Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 820 People see people's hearts (3)

  After Dong Zhuo's death, the entire Xiliang army split into two parts, one part was the Niu Fu series, and the other was Dong Zhuo's other generals. Under Niu Fu were Li Jue, Guo Si and Zhang Ji, while the other Dong Zhuo generals were Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang, Yang Ding and others.

  In addition, some Xiliang Army does not belong to the Dong Zhuo series, that is, Han Sui, Ma Teng, Song Jian, Yang Qiu, etc. in the Wuwei area of ​​Tianshui, Xiliang.

  Of course, there are also some Xiliang generals who surrendered to the court, including Xu Rong, Hu Zhen and Li Su. However, Li Su failed in the crusade against Niu Fu before, and was beheaded by Lu Bu for the crime of harming the army. Now only Xu Rong and Hu Zhen are left.

   This time, Xu Rong and Hu Zhen led the army to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.

  Xu Rongduan sat on the horseback and walked for more than ten miles on the march, but he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

  Hu Zhen couldn't sit still, as if there were some nails on the saddle, turning left was uncomfortable, turning right was still uncomfortable, turning his head to look at Xu Rong from time to time, hesitant to speak several times.

   This time Xu Rong was the leader, Hu Zhen was the assistant, and under the order of Wang Yun, he led the army to fight, but there was no army behind as Jia Xu said, but only these five thousand soldiers...

   Maybe there will be follow-ups, but at least when Xu Rong and Hu Zhen set off, they didn't see or hear any follow-up mobilization of troops and horses, which made Hu Zhen very uneasy.

   "Xu Zhonglang, this..." Hu Zhen moved closer to Xu Rong's side, and said, "It's getting late, so let the sons camp?"

  Xu Rong looked up at the sky, then looked around, pointed to a small hill a few miles ahead, and said, "Let's camp on the hill ahead."

  When the soldiers got the order, they happily rushed to the front to settle down and set up camp. All of a sudden, they were busy fetching water, piling, and building.

  Xu Rong silently looked at these soldiers, and then sighed. Half of these soldiers and horses are from the original Xiliang soldiers, and half are from Chang'an's Forbidden Army. Just dawdle, and when you hear that you are about to set up camp, you immediately get up diligently...

  Xu Rong was helpless.

  Whether these soldiers were Xiliang soldiers or the Chang'an Forbidden Army, they were not under his former command, nor were they even part of Hu Zhen's previous jurisdiction. The arrangement of Wang Yun and Wang Situ made Xu Rong feel desolate.

Xu Rong is from Liaodong. Strictly speaking, he is different from most of Dong Zhuo's generals. He is not a pure Xiliang series. He has fought several battles for Dong Zhuo and killed some Shandong nobles. In the ranks of Dong Zhuo's cronies...

  Xu Rong was still helpless.

  I was the general of the imperial court at the time, and Dong Zhuo was the grand master of the imperial court. Should I resist the order of the imperial court, or should I say that it is correct to resist the leader of the three princes?

   Isn't the order of the grand master not an order?

   Could it be that the imperial court must be controlled by the Shandong gentry to be called a genuine imperial court?

   Is it the correct way to raise troops and openly confront the imperial court regardless of the local situation?

Xu Rong couldn't understand, and he was unwilling to understand. He just wanted to be a general of the imperial court, and he didn't want to participate in those dirty political contests. So when Dong Zhuo died, he didn't say a word, and immediately followed the new rule. Wang Yun's orders.

  However, he didn't want to pay attention to politics, but politics didn't let him go. Looking at the current situation of soldiers, this battle is probably...

  Xu Rong sighed, and he found that he sighed more times than all the previous time combined.

   "Hu Duhu..." Xu Rong beckoned to Hu Zhen, then gestured, and the two rode horses and walked slowly beside the road.

  Hu Zhen looked at Xu Rong and said, "Xu Zhonglang, what do you need from me?"

"...Yes..." Xu Rong looked back at the soldiers who were setting up the camp, and said, "... Hu Duhu, this military discipline, I'm afraid we need to catch it, otherwise we will really join the battle... Tomorrow Maoshi will gather the whole army to reiterate the military order how?"

  Reiterating the military order, there will inevitably be some unlucky people who will hit the knife edge. What Xu Rong means is to kill the chickens to make an example of the monkeys, use some soldiers' blood to sacrifice the flag, and take away the little thoughts of these soldiers.

The reason why I want to talk to Hu Zhen is because although Hu Zhen is the deputy general this time, he also has half of the command of the soldiers and horses. Of course, as long as Hu Zhen nods and cooperates, then Xu Rong still has a way to regulate the minds of the soldiers, and he can still manage to a certain extent. fighting.

   Unexpectedly, when Hu Zhen heard this, his eyes widened, and he asked with some hesitation: "Xu Zhonglang... Listen to what you mean... But are you really ready to fight?"

Xu Rong looked at Hu Zhen with some surprise and said: "Hu Duhu, what do you mean by this? The reward of eating the king, and the matter of being loyal to the king, since the court has an order, you will follow the order. As for whether to fight or not, how can it be you?" Can the two of us agree?"

"This...hehe, what Xu Zhonglang said is...what he said..." Hu Zhen smacked his mouth and slapped a haha, then subconsciously touched his chest with his hand, and then said, "...Since Xu Zhonglang meant it It's decided, so be it..."

Xu Rong looked at Hu Zhen up and down, although he felt that Hu Zhen's agreement seemed a little frivolous, but he hadn't had much close contact with Hu Zhen before, so he didn't know if this was Hu Zhen's habit, but since Hu Zhen said After agreeing, Xu Rong didn't care too much, and continued: "That's it, it's settled, the big tent will be opened tomorrow, and I will ask Hu Duhu to hold the battle for Xu..."

  Hu Zhen said: "Ah... It's easy to say, it's easy to say... Then, if there is nothing else, I will leave..."

  Xu Rong nodded, then clasped his fists together, and said, "Okay, it's getting late, the journey is tiring, and Governor Hu also rests earlier..."

  Hu Zhen also clasped his fists, bowed slightly on the horse's back and saluted, and then said: "Thank you Xu Zhonglang for your concern..." Then he pulled his horse and walked away with his personal guards.

  Xu Rongduan sat on the horseback, looked at the back of Hu Zhen leaving, remained silent for a long time, finally shook his head, and then walked east to the camp with a dozen guards...

But at this time, Hu Zhen, with his head down, swayed on the horse's back, his eyelids drooped, as if he was struggling, but his eyes kept turning under the eyelids, and his face was gloomy. Heading west of the campsite…

  The sun slowly rubbed against the edge of the hill a few times, as if an itchy animal on its back was rubbing against the rocks, then jumped slightly, jumped down from the top of the hill, and disappeared.

  The night slowly touched from all directions, turning all the colors in the world into black and gray, just like the hearts of the people at this moment...

   Xu Rong, a native of Liaodong, once recommended Gongsun Du to Dong Zhuo...

   Xu Rong defeated Cao Cao...

   Defeated Sun Jian...

   Then lost to Li Jue and Guo Si in history...

   Does it prove that Li Jue and Guo Si are stronger than Cao Cao and Sun Jian?

   Of course not, it’s just that times have changed and the situation is different...

  (end of this chapter)