Although there are other passes in Guanzhong that are connected to the outside world, there is no doubt that the most important of those passes is Tongguan.

Since Cao Cao established Tongguan, Tongguan has gradually replaced the status of Hangu Pass and has become the main channel for the transmission of information from Guanzhong.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts, Cao Rong once issued a secret edict to Xiahou Ba, asking him to suppress all unfavorable news from Guanzhong.

At the same time, Cao Rong naturally issued a similar secret edict to the guards of other passes.

Cao Ei's purpose in doing this was to delay as much as possible the spread of news that was unfavorable to Great Wei to the east of Tongguan, so that he could have enough time to react.

It's just that I don't want the world to know too early about the danger Cao Wei is facing now, which doesn't mean that Cao Ei himself doesn't want to know the first-hand news from the front line.

In order for himself to know everything on the front line in Guanzhong in a timely manner, Cao Rong could not completely close the information channel of Guanzhong to the outside world.

So at the same time as issuing the secret edict to Xiahou Ba, Cao Rong also gave Xiahou Ba a power - all the passes in Guanzhong were ordered by Xiahou Ba to release messengers.

Although Xiahou Ba is a member of the Xiahou clan, no one in the world knows that the Xiahou clan and the Cao clan are like brothers.

Therefore, Cao Rong felt that putting such power in the hands of Xiahou Ba could achieve the best of both worlds.

It stands to reason that the above secret is in Tongguan, and only Xiahou Ba should know about it.

But in fact, it is not difficult for Chen Zuo to know about this.

After receiving Jiang Wei at the city gate, Chen Zuo informed Jiang Wei of the incident.

Chen Zuo, who was born in a family, subconsciously felt that this secret would make Jiang Wei satisfied.

Sure enough, after Jiang Wei learned about this, he first ordered people to garrison the city gate, although he personally led people to the city quickly to arrest Xiahou Ba.

Jiang Wei's swift and decisive action completely frustrated Xiahouba's idea of escaping.

And under some persuasion, Jiang Wei finally took Xiahouba's seal letter in his hands.

So what will Jiang Wei do next?

Jiang Wei didn't pay attention to Xiahou Ba's roar, he promised Xiahou Ba that his affairs would be completed, but he had more important things to do as Hanchen.

Jiang Wei asked Zhang Wei to lead his troops to continue to purge the rebels in the city, and he himself quickly returned to the military camp outside the city with Xiahouba's seal.

Ma Chao naturally knew about the Han army's surprise attack on Tongguan tonight, but he did not personally command tonight's action.

On the one hand, Ma Chao's injury recurred and he needed to recuperate.

Second, Ma Chao intends to cultivate Jiang Wei.

So when Ma Chao, who was lying on the couch, learned that Jiang Wei was out asking to see him, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Jiang Wei didn't command in Tongguan at this time, but turned back to look for him, why did he turn back?

Under the doubts in his heart, after Ma Chao got up and put on his clothes, he hurriedly asked Ma Dai to bring Jiang Wei in.

When Jiang Wei saw Ma Chao, before Ma Chao could ask the reason, Jiang Wei excitedly stepped forward and said to Ma Chao:

"There is something that requires the decision of the hussar general."

Jiang Wei's request was straightforward, which aroused Ma Chao's curiosity.

"Huh?"

Ma Chao's curiosity didn't last long, and Jiang Wei directly said the benefits that Dahan would get after handling this matter well.

"If this happens, then the world will change the day, and the day of the collapse of the Wei Mountain is not far away!"

When he heard Jiang Wei's words, the doubts in Ma Chao's heart instantly disappeared.

Excitedly, Ma Chao stood up directly and said to Jiang Weiyan:

"!"

It doesn't matter what Jiang Wei is asking for, as long as he can do Cao Wei, Ma Chao is duty-bound!

In the early morning of the second day, although the entire Tongguan Pass had been occupied by the Han army, the strange thing was that the Wei army flag on the city wall had not been removed.

If you look at it from a distance, the unreasonable scouts may still think that Tongguan is still in the hands of the Wei army at the moment.

Of course, there must be such scouts.

Tongguan, as the first fortress of the Wei army to protect Luoyang, naturally had scouts outside the city.

When those Wei army scouts saw that the Wei army banner on Tongguan was still behind at sunrise, their hearts were relieved.

It's good that Tongguan is still there.

Due to Cao Ei's vigorous blockade, the news that Chang'an was recovered by the Han army has not yet been widely spread east of Tongguan.

But even if many people don't know this news, when they think of the previous performance of the Han army, they don't have much confidence in whether Chang'an can hold it.

And once Chang'an is not guaranteed, then Tongguan will be a bridgehead to resist the Han army's continued eastward advance.

At noon, there were several messengers in Tongguan running towards Hangu Pass.

Most of the scouts outside Tongguan were sent from within Hangu Pass.

Therefore, the movements of those messengers naturally cannot be concealed from those scouts.

However, when they saw the red feathers on the couriers' pockets, the scouts did not show up to stop the couriers' progress.

Although Cao Wei was a new dynasty, many systems were still copied from the Han system.

According to the military system that has been handed down by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, the Red Feather Messenger carries vital military information, and no one can stop it when they see it, otherwise they will be dealt with as a crime of treason.

With no one to stop them, the messengers who ran out of Tongguan soon came to Hangu Pass.

Although since the completion of Tongguan, Hangu Pass has gradually not received the attention of Cao Wei.

But the accumulation of hundreds of years is very strong, even if Cao Wei has not sent people to vigorously renovate the Hangu Pass defense in recent years, but the city defense of Hangu Pass is still majestic in the past.

The general of Hangu Guan is a Zhonglang general surnamed Zhao.

After Zhao Zhonglang learned that there was an urgent military situation in Tongguan, he had received Cao Rong's secret edict before, and quickly asked people to go down to the city to verify the identities of those messengers.

After checking that there was no mistake in Xiahou Ba's general order on the customs clearance documents in the hands of several messengers, he returned to the city as soon as possible and nodded to General Zhao Zhonglang.

After seeing the nod of the verifier, Zhao Zhonglang would not doubt him, and immediately ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.

As the gate of Hangu Pass slowly opened, a "Wei army" led by a rich smile appeared on his face.

Out of gratitude, he also hugged his fist at General Zhao Zhonglang on the city wall.

This "Wei Jun" is one of Zhu Ling's henchmen, named Zhu Dan.

Zhu Dan was very familiar with the road behind Hangu Pass, and after the city gate of Hangu Pass was opened to allow a horse to pass through, he waved his horsewhip vigorously, driving the horse under his crotch to quickly cross the city gate of Hangu Pass and move towards Luoyang.

Looking at the figure of Zhu Dan and the others galloping away, recalling Zhu Dan's gesture of holding his fists, a smile appeared on General Zhao Zhonglang's face.

Everyone is from Da Wei, what are you doing so politely.

Zhao Zhonglang will have a good first sense of Zhu Dan

But this kind of sense, after Zhao Zhonglang saw the Han army that appeared outside the city a few days later, disappeared without a trace in an instant.

After silently calculating the time in his heart, Zhao Zhonglang couldn't help but cover his heart:

The few people he let go of a few days ago were the Han army?

Once they pass through Hangu Pass, then Zhu Dan and the others will basically encounter no obstacles on their way to Luoyang.

Zhu Dan and the others knew very well what their mission to Luoyang was this time.

They also know what will likely happen to them after completing that task.

But there was no fear in their hearts.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.

Death is a dreaded thing, but if there are enough rewards, then there will be people who are not afraid of death.

Zhu Dan knew that his death would be exchanged for Zhu Ling's future success in the Han Dynasty, and as Zhu Ling's confidant, it was enough for him to know this.

After a few days of galloping, Zhu Dan and the others soon saw the outline of Luoyang City from afar.

China has had two capitals since ancient times.

As the capital city with the same name as Chang'an, the scale of Luoyang is naturally very magnificent.

But as he got closer and closer to Luoyang City, Zhu Dan clearly knew in his heart what great changes would take place inside this majestic capital city in the near future.

After Zhu Dan and the others came to the moat outside Luoyang City, the guards of Luoyang City had already stepped forward to put away the blades on Zhu Dan and the others.

The crucial step of natural identity verification cannot be forgotten.

But no matter how much you check, what can you find?

The original identity of Zhu Dan and the others was Wei Jun, and the customs clearance documents in their hands were clearly stamped with Xiahou Ba's general order.

Under these two layers of insurance, unless people inside and outside Luoyang City already know the news of the loss of Tongguan, it is impossible to suspect the identity of Zhu Dan and others.

After verifying their identities, Luoyang's guards moved out of the way.

When the guards of Luoyang got out of the way, the wide suspension bridge and majestic gate of Luoyang City appeared in Zhu Dan's eyes.

It's finally here.

Zhu Dan and the others all had this idea in their hearts.

Then Zhu Dan and the others didn't hesitate, and rushed directly towards the city gate of Luoyang.

After Zhu Dan and the others passed through the city gate, the captain of the Wei army guarding the city on the city wall had a curious look on his face.

As the captain of Luoyang, he had seen many messengers coming and going.

And among the countless messengers, the Red Feather Messenger is often the least common.

Their arrival often indicates that they are carrying news that is enough to shock the world.

Perhaps out of loyalty to Dawei, or worried about the future of the family, the captain of Luoyang who guarded the city wanted to know what the military situation brought by Zhu Dan and others this time was.

Is Chang'an City in jeopardy?

It can't be that Chang'an City has fallen.

The incredible guess flashed through his mind, and the captain of the city guard was also laughed at by his own guess.

How is this possible?

The captain of the city guard also knew that no matter how much he guessed, he would not be able to know what the military situation of Zhu Dan and the others was at the moment.

According to the Great Wei military system

"Chang'an has been captured by the Han army!"

"Chang'an has been captured by the Han army!"

Just when the captain guarding the city recalled the so-called Great Wei military system, a loud shout appeared on the city wall.

This shout was like a hot fireball, dragging the captain of the city guard back to reality from his memories in pain.

After returning to reality, the captain of the city guard found that he did not have auditory hallucinations.

So he couldn't help it, and the captain guarding the city suddenly rushed to the inner city wall, looking at Zhu Dan and his party who were constantly moving away.

Are they crazy?

He dared to privately publicize the unfavorable military situation to the public.

But after this thought surfaced in the heart of the captain guarding the city, what even the captain himself didn't notice was that his legs were shaking uncontrollably.

Chang'an has been captured by the Han army?

Obviously, I only received the message some time ago that the Han army had just surrounded Chang'an City.

In such a short period of time, the Han army actually took Chang'an?

A strong sense of shock and dismay came together to elicit a feeling called fear.

After a few moments, the captain leaned against the wall, feeling that this was the only way to keep him from falling to the ground.

But after barely stabilizing his figure, the captain of the city guard suddenly found that he was not the only one on the city wall at the moment, and his body was abnormal:

Many of Wei Jun's bodies had already involuntarily fallen to the ground, and the expressions on their faces gradually turned pale.

The identities of Zhu Dan and the others had already been verified, otherwise they would definitely not be able to enter the city.

In this case, whether or not they dared to risk killing their heads because they were mad, the point is that what they shouted was most likely true.

It's true!

And is it only the Wei army defending the city that is so unbearable?

The captain of the city guard looked down on the city.

The scene in his eyes made the captain of the city guard unable to support it anymore, and sat directly on the city wall.

What did the captain of the city see?

He saw a large number of people in Luoyang, who were pouring out of the houses under the shouts of Zhu Dan and others, and fled between the streets in a hurry.

And the bursts of frightened discussions and desolate cries from many people gathered together like a huge storm, which was quickly sweeping through the entire Luoyang City.

This is just like a scene of the elephant of the dead country, so who can accept it?

Although Jia Xu is currently in the position of Tai Lieutenant, he knows how disgraceful he was in the past, and he has always known the way to protect himself.

After Cao Pi moved the capital to Luoyang, Jia Xu resigned from Cao Pi's reward for his gorgeous mansion.

Not only that, Jia Xu also installed his mansion near the city wall far away from the dignitaries.

Keep a low profile and try not to let anyone notice you, which is Jia Xu's life-saving creed that can survive to this day.

But what Jia Xu never expected was that the life-saving creed he had believed in for many years gave him a fatal blow today.

Jia Xu, who was recuperating at home, couldn't sleep for a long time due to the torture of illness.

While battling his illness, Jia Xu faintly heard a large number of noises outside the house.

The large amount of noise was suddenly attracted to Jia Xu's attention.

Jia Xu, who had an ominous premonition in his heart, hurriedly sent his eldest son out to find out what had happened.

Soon after, Jia Xu's eldest son returned to Jia Xu with a shocked look.

After seeing the shocked face of his eldest son, Jia Xu felt as if his heart was being held against a sharp antler, making his breathing unsmooth.

And the eldest son's report a moment later made Jia Xu's eyes instantly widen.

"Chang'an is lost!"

Chang'an lost?

Chang'an was lost so soon?

After learning about this, Jia Xu coughed violently.

Mouthfuls of blood kept spurting out of Jia Xu's mouth and spilling on the bedding under him.

Jia Xu's eldest son, who saw this scene, was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to support Jia Xu.

But before Jia Xu's eldest son called the doctor, Jia Xu opened his blood-stained mouth and exclaimed loudly like madness:

"When the deer walks into Chang'an, there is no difficulty.

There is no difficulty!

The sun of the Han Dynasty is really back! ”

Jia Xu shouted the above words while crying and laughing.

At this moment, Jia Xu remembered the curse that Wang Yun had inflicted on him in Chang'an City that year.

He didn't believe that curse before.

But what about now?

Shouting and shouting, Jia Xu felt a sharp pain in his heart.

This sharp pain made his whole body tremble in pain, and finally Jia Xu opened his big eyes and fell straight into the arms of his eldest son.

Heaven has kept him alive today, just today!

Today's chapter~

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