Chapter Eighty-Five: Jia Xu Agrees
Seeing Xu Huang kill Hu Zhen, the surrounding Xiliang soldiers were all stunned, and the faces of all the soldiers were full of shock.
The guards around Hu Zhen reacted and were about to take out their blades to resist, but the Flying Bear Army Broadsword Rider behind Xu Huang was already ready to attack, and he was killed by the generals with a thunderous force as soon as he made a move.
"Guo Yan and others have rebelled and died, and Marquis Anping has led a large army to the city, do you still want to help the abuse? If you return to Anpinghou, you will be spared death. Xu Huang shouted.
The soldiers of the Western Liang were shocked when they heard this, and they were a little hesitant when they wanted to resist for a while.
Just when the Xiliang army hesitated, billowing smoke and dust rose on the plain outside the city, and Liu Meng led the rest of the soldiers to appear, confirming that what Xu Huang said was true.
The idea of the Xiliang soldiers is very simple, the enemy army has reached Chang'an, Guo Yan and others must have been defeated, otherwise the enemy army should still be fighting with Guo Yan and others in Luoyang, how can it appear here?
All the generals in Xiliang are dead, and now Hu Zhen is also dead, there is no one in charge, what else do they sell, who do they sell their lives, and for a while they were still hesitating whether to fight to the death, the Xiliang soldiers all dropped their blades and chose to surrender.
Xu Huang also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this situation, if these soldiers chose to resist, even if they could not form an effective resistance without the command of the generals, it would make the self-army suffer a lot of losses, after all, there were many defenders in Chang'an City.
After Liu Meng led the army into the city, he appeased these soldiers as soon as possible, and took care of these people for the time being, because now it has been confirmed that what the letter said is true, which means that Guo Yan and the others are about to come back, maybe they have now arrived in Hongnong, and there is no time for him to reorganize these soldiers, and the most important thing now is to rush to Hongnong to repel the enemy army.
"Ding, the host occupies Chang'an, and you can get 17,000 killing intent points per month."
Liu Meng was very happy to hear the system prompt, so that he could get 36,000 killing intent points every month.
Liu Meng of Chang'an planned to let Xu Huang defend the town, but there were not many soldiers left, but he only converted 2,000 card battalions and 3,000 archers plus the remaining 10,000 defenders to stay with Xu Huang.
Thinking that with Chang'an Jiancheng, he should be able to block Ma Teng and Han Sui for some time, as long as he quickly defeats the Xiliang army and then returns to defense, and Ma Teng and others will not necessarily attack Chang'an, after all, attacking Longxi and other places is regarded as exterminating Dong Zhuo's remnants, but he Liu Meng is also ordered to beg for thieves this time, and Chang'an, who attacked him, is morally untenable.
Just as Liu Meng was about to lead his troops back to Hongnong, Li Xing appeared again.
"Anping Hou, my master is invited." Li Xingdao.
Although Liu Meng was in a hurry to go to Hongnong, he was also very curious about the person who gave him a big gift, and he was a little hesitant for a while.
"My master said that Guo Yan and the others have not received the news, and the person sent by Hu Zhen to deliver the news has been dealt with." Li Xingdao.
Liu Meng was a little surprised, but it suddenly dawned later, too, with the other party's intelligence ability, if he deliberately paid attention to Hu Zhen, he could indeed quietly dispose of the person he sent to deliver the news.
Since this is the case, Guo Yan and the others are still entangled with Cao Cao and Lu Bu in Luoyang, so there is no need to rush to help.
"Lead the way." Liu Meng said.
Under the leadership of Li Xing, he came to a civilian residential area in the east of the city after a short time, and the ordinary people around him were a little nervous when they saw Liu Meng riding a military uniform.
"Is it hidden in the city?" Liu Meng said secretly.
At this time, Liu Meng had some guesses in his heart, but he couldn't figure out why that person chose him.
Outside an ordinary house, Li Xing stopped and said to Liu Meng: "My master is waiting inside." ”
Liu Meng dismounted and walked into the private house, and there was a middle-aged scribe sitting in the room, who looked ordinary, but Liu Meng knew that this person was not so ordinary on the outside, but he was too good at hiding his edge.
"Jia Xu has seen Anpinghou." Jia Xu stood up and saluted.
Sure enough, it was him.
"I wonder why Mr. invited me to come this time? Having said that, this gift from my husband is really heavy. Liu Meng said.
"I invited An Pinghou to come this time to save my life."
"Oh? What do you mean by that, sir? I think my husband's life is very stable, and how can my life be in danger with my husband's ability, and help me win Chang'an without leaving home, this kind of skill is extraordinary. ”
"Anping Hou smiled, this is also for Jia Xu himself, if Ma Teng and others take Chang'an, my life will not be guaranteed." Jia Xu didn't mean to take credit at all.
"Why did you choose me?" Liu Meng didn't want to beat around the bush, so he directly asked the doubts in his heart.
"Because there is almost no place for me in the world, the previous incident made the Xiliang generals not tolerate me, as Dong Zhuo's former ministers, those princes may not be able to tolerate me because of their reputation, only the Marquis of Anping can."
"How can I see it, just because I accepted Xu Huang?"
"There is a reason for this, and more importantly, although Anpinghou is strong now, I have exactly what Anpinghou lacks in my hands, and it should be enough to exchange this for my life." Jia Xu said bluntly.
"You mean the intelligence system you have?" Liu Meng became interested.
"Yes, this was cultivated by Dong Zhuo at a great cost, and later handed over to me to take charge of."
"But how can I trust you?" Liu Meng asked Xu Huang, Jia Xu, the old fox, should have abandoned Dong Zhuo and ran away alone after receiving the news that Dong Zhuo was about to be in trouble, he couldn't trust such a person.
"The members of this intelligence system only recognize tokens but not people, and as long as there is important information, or orders to be brought to their attention, there will be a leader who will come to report to the token holder." Jia Xu knew that Liu Meng couldn't trust him and didn't want him to be in charge of this intelligence force anymore, so he took out a black token from his arms and handed it to Liu Meng.
Liu Meng looked at the token and said after a while: "I not only lack an intelligence system, but also lack talents, so I am also very interested in Mr., does Mr. have a way to make me believe in you?" ”
Jia Xu also knew that Liu Meng was very concerned about his previous history of turning his back on Dong Zhuo and running away directly, so he was not surprised to hear Liu Meng's words, but what surprised him was that Liu Meng actually knew that he still wanted to use him, although he Jia Xu was good at self-preservation, it didn't mean that he didn't want him to achieve a lot of achievements, and it was not his will to do nothing from now on.
"Jia Xu's weak scholar needs to follow Anpinghou's side in this troubled era to be preserved, and I hope that Anpinghou will send some people to protect Xu's family." Jia Xu was also a bachelor enough, so he replied without thinking about it.
"Haha, okay, I will definitely protect Mr. and your family." Liu Meng laughed.
Liu Meng is indeed not worried about Jia Xu, after all, although he is resourceful, he prefers self-preservation, and if he can be redeemed when things involve him, he will conspire, but he is the first to run in danger, even if he surrenders, it is possible, and he is unwilling to contribute.
However, Jia Xu's words dispelled Liu Meng's doubts, what is following him Liu Meng's side? That is, if Liu Meng has something to do, he Jia Xu will also be affected, and as for sending someone to guard his family, it is equivalent to handing over his family to Liu Meng as a hostage.
"Jia Xu to meet the lord."