Chapter 986: Exposed

Wuguan.

When the guard general Zhang Ji learned that the close ministers beside the lord, the military advisor Jia Xu, had arrived at the city and asked to pass the customs, he immediately came to confirm his identity and the pass token.

Zhang Ji can guard such an important position as Wuguan, which shows that his status in the Liang army is definitely not low, so he must have seen Jia Xu himself before.

When Zhang Ji went out of the customs and found that it was indeed Jia Xu, and the exit token was also real, he only needed to open the city gate and send Jia Xu out of the customs, but Zhang Ji couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Military advisor, didn't my subordinates hear that you were not seriously ill?" ”

Jia Xu looked calm, and said with a light smile: "It's just a minor illness, and it was spread blindly by some people who don't understand, and it turned out to be a serious illness." ”

"Oh......"

Zhang Ji showed a sudden expression, he couldn't study it after he had been absent for a long time, but he still chose to subconsciously believe Jia Xu, after all, Jia Xu's status in the Liang Army was much higher than him.

"Then the military advisor, what are you going to do this time?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ji also realized that he had asked something that he shouldn't ask, and hurriedly said: "Strategist, I keep opening my mouth too much, don't take it to heart." ”

"General Zhang is his own person, so naturally there is nothing that cannot be said."

A hint of banter flashed in the depths of Jia Xu's eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "General Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know that Qin Hao also increased his troops to Sizhou by 50,000, and now his troops are not much less than our army, and this time I am on the order of the lord to go south to persuade the princes of Jingzhou to deal with Qin Hao together." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ji finally understood why Jia Xu had to go out in person this time, lobbying the princes of Jingzhou was not a good errand, and except for a few military advisors in the Liang army, I am afraid that no one could say anything about moving the princes of Jingzhou.

Knowing that Jia Xu's task was so arduous, Zhang Ji didn't continue to talk nonsense, and immediately opened the city gate to let Jia Xu's 'envoy group' leave, and the group left less than ten miles before they met Zhang Liao, who came to answer after receiving Qin Hao's order.

Liu Xie, who was hiding in the carriage, had been very uneasy in his heart since he left Chang'an, and it was not until he left Wuguan and received an answer that his hanging heart was completely let go.

Seeing that Jia Xu's face had not changed from beginning to end, Liu Xie couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is the demeanor of a true wise man.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Xie had another question in his heart, so he asked: "Lord Jia, since you have passed the pass token, why did you use this to deceive the city gate so that the Qin army could occupy Wuguan and threaten Guanzhong?" ”

Jia Xu, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, couldn't help but open his eyes in surprise when he heard this, he didn't expect that Liu Xie, who was only nine years old, would have such insight.

I thought I had overestimated it as much as possible, but I didn't expect it to be underestimated.

Jia Xu sighed secretly in his heart, and then smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't know, Wuguan and Hangu Pass are the two major gateways of Chang'an, although the importance of Wuguan is not as important as Hangu Pass, but Dong Thief still attaches great importance to it, and then no less than 20,000 elite defenders are placed here."

Now most of the Qin army's forces are concentrated in Luoyang, and although Nanxiang Taishou Zhang Liao has an army of 30,000, he still needs to guard against Li Xiaogong in Hanzhong. ”

"I see."

Glancing at Zhang Liao, who was guarding outside the carriage, Xiao Liu Xie looked thoughtful, and Jia Xu couldn't help but smile when he saw this: "Your Majesty, we don't need to do anything superfluous now, as long as you arrive in Luoyang smoothly, it will be the biggest blow to the Liang army." ”

"Oh."

Xiao Liu Xie nodded heavily, and after Jia Xu saw Liu Xie's reaction, he seemed to suddenly remember something.

Will Fu'er be so honest and follow the plan? He's not going to do anything superfluous, is he?

As soon as he thought of this, Jia Xu couldn't help frowning, and there was always a bad premonition in his heart.

Changan.

"Report ...... Qi Tang Guogong, searched the entire Chang'an City, but still did not find His Majesty, and the other missing were Cao Zhengchun, the chief of the inner house, and ......"

Seeing that the confession was a bit of a mouthful, Li Yuan suddenly became angry and shouted, "And who? It's all burning eyebrows, don't say it quickly. ”

"And the military advisor Jia Xu."

"What? How is this possible? ”

Li Yuan's eyes widened, he never thought that the betrayer would be Jia Xu, after all, Jia Xu is already a supreme minister, even if he changes a lord, it will be like this at most, so why is there any need to rebel?

"It's true, most of the people in Jia Mansion are there, but all the direct blood relatives have disappeared, which is obviously planned a long time ago."

Although Li Yuan still didn't want to believe it, but the fact was that he couldn't deny it at all, and Jia Xu's status was too high, and after his rebellion, the Liang army would no longer have any secrets, so Li Yuan couldn't be allowed to be uncautious.

"By the way, Jia Xu's son Jia Fu is still in the main army?"

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yuan's eyes widened again, and then he shouted: "It's not good, hurry up and fly the pigeon to pass the book to Michi, Jia Xu has rebelled, and Jia Fu will be arrested immediately." In addition, the flying pigeon ordered Liangzhou to immediately arrest Jia Xu's entire family. ”

"No."

After several orders were issued, Li Yuan gradually calmed down, after all, compared to dealing with Jia Xu, it was more important to recover Liu Xie.

"Jia Xu must not be far away, he wants to leave Guanzhong with the emperor, and it will definitely not be possible to go to the front line of Hangu Pass, so there is only ...... left Wuguan. ”

As the analysis deepened, Li Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately shouted: "Order the cavalry to assemble at the West Gate immediately, and this prince will personally go to Wuguan to recover His Majesty." ”

"No."

Soon, the three thousand Xiliang light cavalry were assembled, although more cavalry could still be gathered, but Li Yuan couldn't wait, and directly took the three thousand light cavalry to the direction of Wuguan.

Along the way, Li Yuan also found traces of Jia Xu and his party, so he hurried up and arrived at Wuguan as fast as possible, but learned that Jia Xu had been away for half a day.

Li Yuan stood on the tower of Wuguan City, looking in the direction of Wuxiang County, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

At this time, Zhang Ji knelt in front of Li Yuan, pleaded guilty with remorse, and said: "My lord, it was the dereliction of duty of the last general that allowed Jia Xu to get away with the thief, and asked the lord to confess." ”

Li Yuan stared at Zhang Ji for a few seconds, then sighed: "It's not your fault, Jia Xu has been planning for a long time, and he still has the exit token with him, you didn't know in advance, and there was no reason to stop him at all." ”

Hearing Li Yuan say this, Zhang Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he was not to blame for this incident, but Zhang Ji was really afraid that Li Yuan would use himself as a scapegoat, after all, Jia Xu took Emperor Han away in front of him, but fortunately, this time he spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Just when Zhang Ji was secretly grateful to Li Yuan in his heart, Li Yuan said: "Open the city gate immediately, and this father will go to recover Your Majesty." ”