Yong'an is a station from the east of the river into the Zuihou of Taiyuan County, located between the two mountains, starting from here, across the Huo Da Mountain, that is, the boundary of Taiyuan County. The whole mountain road is 100 miles, the most difficult section is called Guanjuejin, only less than 40 miles, it takes a whole day's work, although it is quite a little nervous, but it is about the same.

Guanjuejin is a mountain road along the Fenshui River Valley, rugged and steep, needless to say, especially in the summer and autumn flood season, it is extremely difficult, but now it is just after the early winter, and there is no heavy snow cover, it is still relatively easy to walk. One side is the galloping Fenshui, one side is the mountain wall, the war horse can be led to walk over, but the baggage cart can not pass, can only stay in Yong'an City, a small amount of grain and grass and more salt brine, all need to be transported by mules and horses, donkeys, and strong oxen.

In the summer and autumn flood season, Guanjuejin is like a daunting road, impassable, to go from Taiyuan to Hedong, you can only take a roundabout mountain road, called a thousand miles of paths; If the thousands of miles of paths are impassable, there is a more tortuous road between the distant mountains, called Tongjun River.

However, these three roads, one end is Yong'an City in Hedong County, and the other is Lengquan Pass in Jiexiu County, Taiyuan County, and now that Lu Bu's army controls these two places, the passage here is completely under control.

Two thousand fine horsemen went first, each war horse carried two bags of salt and brine on their backs, and a thousand foot soldiers escorted the rest of the grain, grass, baggage and salt brine to move slowly behind, the carriage could not sit, Cai Yan, Cai Qian's master and servant and a group of servants could only follow the large team on foot.

On both sides of the trail, yellow grass stems and thorn bushes rise and fall along the hills, and in the distance, towering mountains stretch as far as the eye can see.

This section of the road is a great test for Cai Yan and Cai Qian's master and servant, they rarely go out, even if they go out, they must have a car in and out, even if it is from Luoyang to Hedong, the road is mainly horse-drawn carriages, and there is rarely time to walk. But on this part of the road, the carriage could not be sitting, let alone the horse, and the two of them could only move forward step by step with the support of two sturdy servants each.

Lu Bu carried a long knife on his back, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, as a trekking pole, walking like flying on the mountain road, followed by several guards, smiling very brightly from a distance, from the front of the team to the middle of Cai Yan's team, and said loudly: "Just now a messenger came to report, Cai Weng has arrived in Shangdang, calculate the distance, maybe we will go to Taiyuan first." ”

"Huh?!"

Cai Yan and Cai Qian each exclaimed in a low voice, and then their faces were happy, but their arms were supported in the hands of the two sturdy servants, unable to reach out to cover their mouths, let alone salute.

Lu Bu followed Cai Yan's side, separated from her and the servant woman by an arm's length, and said with a smile: "Cai Weng is fine, my sister doesn't need to worry, this road will be harder, over this mountain, it is Taiyuan County, where the carriage is already ready." By the way, I have sent an envoy to Taiyuan first, ready to prepare the mansion, well, I am in urgent need of talents, there is Cai Weng here, how to deal with the paperwork, and then I have to ask him more about the old man, but with Cai Weng's talent, I am afraid that he will misunderstand, after the sister sees Cai Weng, but in any case, I have to say more good things for me. ”

Cai Yan still thanked him seriously, but Cai Qian was different, burst out laughing, and quipped: "The general wants the master to do things for the general, but what official position are you going to give the master?" ”

"Qian'er!"

Cai Yan glared at Cai Qian unhappily, the shyness and resentment at the moment, lined with her delicate face, the whiteness was flushed, and the Yingying eyes in a pair of big eyes made Lu Bu's heart shocked, and he stumbled under his feet and kicked on a small stone, if he hadn't woken up quickly, the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand moved forward, supported his body, and almost fell to the ground.

There was an exclamation around him, and Cai Qian giggled, and the laughter like a silver bell was extremely pleasant.

During this time, Lu Bu dangled in front of Cai Yan from time to time, Cai Qian was young, lively and generous, seeing that Lu Bu was always smiling and getting acquainted, she dared to say something witty in front of him, although Cai Yan stopped her repeatedly, she didn't care.

was so bold, but it surprised all the guards around Lu Bu, and even Song Xian and Hou Cheng, who were following Lu Bu, were also amazed.

Lu Bu pretended to groan, restrained his smile, and replied seriously: "Well, I am the pastor of the state, and I can get rid of all the history by myself, with Cai Weng's great talent, any one of them can be engaged in history, how about Bo Cao?" The main wealth valley is thin, but it is only big and useless, and Cai Weng can only do it. ”

"General, don't listen to Qian'er's nonsense, my father treats the guilty body, and the general takes care of him, he is already grateful, how can he ......"

"You're welcome!"

Lu Bu waved his hand to interrupt Cai Yan's kind words, haha smiled: "Qian'er is right, if the name is not right, it is not good, if you want Cai Weng to work, then you must have a corresponding official position, I am afraid that Cai Weng will dislike it, as for what to treat the guilty body, the reason why Cai Weng was convicted, I am very clear, that is, at the night banquet in Situ Mansion, when I heard about the death of the late Taiwei, I sighed, and I was played by Xiaoxiao, and was imprisoned by Wang Situ. It's all caused by these boring people. When I arrived in Taiyuan, except for the emperor, it was my Lu someone who had the final say, and those officials in Luoyang had opinions, so they didn't let them come to me to say anything, and see that I didn't have big ears to shave and beat him! ”

As soon as these words came out, Cai Yan opened his mouth wide and was shocked, but in the ears of the guards behind Lu Bu, he took it for granted.

Only Cai Qian was very unhappy when she heard it, and angrily shouted for her master: "Ah? That's why my lord went to prison for this......"

Lu Bu took over the conversation, and he was also angry: "When I learned about this, I was also very puzzled, and later I learned that if it weren't for my friends in Luoyang to defend it, plus Cai Weng's friend Guangluxun Xun Shuang and Guanglu doctor Ma Riyan and others strongly opposed, Cai Weng was only afraid of ......"

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid that I will be executed by Wang Situ's order!"

"Huh?!"

This time, not only Cai Yan and Cai Qian were shocked and exclaimed, but even a group of servant women were also surprised, they were all married to Hedongwei's family, all surnamed Cai, I heard that my master almost died in prison, how not to be shocked and exclaimed.

From the moment he realized that his situation was not good, Li Su and Lu Bu got very close, not only did Lu Bu do his best to do the things entrusted by Lu Bu, but also informed Lu Bu in time of all the major events in Luoyang, and the messenger exchanges between the two were almost every day, constantly shuttling back and forth between Hedong and Luoyang.

Li Su needs Lu Bu such a foreign aid with heavy troops, and Lu Bu also needs Li Su, an ally in Luoyang, although the two did not drink blood and swore an oath, but because of each other's interests, they walked closely together, and this kind of interest-based cooperative relationship, at least for a while, is quite stable.

Lu Bu told Cai Yan of this inside story, the intentions can be described as good, it is to implant his own glorious and friendly image in Cai Yan's heart, after all, Cai Yan's identity is there, although she is a little widow, she is still Cai Yong's daughter, it is impossible to snatch it like Diao Chan, but to spend more thought, and after marrying in the future, her status will be different.

For a whole day, whether he was in a hurry or taking a break halfway, Lu Bu was by Cai Yan's side most of the time. And after Cai Yan learned the exact news of his father, Zuihou's worries were gone, and his mood was very good, and the seemingly endless mountain road became a smooth road, and the north wind like a knife cut became much softer.

is also much more cordial to Lu Bu's various vernacular that is almost rude, and Cai Qian, the personal maid, who is almost nonsense.

After the sun sets, when the sky is getting dark, the team finally finished Guanjuejin and arrived at Lengquan Pass in Xiu County, Taiyuan County, Gao Shun left 500 foot soldiers here to garrison, if the enemy attacked suddenly, close the gate, and can support the Taiyuan reinforcements.

Everything was settled, it was late at night, Lu Bu endured his tiredness, and still had a room full of lights and candles, taking a closer look at the map of the state. Beside him, only Song Xian was by his side.

With Xu Huang leading 3,000 infantry soldiers into Yuanping, Guangwu and Yanmen Pass in Yanmen County, together with the incorporated border soldiers, it was completely possible to block the Xianbei people who were gradually invading south outside Yanmen Pass, and control the Xinzhou Basin as the northern barrier of Taiyuan. Between Taiyuan and Jiexiu, that is, the most fertile area in the whole state, the terrain is flat, there are 400 miles long, there are 100 miles wide, the fertile fields are Qianmo, rough estimates, there are more than 25 million acres, Fenshui and its tributary holes are irrigated through the water, there is a Zhaoyuze in the middle, even if there is a big drought, there can be enough river water irrigation here, and the harvest can be guaranteed completely.

Here, this is where Lu Bu's confidence is based on the merger of states, and under no circumstances can he afford to lose, so he left Gao Shun to lead 5,000 foot soldiers to garrison Taiyuan, and extend to Yanmen in the north, to the southeast to Shangdang and Gaodu, and to the southwest to Linfen and Jiangyi in Hedong County, all of which were stationed in generals, that is, to firmly control the Taiyuan Basin in their hands.

In this way, he can talk about the use of troops abroad and expand his territory.

But even so, the entire merger state, he controlled only one-third, and the remaining Xihe County, Shang County, Dingxiang County, Yunzhong County, Wuyuan County and Shuofang County were still in the name of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, most of them had fallen into the hands of the Xianbei and Huns.

Especially in the Hetao area occupied by the Southern Xiongnu, it is an extremely good pasture, if it can be won, there can be a steady supply of war horses, which is very tempting for Lu Bu.

Seeing Lu Bu's eyes staring at the Hetao area, Song Xian reminded in a low voice: "Duwei, now the Wuyuan and Yunzhong areas have been occupied by Tuoba Xianbei, the mutiny of the Southern Xiongnu Department a few years ago, according to rumors, is that the Xianbei people are stirring up trouble in the middle, if you want to take the Hetao, you must first expel Tuoba Xianbei from Yinshan and recover Yunzhong and Wuyuan." ”