Zhang Xiu took his aunt Zou and the only three thousand remaining soldiers in the city to cross the river overnight. Jia Xu had already brought Wei Xu and Cheng Lian back to Lu Bu's camp before Zhang Xiu crossed the river. Therefore, Lu Bu did not leave Zhang Xiu, but ordered the generals and Jia Xu to continue to migrate to the people.

On the other side, Duan Wei was led by Ye Zhao, and assembled his troops and rushed to Hongnong. When he passed by Huayin, Huayin was already an empty city, and there was a bloody smell in the city, which was disgusting.

In the past few years, I have seen a lot of city massacres, and Duan Wei was just a little uncomfortable and did not stay in Huayin. He searched around and found a few living places. After all, such a big city, and Wei Ji was also anxious to leave at the beginning, there were always a few who had hidden it and stayed there.

Duan Wei learned from these people that the Nanyang army had been away for nearly seven or eight days. He thought in his mind that the people should not move quickly, so he immediately led his troops to continue chasing him.

Huayin is located in the boundary of Taihua Mountain. Although there are no mountains along the way and the roads are spacious, they are quite tortuous and there are several large mountains and rivers that can hide soldiers.

If Duan Wei was on weekdays, he would pay more attention to such places, but the people in Huayin had been moved for seven or eight days. Duan Wei instinctively felt that there would be no more Lu Bu soldiers in this area, so he just kept marching.

Two hours after leaving the city, seeing that the sky was getting dark, the Xiliang army did not have the ability to travel overnight. When Duan Wei was already preparing to find a place to camp, he heard a gong sound on both sides, and a group of people suddenly came out, directly cutting Duan Wei's people in the waist.

"Lu Bu!?" When Duan Wei turned around and watched, he recognized Lu Bu's image of a furious horse in the crowd at a glance. The square sky painting halberd swept across the four directions, and there was no general wherever he passed. The mighty power was so strong that Duan Wei's heart trembled, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't be confused! Don't be confused!"

However, at this moment, the Xiliang army was already exhausted and suddenly attacked. The one who led the troops was still the powerful Lu Bu. The first reaction was to escape. The middle part had already begun to be in chaos. Lu Bu rushed back and forth again, and the cholera formation did not give Duan Wei any time to reorganize the army. Although the number of Xiliang soldiers was large, they were killed by Lu Bu and shouted and ran away with their heads in their arms. Many soldiers who were knocked down had not had time to get up and were trampled into rotten meat by a scramble.

Seeing Lu Bu coming towards this side, Duan Wei felt his scalp numb and shouted repeatedly: "Stop him!"

Originally, Lu Bu was just rushing towards the handsome flag, but under the dim sky, he did not notice Duan Wei. At this moment, Duan Wei kept shouting, but attracted Lu Bu's attention.

Duan Wei was also a general under Dong Zhuo in the past, and Lu Bu naturally recognized him. He recognized Duan Wei at this moment, and his eyes lit up and ignored others. He rode his horse and rushed towards Duan Wei. A square sky painting halberd flew up and down, and wherever he passed, he was like waves splitting. Many soldiers were afraid of Lu Bu and avoided him, and were killed by Lu Bu under the commander's flag.

"Duan Wei, where can I go!" Lu Bu came near him and smiled grimly.

Duan Wei's scalp was numb and he raised his gun to stab it out. However, Lu Bu's Fangtian Painting Ji had already arrived. But when a cold light flashed, Duan Wei's head flew up.

Once Duan Wei died, the Xiliang army would not be threatened. Although Lu Bu was happy to kill, he still remembered Jia Xu's instructions that if he could kill the enemy's chief general, he would retreat immediately and not fight. Therefore, after killing Duan Wei, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue him. With a roar, the soldiers under his command gathered again. Seeing that the Xiliang army was still in chaos, he laughed and led his troops to go away.

In this way, even if Ye Zhao sends troops to chase him, he will not be able to catch up!

...

Three days later, Chang'an!

"Bang~"

Ye Zhao pressed the book in his hand heavily on the table, looked at the Xiliang general who came to report the news and said, "Duan Wei is also a long-time general on the battlefield, why was he ambushed so easily?"

After pondering for a moment, Li Ru looked at the person who came and said, "Duan Wei marched, can he send a sentry to investigate the four directions?"

"Return to the lord, military advisor, when we arrived in Huayin, the Nanyang army had moved the people for seven or eight days. The general was eager to rush to the road and had never sent a sentry to the scene." The soldiers of Xiliang said with a wry smile.

Ye Zhao and Li Ru looked at each other, but they didn't expect this to happen.

"It's time for this, I'll send someone to bring the troops back first." Ye Zhao shook his head helplessly. Everyone was dead, and there was no way to blame anyone anymore. Even if he sent people again, it's been almost half a month since the round trip. By then, Lu Bu had already passed Hangu Pass and the population of more than 200,000 would have to give up.

"Here!" The general of Xiliang agreed and bowed and left.

"Lord, although Duan Wei was careless in this ambush, Lu Bu's grasp of the timing and people's hearts is quite accurate, and it is not very similar to what Lu Bu can do!" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and frowned. Lu Bu was very good at fighting. If Duan Wei was ambushed Duan Wei, even if Duan Wei was prepared, he might not be able to block Lu Bu. However, the timing of Lu Bu chose this time was not only bold but also had a very thorough understanding of people's hearts, but it was not like Lu Bu could think of it.

"It seems that someone is giving him advice." Ye Zhao nodded and said, "If you don't talk about these things, the spies from Nanyang will naturally send the information. Although Hongnong is empty now, they cannot ignore it. Hangu Pass is the gateway of Guanzhong and must be occupied to avoid anyone who can enter Guanzhong so easily. I pass on my order and transfer Guanping to Hangu Pass to guard the pass and also take over the position of Hongnong Prefect. Zhang Ren is the prefect of Hanzhong and Ganning is transferred back to Chang'an. I have other emphasis. In addition, people are transferred from Chengdu Academy to prepare to establish Chang'an Academy, county school and county school in Guanzhong, and workshops also need to be built here."

Hongnong and Hanoi have now been pacified, and Chang'an has also begun to gradually stabilize. After the war, since the great rule, Ye Zhao was about to establish the skeleton that had already been formed in Shuzhong first, and then gradually improve it, because the previous disasters of Li Jue and Guo Si to the aristocratic family, the new policy in Guanzhong was even much easier to implement than in Shuzhong at the time.

"There is another thing!" Li Ru hesitated for a moment and bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "Now that the lord has left Shu, he will fight with the princes in the world in the future, and he will not be able to be divided into great righteousness. Although the lord is now appointed as the Grand Marshal, if the emperor Xuchang issued an edict, he could put the lord in a heavy siege. I think... the lord can support King Hongnong as the emperor."

Ye Zhao nodded. If it weren't for the scene where Liu Bian was incited by Zhang Song and others, with Liu Wei in the past, Ye Zhao might not have the idea of ​​Liu Bian again, so that he would be a rich prince in this life. But since Liu Bian had already had such thoughts and had no feelings, Ye Zhao would naturally be more willing to squeeze out Liu Bian's last use of value.

After thinking about it, Ye Zhao asked Li Ru to wait, return to the mansion and take out two boxes, and then put them on the table.

"This is..." Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.

"Wenyou open it and take a look!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Here!" Li Ru nodded and opened the long box first, but saw that there was an edict in it. Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao in confusion. After opening the edict, his expression changed: "This is..."

"Really!" Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Before his death, the late emperor actually issued two edicts. If He Jin could be killed, he would be the basis for this edict to make King Chenliu the emperor. If he could not be killed, he would support King Hongnong. At that time, the late emperor also had the intention of killing me, and the officials in the court were quite hostile to me. Therefore, I did not show the edict and let He Jin establish King Hongnong."

"The edict of Dong Xiang..." Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and said in surprise.

"I gave it to Zhang Rang, and asked Zhang Rang to welcome Dong Zhuo into Luoyang." Ye Zhao nodded.

Even though more than ten years have passed, Li Ru still felt that his hair was standing on his back. At the beginning, he couldn't understand why Ye Zhao wanted to watch Dong Zhuo rise. Originally, Ye Zhao had the ability to compete with Dong Zhuo, but now looking at this edict, Li Ru seemed to understand a little.

Ye Zhao was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty from the beginning. Although he didn't know why Liu Hong wanted to kill Ye Zhao at that time, he must have noticed something. He watched He Jin support Liu Bian and gave the edict of Liu Xie's succession to Dong Zhuo, in order to constantly shake the majesty of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo, He Jin and Yuan Wei and other officials in the court were all chess pieces in Ye Zhao's hands. Now that he took out this edict, it is conceivable that when this edict was published, the majesty of the Han Dynasty would drop to a low point.

"That's the thing..." Li Ru looked at another square box, and had some speculation in his heart, but he couldn't believe it. For this thing, Dong Zhuo was about to lift Luoyang over.

"Open and take a look." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Li Ru nodded and opened the square box. When he looked at the thing that had been missing for many years, even though he had already guessed, his heart still couldn't help but beat hard a few times. Seeing Ye Zhao unable to speak, he said a little after a long time: "When is this..."

"When Zhang Rang was released, Zhang Rang asked me to return to the palace and search for a palace maid, but he failed to find it. Finally, he salvaged it from a well in the palace where he was and found this thing." Ye Zhao smiled.

Li Ru took a few breaths hard to calm himself down. After careful consideration, he bowed and said, "Although these two things are precious, they must not be shown to others easily."

"Tell me," Ye Zhao nodded.

"First of all, it is the edict!" Li Rudao: "We previously speculated that the battle in the Central Plains was a battle between the two Yuans. However, Cao Cao used the emperor to order the princes to enter Xuchang, and a large number of talents were introduced to Xuchang. Yuan Shu was incompetent in governance. Now he has a faint decline and will be replaced sooner or later. I look at the situation in the Central Plains. In the end, I may face Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. If the lord takes out the edict too early, in order to maintain the orthodox emperor of Xuchang, Cao Cao will join forces with Yuan Shao to attack the lord. I think that this matter should be decided by the two. No matter who is in the end, the lord will be able to attack the other party. Before that, I think that only the lord needs to be the banner of King Hongnong."

"As for the imperial seal, the same is true, even worse. If you sacrifice it too early, you may be besieged by the princes, which will be detrimental to our army!" Li Ru bowed and said.
Chapter completed!