On the fifth anniversary of Jian'an, guests gathered at Zhang Lu's house in Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu has been governing Hanzhong for a long time, except for resisting the attack from Shuzhong, there is not much achievement in other aspects, but Yu Wudou Mijiao has run very well, and the people of Hanzhong believe in its religion.

It can be said that no matter who annexes the land of Hanzhong, in order to appease the vast number of Wudoumi Sect members, the Zhang Lu family must be offered high in the early stage, and it will not be harmful.

However, Liu Bei's foundation is unstable, although the civil and military forces in the Wudoumi Sect are all left, they are very wary of restrictions, and they are hindered by cronies everywhere, and there are many complaints about those who come to visit Zhang Lu in the mansion.

Zhang Lu no longer had real power, and he was under Liu Bei's surveillance, so he was afraid of causing trouble, so he only appeased these sectarians for a few words and sent them away.

His brother Zhang Wei was very angry, and complained to Yan Pu and others, Yan Pu said: "In the past, we visited Sizhou, and we wanted to unite with the Taiping Sect but did not get it. However, at this time and at that time, looking at the trend of the world, Deng Muan will be a soldier sooner or later, and the general is not as good as attached, then it will be important! To be introduced into Hanzhong, the Sizhou army may be able to solve the crisis of Mijiao. ”

Zhang Wei secretly thought, Deng Ji's power is not much greater than Liu Bei, and the sects in the two places are similar, but they can climb to the next level, even if they want to vassal others, they should be the first choice for Deng Ji, so he said angrily: "We would rather be Deng Gong's private family than Liu Bei's guests!" ”

Zhang Lu was supervised to death and had no chance of escaping, but Zhang Wei and the others were freer, and secretly contacted hundreds of close people with Yan Pu, preparing to flee north.

Liu Bei entered Hanzhong and collected Zhang Lu's army for use, and the army has risen sharply, and now there are no less than 30,000 horses under his command, but the people's hearts are not stable and they dare not move a little.

Now the Meridian Road and the Praise Slope Road have been completely controlled by Liu Bei. Only a few critical passes on Chencang Road are still guarded by Zhang Lu's old department. On the fifth day of the first month, Zhang Wei led his family members to walk this road. Recruit soldiers all the way, break through the pass and get out.

Even if it is a slightly better Chencang Road, there are many plank roads and dangerous roads, and the cavalry cannot pass at all, and when Liu Bei has to report, he will not be able to catch up.

When Zhang Wei waited until Chen Cang, it was already the sixteenth day of the first month, and this place was under the jurisdiction of the partial general Guo Yuan. Zhang Wei gathered six or seven hundred people to defect, and the matter involved Liu Bei, who was still an ally for the time being, Guo Yuan did not dare to call the shots, and hurriedly reported to Deng Zhi and other three assistants, and urgently reported to Yuyang.

The envoy has not yet arrived in Luoyang, and the urgent order of Luoyang has already arrived in Sanfu first, and Du Ji, Deng Zhi, Wei Kang, and Guo Yuan have been summoned to discuss the matter.

The envoy's order was very urgent, and although it was a little strange, Du Ji and the others still entrusted the political affairs to the county and Changshi, and prepared to set off on the road. Before leaving, discussing Zhang Wei's matter, Du Yi said: "It is better to leave his family members in Du Ling." From the soldiers to the prison, Zhang Wei and Yan Pu followed us to Luoyang, and the lord decided to decide! ”

So they went on the road together.

When Yan Pu was in Hanzhong, he went out to ride ox carts, and he was very unfamiliar with horseback riding, but when he saw that the three Taishou were all civil officials in Sizhou, in order to hurry, he drove on the road as much as possible, and he could only reluctantly follow, all the way across the county and county, and the groin was worn out with a layer of skin, and it was hot and painful on the saddle, and it was unspeakably miserable.

It's just that under Deng Ji's rule, Zhang Wei has come once before, but Yan Pu is the first to arrive, and all kinds of vitality he saw along the way, there are many dock forts, and the people are very different, and his curiosity is still great, and he endures the pain under the ditch, and he has to ask for clarification one by one.

When the party rushed to the city of Luoyang, they went to the General Wei's Mansion to ask for a meeting, but there was a black iron guard blocking the door: "The lord has an order, please rest in the city first, and wait for all the guards, generals, and captains to arrive, and rush to the mansion at two o'clock in the ninth morning of this month!" ”

Now it is only the second year of junior high school, and the order is to let the county guards hurry up, but they will not be summoned separately first, Du Ji, Deng Zhi and others are a little puzzled, Zhang Wei is listed: "A certain is Zhang Wei of Hanzhong, the younger brother of Zhang Gongqi of Hanzhong, and he voted for Deng Gong today, and he is expected to be able to see it, can he tell him on his behalf?" ”

The black iron guard thought about it, and shook his head again: "The lord is just discussing important matters with the left and right military advisors, don't drive, and the governor of the car, so that there will be no guests in the near future!" The matter under the feet of the lord has been reported, and there is also an order, if the foot to the Yang, please make the Yang Order temporarily hospitality! ”

After speaking, the black iron guard said to Deng Zhi again: "Since Deng Fengyi and the others are walking with the guests, can they lead the guests to Wen Gong again?" ”

This is the black iron guard on duty who wants to be lazy, Deng Zhi nodded: "It's okay, I'm going to the guest house, I'm passing through the official temple!" ”

The group turned around and left.

Listening to the tone of the black iron guard just now, the military advisor and the others have been discussing in the general's mansion for a few days, and they have recruited dignitaries from all over the country back to Luoyang, I don't know what big things they are plotting?

Zhang Wei and Yan Pu were all surprised, and when they heard that it was only the small Ruoyang County Decree who was ordered to entertain guests, they secretly guessed that Deng Ji had no intention of trying to Hanzhong, so they didn't pay attention to it? However, the master arranged it like this, and they had no other way to send people under the fence, and Zhang Wei even regretted running away.

Du Ji also felt a little lost at this time, he knew that Deng Ji was intent on seizing Hanzhong, and he would only treat Zhang Wei and his party well. And at this time, it was not Henan Taishou who entertained guests, but Luoyang Ling Wen Hui, which can only show that the Black Tiewei omitted Henan Taishou and did not mention it, and Tian Chou must also participate in the deliberations in General Wei's mansion. His family was appointed to shepherd Jingzhao, although he was also very important, but he was always far away from the center of Deng Ji, and he could not participate in major matters, and he was not as good as Tian Chou.

The group had their own thoughts, and led Zhang Wei and Yan Pu to the official temple in Luoyang, handed them over to Wen Hui, and Du Ji and the others went to the official guest house to find a place to live.

When he arrived outside the largest guest house set up by the Luoyang government, several people suddenly crowded out, and Guo Yuan in the crowd saw clearly the person walking in the middle of the opposite side, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I don't want to meet my uncle here!" ”

This person is Zhong Xuan, who is stranded in Luoyang, and he has also seen Guo Yuan clearly, and happily bowed his head: "The world has not been quiet, and everyone lives in one side, and I haven't seen him for many years." Wen Ru has changed to follow Deng Gong, after I arrived in Luoyang, I often think about or can meet, and now it is true! ”

It turned out that Guo Yuan's deceased mother was Zhong Xuan's sister, and the two were uncles and nephews.

Gossiping a few words at the door of the guest house, Zhong Miao glanced at Du Ji, Deng Zhi, Wei Kang and others, this place is not the place to speak, so he said: "I am going to see Cao Gongzi, there is no time at this time, I can go to the house to talk at night!" ”

Guo Yuan received the order.

Say goodbye to the two first, and stay until the evening, Guo Yuan found Zhong Xiang to speak in the house, Zhong Xiang retreated left and right, and said: "You used to be the general of the state, and now you are willing to be any of the generals under Deng Ji?" ”

Seeing that Guo Yuan bowed his head and was silent, Zhong Xuan carefully persuaded again: "The son of the family, Sizhou is definitely not a place to stay. Can I hear that Cao Gong's new line of nine products of the family law, my Yingchuan Zhong family has been awarded the three products? Thinking of Ru Peiguo, Guo's family is also a county and county family, but no one is allowed to take important positions, so he is not awarded. If you don't want to do this, why don't you switch to Cao Gong? ”

Guo Yuan was silent for a long time, and replied: "The nephew is a martial artist, and he is happy to lead a good pawn, although he is only a general in Sizhou, he is not disappointed!" ”

Zhong Xuan said angrily: "Because of your son, the Guo clan must not rise to the top!" As a human being in the world, how can you only care about your own body and forget your family? If you vote for Cao Gong, you can't lead elite soldiers? Ponder! ”

Guo Yuan was silent for a while: "Wait for me to think about it for a few days, and then tell Uncle Yu after I have a decision!" ”

Zhong Xuan nodded.

Guo Yuan went back to the guest house where he lived with his heart, tossed and turned all night, couldn't sleep, and stayed up until dawn, before leading a few guards to ride out of the city and go to Gucheng County.

In the past, when he was a general in Bingzhou, there was a strategist in the army Zhu Ao, and Guo Yuan believed in his plan very much. In the first battle of Jinyang, Guo Yuan was captured and surrendered, and Zhu Ao followed, and later Zhang Yan's black mountain thieves swept through the state, and Zhu Ao simply wrote a letter to let the family move into Sizhou together.

Zhu Ao is now in Gu Cheng as the county commander, not far from Luoyang, there are still a few days to the ninth day of the new year, after listening to Zhong Xuan's persuasion, Guo Yuan swayed left and right, so he wanted to find Zhu Ao to discuss first.

When Gu Cheng found Zhu Ao, Guo Yuan said all the persuasions that Zhong Miao had suggested, and then stared at Zhu Ao and waited for a reply.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Ao asked again: "If it is based on the family, the words of the uncle are the best, why is the general suspicious?" ”

Guo Yuan replied: "The essence of Sizhou's soldiers is difficult to have in the world, and I love it very much!" And now Deng Gong is a powerful soldier, or he may finally be able to get the opportunity for unification. Cao Mengde's army was defeated in Henan, Sun Ce invaded the north and lost Huainan, and Yuan Benchu will also go south in the near future. I voted for Deng Gong, and I have been convicted of Yuan Shao, if I am defeated and captured again with Cao, I will not live! ”

Zhu Ao said to him: "In this case, why not hold off and watch the battle of Yuan Cao first?" Yuan Gongsheng, everything is not tied; Cao Gongsheng, it's not too late to vote! Sizhou soldiers are in fine armor, it is indeed rare, but the high and low are unknown, and the craftsmen and merchants are still above us, and they will be laughed at by the world if they stay for a long time. ”

After Guo Yuan was silent for a while, and finally nodded in agreement, Zhu Ao said again: "If the public is going to vote, please inform me first, and a certain person is willing to take the clan with him!" ”

Guo Yuan's jurisdiction is in the land of Sanfu, if you really want to vote for Cao, you have to have another plan, the two discussed for a while, Guo Yuan returned to Luoyang to inform Zhong Xuan, and waited for the discussion on the ninth day of February.

However, on the seventh day of the second lunar month, there was another envoy to Luoyang, who was Xun Chen, the brother of Yuan Shao's strategist and Xun Yu, who came to Sizhou to ask for Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Mai, and wanted to make Deng Ji's daughter Deng Wei his wife.

By the fourth year of junior high school, Deng Ji and Tian Feng had basically finished the collegiate discussion, and invited Zhang Wei and Yan Pu to a banquet and appeased them with kind words. Next, we only waited for the ninth day of the first month to gather in the civil and military forces to announce the major events and discuss the details together.

Hearing that Yuan Shao's envoy had arrived, Deng Ji also had the opportunity to meet him.

After Xun Chen said his intentions, Deng Ji was suddenly furious: "My daughter and Yuan family are all young, how can they marry?" Yuan Benchu just wanted to take advantage of this to settle our state, so that he used soldiers to deceive me and didn't know what to do? ”

Xun Chen's face remained unchanged: "Hebei everyone knows, Yuan Gong also favors his young son, if he is allowed to marry, announce the world, and the two families form an alliance, Yuan Gong will send his young son to Luoyang, and he is a son-in-law to serve Weng!" Otherwise, how dare you put your beloved son in danger? ”

turned out to be the same as Cao Cao, who wanted to send his son as a hostage, but he had to bear the name of a marriage. But how could his beloved daughter be used for a political marriage? Even if it's just a name, it won't work!

Unwilling to sacrifice the reputation of his beloved daughter, Deng Ji categorically refused the matter, and forced Xun Chen to stay and let him attend the deliberations on the ninth day of the first month.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Ji, Yang Fu, Cheng Gongying, and others, who were farthest away, finally arrived.

(There is only this one today, and the next chapter is a big chapter, two chapters in one, and it will be sent tomorrow evening) (to be continued.) )