always had different ideas with each other, so they were not very close to each other. And the world also thinks that Zheng Xuan has ignored the world, but in fact, Cai Yong knows one thing very well. Although Zheng Xuan seems to have begun to stay out of the affairs of the imperial court, in fact, some things have not been completely let go of some people. If he can ask to go to the door, thinking that he is an official in the same dynasty in the end, he should also help.
In short, it is no exaggeration for Zheng Xuan to say that he has seen through the world because he has lived to this day, and when he makes certain choices, he is completely based on his own heart rather than looking at friendship or even right and wrong. Only a person like Cai Yong, who is dedicated to cultivating history and working hard for this without complaint or regret, can be recognized by him.
Since Cai Yong has that confidence, Lu Bu naturally will not hesitate to take the time to give it a try, not to mention that even if he does not succeed in convincing in the end, at least with Zheng Xuan's identity, he will not do the kind of thing to inform the other party and reveal their identity, but the final result is that Lu Bu is a little surprised as Cai Yong said, knowing their intentions and even knowing Lu Bu's identity, Zheng Xuan was not the slightest surprised, always calm, and Lu Bu could see that this was not pretending, It's really a look of completely keeping everything out of the way. Even when he nodded in agreement, the expression on his face did not change at all, as if he had just done something ordinary and insignificant.
Lu Bu also had to admire the old man's state of mind, age was actually not a problem. Some people are still hot-tempered when they are old, and their experience is actually nothing, which may also be said to be a talent. For Zheng Xuan, Lu Bu was a little hard to imagine, what could make him angry.
Of course, these were just Lu Bu's own thoughts, and he was not bored enough to do that kind of thing to an old man in order to satisfy his curiosity.
Because it is not clear that the person who led the troops on the other side was the old man Li Ru. Therefore, although according to the understanding of Li Ru because he was very close to him when he was in Luoyang, Lu Bu actually knew Li Ru's special attitude towards Zheng Xuan. But he didn't think of using it to make use of it, but according to the original idea, he made some cover in the carriage, and then let Zheng Xuan cooperate like this when the time came, Zheng Xuan listened very carefully, which also made Lu Bu very respectful.
Although he didn't have much contact time, this unique old man had already left an extremely deep impression on Lu Bu's heart, and it also made Lu Bu not only look at the grade and the other party's fame, but also the original quality of his person revealed from the simple little things, words and deeds, and felt that the other party was a person who should make him feel admired and respected.
And Cai Yong's affairs here are properly arranged, everything that should be done has been done, as for the result, it depends on the specific implementation, to be honest, Lu Bu himself is a little uncertain, but this is a better way, it is better than taking Cai Yong to break through and then let him directly put himself in danger.
As for those war horses, they were originally going to be handed over to Zheng Xuan's guards to ride, but later thought that this might make the other party have some contact and become suspicious, so they simply separated and were ridden out by another group of men and horses.
Yes, the people Li Ru and the others saw who ran out of it one after another were actually basically from Lu Bu's arrangement, to be precise, the results of Lu Bu's visits one by one.
It turns out that it is not a simple role to be able to mix in the court and settle down in such a symbolic place as Buguangli, maybe they are not enough to affect the overall situation of the whole world, but they can start from some details to realize their own value.
This is also because Lu Bu is just in case, to avoid the other party from being suspicious after seeing Zheng Xuan's convoy, and he is too entangled in this, except for letting Zhu Jun and his party ride out the war horse, the others are basically used to divert the other party's attention and blur the focus, if they are on the battlefield, then they also have a special term to describe, that is, cannon fodder, in fact, their role is indeed very similar to the cannon fodder on the battlefield, the only difference may be that they don't have to pay the price of their lives.
This also proves once again that no one is stupid, especially these people who can still have their own foothold in Luoyang City in the troubled times, and it is not simple, maybe not many of them can figure out why Jia Xu, Zhang Liao and others on Lu Bu's side suddenly withdrew from Luoyang before, but they can see one thing clearly, that is, as long as Lu Bu still has so many troops under him, then sooner or later he will kill Luoyang, as for this time to go out, it may only be a strategic retreat, Anyway, they would never believe that just Ma Chao and Li Ru could force Lu Bu to retreat.
Of course, if you know that there are Yuan Tan and Nanfang Shuangliu behind you, I don't know if they will think so.
Of course, this time after all, it was a favor, no matter why these people were willing to be used by Lu Bu this time, and no matter whether they actually took any risks, this can be regarded as a favor, and when the dust settles in the future, when the general account is settled after the autumn, Lu Bu also needs to give them some benefits, which is exactly what they expect.
Such a tight arrangement of one ring after another finally proved that it was not in vain, Lu Bu did not dare to say that he had completely concealed it from the other party, but as long as he could buy a little more time, it would be a success. (To be continued......)