After this was done, Dong Zhao still felt that something was lacking, and he decided to return to Hanoi first, go to Zhang Yang, and open the way from Yingchuan to Hanoi for Cao Cao.

In this way, the two can be connected.

So, Dong Zhao immediately put on a crown hat, wore a wide-sleeved robe, tidied up his beard and sideburns, and went out with his chest straight.

He first went to Zhong Xuan's mansion and sent a letter, and then went to say goodbye to Li Dao and sent a letter.

said goodbye to Guo Yan, sent a letter, and after the visit, they had a very happy conversation...... It wasn't until the second half of the night that he left the city and went to Hanoi, and along the way he was thinking about how to talk to Zhang Yang so that he could switch and let him go, and take the initiative to contact Cao Cao.

After two days on the road, Zhang Yang personally came to pick up Dong Zhao when he returned to Hanoi, Zhang was very tall, even his beard and eyes were bright, his temples were intermittent when he extended down, and his skin was rough and vicissitudes.

The whole person's face has a sense of majesty of the vicissitudes of life, as if returning from a trip in the vast yellow sand.

As soon as he saw Dong Zhao's frame, Zhang Yang had quickly walked to the front of the car, and stretched out his rough hand to greet Dong Zhao.

This scene made Dong Zhao quite cramped and flustered, and his eyes flickered.

"Thanks to the general's love and courtesy, Zhao feels guilty and can't sleep at night."

"Where do you feel guilty?" Zhang Yang took him on the way back to the city, his face was cold and calm.

While walking, Dong Zhao talked about what he saw and heard in Chang'an this time, analyzed the current situation for Zhang Yang, and made it clear that Li and Guo Yan did not agree with each other, and they might be in chaos at any time.

"However, Zhao failed to make a meritorious contribution to the general, and asked for soldiers and allies."

"When I went here, I only felt that Chang'an was like muddy water, even mixed with wind and rain, and all forces were in it."

"Well, I already feel this way, but it's a pity that I am guarding Hanoi County, and I can't leave at will, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao regard my land as their own, and the two secretly form an alliance, as soon as my army withdraws, I will immediately send troops to pounce, so I can't leave Hanoi."

Zhang Yang held Hanoi, but at the same time was bound by this place, and once he left, he would lose his place.

And his friendship with Yuan Shao was the beginning of making him dare not give up Hanoi.

Therefore, he has always maintained a relationship with the Chang'an court, and once took in Lü Bu, sent grain to Chang'an for disaster relief, and confronted Yuan Shao.

At this time, Dong Zhao's face froze, and he hurriedly said: "Why did the general say that Cao Gong also plotted against Hanoi?" ”

Zhang Yang snorted coldly, and he was not suspicious because of Dong Zhao's "Cao Gong", he knew that Dong Gongren had always spoken very politely.

So he quickly replied: "He has repeatedly sent letters, all asking me to switch and let his envoys go from Hanoi to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven, but he and Yuan Shao secretly formed an alliance in the early years, backed by Hebei and Henan, and confronted the princes of the world one after another, how can I let him enter the country, so as to make the territory uneasy." ”

"The general must not think like this," Dong Zhao hurriedly walked around in front of him, this moment was a perfect opportunity, it happened that Zhang Yang also mentioned Cao Cao, maybe it was time to persuade him to open the door!

"At the beginning, Cao Gong sent Wang Bi to Chang'an, and the general also let him go, and then Cao Cao sent dogs and horses and gold silks, which is also a good story, why do you have to worry about Cao Gong's assassination now!?" Dong Zhao raised his head and looked at Zhang Yang squarely, "I said it below, and I feel guilty in my heart, it is precisely because of this section." ”

Zhang Yang stopped, looked at him quietly, and said, "Gongren, please speak." ”

"In my private opinion, the general got up early in Wumeng, and the state did not know the courage of the general."

"However, now that we are retreating to Hanoi, we are deeply valued by the Son of Heaven, and we should think deeply about making great contributions to repay this favor, and now, the merit is in front of us, and the general should take it."

"Where's the merit?" Zhang Yang's eyes were deep and thoughtful.

"The return of the Son of Heaven to the east is a foregone conclusion, not to mention that Your Majesty misses the old capital of Luoyang very much, and now, Li Dao and Guo Yan are fighting endlessly, and the two are increasingly resentful, and sooner or later there will be a war."

"Therefore, the general should be the king of diligence as the top priority, of course the general's ability alone is not good, but if there are princes from the outside, then the great thing can be accomplished, after the Son of Heaven returns to Luoyang, he will definitely commend the meritorious heroes, if the general is among them, then the grudge with Yuan Shao, will not be melted away?"

"Princes outside, you're talking about Cao Cao." Otherwise, it wouldn't have been guided like this, but Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were originally allies, so how could they treat me sincerely?

Under the moonlight, followed by the dim firelight, Dong Zhao could clearly see that Zhang Yang's face was actually shaken at this time.

So he bowed deeply again, and said earnestly: "Cao Gong and Yuan Shao are not long-term allies, Yuan Shao is based in Jizhou and Qingzhou, and now he is about to seize Youzhou, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields, hundreds of generals, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. ”

"And Cao Gong is based in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yingchuan, and Runan, with Juntun as the internal ruler, hoarding grain and grass and treating the people well, although the soldiers are less than 200,000, there are millions or even tens of millions of people in the territory, and they will continue to obtain troops in the future."

"The two of them, sooner or later, there will be a fight."

"And the winner can survive in the world, this is the trend of the times," Dong Zhao looked at him with burning eyes, "And the general and Yuan Shao have enmity, why not help Cao Gong?" ”

"Generals also need merit, why not take advantage of the situation to protect the emperor and make friends, and get it together?"

When Zhang Yang thought deeply, he didn't respond a word, he was weighing the pros and cons of the moment, although he was the county guard of Hanoi at the moment, the people here were rich and had a lot of food.

After coming to Hanoi, thieves are not like thieves, heroes are not like heroes, and we should make a change.

"Okay, I'll welcome you, you send an envoy for me, send this order to Cao Cao, and ask him to send a messenger from Hanoi to Chang'an."

Dong Zhao was right, instead of staying in Hanoi all the time, it was better to take advantage of the situation to make meritorious achievements, befriend Cao Cao, and ally with him to resist Yuan Shao.

Otherwise, it would be better to wait than to die.

Zhang Yang was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that death would be too simple, and he spent his life with the soldiers and horses that he had followed for many years.

Dong Zhao's words can be said to have deeply touched his heart, he can make meritorious achievements, and he can also make friends with Cao Cao.

"General, wise."

Dong Zhao grinned and said, "I must run for the general, send my henchmen, go to Cao Cao, and ask him to send an envoy to Hanoi as soon as possible to form an alliance with the general." ”

"Thank you." Zhang Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Dong Zhao saw the situation much more thoroughly than him, so since he got Dong Zhao, he always relied on it.

Dong Zhao waved his hand and said, "I only learned in this life, isn't it just for these things?"

"In this case, I need to leave tonight, go back to Chang'an, run around, and try to find out the movement of the Son of Heaven first."

He bowed deeply again, which made Zhang Yangton feel stunned, he had just come back, and he had not yet rested, so he immediately wanted to go to Chang'an again.

It seems that the situation is indeed very critical, "I'll give you some dead guards and take them to Chang'an." ”

"General Xie, Zhao must live up to his mission and open up a feasible path for the general."

"Ha," Zhang Yang chuckled lightly with his hands behind his back, looked at him deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Now, everyone is looking for a way out, and the Son of Heaven is no exception. ”

"The situation is chaotic, far more critical than you and I think, so Gongren should put life first, and your talents should be useful."

"Precious."

Between the two of them, there is no old personal friendship, and the temperament of the two of them is not heroic and chivalrous.

But in any case, working together in Hanoi and personally participating in this Chang'an situation every day, but also giving birth to a real friendship.

Valuable.

……

Dong Zhao returned to Chang'an, and within a day, someone came to the mansion as a guest.

After the feast, he pretended to be drunk, so he went to the inner room to discuss.

The person who came was Tingwei Zheng Zhongxuan.

Zhong Xuan, who has a long beard and a chest, has the demeanor of a true Confucian, with bright eyes and thick beard, black and white.

He wore an official robe with black as the main color, a crown and a hat, his face and body shape were thin, his beard reached his chest, and he smiled elegantly.

At this time, he stretched out his hand to twist the beard on his chest, and said lightly: "I have been reading the letter sent by the king all night, Cao Gongwu is prosperous, and he has 100,000 soldiers outside, and he still has the ambition of a diligent king." ”

"As early as when he was courting Dong, he was ahead of the princes; When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he also secretly planned to assassinate, but left under a pseudonym. ”

"I, with deep admiration."

Zhong Xuan bluntly stated his position, and the slightly hoarse voice continued to sound: "I am willing to advocate the return to the east and move Li Dao Guo Yan, but it is difficult for them to relax on this matter." ”

"Chang'an, now the situation is tense, Li Dao and Guo Yan, in order to protect the imperial city, each led the remnants of Baibo, the remnants of Montenegro, the Southern Xiongnu thieves, the Xiqiang tribe, etc., the fish and dragons are mixed, making the Son of Heaven miserable, and if they want to escape, they have to agree."

I see......

Dong Zhao didn't know when he first came, if Zhong Xuan hadn't told him, how could he have thought that there were so many thieves and aliens around the entire Chang'an.

The Southern Xiongnu are a horseback clan, and if there is an army here, it must be cavalry.

Moreover, with so many hidden hoards of soldiers and horses, it is no wonder that when there was no harvest and corpses were everywhere last year, the two refused to use military rations for disaster relief.

I watched hundreds of thousands of people starve to death at the feet of the Son of Heaven!!

The heart is as ruthless as a tiger and a wolf! How do you compare to benevolent lords like Cao Gongna!?

"Even, in the inner city of Chang'an, there are a large number of outposts, including me coming here today, maybe someone will immediately report it to Li Dao, or Guo Yan, or someone else."

"Tingwei, this ......"

"Don't panic," Zhong Xuan saw Dong Zhao's surprise, hurriedly raised his hand, shook his head and said: "You and I meet tonight, and tomorrow will definitely be questioned by the two of them, just to say that you and I have old acquaintances very well, there have been in-laws at home, I am drunk in your house, and it is inconvenient to go back to the house." ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Miao smiled again: "Of course, no one will necessarily ask. ”

"What does that mean?" Dong Zhao didn't understand the meaning of these words.

Zhong Xuan sighed: "In the past, there were also righteous people who came to see me, and at night, they planned together to relieve the boredom at this time, but if the people who came to see me had little to do with it, Li Wei would ask on the second day, or Guo Yan would ask; If the stakes are very important, it may be related to the Central Plains, but they will not ask. ”

"Both of them are generals who have been fighting horses for half their lives and are like murderers, and they have experienced Wang Situ's unforgivable hatred at the beginning, and they are sensitive to the hatred of scholars, so they will definitely ask me."

"If you don't ask, you don't know."

"Ah," Dong Zhao suddenly shouted briefly, "The news of the outpost must belong to one person, it is Jia Xu, the mastermind of the Niu Auxiliary Army back then, I remember him." ”

"That's right," Zhong Xuan nodded, "This person can be described as resourceful, and his viciousness is even worse than that of Li Ru back then, and he is never arrogant and arrogant, and he is not even outside, and he does not admire fame." ”

"Every time Li Dao Guo Yan came forward, he always hid behind, no matter how many strategies he came up with to check and balance the minister, if he saw an official on the second day, whether he was familiar with it or not, he would greet him with a smile and salute respectfully. It can be said that he is well versed in the way of self-preservation. ”

"But I can expect that he has already dealt with Li Dao Guo Yan...... Disappointed. ”

Dong Zhao is happy, this sentence is the real reassurance tonight.

Originally, when he listened to the first half, he only felt like falling into an ice cellar, and his heart was shocked.

The thought of him running around to deliver letters was always in his hands, and it made me feel creepy.

But if he loses patience with Li Dao Guo Yan, it will be equivalent to his own people.

Perhaps, what he secretly said, he already knew, but he was still secretly cooperating.

"Why can the lieutenant be sure that this person can control the outpost? Could it be that the two thieves trusted him so much? ”

"If the speculation is good, only Jia Xu can be trusted, because Li Dao Guo Yan was going to flee back to Xiliang back then, and if they went back, they would definitely die."

"However, it was Jia Xu who fought back to Chang'an, and let them gather Dong and the thieves along the way, so that Situ's plan was defeated, so that the Son of Heaven just got rid of one tiger, but he fell into two wolves."

"Me too, I happened to hear Li Dao talk about it after he was drunk, and I only knew."

"Heh......" Dong Zhao's hands were trembling after hearing this, and he didn't know whether he was angry or regretful, or afraid.

If there was no him, the princes of Chang'an would still be in power now, and the world might not be able to have such a separation.

The Kwantung princes will not have another call for the Son of Heaven to establish the East.

"What a poisoner! Completely ignoring the disintegration of the world, he and Li and Guo are friends of life and death, and they can even calculate? ”

"Hmm," Zhong Xuan's eyes were solemn, his hand tightened, and said: "He, now that he is friendly with Zhang Ji, I even have some guesses that the contradictions between Li and Guo Yan are getting better and better, and he is also responsible for provoking them." ”

"He wants to take advantage of this chaos, go away with Zhang Ji, and go elsewhere, and even get out of the ranks of thieves without being blamed by the Son of Heaven."

"If it is, then this person is really terrible...... Since ancient times, those who use soldiers and plotters have followed the principles of the world, but they have never departed from the general trend, such as time, morality, location, harmony, and law, but he is not confined to this, so he calculates and is poisonous, and he cannot prevent it. ”

"Seriously, it's so terrible......"

Dong Zhao muttered to himself, he was not good at conspiracy and calculation, so it was difficult to understand.

Zhong Xuan felt as if he had scared his juniors, his face suddenly relaxed, and his expression returned to kindness and relaxation.

The tone was also brisk, and he said with a smile: "It's not terrible, since he has laid out to stir up the general trend, then the matter of our eastward return must also be in this ring, he will promote the eastward return, and when Li Dao Guo Yan chases eastward, he will take this opportunity to withdraw from the south with Zhang Ji." ”

"In this way, it will not assassinate us."

"There's no need to guess like this, they are also friends of life and death......" Dong Zhao cautiously looked up at Zhong Xuan.

At this time, another thought sounded in his heart, Jia Xu is so terrible, isn't it also terrible for you who are watching Jia Xu like a fire?

"This person's tricks can be called unjust, and he is really a poisoner." Zhong Xuan commented directly.

But he is well-versed in the past and the present, his calligraphy is transcendent, and his cultivation of meditation is naturally extraordinary, and he still has a truth that he understands, but he did not tell Dong Zhao.

The poisoner, without the help of heaven, seeks to live in heaven and earth, but he can't find half of the way of heaven, and the general trend will never follow him.

(End of chapter)