Please forgive me for not obeying the Lord's arrangement! Jia Xu placed the secret letter sent by Xiang Ao in his hand on the oil lamp, lit it and destroyed it, and sighed secretly.

Crossing the river with Dian Wei was also Shu Zuo, who was in charge of intelligence matters in Hanoi under Jiang Lu. When Dian Wei left the Red Luan Pavilion, Jia Xu had already received the secret letter sent by Xiang Ao. There are only two things told in the letter, one is to let Jia Xu pay attention to his own safety when he lurks in Dong Ying; Instead, Jia Xu must try to save the life of the first emperor Liu Xie.

But how could Jia Xu, who had other ideas, obey Xiang Ao's arrangement? Now in the palace, only Liu Xie is left in the orthodoxy of the Liu family. As long as he operates properly, it will be a matter of time before the Liu family of the Han Dynasty dies. Jia Xu is good at understanding people, even if he only meets his lord Xiang Ao once, he also knows that Xiang Ao is not a hero's ambition. If there is an orthodox Han family in between, how to make Xiang Ao become a treasure?

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't blame the ministers for being ruthless, the Han family has existed in name only! Jia Xu looked at the reassurance of Liu Xie's residence in Weiyang Palace, and sighed in his heart.

"Master Jia, Master Tai is invited!" Hearing the call outside the door, Jia Xu retracted his thoughts, straightened his clothes slightly, opened the door, and followed the guards to Dong Zhuo's residence.

"Hey, meet the master!"

"Come on, sir, you're welcome!" Dong Zhuo smiled kindly, pulled Jia Xu to his front with one hand, asked Jia Xu to sit down and said, "Life in the palace, can you get used to it, sir?" ”

"Very good!" Jia Xu smiled lightly and said: "It's just that the master will not send someone to send a beautiful woman next time, I can't bear it!" ”

Dong Zhuo was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "I don't want Mr. to be a humorous person." ”

"Mr. Zhao came here today to discuss important matters!" Dong Zhuo said, picked up the letter on the table and handed it to Jia Xu and said, "Sir, please see, this is the secret letter of the Zhenguo Gongxiang." ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he was slightly stunned: What is the secret letter of the lord to Dong Zhuo? Taking the letter from Dong Zhuo's hand, Jia Xu looked at it slowly.

"Taishi, it's really shameless to be so Zhenguogong!" Jia Xu looked at it, threw the letter on the table with a little anger and said: "It's really shameful to be a bitch and build an archway!" ”

"As a prince, how can you win benefits without shame?" Dong Zhuo wasn't too angry, and said indifferently: "It's just that this person asks this master how to deal with it?" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he took a deep breath and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you withdraw from Luoyang or not, as for handing over Your Majesty, you must not do it!" ”

"The history of the Taishou assassins in various places took advantage of the crusade against the Taishi, and continued to recruit soldiers and horses. Regardless of whether the thief army's crusade against us can succeed or not, after the so-called aspirants have retreated, who is willing to disperse the soldiers who have been recruited so hard? In this way, the situation of the princes standing on their own has emerged. Jia Xu said with a solemn face: "Although the Taishi now has the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Luoyang Elite under his command, it is difficult to do anything if he is an enemy of the world. ”

"And Your Majesty is the most important trump card in the hands of the Taishi, as long as Your Majesty is in your hands, no one will dare to openly rebel!" Jia Xu slowed down his tone and said: "In today's situation, as long as you resist the attack of the coalition army, and then try to make the coalition army infighting, the coalition army will be broken without attacking." ”

Without waiting for Dong Zhuo to ask how to deal with it, Jia Xu took the initiative to say the countermeasures and let Dong Zhuo think about it himself.

"Before Xiang Ao, the prince of Zhenguo, sent an envoy to send a so-called secret letter, but it was just for the people of the world to see." Jia Xu's face was determined.

Without waiting for Dong Zhuo to figure it out, Li Ru hurriedly rushed into Dong Zhuo's room and said, "Taishi, the envoy of the Zhenguo has disappeared, I don't know if we haven't found it or..."

"Or how?" Dong Zhuo frowned, his face displeased.

"Or absconding overnight!" Li Ru was also displeased, and he didn't want to look at the stupid reckless man who had such a behavior.

"Absconding?"

"Yes, too!" Jia Xu made a sudden gesture beside him and said, "Master, I'm afraid that Xiang Ao's envoy didn't just send a secret letter!" ”

"Spying on military intelligence?" Li Ru was shocked and shouted loudly.

"Wen You's guess shouldn't be bad!" Jia Xu said with a solemn face: "Taishi, the Mengjin strategy on the northern front needs to be redeployed immediately, and I am afraid that Xiang Ao will deceive!" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, his face was extremely ugly, and he was even a little anxious, and said to Li Ru: "Wen You quickly rushed back to Mengjin and redeployed the defense of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, without delay!" ”

"No!" Li Ru, who seemed even more anxious, stopped talking nonsense and left in a hurry. After Li Ru left, Dong Zhuo's face became more and more flustered, and he kept thinking about whether there were loopholes in the fortifications around Luoyang. And Jia Xu on the side also bowed his head and pondered, not knowing whether he was helping Dong Zhuo think about how to defend Luoyang, or thinking about other things.

"Mr. Wenhe, what are your concerns?" Dong Zhuo, who had been thinking about it for a long time to no avail, saw that Jia Xu was still so dignified, and asked Jia Xu worriedly.

When Jia Xu heard this, he raised his head and said: "Although the soldiers and horses in the Northern Regions led by Xiang Ao on the Northern Front are elite, Mengjin is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the elite of the eighth captain of the West Garden in the past is not mediocre, and it is not so easy for Xiang Ao, the prince of Zhenguo, to break through Mengjin. As for the Tiger Prison Pass, with the elite defense of the state led by General Lu, coupled with the momentum of the Tiger Prison Pass, it is not difficult to strictly defend it for several months. ”

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said worriedly: "It's the southern front, which is relatively fierce and strong, and the troops are much less. Moreover, Taishi also said that Sun Jian is an all-powerful person, no matter whether he raids or attacks fortifications, there are few people in the world who can match him. In addition, the terrain around Guangcheng and Yangren is much flatter, so I am worried..."

"Sir, worried that Huaxiong under the command of this Taishi is invincible?"

Jia Xu didn't answer, just nodded silently. Talking about this, Dong Zhuo kept comparing the abilities of the two in his heart. After a while, Dong Zhuo had to sigh and said, "Mr. is worried, it is very likely, this Taishi immediately wrote to Huaxiong, be more careful!" ”

By the time Li Ru followed Dong Zhuo's order and rushed back to Mengjin, Dian Wei had already crossed the Yellow River at night, rushed back to the barracks, washed up and finished breakfast.

"Lord, this picture is the Mengjin defense arrangement!" Dian Wei respectfully handed over the drawings brought back from Pingxian overnight to Xiang Ao, but Xiang Ao did not take them in a hurry.

Looking at the soldiers and horses frequently crowded by Dong Ying on the other side, Xiang Ao smiled softly and said: "No need, Dong Ying has already known the intention of sending Awei as an envoy, and Guo Yan and others have frequently mobilized troops and horses early this morning, and they are already changing defenses. ”

"Ahh When Dian Wei heard this, his face turned bitter, and he rushed back and forth day and night, it was still very hard.

Xiang Ao patted Dian Wei on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, Dong Ying is like this, that's what I want, as long as Guo Yan and the others move again, there will be flaws!" ”

When Han Hao heard this, he suddenly realized, his originally frowning brows suddenly loosened, and his eyes looking at Xiang Ao also became admired, so he sighed and said: "The wisdom of Zhenguo Gong is indeed not comparable to our ordinary people!" ”

"Hahaha... Yuan Hei praised, but the art of war of the sages, I just borrowed it! Xiang Ao laughed heartily and said: "If you move, you can do it!" ”

After laughing, Xiang Ao solemnly issued a military order: "Command Zilong, launch a feint attack on Xiaopingjin!" Command the archers, take the fire and get on the ship immediately, and assault Mengjin! ”

"No!" Dian Wei was not sleepy, and he hugged his fists with Han Hao to receive his life, and ran towards the military camp excitedly.

On the other side, Mengjin.

"Governor, general, the rebels have launched a fierce attack on Mengjin!"

"Huh?!" When Guo Yan heard this, his face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Can Mengjin Defense be rearranged?" ”

"General, most of the completion is complete, and the equipment to defend the city is not yet in place!"

Guo Yanchen tilted his head, stared at the map with his eyes, and turned to Li Ru and said, "What do you think about arranging the governor?" ”

"No hurry!" Li Ru seemed a lot calmer and said: "The Northern Regions Army launched a fierce attack, but it was only yesterday that we got the defense arrangements of our army, but it is difficult to break through Mengjin with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

"Just defend with confidence." Li Ru comforted Guo Yan and said: "The last battle exploits have been reported to the Taishi, and the Taishi has ordered someone to send a lot of tung oil overnight, even if Xiang Ao can fight, we can defend Meng Jin." ”

When Guo Yan heard this, his face was a lot more relaxed, and he ordered to the guards: "Order the whole army to defend with all your might, and don't attack rashly and block Xiang Ao's army on the river!" ”

"No!"

Although Guo Yan is conceited, but against Xiang Ao, Guo Yan does not dare to take it lightly, and intends to fight steadily, as long as he can prevent Xiang Ao, after all, the former champion Hou Wei's name is not in vain.

It's also strange to say, one fights fiercely, the other defends to death, but both sides seem to have a tacit understanding to cherish the soldiers. Whether it was Guo Yan or Xiang Ao, they all sent archers to shoot, and the greatest casualties did come from the fire losses of both sides. Li Ru and others were also prepared, fighting and fighting fires, and the casualties were not too large. Xiang Ao used Han Hao's strategy to place many straw men on the warship.

The straw man was not only able to resist most of the arrows, but under the terrifying consumption of arrows, he shot more and more, which surprised Xiang Ao.

Compared with Mengjin's 'harmony', the Tiger Prison Pass is much more tragic, with nearly 200,000 elite soldiers and horses on both sides leaving the blood on the Tiger Prison Pass city wall that cannot distinguish you from me, staining the entire city wall, making the majestic Tiger Prison Pass become hideous. At the same time, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian on the southern front also launched a fierce attack on Yangren and Guangcheng.

Although the coalition forces are strong, the Dong Zhuojun who is strictly guarded makes the coalition forces helpless, and the three different battlefields of Mengjin, Hujiaoguan, and Yangren are three months long. The war made it impossible for the Luoyang imperial court decrees to reach all parts of the Han Dynasty, and the already weak imperial court had no sense of existence in the Han Dynasty. And the daily consumption of grain and grass by tens of thousands of elite troops made Han Fu, who was in charge of this in the coalition army, gradually have his thoughts.

Especially in the land with the most allied sour dates, the heroes who should revolt were extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's arrangement.

The honest Kong Rong, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others who were anxious about the king of diligence often rushed to the forefront, while Yuan Shao, as the leader of the coalition army, often retreated behind, and seemed unwilling to lose his soldiers and horses. As a result, it also led to growing resentment among the coalition forces, but to everyone's disappointment, it seemed that Yuan Shao didn't care and still went his own way.

The most fierce attack was Sun Jian, who was known as the Jiangdong Tiger, and in the case of Mengjin and Tiger Prison Pass, Sun Jian had captured the two cities of Yangren and Guangcheng, and threatened Xuanyuan and Dagu Erguan. Coupled with the support of Yuan Shu's soldiers, horses, grain and grass, Sun Jian's power is incomparable, and he always threatens the safety of Dong Zhuo in Luoyang.