Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 273 Departure to the Southwest
After dinner, Liu Yu personally sent Dong Bai back to Yong'an Palace. Before leaving, he specifically told Dong Bai to bring twice as many guards with him when he went out in the future, and never to play alone on the street.

Dong Bai had never seen Liu Yu act so seriously, and at first he mistook Liu Yu for simply caring about himself.

But when Liu Yu said that it is better to send some more guards in Yong'an Palace, Dong Bai seemed to hear something.

There are no less than 3000 guards inside and outside Yong'an Palace. If Liu Yu still thinks that the guards are not tight enough, it means that he must have sensed some danger.

Dong Bai didn't continue to ask further questions, she knew that if Liu Yu could determine the danger, she wouldn't just remind herself to pay attention to safety.

Liu Yu was really not sure, because he didn't believe that Wang Yun's assassination plan could succeed from the very beginning.

Where the strength lies, Dong Zhuo will definitely not be fooled by ordinary tricks.

Therefore, he was worried that if the royalists' plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo did not come true, they would put bad thoughts on Dong Bai. Although it was unlikely, Liu Yu still gave Dong Bai some extra instructions for his safety.

When she got home, Zou Huimin had already gone to bed. She already had the habit of going to bed early, and tomorrow she had to get up early with Liu Yu to go to the southwest, so she went to bed early today.

Diao Chan didn't sleep, she was preparing luggage for Liu Yu in the house.

After Liu Yu entered the room, he asked Diao Chan to put down what he was doing, saying that he had something important to explain tonight.

"Min'er is actually not my fiancee!"

Diao Chan actually guessed it a long time ago, but she was still quite surprised when Liu Yu said it in person, so she hurriedly asked Zou Huimin's real identity.

So Liu Yu told her about Cai Yan, only because he wanted to hide the truth from Dong Zhuo and the royalists, so Liu Yu asked Zou Huimin to pretend to be his fiancée.

After learning that Cai Yan's father and daughter were secretly sent out of Luoyang by Liu Yu, Diao Chan realized that Cai Yan was the real wife of the family.

However, Zou Huimin's affection for Liu Yu could not be hidden from Diao Chan's eyes. In addition, Diao Chan and Zou Huimin had been getting along well in the past few days and treated her as a sister, so I begged Liu Yu to accept Zou Huimin too.

Liu Yu didn't make it to Diao Chan to be so reasonable. Not only did he not intend to compete with Cai Yan for the real wife, but he also took the initiative to act as a matchmaker for Zou Huimin, which was not at all like the attitude when he refused those ministers to send their daughters.

But Liu Yu didn't come here to "confess" Diao Chan tonight because he concealed Cai Yan's affairs, but because he will leave Luoyang City early tomorrow morning. If he goes fast, it will take one month. If it is slow, it may take three or four. moon.

So he planned to send Diao Chan to live in Chengmu City, after all, that was his rear area.

Originally, it was fine to keep Diaochan waiting at home, but after knowing that the royalists had an attempt to assassinate Dong Zhuo, I had to think more about my family.

If the royalist faction really carried out the plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo, Luoyang City would be in chaos no matter whether the result was successful or not, but Liu Yu could not tell Diao Chan about this.

After all, Diao Chan lived in Situ's Mansion for a period of time. If she knew that her adoptive father Wang Yun planned to assassinate Dong Zhuo, maybe things would become more complicated.

"Chan'er probably hasn't been to Chengmu before, you can live with Yan'er there, so you can take care of each other."

"..." Diao Chan was silent for a while, and then begged coquettishly: "Chan'er doesn't want to go to Cheng Mou, she just wants to stay at home and wait for her husband to come back!"

Diaochan heard that Cai Yan is a talented woman, but she is just an orphan, a concubine sent to Liu's house as a gift by her adoptive father Wang Yun.

This made her feel very inferior, and she was afraid that she would be looked down upon by the "big lady" when she got there.

Liu Yu couldn't bear her begging, and thought that both Liu Bei and Ma Teng were in Luoyang City, even if Luoyang was really in chaos, no one would dare to come to Liu's residence to make trouble.

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and decided not to send Diao Chan to Chengmu, but to send more guards to the next door to protect the small courtyard.

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Early the next morning, Liu Yu asked the newly transferred three thousand Yulin army to pretend to be Ma Teng's subordinates and go to the underground palace outside the city to load food.

After everything was settled, he took the food team and set off for the southwest.

After walking about ten miles, I saw Liu Bei leading Zhang Xiu waiting by the roadside.

After escaping from the death row, Zhang Xiu was very grateful to Liu Yu. Afterwards, he learned about Liu Yu's true strength and his ambition to revive the great man from Liu Bei.

As soon as the two met, Zhang Xiu bowed down to Liu Yu to thank him for saving his life, and Liu Yu naturally treated him with courtesy.

During this trip to the southwest, Liu Yu specially transferred him here, firstly to help him leave Luoyang safely, and secondly to negotiate with him about rescuing the Jingyuan Army in Xin'an County.

When Zhang Xiu heard that Liu Yu really wanted to rescue his uncle, he was once again moved by Liu Yu's benevolence.

And now that their Zhang family has reached the end of the mountain, the only way out is to serve Liu Yu, so he knelt down on the spot again and swore allegiance.

Obtaining the allegiance of Zhang Xiu gave Liu Yu another general with the attribute of the Five Elements. Unfortunately, Zhang Xiu was of the wood attribute and could not continue to charge the system, but Liu Yu was very happy to receive the reward of one thousand five elements coins.

Not only that, but Zhang Xiu is also Zhao Zilong's senior brother in Changshan, and when he finishes his current work, he can arrange for Zhang Xiu to invite Zhao Yun.

After accepting Zhang Xiu, Liu Yu gave Liu Bei a few more instructions, telling him to keep in touch with Zhang Liao and Huang Fusong, and that if an emergency happened in Luoyang City, the three of them could discuss and make a decision.

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Lu County is in the southwest of Luoyang, separated by five or six hundred miles, with several rivers and mountains in between.

Liu Yu and his party set off in the morning, and it was dark within a hundred miles after leaving Luoyang.

In the temporary camp, Liu Yu invited Huangfuyan and Zhang Xiu to discuss.

"The vehicles are heavy and the roads are difficult. I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Lu County in half a month, so tomorrow morning I decided to go ahead and leave the command of the grain transportation team to you two."

Liu Yu’s departure from Luoyang this time is not just for Lu County, he also wants to take command of the battlefield in Xin’an County, and try to persuade Duan Yan, and the treasure map in the system has been spelled out, and Lishan and his party are also ready. Gotta schedule it.

So after only one day of walking, Liu Yu completely overturned the previous plan to deal with Niu Fujun. The time was tight and the task was heavy. To speed up the process, extraordinary means must be used.

Huangfuyan and Zhang Xiu originally thought that Liu Yu called them here to discuss how to deal with Niu Fujun, but they didn't expect Liu Yu to go ahead without mentioning this issue.

"My lord, how can we go first? Niu Fu's army has not yet begun to attack the city due to lack of food. Shouldn't we think of a plan and send out surprise troops to take the rear? You left early, how should we deploy that?" Huangfu Yan was puzzled. asked.

(End of this chapter)