The Nameless of the Common Clans

"General, Huaili and Huxian have fallen one after another. We have no help now. What should we do now?" Zhao Cen came to Li Jue's camp in Fengshui and frowned.

Li Jue was silent. This battle was frustrating. Only now did he realize that the one he was confronting was not Chen Mo's main force at all. He had been deceived for so many days. Now Chang'an has been destroyed, and Huaili and Huxian have also been lost. Now, Li Jue has almost no place to stay. Zhao Cen asked him, and he was also at a loss at the moment.

"General, why don't we go and join Hua Xiong?" Seeing that Li Jue was silent, Zhao Cen tried and said, "If we join forces with Hua Xiong, then Chen Mo may not be able to take advantage."

"How do you think Chen Mo's soldiers and horses managed to reach Chang'an without anyone noticing?" Li Jue shook his head irritably. Logically speaking, if Chen Mo sent out troops in such a large battle, Hua Xiong, even a blind man, should be able to He heard some news and reported it to himself, but Hua Xiong hadn't farted for such a long time. If there was nothing fishy about it, he wouldn't believe it even if he killed Li Jue. What's the difference between running to find Hua Xiong at this time and risking his death?

Not only Hua Xiong couldn't find it, but Xu Rong couldn't find it either. The two of them were too close to Chen Mo, and Xu Rong was injured by Chen Mo for a year before he came back. Is there any private collusion between the two parties? No one can tell.

"Then..." Zhao Cen looked at Li Jue. If this happened, would they be trapped and die here?

"Now there are two roads, go down Fengshui, enter Ziwu Valley, and go to Hanzhong." Li Jue said after thinking.

"Ziwu Valley?" Zhao Cen looked at Li Jue blankly.

"This is the place where emperors of all dynasties worshiped and prayed to heaven. The north entrance is called Zizi, which is more than ten miles south of here. You can find it by going down Fengshui. It is one of the seventy-two valleys in the Qinling Mountains, with a length of 660 meters. The road is difficult to travel for ten miles, and there is no road in the depths, and I have never walked through it." Li Jue sighed.

"General, I'm afraid the remaining food in the army is not enough for us to cross the Ziwu Valley, and Hanzhong may not accept us." Zhao Cen looked at Li Jue and said.

"Yes, so if we want to go through Ziwu Valley, we can only take a few elites and bring enough food and grass to go." Li Jue nodded. If we want to go through Ziwu Valley, so many people will definitely not be able to do it. We can only leave with a small number of people and all the food. , as for the remaining soldiers and horses, they can only be abandoned.

"Then what is the other way that the general mentioned?" Zhao Cen directly denied this way. He can take a few hundred people at most. Even if he goes to Hanzhong, what can a few hundred people do?

"The other option is to go find Guo Si." Li Jue sighed. Looking back now, he suddenly didn't understand why he turned against Guo Si. Guo Bang suddenly changed his face after eating a meal, and Li Jue is still a little puzzled.

However, although he was beaten to a bloody head before, now that the enemy is facing him, Guo Bang himself may not be confident that he can defeat Chen Mo. After all, Chen Mo is not only leading the Bingzhou Army, but also Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses, and those who surrendered under his command. Tribesmen, add up to count The amount is quite large. Guo Si may not be able to handle it alone. After all, it is Paoze who has fought side by side. Based on Li Jue's understanding of Guo Si, if he leads his troops to surrender at this time, Guo Si will not really be merciful at all. Regardless, the two can still join forces.

"General Guo..." Zhao Cen was relieved when he heard this. No matter what happened to Guo Si and Li Jue, if Zhao Cen passed by, Guo Si would not be able to drive them away. As for whether Guo Si would take the opportunity to deal with Li Jue, that was them Of course, there still has to be some worry on the face.

Li Jue glanced at him, stood up and said, "Let's go find Guo Si."

"Father!" Just as the two were about to gather their troops and set off, they saw Li Shi running in with a panicked look on his face.

"Why are you panicking!?" Li Jue glanced at this son with some disgust. He didn't think much of it before, but since the war started, this son has become more and more unpleasant to his eyes. He can't even set up a camp. What will happen in the future? Leading troops to fight?

"Father, the scouts have come to report that an army has appeared in the east and is rushing towards this direction quickly." Li Shi was scolded by Li Jue and trembled. He was not as arrogant as before.

"Army?" Li Jue frowned when he heard this. Wuyi's soldiers and horses should not have caught up so quickly. He immediately looked at Zhao Cen and said, "Let's go and see, who are they?"

"Here!" Zhao Cen nodded in agreement and took the order. After leaving the camp with the cavalry, he saw an army slowly coming towards us in the distance. Looking at the flag, it was not the Bingzhou Army or the Xiliang Army. , the Chinese army has the word Xiahou written on it. Is there a general named Xiahou in Guanzhong?

Further behind is a large flag with the word Cao. The opponent obviously saw the cavalry here and quickly stopped marching to form a formation.

"Whoever is coming, please leave your name!" At Zhao Cen's signal, a Xiliang cavalry rode out and came to the front of the two armies and shouted.

"Lord, look at the flag, it's Li Jue's troops." Xiahou Dun glanced at the opponent's flag, then rode his horse to the central army and found Cao Cao.

"Why is Li Jue here?" Cao Cao put up a pergola to block the sun, looked ahead, and asked in surprise, in this place where birds don't poop, what is Li Jue doing here?

Xiahou Dun shook his head, who knows.

"Maybe he was beaten." Cao Cao grinned and said, "Tell him that we came to help after receiving the emperor's edict, and we are one of our own."

"Lord, we don't have an imperial edict." Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Cao and said.

"Trick him, if he doesn't believe it it won't be too late to fight him. If he can be tricked, it means that the two thieves Li and Guo have been divided by my little brother, and we can get some information from them." Cao Cao tightened the cloak on his shoulders. He smiled and said, "Liu Biao still has our food and grass stuck there. If we can trick Li Jue and Guo Si into using them for our purposes, we don't have to worry about the food and grass."

Why is Cao Cao here?

At first, Cao Cao gathered troops and horses to prepare to attack Heluo, but Xu Huang's defense in the Heluo area was too good. Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai and others checked for several days but could not find any gaps. However, the news from Guanzhong... Chen Mo has already sent troops to confront Zhang Ji. No matter how urgent it is for the two sides to start a war, if Cao Cao fights all the way from Cheng Gao's side, he may not have many people left when he reaches Guanzhong.

After meeting with Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao reached an alliance with the Jingzhou family and entered Wuguan via Nanyang. Now Yuan Shu was driven to the Huainan area, and Nanyang became an unclaimed land. Both Cao Cao and Liu Biao wanted to take it, but Both sides had concerns for a while. Cao Cao had some friendship with Cai Mao. There was a Yellow Turban rebellion in Jingzhou recently. Liu Biao had just entered Jingzhou and did not have enough control over the army. Cao Cao was unhappy with Tao Qian recently and could not mobilize a large number of troops to attack Nanyang. , so he secretly formed an alliance with Liu Biao, and the two sides would not invade each other with Nanyang as the boundary. After Cao Cao went to rescue the emperor, he would welcome the emperor back to Nanyang. Both sides respected the emperor. Cao Cao led the troops to Wuguan and entered the pass, and Liu Biao was responsible for Cao Cao provided food routes to support Cao Cao.

Of course, if it succeeds afterwards, how to deal with Nanyang and the emperor will depend on their own abilities. The covenant of these years is only useful when each other can't do anything to defeat the other.

However, it is unpleasant to have the grain road being manipulated by others. Seeing Li Jue's army here now, Cao Cao has already made up his mind to trap some grain and grass from Li Jue. Well, if he traps it, he will decide whether to fight or not, depending on the situation. After all, what is the situation in Guanzhong now? Chen Mo has sealed the information very tightly, and the outside world cannot get the information at all.

Xiahou Dun thought for the same reason and was not in a hurry to fight. He left immediately, rode out into battle, and said loudly: "I am Xiahou Dun, the general who is under the command of Yanzhou Mu's tent to fight against the thieves. My lord has followed the imperial edict and led his army into Guan to quell the thieves. , are there General Li Jue’s troops in front?”

Hearing this, Zhao Cen rode his horse to visit Xiahou Dun. He looked at Xiahou Dun from a distance, nodded and said, "I am Zhao Cen, the captain of the Poqiang School under General Chariot and Cavalry. You can tell the imperial edict, why don't we know it?"

"Here is a letter written by the general, and it is also stamped with a seal. If you don't know, the general of chariots and cavalry must know it. If you don't believe me, ask." Xiahou Dun tightened the spear in his hand, and was already ready to kill.

Seeing Xiahou Dun's firmness, Zhao Cen hesitated a little. They were fighting with Guo Bang like this, how could they know whether Guo Bang had given the order?

"General Xiahou, wait a minute. I'll go ask my general!" Zhao Cen hugged Xiahou Dun and asked the deputy general to lead his troops to watch these people. He went to find Li Jue in the camp and told the story.

"Is it really Guo Si who found him?" Li Jue looked at Zhao Cen and confirmed.

"I think what Xiahou Dun said is true. This must be the case." Zhao Cen was not sure, but Xiahou Dun looked so confident just now, it really didn't look like he was lying: "Besides, Cao Cao and Chang'an are separated by the entire Heluo and Hongnong. If it weren't for How could we take a detour to Nanyang after receiving the edict?"

"That makes sense." Li Jue nodded and said, "Then invite them to go with you, but you still need to be careful. I heard that Cao Mengde had a personal relationship with Chen Mo back then. If Bao Buqi knows about the current situation, the two families may join forces."

"Okay, I'll tell you right now." Zhao Cen nodded in agreement, turned around and left.

Soon, Zhao Cen rode his horse back to the front of the formation. Looking at Xiahou Dun who was waiting impatiently in the distance, he said: "General Xiahou, my general is also about to go to the general after the martial arts meeting. If Cao Yanzhou is willing, I will Both sides can go together.”

Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of Li Jue, and Li Jue didn't want to take advantage of Cao Cao. If Chen Mo's army came after him, he could use Cao Cao to block him.

"That's what I meant!" Xiahou Dun nodded and said, "I wonder when the general of chariots and cavalry will leave?"

"soon!"

At that moment, the two of them left, and Xiahou Dun came to Cao Cao and explained the matter.

"It seems that the two thieves Li and Guo have separated. Instead of going to Chang'an, they went to martial arts..." Cao Cao rubbed his head and said with a headache: "Don't tell me that Chang'an has been conquered."

Xiahou Dun shook his head, how could he know this?

"Several people from Liangzhou among the generals were sent to inquire about the situation in Guanzhong now. Where is the emperor?" Cao Cao is most concerned about the emperor now, which is the most important reason for his adventurous trip.

"Here!"