"Is Zhang Ji dead?" Ye Zhao stayed in martial arts for six days and transferred the surrendered army to the Kunmingchi area for training troops. Then he led his personal guards to Chang'an. When he arrived in Chang'an, he met a sentry detective who came to deliver the letter. He could not help but frowned when he learned about Zhang Ji's death.

Li Ru smiled and said, "Lord, don't worry. It's the limit for Lu Bu to conquer Hongnong. If he dares to go deeper, he will dig his own grave."

Ye Zhao naturally knew that it was three hundred miles away from Hongnong to this place. If he counted from Shanxian, there were more than four hundred miles. Lu Bu's foundation was in Nanyang. If he occupied Hongnong, he had already stretched the front line. If he didn't know how to develop in Guanzhong, he would be really looking for death. Ye Zhao only needed a brigade of partial troops to cut off Lu Bu's retreat and broke his foundation. He could send troops in Hanzhong and Wuguan.

"Don't look too high at this person's strategy. I dare say that if no one wakes up, it will be not easy to let Lu Bu see this clearly." Ye Zhao sat down and looked at Li Rudao: "In order to prevent Lu Bu from invading, it is better to garrison some troops. This person's strategy is not enough, but he has the insight of a beast on the battlefield. He fights head-on, and few people in our army can compete."

Now Ye Zhao's troops in Shu have been dispersed, conquering Zuo Fengyi, Fufeng and other places, and pacifying those small warlords. The Chang'an garrison is only 8,000. If Lu Bu takes a large attack, it will easily affect the conquest speed of the entire Three Auxiliary Land.

Although the overall situation has been decided, the political goal of leaving Shu has been achieved. Ye Zhao only hopes to end the battle as soon as possible, restore the people's livelihood in Guanzhong, and at most annex Hedong. Even Xiliang is not ready to take it immediately, let alone Nanyang.

Li Ru thought about it and felt it was reasonable. He really couldn't have too high expectations for Lu Bu's IQ, but Lu Bu's destructive power and aggressiveness were very strong.

"Zhang Ji's deployment may be a try to surrender!" Li Ru said with a smile.

"Well, this is not urgent. Zhang Ji's death will not be a big deal. Now I will solve Wei Ji first. At this time, I still want to be an enemy of me. It seems that hatred blinded his eyes!" Ye Zhao leaned on Hu's bed. Thinking that Wei Ji was still wandering around the lotus spoon, he couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

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Lotus spoon camp.

It has entered midsummer, and the weather is so hot that it is a bit unbearable, but standing next to Wei Ji, you can feel a chill.

"Lord, retreat!" After a long time, the general beside him looked at Wei Ji with an unwilling look and sighed. Now Ye Zhao has successfully incorporated Li Jue, Guo Si's troops, and a 100,000 army stationed in Kunmingchi area to train troops. Ma Teng, who has always wanted to reap profits, has also withdrawn. Lu Bu has now occupied Hongnong, but according to his estimate, Lu Bu is not able to fight to Chang'an. Now only Hedong is left, and it is difficult to resist Ye Zhao who has taken over Chang'an with great victory.

Wei Ji gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, but did not answer. The handsome face was so gloomy and terrifying.

"It's still too late to retreat now. If it's too late, I'm afraid..." The general lowered his voice and said to Wei Ji.

Wei Ji was five years older than Ye Zhao, and was already forty-seven years old. In the age of 35 to 40, Wei Ji was no longer young. He was just a life of luxury and food all year round, which made him not look old. However, his gloomy face made him look a little hideous. He clenched his fists and roared: "Gongming, I'm not willing to give up!"

Gongming, whose surname was Xu and whose name was Huang, was named Gongming. He was a native of Yang County, Hedong. He was good at using a big axe. He was a minor official in Hedong County in his early years. During the Chuping period, Wei Ji returned to Hedong and decided to accumulate strength to observe the world. When he was waiting for an opportunity, he began to recruit talents. Xu Huang not only had good martial arts skills, but also proficient in military tactics. He was discovered by Wei Ji and recommended him to be a county lieutenant and later promoted to the chief lieutenant.

The Hedong Prefect was not a member of the Wei family, but the real power in Hedong was under the control of the Wei family. Since the prefect Yingfeng Emperor was defeated by Guo Si, the prefect was almost completely undermined.

Xu Huang was grateful to Wei Ji for his kindness, and the prefect lost power, so he took advantage of the situation and completely fell into the Wei family and became the Wei family's general. It sounded a bit lost, but in fact, as Wei Ji's most relied on, Xu Huang was not only the general of Wei family, but also served as the lieutenant. In addition to Wei Ji, even the Wei family members were not as good as Xu Huanggao.

Xu Huang couldn't help but feel silent when he heard this.

He could probably understand Wei Ji's mood. In order to survive in troubled times, the Wei family has actually been dependent on Yuan Shao's command over the years. With the big tree of Yuan Shao, he has been hiding his strength and accumulating strength. Since Yuan Shao was still the prefect of Bohai, Wei Ji has been dependent on him and has gained Yuan Shao's trust.

In order to accumulate today's strength, Wei Ji lived under someone else's strength and kept a low profile for a full ten years! Ten years! Wei Ji devoted almost all his energy and effort to this, just an opportunity, an opportunity to make the Wei family make a splash and re-list in the top families in the world.

The chaos in Guanzhong gave Wei Ji an opportunity, but he did not take action immediately. In Wei Ji's plan, he joined forces with Lu Bu, Ma Teng and Han Sui to work with the three auxiliary workers and divide the three auxiliary parts equally.

Lu Bu attacked Hongnong, Ma Teng, and Han then attacked Longyou, while the Wei Ji sent troops to Zuo Fengyi.

It sounds fair, but in fact, Wei Ji was the first to take over Guanzhong. Lu Bu sent troops to Hongnong, which could contain Guo Si's troops, Ma Teng and Han Sui sent troops to Longyou, Li Jue and Duan Wei would definitely be difficult to take care of. At that time, Zuo Fengyi would be empty and Wei Ji could lead his army to Chang'an.

In Wei Ji's eyes, Li Jue and Guo Si were just clowns. As long as he could occupy Chang'an, he would cut off Li Jue's retreat, and attack Li Jue with Ma Teng and Han Sui, and defeat Li Jue first. As for the land in Longyou, let Yu Ma Teng and Han Sui fight with Li Jue first. Ma Teng and Han Sui will not suffer small losses. He will retain his vitality and will be enough to shock the two of them.

As for Lu Bu, he had to take a good gun and wait until he stabilized the situation in Chang'an and merged with Li Jue's troops, and then returned to Hongnong to drive Lu Bu away.

At that time, he will form an alliance with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and watch the two Yuans fight each other. He will annex Xiliang. At that time, the two Yuans in the Central Plains, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Ye Zhao in Yizhou, and himself who is in Guanzhong, and the five heroes compete for hegemony.

The Wei family will take this opportunity to become one of the princes in the world and play a role in a prosperous place like Guanzhong. At that time, we will see the success or failure of the two Yuans. If Yuan Shao is strong, we will join forces to attack Yuan Shao to attack Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shu is strong, we will join forces to attack Yuan Shu. In short, we will maintain the balance between the two heroes of the Central Plains. The Wei family will take this opportunity to develop, plan for Shu, and ultimately lay the foundation for hegemony.

But he did not calculate that Ye Zhao would leave Shu at this time and keep a low profile for ten years, which not only made the Wei family fade out of the world's sight, but no one thought that Ye Zhao could also come out of Shu.

Even if Ye Zhao appears, it is not enough to move Wei Ji. After all, Ye Zhao's appearance will only help him attract Li Jue and Guo Si's army. As long as he takes Chang'an and then joins forces with Ma Teng and Han Sui, he may not be able to compete with Ye Zhao. It is just a matter of calculations that Guan Yu will attack Chang'an, which was about to succeed, falls into Guan Yu's hands. He has made thousands of plans and fails. Even with Wei Ji's mentality, he is depressed and wants to vomit blood.

After some planning, he finally made a wedding dress for Ye Zhao, how could he be willing to do so?

What made Wei Ji even more uncomfortable was that the two idiots Li Jue and Guo Si were actually killed by Ye Zhao so easily!

He used to think that these two people would not be able to accomplish great things, but now he has confirmed this idea again. He doesn't know the specific situation, but Li Jue and Guo Si died in his own camp. Ye Zhao even killed the enemy commander without even moving a soldier. This made Wei Ji want to pull these two idiots out and whip the corpse.

The death of the two made Ye Zhao easily incorporate their troops and their power increased greatly. Originally, even if Ye Zhao defeated Li Jue, Guo Si, and Wei Ji were preparing to join forces to attack Ye Zhao. After losing his troops and generals, Ye Zhao would probably be unable to withstand their attack. In the end, although Ye Zhao would definitely eat part of the land in Guanzhong, even if the Wei family could not achieve the expected strategic goals, they would at least gain something.

However, Ye Zhao's acquisition of Li Jue and Guo Si's troops not only did not suffer much loss, but his power increased greatly. As long as Ye Zhao digested these troops, even if the three families joined forces, they would probably not be able to get it.

Han Sui, Ma Teng had retreated, Lu Bu... was still in Hongnong, but I think that I might not be able to fight Chang'an. Only his family will be left to face Ye Zhao, who is carrying a great victory, obviously powerless.

After a long time, Wei Ji slowly let out a breath of turbid air, his expression became much clearer. He looked at Xu Huang and smiled bitterly, "Just get out of the army, let's retreat!"

Xu Rong's troops had already begun to deal with Zuo Fengyi. If he waited any further, he would have to start a war. Guanzhong was hopeless now, and he had to retain his vitality for the Wei family.

"Here! The lord is wise!" Xu Huang also breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Wei Ji.

Wei Ji waved his hand, stood up, and wanted to get up with Xu Huang and leave the camp to prepare for the withdrawal of the troops. At this moment, a group of people came from outside the camp, one of whom was supported by two Wei soldiers. When he saw Wei Ji, his expression lit up and he wailed: "Brother~ Wei's family is over!"

"Ji Li, why are you here?" Seeing the visitor, Wei Ji trembled in his heart, and took a few steps forward and grabbed the visitor's collar and roared: "Didn't I let you stay in Linjin?"

Although the person who came was covered in blood, Wei Ji still recognized the person at a glance. He was his clan brother, Wei Zi!

"Linjin is gone, Hedong is gone... Brother, the Wei family is finished!" Wei Zi knelt down on the ground with a loud bang and wailed.

Wei Ji felt that his eyes were dark, his body shook, and he fell backwards. Xu Huang, who was beside him, quickly supported him.

"What happened??" Wei Ji felt a buzzing sound in his mind, and looked at Wei Zi in disbelief.

"It was Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao sent a group of troops around Zuo Fengyi, attacked Linjin, and entered Hedong. Hedong was empty, and now it is probably already..."

Wei Zi said something afterwards, and Wei Ji didn't listen to a word. He only knew that Lin Jin was gone, his retreat was cut off, and all the troops in Hedong were brought out by him, Hedong might have been captured. With the relationship between Ye Zhao and the Wei family, once the Shu army invaded Hedong, the Wei family might be over.

"Lord!" Xu Huang sighed and said, "For the sake of the present, we can only go to Hongnong first, meet with Lu Bu, send people to Hedong for information, and then make plans!"

Wei Ji was shocked and looked at Wei Zi and said, "When did the Shu army conquer Lin Jin!"

"Three days ago!" Wei Zi said with a sad face.

"Three days..." Wei Ji's eyes dimmed. It would take at least three days to lead the army back to Linjin from here. This time, six days will be six days. Six days is enough for the Shu army to gain a foothold in Linjin. He looked at Xu Huang silently and said, "According to Gongming's plan, I am already confused. Gongming leads his troops!"
Chapter completed!