4. Waiting price

"There are so many talents among the cool people, I can't imagine that there are dragons and snakes in this mountain wilderness!"

After Yan Xing recalled what happened to his family, he quickly sorted out his thoughts and quickly finished telling him about breaking through the encirclement, wandering into the wilderness, repelling the rebels, and falling and being captured in front of his subordinates, of course, during which he omitted the girl, Yan Shi and others. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

After Yan Xing finished talking about the young general who also did not kill them all, but brought himself and the mountain people to the prisoner camp here, everyone sighed for a while, and also had a general understanding of what Gan Ling said that the Han army wanted to subdue them and take them for their own use, but what to do next depends on Yan Xing's plan.

In the Analects, there is an incident in which Zigong asked Confucius: "Is there a beautiful jade in Si, Yun Chu and hides it, and seeks goodness and sells it?" Zi said: "Sell, sell!" I'll treat Jia too. ”

This is the origin of "waiting for the price and selling", it is not shameful to surrender in defeat, there are many people in history who can endure humiliation and make a comeback, Yan Xing is actually also this plan, from the moment he put down his weapon, it was decided that he could not hide the beautiful jade in the wooden coffin, but to take it out and sell it in front of people. Now that he has regathered his remaining old subordinates in the captive camp due to fate, just like a piece of jade has achieved appreciation, no matter what his original intention is, for the sake of his own life and that of his subordinates, he must wait for the right time to find a suitable buyer.

So, who is the first buyer now?

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Dong Jun's big tent in the army

The big tent was brightly lit by candles, the burly and bearded Dong Zhuo leaned on the couch, his body was covered with bear skin, his eyes were slightly squinted, and the terrifying momentum on his body was also retracted, looking like a fake sleeping bear, but his fingers were still tapping on the edge of the couch, showing that he was listening to Li Ru's speech standing beside him.

Li Ru is not accustomed to Dong Zhuo's approach, the lord in front of him is free and easy, uninhibited, happy if he goes along with his heart, angry when he goes against his heart, he can be very open-minded and generous to people close to him, but he will inevitably ridicule or even retaliate against people he looks down on or dislikes, his rude performance lying on the couch just shows that he trusts himself, Li Ru said naturally:

"This military report is about the battle between Han Sui and the kingdom in Hanyang, Liangzhou, the kingdom has been greatly injured since the defeat, and it has long been not the enemy of Han Wenyue, and has been beheaded by Han Sui, and the Liangzhou rebels have changed the Hanyang Yan Zhong as the main ······"

"Han Wenyue thinks that he can unify all the departments of Liangzhou by supporting a puppet, do you really think that there is no one in Liangzhou, ridiculous!"

Dong Zhuo sneered and scoffed at the open and secret fighting within the Liangzhou rebels.

Li Ru also smiled and did not express his opinion, so he changed another military newspaper in hand and continued:

"The next few newspapers are from the Eastern Capital, some of them are about the old things at the end of last year, and some are about the current affairs, I don't know what the lord wants to hear?"

"Wen You, when did you learn the pedantry of those corrupt Confucians, where do you want to divide the old things and the new things at this time, you have explained it to me clearly!"

Dong Zhuo said with a little dissatisfaction, then waved his hand to signal Li Ru to continue, Li Ru knew what his lord was worried about, and he didn't break it immediately, so he followed Dong Zhuo's meaning and detailed the few mansion reports at hand.

"Last year, Yizhou Thorn Shi Yijian was killed by the Yellow Turban thief Ma Xiang, and Ma Xiangzhi was proclaimed emperor in Yizhou, but he was defeated by Yizhou Jia Long's organization army in ten days. At present, Jia Long and other state officials have welcomed Liu Yan into Yizhou, Liu Junlang's royal family, and the first to advocate the restoration of the old system of state pastoralism, and now into the land of Yizhou, it can be said that it has become a trend! ”

"Hmph, Liu Junlang is just because of people, so it is easy to make a meritorious deed, the roads in Shu are difficult and dangerous, the people are fierce, and the big families have different hearts, how can he be able to settle down, sit in vain or be competent, once something happens, there will be trouble! And when you see it, how will the princes of the court and the central government respond! ”

Dong Zhuo used to be the governor of the northern part of Shu County, and he had a little understanding of the local customs of Shu, and now he heard that Liu Yan had won a big state by virtue of his clan status, and remembered that his family had been fighting horses for half his life and had made many military exploits, but he was still constrained and criticized by those powerful people and scholars, and his career was ups and downs, and he immediately complained and complained, interrupting Li Ru's words.

Li Ru smiled and didn't answer, and after letting his lord complain, he picked up his original words and continued:

"In October last year, there were thieves in Changsha who claimed to be generals, gathered more than 10,000 people, and the government could not control it. And because Zhou Chao, Guo Shi and others gathered in Lingling and Guiyang counties to respond to the district star. Sun Wentai did not wait for the edict, crossed the border to seek it, the three counties were solemn, and the imperial court——"

Speaking of this, Li Ru deliberately paused for a moment, and said to Dong Zhuo with a smile:

"According to the law of the Han family, 2,000 stone is not allowed to leave the country without an edict, Sun Wentai privately led troops across the border to beg for thieves, he is indeed a decisive person, the court is not bound by the law, records his before and after work, and seals Jian as the Marquis of Wucheng!"

When Zhongping conquered the rebels in Liangzhou in the second year, Sun Jian also followed in the army of the imperial court, counselor military, and Dong Zhuo was an old acquaintance, and Dong Zhuo had a deep impression of Sun Jian's decisive fierce eagle. At the moment, when he heard that his former colleagues in the army violated the order to send troops to fight for thieves and were made marquis, Dong Zhuo did not show disdain this time, he groaned for a while and said:

"Sun Jian Xiaojiao, who is from Wu County, has been awarded the title of Marquis of Wucheng this time, which can be regarded as a return to his hometown!"

Li Ru nodded and continued:

"Last year, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party of the Qing Xu rose, and the military disaster affected several states in the east, and the imperial court sought Tao Qian to assassinate the history of Xuzhou, and it is said that its use of soldiers is quite in line with the art of war, and the Yellow Turban is still broken with fewer enemies, and the victory is reported to the court one after another! Lord, this Tao Gongzu is also an old man in the past!"

"Hmph, Tao Qian and I have several fates, and he is also a self-respecting person, but he was recruited by Zhang Wen to join the army, but he also set up a grudge against the master, and used his reputation to be famous, if he was not greedy for glory and fame, how could he be so aggressive!"

Tao Qian and Sun Jian, in the second year of Zhongping, he also accepted Zhang Wen's conquest, and joined the army, but unlike Sun Jian, who was dedicated to serving the country and working hard, Tao Qian was a conceited and talented person, Zhang Wen was a famous man, and he was the commander of the three princes and the three armies of the imperial court, but in Tao Qian's eyes, he acted lightly and was unconvinced. even insulted Zhang Wen when the army returned to the division and the Bailiao High Meeting, and did something more out of the ordinary than Dong Zhuo in the Bahu army.

If it weren't for someone interceding for Tao Qian, and Zhang Wen had just been promoted to lieutenant, he would have to take care of his own name, show a corporal of courtesy and a generous mind, and he was afraid that Tao Qian, who had offended the three princes of the court and the famous family, would be exiled immediately. It's a pity that Tao Qian still didn't change his temperament and still despised Zhang Wen. Therefore, although Dong Zhuo despised Zhang Wen as much as Tao Qian, he did not agree with Tao Qian's approach, thinking that he deliberately did such a sensational thing in order to gain fame.

Li Ru didn't know much about Tao Qian's humiliation of Zhang Wen, so it was not easy to answer the question and judge him, he looked at the next newspaper, and continued:

"In November last year, Bao Hong, the captain of the lower military academy, was ordered to enter the Yellow Turban in Gepi County, Runan County, Yuzhou, and led the Xiyuan Army to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves. It was only in March this year that Bao Hong was impeached by Yuzhou Mu Huangwan for embezzling more than 10 million military salaries, and is now in prison. ”

"Pop" Dong Zhuo's big hand unconsciously slapped the side of the couch and made a sound, but Dong Zhuo still didn't realize it and repeated.

"Bao Hong is in prison?"