When Xu Ji saw Guo Huaixing's rushing appearance, his heart moved: "Boji, do you want to tell me that Tongguan and Qingnikou have been resolved?" Now that the situation is bad, Xu Ji can't believe his good luck.

Guo Huai nodded, and said happily: "Wang Ling and Wang Chen After the round with General Zhang Xiu and Mr. Wenhe, they personally went alone to persuade the enemy to surrender, and in just one day, the defenders of Weinan, Huayin, Tongguan, Lantian, Qingnikou and other places surrendered one after another, and the defenders in several places together had as many as 20,000 people. ”

When Xu Ji heard this, he could transfer his army into the pass as he wanted, so he asked with a smile: "Where are General Zhang Xiu and Wen He now?" Guo Huai said with a smile: "According to the news sent by Mr. Wenhe's scouts, General Zhang Xiu and Mr. Wen's are stepping up their retreat and rushing to the Hanzhong area."

Xu Ji's heart was settled, it seemed that Jia Xu was cautious, and knew that the war in Hanzhong could not be taken lightly, so once the affairs of Tongguan and Qingnikou were understood, they would speed up their return to the army, and according to the calculation of time, Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu would return to Hanzhong in a very short time.

In this way, he can gain some initiative for himself in the struggle in the court later. Thinking of this, Xu Ji said to Guo Huai: "Boji, you will personally go to Tongguan now, let me go to Tongguan, as long as I see the soldiers of Yu Ban coming to the pass, I will immediately switch them in, and ask them to go straight to Chang'an." You are sending a henchman to Qingnikou, and also let Li Yan's army enter the customs. ”

Of course, Guo Huai knew the importance of these two armies to Xu Ji, but he didn't expect Xu Ji to be so anxious, so he asked out loud in surprise. Xu Ji explained a few words briefly. Guo Huai changed color when he heard this, and he also saw that something was wrong. I know that the matter is urgent, and I don't delay it too much. Then he turned and hurried away. Xu Ji turned his head to Jia Lou again and said, "In this way, you don't have to wait here. I was immediately out of the city to meet Wen He and General Zhang Xiu, and asked them to march to Hanzhong immediately. ”

Jia Lou nodded and left.

Xu Ji let out a sigh of relief, remembering that he still had to enter the palace to see Liu Xie, where did he dare to delay? After hurriedly leaving the palace, he took more than 20 shadows, got on his horse and whipped his whip, and slowly drove towards the palace.

along the way. Xu Ji was preoccupied. First, there is the issue of the war sites in Hanzhong and Chang'an. Xu Ji still feels inexplicable, Lu Bu fought against the Xiliang people in Chiyang, which was something he expected.

But Xianyang's siege is a bit inexplicable. Especially at the same time, the Hanzhong army stormed Shenling, which was even more incredible. The military operations in the three locations were almost unanimous. This is a coincidence.

Judging from the current situation, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Zhang Lu, and Liu Bei are absolutely planned and unified actions, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to send troops so neatly and consistently. But the question is, how do the three of them work together? Xu Ji really couldn't see the basis of their cooperation.

Is it through Wang Yun?

But another problem came out immediately, Wang Yun didn't know that Jia Xu was his own person. Moreover, before he occupied Chang'an, no one noticed that he had intervened in the struggle in Chang'an. Therefore, Wang Yun's various arrangements are set up to deal with Jia Xu, according to the time, I am afraid that Zhang Lu, Liu Bei and others still don't know the news of Wang Yun's deep thoughts. That is to say, the current military operation of the Hanzhong army and the siege of Xianyang have long been planned.

But if Wang Yun united Zhang Lu and Liu Bei in Hanzhong in order to deal with Jia Xu, then the precondition was to send Liu Yan's three sons back. Otherwise, there is simply no room for cooperation between the two sides.

But once the three Liu Zhang brothers are sent back, Liu Yan in Yizhou will immediately become uncontrollable. I am afraid that I will immediately launch a large army to attack Chang'an. Some time ago. The war in Hanzhong was fought extremely negatively, not only did Jia Xu have other plans, but Zhang Lu and Liu Bei also focused on sticking to it. How did it change in just a few days?

Thinking of this, Xu Ji's heart jumped: Could it be that the enemy in Hanzhong didn't know about Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu leading the troops out. Now the onslaught on Shen Ling is not because Jia Xu is not in Shen Ling, but because there is another powerful backhand to deal with Jia Xu?

Thinking of this, Xu Ji became even more uneasy in his heart, the other party should know that Jia Xu was powerful. will definitely not act rashly, and now the sudden attack must be completely sure to deal with Jia Xu. Although the other party didn't know that Jia Xu was not in Shenling now. That is to say, the other party has a strategy that can be taken out of ten and determined. And now Jia Xu is not in Shenling. Although Zhang Liao is very intelligent, if he is sad and unintentional, he is afraid that it will be a situation of more evil and less auspicious.

It's just that Xu Ji also understands in his heart that he is in a hurry now, and there is no way. I had to hope that Jia Xu could rush to Hanzhong to support Zhang Liao sooner.

Hey, now I'd better think about how to deal with those opposition in the court.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Ji felt even more upset at this time. In the past few days, he has been punching and kicking, trying his best to deal with all kinds of difficulties in Chang'an City, but the situation has not improved, and the reason is that he is not good at politics.

Thinking about the thrilling battles in the past, but he was handy and invincible, Xu Ji suddenly had a glimmer of realization in his mind: he has not changed, but his position has changed.

When I first came to this era, because I hid my strength very well, and the struggle for power at that time was focused on Luoyang's relatives and eunuchs, of course, no one paid attention to my own small fish and shrimp. Later, the princes would join the alliance, and the world's attention was Yuan Shao, the heirloom of a wealthy family and a princess, although he was named a concubine, he was a poor family, and he had no military power, of course, it would not be eye-catching.

To say that the only achievement during this period is to make a new "five virtues to say", but this matter please say that it is embarrassing, he has no achievements at all, it is completely manipulated by Liang Xi, he is just sitting back and enjoying the success, so he has won the name of the great Confucian of the world, if he lets himself give a lecture on the stage, it will definitely be revealed.

Although he later defeated Yuan Shao and occupied most of the north, in order to provoke a war, he has been playing missing. Solve various problems by surprise in the shadows and deal a fatal blow to the enemy. But now? He has changed from light to dark, and his identity has become a big commonplace. This kind of transformation made him stand on the cusp of the struggle in Chang'an City and even the whole world. Surrounded by some enemies who were dissatisfied with him, Guan Ning and the others were far away in Yanzhou. There was no one around to help. Naturally, there are many difficulties.

In this case, if you still use the previous strategy to deal with the enemy. That's definitely out of place, now I'm already a high-profile figure, my words and deeds are being snooped on, and if I do anything low-key, I'm afraid that the situation will make it worse. It's better to let it go. With thunderous means, the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government were given a dismount. Otherwise, even if you can force things down today. If these people are in the future, they will also oppose themselves everywhere, making themselves fearful, and leaving endless troubles in the future.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji seemed to have returned to the scene when the princes were in alliance some time ago, and his ambition rose in his chest: Okay, let me Xu Ji play with you. I'll give you a good one first, and when Guan Ning arrives in Chang'an in the future, I'll slowly clean you up! A clip on the belly of the horse. The war horse under Xu Ji's crotch neighed as if he knew Xu Ji's heart, and ran towards the palace with Xu Ji. When Xu Ji arrived at the palace where Liu Xie was, the important ministers of the court and the central government had already gathered their finances and were waiting for him alone. Everyone present had solemn faces, obviously already knowing what was going on.

After Xu Ji visited Liu Xie, Liu Xie said to Xu Ji: "Xu Qingjia, do you know the latest development of the war in Hanzhong?" ”

Xu Ji sneered in his heart: Sure enough, he had to open his mouth to answer that he knew. After a move in his heart, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please forgive your subordinates for being lonely and unaware of the affairs of Hanzhong. "The information that Xu Ji knows about the war in Hanzhong is what Jia Lou told him, but now no one in the Manchu Dynasty knows that his relationship with Jia Xudi is hidden from Liu Xie. It's just that I vaguely know that Jia Xu has something to do with him. In this situation, he must not reveal his relationship with Jia Xu, otherwise someone will definitely make a big fuss. The best time for Jia Xu to justifiably throw himself is, of course, after the ban. As for himself, he replied that he did not know. That, of course, is to clean up some people.

Liu Xie saw that Xu Ji said that the ministry knew, so he ordered the little yellow door next to him to read the battle report that came. What was written in it was not much different from what Jia Lou told him. Although it was the second time they had heard this information, the ministers in the hall still let out a buzzing sound when they heard it. Obviously, they all have their own ideas about the form in front of them. And Liu Xie also had a solemn face.

Good for a while. When everyone saw that Xu Ji and Liu Xie didn't speak, they remembered that they were rude to do so. Only then did he gradually close his voice.

Liu Xie frowned at Xu Ji and said, "Xu Qingjia, what do you think about this matter?" Xu Jimu said expressionlessly: "Qiqi Sheng, His Majesty has no opinion. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall, and no one thought that Xu Ji would say this.

Liu Xie was also stunned, but he knew Xu Ji, his brother-in-law, very well, and knew that Xu Ji would have his own unique purpose in whatever he did, and many seemingly unrelated things had special meanings, so after hearing Xu Ji say this, his face was first unhappy, and then he pondered. However, not everyone understands Xu Ji's character, and Zhou Huan, who has always been at odds with Xu Ji, said to Xu Ji disdainfully: "Isn't Lord Xu known as the god of the Yanzhou army?" It has always been invincible, otherwise how could the saint entrust the post of the great secretary to Lord Xu, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world all thought that this appointment was a real number of names, and they all thought that from now on, the court and the whole world can be renewed, how do you know that Lord Xu actually said that he has no opinion, is it not another disappointment. The words are full of sarcasm, laughter and scolding. As soon as these words came out, the voice in the hall was Lipton, and everyone looked at Xu Ji, knowing in their hearts that the first round of power confrontation after Liu Xie returned to Chang'an. This Dahonglu Zhou Huan has always been known for his sharp teeth, and Xu Ji offended him a few days ago, so now Dahonglu Zhou Huan's words are particularly sharp.

However, I have to admit that there is still some truth in Zhou Huan's words this time, if Xu Ji is unable to resolve it, then Xu Ji's status in the hearts of everyone will plummet, although they don't have a good impression of Xu Ji. But he will definitely not be afraid of Xu Ji as before. Liu Xie, who was supposed to reprimand Zhou Huan for his disrespectful words, actually remained silent, obviously wanting to see Xu Ji's jokes.

Xu Ji turned his head to look at Zhou Huan, and said flatly: "Lord Zhou, the art of war is cloudy: 'Know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles', although Xu Ji is the newly appointed chief of the saint. But if you are always a newcomer, how much do you know about the war in Hanzhong? The answer is that I don't have a big opinion because I don't know the cause and effect. Do you want me to know without knowing it? Isn't that a deception? Zhou Huan was speechless when he heard this. But I don't know how to refute it, if I say Xu Ji's words with strong words, it would be nonsense. Doesn't that mean that Xu Ji should tell lies to Liu Xie and deceive the king?

Everyone in the hall was even more stunned. didn't expect Xu Ji's words to make Zhou Huan speechless. Xu Ji looked a little overwhelmed. He smiled slightly: "The so-called 'knowledge is knowledge.'" This kind of person can be called a wise person, and your Excellency, as a great man, knows nothing about military affairs, so it is not a shame to say such ignorant words. However, as a minister of the court, he should naturally know the law of the imperial court, is it because Lord Zhou has been a great Honglu for too long, and he has received too many barbarian ministers of Fanbang, but he has forgotten the law of my Han Dynasty? If so. Master Zhou has to go back and think about it behind closed doors. The implication is, of course, that Zhou Huan is not suitable to sit in the position of Dahonglu. Zhou You's color changed when he heard this, and he shouted, "Lord Xu, what do you mean by this?" I Zhou Huan has been reading the subset of scriptures and history since I was a child, and I have been conscientious as an official in the court, and I asked myself if I have not forgotten the law of the imperial court, why did Lord Xu speak sarcastically! ”

Then he turned around. He cried to Liu Xie and said: "Da Sikong's words and deeds are true, please ask the Holy Lord to be the master of his subordinates." Xu Ji's most annoying thing was that the man was crying and crying, looking at Zhou Huan, who was wearing a handful of white beards in front of him, and he was in tears, and he felt sick in his heart. Without leaving the slightest politeness, he cut off Liu Xie, who was about to speak, and said: "Lord Zhou said that he knew the laws of the imperial court, but I don't understand one thing, and I want to ask Lord Zhou: I am a big Sikong in the lower body." Why did no one report to me about the war in Hanzhong during the many times I came to Chang'an? Could it be that I, the great priest appointed by the Holy Chrysostom, am an ornament? Even if it is Chang'an Xinding. The officials in charge of this matter are understandably negligent. But after the report of the Hanzhong war reached Chang'an today, I, as the chief secretary, was the last to know about it. Is this also the law of the imperial court? When everyone heard this, their hearts sank, and then they knew that Xu Ji was angry about this matter, and only a few people keenly grasped Xu Ji's true intentions, and knew that Xu Ji was deliberately setting a trap to stand up for himself. Looking at everyone, including Liu Xie, Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "If I remember correctly. But if there is any report of war, it should be reported to me first. Then it will be reported to the Holy God according to the priority of the matter, but now? I, the great Sikong, actually don't know anything, and I want the Holy Lord to turn around and tell me, is this the law of the imperial court? His subordinates reprimanded him directly, Da Honglu actually forgot that he was an official of etiquette, and actually made the woman cry in front of the saint and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, is this the etiquette of the court? These three are all things that Xu Ji can't figure out, and I don't know if anyone in the Manchu Dynasty can explain one or two things to Xu Ji to solve the blockage. Everyone was silent when they heard this, although they knew that Xu Ji was taking the opportunity to stand up, but they had to admit that Xu Ji's words were reasonable.

Xu Ji looked at Liu Xie leisurely, it was impossible for Liu Xie to ignore this matter, otherwise the little bit of the emperor's majesty that had just been established would be gone.

As long as Liu Xieyi asks about this matter, he will have the opportunity to deal with those who are hostile to him. This incident made it clear that Zhou Huan and his group were rectifying themselves, deliberately not reporting it, and now they are sending the information to Liu Xie, and then they suddenly attacked, thinking that they must not be able to think of any countermeasures in a short period of time, and they will look at their own jokes.

In fact, if the problem of Tongguan and Qingnikou has not been solved, Xu Ji really has no way, but now it is naturally different. However, Xu Ji is also more careful when he is surrounded by enemies on all sides, he will not easily show the fact that he has a way, he hopes that the Yu Ban army can secretly enter Chang'an, and completely subvert Chang'an's military power without knowing it.

Therefore, now Xu Ji is doing this on the one hand to kill the prestige of Zhou Huan and others, and on the other hand, he is also confusing the other party.

Isn't it interesting to put the blame for not being able to think of a solution on the other side right now? Sure enough, the faces of Zhou Huan and Wang Zifu and others became as ugly as they were. Because if they are held accountable for this matter, they will definitely be implicated.

Xu Ji sneered in his heart, even if you can resolve this matter, I still have a way to deal with you.

Under the turn of his mind, Xu Ji knew that he had found a legitimate reason for his army to enter Beijing and subvert the military power of Chang'an.

At this time, Xu Ji has completely changed from a poor scholar who survived in troubled times to a hero who turned over the situation, if Guo Jia was by Xu Ji's side, he would definitely feel happy about it, and from the very beginning, Guo Jia's heart believed that Xu Ji would become a generation of heroes, but Xu Ji's humility and restraint all the time made his heroic posture not obvious.

But after the battle of Chang'an, Guo Jia saw Xu Ji's gradually vigorous ambition and increasingly obvious heroic temperament from Xu Ji's words. As a person who has witnessed all this, Guo Jia is probably the most gratifying person.

It's just that the situation in front of Xu Ji now really makes him feel aggrieved, so he can only wait for the army to arrive, Xu Ji secretly gritted his teeth. (To be continued......)