The next day, Guo Yan knew that Li Dao had robbed the Son of Heaven, and after preparing his troops and horses, he led the army to fight in front of Li Xuan's camp. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Empress Fu were in the camp, and when they saw that Guo Yan had countless soldiers and horses, and the weapons with handles were cold and terrifying, they were so frightened that their faces were blue and they were trembling frequently.

Guo Yan led the troops to kill, and Li Dao went out of the camp to engage in battle. The two armies fought fiercely for several hours, and Guo Yan's army saw that the momentum was unfavorable and temporarily retreated. And the forces of the two sides are equal, and it is useless to chase and fight fiercely. Therefore, Li Xun did not lead the army to chase.

However, it was said that after Emperor Han Xian and Empress Fu were taken captive, their every move was monitored, and Li urged to cut off the internal envoys, and they were not allowed to contact Emperor Han Xian except for him and the ministers. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the ministers of the court were treated like prisoners by Li Xuan. The diet was not continued, and Emperor Han Xian and a number of ministers and courtiers were hungry.

Emperor Han Xian was so hungry that he was weak, his mind was dizzy, he couldn't bear it, and he was forced to ask Li Dao for some food. Who knew that Li Ji was upset by Guo Yan, and when he saw Zhang Ji coming from day to day, he was very irritable in his heart. When he heard that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty came to ask for food, he was immediately furious and only gave rotten meat and rotten grain, all of which were stinky and inedible, and pigs and dogs were difficult to swallow.

Emperor Han Xian saw that even pigs and dogs would not eat the food presented, thinking that he was a great Han emperor, but he was treated like this, so he was angry and raised his head and scolded.

"Li urged this traitor to dare to deceive him like this! Is this emperor worse than a pig and a dog in his eyes!! ”

Yang Qi, who was in the service, listened to Emperor Han Xian scolding Li Xuan, knelt down urgently, and admonished.

"The saint is angry, Li Wei is cruel by nature, if he hears it, I don't know how he will be bullied. At this point, the saint should endure it, and don't touch his tiger whiskers. ”

Emperor Han Xian listened to it, laughed coldly, and his heart was cold to the extreme, since in the minds of these ministers, Li Xuan is a tiger, so what is he?

Emperor Han Xian felt more and more sad, and tears filled the sleeves of his robe. Queen Fu hurriedly comforted her, and the other courtiers also felt infinitely desolate when they saw it, and wept bitterly.

At this moment, Guo Yan's soldiers and horses outside the camp were killed again and came to plunder. I saw that outside the camp, Guo Yan's army was shot and stabbed in the sun, the golden drum shook the sky, and the soldiers under Guo Yan's command all shouted the name of the rescue.

When Li Dao heard the news, Guo Yan led his troops to attack again, and immediately ordered the soldiers to lead the troops out to meet Guo Yan. The two armies looked at each other, and Li urged the horses to go out of the battle, whipping Guo Yan and scolding.

"I ask myself if I treat you well, why did you betray me!"

Guo Yan laughed coldly and shouted.

"Treacherous villain, obviously you can't tolerate me, you poisoned me first, and now you dare to accuse me! Li Zhiran, you are narrow-minded, ambitious, and holding the saint hostage, you are a thief! I am a general in the DPRK, so naturally I want to get rid of the thieves! ”

"Enough tusks to pop out of your mouth! It's clear that you have bad intentions and want to murder the Holy One! I'm here to protect you, what is a thief? ”

"This is hijacking, what is protection?"

"Needless to say! I am not allowed to use a sergeant, but I will fight alone, and if I win, I will take this emperor away. Guo Aduo, do you dare to fight! ”

"Why don't you dare!?"

After the two finished talking, they even ordered their soldiers and horses to retreat a hundred meters, and the two fought in front of the battle. Li urged the big knife to slash sharply, Guo Yan danced the knife to block, and there was a loud bang, and the two fought for a while, regardless of victory or defeat. Then Guo Yan drew a big knife and cut off Li Xun's head, Li Yan was quick to move, and he swept it when he mentioned it, and after sweeping away Guo Yan's big knife, he stabbed him at the heart with the knife. Guo Yan knew Li Xuan's routine, and after quickly blocking it, he slashed out three times in succession, but they were all blocked by Li Xuan in time. The two of them kept colliding with each other, and the fierce battle was fierce, and the sergeants on both sides couldn't take their eyes off it. Li Qi and Guo Yan are not equal in martial arts, and they have been fighting for two hours. I didn't know how many rounds I fought, but I still didn't know whether I won or lost.

Whether it is the defeat of Li Xuan or Guo Yan, it is a fatal blow to the forces of the original Dong Zhuo lineage. Li Ru still hoped that the two could negotiate peace, so he rushed to shout.

"My lord! General Guo and the two are both old comrades, so why do you have to fight to the death. The situation is in turmoil at the moment, and if there is another battle, both sides will definitely be severely damaged, and then the other princes will take advantage of this fierce attack. I also hope that the two of them will make a truce for the time being, and then talk about peace when the grievances in their hearts are resolved. ”

When Li Xuan and Guo Yan heard this, their hearts jumped, and they each rode their horses and retreated a few steps, not fighting for the time being. At this time, Li Xun thought to himself, it is better to have a truce for the time being, so that it can also delay time and wait for Zhang Ji's army to arrive. And Guo Yan thought that if he and Li Yu were both defeated, then Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had been eyeing Xiliang, would definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, so they also had the heart of a truce. However, Li urged Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Empress Fu and a number of important ministers in the court, which made Guo Yan feel unhappy, so he shouted.

"If there is a truce, all the ministers of the DPRK and China will be sent to our battalion. In this way, I can retreat thirty miles! ”

"Guo Aduo thinks wrong about your heart. Could it be that you really think that I, Li Zhiran, am afraid of you? Dare to fight for another 300 rounds!? ”

"If you dare to fight, I will accompany you!"

Li Xuan and Guo Yan were both full of fire, and as soon as the words fell, they wanted to continue fighting.

"Slow!! Dong Xiangguo's revenge has not been avenged, and the traitor Lu Fengxian is still at large, but the two generals agreed with me Li Wenyou, and I and General Xu and a group of Liangzhou soldiers obeyed the orders of you and the others. Now you and the other two are killing each other, no matter who wins or loses, both parties will definitely be hit hard, and then why will they avenge Dong Xiangguo!! ”

Li Ru suddenly roared with all his might, and he was thin, his eyes were red at this time, like an angry wolf. When Li Qi and Guo Yan heard this, they immediately restrained their horses, and at the same time found that many soldiers in their respective soldiers and horses showed different colors. Li Yu immediately felt in his heart, Li Ru had a very high status in the eyes of the soldiers of Liangzhou, if he united with Xu Rong and led an army by himself, then he would lose most of the soldiers and horses. For Guo Yan, it is the same, if Li Ru leads an army by himself, then there will definitely be many soldiers under his command to vote.

"Xiangguo is a big enemy, how dare I, Li Zhiran, forget! Don't worry, I will agree to Guo Aduo's request! ”

Guo Yan listened to Li Xun's promise and was willing to give in, and the resentment and anger in his heart also dispersed a little, and he immediately comforted Li Ru with kind words. Later, after Li Dao and Guo Yan agreed on the conditions, they each led their troops back to the camp.

After returning home, he had more than 60 court bureaucrats such as Yang Biao and Zhu Jun sent to Guo Yan's camp.

Guo Yan put all the officials under supervision. For some reason, the officials were suddenly rushed to Guo Yan's camp by Li, and they were all nervous. Yang Biao first asked Guo Yan why they came to Guo Ying.

Guo Yan sneered and said.

"Li Dao can control the Son of Heaven, why can't I, Guo Aduo, control the minister!"

When the officials heard this, they immediately went from head to bottom of their feet. They were like a ball, they were kicked around by Li Xuan and Guo Yan, playing with them wantonly, and ending up like this, which is really a big joke since the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Guo Yan looked around arrogantly and disdainfully, and turned to leave with a sneer.

"Is the Han family really going to perish?"

Zhonglang looked at the back of Guo Mi leaving, his face was gloomy and gloomy, and he suddenly muttered something from his mouth. And this sentence may also be the words in the hearts of the surrounding bureaucrats.

Although Li Qi and Guo Yan temporarily made a truce, both sides had evil intentions. Especially Li Xuan, who has long had the intention of killing Guo Yan, how could he negotiate peace with Guo Yan. However, he waited for several days, but he didn't see Zhang Ji's army coming, and he became suspicious at the moment. Later, I thought that Li Ru was here, after all, it was an unknown factor, and he intended to support Li Ru at the moment.

"Military advisor, although Guo Aduo is temporarily truce with me, this person is ambitious and ungrateful, and he can't be convinced. The military division is highly respected, and he also hopes that the military division will go to Hongnong and his party, and call Zhang Ji to lead the army to come. If Zhang Ji and I join forces together, our strength will surpass that of Guo Aduo, so that we can deter him. ”

Li Ru frowned, but Li Ru's words were not unreasonable, and after thinking about it for a while, he agreed. Li Xun gave Li Ru a secret letter, and after Li Ru received it, he and Xu Rong had a team of 1,000 light horsemen and secretly rushed to Hongnong.

Li Xuan can get today's high position, how can his strategy and wisdom be low. In fact, the content of this secret letter is to ask Zhang Ji to come to Chang'an as soon as possible, and at the same time use the excuse to leave Li Ru and Xu Rong in Hongnong. Seven days later, Li Xuan would send troops to attack Guo Yan's camp, and most of Guo Yan would flee to the mountains and forests around Chang'an and Hongnong. Therefore, Li urged Zhang Ji to lead a heavy army to ambush there, hit Guo Yan's retreating troops hard, and wait for his army to arrive, and attack back and forth, so that Guo Yan's soldiers and horses could be annihilated.

At this time, Zhang Ji led 30,000 soldiers in Shangluo to fight fiercely with Lu Bu's soldiers and horses. Although Chen Gong didn't know why Zhang Ji sent troops to attack unexpectedly, Chen Gong was cautious by nature and was used to taking precautions when doing things. Shangluo was often attacked by Li and Guo Yan's soldiers, so Shangluo's precautionary measures have been perfect. Zhang Ji attacked, and under the strict garrison, he did not take advantage of half of the advantage for a while.

The two armies attacked and defended, and fought for several days, but they were all damaged. However, after all, Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses did not have a great terrain advantage like the Shangluo defenders, so there were many casualties in the past few days, including thousands.

Zhang Ji was worried about the Shangluo war, and suddenly a soldier reported, Li Ru and Xu Rong came to see him. Zhang Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought that Li urged them to assist in the Shangluo war. After Zhang Ji met with Li Ru and Xu Rong, Li Ru was burdened with heavy responsibilities and did not dare to hesitate, so he immediately gave Zhang Ji the secret letter of Li Xu. After Zhang Ji took the letter, his face could be described as wonderful, startled, then darkened, then a little unbearable, and finally slowly rose resolute.

Seeing that Zhang Ji's face was so complicated, Li Ru's brows suddenly furrowed even tighter, and he wanted to ask Zhang Ji to take a look at the letter. Before he could say anything, Zhang Ji stepped aside and burned the letter by candlelight.

Li Ru's brows were deeply locked, his heart was beating wildly, and then he pressed it tightly, and for some reason he suddenly felt a sense of weakness. He found that there seemed to be many things and many doubts. Just as Zhang Ji should be Hongnong at this time, why would he suddenly fight with Lu Bu in Shangluo.

After thinking about it, Li Ru asked Zhang Ji. And Zhang Ji was also confused, the secret letter given to him by Li Xuan just now was written that Li Qi asked him to rush to Chang'an a few days ago. But the letter he received was for him to capture Shangluo. Zhang Ji was also in chaos for a while, and he found an excuse to prevaricate Li Ru. What a character Li Ru is, although he knows that what Zhang Ji said is false, he will not break it.

Zhang Ji's heart was messy, but he still decided to follow the instructions in the letter. Zhang Ji took advantage of the night to summon the soldiers of various departments and suddenly notified the withdrawal of the army. After Zhang Ji led his soldiers and horses for two days, he went back to Hongnong.

Then Zhang Ji said that in this letter, Li urged that Lü Bu was likely to attack Hongnong, and hoped that Li Ru and Xu Rong would stay behind to guard. Li Ru became more and more suspicious of the content of the secret letter, and the sense of powerlessness became more and more strong. He felt that Li Xun did not trust him. There must be something hidden from him between Zhang Ji and Li Xuan. Although Li Ru knocked on Zhang Ji's side, trying to find the slightest clue from it, Zhang Ji kept his mouth shut, and would choose not to answer unless he had to, Li Ru couldn't pry Zhang Ji's mouth open, so naturally he couldn't get any clues.

And Zhang Ji seemed to be very urgent, and after resting his soldiers and horses for a day, he left only 5,000 soldiers and horses for Li Ru and Xu Rong to stay in Hongnong, and the rest rushed to Chang'an with him.