If Han Zhan himself was here, he would have seen Li Juejun running and rushing to chase after Lu Bu's army with his own eyes, and Lu Bu's army who was following and chasing him like a rainbow here, he would have fallen to the ground in surprise. Because there was a big deviation from the history he knew, Lu Bu could have defeated Guo Si and Li Jue's two armies with the help of Zhang Liao.

Fortunately, Jia Xu was guarding the village and saw Li Jue's soldiers returning from defeat, he quickly ordered to open the village gate. As soon as Li Jue entered the village, Jia Xu decisively ordered the gate to close the village gate and shoot arrows outside the village. With a command, the arrows fell like rain, and a large number of defeated and pursuers rushed down from the village gate.

When Lu Bu saw that the defenders in the village actually shot arrows at his own people in order to defend the village, he knew that there was no intention of rushing, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Liao, who was commanding troops to attack the mountain, heard the sound of Jin Ming and quickly retreated. He asked Lu Bu unwillingly: "Mr. Wen, our army is about to win, why should I withdraw my troops at this time?"

"The thief army has been on guard," Lu Bu looked up at the camp on the mountain and said, "We will camp at the foot of the mountain and fight again another day." After that, he ordered his men to retreat five miles to get out of the camp.

Zhang Liao originally wanted to take down the village on the mountain in one go, but seeing that Lu Bu had ordered the retreat, he could only sigh and retreat.

Jia Xu, who was standing on the watchtower in the village, felt relieved when he saw Lu Bu's army slowly retreating. He knew very well that Li Jue's army had just been defeated and was in a state of low morale. If Lu Bu tried his best to attack, the village could not defend at all. At this moment, he took the initiative to retreat, which gave his side a chance to breathe.

It happened that at this moment, he saw Li Jue riding a horse and coming over to greet him. After seeing Jia Xu, Li Jue said in shame: "I regret not listening to the military advisor's words, so I was defeated."

Jia Xu hurriedly comforted him and said, "General, don't worry, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. Don't see Lu Bu winning a complete victory today, but only the general is still there, and it is not difficult to defeat Lu Bu."

When the two returned to the tent, Jia Xu analyzed to Li Jue: "General, it seems that General Guo has not appeared for a long time, and he has been defeated by Lu Bu's division of troops. But I wonder when Lu Bu's subordinates have such a powerful role?"

"The one who defeated me and Guo Si today was the cavalry commander Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan." Li Jue said to Jia Xu with a wry smile: "He was originally a descendant of Nie Yi, and his family changed his surname to avoid grudges. Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, used his extraordinary force and summoned him to work as an employee and took him to the capital with Lu Bu. After Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, he followed Lu Bu to join the Grand Tutor."

When Jia Xu heard this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Since the general knows the details of this person, why do he underestimate the enemy so much today?"

"The military advisor doesn't know anything." Li Jue quickly explained to Jia Xu: "Since he became a senior, he has been low-key in his work and has never interacted with outsiders every day except training and studying. If he hadn't suffered a great loss under his command today, I wouldn't have known that he had such ability."

"Lu Bu is like a tiger with help from this person." After Jia Xu learned about Zhang Liao from Li Jue, he said thoughtfully: "It may not be easy for us to defeat Lu Bu."

Li Jue thought Jia Xu had any solution to deal with it, but after hearing what he said, he was disappointed: "Can we just sit back and wait for death?"

"Otherwise, otherwise." Jia Xu waved his hand and said, "Although Lu Bu won a great victory today and Zhang Liao helped him, it is not easy for him to capture our camp. If he leads his army to challenge tomorrow, we just need to stay away from home. Just wait for Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others to arrive at the capital, Wang Yun will definitely send someone to order Lu Bu back to the aid. When our army chases him to the top, we will definitely defeat Lu Bu."

"It's not where Guo Si is now." Li Jue said with some annoyance: "If there was no one outside to restrain Lu Bu, Lu Bu could concentrate his efforts to attack the camp. Now the soldiers' morale is unstable and their morale is low, so it is unlikely that they will be able to resist Lu Bu's offensive."

"General, if Lu Bu took advantage of the victory to attack the camp today, the camp would have been broken. If he comes to fight again tomorrow, our army only needs to hold on but not come out." Regarding Li Jue's concern, Jia Xu said confidently: "At the same time, we need to strengthen the defense in the camp. If Lu Bu sees our army unable to defend and launches a strong attack, we can also make him lose his troops and lose his generals...",

"It's so good." After hearing what Jia Xu said, Li Jue called a side general in and ordered the other party to improve the defense in the debt to deal with the attack Lu Bu prepared the next day.

At the next hour, Lu Bu led his troops to the foot of the mountain to challenge. Li Jue ordered people to hang high battle signs at the entrance of the village, and hid in the village and stayed in the door. Seeing this, Zhang Liao asked Lu Bu for battle and said, "Mr. Wen, please give the last general five thousand soldiers and horses. Before noon, you must hide the camp."

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu looked at the camp on the hillside, but shook his head and said, "Li Jue was prepared for a long time. If he attacked for a strong force, he would lose his soldiers in vain. It would be better to surround the mountain and wait until they had enough food to break down."

Zhang Liao was still trying to ask for a fight, but Lu Bu waved his hand at him and said, "Wenyuan doesn't need to say much, I know what I know." After that, he sent a team of soldiers to the camp to fight and no longer paid attention to Zhang Liao.

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Cheng Lian and Wei Xu led a team of cavalry to the capital day and night, and finally arrived in Chang'an at noon on the third day. They knew that they had their official positions and it was impossible to enter the palace, so they rushed directly to Situ's Mansion.

Who knew that when he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the gatekeeper and said to them bluntly: "This is Situ's Mansion, and idle people are not allowed to enter without permission."

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu looked at each other, and at the same time turned over and dismounted, bowed to the gatekeeper and said, "We are the messengers sent by General Fengxian. If you have urgent matters, please inform us. "

When the concierge heard that it was a letter delivery, he did not dare to neglect it. He said to the two: "Please wait, the younger one will go in and report to Situ."

Wang Yun was discussing with Taichang Qing Zhongfu, Taipu Lu Kui, Dahonglu Zhou Huan, City Gate Captain Cui Lie, Yueqi Captain Wang Qi and others in the mansion to discuss Li Jue's infringement of Chang'an. When the gatekeeper said that there was a messenger from Lu Bu asking for a meeting, he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and invite him!"

Not long after, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu followed the gatehouse into the conference hall and greeted Wang Yun and the courtiers. Wang Yun looked at the two and asked, "I wonder where the letters you sent to me are here?"

Cheng Lian quickly took out the letter from his arms, held it with both hands and handed it to Wang Yun respectfully. Wang Yun opened the letter and looked at it for a moment, then frowned. Cui Lie, who was beside him, saw this situation and asked quickly: "Wang Situ, I wonder what did Wen Hou say in his letter?"

Wang Yun handed the letter to the lower Zhong Fu and others to circulate it, and said worriedly: "In the letter, Fengxian said that Li Jue and others used a plan to get tired of soldiers. On the one hand, they set up camp in two places, making him tired of running around. On the other hand, they sent Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to lead troops to invade the capital."

Although Zhou Huan had not seen the letter yet, when he heard Wang Yun say this, he couldn't help but ask in panic: "Situ, although there are many soldiers in the capital, why are there no general who is good at commanding troops? If the two thieves Zhang and Fan lead their troops to invade, how should we face the enemy?"

"The soldiers come and the generals block the water and the soil," Zhong Fu said disapprovingly after reading the letter: "Who said that there is no general to command troops in the capital? Old General Huangfu Song is worthy of taking this position."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Lie, who was reading the letter, started coughing violently. When Zhong Fu heard his cough, he suddenly remembered that someone had suggested to Wang Yun that Huangfu Song would lead his troops to guard Shan County to defend against the troops in Xiliang, but Wang Yun refused. At this time, the situation in the capital was critical, so he asked Huangfu Song to come out of the mountain again. Who knew if the other party would agree.

While everyone was reading the letter, Wang Yun asked, "I wonder if General Fengxian has fought with Li Guo's thieves since he went to war?"

"Return to Situ's words," although Cheng Lian didn't stay in Lu Bu's army for a long time, he also knew that Niu Fu was dead, and thousands of his soldiers and horses were also incorporated by Lu Bu. He quickly replied: "As far as I know, General Lu Bu has killed Dong Zhe's son-in-law Niu Fu, and has incorporated his troops, and is confronting the troops of Li and Guo."

When Wang Yun heard Cheng Lian say this, he felt a little relieved. For him, as long as Lu Bu did not lose his troops and generals, no matter how critical the matter was, there would be room for recovery. Thinking of this, he waved his hands to Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and the others and said, "Okay, there is no business for you here, so let's retreat first!"

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu walked out of Situ's Mansion and turned over to the horse. After thinking indignantly, "We rushed over to report the news in Xingye, but you beat me up in a few words. It's really too much."

In the evening, another messenger rushed to Situ's mansion. After seeing the plaque on the mansion, he softened his body and fell off the horse's back. The doorman standing in front of the mansion hurriedly stepped forward and helped the other party up and asked nervously: "Sir, where did you come from?"

The messenger lay half lying on the ground, looking at the doorman who was holding him, and panting, "The youngest came to deliver a letter to Wang Situ on the order of Marquis Wen."

Heard that it was another messenger, the gatekeeper hurriedly called two servants and asked them to carry the messenger with him to the meeting room to meet Wang Yun.

Wang Yun and others discussed for several hours, but they had not developed a safe solution. At this moment, seeing the doorman breaking in again, Wang Yun frowned and said unhappily: "What happened again?"

"Reply to Situ's words," the doorman saw Wang Yun's dissatisfaction and hurriedly replied: "The messenger from General Lu Bu is asking for a meeting."

When Wang Yun heard that another messenger had come, he hurriedly asked, "Where is the messenger?"

"Wait outside the door!"

"Let him in!"

When the concierge heard Wang Yun's order, he hurried to the door, greeted two servants, and carried the messenger in.

The messenger knelt in front of Wang Yun and kowtowed, then took out Lu Bu's letter and handed it over. Wang Yun took the letter and opened it, quickly browsing the content on it. After reading it, he couldn't help laughing.

Zhong Fu looked at Wang Yun and asked in confusion: "I wonder why Situ smiled?"

"Master Zhong," Wang Yun handed the letter in his hand to Zhong Fu again, and said proudly: "In this letter from Fengxian, he and Zhang Liao divided their troops to attack Li Guo and the other two. Guo Si was defeated and only had more than ten people escaped. All his troops were incorporated by Feng Xian. In the battle with Li Jue, he also won a great victory. Li Jue's nephew Li Bei was captured alive and 7,000 soldiers were captured. Now Li Jue's remaining troops are trapped on the mountain, and they can be wiped out when the food is exhausted."

The court officials who were originally frowning because of Cheng Lian and Wei Xu immediately became happy. The Yueqi Captain Wang Qi said happily: "General Fengxian is indeed the bravest army, and he defeated the two bandits Li and Guo as soon as he took off his horse. Situ, it is estimated that he will be able to annihilate the bandits and return to the court in a few days."

"That's right, right." As soon as Wang Qi finished speaking, Cui Lie continued: "Since General Fengxian defeated the bandits, even if the troops of Zhang and Fan arrived outside the capital, it was not worth worrying. Just wait for General Fengxian's army to arrive, we will cooperate inside and outside, and we will definitely wipe out the bandits."

Cui Lie's words immediately aroused the echoes of several other court officials. Seeing the good news that Lu Bu had just sent, everyone's concerns disappeared and even began to discuss what to do about the four generals of Li Guo, Zhang and Fan after the rebels were eliminated under the capital.

Lu Bu's good news made everyone careless. The response plans they had developed at the beginning were all put aside. In their opinion, even if Zhang Fan's troops arrived at the capital, it would be impossible to break through the capital in a short time. As long as they stayed outside the city and did not leave, and when Lu Bu's army was in charge, these bandits would die without a place to bury them.

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A day later, a visitor came to report that the two generals Zhang and Fan had appeared thirty miles away. After learning the news, Wang Yun immediately ordered all the city gates to close and ordered the generals he could trust to take their men to the city to meet the enemy.

More than an hour later, the troops led by Zhang and Fan finally arrived outside the capital. Looking at the city walls with spears and flags, Zhang Ji said to Fan Chou: "Send 500 troops to fight outside the city, and we will set up camp here."

When Fan Chou heard Zhang Ji say this, he asked with some concern: "There are many soldiers and horses in the city, and only five hundred people are sent to fight. Isn't that a sheep enters the tiger's mouth?"

After hearing this, Zhang Ji laughed and comforted Fan Chou, "Don't worry, everyone in the city was scared by us, and no one dared to fight at all. The purpose of my sending people to fight was to ask them to send people to inform Lu Bu and let him return to the capital to rescue as soon as possible. In this way, Li and Guo can lead the army to cover up and defeat Lu Bu."
Chapter completed!