Chapter 760: Recruiting Xu Rong

Seeing Cai Yong's ship finally leaving Chang'an Pier, Sun Ping finally let out a long sigh of relief. It has been almost half a year since I came to Chang'an, and I have finally fulfilled one of my main goals.

The next step is to recruit Xu Rong. For this handsome man, Huangfu Chaobo spared no effort. So three days after Cai Yong saw him off, Sun Ping set off again to Chencang City, hundreds of miles away, despite the fact that the heavy snow had just stopped and the road was difficult to travel.

At this time in Chencang City, Xu Rong was also deep in thought. The weather was getting colder and colder these days. He had asked his soldiers to stop their daily training, but normal inspections were still carried out as usual. However, the severe winter has arrived, but the winter clothes of the soldiers are still a problem. He leads an army of 20,000 to guard Chencang and Sanguan. The food and grass are temporarily intact, but other supplies have been lost from Chang'an.

Just like the winter clothes that the soldiers need most urgently, they have been distributed in previous years, but there is no news this year. He has sent his personal guard general and his clan brother Xu Gui to Chang'an to urge them, but the reply they received They all asked them to wait, saying that the troops and horses in Chang'an City were not ready yet, let alone the foreign troops.

Also, as the new year is approaching, the soldiers' year-end pay and rewards have disappeared. If this continues, more than half of his troops will be gone in less than a year.

Xu Gui watched his brother walking around in the room. He couldn't find a solution for a long time. As Xu Rong's clan brother and personal guard general, he basically knew everything about Xu Rong. He also knew that Huangfu Chaobo had always been very careful. He valued him so much that he sent people to recruit him again and again.

"Brother, the Marquis of Cangting values ​​your brother so much, why does your brother..." Xu Gui said cautiously;

Xu Rong stopped for a moment, glanced at his brother, and sighed: "Brother Qi, I don't know what Marquis Cang Ting means? It's just that Chencang and Luoyang are thousands of miles apart. Just above the 800 miles of Qinchuan, there are How can you let tens of thousands of my brothers and family members pass through the hundreds of thousands of troops from Xiliang? Are you and I going to Luoyang and leaving everyone else in Chencang?"

Xu Gui was also dumbfounded after hearing this. Xu Rong had 10,000 soldiers and horses who had followed him for several years. Although the other 10,000 soldiers and horses were only the original defenders of Chencang and Sanguan, in the past half year or so, they had all Xu Rong gathered military morale. There are nearly 100,000 soldiers, horses, and their families. How to get to Luoyang is indeed a problem.

If Xu Rong goes alone, these soldiers and their families will definitely be implicated. In all likelihood, these soldiers will eventually become dead soldiers in Guo and Li's army.

When he thought of this, Xu Gui also remained silent.

At this moment, the guard outside the door called: "General Qi, there is someone outside the house asking to see you."

With that said, he handed over a greeting card.

Xu Gui took it and took a look, but it was Sun Ping, the right captain of Yulin who had come to visit several times. Xu Gui was overjoyed and said: "Brother, Captain Sun is here again. You can discuss it with him and see if they have any Method?"

Xu Rong gave a bitter smile and said: "Forget it, let's treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor. Go to the door in person to welcome Captain Sun in."

Xu Gui went out in response. After a while, Xu Gui led Sun Ping into the county government office at the gate of Xu Chen's county government office. They walked all the way. The two chatted while walking. When they approached the door of Xu Rong's study, Xu Gui Xiang Sun Ping said softly: "It's been freezing recently. My brother has been worrying about winter clothes and wages for the brothers."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ping's eyes lit up, he nodded tacitly, and then entered the room under the leadership of Xu Gui.

After entering the room, Sun Ping took two steps forward to greet him and said, "I have never met General Xu!"

"Captain Sun, please get up!" Xu Rong stepped forward to help Sun Ping up, and then asked Sun Ping to sit down.

The two sat opposite each other. After chatting for a while, Xu Rongcai said: "I wonder what the purpose of Captain Sun's visit this time is?"

Because of Xu Gui's reminder, Sun Ping had some confidence in his heart and said: "It's freezing cold, my lord estimates that General Xu may need some supplies and funds, so I ordered you to send some things.

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With that said, Sun Ping handed a list of supplies to Xu Gui. Xu Gui quickly reached out and took it, but there were 20,000 sets of winter clothes for the soldiers, 20,000 pieces of various weapons and equipment, 50,000 yuan of money, and some other supplies. Xu Gui looked at the list and was speechless for a long time.

Xu Rong couldn't help but be very surprised when he saw that his brother hadn't handed over the list for a long time. He reached out and took the list from Xu Gui's hand and took a look. Even Xu Rong's calmness was shocked. Such a large amount of materials and money were exactly what his 20,000 soldiers and horses urgently needed.

Xu Rong handed the list to Sun Ping and said: "Captain Sun, please take it back. It is often said that no reward will be given without merit. Xu deserves to receive such valuable property."

"Did General Xu let tens of thousands of his soldiers not even wear winter clothes in this freezing season just because he felt guilty?" Sun Ping said softly;

Xu Rong was speechless for a long time after hearing this.

Sun Ping didn't say anything, quietly waiting for Xu Rong's answer.

After a long while, Xu Rong replied: "Mengcang Tinghou fell in love with him by mistake. Xu Rong is inexplicably grateful. But he has 20,000 brothers and tens of thousands of their family members under his command. He really can't bear to leave them alone."

"Don't worry, General Xu. My lord has said that there is no need for the general to leave Yongzhou now. The lord also said that since Guo and Li have arranged for the general to be stationed in Chencang, the general can just stay in Chencang with peace of mind. When the time comes, naturally, There is a way to solve the general's confusion," Sun Ping said with a smile;

Xu Rong had a thought in his mind and said: "Master Hou means Mr. Xu..."

"Yes, my lord means that the general and his 20,000 troops will temporarily stay in Chencang and Sanguan. In three years or even less, the marquis's army will march westward. At that time, the general's 20,000 troops can give Guo and Li a fatal blow from behind."

After listening to Sun Ping's words, Xu Rong breathed a long sigh of relief, and his heart was inexplicably moved. A few years ago, he was defeated and captured, and Huangfu Chaobo had been trying to surrender him. Last year, he defeated the Sizhou army in Hedong again. He didn't expect that he would surrender again the next year.

Seeing Xu Rong's expression, Sun Ping also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and mentioned Huangfu Chaobo's surrender conditions to Xu Rong and the others. Huangfu Chaobo appointed him as a general of the fourth rank, and he was only below Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun in the Sizhou army. Qianniu Camp was established, which was composed of two combat battalions, one cavalry school and one infantry school. The cavalry was the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. As for the remaining 10,000 people, they were organized into two guard camps, responsible for the defense of the county town and Sanguan. The money, food and equipment for these 20,000 soldiers were all sent from Luoyang.

All the generals of the 20,000 soldiers were arranged by Xu Rong, and Luoyang would never interfere.