Besides, after Li Dao escaped from Yiwu, he went all the way to the west. When he fled until dawn, he looked back and saw that there were only forty or fifty horsemen left around him. Thinking of his nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, now there are only so many people left, I can't help but feel sad.

Seeing Li Dao's sad look, the captain of his own soldiers hurriedly persuaded him: "Da Sima, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. Although he was defeated by Zhao Yun and the traitor Zhang Chong this time. But as long as we return to Xiliang and recruit new troops, it won't be long before we can raise a large army again. ”

Li Wei looked at his subordinates and said, "This time I fled in a hurry and didn't carry dry food. The road to Xiliang is long, and there are no villages along the way to replenish food, so I am afraid it will be difficult for us to return to Xiliang. ”

The captain of the pro-soldier said cautiously: "Da Sima, why don't we go to Hongnong to invest in Zhang Ji?" ”

"Going to Zhang Ji?" Hearing the proposal of the captain of the pro-soldiers, Li Ji couldn't help but hesitate, he thought that when he designed to kill Fan Chou, if it wasn't for Guo Yan's persuasion, Zhang Ji might have been killed by himself. Zhang Ji must know this and go to him by himself, who knows if he will fall into the well and take the opportunity to get rid of himself?

Seeing that Li Dao was silent, as the captain of the personal army who personally participated in the killing of Fan Chou, he then said to Li Dao: "Da Sima, no matter what, you are the Great Sima appointed by the imperial court, Zhang Ji is just a general of Zhendong, forgive him and dare not poison you." ”

The words of the captain of the pro-soldiers persuaded Li Dao, and he knew very well in his heart that although there was a certain danger in going to Hongnong, it was better than fleeing back to Xiliang in such a hurry. You must know that you have traveled thousands of miles and cannot get any supplies along the way, even if no one pursues you, your party may starve to death on the road.

Thinking of this, Li Dao nodded and ordered, "Turn around and go to Hongnong." ”

After a day of walking on the road, I finally came to a place twenty miles away from Hongnong. Seeing that Hongnong City was already in sight, Li Ji's heart became unsteady again, he was always worried that Zhang Ji would be unfavorable to him, so he called the captain of the pro-soldier and said to him: "You take two people into the city, go and tell Zhang Ji, just say that this big Sima has arrived outside Hongnong City, see how he reacts." The captain of the pro-soldier agreed, and then took two more clever cavalrymen and hurried to Hongnong.

When the three of them came to the gate of Hongnong, Dubo, who was guarding the gate, stopped him and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing in the city?" ”

The captain of the personal army has always been arrogant and domineering, not to mention a little Dubo, even a captain or a general, and he is not taken seriously. He said to Dubo: "Go into the city and tell General Zhendong that Da Sima has arrived outside the city, and let him immediately lead people to meet him." ”

"What a big Sima, I don't know." After hearing this, Du Bo said with a displeased face: "Hurry up and explain your identity and origin, otherwise don't blame a certain person for being unkind to you." With that, he waved to the gatekeeper behind him, and dozens of soldiers rushed up to surround the captain of his own army and his two men in the middle.

When the captain of the pro-soldier saw the knives and guns pointing at him around him, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while, he hurriedly waved his hand at Du Bo, and said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, I'm Da Sima's subordinate." Ask this little brother to inform General Zhendong, and say that Da Sima has arrived outside the city. ”

Seeing this person bowing forward and bowing like this, Du Bo guessed that it might really be Li Dao who went outside the city, and if such a thing was not reported to Zhang Ji. Once something goes wrong in the future, your head may be lost. Thinking of this, Du Bo instructed the soldiers around him: "Come on, give the three of them a good look." So he went to the mansion to report to General Zhendong to see if he knew any big Sima. ”

"What, Li Dao is here?" Zhang Ji was taken aback when he heard Dubo's report, he hurriedly got up and walked in front of Dubo, bent down and asked Dubo, who was kneeling on the ground: "Are you sure that Da Sima has arrived in Hongnong?" ”

"That's right, General." When Du Bo heard Zhang Ji's question, he hurriedly replied: "That person kept saying that he was a subordinate of Da Sima, saying that Da Sima had arrived outside the city and asked the general to go out to meet him. ”

"Bastard!" Zhang Xiu, who was standing on the side, suddenly became shocked when he heard Du Bo say this: "What kind of thing is he Li Dao, he should let his uncle go out to meet him." Uncle, anyway, Li Dao was defeated by the Jizhou army, and there were not a few people left around, so we simply didn't do anything, killed him, and avenged the dead Uncle Fan. ”

"General, don't be reckless." Jia Xu heard Zhang Xiu shouting and shouting to kill, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Although Li Dao was defeated by Jizhou, Guo Yan's whereabouts are unknown. Don't look at the two of them fought inextricably some time ago, but once they join forces, even the general is not their opponent. ”

Zhang Ji was originally very conflicted about whether to take the opportunity to get rid of Li Dao, but when he heard Jia Xu say this, he immediately realized that although Li Dao had been defeated, this was not the best time to get rid of him. humbly asked Jia Xu for advice: "Wenhe, what do you think we should do?" ”

Although Jia Xu had given advice to Li Dao, Guo Yan and others before, since the two started a melee outside Chang'an City, Jia Xu has died of heart for the two. In his heart, like Zhang Xiu, he also wanted to get rid of Li Dao immediately, but at present, they only knew that the Jizhou army had captured Yiwu, but Guo Yan's whereabouts were unknown, so he felt that at this moment, it was not appropriate to get rid of Li Dao, so he persuaded Zhang Ji: "Anyway, the general was Li Dao's subordinate in the past." Now that he is in trouble, the general should go out of the city to meet him. ”

Zhang Ji has always been unsure of what to do with Li Dao, and at this moment, when he heard Jia Xu suggest that he go out of the city to greet him, he stood up and said: "Since Wen He said so, then General Ben will personally go out of the city to meet Li Dasima." ”

"Uncle!" When Zhang Xiu heard that Zhang Ji wanted to go out of the city to meet Li Dao, she was unwilling, and wanted to continue to persuade again, but Zhang Ji raised her hand to stop her.

"Okay, General Ben's mind has been decided, you don't have to persuade again." Zhang Ji commanded loudly: "All go with General Ben to meet Da Sima." ”

The captain of the pro-soldier who was waiting at the gate of the city couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he saw that Du Bo had not returned for a long time after the news. He was deeply afraid that Zhang Ji would be like Du Bo who guarded the door, and would not buy Li Ji's account. If the other party asks Dubo to come back and kill him, he will have to sit back and wait for him to die. I wanted to escape, but I saw that there were swords and guns around me, and Hongnong's soldiers were all staring at him with vigilant eyes.

Just as he was in despair, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the streets of the city. Then he saw Zhang Ji with a group of people riding towards the city gate.

Not long after, Zhang Ji came to the gate of the city. He recognized Li Dao's personal soldier captain at a glance, so he rode over and asked, "Where is Da Sima now?" ”