As soon as the day dawned, Zhu Ao came to the house of Liang Xing's envoy.

Knocking on the door, he asked, "Is the messenger there?" ”

He had already gotten up and was ready, and the messenger was waiting in the house for Cao Shuo to send someone to call him.

Hearing a knock on the door, he hurriedly greeted him.

When Cao Shuo met him, Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao were always by his side.

Knowing that Zhu Ao was a person beside Cao Shuo, the envoy did not dare to slack off, and saluted and asked, "Dare to ask who Gongzi sent to send me to Chang'an?" ”

"I'll go." Zhu Ao said: "Childe was worried that the envoy would be in trouble in the middle of the road, so he specially asked me to protect him all the way. ”

"How dare you bother the general." Zhu Ao is the one who serves Cao Shuo, and being escorted by him does have a great face, and the messenger hurriedly said: "I am humble, I really dare not be." ”

"What about your honorable status?" Zhu Ao said: "Childe wants me to escort me, it's just that I don't want to make extraneous branches, don't think too much." ”

"That's what the general said." was embarrassed by him, and the messenger was very embarrassed to respond.

The soldiers brought the horses, and Zhu Ao and the messenger got on their horses.

The two rode side by side towards the pass.

Walking out of the gate, dozens of guards waiting here approached.

The guards gathered the envoys in the middle and followed Zhu Ao in the direction of Chang'an.

Turning his head and glancing in the direction of Tongguan, the envoy asked Zhu Ao: "Dare to ask the general, how is the wall of Tongguan potholed, I remember that when I was withdrawn, the city wall here was not like this." ”

"Childe didn't collapse here, Tongguan is already solid." Zhu Ao didn't look back, but said in a very flat tone: "If it was an ordinary city, I'm afraid Gongzi would have let there be no city walls there." ”

Zhu Ao's answer made the messenger gasp, and he couldn't find the slightest reason to doubt.

The walls of Tongguan are strong, and if you can make this place mottled and replaced with the walls of a small city, it is indeed likely that it has completely collapsed.

Since Cao Shuo created the catapult, many heroes have learned how to build.

Catapults can bring a lot of impact to the city wall, but it is impossible to make a city wall like Tongguan into potholes and look like a pockmarked face.

"Dare to ask the general, what kind of weapon does Childe use?" I couldn't help but be curious, and the messenger asked Zhu Ao.

Zhu Ao glanced at him: "Could it be that the Venerable Driver is here to find out the truth of our army?" ”

As soon as he asked, the envoy reacted, and there were some things that really shouldn't have been asked directly.

For fear of causing trouble on the way, the messenger did not dare to ask again.

Chang'an is far from Tongguan, not far away, but not close.

That night, they came to the outside of Chang'an.

It was already dark, and the soldiers defending the city closed the gates early.

When he came to the outside of the city, Zhu Ao looked at the city and shouted: "Listen to the soldiers in the city, the eldest prince sent me to escort the Xiliang envoy to ask to see Cao Gong, and quickly open the city to welcome us in." ”

A head poked out from the top of the city.

The man asked Zhu Ao, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm the eldest son, and I'm Zhu Ao, the leader of the guards beside me." Zhu Ao replied: "Behind me is the messenger from Xiliang. ”

"It's not early, Cao Gong should be asleep." The man at the head of the city replied, "Your Excellency will enter the city early tomorrow morning......

"Fuck you shit!" The people at the head of the city refused to open the door, Zhu Ao was a little anxious, and blurted out: "The military situation is urgent, who can wait for you until tomorrow morning?" Hurry up and open the door, otherwise it will delay something important, and ask you. ”

The people at the head of the city did not dare to say anything more.

He's just a small lieutenant, and he really doesn't have the authority to open the gates.

"Hurry up!" Zhu Ao shouted: "It's still early, if you delay for a while, Cao Gong will really sleep." ”

"Wait a minute." was scolded, and the man at the head of the city didn't dare to reply: "I'll go and ask the general." ”

"Hurry up!" Zhu Ao shouted angrily: "The eldest prince ordered me to escort the messenger to see Cao Gong, you actually dare to stop it, it's really too long." ”

The more unceremonious Zhu Ao spoke, the more the man didn't dare to say anything.

It was Li Dian who was in charge of the city's defense at night.

Receiving the news that someone was escorting the Xiliang envoy to come, Li Dian did not dare to delay and hurriedly came to the city.

Since it was already dark, Li Dian couldn't see who was outside the city.

He shouted to Zhu Ao: "Who is coming? ”

"Dare to ask who the general is?" also couldn't see the city clearly, so Zhu Ao asked rhetorically.

"I'm Li Dian, who are you?" Li Dian replied.

"It turned out to be General Lee." Zhu Ao said: "I am Zhu Ao, the leader of the guards under the command of the eldest son. ”

"Please wish the general a little closer." Knowing that it was Zhu Ao, Li Dian asked him to come forward.

Zhu Ao and Deng Zhan followed Cao Shuo all day long, and almost no one in the Cao family did not know them.

Of course, Li Dian could recognize Zhu Ao's appearance.

Leaning forward a bit, Zhu Ao asked, "Is it okay here?" ”

Still unable to distinguish Zhu Ao's face, Li Dian said: "Please put a few torches in front of the general." ”

"It turns out that General Li is worried that someone is pretending." Zhu Ao, who understood it, instructed behind him: "Fetch a torch and shine it on my face, so that General Li can see it clearly." ”

Several guards stepped forward with torches.

By the light of the fire, Li Dian recognized Zhu Ao: "Sure enough, it's General Zhu, please don't blame you for being sluggish." ”

"What did General Lee say?" Zhu Ao replied: "Please also ask the general to open the city gate quickly, so that I can lead the envoy to see Cao Gong." ”

"Open the gates." Li Dian ordered the soldiers.

The city gate slowly opened, and Zhu Ao led the team to escort the envoy into the city.

Li Dian and others were at the intersection into the city.

Seeing Zhu Ao, he bowed: "I heard that General Zhu brought a messenger from Xiliang?" ”

"Exactly." Zhu Ao said: "Han Sui and Liang Xing have the heart to serve the Cao family and send this person to ask to see the son. Gongzi had already promised the two, but he was still not at ease and asked to come to see Cao Gong. ”

Glancing at the envoy, Li Dian said: "What the eldest son has already promised, even if he sees Cao Gong, it is like that, how can it be worth coming to Chang'an." ”

"General Li is right, and I think so." Zhu Ao said: "But this person insists on seeing Cao Gong, and Gongzi has no choice but to let him." ”

"I'll send someone to escort General Zhu there." Li Dian instructed the soldiers: "Send a team of people to escort General Zhu and them to see Cao Gong." ”

"I understand the general's kindness." A team of Cao Jun was about to step forward, and Zhu Ao said: "We have no problems all the way, and now that we have entered Chang'an, will there be any mistakes?" ”

"I wish the general is reasonable, but I still have to send someone to escort me to feel at ease." Li Dian said: "If Gong Cao knows that I didn't do this, maybe he will blame him in the future." ”

"Since General Li said so, I will not shirk it anymore." Zhu Ao arched his hand: "Thank you!" ”

"Good luck to the general!"

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