Chapter 986: Exposed
Wuguan.
When the guard general Zhang Ji learned that his lord's closest minister, the military advisor Jia Xu, had arrived at the city and asked to pass the border, he immediately came to confirm his identity and pass token in person.
Zhang Ji can guard such an important position as Wuguan, which shows that his status in the Liang army is definitely not low, so he must have met Jia Xu himself before.
After Zhang Ji came out of the customs, he found that it was indeed Jia Xu, and the exit token was also genuine. All he had to do was open the city gate and send Jia Xu out of the customs. However, Zhang Ji couldn't suppress his curiosity and couldn't bear it. Zhu asked: "Military advisor, didn't I hear that you are not seriously ill?"
Jia Xu had a calm look on his face and said with a slight smile: "It's just a minor illness. If it is spread by some people who don't understand it, it turns into a serious illness."
"oh……"
Zhang Ji showed a look of astonishment. He couldn't investigate further even if he hadn't been around for a long time, but he still chose to subconsciously believe in Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu's status in the Liang Army was much higher than his.
"Then military counselor, why did you go to Wuguan this time?"
At this point, Zhang Ji also realized that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, and said quickly: "Military advisor, I, Mr. Zhang, talk too much. Don't take it to heart."
"General Zhang is one of our own, so there is nothing we can't say."
A hint of joking flashed deep in Jia Xu's eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "General Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know yet. Qin Hao also sent 50,000 additional troops to Sizhou. Now his troops are not much less than our army, and This time, I am following your lord’s order to go south to persuade all the princes in Jingzhou to jointly deal with Qin Hao.”
Hearing this, Zhang Ji finally understood why Jia Xu had to take action in person this time. Persuading the princes of Jingzhou was not a good job, and except for a few military advisors in the Liang army, probably no one in the Liang army could persuade the princes of Jingzhou.
Knowing that Jia Xu's mission was so arduous, Zhang Ji stopped talking nonsense and immediately opened the city gate to let Jia Xu's "envoy group" leave. However, less than ten miles away, the group met Qin Hao who received the order Zhang Liao came to meet him later.
Liu Xie, who was hiding in the carriage, had been feeling uneasy since he left Chang'an. It was not until he left Wuguan and received support that he completely let go of his worries.
Seeing that Jia Xu's expression had not changed from the beginning to the end, Liu Xie couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is the style that a true wise man should have.
After thinking about it, Liu Xie had another question in his mind, so he asked: "Master Jia, since you have the pass token, why did you use it to open the city gate falsely so that the Qin army could occupy Wuguan and threaten Guanzhong?" Woolen cloth?"
Jia Xu, who was closing his eyes to rest his mind, couldn't help but open his eyes in surprise when he heard this. He didn't expect Liu Xie, who was only nine years old, to have such insight.
I thought I had overestimated it as much as possible, but I didn't expect it was still underestimated.
Jia Xu secretly sighed in his heart, then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Wuguan and Hangu Pass are the two major gates of Chang'an. Although Wuguan is not as important as Hangu Pass, Dong Thief still attaches great importance to it. No less than 20,000 elite defenders were placed here.
Now most of the Qin army is concentrated in Luoyang. Although Zhang Liao, the governor of Nanxiang, has 30,000 troops, he still needs to guard against Li Xiaogong in Hanzhong. Although he can divide his troops to attack Wuguan, the possibility of success is too high. Low. "
"So this is ah."
Glancing at Zhang Liao who was guarding outside the carriage, Liu Xie looked thoughtful. Seeing this, Jia Xu couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty, we don't need to do anything extra now, as long as you arrive in Luoyang smoothly. , which is the biggest blow to Liang Jun."
"oh."
Xiao Liu Xie nodded heavily, and Jia Xu seemed to suddenly remember something after seeing Liu Xie's reaction.
Will Fu'er follow the plan so honestly? He won't do anything unnecessary, right?
At this thought, Jia Xu couldn't help but frown, and there was always a bad feeling in his heart.
Chang'an.
"Report... to Duke Tang. We have searched the entire city of Chang'an, but still can't find His Majesty. Also missing are Cao Zhengchun, the general manager of the palace, and..."
Seeing that the report was a bit vomiting, Li Yuan suddenly became angry and shouted: "Who? It's already burning, why don't you tell me quickly."
"There is also Master Jia Xu, military advisor."
"What? How is this possible?"
Li Yuan's eyes widened. He never thought that the traitor would be Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu was already a very popular minister. Even if he changed his lord, it would be like this at most. So why would he need to rebel?
"It's true. Most of the people in the Jia family are here, but all the direct blood relatives have disappeared. This was obviously planned long ago."
Although Li Yuan still didn't want to believe it, the fact was that there was no room for denial. Moreover, Jia Xu's status was too high. After his rebellion, the Liang Army would no longer have any secrets, so there was no room for Li Yuan to treat it without caution.
"By the way, is Jia Xu's son Jia Fu still in the Lord's army?"
At this thought, Li Yuan's eyes widened again, and then he shouted: "No, fly quickly and send a message to Mianchi, Jia Xu has rebelled, arrest Jia Fu immediately. In addition, send a message to Liangzhou to arrest the entire Jia Xu family immediately."
"promise."
After issuing several orders, Li Yuan gradually calmed down. After all, it was more important to recover Liu Xie than to deal with Jia Xu.
"Jia Xu must not be far away. If he wants to leave Guanzhong with the emperor, he will definitely not be able to get through Hangu Pass, so the only thing left is...Wuguan Pass."
As the analysis deepened, Li Yuan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he shouted: "Order the cavalry to gather at the west gate immediately. I will go to Wuguan in person to recover your majesty."
"promise."
Soon, the three thousand Xiliang Qingqi were assembled. Although more cavalry could be gathered, Li Yuan couldn't wait any longer and took the three thousand Qingqi directly towards Wuguan.
Along the way, Li Yuan also discovered traces of Jia Xu and his party, so he rushed even faster and arrived at Wuguan as quickly as possible, but he learned that Jia Xu had already left for half a day.
Li Yuan stood on the tower of Wuguan City, looking in the direction of Wuxiang County in the distance, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
At this time, Zhang Ji knelt in front of Li Yuan and apologized with regret, saying: "My lord, it was the general's dereliction of duty that allowed the traitor Jia Xu to escape. Please forgive me."
After Li Yuan stared at Zhang Ji for a few seconds, he sighed: "It's not your fault. Jia Xu has been planning for a long time, and he also has an exit ticket. You didn't know about it in advance, and you had no reason to stop him."
Hearing what Li Yuan said, Zhang Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not to blame for this incident, Zhang Ji was really afraid that Li Yuan would use him as a scapegoat. After all, Jia Xu killed Emperor Han in front of him. He was taken away, but fortunately this time he used the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman.
Just when Zhang Ji was secretly grateful to Li Yuan, Li Yuan said: "Open the city gate immediately, I will go after your majesty."
