A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 699 Jia Xu

When the army passed through Sizhou, crossed Hongnong County and approached Hangu Pass, battle reports were sent back from the front.

"Report, Generals Huang and Zhao arrived at Hangu Pass two days ago. After a day of standoff with the defenders of Hangu Pass, the Flying Eagle Guards climbed up the cliffs on the south side of Hangu Pass, sneaked into Guanzhong, attacked Hangu Pass late at night, created chaos, and opened the city gate. Yesterday, Hangu Pass was captured."

"Report, the Flying Eagle Guards captured Jia Xu outside the west gate of Chang'an three days ago, who was about to flee Chang'an. He has been sent to Hangu Pass. Do you need to send him here?"

Lu Cheng thought for a moment and shook his head: "No need to do that. Order the army to march to Hangu Pass."

The Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty was a checkpoint set up by the Qin State to prevent the six states in Shandong from advancing westward. Its geographical location was extremely dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it was possible to say that one man could guard the pass against ten thousand men.

But Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, with the cooperation of the Flying Eagle Guards, did not need to force their way through the pass.

Since Emperor Guangwu moved the capital to Luoyang, Chang'an was burned down and Hangu Pass was in disrepair. In addition, Tongguan had not yet been established, so the only barrier in Guanzhong was the unique Hangu Pass.

Crossing Hangu Pass is equivalent to entering the gate of Guanzhong. Although Chang'an City is still hundreds of miles away, it is only a matter of time.

At Hangu Pass, Lu Cheng looked at the short, slightly plump man with a friendly mustache in front of him and asked, "Are you Jia Xu Jia Wenhe?"

"General, I am Jia Xu."

Ever since he was captured by the Flying Eagle Guards and taken all the way to Hangu Pass, Jia Xu guessed who was attacking him.

However, after realizing who attacked him, Jia Xu stopped resisting and did not even try to escape. He knew that he had been hiding so well before, and the other party would be able to find him. Even if he ran away, he would be caught again.

A meaningless escape would only anger the General who was conquering the north.

"Would Wenhe like to serve under me?"

"Since it is the general's request, I shall serve you at your service. Jia Xu greets the lord."

Without Lu Cheng saying anything, Jia Xu simply fell to the ground.

Lu Cheng directly helped Jia Xu up: "With Wenhe's help, Lu's future path will be smoother."

"My lord, you are too kind. I have heard that you have many wise counselors and brave generals under your command. Even without Jia Xu, you can still achieve great things."

In fact, there were many top strategists during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, and each strategist had his own preferences. Some strategists were good at analyzing the general situation of the world, some strategists were good at using ingenious strategies, and some strategists could see into people's hearts and predict things.

As for Jia Xu, he used all his top-notch intelligence to save his life.

Think about the original novel of the novel. Jia Xu only gave Zhang Xiu an idea, which allowed Cao Cao to kill the three wise men with one shot, including Cao Cao's favorite eldest son Cao Ang, his most trusted general Dian Wei, and his nephew Cao Anmin.

The most important thing is that even though he had betrayed Boss Cao so badly, after joining the Cao Group, he was still able to thrive and eventually became one of the three highest officials in the country. He lived to be over seventy years old and died of old age.

Moreover, this guy is usually very low-key. Even when he gives advice, he only gives a brief explanation and leaves the rest for the lord to guess. Even if the lord guesses wrong, he can't blame himself.

Even if Jia Xu was just slacking off to get a salary, Boss Cao didn't care. It might not cost much to keep him, but if he was released to the enemy, he would definitely suffer greatly.

Moreover, whenever Boss Cao is in a bad mood, he can talk to Jia Xu. After the chat, he will find that his moral level is still above the standard, at least he is still a human being.

Looking at the guy in front of him who seemed to have a friendly face, spoke very carefully, but had an answer to every question, Lu Cheng had to say that he was indeed a talent.

"Wenhe, in your opinion, how long can Li Jue and Guo Si hold out?"

"It depends on the attitude of the lord. If the lord issues an order to let Generals Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun attack with all their might regardless of the cost, Li Jue and Guo Si will not be able to hold out for long and will be defeated. Although Li Jue and Guo Si have great prestige in the Xiliang army, they are not the former Grand Tutor Dong.

Moreover, the two had already clashed after occupying Guanzhong. If they were to separate them and make them attack each other, and with the external pressure from Generals Huang and Zhao, it might take some time, but they could capture Chang'an at the lowest cost.

Moreover, Jia Xu heard that Hua Xiong was also serving under his lord. If Hua Xiong was sent out again, his prestige in the Xiliang army would be better than that of Li Jue and Guo Si. In this way, not only could Chang'an be captured, but also as many Xiliang cavalry as possible could be subdued. "

Lu Cheng nodded: "Yes, I have the same idea. After some time, I will trouble Wenhe to send a letter to Zhang Ji and Fan Chou. If you can make them surrender, it will be a credit to Wenhe."

"This... I will do my best. But I can't guarantee whether I can make these two surrender."

After entering Guanzhong, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun successively broke through the cities and passes guarded by the Western Liang troops, and marched all the way to Chang'an.

In Chang'an City, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and others, who had suffered heavy casualties, quarreled over who should be sent to resist Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun.

At this point, everyone wanted to preserve their strength and even made plans to retreat to Liangzhou.

After a heated debate, Li Jue and Guo Si reached a consensus and decided to transfer Fan Chou's troops to resist Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun.

Fan Chou originally wanted to advance and retreat together with Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu had already been persuaded by Li Jue and Guo Si in advance. In addition, the combined strength of his and Fan Chou's remaining troops was no match for Li Jue and Guo Si, so he had to compromise in the end.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng asked Jia Xu and Hua Xiong to write a letter of surrender each, and sent someone to deliver it to Fan Chou.

After receiving the letter, Fan Chou thought about it and realized that he could neither win the battle nor retreat, so he chose to surrender.

Anyway, since Jia Xu and Hua Xiong had surrendered, it would be normal for Fan Chou to surrender as well.

After receiving the letter of surrender written by Fan Chou, Lu Cheng personally led 5000 Liaodong cavalry and rushed to the city of Chang'an at night.

Afterwards, Fan Chou secretly ordered people to open the city gate, and Hua Xiong led his troops into the city first. He joined forces with Fan Chou and attacked the camp of Li Jue and Guo Si.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Cheng led his troops directly to the imperial palace, followed closely by Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, who attacked towards the barracks of Li Que and Guo Si.

Speaking of which, ever since Li Que, Guo Si and others occupied Chang'an, the entire city of Chang'an has been in complete chaos, with robbery in broad daylight, murder, bullying of women and other phenomena continuing despite repeated bans.

Li Que, Guo Si, Fan Chou and others divided the entire Chang'an city into four parts, and each of them garrisoned an area with his troops, but they still could not stop the chaos.

The food of the people in the city was robbed by the soldiers under the command of several people. After the people had eaten everything that could be eaten in Chang'an City, cannibalism had begun to occur. On the streets, piles of bones could be seen everywhere, and the ground was full of filth.

When Zhao Yun and his men led their troops into Chang'an City, they could not help but be shocked by the scene before them. Then, filled with rage, they rushed towards the camp of Li Jue, Guo Si and others...