"This...is this all true?"
Jia Xu looked at the battle report in his hand and couldn't believe it. What does it mean to enter a pass by one person and kill the general to win the pass.
Jia Xu knew these words, but why they were connected together, Jia Xu didn't recognize them.
"Now that Tongguan has been captured, His Majesty is having a banquet with many generals at Tongguan. There must be no lies."
Jia Xu put the letter in his hand aside, feeling grateful that he had surrendered to the emperor in the first place.
"Has Your Majesty been injured?"
"His Majesty has more than a hundred wounds from arrows and countless wounds from swords and bullets. He has summoned a medical officer for treatment. After looking at it, the medical officer said that the wounds were just superficial wounds and not fatal."
"That's good...that's good."
He said that it was good, but he didn't know whether he was glad that Lin Mu would not endanger his life, or whether he was glad that Lin Mu would still be injured.
Jia Xu sat down slowly. Only when Lin Mu was injured would Jia Xu think that Lin Mu was just a person with strong martial arts skills.
If it weren't for the fact that he could see blood with just one cut, Jia Xu would have long suspected that Lin Mu was a god.
"Send my military order and the army will rush to Tongguan."
Tongguan is the barrier of Chang'an. If Tongguan is captured, it means that the imperial court can enter Chang'an from Tongguan at any time if it wants.
Now that Lin Mu has captured Tongguan, it is like aiming a bow and arrow at Lu Bu. As long as Lu Bu relaxes for a moment, the arrow will be inserted into Lu Bu's head.
As long as Lu Bu learns about the loss of Tongguan, he will definitely come towards Tongguan and want to recapture Tongguan.
There were only 3,000 men left in the emperor's hands. When the original 5,000 men fought against Song Xian, more than a thousand were killed or wounded.
Later, soldiers were also needed to escort these scattered prisoners back.
This resulted in Lin Mu having only 3,000 people around him, or even less than 3,000 people.
At this time, it was already dark, the army had just entered Tongguan, they were not familiar with Tongguan, and Lin Mu was injured again.
Once a good general leads troops to raid Tongguan at night, it will be in danger.
Of course, no general is so courageous, but when marching and fighting, how can you put your hope of victory on the opponent's stupidity?
Seeing the soldiers go out, a lieutenant stood up.
"What about us, General?"
When Jia Xu was in the army, the soldiers and officers naturally did not call him a civilian, so he was called a general.
Seeing the deputy general asking this, Jia Xu calmly picked up the tea and took a sip.
"Of course I want to take charge of the army. You go first, and I will be the one behind."
"promise!"
Jia Xu's concerns are indeed very reasonable, and Jia Xu is worthy of being the top strategist of the Han Dynasty.
If anyone else does not have this list, but is stationed in Huayin City outside Tongguan, it is Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao was a man of great martial arts, proficient in strategy, and able to discern the enemy's situation. The most important thing was that he was bold and careful.
Although Zhang Liao was not well-known at this time, he was just one of the eight capable generals under Lu Bu's command.
But later when Lu Bu was killed by Cao Cao, Zhang Liao returned and surrendered to Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao understood the enemy's situation and persuaded Chang Xi to surrender.
Attacked the Yuan family and moved to Hebei.
In the battle of Bailang Mountain, he led the vanguard to defeat Wuhuan and killed Wuhuan Shan Yu Tadun.
Expelled Liaodong general Liu Yi.
Use silence to quell rebellion in the army.
Marched into Jianghuai and defeated Chen Lan and Meicheng.
After that, he guarded Hefei for a long time. In Hefei, he was a heavyweight who attacked Sun Quan's 100,000 troops with 800 cavalry. Sun Quan was almost killed.
It can be said that what stands out is the word fierce, but when Lu Bu was alive, he was not very famous.
Or maybe it's because Lu Bu's survival hindered Zhang Liao's performance.
But even so, Zhang Liao also highlighted his own value.
On the night when Dong Zhuo died, Lu Bu led the Bingzhou soldiers to return to Bingzhou.
But it was at Zhang Liao's suggestion that Lu Bu established himself in Chang'an.
Only then did he become a warlord with a separate territory, and because of this, Lu Bu also relied heavily on Zhang Liao.
Among the three people in Huayin City, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, and Hou Cheng, Zhang Liao is the leader.
"Tongguan is lost."
Zhang Liao looked at the many soldiers running from the direction of Tongguan on the city wall and couldn't help but sigh.
"I will ask the scouts to step up patrols, and the soldiers will be armored and ready for battle."
"Not urgent."
Zhang Liao waved his hand and told Cheng Lian not to worry.
"The road to Tongguan is already dangerous. If the army marches at night before they leave the mountains, they will be exhausted."
After listening to Zhang Liao's explanation, Cheng Lian suddenly realized.
While the two were talking, Hou Cheng had already led one person to the city wall.
The man Hou Cheng led was not only disheveled, but his armor had been thrown away somewhere, and even one of his boots was missing.
"This man is a soldier of Wei Xu. He should know something about the situation."
Zhang Liao came to this man and saw that his voice was already hoarse, so he handed him his water bag.
Although Zhang Liao already knew that the imperial army had broken through Tongguan when he saw these deserters, he didn't know how.
In Zhang Liao's view, it was impossible to break Tongguan.
Tongguan originally had an army of 10,000 people, plus Lu Bu's 15,000 troops to support Tongguan, there were a total of 25,000 people.
Coupled with the blessing of Tongguan's terrain, Zhang Liao couldn't figure out how the imperial army could break through Tongguan even if he thought about it.
"This humble position is that of General Wei's personal soldiers..."
The soldiers began to slowly tell what happened in Tongguan one by one.
"Asshole!"
After Zhang Liao heard that Song Xian had actually led his troops to Hongnong County to plunder, he slapped the bricks on the city wall.
"How dare you go out to fight! This Song Xianhe should be beheaded!"
The soldier glanced at Zhang Liao in fear, and then continued. When he heard that the emperor rushed into Tongguan alone, Zhang Liao thought of the possibility of the failure of the Tongguan defenders.
"But because the emperor was beheaded, the imperial army broke through with the power of the mourning army?"
The soldier shook his head.
"Then the soldiers were afraid of the emperor, so they killed three generals and then surrendered?"
The soldier shook his head again.
Zhang Liao thought for a while.
"Then the general from Guanzhong surrendered because he was afraid of the emperor?"
The soldier shook his head again.
Cheng Lian was a little impatient.
"Then the emperor can't kill all three of Cao Xing and the others by himself, can he?"
After Zhang Liao heard what Cheng Lian said, he couldn't help but shook his head.
How is this possible? Even if Lu Bu was in a place like Tongguan, it would be impossible for him to rush through the gate and kill people alone.
If it were in an open area, it would be possible with the help of a red rabbit horse.
But Zhang Liao didn't expect that the soldier nodded with fear, and then said.
"After the emperor entered the pass alone, he first beheaded General Cao, then beheaded General Hao during the siege, and then rushed up the pass to kill General Wei with axes. After the death of General Wei, he originally wanted to go to the pass. I wanted to avenge General Wei, but I didn’t expect to be rushed out by the rebels.”
Zhang Liao glanced at the soldier in front of him, silently took out the knife from his waist and put it on the soldier's neck.
"How dare you talk such nonsense? Do you think I dare not kill you?"
