"Hateful, what's going on, why did you let Guo Yan escape?" Liu Xie sat in the center of the tent and looked at Dong Cheng, Yang Feng, Zhang Ji and the others with an angry face.

In fact, even if Yang Feng didn't say it, Liu Xie could guess what was going on.

Even though he had the largest number of troops, the combined soldiers and horses of Yang Feng, Zhang Ji, and others were not much less than him, and if Yang Feng, Zhang Ji, and others were willing to fight to the death, Guo Yan would never have escaped. Obviously, Yang Feng, Zhang Ji and others intended to preserve their strength, and they were unwilling to do their best to besiege and kill Guo Yan, so they would let Guo Yan escape. It's just that now that Guo Yan's escape is a foregone conclusion, the reason why Liu Xie is so angry is just to show the power of the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are guilty of failing to kill Guo Yan, a thief, please punish Your Majesty!"

"Please punish Your Majesty!"

Several people hurriedly knelt down on one knee and kowtowed to plead guilty. Of course, they also understand that Liu Xie is in a bad situation now, so it is naturally impossible to punish them, but there is still work on the surface, and it is necessary to give the Son of Heaven a step down.

"Your Majesty, rest your anger!"

Liu Xie was angry, Yang Feng and others also pleaded guilty, at this time, Fu Wan naturally stood up to be a peacemaker, and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, Guo Yan has followed Dong Zhuo for a long time, and he is also a fierce general on the battlefield, and his combat power is not bad, and the combat power of the Xiliang Army under his command is also very strong, and it is understandable that the generals failed to kill Guo Yan." Besides, the generals who have protected His Majesty along the way have also made meritorious contributions, and now that they have escaped from that Guo Yan, it should be worth the merits and demerits, and Your Majesty will leave them useful for them to make contributions to Your Majesty, and it will also become a good story in the future. ”

"Alas, that's it!"

As if moved by the words of the ambush, Liu Xie waved his hand to let a few people get up, and sighed: "Generals, please understand, I have been persecuted by Li Dao and Guo Yan thieves for a long time, and today I thought I could take revenge, but I didn't want to be escaped by them, so I was a little angry in my heart." Of course, the merits of the generals are there, I will not be stingy, and after returning to Luoyang, the credit will not be left behind, and I ask the generals to encourage me to help the Han family prosper. ”

"Dare not be unsatisfied!"

Under the friendly consultation of the monarch and the ministers, everyone reached a consensus, and Guo Yan's matter was overturned.

After Guo Yan left, Liu Xie ordered to speed up the march, and if those palace maids and eunuchs were left behind, they would go to Luoyang on their own. As for whether they will flee without permission, it is not a problem, don't look at the backwardness of ancient times, but the jurisdiction over household registration is extremely strict, and it can be said that the government sometimes has to find a person, which is easier than later generations. These palace maids and eunuchs are all recorded on the roster, and it is very difficult to escape, unless they are prepared to be a black household for the rest of their lives.

Although Guo Yan is gone, the contradictions between Zhang Ji, Yang Feng, Yang Ding and other thieves and Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and others are gradually revealed. Especially because of Guo Yan's incident, Dong Zhao and others were even more suspicious of Zhang Ji and others, if it weren't for the suppression of both sides, I am afraid that a war would have started a long time ago.

After traveling for more than half a month, Liu Xie's frame came to Huayin County, Hongnong County.

The guard of Huayin County is Duan Xuan, and when Dong Zhuo left Luoyang and retreated to Chang'an, he arranged for Duan Xuan to be stationed in Huayin County. Duan Xuan is not enterprising enough, and he is more than successful, and under his governance, Huayin County is also quite rich. Moreover, although he is also from the Xiliang Army, Duan Xuan will not rob the people, which is a rare clear stream under Dong Zhuo.

Hearing that the Son of Heaven was coming, Duan Xuan greeted him with a grand etiquette, however, because Duan Xuan had a festival with Yang Ding, Duan Xuan did not dare to dismount when he greeted him, for fear of being killed by Yang Ding after dismounting, so he just saluted on the horse. As a result, Dong Cheng and others immediately used this as an excuse to frame Duan Xuan for having two hearts and wanting to rebel.

Dong Cheng and the others naturally don't look down on Yang Ding, but now they are also all the way, and they will shoot when they should act. Huayin County has a lot of troops, and there is abundant grain and grass, if they can take the opportunity to take down Duan Xuan, wouldn't it be able to strengthen their strength? The most important thing is that because Duan Xuan seems to be honest and easy to bully, of course they will not let it go. Moreover, Duan Xuan was also Dong Zhuo's subordinate at the beginning, so there was no pressure to bully. Speaking of which, Dong Cheng and the others are also filthy and do this kind of thing.

It's just that the boss of Huayin County is Duan Xuan after all, and Dong Cheng and the others can't help him, so they can only ask Liu Xie not to enter Duan Xuan's military camp and find another place to station. Subsequently, Yang Ding and others jointly sent troops to attack Duan Xuan, wanting to take the opportunity to swallow Duan Xuan's forces.

Speaking of which, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others are also stupid, doing this kind of thing on other people's land, it is no wonder that Dong Cheng's plan for Cao Cao failed, it seems that the main reason is because of stupidity.

On the other hand, after Guo Yan escaped from Weinan, the more he thought about it, the more unpleasant it became. So, after finding a good friend Li Dao, after some discussion, they decided to regain control of the Son of Heaven in their own hands, so they united their soldiers and horses to catch up again. When they learned that Yang Ding was attacking Duan Xuan, the two of them used the reason of assisting Duan Xuan to kill Yang Ding, and the ultimate goal was naturally the Son of Heaven. Yang Ding, as Li Dao's subordinate, later betrayed Li Dao, Li Dao naturally will not show mercy, and he will be beaten up if he catches him, and in the end, Yang Ding's army was defeated and wanted to lead the defeated army to Lantian to claim the king, but he was blocked by Guo Yan, so he could only turn around and flee to Jingzhou, and there has been no news since then.

Liu Xie learned that Li Dao and Guo Yan were chasing after him, and immediately took advantage of the time when they were fighting, and once again embarked on the road of escape.

"These two thieves must not die well, I want them to look good sooner or later. ”

On the way to escape, thinking of what Li Dao and Guo Yan had done to him, Liu Xie couldn't help but scold loudly. After he was tired of scolding, he turned his head to look at Fu Wan who was guarding him, and said in a deep voice: "Guozhang, when will Cao Cao and Yuan Chang's soldiers and horses arrive? ”

"Your Majesty, be relieved, calculate the time, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses will be almost here. ”

In the face of Liu Xie's inquiry, Fu Wan could only comfort him with kind words. After all, they were Cao Cao and Yuan Chang's soldiers and horses, and they weren't his soldiers and horses, so how could they control them?

Liu Xie knew that he was a little anxious, but there was no way to do it.

If he hadn't heard about Cao Cao and Yuan Chang's reinforcements before, Liu Xie would still be able to bear it. However, since he learned that he had reinforcements, he still had to suffer such humiliation, how could Liu Xie easily endure it. However, when Cao Cao and Yuan Chang's soldiers and horses can appear, they can't control it, but they can only resign themselves to fate.

In fact, Cao Chun led 3,000 tigers and leopards to ride already there.

It's just that Cao Cao originally ordered him to pay close attention to Liu Xie's situation and look for an opportunity to take Liu Xie away. Now, Liu Xie is being chased by Li Dao and Guo Yan, which is obviously not the right time. In Cao Chun's eyes, as long as Liu Xie does not worry about his life, other things have nothing to do with him, and he does not want to lose the elite of the tiger and leopard riders.

Since the First Battle of Huayin County, Liu Xie fled all the way, while generals such as Dong Cheng and Yang Feng led their troops in the rear to resist the pursuit of Li Dao and Guo Yan. And Zhang Ji seemed to be a little slack, and did not try his best to resist Li Dao and Guo Yan, which caused the dissatisfaction of Dong Cheng and others.

"General Zhang, now that the two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan are chasing and killing too much, why do you still want to keep the soldiers and horses, do you have to wait for Your Majesty to be taken down by the two thieves before you are willing to do your best?"

After escaping the pursuit of Li Dao and Guo Yan again, Dong Cheng finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and roared and questioned Zhang Ji.

"Humph!"

Zhang Ji snorted coldly, squinted at Dong Cheng and the others, and said mockingly: "General Dong, it will cause the current situation, and it is not caused by you?" When I was in Huayin County, there was a supply of grain and grass for General Duan Xuan, and soldiers and horses were guarded against thieves. However, you have to listen to Yang Ding's words and frame General Duan Xuan for rebellion, otherwise how could there be today's situation? General Ben knows that you are all from a big family, and you look down on us thieves, and you have always wanted to get rid of us. ”

"You..."

Dong Cheng was ashamed and angry, if today's situation will become like this, it is indeed caused by eunuchs. And Zhang Ji compared Dong Cheng to those eunuchs, which seems to be in the past. If they didn't have to frame Duan Xuan for rebellion, otherwise, with Duan Xuan's help, it would naturally not be a problem to resist Li Wei and Guo Yan. Although Yang Ding and Zhang Ji are teammates all the way, where can Zhang Ji look up to Yang Ding.

Thinking that he Zhang Ji is also on an equal footing with Li Dao and Guo Yan, Yang Ding is just a subordinate of Li Dao, just because he escorted the Son of Heaven to Luoyang and gave him the title of a general, he wanted to be on an equal footing with him, Zhang Ji was naturally disdainful.

Yang Feng stood up to persuade and said: "Two, now that we are all colleagues in the same boat, why quarrel over some trivial matters? Now, the first thing is to resist the attack of the two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan, otherwise, once Your Majesty is taken away by the two thieves, our fate will not be much better, and please work together." ”

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

Zhang Ji and Dong Cheng both snorted coldly and left on the spot. Yang Feng was also a subordinate of Li Dao, and Zhang Ji looked down on him; Dong Cheng even looked down on Li Dao and Guo Yan, and naturally looked down on Yang Feng as well.

"Too much deception!"

Yang Feng saw the two of them like this, and his heart was extremely angry. He kindly persuaded the two, but the two didn't appreciate it, and even gave him a look, and he wanted to cut off their heads as chairs to vent the anger in his heart.

"General, why be angry about this. ”

Seeing this, Xu Huang, who was following Yang Feng closely, stepped forward and persuaded: "We are from low backgrounds, they are from noble backgrounds, so they naturally look down on us." As long as the general escorts His Majesty back to Luoyang, after the official is added to the knighthood, his status will naturally be no less than them, so why bother looking at their faces at that time, the general must hold back. ”

"What Gongming said is very true, General Ben will not bother with them for the time being, and sooner or later he wants them to look good. Yang Feng put down a cruel word and returned to his camp.

After Zhang Ji and Dong Cheng broke up, they returned to their camp with a lot of anger.

"If Wen He helps me, why should General Ben look at their faces. ”

Zhang Ji thought of Jia Xu at this time, he was both under Dong Zhuo's command at the beginning, Zhang Ji and Jia Xu were both fellow villagers in Wuwei County, and their relationship was relatively close. And Jia Xu is resourceful, and they can have today's status thanks to Jia Xu's strategy. Li Dao, Guo Yan and others will still be afraid of Jia Xu, but Zhang Ji believes in Jia Xu very much. However, in order to arrange his family, Jia Xu stayed in Huayin County and did not follow. Otherwise, with Jia Xu's strategy, he wouldn't have to be so embarrassed.

Seeing that Zhang Ji was so angry, a cronie immediately stepped forward and whispered: "General, you have tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, why do you have to follow them all the way, and you have to look at their faces? Now Li Dao and Guo Yan are chasing after them very closely, if it weren't for the general's help, I'm afraid they would have been captured a long time ago." In this case, why didn't the general join forces with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and after taking the Son of Heaven, he would take a land for himself and claim the title of king and hegemon, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Another cronie also said: "That's right, general, it really shouldn't be angry with them." Dong Zhuo was so majestic at the beginning, they didn't even have the right to speak in front of Dong Zhuo, but now they need the general's soldiers and horses but they still dare to treat the general like this, obviously the general, your temper is too good, you should teach them a lesson, let them know that without the general, they are nothing. ”

"Hmm!"

Listening to the words of the two cronies, Zhang Ji pinched his chin and fell into deep thought. It seems to be right to say that a fierce person like Dong Zhuo treats these generals from Liangzhou more than kindly, how can Dong Cheng and others dare to show him a look. Since this is the case, then he will unite with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and when the time comes, everyone will receive high-ranking official titles, and if they are not together, there will be no contradictions, in that case, it seems that it is not bad.

"That's right, General Ben is fed up with this, after killing Dong Cheng and them, General Ben can also protect the Son of Heaven and return to Luoyang and get what he wants. ”

Zhang Ji quickly made a decision, and the order came: "Come on, go and inform Li Dao and Guo Yan, and say that General Ben is united with them." After taking the Son of Heaven, as long as the general is the position of the hussar general and the control of Yuzhou, the rest of them can do whatever they want, if they agree with the general, they will unite with them, if they don't agree, let them and Dong Cheng continue to fight, and the general will watch the play on the side. ”

"Whoa!"

Li Ji and Guo Yan were in the rear, and Zhang Ji's envoy was not long led to Li Ji and Guo Yan to convey Zhang Ji's meaning to the two. Li Wei led the Great Sima, Guo Yan led the general, and gave Zhang Ji a position of hussar general, which is not a big deal, as for the control of Yuzhou, it is not a problem, Zhang Ji wants to give it to him. Yuzhou has to face the enemies in the four directions of Yanzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou, with Zhang Jiding in front, they are happy to watch the play, they only need to sit in the town of Sili.

"Go back and tell General Zhang Ji that we have agreed to his request. When our general arrives tomorrow, General Zhang Ji will take the opportunity to counterattack, cooperate with the outside and destroy Dong Cheng and these thieves in one fell swoop, and the world will be ours, haha!"

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