Chapter 735 Arrival at Tongguan

Another reason is that Huangfu Chaobo wants to meet Cai Wenji, the most talented woman in the Three Kingdoms, so he can take her back to Luoyang along the way. Of course, if possible, you can also look for Diao Chan, the most beautiful woman in the Three Kingdoms and one of the four beauties in ancient China. Dong Zhuo is already dead, so you can consider bringing this beauty back for a look. Of course, this is just incidental.

There is another thing, which is also a very important thing arranged by Huangfu Chaobo, that is, Xu Ying, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms who Huangfu Chaobo has always remembered. When he captured him, Dong Zhuo was still there, so he never He is willing to surrender, but now that Dong Zhuo is dead, can he, a non-Xiliang general, still be reused after losing Dong Zhuo? This raises a big question mark.

Although Huangfu Chaobo now has two top generals such as Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, as well as Tian Yu, Huang Xu, Hua Xiong and Meng Yi, generals like Xu Rong who can defeat Cao Cao and Sun Jian, Huangfu There is never too much Chaobo.

After thinking about it, Huangfu Chaobo finally decided on Zhao Rui, the lieutenant of Gu County, who was the one he had with the best attributes besides Chen Jing, Zhang An and Zhou Yi. In addition to Zhao Rui, there are two personal guard generals, Ma Jin and Sun Ping. The two of them serve as Zhao Rui's deputy generals. One is responsible for assisting in commanding the troops, and the other is responsible for external liaison.

As for the personnel he led, in addition to the five hundred Imperial Guard infantry, there were also fifty Shadow Guards. If you add the dozens of shadow guards that originally existed in Chang'an City, there will be a total of nearly 600 people.

After summoning the three people to the general's mansion, Huangfu Chaobo first asked them for their opinions. After confirming their opinions, Huangfu Chaobo explained the mission of the trip to them in detail.

After the three of them all understood their purpose, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the three of them to select soldiers and horses. As for the weapons and equipment of the soldiers, Huangfu Chaobo, after consulting the three people, decided not to use the general equipment of the imperial guards, but to use the best equipment that Sizhou could come up with.

The complete set of weapons and equipment for the trapped camp is currently the best equipment that can be used by the soldiers of Sizhou. Considering the nature of the trapped camp, Huangfu Chaobo has been ordering the weapons workshop to continuously build the trapped camp equipment. Currently, he has accumulated nearly 3,000 pieces of equipment for the trapped camp. set of equipment, so it is easy to draw 600 sets from it.

Of course, in addition to the equipment trapped in the camp, one or two sets of ordinary equipment are still equipped, and those equipment can only be used as a trump card. In fact, it's not that Huangfu Chaobo doesn't have better equipment. For example, the level 50 Shanwen Chain Armor has already been produced. It's just that although it's good, it's troublesome to make, so the quantity is really not small. Currently, there are also many in the Sizhou Army. It is only issued to the general level. It is basically impossible for ordinary soldiers to use it.

There is also the Mingguang Armor in the knight's hand. Although it is suitable for soldiers to use, the knight's own army has not yet prepared enough, let alone his own allies.

One day later, the soldiers, horses, equipment, supplies they needed to carry, and the tributes to be presented to the emperor were all ready. The five hundred soldiers were all selected from among the soldiers in the army when they first entered Luoyang. They all have families and businesses in Luoyang, and they all have houses in the inner city. Their family members are also working in various workshops in Luoyang or have their own industries in the city.

These people are Huangfu Chaobo's strongest supporters, so they were selected. The five hundred soldiers were divided into five tuns, without a war, and each tun had two teams. Each team had twenty sword and shield soldiers, twenty spearmen, and ten crossbowmen.

Although there is no cavalry, all five hundred people have advanced riding skills. Chang'an has no shortage of horses. By then, they only need to get enough horses to become cavalry. Of course, all officers above the rank of captain are equipped with horses.

More than 500 of them went to Chang'an this time for the purpose of making a donation, so the tribute must be indispensable. Huangfu Chaobo also put a lot of effort into these things. First of all, horses. Huangfu Chaobo prepared ten horses, fifty good horses, and five hundred jars of the best Luoshen wine.

One hundred East Sea pearls, two hundred pieces of Shu brocade, and other gold and silver jewelry worth tens of thousands of gold.

Of course, the only real practical things are horses, and other things are flashy things. But is it really useful for the emperor who is trapped in the palace to take these horses? This Huangfu Chaobo is unknown.

On March 29, just two days after receiving the emergency report from Chang'an, the team sent by Sizhou to Chang'an left Xiyang Gate in the west of Luoyang and headed towards Hangu Pass.

As for the people in Luoyang City, they immediately started various preparations after the tribute team left. After Zhao Rui and his party arrive in Hu County, they will go to Tongguan under the escort of the Hu County defenders, and then it depends on the situation. If Tongguan can be captured, then the soldiers and horses of the Hong family will enter the pass as the vanguard of the army. If No, then the defenders of Huyang will send the convoy to Tongguan and then return to Huyang.

It is more than 400 miles from Luoyang to Tongguan, and nearly 400 miles from Tongguan to Chang'an. Zhao Rui and his party have more than 500 soldiers and horses, dozens of carriages, and nearly a hundred civilians.

It took almost ten days to arrive at Tongguan. The person guarding Tongguan at this time was Dong Zhuo's general Hu Feng. He was Li Jue's nephew. At this time, he already knew that his uncle was confronting Guo Aduo in Chang'an City.

In order to prevent the Kwantung princes from taking the opportunity to cause chaos, Hu Feng ordered the defenders to strengthen their alert.

On this day, Hu Feng was patrolling on the wall of Tongguan as usual. At this time, he suddenly found a team coming slowly towards the city from a distance. Just when Hu Feng was about to send someone to check, several riders ran out of the team and galloped towards the city.

Soon, several cavalrymen arrived at the gate. Seeing this, the soldiers at the gate immediately prepared for battle. Several cavalrymen stopped their horses, and one of them stepped forward and said, "We are the convoy sent by General Pingdong to enter Chang'an to meet His Majesty the Emperor. We are here to inform your army to avoid misunderstandings. Please inform the brothers guarding the gate!"

As he said, the cavalryman turned over and dismounted, handed the warhorse to the cavalryman who came with him, and walked quickly towards the direction of the garrison inside the pass. Seeing him coming forward alone, the gate guard did not dare to be careless. He stopped him a few dozen steps away and said, "Do you have any proof?"

The cavalryman took out a disc from his body and handed it out.

The guarding general pointed to a soldier beside him and asked him to go forward and take the disc back. After opening it, he found that it was indeed a disc issued by the governor of Sizhou, which stated how many soldiers were escorting a certain number of vehicles to Chang'an to meet the emperor.