When Zhu Jun of the garrison received the news of Liu He, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly led the remaining thousands of volunteers to Luoyang, ready to accept Liu He's appointment.

Now that Dong Thief was executed, Chang'an was chaotic, Liu He, as a close attendant of the Son of Heaven and a member of the royal family, led 10,000 Youzhou cavalry to cross the Yellow River south to Chang'an to escort him. As long as he meets the eleven-year-old emperor, it is not a matter of words to appoint Zhu Jun with an official position above Henan Yin and Zhonglang generals.

By the time Zhu Jun led the army to Luoyang, Liu He had basically restored order in the city, and he appointed the judge to temporarily serve as the Luoyang Commander, responsible for the governance of Luoyang City, and appointed him to temporarily serve as the Luoyang Governor, responsible for the security and anti-theft in the city.

Although Luoyang is now dilapidated, the basic shelf is still there, even if Dong Zhuo's fire is so bad, he can't burn down the rammed earth walled city, so it still has strong protection capabilities and can be used as a strategic transfer base.

After Liu He saw Zhu Jun, he treated him as a guest and implored Zhu Jun to take responsibility for the affairs of the entire Henan Yin, first, to seize the time to renovate the Luoyang city wall, second, to recruit displaced people to train soldiers, third, to repair the seriously damaged imperial palace in the Eastern Capital, and fourth, to count the number of ownerless lands within 200 miles around Luoyang.

Zhu Jun is an old man, and after listening to Liu He's words, he immediately clarified two things. First, Liu He really sincerely wanted him to be the Yin of Henan and govern the entire Luoyang area; The second is that Liu He intends to welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, and will no longer be held hostage by warlords from all sides.

Zhu Jun has always been loyal to the Han family, otherwise he would not risk killing his head to pull up a team to resist Dong Zhuo alone, he accepted Liu He's request without hesitation, and with his experience and connections in staying in Luoyang as Henan Yin, he immediately began to recruit subordinates everywhere and set up a shelf to get busy.

Liu He was not disgusted with Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun, who were loyal to the Han family, because he knew that although these people were a little loyal and pedantic, they had no political ambitions, and they not only had good personal ethics, but also had strong practical ability and high prestige, as long as it did not involve the bottom line of the change of imperial power, other things could be left to them to do.

For example, Zhu Jun has been famous for his filial piety since he was a child, he is a good person who is righteous and light on money, he is very good in terms of morality, and he also has a set in training and fighting. In later generations, a bull once said that as long as Wenchen does not love money and military generals do not hesitate to die, the country can be revitalized and prosperous.

As soon as Liu He had arranged the affairs of Luoyang, he received an urgent report from the direction of Hangu Pass, saying that Li Dao and Guo Yan had suddenly led their troops to leave Shaanxi County and rushed westward, as if they were going to attack Tongguan. Liu He immediately led his army to Hangu Pass to join Zhao Yun's troops.

When Liu He arrived at Hangu Pass, Zhao Yun sent a horse to the Tongguan area to rush back to report, saying that Li Dao and Guo Yan had broken through Tongguan, and now left 5,000 soldiers to garrison Tongguan, and led another 40,000 troops to Chang'an. The remnants of the army led by Xu Rong, the general of Tongguan, urgently withdrew to Huayin, joined up with Hu Zhen's troops, and then retreated in the direction of Chang'an.

Xu Rong was defeated by Li Dao and Guo Yan so easily, which made Liu He very confused, but Guo Jia revealed the truth in one word.

Guo Jia said: "Xu Rong was born in Liaodong, originally a general in Luoyang, and later joined Dong Zhuo, but the soldiers under his command came from Liangzhou. ”

Liu He asked Guo Jia: "Now that the road to the west is blocked, should we immediately send troops to attack Tongguan, or wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the eastern part of the country?" ”

Guo Jia replied angrily: "Childe, is this deliberately taking the school Guo?" The princes of Kwantung are now busy fighting, Cao Cao has just calmed down the Yellow Turban chaos in Qing and Yanzhou, and now he has to turn around to guard against Nanyang Yuan Shu; Yuan Shao of Jizhou invested the main force in the state to expand his territory, and at the same time he was undead to Han Fu's thief; Gongsun Zhan coveted the land of Qingzhou, and sooner or later he would clash with Kong Rong and Cao Cao; Xuzhou Tao Qian sits on a land of ointment but has no power to protect himself, and sooner or later he will be fished. The situation in the Kanto region is so chaotic, who will send troops to support? ”

Liu He was not afraid that Guo Jia would roll his eyes, but he was afraid that Guo Jia would not speak, he deliberately pretended to have a depressed expression and said: "It is said that Tongguan is easy to attack, but it is the gateway in and out of the pass, and now it is guarded by Li Wei's subordinates, and I brought cavalry who are not good at attacking the city this time, if it is a strong attack, wouldn't it be a heavy death!" ”

Guo Jia saw that Liu He was at a loss to attack Tongguan, and he felt proud for a while, and said expressionlessly: "Just Tongguan, in fact, it can be taken without a single soldier." ”

Zhao Yun and Zhang He looked at Guo Jia silently, seeing how he continued to brag about it. Liu Hexin was in ecstasy, and what he liked to hear the most was Guo Jia's sentence "It doesn't cost a soldier".

Since the ghosts have said that they can do without spending a single soldier, they must be sure, Liu He shook his head very cooperatively and said: "This is impossible, I have thought of many strategies, and none of them can be taken without spending troops and horses." ”

Guo Jia said slowly: "Gongzi only needs to send a force to quickly cross the Yellow River north, enter Linjin from the west of Leishou Mountain, and then go around to the back of Tongguan, so that he can form an east-west flank attack on the five thousand soldiers who remain in Tongguan." At that time, the soldiers west of Tongguan could falsely claim that Li Dao and Guo Yan had been defeated and killed during the attack on Chang'an, and the soldiers guarding the pass immediately collapsed. At this time, Gongzi took the opportunity to come forward to recruit these soldiers, and promised not to kill them in the name of the Son of Heaven, so that Tongguan could be successfully captured! ”

After listening to Guo Jia's plan, Liu He immediately patted his thigh and shouted: "Fengxiao is a great good!" Not only did our army have no casualties, but we could also harvest 5,000 troops in vain, wonderful, wonderful. ”

Zhao Yun and Zhang He also nodded together, feeling that Guo Jia's plan was feasible.

Liu He then led 10,000 cavalry to the west, and when he came to the vicinity of Shaanxi County, Zhao Yun led 5,000 cavalry to cross Maojin north and went straight to the direction of Leishou Mountain.

Although the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, the marching speed was several times faster than the infantry, and Zhao Yun only took three days on the road to successfully detour to the rear of Huayin, blocking the retreat of the Tongguan defenders to the west.

Liu He, east of Tongguan, took up his position a day earlier than Zhao Yun, and he sent Zhang He to fight under the pass, but there was really a guy who was not afraid of death who rushed out to fight Zhang He, claiming to be the captain Li Meng.

Although Zhang He was not as brave as Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, he was also the top among the first-class generals, and naturally did not suffer any loss after facing Li Meng, and after less than twenty rounds of fighting, he stabbed Li Meng with one shot, and then let him flee back to the city. Li Meng knew that Zhang He was powerful, and saw that Liu He was bringing 5,000 elite cavalry, and he felt scared, so he sent a fast horse to the west to report to Li Dao and Guo Yan, and then hid in the city and couldn't defend it.

Only one day later, Zhao Yun led 5,000 cavalry to the west of Tongguan, and the messenger sent by Li Meng to report in the direction of Chang'an was also captured alive by Zhao Yun and captured together.

In order to prevent the soldiers guarding the pass from seeing the similarities between the two groups of soldiers and horses in the eastern part of the country and the western part of the country, all the Wuhuan cavalry and Wuhuan horses brought by Zhang Heguan during the battle yesterday belonged to the typical "Youzhou Fan", which was completely consistent with Liu He's identity when he returned to Chang'an from Youzhou.

When Zhao Yun came to Tongguan, he lined up the soldiers of the Han army and the Mobei horses that had been robbed from the Xianbei people at the front of the line, so they looked very much like the Bingzhou cavalry under Lu Bu.

Zhao Yun, who took the lead, shouted at the soldiers guarding the pass: "The thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan have been beheaded in Xinfeng by the Fenwei general Lu Hou, and now there is no way to retreat, so don't quickly switch and surrender!" ”

Not long after Zhao Yun finished shouting in the west of Tongguan, the eldest prince dressed neatly finally appeared in the east of Tongguan.

Liu He asked the soldiers to shoot a letter to Guan Shang, promising that if he surrendered at this time, he would swear in the name of the special envoy of the Son of Heaven to ensure that the soldiers in the Guan were not worried about their lives, and when the rebellion in Chang'an was quelled, everyone would stay voluntarily.

In order to enhance the credibility of his promise, Liu He also deliberately sent the former Xiliang veteran, the current black-armored knight, to the pass to shout, telling them about the various preferential treatment after they followed the eldest prince to Youzhou.

The guard Li Meng was already in chaos at this time, although he had never seen Zhao Yun, but just looking at the murderous appearance of the other party, he knew that Lu Dao was definitely more difficult to deal with than Zhang He. To the west of Tongguan is the subordinates sent by Lu Bu to ask for their lives, and to the east of Tongguan is the generous and benevolent eldest prince, even if Li Meng is stupid, he knows who to surrender to. He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to open the door opening facing east of Tongguan and come out with unarmed soldiers to surrender.

Liu He then took the Tongguan, the gateway to the west, without spending a single soldier.

Zhao Yun in the west saw that Liu He had successfully captured Tongguan, so he pretended to be polite, and then led his troops into Huayin, which was only a dozen miles away from Tongguan. Liu He led his troops to garrison Tongguan, and then immediately sent a horse to inquire in the direction of Chang'an.

These Xiliang soldiers surrendered because they learned the news of the defeat and death of Li Dao and Guo Yanbing, and if they found out that Liu He and Zhao Yun were actually in a gang at this time, they would inevitably rebel, so they must be strictly guarded and guarded.

A few days later, Liu He received a report from Tanma, and learned that Li Dao and Guo Yan had joined Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and other troops near Hongmen Pavilion, and their current number of soldiers and horses had reached 70,000, far exceeding the total number of troops defending Chang'an, and 20,000 more than the four troops of Lu Bu, Hu Zhen, Duan Xuan and Xu Rong combined.

Liu He Zhilu said that this was not the time for him to go to stir up the situation, so he stayed in Tongguan with peace of mind and waited for the battle of Chang'an to start.

In order to paralyze Li Dao and Guo Yan, Liu He forced Li Meng to write a letter in his own hand, claiming that Tongguan was well defended and that no abnormalities had been found so far.

At this time, Li Meng knew that the defeat and death of Li Dao and Guo Yan was false news, but he became a prisoner and was strictly guarded by Liu He, so he did not dare to go against Liu He's will, so he had to write a letter to Li Dao and Guo Yan against his will.

Liu He was worried that Li Meng would leave a code message and a "back door" in the letter, so he asked Guo Jia to personally draft the content of the letter, and then asked Li Meng to copy it according to the original text, so as to avoid being found by Jia Xu from any clues.

Although the old poison is full of wisdom, he is facing the ghost genius Guo Jia this time, so no matter how great his ability is, he can't expect that Tongguan has been lost in a short time.

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