Chapter 68: To Save or Not to Save?

In Xuzhou, Li Xin silently looked at the south. Since he received an urgent report that Zuo Liangyu was besieging Yuncheng, he immediately made arrangements.

However, his arrangements are also very few, the first is to inform King Chuang. It's just a briefing, and there is no suggestion, in his opinion, don't talk about Yuncheng, even his Xuzhou is also lost. It's not as important as Kaifeng, if Kaifeng can be taken down, don't worry about it at all, if you can't take it down, you have to consider whether it is a question of withdrawing troops and returning to help.

The second is to inform the rebels everywhere of the cities guarded by the rebels, so that they can stay on guard.

It's not that Li Xin doesn't want to transfer people from all over the place to organize an army to rescue Yuncheng, but it is impossible to do it.

To the south of Kaifeng City, more than a dozen counties, the guards of each county are arranged by Li Xin, he wants to make this piece of land dyed with the color of the king in his hometown, and then talk about others, he knows very well that the guards of each county are actually a small warlord. And the combat effectiveness is not high, if you defend the city, defend the hometown, and have the power of a battle, Li Xin also got the letter, he chose the Yuzhou guard, defended for three days, was broken by Zuo Liangyu, after the breakthrough, slaughtered the city, up and down the city, almost no left. It can be seen.

But requisitioning these troops out of the city to fight, not to mention the combat effectiveness, Li Xin did not think that he could mobilize these horses.

In addition to the large army outside Kaifeng Mansion, in the entire south of Kaifeng Mansion, there are only three righteous armies that can fight.

The first place is the place where He Ying in Yuncheng, He Ying used Baofeng's soldiers to break into the king, fought for half a year, and also fought some tough battles. The second place is Linying Zhang Xuan. Linying Zhang Xuan is a person that Li Zicheng is afraid of, and Li Xin knows that Li Zicheng is not afraid of Zhang Xuan, but the combination of Zhang Xuan and Luo Rucai. And Zhang Xuan also left a deep impression on Li Xin, especially the appearance of passing through Linyingju City, even if there is a bit of fraud, but being able to make a fake is also a kind of ability, in fact, Li Xin admires Zhang Xuan very much.

The third place is Li Xin's subordinates. It is led by his younger brother Li Mu, and the backbone is all Qixian soldiers. Now Henan is too chaotic, if he does not have soldiers and horses in hand, he can't do anything at all, so he invited soldiers to break the king, and the king sent Li Mu out, but there are less than 2,000 people, and it is not enough to guard Xuzhou, not to mention the enemy Zuo Liangyu.

However, no matter how much Li Xin admires Zhang Xuan, when it is time to start, he must also start. Because it was a matter of Li Zi's generation.

The third thing Li Xin did was to write a letter to Zhang Xuan. He didn't expect Zhang Xuan to do anything, it was just a matter of benefit and no expense, putting Zhang Xuan in a dilemma, he was very curious, what would Zhang Xuan do now?

Zhang Xuan is in a dilemma now.

Li Xin's letter, Zhang Xuan looked extremely hateful. Snorted coldly and said, "What a good article." ”

This letter pointed out from all aspects that friendly troops are in danger, and it is a great crime to sit idly by. But why did it not Li Xin who asked for troops, but Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth, hesitating again and again, the first thing he thought of was, what would happen if he ignored it?

It stands to reason that Zhang Xuan is Cao Ying's subordinate, and Li Xin is King Chuang's henchman. Li Xin's order came to order Zhang Xuan, and even if Zhang Xuan didn't obey it, it didn't matter. However, from the perspective of the Fengtian Advocate Battalion system, Li Xin is the Henan Jiedu envoy appointed by the general of the Fengtian Advocate Battalion, and Zhang Xuan is the Linying guard. There is a difference between the top and bottom, and Li Xin seems to be Zhang Xuan's top boss. His commands also seem to be obeyed. This mess, why did Zhang Xuan oppose Luo Rucai to become the deputy general of the Fengtian Advocate Battalion.

This mess made the people below at a loss.

This aspect is not to be mentioned. Let's talk about it from the other side, not from the awkward power structure of Chuang Ying and Cao Ying, but only from Zhang Xuan's own interests.

Luo Rucai swayed from side to side, completely suppressed by Li Zicheng. If he gritted his teeth and wanted to fight the world, Zhang Xuan would follow, after all, Weng's son-in-law's relatives could not compare to anything else, but he himself swayed from side to side. Maybe Luo Ru just figured it out and wanted to get rid of Li Zicheng and become an independent family. In this way, Zhang Xuan can be regarded as relieved, but there is another possibility, he has completely surrendered to Li Zicheng, isn't Zhang Xuan not going up? The status is simply embarrassing to death. Therefore, Zhang Xuan must consider his relationship with Li Zicheng, and he cannot offend Li Zicheng to death.

But then again, this is Zhang Xuan who also has to live first, and then have a future. If he dies here, no matter how much he wants to, it will be useless.

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood that Li Xin's letter was aimed at him. Because Li Xin knows that Zhang Xuan is a smart person, the shortcoming of a smart person is that he thinks too much, Zhang Xuan is a rough person, and he will not pay attention to this letter.

But what if Zhang Xuan wants to understand, the reasons behind this, can he not think, weigh, or consider?

No, so Zhang Xuan put his hands behind his back, pinched the letter stubbornly, and paced back and forth.

Luo Yujiao asked him, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Xuan's brain hurt for a while, he handed the letter to Luo Yujiao, and said, "Li Xin ordered me to go south to rescue He Ying?" What do you think should be done? ”

Luo Yujiao saw at a glance what Li Xin said, it is okay to save it, it is okay not to save it, but if it is not saved, Zhang Xuan will inevitably be covered, cowardly, and has a reputation for not saving him when he sees death. Zhang Xuan still doesn't adapt to this era, he doesn't care about the so-called reputation at all, what's the use?

In modern times, everyone has seen through the reputation, the young lady in Dongguan went home to remarry, and never felt that there was anything bad, everyone scoffed at it, and felt that the reputation was not worth much.

But this era is different, the rebel army and even the entire Liukou, not limited to Shaanxi, Henan, or Lianghuai, in fact, are not a small circle. In a sense, this is the rivers and lakes that Luo Rucai said. These leaders are in contact, but they are often separated, but before they come into contact with each other, all knowledge is based on a person's reputation.

The ancients often said that fame and reputation are gained, and it is precisely because there are interests in it that there will be such a move.

And the person Luo Yujiao admires the most is Luo Rucai, Luo Rucai may have this bad and that bad, but the people in the rivers and lakes have never said that Luo Rucai is sorry for his friends. And the beginning of Luo Rucai's break with Zhang Xianzhong, that is, he felt that Zhang Xianzhong had ruined his reputation.

Once the reputation is broken, it must be saved with a thousand times more effort, or even irretrievable. Without a good reputation, despised by everyone, it directly affected the expansion of Zhang Xuan's power, and no one wanted to cooperate with a notorious person. Even if there is cooperation, it is nothing more than deception.

But Luo Yujiao is not an ordinary woman, although she has not been in battle in person, but she has experienced battles with Luo Ru, I don't know how many, how can she not know how auspicious this battle is? No matter how good your reputation is, your life is not as important as your life after all. It's just that she can't make a decision for Zhang Xuan.

"What does Zhang Lang decide?" Luo Yujiao said: "I agree, no matter life or death, I will be with Zhang Lang." ”

Zhang Xuan listened to Luo Yujiao's words, and his heart was shocked. Secretly said: "In troubled times, life and death are commonplace. And He Ying is also a righteous man, if I don't do anything at all, I can't care about it in my own heart. ”

"General, everyone is here." Qin Meng said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay, I'll go now." After Zhang Xuan sent Qin Meng away, he said to Luo Yujiao: "It's okay, I will definitely not die, and you don't have to think about living and dying together." He kissed Luo Yujiao's forehead slightly, and said, "Wait here for me to come back." ”

Luo Yujiao nodded with a smile, watched Zhang Xuan's back turn out of the county office, covered her mouth, and tears flowed down her eyes.

She suddenly remembered that when she was a child, when she was only four or five years old, she asked her mother, "Rebellion is so dangerous, why can't we stay in Luojiazhai well?" ”

"Because, your father is a big husband." Mother said.

"Then why don't you persuade him, we don't go outside, we are in Luojiazhai." She said.

"Yujiao, you remember, a manly husband is destined to stand up to the sky, even if he has to lose his head. As a woman, you can't persuade him to bend his knees. Because that's no different from being dead. Mother said.