"Wen You, if you don't agree to He Jin, I probably won't be able to climb to that position in my life! You also know that I am not from an aristocratic family, and those literati generally look down on me."

When Dong Zhuo said this, Li Ru already understood Dong Zhuo's choice in his heart.

"My lord, we now have 30,000 elite soldiers, and there are as many as 20,000 cavalry here! This doesn't include our old troops. I believe that those barbarians in the past, if they hear the call of the lord, they will definitely come to vote bravely! "

Dong Zhuo is not a fool either, Li Ru's words undoubtedly increased his motivation and confidence, and he also understood that his son-in-law may also have his heart biased towards He Jin!

After thinking about it again and again, Dong Zhuo still couldn't make up his mind, because standing on He Jin's side was equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the emperor! If it fails, it is tantamount to treason!

"My lord, are you worried that you won't be able to defeat Liu Zhang?"

Dong Zhuo shook his head, he hadn't considered Liu Zhang's issue yet.

"Once we go to Luoyang, Meiyang City will be empty. Once Han Sui comes to attack, what should we do?"

Unexpectedly, when Li Ru heard Dong Zhuo's doubts, he looked up to the sky and laughed.

"My lord, don't worry, even if Meiyang City is empty, Han Sui and Ma Teng will not invade!"

"Oh? Why are you so confident?"

"Don't worry, my lord, He Jin has already made arrangements, so we don't have to worry about our future!"

Now that all the problems have been solved except Liu Zhang, Dong Zhuo's heart became more impetuous.

He Jin's conditions are too generous, and desire is gradually defeating Dong Zhuo's last rationality!

Bang!

Dong Zhuo stood up, drew out his sword and chopped off the table case, and shouted.

"I've made up my mind! Send someone to reply to He Jin, and say that I, Dong Zhuo, fully support him!"

"In addition, send someone to summon the old troops and order Li Jue and Guo Si to lead the troops! We will definitely succeed in this battle! Even if we are enemies with Liu Zhang, we must not lose anything!"

Seeing that Dong Zhuo had finally made up his mind, Li Ru was overjoyed and quickly surrendered.

"My lord is wise! I will do it right away!"

"The end of the new year is approaching, so why don't you visit General He Jin in the name of giving a gift, and discuss these details again, what do you think, my lord?"

Dong Zhuo nodded, he was absolutely assured of Li Ru.

"Just do it!"

"promise!"

Yizhou, Hanzhong County, Yangping Pass.

At the end of 188 A.D., Huang Zhong brought the Wushe battalion to Yangping Pass.

Now Yangpingguan is no longer always guarded by Yang Lin. Considering that the soldiers need to take turns to rest, Jia Xu specially arranged for Huang Zhong to lead the Wushe Battalion to take turns with Yang Lin's county soldiers.

There has been no war for three years, and everyone's spirits have relaxed.

Fortunately, Ma Xiang rebelled from Yizhou before, and successively broke through Mianzhu and other counties, which made the defenders in Hanzhong County more vigilant.

In order to prevent the fall of Yizhou from affecting Hanzhong, Jia Xu specially strengthened the defense of Jinniu Road and Micang Road.

Jinniu Dao is guarded by Yangpingguan, and Huang Zhong is naturally foolproof here.

The Micang Road itself is relatively steep, and if you want to pass it with a large army, even if the Yizhou rebels want to attack Hanzhong, there is a high probability that they will not take the Micang Road.

However, for the sake of safety, Jia Xu specially asked Xia Houlan to take the Wuqi Battalion to station at the valley entrance of Micang Road, and built fortifications.

When Yangping Pass was closed, Huang Zhong was conducting daily inspections. As long as he was stationed at Yangping Pass, this was an essential job.

Behind Huang Zhong stood two young generals, they were Yang Lin's two sons, Yang Ang and Yang Ren.

These two originally followed Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, but since Zhao Yun and Tai Shici followed Liu Zhang to Luoyang, these two were sent under Huang Zhong's command and temporarily served as deputy generals of the Wushe battalion.

"General Huang, it's almost the end of the new year, you don't go to rest, are you still here for inspection?"

Yang Ren and Huang Zhong were quite familiar, so they naturally spoke a little more casually.

"Hehe, how can I relax even the slightest bit when the military advisor entrusts me with the heavy responsibility!"

On the contrary, Yang Ang admired Huang Zhong's behavior style very much, and often talked about it.

"I'm very particular about General Huang's rigorous style of doing things! Unlike our father, in Yangpingguan, it's just a sham!"

Huang Zhong shook his head helplessly, he knew Yang Lin well, he was not as miserable as his son said.

"It's getting dark too early. It seems that the brother who went to the mountain to inspect has not come back yet? Are you lost?"

Since he came under Huang Zhong's command, the important task of patrolling the mountains has been handed over to Yang Ren.

Sometimes Yang Ren even took the soldiers there himself.

However, Yang Ren didn't think it was necessary to do so, and even complained to Huang Zhong, thinking that it was completely meaningless to do so.

Naturally, Huang Zhong would not listen to his opinion, and still let him carry out the military order every day!

The matter of scouting has been deeply engraved in Huang Zhong's heart. He never wants to repeat the mistake of being flanked. It was also that time that Liu Zhang almost died!

"The inspectors who went to the mountain haven't come back yet? When did they return to the gate in the past?"

Yang Ren's casual complaint from the side was overheard by Huang Zhong.

"It's Shen Shi early, and it's time to come back at You Shi when it's late!"

Yang Ren didn't even think about it, he just blurted out.

"You hour? What time is it now?"

Hearing Huang Zhong's question, Yang Ren raised the torch and walked towards the copper kettle dripping glass, and then exclaimed.

"Ah! It's almost Xu time!"

The days are too short now, and the time of day is almost dark. If the concept of time is not strong, it is easy to forget the current time!

The soldiers patrolling the mountain should have returned long ago under normal circumstances, but now it has been more than two hours, and there is still no trace of them!

Huang Zhong tensed up, and instantly felt a little danger!

"Yang Ang, tell all the soldiers in the Martial Archery Battalion to bring all their equipment and come and garrison them! Then send a fast horse to inform Jia Junshi and tell him the situation here!"

Seeing that Yang Ang was still in a daze, Huang Zhong urged him loudly again.

"Hurry up! What are you waiting for!"

"Ah? Ah! I'll go right away!"

Yang Ang had never encountered such a situation at all, and he reacted after being scolded by Huang Zhong angrily, and hurried to prepare.

"General Huang, is this... too nervous? Maybe these people are lost?"

Yang Ren hesitantly expressed his opinion, and at this moment, he felt that a war was about to begin!

"Yangping Pass is the only proof of Hanzhong County. Once Yangping Pass is lost, the enemy will be able to enter Hanzhong directly. It will be troublesome then!"

Huang Zhong didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, Hanzhong County's relationship with Liu Zhang was too great, and there must be no mistakes.

Yangping Pass is not like other checkpoints. It connects two mountains and the checkpoint is built on the mountain. This is not like the usual Xiongguan Pass, which has the advantage that one man can control the pass and ten thousand can not open it.

Not long after, soldiers from the Martial Arts Battalion began to rush in frantically, each holding a bow and arrow, and carrying a quiver on their back, and the quiver was already densely packed with arrows.

Just at this tense moment, a soldier suddenly came to report.

"Report to the general, our soldiers are back."

(end of this chapter)

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