Three Kingdoms King of the North

Not long after, Zhang Ji came to the gate of the city.He recognized Li Jue's captain at a glance, so he rode over and asked, "Where is Da Sima now?"

Chapter 314

Hearing Zhang Ji's question, the captain of the personal army dared to sit still on the horse's back.He hurriedly got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and said, "Responding to General Zhang's words, Da Sima is now in a forest twenty miles away from Hongnong." He wanted to say it at first, because Da Sima was worried that you would close the door and refuse to accept him. That's why he sent me to scout the way. However, he still didn't say these words in the end.

After Zhang Ji and the captain of the personal army finished speaking, they just said lightly: "Lead the way ahead!"

Under the guidance of the captain of the personal army, a group of people headed towards Li Jue's hiding place.Of course, along the way, Zhang Ji still insinuated about what happened in Meiwu from the captain of the guards. After all, his spies had not entered the city, so they had limited knowledge of what happened.

From the mouth of the captain of the personal army, he learned that Hu Zhen had colluded with the Jizhou army to cause chaos. Fortunately, Li Jue and others were clever and escaped from Meiwu from the north of the city when the city fell into chaos.But it is a pity that Guo Si and others have no news at all, it should be more ominous.

After walking on the road for about an hour, everyone came to Li Jue's hiding place.Li Jue, who was hiding in the forest, saw that Zhang Ji had only brought dozens of riders, and felt relieved. If Zhang Ji wanted to attack him, he would definitely not bring only such a few people, so he rode his horse and took the lead from the forest. Ri went out.

Zhang Ji came to Li Jue's horse, bowed his hands and saluted him: "The last general, Zhang Ji, has seen Da Sima. After we bid farewell to Chang'an, will Da Sima be safe?"

What Zhang Ji said was a cliché, but Li Jue felt ashamed when he heard it.When I planned to kill Fan Chou, I tried to get rid of Zhang Ji by the way. Fortunately, Guo Si persuaded me, so I gave up this idea and sent him to Hongnong.But this was not over yet, and he sent his nephew Li Bie here to monitor him.

Seeing that Li Jue didn't speak, Zhang Ji continued, "Zhang Ji didn't know that Da Sima came all the way, and he didn't go out of the city to meet him earlier, so please forgive him."

Seeing Zhang Ji showing such humility towards him, Li Jue felt more at ease. He even thought: Maybe the last time he killed Fan Chou in front of him, it frightened him so much that he was in despair, and the other party didn't care. Dare to treat yourself slowly.Thinking of this, he immediately laughed and said: "What did General Zhendong say, my chief Sima was murdered by an adulterer and escaped so far, the general can take me in, I am very grateful."

After the two exchanged false and false words with each other, Zhang Ji respectfully said to Li Jue: "Da Sima, this is not the place to talk, let's go back to the city and talk about it."

Li Jue has spent the past two days sleeping outside, worrying and fearing, and now he has finally found a place to live, so he will not give up, so he nodded quickly and said: "In this case, I will go with General Zhendong Back to the city."

Li Jue followed Zhang Ji to the outside of Hongnong City, and saw Jia Xu and Zhang Xiuzheng waiting beside the road with people.Seeing Li Jue coming on horseback, the two hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "See Da Sima!"

Seeing Jia Xu appearing here, Li Jue was very angry. He thought to himself: If you hadn't disappeared suddenly, I would have gained the upper hand in the confrontation with A Duo. Why are you so embarrassed like today?Although my heart was full of resentment towards Jia Xu, I still pretended to be enthusiastic and said on the surface: "So it's peace! Don't be too polite, please hurry up!"

After Jia Xu stood up straight, he hurriedly got off his horse, stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's hands, and said with a smirk: "I didn't expect He to be here with General Zhendong. I thought you had been killed by Guo Jing." Ah Duo's poisonous hand, I was really sad for a few days, and even sent someone to repair the Clothes Tomb for you."

After Jia Xu disappeared, Li Jue was sad for a while, but it was because no one could advise him.As for the matter of repairing the Yiguan Tomb, it is a myth.He thought to himself, since Chang'an has already fallen into the hands of the Jizhou army, you can't just go outside Chang'an city to see if there is a tomb for you just because of this.

Jia Xu also understood very well in her heart that Li Jue's words were nothing more than to win over herself. As for him talking about repairing clothes and tombs for herself, just listen to it, and it must not be taken seriously.But in front of Li Jue, he still pretended to be grateful and said: "Thank you, Da Sima, for your wrong love. Jia is really flattered. Da Sima has been working hard all the way, and Jia has already prepared wine and food in the official office. Grand Sima, please move to the seat."

Li Jue hadn't eaten anything since last night, and was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back.Hearing that Jia Xu had prepared food and drinks in the official office, she couldn't help moving her index finger, and said quickly: "Thank you for your kindness, the Da Sima is more respectful than obedient."

On the way to the government office, Zhang Xiu approached Jia Xu and asked in puzzlement, "Mr. He, why are you so polite to Li Jue, a lost dog?"

"Youwei," Jia Xu called Zhang Xiu's words, and said to him, "Don't look at Li Jue's downfall now, but no matter what, Uncle Ling used to be his subordinate. If you are not polite, you will inevitably invite Some gossip. Let's entertain him for a while, and send him away after the situation becomes clear."

Hearing what Jia Xu said, Zhang Xiu immediately realized that he had considered the problem too simply.Although my uncle, like Li Jue and Guo Si, was once a subordinate of Dong Xiangguo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others once controlled the government no matter what they said, and their status is higher than that of my uncle. many.If Li Jue came to vote in trouble and his uncle refused to accept him behind closed doors, it would have a bad impact on his reputation.Let me ask, who else will take the initiative to defect in the future?

It was precisely because of understanding this joint that Zhang Xiu's attitude towards him became much warmer after Li Jue took the seat.Zhang Ji has always been worried about his nephew, deeply afraid that he would remember Li Jue's suppression of his uncle and nephew, and do something that would be unfavorable to Li Jue.At this moment, when Zhang Xiu frequently raised the wine bottle in his hand and toasted Li Jue, the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground.

After the banquet was over, Jia Xu called Zhang Ji aside and said to him, "General, judging from the situation at the banquet today, Li Jue couldn't figure out what happened in Meiwu City at all. See, you should immediately send scouts to Meiwu to find out what happened in the city so that you can take corresponding countermeasures."

Zhang Ji has always been obedient to Jia Xu, so now he nodded his head and said, "Okay, I will send scouts to Meiwu immediately to find out what happened. whereabouts."

Chapter 314 The Desperate Hu Zhen

After Zhao Yun occupied Meiwu, in addition to sending scouts outside the city to inquire about Li Jue's whereabouts, he also posted a list inside the city, offering a reward for the capture of Hu Zhen.

Soon after the Jizhou army left the city, Hu Zhen learned from his subordinates that the Jizhou army entered the city from the south of the city, and he knew in his heart that Wu Xi had indeed colluded with the Jizhou side in private. It seems that his guess about him was correct. .But the matter has come to this point, no matter how correct his analysis is, what's the point, it's important to run for his life.

But his luck was bad, the escape direction he chose was not the north gate where Li Jue fled, but the east gate.At the gate of the city, there was a fight with the Jizhou army rushing in. Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Zhen immediately left his subordinates and fled back to the city, and hid in an empty courtyard.

The courtyard has been deserted for a long time, except for the well in the courtyard that can drink water, there is no food to be found at all.Hu Zhen had been starving inside for two days. He was so hungry that he had to venture out to find something to eat.

He went out to take a look and found that the situation outside was different from before.The shops on both sides of the street are closed, and the streets are full of patrolling soldiers, and the common people are walking towards the south of the city with their old and young.Hu Zhen didn't know why the people abandoned their homes, so he grabbed an old man and asked politely: "Dare to ask this old man, where are you going?"

"Let's go to Yecheng." The old man said with high spirits: "General Zhao promised us that as soon as we arrive in Yecheng, every household will be able to seal their fields."

Regarding the behavior of the old man, Hu Zhen asked in puzzlement: "Nowadays, there are many barren fields outside Meiwu City. You can cultivate them here. Why do you have to travel thousands of miles to Yecheng?"

The old man looked at Hu Zhen, who was unkempt and emaciated due to lack of sleep, and said to him: "The soldiers who heard the news said that the Jizhou army is about to abandon the city. Even if someone stays, it may be difficult to survive. Instead If you stay here and wait to die, why don’t you go to Yecheng to have a look. I heard that the food there is plentiful and the price is cheap, and you will definitely not starve to death. I said, little brother, you should go to Yecheng with us. "

While the old man was talking, a chief came over and politely said to the old man, "Old man, today we have dozens of miles to go, so you should start early."

"Okay, I'll go now." The old man took two steps forward, stopped and said to Hu Zhen: "My little brother, the old man advises you, this place has become a jeopardy, it's better to leave as soon as possible."

"Old man, please stay." Hu Zhen, who was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, saw the old man was about to leave, he quickly stopped him, and asked with a blushing face, "Can you give me something to eat, I haven't eaten for two or three days gone."

Although the old man had a lot of dry food with him, considering the long distance, he didn't know whether the dry food would be able to support Yecheng, so he didn't take the initiative to provide dry food for Hu Zhen, but said to him: "This little brother, the west of the city There is a porridge shed in the direction, where porridge is given out every day, you may as well go there to find something to eat." Hu Zhen heard that there was a porridge market in the west of the city, and after quickly thanking the old man, he hurried towards the west of the city.

When he came to the west of the city, Hu Zhen saw several porridge sheds smoking, and there was a long line of porridge delivery outside the porridge sheds.He found the shortest line and was at the end, slowly moving forward with the people in front.

After about a stick of incense, he finally came to the porridge shed.The soldier with the big spoon in his hand saw that Hu Zhen's hands were empty, and asked in puzzlement, "You don't have anything, what do you use to serve the porridge?"

Hu Zhen stared at a large coarse porcelain bowl on the stove, pointed at it, and asked humbly, "Master, can you give me that bowl?"

"No," the soldier refused Hu Zhen's request without hesitation: "Everyone who comes here to receive the porridge brings their own utensils to serve it. Since you don't have a bowl, just stand aside and don't interfere with me serving the porridge. After finishing speaking, he pulled Hu Zhen aside with a big spoon, and shouted loudly, "Next!"

Hu Zhen was used to being arrogant and domineering in Meiwu, how could he have been so angry, he snatched the big spoon from the soldier's hand and kicked him to the ground with one kick.Stretched the big spoon into the pot, stirred vigorously a few times, scooped up a thick spoonful of thick porridge, and poured it into the large thick porcelain bowl on the stove.Then he threw the spoon into the pot, and walked aside with the bowl in hand, but the hot porridge in the bowl was scalding his mouth, and he poured it into his mouth.

The soldier who was kicked down was not willing to give up, and quickly shouted: "Come on, hurry up, someone is making trouble here!"

Following the shout, several soldiers with weapons rushed over from the side. After rushing over, they asked loudly, "Where is the troublemaker?"

The porridge-handling soldier pointed at Hu Zhen who was squatting beside him drinking porridge, and said loudly, "That's him! Take him down quickly."

But when those soldiers rushed towards Hu Zhen with their weapons in hand, Hu Zhen had already finished the porridge in the bowl.As soon as he put the bowl on the ground, he rushed up and started fighting with those soldiers.

"Killed, killed!" The people who lined up to get the porridge saw the fight here, and immediately yelled and ran away, and the porridge scene fell into chaos.

Although Hu Zhen is a fierce general, he has been starving for several days, and he has long been exhausted from hunger. Although he just drank a bowl of porridge, it was not enough for him to stuff his teeth.Therefore, after he defeated four or five soldiers in a row, he became exhausted.Accidentally, he tripped over a lump of soil on the ground and almost fell. A soldier took the opportunity to put a knife on his neck.Seeing that the knives were on his neck, Hu Zhen knew that it was meaningless to fight any further, so he obediently stopped resisting and let the soldiers tie him tightly.

After tying up Hu Zhen, a soldier accidentally saw Hu Zhen's boots and couldn't help exclaiming: "Look, these boots are not worn by ordinary people. I think he must be a big man."

Hearing that a big man had been captured, all the soldiers immediately beamed with joy and escorted Hu Zhen to see Zhao Yun.

At this moment, Zhao Yun and Guo Jia were standing on the city gate tower, watching the crowds of people leave Meiwu and head towards Chang'an under the protection of soldiers and horses.Zhao Yun sighed softly and said, "Mr. Fengxiao, when we abandon Meiwu, do we need a fire to burn it down?"

"No, absolutely not!" Hearing what Zhao Yun said, Guo Jia hastily persuaded: "Although we have given up on Meiwu now, we will come back sooner or later. If it is burned down, when we come back, It will take a lot of manpower and material resources to rebuild.”

However, Zhao Yun was still a little reconciled in his heart: "However, if we leave, Li Jue and others make a comeback and occupy Meiwu again, so what?"

"If they want to occupy it, let them go." Guo Jia said flatly: "There are no people in the city, and the food, grass and soldiers they need can't be raised. In the end, they have to give up this place."

While the two were chatting, a soldier suddenly ran up from the city, stopped in front of the two, and reported a little out of breath, "General Zhao, Mr. Guo, someone caught a suspicious person in the porridge market. , He is wearing a pair of boots that only officials can wear, he may be some important person, please go back and find out, two adults."

"Big man?" Hearing what the soldier said, Zhao Yun couldn't help raising his eyebrows, thinking to himself: "Could it be that Li Jue was caught?" But as soon as his thought came up, he was immediately denied: This is impossible, Li Jue has already broken through the north gate a few days ago, how could he still stay in the city?Thinking of this, he asked Guo Jia curiously: "Mr. Feng Xiao, who do you think was caught by the soldiers?"

Guo Jia shook his feather fan and thought for a while, then said: "When the city of Meiwu was broken, Li Jue broke through the gate and came out. Guo Si was killed by Wu Xi in the mansion. Only Hu Zhen has not been heard from until now. Could it be that he was arrested? Is he the one who lives?"

Zhao Yun was eager to know who the soldiers had captured, so he urged Guo Jia repeatedly: "Mr. Feng Xiao, I think we should return to the mansion immediately, and then we will know who we have captured."

Zhao Yun and Guo Jia returned to the mansion, and Meng Dai, who stayed in the mansion in charge, immediately greeted them, bowed his hands to the two, and said: "My lords, the soldiers from the porridge field escorted a suspicious person, because the last general He asked again and again, but he kept silent, so he ordered someone to invite the two adults here."