After the end of the coup d'état in Ruoyang on April 11, although Liu Bei was unable to send troops to pursue Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, he also sent people to leave the Ruoyang area to inquire about them and monitor their movements.

At the end of April, he received news that after Yuan Shu escaped, he returned to his hometown Runan, and with the support of the Yuan clan in Runan, he raised a counter-flag in Runan.

And because he returned with an army with a large number of people, he quickly pulled up a team, and relied on the prestige of the Yuan family to move around, and recruited powerful clans to join his team everywhere, playing the banner of crusading against rebellion, preparing to counterattack Luoyang, and find trouble with Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao's path is more rugged, it is said that he also wanted to return to Runan, walked south for a while, and then did not know what happened, and then turned to the northeast, went to Jizhou, and went to seek refuge in the current Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu, I don't know what to do.

At that time, Jia Xu suggested that Liu Bei send elite troops to attack and kill them to solve the two uneasy elements, but Liu Bei thought about it and still did not agree.

Even if these two guys are killed, it is estimated that there will still be rebellions among the protégés of the Yuan family in the world, and there are many people in the Yuan family who are local officials, and only killing Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will not completely solve the problem.

Therefore, it is better to let Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the two tool people, call on the world, and let Yuan's protégés, former officials, and resentful bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods be exposed in one go, so that he can use military means to clean up these people to death and solve the problem in one breath by physical means.

Therefore, Liu Bei constantly dispatched the elite headquarters to Luoyang, reorganized the Luoyang army, and recruited troops in Sanfu Land and Yizhou, seizing all the time to enrich his military strength, for this step.

In mid-May, the news that Yuan Shu distorted the facts and "raised an army to rebel" reached Luoyang, and the Luoyang court reacted quite a bit to this, and Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, Dong Zhong and others also hurriedly got out of their own enjoyment, found Liu Bei in the military camp outside Luoyang City, and asked him for advice.

"Xuande, although the Yuan clan has been eradicated from many forces, but the world is so big, there are still many protégés and former officials of the Yuan clan, if they all raise troops...... Wouldn't it be bad? What are we going to do? ”

Only more than a month has passed, Dong Chong, who is addicted to wine and enjoyment, has gained a lot of weight, and his capable appearance in April is completely different, which makes Liu Bei have to sigh at the impact of the general environment on a person.

It is said that it was because many people took the initiative to take refuge in him and gave him all kinds of gifts and money, including many famous scholars of the modern literary school, which made Dong Zhong gradually swell.

Despite this, after learning the news of Yuan Shu's army, Dong Chong still found Liu Bei in a panic and sought security from him.

Liu Bei's reply to him also gave him a sense of security.

"During this time, I have been reorganizing the army and sorting out military affairs, for these things, you can rest assured, what comes to us is in our hands, and no one can take it away."

Liu Bei patted Dong Chong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, these things are all expected by me, I am a general, in charge of the world's expeditions, this is within my duty, leave it to me." ”

Dong Chong looked at Liu Bei's relaxed expression, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, okay, if you can say that, I'm relieved, I haven't been able to catch them all before, and this time I must catch them all! In this way, the whole world is ours. ”

"That's nature."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After Dong Chong, it is Jian Shuo.

Jian Shuo also felt a little proud during this time, and many small officials and officials who were originally unknown in Luoyang City came to the door, gave him gifts, and asked him for officials, just wanting to climb up.

Jian Shuo was also a little powerful before, but that power was too far away from the current power, so the amount of wealth he could obtain now was unimaginable at that time.

As soon as the environment changed, and as soon as there was more money in hand, the whole person immediately became different from the past, and began to enjoy it like crazy.

All kinds of houses and residences were built for themselves, all kinds of extravagant utensils were bought, all kinds of extravagant ingredients were piled up at home without money, and even several young and beautiful women were bought into the house, I don't know what ridiculous things I was going to do.

Because he enjoyed an unprecedented happy life, as soon as he heard that Yuan Shu was going to do something, he was a little panicked, and hurried to find Liu Bei, thinking the same as Dong Chong, he was here to seek a sense of security.

He didn't think that he could deal with Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao by relying on the Xiyuan Army he mastered.

For him, Liu Bei said the same thing, let him not worry, leave the military problems to himself, and he can enjoy it.

Jian Shuo was very happy about this.

"No matter what you need, Xuande just told me that if I can do it, I will definitely help you!"

Liu Bei smiled on the surface, but in his heart he felt that this guy had done a great favor not to make trouble for himself, and it was very painful to help his pig teammates wipe their butts while dealing with the enemy.

Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong entered a state of luxury and enjoyment at the speed of light after the coup d'état in Luoyang, and most of the surviving ten permanent servants were also enjoying luxury, which was quite arrogant and domineering.

Only Zhang Rang still kept his previous living habits, not too arrogant, but also grabbed the work of Dongyuan.

When Liu Bei sent people to the Kanto region to investigate intelligence, Zhang Rang also dispatched a lot of Dongyuan spies to the Hebei region to inquire about intelligence, and then communicated with Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei knew a lot of information about Yuan Shao.

It can be said that Zhang Rang is the only guy in a group of insects who has done a little bit.

So when Zhang Rang came to Liu Bei's military camp to ask him about the current situation, Liu Bei still welcomed him.

"But for more than a month, Jian Shuo and Dong Chong have been enjoying themselves and don't know the east, west, north and south, everything is in my preparation, I am thankful that they don't cause trouble, where can I expect them to do other things? Now it seems, you are much better than them. ”

Liu Bei personally poured Zhang Rang a glass of rice wine, and Zhang Rang took a sip and smiled.

"What, what do you mean by that, are you blaming me for not having the same luxury as them?"

"Don't, there are already a lot of people who enjoy luxury, these days, there are already many people in the ancient literature school who are dissatisfied with me, if it weren't for Yuan Shu's sudden army, I estimate that in less than three months, there will be a storm in the court."

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "The disasters brought by Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are clearly visible on the outside, in the light, but the disasters brought by Jian Shuo and Dong Chong are inside, in the dark, it is not easy to see, and if you see it, it is not easy to deal with it." ”

Zhang Rang put down the rice wine in his hand.

"What you say has no deep meaning, I want to taste it well."

"Taste what?"

Liu Bei rolled his eyes: "Don't tell me what happened You don't know, the reaction of the Ancient Literature School is very big about the fact that the Modern Literature School is moving closer to Dong Chong, and many people are persuading me to attack the Modern Literature School in advance, or simply attack Dong Chong to prevent them from forming an alliance." ”

"And what do you think?"

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Bei and said with a smile: "I don't think you seem to be flustered?" You've expected that, right? ”

"Hey, hey, hey."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Lao Zhang, do you know what I think about this matter?" When I knew, I almost didn't die of laughter, the modern literary school is sick and rushed to the doctor, and Dong Chong is also a real quack, not only can't cure the disease, but also has to take them to the end together. ”

Zhang Rang was stunned.

"What do you mean, I don't sound like a problem, you...... Are you going to attack Dong Chong? ”

"It's not me, it's the ancient literature school."

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "It's not that Dong Chong doesn't know what the situation of the dispute between modern and ancient literature is, and it's not that he doesn't know what my status is in the ancient literature school, but he still did it and accepted the modern literature school, which shows that he wants to deal with me, not me who wants to deal with him." ”

"This ......"

"I don't know how the Modern School of Literature persuaded him, but since he accepted the School of Modern Literature, then he must die."

Liu Bei sighed and said: "I originally thought that the four of us would be able to live together for at least a few years, but I didn't expect that only a month has passed, Dong Chong is not satisfied with the current situation, I estimate that if it weren't for the news of the Yuan family, he would not have come to see me." ”

"Against you, Dong Chong will definitely die, after Dong Chong dies...... You don't want to deal with me, do you? ”

Zhang Rang looked horrified: "I didn't go against you!" I'm on your side! And you promised to keep me prosperous and rich for the rest of my life! ”

"yes, I promised you, so of course I won't deal with you."

Liu Bei grinned: "But others are not necessarily, Lao Zhang, you have to follow me closely, you can't fall behind, otherwise, it will be difficult for me to keep you." ”

"I'm afraid of what you say."

Zhang Rang said in a low voice: "You don't really plan to attack me after you clean up the Jinwen School and Dong Chong, right?" Can't you stop for a few days and live a comfortable life? ”

"There's no one who doesn't like ease."

Liu Bei smiled: "I like comfort the most, so I will do my best for this." ”

"I'm even more scared."

Zhang Rang glanced at Liu Bei and said slowly: "But don't talk about this now, how are you going to deal with Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao?" Yuan Shao hasn't made a move yet, but since Yuan Shu has done it, he is also fast, are you going to take the initiative or? ”

Of course, I waited, and all the people who wanted to come forward came out. ”

Liu Bei sneered: "As soon as they were ready to make a move, I crushed them to death, how could those people with bad intentions dare to continue to come forward?" I'm going to wait, wait until they're all coming out, and it's better for them to hit me than for me to take the initiative.

When they all come, inside and out, I can clean them all up in one go, wouldn't it be beautiful? Otherwise, I'm really worried that the prestige I have played for so many years can scare them all, Lao Zhang, don't be idle, the East Park secret agent in your hand has to work. ”

"Didn't I send someone to Hebei to help you keep an eye on Yuan Shao?"

Zhang Rang wondered: "What else to do?" ”

"Spy on the people in Luoyang City."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "One mutiny, can you kill all the evil insects in the heart of the entire Luoyang City?" I don't think so, there must be people with bad intentions lurking in the dark, dormant waiting for the opportunity, the Yuan clan sent troops to attack me, isn't it also a good opportunity to find out these worms? Especially the people of the modern literary school, wouldn't it be better if they found an opportunity? ”

"So I'm really right about you."

Zhang Rang sighed: "You are not a peaceful person, you will never give up until you achieve your goal, forget it, I don't care so much, I will do what you want me to do, but don't forget what you promised me, let me be rich and noble for a lifetime." ”

"I won't go back on what I've said."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "You don't live up to me, I don't live up to you." ”

"It's a deal."

"It's a deal."

The two high-fived three times and made a vow.

(End of chapter)