Xu Ji walked to the front of the sand table in the middle of the camp tent and said to Xu Wei: "Wen Feng, where are Wen and them stationing troops now?" ”

Xu Wei and Shi A came to the front of the sand table, the former stretched out his right hand and gestured on the sand table: "At the beginning of the battle, Mr. Wenhe and General Zhang Xiu fought with the army of Hanzhong in Xiegu Pass and Wuzhangyuan, and later Liu Bei's army joined the battle, at that time Liu Bei's army did not meet with Zhang Lu's army stationed in Xiegu, it seems that it was from Hanzhong to Chenggu, and after crossing the sweat, he went straight into Luogu, wanting to attack General Zhang Xiu from the depth of General Zhang Xiu, but Mr. Wenhe had already prepared, There were already broken armies in Meridian Valley and Shenling, so when he learned that Liu Bei's army was killed from behind, Mr. Wenhe led the army to retreat and confronted Zhang Lu and Liu Beijun in Meicheng and Shenling in the area of Meridian Valley. After Zhang Lujun and Liu Beijun reconciled in the Xiegu, they left the Xiegu and started a tug-of-war with Mr. Wenhe. By the way, it was here that General Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao's kid learned the peerless courage of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, at least before losing contact with Mr. Wenhe, the situation of the battle between the two armies was probably like this. ”

Xu Ji carefully played with the distribution of the strength of the army on the sand table and asked, "How many people are in the army under Zhang Lu and Liu Bei?" Xu Wei counted with his fingers, and said slowly: "Zhang Lu's army has no way to calculate it now, this kid is the leader of the Wudoumi Sect in Hanzhong City, there are hundreds of thousands of sect members alone, plus the situation in Chang'an is turbulent, and many people in the Chang'an region have fled to Hanzhong, so Zhang Lu's subordinates should not lack soldiers." As for Liu Bei, his army is said to have been allocated to him by Zhang Ren, and there are about 20,000 people. It should be the elite of the Yizhou army. It is still different from the kind of believer army under Zhang Lu. Xu Ji nodded and said, "Zhang Rennai is a famous general in Yizhou, as far as I can see." Although this person is not very good at martial arts, he is proficient in the art of war. Especially good at training, in the Chang'an Rebellion, we also saw this Zhang Ren's smile hidden knife, insidious and unscrupulous attitude towards the enemy to achieve his own goals, this kind of person trained soldiers are indeed very attractive. However, Wen Feng also underestimated Zhang Lu too much, cults make people crazy, have you forgotten the Yellow Turban Army's lifeless fighting style? ”

Xu Wei couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the Yellow Turban Army's foaming mouth and still fanatical appearance in the early years. Shi A's eyes flashed, and he said: "Don't let me see this despicable villain in the future, if it weren't for this kid during the Chang'an Rebellion last time." How can we lose so much?

Xu Ji's heart flashed Wen Ping's handsome and extremely bold face again, and he couldn't help but look dark. Then Xu Ji remembered that he still had important things, so he reluctantly collected his sadness and continued: "If that's the case, Hanzhong's army is still very strong, right." Where is Wen and their food and grass? ”

Xu Wei pointed out: "Mr. Wenhe's grain and grass are all hoarded in Xianyang, on the other side of the Weishui River. Hey, even if Zhang Lu and Liu Bei want to sneak attack Mr. Wenhe's grain and grass, it is impossible. Xu Ji nodded, although Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu's armies are now all concentrated in the Shenling area, but Jia Xu is not alone, you must know that Yicheng is backed by the Weishui River. On the other side of the Weishui River is to guard Chang'an Fufeng, where Wang Yun will naturally send heavy troops to guard, this Fufeng is in the west of Xianyang, and naturally becomes a natural barrier in Xianyang City.

To the west of Fufu. It is Hanxing, Chencang and other places, you can know by looking at the small flags on the sand table, although the scattered customs on the south bank of the Weishui River are in the hands of Zhang Lu. However, Chen Cang on the north bank of the Weishui River was Wang Yun's sphere of influence, and the great river was beneficial to the defense of both sides. This is the so-called "land grab". If you go upstream along Weishuike, it is the sphere of influence of the Xiliang people: Tianshui, Jicheng, Beiyuan, Longxi and even the three cities distributed in a triangle at the source of Weishui: Didao, Jincheng, and Baohan. This area is the sphere of influence of the Xiliang people. Although it is not clear the specific battle situation of the armies of Ma Teng Han Sui and Li Qi Guo Yan, this is definitely not Zhang Lu's sphere of influence.

On the contrary, in order to guard against the arrogant Xiliang people, Zhang Lu also sent troops to garrison troops in the upper valley, Shangbang, and Mumen.

Therefore, judging from the overall situation of the Battle of Hanzhong, the battle between Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiujun should be completely concentrated in the area of Meicheng and Shenling. Xu Ji turned his head to look at Xu Wei and said, "Wen Feng, when you and Wen He were in contact last time, did Wen He have any explanation for his current military movements?" ”

Xu Wei frowned and thought hard for a long time before he said: "Mr. Wenhe just said 'press the soldiers', so I think it's strange, since Liu Bei joined the Dao battle, Mr. Wen He's army has been standing still?" Does this make any difference? Xu Ji couldn't figure out what Jia Yu's order to stay still meant. It seems that if you don't ask Jia Yu in person, you can't grasp the form of Chang'an, so you said to Xu Wei: "If you want to contact Jia Yu now, I don't know how sure you are." ”

Xu Wei glanced at Shi A before he said, "If it was before, I really didn't have the slightest certainty, but now that Mr. Shi A is here, then everything will be different." ”

Shi Ah smiled slightly, naturally understanding what Xu Wei meant, but Xu Ji scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Xu Wei, but you know that Brother Shi is the head snake of this Chang'an City, and you are asking Brother Shi for a solution, right?" Xu Wei's old face turned red when he heard this, and he rubbed his big hand embarrassedly and laughed "hehe", and said with a big face: "Lord, can't I do it?" If you want to go to Shenling, you have to go through Chang'an, if you want to pass through Chang'an, you have to go through the west gate of Chang'an, but the west gate of Chang'an is really difficult to pass, and the shadow members under my command have no way at all. "Jokes are jokes, but Xu Ji knows that Xu Wei is actually very helpless, to rush to Jia Xu, just a few roads, if you want to bypass Chang'an, then only from the back of Chang'an City, through Feng Xu, Gaoling, Jingyang and then take a boat across Jingshui, and then you can go to the place where Jia Xu is stockpiling grain on the north bank of Weishui: Xianyang.

Among them, it is not much easier to pass through the heavy defense of Chang'an City to succeed, and it is not much easier than entering Chang'an City. And it was undoubtedly a big circle, and I don't know how many scouts and small troops Lu Bu scattered outside to control the back of Chang'an. One can't get it right. Lu Bu will kill it, then it will be a big trouble.

If in normal times. Of course, it would be a pleasure to have a chance to meet Lu Bu for a while, but now it will be exempted. What's more, Chen Zhi is not around, Xu Ji really has no interest in meeting this guy. Of course, you can also choose to start from this dense forest where you are and go all the way south. Then cross the river from the lower reaches of the Weishui River to Shenling, but this is more dangerous. Because it is possible to pass through Huayin and Weinan, which are sandwiched between Huashan and Weishui, but it is almost impossible to cross these two important military towns.

After thinking about it, the best way is to enter Chang'an City first, and then set off from the west gate of Chang'an City, as Xu Wei said. Rush to Shen Ling. But how to get out of the West Gate is a headache. Now it seems that it is not difficult to get into Chang'an, but it is necessary to get out of the West Gate. The only possibility is for Shi Ah to figure out a way. Xu Ji looked at Shi A, but before he could speak, Shi A smiled and said, "Lord, please rest assured, I have my own way." ”

Xu Ji nodded and said, "Brother Shi, this matter is as soon as possible, because I have to go to see Wen He in person to let go of my mind." ”

Xu Wei's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he immediately spoke: "Lord, this matter is absolutely not good!" The lord ventured into Chang'an City, if something happened. How do you tell me to explain? Xu Ji said coldly: "'If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger', not to mention that I, Xu Ji, am I the kind of person who doesn't know how to advance or retreat?" Without being completely sure, I won't cross Chang'an City. ”

What else does Xu Wei have to say. was stopped by Xu Ji's sharp eyes, and Xu Wei had no choice but to agree. Xu Ji said to Xu Wei: "First of all, we should make sure whether Wang Yun knows about our army's crossing of the river, Wen Feng, you will lead your thousand shadows to set off tomorrow." Keep heading west, deliberately attracting the attention of Wang Yun's scouts who are watching you, if it is true after you are gone. If there are suspicious people patrolling around this dense forest, it proves that Wang Yun has noticed the movement of our army. If so, I will immediately give up my plan to enter Chang'an City. Because that is undoubtedly sending sheep into the mouth of the tiger. These 5,000 men under my command should not be exposed. "The thing is obvious, if there are still people monitoring this dense forest after Xu Wei leaves, it can only mean that Wang Yun must know that he has crossed the river, and in this case he has to go to Chang'an. That's definitely a self-defeating one. At the same time, it also proves that Shi A's apprentice has been bought by Wang Yun, so naturally what he said is difficult to believe. Xu Wei nodded yes, Xu Ji turned his head to look at Shi A, and said with a smile: "Brother Shi, after confirming that we are safe, you and I will then set off, with you, an old horse who knows the way, I think it is not a problem for us to lurk outside the east city of Chang'an City, and then Brother Shi will go into the city to do everything, I will wait for your news outside Chang'an City, once Brother Shi is ready outside the west gate of Chang'an City, how about we cross Chang'an City?" Shi Ah nodded.

Xu Ji's face turned pale and he snorted coldly: "No matter what, Chang'an will definitely become something in my bag!" The next day, Xu Wei led his 1,000 men and horses to the west and went straight to Feng Yi. Because now on the surface, Wang Yun and Xu Ji are still in the period of external cooperation, and it is a matter for both parties to be responsible for finding Liu Xie in the Chang'an area, and they are both looking for each other without interfering with each other, so even if Xu Wei's army goes west, Wang Yun can't say anything.

However, now both sides are using the excuse of looking for Liu Xiedi to do other things, not to mention Xu Ji, that is, Wang Yun sent scouts to monitor Xu Wei, but under the pretense of looking for Liu Xiedi, Xu Wei's army slowly moved westward, and sure enough, it attracted the attention of the scouts excluded by Feng Xiang's defenders, and these scouts began to appear in front of and behind Xu Wei's army, Xu Wei didn't care, and after wandering around outside for two days, Xu Wei led his army back to the dense forest.

At this time, after two days of reconnaissance, Xu Ji was already very sure that Wang Yun did not find out about his crossing of the river, so he was open-minded, and he could preliminarily determine that there was no problem with Shi A's apprentice, so he and Shi A disguised as a general ghost, mixed into Xu Wei's army, and set off with Xu Wei's army the next day, and then went to the west in turn, of course, this time the march was much faster. And the five thousand elites still stayed in the dense forest with Liu Xie.

Feng Sa's scout was a little confused by Xu Wei. I don't understand why Xu Wei is tossing back and forth like this, but this time Xu Wei went west a lot deeper than the last time, and actually came to the south of Feng Sacheng, and even ran to the Weishui River, if he crossed the Weishui. Over there to Weinan.

Feng Sadi's defenders were a little flustered, not knowing what Xu Wei wanted to do. Xu Wei's movements also attracted the attention of Weinan on the other side of the Weishui River. They actually began to deploy defenses along the riverbank.

Although Xu Wei's Yanzhou army was only a small part. But during the last Chang'an Rebellion, the Yanzhou Army's bravery and good fighting had spread throughout the entire Chang'an region. Only two hundred people were used. He eliminated Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Hua Xiong and others led nearly 3,000 people to the Xiliang cavalry and the Bingzhou cavalry, and then all of them died on the battlefield, preferring to die unyieldingly, if there was no obstruction of Lu Bu and others, I am afraid that these 200 people will escape. No one dared to provoke this kind of army, so in the face of Xu Wei's 1,000 troops, the defenders of Weinan City were like a great enemy.

Xu Wei wanted this effect, so he kept wandering back and forth on the north bank of Weishui, and finally had to pretend to cross the river. Feng Xiang and Weinan's guards finally sent envoys to ask Xu Wei what he wanted to do. After all, Xu Wei's mission was to find Liu Xie, and Liu Xie could not cross the river to Weinan. After some negotiations, Xu Wei "reluctantly" agreed not to cross the river again, but to camp by the Weishui River.

When everyone's eyes were focused on this artificially created conflict, Xu Ji and Shi A had already secretly crossed the river to the west of Weinan City.

The only troublesome thing is that Xu Ji's war horse can't cross the river, because the last time Shi Adu River didn't rely on boats, he just swam over, after all, it was too blatant to cross the river by boat. For the sake of safety, Xu Ji had no choice but to abandon the horse. Speaking of swimming. Of course, Xu Ji is not a problem, after all, he can swim, not to mention that he also lived in Jingxiang for a few years when he was a child, this little thing still can't bother him. Although it is the time of the autumn flood to rise. It's not difficult that Xu Ji and Shi A are different. Shi A can be proud of the world with a long sword, even if a warrior on a horse meets Shi A who can't meet him, he is not the opponent of the first swordsman of this great man, and Shi A who rides a war horse is restricted. Xu Ji is only a half-tone horse general. Whether or not there is a war horse has little effect on him, but the speed of the journey is inevitably much slower.

When the north bank of Weishui was in chaos. Xu Ji and Shi A had already arrived at a relatively safe place and took off their unnecessary equipment. After some makeup, Xu Ji and Shi A rushed to the east city of Chang'an.

The two of them were very fast, and it only took them half the night to reach the outside of Chang'an City.

Shi Ah settled Xu Ji at a friend's house in a small village outside the eastern city of Chang'an, and then hurried into Chang'an himself. And at this time, it is the time of dawn. Xu Ji didn't sleep all night, although he was still in good spirits when he was standing, but after sitting down, he felt sleepy and fell asleep on the mat.

In a trance, Xu Ji felt that he was standing in the splendid palace, Liu Xie fell into his throne in a gloomy way, and Xu Zijiang laughed and said something to himself. In a blink of an eye, he returned to Jizhou, lingered with Mrs. Zhang, and suddenly, he returned to Yanzhou to enjoy the beautiful sound of Yining and Cai Yan. This made Xu Ji feel hot. It wasn't until Chen Zhi ran over and told himself that Youzhou had all been calmed down, and Xu Ji felt that his mood in the dream had calmed down. But then there was another scene of Jin Ge Iron Horse, and the two armies fought fiercely across the river, dyeing the Yangtze River red. Recruiting land, Xu Ji woke up with a scream, sat up all of a sudden, sweating profusely, panting, just in the dream just now, Xu Ji actually saw himself covered in blood and cut off Cao Cao's head with an expressionless face.

What's going on? I actually had this strange dream, could it be that I was too tired and mentally stressed? Xu Ji was a little in a daze. Xu Ji's scream caused a commotion, and he saw that the door was pushed open all of a sudden, and the first person to run in was Shi A, who didn't know when he would come back, with a nervous look on his face. Seeing that Xu Ji was safe and sound, but his face was a little pale, he let out a long breath and came to Xu Ji's side and said with concern: "Lord, are you okay?" ”

Xu Ji smiled reluctantly: "I'm fine, by the way, Brother Shi, when did you come back." At this time, the sound of footsteps outside the door was sharp, and Xu Ji looked outside, only to see Shi A's friend and a strange young man standing outside the door.

Shi Ah stood up, walked to the door and gave a few words to the two of them, explaining what had happened, and Shi A's friend left with peace of mind, but the strange young man followed Shi Ah to the Beijing House.

This young man is burly, not much lower than Xu Ji, and he walks with great momentum. At a glance, you can see that it is not easy to match. When Xu Ji was at a loss, Shi A introduced to Xu Ji with a smile: "Lord, this person is the apprentice I told you about. ”

Apprentice? What's the matter with this Shi'a, now that this person's suspicion has not been ruled out, how can he be brought here rashly?

Xu Ji felt strange in his heart, and a pair of tiger eyes stared at this young man tightly.

Inexplicably, the murderous aura in my heart kept surging.

This is by no means Xu Ji's deliberate embarrassment, it is really that this young man has an uncomfortable feeling, there are people under Xu Ji who have similar feelings, Gao Shun is also so deep, but this son gives people the feeling of coldness, obviously he is a martial artist but it is like Jia Xu is uncomfortable.

Xu Ji already secretly had murderous intent at this time. (To be continued......)