Chapter 228: The Restless Empire (6)
Su Hu's military camp, the garrison of the 200,000 Tiger Prison Pass strictly guarded neutrality and did not participate in the Praetorian Guard's mutiny, Su Hu sat in the big tent and looked at the scholar in front of him who made people feel terrifying. Su Hu already knew that the people who fled from the imperial capital had passed through the Tiger Prison Pass, and there was also the queen mother of the current dynasty, but Su Hu didn't understand that this scholar Weishenme would appear in his army. The terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, but the status of the 200,000 garrison troops here is extremely embarrassing, and the royal family generally stationed the Praetorian Guards in the Tiger Prison Pass in order to ensure safety, and in order to supplement the shortage of troops, the 200,000 garrison troops were replenished.
The status of the garrison is not high, and the treatment is far inferior to that of the Praetorian Guard, even if they have the same weapons and shields in their hands, but the kind of extravagant equipment of the Praetorian Guards will not be equipped by the garrison, and there are only less than 2,000 garrisons that kill gods and slash 200,000 garrisons, which is less than one division of the Praetorian Guard.
"General Su, in Xia Guojia, is a secret envoy of the royal family, I don't think I need to tell General Su the purpose of coming here. Guo Jia sat opposite Su Hu and carefully observed the surrounding environment, how to convince Su Hu, he already had a plan in his heart, and now he needed to know more about Su Hu's information.
Su Hu sat in the first place, looking at Guo Jia coldly, but his fingers were shaking nervously, Guo Jia took all this in his eyes, although Su Hu was the commander of the 200,000 garrison army, but he did not have the corresponding status, he was very embarrassed in this position, there was a Praetorian Guard pressed on it, the supply of grain and grass and military salaries from the imperial court were all priority to the Praetorian Guard, and the things that the garrison got were only the remnants of the Praetorian Guard.
Although the garrison was quite complaining. But there is no way, the military regulations of the empire for thousands of years are here, and the garrison has always been stationed in a certain place regularly, just responsible for maintaining law and order back then. They did not participate directly in the war, and only when the war was tense would the garrison be transferred to the battlefield. And the garrison of Tiger Prison Pass has not fought since the last invasion of the Lion Empire, and they are very close to the imperial capital, even if they exterminate a small group of thieves, they have no chance to perform at all.
"General Su, what is the military mentality of the brothers in the garrison now? Does General Su have a clear understanding of the events of the past two days?" It was Guo Jia who spoke, he knew Su Hu's embarrassing position, and Su Hu's cautious behavior was also in line with his status.
Su Hu nodded: "The brothers' military hearts are very stable, but I don't know how to say something about Mr."
"But it doesn't hurt to say that. Guo Jia sat there and looked at Su Hu keenly. In his heart, he had already calculated all the words and things Su Hu said and did clearly.
"Sir must have come here this time to make me loyal to the royal family, but sir, you also know that it is impossible for me to be loyal to the royal family, so sir should leave. Being here for a long time is only bad for Mr. and not good. ”
Guo Jia smiled, sat motionless in his position and looked at Su Hu, his eyes swept over the guards in the big tent and said: "Although I am a secret envoy of the royal family, I did not come here to let General Su be loyal to the royal family, I just have two words to say to General Su." ”
Su Hu nodded and told Guo Jia that all the people here were credible. Guo Jia said a word to Jing Ke, Jing Ke nodded and walked out of the big tent with Tai'a in his hand: "General Su, I don't say anything about the situation in the imperial capital, General Su should be able to understand, I want to ask General Su." How many thoughts do you have about taking refuge with General Zhang Rangsu?"
When he said that he had taken refuge in Zhang Rang, Su Hu's face changed. But it quickly returned to normal, if it weren't for the fact that he could be sure that the person in front of him was not Zhang Rang. He was about to suspect that the person in front of him was Zhang Rang's envoy, but Su Hu shook his head and said, "Mr. has something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”
"Okay, in that case, I'll go around the bush with General Su. The expression on Guo Jia's face was closed, he sat upright, and said to Su Hu in a serious tone: "General Su, the position of your 200,000 garrison troops can be said to be embarrassing, or it can be said that it is not embarrassing, Zhang Rang launched a mutiny overnight and controlled all the Praetorian Guard Legions in the imperial capital, the First Praetorian Guard Legion and the Seventh Praetorian Guard Army must have also been affected, I have no doubt that now the troops in Zhang Rang's hands are as high as 3.6 million, how much value can General Su's troops be to Zhang Rang in the past?" Even if there were, I would like to ask General Su how much of the 200,000 troops in the garrison can General Su keep? But General Su will definitely accept Zhang Rang's defection in the past, but General Su should know very well how much more and more benefits General Su can have. ”...,
"General Su, do you want to enter the Imperial Praetorian Guard or continue to be your garrison general? I think General Su's cultivation can't reach the strength of the Imperial Praetorian Guard, right?
Guo Jia's words made Su Hu's face change, Su Hu's current position is indeed very embarrassing, the empire's strength has been expanded to as high as 3.6 million, if these troops are all controlled by Zhang Rang, Su Hu's 200,000 garrisons are indeed dispensable, and Su Hu knows his talent, with the Praetorian Guard Zhang Rang is impossible to spend a lot of money to win him over, he Su Hu is likely to not even be able to maintain his current position.
Su Hu looked at Guo Jia, and stopped talking, Guo Jia nodded to Su Hu, and Su Hu lowered his head as if he was thinking about something. After a long time, Su Hu slowly raised his head and looked at Guo Jiadao: "I don't know what Mr. means?"
"General Su, I think General Su should know better than me about the current form, Zhang Rang's order may not have the slightest effect when it comes out of the imperial capital, and someone from the imperial family has escaped from the imperial capital, I think it won't be long before the army of King Qin from all walks of life will kill King Jing Qin, at that time, Tiger Prison Pass as one of the gateways to the imperial capital will definitely have heavy troops to attack, and General Su's garrison should be the first batch of soldiers to defend the city. ”
Su Hu nodded, Guo Jia smiled, a cautious person has his advantages, but this kind of person is the most prone to gains and losses, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and such a person is also the best person to deal with, as long as he can explain the powerful relationship clearly. He will also understand what to choose.
"I think General Su should have heard of my lord Liu Fan, I came to General Su this time in the hope that General Su can take your soldiers and horses with me and be loyal to my lord. ”
Guo Jia's words were like a bombshell, making Su Hu open his mouth. I don't know what to say, loyal to Liu Fan, this Su Huke never thought that Liu Fan, the laughing stock of the former empire, the man of the hour of the empire, the owner of the divine beast soul beast, and the grandson of the king of Pingxi. King He Ling, the son-in-law of King Pingdong and Marquis Wenwu.
"My lord needs soldiers and horses now, and now my lord only has the remnants of the Liu Xia family, plus the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division. The total number of people is less than 50,000, so now General Su is taking people to join my lord, escorting our Liu family all the way east, to Yizhou, and General Su is the great benefactor of my lord. This is a charcoal in the snow, and taking refuge in Zhang Rang is just adding fuel to the fire, but it is dispensable, and I think General Su knows better than me about the powerful relationship. ”
"Why should he be worthy of my allegiance? I have an army of 200,000 men. Even if he wanted to take refuge, it would be impossible to take refuge in a person like him. Su Hu's face changed, if he said that he had taken refuge in King Pingxi or King Pingdong. Su Hu may consider it, but it doesn't make sense to take refuge in Liu Fan. Liu Fan has only risen in the last two years, where is the capital.
Guo Jia seemed to have expected Su Huhui to say this, smiled, raised two fingers and said: " Two reasons, one reason, my lord is the grandson of King Pingxi, and is the most important grandson of King Pingxi, the general does not know, several of my lord's descendants and brothers are either killed in battle or crippled, the inheritance of the throne is naturally my lord, and the second is the son-in-law of King He Ling, the two sons of King He Ling are still young, and their talents are not obvious, this matter of revenge is naturally led by my lord, and my lord is famous, how not worthy of the general's loyalty. ”
The two conditions that Guo Jia said were actually not sufficient, but he didn't think that he could easily take away Su Hu's 200,000 troops for these two reasons, Guo Jia still held two important conditions in his hands, just to see Su Hu's performance. Sure enough, the expression on Su Hu's face moved, but he still didn't make up his mind, Guo Jia's goal had been achieved, which made Su Hu tempted. ...,
Guo Jia nodded to Xiao Feng behind him, Xiao Feng took out two things from his arms and walked up and put them in front of Su Hu, Xu Zhu and Duan Yu were guarding the door of the big tent left and right, and the things for Su Hu to show were temporarily decided by Guo Jia, and now Liu Fan needs troops to fight against Zhang Rang, and this 200,000 garrison army is also a large liliang.
Su Hu picked up the two things on the table and looked at them, his face instantly became pale and bloodless, the cold sweat on his forehead kept dripping, and the surrounding guards wanted to surround him, but they were also blocked by Xuzhu and Duan Yu. Su Hu's hands trembled, there was both fear and resentment in his eyes, and more surprise, he knew that Guo Jia Weishenme showed him such a thing, this was to force him to make a decision, what he knew could almost change this ancient empire, and now he was not allowed to think about it anymore, Xiao Feng's murderous aura forced him, only he showed a little disloyalty to Liu Fan, he would definitely die.
"I want to know if all this is true?" Su Hu's voice trembled, what was more trembling than his voice was his hands, what he looked at was Liu Fan's life experience and the relationship between the Ximen family and the Liu family, these things seemed to be top secret now, but this secret had reached the time to be revealed, and Su Hu was the first touchstone.
Guo Jia nodded, Su Hu's face was pale and put down the things in his hand, Xiao Feng picked it up and kicked it into his arms, Su Hu looked at Guo Jia with a smile on his face, the sharp gaze in his eyes swept over, Su Hu gritted his teeth, his face was resolute, he glanced at the guards in the big tent and said: "Let all the officers above the command level speed to my tent." ”
"I am willing to swear to follow the lord to the death!" Su Hu knelt down on one knee in front of Guo Jia, and the guards around him had expressions of disbelief on their faces, not understanding that the always cautious general Weishenme could be so weird.
"General Su, get up, if my lord knows about General Su's loyalty, I will definitely not treat General Su and your brothers badly. Guo Jia smiled and helped Su Hu up, the 200,000 army was finally attached, and now as long as he finds a base, Liu Fan will be able to lay down a piece of the world alone.
"The last general will not dare, the last general will swear allegiance to the lord to the death! Sir, wait a minute, I will order the whole army to set off immediately. Su Hu's heart was still beating fast, and before he knew it, he knew the biggest secret of the empire, which was not only a trust, but also a sharp blade hanging above his head, as long as he didn't say the right word, the first person to die must be him Su Hu, and the current situation no longer allowed him Su Hu to choose.
Guo Jia nodded, and soon all the officers in Su Hu's army of 200,000 rushed to the big tent, seeing that Guo Jia's face showed more or less surprise, Su Hu ordered the entire big tent to be sealed, and the guards surrounded the big tent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you all already know about the Imperial Palace, and what I want to tell you is that I am going to take you to Liu Fan, the grandson of the new lord King Pingxi, and I have decided to be loyal to him. Su Hu's face was murderous, his tone was serious, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, they didn't know that Su Hu Weishenme would say such a thing.
"General, why do we owe allegiance to Liu Fan?"
Su Hu glanced at the general with sharp eyes, the man was shocked and never found that Su Hu's eyes were so fierce, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, Su Hu glanced at everyone: "Don't ask the reason, I just want to know your choice." ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one stood up to speak, Su Hu asked sharply, everyone finally determined that what Su Hu said in front of them was the truth, and quickly stood up and said in unison: "We are willing to follow the general and swear allegiance to the lord!"
"Okay, in that case, you go back and give the order quickly, leave all the baggage, and we will set off immediately in half an hour, and leave the tiger prison for Yizhou. ”
"Yes!" ......) ...... ,