Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C440

Hu Zhen did not personally welcome Lv Bu and Hua Xiong, but waited for them inside the Big Account s to meet him. He wanted to show them his might and establish his own, but he didn’t expect that the moment he met them, he would be like dust in his nose, and he immediately felt the contempt Lv Bu, Hua Xiong and the others had for him.

Hu Zhen’s face darkened, his eyes slowly swept across Lv Bu, Hua Xiong and the other generals, his stomach full of anger. The more useless a person was, the more they cared about the attitude of others towards them. His nose gave a cold “hmph” and was about to flare up.

“Great Governor, the troops and horses of the two Lord Du Du Du have been properly arranged. May I ask if you have any other orders, Great Governor?” Just as Hu Zhen was about to flare up, his assistant, Sima, hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Hu Zhen understood what Wang Yu meant and immediately calmed down. He knew that this was not the time to be angry, so he forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and changed his expression, revealing a rare smile.

Hu Zhen waved his hand, allowing Lv Bu and Hua Xiong to sit in the first seats on his left and right sides, while his subordinates casually allowed them to sit on the two sides of the Big Account. With his ranking, Lv Bu and Hua Xiong became the two generals under Hu Zhen’s command.

Everyone, after the traitorous Sun Jian has defeated the Thou River, he refused to give up and is not willing to lose. He once again gathered the remnants of Jing Chu’s army, the Five ten thousand people s, and advanced northwards.

Hu Zhen’s gaze swept across all the generals once again, and his eyes revealed arrogance and conceit. Especially when he saw Lv Bu and Hua Xiong, the corners of his mouth seemed to hang a trace of ridicule. He let out an involuntary “hmph” and smiled coldly.

“Under the orders of the Prime Minister, this time, we will lead a group of generals to suppress Sun Jian’s traitors. As long as you all put in a lot of effort, you will definitely succeed. Sun Jian, the traitor, had been defeated by the King of the Gods, and was not even able to withstand a single blow. If any general managed to get Sun Jian’s head, I will definitely report it to the Prime Minister and ask for meritorious service for them. ”

In February, Lv Bu and Hua Xiong’s troops had arrived at the Liang County. Hu Zhen had gathered all of his troops and held an oath-master ceremony in the wide area of the Liang County, accusing Sun Jian of betraying his will, raising the morale of the soldiers, and threatening to behead Sun Jian and chase his troops out of the Liang County.

In this battle, Hu Zhen was determined to win. At the end of last year, Thou River defeated Sun Jian severely, and even though Dong Zhuo heavily rewarded Xu Rong and Hu Zhen, but in private, people were discussing about it, as if Hu Zhen had gotten lucky with Xu Rong and picked up a huge bargain. Hu Zhen was unconvinced in his heart, so this time, when he led his troops to fight, he had to defeat Sun Jian heavily to restore his reputation.

The reason why Hu Zhen had held such a grand swearing in as an oath as teacher, was because he wanted to announce to the world that he, Hu Zhen, was the main marshal in this punitive expedition against the traitor, Sun Jian. All of the victories in this campaign was because of him, the capital’s commander, Hu Zhen.

He had sufficient reasons to believe that he would definitely return in victory when he attacked Sun Jian this time. Because almost all of Sun Jian’s subordinates were handicapped veterans who had fled during the previous battle. They had already seen the power of the West Cold Army, and when they met him again, they could only flee as fast as the wind.

However, Hu Zhen’s bold words did not stir the westering officer’s desire to die, instead, it caused many of the clan leaders to feel disgusted. Not only were Lv Bu and Hua Xiong not moved, even the generals under his command did not cheer for him.

They were very clear in their hearts about how capable Hu Zhen was. They were very active in following Hu Zhen to rob people, but if they were to follow Hu Zhen to war, everyone would be on tenterhooks.

Lv Bu’s face darkened, but in his heart, he was laughing coldly. Although he did not know how heroic and courageous Sun Jian was, when Sun Jian lost, he did not defend himself and still dared to lead his troops to meet Sun Jian. He knew that Sun Jian was not an ordinary person and that Hu Zhen would not be his opponent. Yet, he had to follow this arrogant fellow to meet his formidable enemy. He could not help but feel some sorrow.

Hua Xiong didn’t even hear what Hu Zhen was saying as he focused on thinking about what the Zhang Banxian had to say. Although he was not afraid of death, but thinking of his bad luck, Hua Xiong was a little upset, how could he have the mind to fight?

After the ceremony was over, the West Cold Army began to head south, preparing to attack the gathering of the Yang men. As the vanguard, Lv Bu led the ten thousand cavalrymen to the front of the group. During the march, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and a few other generals ran over to Lv Bu’s side, riding together with him.

Song Xian looked left and right, and said in a low voice: “Lord Du Du Du, Hu Zhen is useless and useless. If we defeat Sun Jian this time, we’ll definitely become even more arrogant in the future.

Hou Cheng shook his head, and said coldly: “We brothers will still have a chance to shine again? To think that Xu Rong would win, lose Cao Cao first, then defeat Sun Jian, and then two battles and two victories in a year, just which Xiliang General would have such achievements? But because Xu Rong is not someone from the West Cold, in the end, he was just bestowed the title of Regional Commander with the same title as Hu Zhen, who had been at war for a long time and had no achievements, how can you not be disappointed? ”

Wei Xu saw that Lv Bu did not speak, and said lightly: “West Cold Army is the world of the Xiliang General anyway. It is normal for them to create their own bodies and crowd out outsiders. Xu Rong was a member of the Youzhou, and had only joined the army of Dong Zhuo because of the imperial government’s campaign against the West Qiang. It had already been a few years, and he was still not accepted by the Liang Zhou. “We’ve just arrived, so don’t even think about building your career. It’s already good enough that you can stay in your current position.”

Ever since Xu Rong established his Ying Yang, he had annihilated Cao Cao and defeated him. His martial arts were brilliant, and he was the strongest under Dong Zhuo’s command. However, because Xu Rong was not someone from the Liang Zhou, although his achievements were outstanding, his rewards were not thick. It did cause those Generals s who were not of West Cold to feel a chill in their hearts.

Especially after Xu Rong defeated Sun Jian and tens of thousands of his soldiers, countless generals of West Cold Army were so jealous of Xu Rong’s achievements that they constantly spoke of words of compromise, forcing Xu Rong to choose to disobey their wishes. They had to endure a wave of anger, not daring to take revenge for the merits, and instead gave the majority of the credit to Hu Zhen.

“Sigh …” If I knew earlier, I might as well have gone to hussar general. ” Hou Cheng heaved a long sigh, and laughed bitterly while shaking his head: “I heard that the hussar general’s generals come from all over the place. There are both officials and generals, as well as many bandits and bandits. Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun have just left for, and they have already taken over a cavalry brigade. In one go, they destroyed all the Hun cavalry who had harmed them, and are renowned throughout the world.

Lv Bu laughed helplessly, there was a hint of bitterness in his smile. At that time, the hussar general had sent Zhang Ling to ask Ding Yuan for and the other generals, but it was a pity that Ding Yuan did not let them go.

“Sigh …” Ever since we pledged our allegiance to the Prime Minister, we basically did not have the chance to lead our troops to war. We were only asked to excavate the Imperial Tomb, causing us to lose our reputation through the ages. Prime Minister is wary of me, there are restrictions everywhere whenever I travel. “If I had not tried my best to run this place, how could I have gotten the chance to fight alongside my soldiers today?”

Lv Bu naturally understood the thoughts of Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and the rest, and seeing Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, these former colleagues of his who had built their achievements and became famous, their hearts became sour. And now, they still had to act as the vanguard for the useless Hu Zhen, which was even more difficult for them to accept. However, Hu Zhen was Dong Zhuo’s trusted aide, so Lv Bu had no choice but to give him some face.

“Brothers, although I do not like Hu Zhen, but this time we are sending troops to attack him, it is related to our future. If we can defeat Sun Jian, we can rely on our military exploits to gradually gain the Prime Minister’s trust, and from then on, build our own army. If we lose, we might not even have the chance to lead the troops into war, and the Zhanzhou cavalry will probably merge with the West Cold Cavalry. ”

“Not necessarily.” Wei Xu shook his head, and said coldly: “At the end of last year, Xu Rong was the marshal, and Hu Zhen was the general. He won the battle entirely because of Xu Rong, but Prime Minister rewarded Hu Zhen heavily, and only comforted Xu Rong a little. Now that Hu Zhen is the commander and the governor is the general, even if we win the battle, the reward will still be heavy. I am afraid we won’t even be able to get a single consolation out of him. ”

“Do I not understand why? What Prime Minister believes in the most is still Xiliang General. ” Speaking to there, Lv Bu lightly pulled the horse reins, allowing the horse to move a little faster. After walking a distance away from the guards, he let out a long sigh, “Sighing … However, at this point, what can we do? ”

“How hard is that?” Last time, he led several tens of thousands of horse riders to rush to the Lu Yang, but they were able to watch Sun Jian enter the city without doing anything. The reason the Minister of State had continued to use him was simply because he had relied on Xu Rong to win the battle. If Hu Zhen lost again, everyone would know that the last battle would be won by Xu Rong, no matter how much Dong Zhuo loved the old general of Liang Zhou or how much of an enemy he was right now. and he will not tolerate Hu Zhen’s repeated defeats! ”

Song Xian turned his head back and smiled eerily at Hou Cheng and Wei Xu. Ever since he had joined the West Cold Army, they had only received cold glares and had already harbored hatred towards these Xiliang General s. He would not charge in and fight for Hu Zhen, he really wanted him to lose.

“If Hu Zhen loses another battle, and the Lord Du Du Du is able to recover his defeated soldiers in time, strike back, and defeat Sun Jian, everyone in the world would value the combat strength of our Zhanzhou cavalry. At that time, the First Elder would have no choice but to remove Hu Zhen and order the Lord Du Du Du to take charge of tens of thousands of soldiers in the southern border. ”

“This …” Lv Bu was shocked, he unconsciously pulled the horse reins and they all stopped. Lv Bu looked at the three of them, and seeing that they seemed to agree with Song Xian’s idea, he could not help but frown: “If I were to ignore the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers for a personal grudge, how could I bear it?”

Wei Xu cupped his hands towards Lv Bu, and said loudly: “Lord Du Du Du’s benevolence, is Zhanzhou cavalry’s great fortune. But if Hu Zhen was defeated, how many soldiers would he suffer? If Lord Du Du Du were to plan well, even though he will lose to Sun Jian, he can ensure that the army will not lose, and rescue the tens of thousands of soldiers, this is true righteousness and benevolence. ”

From the moment Lv Bu decided to rely on Dong Zhuo, he no longer had the slightest bit of femininity in his heart, and he would even more so not bear to die for the sake of westering officer. The reason why he said that, was because he wanted to borrow Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and the rest’s words to reveal his own thoughts.