"Looking for someone?" Wang Xu was puzzled, looked at Li Yan, and asked strangely: "I don't know who is so important that you go there in person?" ”

Li Yan turned around and smiled at Chen Zhi, and said meaningfully: "Does the lord know Taiyuan Wang Ling?" ”

"You mean my father-in-law, Wang Yun's nephew?" Wang Xu asked uncertainly.

"Exactly!" Li Yan nodded.

Wang Xu said strangely: "Isn't he dead?" After Dong Zhuo's ambush was executed, Li Dao and Guo Yan counterattacked Chang'an, and my father-in-law Wang Yun broke through with His Majesty, intending to flee south to Jingzhou to find me, but I didn't think that His Majesty could not escape. ”

As he spoke, he felt more and more strange, and frowned: "But as far as I know, after Li Dao and Guo Yan returned to Chang'an and arrived in Chang'an, they became angry with my father-in-law's brother's family and were tragically destroyed, and their two sons, Wang Chen and Wang Ling, also died?" ”

Wang Xu remembered this very clearly, because when Wang Yungang fled to Jingzhou, he had made a lot of trouble, and he also knew a lot about the situation in Chang'an at that time.

For Wang Ling, he has always felt a pity in his heart, in history, this man is both civil and military, with great merits, and has achieved the positions of general of the chariot and cavalry, Sikong, Tai Lieutenant and so on in the Wei State, until he saw Sima Yi controlling the government and holding the Wei Emperor Cao Fang hostage, then he was resentful, and then he wanted to set up Cao Biao, the king of Chu who was wise and brave at that time, as the emperor, but was finally noticed by Sima Yi, and committed suicide after failure.

In general, this is a loyal man who is both wise and brave, in history Wang Yun died in Chang'an, and his family was exterminated, but he Wang Ling was not noticed because he was the child of Wang Yun's brother, so after the incident. With the efforts of the Wang family. He and his brother Wang Chen were both able to escape in secret.

But because of Wang Xu's arrival. The situation was affected, Wang Yun had his cheap son-in-law with strong soldiers as foreign aid, and instead of being trapped in Chang'an, he thought of taking the little emperor to Jingzhou to join him, hoping to send troops to fight back, so he was able to escape his fate.

At that time, Li Dao and Guo Yan were eager to lead troops to recover the little emperor, but they failed to kill Wang Yun's family at the first time, so their families escaped with the help of the ministers.

And so it goes. On the contrary, Wang Yun's brother's family suffered from the seedlings.

Because they didn't know that they would be implicated in this matter from the beginning, in history, Li Dao and Guo Yan ordered the destruction of Wang Yun's three clans, but it was Wang Yun Manmen who killed first, and it was because of this precious time that they were able to get the news and hurriedly arranged for two unobtrusive children to escape with the secret help of the ministers.

But now that Wang Yun's family has escaped, they haven't been able to stand up to that time, so Wang Chen and Wang Ling should be dead. Even as far as Wang Xu knew, Wang Yun set up a mound for these two people in Jingzhou. I go to the festival every year.

Unexpectedly, when Li Yan heard his words at this moment, he shook his head and replied with a smile: "Lord, not only Wang Ling escaped, but his brother Wang Chen also escaped. ”

"The two brothers are really destined for it!" After hearing this, Wang Xu was quite emotional, but quickly shook his head and asked back: "Then why are you looking for Wang Ling?" ”

Li Yan replied: "The lord didn't know anything, after the two escaped, they lived in seclusion in Hedong, and only a few old ministers knew, and Zhong Xuan was one of them. Because of the talent of the two, after they became the head of the division, they wrote a letter to recruit, Wang Chen refused, but Wang Ling surrendered, and now he is stationed in Tongguan, it is said that Cao Cao has also heard of his name for a long time, and intends to promote him to his command, but because of the urgency of the war now, he has not been summoned for the time being. ”

"Wang Lingzhen guards Tongguan?" Wang Xu frowned: "Then how dare you go to see him?" ”

"The lord misunderstood, the last general and Shu Zhi did not look for Wang Ling, but went to Hedong to find Wang Ling's brother Wang Chen!" Li Yandao.

"Wang Chen?" Wang Xu was puzzled.

"Hmm!" Li Yan nodded, and then said: "The last general and Shu Zhi are looking for Wang Chen, just to persuade him to come to serve, he and Wang Ling's brothers have a deep relationship, if they can rebel against Wang Ling, the lord will be able to take Tongguan without much effort." ”

"Good!" Wang Xu reacted in an instant, and was overjoyed: "Then you have convinced Wang Chen?" ”

Although he failed to convince him to surrender, he agreed to move his family to Jingzhou, and tried his best to persuade Wang Ling to join him, and now he and his family are in the rear army!" Li Yan said with a smile.

"God help me!" Wang Xu was excited, looked at Xu Shu for a moment with the same smile on his face, and asked quickly, "Then how did you convince Wang Chen?" ”

"It's up to Uncle Zhi to say this! It was Wang Chen who he persuaded! Li Yan said with a smile.

When Chen Zhi heard this, he bowed to Wang Xu and said loudly: "My lord, the last general once overheard Si Li's civil and military chatter, and said that there were three reasons why Wang Chen was unwilling to serve Cao Jun. One is that he is jealous of the group of Xiliang generals in his heart, although the mastermind has been ambushed, but there are still many survivors, when Cao Jun got the division by Huairou means, so there are still many Xiliang generals in the army, and even in high positions, he does not want to work with them. ”

Second, Wang Chen is different from others and attaches great importance to family affection, especially after the extinction. He knew that the lord had accepted Wang Yun's adopted daughter into the house, although she was an adopted daughter, but after the death of Wang Yun's family, she was the only descendant, so he regarded it as the only relative, and did not want to help Cao Cao become an enemy of the lord."

"Third, he is worried that they will break this vein, so he doesn't want to be out!"

"Wait!" Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but wave his hand to interrupt, and asked strangely: "Uncle Zhi, why do you say that my father-in-law Wang Yun's family is dead?" ”

"Huh? Isn't it all the same in the world? Chen Zhi raised his head and said suspiciously: "Everyone in the world said that Wang Situ led His Majesty to break through to the south, but he was finally chased by Li Dao and Guo Yan before arriving at Wuguan, and finally his head was in a different place. Although the family took advantage of the gap to flee Chang'an, Li Dao and Guo Yan also released remarks, saying that they had all been hunted and killed, and it was rumored that only one dead man could go to Jingzhou with His Majesty's blood edict. ”

"Hahaha......" Wang Xu suddenly became happy and laughed non-stop.

Only then did he suddenly realize that Wang Yun had been in Jingzhou since he arrived. Although there was a commotion. Jingzhou's high-level people all know him. But he himself is deep and shallow to the outside world, rarely contact with the outside world, after seeing the situation in the world clearly these years, he is even more disheartened, hiding in the study of Cao to edit ancient books, compilation of documents, and the study of Cao in the group of Confucians drinking and chanting poetry, every day at ease, and seclusion. It seems that he really hasn't reappeared before the public.

This kind of person who has been far away from military and political affairs, far away from the core of power, spies from all sides will not investigate, so I am afraid that the lords of other forces will not know that he is still alive, and it is normal for the people to rumor that he has been dead for many years.

Li Yan and Chen Zhi suddenly laughed when they heard it, and they didn't know why, they were both a little stunned.

After a while, Wang Xu put away his smile. said softly: "I think that Li Dao and Guo Yan released the rumors back then, but they were to deter those who resisted with ferocity. But in fact, my father-in-law and his family are still alive and well! ”

"Wang Situ is still alive?" Li Yan's eyes widened instantly.

Chen Zhi's mind was lively, and then he smiled: "In this way, wouldn't it be easier to convince Wang Ling." ”

"Hmm!" Wang Xu nodded, and after a moment of contemplation, he turned back to Dian Wei and said, "Dian Wei, you quickly send someone back to Xiangyang, inform him of the details, and let him arrange someone to escort Wang Yun to Si Li, hurry!" ”

"No!" Dian Wei responded.

"Also, inform Fu Zhi to quickly dispatch officials, ready to take over the four counties of Fufeng, Feng Yi, Jingzhao, and Hongnong, if Tong Pass is broken, it will be the best chance for our army to really gain a foothold in Sili!" Wang Xu added.

Dian Wei returned to Chang'an City first and sent someone to deliver the message.

Wang Xu then went to see Wang Chen in person, treated him as a relative, and told all the things that Wang Yun's family was lucky to not die.

Knowing that there were still close relatives alive, Wang Chen was very excited, burst into tears on the spot, and promised to go to Tongguan in person to persuade Wang Ling.

What Li Yan and Chen Zhi did was really a stroke to turn the situation around, but it also completely disrupted the plan set before.

Chen Zhi led his troops to surrender, which means that the threat from the north is eliminated, and if Tongguan is obtained again, then Zhong Xuan's painstaking deployment will inevitably be shattered.

After some urgent deliberation, that night, Zhang Liao led 10,000 soldiers of the White Tiger Legion and 2,000 soldiers of Xiaoyaojin to rush to Wuguan.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Xu also set off with 10,000 guards and cavalry, and followed eastward into Wuguan, accompanied not only by Dian Wei, Yan Liang, and Xu Sheng, but also by Li Yan and Chen Dao, who had just surrendered.

However, the soldiers of the Cao army who followed them to serve failed to accompany them, and they were still stationed in Chang'an, temporarily under the control of Xu Shu, and the two only brought more than 100 knights as escorts.

Because they were not in a hurry and only advanced at the speed of a regular march, they passed through the county seat of Zhengxian County three days later, and they were still more than a hundred miles away from Tongguan.

This night, it snowed heavily in the sky, Wang Xu turned over and over in the tent, couldn't sleep, and always remembered the beautiful wife and concubine at home.

"Hey! Let's go out for a walk! ”

Wang Xu reluctantly got up, put on a thick fur robe, and left the camp.

There is already a thin layer of snow outside, and walking on it always makes a "pop!" Smack! The sergeants on patrol duty, column after column, walked around the barracks, and always stopped to salute when they saw him, and then went away again.

The fires in various parts of the camp shook so badly because of the cold wind that they would have been extinguished if it had not been for the grease in them.

Wang Xu rubbed his hands slowly, exhaled a thick white mist from the end of his nose, and wandered around the barracks.

Unconsciously, he walked to the side of Chen Zhi's small tent where he was resting, and saw that there were candles flickering in his tent, so he pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but walk over with a smile on his face.

But as soon as he arrived outside the tent, he heard that in addition to Chen Dao, there seemed to be another person inside, who was talking softly at the moment.

One of them said: "Since General Chen has already joined Jingzhou, why is he still full of sorrow, isn't this suspicious?" ”

"Hey!" Chen Zhi's sigh came: "As the saying goes, loyal ministers don't care about the two masters, but now I have gone against my original intention, and I am often uneasy in my heart, how can I smile!" ”

The man replied: "The difference between the general's words, when today, the king chooses the minister, the minister chooses the king, the general is loyal to that Liu Bei, but he is abandoned by him, and now he is valued by the king general, it is a fortunate thing, it should not be so sorrowful, if it goes on for a long time, it is known to the general Wang, I am afraid that there will be trouble again, then is it really the name of disloyalty?" ”

"But Liu Bei abandoned me at the beginning, and he was also forced by Cao Cao, Guan and Zhang followed him for a longer time, and it was helpless to choose me!" Chen Zhi argued loudly, obviously because the hurdle in his heart had not been straightened out, and his mood was very conflicted. (To be continued......)