Zhang Yan, who had been watching the situation in Guanzhong from Bingzhou, saw that the dust had settled, and thought about whose house he would put his chips on.
Instead of waiting to be purged by his troops, it would be better to bow down and submit to him as soon as possible, anyway, this situation in the state is chaotic, as long as Lu Bu does not draw a hundred thousand troops, he has plenty of ways to send the other side of the people to empty.
After Zhang Yan saw the pros and cons clearly, he was very decisive when he needed to make a choice, and led 60,000 Black Mountain troops to surrender to Lu Bu.
Not to surrender to the court, but to take orders from Lu Bu alone.
Because of the need to stay at the town to prevent Zhang Yang's sneak attack, Zhang Yan could not come in person, but he also showed full sincerity.
Not only did he send countless amounts of gold, jewelry, and jade, but he also sent his most valued generals and advisors, and even offered to send his only bloodline to Xu City as a hostage.
Lu Bu experienced Tao Qian will be a state of the big handover, the vision and broaden a lot, this moment to Zhang Yan very sensible initiative to surrender, also can show very calm, not surprised by the favor and humiliation.
After he bashfully listened to the messenger's explanation of his intentions, he glanced at Yan Qing without a trace, and only after seeing Yan Qing's slight nod did he remotely help them who had bowed down.
Yan Qing and Lu Bu had worked together for many years, and had developed into intimate lovers, although not as good as his heart-to-heart with Guo Jia, they were also described as having an extremely tacit understanding.
Lu Bu effortlessly comprehended his meaning, both smiled at the gifts and accepted the surrender form, and then hosted a banquet to treat the messenger to some hospitality, promising to ask for Zhang Yan's seal tomorrow.
Currently the court was thoroughly held by Lu Bu, and the phrase 'playing' was only meant to be polite, but in reality it was tantamount to a promise.
The piece of hot potato in the state, at present is not the time to take the initiative to send troops to take, but Zhang Yan for peace of mind, willing to break the fortune only to seek to be titled under their potential, can have additional income Yan Qing, of course, there is no reason to refuse.
And from the beginning to the end was Lu Bu aura of deterrence of the envoys of the parallel state, see their own successful completion of the task, the mood is also loosened up, can not help but stay a little longer, but also more drink a few cups, none of them are not by the after-effects of the wine to bring dizziness.
Yan Qing, however, was always mindful of Zhao Yun's expression of wanting to say something, clearly in a difficult situation, and was not prepared to attribute it to his own over-sensitivity and over-attentiveness.
After all, premonitions, though nebulous and ineffable things, are often so effective in bad things that they are frighteningly accurate.
Tucked into this pile of heart, in the state of things settled, Yan Qing only politely drink a cup, and find an excuse to take Xu Chu went to the hall outside a trip, ordered him to send people to invite Zhao Yun to come over, to be after the banquet good talk.
Xu Chu as Yan Qing's personal guards, even in the banquet, but also very consciously drop wine does not dip, keep alert, this will be since the mind is also sober and incomparable, immediately answered the voice, on the point of the two best horsemanship of the guards, so that they go to the barracks a trip.
Unfortunately, it was still too late.
After Yan Qing dispersed the banquet, he received a report from Xu Chu that Zhao Yun had led five hundred light cavalry to the outskirts of the city as early as the beginning of the banquet.
Yan Qing frowned, "Can Zhongkang ask where Zi Long went?"
Because Zhao Yun had already been appointed as the Che Cavalry General, and because Lu Bu was promoted to the position of Great General, resulting in the vacancy of the Hussar General, among the military generals, his official position was second only to Lu Bu, and his position was higher than that of the Three Dukes, which can be said to be of great significance.
Naturally, he has the power to privately transfer small groups of troops out of the city without having to report to Lu Bu.
Xu Chu said, "General Zi Long went in a hurry and did not tell anyone to know."
Yan Qing felt more and more fishy.
Zhao Yun, who has always been extremely aware of the rules and regulations, has left the city without even revealing where he is going, and has only ordered five hundred of his close friends to accompany him, so it is very likely that he has encountered troubles that are both difficult and urgent.
Yan Qing is not a cup bow snake shadow, overthinking people, but in a high position, but also has the trust of Lu Bu, his every move is greatly involved, early to understand the importance of the 'would rather kill, not let go'.
After realizing that there was something worth thinking about, Yan Qing stood still for a moment, his eyelids drooping, pondering for quite a long time, turning around and lifting his steps, but he happened to bump into Lu Bu, who had just come out of the outer hall and walked up behind him.
Lu Bu's eyes quickly swept around the people, and he did not extend his arm to embrace Yan Qing according to his own wishes, but only asked in a steady voice, "What's the urgency of Chong Guang?"
Being smoked by an odor of alcohol that could well not be called unpleasant, Yan Qing subconsciously looked behind him, not seeing the person he wanted to see, and could not help but say, "Where is Feng Xiao?"
Lu Bu simply said, "Drunk and asleep."
Yan Qing sighed and said with a headache, "A critical moment! What cup of greed!"
He did not know whether his party analyzed is right or wrong, if there is a ghost of Guo Jia's wisdom complement, it would be very different.
"He's that way." Lu Bu gave a very natural pouring of oil on the fire, and resumed the inquiry, "What's the matter?"
Yan Qing pursed his lips, finally made up his mind: "Qing although not ten percent certainty, can be a precautionary measure, or please Lord send more people, immediately out of the city to find Zi Long go." At the end, and added: "The momentum can be bigger."
Lu Bu's face suddenly became grave, and his first reaction was not to ask after the cause, but to immediately follow the said order.
Only after the order was given did he wrinkle his brow and ask Yan Qing, "Zi Long he--"
Yan Qing shook his head, ''It's not Zi Long. Mostly, he found something suspicious, but because of the identity of the other party and the lack of evidence, it is not good to speak out to avoid misunderstanding. But he is not good at concealing things, there is no guarantee that he will be seen by those who are interested in doing so, and it is impossible to say that the other party will harm him in order to prevent his deeds from being exposed."
Lu Bu's pair of sword brows frowned more tightly, "Does Shiguang know, exactly who is causing the chaos?"
Yan Qing confessed, "There is no clue for now, but there should be no major harm."
While he spoke calmly, his heart was a little heavy.
If it is not the messenger sent by Zhang Yan of the state just happened to arrive, Lu Bu and just finished listening to Zhao Yun's report, only in passing let him go to pick up his own, then he would not have a brief exchange with Zhao Yun, so as to find some clues, and the wrong, alarmed the snake in the grass ......
Then he's probably still in the dark right now.
The enemy is so well-informed, and can trick Zhao Yun away, certainly can not escape the four words 'inside and outside'.
Even if found early, stop loss is still too late ...... and the potential of people have a good relationship with Yan Qing, also do not feel the slightest bit of joy.
He was the one who would rather take on ten thousand strong enemies than face a traitor.
Lu Bu had never seen his own gentleman show such a bewildered look, his chest tightened slightly, and for a while he did not know what to say.
He was silent for a moment, suddenly tightly wrapped around Yan Qing's waist, and than the whistle blew, only to hear a burst of people chaotic horse desertion, was tethered to the stables of the red rabbit will deh deh deh ran to.
The Red Rabbit's mouth was still barking and chewing on a green fruit, spittle flying, but it was very resourceful to half-kneel on its front leg, so that Lu Bu only needed to put his long leg across and hold Yan Qing on the horse's back.
Yan Qing, who had just been frozen in thought, reacted at this moment, immediately guessing what he was going to do, and busily dissuaded him, "There is no need for the Lord to go in person!"
"Charge Battalion at your service--!"
"Immediately - follow me, Lu Fengxian, out of the city!"
Lu Bu, however, had already shouted out loudly, and Yan Qing, who was close to his chest, was instantly shaken to the point of dizziness, while he clamped his horse's belly in the next moment, and with another turn of the horse's head, the red rabbit ordered the remaining fruit dregs to be pooh-poohed without a moment's hesitation.
Imitating the majesty of its master, it tossed its head and shook the horse's mane into an unbelievable flutter.
Flame red, like the arrow that left the string, with lightning and thunder swiftness, towards the direction of the city gate galloped away, along the way there are orders to rush to the charge ride into the team behind the group, in the blink of an eye from only Xu Chu and other guards led dozens of people, incredibly gifted to hundreds of nearly a thousand.
Yan Qing was simply too late to make any further stops, and was left holding onto that sturdy waistline.
"Lord wait!"
Leader of the red rabbit just ran to the half-open city gate, suddenly from the side of a steed extraordinary high horse, it is a dark fur oil smooth, is that the body somehow, vaguely biased in the plump.
Lu Bu halted his horse and asked, "Report something quickly!"
On the top of the pack, is not exactly the bow and arrows on the back, short halberd on the side, he is fully armed Taishi Ci.
"Mr. Wenhe has an urgent letter to send to Mr. Shiguang for his eyes."
After saying this, Taishi Ci respectfully handed the letter to Yan Qing.
After completing the mission of delivering the letter, he did not leave, but quietly urged the black hair to join the queue, obviously drunkenness is not wine.
Yan Qing's face sank like water as he flipped the snow-white letter paper, which was only folded in half at random, to see the contents of the paper.
--It is the square and rounded characters "Ma, Liu and Fu".
Indeed, it is delusional to think that the poisoner will be like the ghosts, and that he will devote his heart and soul to his lord.
He not only pointed out the core, counted all the duties, but also did not mention the name of the military insiders, will be just right, such as as a complete lack of awareness, to prevent trouble.
Sitting behind Yan Qing, Lu Bu, who was tall enough and close enough to catch a glimpse of that handwriting as well, quickly responded, "Ma Teng, Liu Bei, Empress?"
Yan Qing shook his head, Lu Bu had only guessed partially correctly, he reminded, "Three horses, two Liu."
While the timing of Jia Dang's letter's arrival was certainly worth playing with, the content was an affirmation of Yan Qing's previous suspicions.
The three horses here is not Cao Cao's dream of "three horses in the same groove", the latter is really pointing to the usurpation of power Sima Yi father and son three, the former, is the Western Liang origin of Ma Teng, Ma Dai and Ma Chao.
The two Liu, on the other hand, refer to Liu Yan of Yizhou, and Liu Bei, who fled into his jurisdiction not long ago.
Liu Bei is really great, not even waiting for them to force Liu Yan to hand over his imperial decree to arrive, he grabbed the time difference and managed to convince Liu Yan, who is a member of the same clan, with his three-inch tongue before advising him.
As for the alliance between Liu Yan and Ma Teng Han Sui, I'm afraid it was reached long ago in private.
Liu Biao on the east side was lucky and refused to risk his life in a wave, and had to be offended by both, unwilling to ally with him. Liu Yan can only abandon him and contact the two armies of Ma Teng and Han Sui on the north side.
For Ma Teng and Han Sui, Lu Bu is a new enemy plus an old one, and he is the culprit who caused them to suffer a great loss of energy and face.
They were at the point of seeking revenge, but they were suffering from the difficulty of having troops without food.
Liu Yan, on the other hand, has been running Yizhou for many years and has accumulated a lot of savings, so he is able to complement them as an ally.
After Yan Qing figured out these joints, his heart calmed down.
He was more concerned than the whiplash-inducing Ma Liu alliance.
You can't blame yourself for this on your own ego or negligence.
He did not object to Lu Bu's recruitment of Ma Chao at that time, not only out of the intention of buying bones with thousands of dollars and appointing him, but also out of the consideration that even if Ma Chao would eventually turn against him, the Ma family and the royal family alone would not be able to turn the tide.
It is true that Ma Chao is not utilized, and is under the tent of Zhao Yun, who is careful and prudent, so it is difficult for him to do anything different. Fu Wan has been under covert surveillance, and even if he has colluded with foreign powers, the role he can play is very limited.
The fact that it had gone so well was also due to the hitherto faceless, but surely not lowly, insider who was in their army.
As well as Ma Teng or Liu Yan side, in addition to Liu Bei, there must be an outstanding talent, but also teach them to stay calm, in the sash and sash affair also continue to hibernate, until recently was Zhao Yun peeped some clues, Fang was forced to strike early.