Duan Xuan's troops and horses outside Yique Pass were repaired for another day.
Facing Yique Pass, Zhang Ji didn't have much confidence in his heart. What's more, the soldiers and horses around him at the moment were not directly related to him, and it was not that easy for him to command.
After a night's rest, Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan rode out of the camp together at dawn, followed by an army of 10,000 people.
The other 10,000 people are supporting the situation from behind.
Zhang Ji came to the pass and shouted towards the pass: "Zhu Jun, your majesty has a decree to streamline your entry into the dynasty. Why not? If you block the heavenly soldiers here today, you will rebel."
Zhu Jun appeared at the top of the city and cursed at the bottom of the city: "What the hell, you and other traitorous ministers deceive the emperor when he is young, bring chaos to the court, and harm the loyal and good. How dare you say such nonsense again."
Zhu Jun has no one in his hands. Nowadays, he basically only hears about the situation in Chang'an City, and he is biased to begin with. Naturally, he does not believe Zhang Ji.
How could he not know that the emperor's edict in front of him was written by Wang Ding, who simply wanted to lure him to Chang'an and then take off his head.
When Dong Zhuo was here, Zhu Jun dared to contradict Dong Zhuo.
Zhang Ji, a mere Zhang Ji, even cursed loudly. It was obvious that he was a famous official of the Han Dynasty.
Zhu Jun truly came from a poor family, and it was not easy for him to become a court minister in a wealthy family.
When I was young, I was generous with my wealth and had a bold temperament.
If he hadn't had some reputation in the village and been recommended as Xiaolian, it would be really difficult for him to become an official in the court given his poor family.
Zhang Jidao: "The treacherous minister Dong Zhuo has been killed by the right general a long time ago. Now that the emperor has come to the court, and the ministers are assisting him, Chang'an is at peace, and the people live in peace, but you are entrenched in Luoyang, and you don't want to benefit the people. The fields are full of waste, and you dare to call yourself the emperor." Minister."
Zhu Jun snorted coldly: "Luoyang is full of wilderness and there are countless victims. It's all caused by Dong's thieves. What does it have to do with me?"
He comes from a poor family, but he doesn't care about the people.
Occupying Luoyang with five thousand soldiers, Zhu Jun was really thinking about how to invade Chang'an every day. During the spring plowing time, he did not organize the soldiers to cultivate the fields at all.
But with only 5,000 troops and horses in his hands, Zhu Jun did not dare to attack Chang'an alone. He still knew this, and always wanted to pull Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and the others to attack Chang'an together.
It's just that among these people, except for Tao Qian, who funded him with three thousand soldiers and horses, the others didn't give him any favors. Not only soldiers and horses, but also food and grass were not given to him.
Zhu Jun has been guarding a dilapidated Luoyang for more than a year, and his days have really been like years.
I want to leave, but I am unwilling to do so.
Just living in Luoyang reluctantly, collecting some taxes from passing merchants, barely supporting 5,000 people.
Seeing that Zhu Jun could not be persuaded, Zhang Ji had no choice but to join Duan Xuan and lead an army of 10,000 to launch another attack.
Just on the city wall, Zhu Jun gave an order, and another round of arrows fell
Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan were quickly forced back.
However, unlike Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji really wanted to capture Yique Pass.
Wang Ding didn't want to start a big fight, but he had already arrived at Yique Pass and couldn't go back in such a dejected manner.
After being forced back by the rain of arrows, Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan launched another attack within half an hour.
These are Duan Xuan's soldiers. Even if Zhang Ji is killed in battle, he won't feel sorry for him.
But this time, they prepared their shields and raised them above their heads to resist the rain of arrows shot from the city wall.
Zhu Jun was well prepared and ordered his soldiers to throw rolling stones at the bottom of the pass, forcing Zhang Ji Duanxu back again.
Duan Yan was a little distressed when he returned to the camp this time, and said: "Yique Pass is dangerous and difficult to conquer. The army is short of food and grass. How about retreating temporarily?"
He was asking for Zhang Ji's opinion.
Although he is the general of this army, Duan Yan now places his position lower than Zhang Ji.
He had already decided to seek refuge with Wang Ding. At this time, he did not want to offend Zhang Ji, lest he go to Chang'an and be beaten by Zhang Ji.
Zhang Jidao: "Waiting for a letter from a certain editor to be sent to Chang'an."
Zhang Ji quickly wrote the letter and handed it to his nephew Zhang Xiu, saying: "Go back to Chang'an quickly and give this letter to Jia Shilang."
The Jia Shilang he calls is naturally Jia Xu.
Zhang Xiu took the order, mounted his horse, and ran towards Chang'an.
After Zhang Xiu left, Zhang Ji asked Duan Xuan to continue leading his troops to attack Yique Pass.
Zhang Xiu rode a war horse and galloped all the way, eating and drinking on the horse's back.
Traveling eight hundred miles a day, he killed the horse beneath him.
When he saw Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu respectfully handed the letter to Jia Xu.
They are all from the same hometown, and now they are all under Wang Ding's command, so their relationship is naturally closer.
Jia Xu read the letter and quickly wrote a reply to Zhang Ji and gave it to Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu changed his horse and left the city overnight.
This young man has eyes that are full of energy. Even though he has been running for a day and a night and his body is exhausted, his eyes are still full of light.
One body has two eyes. In Jia Xu’s opinion, Zhang Xiu’s future should be better than his and Zhang Ji’s.
It’s just that now, it’s not the time for Zhang Xiu to show his full potential.
Zhang Xiu didn't rest for two days and one night. By the time he reached Yique Pass, his body was exhausted.
Zhang Ji felt sorry for his nephew and asked someone to take him down to rest, while he opened the letter from Jia Xu.
In his letter, he has stated the current situation.
Jia Xu's reply gave him two choices.
One is to divide the troops to attack and fight continuously.
At the pass, Zhu Jun only had 5,000 men in his hands.
And they have 20,000 soldiers, divided into four teams, working day and night, exhausting the defenders in Yique Pass, and they can break through the pass in less than three days.
The second strategy is to let Zhang Ji fake defeat and lure Zhu Jun out of seclusion to pursue him.
But for this, it depends on whether Zhang Ji is defeated or not.
Although Zhu Jun was violent and impulsive, his defeat was too fake to seduce him. After all, he was a general who had put down the Jiaozhou Rebellion and the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Not as good as Huangfu Song, but still a little better than others.
Since Jia Xu is not here, he can only give Zhang Ji two ideas.
Zhang Ji decided to try both.
If you are lucky, you might be able to break through today.
He found Duan Xuan and told him the situation.
Duan Xuan didn't have any objections and listened to Zhang Ji in everything.
The two discussed it for a while, and Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji led their troops to fight again.
At first, there was a fight at the pass, but Zhu Jun was very stable and could not hold on.
Then Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji launched an attack.
This time, facing the rain of arrows shot from the city wall, Duan Yan and Zhang Ji did not retreat immediately. Duan Yan urged the soldiers from behind to attack, and then went into battle himself, braving the rain of arrows and rushing to the bottom of the city wall.
Arrows rained constantly on the city wall, Zhu Jun was calm and composed, and the defenders on the city wall bent their bows and set arrows one by one, calmly.
"No, the general has been hit by an arrow." A soldier under the city suddenly shouted.
At some unknown moment, Duan Yan, who was leading the battle, was hit by an arrow in the chest and was already leaning on other soldiers.