Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Soon, Gu Wei noticed that there were pursuers with torches approaching from behind.

This made the faces of the people who originally did not dare to light torches and could only grope forward carefully in the dim night change slightly. They realized that if they continued like this, they would be caught up sooner or later.

Gu Wei's face was quite solemn, and he couldn't help but wonder where these pursuers came from.

After a moment, Gu Wei came to his senses and secretly hated himself for his limited experience.

Such strict inspections at Yangping Pass often indicate that war is approaching. At first, Gu Wei did not realize this and led his guards to look for a small path around Yangping Pass.

These actions undoubtedly resembled those of scouts exploring the terrain of Yangping Pass, and they probably attracted the attention of the Yangping Pass defenders.

Just during the moment that Gu Wei was thinking, the soldiers of Yangping Pass, who were more familiar with the nearby terrain, came closer under the leadership of Yang Ren.

"boom!"

A bowstring sounded, and Gu Wei only heard a "whoosh" sound. A guard behind him was pierced through the chest and fell to the ground.

Even though these guards were composed of tiger guards, no matter how elite they were, they could not stop the arrows without armor.

As soon as the guard fell to the ground, another guard filled the gap almost the next moment to prevent Gu Wei from being injured by arrows shot from behind.

However, everyone felt a little depressed, and it was clear to them that if this continued, the distance between the two sides would only get closer.

Immediately, a guard made a suggestion.

"Xu Li, you protect Gu Lang and evacuate, and we will hold off the pursuers."

No one objected, except Xu Li. The other guards stopped and turned around instantly, instinctively forming a battle formation to meet the enemy.

Seeing this, Gu Wei couldn't help but pause, but was forced by Xu Liqiang to continue on his way.

"Don't look back, Gu Lang. Since we have been ordered by the Prime Minister to protect Gu Lang, we will definitely keep him safe. As long as we are still alive, we will not let the thief hurt Gu Lang in the slightest."

When Gu Wei heard this, tears welled up in his eyes and an unspeakable anger rose up in his heart. He could not help turning his head to look back, but he saw that the thirteen guards who were standing in formation in the dark but still looked thin seemed to be faintly swallowed up by the torches.

If they were wearing armor, more than ten tiger guards lined up would be enough to hold off a hundred people for a while.

But without armor...destruction would happen in an instant.

The next moment, Gu Wei suddenly stopped and shook off Xu Li's hand.

Seeing this, Xu Li was about to speak to urge and persuade him, but Gu Wei said seriously.

"Even if we can only survive temporarily, Yangping Pass is still difficult to pass. The soldiers are not afraid of death, so why should I, Gu Wei, be afraid of gambling with my life?"

Immediately, Gu Wei strode back and shouted.

"Who dares to attack the Han envoy?!"

These words made the Yangping Pass defenders, who had surrounded the thirteen guards, pause and stop at the same time subconsciously.

Seeing Gu Wei turning back, the guards who had been prepared to fight to the death rushed over and protected Gu Wei behind them.

Yang Ren's expression also changed slightly. He didn't dare to act rashly and looked in the direction of Gu Wei.

In the dim sky, Yang Ren couldn't see Gu Wei's appearance clearly, but he believed it in his heart.

If these people were merely scouts, they would not have rashly called themselves "Han envoys" even if their mission failed.

After all, with such disguised identities, ordinary Nine Clans could not withstand such a sudden inspiration. Moreover, the behavior of those guards was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary elites.

After Liu Xie's death, the Han court often referred to the court established by Liu Bei in Shouchun...

When he is said to be a Han envoy, does he mean he is the envoy sent by Liu Bei?
Yang Ren's thoughts raced as he asked, "Do you have any proof?"

"Here is the document from the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty."

Gu Wei responded, then handed the document left by Li Ji to Xu Li, who then walked over and delivered it to Yang Ren.

Yang Ren used the torch to spread out the document and took a look. His face changed drastically...

That seal could never be forged by ordinary bandits or spies.

Just the seal on the document made Yang Ren believe it 70%. When Yang Ren saw the contents of the document clearly, he felt his scalp tingling.

The next moment, Yang Ren recalled something and hurriedly spoke to the guards beside him, "Go and tell Yang Ang not to hurt the lives of the envoys' guards."

Seeing Yang Ren's reaction, Gu Wei's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

With the document left by the teacher here, it seems that it can at least make Yang Ren feel fearful and dare not act rashly.

The fact was just as Gu Wei expected. When the document appeared in Yang Ren's hands, Yang Ren felt that he was holding a piece of extremely hot potato.

Moreover, Yang Ren was afraid to swallow this piece of sweet potato, nor did he dare to throw it away, and he couldn't pretend not to see it...

If it is not handled properly, it will undoubtedly bring devastating disaster to Hanzhong.

Yang Ren, whose forehead was sweating from thinking so much, did not dare to make any rash moves. He could only wait for news from Yang Ang while sending people to try to rescue the guard who had just been shot down.

Unfortunately, Yang Ren's archery skills were excellent, and that arrow hit the guard's heart, making him beyond help.

By the time the news from Yang Ang came back, Yang Ang had already killed two people and injured three.

In the end, Yang Ren did not have the courage to continue with his mistake. While he sent people to send the wounded back to the interior for treatment, he politely "invited" Gu Wei and his party back to Yangping Pass and placed them under house arrest with good food and drink.

At the same time, Yang Ren sent a fast horse to report the matter to Zhang Lu in Nanzheng, the capital, and let Zhang Lu decide whether to release him, kill him, trade him with the Han people, or pretend to be confused and detain him as a person of unknown identity...

When Yang Ren's urgent report reached Nanzheng, Zhang Lu, dressed in a Taoist robe, was doing the Five Pecks of Rice Sect's morning prayers in his mansion.

Upon learning that there was an urgent report, Zhang Lu, whose morning class was interrupted, took the urgent report with some displeasure, and spread it out to read while drinking tea...

The next moment, Zhang Lu spat out a mouthful of tea, stood up suddenly and shouted.

"That guy Yang Ren has caused me so much trouble. Why did he capture a Han envoy when he could have captured anyone else?"

Zhang Lu hated Liu Yan and his son in Yizhou to the extreme, and had no good feelings towards the Han Dynasty, and could even be said to hate it.

But Zhang Lu also knew that the world's trend was with Liu. Now the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, Li Ji, was leading a large army to the north to attack Wei and Zhao. Once he made some gains, he would be able to pacify the world and revive the Han Dynasty in the near future.

Under such circumstances, no matter how much Zhang Lu hated the Han Dynasty and Liu Bei, he would never dare to offend Liu Bei, let alone kill Gu Wei, the Han envoy.

Once the Han envoy was killed, not only would the Five Pecks of Rice Sect founded by his ancestors be destroyed, but even Zhang Lu's three clans would be split in half vertically. This was something Zhang Lu did not dare to gamble on.

Zhang Lu did not dare to delay and thought for a while, then gave the order hurriedly.

"Quick, quickly invite Yan Pu, Yang Song, and Yang Bai to discuss important matters." (End of this chapter)