When Zhen Yan was still on his way back to Yecheng, the content of Lu Bu's conversation with him that day reached Liu He's hands. The reason why the message can be transmitted so quickly is because of the intelligence network that the Intelligence Division has planted in various places over the years.

Zhen Yan would not have thought that among the guards who went to Hedong with him were agents from the Intelligence Department. And Lu Bu would not have thought that among his group of subordinates, there are now Liu He's ears and eyes, as long as Lu Bu makes a little move, it is impossible to hide Liu He hundreds of miles away.

Tian Chou took the urgent secret security he had just received, and walked into Liu He's study with a smile.

"No, I just want to make a high shun, but Lu Bu gave me a buy and give two free!" After reading the information, Liu He said with some surprise.

"Childe, in fact, there is nothing surprising to do, if I were Lu Bu, I would do the same. You are now holding Lu Bu's life, and if he wants to survive safely, he can only choose to take refuge in you. ”

"Then do you think I should promise Lu Bu? In case Lu Fengxian's daughter is a monster with teeth and claws, wouldn't I have to suffer! Liu He said jokingly.

"I think I might as well agree to come down, although Lu Fengxian is a martial artist, he is also dignified, and his wife Yan is said to be a famous beauty in a hundred miles back then, and their daughter will definitely not be too ugly." Tian Chou also joked with Liu He.

"Alas, in fact, you also know me, I have never liked to engage in so-called political marriages, but the reality always backfires. I'm thirty years old now, and I suddenly married a teenage girl as a concubine, which always felt wrong, not to mention that this little girl still had such a fierce father. ”

When Liu He said these words, he had a helpless expression on his face, but he didn't pretend to be. He remembered the memory of his previous life, when Lu Bu was attacked by Cao Cao, in order to get Yuan Shu's support, he had planned to marry his daughter to Yuan Shu's son. The two families became sons and daughters, but before they could act, they were killed by Cao Cao. Lu Bu's daughter and wife were also nowhere to be found later, and the end would definitely not be too good anyway.

In this time and space, Yuan Shu has been buried in the soil for more than a year, and Cao Cao has not broken through Xuzhou until now, let alone has no chance to send troops to Hedong to attack Lu Bu, but the opponent Lu Bu faces is Liu He, who is ten times more powerful than Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, so Lu Bu chose the compromise method of harmony, which is also in line with his mercenary nature.

Liu He invited Jia Xu to come. Then tell Lu Bu about his intention to marry him, and ask Jia Xu to help analyze the pros and cons to see whether he agrees or refuses. Jia Xu refused to analyze the matter for Liu, he said: "This matter involves two dogs of Jia, and I also asked Gongzi to discuss with Guo Fengxiao." ”

Jia Xu deliberately avoided this matter, but it was not hypocrisy, but to avoid suspicion. If he thinks that it is beneficial for Liu He to marry Lu Bu's daughter, and thus builds Liu He to do so, people will wonder if he is doing it for the safety of his two sons. So deliberately put things in the better place. If he felt that it was not beneficial for Liu He to marry Lu Bu's daughter, and then he didn't agree to it, he would also be said that in order to curry favor with Liu He, he even disregarded his son's life and death.

Liu He saw that Jia Xu had a clear distinction between public and private. did not force him, but turned to ask Guo Jia.

After careful consideration, Guo Jia finally agreed to this family affair. Guo Jia said this: "Lu Bu is in Hedong, but he is just a disease of scabies. If Childe wants to level him, it's only in the evening. What Gongzi is worried about is just Lu Bu's cunning and repeatedness. Profit-seeking is regarded as fearing backlash. In my opinion, as long as you don't put Lu Bu on your side, with Gongzi's current power and means, you may not be able to subdue him. Although the tiger is fierce, it can't escape the hands of hunters, and Childe is a good hunter. If Gongzi can marry Lu Bu, Hedong can get it without a single soldier, and such a deal is still cost-effective. ”

Liu He saw that there was no one left and right, so he whispered to Guo Jia: "If Lu Bu is alive, even if his subordinates follow me, it is inevitable that they will not have different intentions, so how should they deal with it?" ”

"Isn't there a shortage of generals who can fight well? Lu Bu's subordinates are really first-class generals, but they are only Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, as long as the prince subdues these two, and the others can arrange an idle position casually, what can they do? ”

The black-bellied lord met the same black-bellied mastermind, and the two guys quickly finalized the matter of marrying Lu Bu, and after Zhen Yan returned to Yecheng, he sent someone to Hedong with a bride price to marry Lu Niangrong back.

When Hedong was in a hurry to marry his daughter, the territory of Hongnong across the river was a different scene, and Li Dao, who was trapped in Huxian County, finally waited for Liu He's reply and avoided a bloody disaster.

Although Liu He agreed to Jia Xu's proposal, in order to deter Li Dao, he still asked Zhao Yun to personally lead the army to Shaanxi County to supervise Li Dao's withdrawal from Tongguan.

When Zhao Yun came to Shaanxi County, he brought 10,000 soldiers from Hanoi. At first, they thought that they could come to Hongnong to fight hard with their old opponent Li Dao, but when they reached their goal, they received an order not to move, and everyone was disappointed, so they hoped that Li Dao, who was trapped in Hu County, would do well like the last sneak attack on Shaanxi County, so that everyone could earn a military merit.

It's just that to the disappointment of the soldiers, until Li Dao led the army to withdraw from Huxian to Tongguan, he was honest and did not make any moves.

According to the agreement between the two sides, when Li Ji led the army to the east of Tongguan 20 miles, he first set up camp, and then Zhang Ji, who was stationed in Tongguan, temporarily withdrew his troops from Tongguan to the Taolin area in the southwest of Tongguan, and Li Wei led his troops to pass through Tongguan overnight, and waited until dawn to return to Tongguan with his troops, completely blocking the gate to Luoyang in Guanzhong.

In this operation, Li Wei needed to be vigilant and worried about whether he would be attacked by Liu He's subordinates from both sides on the way to withdraw his troops, while what Zhao Yun needed to guard against was whether Li Dao would take advantage of Zhang Ji's temporary concession of Tongguan to occupy Tongguan and not go west.

Compared with Li Dao's fear, Zhao Yun seemed very relaxed this time, and he was not worried that Li Dao would stay in Tongguan at all, because even if Li Dao suddenly broke the contract, not only did he not have food and grass to replenish after staying in Tongguan, but he also had to guard against Yuan Shao west of Tongguan and Zhao Yun east of Tongguan at the same time, as long as Li Dao's brain was not broken, he would never do such a stupid thing.

Zhao Yun got Liu He's instructions, and had no intention of making a move on Li Dao, and Li Dao did not dare to stay outside Tongguan for a while, and when it was dawn, the entire Tongguan was silent, and there was nothing else in the city except for some human and horse feces left by Li Dao's troops when they passed by.

Zhao Yun led 10,000 Shenxi troops into Tongguan, while Zhang Ji led his troops from Taolin to Shaanxi County to join Jia Kui.

Li Dao suddenly rushed into the pass from Tongguan, startling Yuan Shao of Chang'an, thinking that Li Dao was coming to break the net with him. Li Wei ignored Yuan Shao's reaction and led his troops to advance westward along the north bank of Weishui. Most of Li Wei's subordinates are from Xiliang, and now they know that they are going to return to their hometown, so their morale is high, and whoever dares to block the way in front will fight with whomever they want.

Half a month later, Li Dao arrived in Hanyang County with his troops. Hanyang was originally Yuan Shaoxu's territory for Fan Chou, but Fan Chou didn't dare to argue with Li Dao, the former leading brother, and without waiting for Li Dao to arrive, he ran to Wudu with the team to hide. Li Dao didn't bother to chase Fan Chou, the first person he had to deal with when he came back this time was Guo Yan who was entrenched in the Longxi area. When Li Dao and Guo Yan joined forces, neither of them was their opponent, but later the two families were wary of each other, but Yuan Shao took advantage of the loophole.

Guo Yan was also a little frightened when he heard that Li Dao had returned from Tongguan, and he hurriedly sent his men to Hanyang, expressing his willingness to share Longxi County and Jincheng County with Li Dao. Li Wei came in a hurry all the way, and the troops needed to rest, so he ostensibly agreed to Guo Yan's suggestion, and only stationed the troops in the Jincheng area.

Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were entrenched in the area of Wuwei and Zhangye, learned that Li Dao had returned to Xiliang, and immediately raised their vigilance, and without waiting for Li Dao to take the initiative to attack, they gathered a force to attack Li Dao. Li Dao waited for his work and had a fierce battle with Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops in Jincheng, but the result was that Li Dao won and Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated.

As soon as Li Dao defeated Ma Teng and Han Sui, he immediately deterred the Qiang people in Jincheng and Longxi, and some Qiang tribes came to Li Dao to seek Li Dao's protection. After a battle with Ma Teng and Han Sui, Li Wei's troops were attritional, and he actually had no strength to attack Guo Yan, but he dared to bluff and push his troops close to Di Dao, forcing Guo Yan to send a batch of grain and grass and hundreds of war horses.

Li Wei gained a firm foothold in Jincheng, no longer in a hurry to expand, but seized the time to replenish the troops and train new soldiers, which seemed to have a big plan.

Yuan Shao watched Li Dao survive the crisis in Chang'an, but there was no way to stop Li Dao's growth, because at this time he was dragged by the famine and couldn't move at all. The only thing that made Yuan Shao feel relieved was that Yan Liang and Xu You, who had sent troops to attack Hanzhong, had finally sent back the good news, and they had now captured Keigu, less than thirty miles away from Nanzheng, the seat of Hanzhong County.

Hanzhong guarded Zhang Lu and did not dare to defend Nanzheng, so he took Zhang Wei, Yan Pu and Yang Bai brothers to retreat to Chenggu, and at the same time asked Liu Zhang in Shuzhong for help, asking Liu Zhang to send a large army to reinforce Hanzhong.

At this time, Liu Zhang's men who were entrenched in Shu were strong and strong, and there were no big-eared thieves to dig the foot of the wall, so when he received Zhang Lu's letter for help, he appointed the general Zhang Ren to lead 50,000 Sichuan troops from Baishui Pass to Hanzhong to reinforce Zhang Lu.

Hanzhong is the gateway in and out of Shuzhong, if Yuan Shao can capture Hanzhong, there will be a grain production area, if Liu He captures Guanzhong in the future, he can withdraw to Hanzhong, and then rely on the Baoxie Valley and the Meridian Valley to defend, at least for three years and five years. What's more critical is that if there is an internal problem with Liu Zhang in Shuzhong, Yuan Shao may still have a chance to enter Yizhou, so that he will have more room to develop. (To be continued......)