"What do you think of these two kinds of news?" Bai Tu had already shared the secret report of Wancheng's direct access to Jinling with the other scholars in the palace.

"Folk rumors are that Liu Xie set up a Hongmen banquet to kill Qi Hou Liu Bei, and Zheng Hou and Saihou rescued him, so he attacked Chang'an? Kindness...... Although we know that this possibility is very small, we must note that the reason why the 'folk rumors' are like this is because the Zongzheng Mansion, including Zong Zhengnei, is now accusing Liu Xie. ”

Lu Su didn't believe in any rumors, but he cared about the reason for the rumors!

This is not a cover-up, but the news released by Zheng Hou, including the current Zongzheng, and many clan relatives in the dynasty "support" Zheng Hou - but the strength of the support is not clear.

In the past, the emperor was Liu Ai, but later expanded his real power and was trusted by Liu Xie, who held many positions in the court and the Yulin army, so he stepped down from Zongzheng and was replaced by another "reliable" imperial uncle.

Of course, "reliable" refers to Liu Xie's senses, in fact, this reliable imperial uncle had previously expressed his support for Liu Bei's "succession"!

Was it temporary persecution? Or has he already secretly communicated with Zheng Hou?

And what is the basis for the cooperation between these clans and Zheng Hou? Persuaded by it, or with the help of Zheng Hou's power to eliminate political enemies, or by Zheng Hou's persecution?

It's a pity that Bai Tu didn't know that the clan secretly supported Liu Bei's succession to the throne, after all, Liu Bei didn't publicize it everywhere, especially in order to reassure these clans, he also vowed not to leak it.

Otherwise, you may be able to guess that these clans are ...... with the Marquis of Zheng Or rather, the basis of cooperation with Sima Yi!

If you plan to abolish the legislation, but the parties do not agree, can you rest assured as long as you promise them not to leak it?

Obviously, these people were still worried, and just when they were worried every day, Sima Yi gave them another choice......

It was easy to attack the city wall because Zhong Miao introduced him to the city gate order, and he was able to blow up the palace gate and easily attack the Chang'an Palace because some of the clans were against the water!

"The second news is obviously not credible, don't say whether Liu Xie is dead or not, if Liu Bei is really taken into custody by Zheng Hou, whether it is to contain Qingxu and Longyou, or to fake it, there is no need to declare the rescue failure to the people before." Yu Fu frowned and looked at this information.

Indeed, if the two news channels are exchanged, and "Liu Bei's death" is news from the palace, it may still be true......

After all, if Liu Bei really died, although Qingxu Erzhou and Longyou would be greatly shaken, but Zheng Hou, or Sima Yi, would usher in the fierce revenge of Qi Hou's department.

At this time, it was announced that Liu Bei was still being detained, which could play a role in "delaying the army".

However, on the other hand, if Liu Bei was really captured alive, why did he declare that he was dead?

Of course, this does not mean that there is a problem with the wind catcher, after all, the latter is just "news from the inside of the palace".

The people who were in the palace at that time may not know the actual situation, and what came out was only the news that he was at the level he was at and could get!

However, judging from the two, Liu Xieliang is not cold, and he is still between five and five

As for Liu Bei, it is possible that he is really dead, and it is more likely that he escaped for some reason, and most of the court officials are detained in the palace, and they are still being deceived by "fake news", so it is necessary to deceive the people in detention to pass on false news, and instead slander Liu Xie to the people as much as possible!

The reason why the news of Liu Xie's death was spread among the ministers in the palace was, after all, it had the effect of screening and testing, and the news channel of the Chu State was not the core of the court, but just a few officials who could barely enter the palace on New Year's Day.

"Looks like you all mean the same thing, then...... From now on, the members of the Enlightenment Department will also take this matter as a second-class priority, even if they bear the risk of revealing their identities and needing to evacuate, they will also send back the news! In addition, the order of Hanzhong was immediately sent and was ready to ...... Soldiers out of Meridian Valley! "Bai Tu decides to come down.

Meridian Valley, that is, the place where Wei Yan wanted to send troops in history, according to Wei Yan's brain supplement, he could quietly pass through the Meridian Valley and go straight to Chang'an......

That's right, the northern end of the Meridian Valley is very close to Chang'an, only thirty miles, closer than Wancheng to Xucheng.

Therefore, the biggest obstacle to getting out of Meridian Valley is whether they can go undetected.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Yingxiang rebelled, which was the idea of beating the troops out of the Meridian Valley, but was ambushed and killed in the Meridian Valley by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi at that time and an important minister in the late Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen that in the Meridian Valley, it is not conducive to attacking, but it is easy to be ambushed.

And Zhuge Liang in history obviously didn't think that Cao Wei would be unprepared.

Not to mention now, Chang'an is where the Han court is located, and if the Meridian Valley is not fortified, Bai Tu will eat the tungsten steel seal!

In fact, in the Meridian Valley, the Chu State had already pulled barbed wire and dug trenches, and the Chu and Han scouts had fought each other, not once or twice—without the effect of the raid, the Meridian Valley was not a good place to fight.

Especially now that it is still the New Year's Festival, the weather is still three points of winter!

However, now that Chang'an is in chaos, Bai Tu feels that it is better to put some pressure on him than to be idle, what if he forces the other party to do something?

In addition, there is actually bad news - the wind catcher who is responsible for answering Hua Xin has not been able to spread the news!

At times like these, it's clear that no news is bad news......

However, Bai Tu was just worried, and he didn't take it to the palace to say, after all, it was useless for them to be in a hurry, it all depended on the performance of the Wind Catcher and the local Enlightenment Department.

Forcibly "out of the Meridian Valley" also has the meaning of receiving Hua Xin, who may be in trouble.

Bai Tu and several people from the palace also had a meeting in a hurry at lunch, and then in order to calm people's hearts, there was no need to accompany the Han family to mess around, and they continued the New Year's Day ceremony and speech in the afternoon.

At the same time, in the basement of the firewood room of a wealthy merchant mansion with a Yang background in Chang'an City, there were two people playing chess without embarrassment.

It was at the beginning of the New Year's Day banquet that Hua Xin, who was "nowhere to be found", and ...... Now Zheng Jun is still searching Liu Bei in the imperial city!

Hua Xin originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was no curfew on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and secretly left Chang'an with the cooperation of some Han officials who were in rebellion with the Fengwei and the Ministry of Enlightenment.

Unexpectedly, he caught up with the rebellion of Zheng Hou, failed to get out of the city, and was even almost killed by the Han army that was on guard at that time!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Major Fengwei, who was in charge of this matter, urgently contacted the Enlightenment Department - the task of rescuing Hua Xin was already very high, and the Enlightenment Department also took the risk of being exposed, and hid Hua Xin in the home of a wealthy businessman surnamed Foreign who had in-laws with the Yang family and presided over a lot of business dealings for the Yang family.

Although Yang Xiu defected to Wei, but nominally the Yang family has expelled him from the family tree, Yang Biao from Dong Zhuo to Cao Cao, has been diligent, and has been meritorious in protecting the dragon, barely still on the list of Liu Xie's henchmen, and in terms of virtue and prestige, it is now the level of the pillar of the imperial court.

Even if Zheng Jun entered the city, the search of those who were related to the Yang family was not very thorough.

First, Sima Yi didn't want to have any trouble with the Yang family, and secondly, he ...... The Yang family also did not have the motive to shield Liu Bei!

As a "rising star", Sima Yi still wants to eat the biggest piece of cake in the troubled times, so naturally his thoughts are completely different from those of other princes.

Just like the Sima clan in history...... It's not so much "Sima usurped Cao", but "the gate lord usurped the warlord"!

The rise of the Sima clan, in addition to the planning of Sima Yi's three generations, the rise of the gate valve power itself, this "background" also played a vital role.

It is precisely because the Sima clan represents the gate valve that the emperor of the Sima clan can be said to be the lowest "strength" among all the great unified dynasties from the Qin to the Qing Dynasty.

Now Sima Yi is also in the mentality of fighting, and at this time, he will focus on the "gate valve"!

Naturally, the Yang family, which is highly respected and not yet a die-hard member of the Han family, can be regarded as his potential ally.

And in the chaos of the palace last night, Liu Bei successfully escaped from the palace under the cover of the Zongwei mastered by Liu Ai, and then ...... I happened to meet a member of the Enlightenment Department, and I was also sent here.

If it were a wind catcher, they would definitely not do such a thing - they were only responsible for completing the task, since the task was to send Hua Xin back, why make it more difficult for themselves? Zheng Jun's main search target now is Liu Bei......

However, the Enlightenment Department is different, their highest mission is to "promote Chu Learning", and there will be a higher degree of subjectivity when they act, when they judge the rescue of Liu Bei, or rather, ...... It will be more advantageous to send Liu Bei back to Jinling together, so he will act immediately!

When he first saw Hua Xin, Liu Bei even thought about whether Chu was also involved - after all, if you go to the Meridian Valley, Hanzhong is not far from Chang'an.

However, immediately after seeing the layout of the secret room here, as well as Hua Xin's state in casual clothes, Liu Bei also dispelled his suspicions......

After that, the two even started playing chess because they had nothing to do.

Of course, Liu Bei is always guarded by wind catchers!

Liu Bei was not known for his martial arts, and before entering the palace, Liu Bei's talisman had been confiscated, and now the wind catchers of the two gilded generals are enough to serve as "guards".

"Hey, sure enough, Mr. Hua is still a step ahead." Liu Bei is not good at hand talking.

"The small road is not enough for Qi Hou to shine." Hua Xin said modestly.

"This is already the sixth set, right? Mr. Hua has ever thought about what we are going to do if we can't leave? Liu Bei didn't know if he was really in a hurry, or if he was deliberately tempting.

"If there is no hope of escape, you have to grieve Qi Hou...... Martyrdom here. Hua Xin looked at Liu Bei very seriously and said.

This is actually Liu Bei's "guarding" mission!

Liu Bei is different from Hua Xin, Hua Xin can be "caught" by Zheng Hou alive, but Liu Bei can't......

Even if Sima Yi catches Hua Xin, he will only treat him politely for the time being, and there is no loss for the Chu State.

As for Liu Bei...... Maybe Sima Yi also hopes to catch Liu Bei alive, but for Chu State, the first choice is to send Liu Bei back to Jinling, but the second choice is to let Liu Bei fake his death and become a real death.

In this way, even if the Chu State cannot use Liu Bei to "interfere" with Qingxu and Longyou, at least the Qi army led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will regard Zheng Hou as the biggest enemy because of this, and it is even likely that they will immediately send troops to avenge Liu Bei, and then give the Chu State a chance!

"Hahaha, Mr. Hua is really a sincere gentleman, don't deceive me." Liu Bei didn't get angry, but felt that Hua Xin didn't deceive him.

Hua Xin said it openly at this time, in fact, he was also warning Liu Bei not to want to get rid of the Chu State and escape.

And at this time in the palace, Sima Yi also had a headache - his best idea was to be able to capture Liu Bei.

It's just that Sima Yi didn't think that as he said when he fooled the Han family, he wanted to abolish Liu Xie and establish Liu Bei, otherwise wouldn't it be more difficult for himself?

The reason why he wanted to control Liu Bei was nothing more than to contain the Qi army.

Of course, this is only the "best scenario", Sima Yi admits that he has gambling elements, but he is not such a shallow stud, and he also expected in advance the possibility of Liu Bei's death in battle or even escape.

"Zhongda, the little emperor is so angry, I'm afraid that he can't be saved, and Liu Bei hasn't been found yet, what should we do after that?" Zhang Yan asked the depressed Sima Yi.

"Rest assured...... The tired lord first inspected the defense of Chang'an, so as to ensure that every important place is our people. Sima Yi commanded.

"Good!" Zhang Yan agreed quickly.

Well, although Zhang Yan is called the lord, no matter how you look at it, Sima Yi is "ordering" him!

After giving the order to the lord, Sima Yi looked at the map again, especially the location of the "upper left corner......

Qingzhou and Xuzhou are far away after all, but Longyou ...... Not to mention what Ma Chao, who had just mutinied, thought, if Liu Bei really "disappeared", Guan Yu, who was still in Longyou, would definitely be the first to sit still.

And Sima Yi's backhand, that is, the senior cadres of Bingzhou, and the Hetao Xiongnu who accepted Yuan Tan, have already secretly allied with Sima Yi, as long as Longyou is in chaos, the Huns will also send troops to Liangzhou!

This is not to worry about the Huns defaulting, because ...... Liangzhou is in chaos, and the Huns in Hetao will take action even if they have no covenant!

Sima Yi just made sure that their news was more timely.

Even Sima Yi has already made preparations to send an envoy to Chu State (please ask the lord) to send an envoy to Chu State and invite Chu State to send troops together - of course, what Chu State cares more about must be Xichuan, who is already at the moment, but has not yet freed up his "mouth" to eat.

As for Guanzhong and Qingxu, they were Sima Yi's "gifts" to Cao Wei......

Not only to muddy the water, but also because Sima Yi, as in history, once again wanted to "bet" on the gate valve!

Unlike other famous generals, Sima Yi's bet is no longer a bet on a certain country.

On the other hand, Sima Yi has also seen it very thoroughly, and the state of Chu ...... It is no longer a "horizontal connection", or a combination of weak and weak.

"Lianzhu is weak" may be able to protect itself for a while, but there is no way to "win" at all, the only breakthrough is before the Chu State, it is possible to "eat" other provisions, and not lose too much when "face to face" with the Chu State.

Probably that is what Liu Bei thought in history when he had just taken Hanzhong and the pre-Qin Qi State when the Qin State had just begun to advance eastward......

If the battle situation of the Battle of Yiling is rewritten, Shu Han can enter Jiangdong, or Qi can swallow several surrounding vassal states like Qin, in fact, it does have to be fought.

Of course, if Sima Yi had been in Wei before, he might have had a different idea, after all...... As Zheng Hou's military advisor, although the lord is very convenient to use, he is weaker after all, his intelligence sources are limited, and he does not know enough about the intelligence of Chu State......