The person who came to see Hao Zhao was Qu Meng's subordinate, and he was holding Wen Chou's handwritten letter, so Hao Zhao attached great importance to it and personally went out of the camp to meet him.

At night, it was pitch black in Yiguan, and after Hao Zhao and Jiguan met in the hidden mountain col, Hao Zhao asked in the first sentence: "How is General Wen now?" ”

The visitor replied: "This is the third time that General Wen has been captured by us, and we have not humiliated or abused him on any occasion, and this time we have only taken him into custody, neither humiliating nor torturing him." ”

Hao Zhao was thoughtful and immediately heard that something was wrong with the other party's words. Someone who came just now said that it was the third time that Wen Chou was captured by either of them, and Hao Zhao clearly remembered that Wen Chou's first two captures were related to Liu He in Youzhou.

"Aren't the guards and soldiers of Keiguan subordinate to Hanoi Zhang Yang? Who are you commanding to? ”

"I am a spy who came from Luoyang with General Zhao Zilong, and I don't need to hide it from you now, in fact, the general Dian Wei and the two thousand soldiers in the pass are all subordinate to Luoyang."

"What? Didn't Zhao Zilong sit on the western front of Youzhou, when did he arrive in Luoyang, and when did he lead the army to Hanoi? Hao Zhao suddenly heard Zhao Yun's news and was very surprised. There is no way, Zhao Yun's reputation is really scary, and now as long as the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the state hear the name Zhao Yun, they will have to sigh in their hearts.

"This matter involves military secrets, so please forgive me for not being able to tell us. It won't be long before the news of General Zhao's arrival in Hanoi will be announced, and whether it is true or false at that time is up to you to verify! ”

"Do you have anything else to say besides sending me a letter tonight?"

"Someone asked me to bring you a message, Gongsun Du of Liaodong has been driven to Lelang by Taifu, and it will be Yuan Benchu's turn next. General Hao was born in a large family in the state and was not a direct subordinate of Yuan Benchu, so there was no need to follow Yuan Shao all the way to the black. The Yuan family can still be in Bingzhou and Jizhou for two years at most, where will General Hao go, you must choose carefully! ”

That's all that is said and done. The person who came took out Wen Chou's handwritten letter from his arms, handed it to Hao Zhao, and then quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests.

When the arrivals left, Hao Zhao asked the guards around him: "With the skills of the people who came just now, can you capture them at the same time?" ”

Several henchmen shook their heads, and one of them said, "The person who came must have been trained for many years, and he is very particular about both hiding and standing, even if we suddenly do it together." He could also calmly retreat into the dense forest behind him, and then escape safely under the cover of the mountainous terrain. ”

"Looks like an experienced spy indeed. Let's go, let's go back to camp immediately! ”

Not long after Hao Zhao quietly left the camp, he quietly returned, and except for a few henchmen in the camp, the others were unaware.

With the help of the muddy yellow oil lamp, Hao Zhao carefully read the letter written by Wen Chou to himself several times, until he was sure that the letter was not forged by others, and then he let out a long sigh. "General Wen treats a certain person so heavily. How can I repay it? ”

In the letter, Wen Chou reminded Hao Zhao to be careful of the calculation in the direction of Anyi, and he could decide the whereabouts of the troops on his own in case of emergency, and Wen Chou also told Hao Zhao to let him go to his henchman, who was usually responsible for collecting the troop transfer seal and tiger talisman for Wen Chou.

Wen Chou's letter. It is equivalent to entrusting the troops to Hao Zhao, so Hao Zhao feels moved at the same time, but also feels that the responsibility on his shoulders is too heavy. There is no need to be reminded by Wen Chou, Hao Zhao has already thought that Yuan Shao may use him as a scapegoat. In order to smoothly control the troops left behind by Wen Chou, Hao Zhao's original thought of was to quietly escape from Yiguan before the people sent by Yuan Shao to arrest him arrived. Then head south to avoid disaster.

Now, Wen Chou entrusted the troops to Hao Zhao, which made Hao Zhao feel a little difficult. If Hao Zhao wanted to run away with his henchmen in the army, the target was only one hundred or ten people, and it would be more difficult to capture him than to ascend to the sky. However, the troops left behind by Wen Chou were not 180 people, nor 1,800 people, but more than 16,000 people! Let more than 16,000 soldiers follow him to drill into the mountain nest, regardless of whether everyone is willing or not, how can so many people escape from the narrow pass?

The southern end of Yiguan was intercepted by Dian Wei, and the middle end of Yiguan was stationed with 20,000 soldiers and horses of Lu Yi, and the soldiers and horses left by Wen Chou are now in a dilemma.

Hao Zhao thought about it all night, and finally came up with a risky idea. After dawn, Hao Zhao sent people to gather the upper and middle officers in the battalion, and then said to everyone: "General Wen is still trapped in Jiguan, I have decided to continue to attack Jiguan with soldiers and horses, and rescue General Wen, who of you is willing to go with me?" ”

Someone stood up and accused Hao Zhao and said: "You were originally a pioneer, but you instigated General Wen to fight in front of the battle, and as a result, the general was captured, and now you are here to trick us to attack Jiguan, who knows if you have already secretly colluded with Jiguan!" ”

As soon as the high-ranking general finished speaking, several people immediately chimed in.

"General Wen has been captured, the whole army has no leader, we should not act rashly at this time, everything will wait for the general to give a new order!"

"Hao Bodao, you don't want to take advantage of General Wen's absence to seize power!"

After the opponents expressed their attitudes, Hao Zhao took out Wen Chou's letter, and showed everyone the tiger talisman and the general's seal letter for the troop transfer, and then said with a serious face: "General Wen's letter is here, and the tiger talisman and the general's seal letter for the troop transfer are also here, if anyone still has questions, they might as well tell them all!" ”

Several of Wen Chou's henchmen who had been promoted in the army immediately stepped forward to check the authenticity of the letter.

"That's right, this is General Wen's handwritten letter!"

"The Tiger Talisman and the Seal Letter are both real!"

"General Wen entrusted Hao Bodao to temporarily act as the commander of the army, and we, as the general's henchmen, obey Hao Bodao's dispatch in everything!"

The situation in the field was suddenly reversed, and most people expressed their willingness to send troops to Keiguan with Hao Zhao to rescue Wen Chou.

Hao Zhao immediately ordered a few middle and high-level generals who were reluctant to send troops and their soldiers and horses to stay in place and wait for the people from the direction of Anyi, while the rest of the people went out with Hao Zhao and immediately went to Jiguan.

After this incident, the 16,000 soldiers and horses left by Wen Chou were divided into two parts, of which Hao Zhao took 11,000 people, and more than 5,000 people stayed.

In the evening of the same day, Hao Zhao and his troops reappeared outside Keiguan. Seeing this posture, Dian Wei, who was closed, stomped his feet and scolded: "The ugly man of the dog day is actually a yin man, look at me and tear him up!" A letter actually summoned so many people, is it really like Jiguan is made of mud and grass! ”

Qu Meng hurriedly stopped Dian Wei and said: "Dian Du Wei is a little restless, although the Yuan army outside the pass has made a comeback, but looking at the layout of their camp, it is to focus the direction of defense to the west, so it seems that they may not have come to attack Jiguan." ”

Dian Wei looked down carefully, and sure enough, he found that the camp tent of the Yuan army under the pass was set up against the mountain, and the deer barricades and fences were arranged on the west side, but the defense towards the east Kei Pass was looser.

"Hey, they set up camp like this, obviously to prevent their own people from the west from coming to attack, so could it be that there was internal strife within the Yuan army?" Dian Wei muttered to himself in disbelief.

"Captain Diandu, I can't say that you will be right this time. I'll send someone out of the customs to contact Hao Zhao to see what they're messing with. Qu Meng hurried down the building with an excited face.

That is, on the morning of the second day when Hao Zhao led the team to leave, several people sent by Yuan Shao to receive Wen Chou's troops hurried with the military law team.

"Where is the sin going Hao Zhao? Don't hurry forward to be bound and apologize! Zhu Ling, who was authorized by Yuan Shao, walked into the big tent and shouted to a few generals who stayed in the camp.

"General Qiqi Zhu, Hao Bodao went to attack Jiguan with most of his troops and horses yesterday, and these people left in the camp did not want to listen to his orders......" A left-behind general who was good at observing words and expressions stood up and said.

"This Hao Zhao really doesn't know whether he lives or dies, and he dares to send troops without authorization, and now his crime is even more serious! A few of you immediately straighten out your troops and horses, and follow me to Jiguan tomorrow to arrest Hao Zhao!" Zhu Ling couldn't help but say something, and gave the order very arbitrarily.

There was nothing to say that day, and the next day, Zhu Ling really took more than 5,000 old Wenchou troops with their own thoughts to go straight to the outside of Jiguan.

When Zhu Ling saw the closed camp in front of him, he was furious, Hao Zhao camped like this, it was clear that he expected Yuan Shao to send someone to ask for the crime, and now he was putting on a posture where he wanted to attack Jiguan, and he clearly wanted to rebel!

"Hao Bodao, you are so bold, you led the army to leave without permission, and now you are pressing the camp, do you want to rebel!" Zhu Ling shouted outside the camp and asked Hao Zhao.

"This idiot, talking like this, didn't he force Hao Zhao and tens of thousands of soldiers to rebel......" Kong Shun, the military advisor who came with him, muttered in his heart.

"General Zhu is angry, he led his troops to attack Jiguan, he was entrusted by General Wen, and now General Wen is trapped in Jiguan, and when I lead the army to take Jiguan, if there is anything, you can negotiate with General Wen in the future!" Hao Zhao put all the responsibility on Wen Chou, who didn't know when he could come out.

When Zhu Ling came from Anyi, he only brought a few hundred people to the military law team, and now although he hastily incorporated more than 5,000 old Wen Chou, compared with the more than 11,000 people taken away by Hao Zhao, he was obviously at a disadvantage, he was not sure to break through the camp and capture Hao Zhao, so he had to retreat, and then urgently reported what happened here back to Anyi, and at the same time contacted Lu Yi, asking Lu Yi to quickly move the troops to the east and prepare to support him.

When Lu Yi received the news from Zhu Ling, he was a little hesitant, he could see at a glance that the soldiers and horses that Hao Zhao took away clearly wanted to get out of Yuan Shao's control, if he led the army to approach Jiguan at this time, what followed would be an inevitable fire and war.

"What the hell is this bullshit thing, I haven't touched the edge of Jiguan, but my own people are fighting!"

Lu Yi scolded fiercely in his heart, and then secretly executed the messenger sent by Zhu Ling to report the news, pretending to know nothing. (To be continued......)