Lu's relatives

Chapter 272

An army of [-] wanted to take action, but it was not as refreshing as dozens or even hundreds of people coming and going.Once there are more than [-] people, there will be no borders. This mighty force is really overwhelming. It is indeed a skill to avoid being discovered by the Chang'an guards thirty miles away.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are veterans who have been fighting for more than ten years, and they still have this ability.But even so, starting from Tongguan Barracks around noon, each led their own troops to march north and south according to the military agreement, and detoured around Chang'an Ximen to join forces with Ma Teng and Han Sui who had already been in contact. It took nearly two hours to count them all. Unplug it cleanly.Only Qin Xu and his entourage, together with the [-] soldiers from Xiliang led by Xu Huang, stopped after leaving Tongguan, resting for a while.

It can be said that Cao Cao gave Xu Huang enough trust this time. Although he knew about the previous "entanglement" between Qin Xu and Xu Huang from Cao Ang, Cao Cao believed in his own "charm" and vision, so he not only kept Xu Huang "Helping" Qin Xu even left more than 1 Xiliang soldiers for use. Xu Huang was moved to tears, and the eyes of these Xiliang soldiers who looked at Cao Cao became more respectful. Qin Xu couldn't stop curling his lips, as expected of Wei Wu brandishing a whip, his ability to buy people's hearts is not comparable to Yuan Shao's.

Seeing the sun set, the sky was getting darker, and the insects were singing loudly.The sweltering night wind also vaguely brought a bit of coolness, which finally made people feel more comfortable.In this era, there is still a Milky Way in the sky. The sky is full of stars, and the mysterious star map is the favorite night scene of the so-called metaphysicists. Seeing a shooting star in the sky in the northwest corner, I don’t know if there is any master at this time. I was also watching the stars, and inferring the general trend of heaven.

"General Qin! Is there any gain from watching the sky at night? Uh, General Qin, shall we send troops to advance twenty miles to attract some Xiliang troops to attack Chang'an for the Duke and General Yuan?" Xu Huang saw At the time of Qin Xu, he saw that Qin Xu was looking up at the night sky with his legs crossed and his head resting on his arms.During the previous trip to Qingzhou, Xu Huang had already heard enough of Qin Xu’s mysteries, and confirmed that his lord was indeed defeated by Qin Xu even though his lord had an overwhelming advantage several times. It is also said that Qin is really proficient in stargazing and reasoning as rumored, so he can do so many great things at a young age, and when the eldest son of the Cao family who is the same age is still humbly studying, Qin has already done it. Known as the Lord of a State.Xu Huang asked suddenly, seeing that Qin Xu was stunned and didn't know what he was talking about, Xu Huang only thought that this was Qin Xu's secret method and didn't want outsiders to know, so he hurriedly asked what he was thinking.

"No hurry!" Qin Xu stretched his waist, stood up, and said to Xu Huang: "I made a plan before waiting, and I wanted to make the two thieves, Li and Guo, misunderstand that Ma Teng and Han Sui were rabbits and wanted to bite. I want to give up the advantage of the cavalry and attack the city for a while, and then retreat decently. The two parties are colleagues, and after two months of fighting, they already have a deep understanding of the current situation of Ma Teng and Han Sui. If I When they go out at this time, even if the two thieves don't realize that there is still General Cao and Yuan Benchu's army in the west gate, they are going to attack the city by force in the dark, but they attack the west and attack the north. These are the tactics commonly used on the battlefield. If I waited to appear at the east gate of Chang'an at this time, it would be enough to alert the two thieves. Then Li Jue and Guo Si are all people who know soldiers. Zhu Jun, the mainstay of the Han Dynasty, Sun Wentai, the Jiangdong tiger, was once defeated by him, which shows his ability! Will we strengthen the four defenses this time to prevent fraud? If we act rashly, we may be doing General Cao a disservice!"

"General Qin is thinking about it! It's the last general who made a slip of the tongue." It's not that Xu Huang didn't know what Qin Xu said, but he just cared about it and made chaos.Unlike Qin Xu, Xu Huang always thought that as a general, it would be shameful for him to let the commander in chief attack himself while he was pretending to be a soldier here. But what Qin Xu said was indeed reasonable, so Xu Huang could only Said in a muffled voice.

"However, Gongming, don't be discouraged. It's good to prepare the army in advance. It's only a matter of time. I just wait for the anger of the West, and it's time for me to use my life!" Huang had the opportunity to recruit a general under his command, but Qin, who had not escaped the schemes of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao this time, had a general like Xu Huang by his side, and his previous worries had indeed eased a lot.Seeing Xu Huang's gloomy look, he said with a smile: "It's just that Qin has no power to restrain a chicken. If there is a war, we still have to rely on Gong Ming's bravery."

"General Qin, don't worry! If the two thieves, Li and Guo, really dare to lead an army out of the east gate to attack Tongguan and rush to Wancheng, even if Huang sacrifices his life, he will definitely protect you, General Qin!" Seeing Xu Huang Qin Xu finally "relaxed", a bit of excitement flashed across his resolute face, he almost patted his chest and said, as if he was afraid of Qin Xu's repentance, he hurriedly said goodbye, and went on his way Going to rectify the army, I knew that Xu Huang's behavior was out of concern for Cao Cao's safety, but let someone from Qin accept a big favor for Cao Cao, which made Qin Xu either laugh or annoyed.

In fact, Qin Xu's expectation was not bad.When someone from Qin was "watching the sky at night", at the mansion of Da Sima in Chang'an City, Li Jue and his old brother Guo Si, who had already had a rift because of the same high position, got together again, and what the two talked about was, But it's about Tongguan.

During the daytime, when Yan Liangfu entered Tongguan, he was "gifted" and then sent troops to suppress him. In the chaos, several loyal soldiers from the auxiliary soldiers of the Xiliang Army escaped and took advantage of the chaos. He rode his horse and galloped for thirty miles, and reported what happened before and after Tongguan to the nominally supreme leader of the Xiliang Army, Da Sima Li Jue.At that time, this momentary hero who actually controlled two-thirds of the Xiliang Army's strength smashed the wine cup and overturned the case.

"Aduo, no matter what grievances there are between us brothers, we are always on the same road. As a brother, I will not hide it from you. Now that Tongguan has fallen into the hands of Zhuzi, and there is no barrier to the east of Chang'an, the soldiers of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have already died." It's close at hand, you and I are in danger!" After receiving the drunk and impatient Guo Si to come to the house, Li Jue ignored Guo Si's frequent rolling eyes and called Guo Si directly. small characters, said anxiously.

"Tongguan fell? Where is Tongguan? Then who are Cao Cao and Yuan Shao? How are they compared to Ma Teng and Han Sui? You, Li Jue and Li Zhiran, are the great Sima, and you are superior in martial arts. Are you still afraid of that mere... What? What did you say? Tongguan has fallen?" Guo Si was a bit complaining about being forced to come here by someone sent by Li Jue before the banquet, and he did drink a lot, so he didn't hear Li Jue clearly. What Jue said, he blurted out.But after all, Guo Si was also a senior general in Dong Zhuo's army, and he knew the importance of Tongguan to Chang'an. Before he could finish his sentence, the alcohol in his body was shocked by Li Jue's words, and he asked in surprise: "How is it possible? Someone remembers that Tongguan guard Fan Chou had an army of more than 4, and he was guarding one of the most important passes in the world. There were tens of thousands of people from Yang Feng's department as backup. How can Tongguan have at least [-] soldiers and horses?" , how could it be breached so easily? Who is it?"

"Cough! My virtuous brother may not know about this matter!" Regarding the fact that Yang Feng's troops were wiped out by Cao Cao, Li Jue came to worry about face, and feared that Guo Si, who had created a rift with him because of the uneven distribution of Dong Zhuo's grain storage, would be here. After knowing the truth, he overwhelmed himself in terms of military strength, and had already tightly blocked the news. Seeing Guo Si asking at this time, Li Jue couldn't explain it clearly after thinking about it, so he had to put all the "credit" on others, and said with a frown : "I don't know if my virtuous brother remembers that Xuzhou Mu Taoqian once declared to the world that he gave up the position of the master of Xuzhou to an unknown young man?"

"Huh? You mean that Qin...Qin Xu? Could it be that it is said that Cao Mengde blocked Tongguan, which was stormed for more than a month, and tens of thousands of troops were broken by this kid? What is the origin of this kid? He has such ability? This time he brought How many people came?" Guo Si took the ice water served by Li Jue's maid, and his drowsy head finally cleared up a lot, but after hearing Li Jue's words, he still suspected that he was still drunk, it was unbelievable asked.

"My dear brother, don't underestimate this guy. This Qin Xu is said to be Lu Fengxian's son-in-law!" Often a lie needs more lies and half-truths and half-truths to testify to make people not suspicious. After hearing Guo Si's full of doubts, Li Jue, who still didn't want to lose face, could only grit his teeth and said, "Did you ever hear that before Cao Mengde's [-] elites wanted to attack Na Lu Fengxian in three directions, and almost killed him?" He was forced to the point of death, but it was this Qin Xu who, relying on only four hundred newly surrendered soldiers, did not know how to defeat Cao Cao's army, causing nearly half of the casualties! Afterwards, he confronted Cao Mengde several times, Lien Chan The streak of victories forced Cao Cao to send his eldest son to Linzi as a hostage, so he reluctantly stopped fighting with Qingzhou! After that, he helped Lu Fengxian to surrender a million yellow scarves in Qingzhou in just one year, making the whole Qingzhou hear the news Please surrender! Then he led a large army to help Xuzhou retreat Cao Cao and defeat Yuan Shu. Finally, the old man Tao Qian gave up Xuzhou, the rich land. Under the help of Lu Bu, he was not as young as the weak crown, and he was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou! This time According to the Tongguan soldiers who fled back, Qin Xu only brought a dozen or so guards, and broke through Tongguan on a single horse!"

"What? Lu Bu's son-in-law? Break through Tongguan with a horse? Brother, are you sure you are talking about a kid who is not yet young? Not some legendary fairy?" Guo Bang Jiu Jin was also shocked by Li Jue's words. The dispersal is clean, although I don't know whether what Li Jue said about Qin Xu, what happened to destroy Cao Jun's [-] elites, and force Qingzhou's million yellow scarves to surrender is true or not, but Tongguan fell, Guo Si still trusts Li Jue I will not joke about this important matter of life and death.For things that cannot be done by human power, even if Guo Si is regarded as a murderous general from Xiliang, he was startled into a cold sweat. In contrast, Guo Si told Li Jue that Qin Xu was Lu Bu The matter of the son-in-law no longer seemed so conspicuous.

"I don't know whether gods are gods or not. Even gods on the left and right are no match for us and the more than [-] Xiliang iron cavalry! But now the door to the east of Chang'an is wide open, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Qin Xu's three families are full of soldiers There are more than [-] troops, and it is imminent for soldiers to come to the city of Chang'an. How to deal with it, you and my brothers still need to think carefully!" Li Jue saw that Cao Cao wiped out his troops in order to cover up the former Yang Feng's troops, and he was "believed" by himself. Fan Chou, who is "heavy", voted for the enemy again, and his bragging was a bit too much, which obviously made Guo Si feel a little worried about his gains and losses, so he quickly cheered Guo Si up and said: "Actually, my brother, don't worry too much. Although Tongguan is trapped, the The three families are also coming in menacingly, but I think what I expected, this big man in the Central Plains must have insufficient military supplies. As long as we and the brothers work together in this difficult situation, I think we will be able to resist it with the strength of Chang'an City's soldiers and sufficient food. As long as they stay close to Ximen Na Ma Teng Han Sui and the others, we can take advantage of the situation and fight to the fullest in one fell swoop. At that time, the position of the great Sima will be handed over to you, my brother. What's the matter!"

"Big brother has said it! Little brother is a person who takes advantage of others!" Guo Si is also a man who knows how to fight, and he heard that Li Jue's plan is very feasible, and also heard Li Jue's "attractive" conditions, The joy in his eyes could not be concealed, but he still pretended to be righteous, and said carelessly: "As the elder brother said before, you and my brother, even if we had a disagreement because of a little misunderstanding, it was nothing more than a dispute between brothers. The enemy is coming, the younger brother and the soldiers and horses led by him will be at the disposal of the elder brother!"

"Okay! My virtuous brother is really righteous! Then as a brother..." Li Jue was happy to take advantage of the situation to put Guo Bang's command of troops and horses in his hands again. Before he could say some polite words to appease Guo Bang, he suddenly heard Outside the west gate of Chang'an, there were faint shouts of swords and soldiers. Just as they were waiting for surprise, Li Meng, a close friend who had been entrusted with Ximen's defense, suddenly broke into the mansion. He was in a state of distress, which surprised Li Jue and Guo Si.

"My lord! General Guo! The two thieves, Ma Teng and Han Sui outside the west gate, for some reason, suddenly mobilized all the elite under their command, abandoned their horses and wielded their knives as pawns, and stormed the west gate like crazy. The attack was very fierce! Brother You guys have worked hard! I hope the lord will dispatch troops to support you as soon as possible!" Li Meng knelt on the ground and said again and again.

"Brother, do you think you should send someone to help?" Guo Si frowned after hearing Li Meng's words. Up to now, the Ximen defenders in Chang'an have been stalemate with Ma Teng and Han Sui for two months. You know what to do with Guo Si.Not only Li Jue and Guo Si, but Ma Teng and Han Sui's lack of food has long been an open secret. Most people think that these two people are mostly out of face, and it is the Ximen defenders who have held on for two months. Afterwards, in response to the scolding of the army led by the two every day, it seemed more like dealing with official business.It's just that Ma Teng and Han Sui didn't know what medicine they took wrongly tonight, they put on a posture of breaking the boat, and even gave up their own advantages and forcibly attacked the city.

"Oh! That's fine, just send... wait!" Li Jue pondered for a moment, and was about to dispatch troops to relieve the pressure on the Ximen defenders who were caught off guard by Ma Teng and Han Sui's sudden force, but suddenly thought of it. Like something, he stopped talking, and suddenly shouted: "Come here, go and see if there is any movement at the east gate?"

"No!" Li Jue's personal guard who was on duty outside the gate was about to take the order, but it seemed that Li Jue had expected that the guard of the east gate, who was originally General Anxi Yang Ding under Guo Si's command, stepped on the guard. The voice of promise also rushed in, ignoring that it was Li Jue's mansion, bowed to Guo Si, and said anxiously: "My lord, something is wrong. Huoguang, there are tens of thousands of people, are galloping towards Chang'an! How to deal with it, please let me know!"

"As expected!" Guo Si already had the intention of joining forces with Li Jue before, Yan Lu anxiously glanced at Li Jue, but heard that Li Jue didn't intend to panic at all, on the contrary, he seemed to be confident, With a sneer, he said, "Such a clumsy strategy of 'striking from the west to the east' has the nerve to make a fool of yourself? Could it be that you are deceiving me and I don't know the soldiers? Yang Ding, have you ever found out who is outside the east gate? army?"

"This..." I obviously don't understand why my lord, Guo Bang, obviously had a rift with Li Jue, why he still looks like "glue like paint" at the beginning, but Yang Ding still looked at Guo Bang inquiringly, and won Guo Bang's attention. After nodding with satisfaction in his eyes, he said: "Because I heard that the west gate of Chang'an was on fire, I was afraid that the east gate might be trying to confuse me for the west gate, so I rushed to report the news, only heard the other party's flag. Among them are flags with the words Yanzhou Mucao of the Han Dynasty, Muyuan of Jizhou of the Han Dynasty, and Qin, the governor of Xuzhou of the Han Dynasty, as well as... and..."

"And what?" Li Jue originally heard Yang Ding's worries, and he also felt a little hesitation in his heart. He was really afraid that the enemy's envoy was not the strategy of "strike the west and strike the east" that he had just said, but a serious one. The sound of the scriptures hits the west.You know, although there are many Xiliang troops in Chang'an City, they are still weak in Li Jue's eyes when they are scattered to the four gates. asked aloud.

"No! The last general dare not hide it, so that the lord and General Li will know that the scout horse sent by the last general was originally a soldier under the command of General Han Siam. He was born in Baibo. Under the two banners of Inspector Qin, there are two generals recognized by Tanma, but..." Yang Ding lowered his head and looked sideways at Li Jue's sinking face, as if it took a lot of effort to get it. Saying that, he said: "Among the Cao army, there is a general who is very similar to the commander of the Cao army. It is Xu Huang, the general of General Li and Yang Feng's general under your command, and... and the governor of Xuzhou Qin Qin The same general was recognized by Tan Ma, the last general, and it was the previous Tongguan guard, General Fan Chou!"

"What!?" Li Jue was already mentally prepared before, but he was not too surprised. He fell into deep thought after hearing Yang Ding's words, but Guo Si didn't know because Li Jue blocked the news. The clue of this is that at this moment, after the Baibo bandit commander Han Xian voted for himself, another general under the command of the Baibo bandit commander Yang Feng who was surrendered by Li Jue actually surrendered to Cao Cao. What's more, he was also in the Xiliang army before. Pao Ze, second only to himself and Li Jue, the Xiliang General Fan Chou who was sent to guard the gate of Chang'an, unexpectedly surrendered?Wait, Xuzhou Inspector Qin?Could it be that Qin Xu who Li Jue said just now is so miraculous?Guo Si's eyes on Li Jue almost turned into needles!

"Not good! Brother! The matter here is too complicated. After the danger of Chang'an is resolved, I will explain to you in detail! For the current plan, no matter how tight Ximen's offensive is, it is still a feint. You should quickly dispatch all the available forces in the city. Soldiers, defend the east gate with all your strength!" Li Jue also knew that Guo Bang would feel uncomfortable after knowing these things, but the news sent by Yang Ding now made Li Jue firm in his decision It is said that when Ximen encountered Ma Teng and Han Sui, the two armies attacked fiercely, it must be to create an opportunity for the army from Dongmen.In Li Jue's mind, the tighter Ximen's attack was, the more strange the plot to attract the Xiliang army in Chang'an City was.What's more, using Xiliang's surrendered army as the vanguard to attack Chang'an City is enough to prove that the East Gate is the main attack, and the West Gate is just a feint.Because as long as you are a person who knows the soldiers, no one will let go of the tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers. It must be the first to drive the surrendered troops and the main force behind. Otherwise, the newly surrendered soldiers will attack the old master, which will lead to One of the main reasons for the drastic drop in morale is that Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and even Qin Xu are all masters of military use according to intelligence, and they would never make such mistakes.Therefore, even though Guo Bang's eyes were very sharp, Li Jue could only bite the bullet and forcefully order Chang'an so that he would not change hands after only one year of occupation.

"Come on! Come on! Come on! Da Sima Li, after the crisis in Chang'an is over, don't forget what you said before!" Seeing Li Jue's urgency, Guo Si blamed Li Jue for fooling himself again, obviously It's because of the unknown number of people it employs, which led to a great reduction in the strength of its men. It was actually a plan to weaken its own family at the same time, and it was so grandiose. I have to admit that Li Jue's analysis does seem to be the most practical plan. , said in a cold voice.

"I hope this battle will be more laborious, and Guo Cheqi will work together with you! As long as Chang'an is safe, what you said before, after this matter, Li will definitely fulfill it!" Li Jue asked Guo again. Si, seeing that most of the matter has been exposed, and being provoked by Guo Si's cold words, under the embarrassment and anger in his heart, he has no good words before, and said coldly: "Li Meng, according to what someone said, call us All soldiers and horses, guard the east gate with all their strength! Well! At the same time, send elites to the palace to guard the palace for twelve hours, so that the emperor will not be frightened by these chaotic troops and lose his dignity! Remember! Without a warrant, no one, No one is allowed to see the emperor, if someone wants to break into the palace by force! Hmph! Shoot and kill!"

"You...Yang Ding, order the defenders at the North Gate and South Gate not to take it lightly, and at the same time send people to strictly 'protect' the minister's mansion in the city, so that some people in the province will take advantage of the chaos to collude with the enemy! If anyone dares to collude with others Conspirator, destroy the three clans! The rest of the people, all defend the east gate, and make sure that the east gate is not lost!" Seeing Li Jue's anger, Guo Si faintly showed signs of tearing his face, although he admitted what he just said. The position of Da Sima was handed over to himself, but he had plans to dominate the emperor alone.With the Son of Heaven in his hand, even if Guo Bang is the great Sima again, then Li Jue still held his head firmly. Guo Bang was annoyed, and immediately stopped showing face to the old big brother, and gave Li Jue a provocative look. , commanded loudly.

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　A [-]-word chapter, thanks to the enthusiastic book friend "Sick Jiaoyin" for the support of the monthly ticket!There is no retribution for Wei's injury!The only way to thank you is to add three thousand overnight!In addition, I still roll around asking for recommendations, show cuteness and ask for tickets...

　　
　
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