Jia Xu began to lay out the entire Guanzhong a long time ago. It can be said that now Guanzhong is in chaos like this, and it is not without Jia Xu's credit.

Jia Xu once said that he could capture Guanzhong without blood, although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it also shows Jia Xu's success.

If it weren't for Gan Ning's disobedience to the military order, he would have sent troops to Yong'an in advance. Even if it will take a little more time to capture Yong'an, it is very likely that it will be able to directly force the Yong'an guards.

After all, at that time, there were no reinforcements outside Yongan County, and there was no grain and grass inside. The defenders of Yong'an, if they want to survive under the siege of the Bingzhou army, the only way to go is to surrender.

In fact, not only Yong'an County, but also many counties in Guanzhong are facing the same problem.

Gan Ning knew that Jia Xu had been in contact with Fan Chou for a long time. Although Gan Ning didn't know Jia Xu very well, he admired his resourcefulness.

Gan Ning asked for war this time, if he took Jia Xu to Puzi, it was very likely that this battle would not be able to fight.

At that time, even if the greatest credit for winning Puzi had to be given to Jia Xu, Gan Ning would be able to get some remaining credit when he went with the army.

Since he made a bet with Lu Bu, Gan Ning naturally didn't want to lose to Lu Bu.

Chen Xu glanced at Gan Ning deeply before he said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, are you willing to follow Xingba to send troops to Puzi." ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "General Gan invited, how could he refuse?" ”

When Chen Xu heard this, his spirits perked.

He knew that Jia Xu was a very cautious person, and if he was not sure, he would definitely not follow Gan Ning to Puzi.

Turning his eyes on Gan Ning, Chen Xu said: "The speed of the water army's march is too slow, even if Wen He agrees to go to Puzi with you, I will still have 1,500 cavalry with you." Are you willing to take Puzi County for me? ”

Gan Ning was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "If you can't capture Puzi, please behead someone!" ”

However, it was said that Gan Ning and Jia Xu rushed to Puzi with 1,500 cavalry in the starry night.

On the way to the march, Gan Ning said to Jia Xu: "Although Ning is a reckless man, he also knows: go to the army to fight, then cut the enemy, and then cut the army. ”

"Today, there is a great drought and famine, if you can take Puzi without blood, it is the best policy. For this battle, I don't know what the military advisor thinks? ”

Jia Xu glanced at Gan Ning with a smile and said, "Since General Gan dares to invite 1,500 people to go on the expedition, he must have a strategy to break Puzi." He is shallow and does not dare to speak falsely. ”

When Gan Ning heard this, he smiled wryly, and then asked Jia Xu with a shy face: "If Mr. doesn't conspire, it will be difficult for Gan Ning to break through Puzi County." ”

"Please also ask Mr. to think about the lord's plan and give me some advice."

Gan Ning seems to be frivolous, but he is a person who knows how to advance and retreat. With 1,500 cavalry to forcibly break through Puzi County, this possibility is very small. That's why he lowered his face and asked Jia Xu for advice.

The current Jia Xu is much more famous than the same period in history. instigated Li Dao and others to break through Chang'an; Offering plans for flooding, burning and state troops; With his own strength, he made Guanzhong turbulent.

It can be said that each of these things that Jia Xu did was a little appalling. It was precisely because of admiring Jia Xu's wisdom that Gan Ning had the confidence to come to attack Puzi with 1,500 soldiers.

Jia Xu looked at Gan Ning carefully for a while, and then said: "The general can only lead the army to Puzi, and when the army arrives, there will be a good way to break the enemy." ”

Gan Ning was overjoyed at this time, and he didn't ask what the good strategy was, so he just led the army to Puzi.

In the city of Chang'an, due to the fighting between the two sides, coupled with the plundering of the people by Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, the people in the city have fled nine times out of ten.

Rao is like this, this ancient city still does not seem deserted, but every day is murderous, and the shouts are shocking.

In the middle of the road, a group of men and horses galloped past, led by a bloodied young general. The man was in his twenties, tall and handsome.

However, the blood on his face made him look a little hideous.

"Ah Xiu, are you okay?"

A general brought someone over, and when he met the young general who was the leader, he couldn't help but ask with concern.

When the young general saw the coming, a warmth flashed on his face. He said in a deep voice: "Uncle, so-and-so is fine. The blood on his body was also splattered because of the killing of the thief army. ”

The middle-aged general was relieved when he heard this.

These two people, the middle-aged general is Zhang Ji, the twenty-year-old general, but it is his nephew Zhang Xiu.

Although at the beginning, Fan Chou's cronies led troops to raid Li Dao's military camp and achieved some victories. However, as time passed, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji obviously fell into disadvantage in the process of fighting with Li Dao and Guo Yan.

If it weren't for Fan Chou and Zhang Xiu, who were brave and good at fighting, and won the hearts of the army, I am afraid that Fan Chou and Zhang Ji would have been defeated by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

After all, compared with Li Dao and Guo Yan, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's strength, they still seem a little weak.

Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu entered the barracks together, and suddenly saw Fan Chou running over in a hurry.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked, "General Fan is so flustered, but what happened to him?" ”

Fan Chou took a breath and said, "I wrote to my fellow countryman Han Sui and asked him for help. But I don't want to, Xiliang is also in drought now, and the crops are not harvested. Wen Youmo said that the Xing army came to the rescue, and now even many Qiang people are beginning to get out of his control. ”

When Zhang Ji heard this, his heart sank.

Now they have little grain and grass left in the army, and they are falling behind in the battle with Li Dao and Guo Yan. originally asked Han Sui for help, and there was still hope to defeat Li Dao and Guo Yan.

However, Fan Chou's words completely disillusioned Zhang Ji.

Zhang Xiu was also a little anxious, and said: "The grain and grass in the army are already difficult to support. If we can't quickly defeat Li Dao and Guo Yan, I'm afraid that our subordinates will collapse without a fight. ”

Fan Chou's face was also pale and silent.

Grain and grass are important things in the army. If there is no food and grass, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they are still crumbling dogs. Today's Fan Chou and Zhang Ji have no food and grass inside, and there are strong enemies outside, which can be regarded as internal and external difficulties.

In the past, they were able to rob the people and scavenge for grain and grass to survive.

However, now the people of Chang'an are dying and fleeing, and Chang'an City, which once had a population of one million, has become empty. The grain and grass that could be snatched had already been snatched up by the Xiliang Army.

Although the wool comes from the sheep, but now, even the sheep are gone, how can there be wool anymore.

When the two armies fought, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji were only forced to rob the people's grain and grass out of desperation.

However, Li Dao and Guo Yan did all the bad things and went crazy. They slew the old and weak in the city, thinking that they were dried meat; The strong were captured and sent to the army.

If they fought with Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, they would use the captured young men as vanguards, called 'death squads', to consume the strength of Fan Chou and Zhang Jijun.

Therefore, in the current Chang'an City, except for the Xiliang Army, there are almost no ordinary people.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Zhang Xiu proposed: "Why don't we take the Son of Heaven with us, abandon Chang'an, and go elsewhere?" ”

Fan Chou shook his head and said: "If we take the Son of Heaven with us, how can Li Dao and Guo Yan give up?" Besides, now that there is a great drought in the whole country and there is a shortage of food everywhere, where can we turn to? ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Jingzhou is a place of grain production, with a dense water network, even if it encounters a major drought, it will not be a grain without harvest. Why don't I go and ask Liu Jingsheng to borrow grain? ”

Zhang Ji said: "How can there be more than 100,000 armored soldiers in Jingzhou? I'm afraid it won't be easy for me to go and borrow food? ”

Zhang Xiu suddenly shouted: "This is not good, that is not either, we can't wait to die here, right?" ”

When Zhang Xiuzheng was angry, he suddenly came into the account to report: "Several generals, someone sent a letter, naming General Fan to check it." ”

Although Fan Chou was upset, he still accepted the letter with a ninja temperament. After he read the payment on the envelope, he was shocked.

Zhang Xiu was also a little curious, who sent the letter to Fan Chou at this time.

After he got up and saw the payment on the envelope, his face suddenly changed, he drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "Could it be that Li Dao is not lying, you really colluded with the Bingzhou army?" ”

Fan Chou was taken aback and hurriedly explained: "There is no such thing! ”

Zhang Ji also got up and saw the words 'Jia Xu worshipped' on the letter, and his face was also cloudy.

At the beginning, he turned against Li Dao because Li Dao wanted to kill Fan Chou. Zhang Ji was also present at the time, and mistakenly thought that Li Dao wanted to kill him together.

Later, Li Wei repeatedly explained that Fan Chou wanted to get rid of Fan Chou because of his fornication with the state, and he had no intention of harming Zhang Ji.

However, how could Zhang Ji, who was preconceived, believe Li Ji's words? So, he teamed up with Fan Chou to attack Li Dao, and then he was involved in the quagmire of war.

Jia Xu escaped from Chang'an and went to Bingzhou to go to Bingzhou, which everyone knows.

Zhang Ji saw Jia Xu's letter to Fan Chou, how could he not have doubts in his heart?

Fortunately, he has more city government, so he didn't have a seizure on the spot, and he also blocked Zhang Xiu, who was about to break out.

Looking at the suspicious faces of the two, Fan Chou knew that something was wrong, and he hurriedly said: "I don't know why Jia Wenhe wrote me a letter. But I can swear to God that I have never colluded with the annexation. ”

"To show my innocence, I can open this letter in your presence."

When Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu heard this, their faces looked much better.

Fan Chou opened the letter and read the contents of it, and then breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He handed the letter to Zhang Ji with a calm face and said no more.

After reading the letter, Zhang Ji frowned tightly, no longer doubting Fan Chou.

"General Fan, I blame you for it, please don't blame the general."

Fan Chou waved his hand and said, "Now that we are both prosperous and lossy, how can we be dissatisfied because of this little thing." ”

"I just don't know what General Zhang thinks of the contents of the letter after reading it?"

Zhang Ji's face was a little cloudy, but he didn't speak.

He carefully read the letter twice, and then he gritted his teeth and made up his mind.