Xue Wushu has achieved the realm of human immortals, and the waves brought about have spread all over the world in all directions. Creatures who understand will subconsciously guess that this is a roar from the Divine Mansion, a signal that the Divine Mansion is becoming more and more powerful. Those who don't understand are afraid to speculate, but they also begin to realize that there seems to be more than just the sky above their heads.

And the creatures who had direct contact with Xue Wusuan, but didn't know Xue Wusuan's identity, even if they were very worried about the roar of inexplicable fear in their hearts, they didn't know why, but they could feel a trace of familiarity.

"General Lu, did you also feel that roar just now?

"Hui Gongzi. I do feel this way below. Although that aura was tyrannical, it must be Lord Yama. ”

At this time, Lu Bu was dressed in a regular suit, completely dressed as an idle person, and accompanied Emperor Liu Xie to this rare city together with Chen Gong.

This is Chengdu. The base camp of Liu Zhang's forces. It is also a place in the southwest region that is relatively developed in all aspects.

At this time, it was almost a year before the Battle of Xiapi. And today's situation has also undergone drastic and confusing changes.

First of all. In terms of the overall situation, in the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao completed the strategy of clearing and sorting out the rear and surrounding forces. Defeated Gongsun Zhan, according to Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou, all of which have the land of Hebei. Under such circumstances, Yuan Shao, who has a wide range of people, lifted the cover on his head, and his ambition to compete for the world was also announced.

And Cao Cao. From the second year of Jian'an, it was carrying out its own strategic layout, and after defeating Yuan Shu and Lü Bu successively, its power skyrocketed, reaching Guanzhong in the west, Yan, Henan, and Xuzhou in the east, and controlling most areas south of the Yellow River and north of Huai and Han. A powerful group of sergeants was quickly formed.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's spheres of influence bordered each other, and their ambitions and strategies were in conflict with each other and hostile to each other. In comparison, Yuan Shao's military strength was much stronger than Cao Cao at this time.

One has no worries and waits for an army of 100,000. The other was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and he could only muster less than 30,000 horses.

Moreover, the territory that Cao Cao sits on is a fertile land, which not only includes Chang'an, Luoyang, and Xudu, but also the core of political culture, and is also the "center of the imperial map" in the hearts of the people of the world. Yuan Shao's arms were thicker, and he naturally didn't want to sit back and watch Cao Cao continue to grow bigger. So in June of the fourth year of Jian'an, he gradually mobilized a large army, put the attack posture directly on the banks of the Yellow River, and made it clear that the carriage and horses were to attack Xudu and strangle Cao Cao's forces.

A direct clash between the two military blocs is already gaining momentum.

Generally speaking, the more tense the situation, the more attention will be attracted and the situation will be closely monitored. In this way, it is natural to form a lot of "insignificant" blind spots, ignoring many characters who should continue to pay attention.

For example, the eight thousand fierce generals of Lu Bu's department who disappeared inexplicably from Xiapi City. Another example is Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han Xian who escaped Cao Cao's clutches and disappeared from Xudu.

Lu Bu and other 8,000 warriors can say that even if they can't figure out the reason, they can cope with the sentence "escaped by them". Fighting a war is already changing rapidly, who can not miss a time. But the disappearance of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty is very troublesome.

"Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes" is not a joke. This is the banner that has the most appeal before the situation is completely clear. With this banner, Cao Cao is equivalent to standing on the side of "imperial power" and has the blessing of "righteousness". Many times it is equated with the distinction between "orthodoxy" and "warlord".

Now Liu Xie is gone. This was a bolt from the blue for Cao Cao. And he didn't dare to say anything about this, not only did he not dare to say it, but he also ruthlessly cut off all the middle and lower-level personnel who knew the news. and found a puppet who had seven or eight points like Liu Xie to train intensively in order to impersonate.

However, the training of imposters takes time, and Liu Xie has not been seen in the Great Court Meeting during this period. It has aroused the suspicion of many well-intentioned people.

Of course, the tension of the situation slowly pulled away the eyes of these suspicious people. After all, Liu Xiehe is a little insignificant compared to the upcoming war.

Arrived at the tavern. Lu Bu asked his guards, who were also in plain clothes, to spread out for protection, and he and Chen Gong accompanied Liu Xie to find a corner to sit down and drink.

In the past year, these three have changed dramatically.

Lu Bu's mentality tended to calm down. In the face of the powerful suppression that he could not fight, he put aside the ambition and recklessness in his heart, and instead seriously considered what he should do for the rest of his life. The temperament of a pure soldier makes him look much more pleasing to the eye than before.

Chen Gong, as the number one military advisor of this "bandit cottage", has changed even more in his heart. Gone are the initial apprehension and vanity. The "loyalty" that originally fell on Lu Bu was naturally transferred to Liu Xie. Isn't it worth it for a legitimate emperor who is favored by the "gods" and wants to take up the important task of recovering the Han dynasty?

And Liu Xie, whether it is from the spirit of his appearance or the confidence in his eyes, as well as his words, skills, and foresight, all of his subordinates are impressed. Even a "Ming Lord" hat has been crowned on his head intentionally or unintentionally.

"Mr. Gongtai, when you come to Chengdu, do you really think that Fa Zheng will fall to our cottage?" Liu Xie is not good at drinking, even if it is this low-degree turbid wine, he can't drink a few glasses. And there was something important to do here, and he didn't even touch the cup. The brow on his face is always furrowed.

Gongtai is Chen Gong's expression, hearing Liu Xie ask himself again, Chen Gong smiled and said: "Son, please rest assured, although Fa Zheng is Liu Zhang's subordinate, he is deeply excluded and arrogant, so he must be dissatisfied with such an opportunity." As long as Gongzi shows his identity and promises to benefit, Fazheng will definitely become a sharp blade for my cottage. ”

"But Liu Zhang is not a fool after all, what if the matter is revealed?"

"Liu Zhang has no ambitions, is cowardly and suspicious, and is not worthy of sitting in his position. There are many restless voices in this territory, and Childe also knows. Let's not say that this matter will not be leaked, even if it is leaked, with Liu Zhang's nature, he will not dare to take Gongzi what to do. At most, he spread the news, but he didn't want to bear the black pot of "great rebellion".

Again, if the general trend is going to change dramatically. Cao Cao had already sent Zang Ba to lead his troops into Qingzhou, occupy Qi, Beihai, Dong'an and other places, contain Yuan Shao, consolidate his right flank, and prevent Yuan's army from attacking Xudu from the east;

Then he ordered Yu Ban to lead the cavalry to guard Yanjin on the south bank of the Yellow River, assist Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun who was guarding the white horse, and prevent Yuan's army from crossing the river and driving south;

At the same time, the main force was used to build fortifications in the area of Guandu to block Yuan Shao's attack from the front, and he also sent people to pacify Guanzhong and win over Liangzhou to stabilize the flank.

Looking at it this way, Cao Cao's layout is quite perfect. It is not that Yuan Shao, who came in a big way, is not without the strength to fight.

Therefore, in such a situation, even if the news of the son is leaked, Cao Cao will not be able to pull away at this time. And the rest of the forces did not dare to act rashly, for fear of provoking the two sides of the war to become the awls that came out.

At least for more than a year, there is absolutely no crisis in the cottage. And what the situation will be in a year from now, it is still unknown, but it will definitely become more chaotic, and the opportunity for the expansion of the cottage will follow. ”

What Chen Gong said, Liu Xie has heard it no less than fifty times. But even though he knew the result, he still wanted to hear it. This is a habit of not having enough inner confidence and wanting to seek external affirmation to stimulate one's confidence.

A short time later, a man came in from outside the tavern. Dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing a crown, slightly chubby, and condensed eyes. It was the strategist under Liu Zhang who Liu Xie and the others had been waiting for a long time: Fa Zheng.

(End of chapter)