After giving instructions to his subordinates, Cheng Lian came to the entrance of the city gate and waited for Song Xian to enter the city.

When Song Xian rode his horse through the city gate hole and entered the city, Cheng Lian immediately stepped forward and held the horse's reins and asked anxiously: "Song Xian, where is the Cavalry Commander now?"

Song Xian looked left and right, and saw many soldiers standing guard, so he bent down and whispered to Cheng Lian: "This is not a place to speak. Find a quiet place and I will tell you slowly."

When Cheng Lian heard Song Xian say this, he realized that he was reckless and quickly said to him: "I live nearby, come with me." After that, he took Song Xian's mount and headed towards the official residence where he temporarily lived.

Wei Xu was also in Cheng Lian's temporary residence at this moment. When he saw Song Xian being brought in by Cheng Lian, he hurriedly asked, "Why are you the only one, the Cavalry Commander and Hou Cheng?"

"They are in a very safe place now." Seeing that both of them were there, Song Xian did not go around in circles, but said bluntly: "The Cavalry Commander asked me to send a few words to you."

"What message do you ask the Cavalry Commander to send?" Cheng Lian and Wei Xu asked in unison.

"The Cavalry Commander said, "Don't look at the many soldiers in the capital, it is impossible to defend the city. So let me inform you and leave the capital as soon as possible." After saying this, Song Xian asked the two: "I wonder how you two think about it?"

Wei Xuxian expressed doubts about Song Xian's words. "There are more than 100,000 troops in the capital, the mature and steadfast Huangfu Song, and the invincible Lu Bu. Where can the bandits outside the city attack in?" Although Cheng Lian did not say anything, Song Xian could guess from his expression that he agreed with Wei Xu's view.

Song Xian paused for a moment and continued, "You two don't know that we once surrounded Li Jue's troops two days ago. When we received an urgent report from the capital, there were still 70,000 troops when we set up the camp. Then, under the attack of Li Jue, Guo Si and others, the troops were damaged and generals were lost. Although I don't know how many soldiers and horses were retreating into the capital in the end, I can tell you that when the Cavalry Commander and us broke through the siege, there were only less than a hundred people left."

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu were still very clear about the combat effectiveness of Zhang Liao's main troops. He heard that after Zhang Liao's troops broke through, there were less than a hundred people left, so he was shocked. Cheng Lian hurriedly asked, "Where is the cavalry captain now?"

"In a forest in the south of the city," Song Xian did not immediately explain the truth to Cheng Lian and Wei Xu before understanding the attitudes of the two men. Instead, he said vaguely: "The Cavalry Commander is worried that after the city is broken, you will have life worries, so he ordered me to venture into the city and persuade you to leave early this place of failure."

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Just as Song Xian tried his best to persuade Cheng Lian and Wei Xu to leave the capital with him, in an abandoned house only two streets away from them, several people were sitting in the living room and whispering something. If Dian Wei and Xiahou Yun were here, they would easily recognize that the people who were discussing the matter were Ju Su, Xiahou Lan and Jiang Chai.

Han Zhan sent Ju Su to sneak into the capital with 500 people, preparing to kidnap Emperor Xian of Han to Jizhou. However, after he received the information sent by Ju Su from the capital, he realized that the problem was more serious than he thought, so he sent Xiahou Lan to the capital to assist Ju Su. In order to allow the two of them to obtain various information in the capital in a timely manner, he also asked Xun Yu to send ace to Jiang Zhai.

Han Zhan did not tell Xiahou Lan that the thousand soldiers led by Dian Wei and Xiahou Yun were stationed in a forest south of Chang'an. He just told him that if he successfully robbed the Holy Lord, he would immediately go south, meet with the troops waiting there, and then return to Jizhou.

Before Xiahou Lan left, Han Zhan suddenly thought that Zhang Liao was also under Lu Bu's subordinates. If he could recruit him, his strength would be improved. Therefore, he specifically reminded Xiahou Lan: "Xiahou Captain, after you arrive at the capital, you must find a way to find out the whereabouts of the cavalry commander Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan. This person is a loyal and righteous man, and his martial arts group, and there are four capable subordinates, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian and Hou Cheng. If you can recruit all five of them, your trip to Jizhou with the Holy Chariot will become much easier."

In order to prevent Zhang Liao from being dispersed by the chaotic army on his way back to Beijing with Lu Bu, Han Zhan sent a special messenger to send messages to Dian Wei and Xiahou Yun who were hiding in the south of Chang'an, asking them to pay attention to Zhang Liao and others, and to help them when they were killed.

After listening to what Xiahou Lan retelled, Ju Su couldn't help but frown and said, "Lu Bu does have Zhang Liao under him, but this person is low-key and does not deal with outsiders easily. It may not be an easy task to recruit him."

When Xiahou Lan heard Ju Su’s complaint, she joked: “Mr. Ju, if there is no difficulty, will the lord give it to you? He trusts you so that he has given you such a difficult task.”

Ju Su quickly ordered someone to go outside to inquire about Zhang Liao's news. But the people below came back soon to report: "Report to the army, Xiahou's lieutenant, the young man had already found out clearly. Situ Wang Yun sent the cavalry commander Zhang Liao to lead Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and others to escort food and grass to Lu Bu's army."

Upon hearing this news, Ju Su couldn't help but show a disappointed expression on his face. He knew very well that since Zhang Liao became the escort officer, he would definitely not be able to return to Chang'an for a while. It was obviously not appropriate to send someone to Lu Bu's army to contact Zhang Liao. The only thing he could do at the moment was to wait patiently for him to return from the army before sending someone to persuade him.

In the next few days, Ju Su kept receiving reports from his subordinates who were guarding Zhang Liao's mansion, and they all said unanimously: "Zhang Liao went to Lu Bu's army and never came back!"

Just when Ju Su began to consider whether to send someone to Lu Bu's army to secretly test Zhang Liao, he heard a shocking news: "Zhang Ji, Fan Chou's troops will arrive at the capital soon."

Ju Su was shocked when he heard the news. He asked quickly: "Where did you know this news?"

The subordinates quickly replied to sleep: "Returning to the army of Ju Jian, the villain bribed a servant from the Situ Mansion. He learned from him that Cheng Lian and Wei Xu rushed back together and sent a letter to Situ. The letter said that Li and Guo used tricks to hold Lu Bu, and Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's troops bypassed Lu Bu's military camp and rushed to the capital without stopping."

"Oh no!" Ju Su was so anxious that he stomped his feet repeatedly when he heard this. He said to Xiahou Lan: "There is a scheming Huangfu Song in the capital, but he just wanted to use the brave but unscheming Lu Bu. It seems that the thief army will not take long before it will defeat the imperial army."

"What should we do?" Xiahou Lan and Ju Su finished speaking, and immediately asked.

"Since Mr. Ting sent you to help me, it seems that he knows the situation in the capital very well." Ju Su saw Jiang Zhai standing beside him and admired Han Zhan a little more. He called Jiang Zhai over and ordered: "Jiang Zhai, you need to find a way to contact the people in the palace in the near future. When the capital is in chaos, we can rescue the Holy Lord in the chaos."

After several months of activities, Xun Yu really met many eunuchs in the palace. After Jiang Chai arrived at the capital, all these eunuchs were under his command. At this moment, he immediately agreed, turned around and walked out, preparing to summon his men to contact the eunuchs in the palace.

Not long after, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's troops indeed arrived outside Chang'an City. Hearing that the Ximen Guard Gao Shun was preparing to lead his troops to attack, giving the bandits a head-on attack, but was blocked by Wang Yun's order. After learning the news, Ju Su couldn't help but sigh: "Gao Shun is also a powerful general in the Western Liang army. If he was asked to lead his troops to fight, he would definitely defeat the vanguard of the bandits and destroy the spirit of the bandits. Who knew that Wang Situ did not allow him to lead his troops to fight. When the troops of Li and Guo arrived, the capital would be in danger!"

After several days of observation, Xiahou Lan showed that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the court. Especially Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's troops were stationed outside Chang'an City, Wang Yun and other court officials who were in power could not think of any good countermeasures, which made the entire capital panic.

Xiahou Lan asked Ju Shu carefully: "Judge Ju, what if we cannot rescue the Holy Driving from the chaos after the city is broken?"

When Ju Su heard Xiahou Lan’s question, he smiled bitterly and said, “What else can I do? It’s just death.”

Xiahou Lan said with a lucky mentality: "The military supervisor, although Zhang Ji and Fan Chou swallowed the troops outside the city, they came from a long distance, not only without siege equipment, but also insufficient food and grass. As long as the defenders of the capital cannot stand firm, they will definitely be able to cooperate inside and outside to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Ju Su waited for Xiahou Lan to finish speaking, and said angrily: "Secretary Xiahou, please forgive me for saying that all the court officials in the court may have the same idea as you."

When Xiahou Lan heard that his thoughts coincided with the court officials, she felt a little complacent, but from Ju Su's tone, he heard that the other party had some implications, and quickly asked again: "Military Supervisor, is there anything wrong with it?"

"Xiahou Captain, you just see the thief army outside the city coming from a long distance, without siege equipment and insufficient food and grass." Seeing Xiahou Lan's confused look on his face, Ju Su explained to him: "But most of the defenders in the city are Dong Zhuo's old subordinates. Once Li and Guo lead their troops outside the city, they will send people to persuade them to surrender. Su is expected that many people will turn against each other in front of the formation."

Ju Su's words shocked Xiahou Lan. He asked with shocked face: "Judge Ju, what should we do?"

Ju Su stretched out two fingers and said, "First, let Jiang Zhai send someone to discuss with the eunuchs in the palace. Once the city is in chaos, let him lead us into the palace to rescue the car; second, you immediately send someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Cheng Lian and Wei Xu. They can use them in our next action."

After hearing Ju Su's orders, Xiahou Lan immediately sent two groups of Jizhou soldiers with faces disguised as soldiers patrolling the city. Taking advantage of the patrol, she inquired about the whereabouts of Cheng Lian and Wei Xu in the city. That night, Xiahou Lan received the report from the soldiers, and he hurried to Ju Su to discuss: "Supervisor, find out Cheng Lian and Wei Xu's whereabouts."

When Ju Su heard this, he was immediately delighted and asked quickly: "Where are the two of them now?"

"The two are now guards of the East Gate." Xiahou Lan quickly reported to Ju Su the information he had found: "Wang Yun arranged a temporary official residence for them. I asked carefully. The garrison there was not very strict. If the military supervisor wanted to contact them, I could do it for him."

"No hurry, Xiahou Captain, don't hurry for the time being." Ju Su waved his hand after Xiahou Lan finished speaking, and said, "Now the life and death of the cavalry commander Zhang Liao, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng are unknown. If you go to visit him rashly, it may backfire. Wait a little longer and talk about it when Zhang Liao and the others are in the whereabouts."

Before Xiahou Lan came to the capital, Han Zhan had instructed him that when he arrived in Chang'an, everything would follow Ju Su's arrangements. At this moment, he heard Ju Su say that he would not contact Cheng Lian for the time being, and Wei Xu and the others would concentrate their main energy in the palace, contact the eunuchs who had already bribed them, and discuss how to get into the palace.

Almost everything that happened next was expected by Ju Su. Lu Bu's army was indeed defeated, and in the end there were only a few thousand soldiers and horses that followed him into the city. Only a small part of the lost people died in battle, and most of them surrendered to Li and Guo.

When Xiahou Lan got the news, she immediately came to see Ju Su and reported to him the news of Lu Bu's defeat. After hearing this, Ju Su asked calmly: "Don't you know if Zhang Liao has ever returned to the city?"

"No." Xiahou Lan shook her head and said, "Not only Zhang Liao did not come back, but also Song Xian and Hou Cheng, who were under his command, were not in the dark. They probably died in the chaos."

"Oh, it's really better than God's plan." Ju Su sighed and ordered Xiahou Lan to say, "Tonight you will visit Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and others, and find a way to convince them. Now the bandits are besieging the city from three sides. After we rescue the Holy Lord, we have to leave Chang'an from the East Gate."

Before it was dark, a team of soldiers disguised as patrolmen came to the house where Ju Su and Xiahou Lan were. The team led the team to report to the two: "Report to the supervisor, the lieutenant, the young man saw Cheng Lian ordering people to open the city gate and put someone in from outside the city. After inquiring, it turned out that it was Song Xian, a subordinate of the cavalry commander Zhang Liao."

"What, Song Xian has appeared." Ju Su heard the team leader say that Song Xian and Cheng Lian had met, and hurriedly asked, "Where did he emerge? By the way, where have they been?"

"After a few chats between Cheng Lian and Song Xian at the city gate, they went to the temporary guard's mansion in the east of the city." The team leader quickly replied: "As far as the villain knows, Wei Xu also lives in the mansion."

"That's great, this is really great." Ju Su was overjoyed when he heard the news, turned his head to look at Xiahou Lan and said, "Secretary Xiahou, when it gets dark, we will visit us. As long as we can convince the three of them, the mission assigned to us by Tinghou will be even more likely to be completed."
Chapter completed!