Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2728 The most real clown

  『A horse thief from the Western Regions? 』

   The urgent information was sent to Chang'an.

   Fei Qian was quite surprised.

   Moreover, this information was not delivered by people in the Western Regions, but Meng Hua, who was temporarily serving as a gatekeeper at Yumen Pass, sent someone to send it urgently.

  『Are the horse thieves in the Western Regions so powerful? 』

   Fei Qian stood next to the sand table in the wing room, looking at the military layout of the Western Regions.

  The Western Regions as a whole is centered on Xihai City, backed by Yumen Pass, with the Tianshan Mountains as a barrier, and the Congling Ridge as an interval below. A hand extending westward extends to the nearby Shule area. Further west of Shule is Da Yuezhi, Anxi, and then Guishuang.

Xihai City is not far from Luntai City, the old guard of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty. It is also for the convenience of drinking water. Between Xihai City and Yumen Pass, there are people who are more inclined to the Han Dynasty, or relatively speaking. Large countries or cities, such as Cheshiqian country, such as Loulan and so on.

  On the whole, the main control area of ​​the Protectorate of the Western Regions is the North Road of the Western Regions, while the South Road is, on the one hand, an uninhabited area with a large distance, and on the other hand, it is relatively far away from the center of gravity of the Western Regions.

  After all, the Western Regions are very large, and the number of Han soldiers is limited, so it is impossible to achieve an even distribution in all regions.

Stabilizing Xihai City is equivalent to controlling three directions. To the north, you can cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter the old Xiongnu area; to the west, you will face Anxi Guishuang; This can only be called "control", not "occupation".

  In the east of Yumen Pass, it is basically considered the territory of the Han Dynasty.

   Now it is not from the Western Regions to report, but from Menghua at Yumen Pass, which somewhat makes Fei Qian feel that something is wrong.

  Menghua reported that in the west of Xihai City, near Shule, a large number of horse thieves appeared, and they took down the forward camp of the Han army, so Lu Bu left Gao Shun to exterminate those horse thieves...

  This news made Fei potential a little surprised, but at the same time a little bit more worried.

   Feiqian does not mean that there can be no horse thieves in the Western Regions, but such a large scale, and Gao Shun's dispatch that needs to adjust the Yumen Pass, may have been out of the category of ordinary horse thieves.

  At the same time, Fei Qian also suspected that there might be other things...

  In most of the time, horse thieves and other thieves, road thieves, etc., are like clowns in front of the regular army. But the opposite is also true. If the regular army can't even deal with horse thieves, etc., then the clown is the army instead.

   So here, who is the clown?

   Fei Qian squeezed his beard, stood in front of the sand table, and remained silent for a long time.

What does it mean?

  Fei Qian actually didn’t believe that the Han army in the Western Regions couldn’t even beat the horse bandits, and even lost the forward camp.

Fei Qian stared at the sand table, with two thoughts circling in his mind. One is Anxi or Guishuang in the west of Shule, and he may use the name of a horse thief to conduct preliminary temptations, such as some mercenaries of later generations. Under the banner of helping a small country, participate in and send troops to fight.

   Another idea, it is more dangerous...

   Support the bandits to respect themselves.

  In order to find out the truth of the matter, Fei Qian, on the one hand, sent people to the Department of Information to urge Kan Ze to strengthen the investigation of the Western Regions, and on the other hand, sent people to Longxi to pass on Jia Xu to come forward. Fei Qian needs a counselor who has a better understanding of the Western Regions to provide him with corresponding strategic analysis and support. Although Xun You and others are not bad at resourcefulness, most of them are familiar with Shandong and the Central Plains, and they don't know much about Longyou and the matters west of Longyou, so they may make suggestions that do not match the actual situation.

   Especially the information about Anxi and Guishuang, these are not things that Fei Qian can make decisions based on the experience of later generations...

  When Fei Qian sent people to Longxi, the situation in the Western Regions was deteriorating further.

  Fei Qian thought that there were clowns in the Western Regions, and indeed there were, but what Fei Qian didn’t expect was that the clown is the character in the circus that can best control people’s hearts, control emotions, and enhance the atmosphere...

  The reason for the further deterioration of the Western Regions was the unhappy meeting between Gao Shun and Lu Bu.

   If the generals are not in harmony, there will be disasters.

  Although Gao Shun said that he may have a slight lack of strategy, he is indeed one of the more sober ones in the Western Regions as a whole. When Lu Bu is unwilling to listen to Gao Shun's opinion, or to put it in a rather ugly "blunt speech", it seems that he has entered an irreversible abyss...

  However, when Lu Bu and Gao Shun were at odds, someone was very happy.

  This is often the case in the world. The unhappiness of others is your own happiness.

  Wei Xu heard that Lu Bu and Gao Shun were very unhappy, so he couldn't help but feel happy.

"I knew it! Wei Xu laughed, "I knew it would be like this!" Gao Boping is an idiot! Ha ha ha ha! 』

  Wei Xu laughed out loud with tears in his eyes, showing big yellow and white teeth, and his little tongue trembling wildly.

  Although Wei Xu was laughing, in his heart, he was afraid.

  Because what Gao Shun said to Lu Bu, every one pointed to Wei Xu. Of course, Gao Shun didn't mean to mess with Wei Xu, but Wei Xu did most of the things, so...

  This is really dangerous.

   Gao Shun, that bastard, is really out of gregarious!

  Get off the horse, don't even say hello, and then rush to complain!

  Wei Xu cursed secretly, and then couldn't help exhaling, ha, it's all over now!

   No, this is not good enough...

  After all, Lu Bu said that he wanted to "wait to talk about it when we come back"?

return?

   Besides?

  Wei Xu suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

  In Xihai City, he covered the sky with one hand, but outside Xihai City, at least at Yumen Pass, he was out of Wei Xu's control. Gao Shun's arrival and non-stop "complaints" made Wei Xu suddenly aware of this problem. He is not absolutely safe.

   Cutting off a person’s fortune is like killing his parents, what’s more, Wei Xu feels that Gao Shun is not only trying to cut off his fortune, but also seems to want to kill him?

  How can this be done?

  Thinking of this, Wei Xu gritted his teeth with hatred.

   After all, it's a fight with colleagues, is it necessary to deal with such a heavy hand?

   This is Gao Shun who is going to use me to make a name for himself, ready to take over the position of the second in command of the Protectorate of the Western Regions?

  Wei Xu speculated, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became and the more panic he became.

   Lu Bu's attitude towards this matter is very important.

Wei Xu has become accustomed to a life centered on Lu Bu and focused on money and food. Even though he knows that there are Guanzhong outside the Western Regions and Hussars above Lu Bu, he will subconsciously ignore this issue, just like He will also ignore that there are still some people in Shandong, as well as a big Han emperor.

   In a way, humans are old-fashioned.

  Humans will prefer to stay in the area they are familiar with, so that they have a better sense of security, and then this kind of psychology, or this type of behavior, will become a certain level of obstacles to the development of human beings.

  Curiosity, old-fashioned, contradictory mentality, staged unreasonable words and deeds, filled the entire human development process.

  Gao Shun's official position is Captain of the Western Regions. Although he is named Captain, he is actually a general.

  Although Wei Xu is named a general, he is actually not as good as Gao Shun's school lieutenant.

  Xiyu Xiaowei, the grade is the fourth-rank non-permanent school lieutenant, slightly similar to the small dispatched army in the Western Regions, has the right to lead the army alone, has the quota of private soldiers, and is much stronger than Wei Xu's fifth-rank miscellaneous generals.

Among the generals of the fifth rank, only General Pian and General Bi are permanent generals, who are assigned private soldiers, while the rest are miscellaneous names. Their names may be very famous, such as Fubo Pinghai, but they don’t have any specific troops. The real power, even the private soldiers have to support themselves, there is no share.

  Wei Xu is a general of the fifth grade, so he is not the same general as Gao Shun's school lieutenant. Although he claimed to be Lu Bu's partial general, in fact he was not officially appointed by Fei Qian at all. Fei Qian didn't care about the title of fifth-rank miscellaneous general that Lu Bu gave Wei Xu. After all, fifth-rank general is sometimes even inferior to the captain of a large county.

Not only that, when Wei Xu was in charge of the army before, he often lived under Gao Shun. Even in the ranks of soldiers, the soldiers definitely recognized Gao Shun who was stern all the time, rather than smiling every day. Wei continued. Only recruits can be confused by Wei Xu's smile. When the soldiers actually go to the battlefield, they will undergo fundamental changes almost immediately, knowing that iron and blood are more important than smiles.

   These all made Wei Xu angry and depressed, and then stagnated in his heart, and finally became the ink that Wei Xu spit out.

  While pouring wine for Lu Bu, Wei Xu peeked at Lu Bu's face.

  『My lord, General Gao is really conscientious...』

  『I heard that General Gao is also very popular in the army. In Xihai City, many soldiers are very happy to know that he is coming to command and conquer horse thieves...』

   Lu Bu's hands trembled slightly, and then his eyebrows and eyes slanted.

   Wei Xu twitched his brows and eyes, and shrank his neck back. .

Wei Xu didn't realize that his current behavior is actually the same as Er Gouzi serving him by his side, even his small eyes are very similar, just like how he is usually licked by someone, turning his head and he just How to lick Lu Bu. It's like a transfer of energy, one level to another.

"What do you mean? 』Lubdon got off the wine bar, the wine sloshed out and spilled on the table.

  『My lord! ”Wei Xu hurriedly bowed down, “Small ones don’t mean anything! I'm just talking about the city...』

"enough! ” Lu Bu frowned, “Get lost! 』

  Wei Xu hurriedly pouted his buttocks and drove back.

   Lu Bu sat there, frowning and thinking for a long time.

  Speaking of which, what Wei Xu said is indeed the truth.

  Soldiers want to fight, do they like a brave general, or a general who just knows how to shout for me? So the soldiers would be happy knowing that Gao Shun led them to conquer the horse thieves. Could it be that they are still heartbroken, expressing extreme pain?

  The reason why Wei Xu can say this is because Wei Xu knows that Lu Bu still doesn't trust Gao Shun.

  But what Wei Xu didn't know was that Lu Bu also didn't trust Wei Xu, just because Lu Bu thought Wei Xu's ability was too small, and Lu Bu thought he could easily handle Wei Xu, so he didn't care much. Of course, there is another reason because Wei Xu has dog legs, he is very good at licking, and sometimes he can lick Lu Bu very comfortably.

  Who doesn't like to have fun?

   If you don’t like watching it, you don’t want to watch it; if you don’t like listening to it, you don’t want to listen to it; Most people are like this, only a small number of people can see through these discomforts and realize the essence of them.

  Gao Shun and Lu Bu's compatibility is partly because Gao Shun and Lu Bu are not "citizens".

   Not even a "citizen" in the broad sense.

  Like a long-distance relationship, it is difficult to achieve a positive result, and differences in regions can also lead to problems in compatibility. One place is so cold that you have to wear a padded jacket, but another place still wears short sleeves. Will the two have a sense of mutual connection? This is very difficult to build.

  Another part of the reason is that Gao Shun and Lu Bu are not "similar".

  Gao Shun was born in Guangling Gao family.

   Lu Bu once thought that Gao Shun belonged to the Chen Liu Gao family, but in fact Gao Shun was not. Although the Guangling Gao family is not as prominent as the Chen Liugao family, it is not comparable to a family like Lu Bu who was born in the north and has a little Hu blood.

In the early stage, because of the differences between each other, two people will feel that each other has the charm that they lack, and there will be mutual attraction, but when they get close enough and stay long enough, this time it is not just watching It is not the charm produced by the differences between each other, but the contradictions produced by the differences.

When the external conflicts were relatively large before, the two could stand together and support each other, but after the external conflicts weakened, the internal conflicts broke out. No matter how much they endured during the process of staying together, they would explode after getting off the boat. How much, this is a very important reason why many couples can share adversity, but it is difficult to share wealth.

  Although Lu Bu and Gao Shun are not husband and wife, the reason is the same. The two people came together because of the differences between them in the early stage, but they didn't adapt and tolerate each other because of the long time together, but felt that the other was not pleasing to the eye.

   To use an analogy, it’s like Lu Bu now doubts whether Gao Shun is “someone outside”...

  In history, Lu Bu suspected that Gao Shun and Yuan Shu were hooking up, but now Lu Bu suspects whether Gao Shun is flirting with Fei Qian.

  Did Gao Shun get along with Yuan Shu in history?

No.

  Gao Shun at most just met his fellow countrymen and talked about old feelings, but Lu Bu was worried.

  Although Lu Bu knew that Gao Shun was upright and there shouldn't be any problems, he couldn't help but doubt it.

   It's like a suspicious neighbor stealing an axe.

   On the other side, Wei Xu left the Dadu Protectorate contentedly.

  Wei Xu knew what Lu Bu was most afraid of.

   Lu Bu thought he could control Wei Xu, but in fact he was also controlled by Wei Xu.

  Some people are afraid of the dark, some are afraid of being claustrophobic, some are afraid of blood, and some are afraid of mice. Everyone is afraid of different things, but what Lu Bu is most afraid of is that he has no soldiers under his command. If Wei Xu is a miser in money, then Lu Bu is a "miser" to soldiers, and soldiers are Lu Bu's lifeblood, and Lu Bu will be anxious with anyone who dares to get involved.

Although Lu Bu often said that his dream is to go back to his hometown, buy a piece of land, become a rich man, and raise a flock of cattle and sheep to graze, but in fact he can't let it go at all, just like the boss of the company said in a meeting that he is the most When I am happy, I get a salary of several hundred yuan in the company, and it is the same when I sleep on the company floor every night. It is definitely impossible for the current Lu Bu to go back to get a salary of several hundred yuan and sleep on the company floor, and no one would want to.

   Therefore, Lu Bu refused to return to Chang'an, because he did not dare to return to Chang'an at all. He was afraid of Fei Qian, he was afraid that he would be shelved and lose real power once he returned. Lu Bu can tolerate Gao Shun having different opinions with himself, and then it's like living in two places, keeping a little distance away, living the lives they like, without affecting each other, and it doesn't matter if they don't agree with each other, but Lu Bu can't tolerate Gao Shun may be with Others flirted, or threw themselves into the arms of others.

   Gao Shun would not be allowed to move his low-level soldiers, because that was like Lu Bu's restraint.

  So Lu Bu has to try and test, just like many couples in later generations suspect that there is someone outside the other party, they just want to check, test, and ask the other party to prove their loyalty.

  Wei Xu knew this very well, so he lightly stimulated Lu Bu, and Lu Bu jumped up as expected.

  But after Lu Bu jumped up, Wei Xu found it a little difficult to handle.

   There is a law conference to be held, horse thieves have to be fought, money has to be made, and according to Lu Bu's requirements, Gao Shun has to be prevented from stealing the house...

   This is simply too difficult.

  Follow Gao Shun to eliminate horse thieves?

   Even if Wei Xu was killed, he dared not go.

   It's not because he's afraid of horse thieves, but because he's afraid that Gao Shun will use some military method to kill him on the way. Doesn't he even have a chance to complain?

  Wei Xu thought about it for a long time, and then called Er Gouzi, um, it should be called Chang Cheng now.

   "This time, you follow General Gao..." Wei Xu said meaningfully, "Go and wipe out the horse thieves..."

  When Chang Cheng heard the words, he knelt down with a plop, "My lord! If there is something wrong with the little one, please tell me, the lord, and the little one will correct it immediately! My lord... this little one is..."

  『Stop! "Wei Xu stared, "Howl, what do you think I'm going to do? 』

  Chang Cheng swallowed his saliva, "My lord... don't you want... to do something to General Gao?" 』

"what! Do you think I want you to assassinate General Gao? ’Wei Xu sneered.

  Chang Cheng was taken aback, "Isn't it? 』

  『Shit! ”Wei Xu jumped up in anger, and kicked Chang Cheng over, “Assassination, kill you! The one surnamed Gao is going to die, and he can't die in my hands! You **** pig head, where is all your usual cleverness gone? ! 』

  『Master! Little fool, please command the Lord! 』Chang Cheng didn't dare to hide, so he lay on the ground, covered his head and let Wei Xu kick.

  『I want you to watch! ” Wei Xu sat down again, “Look at it, do you understand? Let's see who gets closer to Gao! You have to write it down and tell me! do you know? ! 』

  When Chang Cheng heard that he wasn't asking him to assassinate Gao Shun, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "My lord...this, just staring? 』

  Wei Xu snorted, "Of course! What else can you do? Ok? 』

  The corner of Chang Cheng's mouth twitched, "You are so loyal..."

  『Okay, get out! ”Wei Xu sneered, “Remember, don’t do other things, just keep an eye on me!” If you can't even do this well, you **** don't come back! 』

  Although Wei Xu didn't necessarily want Gao Shun to die, he felt that Gao Shun should at least be taught a lesson. Otherwise, wouldn't it be very troublesome to sue later?

  (end of this chapter)