Lu Bu in the duel with Guo Yan just now, although it was only a small test, but his own martial arts have been vividly revealed, at this time he jumped on his horse and held a halberd, loudly fighting, for a time there was no one in the tens of thousands of Xiliang army to fight, just like that, let him and his elite cavalry gallop in front of the formation, showing off his might.

And after Zhai Hao listened to Xi Zhicai's words, although he was still skeptical in his heart, his original vigorous fighting spirit had also decreased a lot, he looked at Lu Bu who was in front of the battle with the prancing horse halberd and the battlefield in front of the battle, and he was very unconvinced, and snorted coldly.

"It has made this erection a great name among the hosts."

There was a little unwillingness in his heart, but Zhai Hao still tightened the reins, turned the horse's head, and chose to follow his own team that had already collected his troops, and slowly retreated together.

And the military formation of the Xiliang Army was also guarding against Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, while slowly retreating into the camp, sending troops to guard the important places of the camp and refusing to duel with Lu Bu again.

Lu Bu saw that no one in the Xiliang army dared to fight, no matter how his own cavalry abused, he only let the soldiers stand in the gatehouse of the camp and scold, but did not send a soldier to fight with him, although he was proud in his heart, but he did not dare to rashly attack Guo Yan's camp, so he had to let the soldiers of the state sneer at Guo Yan, and then also collected his troops and returned to the city.

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At night, the military camp in Chang'an City.

Zhao Hong set up a banquet in his own tent and invited several good colleagues in the army to come and drink and have fun together in private.

During the day, Lu Bu led his troops out of the city to fight, and fought a big battle with Guo Yan in the north of the city, wounding Guo Yan, and the news that no one in the Xiliang army dared to fight in a battle has been regarded as good news and spread throughout the army.

These days, the Chang'an Imperial Court has been repeatedly defeated in the war against the Xiliang Army, and now it is rare to have Lu Bu's personal martial arts and courage to hit Guo Yan's record, although it is not helpful to repel the Xiliang Army and relieve the siege of Chang'an, but at least it is also good news.

As soon as Lu Bu himself returned to the camp, he was regarded as a hero who returned triumphantly by the soldiers of Bingzhou. Lu Bu was proud, and he also summoned the elite cavalry of Bingzhou who accompanied him to battle today, set up a banquet in his big tent, and rewarded these warriors under him heavily.

Although Zhao Hong was not qualified to enter Lu Bu's banquet, this did not prevent him from setting up a banquet in private in the name of celebrating the great victory and inviting colleagues in the army to drink, and some colleagues in the army who were sensitive to news also noticed the unusual behavior of Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong was not taboo, and he treated everyone equally, and invited them to his tent for a banquet.

The ones who came were all the generals of the original Sanfu garrison.

At the feast

Many generals pushed cups and changed lamps, frolicking, laughing and scolding, and their faces were flushed with alcohol.

Although the ordinary leaders in the city are worried about cutting off their cooking, and there are strict orders in the army not to gather people to drink, since Chang'an City was besieged, the nerves of their heads tied to the waistband of their trousers have not been tense for a while, and they have been guarding the city defense day and night, not slacking off, and their lives are not easy.

It is rare that Wenhou Lu Bu won today, which greatly boosted morale, and Zhao Hong's banquet in the tent also had good wine and meat to entertain them, and the generals who went to the banquet naturally relaxed their minds and took the opportunity to eat and drink happily by taking advantage of their fame.

Zhao Hong was on the main seat, diligently persuaded wine, laughed and joked with the generals at the banquet, and drank so much that his face was red and his ears were hot.

Compared with the young man of the wealthy family in the Liangzhou coalition army back then, and the secretary of the office under the account of Huangfu Song, Zhao Hong's temperament has changed dramatically.

His complexion has become darker, and he has grown a beard under his chin, although he is handsome and healthy, but he has been judged to be like two people from the young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth, not only more mature and stable as a general, but also a person has become sleek and sophisticated.

I drank a lot of wine, and the conversation gradually increased.

A general snorted wine, patted the desk and complained:

"In the past few days, the soldiers in my battalion have strictly guarded the city defense, even if there is no merit, there is hard work, but I didn't expect that the grain and grass supplied to my battalion were also deducted, and they all said that Lu Wenhou favored the soldiers of the state, and the drudgery of defending the city fell on the heads of these three auxiliary soldiers and horses, and the merits of retreating from the enemy all went to that class and the state-eh, but Brother Zhao Xian, your wine here is good, it seems that your life in the army is not bad."

Zhao Hong shook the wine in the wine at will, raised it without drinking, looked at the drunk general with a smile, and did not answer.

"Eh, this fool, after a few yellow soups, he will say some nonsense."

The drunken general's voice was quickly drowned out by the voices of the others, but as soon as the words of the crowd began, it was difficult to stop easily.

After a while, another general said:

"There are countless people in the city, and after the siege is long, many ordinary Guizhou capitals are starving to death, how can this shortage of military food be avoided?"

As soon as the words fell, one of the other generals also began to speak:

"It was only eight days before and after the siege, and no matter how short the army food was, there would be no shortage of rations for these soldiers defending the city in a short period of time, but there were many people in the city, and there were many people who died of hunger, so I was afraid that this epidemic would spread again."

The siege warfare in ancient times was often protracted, and Chang'an City was different from other passes, it was the capital of the complex population, and there were many filth and excrement in the city, and it was still summer at the moment, the flow of people was closed, and once the number of people starving to death gradually increased, it was easy to cause large-scale epidemics in the city.

In the face of epidemics, human life is as fragile as a flying canopy, no value or cheapness, once infected, it is difficult to recover again.

The worry of the epidemic made the people who drank in the tent suddenly depressed, and even stopped drinking. After a while, there was a sound of wine, and another officer shook his head with a wry smile and said:

"Guarding this Chang'an City, although the prospect is slim, it is better than letting the Xiliang soldiers enter the city, you also have a lot of family members in this city, and the Xiliang soldiers slaughtered the people, burned and plundered, you have also heard of it."

When everyone heard this, they immediately sighed again, many of them were soldiers and horses who were originally stationed in the land of Sanfu, and they were originally subordinates of Huangfu Song, Gai Xun and others, and later Dong Zhuo took power, Huangfu Song and Gai Xun were deprived of military power, and they became Dong Zhuo's subordinates again, and after Dong Zhuo's death, they became the subordinates of Lu Bu, who led the troops.

Although the court has changed drastically, if there is a great chaos today, the people in charge of the court also need to rely on these warriors with swords, so they will rarely be affected, but will be rewarded by the newly in power.

But because they are not descendants, whether they are from Liangzhou or Bingzhou in charge of the government, they can't enter the inner circle, and they can only wander around the periphery and become pawns driven by others.

At this time, when it comes to the fierceness of the Xiliang soldiers, the people in the tent suddenly have palpitations, some of them are the generals of the Sanfu garrison, and some of them also have families in Chang'an City, although the prospects for the city to follow Lu Bu's Bingzhou soldiers to defend the city are slim, but there is still a hope of sticking to the enemy and rewarding meritorious service, but if the Xiliang soldiers are allowed to kill into the city, burn and plunder, even if everything is going to be destroyed.

"The Xiliang soldiers are like wolves and tigers, aren't they the state soldiers?"

Zhao Hong suddenly replied to the main seat. This made other people's heads suddenly a little unable to turn, Zhao Hong has always been careful and smooth, but today's words sound a little abnormal, there has just stopped the drunken general's nonsense, here Zhao Hong's words have become disobedient, if it weren't for the fact that there were no generals in the army at the banquet, I was afraid that it would lead to another catastrophe.

Some of the generals began to ask:

"Ziyu, what do you mean by your words?"

"When the capital was moved, the state soldiers burned palaces, official temples, and private houses, took the opportunity to loot property, and dug the tombs of emperors and ministers.

Zhao Hong's voice was still cold, and when he heard the ears of the other people in the tent, it was like a cold ice ridge piercing his heart, and what the state soldiers had done in Luoyang, they didn't care about the military stationed in the three auxiliary areas, and they didn't care, but now the Xiliang soldiers outside the city threatened their homes, their wives and children's lives, but it was real.

However, there was still wisdom in the account, and they had already heard Zhao Hong's meaning, they stared at Zhao Hong, waiting for his next words, and sure enough, after Zhao Hong sighed, he said leisurely:

"In the final analysis, it's not the situation, and the soldiers of Liang, all of them are the division of tigers and wolves, killing a lot, and the state soldiers don't attack us, it's not because we have to rely on us to defend Chang'an City, if we can adapt to the situation and form a good Xiliang army, we won't be able to protect the lives of the wealth of the field, the wife and children, the old and the young."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a deathly silence in the tent. The sound of staggering was never heard again, and all that could be heard was the heavy breathing of the generals.

"What Zhao Jun means is that everyone wants to sacrifice the city, and surrender the Xiliang army outside the city?"

Finally, after someone finally reacted, his face changed greatly, he got up suddenly, stared at Zhao Hong with his eyes, and asked sharply.

He pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and he had the meaning of doing it if he didn't agree, except for the people in the tent who were already drunk, the alcohol on the other originally slightly drunk generals had also been dispelled by the nervousness, and they all turned their eyes and looked at Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong was in full view, he didn't panic, shouted outside the tent, and immediately a large group of soldiers with soldiers rushed in from outside the tent, quickly escorted Zhao Hong, and surrounded the others in the tent.

"Zhao Hong, what do you mean by this?"

Seeing Zhao Hong's dispatch of armor, the other people who were originally kneeling in the tent couldn't sit still, and drew their swords one after another, and one of the generals with high prestige immediately questioned Zhao Hong. But when the words came out, his face was as panicked as everyone else.

The current situation is that Zhao Hong ambushed the armor soldiers in advance, and the guards they brought were only afraid that they would have been solved long ago when they were drunk, otherwise there would not be no sound outside the tent, allowing Zhao Hong to use force brazenly.

They are now like fish on a knife, as long as Zhao Hong gives an order, they will be hacked to death by many armor soldiers immediately.

But Zhao Hong didn't mean to do anything, he smiled, looked at the general who asked the question, shook his head and said:

"The kings suspect me of evil, and among the kings, they are worried about their lives, or about their fields, or about their wives and children, and they are helpless to save them, and they sit and wait for the city to fall. Hong Bucai, for the monarchs to find a good way to save their lives and family business, why do you want to criticize me again? ”

The sword soldiers were added, and no one in the tent dared to answer, Zhao Hong rolled his eyes, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, looked at the many generals in the tent who were either vigilant or frightened, and continued:

"You just need to stay here tonight, sit and watch the success or failure, don't mobilize a soldier in your hands, this life and family business can be preserved, as for the surrender of the city, you don't need to bother you, there will only be other people who have a heart to do it."