Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1481 Lu Fengxian's Freedom

  Longyou.

   "Look! The flag of General Zhengxi!" In Tianshui, the temporary seat of Longyou, several defenders suddenly pointed to the flag that appeared on the horizon in the distance, and shouted loudly. .

   "That's right! It's the three-color flag of Zhengxi! Quickly, report to the captain!"

That day, Jiang Jiong was on duty at the top of the city. Hearing the sound, he immediately ran out of the gatehouse, looked up at the battlements, laughed twice, and said, "Come on! Send a letter to Changshi! Let’s just say that Lu Bu and Lu Feng are here first! Hehe, I just received a letter two days ago, and it’s here today. It seems that Lu Fengxian’s pace is not slow... That’s okay! Finish the group of thieves earlier, and let the surrounding guys Be quiet!"

While talking, Jiang Jiong couldn't help laughing: "It was Gong Ming who went there last time, so it's my turn this time! Well, I still need to find Chang Shi to confirm, and I can't let it go!" After finishing speaking, Immediately turned around and left, calling out to his guards as he walked, "Go, get some armor and weapons ready! If there is something missing by then, be careful of your skin!"

   "Don't worry! We wipe it three times a day, and we are looking forward to this day! It is indispensable!" Jiang Jiong's guard was also happy, and replied loudly. Under the rule of Zhengxi, the rewards for military attacks are extremely generous, and no matter whether it is Pang Tong, Jia Xu or Li Ru, they will not eat the blood of soldiers. You can earn what ordinary people can earn in a year, how can you not let these people be tempted?

  Jiang Jiong was not a very law-abiding person in the first place. Of course, in a place like Longyou where Hu Feng is more prevalent, being law-abiding is almost tantamount to being honest and easy to bully. Since he voted for General Zhengxi, Jiang Jiong has also changed from a steward of a racecourse to an official status. However, Jiang Jiong is still not satisfied with just working in Tianshui. He also longs for a higher level and a wider world. , and these naturally require the accumulation of military achievements on the battlefield, so it is no wonder that Jiang Jiong behaved like this.

  Some time ago, Xu Huang came back in defeat. Although he could not be said to be defeated, he was also dishonored. He often whispered to Jiang Jiong that he wanted to avenge the white bird, but Jiang Jiong pretended not to hear it. It's right to avenge the white sparrow, but Xu Huang doesn't have to go, you can go by yourself!

   Besides, Xu Huang has already gone out for a trip, so there is no reason to repeat it! This time I must go by myself!

  Although it is said that Lu Bu Fengxian, the Marquis of Wen, is in charge of the army and is in charge of eliminating horse bandits in Hexi, but Jiang Jiong does not intend to compete with Lu Bu for power. As long as he has a chance to fight, it is not a big problem.

Fei Qian, the general who marched to the west, did not miss out on Lv Bu's soldiers. He allocated a full thousand cavalry, and even gave Lv Bu the position of the false guardian of the Western Regions. It can be said that as long as Lv Bu is willing, he can go out of the Longyou area and be in the Western Regions. On this piece of land, it was Lu Bu who had the final say. It's just that, at this moment, Lu Bu hasn't realized it yet...

The soldiers of Tianshui County on the top of the city watched Jiang Jiong run down the city wall quickly, and watched the banner of Zhengxi approaching in the distance. On the horizon, a group of black cavalry appeared, wearing helmets and armor. , there was a killing breath rushing towards him, and he couldn't help but to breathe a little faster. The battle flags are fluttering, the red tassels on the top of the helmet and the spear are patchwork, clusters of clusters are surging and jumping like blood waves, one can tell at a glance that these are veterans of the battlefield, not those who fight The recruited Hu Qi.

   "Tsk tsk... how majestic..." Tianshui County soldier couldn't help admiring, "If only I could be like them..."

   "Come on you! You don't even know where to get on a horse, and you still want to be a cavalry?"

   "These should be the elite of General Zhengxi, right? This weapon, huh! Look! The few in front are still holding horses! There are also long halberds! Tsk tsk..."

  槊 looks almost the same as guns and spears, but the price is more than a hundred times more expensive!

Moreover, Ma Chan often has a price but no market, mainly because the production time of Ma Chan is too long. Not only is the fine steel material of Ma Chan's gun head expensive, but even the long pole of Ma Chan is not an ordinary wooden pole, but the Zhe wood used as a bow. The main stem, which is both hard and flexible, is cut into thin slices, soaked in oil for at least a year, and then dried thoroughly in the shade, and then re-glued with glue to form a pole.

   This is the first step to be completed, and the next step is to wrap a very thin hemp rope on it, and then apply glue. After the hemp rope and glue are completely dry, paint it with raw lacquer, wrap it with Ge cloth, and then dry it in the shade.

  After one layer of drying in the shade, wrap another layer of cloth, and paint again, and so on, until it is cut with a knife, and the lance makes a metallic sound, but it does not crack. Only in this way can it be considered qualified and officially completed.

In this way, the lance made is not only soft and elastic, but also relatively light in weight. A long lance of two feet is about the same weight as a spear of seven or eight feet, which is convenient for cavalry to charge with one hand. The lance can be bent after stabbing the target to buffer and release the impact generated by the high-speed impact, without hurting the wrist and arm of the cavalry holding the lance.

  However, such high-quality horse warfare weapons are extremely difficult to obtain, not to mention how much a lance costs, it is the craftsmanship and time of production that determine that the horse lance is a military noble weapon! It is not something that ordinary soldiers can equip. And it's not a real skill that has been honed from childhood. If you just find a civilian husband to practice for a few months, you can't play a horse spear. You should honestly find a cheap spear that you throw away when you run out.

The same is true for the halberd. Although the wooden pole of the halberd is not as complicated as the horse lance, because the center of gravity of the halberd weapon with one side crescent is not on the central axis, if you want to play well without hurting yourself and your teammates, it is not It can be achieved in a month or two, so Tianshui County soldiers are somewhat knowledgeable. Seeing these soldiers with horses and halberds, they naturally know that these can be regarded as the elite among the elite, and they are not comparable to ordinary cavalry.

   Lu Bu was surrounded by the guards around him, and he had already seen Tianshui City from a distance. After these days of repairs, Tianshui City is quite different from the dilapidated one that was looted and attacked by the Qiang people. After all, relying on the right Fufeng of General Zhengxi, and at the same time undertook the transshipment of some materials in Hanzhong, it also benefited a lot. Today, the water city wall has been repaired, and even the nameplate on the city gate has been replaced. The soldiers and armor on the top of the city can be regarded as distinctive, but they are still not comparable to the soldiers directly under the command of General Zhengxi, let alone Lu Bu's personal guards.

   This time, except for the 200 personal guards brought by Lu Bu himself, the rest of the thousand cavalry are considered rangers, not equipped with heavy armor, but equipped with bows and arrows, which can roam and charge.

   Lu Bu is also quite satisfied, at least during the period of time he traveled from north to south, he has never commanded such a powerful elite cavalry!

In addition, Lu Bu was originally a first-class cavalry general, and he was able to command the whole cavalry team with ease. This journey from Chang'an to Tianshui was actually two days shorter than the normal itinerary. The key is that these cavalry didn't feel so tired, almost like ordinary marching...

   But Lu Bu's good mood came to an end when he arrived at Tianshui City. Because Lu Bu saw someone he didn't like very much...

  Li Ru ignored Lu Bu's complexion that immediately became stinky like a cesspit, and said with a slight smile, "Marquis Wen, are you here all right?"

  Lu Bu: "..."

  When he was still under Dong Zhuo, Lv Bu didn't know why, but felt panicked when he saw Li Ru. He didn't expect to meet Li Ru again in Tianshui today, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

However, Li Ru's current appearance seemed to be more than ten years older, and Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a little strange, and his face became a little more inquisitive, and said: "Chang Shi, you are... um, why is Chang Shi also here?" here?"

"A certain left Chang'an, so he came to Longyou, and the general who conquered the west will not give up..." Li Ru smiled, just like when he was in Luoyang, and said without any difference from Lu Bu's expression, "Now I know When Marquis Wen came, he had already prepared some useful things... Marquis Wen, do you want to count one or two?"

Lu Bu felt that his throat was a little dry, and after coughing twice, he said, "Chang Shi was joking, can't you believe Chang Shi... Boping... and went to pick up the military funding..." Why is Li Ru here? Ru is here, um, maybe I won’t take the initiative to ask for this errand...

  Gao Shun cupped his hands aside and said, "I obey the order!"

  Li Ru smiled, and led Lu Bu to the city. Although Lu Bu's complexion was not good, and he seemed to have no intention of talking to him, Li Ru still didn't care, and even introduced the surrounding generals for Lu Bu.

  Jiang Jiong came up and said: "Wen Hou is familiar with the terrain of Hexi? I ​​was born here, I am familiar with the location, and my riding skills are not bad! If you don't mind, can I be Wen Hou's guide?"

   Xu Huang also came over with a sullen face, and said: "A certain person has been to Hexi many times! The terrain is also familiar to a certain person! Lieutenant Bai died in front of a certain person, this revenge must be avenged! Please be the pioneer and kill the thief!"

   Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Li Ru involuntarily.

  Li Ru smiled, and said, "Wen Hou decides that it is... Doesn't Wen Hou have the Seal of the Western Regions?"

Hearing this, Lu Bu frowned and nodded, as if he understood something, then looked at Xu Huang, then at Jiang Jiong, then casually nodded Jiang Jiong and said: "It's you! If something goes wrong, don't blame me The military law is ruthless!" Ugly words are not pleasant, so they must be said first.

  Jiang Jiong took the lead, and raised his eyebrows at Xu Huang by the way...

  Xu Huang snorted, then turned his head away, ignoring Jiang Jiong.

  Lu Bu didn't pay attention to the little action between Jiang Jiong and Xu Huang. He only realized it at this time. It turned out that Fei Qian's understatement of giving the seal of the Western Regions Governor seemed to be more than just a false name?

Could it be that?

   Lu Bu looked at Li Ru, and some thoughts came to his mind.

   "Excuse me, Chang Shi..." Lu Bu took two steps quickly, caught up with Li Ru, and said, "...The meaning of Chang Shi, no, the meaning of conquering the west is to rebuild the Duhufu in the Western Regions?"

  Li Ru laughed and nodded slightly. "In the past, Hanwu and the countries in the Western Regions all paid tribute, but after Guangwu, there was no contact with each other... If you can restore the protection of the Western Regions and receive tribute from all the countries, what a great contribution! Seeing this, I don't know what Wen Hou means?"

"This...Is this really going to rebuild the Protectorate of the Western Regions?" Lu Bu repeated his confirmation, a little in disbelief. After all, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was almost abandoned for a hundred or two hundred years, and it was almost equivalent to the title of an antique. up.

"The big man is magnificent. For hundreds of years, there have been countless officials..." Li Ru walked forward slowly, and then said slowly, although his voice was not loud, but it seemed to be full of a kind of magical power, "So what about the four generations and the three princes?" What if the family is tired of two thousand stones? In counties and counties in the world, officials are like crucian carp crossing the river, innumerable... There are only 18 people in the Western Regions! Everyone is recorded in the annals of history!"

   Lu Bu couldn't help puffing out his chest.

Li Ru glanced at Lu Bu slightly, and continued with a smile: "The guardian of the Western Regions has jurisdiction over the north and the south. Shanshan is the southern kingdom, and the west of Cheshi is the northern kingdom... the original rule is Wulei, but now it is The ruins are mostly occupied by horse thieves... If Marquis Wen came here this time, if he just calmed down the horse thieves, it would be nothing more than a minor achievement, and it would not be included in the pen and ink, and would not be recorded in the annals of history, at most it would be mentioned in the local chronicles..."

"...if the Protectorate of the Western Regions is reopened," Li Ru turned to look at Lu Bu, "the whole world will definitely hear the name of Marquis Wen! Isn't Marquis Wen's trip a thousand times better than the thieves in Shandong who fought for power and profit?" times, the difference between up and down is not the difference between cloud and mud?"

  Although Lu Bu was a little moved, he still had some doubts. He looked at Li Ru and said, "The words of the long history, could it be that you can't deceive someone?"

Li Ru shook his head and said, "Zhengxi's broad-mindedness is unmatched by others. In the past, a certain person only knew about Chang'an and Luoyang, but he didn't know the breadth of tomorrow's land; Shi’s salary is here, so why not stay here for a while, without losing half of your money... I have been going to the Western Regions since I went to see thousands of nations bow their heads, and all nations pay homage! To see the flag of the Great Han, planted at the end of the world, standing at the corner of the earth!"

   After finishing speaking, Li Ru didn't continue to say anything to Lu Bu, and walked straight forward.

Lu Bu stared blankly at Li Ru's back, a trace of flames ignited from the muddy eyes, and then it seemed to boil a layer of mist, and it seemed to push away a layer of mist. I feel that the world is clear and the world is clear.

  It turns out that in this world, there is actually such a way forward!

  It turned out that the words Zhengxi General Fei Qian said were not excuses, they turned out to be true, they were all true!

Lu Bu raised his head, looked at Tianyu's clarification, and suddenly felt that the original depression and anger in his heart seemed to have been completely dissipated at this moment. He just felt comfortable in his chest and abdomen when he breathed, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing up to the sky , there seemed to be some ridicule in the laughter, some relief, and it seemed to be full of joy...

  (end of this chapter)