Since Chen Chong occupied Hangu Pass, he has been transporting grain and grass to Sun Jian while repairing Hangu Pass.
After the foundation of the Guan Wall was dug down by the Central Route Army, the cleaning work was not easy. Because there were not only the masonry of the collapsed city wall, but also the wood used by Dong Yue to increase the height, piled up in a mess with the rammed earth.
There were also many corpses of Liang people. In order to prevent the epidemic, Chen Chong lit a burning fire on the road. Every time he dug out a corpse, he threw it into the flames. The smell of burnt and rotten food lingered for seven days.
, so that after cleaning up, there was a strange phenomenon of soldiers along the way sniffing and sneezing.
After cleaning up, Chen Chong arranged for people to re-consolidate the depression. Now that he had settled in Hangu Pass, Chen Chong did not want it to be breached by the same tactics again, so he attached great importance to this matter. He first sent people to pick gravel in the mountains and forests, and then went to
Sift out fine sand by the stream, mix the two and bury it in the depression, then have people fetch water, sprinkle it over and compact it again, repeat this five times, and then the foundation is refilled.
It took ten days to go back and forth from cleaning up to ramming the soil. The repair of the city wall had not yet begun. At this time, the soldiers who were repairing the city began to complain. Zang Ba, the captain of Qingzhou, came from a rough background and felt sorry for his soldiers, so he complained to Chen Chong.
Said: "Building a city is hard work, but now it is early spring, cold and tired, and the soldiers shed a layer of skin just by moving stones. The location of Hangu Pass is so dangerous, and a small city can defeat the enemy, so why bother to bother people like this?"
What?"
Chen Chong comforted him and said: "Xuan Gao, I know that the soldiers are working hard, but the reason why I built the city in this way is precisely because this place is dangerous and a place of life and death. No matter how cautious you are, you must know that manpower is sometimes poor. No matter how hard you work, you can't be too cautious."
It’s just a seven-to-one chance of winning.”
"Why not ten points?"
"God's will is unpredictable and cannot be forced."
On the sixth day of the lunar month, when he was planning to rebuild the city wall, news came from Wei You in Jiguan that on the third day of the lunar month, he noticed something strange happening in the Liang people of Dongyuan, and sent scouts to investigate and found that the Niu Fu regiment that was confronting him was heading south rapidly.
I don’t know why. So he sent a letter to Chen Chong asking how the Jiguan garrison should respond.
After Chen Chong read the letter, he immediately held a military meeting with the soldiers. Tao Qiuhong analyzed: "It seems that Dong Zhuo has made up his mind and plans to fight to the death in Mianchi." Chen Chong nodded in agreement and smiled: "This is also a good thing. This battle
Once it's over, at least there is no need to use weapons anymore in the Guanzhong area." He immediately wrote a reply, asking Wei You's army to go south and join forces with Sun Jian's troops.
When Chen Chong said this, the generals also heard it. It was obvious that he also planned to lead his troops to participate in the battle, so they all became happy. After all, since everyone went south to Jinyang, they first built a new city on the sandbank, and then built a river bridge. Now they have
It was to repair the Hangu Pass wall. Except for the Mengjin Pass guarding the city, there was no major fighting along the way. It was like laboring workers, which made them very dissatisfied. They said privately: Warriors should cut off their heads with swords on the battlefield, how can they do it?
Great achievements were made in the sand.
It is truly the lifelong dream of a warrior to be able to participate in a battle, a battle that determines the ownership of the world. Not long after Chen Chong finished speaking, many people rushed forward, asking Chen Chong to be a pioneer, and asked him when he would march westward to Xin'an.
Seeing the high morale of everyone, Chen Chong was quite satisfied. He replied: "When Guancheng is repaired, we will send troops."
Now no one complained about the construction of the city. The entire army of 20,000 people worked together, and within six days, all the remaining walls were completed. Xinguan City was not a rush job. The wall was four feet high and three feet wide.
There are two layers of blue bricks on the outside, and there are four stone watchtowers in front of the wall. A trench one foot deep and wide was dug in front of the city. Although the soldiers worked hard during the construction, when they saw the city after it was completed, they were deeply moved.
Sigh, saying it is impregnable is nothing more than that.
Chen Chong ordered the soldiers to rest for a night, and then regrouped the army to the west the next day. However, he had to send people to stay at Hangu Pass. This was not a good job, and the other allied forces would not be willing to do it. After much thought, he finally had to force himself.
Headquarters, so I went to have a heart-to-heart talk with Wei Xuan, who was born in Xihe, hoping that he would not have any grudges because of this. Wei Xuan agreed readily. He smiled and said: "It is not my wish to be born and die, but I will remember you when you are done.
Credit!"
On the next day, the vanguard of Hangu Pass had already set off, and Chen Chong also packed up and saluted in the room. He knew that he could not fight, so except for a green sword presented by Cao Cao, there were no other weapons in the room. Most of them were some books, pens and papers.
.Chen Chong carefully classified the battle formations, county maps, city defense design and other drawings. When he was folding them into the wooden box, the city guard suddenly sent a message saying that an envoy from Yuan Shu had entered the pass and asked Chen Chong if he wanted to see him.<
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Chen Chong heard something strange, and he asked the city guard: "How many people are there in their party? Who is the leader? Didn't they say they wanted to see me?"
The city guard thought for a while and replied: "There are six people in their party. Only one of them should be a nobleman, and the other five are just servants. They only said that they were hussar envoys, and they had something urgent to report to General Polu, and they had no intention of kissing him."
Jianfu Jun. But he was stopped by Wei Sima. Wei Sima said that it was an urgent moment for the army to set off, and they must wait for the envoy's order before letting them pass."
After hearing this, Chen Chong immediately put down everything in his hands, straightened up his appearance, and said to the city guard: "Then take me with you."
He came down from the tower and saw a group of people blocked by Wei Yan at the gate. The leader was wearing a plain robe, gesticulating at Wei Yan, and kept talking. But Wei Yan didn't say a word, holding a knife in his hand, standing upright like a green pine.
He stood there, letting his spit fly and not move an inch.
Chen Chong stepped forward and realized that the envoy was Yuan Si, a great disciple of Yuan Shu's sect and a relative of Yuan Si in Runan. As the city guard said, they were a group of six people with nine horses and drums carrying burdens on the horses.
Apart from the leader Yuan Si, the rest of the servants were all simply dressed and well built, obviously guards or servants.
When Yuan Si saw Chen Chong arriving, he couldn't help but dodge his eyes. But he immediately realized something was wrong, forced himself to undergo plastic surgery, and said to Chen Chong, "I have seen a dragon head."
Chen Chong waved his hand to indicate that he would not be polite and asked straight to the point: "Zichang, Hussar sent you here, why? What happened in Guandong?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Chong hit the target, and Yuan Si couldn't help being shocked. He then hurriedly replied: "Everything is fine in Guandong. It's just that the Ming Dynasty heard a message from Polu saying that he would have a decisive battle with Dong in the near future, so he asked me to go to Polu's army.
The Central Governor also brought some gold and silver to distribute to the generals and boost their morale." After saying that, he patted the package on his horse, and there was a sound of metal collision.
This was a good reason, but Chen Chong didn't believe it. He exchanged a few words with Yuan Si, and Yuan Si begged Chen Chong to let him go. Chen Chong had no reason to stop him, nor could he openly break with Yuan Shu. After pondering for a moment, he still let Yuan Shu go.
The group passed the test.
Wei Yan looked at Yuan Siyuan's retreating figure with suspicion on his face. He said to Chen Chong: "This man said he was going to supervise the army to boost morale, but I saw that his actions were obscene and his words were shaky. He clearly had something in his heart! Sir, really let him pass.
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Chen Chong patted Wei Yan's shoulder armor, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The commander can see it, and I can certainly see it too. You can't stop him. It mainly depends on what he wants. The so-called reward to the three armies is naturally false."
He hesitated for a moment, but still did not express his guess.
Now there is bound to be a change in Guandong, which can make Yuan Shu change his mind suddenly, and it can only be the influence of Yuan Shao. If his prediction is correct, Yuan Shao must have sent his army to attack Yuzhou.
Thinking about this, Chen Chong couldn't help but sigh: he had stayed in Suanzao just to be wary of Yuan Shao's betrayal of the alliance. But the situation changed and the North Road was defeated, so he had to lead his troops westward in person, which gave Yuan Shao the opportunity to betray the alliance.
Opportunity. He originally planned to race against time to defeat Dong Zhuo first, but unexpectedly Yuan Shao couldn't wait so much that he could start stirring up trouble in less than a month.
Then Yuan Shu's purpose of sending the envoy was obvious. There was no other possibility except ordering Sun Jian to withdraw his troops and let him return to Yuzhou quickly to aid him.
After completing the deduction in his mind, Chen Chong immediately made a decision. He first went to meet Tao Qiuhong and entrusted him with all the arrangements for the westward march of the armies. He warned: "March as quickly as possible and don't neglect it!" Tao Qiuhong listened.
After he finished speaking, he slowly asked: "Where will the dragon's head go?" Chen Chong replied: "It cannot be said, but it is the birthplace of all people and the foundation of the country."
Tao Qiuhong responded to this matter.
Chen Chong immediately put on light clothes, packed up the hand-drawn atlas and put it on Qing Wei's back. He called Wei Yan and asked him to transfer the affairs in hand to Tai Shi Ci, and said to him: "The situation is urgent, we need to
Go to Xin'an quickly, it is best to meet General Polu before Yuan Si."
After not traveling with Chen Chong for a long time, Wei Yan readily agreed. When they were ready, they set off from Hangu Pass. Calculating the time Yuan Si and his party left, it was about two hours late.
The sky was getting dark, but Chen Chong didn't care so much. He and Wei Yan rode out from the pass. Along the way were the forwards moving slowly with fire in hand. The two horses' hooves clicked together, and their figures seemed to be like a gust of wind.
The soldiers looked at it curiously, only to realize that it was the commander who had run away, which caused another discussion in the army.
The bright moon shines brightly, and the pale golden moonlight shines down, covering everything at night with a layer of light white gauze, like tears, and like eyes. After stepping through the pass, the world suddenly opens up, and the battlefield of the previous few days appears here.
In front of them, the battlefield has been cleaned by the Jing people, and the soldiers in the vanguard have also been thrown away by Chen Chong. Now there is only the gurgling water around him, like a stream, and the roars of wolves and mountain apes can be heard from the two mountains, as if between heaven and earth.
Only he and Wei Yan were left.
But this vast creation could not occupy Chen Chong's heart at this moment. He only looked anxiously to the west, looking for the lights of the Jing people under the moonlight, looking for the Xin'an city, and looking for Yuan Si and his party who were walking in the forefront.
He arrived five miles east of Xin'an on the 14th, where Sun Jian's troops camped. When he arrived, Chen Chong didn't see Yuan Si along the way, and he couldn't help but feel a little cold. He knew that the other party had arrived first, so he could only
I pray in my heart that Sun Jian has not yet made up his mind.
After greeting the Xin'an camp guard, Army Commander Ma Zhuzhi came to take him into the city. Zhu Zhi asked him in surprise: "Why is the dragon head here?"
Chen Chong paused his thoughts and replied with a breathy smile: "I have something important to discuss with Polu, and I really can't wait any longer."
Zhu Zhi also smiled. He admired this leader of the gentry who was slightly younger than him very much. He led the way and said: "I'm afraid the general has been asleep for a long time. The dragon head can come at dawn, so why bother so much."
Hearing that Sun Jian had fallen asleep, Chen Chong felt relieved and asked, "Isn't anyone else coming?"
Zhu Zhi replied: "I have just changed my guard. How could anyone come so late at night?"
The two stopped in front of the city mansion, the house was brightly lit. Chen Chong's heart sank to the bottom, it was obvious that Sun Jian had woken up.
Zhu Zhi announced that when Chen Chong and Wei Yan entered the room, they saw Sun Jian sitting on the bed with his hand on his forehead. Yuan Si and four followers were standing on one side. Sun Jian heard the footsteps and looked up at Chen Chong again, his eyes were abnormal.