Liu Jian didn't know why, his teacher and the rest of the Lu family always confused him with the second child of the Niyang Wang family.

Because in terms of appearance, the second child of the Niyang Wang family is not like him at all.

It can even be said that there is a world of difference.

And as far as the inheritance of scripture is concerned, his family is far inferior to the Niyang Wang family.

Seeing each other in Luoyang this time, the appearance of the second eldest of the Niyang Wang family has not changed much from back then.

It's still the big fat man with a smile on his face.

Wang Ai has no skills, but he is very sincere, with a simple smile, which makes people feel very kind.

Lu Zhi is indeed old, he doesn't have the vigorous and resolute style of the past, and he is also more nostalgic.

After seeing Wang Ai, Lu Zhi, who had resigned from his position as the Taishou of Luoyang and became white, took Wang Ai's hand vigorously and asked questions about the west, looking very caring.

Wang Ai is not perfunctory, as long as it is something that Lu Zhi asks, he will answer it seriously.

"Where has Senior Brother Wang been so high all these years?" Liu Jian was beside him while making tea himself, and at the same time ordered someone to deliver the hot tea soup to Wang Ai.

"It smells good, it smells good...... Thank you, brother, I don't have any specific position now, but I was recruited into the house by my brother, and I gave him a hand, and I just had to run errands if I had something. ”

Even in such a cold weather, the big fat man Wang Wai can drink tea and sweat profusely, and his body is a little weak at first glance.

"After so many years, my junior brother is still the same as when he was a child, sweating a lot and going to the toilet urgently."

Wang Ai was told by Liu Jian about his shortcomings, but his demeanor did not change in the slightest.

He said with a smile: "What my senior brother said is that I have been in poor health since I was a child, frail and sickly, and I live in the bitter cold land of Liangzhou all the year round, and my parents thought that I was difficult to preserve, so I used the resources of the whole clan on my brother, I really didn't expect that I could survive, and I still look so ......."

After a pause, Wang Ai continued with a smile: "It's so fat. ”

Lu Zhi listened to what Wang Ai said interestingly, and couldn't help but laugh with his beard.

This protégé is still so interesting, I remember when he was a child when he studied the scriptures, it was this simple state, although the scriptures were not good, but they were very likable.

"Hey, the junior brother is also a member of the Niyang Wang family, and he is not a concubine, Brother Ru studied under Liu Wenhuan back then, and he is famous all over the world, and now he is in charge of Hedong County...... And you're just a white ...... now."

Wang Wai smiled: "What can I do then?" I couldn't stand it. ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"Senior brother, you came to Luoyang this time, in addition to visiting the master and me, I think it was also for the matter of Hedong, right? Is it because the White Polish Army is harassing in Hedong, so they came to ask for reinforcements? ”

The king lamented: "I really can't hide anything from my brother...... My brother specially asked me to come and see my senior brother, hoping that my brother could send troops to help Hedong County. ”

After saying that, Wang Ai turned his head to look at Lu Zhi on the side.

"Teacher, look ......"

Lu Zhi stretched out his hand and blocked Wang Ai's words.

"Don't involve the old man, the old man is now white, this military and political matter, the old man doesn't want to care, what arrangements and scheduling, you senior brothers discuss it yourself."

Wang Ai smiled: "In this way, I don't have to bother the teacher to give advice." ”

Liu Jian sighed: "It's not a secret, although my soldiers and horses are stationed in Luoyang, but they are only temporary residence, after the New Year, all the soldiers and horses are withdrawn to Hebei, Hedong is not my jurisdiction, and the imperial court has no will for me to go to Hedong to quell the rebellion, if I casually lead my troops into Hedong...... It doesn't make sense. ”

Wang Ai pondered for a moment and said, "This is also true. ”

Wang Ai said this, but Liu Jian didn't know how to answer.

My fellow student is inevitably too realistic, I said that I can't pull away, do you really take it seriously?

Don't you even try to redeem it even a little persuasion?

It's really free-flowing.

If his brother Wang Yi knew about his attitude and came to ask for help, he would have to fill the streets with a mouthful of old blood.

"What is the situation in Hedong now?" Liu Jian frowned and looked at Wang Ai.

Although Wang Ai's attitude is very free and casual, after all, Hedong is an important town of the Han Dynasty, and now that there is a mutiny, Liu Jian also needs to understand the situation somewhat.

The king was hesitant and talked for a long time, but he couldn't understand anything.

In the end, he said to Liu Jian: "The specific military situation, the younger brother does not know, but the younger brother has brought our Qu military marquis from Hedong on this trip, he knows about the war, it is better to ask him to come and meet the senior brother, if the senior brother wants to ask, he will know." ”

"Okay, just ask that Xu Junhou to come and see me."

Lu Zhi seemed to no longer want to be involved in the political and military affairs of the Han Dynasty, and when he heard that Liu Jian was going to ask Xu Huang about it, he immediately got up and said goodbye.

Wang Ai also followed, saying that he hadn't seen the teacher for a long time, and he wanted to catch up with the teacher more.

As an envoy sent by Wang Yi, Wang Ai's attitude was extremely casual, and he didn't seem to be very attentive to the task assigned to him by Wang Yi's faction, which was somewhat unworthy of the name.

And judging from Wang Ai's performance and attitude, this person really has nothing outstanding.

However, Liu Jian somewhat felt that this junior brother was a little wise and foolish.

Many people can't just look at the surface.

After Wang Ai and Lu Zhi left, Liu Jian's guards led Xu Huang to him.

Xu Huang is relatively young, with a Chinese face, a majestic demeanor, a tall body, very majestic, and that mature energy is quite inconsistent with his age.

There is an old strength up and down his body, and he also has a righteous appearance, which is quite upright.

In the history books of later generations, the description of Xu Huang before he returned to Cao Cao is very vague, and it is only known that he was a small official in Hedong at first, and later returned to Yang Feng's command.

Yang Feng was a white wave thief, but later when Li Dao was in power, Yang Feng was returned to Li Dao and had a legitimate official body, and Xu Huang, who was a county official in Hedong, thought that he would be under Yang Feng's command during that time period.

Even if Yang Feng followed Li Dao and had a regular official status, after all, he was born as a white wave thief, and Hedong County was originally a place where high-ranking families gathered, if he was a high-born hero, he still disdained to be with Yang Feng.

Therefore, Xu Huang's background should not be very good, although he is a county official in Hedong, it is extremely difficult to get out of the position, and he has to seize every opportunity.

In order to confirm his inference, Liu Jian probably inquired about Xu Huang's life experience.

As a Shangguan, especially a world-famous general, it is not a big deal to ask about Xu Huang's background, and Xu Huang is also obliged to explain his background to Liu Jian.

But obviously, Xu Huang was a little ashamed of his origin, he only gave a rough introduction to Liu Jian, and did not elaborate on it.

Although the introduction is very rough, Liu Jian has heard a rough reputation.

Sure enough, Xu Huang's background is not high, let alone a wealthy family, and he is not even a poor family.

belongs to the kind of family that is in the middle of the road and quite shabby, and can only rely on joining the army to get out of the position.

Xu Huang is very young and has no background, but he was able to be appreciated by Wang Yi after joining the army and promoted to the Marquis of Qu Army, which shows that his ability is very good.

After all, the land of the Three Rivers is full of wealth, and it is necessary to have great ability to be valued by a county Taishou without going through the back door.

Of course, this also has something to do with Wang Yi's background, although Hedong Taishou Wang Yi is a Gaomen scholar, but he is a border county scholar, and he is also born in Liangzhou border county.

A person from a place like Wang Yi can somewhat understand the difficulties and difficulties of a talent like Xu Huang, so he is willing to promote a real talent like Xu Huang.

This time, Xu Huang asked Xu Huang to invite Liu Jian's soldiers and horses on his behalf, which also shows the importance he attaches to Xu Huang.

"Gongming, and give me a general introduction to the situation of the Bai Bo Army in Hedong now."

"No!"

Xu Huang saw that after he reported his life experience, Liu Jian did not despise him, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and told him about the current situation in Hedong for Liu Jian.

After Wang Yi went to Hedong as a guard, Hedong's military strength was almost zero, so Wang Yi could only organize a new army to deal with the troubled times, and boldly used the local low-level heroes in Hedong, and Xu Huang was one of them.

But even if Wang Yi worked very hard to organize the Hedong Army, but compared with the White Wave Army, the combat power is too different, the White Wave Army has a great influence in the land of Three Rivers, and the White Wave Army in history can compete with the Xiliang Army to have dealings, and even beat Niu Fu to success or failure, which shows the power and influence of the White Wave Army in the Land of Three Rivers.

However, in the past, the Baibo army robbed the land east of the river just to replenish military supplies, but this time, they attacked the county seat in the east of the river, occupied the city, transferred the base area, and continued to gather troops, which had the potential to include the Hedong region under their command in one fell swoop.

According to the slogan of "Chen Liuwang should stand" played by the Bai Bo army, the ultimate goal of the Bai Bo army is to attack Guanzhong and oppose the main force of the court.

And the other two Yellow Turban Legions that responded to the White Polish Army were Zhang Yan of Montenegro and Zhang Baiqi of Hongnong.

According to Wang Yi's judgment, these three yellow turbans started at the same time, and they have the potential to set off half the world.

Wang Yi knew that his own weak strength alone would not be able to hold Hedong.

So he could only make two preparations, one was to ask for help from the court in Guanzhong, and the other was to hope that Liu Jian would send troops to exterminate the thieves.

But Wang Yi also knew that Liu Jian was now stationed in Luoyang, and it seemed that he was secretly talking to the court about the conditions, and the three Yellow Turban thieves had nothing to do with Liu Jian, and Liu Jian had no need to wade into this troubled water.

Therefore, he sent his younger brother, Wang Ai, who had a classmate with Liu Jian, to come.

However, Wang Ai didn't seem to care about being able to invite Liu Jian to exterminate the Bai Bo army.

After listening to Xu Huang, Liu Jian stretched out his hand and pointed to the position next to him, motioning for Xu Huang to sit down.

Xu Huang thanked him, and then knelt down on Liu Jian's side.

"Gongming is the Marquis of Qu Jun of Hedong County, and he is good at military affairs, but Liu doesn't know if Gongming is good at current affairs...... I want to ask you, now in Guanzhong, do you know something about the rumors about me Liu Jian? ”

Xu Huang's face showed a little hesitation and helplessness.

Subsequently, he still said: "Although Huang is a member of the army, he is reused by the prince of the palace, and he teaches a lot on weekdays, so he knows some things between the general and the court......

Liu Jian smiled: "What do you know? ”

"Huang knows that there are people in the court who protect the general as the general of Fuyuan, and he has the right to lead the territory, but the court has not been decided for a long time, and the general is stationed in Luoyang, and the court is in a stalemate."

Liu Jian nodded and said, "It seems that Wang Fujun has a lot of teaching heart for you. ”

"Thanks to the prince of the government for not giving up ......"

"That being the case, then do you think that I am sending troops to the east of the river at this juncture...... Is it appropriate? ”

"This ......," Xu Huang hesitated when he heard this.

"But it doesn't hurt you to say, go out of your mouth and into my ears, and no third person will know."

Xu Huang arched his hand and said, "Actually...... According to the king's rule, although we came to invite the general to send troops today, the general is afraid that ninety percent of them will not send troops to help ......."

"Why?"

"The imperial court does not allow the general to be the general of Fuyuan, because he is afraid that the general's authority is too heavy, and his merits are high, if the general wins the Baibo army, he will be even more famous in the world, and the gap between him and the imperial court will be even greater......"

"In one, the general is a false festival of Yueji, the secluded land, the governor of Hebei, the war in the land of three rivers, nominally has nothing to do with the general."

"The three generals are tired of traveling and traveling, and after several battles, the soldiers and horses are tired, and I am afraid that it is not suitable to go on another expedition."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Since you can say so many reasons why I shouldn't send troops, why do you come to ask me to send troops on behalf of Wang Fujun?" ”

Xu Huang hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, Wang Fujun and the last official are just gambling...... I heard that the general's virtues are all over the country, his benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled, and he loves the people like a son...... Now that Hedong is in danger, we can only hope for this to come to the general, hoping that the general will be able to ...... Look at the big picture. ”

"Smack!"

After Xu Huang's words were finished, he saw Liu Jian suddenly stretch out his hand and slam the table.

Xu Huang was startled and hurriedly bowed down and silenced.

When he was young, Fang listened to Liu Jian slowly speak:

"Gongmei, you really dare to say it, but what I want to tell you is...... You're right. ”

Xu Huang saw Liu Jian slap the table suddenly, and he didn't have expectations for Liu Jian to send troops to help.

But when he suddenly heard Liu Jian say this, Xu Huang couldn't help but be surprised.

He raised his head in surprise and looked at Liu Jian, who was sitting on the main seat and smiling at him.

"General, you ......"

Liu Jian slowly stood up and said, "As you said, if it is based on politics, according to the current situation, and according to the strength that I have recently demonstrated to make the imperial court vigilant, I should not send troops to Hedong to quell the rebellion. ”

"However, the Baibo army has caused chaos in the world, attacked states and counties, oppressed the good, ruined our Han land, and put all the people in fire and water...... Let me sit idly by, but this is absolutely impossible! ”

"I, Liu, would rather be persecuted and unjustly killed by the imperial court, but I can't sit back and disturb the people and ignore it!"

"For the court to quell the rebellion, Liu is duty-bound!"

"Ning court bears me, I will never fail the court."

"Although this matter is not good for me, for the sake of the world and the people, I will go!"

Xu Huang listened to Liu Jian's words and was shocked in his heart.

I saw him stand up, came to Liu Jian, knelt down on one knee, and said: "I have admired the name of general benevolence and righteousness for a long time, and when I see it today, it is worthy of his name, and I admire it so much!" ”

(End of chapter)