In the early morning, above Tongguan, Fan Chou, the general guarding the pass, was holding the letter shot by Cao Jun and groaning.

This is a silk letter written by Cao Ying's own handwriting, without the harsh wording of Cao Jun when he first arrived to attack Tongguan, nor the persuasion brought by the envoy of Cao Jun last time, but simply noted that Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu's son-in-law, Xuzhou Thorn History, Fenwu General Qin wanted to visit the meaning of "old friends".

Old friends? Who and whom? Could it be that it could be him Fan Chou and Lu Bu? Fan Chou's arm holding the silk book trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a wry smile.

Due to the treacherous attitude of Chang'an, Tongguan was besieged by Cao Ying for more than a month, but in fact, it has long been weak. And because of the incident of Yang Feng in front of him, he was closed and lacked food, and Fan Chou, who felt that he had lost his brother, had a different mind. Originally, according to the general practice, after successfully resisting Cao Jun's onslaught again, and having proved his position, as long as Cao Ying has a little comfort in the future, it is very likely that Fan Chou will have the mind of half-pushing and half-obeying.

But what Fan Chou "waited" for turned out to be Lu Bu's envoy.

The hatred of the city! Fan Chou really couldn't believe that Lu Bu would easily take the matter of being forced out of Chang'an in the first place.

Lu Bu used to be a senior general in Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army in the past, and for this world's first fierce general, Fan Chou, who was also a subordinate of the Xiliang Army, just like Li Dao and Guo Yan, experienced the contempt for Lu Bu when he first arrived, the contempt for recognizing the thief as his father, to the respect of the princes of the Eighteenth Road in the Tiger Prison Pass, and then to the psychological process of killing Dong Zhuo and deterring the Xiliang Army.

Thinking that after Lu Bu retreated to Chang'an, Li Dao Guo Yan didn't even have the courage to pursue, only turned around Chang'an, and hastily withdrew his troops, and did not dare to go out lightly in the guard, lest Lu Bu suddenly counterattack and counterattack, not to mention that he has now "fallen out of favor".

At the beginning, after learning that Lu Bu abandoned Hanoi and went to Yanzhou and successfully entered Qingzhou, the generals of the Xiliang Army, including Fan Chou, were greatly relieved, after all, there was a Yanzhou in the middle, and they could finally come out of the shadow of Lu Bu's counterattack at any time. But he didn't expect that this time it was Cao Ying who took advantage of the battle between Chang'an and Ma Teng Han Sui to attack, and the addition of Yuan Shao had already made Fan Chou worried, and now even Lu Bu's army who didn't expect to intervene at all also appeared, and he was still Lu Bu's son-in-law!

Who doesn't know that Lu Bu has only one daughter so far, and the status of the person who came in Lu Bu's army can be imagined, and Fan Chou really couldn't figure out what attitude to use to treat the person who came for a while.

In contrast, Fan Chou really hopes that it is still Cao Shao's envoy, even Yuan Shao's envoy can barely deal with it, as long as he can keep his surname, so that his three thousand relatives who followed him from Jincheng when he was from Jincheng will not be suspected because of Han Sui, what is not good to "discuss"?

"General, the person from the Cao camp on the other side has already arrived at the pass, how to deal with it, please show the general!" It was the pro-military lieutenant who had stirred Fan Chou's different thoughts to come in and report. The unconcealable sense of loss on his face made Fan Chou feel a little lonely when he saw it.

"It's finally here! Let's go and lock it up! Fan Chou put the silk book he was still holding in his hand on the desk, and did not ask in detail, shook his head, and asked calmly: "Words...... Be polite, although we belong to both sides of the enemy, we must also be well settled, be courteous, and don't let others make fun of us and other people in Xiliang, who are all reckless warriors. ”

"No!" The lieutenant lowered his head and said to Fan Chou with a wry smile: "It's just that there are more than 20 people who come to the envoy and his entourage, and they don't want to come up in the hanging basket, and they clearly want General Fan Chou to open and close to greet him, this is ...... If it takes the opportunity to rush through the pass and attract the army behind it to rush forward, then the Tong Pass ......"

"Hmm! It seems that this rumored son-in-law of Lu Bu also has some meaning, and he actually asks for this? Let's go and gather the soldiers and horses of the headquarters quickly, and go with a certain person to close the door to meet this Qin ...... Xuzhou Thorn History, General Qin! Fan Chou was stunned when he heard the lieutenant's words. There is only one gate in Tongguan, and Cao Jun's army is five miles away, if it is really as this captain said, it is really likely to be Cao Jun's trick to deceive the pass, Fan Chou pondered for a long time, and finally said as if he had made a major decision.

"Li Dao and Guo Yan are two thieves and suspicious generals, and it seems that it is time to make a choice!" Fan Chou stared at the back of the pro-soldier captain who went down to give the order, and sighed. At present, Fan Chou is also forced to do so. Everyone outside the gate doesn't know the inside story of Tongguan, but Fan Chou is clear in his heart, and the current Tongguan grain storage is already less than three days, but Chang'an still has no intention of coming to help, and I don't know what Li Dao Guo Yan thinks, is there a lack of tendons in his brain? Could it be that just to prevent himself, he ignored Tongguan? I don't know if Tongguan is lost, Chang'an will have no danger to defend? At present, because of the shortage of military rations, there have long been rumors in the army, except for the three thousand guards of Fan Chou's headquarters, the other defenders have already shown some signs of fluctuating military morale, if they do not find a "solution", after a few days, they will not even need to attack the troops outside the pass, and the defenders in Tongguan are afraid that they will be in chaos.

"Squeak......"

The dull sound of the Tongguan closing door was particularly harsh in the early morning silence, and the soldiers of the Xiandeng Battalion who were guarding around Qin Xu became alert when they arrived, hanging diagonally on their waists, and the full string of Xiandeng Jin crossbow was instantly held in their hands, facing the direction of the opening of the closing door.

"General Qin, did they really open the door? Are you really afraid that we are here to cheat? Watching the door slowly open, Sima Mao, who was following Qin Xu, muttered in a low voice.

"Presumably, it must be because of the fear of the lord's prestige!" Not only Sima Mao, but even Qin Xu was very strange, and he couldn't explain it for a while, so he could only use Lu Bu's name to prevaricate.

Originally, according to the practice of this year, if the two armies attacking and defending the pass wanted to exchange messengers, even if many people came, most of them would use a long rope, and the people would hang them up and down in the future, and the gate on the left and right would be easily unopenable, for fear that the comers would use the name of the messenger to deceive the pass.

Because the gate is heavy, it takes about a stick of incense to open and close, and in such a short period of time, if there is cavalry on the attacking side, as long as there is a slight delay here, it will be enough to make it difficult to close the gate, resulting in the pass being seized and easily falling. Therefore, unless you want to break the kettle and fight against the water, it is taboo to open and close the door without permission! And Fan Chou is also a military general of the Xiliang Army who has been famous for many years, and he has been guarding Tongguan for a long time, so he won't even understand this, but now he just does it, but the original intention is just to use this matter to take Qiao Fan Chou, and he will gladly try the late Han version of the elevator Qin someone can't understand Fan Chou's intentions.

"General Qin, the one with the golden helmet and golden armor is Fan Chou!" Sima Maojiu was in the trapped camp, he also belonged to Dong Zhuojun before, and he knew Fan Chou, and when he saw that there were many people, he whispered to Qin Xu on the side.

As the gate was ajar, it could be seen that the gate was headed by a military general with a golden helmet and golden armor, leading a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people, and was forming an attack formation in full armor behind the gate to make a vigilance.

It seems that Fan Chou is not unaware of the danger of opening and closing the door without permission, but he still did it, what is the intention, but it made Qin Xu have some vague thoughts for a while.

There's no need for it! Even if Fan Chou was worried about being deceived when closing the door, he led the army to ambush each other at the door, but there was only such a little space, and the door was only half-open, which could only accommodate three cavalry in parallel. You must know that the cavalry without the impact advantage, and it is in the narrow Guanhou Urn City, and it is not even as useful as a foot soldier on the horse, so Fan Chou's intention to still make this move, whether it is a deterrent, or something else, can be guessed.

"Ahem, it's the Han Xuzhou Thorn History, General Qin? My father-in-law, General Hou Fan, has come to greet him! Just when Qin Xu and the others were facing Fan Chou with more than 1,000 cavalry in an attack formation, and they didn't know what the other party meant, a captain next to Fan Chou took a few steps forward and bowed his hand at Qin Xu and the others, and actually used the most authentic greeting etiquette of the Han Dynasty. Qin Xu couldn't figure out what Fan Chou was going to do.

"It is Qin Xu! I've seen General Fan! Although Qin Xu came to the end of the Han Dynasty for a year, he said that under the "training" of his black-bellied sister Cai Yan, he also had some understanding of the etiquette of the Han Dynasty. But after all, it was short, and when Qin was alone with Cai Yan, his mind was not on this at all, and he naturally didn't know how to deal with it at this time. In addition, most of Qin Xu's eyes are now focused on Fan Chou, a righteous general who had a very tragic ending in history because he secretly released his fellow countryman Han Sui, and now strictly speaking, they can be regarded as opposites to each other, so Qin someone's first response to this full set of salutes from this captain was only a convention, and he didn't care too much, and replied casually.

"Ugh! General Qin is worthy of being Wen Hou's son-in-law, and he is indeed a cheerful person, so, please! "It seems that the pro-soldier lieutenant under Fan Chou has worked hard to arrange, and this time it can be regarded as a flattering eye for the blind man. However, Fan Chou seemed to be relieved about Qin Xu's indifferent attitude, and looked at Qin Xu's young and unspoken face and the guards behind him for a while, Fan Chou sighed lightly, and did not say much, and with a wave of his hand, the door was closed, and the more than 1,000 Xiliang troops behind Fan Chou scattered on both sides, and made a vigilant appearance with knives and guns, but a path was revealed from it. Fan Chou nodded, and said to Qin Xu with a hint of pride.

"General Fan is polite, please!" Proud of the "training" of the black sister, this time the practice of the Xiliang Army under Fan Chou, Qin Xu happened to hear that it was the highest etiquette in the army to welcome the envoy, and he also realized that he might really be a clown just now, and he was not hypocritical at the moment, and ordered Lao Xu and Sima Mao to take the guards to the camp first to follow Fan Chou's personal captain, and he only took Sima Mao to Fan Chou's side, secretly took a deep breath, made a calm and relaxed look, and nodded lightly at Fan Chou, who looked like a standard Xiliang man, side by side in the posture of the Xiliang army, he walked "friendly" towards the inner city of Guanzhong.