Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Xiu came to the big tent of Emperor Liu Xie, and Fan Chou said sharply: "If it weren't for the ministers to save Your Majesty in danger, I'm afraid Your Majesty would have been harmed by Li Dao and Guo Yan." ”

Next to Emperor Xiansheng, there are only a few palace maids now, and those ministers are all controlled by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

When Fan Chou went to the banquet, he confessed to his cronies and asked them to snatch the Son of Heaven by surprise. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Xiandi fell into the hands of Fan Chou.

Looking at the fierce Fan Chou, Emperor Xian said with some fear: "Aiqing's protection, how can I not know?" ”

Zhang Ji pulled Fan Chou's sleeve and whispered in his ear: "General Fan, after all, this person is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and we should save some face for him." ”

Fan Chou was stunned when he heard this, and then comprehended, but saluted Emperor Xian and said: "Your Majesty, now Li Dao and Guo Yan have robbed the Manchu Dynasty Ministers. The wanton slaughter of the people of Chang'an City is really a heinous crime. ”

"However, the thief army is strong, and General Zhang and I are difficult to resist. In addition, there is a shortage of food in Guanzhong, and the soldiers do not continue to eat three meals, and even the food provided to His Majesty every day is a little difficult. ”

"Chen Wenzhao, the pastor of the state, is loyal, brave and good at fighting, and has repeatedly defeated the Hu people in the north, and is really the pillar of the country."

"Now the state is strong and strong, the grain and grass are abundant, and the people are rich, and it is the country of abundance."

"Therefore, I want to protect Your Majesty and go to seek refuge from the Champion of the Prefecture. Then ask the champion Hou to send troops to exterminate Li Dao and Guo Yan, the two traitors, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks? ”

When Liu Xie heard this, his face turned pale with fright.

Chen Xu was born in the Yellow Turban, how did Liu Xie not know? Even if Chen Xu has accepted Zhao'an, he is still a remnant of the Yellow Turban in his bones.

If Fan Chou really took Liu Xie to Bingzhou, I'm afraid his life would definitely not be easy. Chen Xu is also very likely to become the next Dong Zhuo.

After stabilizing his mind, Liu Xie reluctantly said: "Qing is very good, but the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all controlled by Li Dao and Guo Yan, how can I leave them?" ”

Fan Chou stood up straight, looked at Liu Xie and said: "Your Majesty's words are bad, if you don't leave Chang'an now, I'm afraid Your Majesty will be poisoned by Li Dao's family sooner or later." For the sake of the Han Society, His Majesty must leave Chang'an! ”

After finishing speaking, Fan Chou didn't say much, and directly opened Liu Xie's big account with Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiuliu.

After Fan Chou left, Emperor Xian said with tears in his eyes: "How can the thief ever regard me as the Son of Heaven? It's so deceitful! ”

A palace maid hurriedly whispered: "The thief is cruel, please be cautious!" ”

Liu Xie wiped a handful of tears and didn't dare to continue complaining, so he had to kneel on the futon and weep secretly.

He stayed here with Fan Chou, although he was also constrained everywhere, but it was better than when he was controlled by Li Wei, and he was afraid every day.

Even though Fan Chou was unreasonable, he didn't dare to persecute the emperor too much. is not like Li Dao, who went to the palace with his sword when he didn't like it, intimidated the Son of Heaven, and gave rotten food and stinky meat to humiliate him.

Even if there is an incomparable shortage of food in Fan Chou's army now, he has not reduced the rations of the emperor. It's just that now the emperor is alone, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are not around, and there is not even a person to speak.

Even, in order to escape to Emperor Xian's side, some ministers were directly captured by Li Dao, and then killed with a cane.

However, it was said that Gan Ning and Jia Xu led their troops to Puzi, and after they arrived at the bottom of Puzi County, Gan Ning was about to call for battle, but was stopped by Jia Xu.

Although Gan Ning had doubts, he still did not go against Jia Xu's wishes.

For two days in a row, 1,500 cavalry from the state were all in their own camps, and they had no intention of attacking the city.

The Puzi garrison was also very strange, originally he saw 1,500 soldiers from the state approaching the city, and he was still a little panicked in his heart. However, the state army under the city does not seem to have any intention of attacking the city at all.

In fact, General Pu Zi was also very entangled in his heart.

Although Puzi was an important city, some grain and grass were hoarded in the city. However, the drought that spread all over the world made the general feel panicked.

Without the support of Chang'an, the grain and grass in Puzi County are only enough for half a month at most.

When someone came to Yong'an City to ask for help, General Pu Zishou was surprised, he didn't expect that Bingzhou would actually send troops to merge with the state at this time.

For a while, he even wanted to give Puzi directly to Bingzhou.

Otherwise, when the grain and grass in the city are exhausted and Chang'an has no assistance, the Puzi defenders will also collapse without a fight.

But considering that Fan Chou has the grace of knowing him, he has been sticking to Puzi County.

It's not that he didn't think about leading his troops to Chang'an to help Fan Chou.

However, he once wrote a book to Fan Chou and asked about the battle situation in Chang'an, but Fan Chou told him that there was a shortage of food in the army.

After hearing the news, General Puzi gave up the idea of going to Chang'an. Without food, no amount of army is vulnerable.

Standing on the top of the city wall, Pu Zishou put his hands on the pergola, and he can vaguely see the camp of Bingzhou not far away.

"The state army fights and doesn't fight, retreats and doesn't retreat, what do you want?"

Pu Zi's face showed a puzzled look.

He has already received the news, and Chen Xu, the lord of the state, personally led an army of 60,000 into Guanzhong, and now he is close to Yong'an.

The 1,500 cavalry under Puzi City is just the forward army of Bingzhou.

"As a striker, since the mountains are opened, bridges are built over the water, and the city is attacked. What does the forward coach of the state army think? ”

Regarding Gan Ning's immobility, not calling for battle, not attacking the city, not persuading surrender, and not manufacturing siege equipment, the Puzi guard was puzzled.

In fact, with the strength of Puzi County, it may not be afraid of the 1,500 state troops under the city. However, General Puzi had his own plans in mind, so he did not go out of the city to fight with the Bingzhou army.

"I don't know, when will Yong'an's army of Bingzhou be able to come to the city?"

Pu Zi Shou General secretly thought in his heart, his face was both a little complicated and a little expectant.

In fact, not only Pu Zishou was puzzled, but even Gan Ning was puzzled. He had asked Jia Xu more than once, and Jia Xu had always laughed and remained silent.

On this day, Gan Ning received news that the Bingzhou army in Yong'an County had finished resting, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were rushing to Puzi County.

Gan Ning was shocked and hurried to find Jia Xu.

If Chen Xu arrived at Puzi County with his troops, Gan Ning, the striker, still did not attack the city once, and the military judge would definitely punish him for dereliction of duty.

After all, as a pioneer, he didn't think about how to attack the city, but stayed under the city every day to waste money and food. I'm afraid no one can understand this kind of thing.

What's more, he once made a military order in front of Chen Xu, if he couldn't capture Puzi, he would lose his head.

Gan Ning looked anxious, and didn't care about anything else, so he directly broke into Jia Xu's camp and said, "Sir, the lord has personally led the army to this side, and the generals will come to the city in a few days." ”

"Dare to ask Mr. what is the best way to break the city?"

"Oh?" Jia Xu was a little surprised and asked, "The lord is going to attack Puzi so soon?" ”

Gan Ning didn't answer, he said irritably: "If Mr. doesn't have a good plan to break the enemy, Ning will lead his troops to attack Puzi." ”

"If you can't capture Puzi County before the arrival of the lord, what face does you have to live in the world?"

Jia Xu saw that Gan Ning was really anxious, so he said unhurriedly: "The general also said before: go to the army to fight, then cut the army, and then attack the army." ”

"Why did the general lose an inch today and want to use his strategy to attack the city with inferior forces?"

When Gan Ning heard this, he felt as if his throat was stuck in something.

The last time he spoke like this, he just wanted Jia Xu to give him advice. Unexpectedly, Jia Xu used this sentence to gag him today.

Gan Ning's temper is not very good, but he has always held back his temper out of respect for Jia Xu.

Now, hearing that Jia Xu said such gloating words, Gan Ning suddenly became furious.

He said angrily: "A certain gentleman invited me to come with me to attack Puzi, although I have some selfish intentions, but I also want to clear the obstacles for the Lord as soon as possible. ”

"Since Mr. is unwilling to plot, even if Gan Ning dies in battle, he must take Puzi County for the lord!"

After finishing speaking, Gan Ning no longer paid attention to Jia Xu, turned around and was about to leave, preparing to gather troops and horses to start attacking the city.

Jia Xu was about to call out to Gan Ning, when he suddenly heard a voice sound: "General, the city guard of Puzi County will send a messenger to meet the military advisor." ”

Gan Ning was stunned when he heard the soldier's words. He turned around and looked at Jia Xu with some confusion.

At this time, Jia Xu had a bright smile on his face, and he said to Gan Ning: "Why is Xingba so impatient? Puzi City will be broken today! ”

After speaking, he called Gan Ning and went to meet the envoy of Puzi County together.

There is a lack of scribes in the Xiliang army, and in the small county town of Puzi, naturally they will not have the luxury of using scribes as messengers.

The envoy was a middle-aged general, he was fully armed, his helmet covered most of his face, and he couldn't see his true face.

After Jia Xu entered the tent, his eyes lit up, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

"General Li Meng actually came to our military camp in person, the general's courage is really admirable!"

When Gan Ning heard that the person who came was Li Meng, the general of Puzi, he was shocked. He drew the sword at his waist and protected Jia Xu behind him.

Before sending troops to Puzi, Chen Xu repeatedly explained to Gan Ning and asked him to protect Jia Xu.

Li Meng can be the commander of the first army, and his own strength will naturally not be too bad. Gan Ning was afraid that he would suddenly rise up and kidnap Jia Xu.

Jia Xu saw Gan Ning's actions and was a little moved in his heart. But on his lips, he still said: "Xingba doesn't need to be like this, I and General Li Meng are old acquaintances." Since General Li came alone, he must have no ill intentions. ”

Gan Ning thought about it for a while, and felt that he was making a big fuss, so he collected his weapon and stood beside Jia Xu.

Whether to go or not, Li Meng's next words made Gan Ning startled.

"Sir, the two generals Fan and Zhang, as well as the last general, are willing to join Chen Bingzhou, but I don't know if Chen Bingzhou is willing to take him in?"