Zhang Xiu, the Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

Then the two dismounted and walked to the palace. The soldiers of the Northern Army guarding the door saw Lu Bu and Jia Xu coming, so they immediately gave a military salute.

When the emperor and a group of members of the royal family heard the news that the general of the Northern Army was coming, they were all frightened. They have been tossed by Dong Zhuo for so many years, and now they are like frightened birds.

However, contrary to the expectations of the emperor and the members of the imperial family, the generals of the northern army seemed to respect them very much, and the etiquette was not sloppy at all.

The attitude of the Northern Expeditionary Army towards them made their hanging hearts relax a little.

The subsequent behavior of the Northern Army made their hostages feel a lot more relieved. On the second day, the Northern Expeditionary Army invited the emperor and a group of members of the imperial family to the Taishou Mansion, and at the same time sent people to deliver enough daily necessities.

When the emperor walked into the warm, comfortable and brightly decorated dormitory, the poor emperor, who had never lived a good life, was moved to tears on the spot, and the mother concubine who followed the emperor also looked excited.

After the emperor settled down in the Taishou Mansion, the next day Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sent an edict to Chen Chu. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said a lot of words of gratitude to Chen Chu in the edict, and finally crowned Chen Chu as a general, nominally in charge of the whole ** horse.

This edict was written by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty under the hint of Jia Xu. Although this edict was the result of Jia Xu's hints, Emperor Han Xian himself was also voluntary, according to his ideas, the Northern Army had a great merit in saving and eliminating traitors, and it was natural to give Chen Chu the position of a general.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty not only crowned Chen Chu as the general in charge of the whole horse, but also gave the official titles to a group of strategists and generals under Chen Chu, Jia Xu was named Guanluxun, and Lu Bu was named a former general.

After the Northern Army took control of Tianshui, it immediately began to organize and train the surrender army, and at the same time prepared to advance eastward.

In addition to selecting 110,000 soldiers who met the requirements of the Northern Army, Dong Zhuojun's former generals Li Dao and Yang Feng all defected to the Northern Army under Jia Xu's persuasion.

And the matter of marching east to Luoyang to deal with the battlefield of the state is also in full swing. As long as it was negotiated with Ma Teng and Han Sui, the northern army of Guanzhong could gather 150,000 troops and march west to Hanguguan to force Luoyang.

On the third day after the Northern Army occupied Tianshui, Ma Teng and Han Sui rushed to Tianshui.

Lu Bu Jiaxu met with the two men in the barracks tent, and after a period of greetings, Jia Xu and the two men held consultations on some practical issues.

The next day, the two left Tianshui with a happy look on their faces and returned to Longxi.

At the same time, in the Chencang Mountain in the southeast of Tianshui, dozens of ragged people were struggling to move forward among the thorns and rocks.

It was nearly noon, and the sun in the sky was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes. The group was tired and thirsty, so they took a break by a small stream.

"General Gongming, we've been walking for ten days, when will we be able to get to Hanzhong?" The man who spoke was a man who was not tall but very stout, and the general Gongming in his mouth was opposite a young military general holding a big axe, isn't Gongming the word Xu Huang? That's right, this military general holding a big axe is Xu Huang.

Xu Huang looked at the sky, and then replied, "It should only take three days to reach

Hanzhong!" "General Gongming, do you know the way to Hanzhong?" asked the man who spoke earlier uneasily.

Xu Huang replied lightly: "Don't worry about this General Niu Fu, I have traveled a few times from Guanzhong to Hanzhong!" It turned out that the person who spoke to Xu Huang turned out to be Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu.

Didn't Niu Fu escape from Longxi? How could he get mixed up with Xu Huang?

It turned out that after Niu Fu escaped from Longxi with his cronies Hu Chi'er and others that day, he fled all the way to Tianshui, but when he rushed to the outside of Tianshui City, he learned the news that shocked him very much, that Tianshui had been occupied by the Northern Army! His father-in-law, Dong Zhuo, had been captured by the Northern Army.

Niu Fu was shocked, and fled to the south in a panic, and happened to meet Xu Huang and his party on the road. Although Niu Fu's status in Dong Zhuojun is higher than Xu Huang's, the two still know each other. After a brief conversation between the two, Xu Huang told Niu Fu that he was going to cross Chen Cangshan to Hanzhong, but Niu Fu had nowhere to go, so he decided to go to Hanzhong with Xu Huang.

In this way, Niu Fu and Xu Huang came together.

Niu Fu listened to Xu Huang's answer, nodded, paused for a moment, and then asked: "General Gongming, what are your plans next after you arrive in Hanzhong?"

Xu Huang hesitated for a moment before replying, "I plan to defect to

Cao Cao!" Niu Fu showed a puzzled expression, "Why did General Gongming defect to

Cao Cao?" Xu Huang replied after a moment's thought: "When Cao Cao is the real hero today!".

Niu Fu was silent for a moment, and then asked: "What about Chen Chu, what do you think of Chen Chu of the Northern Army?" Xu Huang didn't expect Niu Fu to ask such a question, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then replied with a complicated expression: "Chen Chu of the Northern Army is just a hero!" Regarding Xu Huang's

comment, Niu Fu was noncommittal.

Then, the two of them seemed to be thinking about their own thoughts, and neither spoke.

After a while, Niu Fu's confidant Hu Chi'er came over and said to Niu Fu respectfully: "General, shall we continue to hurry, or do we repair on the spot?" Hu Chi'er's

voice pulled Niu Fu's thoughts back. Niu Fu asked Xu Huang: "General Gongming, what do you think?" Xu Huang

replied after a moment's thought: "With the current situation of the Northern Army, there should be no chasing troops. Besides, we have been walking through the mountains for ten days, and we are all tired! I think we can recuperate here for a day, and then continue our journey tomorrow.

Niu Fu thought about it and felt that Xu Huang's analysis was very reasonable, so he nodded and said, "What Gongming said is exactly what I want." Then he turned his head to Hu Chi'er on the side and ordered: "You go down and tell everyone, let's rest here for a day today, and then continue to hurry next day."

Hu Chi'er agreed to retreat.

Xu Huang looked at the back of Hu Chi'er, and doubts flashed in his eyes. Because he seemed to see Hu Chi'er just now, a chill flashed in his eyes.

"Gongming, what are you thinking?" Just as Xu Huang was secretly thinking to himself, Niu Fu's voice came.

Xu Huang retracted his gaze and said lightly at Niu Fu: "I'm thinking, I don't know what the situation of Taishi and General Yang is now?"

Of course, Xu Huang was not thinking about this matter, but Niu Fu did not doubt him. Niu Fu sighed and sighed, "Think how majestic we used to be, but now we are like lost dogs!" After speaking, he sighed again.

"General Niu Fu doesn't need to be annoyed, a manly man may not have a day to make a comeback!" Xu Huang said proudly, his eyes were very determined.

Inspired by Xu Huang's pride, Niu Fu couldn't help but feel broad-minded, and the depression of the past few days dissipated a lot. "General Gongming is right! Today we were defeated in the hands of the Northern Army, and we will definitely get it back from the Northern Army in the coming day!" Niu Fu also said very proudly.

Ushisuke's words are very interesting. Speaking of which, Niu Fu should have been defeated in the hands of Xiliang Ma Teng, but Niu Fu did not say so, but said that he was defeated in the hands of the Northern Army. It can be seen that in Niu Fu's heart, it was not Xiliang Ma Teng who defeated him, but the Northern Army.

Xu Huang hesitated for a while, and finally said something solemnly to Niu Fu. As soon as Niu Fu heard this, his face suddenly showed a look of shock, and at the same time, he showed a look of disbelief.

As the sky gradually darkened, Xu Huang and Niu Fu and his party lit several bonfires by the stream, and there were several simple tents around the bonfires, and the two smaller tents were Xu Huang and Niu Fu's.

His men were roasting the game they had just brought over the campfire, and the enticing aroma of meat permeated the silent night.

After a full meal, the tired people rested early.

The full moonlight slowly faded to the west, and in the middle of the night, a group of figures crept out of a tent, still holding cold-glittering blades in their hands.

These people are none other than Niu Fu's confidant Hu Chi'er and a dozen or so subordinates.

What did they want to do if they didn't sleep in the middle of the night?

Hu Chi'er and the others split into two groups, one led by Hu Chi'er himself to Xu Huang's tent, and the other went to Niu Fu's tent.

The two groups of men and horses came to the outside of the tent, paused, and then slammed the curtain open and rushed in. At this moment, it was pitch black in the tabernacle and nothing could be seen, so the men slashed at the place where they were sleeping. With a faint flash of knife light, these people felt that something seemed wrong with the slashing sensation.

"Oh no! we may have fallen into a trap!" cried out in panic in the darkness.

When everyone heard this, they immediately panicked, so they hurriedly ran out of the tent. As soon as they came out, they arrived and it was as bright as day. It turned out that dozens of people were holding torches to surround them in the middle.

"Hu Chi'er, I've always regarded you as a cronie, why do you want to harm me?" Niu Fu pointed at Hu Chi'er who was surrounded in the middle with a steel knife in his hand, and asked angrily.

As soon as he saw Niu Fu, Hu Chi'er, who was weak-hearted, had a flickering eye and didn't dare to look at Niu Fu.

The people around Hu Chi'er looked at each other with a look of bewilderment.

Hu Chi'er was silent for a moment, and her expression suddenly became fierce. "Niu Fu, don't talk nonsense! If you have the ability, come and kill Lao Tzu!" Hu Chi'er shouted fiercely with a horizontal steel knife.

When the people around Hu Chi'er heard Hu Chi'er say this, they immediately panicked. In fact, they were only tempted by the treasure around Niu Fu, so they decided to attack Niu Fu with Hu Chi'er. It turned out that when Niu Fu escaped from Longxi, he took a large amount of treasure with him, and from then on, Hu Chi'er and others were moved.

Niu Fu saw that after Hu Chi'er was exposed to the conspiracy, he was still so arrogant, and he was immediately furious. "Shoot the arrows!" kill all these traitors!" Niu Fuyuan roared with glaring eyes.

However, the soldiers with bows and arrows around did not listen to Niu Fu's orders, but turned their eyes to Xu Huang. It turned out that Niu Fu's subordinates were all reversed, and the soldiers surrounding Hu Chi'er at this time were all Xu Huang's own soldiers.

Xu Huang held a big axe in his hand, his eyes condensed. After staring at Hu Chi'er, who was already crazy, for a moment, Xu Huang nodded violently.

The surrounding soldiers got the order, so they immediately fired arrows at Hu Chi'er and others who were surrounded.