Chapter 391: Inciting Pang De to Rebel! The Terror of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy!

"Go home?"

Liu Xie was slightly startled when he heard this. It was the middle of winter, and Zhen Mi had just recovered from her illness. Wouldn't it be a crime to travel a long distance home at this time?

Zhen Mi pursed her lips, her expression slightly gloomy, and said: "I want to go back to pay tribute to my mother."

She knew that this request was a bit willful, because concubines in the palace could not return home, even if their parents passed away.

The reason why she was able to go home to pay tribute to her brother Zhen Yan after his death was entirely because she was responsible for the mission of winning over the Zhen family, otherwise she would not have been able to go back.

But she really couldn't suppress her longing for her mother, so after thinking about it, she still chose to muster up the courage to make this request.

Looking at the haggard Zhen Mi in front of him, Liu Xie was silent for a moment, and then said to her: "I will let the Tiger Guards take you back."

He did not refuse, but agreed directly.

Zhen Mi looked at Liu Xie in surprise when she heard this, because she was actually prepared to be rejected.

Liu Xie saw Zhen Mi's doubts, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "The palace etiquette is complicated, but filial piety to parents is the greatest etiquette."

"If my beloved concubine does not go back, she will always have regrets in her heart. I don't want to see you sad."

At this point, Liu Xie joked, "Besides, my beloved concubine wants to go back to her parents' home. Can I stop you from leaving? That would make me look petty."

This sentence made Zhen Mi, who was originally in tears, burst into laughter. Her originally very depressed mood suddenly became clear, and she was filled with unspeakable happiness.

It was not because it was so simple to go home, but because of Liu Xie's tolerance and tenderness towards her, which was the greatest happiness for her.

……

After Zhang Liao, Lu Bu and others led the army west out of Hangu Pass, they marched for two days in heavy snow and finally arrived at Tongguan.

Tongguan is the eastern gate of Chang'an. "The first danger in the capital, the key to the three Qins, the throat of the four towns, and the hundred and two passes" is to describe Tongguan.

The terrain here is extremely dangerous, with the momentum of "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it", and it has been a place that military strategists of all dynasties must fight for.

And this is also the first target of the Han army to attack!

Ten miles away from Tongguan, the Han army is stationed here.

The military camp is endless in the mountains and plains.

The 80,000-strong Han army has arrived here for two days, but Zhang Liao is not in a hurry to attack, but has been observing the terrain of Tongguan.

Outside the Han army camp, on a hill.

Zhang Liao, Sima Yi, and Chen Gong are standing on it, looking at Tongguan in the distance, and discussing with each other.

"Tongguan is worthy of being the first of the nine passes. It is too difficult to attack such a natural barrier that is easy to defend and difficult to attack." Zhang Liao frowned deeply.

Tongguan is backed by the Yellow River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south. It is a natural barrier and extremely difficult to attack.

In front of Tongguan is a narrow goat trail that can only accommodate a bicycle. It is difficult for the army to directly attack the city, and it is very easy to be ambushed.

He originally planned to use the strong individual strength of the Han army to find a breakthrough in the Qinling Mountains.

After all, the winding narrow valley in front of Tongguan is a natural trap, and it is better not to touch it if possible.

However, the terrain of Qinling Mountains is too dangerous, and through observation, the Western Liang army also has troops ambushed on the mountain. Once he leads his troops up the mountain, he will definitely be hit head-on.

Zhang Liao is also a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles. However, looking at the dangerous pass in the distance, he felt for the first time that he had no idea where to start.

"Tongguan is guarded by 30,000 Western Liang troops. With so many troops, it can be seen that Ma Chao is determined to stop us outside Tongguan."

Chen Gong also shook his head and said.

Tongguan is too difficult to break. It only takes a very small number of troops to defend it, let alone a full 30,000 troops?

Zhang Liao's face was as dark as water, and he snorted coldly: "Tongguan is a pass that cannot be avoided. This place must be taken."

It is impossible to bypass it.

Eighty thousand people are different from one person or dozens of people. The Qinling Mountains are densely forested, and many mountainous areas have not been developed, so there are no suitable marching conditions at all.

Moreover, a suitable marching channel often requires financial investment to maintain, so the marching route options for the army are actually extremely limited.

How long will it take for tens of thousands of people to cross mountains and ridges?

And walking in deep mountains and old forests or steep ridges, how to solve the problem of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating? How to transport siege equipment? How to keep up with the logistics of heavy people pulling and horses?

The most dangerous thing is the enemy's ambush. If 100,000 people take a detour, the enemy can always get intelligence, so sometimes even if they know that attacking the pass will suffer heavy losses, they have to attack.

"What do you think, military advisor?"

Zhang Liao looked at Sima Yi and asked.

Previously, Sima Yi said that he wanted to rely on Ma Teng to seize power internally and defeat the Xiliang Army without bloodshed, but he has not heard any news from the Xiliang Army until now.

He always felt that it was a bit wrong to put all his hopes on Ma Teng. If he failed, wouldn't they waste a lot of time in vain?

It is important to know that opportunities are precious and fleeting.

But compared to the worries of Zhang Liao and Chen Gong, Sima Yi seemed calm and said with a deep look: "Don't worry, just wait and see."

After saying that, he looked up at the snowflakes falling in the sky and said to himself: "What a heavy snow."

Zhang Liao and Chen Gong looked at each other.

But in the end, they didn't say anything.

...

Sizhou, Chang'an.

It was late at night, but the candlelight was still on in Pang De's study, and he handled the affairs of the Xiliang Army by candlelight.

As the most prestigious person in the Xiliang army second only to Ma Chao and Ma Teng, Pang De has always been deeply trusted by father and son, and has high power and status.

After Ma Chao took over the Xiliang Army, he paid full attention to him and left many things to him, so staying up late was normal for him.

Just when Pound was concentrating on the military affairs on the case, a gust of wind suddenly blew through, blowing the door of the study open a crack.

The temperature in the study dropped sharply.

Pang De frowned, stood up and wanted to close the door, but as soon as he reached the door, he felt a chill on his neck.

"General Pang, don't move."

A deep voice came from behind him.

Pang De lowered his head and glanced at the dagger lying between his neck, which could cut his throat with just one stroke. There was no trace of panic on his face.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Pang De remained motionless and asked in a deep voice, but his vigilance had risen to the extreme.

Able to sneak into his study and come up behind him without him noticing at all.

This is extremely unbelievable for him, a general who crawled out from the pile of dead people, and it shows that the person behind him is definitely a master.

Hearing his question, the person behind him laughed softly: "General Pang, don't worry, I don't mean any harm."

"I just want to show General Pang something."

As he spoke, he raised an iron talisman representing his identity to Pound's eyes. Pound's pupils shrank immediately when he saw this!

"Where did you get this token?"

"What did you do to the old general!"

Pound asked angrily, with an uncontrollable look of anger on his face, and his tone was even more anxious.

Because this token belongs to Ma Teng!

The man behind him said: "General Ma asked me to bring this. I also have a letter to give to the general."

"General, as long as you don't make any noise, I will let you go, okay?"

Pound's eyes changed, and he finally nodded slowly.

Then he felt the coolness on his neck disappear.

At the moment when the threat to his life disappeared, Pound punched behind him without hesitation, but the punch missed.

But this punch was just to separate the two sides. During this interval, Pound grabbed the sharp sword hanging next to him, and the tip of the sword was pointed directly at the throat of the person behind him.

"bite--!"

A sound of gold and iron clashing sounded.

The tip of the sword was firmly blocked by the dagger.

At the same time, Pound also saw clearly the face of the person behind him, who was a masked man in black.

"General Pang, what do you mean?"

The man in black asked with narrowed eyes.

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Pound snorted coldly and said, "Sneaky rat, do you think this general will believe your lies?"

"Tell me! Where did the token come from, and who are you!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless with the sword!"

The man in black in front of him was a master of hidden assassination, but when it came to a head-on confrontation, he was absolutely confident that he could kill him.

He was killed out of thousands of troops!

The man in black sneered: "General Ma said that General Pang was a brave and upright person, but now it seems that he is just a cowardly villain."

"Since General Pang doesn't believe me, then take action, so that Old General Ma can be imprisoned to death by that traitor Ma Chao!"

After saying that, the man in black put down the dagger in his hand.

He looked like he was ready to kill.

The man in black's approach made Pangd feel a little reluctant to take action. He put down the sword in his hand and asked, "You said General Ma gave me a letter. Where is the letter?"

"And what did you mean by what you just said?"

This man in black was full of mystery. He didn't expect that such a master would go to great lengths to lurk just to send him a message.

And that last sentence is also very problematic.

The man in black took out a letter from his arms, threw it in front of Pound, and then said: "You will know after reading this letter."

After hearing this, Pound hesitated and finally picked up the letter, then opened it and read it.

It didn't take long for a look of shock and deep disbelief to appear on his face.

"This is impossible!"

Pang De suddenly looked up at the man in black and raised the sword in his hand again, "Who are you and why did you forge this letter!"

Both the handwriting and the final seal of this letter were undoubtedly from Ma Teng, but the content inside was really shocking.

So much so that he couldn't believe it!

According to the letter, the emperor was not held hostage by Lu Bu and Yuan Xi. Ma Chao had been deceiving him and the entire Xiliang army for so long!

Apart from this, Ma Teng was not injured and is now under house arrest in the General's Mansion by Ma Chao!

"General Pang should have made his own judgment on whether this letter is true or false. Why do you need to ask me?"

The man in black said calmly: "Ma Chao conspired to rebel, and his crime is unpardonable. Doesn't the general want to go with him on this road to the end?"

"As for who I am, it doesn't hurt to tell you - I am the Han embroiderer!"

The man in black pulled his chest clothes out, revealing the gorgeous embroidered clothes underneath, indicating his identity.

Pang De was extremely shocked at this time.

He had certainly heard of the reputation of the embroiderer.

The top intelligence agency of the Han Dynasty had great power during Emperor Wu's period and was feared by all civil and military officials.

Now it has reappeared in the world!

Pang De looked away from the embroiderer, looked down at the letter in his hand repeatedly, and finally let out a long sigh and dropped the sword on the ground.

This letter cannot be faked. He has been with Ma Teng for many years and is very familiar with the latter's handwriting. He can be sure that this letter was written by Ma Teng.

"No wonder Ma Mengqi has been claiming that the old general is still ill in bed for so long. It turns out to be to avoid us meeting him."

Pang De had already had doubts about Ma Chao, but now the content of this letter had cleared up his doubts.

Everything has an answer.

Pang De calmed down and then asked the embroidered messenger in front of him: "Then what should I do now? How can I save the old general?"

The Embroidered Clothes Messenger said: "General Ma is under house arrest in the General's Mansion. The people on duty are all Ma Chao's personal guards. It is not easy for General Pang to rescue General Ma from him."

"I came here this time because I have a more important matter that I hope General Pang can cooperate with."

Pang De said without hesitation: "That's the envoy's order. The old general said in the letter that I will fully cooperate with your actions."

The emperor was not kidnapped, which meant that everything he had done before was aiding the tyrants. Now he can only be cleared of crime by cooperating with others to commit crimes.

What's more, he didn't want to go against the court in the first place.

The embroidered clothes envoy did not hesitate and said directly: "Now the imperial army has arrived outside Tongguan. Tongguan is the gateway to the east and is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"The imperial army will definitely pay a heavy price if they want to capture this gateway. Therefore, General Wang Pang can take the initiative to request Ma Chao to guard Tongguan, and then let the imperial army enter the pass and take Chang'an directly."

"In this way, we will definitely defeat Ma Chao and rescue General Ma."

The embroiderer briefly told Pang De the plan.

Tongguan was too dangerous, and the casualties in the attack were too great. The only way was to instigate Pound and let him cooperate with the outside, let the imperial troops enter the pass, and kill the horses by surprise.

"this……"

Pang De looked hesitant and said, "It's not that I don't want to, but I'm worried that asking Ma Chao to guard Tongguan for no reason will arouse his suspicion."

"General Pang, don't worry."

The embroiderer smiled slightly and said: "The soldiers and horses of the imperial court will launch a fierce attack on the pass. When the time comes, it will be okay for General Pang to request to go and guard."

Seeing that the embroiderer spoke so firmly, Pound no longer hesitated, nodded heavily and said: "I understand, I will act according to the plan."

"Just how do I contact you?"

The situation is changing rapidly. If there is an emergency, he needs to convey the message to the Embroidered Clothes Envoy in time.

"I'm everywhere."

Pang De was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up again after recovering, the figure of the embroiderer had disappeared from the study.

Looking at the darkness outside the open door of the study, Pound felt a palpitation in his heart.

The Messenger of Embroidered Clothes... is so terrifying.