Guanzhong, Chang'an City.

When the north wind gradually became stronger, the originally boiling disputes in the states and counties of the world also stopped one after another as if they were frozen by the north wind.

It's just that even ordinary people know that the temporary pause is just to accumulate savings for greater war and strife after the spring of the next year.

The military situation from all over the country suddenly fell silent, and suddenly made Lu Bu a little uncomfortable, he was already sitting in Chang'an, unable to go to the battlefield in person, and seemed to be a little idle, there was nothing to do on weekdays, he either with Jia Xu, Xu Shu and others, on the latest military situation in various places, to discuss the general trend of the world, or a person quietly read the ups and downs of the world's heroes, there is a sense of vicissitudes and heaviness of studying history books in real time on the spot.

The death of Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian and the general Cheng Pu made Lu Bu give birth to a lot of experiences out of thin air, and the early appearance of Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, made him feel that he was just a hero.

After careful calculation, there have been two princes and heroes who have been assassinated, first Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, who was assassinated in the Jixia School Palace in Linzi City of Qi State, and the assassin escaped without a trace, and now it is Sun Jian, who was assassinated in the big tent of the Chinese army in the big camp.

And Lu Bu vaguely felt that in fact, there was more than that, during the Great War of the Kwantan and Kansai Coalition Forces, Yuzhou Mu Kongling had died strangely in the army, and the most recent one was Liu Chong, the king of Chen Guo, who also died bizarrely in the army when he led the army into the territory of Peiguo controlled by Yuan Shu.

Although it is not clear that Kong Ling and Liu Chong died as a result of assassination, Lu Bu believes that behind the bizarre and violent deaths of the two, I am afraid that they are inseparable from the figure of the assassin.

Because of this, although Lu Bu is proud of his martial arts. I still seriously considered my own security matters, as well as the protection matters of important subordinates around me, after all, there is a good saying, open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent.

From the experience of Sun Jian's assassination, Lu Bu paid unprecedented attention to communication security.

The sky is still bright, and the charcoal brazier placed in the hall is burning vigorously, although the north wind outside the door is already cold. The room was very warm.

There are only Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Yang Xiu, Xu Huang, and Zhang Yan. Li Su, Hou Cheng et al. And the important thing to discuss. It is how to avoid the messenger being intercepted and impersonated halfway.

Before the matter was discussed, Li Su asked Lu Bu: "Lord, the assassination of Sun Jian has been discussed a lot in the world, and it is said that Cheng Pu sent people to assassinate him. Why did the lord think that the assassins and the messengers sent by Cheng Pu were not the same people? ”

Lu Bu only discussed this matter privately with Jia Xu and Xu Shu, and they both felt that Cheng Pu had no motive to assassinate. After the successful assassination, Cheng Pu committed suicide, which is even more illustrative.

It is precisely for this reason that Jia Xu and Xu Shu also agreed that how to prevent the messenger from being intercepted and killed halfway through and pretending to be a messenger is of great importance, and if this loophole is not filled, there may be a situation such as Sun Jian's assassination, and there may be a serious situation in which the enemy pretends to be a military situation and turns the tide of the war.

Among the generals under Lu Bu's account, Li Su, who has recently defected, is a relatively special one.

When Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he acted as the intermediary between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, and made great contributions to Lu Bu's defection to Dong Zhuo.

Later, Dong Zhuo died, he was in Luoyang as an official, led the army to open the gate of Luoyang, and welcomed Li Dao, Guo Tai and Guo Yan's army into the city, so he ranked after Li Dao and Guo Tai, the official residence of the general, but soon he found that although Guo Tai and Li Dao and Guo Yan were also a little wrong, but when there were good things, he was always the first to be excluded by Li Dao, Guo Tai and Guo Yan.

Therefore, he, General Wei, does not have much real power, and he is inferior to Guo Yan's General Zhengdong.

After the death of the saint in the chaotic army of Chang'an, he led the crowd to surrender to the veteran Huangfu Song to protect himself, Lu Bu broke through Chang'an, he naturally transferred to Lu Bu's account, so going around and around, he helplessly found that Zuihou still returned to Lu Bu's account, in this case, he often thinks that if he followed Lu Bu's army at the beginning, his current status and official position are not comparable nowadays.

However, because of Lu Bu's relationship, under Lu Bu's account, he is still quite respected by everyone.

Lu Bu smiled at Li Su and replied: "Is this a matter, Cheng Pujiu has been with Sun Jian for a long time, and Sun Jian has a relationship of both glory and loss, he sent an envoy to assassinate Sun Jian, there is no benefit, and the messenger can go straight into Sun Jian's Chinese army tent, and it is obvious that the token token he is holding is true, if it is not for the messenger being intercepted and killed halfway, this matter is difficult to explain painfully." ”

Li Su showed a sudden face, and praised Lu Bu from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't realize that it was Zhang Yan, who was also a little disdainful of his flattery.

In terms of grasping people's hearts, whether it is the memories brought from later generations or the actual feelings of this life, Lu Bu feels that Jia Xu is obviously superior.

Jia Xu smiled, took over the conversation, and smiled at everyone: "And the state, Guanzhong, and even between the counties, messenger exchanges, are extremely frequent, once the foreign use of troops, between the various departments of the army, is also the messenger constant, the lord said, to prevent the messenger from being intercepted and killed, being faked, it is to prevent the danger from happening, I have been thinking hard for many days, and there are three strategies, please refer to the lord and you together." ”

The so-called three strategies, in the words of Lu Bu's post-world, are actually three solutions, what he has to do is to concentrate the wisdom and opinions of the core subordinates under the account, refine the three solutions, and zuihou is selecting the best to implement.

With Jia Xu's explanation, everyone gradually understood that the three plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they all have a premise, that is, to prioritize the military information, government affairs, correspondence, etc. transmitted between various places every day, and identify them with different logos.

What Jia Xu threw out this time was only a preliminary plan, and there was still a long way to go before he truly understood what Lu Bu said, and it was impossible to expand the scope of the discussion and let all the core subordinates participate in the discussion.

The sky is getting dark, Lu Bu ordered delicious food, as for the wine, it can only mean the meaning, even if it is not wartime, Lu Bu still issued a ban on alcohol, even if he himself, he is not a drop of wine, but when he entertains his subordinates, it is only a little meaningful.

Drinking and eating and talking, the atmosphere is much more relaxed than Fang Cai, and what Lu Bu wants is exactly this effect.

I don't know who took the lead in diverting the topic, Li Su picked up the wine glass, got up and said to Lu Bu: "Lord, Su still remembers that the lord fell in love with the beautiful woman at first sight during the banquet in Situ Wang Yun's mansion, and asked Situ Wang Yun on the spot, heroic, but shocked everyone present. In the near future, the lord will marry Cai Weng's beloved daughter, and Su here to borrow the lord's wine, I wish the lord a beautiful return, and ask for a cup of wine to drink, what do you think? ”

Beauty has always been the only topic that everyone is interested in, with Li Su at the beginning, everyone responded violently, Zhang Yan shouted the most enthusiastically, Xu Huang, Yang Xiu and Hou Cheng were also unwilling, even Jia Xu and Xu Shu echoed and raised their glasses to echo.

Lu Bu hahadaxiao, also raised his glass and got up, inviting everyone: "Okay, the gentlemen are kind, I understand it, do you like the wine, of course there will be, when the time comes, I will have a good drink with the gentlemen!" ”

With Lu Bu's words, everyone was even more interested, under the prohibition of alcohol, their core subordinates also knew why the lord Lu Bu made this decision, the key reason was the supply of grain and grass, so although everyone usually faded out of their mouths, they still set an example.

If you can drink at the wedding banquet of the lord Lu Bu, it is heartwarming to think about.

After everyone finished drinking, they took their seats, and the maidservants standing beside them immediately stepped forward to fill them up.

This time, it was Jia Xu who raised his glass and got up, stroked his beard and toasted Lu Bu: "Lord, I heard that Mrs. is three months pregnant, and I borrow the lord's wine, I wish the lord a happy son, and there will be successors to the great cause!" ”

Hearing the rumors in the hall, there was a bang, and in addition to Xu Shu, Xu Huang and others didn't know about it, but now that Jia Xu broke out, everyone was surprised and excited.

Over the past few years, the development momentum of Lu Bu's Shili Group has been very rapid, and the territory has expanded from Bingzhou to Guanzhong and Heluo, and there are also talents gathered under the account, but a haze that can be shrouded in everyone's hearts is that the lord Lu Bu still only has his beloved daughter Lingqi and has no heirs.

The issue of heirs, in ordinary people's homes, is a big deal, not to mention Lu Bu, it is related to whether it can continue to attract talents from all over the world to vote, naturally it is concerned by a group of subordinates, today, I suddenly heard that Mrs. Yan has been pregnant for three months, how not to make everyone overjoyed.

At this time, everyone even raised their glasses and got up to congratulate Lu Bu, and Zhang Yan even shouted: "Lord, lord, I am happy to have a noble son, but I have to feast for three days!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and Lu Bu smiled at Zhang Yan and said, "Haha, it seems that you really want to drink a lot." Well, the feast will be feasted for three days, and all the kings will drink bitterly. ”

After making a fuss twice, the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic, and everyone's topic focused on the heirs of the lord Lu Bu for a while.

It was not until the time of the sea that everyone said goodbye and left, but Jia Xu and Xu Shu were left behind by Lu Bu, because at the time of dinner, there was news from Xiliang, and Han Sui used the withdrawal of the army from Xiangwu as bait to lure Ma Chao to lead the army to pursue, and the ambush soldiers came out and defeated Ma Chao.

In the study, Jia Xu and Xu Shu listened to Lu Bu's words, looked at each other, and Xu Shu said to Lu Bu: "My lord, I think that this war horse is a huge defeat, and it is an opportunity for the lord to march into Xiliang. ”

"Well, Ma Chao is newly defeated, will he ask me for help?"

Xu Shu said with a smile: "It's hard to say, what Shu is most worried about is that Han Sui will take the opportunity to use conspiracy and tricks against Ma Chao." ”

Lu Bu was silent for a moment, frowned slightly, and said: "Although Ma Teng did not die under Han Sui's poison, he could not be a director, so he could only recuperate at home, even if Han Sui had any conspiracy, would Ma Chao still believe him?" ”

Jia Xu interjected: "Lord, Yuan Zhi is very worried, Han Sui is known as the fox of Jincheng, cunning and unpredictable, and he must be guarded against. ”

"Hmm!" Lu Bu agreed, and said to the two, "That being the case, Mr. Wenhe will personally make a trip, if he can take Ma Teng to Chang'an and subdue Ma Chao, he will be a little more sure." (To be continued......)