After receiving the aid order from Han Xian, Hu Cai was very conflicted. The reason for chasing Han Xian was that Li Le and himself were interdependent for a long time. He struggled to maintain this armed force after the failure of the Yellow Turbans.

It was originally thought that the escort of Emperor Xian of Han back to Luoyang this time had basically cleared the reputation of the "rebels" of the Baibo army, but Han Xian's sudden rebellious act basically ruined their efforts and put tens of thousands of Baibo army in dire straits.

Since Li Le had handed over military power to recuperate, he had no right to mobilize the troops in Hedong County, but he did not want Hu Cai to follow in Han Xian's footsteps and ended up in a good end. So he advised him not to join Han Xian and to guard the land in Hedong.

At first, Hu Cai adopted Li Le's suggestion and ignored Han Xian's orders. However, Han Xian, who showed his ambition, completely lost his patience and could not wait to realize his growing desire. He issued three urging orders in succession, and his tone was heavier than the other, especially the last urging order actually wrote the serious words "If you don't raise an army again, you will be killed immediately."

The dragging technique was no longer possible, so Hu Cai found Li Le again to discuss what to do next. After thinking about it, Li Le decided to put national justice first and draw a clear line with Han and Siam. Hu Cai agreed to this and proposed to raise an army to raid Han Xian to achieve the goal of counterattacking Emperor Xian of Han, and eliminated the main force of Han Xian in one go, and eliminated the hidden dangers of the Han court.

Li Le was reluctant to make up his mind about Hu Cai's idea. Putting aside his friendship, he knew Han Xian's ruthlessness very well. If Hu Cai failed, the entire Hedong County would be in peace.

But Han Xian, who was in urgent need, obviously would not give him time to think slowly. The situation had reached the point where the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

In desperation, Li Le agreed to Hu Cai's idea of ​​sending troops and secretly contacted the old subordinates of Han Xian army to prepare for the uprising.

After returning to the camp, Hu Cai could order half of the main forces stationed in Hedong to prepare for their stay.

Considering the confidentiality of the action, Li Le specifically instructed Hu Cai not to tell his soldiers the real purpose of the trip in advance. Although Hu Cai is not a meticulous person, he also understands that this move is related to the survival of himself and even the Han Dynasty, and he certainly does not dare to slack off.

In order to paralyze Han Xian and make him relax his vigilance, Hu Cai wrote a special reply saying that he had received his order and was preparing to start the army in the near future. At the moment of putting down his pen, Hu Cai suddenly thought that Cao Cao and the others did not know their true intentions. If they treat themselves as Han Xian’s party, they will not be able to explain clearly.

Thinking of this, he opened another bamboo slip, which stated that he would lead his army from Dongyuan to approach Han Xian, Liang County, the place where Yang Feng garrison was. At that time, Hu would raise the Han flag and cooperate with Cao Cao to attack Han Xian in and out.

After writing, Hu Cai called two generals who had been with him for five years, Jia Kui, a native of Hedong, and Guo Pei, a native of Yangqu. One of them was handed over to Jia Kui. He said solemnly: "Jia Kui, send this letter to the Han Xian Army in Liang County, and say that I will help him regain the emperor."

Jia Kui took the order to leave, and then Hu Cai handed another letter to Guo Pei: "You can quickly go to Xu County to meet Cao Gong Meng De, and inform him that Han Xian has made up his mind to rebel, and ask him to believe me and act according to his plan."

Guo Pei took the letter with both hands and bid farewell to Hu Cai. He rode two fast horses with Jia Kui and galloped out in both directions at a speed.

After arranging the situation, Hu Cai visited Li Le's house again. After telling him his idea, Li Le always felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he didn't care too much. Hu Cai told him that there were two purposes for this:

First, visit Li Le's condition, and second, come to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Li Le repeatedly reminded him that he must be careful when he traveled and prevent all kinds of bad situations that might occur. Hu Cai listened, but he thought he had done a good job and did not care too much.

Late at night that day, Hu Cai sat in front of the case and personally drafted a manifesto to fight against the bandits, preparing to call on the generals of the Baibo army to escape from Han Xian when he was writing. Halfway through the writing, a report from the soldiers suddenly came from outside the door:

"Report to General Guo Pei, General Guo Pei, has returned from Xu County and brought Cao Cao's handwritten letter."

Hu Cai immediately put down his pen and asked Guo Pei to come in. After Guo Pei walked into the hall, he informed Hu Cai of the result of the meeting with Cao Cao, and presented Cao Cao's letter with both hands. Hu Cai took it and then opened the brocade and silk to look through it. Cao Cao highly praised Hu Cai's feat of abandoning the secret and turning to the light, agreed to his suggestion, and attacked Liang County around the date.

"Very good!" Hu Cai was very happy, but then he discovered something strange, that is, Jia Kui was obviously closer to Liang County than Xu County, but he would come back later than Guo Pei. Without thinking too much, he asked Guo Pei to go home to rest, and then sent two groups of people to join Jia Kui. However, two days later, not only did Jia Kui have no news, but no soldiers who went to join came back.

Did Jia Kui have something unexpected? Hu Cai felt very uneasy. After pondering for a long time, he called Guo Pei to ask about the situation on the way. Guo Pei said:

"Although it was not very peaceful along the way, I disguised myself as soon as I arrived at Xu County directly after I was dressed up."

"This is strange. Did Han Xian realize my purpose?" He quickly rejected his previous thoughts:

"No, no, no, Jia Kui has always been meticulous in his work and never made any mistakes. It is because of this that I sent him to the more dangerous Han Xian. He would not make any mistakes."

At this moment, the messenger outside the door ran into the door panting and reported: "It's bad, general! There is an enemy situation in Xin'an!"

Before Hu could recover, another order came to report with a panic:

"Report to the general, a large group of people were found in the east of Dongyuan City to pass Jiguan quickly! Head straight to Dongyuan!"

"Damn Jia Kui!" Hu Cai broke the pen in his hand and threw it on the ground in anger: "He really betrayed me!"

At this time, the two messengers fell to the ground for a moment. Seeing this, Guo Pei quickly drew his sword and blocked Hu Cai.

When he stepped forward and carefully examined the injuries, he found that their necks had been opened with a long hole, which was completely fatal.

"Who is it!" Guo Pei shouted outside the door: "Don't be sneaky!"

In an instant, a black shadow jumped off the beam. He quickly attacked Guo Pei with a long sword in his hand. Before Guo Pei could react, he was stabbed to the ground by the front and never got up again.

Hu Cai looked at the familiar figure in front of him: "You are..."

The man drew his sword and rushed over from Hu Cai with a quick step, then retracted the sword into the sheath.

Hu Cai suddenly fell to the ground, and before he could finish his remaining words, he ended up with a different body and head.

The man holding the sword said slightly to the person standing behind him:

"Hu Cai has been removed and will follow the plan."
Chapter completed!