Han Zhan returned the salute to Zhang Liao, and said with a smile: "Wenyuan has made a special trip to visit, and Ben Hou has never gone out of the house to greet him, please don't blame him." ”

Before Zhang Liao came here, he was originally in a nervous mood, but seeing that Han Zhan was so enthusiastic about him, the boulder hanging in his heart finally let go.

came to the council hall and sat down, Han Zhan ordered someone to set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Liao. Although he was anxious to recruit Zhang Liao, he understood in his heart that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and after the wine and food were served, he kept persuading Zhang Liao to drink.

When the wine was half-drunk, Han Zhan suddenly said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, the facilities in Hanguguan are simple, and after returning to Jizhou, I will set up a banquet again to entertain you." At that time, we must invite Cheng Lian, Song Xian and others to come with us, they can rescue the holy car this time, and they also have a lot of credit. ”

Hearing Han Zhan praise Cheng Lian, Song Xian and others, Zhang Liao hurriedly said modestly: "Han Jizhou has won the award, this is a gesture, not enough to worry about." ”

"Wen Yuan's words are wrong." The frustrated professor on the side interjected and said: "If it weren't for the three cavalry governors of Cheng Lian, Song Xian, and Wei Xu, who led the soldiers and horses to fight with Li Guo's rebels in the east gate to ensure that the city gate was not lost, otherwise where would I be able to rescue the holy driver from the Jingshi." ”

When the three of them were talking happily, Dong Cheng hurriedly walked in from outside. Seeing a few people drinking and having fun, he was stunned for a moment, and then bowed to Han Zhan and said, "Tinghou, I just received a holy decree from the Jingshi, let me close the city gate and not let anyone pass through." After the men and horses of the two generals Li Guo arrived, they would be disposed of. ”

"Strange?" Hearing Dong Cheng say this, he said with a puzzled expression: "The Holy Driver is now in Hangu Pass, how can he send the Holy Decree from the Jingshi?" Could it be that Li Guo and the others issued an edict in the name of the saint? ”

Han Zhan is not an immortal, so naturally he doesn't know that Wang Yun once ordered an inner servant to pretend to be the emperor after he found out that Emperor Han Xian was missing. But he agreed with the speculation of the frustrated professor: "What the prince said is extremely true, the holy driver left the palace in a hurry, and he never carried the jade seal with him. Li Guo and others forged the holy decree, it couldn't be easier. ”

Han Zhan took the holy decree in Dong Cheng's hand, and after a quick glance, he got up and said, "Everyone, follow Benhou to the back hall to meet the driver, and let Your Majesty also see this false holy decree." ”

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Let's say that Li Guo and others took Chang'an, and according to the plan, they originally planned to find Dong Zhuo's body and bury it in a grand manner. But suddenly there was a fake emperor, and the two had no intention of staying in Chang'an anymore, leaving Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to be responsible for the burial of Dong Zhuo, and led 20,000 cavalry to Hangu Pass day and night.

During the march, Guo Yan asked Li Dao: "Childish, do you think that after Hangu Pass receives news from us, can you stop the person who hijacked the holy car in the pass?" ”

Li Wei frowned and said, "According to the inner chamberlain, the person who robbed the holy car let the Son of Heaven leave the palace in a carriage. As long as there is the drag of the carriage, then their march speed will not be too fast, we are all cavalry, presumably able to catch up with them before reaching Hangu Pass. ”

Guo Yan looked left and right, and put all the soldiers and generals a few steps away, not worrying that they would hear the conversation between him and Li Wei, so he lowered his voice and asked, "After we catch up with the Holy Driver, if he refuses to turn back to the Jingshi, what should we do?" ”

Li Wei sneered and said: "If he doesn't know what to do and refuses to return to Beijing with me, then he will ......" He wiped his hand on his neck, "Don't blame me for not waiting to give him face." ”

"You want to kill the king?" Li Wei's words shocked Guo Yan into a cold sweat, and he asked cautiously: "Childish, have you ever considered how we should face the people of the world once we kill the current emperor?" If the princes of all walks of life unite to crusade against us, will we have the strength to deal with it? ”

Guo Yan's words gave Li Wei a wake-up call, reminding him that when the princes of the Eighteenth Route were begging Dong Zhuo, if it weren't for the fact that Lu Bu, Hua Xiong and others had dealt heavy losses to the coalition army, the emperor was now in the hands of which princes, it was really uncertain. At the same time, he also remembered that Lu Bu was still nowhere to be seen, so he muttered: "I don't know if Lu Bu will meet the person who hijacked the holy car after escaping from the capital, and whether there will be a fight after the two sides meet." ”

"I don't think it's possible." Regarding Li Dao's speculation, Guo Yan immediately shook his head and denied it, and he even emphasized: "Not only will there be no fight, maybe Lu Bu is still an accomplice." Otherwise, how could the emperor be kidnapped so easily in the palace compound? ”

"If Lu Bu is really complicit in the hijackers," Li Dao said with a frown, "If the two armies meet, we really can't help them." ”

Regarding Li Wei's worries, Guo Yan thought for a while, and then said: "If we really meet Lu Bu on a narrow road, we can only close the door, but the army led by Jia Junshi arrives and fights Lu Bu to the death." Hmph, even if he is the champion of the three armies, in the face of our thousands of troops, he is unable to support it alone. ”

The two of them traveled on the road for two days, and suddenly there was a report from the Malay: "The two generals of Qiqi, Lu Bu and the holy driver have entered Hangu Pass." Now that the gates are closed and the city is heavily guarded, it seems that preparations have been made for a long time. ”

"Damn," Li Dao couldn't help but say angrily when he heard the return of Tanma: "What's the matter with the Guanzhong guard, Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can also be taken by Lu Bu, a brave and unscrupulous horseman?" ”

Guo Yan thinks about the problem more comprehensively than Li Wei. He carefully analyzed Tanma's words, and guessed the clue: "Childish, it is not that the guard general of Guanzhong took the initiative to open the city to welcome Lu Bu, but that he has already been poisoned." ”

"Poisoned?" Hearing Guo Yan say this, Li Wei asked with a blank face: "Who will poison him?" ”

"Who else can it be," Guo Yan pouted and said, "Naturally, it is Dong Cheng, the deputy general of Guanzhong." ”

"Dong Cheng, he is not Niu Fu's old department, how can he poison the guards?" As soon as Li Dao said this, he suddenly remembered something, he raised his hand and slapped his forehead, and said angrily: "Damn, damn, how can I forget that Dong Cheng's daughter is the most favored concubine Dong in the saint today." It seems that Dong Cheng saw that the saint drove to Hangu Pass, so he killed the guard, and opened and closed to welcome Lu Bu into the pass without authorization. ”

Thinking of this, he hurriedly raised his hands high above his head and ordered the brigade to stop. When the cavalry stopped advancing, Li Dao hurriedly called a Du Bo and ordered him to lead people to Jia Xu's camp as soon as possible, so that he could rush over and fight with him day and night, and when the soldiers and horses were sufficient, it would not be too late to attack Hangu Pass.

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According to Han Zhan's original idea, let Emperor Han Xian rest in Hangu Pass for a day, and then rush to Jizhou for the second time and leave this dangerous place as soon as possible. But after seeing the false holy decree issued by Li Guo and others, his mind changed, and he knew that even if he abandoned the pass at this moment, Li Guo and the others could lead the troops to follow and kill, and then the army would be defeated like a mountain, even if he had the ability to go through the heavens and latitudes, he would not be able to turn things around.

Therefore, early the next morning, he summoned Jizhou civil and military forces to the conference hall for discussion. Dong Cheng, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others also attended the meeting as observers. After the meeting began, Fu Zhu came out first and said to everyone: "According to the report of the scout, the 20,000 cavalry led by Li Guo is only forty miles away from the city. If we abandon the pass at this moment, Li Guo and the two thieves will inevitably lead their troops to follow and kill, not to mention that the holy car will be robbed by them, and even your and my lives will not be guaranteed. ”

"Frustrated Prison Army," as soon as Fu Zhu's words were finished, Dian Wei stood up and said: "If Li Guo's two thieves come to attack, please let Dian Mou fight, and Mou will definitely kill them to the ground." ”

"Li Guo and the others don't have to worry," Han Zhan said: "Their military advisor Jia Xu is a difficult character, if he is there, it is basically impossible for us to defeat Li Guo and the others." ”

Lu Bu, who has always been arrogant, couldn't help but stand up and say when he heard Han Zhan say this: "What Han Jizhou said is extremely true, I have fought with Li Guo and others, and where they fought, they were still invincible, and they killed Li Guo and others and fled. However, there was a Jia Xu, the strategy he used was vicious, one was to prevent Li Guo and the others from dragging me, and on the other hand, he let Zhang Ji and Fan Chou take a detour to capture Chang'an, so that a certain head and tail could not take care of each other, and the result was defeated. ”

Zhang Liao, who was standing nearby and listening, couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard Lu Bu say this, and said that if you hadn't thought about the beauty of Chang'an, you insisted on going back to Chang'an, and the result was almost the annihilation of the entire army. If it weren't for his fate, he would have died in the chaos a long time ago.

Since yesterday, he visited Han Zhan privately and expressed his intention to take refuge with the other party. But Han Zhan didn't agree immediately, but said euphemistically: "This is a major event in life, Wen Yuan must not make a decision easily." You might as well go to Jizhou with Benhou and stay for a while. If you still feel that Ben Hou is a lord who can take refuge and is willing to take refuge, Ben Hou will definitely treat each other. ”

After learning about Han Zhan's heart, Zhang Liao returned to his residence and explained Han Zhan's meaning to Cheng Lian, Song Xian and others. Although Han Zhan just asked everyone to follow him to Jizhou, Song Xian heard a different taste from it, he hurriedly hugged his fist at Zhang Liao and saluted, and said, "Congratulations to the captain, it seems that Han Jizhou is ready to accept you." ”

After Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Song Xian and others reached a consensus, their attitude towards Han Zhan and Jizhou Wenwu became more and more respectful. At this moment, hearing Lu Bu talking about how difficult Li Guo and others were to deal with, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and after he waited for Lu Bu to finish speaking, he stepped forward and said, "Tinghou, if you can trust it." Please allocate 5,000 men to me, and I will definitely take the heads of Li Dao and Guo Yan to meet me. ”

"Wen Yuan, please get up." Seeing that Zhang Liao took the initiative to ask for battle, Han Zhan thought to himself, and hurriedly asked him to get up, and said at the same time: "Although there are not as many soldiers and horses in the pass as there are Li Guo and the others, but if they want to capture Hangu Pass, it is tantamount to ascending to the sky. When they come to the city, we might as well hold out, and when they run out of food, it will not be too late to go out of the city for a decisive battle. ”

When Zhang Liao heard Han Zhan say this, he hurriedly agreed and retreated into the queue again. And Lu Bu on the side, seeing Zhang Liao being so respectful to Han Zhan, couldn't help but snort heavily. Then he clasped his fists at Han Zhan and said, "Han Jizhou, I still have important things to do, so I won't bother and say goodbye!" With that, he walked away.

Seeing Lu Bu's back, several Jizhou generals were so angry that their heads were smoking. Dian Wei said angrily: "Lord, Lu Bu is rude, please allow a certain person to bring three thousand soldiers and horses to fight him to the death." ”

Han Zhan had heard the Jizhou version of "Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu" mentioned by Fu Zhu, and knew that Dian Wei was not Lu Bu's opponent, so he hurriedly comforted him and said: "General Dian should not be angry, Lu Bu is brave and invincible in the world, and he will inevitably be arrogant." You don't have to deal with him. ”

After saying this, Han Zhan threw a look at Fu Zhu and motioned to him: "See, I said that Lu Bu is not easy to clean up, right?" ”

Fu Zhi naturally knew the meaning of Han Zhan's eyes, nodded and said: "What the lord said is extremely true, Lu Bu is superb in martial arts, looking at the world, there is no one who can fight him alone, so it is inevitable that he will be a little arrogant, and General Dian should not have some knowledge." Seeing that Han Zhan and Fu Zhu both said this, Dian Wei could only obediently put his mouth on his lips and retreated to the position where he was standing in a huff.

Fu Zhu waited for Dian Wei to retreat into the queue, and then suggested to Han Zhan: "My lord, if the expectations are correct, Jia Xu must not be in the army at this moment. ”

Han Zhan was the only one who was jealous of Jia Xu, and when he heard that he was not in the army, he asked curiously: "Gonghe, how did you know that Jia Xu was not in the army?" ”

"Li Guo and others invaded Chang'an from Xiliangxing, and they couldn't avenge Dong Zhuo." Fu Zhu looked at Han Zhan and explained to him: "Now that they have broken through Chang'an, they will definitely leave someone in Beijing to search for Dong Zhuo's bones, and then bury them in a grand manner." These cumbersome things will definitely not work if they are left to Zhang Ji and Fan Chou. Therefore, he felt that Jia Xu must still be arranging the funeral of Dong Thief in Beijing, and he had no time to take care of Hanguguan here. ”

For the analysis of frustration, everyone present nodded in approval. Han Zhan even asked, "Gonghe, what do you think we should do now?" ”

"Li Guo and the two have a lot of soldiers, but most of them have not been attached for a long time and have not yet returned to their hearts." Frustrated, he said: "If we send a cavalry to attack and harass, it will definitely cause chaos in Li Guo's army. As long as the two of them are afraid and dare not lead their troops to attack Hangu Pass, we will have enough time to prepare for defense. We can even take the opportunity to send someone to escort the holy driver away first, and when the holy driver arrives in a safe place, it will not be too late for us to leave Hangu Pass. ”

Han Zhan originally wanted to give Li Guo and the others a dismount, but when he heard Fu Zhu say this, he nodded, then turned his head to look at Huang Zhong and said, "In this case, when Li Guo and the others lead their troops to Hangu Pass, Han Sheng will lead three thousand cavalry out of the city and give them a little color to taste." ”

Huang Zhong, who was standing in the queue, heard Han Zhan's order, and hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and clasped his fists to salute, and said loudly: "The last general will take the order!" When Li Guo and his soldiers and horses arrive tomorrow, the last general will definitely kill them. ”