The news of the deaths of Liu Ying, the king of Lecheng, and Liu Cong, the king of Huai, reached Guanzhong, and they were only a few days apart.

Lu Buzheng is newly married Yan'er, and his wife Yan has given birth to the eldest son, the concubine Diao Chan is already pregnant, and there is a concubine Xiao Tao who is eager to get pregnant as soon as possible, and the wolf like a tiger Empress Dowager He, in order to appease these five women every day, there is also a young child, and an eldest daughter, but it takes a lot of thought.

Fortunately, the military and political clique headed by him has begun to get on the right track, and many things can be rumbled forward without him having to exert too much effort.

Hearing the news of these two deaths, Lu Bu said unabashedly in front of Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Xu Huang, Dian Wei, Zhang Yan, Li Su, Song Xian and others: "Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shu, and the dry bones in the tomb, they are so rampant, it is a manifestation of fear in their hearts, and they want to live an addiction to being the king and emperor before they fall." ”

Even Jia Xu was very puzzled by Lu Bu's words, frowned and asked: "Lord, if you want to say that Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu want to establish themselves as kings, it is understandable, but ......"

After hesitating for a moment, Jia Xu continued: "...... Self-proclaimed emperor, this is too arrogant, it seems unlikely. ”

Everyone's eyes moved from Jia Xu to the lord Lu Bu, only to see him confidently hahadaxiao, and said very firmly: "Gongsun Zhan, now trapped in Yijing, and wants to be the king, it's all a joke, so let's not talk about him for now." Yuan Shu Yuan Highway, I bet he will definitely pass the addiction of being the emperor. Why, don't you believe me? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they all nodded silently.

Lu Bu daxiao said: "Okay, Yuan Shu is entrenched in Huaiyang, no matter how he calls him the king and the emperor." We can't beat him for a while, well, why don't we gamble, in three years, if Yuan Shu really becomes emperor one day, even if I win; If you don't have this intention, you win. As for the bets, well, how about a meal. Who bets? ”

"Subordinates come first!"

Everyone hesitated there, and Song Xian jumped up one by one and happily agreed to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu looked at Song Xian with a smile and nodded, "Okay, pay attention." If you lose, you have to invite the big guy to the house for a big meal. ”

This is a very small bet. With Song Xian's net worth now. Mo said that he just invited the lord Lu Bu and everyone to go to the house for a meal, even if he ate ten meals, there was no pressure.

Moreover, with his current status, he is only the commander of the personal guard beside Lu Bu, although he has won the trust of the lord Lu Bu. The status is not very high, and it is not easy to invite everyone here to the house.

With Song Xian at the beginning, Li Su, Zhang Yan and Dian Wei were also happy to gamble. Xu Huang has always been a little steady, looked at Jia Xu and Xu Shu twice, and finally couldn't bear it, while Jia Xu and Xu Shu glanced at each other, after all, they still humbly chanted "Meng Lang Meng Lang" while gambling.

After getting such a funny episode, Lu Bu was in a good mood, and after sitting down again, he pointed to the west with his hand, and said to everyone: "Yuan Shao is about to free up his energy and turn to Kanto, and now Kanto can be said to be a group of heroes, and it is very lively." Well, we have been recuperating for so long, and it is time to move, otherwise, people in the world will still think that we are all asleep. ”

There was a knowing laughter in the hall, Lu Bu's so-called movement, but it was a big move, not a small fight, and the target of the move was Han Sui of Xiliang.

As soon as it is ready, it is ready, and what is owed now is the official dispatch of troops.

After the New Year, Ma Teng came to Chang'an, and Han Sui sent people to assassinate Lu Bu's envoy Jia Xu and the divine doctor Hua Tuo, and launched several offsets, but they never succeeded in forcing Ma Chao and Pang De's army to retreat, and it was difficult to enter the territory of Hanyang.

At this stalemate, Lu Bu sent troops, the timing was just right, and at this time, it happened to be spring to summer, which was conducive to the use of troops.

Lu Bu originally wanted to personally lead the army into battle, but later, under the persuasion of letters from Jia Xu, Xu Shu and Fa Zheng, he sat in Chang'an with peace of mind, but appointed Xu Huang as the commander-in-chief and Li Su as the vanguard officer, led the army westward, joined Ma Chao and Pang De's army, and confronted Han Sui's army head-on.

At the same time, it was Zhang Yan who led a partial division from Chang'an along the post road through Anding County, went around in a big circle, and went straight from Wuwei to Yuzhong in Jincheng County.

Yuzhong's status in Jincheng County, just like Di Dao's status in Longxi County, guarding the throat road from Longxi to Jincheng, detouring Anding County and Wuwei County, the road is far away, and it is not easy to walk, Zhang Yan led a strong crossbow army, the combat power is not bad, accustomed to the mountain road, is suitable for long-distance attack.

And when passing through Anding County along the way, Lu Bu already had a military order, and Anding County was too obedient to Yin Ji, if he was not obedient, Zhang Yan could cut it first and then play.

In addition, there was another strategy to pacify Xiliang, it was Lu Bu who imitated Yuan Shu's practice of sending assassins, offered a high reward, recruited killer assassins, infiltrated Han Sui's left vicinity, and waited for an opportunity to assassinate.

In addition to Han Sui, there are no prominent figures in the Jincheng Army, once Han Sui is dead, there is no need to think about it, the Jincheng Army will definitely collapse in an instant, before Ma Teng and Han Sui burst into conflict in Guanzhong, they thought of this, and offered a reward for Han Sui, which once forced Han Sui to be extremely embarrassed.

The army that fought head-on, one division, plus assassin killers stimulated by high rewards, such a three-pronged approach, it was Lu Bu and Jia Xu and Xu Shu who discussed and determined the three strategies to pacify Xiliang, all because Han Sui did not die, Chang'an, where Lu Bu was located, and even the entire Guanzhong, even if there was Ma Jiajun under the command of Ma Chao as the western barrier, it was difficult to say that it was peaceful.

What's more, as soon as Han Sui died, Lu Bu could also bring the Ma family army into his account, and in one fell swoop, he could get Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, and more than 10,000 soldiers.

The laughter stopped, Li Su got up, first bowed to Lu Bu, and then faced Jia Xu, Xu Shu, and Xu Huang, and said: "Tomorrow Su will lead the army first, the lord, the two gentlemen, the boss, what do you have to say?" ”

Xu Huang, Jia Xu, and Xu Shu all shook their heads, the candidate for the pioneer officer in front of them, in fact, the three of them didn't agree with it, but the lord Lu Bu insisted, so it was decided.

The key to this is Li Su's former identity and current identity.

Li Su was once a general under the late Tai Lieutenant Dong Zhuo, and he made great contributions to persuade Lu Bu to join the service, but after the deed was completed, his official position was still that of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, so that he was quite resentful in his heart.

Later, Dong Zhuo died, Situ Wang Yun was in power, in order to appease Li Su, who was then the general of Huben Zhonglang, and praised him as Guangluxun, and his official position was raised to a higher level.

However, he soon found that it was actually even more unpleasant to cooperate with the scholars led by Wang Yun, who did not trust anyone other than the scholars at all, especially those who were born as military generals, and after using them, they would try their best to weaken the real power in their hands.

Fortunately, before Wang Yun could complete this step, Li Su ushered in the visit of Li Ru, a strategist under Dong Zhuo's account, and immediately hit it off, and immediately joined forces with the outside to help Li Dao's soldiers take Luoyang bloodlessly.

This time, he was promoted to General Wei, but he was still suppressed and excluded by Li Dao, Guo Yan and Guo Tai.

Luoyang chaos, Chang'an chaos, Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked each other, died in the chaos of the army, Guo Taicang fled to Hedong in panic, he judged the situation, took refuge in the veteran Huangfu Song, in fact, life is very sad, equivalent to being placed under house arrest by Huangfu Song in Chang'an.

It wasn't until Lu Bu killed Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun and entered Chang'an that he was able to regain his freedom, but the situation in the world was completely different.

Fortunately, there was still a lot of old affection between him and the cavalry general Lu Bu, so he immediately took the initiative to put down his body and serve under Lu Bu.

This time he went west to Han Sui, he knew that it was a good time for him to show his loyalty and show his strength, but after so many ups and downs, he was already very self-aware and knew that the coach would definitely not have his share, so he tried his best to recommend himself as a pioneer general.

In the meantime, Lu Bu knew very well that he agreed to Li Su as the vanguard officer at Li Su's request, in fact, he also had the intention of testing Li Su, if Li Su made meritorious service, disobeyed the command of the commander Xu Huang, and was greedy for merit, then Li Su's future would end here, and even the idea of disobeying the military order and getting rid of him was not ruled out.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Lu Bu did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "This time the Western Expedition to Han Sui, Ma Chao's Ma Jiajun will not be ignored for the time being, and the commander of the army will be Gongming. After settling and rushing to Jincheng, the partial division was commanded by Zhang Yan, the road was far away, and it was difficult to communicate back and forth, so he had to make his own decisions. ”

Lu Bu said this, in fact, the key point is to emphasize to Li Su, once the army is pulled, his immediate boss is Xu Huang, who is younger than him, everything must be listened to, as for what will happen if Li Su does not listen to Xu Huang's military orders, Lu Bu did not say it clearly, of course, there is no need to say it clearly, everyone knows what serious consequences will be.

Li Su immediately agreed solemnly. Lu Bu turned to Xu Huang and Zhang Yan and instructed: "You remember, the western expedition to Han Sui, do not rush for time, fight steadily, and win on the premise of ensuring that the damage is controllable." ”

Xu Huang and Zhang Yan immediately got up, landed on one knee, and promised loudly.

Lu Bu attaches so much importance to the damage of soldiers, in order to think in the long run, the westward expedition to Han Sui is just a step to pacify the world, if it wins miserably, it means that for a long time, you can only rest and recuperate, and you can't seize the fighter and attack again.

Regarding this reason, Xu Huang and Zhang Yan also understand that this independent army march is actually a test for the two of them, if they mess up, not to mention that they have no face to come back to see people, even what the future of the future is, it may also be greatly affected.

After Xu Huang and the others exited the door, Lu Bu left Jia Xu and Xu Shu alone, and after a moment of silence, Jia Xu took the lead in speaking: "Lord, Xu is still a little uneasy!" (To be continued......)