—187 A.D.——

Hongnong-gun, new town.

The city is located south of Luoyang, north of Jingzhou, west of Yuzhou, and most importantly, east of Hangu Pass.

The 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry assigned by Zhu Jun to Sun Jian, under the command of Yang Xiu, marched eastward without disguise, during which they only changed their banners several times, such as Tang, Li, Liu, etc., and all the military scouts encountered along the way let them go as if they didn't see them, and finally, they arrived at this city close to Luoyang without passing through Hangu Pass at all.

For Yang Xiu's command, a cadre of sergeants had no objections, obviously the name of Hongnong Yang was also thunderous to them, but the Yang family itself did not have any intention of stopping or sending people to protect him for this descendant and nephew to participate in the adventure, which was still a little strange.

However, Sun Jian looked at the "Yang" flag fluttering on the city wall of the new city, and felt that he seemed to understand Yang's thoughts a little bit - the child is still playing in his yard, what danger can there be?

"The officials in this city are all incompetent, and they are dreaming of being transferred to Luoyang by the elders of the family every day, and they are quite concerned about political affairs, although my clan uncle Yang Xian is only a county official, but he completely controls the affairs of the local political army, but even so, if a large army enters the city, they will still be vigilant, and General Sun will leave the men and horses camped a little far outside the city, and enter the city with me to meet the clan uncle." When it was not far from the city, Yang Xiu honestly and unceremoniously commanded directly.

"Wait?" Since Cheng Pu and Huang Gai had already mixed into Luoyang in advance to prepare for the attack, and Zu Mao had to prepare for the evacuation, at this time, Sun Jian was only Zhou Tai and who were there, so even if he had doubts, there was no one else to ask: "Even if you don't enter the city, it will cost a lot of money for these 10,000 troops to eat and chew, and it will always attract the attention of the city over time, right?" ”

"......" Yang Xiu stopped and turned to look at Sun Jian with an inexplicable expression.

"Is that a strange question?" Sun Jian asked with a puzzled expression.

"The problem itself is normal, but it proves another thing," Yang Xiu said, "It proves that when you came to you a few days ago and asked for 'leave immediately', you agreed without hesitation, not because you already knew that Luoyang would inevitably be in turmoil within five days." ”

"Will there be chaos in Luoyang in five days?" Sun Jian subconsciously asked again.

"If you don't know this, why did you not hesitate to obey your orders?" Yang Xiu asked rhetorically.

"Because Rong ...... cough," Sun Jian coughed and changed his words: "Because someone said that I am not smart enough, it is best to listen to smart people in my actions." ”

"Aren't you afraid of being deceived by 'smart people'?"

"Will you lie to us?"

“……”

After pausing for a moment again, Yang Xiu gave up continuing to ask and directly began to explain why he said that "Luoyang will be chaotic in five days".

"The role of those rumors before has reached the limit, because they are still only rumors in general, and there is no substantive development, although the various forces are tense, but at the same time, they are also guarding against their own people not to accidentally be the first to make a "handle" that will be targeted by the public," Yang Xiu said: "And at this time, Cao Mengde rushed to Yanzhou and injected raw oil into the hot Dading. ”

"Hmm......" Although Sun Jian wanted to ask that Yanzhou was obviously far away from Luoyang, how would it be affected, but after a little thought, he still gave up this idea.

Yang Xiu continued: "General Sun also said before that you have been seen through when you came to Xuzhou to Tibet, so Cao Qingzhou's move is clearly to create opportunities for you, but I can't figure out what his purpose is. ”

"Maybe he also wants to 'clear the king's side'?" Sun Jian guessed.

"He already has a princess in hand, why should he take care of Luoyang's 'monarch'? It's probably because I think 'it's not going to be me who suffers anyway,'" Yang Xiu snorted: "This kind of style of wanting to fish in troubled waters, but never deciding which one to touch, just wants people to expose it on the spot." ”

"Oh...... I see...... "Although Sun Jian still doesn't understand, Cao Cao's plan to get involved in this matter is understandable."

"That's it, I'll tell you the next plan directly," Yang Xiu shook his head: "You follow me into the city, change into a set of clothes and armor of my Yang generals, those soldiers just need to continue to carry the banner of the Yang family, and when the time comes, they can attack directly in the direction of Luoyang." ”

"Okay." Sun Jian beckoned Zhou Tai to accompany him and ordered the generals in the army to carry out Yang Xiu's orders.

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Inside Luoyang City.

"Huh...... It seems that those vying for power don't want chaos in the city either. Cheng Pu, who pretended to be a wealthy man, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, and found that although most of the pedestrians on the street were melancholy, they did not look panicked.

After all, no matter how the upper echelons struggle for power, the people at the bottom also want to beg for a living, even if they change the manager, it is nothing more than a question of how much tax to pay and who to hand it over.

"Sir, the cheap inns are full." Huang Gai, pretending to be a coachman, raised his voice in front of the carriage.

"Humph! Do you look like I'm short of money, my lord? Find me an expensive one! The more expensive, the better! Cheng Pu snapped his whip in front of him, but because he was not ready to fight, the whip did not hit Huang Gai.

"Okay~" Huang Gai shouted quite playfully: "The small ones are found from low to high according to the price~"

"Shut up!" "Smack!" Cheng Pu pumped him again, and this time he was hit.

Judging from the faint laughter from the surrounding passers-by, this time the play was quite successful.

"Someone is staring at us, three waves." "As expected, continue."

When the carriage turned around, Huang Gai and Cheng Pu exchanged two sentences briefly.

In fact, the fact that the cheap inns in Luoyang Market will be full is very suspicious in itself, those businessmen or officials who come to Luoyang to do business in order not to be underestimated, at least live in mid-range places or above, and those who will live in cheap inns, in addition to the rangers who are strapped for money, are only the poor who come to Luoyang to visit relatives, the servants who go out to run errands outside the middle rich, and the spies.

According to Yang Xiu, at this time, the forces in Luoyang City have overflowed to the point that "one feather cannot be added", no matter who appears in Luoyang, they will be targeted by more than one family, although they will not do anything, but the feeling of this tarsal maggot is still very unpleasant.

However, this also proves that as long as the oil in this pot is "boiling", it cannot be easily calmed down again.

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Xuzhou, water building boat.

When Zhou Yi handed over the Xiapi seal, Tao Qian did not stop him, and it can even be said that he agreed quite happily to his move to hand over the power of Xiapi.

As the officialdom of Xuzhou that was swept by Zhu Jun, Tao Qian can be said to be the dominant family, and because Zhu Jun's "King Qin" behavior is similar to sending him to death in his opinion, he now begins to claim to be a stabbing history.

After that, Zhou Yi took himself and Sun Jian's family members as well as the Qiao family and Zhuge family to the south together, and as a good friend of the Tong family, he decided to go to Fuchun to meet the old lady of the Sun family first.

Grunt.

"Hmph, this process is too rough."

On the ferry, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Jin were pushing Qiao Xuan who was sitting in a wheelchair for a walk, the old man had his hands and feet on his own side, although he was picking faults with his mouth, but the smile lines on his face could not be hidden.

Farther away, Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, who were wearing goose yellow and red dresses respectively, also followed, but compared to Da Qiao, who was really worried about his grandfather, Xiao Qiao's eyes swirled on Zhou Yu from time to time.

A little further behind the two of them was Sun Ce, Sun Ce who was staring at Da Qiao.

This group of children thought they were doing something very hidden, but their actions were all clearly seen by the parents around them, but the parents who were already intent on getting close to each other did not break this point.

"Ah...... Ah ......" At this time, where there was a high guardrail on the second floor of the building, Sun Ce's younger brother, a child with short hands and short feet, yellow hair and green eyes, Sun Quan, was lying on the railing, looking down weakly, and sighed in a child's voice: "Why am I so precocious?" It's no good to understand this kind of thing in advance. ”

"What do you understand?" Sun Shangxiang, who was wearing two pigtails on the side and a big red jacket, tilted her head and asked—obviously, she couldn't understand it either.

"Marriage, fate." Sun Quan solemnly read word by word.

"Huh?" Sun Shangxiang looked even more confused.

Gra, Gra.

Zhuge Jin's second son, Zhuge Jin's younger brother, and Zhuge Liang, who was the same year as Sun Quan, passed by them, and happened to hear the conversation between the two siblings, so he said:

"If you are wise, you will find a way to play it."

"It's easy to say, adults won't give you a chance ......at all" Sun Quan turned his head and was suddenly stunned: "What is that in your hand?" ”

I saw that a young boy who was about as tall as himself, who had been cut off with a watermelon hijab and was wearing a small scribe's robe, was turning a few cylindrical wooden blocks painted with overlapping red and black lines.

"[Eight Stone Formations]," Zhuge Liang picked up a cylinder and turned around, "Because the one that my brother arranged is too cumbersome, I plan to build one that is easy to carry, and it has about forty percent of the effect so far." ”

"You're really playing your early wisdom......" Sun Quan was speechless for a while.

"What's that? Can you eat it? Sun Shangxiang was demonstrating what it means to be "not precocious".

"Since I met the future heir of the Sun family here, I said it in advance," Zhuge Liang said: "I don't agree with your father and your brother's philosophy, I will find a way to repay the care for the next few years, but in the future, I will not give you advice like my brother." ”

"Hehehe......" Sun Quan's "precocious wisdom" suddenly rose a lot at this moment: "Since you have said this, then I will also say it bluntly - I have already written down what you will never say when you really grow up, and in the future, I will recite it once I see you." ”

Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment, and found that this was completely true, so he spoke again: "Then, return twice." ”

"Deal!" Sun Quan immediately responded.