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Chapter 674: The Cunning General and the Foolish Minister

"General, isn't it a bad idea for us to just walk away like this?"

Late at night, the military officer under Duan Wei smacked his lips and looked at the ignorant Hongnong City in the distance, feeling somewhat guilty.

However, Duan Wei gave him a fierce elbow strike:

"not good?"

"If you feel it's not good, you can go over and help him defend the city!"

"When that Su takes you away with his knife, don't say that Duan didn't save you."

Junhou was knocked off balance by Duan Wei's elbow and nearly fell to the ground. He quickly stood firm, rubbed the part that was hit, and looked at Duan Wei with an aggrieved look on his face.

"General, what are you talking about?" the military marquis complained, "We are officials appointed by the court after all, how can we escape without fighting?"

Duan Wei snorted coldly, glanced at Jun Hou sharply, and said in a deep voice:
"An imperial official? Humph, where were the imperial officials when Dong Zhuo was in chaos? Now Su Yao is so powerful, if we resist him, we will just die in vain."

"But..." Junhou wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Duan Wei.

"No buts!" Duan Wei said sternly, "I have made up my mind. Let's go now. Leave Hongnong immediately and retreat westward. Let's go to Tongguan first."

"As long as we can stop Su Yao from entering Guanzhong, we will be successful!"

"It's better not to have a small city like Hongnong!"

Seeing this, the military officer knew that it was useless to argue any further, so he could only sigh helplessly and nodded in response.

Therefore, Duan Wei, the General of the Household who was once relied upon by Dong Zhuo, not only did not hold on to Hongnong when facing the approaching army of Su Yao, but instead, in the dead of night, he took advantage of his advantage of camping outside the city and quietly retreated overnight, leaving Hongnong County and Hu County Governor alone in the city.

The Magistrate Hu was unaware and thought that the friendly troops were still outside the city. He guarded the city diligently and even wrote a letter to scold Su Yao.

As a result, it was not until Su Yao's army besieged the city, rode their cavalry into the empty camp and surrounded Hongnong that Governor Hu discovered that he had been betrayed.

"What should we do, County Magistrate?" asked Wang Zhubu with a sad face.

"what to do?!"

Hu Junshou glared at him and said unhappily:

"Are you the counselor or am I the counselor?"

"You ask me what to do, who should I ask?"

Magistrate Hu was helpless and in extreme despair.

He never thought he would face this problem.

Although Hongnong City is important, there are only about two thousand soldiers in the city.

This is because the Han Dynasty has always pursued a policy of strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches.

Especially during the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu went a step further and abolished the commanderies of counties and kingdoms and removed the military power of prefects. At this point, except for the frontier counties and kingdoms which still had a certain degree of self-defense power, the counties around the capital, such as Hongnong, had no soldiers available at all.

Under the emperor's feet, you dare to privately seize military power? Are you planning to rebel?

That is why the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Han Dynasty broke out so quickly and violently among its confidants.

It was also thanks to the Yellow Turban Rebellion that Governor Hu was given limited military power and took the opportunity to recruit local militia and prisoners to strengthen his forces.

However, soon after Dong Zhuo entered the capital, Hongnong was valued by Dong Zhuo due to its special geographical location. He mobilized a considerable part of his troops and sent General Duan Wei to garrison there.

If there is a war, Duan Wei will be in charge, and he only needs to provide assistance.

Therefore, he still had some confidence in the two thousand soldiers guarding the city.

However, the current situation was far beyond his expectations.

He never expected that Su Yao's reputation was so terrifying that Duan Wei's army outside Hongnong City did not even put up a resistance and fled overnight.

This time, County Magistrate Hu was in a terrible situation.

Hongnong City is isolated and helpless. How can he resist Su Yao's army with only these two thousand people?

Having lost the support from outside the city, the soldiers guarding the city walls were in panic and their morale was low.

Hu Jun Shou stood on the city wall, looking at the approaching Su Yao army in the distance, and he felt extremely annoyed and regretful. He shouldn't have listened to Duan's nonsense. Now he was trapped in the city. What should he do?
"How about we surrender?" Wang Zhubu asked tentatively.

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County Magistrate Hu took a deep breath.

"Surrender? How can this be done???"

County Magistrate Hu opened his eyes wide and looked at Chief Secretary Wang in disbelief, as if he had heard some fairy tale.

"Master Wang, how dare you say such outrageous words!"

There was a hint of anger in Hu Junshou's voice:
"As a Han official, how can you ask me to surrender to that traitor?!"

That’s right, although County Magistrate Hu was desperate and wanted to escape, his pride as a scholar made him very reluctant to surrender.

"If you want me to surrender, I'd rather die with the city!"

"At least after thousands of years, Hu will be remembered as a loyal general instead of a cowardly surrenderer!"

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"Hey hey!"

Wang Zhubu was so anxious that he jumped up and down:

"It's already this late, and you, the County Magistrate, are still thinking about your posthumous reputation?"

County Magistrate Hu's words that he would die with the city scared Master Wang to death.

After that light sentence, so many people were reduced to ashes.

But Wang Zhubu had heard that the champion marquis Su Yao was a bloodthirsty person and anyone who opposed him would be killed by him, leaving a river of blood.

A large number of wealthy families with prominent family backgrounds in Luoyang City, simply because they did not open their doors to him in time, were found by him as excuses to confiscate their properties and exterminate their clans, leaving many people dead!
Thinking of this outcome, Wang Zhubu felt a chill creeping up from the soles of his feet to his neck, making the hairs on his body stand on end and he shivered.

You, Hu Junshou, are just an outsider, your property is not even in Hongnong, and you are here thinking of sacrificing your life to clear your name, but you should not drag me, Hongnong, to be buried with you!

"County Magistrate, you must not act on impulse!"

Wang Zhubu spoke sincerely, even in a pleading tone, asking Hu Junshou to consider the people in the city.

However, County Magistrate Hu was a man who valued reputation and integrity. He refused to listen to the advice of Chief Wang and still insisted on his own opinion, believing that it was an honor for the people to die for their loyalty to the emperor and their country!

"Master Wang, you don't need to say anything more."

County Magistrate Hu's face was firm, and his voice was filled with unquestionable determination:
"I have made up my mind. I would rather die in glory than live in disgrace!"

"Even if the city is destroyed and I die, I, Hu, will leave behind this name of loyalty, so that people in the future will know that there are still unyielding ministers in our Han Dynasty!"

"Ah this."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhubu felt despair.

He looked at County Magistrate Hu gazing at the army outside the city with a tragic expression on his face, and felt that he was a rotten tree that could not be carved!
Do the people of Hongnong deserve to be the fuel for this man's fame?
We are all Han Chinese, is there no other way?
Suddenly, Wang Zhubu looked at Su Yao's flag under the city and had an idea:
"No, no, no!"

"Hu County Magistrate, you are loyal to the Han Dynasty, so you should not be buried with the thief Dong!"

Seeing that County Magistrate Hu was stubborn, Wang Zhubu decided to persuade him from a different angle.

"My Lord, think about it. Dong Zhuo disrupted the government, killed loyal officials, and shocked the whole world."

"Marquis Guanjun, as a general of chariots and cavalry, has raised an army to fight against them. He also has the support of the world-famous Lord Lu and the famous families in Guandong such as the Yuan family. This is the righteous cause!"

"If you were to be buried with Dong Zhuo, wouldn't that be courting death and tarnishing your own innocence?"

Wang Zhubu tried to enlighten Hu Junshou with earnest words.

When Hu Jun Shou heard this, he frowned and retorted:
"Of course I know that Dong is vicious and cruel, and a traitor."

"However, the emperor is still on his side. As long as he respects His Majesty as the Son of Heaven, he will still be the prime minister of our Han Dynasty. He represents the court of our Han Dynasty, and the edicts he issues are legitimate and justified by the court!"

"As a Han official, how can I disobey the imperial order and surrender to the rebel?"

(End of this chapter)