Lu's relatives

Chapter 261 Tongguan Gate Opens, Fan Cong Arranges to Welcome
In the early morning, above Tongguan, the general guarding the pass, Fan Chou, was holding the letter that Cao Jun had shot up, meditating endlessly.

This is a silk letter written by Cao Cao himself. It does not have the harsh words when Cao Jun first arrived to attack Tongguan, nor the persuasion brought by Cao Jun's emissary last time. Xuzhou Governor and Fenwu General Qin Mou wanted to visit his "old friend".

old friend?Who and who?Could it be him, Fan Chou and Lu Bu?Fan Chou's arm holding the silk book trembled slightly, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Due to Chang'an's treacherous attitude, Tongguan was besieged by Cao Cao for more than a month, but in fact it has already been weak.Because of the matter of Yang Feng in front of him, he was closed and lacked food. Fan Chou, who felt that he had lost his brother, had a different idea.Originally, according to the general practice, after successfully resisting Cao Jun's onslaught again and already proving his position, as long as Cao Cao has a little consolation next time, it is very likely that Fan Chou will have it, so he will half push and half obey. thoughts.

But it happened that Fan Chou "waited" for it, and it turned out to be Lu Bu's envoy.

The hatred of seizing the city!Fan Chou really couldn't believe that Lu Bu would easily ignore the fact that he was forced to leave Chang'an.

Lu Bu was once considered a high-ranking general in Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. Fan Chou, who was the most powerful general in the world and also a member of the Xiliang army, was just like Li Jue, Guo Si and others who experienced contempt from Lu Bu when he first arrived. Contempt, the psychological process of going to Hulao Pass to fight alone at the Eighteenth Route princes, and then to killing Dong Zhuo and shocking the Xiliang Army's fear.

Thinking about Li Jue and Guo Si, after Lu Bu retreated to Chang'an, he didn't even have the guts to pursue him. He only circled around Chang'an, then hastily withdrew his troops, guarding the pass and not daring to leave lightly, for fear that Lu Bu would suddenly counterattack, let alone now. Already "falling out of favor" myself.

After learning that Lv Bu had abandoned Hanoi and gone to Yanzhou to take control of Qingzhou, the generals of the Xiliang Army, including Fan Chou, were greatly relieved. After all, there was a Yanzhou in the middle, and at least they could escape from the shadow of Lv Bu's counterattack at any time. out.Unexpectedly, this time Cao Cao took advantage of the opportunity of the battle between Chang'an and Ma Teng and Han Sui to attack, and the addition of Yuan Shao already made Fan Chou very worried, and now even a member of Lu Bu's army who never expected to intervene Appeared, it turned out to be Lu Bu's son-in-law!
Who didn't know that Lu Bu had only one daughter so far, so the position of the visitor in Lu Bu's army could be imagined, and Fan Chou was really not sure how to treat the visitor for a while.

In contrast, Fan Chou really hoped that it would still be Cao Cao's envoy, and even Yuan Shao's envoy could barely handle it. Sui's reason is suspected, what is not good to "discuss"?
"General, the person from Cao Ying opposite has already arrived at the gate. Please show me how to deal with it!" It was the pro-military lieutenant who stirred Fan Chou's special thoughts and came in to report.The unconcealable disappointment on his face made Fan Chou feel a little lonely after seeing it.

"It's finally here! Let's go and close it!" Fan Chou put the silk book still in his hand on the table, and without further questioning, he shook his head and forced himself to ask calmly: " Be polite in your words, even though you belong to both the enemy and us, you must be well placed, and be courteous with your heart, so as not to make others laugh at me and the people from Xiliang, they are all reckless warriors."

"No!" The lieutenant lowered his head and said to Fan Chou with a wry smile, "It's just that there are more than 20 envoys and their entourage, and they don't want to come up in a gondola. ...If it takes the opportunity to rush through the pass and attracts a large army to rush in, then Tongguan..."

"Hmm! It seems that the rumored son-in-law of Lu Bu has something to say, and he actually asked for it? Forget it, hurry up and gather the troops and horses of the headquarters, and go to the closed door with a certain Qin... the governor of Xuzhou, General Qin !" Fan Chou was stunned when he heard the captain's words.There is only one gate in Tongguan, and Cao Jun's army is five miles away. If it is true as the captain said, it may really be a trick of Cao Jun's deception. Fan Chou pondered for a long time, and finally seemed to have made a major decision , said.

"The two thieves, Li Jue and Guo Si, were suspicious of the general. They were short-sighted. It seems that it is time to make a choice!" Fan Chou stared at the back of the personal soldier who went down to deliver the order, and sighed endlessly.Now Fan Chou had no other choice.People outside the pass don't know the inside story of Tongguan, but Fan Chou is clear in his heart. Right now, Tongguan has less than three days of food storage, but Chang'an still has no intention of coming to help, and I don't know what Li Jue and Guo Si are thinking. root?Could it be that just to guard against himself, he turned a blind eye to Tongguan?I don't know if Tongguan is lost, Chang'an will have no danger to defend?And right now because of the lack of military rations, there have been rumors in the army. Except for Fan Chou's headquarters, the [-] personal guards are still good, and the other defenders have shown some signs of fluctuating morale. If they don't find a "solution", they will almost After a few days, even if the soldiers outside the pass do not need to attack, the defenders in Tongguan may be in chaos by themselves.

"Squeaky..."

The muffled sound of Tongguan closing was particularly harsh in the quiet of the morning, and the soldiers who were guarding Qin Xu's first boarding battalion immediately became alert, hanging obliquely on their waists, and the fully stringed Xiandeng crossbow was held in their hands in an instant. Facing the direction in which the closed door opens.

"General Qin, they actually opened the door? Are you really not afraid that I'm here to cheat you?" Sima Mao, who was beside Qin Xu, murmured as he watched the door slowly open.

"Probably, it must be because of the fear of the master's reputation!" Not only Sima Mao, but even Qin Xu was very surprised, and couldn't explain it for a while, so he could only use Lu Bu's name as an excuse.

Originally, according to the practice of this year, if the two armies attacking and defending the pass want to exchange messengers, no matter how many people come, most of them will use a long rope to hang people up and down in the future. What cannot be opened is for fear that the visitor will use the name of a messenger to defraud the pass.

Because the gate is heavy and heavy, it takes about an incense stick of time to open and close it. In such a short period of time, if there are cavalry on the side that is tackling the key, as long as there is a slight delay here, it will be enough to make it difficult to close the gate, resulting in the gate being seized. And fell easily.Therefore, unless you want to fight with your back, opening and closing the door without authorization is a taboo!And Fan Chou is also a general of the Xiliang Army who has been famous for many years, and he has been guarding Tongguan for a long time. Someone from Qin, who was willing to try the late Han version of the lift, couldn't understand Fan Chou's intentions.

"General Qin, the man with the golden helmet and gold armor under his flag is Fan Chou!" Sima Maojiu was in the camp, he was also in Dong Zhuo's army before, and he knew Fan Chou. Seeing the crowd, he whispered to Qin Xu beside him.

As the door was closed and ajar, one could see a cavalry team of no less than a thousand cavalry headed by a military general in golden helmet and gold armor in the pass, and after closing the inner door, they were in full armor and formed an attack formation as a guard.

It seems that Fan Chou is not ignorant of the danger of opening and closing the door without authorization, but he still did it, and Qin Xu had some vague ideas for a while.

There is no need at all!Even if Fan Chou was worried about being cheated by closing the door, he led his troops to lie down at the door, but there was only so little space, and the door was only half open, and only three cavalry could go side by side. In a real battle, it can't be used.You know, cavalry without the advantage of attacking, and in the narrow urn after the pass, are not even as useful as infantry on horseback. Then Fan Chou still made this move, whether it was deterrence, or something else , but someone guessed it.

"Hey, the person who came is the governor of Xuzhou, the great Han, General Qin? My lord, the Empress General of the Han Dynasty, General Wannian Hou Fan, came to greet him personally!" Just as Qin Xu and the others were confronted by more than a thousand cavalrymen from Fan Chou in an attacking formation. When he didn't know what the other party meant, a school captain beside Fan Chou took a few steps forward, and cupped his hands at Qin Xu and the others, using the most authentic greeting etiquette of the Han Dynasty.On the contrary, Qin Xu couldn't figure out what Fan Chou was going to do.

"It's Qin Xu! I met General Fan!" Although Qin Xu has been in the late Han Dynasty for a year, under the "teaching" of his black-bellied sister Cai Yan, he has a little understanding of the etiquette of the big man.But after all, the days are short, and when Qin is alone with Cai Yan, his mind is not on this at all, so naturally he doesn't know how to deal with it at this time.In addition, most of Qin Xu's eyes are now focused on Fan Chou, a loyal general who had a tragic ending in history because he released his fellow countryman Han Sui privately. Therefore, when someone Qin responded to the captain's full set of salutes for the first time, he just regarded it as a routine, didn't pay too much attention, and replied casually.

"Uh! General Qin is worthy of being the son-in-law of Marquis Wen, and he is indeed a straightforward person. So, please!" It seems that the personal soldier under Fan Chou's command has put in a lot of effort to arrange it, and this time it is a wink for the blind man.However, Fan Chou seemed to be relieved of Qin Xu's indifferent attitude. After secretly looking at Qin Xu's young and ugly face and the guards behind him, Fan Chou sighed lightly and didn't say much. , with a wave of his hand, the door was closed, while the thousands of Xiliang soldiers behind Fan Chou scattered to both sides, raising their swords and guns to make a look of guard, but a path was revealed from it.Fan Chou nodded, and said to Qin Xu with a hint of arrogance.

"General Fan, please!" Proud of the "teaching" of the black-bellied sister, Qin Xu happened to have heard that the practice of the Xiliang Army under Fan Chou's command is the highest etiquette in the army to welcome envoys, and he suddenly realized just now I might have been a bit of a clown, so I didn't feel hypocritical at the moment, and ordered Lao Xu and Sima Mao to take the guards who went to the camp first to follow Fan Chou's personal soldiers and captains, and I only took Sima Mao to surround Fan Chou's body. Side by side, he secretly took a deep breath, put on a calm look, smiled lightly at Fan Chou, who looked like a standard Xiliang burly man, and nodded, and stood side by side in the Xiliang army's posture, "friendly" facing Go to the inner city of Guanzhong.

(End of this chapter)