Volume 3 Chapter 281 The Battle of Chang'an (5)
(Uh, yes (six), forgot to change the title number)
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In the communication cabin, Liu Bei was shocked and shocked when he saw Lu Ren's hologram...... Not so much. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoIn fact, Liu Bei was originally a person who was moody and inconspicuous, and the things he left behind, such as being a good old man and crying, were just Liu Bei's disguise. (I really can't help but want to hack Lao Liu)
Therefore, when Liu Bei saw Lu Ren's hologram, although he was shocked in his heart, he was very calm. Perhaps this is also related to the fact that the current Liu Bei already knows that Lu Ren's origin is not simple. After all, the "Wonderland Master" has been pulled out or something, so it is not surprising that there is a bit of such a "magical power".
But then Liu Bei was a little uneasy, because Lu Ren signaled Liu Bei to wait for a while, and then called Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, the three generals, over. And when Liu Bei saw Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun all standing behind Lu Ren like that, he didn't know why, and there was an indescribable and inexplicable sourness in his heart.
Lu Ren did this out of helplessness. Seriously, it has been three months since Liu Bei was gotten away, and in such a period of time, Zhao Yun trusts Lu Ren's personality and is easy to say, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not so easy to talk to. Although he followed Lu Ren to Meridian Valley, he didn't contribute much to causing trouble to the Western Regions Alliance, but he was still monitoring Lu Ren.
Especially as the three-month period that was said at the beginning was about to expire, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had become more and more frequent to find trouble with Lu Ren, and Lu Ren was naturally annoyed by Guan Zhang. Seeing that the internal high-level of the Western Regions Alliance Army was finally stirred into a pool of troubled waters, and the fighters of the decisive battle could appear anytime and anywhere, how could Lu Ren have the energy to accompany Guan Zhang to make trouble? So let's see that it's almost over, let Liu Bei come forward to take a town of Guan Zhang, let Guan Zhang also settle down for a snack, and it will be convenient for Lu Ren to do some things here. As for some things that will be exposed/revealed...... At this point, it doesn't really matter.
However, when Liu Bei saw Guan Zhang and Zhao San standing behind Lu Ren, although his pantothenic expression was only fleeting, it was captured by the corner of Lu Ren's eyes because Lu Ren was paying attention to Liu Bei. After so many years, Lu Ren certainly understood why Liu Bei had such a look, and he couldn't help but secretly be happy in his heart. And Liu Bei has such a mentality, which is also conducive to Lu Ren's plan to try to get Liu Bei back to Hanzhong as soon as possible.
Anyway, after Liu Bei escaped from death and reunited with Guan Zhang, there will inevitably be a scene of brotherly love, and if it weren't for the fact that this is a hologram, Liu Guanzhang and the three of them would have hugged their heads and cried. Lu Ren waited until Liu Guanzhang's brotherly love drama was almost complete, so he deliberately interjected in a weird way: "Three, you can reunite as brothers, so do you want to settle the account between us next?" ā
"Settle accounts?"
Liu Guanzhang didn't react at once, and Zhao Yun couldn't help frowning on the side. Although he wanted to dissuade Lu Ren, he was really embarrassed to say it.
Looking at Lu Ren again, he sneered and said to Liu Bei: "Yes, you have to calculate the account well." Lao Liu, let's not say anything else, let's just talk about how your two brothers have treated me in the past three months, do you know how much I have been wronged by your two brothers!? ā
As soon as these words came out, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's faces became not very good-looking, let alone Liu Bei. Let's not mention what Liu Bei thinks in his heart, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's intentions are not bad, and they will treat Lu Ren like that because they are worried that Lu Ren will do something unfavorable to Liu Bei. Now that they have met Liu Bei, and heard that Liu Bei will arrive in Jiangling soon, these two pure masters certainly understand that they were wrong before, and they also feel a little guilty about Lu Ren.
Zhang Fei was straight, and after scratching his head a few times embarrassedly, he smirked at Lu Ren: "Lu Ren...... Oh no, Lu Zhengnan, it was my old Zhang who was wrong before, and you suffered a lot of my old Zhang's anger in vain, and my old Zhang is here to make amends for you. If you can't get angry, it's okay to beat me up! ā
Lu Ren sneered, "Oh? That's what you said! I've really wanted to beat you up for a long time. ā
Liu Bei and the others were suddenly dumbfounded, because Lu Ren at this time was really a little villainous. However, Zhang Fei was also full of singleness, waved his hand and ignored Liu Guanzhao's words, and stood in front of Lu Ren with a big grin: "Come on Lu Zhengnan, you just have to beat me Lao Zhang, I Lao Zhang will never fight back!" ā
Lu Ren really didn't say anything polite to Zhang Fei. True or false, Zhang Fei's stinky temper is really not pleasant, so Lu Ren has indeed wanted to flatten Zhang Fei for a long time. Of course, Lu Ren wouldn't be indistinguishable from the severity of the mess, so he turned behind Zhang Fei and kicked Zhang Fei's buttocks, and this kick directly kicked Zhang Fei down.
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Liu Guanzhao was speechless when he saw this scene, after all, kicking his ass was not a real beating, and they could also see that Lu Ren was not ruthless, you must know that Lu Ren directly threw Zhang Fei out of the room before. So this kick, Lu Ren is also pure quenching just to let out a breath, Liu Guan Zhao is really embarrassed to stop it.
Because the kick was not heavy, Zhang Fei stood up as soon as he turned over and stood back in front of Lu Ren, and actually took the initiative to turn around and bend down a little more, and generously rushed at Lu Ren: "Lu Zhengnan, as long as you can get angry, you just kick!" ā
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This time, it was changed to Lu Ren who was speechless, and his feet couldn't kick out anymore. Zhang Fei is such a temper, you say that he is hateful, but if you want to say cute, he is also very cute.
Sighing helplessly, Guan Yu pushed Zhang Fei away, and stretched out his hand to hand the horsewhip he was carrying to Lu Ren...... With Guan Erye's temper, he can be whipped dozens of times by Lu Ren, and he doesn't want to be kicked by Lu Ren like kicking Zhang Fei. It's just that this time made Lu Ren smile bitterly again. Do it to our second brother? As long as he is a Chinese, he will not have that courage.
Liu Bei's ability to check his face is also first-class, and when he saw Lu Ren's expression, he hurriedly spoke out to play a round, first reprimanded Guan Zhang and the others a few words, and let them leave first, Liu Bei solemnly apologized to Lu Ren again. Seriously, Liu Bei really wanted to instruct Guan Zhang to detain Lu Ren at this time, but first, he was still on Shirley's ship at this time, and second, Liu Bei understood Guan Zhang and Zhao Yun's temper, and if he really wanted to give such an order, they might not necessarily implement it, so it was better not to tear his face first.
"Mr. Lu, did you say something, you and Yun Zhang are now stationed in Meridian Valley? And before communicating with Mr. Lu, Xue Changshi also informed him that the decisive battle with the Western Regions Alliance was coming, what was going on? ā
Lu Renxin said that I had so much trouble with you just now, and now I finally have to get serious. At that moment, he took a breath and straightened his mind, and introduced the current situation in Chang'an to Liu Bei with a serious expression. Of course, Lu Ren didn't say anything about the black hand killing Hubudar, but only said that Hubudar was unlucky, and then triggered a battle for profit within the Western Regions Alliance.
Liu Bei is also a hero, where would he not understand what it will mean after the Western Regions Alliance Army falls into internal chaos? What's more, Lu Ren was also deliberately pouring more oil on Liu Bei: "Lao Liu, there are no outsiders now, let's open the skylight and say something." ā
Liu Bei frowned slightly: "What does Mr. Lu mean?" ā
Lu Ren smiled: "Do you dare to say that you will never have the idea of taking this opportunity to fight my ideas in your heart?" Don't say those pretty words, I, Lu Ren, am not stupid, and you Liu Bei are not really so kind-hearted. ā
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Liu Bei was speechless. Say beautiful things, move benevolence, righteousness and morality...... It's better to be exempt, Lu Ren made it clear that he wouldn't believe it. Anyway, when he met someone like Lu Ren who spoke too bluntly, Liu Bei felt that he had nowhere to do if he was completely energetic. For no reason, Liu Bei remembered the conversation with Shirley on the deck just now, and said in his heart, Could it be that everyone around Lu Ren is like this? Or were they all brainwashed by Lu Ren?
smiled bitterly and sighed again: "Why is Liu Bei so unbearable in Mr. Lu's eyes?" ā
Lu Ren smiled: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's just that these tricks of yours don't work against me." Lao Liu, you and I are not all the way, so we can't go together. ā
Liu Bei knew that he couldn't control Lu Ren anymore, so he simply opened up and said, "Since Mr. Lu sees Liu Bei like that, how does Mr. Lu plan to get out?" ā
Lu Ren said: "I, Lu Ren, want to leave, so naturally there is a way." And I told you this clearly, because I didn't want you to waste your limited energy on how to deal with my Lu Ren, or it was better to put all these thoughts on how to deal with the Western Regions Alliance. ā
At this point, Lu Ren smiled at Liu Bei with a pretentious gesture: "Here we might as well put aside those righteous names and just talk about the word profit." Lao Liu, this decisive battle may start anytime and anywhere, in other words, it is time to pick fruits. So with your old Liu's temper, would you be willing to watch the ripe fruits being picked by Cao Pi alone? ā
Liu Bei's heart sank, and he glanced at Lu Ren a few more times, and then bowed to Lu Ren to the end: "I still hope that Mr. Lu will teach you!" ā
Lu Ren said: "There is nothing to teach, which one of the people on hand will be a fuel-efficient lamp?" I'll just tell you that there are more than 100,000 troops in the Western Regions, and if you count those Xiongnu tribes, the total number is no less than 200,000. This fruit is too big, although it is ripe, it is not something that Cao Pi can eat for a while, as long as you Lao Liu moves quickly, you can get a lot of shares. ā
After a pause, Lu Ren continued: "Here in Meridian Valley, I have already arranged more than 10,000 people for you with the qi I have suffered in the past three months, Yun Chang, Yide, and Zilong are also good generals in the world, I believe that they can help you grab a lot of benefits from the Western Regions Alliance." And you, Liu Bei, when you get to Hanzhong, hurry up and take Tianshui. ā
After Liu Bei pondered for a while, he saluted respectfully: "Preparation, be taught!" ā
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Half an hour later, Shirley's boat met the Jiangling patrol, and Shirley threw Liu Bei directly to them. Liu Bei originally wanted to make a black hand to Shirley, but after thinking about what Lu Ren said before, it was obvious that he had a deep defense against Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei's heart a little empty, and he really couldn't eat Lu Ren's bottom. Therefore, Liu Bei did not embarrass Shirley, and said goodbye to each other very friendly, and then Liu Bei was at the bow of the river patrol boat, with twelve points of unwillingness in his heart, and watched Shirley's boat leave.
Shirley threw Liu Bei and sailed back for some distance to the mouth of the Sanjiang River, then turned to the north and went to Shangyong according to the waterway. Speaking of which, throwing Liu Bei to Jiangling instead of taking him directly to Shangyong is also to guard against some black hands that Liu Bei may play. The first line of Xiangyang and Wancheng is under the control of Cao Pi, and it is impossible for Liu Bei to go directly by water, and if he wants to rush to Hanzhong, he can only take the Shu Road by land. In other words, if Liu Bei is thrown to Jiangling, Lu Ren can run away with a sufficient time difference.
"Senior brother, I have already thrown Liu Bei to Jiangling, and now I am on my way to Shangyong. By the way, Senior Brother, why are you in a hurry to throw Liu Bei back at this time, and you still have to say those words to Liu Bei? ā
At this moment, Lu Ren, who was in the Meridian Valley, was in a much better mood because he had leveled Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and it was much easier to find a quiet place, so he was lying on a mountain rock and enjoying the scenery. After listening to Shirley's question, Lu Ren responded with a smile: "I said it so clearly, you didn't even react?" The fruit that will land is too big, and Cao Pi alone is really a little unbearable. ā
"So?"
Lu Ren said: "So what's it!" Although I fooled Liu Bei's more than 10,000 men and horses in the Meridian Valley, this is just a small number of Liu Bei's partial divisions, and the role they can play will be relatively limited. And the main force on Liu Bei's side, if Liu Bei himself is not there, who has the ability to mobilize, and who has the courage to mobilize? ā
Shirley said: "Then senior brother, can you be sure that Liu Bei will rush to Hanzhong and march into Tianshui as you said?" ā
Lu Ren smiled: "I'm not completely sure, but if there is no accident, it will be eight or nine." In fact, this world is like this, everyone likes to eat ripe fruits, but there are never many people who will seriously plant trees and raise trees, but there will never be fewer people who want to pick the fruit when they see the fruit on the branches ripe, and there will never be fewer heroes like Liu Bei. ā
Shirley said: "Then what do you mean by saying that Liu Bei should not spend his mind on dealing with you, senior brother?" Is it in preparation for an escape? If you just want to leave, you shouldn't need to be so troublesome, right? ā
Lu Ren said: "You can't say that. When I said that to Liu Beiming, I was actually giving Liu Bei a warning and deterrent. If you don't give Liu Bei a warning in advance and let him retreat, do you believe that he will really make a black hand to you and me without knowing the depth? After all, if we succeed in detaining you and me, then he, Liu Bei, will be able to get too many benefits from us.
"On the other hand, from our own point of view, there is no need for us to turn against Liu Bei. But if Liu Bei doesn't know how to hack us, if we don't turn our faces, won't we become our own crimes? In the future, we will inevitably play diplomacy with Liu Bei, if he has a black hand on us, but we still have to greet him with a smile, then we will really be too bad, and we may even make Liu Bei think that we are easy to bully, so that they will have an unrealistic sense of diplomatic superiority. If it really gets to that point, it will only make the next diplomatic relations worse and worse, and it will be used by Cao Pi and Sun Quan again. ā
Shirley nodded abruptly: "I see...... Senior brother, you really think about it a lot. ā
Lu Ren shrugged his shoulders and sighed softly: "I don't want to have more, it's not okay!" If you are lazy and don't think more about it, then you will suffer a big loss when you turn around. So I said, I'm so tired now! ā
After a pause, Lu Ren also bowed his head lightly: "Have you noticed Liu Bei's final reaction?" In my opinion, this guy really lives up to his name. I had only said a few words, but he immediately figured out what was going on. In other words, as long as he is not stupid, he will understand that if he is to attack me, the success rate is very bad when I have been prepared for it, and if he misses, he will lose the friendly relationship with us for many years, which is more than worth the loss and too risky. Therefore, instead of doing this kind of thing that requires energy but does not please it, it is better to concentrate all your energy on the thing of grabbing the fruit. Not only is there not much risk, but the returns are also high. ā
Shirley: "Well, I hope so. But senior brother, you can't take it lightly. Do you think you're getting ready to get out of there? ā
"You get to the predetermined place first, and I'll see the situation before leaving. In the next battle, let Cao Pi and Liu Bei perform! ā
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Seven days later, a small civil war broke out within the camp of the Western Regions Alliance, and although it quickly subsided, it was discovered by the personnel who had been paying close attention to it, and then reported to the Chang'an side in time. After hearing the news, Cao Pi immediately made a decision and ordered Chang'an and Tongguan to send troops together to launch a counteroffensive against the Western Regions coalition camp.
After a fierce battle, the Western Regions Coalition Army was defeated and retreated for more than 200 miles, and then split into several parts of the two main bodies, one part retreated to Anding with the Xiongnu as the main body, and the other part retreated to Tianshui with the original Western Regions Coalition Army as the main body, and its intention should be to restore the previous confrontation pattern with Cao and Liu. According to the idea of the Western Regions Alliance, they actually wanted the Xiongnu to fight against Cao Pi, and they hid in Tianshui to preserve their strength...... They also received the news that Liu Bei was seriously injured, so they thought that Liu Bei would not send troops.
But the actual situation is that Liu Bei has already rushed back to Hanzhong at this time, and then he personally led his men and horses to Tianshui again. As for Guan Zhang Zhao in the Meridian Valley, he picked up a lot of bargains during the decisive battle, and now he is escorting a large number of captives and supplies to be sent back.
And at this time, Lu Ren's personnel, Zhao Yu in Chang'an City, and Lu Ren in Meridian Valley were all the same, and they disappeared after leaving a note, making both Cao Pi and Liu Bei helpless......