Although there was a misunderstanding between Lu Bu and the scouts sent by Han Zhan, they even killed one of them. But as soon as the misunderstanding was resolved, those Tanma were also ecstatic in their hearts, and after leaving someone to show them the way, the rest returned to Hangu Pass and reported to Han Zhan.

When Han Zhan heard that Fu Zhu and others had rescued Emperor Han Xian and were coming towards Hangu Pass, he was overjoyed. He hurriedly asked Tanma: "In addition to the Frustrated Prison Army and the Holy Driver, have General Dian and Captain Xiahou ever come back together?" He knew that the task of the Jingshi here was extremely dangerous, and he was afraid that an accident would happen to any of his capable subordinates.

But Tanma nodded and said, "If you go back to the lord, General Dian and the two Xiahou lieutenants have returned safely, and there are several other generals who are with them. ”

Knowing that several generals had come to Hangu Pass with them, Han Zhan asked again, "Do you know who these generals are?" ”

Tanma thought for a moment and replied, "As far as the villain knows, five of the generals escaped from the capital with the Prison Army. The one who took the lead was named Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, and the other four should be his subordinates, named Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng. By the way, they just met an even more powerful general on the road......"

When Han Zhan heard Zhang Liao's name, his eyes lit up, and at this moment, he heard Tanma say that there was a more powerful general, and hurriedly asked, "Who is that person?" ”

Tanma hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "This person's surname is Lu Mingbu, and it is said that he was once Dong Zhuo's righteous son. He just killed one of our brothers, and he asked the lord to rule for us. ”

Knowing that the powerful military general was actually Lu Bu, Han Zhan couldn't help but be stunned, he couldn't help but secretly move the idea of taking Lu Bu back to his use, and at this moment he heard Tanma say that Lu Bu killed a Tanma, so he asked curiously: "What's going on, you come and hear it!" ”

Tanma explained how they left Hangu Pass, and how they met the soldiers and horses led by them. Before they could figure out which side of the army belonged to, Lu Bu rode out on his horse and chased after one of the horses. Without saying anything, one of them was killed and the other was captured.

After Tanma's words were finished, Han Zhan was silent for a moment and said to Tanma, "Okay, I know." You go down first, and when the frustrated prison army returns, Ben Hou will ask him what is going on. ”

After the Tanma left, Han Zhan called Huang Zhong and Dong Cheng and said to them: "Two, the Holy Driver is coming to Hangu Pass, and you follow me out of the city to meet the Holy Driver." ”

This earth-shattering news stunned Huang Zhong, Dong Cheng and others. After a long time, Dong Chengcai opened his mouth to break the silence: "Tinghou, is what you said true?" Is the holy car really coming towards Hangu Pass? ”

"That's right," Han Zhan nodded and said with a smile, "It's true, they're just a few dozen miles away, and they should arrive in a few hours." Dong Guozhang, you go back and clean up, and we will go out of the city to meet you later. ”

After Huang Zhong saw Dong Cheng leave, he said to Han Zhan with some concern: "My lord, Dong Guozhang has just been in charge of Hangu Pass for a short time, and his subordinates have not yet returned to their hearts. If he follows us out of the city to meet us, if someone in the pass has any evil intentions and closes the gate of the pass while we are out of the city, we will be in trouble. ”

"What Hansheng said is extremely true." After listening to Huang Zhong's worries, Han Zhan also expressed his concerns: "Although Dong Cheng is the national ruler, after all, he was once Niu Fu's subordinate, and you and I don't know what kind of person he is. If the soldiers below make trouble, we can get rid of them; But Dong Cheng is the ruler of the country, if we go out of the city, he orders someone to close the city gate, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to get rid of him. ”

After understanding Han Zhan's concerns, Huang Zhong put forward his own suggestion: "Lord, if we go out of the West Gate to meet the Holy Driver, it is better to let our troops and horses take over the defense of the city gate, so that even if someone in the pass wants to do any damage, there will be nothing to be done in the face of our army's iron cavalry." ”

Regarding Huang Zhong's proposal, Han Zhan immediately agreed: "Okay, send five hundred cavalry to guard the city gate, even if someone in the city wants to mutiny, they will think twice when they see the appearance of our army." ”

Han Zhan took Huang Zhong, Dong Cheng, 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 Hangu Pass defenders to a place ten miles away from the pass to greet Emperor Han Xian's chariot. And Simon's defense, he left Rob in charge.

Han Zhan and the others stood on the side of the road for about an hour or so, and Huang Zhong suddenly shouted excitedly: "Lord, look, there is smoke and dust rising there, it should be the Holy Driver." ”

After two more sticks of incense, Fu Zhi and the others rode in front of Han Zhan. Frustrated, he turned over and dismounted, and bowed to Han Zhan: "Grant the Pavilion Marquis!" ”

Han Zhan hurriedly stepped forward to help Fu Zhi up, and said with a smile: "The Fu Jian Army has worked hard. To be able to bring the holy car out of Chang'an City smoothly, Mr. is really a great contribution. ”

He knew very well in his heart that he was able to rescue Emperor Han Xian this time, all because of Han Zhan's various arrangements in advance, so he said modestly: "It's all Tinghou's clever calculation, and he can't do what he is ordered, and he doesn't dare to take credit." ”

As he was talking, Emperor Han Xian's carriage had arrived in front of him, and Han Zhan hurriedly came to the carriage and knelt down, saying: "Minister Jizhou Mu, Zhangshui Pavilion Marquis Han Zhan, meet Your Majesty, long live." ”

Emperor Han Xian knew that the only person he could rely on in front of him was this Jizhou pastor, so he hurriedly leaned out half of his body and said with a smile: "Han Qing's family is flat!" After Han Zhan got up, he continued: "Li Guo's two thieves raised troops to make a rebellion, if it weren't for Han Qing's family to send people to rescue, it is estimated that I would have died in the chaos. After speaking, he raised his hand and wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his robe.

Han Zhan hurriedly said: "The minister is grateful to Meng Guo, and he will report it." The two thieves are full of sins; There are more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Jizhou, and they are all victorious. His Majesty is good at protecting the dragon body, and the community is the most important. ”

After appeasing Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Han Zhan saw a military general riding a red rabbit horse and holding a Fang Tian painting halberd behind the car, guessed that this person must be Lu Bu, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Isn't this the Wenhou Lu Bu Lu Fengxian who eliminated Dong Zhuo and helped protect the Han Dynasty?" ”

Although Lu Bu was a high-minded and arrogant lord, he still had a smile on his face when he saw a state pastor flattering him so much. He arched his hand at Han Zhan on horseback, and said with a big grin: "Han Jizhou, I am polite." ”

Seeing that Lu Bu was so rude to Han Zhan, the generals of Jizhou couldn't help but show anger on their faces. But Han Zhan casually pointed in the direction of Hangu Pass, and said: "Wen Hou turned out to be a guest, please enter the customs to rest, after bathing and changing clothes, this Hou will set up a banquet for Wen Hou to catch the wind." Lu Bu nodded, followed behind Emperor Han Xian's car with a halberd in hand, and slowly walked towards Hangu Pass.

When Dong Cheng saw Lu Bu behaving like this, he also approached Han Zhan and whispered: "Tinghou, Lu Bu is rude, why are you so reluctant to swallow your anger?" ”

"Dong Guozhang," Han Zhan replied with a smile: "This is a trivial matter, don't worry about it, let's arrange for the holy car to enter the customs and rest first." He had been on the road for several days in a row, and he must have been sleepy and tired. ”

Zhang Liao and the others, who were following behind Lu Bu, saw that Lu Bu's attitude towards Han Zhan was so perfunctory, and they were afraid that Han Zhan would be furious, and they didn't know how to deal with it at that time. Unexpectedly, Han Zhan was still polite to Lu Bu, which surprised everyone. At this moment, Zhang Liao couldn't help but have the idea of following Han Zhan in his heart. His expression was seen in the eyes of Song Xian, who was walking side by side, but Song Xian didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

After Emperor Xian's carriage and hundreds of cavalry passed, a beautifully decorated carriage came behind. Out of curiosity, Han Zhan couldn't help but glance at the carriage. Who knew that at this glance, he couldn't take his eyes off it anymore, and saw a stunning woman, who was opening the curtain and looking out of the car window. Cai Yan is a beauty, but compared with this person, she is suddenly a lot inferior, not to mention Zhen Mi, who is still an adult.

Seeing Han Zhan staring at her intently, the woman couldn't help but smile at him, and then lowered the curtain. Han Zhan suddenly felt a fever all over his body, and his mind went blank. The beautiful face that flashed behind the curtain and captivated the country and the city struck his heart like lightning. He secretly thought in his heart: Is this Diao Chan, one of the four beauties of China?

After returning to Hangu Pass, after Han Zhan arranged for Emperor Han Xian, Lu Bu and others, he summoned Fu Zhi to his room and asked, "Mr. Gonghe, please give the process of rescuing the current emperor to the marquis." After patiently listening to the explanation, Han Zhan said thoughtfully, "According to what Mr. said, at this moment, Jingshi has fallen into the hands of Li Guo's two thieves, and Wang Yun and other courtiers will also be poisoned. ”

Although he turned his face with Wang Yun because of Cai Yong's matter, after all, he was an old acquaintance for many years. I heard that Wang Yun is now more than lucky, and he will not sigh.

The two chatted a few more words, and Han Zhan asked about Lu Bu's origin. He told Han Zhan in detail how they met Lu Bu on the way, and how they came to a Jizhou version of "Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu". Finally, he said: "Lord, I think that Lu Bu is a fierce general in the world, no less than Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, if the lord can be included in his command, he will definitely be like a tiger." ”

Although Han Zhan also wanted to take Lu Bu for his own use, he couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the fate of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, and then said to Fu Zhu: "What does it matter whether the public or not Ding Jianyang and Dong Zhuo are not?" ”

When he heard Han Zhan say this, he hurriedly replied: "The lord is wise, it is Meng Lang." ”

"Gonghe, what did you just call Ben Hou?" Han Zhan only realized at this moment that Fu Zhu did not call himself Tinghou like he did outside the city, but called himself the lord. I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is it a slip of the tongue." ”

Fu Zhu hurriedly bowed to Han Zhan, and then said: "Lord, after thinking about it repeatedly in the past few months, I feel that only by following the lord can I show what I have learned in my life, and I hope that the lord will not turn him away." ”

Han Zhan was really overjoyed to hear that Fu Zhu was willing to truly submit to him, he hurriedly got up to support Fu Zhu, and said with a smile: "If Mr. Ben Hou has Mr. help, the world is not enough to worry about." ”

While the two were talking and laughing, Rob hurriedly walked in from outside. Han Zhan thought something big had happened, and hurriedly asked, "Rob, what's the matter?" ”

"Enlighten the lord!" Rob bowed and clasped his fists and saluted: "There is a military general outside who asks to see him." ”

"General?" Han Zhan thought it was Lu Bu who came, so he asked tentatively: "Is it Wenhou Lu Bu?" ”

Luo Bu waved his hand and said, "The person who came claimed to be surnamed Zhang Mingliao, and the words were far away. ”

Zhang Liao begged to see?! When he heard that the military general he was asking to see outside was actually Zhang Liao, Han Zhan couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, please!" ”

Han Zhan didn't expect that the reason why Zhang Liao was in a hurry to see him was the result of discussing with Song Xian and others. At that time, after several people checked into the inn arranged for them by Han Zhan, Song Xian asked Zhang Liao first: "Wenyuan, I don't know what you plan to do in the future?" ”

Song Xian's words stopped Zhang Liao, he originally belonged to the same line as Lu Bu, but at this time, the Bingzhou Army had existed in name only, and there were less than 100 people left around Lu Bu, except for sending people under the fence, it was estimated that there was no chance of a comeback, so he seriously thought about the questions raised by Song Xian.

After a while, he opened his mouth and asked Song Xian, "Song Xian, tell me your opinion." ”

Song Xian's gaze swept over Cheng Lian and the others one by one, and saw that several people were looking at him, anxious to know what he was going to say, so he spoke: "Everyone, I think everyone has seen that although Wen Hou and I belong to the same line of the Bingzhou Army, there are not many soldiers and horses left, even if you want to make a comeback, it is not an easy task. I see that Han Jizhou is a humble gentleman today, why don't I wait to go to him, how about it? After Cheng Lian and the others listened, they didn't express any opinions, but set their eyes on Zhang Liao in unison, wanting to hear what he had to say.

After Zhang Liao waited for Song Xian to finish speaking, he said with some hesitation: "Even if we want to defect to Han Jizhou, it is still unknown whether he is willing to accept us and others." ”

"Wen Yuan," Song Xian continued, "I seem to appreciate you quite a lot, so it's better to go and find out." If he is unwilling to take us in, it is not too late to find another way out. ”

Regarding Song Xian's statement, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and others immediately agreed: "What Song Xian said is extremely true. Wen Yuan, I think you should go to Han Jizhou to find out, if he is willing to take me in, we don't have to wander around like a lost dog. ”

Zhang Liao saw that his subordinates were all urging him to defect to Han Zhan in unison, so he came to see Han Zhan with a nervous mood. I thought I would hit a soft nail, but I didn't expect Luo Bu, who went to the mansion to report, didn't take long to run out with a happy face and said to Zhang Liao: "Captain Zhang Qidu, my lord is invited!" Hearing Rob use the word "please", Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel a burst of secret joy in his heart, and hurriedly followed Rob into the Guard's Mansion to meet Han Zhan.

Entering the mansion, from a distance, he saw Han Zhan and Fu Zhi standing outside the conference hall waiting, Zhang Liao hurriedly quickened his pace and walked over. After coming to Han Zhan and stopping, Zhang Liao gave Han Zhan a deep salute and said respectfully: "Captain Zhang Liao, I have seen Han Jizhou!" ”