Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 272 Soldiers approaching the city

  Zheng Ju looked at Fei Qian who was going away, the smile on his face froze a little bit, and he murmured in a low voice: "Cai Zhonglang, instead of my life, I will seek my own death! Sigh! Don't blame me..."

  After pondering for a while, Zheng Cui shouted loudly: "Call Li Junhou to come!" Another servant was called, and after a few words, the servant took orders and left in a hurry.

   After a while, Li Junhou came, entered the hall, saluted Zheng Chuan respectfully, and waited for Zheng Chuan's words with his hands down.

  The news of Guo Pu's failure was a heavy blow to these Xiliang soldiers who stayed in Hangu Pass, especially those like Li Junhou who used to rely on Guo Pu's name and pretended to be powerful, so they hurriedly behaved with their tails between their legs.

  Zheng Ju looked at Li Junhou, and kept silent. This guy who had been indifferent to him before, now stands cautiously at the bottom, feeling a little pleased in his heart.

  Silence spread in the hall, which was a kind of enjoyment for Zheng Chu, but it was a kind of torment for Li Junhou. After a while, Li Junhou's temples were soaked with sweat.

  Zheng Cui spoke slowly, every word, as if to make Li Junhou, who was illiterate, understand: "Li Junhou, Captain Guo, did you really receive the military order from Guo Zhonglang?"

   "...Here," a bead of sweat dripped from Li Junhou's forehead to the ground, he hesitated, and said, "Reporting to the Customs Order, I am not very clear about this matter..."

"Oh?" Zheng Cui couldn't deny it, and flicked his robe lightly, as if flicking away a bug, "Li Junhou, let me ask, Guo Duwei transferred three hundred soldiers under you, Using Tiger Talisman, Scepter, Yiwen, or something else?"

  Li Junhou was in charge of 500 cavalry under his banner. This time, he followed Guo Duwei for 300, leaving only 200 in the city. Although Zheng Cui's voice was not loud, it shook Li Junhou slightly like a thunder, and a few beads of sweat trickled down his cheeks.

  Li Junhou didn't even care to wipe it off, he hesitated and said: "...Yes, it's a tiger charm..."

  In the deployment of troops in the Han Dynasty, the most formal method was to use tiger charms.

However, because of the poor flexibility of the Tiger Talisman, sometimes some temporary incidents happen to the local prefects and governors, such as bandits and water thieves, etc. Most of them have been repaired after the disaster, and in most cases, they have lost their timeliness and have no effect.

So in the later period, it became the scepter of the local prefect and important court officials, and troops can also be dispatched to carry out some military operations, but they must be reported to the court afterwards and evaluated according to the results. If it is out of necessity and there are positive results Yes, most of them will be exempted from punishment, but if it leads to the defeat of the army, they must also bear certain responsibilities.

However, there is only one scepter for the local prefect and important officials of the imperial court. If it is necessary to mobilize multiple troops, it will inevitably be insufficient. Therefore, Yiwen appeared, and the seal was stamped in the form of a document to prove that the person who dispatched the troops and the use. When Sun Jian left Changsha, he also falsely claimed that Zhang Wen had transferred the book...

   "Tiger Talisman?" Zheng Yi repeated, chuckled, and said, "Whose Tiger Talisman did you use? Guo Zhonglang's? Or...Guo Duwei's?"

  Li Junhou swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice: "...Yes, yes, it belongs to Captain Guo..."

"Oh..." Zheng Cui nodded, then said nothing, staring at Li Junhou closely, after a while, he suddenly slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Li Junhou! Are you playing tricks on me? There is neither Guo Zhonglang's tiger talisman scepter nor Yiwen, how dare you claim to be ordered by Zhonglang?"

   Li Junhou trembled all over, and quickly distinguished: "Guan Lingming Mingjian! It is... Guo Duwei said that there is Zhonglang's order, and I am under its jurisdiction. How can I question the military order?"

Zheng Kui slapped the table again and said: "Nonsense! You lead the soldiers of the imperial court, privately entrusting troops to the front, cunning and arguing behind, ignoring the laws and regulations of the country! Come on! Take it down quickly! "

Immediately, more than a dozen soldiers poured in from outside the hall, and surrounded Li Junhou, who repeatedly complained but did not dare to resist, pushed his shoulders, folded his back, and **** Li Junhou. solid.

  Zheng Ju saw that Li Junhou had been tied up, he was relieved, and said: "Your words are true and false, we will confront you after we find Captain Guo... put him in prison first."

  When Li Junhou heard the words, he couldn't tell the difference, so he was pushed away dejectedly.

  In the hall, Zheng Chu touched the seal ribbon he took out from Li Junhou, called Chen Junhou, then handed Li Junhou's seal ribbon to him, and whispered a few words.

   Chen Junhou took orders and left in a hurry...

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Fei Qian is unwilling to turn back, not because he has confidence in Zheng Chu, but because he has confidence in Hangu Pass. After so many years in the Han Dynasty, those who volunteered to offer the city are not counted. Hangu Pass has never been attacked and taken down a few times. of.

   Therefore, it is better to wait for the road to clear in Hangu Pass before moving forward than to rush back and forth in vain.

   Otherwise, maybe I just returned to Luoyang, only to hear that the yellow scarves in Xin'an have been eliminated and the roads are clear again. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to die at that time?

But Zheng Cui's attitude seemed a bit weird, especially when he said he was going to stay in Hangu Pass and wait, although that expression was smiling, it made Fei Qian feel that there was an indescribable feeling, It's complicated anyway...

  For the sake of safety, Fei Qian called Huang Cheng and asked him to make arrangements. From now on, the soldiers under him will take turns to rest in case of accidents.

  Huang Cheng took the order to go, but Fei Qian's uneasiness still didn't decrease much. After walking around the post house twice, he still couldn't sit still, so he planned to go out for a walk again, even if it was to get some air.

  But when Fei Qian just walked to the gate of the post station, he heard a commotion on the west side of the city, and the people on the road were running around like headless chickens...

  Fei Qian stopped a person to ask, but got a surprising news——

  The Yellow Turban Bandit unexpectedly appeared in the west of the city, and is about to approach the city!

This!

How is this possible?

  The most unexpected thing happened to Fei Qian.

   Could it be that the Yellow Turban Thieves really swelled their confidence to such an extent that they even wanted to attack such a powerful pass as Hangu Pass?

   This is incredible!

   What's more, Hangu Pass is not a huge granary. Although it does store some grain and grass to be transported westward from Luoyang, it is obviously not worth the candle!

  Especially, what's the point of the Yellow Turban Bandits occupying Hangu Pass?

   Is it really impossible to go east and attack Luoyang City?

  If it is not for these reasons, then what is the purpose of the Yellow Turban Bandit Chen Hangu Pass?

   In Longzhong, Shutong asked Zhuge: "Why does Emperor Liu want to see you again and again?"

   Zhuge replied: "Xuande panicked!"

   After three visits, Zhuge was finally driven by Liu Bei...

  (end of this chapter)