It was a crushing battle.

Chen Zhi, Yu Ban, and Wen Ping all started together, coupled with the extremely skillful cooperation of the four thousand five hundred Phantom Shadows, they killed the attackers and threw off their armor.

Chen came to Xu Ji's side with a white horse and silver spear, and said in high spirits: "Lord Lejin, leave it to us here." ”

Xu Ji nodded, and at this time, Liu Bei, Cao Bao and others, who were already covered in blood, came to Xu Ji's side panting, Xu Ji turned his head slightly, smiled at the girl behind him, and said, "Miss Cao, you can get off the horse." ”

Cao Bao's daughter was intoxicated by the charming masculine atmosphere that Xu Ji gave her, and she woke up when she heard the words, she was ashamed for a while, lowered her head, and hit Xu Ji's back with her forehead, Xu Ji was slightly stunned, and said, "Miss Cao, what's wrong with you?" ”

Cao Bao's daughter was in a burst of love because of the tenderness of her daughter's family love, but she was frightened by Xu Ji's question, thinking that her heart had been known by the other party, and she became even more shy, and her delicate body trembled slightly on horseback.

Xu Ji was stunned, thinking that this little girl was frightened by what happened just now, and couldn't help but feel slightly apologetic, because he only wanted to show off his regret of not being proficient in martial arts and fighting on the battlefield, so he didn't care about the feelings of the people behind him. How could such a lady have seen such a sword and sword?

Thinking of this, he said softly: "Shall I carry you down?" Cao Bao's daughter was slightly stunned, and then she realized what the other party was saying, and immediately nodded willingly, and the well-behaved appearance saw Xu Ji stunned, and immediately got off the horse and hugged Cao Bao's daughter. As for Cao Bao's expression, Xu Jicai didn't bother to care.

Cao Bao's daughter very cooperatively wrapped her arms around Xu Ji's neck, taking advantage of everyone's inattention. whispered softly in Xu Ji's ear: "The slave's name is Cao Ling." The general needs to remember. ”

Xu Ji was stunned, and at this time, Cao Ling's small and beautiful feet had already landed. Cao Ling glanced at Xu Ji resentfully, and the heat in her eyes seemed to be able to cast the coldest heart in the world.

Xu Ji felt bad. Secretly reminded himself that he must not have anything to do with this woman, otherwise the trip to Chang'an will be even more difficult to grasp. Cao Ling's actions can be hidden from others, but not from Chen Deng, this person saw this scene, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, obviously thinking about how to take advantage of this matter.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became impatient, they had a fight just now, and they only had long swords in their hands. And the war horse under the crotch is very unsuitable for their taste, after riding the tall Liaodong horse, the small war horse of Bingzhou is not the same as the taste of these two peerless fierce men at all. At this time, he returned to his camp, and immediately asked someone to change into his own war horse, and picked up the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and Zhangba Snake Spear, Zhang Fei shouted: "Big brother, mother, when did my brother suffer such a wretched spirit, wait for me to fight." Liu Bei nodded. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were overjoyed. With his own men and horses, he followed Chen Dao and killed the enemy. Xu Ji looked at the others present and said with a smile: "Leave the matter here to Uncle Zhi and them to do, let's go back to the camp and drink." The crowd nodded yes.

When Chen Zhi and the others come back. It was the middle of the night, and the bonfire was burning in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the jumping flames seemed to cheer for the triumphants.

Chen Zhi and the others stepped into the big tent. Chen Dao, Yu Ban, and Wen Ping are on the left, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are on the right. Chen Zhi and the three of them were silent, with no expression of joy and sorrow on their faces. Like a clay carving and wood sculpture, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were obviously very excited, discussing the battle just now as they walked.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly interrupted his two brothers to exchange experiences there, and asked, "Yun Chang, how was the result?" Guan Yu smiled and said, "Big brother, don't worry, with my two brothers here, it will naturally be a complete victory." He turned his head and looked at Chen Zhi and said, "Chen Zhi's good martial arts at the general's end are a step better than when the princes met the alliance." Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, how about you and me have time to talk?" Chen Zhi's impression of Zhang Fei was obviously good, he smiled at Zhang Fei when he heard the words, but he didn't speak, after all, Xu Ji's military system was strict, although he and Xu Ji seemed to be close friends, and the two were like brothers over the years, but Chen Zhi knew that Xu Ji had always had a clear distinction between public and private, so although he was very moved by Zhang Fei's invitation, he couldn't bear to agree.

Of course, Xu Ji knew what Chen Zhi was thinking in his heart, and said with a smile: "General Zhang Fei has this Yaxing, I think Uncle Zhi must be unable to ask for it, but without the lord's order, Uncle Zhi will not dare to compete with others, this matter has to be asked for instructions from my lord first, but I think my lord will definitely agree." When Chen Zhi heard this, his male body was shocked, and he knew that Xu Ji had agreed, and he was overjoyed.

When Zhang Fei heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then sighed, knowing that in a short period of time, he and Chen Zhi would not be able to get along, because he also knew that Xu Ji's command had always been strictly disciplined. I don't think that the "Lejin" in front of me is making a hindrance. Guan Yu also knew that Lu Dao was the truth, but he didn't know what Lu Dao was, he couldn't stand Xu Ji's smile, and couldn't help but say loudly: "Guan Yu has something unclear, I want to ask Lord Lejin, why our two armies have suffered heavy losses, while my lord's army has almost no casualties, what is going on?" ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "General Guan Yu asked the wrong person, I have already said that my task is to send an envoy to Chang'an, not to lead the troops to fight, why this situation occurs, how can I know Lu Dao?" And even if I know what to do, I won't say that that's not my duty. Speaking of the war situation, I have to ask General Chen Zhi, as for whether General Chen Zhi wants to say it or not, I don't care. ”

Chen Zhi intercepted it, and said to Guan Yu neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This matter is related to the secrets of our army, please forgive Chen Zhi for not being able to say it clearly." "When it comes to this, Guan Yu naturally doesn't want to ask again.

Xu Ji was very happy in his heart, and at the same time secretly praised Chen Zhi and others for their cleverness, and the timing of the troops was just right, so that Guan Yu and the others did not find out their own troop layout.

Chen Deng saw that there was a little cold in front of him, and the atmosphere became awkward, so he couldn't help but say: "General Guan Yu doesn't know, in fact, the Yanzhou army has also suffered heavy losses, when we went to inspect the camp just now, most of the Yanzhou army's camp tents were destroyed, and countless wounded people were wailing and moaning in the camp tents. Fortunately, the Yanzhou army has always been brave and abnormal, so it can turn defeat into victory in a short period of time under the leadership of General Chen Zhi. The implication. is obviously excusing Xu Ji. This matter is easy to understand, after all, the person who can't afford to offend the Xuzhou side and the Chen family is Xu Ji, not a little Liu Bei. So in this case, it is normal for Chen Deng to defend the "Lejin" in front of him. What's more, it seems that there are still a lot of places to cooperate with this Lejin. As for a Guan Yu, Chen Deng has not yet taken it into account. Guan Yu was about to open his mouth when he heard this, but he saw Liu Bei shaking his head slightly at him, so he couldn't bear it.

Liu Bei was also angry when he saw Chen Deng talking like this, but this person was very deep in the city, and he had always been happy and angry, so he took over and said, "Yun Chang, have you caught the prisoners?" ”

As soon as this statement came out. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei shook their heads in unison, and Xu Ji was not surprised to see it, these two people have always been able to kill and not leave behind, the big battle just now. The two of them were angry at the beginning, and it was a very normal thing to go on a killing spree. Thinking of this, Xu Ji looked at Chen Dao, but the latter also shook his head slightly at him, obviously he didn't catch a single pawn, and couldn't help but be surprised. I don't understand how this can be the result, and if so, how can I know who the other party is?

When they saw that they could not find anything, they dispersed. Go back to your camp and rest.

After Xu Ji returned to the camp, he asked Chen Zhi, who was following up and standing on his right, "Uncle Zhi." What the hell is going on? Why isn't there a single pawn? ”

Chen Zhi looked at Xu Ji and said in a deep voice, "Lord, this thing is very strange. The opposing army is highly trained soldiers, and all of them are dead. We originally wanted to capture some people, but unexpectedly, these soldiers committed suicide immediately after being left alone, without the slightest hesitation, this kind of belief in death I think only our Yanzhou army will have. ”

Xu Ji looked at Yu Ban and Wen Ping, who came in behind, and nodded together, obviously affirming what Chen Zhi said.

Xu Ji touched his chin and said with a smile: "This thing is getting more and more interesting, it seems that this group of people is definitely not Zhang Yang's subordinates, this kind of quality army is not something that Zhang Yang can train, but unfortunately there is obviously no proof of death, there is no clue, we can't know who is behind the scenes." ”

Chen Zhi frowned and said, "Lord, can't it be someone sent by Dong Zhuo?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said, "But Dong Zhuo didn't do him any good by doing this?" After saying this, his body suddenly shook, and he said to the three of them in a deep voice: "Shu Zhi is right, maybe this thing was really done by Dong Zhuo." ”

Chen Zhi looked at Xu Ji, thought about it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "I understand what the lord means, because according to common sense, what Dong Zhuo wants most now is the recognition of the emperor by the princes of the world, because this matter is very beneficial to him, and now that this matter is within reach, no one will believe that Dong Zhuo will send troops to intercept and kill the envoys sent by the princes." But Dong Zhuo may have done this, because after doing so, no one will suspect him. ”

As soon as Chen said this, the rest of the people nodded. thinks what Chen Zhi said makes sense.

Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "That's what I mean, but there is still a little doubt, such a strategy seems to be impossible to think of with Dong Zhuo's intelligence, although Li Ru has some skills, and he is absolutely vicious, but he can't think of this trick yet." Even if he can think of it, he can't train such a soldier, Dong Zhuojun's army is mainly the Xiliang cavalry and the Bingzhou cavalry, these two teams are brave in battle, but they are all teams with extremely poor military quality, their cohesion comes from the worship of Lu Bu, it is impossible to treat death like this. ”

Chen Zhixian recited twice in his mouth, the idiom "seeing death as home", which should not have appeared until after Cao Zhi composed his poems, and pondered: "But my lord, didn't you mention that there is another Jia Xu under Dong Zhuo who is worth noting?" My lord, don't you say that this person's skills are not under Mr. Guo Jia, if this army is from his handiwork, it is not known. ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said: "Jia Xu, I know, he does have this ability, and I also believe it, but I have to send twenty or thirty thousand people at a time, I'm afraid that Jia Xu doesn't have such a big hand, even if he saw that there was such a day two or three years ago, then it couldn't be the army he sent, because Jia Xu should know that he can't be too sharp, otherwise it will cause Li Ru's jealousy, how can Jia Xu do such a thing if he knows how to protect himself?" Unless Jia Xu has already brought down Li Ru, he will never float to the surface to give advice to others. This is called 'the good fighter has no great name'. ”

Chen Zhi and the others nodded again and again when they heard this, and they all thought it made sense.

Xu Ji stood up and said, "If you say that you want to destroy the people who sent to Chang'an this time." Yuan Shu and Yuan Shaoding are the first to bear the brunt, but Yuan Shu's subordinates will not have such skills. Yuan Shao can't take out so many soldiers and horses now. So it can't be them either. Chen Zhi frowned and said, "Is it possible that they are secretly hiding a hand?" Xu Ji shook his head.

Wen Ping's eyes were stunned for a long time, and he suddenly shouted: "Could it be Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang?" Yu Ban called out first: "That's right." Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang was originally from Yuan Shao's party, and he was also part of the Bingzhou army, and this time he did not participate in the action of meeting the Son of Heaven, which is really the most suspicious. ”

Xu Ji and Chen Zhi glanced at each other, shook their heads in unison, and Chen Zhi said: "It can't be Wang Kuang's doing, because Wang Kuang doesn't have that much strength at all now, and he has already suffered defeats in Dong Zhuo's hands the year before last, and his vitality has been greatly damaged." He didn't have the ability to train such an army. Wen Ping was almost crazy, and groaned, "Who could it be?" ”

The situation in front of us has become confusing year after year. Xu Ji shook his head and said: "I won't be able to figure out this matter for a while, let's take our time, there will definitely be a day when the truth will come out." Our task now is to send an envoy to Chang'an, and in order to make a difference on the road, starting tomorrow, we will march forward in a hurry. When the three of them heard this, they hugged their fists and responded violently.

After a long journey, the dusty Xu Ji and others finally came to the long-awaited Chang'an.

Look. With Cairo, Athens, and Rome, known as the four ancient capitals of the world, the ancient city of Xi'an, which is constantly getting bigger in his sight, Xu Ji is full of emotion in his heart. "It's really a wise saying. It can be used as a model for the establishment of dynasties in ancient China. In the eyes of Xu Ji's later generations, the prosperous and unified dynasties in history (Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang) were all in Guanzhong, but Luoyang. In fact, all the divisions and defeats of the great dynasties in history (Eastern Zhou, Western Han, and late Tang Dynasty) began with the relocation of the capital to Luoyang.

If you want to establish a dynasty in the future, Chang'an should be the first choice.

This Chang'an is in the Guanzhong Basin. It is bounded by the Linghe River and Bayuan Mountains in the east, and the Taibai Mountains and the Qinghua Loess Plateau in the west. south to the main ridge of the North Qinling Mountains. North to the Wei River, northeast across the Wei River, the Qinling Mountains Hengdan in the south of Xi'an. North of Xi'an, on the edge of the Shaanxi-Gansu Loess Plateau, the Beishan mountain system composed of Liangshan, Huanglong Mountain, Yaowang Mountain and Longshan Mountain Co., corresponding to the Qinling Mountains, together constitute a natural barrier around the Guanzhong Plain, the Weihe Plain, from Baoji in the west to the Yellow River in the east, known as "eight hundred miles of Qinchuan".

Chang'an is the geographical center of China and the starting point of the ancient Silk Road.

What Xu Ji values more is the external significance of Chang'an, since ancient times, our Chinese nation has been constantly invaded by foreign people, and the ethnic minorities in the north are like leeks, cutting stubble after stubble, which is simply a weed blown by the spring breeze under the wildfire. And each dynasty was passively defended under the saying that "soldiers are ominous", and the victory was peaceful for a while, and the defeat was the marriage of its own women to foreign khans in order to survive. Although Xu Ji has become cold to his enemies at the moment, he will do everything he can, but as a hot-blooded man of the Chinese nation, how can Xu Ji sit back and watch this situation, the peace of the world should not be on the chest of a woman, but on the horseback and saber of my Han nation.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji turned his head and looked at the Xuzhou army that was following far behind, the carriage that Cao Ling was riding was so eye-catching and distinct, and sighed slightly in his heart, using women to resolve wars and crises, this method is not as good as the outside, and the same is true internally, it seems that Cao Ling is going to be sacrificed.

Xu Ji wanted to use Cao Bao's daughter at the beginning to reproduce Wang Yun's strategy, although it seemed cruel, but on the other hand, Xu Ji was also for Cao Ling's good, and there would be no good end with Dong Zhuo, but if Cao Ling and Lu Bu could get involved, it would not be a good thing for Cao Ling, after all, Lu Bu could protect Cao Ling for a long time, just like Diao Chan in history.

But since that night, Xu Ji has hesitated a little, feeling that he is really despicable to use Cao Ling like this. And if you want to use a beauty plan, a lot of beauties in Chang'an are sold, and they don't necessarily have to use Cao Ling, and now that history has changed, Wang Yun is not dead, that is to say, Wang Yun will do it sooner or later, why should he use Cao Ling? But Taishi didn't know if Lu Dao could stop Cao Bao's use of his daughter, if he was powerless to stop it, it would be better to follow the original plan, lest Cao Ling and Dong Zhuo die together.

Since that night, he has never seen Cao Ling again, but Xu Ji knows that this Cao Ling has a little affection for him, but Xu Ji knows that it is just a little girl's worship of a sudden "hero", not a real liking, and this relationship should pass soon.

Forget it, there are many helpless things in the world, so why should you force it? His most important task now is to hold Emperor Han Xian hostage, as long as he has the imperial order in hand, he has a reason to dominate the world. Looking at Liu Bei, who was a little excited beside him, Xu Ji knew in his heart that he had many enemies in Chang'an.

But what is it? The wonder of life lies in the fact that we have an unpredictable destiny that we can enjoy to the fullest.

Chang'an, I'm coming! (To be continued......)