That night, Xu Rong quietly went to meet Li Ru.

"Where do you plan to go from here? I'm afraid that the military advisor won't be able to go back, and if he goes back, he will only fall into the hands of the white wave thieves again. Xu Rong asked with some concern.

"Can't the old man just stay here in Huayin? There is a simmer here, which can also protect the safety of the old man's family. Li Ru replied lightly.

"The military advisor is serious, do you think this subordinate can still stay?" Xu Rong asked earnestly.

Li Ru was silent, how could he, who was as wise as a demon, not know that Si Li was placed in the hands of Li Dao and Guo Yan, two fools, and sooner or later he would come to a big deal.

But Li Ru said that he didn't want to think about it anymore, he was tired and just wanted to spend this life in peace.

After being silent for a long time, Li Ru suddenly asked:

"I heard that you were taken away by Li Dao and Guo Yan?"

"Uh, yes." Xu Rong said with some embarrassment, after all, this matter is not very glorious.

"And where do you plan to go from here?" Li Ru asked with a smile.

"I'm going to go to Yangzhou to join Jiang Hong." Xu Rong replied calmly.

"Jiang Hong?" Li Ru thought about it, and then thought about it.

"Oh, that's it, that was a little cavalry lieutenant at the beginning, so he killed his top boss Tao Qian. Then let you send him a message and ask for Jiang Hong, who wants an official position. Speaking of this, Li Ru couldn't help but smile.

"Uh, yes." Xu Rong was embarrassed again, he was captured by the little-known Jiang Hong, and it was another piece of black history.

"Hehe, yes, this little guy has quite an appetite for the old man." Li Ru said with a smile.

"The military division." Before Xu Rong could ask, he was interrupted by Li Ru.

"How's this kid doing? The old man remembered that before the old man left the court, he only had two counties, Guangling and Wu County. Li Ru asked.

"Well, it's true as the military advisor said, but he has now taken Danyang and Huiji County."

"The old man remembers that what he asked for was the history of Yangzhou Thorns, right? Yes, quite discerning. Now Yangzhou has been accounted for most of the time, and when the time comes, all of them will be based on Yangzhou, with Guangling in hand, Xuzhou can be defended without danger, or they can go west to Jingzhou, or capture the Yuan family's old nest Runan, which really added a fire to the war-torn land of Kanto. Li Ru praised.

"There is a lack of war horses in the southeast, your 3,000 thousand Xiliang iron horses may be nothing in Xiliang, and they are a rare combat force in the southeast or even in the Central Plains. If you lead 3,000 cavalry to join him, you will definitely win Jiang Hong's attention, but you can see it quite clearly. ”

"But you have to be careful along the way, you must know that those war horses under your command are very greedy for the Kwantung princes."

Xu Rong was broken, scratched his head a little embarrassed, and then asked:

"Rong knows, military advisor, then you...

"The old man won't go, just watch you juniors fight for the world in his hometown." Li Ru sighed and said.

"However, these three auxiliary places are so chaotic, isn't it much more stable to go to Yangzhou to see the world?" Xu Rong continued to persuade without giving up.

"If you want to be stable, which of Yizhou or Jingzhou is not more stable than Yangzhou, why should the old man be willing to go far?"

"Okay, don't persuade the old man anymore, just retreat." Li Ru said directly, not giving Xu Rong a chance to continue persuading.

"No." Xu Rong said with some reluctance.

Xu Rong was about to walk out of the room, but suddenly turned around and asked:

"Strategist, are you really willing?"

Li Ru didn't speak, until Xu Rong was far away, Li Ru sighed faintly:

"If you are unwilling, what about it?"

The next day, Xu Rong said goodbye to Duan Xuan and Li Ru, I don't know for what reason, Duan Xuan also gave Xu Rong 500 cavalry and a lot of grain and grass.

In the face of Xu Rong's surprise, Duan Xuan smiled and did not speak, and in the end, Xu Rong could only take his family and the 3,500 cavalry under his command and left for unknown reasons.

Seeing Xu Rong's gradually departing figure, Duan Xuan asked a little melancholy:

"Strategist, today, is there still hope for my Xiliang Army?"

"What if there is hope, and what if there is no hope?" Li Ru asked rhetorically.

"It's just that the last general really doesn't want to see the Xiliang Army destroyed in the hands of Li Dao and Guo Yan, two fools." Duan Xuan said through some gritted teeth.

"If you know the final result, why don't you plan ahead?" Li Ru asked a little wistfully.

"The last general is not like Xu Rong, he was originally from Liaodong, and now that the lord is gone, he doesn't have much attachment to Xiliang, so he can go to others and show his talent again." Duan Xuan explained.

"But the last general is different, the last general was born in Xiliang, even if he knew that Xiliang would be destroyed in the hands of Li and Guo Yan, but the last general couldn't bear it, and he couldn't bear to abandon Xiliang and go." Duan Xuan clenched his fists tightly and said.

"And isn't it the same with military advisors?"

"Huh?" Li Ru replied with a smile.

"The last general has been guarding Huayin for a long time, if even Xu Rong's guy secretly went to meet the military advisor, the last general is too incompetent." Duan Xuan explained.

"Huh." Li Ru smiled and did not speak.

However, it was said that Xu Rong took the soldiers and traveled steadily all the way to Xinzheng, and nothing happened during the period. But further on is the realm of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu's territory, Xu Rong stopped his pace for the sake of prudence, and sent people to Yuzhou to find out the news.

This discovery, but something big happened. Obviously, when he went to Chang'an to pick up his family a few days ago, Jiang Hong was still in a good situation, but in a short period of time, the situation in the southeast changed greatly, and the change was so fast that Xu Rong, who was far away in Sili, couldn't believe it.

Jiang Hong and Yuan Shu fought, and Jiang Hong was defeated by Zhang Xun, and was besieged by Zhang Xun in the city of Hefei, struggling to support.

At this time, for Xu Rong, it is undoubtedly extremely bad news.

Xu Rong's face was cloudy, and the abacus in his heart had been hammering and calculating. To be reasonable, he has 3,500 cavalry as a capital to advance, no matter which prince defects to the Kanto, he will be reused, and he doesn't have to admit death, he has to go to Jiang Hong.

However, Xu Rong has a very good impression of Jiang Hong, and a long time ago, Jiang Hong expressed his importance to himself, Jiang Hong has a lot of weight in Xu Rong's mind, and Jiang Hong is undoubtedly Xu Rong's first choice.

It's just that Jiang Hong is in danger now, and Xu Rong doesn't know if Jiang Hong can turn defeat into victory once he goes to Jiang Hong and throws himself into this battlefield? Will you be able to get out?

It's easy to say that if you win, everyone will be happy, but if you lose, Xu Rong is not alone now, the whole family is not hungry when one person eats enough, and he has to think about his family, Xu Rong hesitated.

Now, Xu Rong is stationed in Xinzheng on the spot, and he doesn't know what to do. Time passed day by day, Jiang Hong's situation became more and more dangerous, seeing that Jiang Hong was about to cool down, Xu Rong sighed and pulled out his army and retreated.