Li Jue and Guo Si were afraid of Lu Bu in Guanzhong and did not dare to lead his troops to attack the pass, but instead set up camp ten miles away. Han Zhan in Guanzhong was unable to take the initiative because he had too few troops in his hand, so he entered a confrontation.

After the two sides had a stalemate for four or five days, Dian Wei was a little uneasy and came to volunteer to Han Zhan: "Lord, as far as the general knows, Li Jue and Guo Si are not good at martial arts. Please let the general lead the troops of the headquarters to fight. If they cannot take the two of them back, the general will be willing to engage in military law."

The reason why Han Zhan did not go out to fight was because he was worried. Although the original guard of Hangu Pass was killed by him, whether the defenders in the city were subdued by Dong Cheng was still unknown. If he led his troops to fight, the defenders in the city mutiny and killed Dong Cheng, and then closed the city gate, his troops would fall into a desperate situation.

Ju Su, who had just arrived at the conference hall, guessed Han Zhan’s concern and quickly said, “Lord, the priest should not stay in Hangu Pass for a long time. For subordinates, it is better to send someone to send him back to Jizhou as soon as possible!”

Han Zhan had long wanted to send Emperor Xian of Han away. The reason why he had not moved was that Emperor Xian of Han had been bedridden since the second day after he arrived at Hangu Pass. He was afraid of some accidents on the way, so he did not move. He heard Ju Su say this, and he hurriedly asked: "Don't you know what your Majesty is? When will you get on the way?"

"It's a slight improvement, and it will take some time to recover." Ju Su frowned and said to Han Zhan: "Most of the two thieves Li and Guo will arrive at Hangu Pass soon. Although Hangu Pass is dangerous, there is not much food in the pass. If they surround the pass, once the food is exhausted, our army will collapse without fighting."

Ju Su's statement was exactly what Han Zhan was worried about. Don't see that the terrain of Hangu Pass was dangerous, it would be difficult for Li Guo and others to attack, but because it was too far from Jizhou, his own army stayed here alone and would sooner or later not escape the destruction of the entire army, so he had to consider the way forward in advance.

He stood up, walked back and forth the room with his hands behind his back for a few times, and stopped and said to Ju Su: "Duke, tomorrow you will bring Dian Wei, Xiahou Lan, Xiahou Yun, and two thousand soldiers to escort the Holy Dianzhou. By the way, bring Lu Bu and Zhang Wenyuan with you too."

Ju Su knew that Zhang Liao wanted to surrender to Jizhou, and it was understandable that he would take him back to Jizhou, but Ju Su was a little reluctant to take Lu Bu to leave with him. He was worried that Lu Bu suddenly became crazy on the way and kidnapped the Holy Charge to join Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu. All his efforts would be vain. Therefore, he asked in confusion: "Lord, since you also think that Lu Fengxian and us are not the same as each other, why should you let him go back to Jizhou with us? Aren't you afraid that he would rob the Holy Charge halfway and go to surrender to other princes?"

"I'm afraid, why am I not afraid!" Han Zhan said with a bitter face: "If I leave him in Hangu Pass, my marquis will be even more scared. Maybe at any time, he will rush in with the Fang Tian Hua Ji and take my rank, and then offer it to Li Guo and the other two to reach an understanding. As for what the Duke and the others are worried about, this marquis has also considered it, so he sent Dian Wei and Xiahou to lead the way. Even if Lu Bu had any malicious intentions on the road, the three of them were enough to deal with Lu Bu."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Dian Wei said rudely: "Lord, let Mo Jiang stay at Hangu Pass to protect you. As for escorting the Holy Lord to Jizhou, it is enough to have Xiahou brothers and sisters, Zhang Liao and others. Although Zhang Wenyuan's martial arts are slightly inferior to Mo Jiang, there is no problem with Xiahou brothers and sisters to deal with Lu Bu together."

"No, Dian Wei, you must follow the military supervisor to escort the Holy Charge to Jizhou." Han Zhan refused Dian Wei's kindness without hesitation and explained to him: "Although Zhang Wenyuan is loyal to the Han Dynasty, he and Lu Bu are both from the Bingzhou Army after all. If Lu Bu wants to hijack the Holy Charge, even if he doesn't join forces with Lu Bu, he will not help you. At best, they will not help each other."

He put his hand on Dian Wei's shoulder and said gratefully: "Dian Wei, what you mean, I understand, you are worried that this marquis will encounter danger, so I ask to stay. But don't worry, there is still Huang Zhong here. When you go far, we can abandon the pass and leave at any time. We are all cavalry, and it may not be so easy for the troops of Li Guo and the other thieves to catch up with us."

Seeing that Han Zhan had made up his mind and was about to send Emperor Xian of Han as soon as possible, Ju Su suggested to him: "Lord, I have a suggestion, whether I can order Dong Cheng to lead the defenders of Hangu Pass to escort the Shengjiao to Jizhou with us. My subordinates recently inspected the city and found that these soldiers and horses were all warable soldiers. Although they were brought to Jizhou, they would be of great use in the future, whether they would go east to Qingzhou or west to Bingzhou."

"That's right, right." As soon as Ju Su finished his words, Dian Wei said excitedly: "With these 4,000 elite troops walking with him, I believe Lu Bu would not dare to have any bad ideas on the road, but could still strengthen the strength of my Jizhou."

"This is a good idea." Han Zhan felt that if all the defenders of Hangu Pass were transferred away, there would be no one to restrain him. Whether he would leave or stay in the future could be arranged according to the specific situation. Thinking of this, he quickly ordered Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, go and invite Mr. Dong to come here, and say that this marquis would discuss with you."

It was a coincidence that as soon as Dian Wei walked out of the conference hall, he saw Dong Cheng coming hurriedly and hurriedly came forward to greet him: "The last general Dian Wei, have met Mr. Dong!"

"General Dian is exempted from the gift!" Dong Cheng saw that the person who greeted him was Dian Wei, and he quickly asked with a smile: "Master Buzhiting is in the conference hall?"

"Yes, my lord is in the chamber of the meeting. He is just asking me to come to invite the father-in-law, but unexpectedly the father-in-law comes first." Dian Wei said that, and gave up his body and reached out to make an invitation gesture: "Best-in-law, please speak in it."

Han Zhan and Ju Su were talking when they suddenly saw Dian Wei coming back. They were about to ask him what was wrong, but they saw Dong Cheng behind him. They quickly stood up and bowed and bowed: "It turns out that Mr. Dong is here. This marquis has misfortune and welcomes him. Please forgive me."

"Mr. Ting," Dong Cheng bowed to Han Zhangong and said anxiously: "I will take this opportunity today and have something to discuss with you."

Although Han Zhan had something to discuss with Dong Cheng, he saw that he was so anxious and said politely: "The father-in-law has something to do but he says it's okay. I will listen carefully."

"Marquis Ting, the follow-up army of Li Guo and the other thieves was about to arrive." Dong Cheng asked anxiously: "What are the plans of Marquis Ting?"

"Bestie," Han Zhan smiled and said to Dong Cheng: "I ordered Dian Wei to invite you, and there is something to discuss with you. Although Hangu Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, if Li Guo's army stays outside the pass and does not go, the inside will sooner or later be lost due to the exhaustion of food and grass. Therefore, I plan to let Ju Jianjun take his men to escort the throne to Jizhou tomorrow."

"But the sage is ill and is not suitable for a long journey!" Dong Cheng was about to dissuade Han Zhan from changing his mind, but suddenly remembered his purpose here, so he changed the topic in time, "How many people are you planning to send to escort the sage?"

"I originally planned to send two thousand soldiers to escort the Holy Driving." Han Zhan intended not to talk about everyone's concerns about Lu Bu, but said bluntly: "But considering that the journey to Jizhou is long and the road is not peaceful, he planned to borrow some soldiers from Dong Guozhu to escort the Holy Driving to Jizhou together."

When he heard that Han Zhan was planning to borrow soldiers from him, Dong Cheng immediately said readily: "How many soldiers and horses are planned to borrow by Hou Zhiting?"

Han Zhan raised his right hand, turned his fist into a palm, and said, "I want to borrow five thousand soldiers from Mr. Dong."

"What, borrow five thousand soldiers?" Dong Cheng couldn't help but smile with a wry smile when he heard Han Zhan say this, "Mr. Ting should know that there are only five thousand defenders in Hangu Pass. You have borrowed them all, so who will be in the pass?"

"Please listen to me," Han Zhan saw an unhappy expression on Dong Cheng's face, and quickly explained to him: "Hangu Pass is too far from Jizhou, and our troops can only stop Li Guo and the other thieves here. Once the food is exhausted, the troops in the pass will collapse without fighting. Therefore, this marquis intends to ask the marquis to take all the defenders in the pass and escort the car to Jizhou. As for Hangu Pass, this marquis will lead three thousand cavalry guards to guard. When you arrive at a safe place, this marquis will abandon the pass and leave."

After hearing Han Zhan's words, Dong Cheng murmured in his heart: Mr. Ting made such arrangements, probably because he was afraid that when he left the city to fight, I would not be able to control the defenders in the city. After all, there were many of them who were the former confidants of the guards. They wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble at that time, but I really couldn't suppress them.

After understanding this truth, Dong Cheng nodded and said to Han Zhan: "I am willing to obey the arrangements of Marquis Ting. Tomorrow, I will lead the defenders in the city to escort the Holy Ding to Jizhou."

The next morning, Han Zhan personally escorted Emperor Xian of Han out of the east gate. Emperor Xian of Han poked his head out of the car and cheered up and said to Han Zhan: "Han Qing's family, Hangu Pass will ask you. I will wait for you to return in Jizhou."

Han Zhan quickly bowed and replied, "Please return to Jizhou first. I will return to Jizhou as soon as possible to meet Your Majesty." After that, he waved to Ju Su and others, indicating that they could set off.

Standing by the roadside, Han Zhan looked at the long team passing by in front of him, and thought that these soldiers would be incorporated into the Jizhou army when they arrived in Jizhou. He couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

"Han Jizhou," Han Zhan was complacent when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and found that it was Lu Bu who was riding on the Red Rabbit Horse. Lu Bu clasped his fists and saluted him: "We will have a date later!"

"There will be a time later!" Han Zhan was so happy that he could send this plague god away soon.

Shortly after Lu Bu passed, there were two beautifully decorated carriages. Surrounded by Lu Bu's subordinates, he followed the team forward. Han Zhan stared at one of them and thought to himself: "Sitting inside is the most beautiful woman in the Three Kingdoms, but unfortunately she is also the woman Lu Bu loves the most, otherwise he would really want to keep her."

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw the curtain on the window of the carriage, which was lifted up in a corner, and a fascinating face could be vaguely seen. Han Zhan couldn't help but sigh, and then said to Huang Zhong who was standing behind him: "Hansheng, let's go back to the city."

On the afternoon of the day when Emperor Xian of Han left, Jia Xu arrived with his troops. I don’t know where he found the many soldiers and horses, with a total of 80,000 people. Together with the 20,000 cavalry that Li and Guo originally brought, the total force had reached 100,000.

Standing in the city gate tower, Han Zhan looked at the camp in the distance, and his heart was still filled with stirrups. Now Li Guo has 100,000 soldiers and horses, while he only has 3,000 cavalry. Although these cavalry were equipped with stirrups and had horses on their horses, their combat effectiveness was far greater than any cavalry, Han Zhan was very self-aware. He did not think that with his three thousand cavalry, he could defeat Li Guo's 100,000 soldiers and horses, so he ordered that he could not stand.

Jia Xu rushed to the camp and learned in detail about the situation. He said to Li and Guo: "The reason why the two generals, the defenders in the city have not been fighting for a long time is that Jia estimated that there were too few soldiers and horses, so he did not dare to fight easily. Hangu Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If our army launches a strong attack, even if we barely take down the pass, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses. In Jia's opinion, it is better to station troops in front of the pass, and wait until the food and grass of the defenders in the pass are cut off, and then attack again. At that time, we will be able to easily break the city."

Huang Zhong, who was patrolling the city, saw Li Guo's army approaching to a place only three miles away from the city, hurriedly ran into the guard general's mansion to report to Han Zhan: "Report to the lord, the troops of the two bandits Li Guo have already set up a place three miles away from the city. The general dared to ask the lord to give the lord a thousand cavalry to the last general, so that the enemy can be defeated."

"Hansheng, it's not that I am unwilling to fight." Han Zhan said helplessly: "However, the enemy's forces are powerful. If our army goes to fight rashly, it will be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. I still plan to hold on and wait until the Ju Jianjun and his army escort the sage away, we will immediately leave."

Fortunately, Huang Zhong is not a brave but unscheming person. When he heard Han Zhan say this, he immediately understood the other party’s intention and hurriedly replied: “Please don’t worry, lord, as long as the last general is here, he will never let the troops of Li Guo and the other thieves enter the city.”

As soon as Huang Zhong left the guard's mansion, a cavalry marquis came to him and reported to him: "Report to Captain Huang, the bandits are calling for war under the city. Please go to the city to check."

Huang Zhong followed his troops down to the city tower. Sure enough, he heard a burst of curses. He looked down at the bottom and saw dozens of untidy soldiers standing outside an arrow, pointing their fingers in the direction of the city wall, and cursing. The shouts and scolding of the Xiliang soldiers made the Junhou a little angry. He said to Huang Zhong: "Please ask the lieutenant to give them a hundred cavalry, and they will definitely kill them to the point of falling water."

Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "If they want to scold, they will scold him. Without my general order, no one is allowed to fight without authorization. Those who violate the order will be killed!"
Chapter completed!