After two days of brief preparations, he took Huang Zhong's 3,000 cavalry and rushed to Beijing day and night, preparing to receive Fu Zhu and Dian Wei, who rescued Emperor Han Xian from Chang'an.

Just as Han Zhan was on his way to Jingshi, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others gathered together and began to discuss how to capture Jingshi. Fan Chou, who has always been simple-minded, asked directly: "We don't have siege equipment now, and we don't have enough food and grass; There are more soldiers and horses in the city than we do, and there is enough food to eat for several years, so what should we do next? ”

When Li Wei heard Fan Chou ask, he couldn't help frowning slightly. Seeing his expression, Jia Xu on the side guessed that he was dissatisfied with Fan Chou, and was afraid that infighting at such a time would give the defenders in the city a chance, so he hurriedly said: "General Fan is too worried, although our army has no siege equipment and lacks grain and grass, but to break through the Beijing Division, although it is not easy, but it is not a difficult task. ”

Hearing Jia Xu say this, several people who were originally sad suddenly asked excitedly: "I don't know what the military advisor has to do, can you break this city?" ”

"Although there are many defenders in the city, most of them are the old troops of Xiliang in the past." Jia Xu twisted his beard and said: "If we send people into the city and persuade the guards, we may be able to capture the capital without blood." ”

After Li Wei waited for Jia Xu to finish speaking, he said thoughtfully: "What the military advisor said is very true, Li has a few subordinates, and they are still in the city, but I don't know if I send someone to meet them, whether they are willing to submit." ”

"General, please rest assured," Jia Xu comforted Li Dao and said: "Lu Bu was defeated by our army, 50,000 troops went out to fight, and only a few thousand people returned. ”

"Childish," Guo Yan looked at Li Dao and asked, "According to the sergeant who went out of the city to take refuge, your former subordinates, Li Meng and Wang Fang, are now in charge of the defense of the west of the city, you see, can we make a fuss about these two people?" ”

Regarding Guo Yan's proposal, Li Wei asked: "I don't know who should be sent into the city to persuade the two?" ”

Jia Xu hurriedly said: "General, when Lu Bu was defeated and fled, we rescued Captain Li Bei, and he was the best candidate. He is the nephew of the general, and he is familiar with Li Meng and Wang Fang. ”

As soon as Li Wei waited for Jia Xu to finish speaking, he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Come on, call Captain Li over!" ”

Li Bei came to the tent and saluted Li Dao with his fists clenched: "My subordinates see the general, I don't know if the general has called his subordinates here, do you have any orders?" ”

"Don't." Li Dao regarded this nephew of his own as his own, although he had been captured by Lu Bu, but he still trusted him, and when he heard him say this, he hurriedly said to him: "Jia Junshi has offered a strategy, which can be taken from Beijing." But you need to send someone into the city to contact the guards, I don't know if you dare to go? ”

"Uncle!" Seeing that Li Dao trusted him so much, Li Bei immediately replied without hesitation: "But there is a sending, although I command my nephew." Go to the soup and go to the fire, and don't hesitate! ”

"Good, good, good!" After Li Dao said a few good words in a row, he explained to Li Bei in detail about the preparations to persuade Li Meng and Wang Fang to return to obedience, and finally said to him: "I will repair a letter to the two of them, and Bei'er only needs to take this letter to meet them." Even if they refuse to submit, they will not embarrass you. ”

Li Meng and Wang Fang are the deputies of Gao Shun, the guard general of Ximen, and they are also Li Wei's former subordinates. They returned to the court because Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu and Wang Yun, and in order to save their lives. A few days ago, when they saw Lu Bu, who had lost his troops and returned from defeat, the two began to look for a way back for their future.

On this day, Li Meng returned to his mansion and was drinking alone, and Wang Fang, who had a close relationship with him, swaggered into his room without being informed by his subordinates, and said with a smile: "Brother Li is so Yaxing, in this situation now, you still have the leisure to drink at home." ”

After Li Meng beckoned Wang Fang to sit down, he instructed his subordinates to serve him wine and food, and then said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from Brother Wang, I am annoyed when I am a brother." In the past, we were the subordinates of Dong Taishi, and we were the confidants of General Li Zhiran. Who knew that Wang Yun's old thief would collude with Lu Bu, kill Dong Taishi, and forcibly recruit Xiliang's soldiers and horses, and in order to save our lives, we had to temporarily surrender to the imperial court. But now that General Zhiran's army is outside the city, and it is a matter of time before the city is broken, if you and I want to throw ourselves over again, I wonder if he will be willing to contain us? ”

After listening to Li Meng's heartfelt words, Wang Fang also sighed and said, "What Brother Li said is extremely true, you and I were originally subordinates of Dong Taishi and General Zhiran, and Wang Yun and Lu Bu didn't trust us at all. If the city is broken, we are afraid that we will die without a place to bury, so we should have planned early. ”

Li Meng was embarrassed and said, "If you and I stay in the city, when the city is broken, we will die without a place to be buried; But if you go out of the city at this moment, if Wang Yun and Lu Bu defeat General Zhiran, you and I will have no place in the future. ”

Just as the two of them sighed, a subordinate walked in from outside and reported to Li Mengyu: "Master, there is an old friend of yours who asks to see you outside!" ”

"Old friends?!" After hearing this, Li Meng impatiently waved his hand at the person and ordered: "What kind of old friend, it can't be that you want to fight the autumn wind, quickly drive him out......"

Before he finished his words, a voice familiar to both of them suddenly sounded at the door: "The two horsemen are so big that even I don't want to see them." ”

Li Meng raised his head and was about to scold the other party, but unexpectedly found that the person who came was actually Li Bei, hurriedly stood up from his seat, raised his hand and sent his subordinates out, and said respectfully to Li Bei: "It turned out to be a nephew, the little one is disrespectful." ”

Wang Fang also knew Li Bei, and quickly got up to salute Li Bei. He saw Li Bei suddenly appear here, realized that what he and Li Meng were worried about, maybe there was a turnaround, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know if my nephew ventured into the city, did General Zhiran have any orders?" ”

Li Bei walked to the hall, sat down in Li Meng's original position with a big grin, and said in an arrogant tone: "That's right, my uncle will break through the Jingshi within a few days, and in order to prevent the lives in the city from being ruined, I have been specially ordered to enter the city to contact people of insight to save the people from fire and water." ”

When Li Meng and Wang Fang heard him say this, they were overjoyed. Li Meng hurriedly asked, "I don't know if there is a letter from the childish general?" ”

Li Bei took out Li Dao's letter from his bosom, handed it to Li Meng, and said: "The army outside the city is about to attack the city, and I hope the two of them will make up their minds as soon as possible." "Fortunately, Li Meng and Wang Fang were Li Wei's henchmen in the past, otherwise another person would have been furious when he heard Li Bei's arrogant and rude words.

Li Meng took the letter and unfolded it, and after reading it, he handed it to Wang Fang. After Wang Fang read the letter, he said to Li Bei, who was sitting in the middle: "Nephew, since the day Dong Taishi was killed, we have been looking forward to someone raising troops to avenge Taishi. Now General Zhiran's army is outside the city, although we want to open the city gate and enlarge the army into the city, but we are only Gao Shun's deputy, and many things are powerless. ”

Before Li Bei came here, he thought that it would take a lot of talk to convince Li Meng and Wang Fang. Unexpectedly, the two of them had already had the intention of surrendering, and Li Bei thought about the difficulties they raised, and then said: "Don't worry, you two, when I return to the camp, report to my uncle and let him have an idea." ”

After Li Bei left Li Meng's mansion, he walked in the direction of the east gate. Since Li Dao's army had not attacked the city recently, the east gate had to be left open for several hours every day, except for the three directions they were besieging and the city gates were closed, so that the people in the city could go out to chop wood. Li Bei disguised himself as a woodcutter, mixed out of the capital from the east gate, met his cavalry outside the city, and hurried back to the camp to report to Li Dao.

After Li Wei learned about the situation in the city from Li Bei's mouth, as well as the attitudes of Li Meng and Wang Fang, he asked Jia Xu: "Military advisor, since Li Meng, Wang Fang and others are willing to submit to us, then what can you do to get rid of this annoying Gao Shun?" ”

Jia Xu learned from the information he learned recently that Gao Shun, the guard general of the West Gate, was a difficult character, and if he was not eliminated, it would not be easy for the army to enter Chang'an smoothly. But before he could come up with a way, a junior colonel suddenly came to report: "General Qiyu, we have picked up a letter shot from inside the city outside the city." ”

Li Wei was anxious to know the contents of the letter, and hurriedly ordered: "Submit it!" ”

After he finished reading the letter, he looked up and said to Jia Xu: "Military advisor, things are in trouble. Li Meng said that when Bei'er left the mansion, he was discovered by Gao Shun's people. He told us to storm the city as soon as possible, so that we would not have long nights and dreams. ”

"If you don't get rid of Gao Shun, even if Li Meng and Wang Fang open the city gate, he may lead someone to block the city gate." Jia Xu frowned and said, "Once Lu Bu arrives, the soldiers and horses we enter the city may be wiped out, so we must think of a foolproof plan to get rid of Gao Shun." ”

Li Meng was embarrassed and said, "If you and I stay in the city, when the city is broken, we will die without a place to be buried; But if you go out of the city at this moment, if Wang Yun and Lu Bu defeat General Zhiran, you and I will have no place in the future. ”

Just as the two of them sighed, a subordinate walked in from outside and reported to Li Mengyu: "Master, there is an old friend of yours who asks to see you outside!" ”

"Old friends?!" After hearing this, Li Meng impatiently waved his hand at the person and ordered: "What kind of old friend, it can't be that you want to fight the autumn wind, quickly drive him out......"

Before he finished his words, a voice familiar to both of them suddenly sounded at the door: "The two horsemen are so big that even I don't want to see them." ”

Li Meng raised his head and was about to scold the other party, but unexpectedly found that the person who came was actually Li Bei, hurriedly stood up from his seat, raised his hand and sent his subordinates out, and said respectfully to Li Bei: "It turned out to be a nephew, the little one is disrespectful." ”

Wang Fang also knew Li Bei, and quickly got up to salute Li Bei. He saw Li Bei suddenly appear here, realized that what he and Li Meng were worried about, maybe there was a turnaround, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know if my nephew ventured into the city, did General Zhiran have any orders?" ”

Li Bei walked to the hall, sat down in Li Meng's original position with a big grin, and said in an arrogant tone: "That's right, my uncle will break through the Jingshi within a few days, and in order to prevent the lives in the city from being ruined, I have been specially ordered to enter the city to contact people of insight to save the people from fire and water." ”

When Li Meng and Wang Fang heard him say this, they were overjoyed. Li Meng hurriedly asked, "I don't know if there is a letter from the childish general?" ”

Li Bei took out Li Dao's letter from his bosom, handed it to Li Meng, and said: "The army outside the city is about to attack the city, and I hope the two of them will make up their minds as soon as possible." "Fortunately, Li Meng and Wang Fang were Li Wei's henchmen in the past, otherwise another person would have been furious when he heard Li Bei's arrogant and rude words.

Li Meng took the letter and unfolded it, and after reading it, he handed it to Wang Fang. After Wang Fang read the letter, he said to Li Bei, who was sitting in the middle: "Nephew, since the day Dong Taishi was killed, we have been looking forward to someone raising troops to avenge Taishi. Now General Zhiran's army is outside the city, although we want to open the city gate and enlarge the army into the city, but we are only Gao Shun's deputy, and many things are powerless. ”

Before Li Bei came here, he thought that it would take a lot of talk to convince Li Meng and Wang Fang. Unexpectedly, the two of them had already had the intention of surrendering, and Li Bei thought about the difficulties they raised, and then said: "Don't worry, you two, when I return to the camp, report to my uncle and let him have an idea." ”

After Li Bei left Li Meng's mansion, he walked in the direction of the east gate. Since Li Dao's army had not attacked the city recently, the east gate had to be left open for several hours every day, except for the three directions they were besieging and the city gates were closed, so that the people in the city could go out to chop wood. Li Bei disguised himself as a woodcutter, mixed out of the capital from the east gate, met his cavalry outside the city, and hurried back to the camp to report to Li Dao.

After Li Wei learned about the situation in the city from Li Bei's mouth, as well as the attitudes of Li Meng and Wang Fang, he asked Jia Xu: "Military advisor, since Li Meng, Wang Fang and others are willing to submit to us, then what can you do to get rid of this annoying Gao Shun?" ”

Jia Xu learned from the information he learned recently that Gao Shun, the guard general of the West Gate, was a difficult character, and if he was not eliminated, it would not be easy for the army to enter Chang'an smoothly. But before he could come up with a way, a junior colonel suddenly came to report: "General Qiyu, we have picked up a letter shot from inside the city outside the city." ”

Li Wei was anxious to know the contents of the letter, and hurriedly ordered: "Submit it!" ”

After he finished reading the letter, he looked up and said to Jia Xu: "Military advisor, things are in trouble. Li Meng said that when Bei'er left the mansion, he was discovered by Gao Shun's people. He told us to storm the city as soon as possible, so that we would not have long nights and dreams. ”

"If you don't get rid of Gao Shun, even if Li Meng and Wang Fang open the city gate, he may lead someone to block the city gate." Jia Xu frowned and said, "Once Lu Bu arrives, the soldiers and horses we enter the city may be wiped out, so we must think of a foolproof plan to get rid of Gao Shun." ”