A large number of Xiliang troops were scattered around Zuofengyi, Yangling, and Changling.
Unlike Xu Rong's army in the Baqiao battlefield to the east, these troops were now not pardoned. The imperial court issued an edict ordering them to disband. For a while, people were panicked and everyone was uneasy.
In early March, Yan Zhong returned to Chang'an according to Chen Mu's instructions and found Wang Fang, a fellow from Wuwei Guzang. Under his leadership, he first found Jia Xu.
Jia Xu is not a subordinate of Li Jue and Guo Si now, but was appointed by Dong Zhuo as a captain to fight against the captives earlier, and he follows Niu Fu.
Later, Niu Fu and Zhu Jun fought in Anyi. At that time, Niu Fu sent Li Jue, Guo Si and Jia Xu to fight, but they were defeated by Zhu Jun's army of more than 100,000 people. Jia Xu was also dismissed and returned to Chang'an.
After Niu Fu's army was defeated by Zuo Fengyi and killed by Zhang Fei, Dong Zhuo re-enlisted Jia Xu as Zhe Chong Xiaowei, who is now in Wang Fang's army.
Looking at the official positions that Jia Xu has held, we can see that even though he looks like a school captain, he is actually a school captain with a low status.
However, others don't know Jia Xu's talent, but Yan Zhong knows it clearly.
As early as twenty years ago, Yan Zhong was in his thirties and a famous scholar in Xiliang. Jia Xu was just a newborn calf, in his early twenties.
When the two met for the first time, Yan Zhong thought that he had the intelligence of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, which showed that Yan Zhong had good vision.
With the current general trend of the world, Yan Zhong also plans to have a chat with Jia Xu and listen to his opinions.
Changling, in the Wang Fang military camp.
At this time, Jia Xu was frowning, with his hands in his sleeves, sitting in his military tent and thinking hard.
The soldiers outside came to report and said: "Colonel, Colonel Wang is here."
"Well, invite him in."
Jia Xu nodded, there were factions within the Liangzhou Army, and the Wuwei Guzang people were particularly powerful.
But now that Niu Fu Li Meng died tragically, Dong Yue was captured, Duan Xuan was too suspicious and untrustworthy, Hu Zhen lost power, and the power of the Guzang people was greatly weakened. Jia Xu had no one to rely on, so he could only rely on Wang Fang's troops.
Wang Fang came in with Yan Zhong.
When Jia Xu saw Yan Zhong, who was over fifty and smiling, he stood up and said with surprise and joy: "Mr. Chenghan, are you okay?"
"Wen He cherishes his life, and I cherish my life even more. How could I not run away when I saw the grand master died tragically?"
Yan Zhong smiled.
In fact, not only him, Li Ru also ran away and took refuge with Li Jue, and is now under Li Jue's tent.
Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Please sit down quickly."
The two of them sat down.
The soldier brought drinks.
Jia Xu poured wine for them again.
Wang Fang said: "Mr. Chenghan, you were the mastermind behind the plan. It's great that you were able to escape. The situation in Chang'an is unclear now, and we don't dare to act rashly. We still need you to point out a clear path."
Yan Zhong picked up the wine glass and said slowly: "There's no rush, I'm here just to discuss with you what the future should be for me as a Liangzhou native."
"Please also specify Mr. Chenghan."
Wang Fang said.
Yan Zhong looked at Jia Xu, took a sip of wine, smiled and said, "Wen He, please tell me."
Jia Xu muttered: "Chang'an's attitude is unclear at this time, and we must not make any move. But before you came, I had already thought about it. At this moment, if I don't do anything, I will be slaughtered for fish and meat. So
We must unite all our forces and stick together first before making arguments."
"Um."
Yan Zhong nodded with satisfaction and said, "You continue."
Encouraged by Yan Zhong, Jia Xu added: "However, the attitude of Li Jue and Guo Si, who have the largest number of troops now, is unclear. If I were the decision-maker of the imperial court, I would definitely choose to win over them. So we should continue to use Gu Zang as the
As a call to action, we must first gather our fellow villagers together to protect ourselves, and only then can our lives be saved under the unified command of Mr. Chenghan."
This guy is still as greedy for life and afraid of death as before.
Yan Zhong felt like a bright mirror in his heart.
Now they don't know the attitude of the imperial court, nor do they know what Li Jue, Guo Si and others will choose. The Kwantung Army is watching with eager eyes again.
After Dong Zhuo's death, there was no unified command. The Xiliang troops around Chang'an were scattered and scattered. Without a whole body, they were easily defeated individually.
Therefore, in the situation of tending to self-protection, Jia Xu believed that he should first form a small circle with Gu Zang as the core to form the power of self-protection.
This is indeed a conservative and very smart approach in the current chaotic situation.
At least we can stay together to stay warm and have the strength to wait for the situation before taking action.
The most important thing is that Jia Xu did not call for unity as a person from Xiliang, but as a person from Guzang, Wuwei.
In this way, it is less likely to become a big target and be targeted.
Secondly, when there are many people, it is easy to get confused. It is more convenient to gather as fellow villagers.
After all, as I said before, the two major characteristics of the Han Dynasty were fellow countrymen and ethnic groups.
If the Wuwei Guzang people's army could be gathered together, it might not be particularly strong, but it would certainly be more than enough to protect themselves.
Therefore, Yan Zhong applauded and said: "Wen He's words are indeed mature opinions."
Wang Fangfang said: "Then do we need to send someone to contact General Hu and General Duan?"
"No."
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Hu Wencai and Duan Zhongming are confronting the Kwantung Army. They cannot move lightly and can only find others."
"who?"
"Liang Xing and Zhang Heng."
"them?"
"Um."
"Then I can send someone there."
Wang Fang hurried out.
Liang Xing and Zhang Heng were among the powerful men in Guanzhong recruited by Dong Zhuo, and they are now stationed in Youfufeng.
But the two of them were also from Wuwei Guzang. Together with Wang Fang, each of them had thousands of soldiers and horses, and the combined force was more than 10,000 people. They could barely protect themselves.
After Wang Fang left, Yan Zhongcai looked at Jia Xu with a smile and said nothing.
Jia Xu was a little frightened by his stare and didn't know why, but he still kept his composure. Yan Zhong didn't speak, and he didn't speak either.
The two of them sat on their knees in the tent and drank for a while. After a while, Jia Xu couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Chenghan, is there anything wrong with Xu's words?"
"No, that's right."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yan Zhong praised: "Hu Zhen has few soldiers and is not as good as Xu Rong's military ability. His position is awkward, so it is meaningless to win over him. Duan Xuan is a suspicious person, and his status is
Not low. If we ask him to come, we will definitely fear that we will seize his military power, so it is not possible. Only Liang Xing and Zhang Heng have few soldiers and urgent need to unite, and their status is not high, so they can easily obey our orders."
Although Hu Zhen and Duan Xuan were from Guzang, his official position was that of Lang Jiang with five sense organs. He was also the first person to follow Dong Zhuo and had very high qualifications.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for them to come and obey Yan Zhong's command and dispatch.
On the contrary, if you really call them over, you may even attract wolves into the house, cause trouble, take away the military power of people like Wang Fang, Liang Xing, Zhang Heng, and cause internal strife. That would be a huge bad thing.
And people like Wang Fang, Liang Xing, Zhang Heng, etc. are no more than school captains. Yan Zhong is Dong Zhuo's mastermind. He has a high prestige among the Xiliang people and is vaguely the leader of the Wuwei Guzang people. People like Wang Fang, Liang Xing, Zhang Heng, etc. are here because
Only when a soldier is in command and his position is low will he obey his orders.
Therefore, from this point of view, Jia Xu is indeed a master of insight into people's hearts and can think of solutions to problems based on each person's personality differences and status differences.
Hearing Yan Zhong's approval, Jia Xu felt relieved. He thought he had missed something, so he sighed: "I did this just to protect myself. I heard that Chang'an ordered the Kwantung Army to
Continuing to attack us means that Chang'an's attitude towards us may not be very good. If the Kwantung Army really attacks, we may have no choice but to flee back to Xiliang through Youfufeng."
"Escape back to Xiliang?"
Yan Zhong sneered: "You don't think that returning to Xiliang and getting involved with Han Sui and Ma Teng's gang will have a bright future, do you?"
"What can we do?"
Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said: "The front is a wolf and the back is a tiger. It is a desperate situation. We can only take one step at a time."
After hearing Jia Xu's words, Yan Zhong began to admire Chen Mu again.
Yan Zhong himself also regarded himself as a smart man. Needless to say, Jia Xu was also a smart man, able to see through the situation and find the best way out.
However, Chen Mu seemed to know everything from birth.
Others take one step at a time, because the situation is unclear, and they need to wait until things are clear and they have control over their own environment before they can make the next judgment.
Chen Mu, on the other hand, counts every step he takes. Before sending him here, he seems to have already known Chang'an's plan and told him exactly what he was going to do. Everything that follows is under his control.
Such people are really scary.
Thinking of this, Yan Zhong narrowed his eyes and said, "Wen He, what do you think of the general trend of the world today?"
The general trend of the world?
Jia Xu's face became serious, he touched his chin and looked at Yan Zhong strangely.
At the critical moment of life and death for the Xiliang army, ask me about the general trend of the world?
Isn't the most important thing today not to survive?
Could it be?
Thinking that Yan Zhong has always been cunning and cunning, Jia Xu asked, "What do you mean, Mr. Chenghan?"
"I'm asking you, is the world today still the world of the Han Dynasty?"
Yan Zhong said that he would not stop until he died.
Jia Xu thought for a moment and said slowly: "According to your opinion, sir, could it be that the end of the world is coming?"
"good."
Yan Zhong nodded and was about to continue talking when he suddenly woke up, looked at Jia Xu and sneered: "Wenhe, Wenhe, you almost led me into the ditch. I was asking you, and it turned out to be you."
Ask me."
Jia Xu's little thoughts were exposed, but he said with a very shameless face: "I have little talent and little knowledge, how can I compare to Mr. Xu?"
This guy is quite a thief.
Yan Zhong narrowed his eyes and sneered in his heart.
Jia Xu is really extremely cautious, and he doesn't let go of the hawk until he sees the rabbit.
No matter how you ask, you always pretend to be deaf and dumb and think you are confused.
Chen Mu is right. If you want to hear two truths from such a person, you have to put a knife to his neck.
While Yan Zhong was thinking, Jia Xu was also thinking.
Yan Zhong suddenly asked him about the general situation of the world. When he knew clearly that it was not the time to care about the general situation of the world, but a time of life and death, he still asked like this. Wasn't it putting the cart before the horse?
Could it be that he is not worried about his immediate life or death at all because he has already found his next home in advance?
So who can his next family be?
Wang Yun?
Impossible, that guy is not a kind person.
Liu Bei?
I heard that Liu Bei was jealous of his enemies and had fought with the Xiliang army to death for several years, so it was unlikely that he would accept the Xiliang people.
Could it be Liu Biao from Nanyang, Jingzhou?
It is true that you can go to Nanyang by crossing Wuguan from Chang'an, but Liu Biao is a self-proclaimed Qingliu man, and he is currently fighting fiercely with Yuan Shu. Yan Zhong wants to escape Chang'an, and Liu Biao cannot have the troops to respond to him.
The only ones left seemed to be Han Sui, Ma Teng, or Liu Yan.
It's just that these people are not good people. If they go to seek refuge alone, one of them will not be reused, and both of them may be murdered.
Could it be that Yan Zhong planned to take Wang Fang and the others with him?
In an instant.
Jia Xu had already considered countless possibilities in his mind.
But he never thought that Liu Bei might not accept them, but under Liu Bei, there was another thoughtful person who had already offered an olive branch to Yan Zhong as early as seven or eight years ago.
For today's plan, the foreshadowing was laid early.