The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 431 Arriving at Hongnong
"There should be only two paths for Li Yuan to take this trip. One is to enter Luoyang from Xu County, pass through Chang'an and then go to Xiliang, and the other is to start from Wancheng to Hongnong, then go to Chang'an and then enter Xiliang. Traveling will pass through our sphere of influence, so there will not be many people with us, and these two roads will definitely pass through Tongguan. Tongguan is located between Chang'an and Hongnong. We only need to arrange heavy guards at Tongguan to strictly check the passing people. People will definitely find Li Yuan, and then they can let him go without returning." Guo Jia said what he had in mind.

"Okay, let's act according to the filial piety plan." Cao Cao decided to follow Guo Jia's opinion.

After more than 20 days, Li Yuan and his party came to Hongnong from Shouchun. The journey was very smooth, but after entering Hongnong, they were considered to have entered Cao Cao's territory, so they had to be very careful in their actions. After they came to Hongnong, they found a home. Because of the large number of people staying in the inn, there are a total of 300 people, so they all live separately in different parts of the city.

"My lord, the general is back from inquiring about the news." Xu Zhu walked into Li Yuan's room and said.

"Zhongkang, is there anything unusual in the city, who is the prefect, and what is the strength of the army?" Li Yuan asked Xu Zhu to go out to investigate the news as soon as Li Yuan came to Hongnong. After all, it was Cao Cao's territory, so he had to be careful.

"My lord, there is nothing unusual in the city. Hongnong's prefect is Du Ji, and there are not too many troops in the city. It is estimated that there are only 2000 to 3000 people." Xu Zhu replied.

Li Yuan bowed his head and recalled carefully. He didn't have much impression of Du Ji. Du Ji was not particularly famous in the Three Kingdoms, so Li Yuan didn't know much about him, because he couldn't be impressed with every character. , Most of the ones that can be remembered are relatively well-known, but the only thing he has an impression of Du Ji is that Du Ji is a character with good internal affairs ability in the Three Kingdoms game.

"Du Ji is a bit capable. There are not many troops in the city. It should be because Cao Cao wanted to march north, and he transferred them away. If there is no abnormality in the deployment of troops, it means that Cao Cao didn't know that I was going to Wuwei. Maybe that person didn't report Cao Cao informed me, or maybe Cao Cao is planning to attack me elsewhere." Li Yuan guessed.

"My lord, why do you suspect that Ma Xian will inform Cao Cao? He has followed the lord for many years. Maybe he is not what we imagined." Xu Zhu felt that Li Yuan was too suspicious.

"It's not that I doubt, but my intuition tells me that that person is not worthy of trust. My intuition has always been accurate, and not only me, but also Zhicai and Wenhe also feel that Ma Xian's identity is suspicious, so I think he will take advantage of me. Don’t look for opportunities to make trouble when you are in the Pi.” In fact, Li Yuan believes in his intuition very much, and sometimes indescribable things like intuition are quite accurate.

"Creating chaos? How can he succeed with a military advisor and Zilong in the city?" Xu Zhu still had great trust in Xi Zhicai and Zhao Yun's abilities.

"Zhongkang, you don't know about this. As far as I know, Ma Xian is a very manly and cunning person. He is in Xiapi. Even if he makes trouble, he will not put himself in the open, because once he fails, he will It will cause death, so he will not do this, under normal circumstances, he will command in the dark and use other people's hands to do things for him." Li Yuan knows Ma Xian very well.

"Using other people's hands to do things for him... Who is the other people's hands that the lord is talking about?" Xu Zhu touched his head honestly, feeling that the more Li Yuan said, the more confused he was, and he was confused.

"Actually, this is easy to guess. As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Zhongkang thinks who in Xiapi City hates me the most and will regard me as an enemy?" Li Yuan did not say it clearly, but guided Xu Zhu to think.

Xu Zhu put his hands on his chin, thinking hard, but he couldn't think of anything. He felt that this was much more difficult than fighting. Why? "

Li Yuan rolled his eyes when he heard this, wondering if even an honest person like Xu Zhu has learned to flatter, he said: "Zhongkang, don't think things are so simple, the most complicated thing in this world is the human heart, even if you Fortunately, there will always be people who hate you, and the person who hates me the most in Xiapi is Sun Quan."

Xu Zhu suddenly realized: "That's right, why didn't I expect that if the lord defeated Sun Ce and caused his Sun family to decline, Sun Quan should hold grudges against you."

Li Yuan sighed inwardly, thinking that Xu Zhu was not stupid enough, and continued: "Exactly, it has been a year since Sun Quan came to the Pi, and I absolutely don't believe that he didn't secretly recruit soldiers for revenge. Although I didn't find out, but there must be secret preparations, if Ma Xianru really wanted to make Xia Pi mess up, he would definitely lure Sun Quan secretly to make a move, and use Sun Quan's hand to make Xia Pi mess up, this is in line with Ma Xian's behavior style."

Xu Zhuyue became more frightened when he heard it, and worried: "Isn't it very dangerous to go to the Pi, should we rush back immediately?"

"Of course not. I trust the abilities of Zhicai and my junior brother. Without them, Sun Quan won't be able to cause any trouble. Besides, we have already arrived in Hongnong. It's too late to go back now. Wouldn't it be better if we don't go to Wuwei and go back to Xiapi directly?" What a waste of a month."

Li Yuan still believes in the abilities of Xi Zhicai and Zhao Yun, and Xi Zhicai did not send anyone to pass the news, so he thinks that Xiapi is not in danger. If it is really dangerous, Xi Zhicai will definitely send someone to deliver a message He, but for him, Ma Xian's most dangerous action is not to cause chaos in Xiapi, but to inform Cao Cao. If Cao Cao knows that he is going to Wuwei, he will try to catch him, but he can't give up going to Wuwei because of this. Having come here cannot be done halfway.

"My lord, let's rest early. We have to set off tomorrow morning. We will reach Tongguan by continuing to the west. After passing the pass, we can go to Chang'an." Xu Zhu said, he estimated that it would take about forty days to travel from Hongnong to Wuwei. Because there were a lot of them, they didn't ride horses all the way, and they all walked at a walking speed, so it took so much time. If only he and Li Yuan could ride fast horses, it would save a lot of time. But on the way, they would pass Cao Cao's territory. If hundreds of people appeared on horseback, it would be too eye-catching, so Li Yuan didn't choose to ride a horse.

"Zhongkang, Tongguan and Chang'an are also Cao Cao's territory. Although we have not encountered any obstacles in Hongnong and everything looks normal, we cannot take it lightly because of this. Maybe Cao Cao will deploy heavy troops in Tongguan and Chang'an to arrest me." Li Yuan warned that he has become extra careful since entering Cao Cao's territory.

(End of this chapter)