The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen's regret was not fake.

His regret was not because he was afraid of Zhang Ji's revenge, and Zhang Ji lost all his troops and horses, or he was furious when he heard the news, and he had nothing to worry about. , inappropriate.

Annoyed, Xun Zhen left the tent and went to the meeting.

On the road, Xun Zhen sighed and said, "Meng De, I know you!"

At this time, it was just dawn, but when I was outside the tent, in the dim morning light, I saw candles and shadows protruding from the gaps in the tent.

Xun Zhen asked the guard outside the tent and said, "Who is in the tent?"

The guard replied: "If you return to the general, it is the supervisor."

Xun Zhen lifted the curtain and entered the tent.

Xi Zhicai sat alone in the tent and was reading with a volume of books.

Seeing Xun Zhen coming, Xi Zhicai put down the book in his hand, got up, bowed down, and bowed to Xun Zhen.

"Zhicai, why are you so early?"

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Although there were beauties with me last night, isn't Duke Ming also so early?"

Xun Zhen was stunned and said, "Beauty..., Zhicai, how did you know?"

A common saying can't help but come out, "Good things don't go out, bad things travel thousands of miles".

But it's no wonder that Xun Zhen was startled, how did Xi Zhicai know what happened in the middle of the night last night? It's really strange.

Xi Zhicai replied with a smile: "Last night Wuwei went to Sima's dignitary, but Sima didn't know if he should give it to him, so he came to ask my opinion, because it was Zhongzhi that Duke Ming had a beautiful lady to sleep last night."

Xun Zhenru seemed to complain and said, "Zhicai, since you knew about this last night, why didn't you stop Awei!"

Xi Zhicai smiled, but said, "Does Duke Ming want to be loyal to him?"

Xun Zhen was at a loss for words, so she snorted, looked at the book that Xi Zhicai had put on the case, pointed and asked, "Zhi Cai, what book are you reading?"

"The other day Hongnong scholars gave me two volumes of "Dongguan Han Ji", which were written by Cai Yong, Taiwei Yang Gong and others during the Xiping period. I got it because I took the time to read it.”

"Dongguan Han Ji" is a biographical history book that records the history of this dynasty. It was named after the Dongguan Xiu, which was built in the imperial court for the purpose of cultivating history. This book is regarded as an official history book. Unlike the "Historical Records" and other history books, it was not written by one or several people, but after a long period of time, many people wrote it one after another. The most recent continuation was written by Ma Riju, Cai Yong, Yang Biao, Lu Zhi and others during the Xiping period of Emperor Ling. Yang Biao was a native of Hongnong, so not only the Yang clan in Hongnong Huayin, but also the crown families of other Hongnong counties, there are quite a few Tibetans who wrote the volumes written by Yang Biao and others, all of which are hand-copied. Version.

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "After you finish reading, show it to me too."

He asked Xi Zhicai to take a seat, and he also went to the main seat and sat down.

Xi Zhicai didn't know that Xun Zhen was diverting the topic, but he was an unruly person, and he didn't intend to talk about Xun Zhen's private affairs, so he answered yes and sat back at the table.

Xun Zhen sat down and said, "Zhicai, you are waiting for me in the tent so early, do you have something important to do?"

Xi Zhicai picked up the volume of "Dongguan Han Ji" that he had just casually put on the case, and rearranged its pages, while replying to Xun Zhen, saying, "Zhong is to ask, when the Duke of Ming plans to enter the customs. middle."

"What is your intention?"

Xi Zhicai had already arranged the pages of the book, stroked the book cover with his hand, put it into his arms carefully, adjusted his sitting position, and said to Xun Zhen, "Zhongzhi's foolish opinion, the day after tomorrow, he will head to Guanzhong."

After staying in Hongnong County for so long, I came to fight Huayin, but I got Huayin yesterday. Xi Zhicai suggested early this morning that Xun Zhen should enter the army gate the day after tomorrow. But he was not surprised, instead he said, "Qing's intention is the same as mine."

Xi Zhicai said: "Besides entering the Guanzhong the day after tomorrow, Zhongyu Jian, is it better to send one of them to enter the Guanzhong first?"

Xun Zhen stroked her short mustache, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Zhicai, let Xu Rong's department enter the customs first, what do you think?"

Xi Zhicai said, "General Xu is familiar with the generals in Liangzhou. It would be most appropriate to send him into the customs first."

Seeing Xi Zhicai agreeing to his selection, Xun Zhen ordered an official outside the tent and summoned Xu Rong.

But why is Xun Zhen not surprised that Xi Zhicai suggested that he enter the Bingguan Zhong the day after tomorrow, and suggested to Xi Zhicai that he choose one to enter the Guan Zhong first, and follow his advice?

This is because the situation of the enemy and ourselves is completely different from before when Huayin is under.

Before Huayin was captured by Xunzhen, although Xunzhen's troops were approaching Guanzhong, Li Jue and Guo Si would be nervous, but they would not be extremely nervous. This is not the case now. Huayin has already been acquired by Xun Zhen, and the gateway to Guanzhong has been opened. From Huayin to Chang'an, there is only three hundred miles away, and only Zhengxian and Baling are needed in the middle. Then the news spreads to Chang'an. Li Jue and Guo Si will be shocked, and they will immediately send reinforcements to Baling, especially Zheng County. In this case, it is very necessary to rush to their reinforcements, at least take Zheng County first, so that , After leading the main force into Guanzhong, Xun Zhen could concentrate on fighting against the main force of Li Jue and Guo Si.

After waiting for about half an hour, Xu Rong arrived wearing armor, entered the tent, and marched to pay homage to Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen called him up and said, "Huayin has gone down, and now we are going to King Qin of Chang'an, and only Zhengxian and Baling are left. I have already agreed with Zhicai. Jue and Guo Si heard that Huayin is in our army, so they will definitely reinforce Zhengxian County, if the soldiers arrive late, they will inevitably have to fight again, because they want to trouble the minister, enter the customs first, and select Zhengxian County, how about it?"

Xu Rong has the style of a soldier who is resolute and straightforward. He didn't say a word of nonsense, and replied: "No."

Xun Zhen said: "The military newspaper said that there are more than 2,000 guards in Zheng County, and only one of the officials is used. It is not easy to remove Zheng County.

Xu Rong thought for a while, and said: "The former guarding Luoyang, General Liu has done a lot of meritorious deeds. He is in the middle of the army, and taking the enemy's head is like looking into a bag to take things. He is extremely brave. County!"

"General Liu" refers to Liu Bei; "Yengye" refers to Guan Yu.

Xun Zhen thought about it for a while, and said, "Mr. Yun's subordinates are mostly cavalry, and it's useless to attack the city. I'll assign Chen Wu's subordinate and the minister, okay?"

Xu Rong and Chen Wu were stationed together in Luoyang. They were no strangers to each other. Xu Rong replied, "Yes, it is enough to have the help of the left army."

Xun Zhen did not agree to help Xu Rong and Guan Yu, but it was not for other reasons, but the reason he said.

Guan Yu, Xin Ai, and Zhang Fei are now the main cavalry generals under Xun Zhen's tent, and his troops are all cavalry, and sending him to attack the city is indeed not very useful.

I just didn't expect that Xu Rong's evaluation of Liu Bei was so high, and he asked him to help.

Xu Rong had already proposed, but it was not good for him to reject both, so Xun Zhen agreed to ask Liu Bei to help him.

The officials rushed to summon Liu Bei and Chen Wu.

Liu Bei and Chen Wu hurried to the agenda.

Xun Zhen repeated the order to the two of them. Considering the possibility that Li Jue and Guo Si had already arrived in Zheng County, Xun Zhen told the three of them, adding: "Qing, you are going to Zheng County today, if you can get there in time. If the thief aid arrives before it arrives, it will be able to pull the city, then pull it; if the thief aid has arrived, and the city is not easy to pull out, first block the thief aid, wait for our troops to arrive, and then attack the city.”

The three generals complied with awe.

The next day, Xu Rong, Liu Bei, and Chen Wu led their troops out of the camp, first leaving Huayin, entering Guanzhong, and attacking Zheng County.

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Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu fled to Chang'an in a panic, and reported to Li Jue and Guo Si that Duan Xuan surrendered to Xun Zhen because of Jia Xu's plan.

Li Jue and Guo Si were shocked when they heard the news.

Li Jue was furious and ordered the arrest of Jia Xu's wife and son, but Jia Xu's letter arrived early, and Jia Mu took his mother and his younger brothers to hide in Dong Cheng's camp with the help of Zhong Yao. There was no search, so Li Jue could only scold Jia Xu.

Li Ru hurriedly spoke up and said: "Duke Ming! Huayin has been lost, Xun thieves may enter the gate at any time, and the matter is urgent! The immediate plan is to make an appointment with General Guo as soon as possible to discuss sending troops to reinforce Zhengxian County, preparing the army for battle, Defeat Xun thieves and other urgent military affairs!"

"Guo Duo doesn't come into my camp, how to negotiate!" Li Jue said angrily.

Li Ru said: "The high platform built for the hostages and the alliance that day is still in the east of the city. Why doesn't Duke Ming still meet General Guo on the high platform?"

"You go and pass this order to Guo Duo for me!"

Li Ru ran between the two camps in the north and south of the city, and spent a day to arrange the next day's meeting on the high platform on behalf of Li Jue and Guo Si.

The two of them went out of camp and came to the high platform this morning.

Li Jue arrived first, and Guo Si arrived later.

When Guo Si arrived, Li Jue was already sitting under the umbrella on the stage.

Seeing Guo Si on the stage and approaching, Li Jue didn't get up to greet him, but waited for him to get under the umbrella, watching his behavior, and seeing that he was going to sit across from him, he snorted and said, "Guo Duo, Da Sima In front of the seat, why don't you bow?"

Li Jue and Guo Si used to be the same as the Third Duke. Now Li Jue has been worshipped by Liu Xie as the Great Sima, and his position is on the right of the Third Duke. From this point of view, he is indeed more respected than Guo Si. When Guo Si heard the words, he was furious, turned around and left.

Li Ru, who welcomed Guo Si to power, rushed forward, stopped him, and said, "The general and the Great Sima originally formed a golden orchid. , why should the general be angry? And ask the general to stay."

Thinking that Xun Zhen's army was approaching Chang'an, Guo Si was angry, but he stopped in the end, snorted, returned to the canopy, and sat in the room.

Li Jue and Guo Si, one in the east and the other in the west, sat opposite each other, with Li Ru standing between them.

On behalf of Li Jue, Li Ru and Guo Si said: "General, Xun's troops and horses have entered Huayin, which is only three hundred li away from Chang'an. The day is coming, and the military situation is like fire. Why should we meet the enemy, and we should make a quick decision." After a pause, seeing that Guo Si didn't mean to speak, after a little hesitation, he stiffened his head and continued to say: "The big Sima's intention is to ask the general to lead his troops to attack, and the big Sima stays behind in Chang'an."

When these words came to my ears, Guo Si was furious again, even more so than Cai Cai, stood up, and was about to leave again with a flick of his sleeves.

Li Ru was prepared, and quickly pulled him back.

However, Li Ru also knew about Li Jue's suggestion, and Guo Si would certainly not follow it, but Li Jue insisted that he say it, and he had no choice. Seeing Guo Si blowing air out of his nostrils, he looked uncontrollably angry. He glanced at Li Jue first, but Li Jue had nothing to say, so he had to say to Guo Si: "If the general does not agree with the big Sima's opinion, then dare to ask the general, what is the meaning?"

Guo Si didn't look at Li Ru, his eyes widened, he stared at Li Jue, and said, "If you want to join forces with me, I'll stay behind and you go to fight!"

Li Jue sneered twice and said, "Guo Duo, do you think this guild will approve your proposal?"

Guo Si was proud, raised his face, rolled his eyes to the sky, and said, "If you don't allow it, one shot and two scattered!"

Li Jue said: "You don't agree with my proposal. Are you worried that when you lead your troops to fight against the Xun thief, I will copy your old camp?"

Guo Si said angrily: "So what? Fan Chou is in the seat, you dare to kill him, and if I leave the camp? I expect you will attack my camp!"

Li Jue said: "If you have this concern, if I go out to fight and you stay behind, I won't worry about you attacking my camp?"

Guo Si said: "Then what do you say?"

Li Jue slapped the case hard, stood up, and said, "One shot and two scattered, one shot and two scattered! Without you, the horse thief, Naigong can defeat the Xun thief just as well."

Guo Si seemed to have heard some great joke and laughed.

Li Jue said angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

Guo Si said contemptuously: "If there is no Nai Gong, then it is up to you to defeat the Xun thief? You have to have the courage, Nai Gong admires it, but I am afraid that instead of defeating the Xun thief, you will give the Xun thief a head!"

The soldiers and cavalry brought by Li Jue and Guo Si under the stage were divided into the north and south sides of the high platform. When they heard the noise on the stage, they either turned their attention to the stage, or kept their eyes on the opposite side. Be alert, some have drawn out half of their weapons, but they are already tense.

Li Ru hurriedly tried to persuade him again, first persuading Li Jue and then Guo Si.

Although Li Jue and Guo Si still harbored deep resentment towards each other, they also knew that Xun Zhen would not be able to defeat him if they hadn't joined forces with them. With Li Ru's persuasion, the two of them returned to the table with their anger ~www.wuxiamtl.com~.

Li Ruxian said to Li Jue: "Ming Gong, if General Guo is left behind, Duke Ming will be suspicious." Then he said to Guo Si, "General, if the Great Sima is left behind, the general will be suspicious." The two of them said: " That being the case, I have a plan, I wonder if Second Master would like to hear it?"

Li Jue said, "What's your strategy? Let's hear it."

Li Ru said: "Why don't the two princes lead their troops and horses together to meet the enemy? As for Chang'an, the two princes each choose a general to stay behind, how about it?"

Li Ru's method is the only way.

Li Jue hummed again, Guo Si hummed again, and the two accepted Li Ru's suggestion.

After discussing the matter of attacking Xun Zhen, it was also suggested that the two should send two thousand troops each to reinforce Zheng County.

All things were agreed, Xun Zhen's coming is very strong, it is really not suitable to delay it. Li Guo and Li Guo each sent two thousand troops to Zheng County to strengthen the defense of Zheng County. The two of them dispatched troops and prepared to join forces. Meet Xun Zhen.