When he was sure that the person who came was the Zhao army, and there was only one person who came, the Wei army guards on the wall of Jiangzhou suddenly clenched the weapons in their hands and looked at the person who came on a horse with vigilance.Seeing that the other party was gradually approaching, a leading figure guarding the city gate suddenly drew his sword and shouted at the Zhao army soldiers: "Stop, what kind of person are you, this is the boundary of my Wei country, if you are one step closer, don't blame me for being polite." ”After General Wei finished speaking, he waved his hand at the soldiers beside him, and immediately several longbows were set up one after another, aiming at the Zhao soldiers who were riding horses downstairs under the city gate.Seeing that those guards were about to do their real work, the Zhao army soldier who was in charge of delivering the letter hurriedly shouted loudly: "This general is slow, I am a secret agent of the Wei army, and I have always been responsible for lurking in the Zhao army, this time there is an important secret letter, which must be handed over to Your Majesty, and I ask the general to quickly take it and present it to Your Majesty." ”That is, the sergeant could not help but raise the letterhead in his hand again to prove what he had said.After hearing the other party's words and seeing the token in the other party's hand, the Wei soldiers on the city gate tower did not have any objections.After all, there will be some detective posts in each army, lurking in the enemy's state cities and even in the army, collecting all kinds of intelligence for Army B.However, the current situation is special, and the Wei general, who is responsible for guarding the city, does not dare to open the city gate without authorization to prevent fraud.Perhaps seeing the doubts of the Wei army on the tower of the city gate, Zhao Jun, who was in charge of delivering the letter, hurriedly said again: "This time, the little one who risked his life to deliver the letter, there is no time to enter the city to report, you quickly put down the basket, let me put the letterhead in, and I must return immediately."
Otherwise, once the Zhao Jun's people are aware of it, the little one's life will be lost. ”After getting the hint, Wei Jun on the upper floor of the city gate hurriedly used a rope to slowly put down a bamboo basket.The soldier of the Zhao army, who was responsible for delivering the letter, hurriedly put the letterhead in his hand into the basket, and then said to the Wei army on the tower of the city gate again: "This is an important military secret, and it must be delivered to Your Majesty in person, and it must not go through anyone's hands, otherwise there will be a mistake, and your life will be lost." ”After speaking, the sergeant of Zhao Jun, who delivered the letter, bowed to the guards and said, "Farewell." ”Then he turned his horse's head and disappeared from view.After the sergeant who delivered the letter walked away, General Wei, who was in charge of the city gate, did not dare to be careless, looked at the letterhead in his hand, and confirmed that there was no harm.And touched the contents casually, as if it was really a letter, hurriedly kicked into his arms, and said to the soldiers around him: "You guys stay here well, and I will personally go to Your Majesty's mansion and hand over the letterhead to Your Majesty."
In between, no matter who comes, without an order from above, the city gates must not be opened, otherwise military law will be severe. ”That is to say, then General Wei quickly ran down the city gate, rode a war horse, and ran towards the courtyard where Cao Pi lived.Although Cao Pi was the emperor of Wei, he had been living in the palace of the emperor of heaven in Liangzhou, but after being severely attacked by the Zhao army in Liangzhou, Wei lost his imperial palace capital and went all the way to Yizhou.Even if Yizhou Shu is willing to help, it will definitely not provide Cao Pi with a palace courtyard, but only vacate Jiangzhou to provide shelter for the entire Wei State.At this time, the palace compound where Cao Pi lived was just one of the largest and most luxurious mansions in Jiangzhou.This place was previously the residence of Zhang Fei, the general of Shu State, although it was much smaller than the palace compound, but it was also a last resort."
Stop, this is His Majesty's mansion, and ordinary people are not allowed to break in."
Just when the Wei general guarding the city carried a secret letter and galloped to the palace where Cao Pi was stationed, he was immediately blocked by the guards in front of the gate outside the palace.Don't look at the Wei State at this moment, it is very declining, but the residual power of the Son of Heaven of Wei is still there, and the guards around this mansion are all personally trained by Xu Chu, the Tiger Guard of Wei State.Therefore, both combat effectiveness and loyalty should not be underestimated.Even if the Wei generals who came to deliver the letter this time had a certain rank of junior general in the Wei army, they did not dare to trespass when they saw these His Majesty's personal guards, otherwise, they would be directly killed by the other party.The Wei general, who came to deliver the letter, hurriedly said to the guard in front of the palace gate: "The last general was ordered to take duty in the city gate tower this time, and just now he suddenly met a person wearing the clothes of the Zhao army, claiming to be a sentinel of our army, and came to deliver a secret letter.It is said that this letter is absolutely confidential, and that I must be handed over to His Majesty by hand, and that no one else is allowed to pass it over, and that if something goes wrong, the small one cannot afford it. ”Facing this person's words, those guards frowned slightly, according to General Xu Chu's order, no idle sergeant should enter without permission, unless it was a general and minister with a head and face in the army.Even so, you have to report before you can enter.After all, this is the land of Yizhou Shu, not the realm of his own Wei State, in case someone has bad intentions and secretly assassinates Cao Pi, it will be bad."
But General Xu Chu has an order, no idle people are allowed to approach, even if there is an emergency military situation, you have to wait again, and let me go in and report it."
That is to say, one of the guards walked quickly into the courtyard to report, and met Xu Chu who was guarding the door of Cao Pi's house, and immediately reported the matter to Xu Chu truthfully.After hearing this, Xu Chu sternly admonished the left and right sergeants, ordering all of them to strictly defend, and no one was allowed to approach without Xu Chu's order.Later, Xu Chu walked out of the house quickly and saw the sergeant who came to deliver the letter.As soon as the other party saw Xu Chu, he hurriedly bowed his hand and explained his intention again.Xu Chu naturally could see that the other party was a familiar person in the army, but he had never dealt with him in ordinary times, so he immediately waved his hand and said to the other party: "I am Your Majesty's personal guard Xu Chu, responsible for protecting Your Majesty's safety, and no one is allowed to approach without permission."
If you have important military information, you can hand it over to me Xu Chu, and Xu Chu will do it for you, otherwise, don't think about approaching. ”For Xu Chu's words, of course, General Wei was convinced, after all, Xu Chu's character and loyalty were known to everyone in the entire Wei Kingdom, and no one dared to question and doubt Xu Chu's loyalty.At that moment, the Wei general took out the letter in his arms and respectfully handed it to Xu Chu.After Xu Chu's letterhead was confirmed to be correct, the Wei general said to Xu Chu again: "Then there is General Lao Xu Chu in this matter, and the last general will retire first and go to the city gate to take up his duties." ”Xu Chu pinched the letterhead with his hand, and after confirming it, he nodded slightly at him and said, "Go back, I will personally deliver this letter to Your Majesty." ”After finishing speaking, Xu Chu turned around and returned to the courtyard, went straight to Cao Pi's door, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, just now Xu Chu received a secret letter, saying that it was information obtained from Zhao Jun by our army's detective post. ”Cao Pi, who was reading a book in the room, couldn't help but be startled when he heard Xu Chu's voice, and hurriedly responded: "Oh, General Xu Chu, please come in." ”After getting Cao Pi's permission, Xu Chu walked into the door alone and handed over the letterhead in his hand.As soon as Cao Pi took the letterhead, he couldn't wait to open it and check it, only to see a line of font came into view: Originally, Wei and my Zhao were neighborly states, and I heard that earlier my Majesty and Cao Gong joined forces to destroy the enemy and stabilize the world, what a happy and glorious life.Unexpectedly, this time he had to meet with swords, the prince Zhao Can was sad and indignant in his heart, in this battle, how many soldiers and people of Zhao and Wei sacrificed in vain, and I hope that this time Brother Pi can know the righteousness, give up colluding with Shu, and make enemies of my Zhao State.Zhao Can is willing to vouch for his life, as long as Brother Pi can lead the Wei State to surrender to my Zhao State, it will be inconvenient for all the generals to be titled, and Brother Pi can also be crowned king in my Zhao State, not to participate in any war, not to be displaced in this turbulence, so that future generations can enjoy this kindness forever.Zhao Can, the prince of Zhao State, paid tribute to just a few lines, but Cao Pi watched it for a long time, especially after reading it, Cao Pi couldn't help but be stunned.It can be said that at this moment, Cao Pi's heart seems to have overturned the five-flavor bottle, and all kinds of feelings are speechless.Regarding this letter, Cao Pi also understood that it was not sent by the outpost of the B army at all, but the person who sent the letter from the Zhao army, pretending to be sent by the soldiers of the Wei army, in order to avoid the soldiers of the B army from blocking it.Perhaps because he could see Cao Pi's strange appearance, Xu Chu, who was standing aside, couldn't help but hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, what happened, why is Your Majesty so panicked" Hearing Xu Chu's worry, Cao Pi hurriedly said: "Oh, nothing, it's just that I suddenly thought of something, so I lost my mind, and General Xu Chu bothered." ”At this moment, suddenly there was a noise outside, and I saw a sergeant reporting outside the door: "Your Majesty, General Xu Huang and his son Xu Gai are asking to see you outside the mansion, saying that there is an important military information to report." ”As soon as he heard the report of the sergeant outside the door, Cao Pi hurriedly said happily: "Oh, it's General Xu Huang coming, hurry up and invite them in, I just have something important to discuss with General Xu Huang." ”As Cao Pi spoke, Xu Chu and others retreated, and Xu Huang and his son Xu Gai stepped into Cao Pi's mansion one after the other.Walking in front of Cao Pi's house, Xu Huang suddenly stopped Xu Gai, asked him to wait outside, and went in alone to report.Facing Xu Huang's words, Xu Gai did not hesitate and stood outside and waited."
Xu Huang see Your Majesty."
As soon as he entered the house, Xu Huang bowed to Cao Pi.But Cao Pi took the first step, stopped Xu Huang, and said with joy on his face: "Oh, every time I am panicked in my heart, as long as I see General Xu Huang, I can calm my heartstrings, I don't know what General Xu Huang has to report this time" Regarding Cao Pi's abnormality this time, Xu Huang couldn't help but be slightly stunned for a while, and then said again: "Back to Your Majesty, this time Xu Huang received news from the front, Zhao Junbing went south from Baishui City in multiple ways, and at this moment, an army set off from the southeast of Baishui City, all the way to break through Jiameng Pass, Langzhong, Hanchang and other places, At this moment, I am coming towards the land of Jiangzhou. ”: