Hearing that there was no sound next door, Gao Ran laughed loudly and said, "General Koji, Gao is just a hypothesis, you shouldn't think too much." Let me tell you the truth, in Gao's opinion, our army has no chance of winning. Therefore, after Gao saw the lord, he persuaded him to surrender to Liu Xin in order to save his wife, but the lord didn't listen......"

"No wonder, no wonder!" Over there, Lu Yi suddenly realized, and said in a loud voice, "It turns out that Lu Mou has been harmed by you." ”

Gao Ran asked puzzledly, "Why did General Koji suffer from Gao?" ”

Lu Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Isn't it the same as General Gao's proposal to persuade the lord to make peace with Liu Xin, and how can the lord not be angry with him?" ”

Gao Ran waved his hand and said, "What is the same, there is a difference between heaven and earth!" ”

Lu Yi sighed and said: "It's too late to talk about anything now, you and I will stay here at hand, and when the lord's army is defeated, I will read the kind words of you and me, and let you and me out." ”

Gao Ran shook his head and said: "If you and I want to get out of this cell alive, we can only hope for the lord's victory, and he will be happy at that time, and he may let you and me go." It's just that according to Gao, there is little hope. ”

Seeing that Gao Ran disagreed with him, he couldn't help but say: "General Gao's opinion, Lu Mou doesn't dare to agree, do you and I dare to bet once?" ”

Gao Ran smiled: "Why don't you dare? Whoever loses promises the other party one thing! ”

Koji Yi said loudly: "Okay! A word is a certainty, you and I high-five as an oath! ”

Both of them were born in the army, and they had a bold temperament, and when Lu Yi's words were finished, they stretched out their palms together, and then remembered that there was a wall between them, and they couldn't help laughing in unison, and their palms slapped heavily on the wall, which shook the whole cell "buzzing", and the jailers were so shocked that their faces were colorless, as if they were facing a great enemy. Fortunately, after this time, Gao Ran and Lu Yi did not move again, and the prison returned to peace.

However, it was said that Liu Xin left the military station outside the mud city, went all the way to the east, changed horses without changing people, and only rested for one or two hours a day, which can be described as a day and night, and finally saw the majestic Chang'an City in the early morning of the third day. Along the way, there are also frequent war reports.

Cao Cao learned the news of the loss of Puyang City, and really strengthened the offensive against the Tiger Prison Pass, wave after wave of Cao soldiers frantically rushed to the Pass with the corpses of their companions, and then left more corpses, but no one flinched, and in the whole day of the offensive, more than 30,000 fresh lives disappeared under the Tiger Prison Pass. The officers and men of the Han army guarding the pass also suffered heavy casualties, with more than 7,000 killed and countless wounded.

However, after nightfall, Cao's offensive suddenly stopped. Since Cao Cao led his troops to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, this was the first time that he had not heard the sound of shouting and killing. There is often a brief silence before the storm, and Wen Ping did not dare to be careless, and did not even take off his armor, so he slept on the head of the city, ready for the next more fierce attack of Cao's army.

After dawn, the Han soldiers who had been watching nervously all night suddenly found that there was no movement in the Cao army camp under the Tiger Prison. Wen Ping was worried about Cao Cao's deception, so he sent two soldiers to take hanging baskets down from the city and enter Cao's military camp to find out. After a while, the two soldiers rushed back and shouted from under the city: "General Qiyu, the enemy army has retreated!" ”

There was a burst of cheers above the Tiger Prison Pass. This offensive and defensive battle was fought too hard, and the 10,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army Corps, which were originally responsible for guarding the pass, were almost all killed and wounded, and now almost all the soldiers of the Engineer Corps are guarding the city, and the 30,000 people who were transferred at the beginning can still shoot their bows and arrows no more than 10,000. If Cao's army continues to attack, it will support for two days at most, and the Tiger Prison Pass will be lost.

Although Cao Jun retreated, Wen Ping did not dare to be careless, while organizing soldiers to repair the city wall, and on the other hand, he sent people out of the customs to collect the corpses and bury them. He himself put on his armor and led a cavalry of hundreds of people out of the Tiger Prison Pass to the east, until he searched for twenty miles, and then he was sure that Cao's army had really retreated, and hurriedly sent people to report to Chang'an.

On the battlefield on the other side, because Zhang Liao and Gao Shun captured the city of Jiaoyang, the activity space of the Xianbei cavalry was greatly compressed. The head simply hid in Taiyuan City, ** every day with good wine and meat, and accompanied by Han beauties, he was also happy.

In order to consolidate the position of his Xianbei Great Khan, the head of the head almost raised the strength of the whole clan, gathered 300,000 cavalry to drink the horse Central Plains, but he did not expect to encounter the head of the drink, in just half a month, 120,000 people have been lost, the three major leaders of Liaodong Xianbei have all died here, and his two younger brothers Fu Luohan and Bu Dugen are also injured.

Now, in addition to the 20,000 Xianbei cavalry who rose from a distant place and are still gathering in Danhan Mountain and failing to move south, there are still 160,000 troops under the leader, which is definitely a force to be reckoned with. It's just that ** resolutely did not allow so many people to enter Taiyuan City, so more than 100,000 people were stationed outside Taiyuan City, and the people of the surrounding counties all suffered. The Xianbei cavalry ** plundered, and every day I don't know how many people are ruined.

Because Zhang Liao had already occupied the city of Jiaoyang and controlled the choke point from Taiyuan to the south, countless refugees dragged their families and mouths to pass by every day, and they weptly accused the atrocities of the Xianbei people. Zhang Liao was not angry, and immediately made a bold decision - to counterattack Taiyuan!

After receiving this battle report, Liu Xin couldn't help but be startled, he knew very well that not counting the troops lost in the battle during this time, there were only 50,000 people under Zhang Liao's command, of which 40,000 were infantry, if it was based on the city, the problem would naturally not be big, but if he took the initiative to attack, it would be unknown who would die.

Thinking of this, Liu Xin raised his horsewhip and shouted in a deep voice: "Quick! Town! ”

Chang'an City continued the habit of Xiangyang City, and the gates of the outer city would not be closed unless it was attacked by an enemy. But recently, there have been frequent movements of troops and horses, and everyone knows that the land of Kanto is full of smoke, and the Chang'an Market, which is not very lively, is even more depressed.

The impact of war is not only reflected in direct destruction, but also in the psychological impact of people. As the saying goes, it is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a troubled person. When ordinary people heard about the war, they were so panicked that they were cautious about business, and the market naturally became depressed.

However, the empty street made it convenient for Liu Xin and his party to walk on horseback. Thousands of war horses roared by, and the people on both sides of the street did not dare to open the door, but they looked out through the crack in the door, until they saw clearly the big "Han" character on the banner of the team, and then they relaxed slightly, but immediately began to worry about whether there was a big war somewhere.

It was not yet time for the inner city to open its doors, but the city gate suddenly opened, and dozens of people rushed out together, led by Fu Zhi and Tian Feng. Seeing Liu Xin and his entourage, everyone hurriedly stood on the side of the road and said in unison: "Welcome Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xin turned over and dismounted, waved his hand, and said, "All the ministers are exempt, let's go in and talk about it in detail." Gonghe, can there be Liu Xie's whereabouts? ”

Fu Zhu looked left and right, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is about to report this matter to Your Majesty, and please move Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xin's heart froze, dropped the horsewhip, turned around and said: "Ce'er, you arrange for the soldiers to go to the barracks to rest, and take them to the Tiger Prison Pass in the afternoon!" ”

Sun Ce responded and led the 5,000 cavalry to leave in a hurry. Only then did he lead Liu Xin into a quiet room, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Xie is dead. ”

Liu Xin originally thought that Liu Xie would take advantage of the chaos to escape and flow into the people. In the current Han Dynasty, the power of the scholar family is still very strong, and these people have different thoughts, and it is inevitable that some people will start an incident in the name of Liu Xie in the future. Even if they can't find Liu Xie, it is very likely that they will randomly pull a teenager out to pretend to be Liu Xie's descendants, as long as they don't find out Liu Xie's whereabouts, the matter will never end.

What Liu Xin didn't expect was that the news brought by Frustration turned out to be that Liu Xie was dead, so there was no need to worry, after all, Liu Biao's pseudo-emperor was one layer away, and his appeal was far less than Liu Xie's. But Liu Xin quickly had questions again, and asked in a deep voice: "Gonghe, you tell me the truth, how did Liu Xie die?" ”

When He Lian expressed her support for Liu Xin, she once put forward a condition, that is, she hoped that Liu Xin could save Liu Xie's life. Although Liu Xie's mother Wang Meiren was killed by He Lian, and if it wasn't for Empress Dowager Dong's protection, Liu Xie would definitely be poisoned by He Lian. It's just that after a big change, He Lian's mood has changed a lot, there is no jealousy, no hatred, she thinks more about leaving a blood for Liu Hong.

On the issue of dealing with Liu Xie, Liu Xin also prepared many other means, and it was not necessarily necessary to kill him. For example, he can be deposed as a concubine in the name of killing his brother and usurping the throne, or he can be made without a queen through secret methods, and he will naturally have no threat after a hundred years. Of course, a living Liu Xie is always much more troublesome than a dead Liu Xie, but the key is how Liu Xie died.

Liu Xin didn't believe that Liu Association died for no reason like this, there must be something greasy in this, maybe it was the hand of Fu Zhi and others, so Liu Xin asked this question.

Fu Zhu suddenly lowered his head and sighed: "That day, Xun You and Chen Qun hijacked Liu Xie to escape from Puyang and defect to Dong'e, but unexpectedly, Dong'e County had been captured by Tai Shici. Tai Shici received a notification from Wei Yan and asked the soldiers to change into Cao Jun's clothes and armor, and led Xun You and others into the city. ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "I know all this, you only say how Liu Xie died." ”

Frustrated, he arched his hand and said, "Xun You entered the county office alone and was captured on the spot. But Chen Qun, who was guarding the door, saw that the general situation was gone, and he ordered his own soldiers to stab Liu Xie to death in the car......"

"Wait!" Liu Xin raised his hand and asked, "You mean that Liu Xie died at the hands of Cao Jun?" ”

"Not bad! Although Chen Qun was reluctant to admit his guilt, his own soldiers had already confessed, and the matter was witnessed by Kong Rong, a former minister of the former dynasty. ”