Chapter 821: People See People’s Hearts (3)

After Dong Zhuo's death, the entire Xiliang Army was split into two large parts, one 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 of the Xiliang army do not belong to Dong Zhuo's series, including Han Sui, Ma Teng, Song Jian, Yang Qiu, etc. in the Wuwei area of ​​Tianshui, Xiliang.

Of course, there were also some Xiliang generals who surrendered to the imperial court, including Xu Rong, Hu Zhen and Li Su. Li Su failed in his previous crusade against Niu Fu and was executed by Lu Bu for harming the army. Now only Xu Rong and Hu Zhen are left.

This time, it was Xu Rong and Hu Zhen who led the troops to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.

Xu Rong sat on the horseback, marching for more than ten miles, but said nothing from the beginning to the end.

Hu Zhen could not sit still, as if there were nails on the saddle. It was uncomfortable to twist it to the left and right, and he turned his head to look at Xu Rong from time to time, but stopped talking several times.

This time, Xu Rong was the leader and Hu Zhen was the assistant. Under Wang Yun's order, they led the army into battle. However, there was no other large army behind them as Jia Xu said, but only these five thousand soldiers and horses...

There may be more follow-up, but at least when Xu Rong and Hu Zhen set off, they did not see or hear any follow-up mobilization of troops and horses, which made Hu Zhen very uneasy.

"Xu Zhonglang, um..." Hu Zhen came closer to Xu Rong, and then said, "It's getting late, let's let the men set up camp, right?"

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

After receiving the order, the soldiers happily rushed to the front to set up camp. For a while, those who fetched water, drove pilings, and set up were very busy.

Xu Rong looked at these soldiers silently, and then sighed. Half of these soldiers and horses are the original soldiers of Xiliang, and the other half are the imperial guards of Chang'an. However, no matter which part of the soldiers they are, they now do not look like tough northwest soldiers at all. Just dawdle, and when I heard that I was going to set up camp, I immediately became diligent...

Xu Rong was helpless.

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

Xu Rong was from Liaodong. Strictly speaking, he was different from most of Dong Zhuo's generals. He was not a pure Xiliang series. He just fought several battles for Dong Zhuo and killed some Shandong nobles. He was completely classified in this way. Among the ranks of Dong Zhuo's cronies...

Xu Rong was still helpless.

At that time, I was the military commander of the imperial court, and Dong Zhuo was the imperial master. Should I resist the imperial order, or should I say that resisting the leader of the three princes is the right thing to do?

Are the Grand Master's orders not orders?

Does the imperial court have to be controlled by Shandong nobles to be called a real imperial court?

Is it the right thing to ignore the local situation and raise troops to openly defy the imperial court?

Xu Rong couldn't understand, and he didn't want to understand. He just wanted to be the commander of the imperial court and didn't want to participate in those dirty political competitions. So when Dong Zhuo died, he didn't say anything and immediately followed the new ruling order. The order of Wang Yun.

However, he did not want to pay attention to politics, but politics did not let him go. Looking at the current situation of the soldiers, this battle may be...

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

"Hu Governor..." Xu Rong waved to Hu Zhen, then signaled, and the two men rode horses and walked slowly along the road.

Hu Zhen looked at Xu Rong and said, "Xu Zhonglang, do you have anything to do with me?"

"...Yes..." Xu Rong looked back at the soldiers who were setting up camp and said, "...Hu Governor, this military discipline must be arrested, otherwise we will really take over the battle... We will gather at Mao tomorrow How about the whole army reiterating the military order?"

To reiterate the military order, there will inevitably be some unlucky ones who touch the edge of the knife. Xu Rong's intention is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, sacrifice the blood of the soldiers to the flag, and curb the little thoughts of these soldiers.

The reason why I have to talk to Hu Zhen is because although Hu Zhen is the deputy general this time, he still has half of the command of the troops. Of course, as long as Hu Zhen nods and cooperates, Xu Rong can still find a way to regulate the soldiers' minds, and it can still be done more or less. Fighting.

Unexpectedly, when Hu Zhen heard this, his eyes widened, and then he asked hesitantly: "Xu Zhonglang... I hear what you mean... but are you really ready for a fight?"

Xu Rong looked at Hu Zhen with some surprise and said: "Hu Governor, what do you mean by this? It is a matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. Since the court has orders, you must act according to the orders. 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..." Hu Zhen smashed his mouth, slapped him, subconsciously touched his chest with his hand, and then said, "... Now that Xu Zhonglang has made up his mind, so be it..."

Xu Rong looked at Hu Zhen up and down. Although he felt that Hu Zhen's agreement seemed a bit frivolous, he had not 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 decided that the big tent will be closed tomorrow, and I'll ask Governor Hu to hold the battle for Xu..."

Hu Zhen said: "Ah... easy to talk, easy to talk... Then, if there is nothing else, I will resign..."

Xu Rong nodded, then clasped his fists and said, "Okay, it's getting late and the journey is tiring, so Governor Hu should rest early..."

Hu Zhen also clasped his fists, bowed slightly on the horse and returned the salute, and then said: "Thank you Xu Zhonglang for your concern..." Then he turned his horse and walked away with his bodyguard.

Xu Rong sat on the horseback and watched Hu Zhen's leaving figure. He was silent for a long time, finally shook his head, and then led a dozen guards to the Dongbian camp...

At this time, Hu Zhen lowered his head, swaying on the horse, and his eyelids were drooped. He seemed to be working hard, but his eyes kept turning under his eyelids, and his face turned gloomy. Heading west of the campground...

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

The night slowly touches over from all directions, turning all the colors in the world into black and gray, just like the human heart at this moment...

Xu Rong, a native of Liaodong, once recommended Gongsun Du to Dong Zhuo...Xu Rong defeated Cao Cao...defeated Sun Jian...and then lost to Li Jue and Guo Si in history...Does this prove that Li Jue and Guo Si are better than Cao Cao? Better than Sun Jian? Of course not, it’s just that times have changed and the situation is different...