Dong Zhuo's army was expanding, but it was desperately short of warhorses.

Yao Guangxiao planned to establish a trading post between Guluo City and Zhenlin to facilitate trade between the two sides.

But the condition was that Dong Zhuo had to protect the straight road outside the Great Wall, making it a passage for goods from the Hetao region to enter Guanzhong.

This was, of course, the strategy that Liu Wei discussed with Yao Guangxiao before setting off for Guanzhong.

Yao Guangxiao probably didn't quite understand why Liu Wei wanted to keep Dong Zhuo as a pet.

Trading warhorses with him would only strengthen Dong Zhuo's power.

Liu Wei simply smiled and didn't answer.

Keep in mind that two years later, Dong Zhuo led 200,000 Liangzhou cavalry into the capital.

Dong Zhuo, with only 50,000 men, is not powerful enough; even Ding Yuan can still hold his own against him.

The relationship between Liu Wei and Dong Zhuo is currently quite delicate.

On the one hand, they compromised with each other for the sake of interests, and on the other hand, Dong Zhuo would be pressured by He Jin to have Shi Tu Gu attack Liu Wei.

As a result, Dong Zhuo quelled the rebellion of the Qiang people and gained considerable benefits.

Meanwhile, the Shitugu tribe was wiped out in one fell swoop by Zhang Liao, whom Liu Wei sent.

In the Shangjun region, Dong Zhuo and Liu Wei profited from their power struggles, while the Qiang and Xiongnu people suffered greatly.

At the same time.

The eunuch who went to Wuyuan to deliver the imperial decree and was whipped thirty times for revealing that he was Eunuch Du's younger brother also passed through Guluo City.

Instead of taking the direct route, he headed east through Xihe County, intending to return to Luoyang as soon as possible along the Yellow River so that he could report Liu Wei's situation to Empress He and Duke Du.

Fu Rou, the personal maid sent by the eldest princess, was ambushed by a group of people after passing Tongguan Pass, but escaped alone under the desperate protection of her guards.

She dared not linger for a moment, enduring wind and rain, and headed straight for Xianyang.

She had to deliver the princess's secret letter and token to Liu Wei before her pursuers arrived, and convey the princess's purpose.

At this very moment, Liu Wei, leading the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun, encountered two groups of men, Wang Fangyi and Chen Lian, ten miles outside Fushi City.

Shen Lian's unit was completely intact, while Wang Fangyi's unit was reduced to only ten riders.

Upon being asked, Liu Wei's eyes immediately turned as cold as frost:

"We will then settle this matter of the Corpse-like Bone in Hengshan!"