Lantian Daying.

On the fifth watch of the night, there was still a bright light in the big tent of the Chinese army.

In another hour, it will be dawn, but Xu Rong, the commander of the big camp, is still wearing armor and sitting next to the handsome desk looking at the bamboo slips. He frowned, his eyes flickering, like a light flickering left and right, absent-minded, as if he had a difficult choice.

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"Report ——— Xiaocai general Li Li threw a famous assassination, claiming that he would immediately meet the general." As a crisp footstep approached, the soldiers hurriedly walked into the big tent and reported respectfully.

"Lili? It's already five watches, why did he come to see me at this time? Do you see clearly, how many people did Li Li bring on this trip? Xu Rong got up in surprise and walked to the soldiers and asked in a deep voice.

The pro-soldiers were slightly stunned when they heard this, and hurriedly reported: "General Yu, General Xiaocai brought 5,000 iron cavalry on this trip, and it is said that it is his personal battalion Jin Yiwei. ”

"Jin Qiwei?" Xu Rong groaned and said to himself: "Isn't the Wuwei army that fought against the wolf cavalry under Lu Bu before Jin Yiwei? It had been crippled by Lu Bu, and it was replenished again so quickly. It seems that I underestimated the strength of the Wuwei Army before, and I also despised this General Li Li! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Rong ordered to his soldiers in a deep voice: "Immediately order to go down, set up a banquet in the big tent, and Ben will personally go out of the camp to meet the cavalry general Li Li!" ”

"This 、、、、、、 promise!" The soldiers hesitated to remind Xu Rong that it was not yet dawn at this time, and he was afraid that it would be too late to set up a banquet. But seeing Xu Rong's undoubted expression, the soldiers didn't dare to say much, and after bowing down to receive the order, they immediately left the big tent.

"Li Li came to my Lantian camp at this time, I'm afraid he came to Lu Bu's army. Hey, Lu Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and this Li Xiaoqi, these people. I don't want to offend anyone! But I just let go of Lu Bu's army, and Li Li led the Wuwei Iron Cavalry to arrive later, I'm afraid that the comer will not be good! After the soldiers went out, Xu Rong paced back and forth in the big tent with an anxious expression, muttering to himself.

Indeed, the reason why Xu Rong had not rested on the fifth watch and was still wearing armor was because Lu Bu's army passed by the Lantian camp half an hour ago, which disturbed his good dreams. It's just that when he learned that the army that went south overnight was the wolf cavalry under Lu Bu. He did not give the order to stop it, but let it go and acquiesce to the departure of Lu Bujun.

However, Xu Rong also saw that Lu Bujun's morale was low, and he was quite panicked and fled for his life. At that time, although he was quite surprised and couldn't understand why Lu Bu's army was so panicked and went south overnight, he didn't lead the army out of the camp to inquire after all. The right to ignore this matter is generally not asked. Let Lu Bu's army pass through the Lantian camp defense area.

Lu Bujun just walked on the front foot. The Wuwei army arrived later, and it was Li Li who personally led the troops, which made Xu Rong sensitively aware that tonight's events did not seem to be as simple as he imagined.

Could it be that there was another change in Chang'an City, Wang Yun and Lu Bu and others were defeated by Li Dao, Li Li's uncle and nephew?

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Rong's thoughts were completely chaotic, and his heart was terrified.

Half a month ago. When the news of Dong Zhuo's death reached the Lantian camp, Xu Rong immediately made a decision and immediately asked the court to pardon his crimes, and made it clear that he was willing to lead the army to surrender to the court. For this. He and the deputy general Fan Chou turned their faces on the spot and broke up unhappily, and then Fan Chou left the camp with his troops and horses and went to Anyi to throw himself under Li Wei's tent.

Afterwards, Xu Rong did not regret his decision to lead the army to surrender to the imperial court. Because in his opinion, as soon as Dong Zhuo dies, the once powerful Xiliang army will inevitably fall apart, and the generals in the army will also panic and scatter, running for their lives, and the general trend is gone. And he, Xu Rong, chose to attach himself to the imperial court at this time and surrender to Wang Yun and Lu Bu, which was really a wise move for Mingzhe to protect his life. For this reason, when he received the edict from the imperial court to arrest Li Li, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, he was complacent for a while, and secretly congratulated himself that he, an outsider among the generals of Xiliang, finally chose a correct path, escaped the catastrophe, and was not implicated in Dong Zhuo's remnants.

Xu Rong is indeed an outsider in the Xiliang army. He is a native of Liaodong in Youzhou, and he had no way to enter the government in his early years, so he came to Xiliang, which was in turmoil, and then joined Dong Zhuo's command. Because he fought bravely, was proficient in military strategy, and was brave and strategic, he was appreciated by Dong Zhuo and was exceptionally promoted to junior colonel in the army. After that, he led the troops to fight, every battle was not lost, the military discipline was strict, the order was prohibited, and he was deeply respected by Dong Zhuo, and then became Dong Zhuo's cronies, ranking one of the five major generals of the Xiliang Army, holding tens of thousands of male soldiers. However, he had a very general relationship with the main generals in the army, such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, Dong Yue, Niu Fu and Duan Xuan, and he was never able to integrate into the Xiliang generals and wander outside the generals of the Xiliang Army. This is not that Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are unwilling to accept him, but that he deliberately keeps a distance from each other and does not want to mingle with the generals. Because only in this way will Dong Zhuo regard him as a cronie, trust him, and reuse him.

The world is unpredictable and unpredictable. Dong Xiangguo, who leaned towards the government and the opposition and dominated the world, was unexpectedly designed by Wang Yun to enter the game, and then killed by his son Lu Bu. Under the rapid turn of the situation, Xu Rong decisively chose to break away from the Xiliang army, asked the imperial court led by Wang Yun and Lu Bu to surrender, and was soon pardoned. After returning to the imperial court, he did not lead the troops into Chang'an, let alone hand over the military power in his hands, and was still stationed in the Lantian camp. This is not that Lu Bu and others do not want to take back the military power in his hands, but that he prevaricates in every possible way and holds on to the military power, so that Lu Bu and others do not dare to be excessively persecuted, so they can only follow his wishes and let him lead the troops to garrison in place.

The reason why Xu Rong clung to the power of the army and did not lead the troops to Chang'an was because he was worried that Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang generals would not sit idly by, and they were likely to lead the troops to counterattack Chang'an in a desperate way. Although he thinks that Li Dao, Guo Yan and others do not have the courage to rebel, he still has this concern. In order to be foolproof, he led his troops to garrison Lantian and sat on the wall to watch, so as not to harm himself.

It's a pity that blindly avoiding things in the world is not a long-term solution after all, and what should come will always come.

Standing in the big tent, Xu Rong hesitated for a long time. From Lu Bu's army hurriedly moving south and Li Li rushing to the Lantian camp overnight, he had a premonition that something big must have happened in Chang'an City, but the news didn't come out at the first time.

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"I made Wenchang wait for a long time, Xu is deeply sorry."

At the gate, Xu Rong walked out of the gate with more than ten personal soldiers, walked quickly to Li Li's Golden Lion Beast King mount, and said with a smile.

"After a month's absence, General Xu is unharmed?" Li Lijun waited outside the gate for half an hour, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Xu Rongfang belatedly opened the gate. Facing Xu Rong's smiling face, Li Li turned over and dismounted, and said a greeting calmly.

"Xu was sleeping soundly just now, and he didn't want Wenchang to visit on a starry night, so after a little freshening, he was delayed for a lot of time. If you are rude, please bear with Wenchang. The night is cold and dewy, Wenchang is fast in the tent for a while, I have prepared a little thin wine to relieve the cold for Wenchang. Hehehe! Xu Rong saw that there was no displeasure on Li Li's face, explained again, and then took Li Li's arm and walked into the camp.

"Please unarm the three generals and enter the big tent again." Outside the door of the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Rong pulled Li Li into the big tent, but the soldiers outside the tent stopped Li Zhi, Dian Wei and Fan Yong, and stretched out their hands to ask them to hand over their weapons.

After Li Li, who was walking in front, heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the soldiers outside the tent, and then he didn't look at Xu Rong, strode towards the handsome case in the center of the big tent, and naturally sat down.

"Wenchang, what are you 、、、、、、" Xu Rong's expression changed greatly as he looked at Li Li sitting in his handsome seat, and said in surprise.

Li Li stared at Xu Rong with a cold expression, and said in a deep voice: "Take down Xu Rong for me!" ”

Outside the tent door, Li Zhi, who was in a stalemate with Xu Rong's personal soldiers, heard Li Li's order, his figure flashed, appeared in the big tent in the blink of an eye, and then flicked his wrist. But seeing a black Fei Lian flying out in an uproar, it instantly wrapped around Xu Rong's upper body, and Fei Lian quickly wrapped around three times, tying Xu Rong and his two arms into a strong one. Immediately, Li Zhi suddenly appeared behind Xu Rong, carried him with one hand, walked to the front of the handsome tent, raised his leg and kicked Xu Rong's back bend, causing the frightened Xu Rong to scream in pain and kneel in front of Li Li.

At the same time, Dian Wei and Fan Yong, who were outside the tent, responded to the occasion, subdued twelve personal soldiers in a few breaths, and then threw them into the big tent.

Fan Yong listened to the order and immediately ordered all the generals above the commander of the Lantian battalion to come to the tent to discuss matters! Dian Wei listened to the order and led Jin Yiwei to control the camp, all the soldiers must stay in the camp tent, whoever dares to disobey the order will be killed! On the throne, Li Li ordered in a deep voice with a murderous face.

"No, the last general will take the order." Fan Yong and Dian Wei bowed down to answer the order, and then strode away.

"Li Li, what do you want to do? Xu treats you politely, but you will take revenge, let me go! Xu Rong was forcibly held down by Li Zhi, kneeling on the ground and reprimanding angrily.

"Xu Rong, are you guilty?" Li Li looked awe-struck and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Rong glared at Li Li angrily and said angrily: "What is Xu's crime? Why do you forcibly detain me, and dare to ask me for the crime? ”

"Humph!" Li Li snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Last night, my uncle and I joined forces to lead 150,000 troops to attack Chang'an Cheng and capture Wang Yun and Lu Bu. Then Wang Yun committed suicide, and Lu Bu led the army to flee Chang'an overnight like a lost dog and fled to your Lantian camp. But you had 30,000 troops but let Lü Bu's army rout and leave, so that I led the army to chase for hundreds of miles, and watched Lü Bu's army cross the Lantian camp and flee south. How can you be allowed to quibble with such a crime of indulgence?

Xu Rong, you were originally a trusted general under my father-in-law Dong Xiangguo. Xiang Guo treated you well during his lifetime, but as soon as Xiang Guo died, you immediately threw yourself into Lu Bu, the murderer of Xiang Guo. Tonight, Lu Bu's defeated army passed through your Lantian camp and fled in panic, but you didn't move a single soldier and let Lu Bu's army go privately. You don't have to deny it, with your Xu Rong's eyesight, can't you see that Lu Bu's army is fleeing for his life? As unfaithful and unrighteous as you, and a forgetful man of profit, do you still have the face to say that you are not guilty? ”

"Chang'an City has been breached?" Xu Rong groaned in horror, then lowered his head with a pale face, and said in a sad tone: "Becoming a king and losing a coward has been the same since ancient times. The matter has come to this point, Xu has nothing to say, if he wants to kill, he must be respected! (To be continued) (To be continued......