The night is dark.

As the light and shadow swayed, Zhang Liao could not hide his tired face.

Zhang Liao washed his face with a well water pumped by his subordinates.

Human blood is not only fishy, ​​but also very sticky. In combination with the minced meat and bone slag that shrink due to the loss of moisture, it will be difficult to remove on the face. It must be soaked in water before it will fall off slowly. And you cannot use too much force, otherwise the bone slag will happily cut the face and seduce more blood.

Of course, if you wash it with hot water, it will naturally be better to remove it. As long as you can tolerate the heavier bloody smell caused by the higher temperature...

Zhang Liao didn't care about the smell of blood. He was just too tired. In addition to washing, he also needed cold water to stimulate his dizzy head. At night in the Western Regions, the temperature was low, and the well water had a temperature difference. He didn't feel cold when washing, which was acceptable.

The blood stains were shining under the fire, like a smudged ink.

Zhang Liao took the clean old linen handed over by the guard, wiped the water from his face roughly, and then used another bucket of water to wipe his loose hair casually, and soon tied a bun again.

He had no time to take a shower, and he was still waiting for supper.

I ate the morning jerky at night near lunch, and a bowl of coarse wheat soy rice has been consumed at this moment.

But before dinner, Zhang Liao had something to do. He transferred out of the side courtyard and went to the main hall.

Zhang An sat in the hall, waiting silently. After seeing Zhang Liao coming, he immediately stood up and saluted respectfully, "Have you seen the general."

"You can do it in the city... I mean, all..." Zhang Liao said directly, he didn't have much energy to make a move.

Zhang An was stunned for a moment, "Now?"

Now that it's late, Zhang An originally thought he would only take action on a large scale tomorrow.

Before, I only dealt with thirty or forty people from the Protectorate's Mansion. In Xihai City, there are not only the Protectorate's Mansion, but also other officials, merchants who collude with horse thieves, and even the suspicion of Western countries, fine work, and even worse and more dangerous...

Before coming to the Western Regions, Zhang Liao had also imagined the situation in the Western Regions, but he thought he had already imagined the Western Regions very badly, but unexpectedly, after arriving in the Western Regions, he found that the current situation here is not just described by the word "bad".

Therefore, Zhang Liao gave up his original plan and switched to the most rude, perhaps with future troubles, to deal with the people and things here in Xihai.

Just like the officials who were killed before, is it possible that some of them were wronged? Or is it that Zhang An’s record made incorrect? Is it possible that Zhang An’s personal emotions and retaliate with private anger?

All are possible.

Moreover, people cannot be resurrected when they die. Even if they are subsequent compensation or something, the damage caused is unrecoverable.

But Zhang Liao could no longer delay. He found that the West Sea of ​​the Western Regions was like a rotten wound. If the rotten meat and pus-producing sores were not cut off as soon as possible, it might lead to inflammation throughout the body, high fever and eventually death. So even if you know that even if you know that you would cut the mess so quickly, you would definitely be a little bit good and half bad, and you would even cut some good meat, which would be unwilling.

As soon as Zhang Liao arrived in Xihai City, he sent the last batch of food and grass to Lu Bu in the morning, and killed the officials of the Protectorate's Mansion at noon. In the afternoon, he arrived at the camp outside Xihai City, and led out horse thieves in the evening, and then arrived at the moment...

This day was extremely long.

But it's not finished yet.

The food and grass were sent out in the morning to preserve the soldiers from the Western Regions as much as possible, and at the same time, they also brought a message to Lu Bu. What specific reactions would be like for Lu Bu, it depends on the subsequent changes...

The purpose of issuing food and grass was to paralyze the officials of the Protectorate's Office, which made the officials think that Zhang Liao could not live without them, and they still needed to continue to send food and grass. It was also necessary to look at the face of the Protector. Yan Zhuan later brought people with him so arrogantly. Perhaps in Yan Zhuan's heart, he also felt that Zhang Liao had already compromised with them under the pressure of the situation.

Otherwise, if you go to settle accounts with the officials of the Protectorate from the beginning, you might have already disrupted the situation before the big ones were caught!

After killing Yan Zhuan, he used thunder to shock the officials of the Protectorate's Office, executed more than a dozen leaders, and the others arrested and imprisoned, which also scared the horse generals in the camp outside Xihai City. The horse generals knew that they could not be good, but he did not have enough prestige to lead other soldiers to resist Zhang Liao, so he could only make a delay in the name of surrender. On the one hand, he deceived Zhang Liao, and on the other hand, he tried to contact people, but he did not expect that Zhang Liao would go directly to the Xihai Camp. On the other hand, he was asking for the horse generals, and on the other hand, he asked Meng Hua to contact the old acquaintances in the Xihai Camp, and caught the horse generals off guard.

The result was as Zhang Liao expected, the thieves were actually hiding among the vassals around the camp outside Xihai City...

If you delay for a few more hours, and wait until the horse will discuss and connect with others, it will not be so easy to remove the cancer of the Xihai Camp. After all, the horse will not even prepare the swordsman at that time, and there is no time to contact others to discuss strategies. However, as time goes by, it will lead to longer nights and more dreams.

When Zhang Liao entered the camp, the horse general sent someone to summon people. Only the horse thief who had the greatest interests and the deepest ties, would have to go to the black horse thief, that is, the Ma Xiu's part of the people would respond without saying a word. The rest of the vassals were mostly waiting and watching, which gave Zhang Liao time to use his means again.

Under Zhang Liao's thunderous means, Ma Xiu was given the head. When Ma Xiu's head was hung outside the camp of the vassal army, the originally restless vassal army almost immediately calmed down. Ma Xiu died, and in the eyes of the vassal army, he thought that this matter was over...

Only then did Zhang Liao have the ability to temporarily hand over the Xihai Camp to Menghua, and return to Xihai City to handle the city affairs. That is, to expand the cleaning action in Xihai City. It just so happened that there was a curfew in Xihai City. Each city gate could be cleared one area after another.

"In Xihai City, all the suspects, regardless of the officials and the people, will be arrested!" Zhang Liao said in a deep voice, "Start from the west of the city first! Sweep across the area one by one..."

Zhang Anluo hesitated a little, "General..."

It wasn't that Zhang An was a little unable to do it, but that Zhang Liao did this, which was almost equivalent to standing on the opposite side of Lu Bu, and he could no longer have any room for maneuver. Although Zhang Liao's killing Yan Zhuan before was almost like slapping Lu Bu's mouth, now he has cleaned up all the ups and downs of Xihai City, and almost stabbed a hole in Lu Bu with a knife.

After tonight, it means that either Lu Bu can only regain his authority by killing Zhang Liao, or Lu Bu will not be able to continue to be a magistrate in the Western Regions...

"Go and do it!" Zhang Liao was silent for a while, then waved his hand, "The land of the Western Regions is not the land of the Massacre alone!"

Zhang An thought Zhang Liao had obtained the authorization of General Cavalry, so he didn't say much and just stood up and left.

The guard walked in with the Eucalyptus. The simple and rough but hot food finally brought a little warmth to this cold night.

"Have you all eaten?" Zhang Liao asked.

The guard nodded, "Eat all."

Zhang Liao didn't talk much nonsense, and sat down and started eating in big mouthfuls. He swept the food clean like a wind and clouds. When he finished the last bite of soup, he felt sleepy.

He had to take a break, he was too tired.

Next...

Although he was physically exhausted, he still couldn't relax.

He had to be quick.

Had to do so...

The Western Regions cannot be rotten any longer.

Xihai City, Daying outside the city, Yumen Pass, Longyou follow-up supplies, etc., many things were passed in Zhang Liao's mind one by one, and then sorted out the matter again, connecting the responsible persons and matters, and only after confirming that there were no omissions, Zhang Liao truly relaxed.

The sleepy feeling that surged like a wave hit Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao yawned a big yawn, and his tense nerves and muscles gradually relaxed. Even if there were still noisy sounds outside the house and the courtyard, it could not affect him. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Outside the house, the guards are on guard.

In Xihai City, Zhang An was arresting according to the established list in an orderly manner.

And all this battle between light and shadow, the spread of fire and blood seemed to be just the beginning in the Western Regions.

…6(???)(???)9…

It was also nighttime, the discussions in the general's mansion continued.

After the late salmon, Fei Qian and Pang Tong and Xun You continued to discuss.

The food is eaten by oneself, and the road is carried by oneself, and the blood bubbles on the feet are determined because of the different choices of the road. You can scold the shoes on the feet as small shoes given by others, but you can't scold the road you choose.

So whether it is to endure the pain and break the blood blisters or to cover them and cause erosion, it is actually a choice.

Just like Fei Qian also gave Lu Bu a way, if Lu Bu could put down the things he carried on him and see the way under his feet, perhaps the current situation in the Western Regions would not have happened.

Did Fei Qian not make any suggestions or warnings to Lu Bu?

Before Lu Bu set out to the Western Regions, Fei Qian sent Lu Bu all the way, saying everything inside and out, and even gave Lu Bu Red Rabbit Horse No. 2...

A red rabbit horse is brave, but there will be a day when you are old.

Will be replaced after all...

Even if you have a good relationship with him and how tacit cooperation he has.

Lu Bu may not understand, or he may think that he cannot understand.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you follow the rules, there is no problem.

Rules will also protect Lu Bu.

If you have any contribution, you will naturally be rewarded.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu felt that under the rules, he had no freedom.

Later, when Li Ru was seriously ill and was about to go to the extreme west place Fei Qian said, Fei Qian sent Zhi Yinjian to the Western Regions as an institution to replace Li Ru, and also showed the role of Zhi Yinjian and asked Lu Bu to make proper arrangements.

Then how did Lu Bu be properly? Lu Bu felt that Li Ru could do it freely when he left? Are you pretending to be a scheming person at this time, or do you still don’t understand?

Later, Fei Qian asked Lu Bu and Zhao Yun to conduct a military competition every year, select excellent military academy non-commissioned officers to go back to Chang'an to study, participate in martial arts lectures training, send officials to plan, etc. Zhao Yun can do it as required. Why did Lu Bu repeatedly say that the Western Regions have not yet been pacified, and those who ask for leave and those who postpone it? In order to avoid the selection of military officers in the competition, he even slacked off his daily training?

Now that the incident in the Western Regions has happened, I will in turn accuse Fei Qian of letting Lu Bu let the blame lies with Fei Qian? It’s like someone who made a mistake and did not examine the person’s specific mistakes, but instead scolded his parents for being too spoiled when he was young, which led to the person’s final crime? The weakness of others is the reason for his own violence?

Freedom is obviously limited.

This is true in the Western Regions, and the same is true in Jiangdong.

At the beginning, it may be trivial matters, but gradually it is not just trivial matters.

Fei Qian looked at Xun You, then looked at Pang Tong, thought for a while, and gently knocked on the table. "If you take the current situation in Jiangdong as a guide, I wonder what the two of you can do?"

Xun You lowered his head and said, "It is difficult for Jiangdong to reach the countryside. The soldiers only know their generals and commanders. Over time, the upper and lower levels will not be able to communicate with each other, and civil and military personnel will not be able to be together. They will do their own ways and do their own laws. They will not be able to gather in chaos. If there is an external enemy who is forced under the wall, they can temporarily resist. If the external enemy leaves, they will be killed by brothers."

Pang Tong said: "Zhou Gongjin's authority is too heavy, and there is no one to replace. The superiors are difficult to make peace, while the inferiors are difficult to determine the generals and the army is not desirable. It is really not advisable to lose one general and defeat the entire army. The soldiers should be the most important, and the generals should be less important. Even if there are major generals who lose, they will not be a chaotic army."

Fei Qian heard it and nodded in agreement.

But after waiting for a while, neither of them talked about a fundamental issue in Jiangdong, which made Fei Qian touch his beard, "Why do you care about the Jiangdong clique?"

"Friends?" Pang Tong was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Does the lord think... there are cliques in Chang'an?"

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Aren't Zhen's women and others just cliques?"

Pang Tong opened his mouth, then tsk and shook his head.

Xun You didn't say anything either.

This is a very troublesome issue.
To be continued...