Without Liu He's acquiescence or even instigation, Lu Bu would not have had the courage to return to Chang'an with only 8,000 soldiers and horses, and the Huangfu Jianshou who followed behind him was even more pitiful, and the soldiers under his command now add up to more than 2,000.

When Lu Bu was in Hedong, he saw that there were states and cities around him, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he sent someone to Yecheng to ask Liu He when he would officially marry Lu Rongniang, in fact, he was reminding Liu He whether he should consider how to properly settle his father-in-law who can fight.

Although Lu Bu is now a toothless tiger, after all, people are sending their daughters and fierce generals, and Liu He is not good at doing things that are eaten and wiped clean, and he will turn his face when he says it.

Liu He understood that Lu Bu wanted to ask himself to merge the state, but Liu He couldn't give it. In Liu He's strategic planning, the state must be controlled by himself. If there is no merger as a support, relying only on the support of Youzhou, not to mention the long distance, it will also cause the phenomenon of gasping, and attract all the population from the state to the north, causing difficulties in the future development of the state.

Although the re-demarcated prefectures of the region were lost, the five northern states and the upper counties were lost, but they could be compensated by Hedong and Hanoi, and Hedong produced salt and Hanoi produced grain, so on the whole it did not suffer a loss. Once Liu He completely controlled the state, there would be two roads to choose from from the capital to Youzhou in the future, and the north of Luoyang would be more solid and secure from a security point of view because of the Gongwei of the state.

Liu He already had a candidate in his mind to join the state pastor, neither Sima Fang who was stranded in Luoyang, nor his father-in-law who stayed in Hedong and looked at him blankly.

The people of the Sima family are all capable and capable, but Liu He was a little worried when he thought of the guy called "Dead Ant", so Liu He would not let the people of the Sima family lead an army or defend a state alone in the future, but used them as civilian staff.

Lu Bu is not bad at leading his troops to fight, but if he relies on these martial artists under him to govern the state and county. It was simply unimaginable. The future internal affairs of Bingzhou will completely follow the Youzhou model, so the new governor must have been cultivated and raised from Youzhou, and he is also the kind of person who is absolutely loyal to Liu He.

Liu He couldn't divide the merger to Lü Bu, but he couldn't say nothing, so Guo Jia suggested that Lü Bu and Huangfu Jianshou go to Chang'an together, so that this pair of guys who couldn't distinguish between friend and foe could stabilize the chaotic situation in Chang'an, and wait until Liu He settled the matter of merging states and Qinzhou, and then plan Guanzhong.

Liu He asked Guo Jia: "If Lu Bu goes to Chang'an, will it attract the attack of Li Dao and Yuan Tan?" ”

Guo Jia replied: "Li Dao has just been rewarded by the imperial court, so how can we take into account our attitude. Even if he still has ideas about Chang'an, he must ask for our consent before he dares to take action. After Lü Bu and Huangfu Jianshou withdrew from Hedong, they could let Zilong lead his army to immediately control Hedong, and Yuan Tan, under the control of Ziyi and Zilong, the two tiger generals, did not dare to invade Ningzhou in the north, nor did he dare to attack Guanzhong in the south, he either trapped Jinyang, or fled west into the territory of Ma Teng and Han Sui. or send for you to surrender. ”

Liu He pondered it carefully, and felt that Yuan Tan really didn't have many retreats that he could choose now, and now it was not like the situation after Yuan Shao's death in another time and space, where the Yuan brothers had no chance to flee north. Because all the roads to the north have long been blocked by Liu He, and the only way to flee to the south is Hanzhong, and now the third Yuan Shang has taken the lead, so the boss Yuan Tan will either go to mess with Ma Teng and Han Sui. Either send someone to Yecheng to ask for surrender.

Of course, it is impossible to say that Yuan Tan's eight kings suddenly broke out, and led soldiers and horses to counterattack Hedong or Huguan. But Liu He is not worried about this possibility. The general Tai Shici stationed in Huguan, the fierce general Wen Chou stationed in Tianjing Pass, and the victorious general Zhao Yun stationed in Hedong, even if Yuan Tan still has the tiger general Lu Yi available, none of his opponents is weaker than him. If Yuan Tan dares to launch a counterattack, it will be an act of seeking death, and Liu He is now worried that there is no excuse for going to war.

"In the opinion of filial piety, did Yuan Tan finally choose to go west to Ma Teng, or to the east to surrender to me?"

"Yuan Tan is a little wise, he knows that we don't take his little soldiers and horses in our eyes, if they fall to us, it won't be long before the soldiers and horses he brought over will be digested by us, and this is obviously unacceptable to him. Lu Yi fought in the Liangzhou area when he was young, and he was extremely familiar with the terrain there, and Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops were on a par with Yuan Tan. ”

Thinking that Yuan Tan still had a few usable generals under his hands, as well as thirty or forty thousand available soldiers and horses, Liu He said with some regret: "Alas, in fact, I am a very kind person, as long as I am willing to lay down my arms, I will give people a way to live, but why are they reluctant to give up the military power in their hands?" If the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Yuan Tan can be used by me, half of them will be good laborers for the construction of the state, and the other half will be lost to Ziyi and Xu Huang for half a year of training, which is also a group of usable soldiers. ”

"Shiren, I heard that Chun Yuqiong and Feng Ji have been under house arrest in Yecheng, so it's better to let them go to Jinyang now." Jia Xu reminded him.

Since Jia Xu got rid of Li Dao and took refuge in Liu He, he has been very low-key in the past two years, never saying much, and sent all his two sons to Jicheng to show his loyalty. Although Jia Xu never competed with Guo Jia for the limelight, he could make up for Liu He's shortcomings several times, and his suggestion to remind Liu He to prepare for the outbreak of plague in the north as soon as possible minimized Liu He's losses. Liu He was now able to adopt Jia Xu's tactics and advice with complete confidence, because he remembered that Jia Xu had never shown disloyalty after he defected to Cao Cao. Liu He felt that his future was brighter than Cao Cao's, so he didn't think Jia Xu had any reason to choose another master.

"Mr. Wenhe, do you mean to let Feng Ji and Chun Yuqiong go to Jinyang to make trouble for Yuan Tan?" Liu He asked with some confusion.

Jia Xu explained with a smile: "Feng Ji usually gets close to Yuan Shang, because Yuan Tan doesn't like it, if he is sent to Jinyang, it is very likely that Yuan Tan will be used to kill people and establish power, and once Yuan Tan kills people, Guo Tu and Xin Ping and others will die and be sad, and it is inevitable that they will have different hearts." Chun Yuqiong was originally Lu Yi's boss, and now Lu Yi has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, once Chun Yuqiong returns to Jinyang, not only Lu Yi will worry that he will seize power, but the senior cadres holding the other half of the soldiers and horses will also be vigilant. If these two people are sent to Jinyang, although they can't leave all of Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses for Shiren, they can leave at least half of them. ”

"Damn, what the hell is a poisoner. It really grinds people's hearts to the bone. Guo Jia is good at macro layout, Lao Jia is good at power and people's hearts, with these two people to assist me, who else in the world can resist? Liu He thought happily in his heart.

"Okay, everything will be implemented according to the plan of the two military advisors, Zitai will arrange it, and send someone to escort Feng Ji and Chun Yuqiong to Jinyang tomorrow!"

In Jinyang City, Yuan Tan had just received the news of Lu Bu's return to Chang'an, and his face was blue with anger. "General Qi, you are ordered to immediately lead the army south to attack Lu Bu and get rid of this shameless person!"

Lu Yi, who was already nearly fifty years old, had already passed the age of impulsiveness, and he did not immediately go to receive Yuan Tan's order, but reminded him indifferently: "It is more than a thousand miles from Jinyang to Chang'an, and it takes half a month for the army to dispatch just to prepare grain and grass, and it will take another month when it arrives in Chang'an. ”

Yuan Tan was very angry by the appearance of the old god Lu Yi, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said politely to Lu Yi: "If we don't take Chang'an, we will have no bargaining chips to negotiate with Luoyang, I don't know what General Lu has to say?" ”

Lu Yi shook his head and said expressionlessly: "Gao Jian can't talk about it, his subordinates think that Jinyang is not a place to live for a long time, if we wait until Liu Shiren's layout is completed, we can only sit in Jinyang at that time, and we can't get out if we want to." ”

"Let's go? Where else can we go now! Gao Gan said with some excitement, "Liu Shiren will deploy the Youyan Army and the Xiao Cavalry Guard in the north of Bingzhou, the Zhenwu Battalion in Huguan and Tianjing Pass, and the Shenxi Army in Hedong, we will put our troops together to defend Jinyang There is still a chance to live, once we leave the protection of Jinyang City, no matter which direction the troops are sent to attack, Liu Shiren will definitely order the troops from the other two directions to come and besiege Jinyang!" ”

"General Gao, you just mentioned our north, east, and south, but you didn't mention the west. To the west of Jinyang are Xihe County and Shangjun County, which are still under our control, so why can't we move west? ”

"Hmph, even if you move to the Shangjun Governor's Office, it's just a few more days. General Koji seems to have forgotten that Fu Shi is just a county town, and in terms of defense capabilities, it is far inferior to the state city of Jinyang! Gao Gan refuted Lu Yi and did not save any face for this veteran.

Lu Yi also rarely had a problem with Gao Gan, and then said: "Fu Shi is indeed not as strong as Jinyang, but Fu Shi still has a way to retreat to the west, and after Lu Yanze to the west, it is Fuping, where there is no power now, and you can settle down." ”

"Hmph, if we go to Fuping, how can Ma Teng and Han Sui give up!"

"Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses are on a par with us, even if he sends troops to attack, we are not afraid! What's more, Ma Teng and Han Sui are not in harmony with each other now because of the matter of Liangzhou Mu, as long as they send someone to separate Ma Teng and Han Sui, without waiting for them to send troops to attack, I am afraid that they will fight first. ”

Guo Tu saw that the argument between Gao Gan and Lu Yi was getting more and more intense, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The two generals are arguing slowly, but I think that General Li's idea is unexpected, and maybe he can find a way out for us." ”

"Does Mr. Gongze also think that we will have a way to live to the west?" Yuan Tan asked.

"If we can let Ma Teng and Han Sui fight, we will have the opportunity to go to the Western Regions Capital Protectorate through Wuwei, where the sky is high and the earth is far away, as long as we get out of the Yumen Pass, we can at least keep the foundation for twenty years!" Guo Tu said with a determined face. (To be continued......)