The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 432 Investigate the news
"The end general knows that before arriving at Tongguan and Chang'an, I will send the soldiers of the Tiger Guards to inquire about the news, and we will pass after confirming that there is no abnormality."

"Okay, you go to rest too, and we will leave tomorrow." Li Yuan yawned and asked Xu Zhu to go down to rest. He has been on the road for the past month, and he also feels a little tired, but there is still a long way to go from Wuwei. , so they can't stay too long, and at the same time want to go back earlier to reunite with their families.

There was nothing to say all night, and Li Yuan and his party packed their luggage and set off early the next morning.

Hongnong is not far from Tongguan. It only takes three days. In fact, Tongguan was set up by Cao Cao. In order to prevent the military chaos in Kansai, he gave up Hangu Pass and set up Tongguan. As long as he defends Tongguan, he can stop the elite soldiers in Kansai. Enter the pass.

History has proved that Cao Cao's move was very prescient, because later Ma Chao and Han Sui led a [-] Xiliang army to enter the pass, and Cao Cao launched a shocking battle with the Xiliang army in Tongguan. This battle can be described as shocking. , Cao Cao was killed by Ma Chao at the beginning, cutting off his beard and abandoning his robe. Later, he used a divorce plan to drive a wedge between Ma Chao and Han Sui before turning defeat into victory.

The reason why Li Yuan went to Wuwei desperately to find Ma Teng to form an alliance this time was because he wanted to use Xiliang's army to contain Cao Cao. And Hanzhong.

Three days later, Li Yuan and others came to the vicinity of Tongguan, but they did not rush to pass the pass. Instead, they sent Xu Zhu to Tongguan to inquire about the news. The presence of my portrait proves that Cao Cao already knew that I was going to Xiliang, but without these measures, it means that Cao Cao did not know that I was going to Xiliang."

"It will be clear at the end." Xu Zhu nodded.

"Wait a minute," Li Yuan called Xu Zhu to stop again, "Cao Cao is very cunning, he may not post my portrait, and deliberately put on a loose defense, so you have to adapt to the situation, and you can't do what I said. Go and observe, it’s best to find out who the general is.”

"The general will know." After Xu Zhu finished speaking, he took a dozen people to Tongguan to inquire about the news, and the rest of them rested in place.

After spending about a cup of tea, Xu Zhu was about to arrive at the pass. He saw from a distance that not too many people had passed the pass, and there were only a dozen soldiers guarding the gate. Under normal circumstances, there will not be too many soldiers guarding Tongguan. Unless there is a war, Cao Cao can immediately send troops from Luoyang and Hongnong to guard Tongguan, which is very convenient because it is not far away.

Xu Zhuzheng wanted to go in, but a soldier of the Tiger Guards suddenly said: "Zhongkang, it's better not to go in, we can just leave the investigation to us."

Xu Zhu couldn't help asking: "Wang Feng, why can't I go in?"

Wang Feng and Xu Zhu are from the same village, they have known each other since they were young, and they have a very good relationship. During the Battle of Hulao Pass, Xu Zhu became famous with Li Yuan, and Wang Feng came to seek refuge with Xu Zhu after learning about it.Knowing Wang Feng's martial arts skills, Xu Zhu asked him to join the Tiger Guards.

Wang Feng's skills are also among the best in the Tiger Guards, and he is clever. Li Yuan wanted to promote him as a captain several times but was rejected by him. He knew that he had the opportunity to perform because of Xu Zhu. In order to repay Xu Zhu Zhien wanted to stay in the Huwei camp to help Xu Zhu. Li Yuan liked him even more after knowing how much he valued love and righteousness, so he didn't force him to be promoted to captain, and rewarded him with 100 taels of gold.

After Xu Zhu learned about this, he trusted Wang Feng even more, which made his relationship with Wang Feng even closer. Therefore, only Xu Zhu's elder brothers Xu Ding and Wang Feng dared to address Xu Zhu by his name in the Tiger Guard Camp.

Wang Feng said: "Zhongkang, you forgot one thing. When my lord joined forces with Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu, many generals of the Cao army had seen you. If the generals guarding the pass had also seen you this time, the whereabouts of my lord would have been exposed, because everyone knows You are the lord's personal guard, and you will definitely appear wherever the lord is, and you are far more majestic than ordinary people, so you are very attractive, so I will do the investigation."

"Yes, yes, you are absolutely right. Why did I forget about this, even my lord, so I leave this matter to you." Xu Zhu believed in Wang Feng's ability and decided to entrust the task of investigation to Wang Feng. he.

Wang Feng walked into Tongguan. He was dressed like a commoner now, so the soldiers guarding the pass didn't pay much attention to him.Wang Feng looked at the surrounding walls, there were no portraits on them, but he did not relax because of this, he walked up to a guard guard and asked: "Master officer, I want to ask if it is safe to go to Chang'an now? "

"It's safe, of course it's safe. There's no fighting in Chang'an, just go ahead." The soldier replied, and Wang Feng's words of "Master Officer and Soldier" made him feel very comfortable.

"That's good. I heard that there are many barbarians in Xiliang, and they are extremely fierce. I'm afraid they will attack Chang'an. It would be great if there are majestic generals guarding them. We people can also feel at ease." Wang Feng pretended to be afraid.

"Hey, don't worry about that, I'm not afraid to tell you that a few days ago, General Cao Cao of the Chinese Army sent two generals to shut down the guards. In my opinion, it was to guard against Ma Teng in Kansai. Don't tell others about it. "The soldier whispered in Wang Feng's ear, with a smug look on his face, as if only he knew this secret.

"Could you tell me the names of the two generals so that the grassroots can see them too."

"You can hear me clearly. Those are Cao Hong and Cao Xiu. These two generals originally followed General Cao to attack Hebei, but they came here to guard the pass a few days ago. A lot." The soldier was a little confused about what Cao Hong and Cao Xiu were doing here.

"So that's the case. Thank you, the officers and soldiers, for telling me. I'll go back and consider whether I want to pass the customs." Wang Feng clasped his fists to thank the soldier, and then returned to Xu Zhu's place.

Xu Zhu waited at the corner, so the closed soldiers couldn't see him. When Wang Feng came back, he asked, "Wang Feng, how did you go?"

"There is no portrait of the lord on the gate, and there are not many soldiers guarding the gate, but I heard from a soldier that Cao Cao sent two generals here a few days ago, one is Cao Hong and the other is Cao Xiu."

"Cao Hong and Cao Xiu!" Xu Zhu heard that there must be something wrong with this matter. Both Cao Hong and Cao Xiu were important generals around Cao Cao. There must be a reason for suddenly coming to Tongguan. "Come on, let's go back and tell the lord."

Xu Zhu and Wang Feng returned to the resting place of the large army, and told Li Yuan in detail the news Wang Feng had inquired about.Li Yuan frowned after hearing this, and felt that the matter was not simple. With Cao Cao's cleverness, how could he send two generals to guard Tongguan for no reason? If Ma Teng sent troops to attack Chang'an, it was still possible, but now Kans There is no war, so Cao Cao will not do such meaningless things.

(End of this chapter)