Chen Nuo's side united with Zhang Bai to shoot Zhang Xiu away, and Zhang Xiu went to Chang'an without mentioning it. However, it was said that Zhang Baiqi was happy because of this victory, so he thought that Chen Nuo would continue to command them, and it was best to lead them to catch up with the Xiliang people, so as to fight again. Only Chen Nuo knew in his heart that although he won this battle, he was also very lucky.

You must know that the people of Xiliang listened to the rumors of the imperial court's 'exhaustion', and in order to survive, they had an unforgettable hatred for the imperial court, so they did not need to mobilize, and their morale also rose, so they won two battles against Li Su and Zhang Liao. And once they are allowed to go back and do not let them go west to Chang'an, it will inevitably make the people of Xiliang suspicious, and their morale will naturally be low, so they will defeat Chen Nuo in a battle. And now, since the Xiliang people have been defeated and are anxious to return to Chang'an, if they don't know what to do at this time and want to chase and kill, it will inevitably force the Xiliang people to jump over the wall in a hurry, which is unwise.

What's more, judging from the current situation, the people of Xiliang have been completely mobilized, and the trend of attacking Chang'an in the west has become irreversible. It is completely impossible for Chen Nuo to rely on the people of Tianwangzhai to stop him alone. In the face of Zhang Baiqi's high mood, Chen Nuo could only shake his head, telling Zhang Baiqi not to act recklessly.

That white horse didn't cause trouble, and after listening to Chen Nuo's words, he didn't say anything more. Originally, the reason why Zhang Baiqi raised troops to attack the Xiliang people and came to drip this troubled water was to avenge the previous owner of the village, and now he has set up an ambush here to kill the Xiliang people, etc., leaving a lot of thieves.

Only Chen Nuo was going to prepare to leave and continue to the west after helping Tianwangzhai kill Xiliang for a while. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiu just left here, but encountered a small group of defeated soldiers. This group of defeated soldiers was only a dozen people, and they were still caught by the patrol men and horses of Tianwangzhai. At first, this group of men and horses were captured by Zhang Baiqi's subordinates and sent to Zhang Baiqi, who returned that they were Xiliang scattered soldiers, so he thought about letting them be pulled down and killed. It's just that I didn't expect that one of the people in this group heard the name of Zhang Baiqi, so he shouted that he recognized Zhang Baiqi and asked to take him to meet him. Seeing this, those who executed did not dare to delay, and reported to Zhang Baiqi's side, Zhang Baiqi was also strange, and said who this person was, so he simply brought it up to meet him.

After the man was brought up, Zhang Baiqi saw that his face was very raw, and he couldn't recognize him after recognizing him for a long time, and then looking at his flattering appearance, he suddenly realized, slapped down, and shouted with him: "You are so cunning, and you are ready to pretend to know me, so you can fool me casually?" Zhang Baiqi said, and asked someone to take the man off. Only that person hurriedly argued, and said to Zhang Baiqi: "Boss Zhang, Boss Zhang!" Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! I don't think the little one and the big boss Zhang don't recognize each other, but the big boss Zhang should know General Chen Nuo, right? He, he's still in the army, can you let him come out and say something? ”

"Do you know General Chen Nuochen?"

The man nodded his head again and again. Zhang Baiqi glanced at him twice, suddenly sneered, raised a slap to make a gesture to hit, glared at a pair of tiger eyes, glared at him and said: "You guy, it is already an unforgivable crime to fool the master, and now that the master is not fooled, he still wants to deceive General Chen." Hmph, you damn it, damn it! And as he spoke, he took the man by the body and threw him to the ground, and he had him dragged down and slew him. At this time, Chen Nuo happened to have something to see Zhang Baiqi outside the tent, and suddenly heard someone shouting his name, and felt that the voice was a little familiar, so he quickly stepped forward to recognize him. At first, I didn't recognize the other party's appearance because it was ruined by blood, but after a closer look, I suddenly remembered it.

Only Chen Nuo's side has not yet spoken, the man suddenly saw Chen Nuo while praying for death, his eyes lit up, like a person who fell into the water grabbed the last life-saving straw, and immediately came to the spirit, shouting at Chen Nuo, calling Chen Nuo General Chen, let Chen Nuo save his life. Chen Nuo had already walked over at this time, so he immediately asked, "Li Su?" Li Su responded: "Hey! It was so-and-so, General Chen saved so-and-so! ”

When Chen Nuo heard the other party's admittance, he was slightly stunned, and then stepped forward. Speaking of which, Li Su, as the envoy of the Son of Heaven, came to Shaanxi County to convey the imperial court order Chen Nuo had heard of it, but Chen Nuo definitely never thought that he would meet him here and now. Even that Li Su is still like a nightmare, and he has always been in a mess.

Speaking of which, Li Su had previously accompanied Zhao Xue to pursue the Xiliang people all the way, and when he looked west, he was about to reach the land of Huayin, but he didn't expect to be killed by the Xiliang people Wang Fang and Li Meng's allied forces on the way, which made them suffer a big defeat in a daze. After this battle, Li Su also lost contact with Zhao Xue and others, and he and more than a dozen subordinates were rushed left and right by this group of Xiliang people, and one rushed here. It's just that when he suddenly found that when he arrived in Shaanxi County, he found that there were still a small number of Xiliang people stationed in Shaanxi County, so he thought that he couldn't continue to stay and needed to walk again. It's just that you can't go west for the time being, and Shaanxi County can't continue to stay, so where should you go? Li Su thought left and right, and finally thought of the rumor some time ago, saying that Chen Nuo had haunted the area of Tianwangzhai, and it happened that he had the will of the imperial court and took this opportunity to take refuge in him, which was reasonable. It's just that he walked all the way, and he didn't see Chen Nuo yet, so he was arrested by Zhang Baiqi's subordinates, if he hadn't heard of Zhang Baiqi's name, and knew that he was the big leader of Tianwangzhai, and then took advantage of the situation to involve Chen Nuo, otherwise I am afraid that this little life would have been lost here today.

The white horse saw that Li Su really recognized Chen Nuo in front of him, and Dao was an envoy from the imperial court, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly loosened his ties and let him go. When Li Su saw Chen Nuo, he only complained vigorously, and only told Chen Nuo all the big and small things that happened after he said goodbye to Yuyuan last year. Seeing that he was talking a long story, Chen Nuo asked Zhang Baiqi to arrange a meal and let Li Su talk while eating. It wasn't until he had eaten three bowls of rice that he talked about being ordered to prepare for the eastward journey to Shaanxi County. When Chen Nuo heard it, he almost thought that he was listening to Sun Monkey's three dozen white bone spirits, ring by ring, and it was really endless. It was only in the end that Li Su's mouth was dry, and when he saw Chen Nuo's listless eyes, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't talked about the point yet, and the point was-

The focus is, of course, on the section on the court's co-optation of him.

When Li Su thought of this section, he immediately held back what he was going to say, and suddenly glanced at Zhang Baiqi next to him, and said to him: "You can change your clothes and prepare incense." ”

"Changing clothes, preparing incense?"

Li Su's words were abrupt, how could Zhang Baiqi know the meaning of his words from such a reckless background, and he was scolding him, so he immediately bluffed: "My clothes are very clean, I don't need to change them, it's just that incense case, what do you have to prepare it for, and it's not your own can be carried on your body casually." This sentence made Li Su choke enough, and the old man's face turned red, and he was about to scold him twice, just thinking that he was still on other people's territory, and he could only endure it. However, when Chen Nuo heard it, although he didn't understand it for a while, this word is very familiar, and generally 'changing clothes and preparing incense' is to prepare for the holy decree. Thinking about it casually, with his current identity, he is also a veritable envoy of the Son of Heaven, and he is indeed qualified to pass on the decree. What's more, don't ask anything else. Just looking at Li Su's color, it is not difficult to know that Bacheng has something good to show in front of the master, so that people can accept his feelings.

Once Chen Nuo understood this, he immediately asked Zhang Bai to ride to prepare incense, he got up here, let Li Su sit a little wider, and he turned back to change into a clean deep clothes, cleaned his face and palms, and walked out. Sure enough, Zhang Baiqi had already asked people to prepare the incense case and put it up, and Li Su was also full of wine and food, looking refreshed, waiting for Chen Nuo to come over.

As soon as he saw Chen Nuo coming, he snorted, straightened his chest, and reached out to touch the clothes outside his chest for a long time. After waiting for a while, I saw him take out a crumpled piece of yellow silk and unfold it in front of everyone. When the people on the left and right saw it, the fool also knew that this was a holy decree, and bowed down with Chen Nuo one by one. I saw that Li Su unfolded the yellow silk, his eyes swept everyone, and he saw that everyone was respectful and respectful, as if he was worshipping him, so uncomfortable. He pretended to cough again, then opened his mouth and tore open his throat and sang loudly to Huang Juan: "In April of the third year of the first peace, Chen Nuo killed the Xiliang rebel Zhang Ji and other generations, the world was jubilant, and he was very happy, and he was specially canonized as Henan Yin, the governor of Luoyang, Chen Liu, the west of Yingchuan, and the soldiers and horses, and the marquis of Chen Guoting, Qin ~~ this!" ”

Hearing the news of the official being knighted, Chen Nuo was quite unquiet in his heart. You must know that like Henan Yinzhi's 'Yin', he is generally called 'Yin' when the Beijing division is located, and now he is canonized as Henan Yin, probably to distinguish other county officials and manage such a large land. Speaking of which, though. Although the area east of Luoyang is large, after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, it has already been ten rooms and nine empty, and the population is extinct, fireworks are scarce, and it is not a rich place. is the land of Chen Liu and Yingchuan, there is only one Chen Liu, who was originally Zhang Miao, but he still holds the position of Chen Liutaishou, how can he be embarrassed to fight with him? Besides, what is Yingchuan, speaking of which, it is also what Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers have always coveted, that is, in the past, his brothers fought for this territory, but their scalps were broken, and now if he occupies it for no reason, wouldn't it be to anger him and the two at the same time, what is the difference between being roasted on the fire by others?

Of course, it is not impossible for the court to reward meritorious officials. The only key thing is that Chen Nuo is a Hebei general in the end, and he is nominally under Yuan Shao for the time being, how can the court's rewards be related to Yuan Shao, isn't this a bit like a rabbit eating grass by the nest? The imperial court gave him all these places, didn't it clearly want him to fight with Yuan Shao for territory and fight with them? It can be seen that after the imperial court cleaned up the Xiliang people, it was not at ease with any other forces, probably because Yuan Shao gradually became more powerful in Hebei, and he could no longer have to let the imperial court think carefully about him. Perhaps, because Chen Nuo was too presumptuous, the imperial court was afraid that he would not be able to stop him in the future, so he urgently needed to find some trouble for Chen Nuo, anyway, he didn't want the Kanto people to worry. Therefore, the reward of the imperial court seems to be 'intimate', but it is actually very 'bad'.

In fact, these rewards were all mentioned by Li Su and Wang Yun at the beginning, and the title was also because Dong Zhuo had made a joke with him, saying that if Chen Nuo surrendered to him in the future, it would be okay to reward Chen Guo with him as the king, and it was in view of this that Li Su had this opinion to Wang Yun. Come to think of it, since ancient times, there is only one surname Chen who has sealed the country with his surname, and if he can seal Chen Nuo Chen, it can play a role in inspiring his heart, then Li Su naturally means this. Only that Wang Yun sounded good, but if he was crowned king according to Dong Zhuo's intentions, of course it would be inappropriate, so he compromised a little and changed his title to Marquis Chen Guoting, which is also the first level of the marquis, but it is the lowest level. But don't underestimate this level of pavilion marquis, think about it, Li Guangqi fought against the Huns in his life, made a lot of contributions, but he couldn't be a marquis until he died, so there was a saying of 'Li Guang is not sealed', it can be seen that the marquis is not so good.

Of course, Li Su asked for a knighthood and an official position for Chen Nuo, so he naturally asked for merit for Chen Nuo, so that Chen Nuo would know that he could speak well in the court, and thought that he would make foreign aid in the future. However, if Li Su could say that Wang Yun was rewarded for Chen Nuo with just a few words, it would be absolutely impossible. If Li Su's request for credit for Chen Nuo is simply for 'planning for the future', then Wang Yun's mind is much more spicy. Just as Chen Nuo thought, although he saw that his biggest rival Dong Zhuo was dead, his heart had never been able to let go. He immediately imagined this threat, this imaginary enemy, as Yuan Shao in Hebei, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and then the newly rising Chen Nuo. And since he failed to calm down in Guanzhong, when the enemy could not be cut off one by one, he could only fake others, and thought of using the enemy to deal with Chen Nuo and others. Because Wang Yun figured this out, he agreed to Li Su's request without thinking, and asked Chen Nuo for such a generous reward and knighthood.

Wang Yun's thoughts, Li Su naturally couldn't guess it, and happily boasted in Chen Nuo's ear how he worked hard to get the official position for him, only to make Chen Nuo grateful for his kindness. It was the people next to him who heard that Chen Nuojia had entered the knighthood, and they came forward to congratulate one by one, and they all wanted to please a good fortune. That Chen Nuo saw Li Su's face exuding a harmless smile, and he also knew that he was being calculated by others and didn't know it, he was just an errand runner at most, and it was really no wonder that he was wrong. Chen Nuo took the holy decree, and when he heard Li Su say it in his ear, he casually catered to two sentences. Only Zhang Baiqi next to him was not confused, and handed down Li Sudu's holy decree, but he didn't take out the so-called seal ribbon and hand it to Chen Nuo, so he deliberately reminded him two sentences. It's okay that Li Su didn't remind him, once he was reminded, he immediately touched it in his arms, and his face turned black, and even the road was broken, it turned out that it was during the previous turmoil, and he didn't know how to lose the seal of the imperial court. That Bai Qi and the others all sounded ugly, you must know that the official relies on these seals and the like, if there is no these, who can prove who is who? That Chen Nuo didn't think so, but was relieved. Didn't Wang Yun want to roast him on the fire, now that his seal is gone, he only has an empty name, I believe that Yuan Shao will not take it seriously even if he hears about it, and it is not bad to lose it.

Chen Nuo saw that Zhang Baiqi was still forcing Li Su to find Yinxin, and he no longer had that thought, but he distinguished two sentences for Li Su, and explained that Zhang Baiqi made sense, so he let Li Su go first. Then Li Su went back to the account, Chen Nuo looked at it twice with the holy decree in his hand, and was about to go back to his residence, but he didn't want to be called back by Li Su again. Chen Nuo was thinking about something, but he didn't care about listening to what he said, but Li Su mentioned Zhao Xue and said that Zhao Xue had been with him before, Chen Nuo heard it clearly, his eyes followed, and he immediately asked him.

Then Li Su told Chen Nuo everything about Zhao Xue coming east with him. When Chen Nuo heard this, he immediately asked him about Zhao Xue's news, but he was suffocated by the question, and secretly said bad in his heart. Originally, he came here to prepare three benefits to sell Chen Nuo, one was the will of the imperial court, the second was to return Zhao Xue to him, and the third was Chen Nuo's 'parents'. And now, although one of them has done half of it, it can be regarded as a reluctant one, but the second is because Zhao Xue has lost contact with him, and the third is naturally even more unheard. Zhao Xue on his side is not easy to explain, and as for Chen Nuo's 'parents', it is even more difficult to explain. was asked by Chen Nuo, and he was only hesitant, saying that Zhao Xue and his party were about to meet him, but it was only because they encountered this damn Xiliang people that they made everyone so embarrassed.

Speaking of this, Li Su's eyes turned again, and he quickly turned the topic to the Xiliang people, only to complain to Chen Nuo again, saying that the damn Xiliang people, originally he came to convey the will for the imperial court this time, representing the imperial court, but this group of Xiliang people not only didn't buy it, but in the end, they dared to openly resist, and they wanted to attack him, which was really damn Yunyun, and scolded him a few times in a row. When Chen Nuo heard it, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he could only barely listen to two sentences, and then deliberately called Zhang Baiqi to be an observer. As soon as Zhang Baiqi came, Chen Nuo secretly withdrew and walked away, and in the end, only Zhang Baiqi and Li Su were left. That Li Suxian was still babbling, so comfortable, but when he saw Zhang Baiqi glaring at him with a pair of bull's eyes, there was no one else in the tent, he was simply tight, and quickly coughed twice, saying that he was tired, and fell asleep on the couch with his eyes open. Seeing that he was honest, the white rider came out of the tent and went to Chen Nuo's side to reply.