After resting in Nanzheng for a day, Wang Xu and others continued to go north, intending to take a shortcut road, pass through the Meridian Plank Road, go out of the Meridian Valley, and go straight to the boundary of Chang'an.

But when I stayed in the tavern, I heard that there are now bandits in the Qinling Mountains, especially the Meridian Road, which has become a key place for those bandits, and the road for hundreds of miles is now rare for people, and the passage between Hanzhong and Chang'an is almost cut off.

After giving the shop a string of five baht coins to show their affection, they also knew the reason for the current situation.

It turned out that Cao Cao welcomed the little emperor, coupled with his own strength, those small princes and local big forces were attached one after another, and only Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and other former Liangzhou powerhouses refused to obey.

In the first half of this year, when Wang Xu waved his army into Shu, Cao Cao also sent Xu Rong, Cao Ren, Zhong Miao and others to lead the army to attack, Zhang Ji took his nephew Zhang Xiu and other troops, originally wanted to avoid its momentum and wandered to the boundary of Jingzhou, but did not think that Jingzhou was stationed in Wuguantun, and Liu Pan and Yang Ling were stationed there.

They didn't dare to fight with the Jingzhou army at this dangerous pass, so they chose to retreat, which directly led to Zhang Ji, who should have died in Nanyang, to survive, and Zhang Xiu failed to occupy Nanyang. Subsequently, all the local forces in the Sili area responded to the imperial army represented by Cao Cao and joined forces to attack Li Dao and others.

Li Dao and Guo Yan were unable to escape death because they had committed heinous crimes, and their families and children were not spared.

Because Guo Yan was good to the people, and had repeatedly advised Li Dao and Guo Yan not to act recklessly, he was forgiven, and under the persuasion of Xuanyi General Jia Xu, they joined Cao Cao together.

Si Li has since been pacified, and then Cao Cao played the emperor. Appointed Zhong Xuan as the assassin of Yongzhou. Hold the knots. Governor-General's Division.

With Zhong Xuan's super political skills, after more than half a year of governance, all parts of the Sili area began to recover, although the households are still scarce, but after all, they settled down, and many people who moved to Hebei and Yingchuan to avoid the war also returned home.

However, it is precisely because of this resurgence that it is. Cao Ren, Xu Rong and others will converge with counties and counties in various places, and almost spare no effort to strike, exterminate and surrender.

However, some of the heinous and vicious criminals, knowing that they were unfortunate and unable to fight against the imperial court's soldiers and horses, could only reintegrate and hide in the Qinling Mountains separated from Sili and Yizhou. And the passage of Meridian Valley has naturally become a good place for them to plunder.

Now. No one dares to go to these places for ordinary people, and the robbers are naturally in a state of extreme hunger, and if they take this road, there is a chance that they will encounter robbers, where the terrain is steep and there are many traps, so in order to avoid accidents, they naturally prefer to take a detour.

Therefore, Wang Xu finally took a few people to the east, preparing to go north from Wuguan on the northwest border of Nanyang County.

After five days of traveling, the group finally saw the towering city wall of Wuguan, and the prosperity here is beyond imagination.

Huang Xu was amazed all the way, looking at the endless flow of people and business travelers, and sighed: "This small Xiongguan is so prosperous, and the flow of people is about to catch up with Xiangyang!" ”

"Of course!" Wang Xu slowly urged the horse forward, and said with a smile: "The Qinling Mountains are occupied by a large number of bandits, no one has the courage to go on the Meridian Valley Road, and no one dares to cross other mountain ranges. ”

"I see!"

The five of them followed the crowd to the front of the pass, but they were immediately stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate, and shouted in a deep voice: "Wuguan is important, there is no customs clearance document, and no one is allowed to enter with weapons!" ”

Ling Wanqing quickly took out a document from her bosom, handed it to the soldier and said, "Little brother, we are local heroes in Jingzhou, and we have been registered with the thief Cao. ”

The soldier looked at the CD, but still shook his head: "No, General Liu Pan has issued a strict order, you must have the customs clearance CD presented by the thief Cao, you can go over, but the weapon must be left." ”

"Then how can I handle this customs clearance disc?" Ling Wanqing then asked.

"You must go to the thief where your household is located to handle it, and only if the government stamps it with a big seal to confirm its identity and security, it can be passed!" As he spoke, the soldier glanced at a few people, and his tone was a little softer: "This regulation was also issued two months ago, and now General Wang is in poor health, in order to avoid emergencies, all border areas and checkpoints in Jingyi Erzhou are the same. ”

"But we have an urgent need to go to the north, and we have a long way to go back at this moment, what should we do?" Zhou Zhi interjected and asked.

The soldier glanced at him, then looked at the mountains in the distance, and Nunu said, "Oh! Over there, as long as you don't enter the city, you can go anywhere, you heroes are not weak, figure it out yourself, it's really not good, you can also take a detour to Yingchuan, there is a big road over there! ”

"This ......" Several people looked at each other speechlessly, but they didn't expect to be blocked from their own people.

Looking at each other for a moment, Wang Xu said calmly: "Forget it, let's find another way, there is a stall over there, go over and have some tea." ”

"That's fine, everyone should be hungry anyway!" Ling Wanqing said.

walked to the small tea stall and found a table to sit down, Zhou Zhi immediately shouted: "Boss, the meatloaf is on the table, the wine is also on the ground, we are short of food in our stomachs!" ”

"Okay, wait a minute!"

The old shopkeeper with his back to this side in the distance listened to his humorous words, and he happily answered, but still stared at the work at hand.

Everyone sat down, and Huang Xu immediately lowered his voice and said, "Childe, are we really going to make a detour to Yingchuan?" ”

"I don't know, I'll talk about it when my stomach is full!" Wang Xu shook his head, then looked at the martial pass from afar, and said with a smile: "But Liu Pan and Yang Ling are good, and they are very strict in governing the troops, so it is also reassuring to hand over this martial pass to them!" ”

"It's not bad, it's all blocking yourself here!" Zhou Zhi complained.

"You don't have any writing on your face, how do people know that you are your own person." Wang Xu rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile.

However, Zhang Ning frowned, glanced at Wang Xu, and said coldly: "Don't say it so elegantly, now it must be very dangerous to climb over the mountains, if you make a detour, you will have to delay for a few more days, can you drag half of your foot into the body of the coffin?" ”

"Hey!"

The cruel reality is laid out, and everyone can only sigh. There was a moment of silence.

"Here comes the hot meatloaf!" This stall. The shop that sold the patties happened to come with a large plate full of meatloaf.

Wang Xu and Zhou Zhi turned their backs to this person. Hearing the sound, he unconsciously turned his head away.

"Huh?"

The number is relative, and the old shopkeeper, Wang Xu, and Zhou Zhi are all stunned.

"Bang!"

A moment later, the plate in the shopkeeper's hand fell to the ground, and his mouth opened slightly.

The noise here startled another old shopkeeper who was setting up a stall with him, and immediately came over when he heard the sound: "Zizhong, what's wrong?" ”

As soon as the words fell, when he looked at Wang Xu with his eyes, he was also stunned.

"Imperial ......"

Zhou Zhi couldn't control this person anymore when he saw it. almost called out his name, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and held back, Wang Xu stood up even more excitedly, looking at the two old shops with burning eyes.

Although it was too abrupt, several people were not ordinary people, and they quickly stabilized their minds.

The shopkeeper who was carrying the plate before hurriedly looked around and said nervously, "This is not the place to talk, why don't you go elsewhere for the time being?" ”

"Good!" Wang Xu said with a smile.

Several people then got up and walked towards the secluded path next to them. The two shops didn't even care about the stalls.

Ling Wanqing was also puzzled at first, but after carefully examining the faces of the two. It was also Zhu's lips slightly opened, looking a little surprised, and then silently followed a few people.

On the contrary, Zhang Ning and Huang Xu didn't know what to say, and followed behind in a daze.

Walking to a secluded place, Wang Xu could no longer hide his excitement, and arched his hand heavily: "General Huangfu, General Zong, don't come unharmed!" ”

"Hahahaha......"

The two laughed, and the taller old man shook his head with a sigh, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the world to be so unpredictable, and I can actually meet Ziyang here today!" ”

"Yes, it's really fate, after so many years, Ziyang really misses it!" Wang Xu was also full of emotion, and as he spoke, he turned sideways slightly, led Huang Xu forward, and said, "Huang Xu, hurry up and see the two generals!" ”

Although Huang Xu was still confused, he still saluted respectfully: "Senior Huang Xu, meet the two generals!" ”

After he finished the ceremony, Wang Xu smiled and said, "Do you know who the two are?" ”

"I haven't seen it!" Huang Xu shook his head, his face full of confusion.

When Zhou Zhi heard this, he took over the words: "Don't you often talk about it on weekdays, and you admire the generals who pacified the Yellow Turbans very much, but you didn't have the opportunity to see them?" In front of me, this is General Huangfu, and this is the Zongyuan General! ”

"Shhh Huang Xu took a deep breath in an instant, his young face was full of excitement, his face was flushed, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only salute again. "Huang Xu visited General Huangfu, met General Zong, admired for many years, and saw it today, which is really Huang Xu's blessing!"

"Huh! The little general doesn't need to be so polite! Huangfu Song smiled and waved his hand, and said: "It's all in the past, now there are just two mountain and wild village husbands here, but the little general is heroic and extraordinary, and he is in his youth, follow Ziyang, and he will build an immortal martial arts." ”

"The general has won the award, Huang Xucai is a shallow learner, and he is still learning!" Huang Xu said modestly.

Huang Fu Song and the sect members both looked at him and dealt with him decently, they both liked each other a little, looked at each other and smiled, Huang Fu Song couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a talent from all generations, our era has passed, and now it's the world of you young people." ”

"Hahaha......" Wang Xu laughed heartily: "Why did General Huangfu say this, it's just that the general is unwilling to show up, if the general is willing to lead the troops, there are few people in the world who can match it." ”

"Ziyang, don't you want to praise our two old guys to the sky." The sect member smiled and rubbed his beard, looked at him with emotion, and said: "When you suppressed the Yellow Turban, you have achieved excellence, and you have been invincible all these years, and we old guys are out of reach. ”

"General Zong is too modest, Ziyang can have today, thanks to the help of the two generals several times, otherwise he would have died in Luoyang Prison, and there are many things he has learned from the two generals, which can be called my teacher!"

"Hahaha......" Huangfu Song interrupted everyone with a smile, and interjected: "Forget it, forget it, don't be so polite anymore, the more you talk about it, the more you flatter it is." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Xu with a relieved face, and Wen Yan changed the topic: "Ziyang, you first settled in Yizhou, how did you come to this remote place of Wuguan?" (To be continued......)