The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The Hongmen that Li Jue mentioned is not only famous in later generations, but also the Hongmen of the "Hongmen Banquet" that is widely known in the world today. When Chu and Han were fighting, Xiang Yu held a banquet here to kill Liu Bang.

This location is forty miles east of Baling. The word Hongmen is named because it has been washed by rain for a long time. It looks like a chasm. Now this place belongs to Xinfeng, which is the Xinfeng City built by Liu Bang in accordance with the layout and architecture of his hometown Fengxian in the early Han Dynasty to relieve his father's homesickness.

The reason why Li Jue planned to choose this place to fight against Xun Zhen was for two reasons.

Yizhe Hongmenting is a place that faces Lishan Mountain in the south and Wei River in the north.

Another is that, as mentioned above, Hongmen Pavilion is only about forty miles away from Ba Ling, which is also beneficial to Li Jue and Guo Si. If the battle is favorable, he can attack; if it is unfavorable, according to Li Jue's estimation, he can also withdraw and return to Ba Ling.

In Li Jue's words, what Guo Si "rarely" saw was the same as what Li Jue saw again.

Guo Si agreed with Li Jue's choice.

The two agreed.

After this matter was settled, Li Jue and Guo Si talked about another matter.

He stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "The book of Xun Thief claimed that he was punishing the crime with words, and he passed on the latest letter to San Fu. Li Ru copied it for me to see, and there is also a statement in the letter. , I heard that Cao Thief also claimed to have the secret order of the emperor, so it seems that the emperor gave Xun Thief and Cao Thief a secret order? But I don't know how to send it out? Guo Duo, what do you think about this? Look?"

Guo Si said: "The Son of Heaven is in your camp, how did I know how the secret order was sent out? It's just that you didn't take good care of me! Hmph, it's not enough." He shook his face and turned to one side.

Li Jue knew that he was justified, so he restrained himself and did not scold him. After a moment, he said, "It's okay! In this battle of Hongmen, you and I will win, and after we capture and kill the thief Xun, we will face the blame after returning to Chang'an. The Son of Heaven is!"

Guo Si asked, "Is there anything else to say?"

Li Jue said: "Since you have no objection, I will return to Shuxun Thief and ask him to fight Hongmen Pavilion. The day of the battle... I think it will be set in ten days, so what?"

Guo Duo didn't answer, he was acquiescing and left.

Looking at Guo Si and his many backs leaving from the horse, Li Jue's face was ruthless, and he said to himself: "When Nai Gong has killed the Xun thief, I will deal with you, the disrespectful crime of stealing horses!" From riding, back to camp.

Back in the camp, Li Juguo sent a letter to Xun Zhen and sent officials to send it to Xun Zhen.

It's just that this reply, unlike Xun Zhen's letter to him, was handwritten, but written by Li Ru on his behalf. Although Li Jue was a martial artist, he knew good and bad. He knew that his calligraphy was far inferior to that of Xun Zhen.

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Li Jue's reply was sent to Xun Zhen's army.

Xun Zhen, Sun Ce, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, etc. have all seen it.

Guo Jiaxiao and Xun Zhen said, "Li Jue and Guo Bi invited Ming Gong to fight at Hongmen Pavilion because they felt that Hongmen Pavilion would benefit him." Asked Xunzhen, he said, "But I don't know what Ming Gong meant?"

"Where the general trend is going, Zonghong Gate Pavilion is slightly beneficial to him, so what's the benefit!"

Guo Jia asked, "What does Duke Ming mean?"

Xun Zhen unfolded her robe sleeves, waved it to the side, and held the sword on the case. Yan Ran said, "Ten days later, at Hongmen Pavilion, take the heads of Li Jue and Guo Si to present the emperor and sue Hainei Prefecture!"

Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xuan Kang, Cheng Jia, Jia Xu and other scribes in the tent, Sun Ce, Xu Rong, Liu Bei and other generals, all stood up, bowed down and responded, "No!"

"Bo Fu."

"Certainly."

Xun Zhen said: "Hongmen Pavilion is a hundred miles away from Zhengxian County. We cannot wait until the day of the battle to start our army. Lao Qing will lead the army of 10,000 people to go first, choose a good place to camp, and wait for me to lead the main force to arrive."

Sun Ce sternly accepted the order.

Xun Zhen also ordered Chen Yi, the chief clerk, to say, "Go and arrange for Meng De and Wang Hedong for me, and trouble them to wait for the opportunity to disturb Li and Guo Hou."

This order came to my ears, Chen Yi was slightly stunned, but the location of Jixian County, which is opposite to Zhengxian County and Hongmen Pavilion across the Wei River, is between Zheng County and Hongmen Pavilion, and leans towards the location of Zheng County, in other words, that is to say The positions of Cao Cao and Wang Yi are now in front of Hongmen Pavilion. How can they disturb the rear of Li Jue and Guo Si? But soon, Chen Yi understood the meaning of Xun Zhen's order.

Ordering Cao Cao and Wang Yi to harass Li Jue and Guo Si's rear is just a superficial article. It was declared that this time King Qin was his master, and although Cao Cao also had secret orders, and although he played the banner of Yuan Shao, he was only subordinate.

Chen Yi was indeed talented in writing, and he wrote the order on the spot and presented it to Xun Zhen to watch.

The words and tone were in line with Xun Zhen's meaning. Xun Zhen nodded with satisfaction and ordered Xuan Kang to drop the seal of his general in the east of the town. , Wang Yi army.

——Speaking of Cao Cao, let me say one more thing. After accepting Xu Huang's suggestion to "hold the ferry on the south bank of the Wei River to prevent Cao Cao from entering Chang'an from the north of Wei", Yang Feng is now stationing the army fifty miles northeast of Chang'an, between Weishui and Ba. Where the water meets. Just yesterday, Yang Feng's document requesting Xun Zhen to surrender was presented to Xun Zhen's camp, and Xun Zhen has already accepted his request to surrender.

The location and time of the battle have been determined. On the same day, the reply letters to Li Jue and Guo Si were sent away. Sun Ce returned to the base camp, and ordered his troops to prepare for the battle, preparing to leave Zheng County the next day.

After a busy day, Xun Zhen did not return to the tent until the second watch in the evening.

The fragrance in the tent was fragrant, and the Zou family dressed up, bowed down to the entrance of the tent, and welcomed Xun Zhen.

"Why is Madam so polite? There is no other place in the military, so all the red tape can be saved." Xun Zhen helped Mrs Zou up and said to her with a smile.

Zou was originally a beautiful woman, and when she looked at it under the lamp, she became more and more beautiful, like a pearl dizzy, peony dripping, but there was sadness between her brows.

Xun Zhen said with concern: "Why, is Madam unhappy? But the servants are rough, making Madam unhappy? Madam, please be patient for a few more days, I have made an agreement with the two thieves Li and Guo that we will fight Yu Hong in ten days. Menting. After this battle is over, Madam won't have to suffer any more from the military."

Zou said: "The general will fight with Li Guo in ten days?"

Xun Zhen sat down on the table, motioned for Mrs. Zou to come and sit too, nodded with a smile, and said, "That's right."

"The cheap concubine often hears that Li Jue and Guo Si are brave and strong, and their soldiers are both soldiers of Liangzhou. I don't know how much the general's victory will count?"

Xun Zhen didn't try to coax her with big words, and said, "Who dares to say that we will win the battle, but this battle has a good chance of winning."

Zou squatted in front of Xun Zhen's banquet, raised her beautiful face, her eyebrows were worried, and she hesitated to speak.

Xun Zhen fondly stroked her cheek and said with a smile, "Madam is not only worried about whether I will win this battle, right? Madam, what else is there to worry about, just tell me."

Zou hesitated for a while, and said, "The humble concubine Pu Liu's posture, the general will not give up, I really dare not ask for anything else."

"Don't tell my wife, I'll tell my wife. Is my wife also worried about Zhang Ji?"

Zou threw her head down in panic, bowed to the ground, and said, "Don't dare to deceive the general, cheap concubine, cheap concubine..."

I dare not lie in my mouth, and I dare not finish my words after all.

She heard Xun Zhen sigh, her heart tightened, and then she heard Xun Zhen say: "After all, Madam and Zhang Ji have been married for many years, although Zhang Ji abandoned Madam in danger, Madam still cares about him. Madam is a person of love, how can I be a merciless person? Madam, I promise you that if you get Zhang Ji in the future war, I will not kill him."

Zou Shichu couldn't believe it, so she was bold and raised her face again. Seeing Xun Zhen's serious expression, she knew that Xun Zhen was not joking and was not testing herself. For a time, she didn't know how to describe the feeling in her heart. Okay.

Speaking of which, it is no wonder that Xun Zhen has come to this point; since she was forced to help, she has already committed herself to Xun Zhen and mustered up the courage to ask Xun Zhen for mercy on Zhang Ji’s behalf. Furious, but Xun Zhen is so generous! It was something she didn't expect and didn't dare to ask for. Confused and confused, Mr. Zou bowed down and said, "Thank you, General!"

Xun Zhen's voice sounded again, but this time it contained a hint of teasing. Mrs. Zou listened to Xun Zhen and said, "Looking at Madam's love, I won't kill Zhang Ji, but my wife and I fell in love at first sight, but we won't give up our love. Return the madam to him Zhang Ji."

If you compare Xun Zhen and Zhang Ji and the two, no matter what aspect, Xun Zhen is much stronger than Zhang Ji, and she has devoted herself to Xun Zhen until now, although it has not been a long time, but Xun Zhen is very considerate to her, in every possible way Taking care of her, she has followed Xun Zhen since then, and the Zou family has no reluctance.

She said faintly, "It is already a cheap concubine who dares not to think about the permission of the general not to kill. The old husband and wife relationship is complete, how can a lowly concubine dare to say anything else?" With big eyes, she looked at Xun Zhen and said, "The general will fight against the thieves, and the humble concubine has nothing to comfort the general, only the body of Pu Liu!"

That night, the voice of "shame" was no longer heard in the tent, but there seemed to be a vague question of "who is stronger", and the answer to this question was an embarrassing and embarrassing voice.

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In the dark of night, Guo Si's camp.

Zhang Ji, who has been here since Li Jue and Guo Si fought here, was depressed and sighed for a long time.

Zhang Xiu, who had recovered from the injury on his thigh, leaned on a wooden staff, stood beside him, and said, "Father, why do you keep sighing?"

Zhang Ji said: "I have been begging for troops from General Guo several times to counterattack Huayin, but General Guo refused to lend me troops. Now Zheng County has been lost! In seven or eight days, I will fight against the Xun thief at Hongmen Pavilion. Victory or defeat is unpredictable, if we lose, we have nowhere to escape, and Madam does not know whereabouts, how can I not worry?"

Zhang Xiu comforted him and said, "Amuji people have their own celestial features, so they should be safe. Father, in the next battle at Hongmenting, our army will far outnumber Xun thieves, and we will definitely be able to win! After defeating Xun thieves , it will not be too late to find the whereabouts of my mother."

Zhang Ji can only hope here~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The next day, Sun Ce will lead ten thousand people to go first.

Five days later, Xun Zhen led his troops out of Zheng County and also set off in the direction of Hongmen Pavilion.

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On the north bank of the Wei River, fifty miles northwest of Zhengxian County, west of Xiagui County.

Cao Cao had first received an order sent to him by Xun Zhen, and then he heard that Sun Ce had led his troops out of Zheng County first, and now he heard that Xun Zhen had also led the main force of his troops out of Zheng County and went to Hongmen Pavilion, so he invited him here. Wang Yi said to him: "Zhendong is in front of Shixi, and I asked you and me to wait for the opportunity to enter the rear of Li Jue and Guo Si's bandit army. Now Zhendong has led troops out of Zheng and headed for Hongmen Pavilion, which is the two armies. The battle is about to start, in order to help Zhendong, in my humble opinion, you and I might as well bypass Xiagui, go westward along Wei, choose Jinnan to cross, and attack Chang'an!"

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