The state army won a complete victory, and pursued all the way to thirty miles away.

In this battle, the Xiliang army suffered more than 10,000 casualties and nearly 10,000 captures, plus Xu Rong led more than 5,000 people from his headquarters to surrender to Liu Bei, and the morale of the Xiliang army was already extremely low.

After this defeat, the Qiang people said goodbye without saying goodbye, and under the elimination of one another, the Xiliang army has completely lost the ability to compete for the Beijing division.

Just as Liu Bei noticed the fatigue of the three armies and began to hesitate whether to continue the pursuit, Guo Jia spoke.

Liu Bei instantly realized that although Dong Zhuo was defeated, if the other party continued to occupy Hangu Pass, then the Xiliang army would be able to threaten them at any time.

On the contrary, if you occupy Hangu Pass, you can lock Dong Zhuo in Hangu Pass, and you can send troops to Xiliang at any time, so you decisively ordered to continue the pursuit.

A day later, the two sides confronted each other again at Hangu Pass.

Dong Zhuo obviously didn't want to give up Hangu Pass, and immediately laid down an impregnable defense, and the two sides launched an offensive and defensive battle again.

One husband is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open.

This phrase is used to describe the danger of Hangu, where the Qin State had repelled numerous attacks by the Six Kwantung Nations many years ago.

Liu Beibing did not directly attack the city after coming to the pass, but rested on the spot at the same time, and sent people to build siege equipment wantonly, and there was a tendency not to break this pass and swear not to retreat.

Dong Zhuo was full of sadness when he learned the news, and asked, "Wenyou, do you think we can hold Hangu Pass?" ”

The defeat in that battle was too complete, and it also shattered his confidence, and he lost even the most basic judgment.

Li Ru looked tired, but when he heard the words, he replied affirmatively: "Hangu is a natural danger in the pass, and no matter how brave the iron cavalry of Bingzhou is, it will never be able to break through this Xiongguan." ”

This defeat not only shattered Dong Zhuo's ambitions, but also dealt a heavy blow to his self-confidence, especially Jia Xu's defection, which made matters worse.

Thinking of Xu Rong's defection, Li Ru quickly guessed that this was the result of Jia Xu's efforts behind the scenes, otherwise the upright Xu Rong would not have defected so easily. This hateful thief really has no regard for the feelings of the monarch and his ministers.

He should have thought that this guy had never returned to his lord, let alone loyalty.

When Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words, his mood calmed down a lot, and he turned his head to look at the exhausted generals, and solemnly admonished: "That Guo Fengxiao is very cunning, you must guard the city gate, and you must not let the enemy take advantage of the weakness to enter." ”

"Whoa!"

——

"Sin will knock on the Marquis of Jinyang."

"General Xu doesn't need to be polite, if you can wake up in time and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, how can I cure your crimes?"

In the barracks of the Bingzhou Army, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Bei met with the generals Xu Rong and Jia Xu. Although he tried his best to maintain his calmness, he was already overjoyed in his heart.

These two are both amazing talents, one is a general who designed an ambush and almost killed Cao Cao.

The other is comparable to Guo Jia, Xun Yu's mastermind, known as the poisoner - Jia Xu. Jia Xu's reputation was not obvious in the early days, but every time he struck, it was a fatal blow, like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows.

Speaking of which, the two have one thing in common, that is, they almost killed Cao Cao. Now that the two of them are under their command, can Cao Cao still live?

Xu Rong felt Liu Bei's attitude, and thought to himself that Jia Xu was really right, this Corporal Liu made Jun Lixian, and if he voted for him, he would inevitably be reused.

He was originally a general, but the other party never imprisoned him, and this open-mindedness is by no means comparable to Dong Zhuo.

Liu Bei looked at Jia Xu again, pretending to be puzzled: "Who is this?" ”

Jia Xu was neither humble nor arrogant: "Under Jia Xu, the character is harmonious, and the captain of Dong Zhuo's district grain transportation school heard that Liu made Jun benevolent and righteous, so he followed General Xu to vote. ”

The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, Jia Xu never showed the dew when he was under Dong Zhuo, and specially asked Li Ru to arrange an idle job for him to transport grain.

Now that Liu Bei's subordinates are here, they are still reluctant to come forward, deliberately downplaying their sense of existence. In his opinion, Liu Bei won't be staring at a grain transport officer, right?

But he didn't know that the two sons of luck in front of him who opened the eyes of God had already seen through him.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "If you are a mere grain transportation officer, how can you get together with a general?" ”

Xu Rong was silent, although he couldn't figure out why Jia Xu wanted to hide it, but the two had already agreed that Jia Xu would deal with everything.

Jia Xu's face was calm: "This matter is a long story. ”

"Let's make a long story short."

"This ......"

Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, but still said the "accident" he had thought of in advance, this is a nonsense story.

When the Sanfu Rebellion was put down, the rebels intended to rob the grain, but fortunately, Xu Rong arrived in time with his troops, and the two also met and moved around often.

Guo Jia looked at Xu Rong with a smile: "Is that so?" ”

The latter, though not good at lying, replied, "Exactly." ”

Guo Jia didn't dwell on it anymore, Jia Xu's old fritter will be fished out sooner or later, don't forget, Uncle Liu Huang is reborn!

Liu Bei is not in a hurry, since Jia Xu is here, he should not run away in a short time, and he will talk about it later.

He immediately returned to the main seat, looked around at the generals, and asked: "Hangu is a dangerous pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack, how do you think you should break through this pass?" ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw an interesting scene, Jia Xu, who was a scribe, actually followed Xu Rong to the ranks of military generals, and stood at the very end.

His figure was not very big, and he was instantly blocked behind a group of tall generals, as if he wished that people could not see him.

Liu Bei smiled secretly: Jia Wenhe, you want to hide, I don't want you to get your wish.

He began to think about how to pull out the old fox's tail and make it work for me.

The generals were rarely silent in the face of Liu Bei's question, Hangu Pass is a famous dangerous pass, the terrain is extremely steep, and there seems to be no other way than to attack.

Moreover, there is only one direction of attack in the entire pass, which greatly limits the use of tactics, and it seems that there is no other way but to attack.

However, in the face of such a strong pass, even if it is forcibly captured, the number of casualties may be incalculable.

Guo Jia suddenly smiled and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have my own divine soldiers descending from the sky, and taking the letter from Guguan is like probing the bag to get something." ”

Liu Bei pretended to be surprised: "Really? ”

In fact, the two had a plan for a long time, but there were many people in the camp, and the more people who knew about it, the greater the possibility of exposure, so they didn't say it.

All the generals were a little curious, what strategy Guo Jia had, and he dared to let go of his arrogant words.

Even Jia Xu was intrigued, and repeatedly considered the methods that Guo Jia might use.

There is only one way left but to attack.

The inside should be combined with the outside.

Could it be that he wanted to plot against Dong Zhuo's generals?

LI Dao,GUO Yan,FAN Chou,ZHANG Ji,NIU Fu...... These generals are loyal to Dong Zhuo, and I am afraid it will not be so easy to defect.

Jia Xu just raised his head, but saw that Guo Jia was also looking at him, so he hurriedly lowered his head again, for fear that the other party would send him to act as an internal response.

In fact, this is completely overthinking, Guo Jiake knows this person's character too well, if Liu Bei sends Jia Xu into the city, this person will decisively defect again, and claim that Xu Rong coerced him into surrendering.

At this time, Liu Bei stood up: "The whole army will rest on the spot for two days, and start the siege as soon as the siege equipment is ready." ”

"Whoa!"

(End of chapter)