Changsha County, Jingzhou.

Sun Jian sat on the main seat, and Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Wu Jing, Zu Mao and other generals sat in the hall.

"What do you think of the 'Three Princes Transfer Book' that the county post has just received?" Sun Jian seemed to be smiling, and the tiger eyes swept the generals in the hall.

Han Dang attended and responded: "Dong thieves are rampant, but unfortunately Zhang Gong did not follow the advice of the lord and killed him, which caused the Han family to be humiliated and the court to be filthy. Today, there are three dukes who have moved the book to call on the world's volunteers to be diligent and punish the thief, why should the lord hesitate, this soldier should be happy! ”

Han Dang is a native of Liaoxi and is extremely close to Sun Jian. Although he has never entered the ranks, he is just a martial artist now, but because of this, his loyalty and courage are quite loved by Sun Jian.

Sun Jian nodded without a trace and looked at the others.

Wu Jing and Zu Mao immediately left the table, and the same caliber as Han Dang, and said angrily: "This soldier should be happy!" ”

Only Huang Gai and Cheng Pu have not yet expressed their position, so Sun Jian asked: "Gongfu and Demou, do you think it is inappropriate to send troops if you don't say a word?" ”

It can be seen that Sun Jian attaches great importance to the opinions of Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, and therefore, he must confirm whether these two people really support his own troops.

There are reasons for the different backgrounds of the generals. Zu Mao, Han Dang, and Wu Jing, Wu Jing is Sun Jian's wife and brother, and the other two are all heroes, so their first reaction is to hope that Sun Jian will take the opportunity to send troops and win fame.

Huang Gai and Cheng Pu are not. Huang Gai is the great-grandson of Huang Xiang, a famous minister of this dynasty and a great filial son, his father Huang Zan is the fifth son of Huang Xiang, who was originally a branch of the Jiangxia Huang clan who moved from Jiangxia County to Lingling County, so he and the late Yuzhou Mu Huang Wan are the same generation and are the children of the famous family. Huang Gai was born in Lingling County in his early years, and was named a subordinate of Peng, and a few years later was promoted to filial piety, when the Changsha people were in rebellion, and the imperial court sent Sun Jian to quell the rebellion, Sun Jian's name was firmly engraved in Huang Gai's heart. So when Huang Gai felt that the world was about to be in chaos, he abandoned the official and rushed to Changsha with the doorman and Yicong, and threw himself into Sun Jian's account.

Cheng Pu also used to be in Beiping County, quite good-looking, strategic, good at answering and right, and after coming to Sun Jian's side, he was very important like Huang Gai.

The insights and opinions of the two of them are much more important than Zu Mao, Han Dang, and Wu Jing.

Although Cheng Pu was fighting in the east and west in his early years, he had seen Dong Zhuo's bravery and cunning, so he was inevitably a little worried that Yuan Shao would fail. In addition to worrying about failure, he also took into account the problem Sun Jian faced - lack of food. If the soldiers are elite and the generals are brave, Cheng Pu is not worried that Sun Jian will be inferior to others, the key is that Changsha has just experienced a rebellion, and the agricultural affairs in the county are terrible, if Sun Jian wants to send troops, the grain and grass will be exhausted in less than two months, and at that time, not to mention the war, it will be a problem to survive.

Therefore, the question that Cheng Pu threw was: "Dare to ask the Ming Mansion, if the righteous soldiers are tyrannical, who do we depend on?" ”

Huang Gai's idea coincided with Cheng Pu, and he not only took into account the problem of food, but also took into account the problem that Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, had never been able to get along with Sun Jian.

Huang Gai said: "Uncle Fang has always been born in the Ming Gong army and has a lot of complaints, and last year, the hero Gan Ning of Shu County came to Jingzhou to defect, but he was not accepted by Uncle Fang. Such narrow-minded and unsharp-minded corrupt Confucians not only cannot help Ming Gong, but will take very strict precautions against Ming Gong. ”

Sun Jian listened carefully and stood up with a smile.

He pulled out the 'love knife' he was wearing, and sighed: "The ancient ingot knife has been fighting with me for many years, and the edge is still the same, how can I bear to let him be sheathed in the dust." ”

Walking slowly into the hall, Sun Jian said ambitiously: "Ladies and gentlemen, one hundred and fifty years ago, Emperor Guangwu once said: 'People are not satisfied with suffering, that is, Pinglong, look back at Shu. However, it was precisely because of his longwang Shu that he had the later Han dynasty and the great achievements of dominating the world. I don't dare to compare myself with Guangwu, now I live in Changsha, all I see is the hardship of the people, all I hear is the tyranny of Dong thieves, I have nearly 10,000 tigers, and there are fierce generals like you, can't you 'get Longwangshu'? I want to go to Nanyang, from the account attached to Yuan Highway, raise troops to eliminate violence! Let the heroes of the world know the name of my Jiangdong Tiger! ”

In the end, Sun Jian threw the ancient ingot knife on the ground and asked the generals again, "The husband can't eat five tripods, so he cooks five tripods, and you want to do whatever I want?!" ”

All the generals left the table and bowed: "I wish to follow the lord (Ming Gong) to raise righteous soldiers and eliminate tyranny!" ”

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Xu Chu spent a few days of Ansheng's leisure, and Haosheng accompanied his wife Zhang Ying, and on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, he set up a banquet at home to entertain Xu Shu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Dian Wei, Gong Su, Wang Yan, Zifan and other close people, all of whom came to the mansion with their families, sat around the fireplace, and gathered together. Whether it is the common people or the Shishu family, most of them will keep the New Year's Day on this night, drink and talk, and stay up all night waiting for the dawn.

On New Year's Day, Xu Chu asked people to take out the bamboo knots prepared in advance, and when the rooster crowed, he personally picked up a few bamboo knots and threw them on the stove, Guo Jia, Xi Zhong and Zhang Ying, the drama wife and other family members also did the same, and threw some bamboo books into the stove.

In the crackling sound, everyone looked at each other and laughed, and they were happy.

Followed by Guo Jia, Xu Shu, and Xi Zhong, all the civil and military henchmen all faced Xu Chu, and Luo Bai greeted Xu Chu one after another. Xu Chu returned the salute and took the lead in bowing slowly in the direction of Luoyang.

This is the Son of Heaven in Luoyang City. Today's Son of Heaven was established by Dong Zhuo, and many people do not approve of it, but the etiquette must still be done.

After worshipping the Son of Heaven, Guo Jia sighed: "At this moment, Luoyang City must be very lively, the palace is full of ministers, it is said that in the past, when the most people were in the past, there were more than 10,000 ministers, county officials, and envoys from all over the world who went to Deyang Hall to worship the Son of Heaven. Now there is Dong Zhuo in Luo, I don't know what kind of scene it is. ”

"yes." Xi Zhong sighed, "But even so, there will still be thousands of people, I don't know what kind of scenery will be at the banquet when the Son of Heaven gives wine to the ministers, and how Dong Zhuo will be domineering." ”

Xu Chu shook his head and said with a sigh: "Now that the Three Princes have moved the book, the country is in danger, and we are waiting to be rescued." Fengxiao, Yuanzhi, you go and call Xingba, Wenda and others who are playing bamboo over there, I have something to say. ”

Asking for Dong is a big deal, in response to Yuan Shao's rebellion, although everyone already knows that Xu Chu is imperative, but before going out, they still have to talk about it one more time.

Xu Chu knows that everyone under his command has their own ideas and opinions, so today you might as well take this opportunity to sit together and have a good talk, because this matter is not only related to the rise and fall of Xu Chu himself, but also related to the overall interests of his small military and political group.

Gan Ning, Dian Wei, Le Jin, Li Quan, Li Tong, Chen Gong, Zhou Yu, Zhou Yi, Xie Zhen, Zhao Zhao, Shi Lu, He Zhen and others followed Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu into the hall.

Among them, Xi Zhong and other ministers of the humerus have always known that Xu Chu has the intention of currying favor with Dong, and when he was in Luoyang, Xi Zhong saw with his own eyes how Xu Chu advocated 'chasing Dong' in front of Yuan Shao, Xu Chu, like Cao Cao and Bao Xin, is a hardliner against Dong Zhuo. The rest of the people had also heard about Xu Chu, Le Jin, and Li Cheng angrily facing Dong Zhuo at the foot of the mountain, so they had already had a certain psychological preparation for this matter in their hearts.

It's one thing to be mentally prepared, it's another thing to really spread things out and make it clear.

Today's Xu Chu is not comparable to the Xu Chu of Luoyang that day, but today's Dong Zhuo is far from being comparable to the Dong Zhuo of that day.

What Xu Chu wanted was to tell everyone about the severity of the war and the balance of power between Dong and Yuan. If the two sides can still unite after clarifying the balance of power, then it is true unity.