Lu Xiaoshu listened to Jia Xu's plan, but his face was silent, and he said lightly: "Sir, as Dong Zhuo's strategist, why did he come to help me?" ”

Jia Xu smiled mysteriously and said, "Can the general know Ma Teng and Ma Shoucheng?" ”

Lu Xiaoshu thought to himself, isn't it Ma Chao's father!

"I don't know, who is he?" Lu Xiaoshu asked.

"Does the general remember that Ma is Wu?" Jia Xu asked.

Lu Xiaoshu was puzzled: "Naturally, I remember that he was my former general, and then he went back to his hometown after the war in Liangzhou." ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "This horse is Wu is now Ma Teng, the word Shoucheng, and the name was changed later." He got the general's soldiers and horses to return to his hometown to quell the chaos, quite a military achievement, and later Dong Zhuo incorporated him, and now under Dong Zhuo's account, I and General Shoucheng are fellow villagers, Dong Zhuo who voted together. ”

Lu Xiaoshu was taken aback, Ma Teng turned out to be Ma is Wu, which was also incredible.

Seeing Lu Xiaoshu's surprised expression, Jia Xu was quite satisfied, and said with a smile: "We took refuge in Dong Zhuo, originally wanted to reimburse the court and make meritorious contributions, but who knew that this Dong Zhuozhi was talented, tyrannical and cruel, bullied the people, and was a disaster, but now he is cocooning himself and seeking his own death." I often heard General Shoucheng talk about the general's brave past, and I admired it in my heart, so I made an appointment to come and meet him. ”

Lu Xiaoshu was surprised in his heart, Ma Teng actually had such a relationship with him, and he deserved this Dong Zhuo's bad luck, and asked, "Where is Shoucheng now?" ”

Jia Xu smiled knowingly and said: "It's really amazing to say it, Shou Cheng is now in the general's next target, Tongguan!" ”

Lu Xiaoshu laughed loudly when he heard this: "Mr. Dewenhe and General Shoucheng helped each other, and Dong Zhuo was defeated, just within a snap of his fingers." Dong Zhuo never dreamed that the two moat barriers in Chang'an City would fall so easily. ”

Jia Xu sighed: "Dong Zhuo goes against the sky, he will be greatly disappointed, even without our help, the general can easily capture the two fortresses of Hangu and Tongguan, now Dong Zhuo's army is scattered, morale is low, what is the use of just having a dangerous pass?" The soldiers did not defend the danger, the beams were not closed, the halberd was not pierced, the strong crossbow was not shot, and the defeat was only expected. ”

Sima Langben didn't say a word, and then said: "Since Mr. Wenhe is so close to our Hou Ye, I will go to prepare wine and food, and we can talk all night." ”

Jia Xu said: "Boda is not busy, when I go back, I have completed the general's major affairs, and it is not too late to drink." ”

Lu Xiaoshu and Sima Lang both clasped their fists and saluted: "Then please make peace." ”

That night, Jia Xu returned to Hangu Pass and said nothing all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Huang Rong stood on the highest sentry tower, watching the Lu Bu army that was training in the distance, his brows were tightly locked, so that the two eyes that were already very small became smaller and smaller, and they were almost narrowed into a line, and his heart was cold, but it was like the weather in late autumn now.

Suddenly, there was movement behind him, and when he saw it, it turned out to be Jia Xu who climbed up silently. I was surprised in my heart and said: "Mr. Wenhe is delicate, it is not safe to climb so high." ”

Jia Xu didn't speak, he stood beside Huang Rong, the space of the sentry tower was narrow, and the two stood side by side, which was slightly crowded.

"What does the general think of the Lu Bu army in front?" Jia Xu pointed to the army that was training in the distance and said.

"The queue is neat, the momentum is sharp, the movement is like a tiger, the momentum is like thunder, it is a rare strong army." Huang Rongdao.

"Then the general thinks we can hold this Hangu Pass moat?" Jia Xu asked.

Huang Rong's face changed several times, and he said fiercely: "If you can't keep it, you have to ask them to take off a layer of skin!" ”

Jia Xu sighed, didn't speak, and quietly looked into the distance.

Huang Rong said: "Why is Mr. sighing? ”

Jia Xu said: "Thinking that I was going to die in this small Hangu Pass, my heart was depressed. ”

Huang Rong laughed and said: "The eldest husband is not happy in life, and he is not sad in death, his head is not but a big scar in the bowl, and he is a good man after eighteen years!" The words were earth-shattering, but they were messy, and the emotions in his heart were obviously intense.

Jia Xu sighed again, and said slowly: "It's not a secret, yesterday Yang Xiu told me privately that it was you, the general, who they wanted to persuade to surrender yesterday, but later saw that Wang Fang actually had an old relationship with that Yang Xiu, so they changed their attention." You said that General Wang Fang is also true, he wants to accompany Dong Zhuo to the funeral, and he wants to pull you and me along, which is really hateful. ”

Huang Rong's face was cloudy, and he stared at Jia Xu for a while before he said, "Mr. calls Hou Hou by his name, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?" ”

Jia Xu sneered: "Is there a greater disaster than the city being broken and dying?" ”

Huang Rong's face was gloomy, his eyes were shining, and he pondered for a long time before he said, "Sir, are you willing to help me take the king's side, please surrender?" ”

Jia Xu pretended to be surprised and said, "How can this be made?" ”

Huang Rong sneered: "Don't you want to live? ”

Jia Xu nodded and replied, "Of course." ”

Huang Rong said: "Then please ask Mr. to help me take down the king, it's very simple, Mr. only needs to lead away the guards at the door." ”

Jia Xu reluctantly agreed.

When the two found Wang Fang, he was looking at the map in front of him in a daze, and when he noticed the two of them coming in, he didn't look back, just stared at the map and said: "The strength of the northern city wall should be strengthened a little, the northern terrain is higher, and the enemy's siege vehicles will definitely give priority to the northern city wall." ”

Jia Xu said to the guards at the door: "You go to guard the door, we have to discuss the military, don't let people approach." The guards took the order.

Wang Fang turned around, saw the two of them with strange expressions, and said: "The disparity between the enemy's strength and our strength in this battle is too great, we only have 5,000 soldiers and horses, it is too difficult to repel the enemy, what else do you need to prepare?" ”

"We still need the general's head to retreat from the enemy!" When Huang Rong said the first word, he had already drawn his sword, and as soon as the words fell, the unsuspecting Wang Fang was already in a different place, and his head rolled to the ground.

Jia Xu stood close, blood was splashed, looked at Wang Fang's head, and said angrily in his heart: "You tied him up immediately, why kill him?" ”

Huang Rong sneered: "I'm not sure to subdue him. ”

In the afternoon, Huang Rong cleaned up the army, hung up the white chess, put down the drawbridge, opened the city gate, and greeted the imperial army.

Lu Xiaoshu praised Huang Rong, promoted him to the general of the restoration of the land, rewarded 100 taels of gold, temporarily led the troops and horses of the headquarters to continue to garrison Hangu Pass, Huang Rong was promoted two levels in a row, and got a large amount of gold, which was naturally a thousand thanks for joy.

Jia Xu was under Dong Zhuo's account and said that he didn't want to go to Chang'an to face Dong Zhuo. Lu Xiaoshu expressed his understanding, so he asked him to bring his own seal letter to Luoyang to find his father-in-law Yan Song.

The army crosses the Hangu Pass, passes through the cracks in the mountain, the mountain stream is extremely narrow, the mountain walls on both sides go straight into the sky, look at it, only see the clouds and mist, can not see the appearance of the top of the mountain, sometimes there is the sound of the eagle crying and the ape barking, stirring back and forth in the valley, echoing endlessly. Occasionally, there will be falling rocks, which are powerful and dangerous, and even if they hit the ground, they will reverberate violently and deafeningly.

Lu Xiaoshu sighed in his heart: Fortunately, it was Jia Xu's plan and Huang Rong mutinied, otherwise I don't know how many corpses would have to be left in this battle to pass from here.

The canyon is about forty miles long, and the current army has already left the canyon, and half of the rear army has not entered! The army began to pass through the border at noon, and it was not until dusk in the afternoon that it was all over.