Staying in Zhenlan City, Xu Mu was gathering intelligence from the Western Regions while thinking about attacking Dawan Kingdom.
This one is no ordinary attack. More importantly, it must serve as the greatest deterrent so that other countries in the Western Region will not dare to provoke him at will.
"My lord, the Zhaowen has been sent out. In a few days, it will spread throughout the entire Western Region." Yin Hu walked in happily.
"In addition, there are two more countries in the Western Region. Although they did not participate in the coalition, they sent a lot of food and grass, as well as a few bloody horses."
"Not bad." Xu Mu smiled. He had received information that in the Dayuan Kingdom, Lou Luo, who had just ascended the throne, had already turned away from his relatives. No country dared to go against Xi Shu under such circumstances.
"Yin Hu, you pick one of those bloody horses, and the rest are distributed among the generals."
"Master, don't you want to keep it?"
"I have a good horse of my own, and I'm used to riding it."
After giving the instructions, Xu Mu lowered his head again and looked at the Western Region intelligence in his hand. But he found that Yin Hu in front of him had not left yet.
"What? Do you have other things?"
Yin Hu stopped talking, "Master, Mr. Zhuge...is missing."
"What!"
Xu Mu looked up in shock, "He is lame, and he has been feeling groggy these days..."
"My lord, please don't forget that he was a master in the world before."
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead. He had always understood Zhuge Fan's temper. When he was in Xujiazhuang, he didn't want to trouble him even if he wanted to kill the traitor.
"Yin Hu, send some people with qinggong skills to find a way to find the old gentleman. If you don't want to come back, go there yourself."
"Lord, I can't beat you either..."
Xu Mu has a big headache, so he can't beat the gongs and drums around looking for his father, right? Si Hu should be able to beat him, but unfortunately, the stupid brother has no light skills at all. If he is asked to go out, he will probably end up in a mutton soup shop.
"First find out the whereabouts as soon as possible."
Xu Mu had already guessed that the old man might be leaving, so he arranged for a few people to do so. But I never thought that when I was in a daze in the desert, I would suddenly become energetic.
"Lord!"
Just as Xu Mu was thinking, Zhao Dun hurriedly walked in from outside.
"Good thing, good thing! The fourth prince of Dawan Kingdom, Lou Zhu, has sent someone to deliver a message, saying that he is willing to work with the lord to drive Lou Luo out of Dawan Kingdom!"
"The building of the Fourth Prince of Dawan Kingdom?"
"Exactly."
Xu Mu fell silent, thinking about Lou Zhu's final benefit. After thinking about it, it was just for the throne. But now, when the Shu people enter the Western Region, it is not appropriate to invade and occupy the territory. Otherwise, it will really anger the entire Western Region countries, and they will pile up an army of two to three hundred thousand people, and I am afraid they will retreat.
Throughout the ages, supporting a puppet regime and then finding ways to occupy the magpie's nest has been the safest way. I just don’t know what kind of person this Lou Zhu is.
"Zhao Dun, go tell him and ask him to come to Zhenlan City in person. I have something to discuss."
"Lord, don't worry."
"Yin Hu, you go and do your work too."
When the people walked away, Xu Mucai slumped in his position and looked at the scenery outside the door, with a trace of worry on his face.
…
Western Region, Zheng Kingdom.
In later generations, the territory of the Zheng Kingdom was no more than one or two counties. However, it happened to occupy two large oases. Because of this, other big countries often make up lame excuses to take away the oasis.
Fortunately, generations of young kings from the Zheng Kingdom have strong bones and withstood the pressure.
At this time, in a small town on the border of Zheng Kingdom, there was an old blacksmith, beating a machete with an expressionless expression on his face.
Even with his white beard, he could vaguely tell that the old blacksmith was a Central Plains man.
After one round of tempering, the old blacksmith took a sip of wine, shook his body with only one arm, and walked back numbly. But before he took a few steps, he stopped in shock and quickly turned his head.
Looking outside the shop, he saw a rickety figure holding a sword.
"Hehe, I have an old friend in Shuzhou who is also a hardcore man."
"Yang Wuchou, your blacksmithing skills are somewhat lacking in firepower."
"Chief, elder!" The blacksmith knelt down in pain, his eyes suddenly red.
"Get up." The rickety figure smiled, "I was still worried that you would move the shop. But fortunately, we finally saw you."
The two waning old men began to hug.
"Elder, I heard that Zhiqiu is dead..."
The ricket figure opened his robe, and it was Zhuge Fan. At this time, listening to the old blacksmith's words, he spoke somewhat dullly.
"Don't mention it, he wanted to fight for Jiangnan that time, and I quietly went to look for him... He was a little impatient after all. If he was like my silly son and more steady, maybe it would be different. Jianghu people want to establish political power, and there are too many disadvantages. , there is simply no way to do it in a short period of time.”
The old blacksmith sighed.
Zhuge Fan was silent for a while, "Yang Wuchou, you should understand why I came to the Western Regions."
"kill."
"Can you help me?"
"Elder, don't you have a good relationship with the King of Shu? Ask him to send some people to follow you."
Zhuge Fan shook his head, "That's different. What he's doing is a matter of family and country. I don't want to involve him in such personal scandals. To tell you the truth, since the beginning of this spring, I have felt that my body has been weak. Finally, I Decided to follow him on a trip to the Western Region."
The old blacksmith gritted his teeth and said, "That's okay, I'll help you."
"With an iron staff, I can hold myself up and walk. Hehe, last year, I dared to compete with Lao Dao in qinggong. The most successful thing in my life is that I am getting old, and I have to accept a big one. What a big boy."
"By the way, my acquaintance——"
"Miss Shanna?"
Zhuge Fan raised his head, his face full of memories.
"Already dead... The Black Eagle Sect is now spread all over the Western Region. I guess the elder's sworn brother is still hiding in the Western Region——"
"Don't mention him, I don't have a foster brother." Zhuge Fan interrupted coldly.
"If I hadn't stayed to protect Zhiqiu back to the Central Plains, I would have killed him at all costs."
"After the elder left, I found out something... That person is probably a spy from a foreign race. He had ulterior motives when he entered the Western Region."
Zhuge Fan stood silently and remained silent for a long time.
…
"I almost forgot the teacher's birthday."
"Although we are in the Sand Valley, no matter what, wine from the Central Plains is indispensable."
"I Upa, here's a toast to the teacher."
In front of Upa, the middle-aged man leaned against the stone wall, silently holding the wine in his hands, raising his head and drinking it down in one gulp.
"Teacher, be happy. I, Upa, still have a way to deal with Thief Xu."
The middle-aged man put down his wine glass and waved his hand. At his feet, there was a file, which recorded the names of the generals who followed Xu Mu into the Western Regions.
Clang.
The middle-aged man suddenly drew his sword coldly, and stabbed down with the blade, stabbing the name on the far side.
"Zhu...Ge...Teacher, I can't see clearly."
The middle-aged man didn't reply. He jumped up with his sword in hand and flew towards a small barbarian village not far away.
Not long after, the Hu people's small village was full of screams and begging for mercy.
Upa stood high up, laughing uncontrollably into the wind.
…
"Lord, there is information from the west."
"Three days ago, a total of thirteen barbarian villages were massacred. Someone there found my bronze official medal of Xishu."
"Now, two countries from the Western Region have sent envoys to question us!"
Xu Mu took the information and read it several times, with overwhelming anger in his eyes.
