Ten days later.

Xu Chu had already passed the Yuyuan Pass at this time, and arrived at the boundary of Yingchuan, only a few dozen miles away from Yangcheng.

Recalling the process of meeting the Son of Heaven in the Heavenly Palace, Xu Chu sighed.

The palace pavilions and high-platform bronze beasts in the palace, because of the previous coup d'état, although the majesty is still there, but those damaged places that have not had time to repair are no longer reminded Xu Chu all the time that the Han family has been in the world for four hundred years, and the glory has gone.

The teenage son of heaven, Liu Wei, sat on the huge dragon chair that could not match his figure, and what he brought to Xu Chu was not any majesty from the 'Ninth Five-Year Supreme', only the panic and helplessness of a young man.

The Son of Heaven is really a poor man.

Emperor Ling gave birth to many sons, and all the sons before today's son died early, so Liu Wei was just born, still in infancy, and was taken to a Taoist family to grow up. It is true that Emperor Ling is afraid that Liu Wei will die as early as his brothers, but since Liu Wei grew up in a commoner's house, there is a world of difference between him and the prince who grew up in the palace.

Therefore, compared to Liu Xie, Liu Wei is more like a child of ordinary people, and in the eyes of Emperor Ling, he will feel that compared with Liu Xie, Liu Wei is more frivolous and has no prestige as a prince, so Emperor Ling prefers Liu Xie.

But the pressure on Liu Wei was not less than that of Liu Xie, but because his mother Empress Dowager He, his uncle General He Jin, and He Miao and others had high hopes for him, he grew up under tremendous pressure since he was a child. finally waited until he ascended the throne, but he encountered a palace coup d'état caused by the power struggle between the eunuchs and the generals and the scholars.

How can a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy not feel hesitant and helpless?

Xu Chuyou has pity and sympathy for today's son, and this pity can only be put in the bottom of his heart, and he must not say it to others.

Zhang Gu, who was at the forefront of the road, turned back to the Chinese army and reported to Xu Chu: "Prince, the front is Yangcheng, and we are waiting outside the city to ......."

Yangcheng Ling Li Min has been recalled to serve as a Lang official in the court, and there is no one who is against Xu Chu in Yangcheng now. However, Xu Chu was no longer the Taishou of Yingchuan, and he didn't want to enter Yangcheng or delay outside Yangcheng, so he asked Xi Zhong: "Sima Gan would rather still be stationed in the place east of Yangcheng?" ”

After leaving Luoyang City, the news from Yingchuan came to Xu Chu one after another, and there were several urgent letters from Gan Ning's side, and Xu Chu didn't have time to ask about the letter from Gan Ning's side, but handed it over to Xi Zhong for a look, so he asked this question.

Xi Zhong said: "Gan Xingba has never returned to the Weishui camp. ”

Xu Chu then ordered: "Speed up the march and rush to the Gan Sima military camp!" ”

Ganning has more than 2,000 parts, called other parts. In fact, Gan Ning, the Sima of the other department, contains water, because he is not an official position officially appointed by the imperial court, but a private seal like when the Kwantung Coalition Army crusaded against Dong Zhuo in the future, Cao Cao took Xiahou Yuan as the Sima of the other department.

The treatment that should be there, of course, Xu Chu was arranged by Xu Shu and sent it down, but after all, it was a bit of a 'bad name, bad words', and after Gan Ning heard that Xu Chu led the team to Luoyang, he couldn't help but have some small bumps in his heart. This little pimple, when I heard that Xu Chu was named Marquis of Zhaowu, was said to be too punctual in Lujiang, and it was all gone. Why? One person gets it, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

Xu Chu's original Taishou was not far from Gan Ning's other Simas, and they were all suspected of holding soldiers into self-respect. Why did Xu Chu become the Taishou of Yingchuan, one is the strong support of the local scholars, who helped Xu Chu in the court, among which the three families of Xun, Chen, and Zhong contributed the most; Gan Ning was used by Xu Chu because of his martial arts and the brave 500 righteous servants and tribes he brought from Shu County.

Now that Xu Chu's name is right, the day when he will be relieved of his embarrassment is not far away.

It didn't take ten days to walk from Luoyang to Yingchuan with a thousand people, and the reason why Xu Chu spent ten days was that he visited Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao and other benefactors before leaving, and said goodbye to Cao Cao, Gao Gan, Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and other officials with good relations It took a day or two to do it, and the other was deliberate. He hoped that when he returned to Yingchuan, his old officials in Yingchuan would know that he was named 'Marquis of Zhaowu' and worshiped as 'Lujiang Taishou'.

As Xi Zhong said, all the people close to Xu Chu were very excited when they learned the news. When Xu Chu met with Gan Ning, there was still some time before the evening.

Gan Ning's camp was on a plain east of Yangcheng and west of Yingshui. In front of the camp, Xi Zhong raised his eyes to look at the army, and couldn't help but praise: "That day, when the Marquis of the Dian Army competed with Li Jun in martial arts, the lord said that Gan Xingba's bravery was comparable to that of the Marquis of the Dian Army. Today, with the loyalty of Gan Xingba's battalion, its ability to lead the troops is afraid that it is far above the military marquis. ”

Xu Chu nodded and smiled: "Dian Wei is a brave and loyal general, Xingba is not only brave, but also the commander of an army in time." ”

Gan Ning is handsome, this is the impression that Xu Chu had before he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Today, Xi Zhong said this, which confirmed that his previous impression was not bad.

Gan Ning was waiting for Xu Chu at the camp gate, and when he saw Xu Chu coming over with a group of people, he shouted from afar: "Fujun! I haven't seen you for many days, but the style is still the same! ”

Compared with Xu Shu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Dian Wei, etc., Xu Chu is not particularly familiar with Gan Ning, Rao is so, hearing Gan Ning shouting at him from afar, Xu Chu squinted his eyes and said loudly: "Xingba!" I haven't seen you for many days, but you are different! ”

When they met, Xu Chu took Gan Ning's hand and greeted each other non-stop. Gan Ning is indeed very different from when he first came, at the beginning, in addition to meeting Xu Chu, Gan Ning's common dress was to insert a few bird feathers on his head, open his mind, and expose his entire chest, looking like a thief who did a trick of cutting paths. After a long time in the Ministry of Unification, these bad habits have changed a lot, and they have dressed decently, only a string of bells pinned to their waists, which is a rare old habit of the past.

"Xingba, I was worshiped by the court as the Taishou of Lujiang, you already know." Xu Chu asked with a smile.

"The prince of the house asked knowingly, not only the Lujiang Taishou, but also the matter of the marquis." Gan Ning said with a smile, "The prince of the house doesn't know, as soon as the news arrives in Yingchuan, the whole county cheers, and the soldiers under Ning's command are all happy!" ”

After the greetings, enter the camp.

Xu Chu and the big tent introduced to Gan Ning Xizhong, Le Jin, Li Quan, the Zhang brothers and Li Ping's henchmen respectively. After Gan Ning was polite, he said excitedly: "Looking at all the virtuous people, they all have good appearances, and the great cause of the government can be expected." Half polite, half sincere. Xi Zhong, Le Jin, and Li Quan are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and they are the choice of the moment, and Gan Ning is eye-catching; However, the Zhang brothers are too young and have not yet reached the crown, so Li Ping looks very mediocre, how did he get into the eyes of Gan Xingba.

Xi Zhong saw Gan Ning for the first time, and it was hard to say anything else, but seeing that this person was majestic and mighty, he was indeed a rare brave general, and while he was happy for Xu Chu, he asked Gan Ning: "Now the prince is going to Lujiang to take up his post, is Xingba willing to go with him?" ”

Gan Ning said unhappily: "What does Xi Jun mean by this? Don't you look down on me as a person!? ”

Xu Chu sighed and said, "Xingba is wrong to blame Zhicai, Zhicai has no such intention." Instead, he asked how many of the warriors under Xingba's command were willing to follow. ”

Xi Zhong half-narrowed his narrow eyes, and said in his heart: This Gan Ning is a hot person, not as good as Le Jin and Dian Wei.

Speaking of how many people will follow him, Gan Ning pouted, "The heroes of Shu County, all of them are headed by me, and they have nothing to say." However, the newly recruited local soldiers in Yingchuan, probably not many people are willing to leave their hometowns and go to Yangzhou. ”

Xu Chu discussed with Xi Zhong on the road, the new Yingchuan Taishou Imperial Court has not yet been finalized, no matter who arrives, they generally do not have much good impression of the 'private soldiers' left by their predecessors. In this case, you might as well hand over the soldiers who don't want to follow to the hands of the two surnamed Xun and Zhong, and let them deal with it, which can be regarded as a favor.

As soon as this meaning was told to Gan Ning, Gan Ning immediately agreed.

After resting for the night, the whole army went to Yangzhai the next day, but it was to meet the henchmen and old officials in Yangzhai.

Wang Yan and Gong Su are confidants, and Fei Liang and the county officials who were promoted because Fei Liang was Yang Zhai Cheng are Xu Chu's old officials.

After arriving in Yangzhai, the people of Yangzhai heard that Xu Chu was coming, and they came out of their homes one after another to greet each other. Some families with decent family backgrounds even took out the wine, meat, grain and rice hidden at home to reward Xu Chu's army.

Xu Chu sighed: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat." The ancients did not deceive me! ”

The people of Yangzhai welcomed Xu Chu, because Xu Chu destroyed the Zhang and Huang clans who had been rampant in Yangzhai for many years. In addition to the people, Wang Yan, Gong Su, Fei Liang and others also arrived early with a group of people. To Xu Chu's surprise, there were some people who were similar to scholars standing beside Wang Yan and others, and when they asked, they were actually some big names of Yang Zhai, and after hearing the news, they went to the city gate to greet Xu Chu.

Among them, the most prominent ones are the surnames Xin and Guo. The representatives of the Xin family who came to congratulate Xu Chu were the two brothers Xin Ping and Xin Bi, and the Guo family came over in person.

Xu Chu chuckled in his heart: I have an old grudge with Guo Tu, and the head of the Guo family came forward, could it be that he came to show his goodwill?