"Western Region Horse Thief?"

The expedited information was sent to Chang'an.

Fei Qian was quite surprised.

Moreover, this information was not conveyed by people from the Western Regions, but was sent by Menghua, who temporarily held a guard post at Yumen Pass.

"Are the horse thieves in the Western Regions so powerful?"

Fei Qian stood next to the sand table in the wing room, watching the military layout of the Western Regions.

The Western Regions as a whole is centered on Xihai City and backed by Yumen Pass. There is Tianshan Mountain as a barrier above and the Pamir Mountains as the bottom. A hand extends westward to the adjacent Shule area. Shule goes further west, which is the Great Yuezhi, Rest in Peace, and then Kushan.

Xihai City is not far from Luntai City, the old Western Region Protectorate of the Great Han Dynasty. In order to obtain convenience for drinking water, between Xihai City and Yumen Pass, there are many countries that are more biased towards the Great Han Dynasty, or relatively weak countries, cities, such as Cheshiqian Kingdom, Loulan, etc.

Overall, the main control area of ​​the Western Regions Protectorate is in the northern Western Regions, while the southern Regions is a relatively unmanned area with a large distance, and on the other hand, it is relatively deviating from the center of gravity of the Western Regions.

After all, the Western Regions are very large and the number of Han soldiers is limited, so it is impossible to achieve even distribution of all regions.

To stabilize Xihai City is equivalent to controlling three directions. To the north, you can cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter the old Huns area, to the west, facing the Kushan area in the west, and to the south of the Western Regions and the snow-capped area in the south. Of course, this can only be said to be "control", but cannot be said to be "occupation".

It is basically the land of the Han Dynasty to the east of Yumen Pass.

Now it is not the Western Regions to report, but the Menghua report at Yumen Pass, which makes Fei Qian feel something is wrong.

Menghua reported that it was said that a large number of horse thieves appeared near Shule, and the Han army's vanguard camp was captured. Therefore, Lu Bu dropped Gao Shun and went to wipe out the horse thieves...

This news made Fei feel a little surprised and also made him feel a little more worried.

Fei Qian didn't mean that there were no horse thieves in the Western Regions, but Gao Shun, who needed to be transferred to Yumen Pass, might have already left the category of ordinary horse thieves.

At the same time, Fei Qian also suspected that there might be other things...

For most of the time, horse thieves and other thieves, car bandits and road tyrants, etc., are like clowns in front of regular troops. But the same goes for the same. If the regular army cannot even solve the problem of horse thieves, then the clown is the army.

So, who is the clown here?

Fei Qian pinched his beard and stood in front of the sand table, silent for a long time.

What does this mean?

Fei Qian actually didn't believe that the Han army in the Western Regions could not even defeat the horse thieves, and even lost the vanguard camp.

Fei Qian stared at the sand table, and two thoughts were hovering in his mind. One was to be in Anxue west of Shule or Kushan, who might conduct early temptations under the name of a horse thief, such as mercenaries from later generations, and under the banner of aiding a small country, he participated in and sent troops to fight.

Another idea is more dangerous...

Raise the enemy and respect yourself.

In order to find out the truth of the matter, Fei Qian sent someone to the Youwensi to urge Kan Ze to strengthen his investigation of the Western Regions, and on the other hand, he sent someone to Longxi to chant Jia Xu to report. Fei Qian needed a counselor who knew better about the Western Regions to provide him with corresponding strategic analysis and support. Although Xun You and others were not bad at wisdom, most of them were familiar with Shandong and the Central Plains, and they did not know much about Longyou and the matters west of Longyou, so they might also put forward suggestions that were not consistent with the actual situation.

Especially the relevant information about Ah Xi and Kushan, these are not something that Fei Qian can make decisions based on his later experience...

When Fei Qian sent people to Longxi, the situation in the Western Regions further deteriorated.

Fei Qian thought there were clowns in the Western Regions, and there were indeed ones, but what Fei Qian did not expect was that clowns are the character in the circus that can best control people's hearts, master emotions, and set off the atmosphere...

The cause of the further deterioration of the Western Regions was the unhappy meeting between Gao Shun and Lu Bu.

If the generals and ministers are in conflict, there will be trouble.

Although Gao Shun may have a slight lack of strategy, he is indeed a relatively sober among the Western Regions. When Lu Bu was unwilling to listen to Gao Shun's opinions, or the more ugly "spoken" he seemed to have walked into an irreversible abyss...

However, when Lu Bu and Gao Shun were in a quarrel, some people were very happy.

This is often the case in the world. Other people’s unhappiness is their own joy.

Wei Xu heard that Lu Bu and Gao Shun were having a very unhappy relationship, so he couldn't help but feel happy.

『I knew it!』 Wei Xu laughed, 『I knew it would be like this! Gao Boping, this idiot! Hahahaha!』

Wei Xu laughed loudly, tears burst out, revealing his big yellow and white teeth, and his little tongue trembled.

Although Wei Xu was laughing, he was afraid in his heart.

Because each of what Gao Shun said to Lu Bu pointed to Wei Xu. Of course, Gao Shun's original intention was not to ask about Wei Xu, but most of the things were done by Wei Xu, so...

This is really dangerous.

This bastard Gao Shun is so out of place!

After getting off the horse, he didn't even say hello, and then ran to complain!

Wei Xu cursed inwardly, and then couldn't help but breathe, ha, now it's time!

No, this is not good...

After all, Lu Bu said he wanted to "wait until he comes back"?

return?

Let’s talk about it?

Wei Xu suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

He covered the sky with one hand in Xihai City, but outside Xihai City, at least at Yumen Pass, he had already left Wei Xu's control. Gao Shun's arrival and his unceasing "compensation" made Wei Xu suddenly realize this problem. He was not absolutely safe.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents. What's more, Wei Xu thinks that Gao Shun not only wants to cut off his wealth, but also seems to be trying to kill him?

How can this be done?

Thinking of this, Wei Xu was so angry that he felt itchy.

After all, it’s a fight between colleagues, is it necessary to take such a heavy hand?

Is Gao Shun going to establish his authority with me and preparing to take over the second-in-command of the Western Regions Protectorate?

Wei Xu speculated, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the more frightened he became.

Lu Bu's attitude towards this matter is very important.

Wei Xu was already accustomed to life centered on Lu Bu and money and grain. Even if he knew that there were also cavalry outside the Western Regions and above Lu Bu, he would subconsciously ignore this issue, just as he would also ignore that there were some people in Shandong and a great Han emperor.

To some extent, humans are conservative.

Humans will prefer to stay in areas they are familiar with, so that they can have a better sense of security. Then this psychology, or this type of behavior, will become an obstacle to human development at a certain level.

Curious, conservative, contradictory mentality, and unreasonable words and deeds at the stage have filled the entire development process of mankind.

Gao Shun's official position was the Western Regions Captain. Although his name was the Captain, he was actually a general.

Although Wei Xu was named a general, he was actually not as good as Gao Shun's captain.

The Western Regions Captain is of the fourth rank and does not have permanent rank. It is slightly similar to the small dispatched troops in the Western Regions. It has a separate military command and a private quota, which is much better than Wei Xu's fifth-rank miscellaneous general.

Among the fifth-rank generals, only the generals and General Bi are permanent generals, with quotas for private soldiers, while the rest are quotas for private soldiers, with a reputation that may be very famous, such as Fubo Pinghai, etc., but there is no real power to lead troops. Even private soldiers have to be raised by themselves and have no share.

Wei Xu is a fifth-rank general, so he is not the same as Gao Shun's lieutenant. Although he claimed to be Lu Bu's partial general, he actually did not receive the official title of Fei Qian. As for the title of fifth-rank general that Lu Bu gave Wei Xu, Fei Qian didn't care. After all, the fifth-rank general is sometimes even worse than the commander of a big county.

Not only that, when he was in command of the army, Wei Xu often lived under Gao Shun. Even in the army, soldiers must have recognized Gao Shun who had a stern face all day, rather than Wei Xu who smiled every day. Only the new recruits will be confused by Wei Xu's smile. When the soldiers really go to the battlefield, they will almost immediately undergo fundamental changes, knowing that iron blood is more important than smile.

All of these made Wei Xu angry and depressed, and then accumulated in his heart, and eventually became the ink that Wei Xu vomited out.

Wei Xu poured wine for Lu Bu, while sneaking a glance at Lu Bu's face.

"Lord, General Gao is really dedicated to his duties..."

"I heard that General Gao is also very popular in the army. In Xihai City, many soldiers were very happy to know that he was coming to command and fight against horse thieves..."

Lu Bu's hand shook slightly, and then his eyebrows and eyes were crossed.

Wei Xu's eyebrows and his neck shrank back.

Wei Xu did not realize that his current behavior was actually just like Ergouzi serving him by his side, and even his little eyes were similar, just like how he was licked by someone, and how he would lick Lu Bu when he turned his head. It was like the transmission of energy, one level passed to another level.

"What do you mean?" Lu Budun got out of the wine, and the wine swayed out and fell on the table.

"Lord!" Wei Xu hurriedly bowed, "I don't mean anything! I just said in the city..."

『Enough!』 Lu Bu frowned, 『Get out!』

Wei Xu quickly stuck out his butt and drove back.

Lu Bu sat there, frowned and pondered for a long time.

Speaking of which, what Wei Xu said is indeed the truth.

If a soldier wants to fight, will he like a brave and good general, or a general who just knows to shout for me? So the soldiers will definitely be happy to know that Gao Shun took them to fight against the horse thieves. Could it be that he is still sad and expressing great pain?

The reason why Wei Xu could say this is because Wei Xu knew that Lu Bu still did not trust Gao Shun.

But what Wei Xu didn't know was that Lu Bu also distrusts Wei Xu, but it was because Lu Bu thought that Wei Xu's ability was too small. Lu Bu felt that he could easily deal with Wei Xu, so he was not very concerned. Of course, there was another reason because Wei Xu was good at licking, and sometimes he could lick Lu Bu very comfortably.

Who doesn't like to enjoy it?

If you don’t feel happy, you don’t want to watch it. If you don’t feel happy, you don’t want to listen. If you don’t feel happy, you don’t want to play. Most people are like this. Only a small number of people can realize the essence of this through these discomforts.

The inconsistency between Gao Shun and Lu Bu is partly because Gao Shun and Lu Bu are not "members".

Not even a "members" in a broad sense.

Just like long-distance relationships, it is generally difficult to achieve a positive result. Regional differences can also lead to problems in terms of aspect. One place is so cold that it is necessary to wear a cotton jacket, while the other place is still wearing short sleeves. Will the two people have the same sense of mutual communication? This is difficult to establish.

Another part of the reason is that Gao Shun and Lu Bu are not "same kind".
To be continued...