Chapter 10 Choose the good and follow it

Fame and fortune are the foundation of the rolling red dust, and they are also the two things that all living beings tirelessly pursue.

Although it is said that a good person may not have a good name, and a good name may not be profit-seeking, no matter which one can be had in the end, even if it is notoriety and stigma, there is no doubt that this person will have unimaginable benefits and enjoy a life that ordinary people can't imagine.

This is why many people in the world are scheming, planning for many years, and even not hesitating to give all their money, and even their lives, just to make a resounding name and get a name that the world will recognize.

The gangsters of the street gangs always want to kill someone to prove their courage, hoping to be valued by the leader and entrusted with important tasks; the fledgling chivalrous men always want to find a senior who has enough weight to challenge, hoping to use the fame they have worked hard for a lifetime as a stepping stone to their own position, and ascend to the sky in one step; they want to show what they have learned, but they disdain to take the initiative to seek officials like those mediocre people, and just want to wait for the emperors and princes to take the initiative to come to the door to meet them, and the lonely high literati who are regarded as guests always make a lot of nonsense, criticize facts, comment on the country, and make a pure and lofty appearance that is unfathomable and does not pursue wealth and wealth, but behind the scenes, he has to take the initiative to ask others to tout and elevate himself.

In fact, there is no one in this world who does not like this feeling of being surrounded, admired, and admired by many admirers, and besides, after having a well-known name, to a certain extent, it will slowly gather a group of fanatical followers for it, whether the person concerned wants it or not.

For example, in troubled times, those who want to show their ambitions and live up to what they have learned in their lives often like to choose the master to vote first, and regardless of whether these people are famous and famous, but if they have a name, it is better than the nameless, and the so-called masters will naturally manage their image and reputation carefully, cherish their feathers very much, and try to avoid doing the wrong thing to destroy their reputation, the reason is from this.

The benefits that a good reputation can bring are potential and huge, especially those ambitious careerists, but whenever something happens, they always like to get involved with some celebrities in the past, find their ancestors from their own surnames, often call themselves after so-and-so, or claim to be the descendants of who and who, in fact, this is all for a reputation, to show their differences, to indicate their orthodox identity.

And Lu Dengyun's words are to shape Gu Xuan into the orthodoxy of Da Liang.

When the emperor of the emperor's own son, and his mother is not an ordinary concubine in the palace, but when the imperial concubine, the same as the same product, he was named the king of Hedong County by His Majesty, is the real power of the prince of the fief, these are converted, that is the most direct reputation, representing an orthodox name, if it is in the real troubled times, I really don't know how many people will be attracted to vote.

To put it simply, if it is the capital of Daliang, it will really be unfortunately broken by the Wei Jin coalition army, the Gu royal family can't escape, and after almost extinction, once the banner of the king of Hedong County is erected here, as long as it is a person who is loyal to the Liang country, can he not take the initiative to join his command?

These words are to these soldiers of the Youzhou Army who can't let go of their pride in their hearts, since this trip is done by His Majesty's own son's subordinates, it is not a grievance, and it is not a good thing to say, what kind of thing is he Xu Jintang, no matter how big an official is, he is also a courtier, this has to be placed on weekdays, just talking about the degree of prominence on the surface, how much higher can he be than a court king?

There is no need to think about anything now, someone immediately figured it out, immediately knelt down on one knee, hugged his fist towards Lu Dengyun, spoke earnestly like a military order, and said impassionedly: "Thank you General Lu for guiding us, I have figured it out, so I will go to Huangsha County, for my great coolness, for the prince, I should do my part!"

It's not that this person will judge the situation, the so-called woman is the one who pleases herself, and the soldier dies for the confidant, raises soldiers for a thousand days, and uses soldiers for a while, no matter what era, soldiers will always be the most loyal, the most unlikely to betray a group of people, Youzhou Army is a border army, is the pride of Da Liang, especially so, he can say so, but there is nothing unusual.

The first one stood up and took the initiative to express his position, and immediately there was a second one, and slowly, thousands of people in front of them knelt down one after another, shouting in unison: "We are all willing to listen to General Lu! Serve the country! Bravely kill the enemy!"

After finishing speaking, someone immediately said: "General Lu, why should we go to Huangsha County, General Lu, you have already joined the prince's command, and I am waiting to work under General Lu's hands, isn't that equivalent to doing things under the prince's hands, and General Lu has been gone for dozens of days, and a lot of things have happened in the middle, if you have us to accompany you, you can also help General Lu complete the task!"

This kind of person is even smarter, because he understands that a person like Lu Dengyun, no matter where he goes, unless he goes to a local civil official, it is impossible not to be reused, and he actually knows what Huangsha County is like.

Instead of running over now, working with a group of people they don't know at all, and they don't have a backbone to appeal after being wronged, it is better to stay directly under Lu Dengyun's hands, so that no matter what happens, with Lu Dengyun's temperament, they will not be treated badly, as for whether they will meet their original colleagues and soldiers because of this, then let's talk about it then, anyway, as long as it is one heart, it can be persuaded when the time comes, it is really not one heart, and those who are determined to take refuge in the General's Mansion are no way, everyone is a real warrior who has experienced the baptism of blood, and it is not enough to say that they are entangled by this little thing。

Besides, it was originally logical that Lu Dengyun would also be their top boss in the future, but now it is only a few years in advance, and the difference is not big, at least they are all convinced, otherwise they would have fled with them just now.

After this person said this, many people also reacted, even if they didn't understand the reason, they understood it when they were mentioned a little, and everyone immediately asked Lu Dengyun again: "I'm willing to do things under General Lu!"

Lu Dengyun saw this scene, the joy in his heart, that is naturally needless to say, there is no need to meet with the swords of his former comrades, this is one of them, the expansion of the army, the task will be better completed in the future, this is the second, there are still many people in the army who have not succumbed to Xu Jintang's obscenity, and can still make the right choice, he is very relieved and very emotional, this is the third.

As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help, and said with emotion in his mouth: "Everyone, please get up quickly!

Everyone also hurriedly replied.

General Lu was polite. ”

"Yes, General Lu was originally the leader of my Tiger Army!"

"If these bad things hadn't happened, this position of General Zuo would have belonged to General Lu!"

"Yes, yes, General Zuo told me about this before his death, you are the successor of his old man!"

"I think everyone in the Tiger Ben Army is willing to assist General Lu, don't the brothers say?"

"Yes, of course!"

Speaking of General Zuo, Lu Dengyun's mood was much lower, he waved his hand slightly, stopped everyone's words, and then said: "In this case, I won't hide it from you, I came this time to burn down these ten grain and grass warehouses in Hedong County, cut off Xu Jintang's idea of continuing to transfer troops, and coercing the imperial court! If you really want to help me, you will bring all the information you know. ”

Burning down the granary is the only and useful thing that he can do with his current strength, so he can't take 5,000 people to fight hard with Xu Jintang, it's completely looking for death, and don't look at the many people who are willing to take refuge under his command now, it's all because he Lu Dengyun also has a reputation, and he represents the orthodoxy of the former Tiger Ben Army, but if it really comes to Xu Jintang, then the situation will be different, the words Generalissimo of Youzhou Soldiers and Horses are still worth some weight.

Moreover, Xu Jintang has never publicly said that he wants to rebel, but he is always from the perspective of righteousness, shouting slogans louder than anyone else, "punish the evil and calm the foreign enemy", brainwashing the people below over and over again, and in the end, there are many people who really believe his nonsense, after all, not everyone has the ability to distinguish between right and wrong.

As for what Lu Dengyun said, these people who can be elected by others as representatives are all veterans who have been in the army for many years, and after a little analysis, they will understand immediately.

The situation in Youzhou is roughly similar to what Lan Yunxuan and Lu Yi jointly deduced, there are actually so many people left at the border, and the other people who have been taken to the border by Xu Jintang to the border of Liangzhou, they can't control it for the time being.

This is the same as Cao Yan never thought of running directly to burn the butt of the Wei Jin coalition army, that is to coerce Mount Tai to surpass the North Sea, unless he is unwilling, he really can't.

If you want to create enough pressure on Xu Jintang to force him to be distracted, and even finally give up this road of rebellion, the most direct way is to burn down the grain and grass warehouse in the rear.

Those hundreds of thousands of troops can't stop eating, you Xu Jintang can still care about the life and death of the people behind you, once it causes a mutiny, it is not a joke, unless Xu Jintang has reached some ulterior deal with the people of Shu in private, but the probability is not great.

Although this is a way of cutting flesh on one's own body, injuring a thousand enemies, and injuring eight hundred, it can't be done, even if it causes the former comrades to starve to death, it is a sacrifice that has to be made, Lu Dengyun has already figured it out, no matter how sad and sad he is, he has to do it.

Although the consequences are unpredictable, but in the current situation, this is indeed the best way, burning the grain and grass storehouse can cut off his confidence in rebellion, and the brothers will not have to bear the infamy of the rebellious ministers and thieves. ”

"yes, who wants to really be that traitor who is poked in the back?"

"His grandmother's, after this incident, even my wife was alarmed, and the old man came to the barracks and pulled me to talk a lot, but he didn't pull my ears and asked me to go home. ”

"But isn't it? Last time, my father specially invited Xiucai from the town to bring a letter over and call me to go back to help the farmers!"

After deciding to take refuge in Lu Dengyun, the atmosphere of the whole scene was relaxed, everyone was a colleague before, and they didn't feel particularly unfamiliar with each other, so someone soon took the lead in complaining, all of which were things that they had been holding in their hearts these days and didn't dare to say to others, and they were all said in one go.