Three Kingdoms

Zheng Ke looked at Fei Qian walking away, and the smile on his face solidified little by little, and he murmured in a low voice: "Cai Zhonglang, instead of having a chance to survive, how can I seek death! Alas! Don't blame me..."

After pondering for a while, Zheng Ke shouted loudly: "Send Li Jun to come!" He called another servant, said a few words, and the servant took the order and hurried away.

After a while, Li Junhou came, entered the hall, bowed respectfully to Zheng Kui, and lowered his hands to wait for Zheng Kui's words.

The news of Guopu's failure was a heavy blow to the Xiliang soldiers who stayed in Hangu Pass, especially guys like Li Junhou who used to rely on Guopu's name to pretend to be powerful, so they quickly turned around with their tail between their legs.

Zheng Ke looked at Li Junhou and remained silent. This guy who was indifferent to me before is now standing cautiously at the bottom, feeling a little happy in his heart.

The silence spread in the hall, which was a kind of enjoyment for Zheng Ke, but a kind of torture for Li Junhou. After a while, Li Junhou's temples were soaked with sweat.

Zheng Kai spoke slowly and word by word, as if to make Li Junhou, who was not familiar with writing, understand completely: "Junhou Li, Captain Guo, did you really receive the military order from Guo Zhonglang?"

"...This," a drop of sweat dripped from Li Junhou's forehead to the ground. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "I'd like to inform you, I'm not very clear about this matter..."

"Oh?" Zheng Ke couldn't deny it, and flicked his robe gently, as if flicking away a bug, "Marquis Li, let me ask, Captain Guo has transferred three hundred soldiers under your command. Use tiger talisman, scepter, transfer text, or something else?"

Marquis Li was in charge of five hundred cavalry. This time, three hundred of them followed Captain Guo, leaving only two hundred in the city. Although Zheng Ke's voice was not loud, it was like a thunderous sound that shook Li Junhou slightly, and a few beads of sweat flowed down his cheeks.

Li Junhou didn't even bother to wipe it, and said hesitantly: "...Yes, it's the Tiger Talisman..."

In the Han Dynasty, the most formal way to mobilize troops was to use tiger charms.

However, because the tiger talisman is too inflexible, sometimes some temporary events occur to local governors and governors, such as mountain bandits and water thieves. If you still report to the court and ask the court to bring the tiger talisman to mobilize the army, often Most of them are just trying to fix the problem. In most cases, it has lost its validity and has no effect.

So in the later stage, it became the scepter of local governors and important officials of the imperial court. They could also mobilize troops to carry out some military operations, but they had to be reported to the imperial court afterwards and evaluated based on the results. If it was out of necessity and there were positive results Most of them will be exempted from punishment, but if it leads to a defeat, they will also have to bear certain responsibilities.

However, the local governor and important court ministers only had one staff, which would inevitably be insufficient if multiple troops were mobilized. Therefore, there was a move to transfer documents and stamp them with a large seal in the form of a document to prove the identity of the person who mobilized the troops. use. When Sun Jian left Changsha, he also pretended that he had been transferred by Zhang Wen...

"Tiger Talisman?" Zheng Ke repeated, chuckled, and said, "Whose Tiger Talisman is he using? Guo Zhonglang's? Or... Guo Duwei's?"

Li Junhou swallowed hard and said hoarsely: "...Yes, yes, it belongs to Captain Guo..."

"Oh..." Zheng Ke nodded, and then said nothing, staring closely at Li Junhou. After a while, he suddenly slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Li Junhou! You are teasing me." ?! There is neither Guo Zhonglang’s tiger talisman staff nor any writings. How dare you claim to have been ordered by Zhonglang?”

Li Junhou trembled all over, and quickly said: "Guan Ling Mingjian! It is...it is the order of Zhonglang that Captain Guo said. I am under his jurisdiction, how can I question the military order?"

Zheng Kuai slapped the table again and said, "That's nonsense! You lead the troops of the imperial court. You privately teach the troops in front, and you talk sophistry in the back. You ignore the laws and regulations of the country! Come on! Take it down quickly!" "

Immediately, more than a dozen soldiers poured in from outside the hall. They surrounded Li Junhou, who kept shouting that he was wronged but did not dare to resist. They pushed his shoulders, gathered his back, and tied up Li Junhou three times, five times and two times. solid.

Seeing that Li Junhou had been tied up, Zheng Ke breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Whatever you say is true or false. We will confront him after we find Lieutenant Guo... and put him in prison first."

When Li Junhou heard this, he couldn't tell the difference, so he was pushed away dejectedly.

In the hall, Zheng Ke touched the seal and ribbon he took out from Li Junhou, called Chen Junhou, then handed Li Junhou's seal and ribbon to him, and whispered a few instructions.

Chen Junhou took the order and left in a hurry...

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Fei Qian didn't want to go back, not because he had confidence in Zheng Ke, but in Hangu Pass. After so many years in the Han Dynasty, Hangu Pass had not been captured several times, not counting those who took the initiative to offer the city. of.

Therefore, it is better to wait for the road to clear in Hangu Pass before moving forward than to run back and forth in vain.

Otherwise, he might just return to Luoyang and hear that the Yellow Turban thieves in Xin'an have been eliminated and the road is open again. Wouldn't it be extremely embarrassing at that time?

But Zheng Ke's attitude seemed a little weird, especially when he said that he was going to stay at Hangu Pass and wait. Although his expression was smiling, it made Fei Qian feel a feeling that was hard to describe. It’s complicated anyway…

For safety reasons, Fei Qian called Huang Cheng and asked him to make arrangements. From now on, his soldiers would take turns to rest in case of accidents.

Huang Cheng followed the order and left, but Fei Qian's uneasiness still didn't diminish much. He walked around the post house twice, but couldn't sit still, so he was ready to go out for a walk again, even to get some fresh air.

But just when Fei Qian walked to the door of the inn, he heard a commotion in the west of the city, and the people on the road were scurrying around like headless flies...

Fei Qian stopped a person and asked, but got a shocking news——

The Yellow Turban thieves actually appeared in the west of the city and are about to attack the city!

this!

How can this be?

The most unimaginable thing happened to Fei Qian.

Could it be that the Yellow Turban Thieves were so confident that they even wanted to attack such a powerful pass as Hangu Pass?

This is incredible!

What's more, Hangu Pass is not a huge granary. Although it does store some grain and grass to be transported west from Luoyang, this is obviously not worth the gain!

In particular, what's the point of the Yellow Turbans occupying Hangu Pass?

Is it really possible to go east and attack Luoyang City?

If it were not for these reasons, then what was the purpose of the Yellow Turban bandit Chen Hangu Pass?

In Longzhong, the boy asked Zhuge: "Why does Uncle Liu Huang want to see you again and again?"

Zhuge replied: "Xuande is panicking!"

After three looks, Zhuge was finally driven by Liu Bei...