—187 A.D.——

Youzhou, Guangyang County.

Liu Bei was not too surprised that his teacher Lu Zhi finally chose to settle in Guangyang County, and with the teacher's intelligence, it was easy to see the contradiction between the eastern and western parts of Youzhou, that is, between the Gongsun clan and the Liu clan, as well as the fragile balance that they could maintain at this time.

Because of this, his sufficient weight of the "weight" could not be chosen at will, and after thinking for a long time, he still chose Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan, the two "game codes" that originally played a balancing role between the two forces.

The disciple who enters the room is honored to raise the teacher, which is the same as the fact that the child supports his parents, and no one can question it.

Liu Bei, who had thought about this possibility, had already made some preparations, and soon after Lu Zhi made his decision, his mansion and academy in Jixian County had been built, and Lu Zhi could teach some students in his spare time if he wished.

For all parties in Youzhou, this is an acceptable result, after all, from the beginning they were not qualified to be the official of the former "Three Princes", and many parties were just to ask him to continue teaching or increase the cultural heritage of Youzhou.

It is precisely because of the supervision of a teacher who has been loyal to the monarch and the country all his life that after receiving the "edict", Liu Bei did not have the possibility of pretending not to know at all.

After all, the messenger was too shrewd to speak—he threw the emperor's edict directly on Lu Zhi's desk.

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"Annihilate the traitorous party, Fu'an Sheji......" Liu Bei sighed, put the manuscript of the edict back on the table—the genuine product was collected by Teacher Lu Zhi, and looked at the others in the small study: "Brother Bogui, Xianhe, second brother, third brother, what do you think about this matter?" ”

As for the recently recruited Zhang He Gaolan and Yan Liangwen Chou, since they have not yet been fully trusted, they cannot be invited to participate in this kind of confidential and urgent intelligence discussion for the time being.

"Hit!" Zhang Fei immediately responded: "The last time I went to Luoyang to pick up my eldest brother's teacher, it is said that many powerful guys went, and I couldn't have a good fight, so I regret it very much." ”

Didn't you have a good time with Dian Wei? Liu Bei glanced at the third brother.

"The treacherous people at sunset are all blinded by Shengcong, and now Your Majesty has woken up, but he is in prison, and it is the time for me to contribute," Guan Yu stroked his beard that had grown a lot and responded.

As expected, Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu again, this second brother who likes to read "Spring and Autumn" has always acted like this, both loyal and righteous, in his opinion, all the problems under the world today come from those traitors who have blinded the emperor's ears, as long as they are eliminated, the emperor can naturally make the right decision, and before that, he should use his own means to achieve justice.

Although this idea is true in most cases, the money-hungry character of His Majesty today is not something that can be guided by a few traitors.

"This is imperative," Jian Yong said, "but how to act is still up for debate." ”

"Discuss what? The 'white-eared soldiers' under Xuande's command and my 'white horse righteous servants', with mental calculations or unintentional, it is not difficult to enter Luoyang. Gongsun Chan continued.

"And then what? Besieged by many forces in the name of rebellion? Jian Yong retorted: "Maybe the two armies of Xuande are much more elite than ordinary soldiers, but can they defeat a hundred enemies?" ”

"Hmph...... Of course you can ......," Gongsun Chan retorted with little confidence.

"Xuande, this is not what I want to persuade you to abandon the emperor, but everything has to be done according to your ability," Jian Yong turned to Liu Bei and said: "Leading troops to break into Luoyang is a situation where there is no advance or retreat, if you can't save Your Majesty from the situation of 'not going out', those traitors may punish me at any time for the crime of rebellion, I am not very familiar with the specific military affairs, just ask Xuande, can you be 50% sure of this trip?" ”

Although Xianhe is a literati, he acts quite steadily, like a general of the Chinese army...... Liu Bei shook his head while thinking about it: "The odds of winning are less than thirty percent." ”

Based on Liu Bei's understanding of Luoyang's defense when he was studying under Lu Zhimen, it is said that Sancheng is a bit high, after all, he has no siege equipment at all, and he can't prepare enough baggage in a hurry, so he has to pass through Bingzhou or Jizhou halfway...... Wait a minute?

"In my opinion, this matter should be handed over to Liu Yu, the assassin of history," Jian Yong continued: "Unite the Gongsun family and the Su family, and raise the power of one state to make things happen." ”

"If you can do it with the power of one state, wouldn't Jingzhou Liu Biao, Yizhou Liu Yan, and Yanzhou Liu Dai already succeed?" Gongsun Zhan seemed to be parting with Jian Yong because his proposal was rejected just now: "It's just that the tail of Guy is too big to fall, this matter only needs to break into Luoyang with elite county soldiers, and kill the ten permanent servants before anyone reacts, and the big thing can be helped." ”

Brother Bogui ...... When he was studying, he talked a little bit about strategy, but now for some reason, he always wants to solve everything directly by force, could it be that the people who are favored by his cousin Liu Ling have similar characteristics?

"Bo Gui is afraid that he has forgotten, now Xuande is only the county guard of Guangyang County, and it is a crime to transfer troops to leave the jurisdiction at will, let alone go to a place like Luoyang." Jian Yong said again.

"Uh......" Gongsun Zhan's eyes widened, as if he had just thought of this.

"Hey! If anyone dares to come and punish him, he will hang himself up and beat him. Zhang Fei said.

"Where loyalty lies, even if it is detrimental, it is a last resort." Guan Yu put on an expression when he was about to cut the county order.

"Xuande?" "Xuande, look." "Big brother, what do you say?"

Liu Bei originally wanted to listen to everyone's opinions for reference, but the result of their discussion turned out to be to let himself decide? If you hadn't been inspired halfway, wouldn't it be time to open your mouth?

"Your Majesty issued an edict to punish thieves, and we, as courtiers, should obey the order." Liu Bei said slowly.

Gongsun Zan and Zhang Fei looked a little excited as if they had received support, but Jian Yong and Guan Yu looked a little suspicious of the word "should".

"However, His Majesty's edict did not require that we must hoe and rape in our 'original identity'." Liu Bei added.

Guan Yu frowned, and Jian Yong seemed to have an understanding.

"Brother Bogui, Yide, you live in Youzhou, and there are many relatives and friends in your family, if there is something wrong, can you bear to see them being implicated for no reason?" Liu Bei turned to Gongsun Zan and Zhang Feidao.

"Could it be that Xuande wants to make the troops not play the flag?" Gongsun Zhan understood, but he was still quite puzzled: "But we set off from Youzhou, and those who have a heart can know our identities as long as they probe a little." ”

"Therefore, we need a force that will never be explored by anyone," Seeing that a few people were still confused, Liu Bei raised his hand to the south, "Zhuojun to the south, is the birthplace of Taiping Road, Julu." ”

"I heard that after the Taiping Dao altars were broken in various places, their Taoist disciples either surrendered or fled, and only the remaining Julu General Altar was still concentrating on preparing to resist the imperial court's purge, but the emperor suffered misfortune and had no time to pay attention to them." Jian Yong said: "Could it be that Xuande wants to disguise himself as the Julu 'Taiping Army'? ”

"It's not a disguise, but the real 'Youzhou Taiping Army'," Liu Bei said: "Liu ...... that day Assassin Shi and Taiping Dao branch altar confrontation encountered Wuhuan alien sneak attack, although most of the Taoist escaped, but still some are willing to surrender, including Guo Tai, Yang Feng, Li Le, Hu Cai and others and their subordinates in recent years in the fight against Wuhuan into the Kou outstanding performance, Assassin Shi wanted to reward them, but they said that they refused to accept the 'ten permanent servants' court reward, Assassin Shi helpless, they are assigned to my name, if you want to go to Luoyang to deal with the ten permanent servants, by them to lead the most suitable to go. ”

"Even if we fail, as long as we can escape, we won't be tracked?" Gongsun Chan thought for a moment and nodded in response.

"Taiping Dao was destroyed, if it weren't for the depressed people, they would have gone to Julu," Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu was a little unbearable, so he added: "We provide them with a chance for revenge, if they successfully kill the Ten Standing Servants and rescue the emperor, they will not only have no fault, but will have merit." ”

"My province." Guan Yu nodded.

"Oh? Is it really going to be fought? Great," Zhang Fei grinned, "But what about the armor?" Those white helmets and white armor are too conspicuous - oh! Right! I don't want to wear their ugly zodiac! ”

"Even if you want to wear it, you don't have this size," Liu Bei smiled: "Just tie the yellow belt on the forehead and left arm of the soldiers, and those Taiping Dao disciples will wear Taoist robes." ”

"That's right," Jian Yong said, "When others talk about it, they will only say that it is 'a team led by a few Taiping Taoists, a team with yellow cloth bands tied on their foreheads and left arms', and as for the fact that the armor is all white, it will probably be ignored directly." ”

"However, rashly ordering the soldiers to disguise themselves and march towards Luoyang may cause unnecessary misunderstandings," Guan Yu said: "Before you get rid of it, you should explain the purpose of this trip and the reason for the disguise with the soldiers." ”

"Well, that's ......" Liu Bei nodded in response, and when he saw that a few people had nothing to add, he was about to let people disperse, but suddenly heard someone outside the window chanting in a deep voice.

"—IMHO, there's a big hole in your plans."

"What-" Zhang Fei was about to ask who the visitor was, but Liu Bei raised his hand and pressed him down.

"It turned out to be General Gao, who came here late at night, I don't know what to see?" Liu Bei opened the window and hung upside down there, and Gao Lan, who was wearing a hood and cloak, swept in directly like a bat.

"General Gongsun and General Liu, there must be one person to guard Guangyang," Gao Ran helped the edge of his hood: "And General Guan Zhang, there must be one person left." ”

"This ......"

"That's exactly how it should be," Jian Yong suddenly thought of the reason: "Guangyang can't be left unattended for a long time, and General Guan Zhang's second is so distinctive, if they appear in front of people together, their identities can be said to be half exposed." ”

"But...... If there were not enough generals with the army, there was no guarantee that the leaders of the Taiping army would not do anything evil out of hatred. Liu Bei responded.

"So-" "So, you need a gorgeous, mysterious, and unpredictable butterfly-like person to participate in this operation~" Following Gao Ran, Zhang He, who was dressed gorgeously and eccentricly, also "floated" in from the window.

Well, very good, if they participated, no one would have thought that this team would be Youzhou Liu Xuande's, Liu Bei thought indifferently.