After Dong Zhuo's death, the entire Xiliang Legion was split into two parts, one was the Niu Fu series, and the other was Dong Zhuo's other generals. Under Niu Fu, there are Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji, and the other Dong Zhuo generals are Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang, Yang Ding and others.

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

Of course, there were also some Western Liang generals who surrendered to the imperial court, including Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, and Li Su. And Li Su lost the previous crusade against Niu Fu and was beheaded by Lu Bu for the crime of damaging the army, and now only Xu Rong and Hu Zhen are left.

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

Xu Rong sat on horseback, on the march, and walked more than ten miles, without saying a word from beginning to end.

Hu Zhen couldn't sit still, like there were some nails on the saddle, it was uncomfortable to twist it left, and it was still uncomfortable to twist it right, and he turned his head to look at Xu Rong from time to time, and stopped talking a few times.

This time, Xu Rong was the main leader, supplemented by Hu Zhen, and was ordered by Wang Yun to lead the army to fight, but there was no army behind as Jia Xu said, but only these 5,000 soldiers and horses......

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 troop movements, which made Hu Zhen very uneasy.

"Xu Zhonglang, this ......" Hu Zhen leaned closer to Xu Rong's side, and then said, "It's not early, so let the sons and daughters set up camp, right?" ”

Xu Rong looked up at the sky, then looked around again, 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 and set up camp, and for a while they were busy fetching water, piling, and building.

Xu Rong looked at these soldiers silently, and then sighed. These soldiers and horses, half of them were originally Xiliang soldiers, and half of them were Chang'an's forbidden army, but no matter which part of the soldiers, they now show no trace of the appearance of a fierce Northwest soldier......

Xu Rong was helpless.

Whether these soldiers are the Xiliang soldiers or the Chang'an forbidden army, they are not his former subordinates, nor are they even the subordinates under Hu Zhen's previous jurisdiction. Wang Yun and Wang Situ's arrangement made Xu Rong's heart already sad.

Xu Rong is a native of Liaodong, strictly speaking, unlike most of the generals to whom Dong Zhuo belongs, it is not a pure Xiliang series, but he has really fought a few battles for Dong Zhuo and killed some Shandong scholars, so he was completely classified into the ranks of Dong Zhuo's cronies......

Xu Rong was still helpless.

At that time, he was the general of the imperial court, and Dong Zhuo was the imperial prince, should he resist the orders of the imperial court, or should he resist the head of the three princes?

Isn't the order of the Grand Master an order?

Does the imperial court have to be controlled by the Shandong scholars in order to be called a true imperial court?

Is it the right thing to do to raise troops to openly confront the imperial court without authorization, regardless of the local situation?

Xu Rong couldn't understand it, and he didn't want to understand it, he just wanted to be a general of the imperial court, and he didn't want to participate in those dirty political competitions, so when Dong Zhuo died, he didn't say a word, and immediately obeyed the orders of the new ruler Wang Yun.

However, I don't want to pay attention to politics, but politics has not let him go, look at the current situation of soldiers, this battle, I'm afraid it is......

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

"Hu Du protects ......" Xu Rong beckoned to Hu Zhen, and then signaled, and the two of them rode horses and walked slowly on the side of the road.

Hu Zhen looked at Xu Rong and said, "Xu Zhonglang, is there something wrong with 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 it must be caught, otherwise it will really take over...... How about gathering the whole army to reaffirm the military order tomorrow? ”

Reiterating the military order, there will inevitably be some unlucky eggs touching the edge of the knife, Xu Rong means to kill chickens and monkeys, sacrifice the flag with some soldiers' blood, and collect the careful thinking of these soldiers.

The reason why I want to talk to Hu Zhen is because although Hu Zhen is a deputy general this time, he also has half of the command of soldiers and horses, of course, as long as Hu Zhen nods and cooperates, then Xu Rong still has the laws and regulations to rectify the soldiers' hearts, and he can still fight a battle.

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

Xu Rong looked at Hu Zhen in some surprise and said, "Hu Duhu, what do you mean by this?" Eat the king's fortune, the matter of loyalty to the king, since the court has an order, act according to the order, as for war or not, how can you and I decide with one word? ”

"This ...... Hehe, what Xu Zhonglang said is...... What he said was...... "Hu Zhen smashed his mouth, hit a haha, subconsciously touched his chest with his hand, and then said, "...... Since Xu Zhonglang's intention has been decided, then so be it......"

Xu Rong glanced at Hu Zhen up and down a few times, although he felt that Hu Zhen's promise seemed to be 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 agreed, Xu Rong didn't care too much, and continued: "In this way, it is decided, tomorrow's big tent will be ordered, and Hu Douhu will be asked to press the ......formation for Xu."

Hu Zhen said: "Ah...... Well said, well said...... Then, if nothing else, I will retire ......"

Xu Rong nodded, then hugged his fists and said, "Okay, it's not early, the journey is tiring, and Hu Duhu should rest early......

Hu Zhen also hugged his fists, bowed slightly on the horse's back, and then said, "Thank you Xu Zhonglang for your concern...... and then turned the horse and walked away with his own guards.

Xu Rong sat on horseback, looked at the back of Hu Zhen leaving, was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head, and then walked to the Dongbian camp with more than a dozen personal guards......

At this time, Hu Zhen lowered his head, swayed on the horseback, his eyelids drooped, as if he was working hard, but his eyes kept rolling under his eyelids, and his face was gloomy and he walked towards the west end of the camp......

The sun slowly rubbed on the edge of the hill a few times, as if an animal with some itching on its back rubbed against the rocks, and then jumped slightly, jumped from the top of the mountain, and disappeared.

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