A day later, bad news came from the army, and Lu Bu fell ill.

To be honest, it is hard to tell whether this is bad news or good news. Although Lu Bu has tried his best to block the news, it is really difficult to hide such a thing, and there will always be sporadic rumors.

That is, this rumor has not been truly confirmed, otherwise the morale would have really collapsed. Even Lu Bu's most trusted direct descendant, who has been with him for so many years, now feels tired.

You said that everyone finally settled down in Xuzhou, but you led everyone to Runan, and finally got a home in Runan, but you led everyone to Nanjun. Even though you took everyone to Nanjun, you didn't have time to settle down in Nanjun, and you took everyone to Yizhou. After finally getting a home in Yizhou, you finally got a home in Yizhou, but now you can't go back to your home.

Everyone knows that the emperor is kind and compassionate and harsh. Do you think if we return to the court's arms, will the court ignore past grudges? I heard that there are still many unowned open spaces in Guanzhong. Even if we take our original titles to the end, can we still give up a piece of land so that we can live a good life for the rest of our lives?

These middle-level teams really don’t want to fight anymore, or even beat them, and they don’t want to win from the bottom of their hearts.

But they have been with Lu Bu for a long time after all. Although Lu Bu has the habit of sleeping with his wife at the top, he is still pretty good to them. Everyone has been together for so long and has a relationship. Many people have even regarded Lu Bu as their family. If you ask them to betray Lu Bu, many people are really embarrassed.

Now that I am sick, I am cured! If this life is taken away by God, they will not have to bear any psychological burden and will happily go back with the emperor.

What a human being, although he doesn’t say it, but in his heart, at least he must have hoped for this. This is called a happy ending.

What is more surprising is that the seriously ill Lu Bu actually temporarily handed over the command of the army to Zhuge Liang?

What was strange was that everyone magically did not reject Zhuge Liang at all. This young man, who was the same age as the emperor, had just followed the general for less than a year, had almost no qualifications and had never led his troops in person before.

Is the lord crazy?

Do you trust Zhuge Liang so much?

What's even more strange is that serious veterans including Hou Cheng and Cao Xing did not react fiercely to Zhuge Liang, the interim coach.

What's going on!

Have you dropped the broken jar?

Thinking of this, the morale is even more broken.

The top-level generals who were sick and second-class now gave up, the middle-level war-weary soldiers, and the bottom-level soldiers now just want to go home, so they are so young people who are temporarily managing the army.

Oh my god, can this army still fight?

That night, Zhuge Liang made a hot pot himself, but ordered people to come to Han Sui's tent with something to drink with him. However, Han Sui sneered disdainfully when he saw this: "General Zhuge did not hurry up and appease the generals in the army, but instead ran to the camp of our army? It was not that he wanted to win over me."

Zhuge Liang smiled and ordered people to put the hot pot and wine on Han Sui's table, and sat opposite him very happily: "Some confidential and important things are just to discuss with General Han, so please let the general take his back."

Han Sui was even more disdainful when he heard this: "Is there any need to whisper between you and me? If you want to say something, say it, please leave if you don't say it."

Zhuge Liang still smiled when he heard this, but waved his hand to drive away all the people he brought. Then Han Sui never expected that he actually knelt down to Han Sui's salute, and with a thud, he knocked his head to the ground.

"You...you are..."

"Please wait for the general to retreat. Liang is just a scholar who is powerless. The general has been in a military life. Are you still afraid that Liang will act as an assassin for you?"

Seeing this, Han Sui thought about it, then waved his hand and asked someone to retreat: "What do you want to say? Tell me, but Brother Fengxian is terminally ill. Do you want to choose me as the mainstay?"

"The general is only half right, Lu Bu... is actually not sick at all."

"Not sick? Then he is..."

"He came to stay behind the scenes, naturally, to let me find an opportunity to kill the general, and he would come out to clean up the mess again."

"What? He wants to kill me?"

"Isn't this an obvious thing? You and I are not in harmony, and everyone in the army knows it. He asked me to do things in the march on his behalf, just to make me deliberately anger you. Just design something and let you plot to stab me, and he will have another mantis stalk the cicada oriole behind him. In this way, I believe that your subordinates will not rebel, right? After all, as far as I know, General Han himself does not have many direct descendants, or your direct descendants are all Qiang people. If we escape to Xiliang in the future, will my lord really not be able to replace you?"

Han Sui, it was not as easy as Lu Bu to fool him. After all, he was the number one fooling master of this great man. After hearing this, he thought for a moment and said, "So now you are taking the initiative to talk to me about this. Do you want to change your ranks and take me as your main guide?"

"Good birds choose trees to live in."

"You Zhuge Liang are not a good bird. Since he has left this matter to you, there is only one possibility. This matter is your idea."

Zhuge Liang choked when he heard this.

"Since you gave him this idea, why did you come to me to delay this? Why did you put yourself in such a dangerous situation as such a smart person? You... have a grudge against Lu Bu."

Zhuge Liang had to smile bitterly when he heard this, and simply picked up the slices of meat on the table with chopsticks and rinsed them in the pot, while saying, "Look at me, I'm walking, and my left foot is still slightly sloped. This leg was broken by him back then."

As he said that, Zhuge Liang actually started chatting with Han Sui, but he actually told Han Sui most of his affairs.

But when Han Sui heard this, he suddenly sighed sadly: "In this way, we are just sympathetic."

"oh?"

"I was also captured by Beigong Boyu and forced to seize it. But for some reason, I was alone in a hostage and became one of the leaders of the thieves. Later, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Bian Zhang, and Wangguo, all of them were dead. I became the leader of the thieves in the world. What kind of bullshit is this? Unfortunately, I didn't dare to die at that time, otherwise I would have been able to die like Yan Zhong, even though I died. Now, the old people have turned into loess, but I have no way back."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said, "Brother Han is wrong. How could he not turn around? You are a famous scholar in Liangzhou. Now the emperor is Ding Liangzhou, but he cuts his flesh with a soft knife to ask them to pay tribute to silk every year. Is this silk for him to wear it?"

"Hmm... huh? What does this mean?"

"The meaning is already very clear. Building five major cities in the inland to concentrate on production and commerce, and strictly implement the salt and iron monopoly, will inevitably concentrate on producing a large amount of surplus and thriving business. In addition, he has indeed made a guarantee to the heroes of Liangzhou. I believe that the imperial court will focus on the Western Regions for at least five years. I am afraid that what the emperor wants will not be just the mighty emperor of Wu. The emperor wants very much. Most of the silks tribute from Yizhou will be sent to the Western Regions."

Han Sui was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and asked, "Will the emperor leave Yangzhou alone?"

"The emperor's ambition is a hundred times better than Guangwu, so how can he be satisfied with the thirteen states in the world?"

"Does the emperor want to control the entire Western Regions for his own use?"

"I don't know, the emperor's plan is beyond our reach, but there is one thing we can say, no matter what the emperor wants to do, it is impossible to manage the Western Regions without Western Liang."

Han Sui thought for a while, then nodded: "Although the Silk Road is nominally starting from Chang'an, as long as the river is slightly renovated, all the goods in military supplies can be sent directly to Jincheng along Taoshui and Huangshui. Jincheng is the real starting point of the Silk Road. If Your Majesty really has the ambition to manage the Western Regions, Jincheng is more important than Guangyang and more suitable for administrative centers. Even from a military perspective, Jincheng County has two mountains and a valley, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has a large plain to station troops. It is also a place that military strategists must fight for. Here, it must be stationed with heavy troops (Lanzhou Basin, with unique geographical location).

"That's true, but the land of Jincheng is almost all full of Qiang people. I think the emperor will not commit murder. Apart from general, who is more suitable to appease them? Besides, Liangxi is not as good as Liangdong, and there are not many Han people. Qiang, Di, Xianbei live in mixed tribes, and there are many big and small tribes. The general thinks that in the court, or among the heroes in Liangdong, there are anyone who knows better about the situation in Xiliang than you?"

Han Sui actually thought about it seriously and replied: "No, there is no Han people in the world who are more familiar with the situation of Xiliang than me. Moreover, the Western Regions have long been unconnected with the central court. The word "simplification" must be a huge problem."

"That's true. The Western Liang affairs and the Western Regions affairs, who can decide except General? General, you were originally coerced. If General, you can eliminate Lu Bu and surrender, the emperor has always been pragmatic. How can you not forgive your previous mistakes? Then, hasn't Yang Qiu surrendered? Isn't it all the same? What's the difference between your previous mistakes and him? His brother still bullies the emperor Yang Ding."

After hearing this, Han Sui pondered for a while, and then grabbed Zhuge Liang's hand: "Listen to your words, I will suddenly understand and be enlightened! Brother Zhuge, if you don't abandon me, how about I become a brother of the opposite sex with you?"

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and thought about it. Although he thought of Bian Zhang and Ma Teng at the first time, he immediately controlled his facial expressions and squeezed out a look of flattery.

"I really want to ask for it."

So the two of them bowed their hands on the spot and knocked to the ground one by one. When they got up again, Han Sui had already pulled him down very affectionately: "Are you married by your brother?"

Zhuge Liang was stunned again when he heard this and said, "I have married the Huang daughter of Jingzhou as my wife."

"Oh~, then do you have children? I had a new son and a daughter two years ago. If I don't abandon you, we will become a family of children. How good are you and my family in-laws for generations?"

Zhuge Liang was helpless and had to say, "I have no descendants yet. General, let's discuss the assassination of Lu Bu."

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, I have a good brother plotting this matter. Lu Bu is clearly a dying person. What else can I discuss? Come and have a drink. Today I will only talk about my personal friendship with you. As for official business, please do it yourself. If you need to cooperate, you and my brother, you can just give me instructions directly, can I not trust you?"

……………………

In fact, Zhuge Liang's plan is not that complicated. To put it bluntly, it is just a way to take advantage of the current situation where both of them are now anxious and have their own ulterior motives.

The reason why Lu Bu is so easy to fool is entirely because at this time he is actually completely desperate. Although it is false to be sick, his mental pressure is indeed as great as a mountain. His mind has been completely hit by one bad news after another and only a ball of paste is left. Rather than saying that he trusts Zhuge Liang, it is better to say that this is just a dead horse and lively horse. Whatever he says is, no matter how bad it is, it will not be bad.

Han Sui is actually not much stronger than Lu Bu. After all, his troops are mainly Qiang and Hu, and he came out with him just to rob him. Now that he has not been able to steal things, he has been flirting with him.

The specific operation method is not complicated. It is nothing more than Zhuge Liang's ability to play his strengths, getting along more and more harmoniously with the powerful and tribal leaders under Han Sui, and the intention of annexation is becoming more and more obvious. Han Sui, who could not bear it, chose to gather a small group of elite troops to take Zhuge Liang's central army tent while Lu Bu was away, but was caught by Lu Bu's mantis.

It was just that simple thing, then Zhuge Liang laughed and took another move to the Yellow Bird. He arranged another ambush in advance with Han Sui's internal and external cooperation.

Anyway, in the end, not only was Lu Bu captured alive, but his general Wei Xu died in battle, Hou Cheng, Cao Xing and Cheng Lian rebelled and surrendered on the spot. The coalition was so easy, with the surname Han.

Interestingly, Lu Bu, who was captured alive, did not make noise or make trouble. He just looked at Zhuge Liang deeply, then sighed sadly and admitted defeat.

This tiger from Jiuyuan has been fighting in most of the Han court for more than ten years, and may have been exhausted.

"The general is a hero for a lifetime. Do you want me to give you a ride with you and give you a decent life?"

"No need to save my life and let the emperor vent his anger. It is not in vain that the soldiers follow me for more than ten years. This is the last thing I can do for them."
Chapter completed!