Chapter 988 Exposed


    Chapter 986: Exposed


    Wuguan.


    When the guard general Zhang Ji learned that the close ministers around the lord and military advisor Jia Xu had arrived at the city and asked to pass the pass, he immediately came to confirm his identity and pass the pass token in person.


    Zhang Ji can guard Wu Pass such an important position, which shows that his status in the Liang army is definitely not low, so he must have met Jia Xu himself before.


    When Zhang Ji saw that it was indeed Jia Xu, and the token of exiting the pass was also true. Just open the city gate and send Jia Xu out of the pass. But Zhang Ji couldn''t help but ask, "Military advisor, I heard that you are seriously ill?"


    Jia Xu looked calm and smiled lightly: "It''s just a minor illness. Once it was spread by some people who didn''t understand, it turned out to be seriously ill."


    "oh…"


    Zhang Ji showed a sudden look. He couldn''t even dig deeper after he had not been around for a long time, but he still chose to subconsciously believe Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu''s status in the Liang army is much higher than that in him.


    "Then military advisor, are you going out of Wu Pass this time?"


    At this point, Zhang Ji also noticed that he shouldn''t have asked, and hurriedly said, "Military Advisor, I, Zhang, are too talkative, don''t take it to heart."


    "General Zhang is his own person, so naturally there is nothing that cannot be said."


    A trace of joke flashed deep in Jia Xu''s eyes and said slowly: "General Zhang, you probably don''t know yet. Qin Hao also increased his troops to Sizhou by 50,000. Now his troops are no less than ours. This time, I went south to lobby for all the princes of Jingzhou to deal with Qin Hao together."


    Hearing this, Zhang Ji finally understood why Jia Xu had to take action in person this time. Lobbying the princes of Jingzhou is not a good job, and apart from a few military advisors in the Liang army, I am afraid that no one can persuade the princes of Jingzhou.


    Learning that Jia Xu''s mission was so arduous, Zhang Ji did not continue to talk nonsense. He immediately opened the city gate and let Jia Xu''s "Enterprise Group" leave. Less than ten miles away, he met Zhang Liao who came to pick him up after receiving Qin Hao''s order.


    Liu Xie, who was hiding in the carriage, has been very uneasy since leaving Chang''an. He did not completely let go of his suspended heart after leaving Wuguan and was received.


    Seeing that Jia Xu''s expression had not changed from beginning to end, Liu Xie couldn''t help but sigh in his heart. This is the style that a true wise man should have.


    After thinking about it, Liu Xie had another question in his mind, so he asked, "Sir Jia, since you have a pass-through token, why use this to trick the city gate so that the Qin army can occupy Wuguan and threaten Guanzhong?"


    Jia Xu, who was closing his eyes to rest, couldn''t help but open his eyes in surprise when he heard this. He never expected that Liu Xie, who was only nine years old, would have such insight.


    I thought I had tried my best to overestimate it, but I didn’t expect it to underestimate it.


    Jia Xu sighed in his heart, and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn''t know that Wuguan and Hangu Pass are two major gateways in Chang''an. Although Wuguan is not as important as Hangu Pass, Dong Zhe still attaches great importance to it. He has placed no less than 20,000 elite defenders here.


    Nowadays, most of the Qin army''s troops are concentrated in Luoyang. Although Zhang Liao, the prefect of Nanxiang, has an army of 30,000, they still need to be guarded against Li Xiaogong from Hanzhong. Although they can divide their troops to attack Wuguan, the possibility of success is too low. ”


    "So that''s the case."


    After looking at Zhang Liao who was escorting Zhang Liao outside the carriage, Xiao Liu Xie looked thoughtful, and Jia Xu couldn''t help but smile and said, "Your Majesty, we don''t need to do anything extra now. As long as you arrive in Luoyang smoothly, it will be the biggest blow to the Liang army."


    "oh."


    Xiao Liu Xie nodded heavily, and when Jia Xu saw Liu Xie''s reaction, he seemed to suddenly remember something.


    Will Fu''er follow the rules so honestly? He won''t do anything unnecessary, right?


    As soon as he thought of this, Jia Xu couldn''t help but frown, and he always had a bad premonition in his heart. Chang''an.


    "Reported to the Duke of Tang, he searched all over Chang''an City, but still couldn''t find His Majesty. The other ones were missing were Cao Zhengchun, the general manager of the Inner Palace, and..."


    Seeing that the report was full of revelations, Li Yuan immediately became angry and shouted, "Who? I''m so angry, why don''t you say it quickly."


    "There are also military advisors, Lord Jia Xu."


    "What? How is this possible?"


    Li Yuan widened his eyes, never thinking that the betrayer would be Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu is now at the very best. Even if he changes his lord, it will be like this at most. So why is there any need to be a rebellion?


    "It''s true. Most of the staff in the Jia family are there, but all the direct blood relatives have disappeared. This is obviously planned for a long time."


    Although Li Yuan was still unwilling to believe it, the fact was that it was so he could not tolerate any denial. Besides, Jia Xu''s status was too high, and the Liang army generals had no secrets after his rebellion, so Li Yuan could not tolerate being uncautious.


    "By the way, Jia Xu''s son Jia Fu is still in the lord''s army?"


    As soon as he thought of this, Li Yuan widened his eyes again and then shouted: "No, Fei Ge quickly passed the letter to Mianchi. Jia Xu rebelled and immediately arrested Jia Fu. In addition, Fei Ge sent an order to Liangzhou to capture the entire Jia Xu''s clan immediately."


    "No."


    After several orders were issued, Li Yuan gradually calmed down. After all, compared to dealing with Jia Xu, it is more important to recover Liu Xie.


    "Jia Xu must not be far away. If he wants to take the emperor to leave Guanzhong, it will definitely not be able to go to the front line of Hangu Pass, so there is only... Wu Pass."


    As the analysis deepened, Li Yuan''s eyes lit up and he shouted: "I ordered the cavalry to gather at the Ximen immediately, and I will go to Wuguan in person to recover Your Majesty."


    "No."


    Soon, the three thousand Xiliang light cavalry gathered. Although they could still assemble more cavalry, Li Yuan could no longer wait and took the three thousand light cavalry toward Wuguan.


    Along the way, Li Yuan also found traces of Jia Xu and his party, so he rushed even faster and arrived at Wu Pass as quickly as possible, but he learned that Jia Xu had been away for half a day.


    Li Yuan stood on the Wuguan City Tower, looking at the direction of Wuxiang County from afar, and couldn''t help but fall into deep thought.


    At this time, Zhang Ji knelt in front of Li Yuan, apologized with regret, and said, "Sir, it was the last general''s dereliction of duty that made Jia Xu escape. I also asked him to sue him."


    Li Yuan stared at Zhang Ji for a few seconds and sighed, "It''s not your fault. Jia Xu has been planning for a long time, and he has a token for exiting the country. You didn''t know about it in advance, and there was no reason to stop him."


    After hearing Li Yuan say this, Zhang Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not blamed for this matter, Zhang Ji was really afraid that Li Yuan would use him as a scapegoat. After all, Jia Xu took the Emperor of Han in front of him, but fortunately this time he judged the gentleman with the heart of a villain.


    Just as Zhang Ji was secretly grateful to Li Yuan, Li Yuan said, "Open the city gate immediately, I will go and recover Your Majesty."


    (This chapter ends)