The time entered April of the twenty-seventh year of Jian'an.

On the Liangzhou side, the battle that should be fought is still being fought. Cao Pi is indeed a very bastard, but it is undeniable that this guy has a strategic vision, and he knows that if he does not settle the enemy in the west of Chang'an, he will not be at peace.

Besides, although Cao Pi has been top-heavy by Lu Ren's series of tricks in the past two or three months, the more he is at such a time, the more he has to grasp the military power and regain his prestige...... In Lu Ren's words, Cao Pi had to use his exploits in foreign warfare to cover up some of his bad deeds at this time, so Cao Pi was not ambiguous at all when he started the war at this time.

And Liu Bei on the other end also played a good attack on the direction of Tianshui at this time. As a generation of heroes, where do you not understand that now is a very good opportunity, whether it is at the military level or at the political level? Even from the perspective of personal grudges, Liu Bei still has to seek revenge from the Western Regions Alliance on the Tianshui side.

Lu Ren has already withdrawn all the personnel from Chang'an, and even before withdrawing the personnel, he smashed many things such as radio stations and some materials in reserve, anyway, he doesn't want to cheapen you Cao Pi, and Cao Pi is helpless about it. For no reason, Cao Pi was secretly thinking about why he didn't kill Nie Qian, who rushed to Chang'an, at that time...... can only think about it, in fact, many people knew about Nie Qian's rush back to Chang'an at that time, Cao Pi couldn't hide it at all, and when he turned around, the children of Yizhou came to Cao Pi to ask for someone, which would be even more difficult to explain.

Well, that's no more nonsense. It is only said that in March and April, many people in the court of Cao Wei and the Han Dynasty received a letter from Xun Yu...... One thing to say here, although Lao Cao established the Principality of Wei, and the real power of the Han Dynasty was in the hands of Lao Cao, Lao Cao always had some taboos at the political level, so the territory of the Principality of Cao Wei was mainly in Hebei, and Emperor Liu Xie also had some areas directly under his own nominal jurisdiction.

If it is according to the original history, the titular territory of Emperor Liu Xie will be taken over by Cao Wei after Chan Rang, but the current situation is that the old Cao stopped at the duke, and Cao Wei did not replace the Han Dynasty, so these territories of Emperor Liu Xie were retained. And after the death of Lao Cao, because Cao Pi encountered some problems when he took over Cao Wei, he was somewhat distracted by Emperor Liu Xie, so this back and forth, Emperor Liu Xie really mastered the real power of these territories to a certain extent, but relatively speaking, this real power is not of much significance.

But in any case, the court of the Han Dynasty has been preserved by mistake, and Emperor Liu Xie still has some residual power of the Son of Heaven at this time. Of course, this is also indispensable for Lu Ren and Xun Yu to have been secretly operating some operations, so whether it is Lu Ren or Xun Yu, there has always been a close connection with Emperor Liu Xie and Han Court officials; And Xun Yu was Lao Cao's big housekeeper at the beginning, and there is no need to say much about Lao Cao's popularity, so even if Xun Yu was abducted to Yizhou by Lu Ren in the seventeenth year of Jian'an, he still has a certain degree of contact with many people in Cao Wei, and this is what Lu Ren needs.

This time, the contradiction between Lu Ren and Cao Pi is very big, and the political and economic pattern in Cao Wei will be hit by Lu Ren like a storm, and Emperor Liu Xie is actually tied to Cao Wei, so Emperor Liu Xie will inevitably be greatly affected here, so where can the many people in the Han Court and Cao Wei still sit still? Therefore, as early as when Lu Ren sent out the document, the Han court personnel and Cao Wei personnel, but all those who had some dealings with Lu Ren or Xun Yu, were anxious to write letters and intercede with Lu Ren and Xun Yu.

Okay, now it's time to get the words back. Lu Ren told Xun Yu before that in another month, he would let Xun Yu write a statement, and with Xun Yu's cleverness, he understood the meaning of Lu Ren's words at that time: This time the matter is too big, and Cao Pi, a hateful guy, must also be taught a hard lesson. However, considering the identity and status of Lu Ren and Cao Pi and many other factors, it is doomed that neither Lu Ren nor Cao Pi can take the initiative to make concessions, so this will only cause an embarrassing stalemate.

And if you want to break such an impasse, the better way is to let people with more status and status stand up and be peacemakers at this time. With the status of Lu Ren and Cao Pi, who else can act as a peacemaker except for Emperor Liu Xie?

Of course, Liu Bei and Sun Quan can also stand up and speak again in equal capacity. However, it may be that people with a bit of brains understand that Liu Bei and Sun Quan still wish that Lu Ren and Cao Pi would really get up. Let these two stand up as peacemakers? Believe it or not, they're just going to make things worse?

So therefore, Lu Ren meant to ask Xun Yu to give Emperor Liu Xie a letter at the right time, and ask Emperor Liu Xie to come out to settle the matter. But Xun Yu, as one of the top sages in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, based on his appreciation and trust in Lu Ren, refused to let Lu Ren fall behind at this time...... Well, on behalf of Lu Ren, the Lord took the initiative to present the table to Emperor Liu Xie, in a sense, didn't Lu Ren accept the softness first?

Therefore, Xun Yu made a few more detours on this issue, and did not directly report to Emperor Liu Xie according to Lu Ren's intentions, but used his writing and network to write letters to many people in the Han Court and Cao Wei. On the surface, the letter meant that it was constantly accusing Cao Pi of how bad he was, but in fact, it was guiding these people to find Emperor Liu Xie, and Emperor Liu Xie would put pressure on Cao Pi at the political level.

In other words, Emperor Liu Xie will definitely be invited out by these people to be a peacemaker, but at the same time as peace, it can only be Cao Pi who will be scolded, and then Lu Ren is "aggrieved" and accepted Emperor Liu Xie's request for peace. Only in this way can we meet Lu Ren's needs here. In Xun Yu's opinion, Lu Ren asked him to do this, which is also to further strengthen the prestige of the Son of Heaven, which is what Xun Yu is most happy to see, and it is also one of the reasons why Xun Yu is most satisfied with Lu Ren.

Well, after Xun Yu's "reminder letters" were delivered, as long as the officials of the Han Court and Cao Wei's personnel were not stupid, they immediately understood what they should do next. And for them, how to make Lu Ren, the "big money master", quickly calm down his anger at the moment, that is the right thing, if Lu Ren completely fights the economic war, God knows how much water their clan industry will shrink. So one after another, the expressions and letters requesting Emperor Liu Xie to come forward to settle the matter were sent to Emperor Liu Xie's table.

Emperor Liu Xie is not stupid, how could he not understand that this is actually Lu Ren giving him a chance to show his face and increase his prestige? As for Lu Ren, Emperor Liu Xie himself also had a feeling of friendship, so after hearing about the death of Yizhou's children in Chang'an, Emperor Liu Xie directly scolded Cao Pi...... Just hiding in the room and scolding. There are some things, Emperor Liu Xiena is also an old fritter to say.

Now with the support of so many people, the confidence of Emperor Liu Xie is enough, so in the middle of April of the 27th year of Jian'an, Emperor Liu Xie issued an edict as the Son of Heaven, asking Cao Pi to formally and publicly apologize to Lu Ren, and to compensate Lu Ren for a considerable amount of damages; In turn, Emperor Liu Xie demanded that Lu Ren resume diplomatic exchanges with Cao Pi and lift the series of blockades after receiving Cao Pi's apology and compensation.

Cao Pi was furious when he received this edict. He is also a smart person, and there is no shortage of intelligence officers under him, how can he not know that this is actually the result of Lu Ren's series of operations? But the situation is stronger than people, and Cao Pi can't stand the pressure exerted by many wealthy families, if this Nima really provokes them to unite and force him Cao Pi to the palace...... Then hehe.

Moreover, Cao Pi also knew very well that what he did this time really provoked Lu Ren, and now he needs a suitable step to end the incident. And the methods that Lu Ren is playing now are actually secretly letting Cao Pi go, and speaking of which, this is also the result of Lu Ren still taking care of the overall situation of the Central Plains of China. Now, if he didn't hurry up and go down the steps, but still insisted on increasing Lu Ren's anger value, it really provoked Lu Ren to ignore these overall situations under his anger, then Cao Pi and even the entire Cao Wei would definitely have a hard time in the future. If you should bear with it, let's bear with it.

So at the end of April of the twenty-seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Pi's letter was sent to Xuchang, first to apologize to Emperor Liu Xie, and then immediately to Lu Ren to ask for guilt. At the same time, according to the request of Emperor Liu Xie, Cao Pi endured the pain and pulled out a large sum of money and sent it to Lu Ren. And Lu Ren didn't want to drag this matter on like this and affect the overall situation, so after receiving the apology and compensation, Lu Ren began to resume those contacts with Cao Wei, which made Cao Pi and Cao Wei's wealthy families breathe a sigh of relief.

This farce lasted until May of the 27th year of Jian'an, and it can be said that it had a great impact on all parts of the Chinese mainland. It's just that in the middle of the farce, some key people were also affected......

The time is March of the twenty-seventh year of Jian'an, between the grass and desert outside Juyong Pass.

After the Western Regions coalition invaded the border, they colluded with the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu began to make trouble in the northern regions of the Han Dynasty. In addition to the main battlefields in the west of Chang'an and Liangzhou, the Xiongnu also sent partial divisions to the eastern front area, that is, the area around Juyong Pass.

In response to this situation, Lu Ren arranged for Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong in western Liaoning, as well as Sun Shangxiang and Zhou Yu, who were helping in the war in western Liaoning at that time, to go to Jiji and Juyongguan to support, and once broke the 50,000 partial divisions of the Xiongnu. And it is worth mentioning here that Cao Zhang, this guy, couldn't sit still in his fiefdom, found Lu Ren through some channels, and after getting Lu Ren's support, he also participated in the war on the side of Juyong Pass in his own name.

With the 50,000 partial division of the Xiongnu being broken, the battle situation in the area of Juyong Pass improved, and Lu Ren, out of other considerations, transferred thousands of Jiangdong disciples of Sun Shangxiang and Zhou Yu back to Yizhou, preparing to let Sun Shangxiang and Zhou Yu follow the fleet to attack Guishan from the sea, but Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong still stayed in the area of Juyong Pass to help in the war.

At this time, Cao Zhang himself did not have formal military power, and the men and horses at hand were just the "righteous army" he recruited with the money and food supported by Lu Ren, and then Cao Pi would not recognize the regularity of Cao Zhang's army, so Cao Zhang could not get the corresponding military supplies from Cao Pi. But this kind of thing is not good without money and food, and Cao Zhang can't get the support of Cao Pi's money and food, so he is attached to Lu Ren's name. In other words, the current Cao Zhang can basically be said to be a "foreign legion" under Lu Ren.

According to Cao Pi's strategic deployment, the main battlefield is in Chang'an and Liangzhou, and the rest of the border is guarded. But to be honest, Cao Pi couldn't allocate extra troops to these northern defense lines, so these northern defense lines didn't have the spare strength to carry out any active sorties.

But there is a slight exception here in Juyongguan, because Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong arranged by Lu Ren are here, and their troops do not belong to Cao Pi's establishment. Therefore, compared to the other northern defense lines, Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong can take the initiative to attack in Juyong Pass, and Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong are not idle, and they will lead the team to attack from time to time, plowing the grassland tribes scattered in the desert plain north of Juyong Pass a few times. Cao Zhang, as the "Foreign Legion" under Lu Ren's name, naturally wanted to participate in it, and Cao Zhang himself also wanted to fight the war.

At that time, the 50,000 Xiongnu divisions were mainly broken and scattered, and were not wiped out, so after a period of rest and plundering of other grassland tribes, they gathered about 30,000 men and horses again, ready to attack Juyong Pass again. At this time, they ran into the troops led by Lu Lingqi.

Strictly speaking, it was an unexpected encounter, and the result was ...... It's a bit ridiculous. You must know that Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong led the elite troops in western Liaoning, and they have been experienced after many battles, not to mention, they have completed the upgrading of equipment from head to toe.

Well, to put it simply, both sides are cavalry, but the Hun cavalry still uses cavalry short bows or something, and Lu Lingqi's Liaoxi cavalry plays with horse rifles! What is the concept of these two weapons coming together? Therefore, although Lu Lingqi's troops were only about 8,000, and although there were more than 30,000 Hun cavalry, as soon as the two sides handed over, the 30,000 Hun cavalry were defeated by Lu Lingqi in a short period of time.

The 30,000 horses that the Xiongnu division had just gathered were scattered again in just one battle. And Lu Lingqi did not pursue excessively, and began to collect the spoils of war when the battle was almost over, like a war horse, and collected more than 3,000 horses, and then happily returned to Juyongguan to rest, which naturally caused the "pink eye" of Cao Wei's soldiers here in Juyongguan.

The battle was won, and the loot was abundant, which would have been a good thing. But at this time, the news passed by Lu Ren made Lu Lingqi and them, as well as the Cao Wei soldiers here in Juyongguan, a little difficult to face each other......