"Liu Xuande! You unscrupulous descendant who is bent on power, but has forgotten the great enmity of your ancestors! You have forgotten the humiliation of Gaozu Beidi, and the shame of Emperor Guangwu and the Empress Dowager! ”

This sentence on the small piece of paper already made Liu Bei's face extremely difficult to see. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And Zhao Yu knew that he couldn't stay here anymore, otherwise no one could tell what kind of consequences would be triggered. Anyway, what Lu Ren explained, Zhao Yu had already been transferred to Liu Bei, in other words, Zhao Yu's task had been completed, so it was time to flash next.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu got up and said goodbye to Liu Bei and the others very official and polite, and Liu Bei, who had a blue face, didn't do anything more...... To be honest, what Zhao Yu, the little girl, said before, almost every sentence was slapping Liu Bei in the face, which made Liu Bei very embarrassed. Now let this little girl leave early, Liu Bei is so slow.

Seeing Zhao Yu walk to the door of the hall, he suddenly stopped and turned back, and then looked around respectfully in the hall, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone here is a peerless warrior who cares about the world, and the knowledge in his chest is better than that of a little woman. And the little woman now only hopes that everyone here will not be above the major events in this world, and she is not as good as Xiaoyu such a little woman. ”

This is another hard slap in the face, so there are a lot of people whose faces have become ugly. It's just that it's a hindrance to face, so that no one comes out to shout at Zhao Yu or something. When it came to Liu Bei, he hurriedly glanced at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun chased out of the hall knowingly.

After a while, on the way to the post house, Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu led the horse side by side, and Zhao Yun sighed and said to Zhao Yu again: "Sister Yu, if you talk today, it will be too bad for the lord to save face." ”

Zhao Yu said: "It's all here, where can I save any face for Uncle Huang?" Brother, you should know that those words are not what I want to say, but what Lu Yizhou wants to say. In fact, why doesn't the little sister want to save some face for Uncle Huang? But before the little sister left, Lu Yizhou repeatedly told the little sister, saying that the emperor first took Shuzhong, and then took Hanzhong so smoothly, it was inevitable that there would be a lot of arrogance in his heart. If you blindly follow his hair, I am afraid that this persuasion will not be of any use at all. Only at this time will it be useful to give Uncle Huang a slap in the face. ”

"Pride?"

Zhao Yun raised his head and thought about it, but finally nodded helplessly. In later generations, some people often said that Zhao Yun was actually Liu Bei's personal bodyguard, which was somewhat excessive. To be more precise, Zhao Yun should be the head of the Guards Division beside Liu Bei, and the one he commands is actually the most elite Guards unit at Liu Bei's disposal.

Under normal circumstances, such a unit will not have many opportunities to fight, so there are not many opportunities to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, but no one dares to underestimate the combat effectiveness of such a guard unit...... Uh, it's far away, anyway, with Zhao Yun's identity, he basically follows Liu Bei all the year round, so what kind of changes there are in Liu Bei's body, Zhao Yun is definitely the one who knows best.

(The above two paragraphs are a bottle of understanding of Zhao Yun's identity.) Anyway, the bottle thinks that those who only regard Zhao Yun as Liu Bei's bodyguard leader are a bit too simplistic. ）

After nodding, Zhao Yun remembered something and asked, "Lu Yizhou's movements in Nanzhong and Jingzhou......"

Zhao Yu responded with a smile: "I know that brother, you will ask me about this." Brother, little sister, let's just say this, our brother and sister have been separated for six years since (Jian'an), and in a blink of an eye to now, I have followed Lu Yizhou for almost 20 years. And after so many years, I can say that it is the first time I have seen Lu Yizhou so anxious. If it weren't for the seriousness of the situation, Lu Yizhou would not be in a hurry to become what it is now. ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu took out a small notepad again. However, Zhao Yu didn't look at it himself this time, but handed the small notepad to Zhao Yundao: "You can see for yourself." ”

Zhao Yun took the notepad and flipped through it by the light of the fire beside the road. After only a few glances, Zhao Yun's face became very solemn. After a while, Zhao Yun returned the notepad to Zhao Yu and sighed: "Is Lu Yizhou really moving?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled, took Zhao Yun's hand, and stuffed the notepad back into Zhao Yun's hand: "The Central Plains of China will suffer a great disaster, how can Lu Yizhou have any mind to play some bluff at this time?" What is recorded in this book is all the homework that the little sister did before coming here, brother, you go back and find a chance to give it to the imperial uncle. ”

Zhao Yun looked at the small notebook stuffed back, and after being silent for a while, he nodded to Zhao Yu.

By the way, the things recorded in Zhao Yu's small notebook really scared Zhao Yun. Let's take Nanzhong as an example, as soon as Lu Ren issued a call, the troops and horses gathered by the various departments in Nanzhong exceeded 100,000...... Of course, these 100,000 horses are about the same as the militia, and they are not regular troops. Seriously, in the form of a tribal alliance in the south and central, there is basically no way to form a regular army. But on the other hand, with the military system of the Han Dynasty, how many regular troops can there be on the side like Lao Cao and Liu Bei? So the 100,000 horses in the Nanzhong region are really scary.

Feeling this, even if Zhao Yun got Zhao Yu's notepad, he couldn't help but ask Zhao Yu worriedly: "If the lord insists on going out of Hanzhong and attacking Chang'an, Lu Yizhou will really ......."

Lu Yu said: "Absolutely." Because only by doing so can the soldiers and horses of the emperor's uncle who intended to capture Chang'an be forced back to Shuzhong, and buy time for Cao Gong to defeat the Western Regions coalition army. In Lu Yizhou's words, he doesn't want to fight, but if he is forced to his head by something, he will not hesitate to fight the battle that should be fought. ”

Zhao Yun nodded: "Brother Wei understands...... Sister Yu, your mission has been accomplished, so let's go back to Yizhou as soon as possible. You have offended a lot of people today, and I have to sweep the tail for you when I go back to my brother. ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "I won't go back to Yizhou." ”

Zhao Yun was stunned: "What? You're not going back to Yizhou? So where are you going? ”

Zhao Yu said: "Out of Hanzhong, rush to Chang'an through the Meridian Valley Trail." Brother, the little sister doesn't hide it from you, Lu Yizhou has sent some Yizhou soldiers to Chang'an from another road to help in the war, and the little sister has also asked Lu Yizhou to fight, and Lu Yizhou was entangled by the little sister and had no choice, so he agreed. ”

Zhao Yun was angry: "Nonsense! How can you be a woman!? ”

Zhao Yu still smiled: "Don't worry, brother, I don't really want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, Lu Yizhou has repeatedly ordered my little sister not to do those brave and ruthless things." So Xiaomei went to Chang'an this time, one was to serve as an envoy of Lu Yizhou to ensure that the news between Lu Yizhou and Cao Gong was smooth, and the other was to teach Cao Gong's soldiers how to use artillery. ”

Zhao Yun was shocked again: "Lu Yizhou sold artillery to Cao thief?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "It's not a sale, it's a send." There are more than 800 doors in total, and it is believed that they are now loaded on the way to the front line of Chang'an. Lu Yizhou still can't figure out where the artillery of the Western Regions Alliance Army got it, but now the Western Regions Alliance Army has used it, and it is used to kill the people of our Central Plains, so Lu Yizhou can't care so much, so he can only use artillery to bomb them back. ”

Saying that, Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Yun again: "If things really come to the point of last resort, Lu Yizhou will also send some artillery to Nanzhong." Timing ...... Brother, you remember to say this to Uncle Huang again. At the banquet just now, I really didn't have a good time saying this. ”

“…… I know. ”

The back is just some common words between brothers and sisters, such as Zhao Yun asking Zhao Yu to marry quickly, but I won't say much about these. The two brothers and sisters are actually their own masters now, and although Zhao Yun is the elder brother, he doesn't have much to ask about Zhao Yu. In short, after this night passed, Zhao Yun personally sent Zhao Yu and his party out of Yangping Pass.

Originally, Zhao Yun wanted to send someone to escort Zhao Yu, after all, Zhao Yu only had more than 30 riders around him, but Zhao Yu refused, the reason was that he didn't want Zhao Yun to be a difficult person. Moreover, Zhao Yu is taking the Meridian Valley Trail, and the safety factor is relatively high in terms of the current situation between the three parties, so there will be no problems. And the most important thing is that Lao Cao's side has actually sent someone to answer on the other end.

After saying goodbye, Zhao Yu and his party got on their horses and galloped away, but Zhao Yun could only stand on the horse and look silently from afar under Yangping Pass. When the figure of Zhao Yu and his party was long gone, Zhao Yun turned around, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Liu Bei, who was stationed not far behind Zhao Yun at some point.

"Lord!"

Liu Bei signaled that Zhao Yun didn't have to be polite, then glanced at the direction where Zhao Yu left, and asked, "Sister Ling, where are you going to go?" ”

Zhao Yun didn't hide it, so he told Zhao Yu that he was going to Chang'an. And Liu Bei knew Zhao Yun's personality very well, so he knew very well that Zhao Yun was not lying. After Zhao Yun finished speaking, Liu Bei didn't say anything, let alone blame Zhao Yun, but was silent for a while before saying to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, go with Lone." ”

After walking out for a while, Liu Bei suddenly asked, "What about Chang'an?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "After the Cao thief retreated from Hanzhong, he stationed his heavy troops in the area of Chang'an, and many of them sent fast horse messengers, presumably to send reinforcements everywhere. ”

Pang Tong raised the wine gourd and poured a few sips, wiped his mouth casually and said, "If the lord wants to enter the Central Plains, now is a godsend; But if you want to prevent the alien races in the Western Regions and the Hu Kou soldiers and horses from trampling on our Central Plains Han land, this Chang'an City will never be able to fight. ”

"Shiyuan? Where do you start with that? ”

Pang Tong shook his head and smiled: "Didn't that little girl already say it very clearly yesterday?" As for what the lord is thinking at the moment, I can expect a thing or two...... The lord may have wanted to take this opportunity to take Chang'an first, but he did not attack the Central Plains at the time, but relied on Chang'an, Hanzhong, and Shudi, and based on Cao Thief in the east and Zhurong in the west, striving to gain a firm foothold in the western part of the Central Plains, and if it went well, he could occupy half of the country. ”

Liu Bei nodded, this is indeed Liu Bei's current thoughts. To be more precise, Liu Bei's idea is to take Chang'an first, and after taking it, he will not fight with Lao Cao, and the two sides will be in a temporary truce, and Lao Cao will deal with the northern nomadic tribes that may come, and Liu Bei will use the agreement with the Western Regions Alliance to drive the Western Regions Alliance back here. It should be said that this is a wishful thinking in Liu Bei's heart, and it seems that there is no problem.

Looking at Pang Tong again, he sighed: "The lord thinks twice, Chang'an is one of the two capitals, and if Chang'an is lost, the Wanluo counties will be in danger." If Chang'an is lost, Cao Cao will inevitably do his best to win it. In case of emergency, I'm afraid he will ...... It will also change from resisting the Wuhu to connecting the Wuhu. By then, I'm afraid everything will be over......"

Liu Bei was slightly startled, and then asked: "Shiyuan, you almost never spoke in the tent yesterday, did you just think about this, so you didn't speak?" ”

Pang Tong smiled and nodded: "If you talk about the battle of lips and tongues, I dare to say that ten little girls are not opponents below, and I can easily say that little girl speechless." But the lord, if you open your mouth yesterday, it can only be useless and unsubstantial, even if you win the little girl, it will be useless, and even it will be a big thing. ”

Liu Bei nodded, and Zhao Yun asked on the side, "Mr. Pang, how did you envision this time?" ”

Pang Tong sighed lightly: "Sister Ling...... No, it should be said that what Lu Ren said is more reasonable, but most of him only talks about sentiment and righteousness, but he has very little words in terms of potential and truth, but in the next opinion, Lu Ren is such a person, acting mostly out of personal affection, if what he said yesterday is all about the general trend, then I am afraid that it is a lie. ”

Liu Bei asked, "What is the reason for what Lu Ren said?" ”

Pang Tong said: "First, he is a candidate, and he is in the southern, how far away is it from the land of the Western Regions? No matter how fierce the fight is here in the Western Regions, where will he lose a single bit? But now he is making repeated moves, even at the expense of threatening the lord with his troops. The lord should actually understand that what he Lu Ren has always been best at is to profit from the competition between the three families, and how can he easily get himself into a military dispute? From this, it can be seen that the situation of my Han today is indeed very critical, and if it were not for this, he would not be like this;

"Second, the division should be famous, the name is right, the lord led the army to conquer Cao Cao is for the country to ask for thieves, although it is a righteous thing, but Cao thief is still a Han Chen, this retreat from Chang'an, at least nominally for my Han to resist the invasion of foreign races and Hu Kou, the lord attacked Cao Thief at this time, it is too easy to be said that the lord is leading the alien race and Hu Kou to invade my Han territory, harm my Han people, it is easy to damage the lord's name of loyalty and benevolence;

"The third is the real situation, this Lu Ren let the little girl say something, but he didn't say it all, or it should be said that Lu Ren is saving face for the lord and giving the lord a step. My lord, what Lu Ren meant was that if he was really forced to be in a hurry, he would probably join forces with Cao Cao in an all-round way, and even join forces with Sun Quan to launch a full-scale attack on Shuzhong and Jingzhou. At that time, the lord was going to fight Cao Cao in Hanzhong, Lu Ren in Shuzhong, and Sun Quan in Jingzhou. The lord can think about it, if such a situation really arises, will the lord have the ability to fight with the three of them at the same time? ”

After a pause, Pang Tong added: "Don't talk about the Cao thief, with the prestige of the lord's army here in Hanzhong now, he may still have some chance of winning against the Cao thief in Chang'an; On the side of Shuzhong, Lu Ren is mainly attracting the southern and central clans, and the combat power will not be strong, and most of the elite soldiers and strong generals can be used to prevent the southern and central sides; But on Sun Quan's side......"

Speaking of this, Pang Tong shook his head, because he knew that there was no need to say much about the rest of the words.

Liu Bei and Zhao Yun glanced at each other, their faces were solemn.

Pang Tong poured a few more sips of wine, then looked up to the sky and thought about it, and suddenly said: "Actually, there is another thing that I am very worried about. Lord, Cao Cao is a generation of traitors, pragmatic and not vain, and it can even be said that once Cao thief is really forced to be urgent and poor, there is nothing in the world that he Cao thief does not dare to do. If he really forced Cao Thief to a certain point, he would probably change from resisting Hu Kou to colluding with Hu Kou, and then let the Wuhu soldiers and horses enter the Central Plains and then make the Wuhu soldiers and horses enemies of the lord. ”

“！！！” Liu Bei and Zhao Yun froze together.

Pang Tong looked at the reaction of the two, shook his head and sighed lightly: "The lord and Zilong are definitely not alarmist. The lord was also quite friendly with Cao Thief in the old years, and he should understand that Cao Thief was the one who did this kind of thing. Looking at the northern Hukou again, these tribes in the northern desert and grassland have always been relatively scattered, and there is no outstanding person to lead the integration. If it takes a day to integrate the scattered Wuhu tribes into one, it will be a great disaster for the Central Plains.

Therefore, since Emperor Wu broke the Hu, there are many people who divide the head of the Wuhu tribe as the king of Guanwai, which means that these Wuhu tribes are not convinced, and if they are not satisfied, they will not be in harmony, and if they are not satisfied, they will fight. If he is powerless to violate the realm without any reason for internal fighting, my Han territory will be worry-free. But today, if the lord forces the Cao thief to a dead end, forces the Cao thief to collude with Hu Kou, and then uses the ability of the Cao thief, I believe that he is fully capable of integrating the Hu Kou tribe and making the Wuhu obey the order of the Cao thief, what kind of result will it be at that time? ”

Saying that, Pang Tong also added with a smile: "As far as I know, a few years ago, King Zuo Xian of the Southern Xiongnu was forced by the power of the Cao thief and sent an envoy to show his deference to the Cao thief. And the Cao thief has always been good at taking advantage of the situation, if the Cao thief promised benefits to the Xiongnu tribes, then the time would ...... Hum! ”

Liu Bei was silent, and Zhao Yun was also silent. In fact, this matter is very easy to explain in the art of war, that is, "besieging the city", and to put it simply, things can't be done too much. And the current situation is that once Lao Cao is really forced to a certain part, God really knows what kind of thing Lao Cao will do.

Looking at Liu Bei again, he nodded and asked, "Then what is happening, Shiyuan, how do you think you should deal with it?" ”

Pang Tong said: "It's very simple, keep Hanzhong and wait and see the changes in Chang'an." At the same time, the troops were trained to accumulate food and accumulate thunderous momentum. If the Cao thief can fight with the alien races in the Western Regions and the Hu Kou in the north, it will also be a good thing for the lord...... In fact, didn't Lu Ren also suggest this to the lord in his letter? Wouldn't it be good to sell him a face, and at the same time avoid the troubles of Shuzhong and Jingzhou? ”