However, it is said that after Li Dao quietly gathered his troops in the area of Caoyangting, he did not immediately send troops to attack Shaanxi County, but played a tricky way with Jia Kui.

In order to cover up his real intentions, Li Wei asked a small group of soldiers under his command to arrest the poor people near Hongnong, rob them of their food, burn down their houses, and then drive these homeless people to Shaanxi County to escape.

Li Kui's idea was that he would set up his own troops to sabotage Hongnong, and when the fleeing people entered Shaanxi County, it would naturally arouse Jia Kui's anger, and as far as a general like Jia Kui was concerned, he was likely to lead his army out of the city in anger to quell the military disaster. Because Li Kui felt that Jia Kui did not know that he had concentrated all his forces in Caoyang Pavilion, and thought that the soldiers who were making trouble near Hongnong were only a small part, so Jia Kui had the advantage of his troops, so he did not have to worry about the danger of going out of the city to fight.

I have to say that although Li Dao is a warlord leader who has no discipline and bottom line, he still has a very good grasp of people's hearts. If Jia Kui had not received the warning in advance, when he learned that there were soldiers who were harming the people in the Hongnong area, his first reaction was to lead the army out of the city and execute all these rebels. Because according to normal people's thinking, Hongnong was temporarily given to Li Dao by Jia Kui, and he will have to take it back sooner or later. It's like a kind host who lends a guest a house, but the villain who lives in the house is a villain, and the villain destroys or even sets fire to the host's house.

In fact, Jia Kui was still very angry when he learned that Li Dao's army had harmed the people, but he held back it alive. Jia Kui secretly said to himself in his heart: These battles are all recorded on Li Dao's head, and when Li Dao comes to attack the city in a few days, they will be liquidated together.

For several days in a row, Li Dao asked his soldiers to drive thousands of refugees to Shaanxi County, but Jia Kui accepted all the orders and brought all these homeless people into the city with his super internal affairs ability. They were all properly settled.

Li Dao waited left and right, but he didn't see Jia Kui send troops, he realized at this time that he had underestimated Jia Kui, so he let the army drive tens of thousands of people to Shaanxi County at one time.

Jia Kui stood at the head of Shaanxi County, his face pale, he knew that he was now facing the same predicament that Liu He had when he dealt with the Xianbei people in Macheng. In that battle, Kebi was able to use the innocent Han people in Bingzhou as human shields, and repeatedly launched wave after wave of attacks on Macheng, when Liu He tearfully ordered the soldiers at the head of the city to release arrows and shoot the compatriots under the city to death. And at the moment of fierce fighting, Liu He even moved the idea of giving up Ma Cheng. Now Li Dao uses the people in Hongnong County as human shields, but he is forcing Jia Kui to abandon the city and leave.

Throughout the Three Kingdoms, there are not a few warlords who once drove innocent people as human shields, and this is what Liu He hates the most. Liu He has been in charge of the military for so many years, and he has never done such a thing that tramples on the bottom line of human morality, on the contrary, he takes the casualties of the people and soldiers as the primary consideration before every battle, and will never let the people and soldiers die innocently.

Through the clairvoyant mirror, Jia Kui could already clearly see the frightened and helpless expressions on the faces of ordinary people who were at the forefront. Jia Kui's hands were shaking. He turned his head to look to the left and right, and saw that the soldiers with bows and crossbows on either side were also showing angry and hesitant expressions.

Jia Kui sighed. "Alas, Li Zhiran, you seem to be ruining my Jia Kui's reputation today. In fact, it's forcing you to a dead end! I wanted to spare your life, but now it seems that your life is not something I can do......"

"Someone, send a message to Luoyang and Hanoi immediately. Please instruct Taifu and General Zilong to send troops to Hongnong to encircle and suppress Li Dao! ”

"Pass my military order, and immediately raise the blood-colored double flag! In this battle, we must not take half a step back. Kill the violators! ”

It is said that the clay man still has three points of mud, Jia Kui has been determined to join the army since he was a child, and he has been trained in the army, this heart has long been tempered to be extremely hard and strong, and how can he be threatened by Li Dao. Even if he dies in the city, he will never sit back and watch Li Dao seize Shaanxi County.

Seeing that the soldiers outside the city were about to force tens of thousands of people to approach under the city wall, Jia Xu suddenly said loudly to Li Wei: "General, have you seen the two blood-colored flags raised at the head of the city?" Do you know what the blood-colored twin flags symbolize? ”

Li Dao looked hesitant, and suddenly thought of something.

"General, give a quick order and let the soldiers return the civilians in front, otherwise it will be a situation of endless death, do you want to face the endless pursuit of the 20th army under Liu Shiren!"

Jia Xu's cold drink at a critical moment finally woke up Li Dao, who was covered in lard.

"Pass my military order, the troops stop advancing, and release the people!"

Soon, Li Dao's order was transmitted to the forefront, and the people who were forced to walk in the forefront by swords, guns and arrows were spared.

After seeing Li Dao slowly retreating with his troops, Jia Kui only felt that his back was already soaked, even though it was the midsummer season of June at this time, he still felt a chill in his heart.

"General, the thieves have retreated, do you want to recover the fast horses that went to Hanoi and Luoyang to report the news?"

"No need, Ben will write letters to Luoyang and Hanoi to personally explain what happened today, as for how Taifu and General Zilong will decide, it is not for us to worry about."

Jia Kui turned around and walked down the city tower, leaving only a slightly sparse back.

On the night of the same day, Li Dao commanded the troops to launch a night attack on Shaanxi County, and Jia Kui had already expected it, and commanded Ruoding at the head of the city, and easily repelled Li Dao's attack.

Li Dao tasted the strength of the defenders of Shaanxi County, and had no choice but to retreat to Caoyang Pavilion and ask Jia Xu: "Wenhe, this Jia Liangdao really has some skills, today I look at the defenders of the city, the weather is strict, if it is a strong attack, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses!" ”

Jia Xu felt a resentment in his heart. "Shaanxi County has been in operation for many years, and there are tens of thousands of defenders, and behind it is the support of Hanguguan and Luoyang, without more than 50,000 troops, I am afraid that it will not be able to be attacked at all."

"Could it be that I worked hard, just retreated to Tongguan like this, and then sat back and waited for Liu He to clean up and merge the state, then clean up Hedong, and then come to deal with me?" Li Dao showed a painful and unwilling look on his face, as if he was asking Jia Xu and asking himself.

"Childish, I know that you are unwilling, but now, going against the trend will only exhaust all the remaining family funds. If you must go back to Chang'an, I am willing to be a lobbyist, go to Yecheng to meet Liu He in person, and ask him to support you with some grain, grass and soldiers and horses to help you counterattack Chang'an! ”

Li Wei was a little hesitant about Jia Xu's proposal, and just as he hesitated, he suddenly received an urgent report.

Tongguan is lost!

The person who attacked Tongguan was Jia Kui's deputy Zhang Ji!

"Haha......, hahaha...... I have spent half my life in vain, but this time I underestimated the young students of Jia Kui and Zhang Ji!" Li Dao smiled angrily, and his heart hurt like a knife.

"Childish, without further ado, you gather the soldiers and horses to stay in Huxian, I will go to Yecheng to meet Liu He, explain the benefits to him, and let him know that if you want to swallow our soldiers and horses in one bite, you will have to pay a lot of teeth!"

Li Wei was a little moved, and deliberately asked: "Now that we are in a dilemma, can Liu He really listen to you?" ”

Jia Xu really wanted to sue Li Wei, when Liu He fled from Wuguan, he deliberately spared Liu He's life, Liu He had just suffered an attack at that time, and the person who secretly ordered the attack on Liu He was Li Dao! This time, Jia Xu went to Yecheng just to get out, so he wouldn't really care about Li Wei's life or death.

Because Tongguan had been lost, Li Wei didn't know that Jia Xu's two sons had quietly escaped, and he had no better way now, so he agreed that Jia Xu would act as a lobbyist and go to Yecheng to meet Liu He and beg Liu He to let him live.

Jia Xu set off from Huxian County, and came to Shaanxi County a few days later, he was not worried that Jia Kui would be unfavorable to him, but generously came to the city gate, informed the officers and soldiers guarding the city of their identity names, and then waited for Jia Kui to come to greet him.

When Jia Kui learned that Jia Xu, the former chief mastermind of Li Dao's account, was coming, he really went out of the city very politely to greet him, and did not treat Jia Xu coldly because of the events of the previous few days.

After the two sat down in the official office, Jia Kui first asked: "Dare to ask Mr. Wenhe, a few days ago, the strategy of taking the Hongnong people as the hostage came from your handiwork?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Although Jia is called a poisoner, he also knows the irreversible truth, this time the arson scourge around Hongnong and force the people to act as human shields, all of which come from Li Dao himself, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

"Since your two armies have torn their faces, I don't know why Mr. Wenhe came here with a swagger?"

"I'm here to beg Liang Dao not to do anything to Li Dao for the time being, to hold off for a while, and let me go to Yecheng to meet the eldest prince before it is too late to resolve this matter."

"Does Mr. Wenhe think that with just a few words, he can say that the son of the moving man is open to Li Daowang? To tell you the truth, when Li Dao forced tens of thousands of people to come to the city that day, I sent fast horses to Luoyang and Hanoi to report the news, asking Taifu and General Zhao Zilong to send troops to Shaanxi County to encircle and suppress Li Dao! ”

"I know that when you gave the order to raise the Scarlet Twin Flags, you had already made up your mind to deal with our army. It's just that the current situation has not yet reached the point of not dying, in my opinion, instead of forcing Li Zhiran and your army to break the net, it is better to let go of Tongguan and let him return to Chang'an and Yuan Shao to fight hard! ”

"Mr. Wenhe's statement is indeed reasonable, but this matter is not something I can do. Now I finally blocked Li Dao between Tongguan and Shaanxi County, if I let him into the pass in vain, in case he took the troops to bypass Chang'an and go to Xiliang, wouldn't it be a tiger to return to the mountain, I can't afford this responsibility! ”

"I know your difficulties, so I just beg you to suspend your actions and send a small team of men and horses to escort me to Yecheng to meet the hussar general. To be honest, this time I went to Yecheng, and I would not return to Li Dao's side. ”

Jia Kui understood what Jia Xu meant, so he nodded and said, "I know, I'll go and arrange it for Mr. Wenhe." (To be continued......)