Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 71 On the Strong Army
Xu Rong listened to Liu Xie's ambiguous question, a trace of doubt flashed across his face, but he still clasped his fists and replied respectfully: "What your majesty said, I don't know what it means."

Liu Xie nodded, this is a real soldier.This kind of person, he will not take the initiative to touch politics, he clearly knows that he is just the role of a knife - such a person, in short, is very safe to use.

However, Liu Xie also knew deeply that now was not the time for him to use Xu Rong.He was a hundred sure that after Dong Zhuo's death, Xu Rong would be loyal to him without hesitation, and obey his orders without hesitation.But before Dong Zhuo died, if Liu Xie wanted Xu Rong to help him kill Dong Zhuo, the difficulties would be beyond Liu Xie's imagination.

Because what Liu Xie is ashamed of is that he, who traveled from 800 years later, has little understanding of the thoughts of people like Xu Rong.Although the words loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness still occupy the commanding heights of morality in that prosperous era, they sound high-sounding, but in reality, Liu Xie has never met even one such person.

There is no doubt that Xu Rong belongs to this kind of person who is dedicated to his duties and turns this kind of ethics into a lifelong pursuit, but it is precisely this kind of pursuit that brings him deep sorrow on his brow.At this time, the military power of the Han Dynasty belonged to Dong Zhuo, and Xu Rong had no ability to resist Dong Zhuo's orders under his kind of ethics.But Dong Zhuo's actions, he saw in his eyes, so why didn't he feel heartbroken and remorseful?

However, when it comes to letting him abandon the dark and turn to the bright and betray Dong Zhuo, this is inconsistent with Xu Rong's beliefs.With his current status, what he can obey is the order issued by the imperial court dignifiedly.Today's Liu Xie does not have such a name.Because at this time the minister supervising the country and assisting the government was Dong Zhuo.According to the patriarchal system of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie's private order is strictly speaking a disorderly order. He can only be regarded as the imperial court's will after he has been drafted by Shangshutai and approved by Dong Zhuo.

But can Liu Xie let Dong Zhuo know that he is prying his corner?Can he let Wang Yun know that he wants to use Xu Rong to change his serial plan?
Thinking of Liu Xie here, he suddenly fell into a deep silence.But Xu Rong saw Liu Xie sighing silently, but suddenly frowned his deep eyebrows, as if he had made a painful decision in his heart, saluted Liu Xie again, and said solemnly: "The last general is waiting for the general's order!"

At this moment, Liu Xie saw a trace of struggle in Xu Rong's eyes.Liu Xie suddenly became a little panicked, because Xu Rong was not an idiot after all, although he couldn't guess the purpose of Liu Xie's sudden visit, judging from his way of abandoning left and right, he was not ignorant.

At this moment, Liu Xie was slightly touched by Xu Rong's eyes struggling with perseverance, and suddenly didn't know what to say.He pondered for a moment before returning the salute, shaking his head slightly and said: "I came here today, just trusting the horse and letting the horse rein, there is no general order."

Xu Rong couldn't believe it, and asked again: "There is no general order?" Seeing him spit out a little bit of relief, the sorrow on his face quickly faded away.

This is a man who lives for the army, for duty.It seems that only the general order can make him find a reason to live, even if it is a reckless order that makes him betray his own beliefs.

But after these words were spoken, Liu Xie's mood suddenly became much easier.Xu Rong's persistence is the trust he relies on the most. Although this persistence is a stumbling block that hinders him from achieving great things, from a deep emotional and longer-term perspective, Liu Xie knows that he has done nothing wrong.A soldier should have the character of a soldier, and he should not shake this cornerstone at any time.

As for what Xu Rong did just now, he treated Liu Xie with loyalty, and Liu Xie must also treat him as a national scholar.Between the two, only such a pure monarch-subject relationship is the most appropriate choice.

"If it is necessary to say that there must be a general order, then the general order is..." Seeing Xu Rong's sorrow and resentment, Liu Xie deliberately said such words in a solemn and sacred tone.But when Xu Rong was sitting upright again, and the strong man Yishui, he suddenly changed his mouth and joked: "The general will tell me everything from now on, so that I will become my number one army god in a short time!"

"This?..." Xu Rong suddenly felt as if he had been whipped by the whip of fate, and the iron-like wrinkles at the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch slightly.However, after he finally responded and accepted the order, he still solemnly said: "Your Majesty, this fact is not easy, and the last general dare not accept the order. Although there are many famous generals since ancient times, those who have truly left their names in history are all A person with extraordinary talents who has walked out of the mountains of swords and seas of swords. What's more, soldiers and deceitful ways, the great affairs of the country, the way of death and life. Your Majesty is the Son of Benevolence and Righteousness, and you must not lightly talk about swordsmanship."

But what Xu Rong didn't expect was that when Liu Xie heard what Xu Rong said, he didn't mean to waver at all. Instead, he said meaningfully: "General Xu, do you think I don't want to be an emperor who hangs down and rules?" ?In today's world, if I am the kind of emperor who doesn't know how to fight, can you imagine the ending of me and the ending of the Han Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty!..." Xu Rong felt as if his heart had been hit deeply by these words. In this world, scholars are valued more than warriors. Yong, the general of Zhonglang, is far behind in terms of status.Moreover, due to the ignorance of those fatuous emperors before, how many loyal bones were buried in other places by an edict.Every time I think of these things, Xu Rong's heart is more painful than seeing Dong Zhuo's chaos in Chang'an.

Today, instead of giving random orders to violate his ethics, the young emperor uttered the words that he had stuck in his throat long ago but could not be listened to. Bai Kong's heart immediately relieved the deep sorrow on his face.

Therefore, after saluting deeply to Liu Xie again, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty has such an idea, and it is a great fortune for the Han Dynasty. However, there are soldiers who do nothing. Generals who do nothing cannot be defeated. Soldiers who do nothing can be defeated. To be a general is impossible to win. Just because His Majesty wants to become a military god of a generation will not help the entire Han Dynasty."

Liu Xie listened attentively, and planned to call Leng Shouguang to record the record, but Xu Rong waved his hand to signal Liu Xie not to do so, and continued: "If your Majesty wants the Han Dynasty to stop falling apart, there must be a real strong army." Army. But everyone in the world knows that they need an army, but who knows what a truly strong army looks like? A certain soldier joined the army at the age of 15, and it has been 31 years since he was a soldier. , Qu Chang, Jun Hou, Jun Sima, Du Wei, Xiao Wei, and now this Zhonglang general has come up step by step. He has won battles and lost battles. The worst time was 16 years ago when I accompanied Xia Yu Your Excellency attacked Xianbei in the north, and the [-] soldiers and horses he led lost almost all of them. I myself was shot by an arrow from Duan Guitou, the general of Tan Shihuai, and almost died. I know what is going on on the battlefield and what is going on in war. In recent decades, the Great Han has not had a truly strong army, including the Xiliang Army and the Northern Army of the Great Han."

The big defeat that Xu Rong mentioned should have been in [-]. Liu Xie's short-circuited Laozi Lingdi sent Xia Yu, Tian Yan, and Zang Wen to attack Xianbei with ten thousand riders each. The result was a disastrous defeat, and the army lost ten. Seven or eight.That was the last large-scale conquest of Xianbei by the big Han, and it was also the worst failure.Although Xu Rong's words were very indifferent, the pain in them was very obvious.

The big Han is no longer the big Han who made the Huns bow their heads and surrendered to the Western Regions, or even the rich and powerful Han in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. It has declined to a certain extent.Even, to the point where he exists in name but is dead, how many people want him to be resurrected except those in the original system of Dahan?

Dahan, for the most part, no longer exists.

And the strong army of the big man is gone.

"So, what kind of army does the general think can be considered a strong army?" Liu Xie really felt that he had only come to see Xu Rong today, and it was a bit too late.He never imagined that such a person who was submerged in the dust of history would burst out with such a bright light!

At this moment alone, his value is far greater than that of Xu Huang, the five sons of Cao Wei sent by Liu Xie to Huashan—of course, Liu Xie also knows that he cannot make such a simple judgment.After all, Xu Huang is just a young man in his 20s and has hardly encountered a real battle. It is really unfair to compare him with Xu Rong, who has experienced many battles.

However, it should be a good choice for Xu Rong to take Xu Huang with him.After all, no matter what, these two were also a family 500 years ago, how can two characters of 'Xu' be written in one stroke, right?
(End of this chapter)