Although Lu Bu was just a small test in the duel with Guo Si, his bravery was fully revealed. At this time, he jumped on his horse and held a halberd and fought loudly. For a moment, no one responded to the battle among the tens of thousands of Xiliang troops. In this way, he and his elite cavalry were allowed to drive in front of the formation and show off his power.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Zhai Hao was still skeptical, but his original vigorous fighting spirit also reduced a lot. He looked at Lu Bu, who was riding in front of the formation and was dominating the battlefield, and was very dissatisfied and snorted coldly.

"It has made this man famous among all the troops."

There was a little unwillingness in his heart, but Zhai Hao still tightened the reins, turned his horse's head, and chose to follow his own team that had already withdrawn the troops, and slowly retreated.

The Xiliang Army's military formation was also on guard against Lu Bu's troops, and while slowly retreating into the camp, he sent troops to guard the important areas of the camp and refused to duel with Lu Bu again.

Seeing that no one in the Xiliang army dared to fight, Lu Bu was willing to slander his cavalry, and he just let the soldiers stand at the gatehouse to scold him, but did not send one soldiers to duel with him. Although he was proud, he did not dare to rashly attack Guo Si's camp. He had to let the soldiers of Bingzhou mock Guo Si and then withdraw their troops and return to the city.

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At night, the military camp in Chang'an City.

Zhao Hong set up a banquet in his own tent, invited several colleagues from the army to come and drink and have fun together in private.

During the day, Lu Bu led his troops out of the city to fight, and fought with Guo Si in the north of the city, injuring Guo Si. The news that no one in the Xiliang army dared to take the battle was regarded as a good news and spread throughout the army.

During these days, the Chang'an court's war against the Xiliang army has been repeatedly defeated. It is rare for Lu Bu to severely damage Guo Si's record with his personal bravery. Although it is not helpful to repel the Xiliang army and rescue Chang'an, it is at least good news.

As soon as Lu Bu returned to the camp, he was regarded as a hero who returned triumphantly by the soldiers of Bingzhou. With pride, Lu Bu also summoned the Bingzhou elite cavalry whom he fought with today to set up a banquet in his tent and rewarded the warriors under him.

Although Zhao Hong was not qualified to join Lu Bu's banquet, this did not prevent him from setting up a banquet in private in the name of celebrating the victory and inviting colleagues in the army to drink. Some colleagues in the army who were quick to inform also noticed the unusual behavior of Zhao Hong's move, and came uninvited, and wanted to take the opportunity to inquire about the news.

Zhao Hong was not afraid of it, and treated everyone equally and invited everyone to the banquet in his own tent.

All the people who came here were the generals and officials who were originally garrisoned by the Sanfu Army.

At the banquet

Many generals and officials exchanged cups, played and scolded, and their faces were red with their mouths.

Although ordinary Guizhou leaders in the city were worried about the severance of cooking, and the army also had strict orders not to gather people to drink, since Chang'an City was surrounded, the nerves of the warriors with their heads tied to their belts were not tense for a moment. They were guarding the city day and night, and they were not allowed to slack off, and life was not easy.

It is rare that Wen Hou Lu Bu won today, which greatly boosted his morale. Zhao Hong's banquet was actually served with good wine and meat. The generals and officials who attended the banquet naturally relaxed and took the opportunity to take advantage of their reputation to eat and drink.

Zhao Hong was in charge of the main seat and was eager to drink, laughing and joking with the generals and officials at the table, and his face turned red and his ears were hot.

Compared with the teenager of the powerful clan in the Liangzhou coalition and the clan of the Records Office under Huangfu Song's tent, Zhao Hong's temperament has undergone tremendous changes.

His skin became darker and his beard was growing under his jaw. Although he was not without heroic spirit, he was completely different from the handsome young man who had beautiful eyebrows and red lips and white teeth. Not only did he show the maturity and stability of the general, but he also became worldly and sophisticated. In front of a group of martial artists who were dancing with swords and guns, he talked dirty jokes about the war and discussed the appearance of the prostitute in the city's female neighbors. He did not look embarrassed at all, and he was in a state of affairs without any leakage.

After drinking a lot of wine, I gradually started talking more.

A general squirted and whispered:

"The soldiers in my camp strictly guarded the city defense these days, and even if they had no credit, they would have worked hard. However, they did not expect that the food and grass supplied to my camp would be deducted. It is said that Lv Wenhou favored the soldiers of Bingzhou, and the hard work of defending the city fell on the heads of the three auxiliary soldiers and horses, and the military achievements of retreating to the enemy were all over the Bingzhou. But Brother Zhao, you are very good at drinking here. It seems that you have lived a good life in the army."

Zhao Hong casually shook the wine in the wine cup, holding it up without drinking, smiling at the drunk general and official without answering, and there were familiarity among the other generals and officials who were not drunk. Seeing the general and official speaking without any choice, he quickly made jokes.

"Hey, this fool, after a few cups of yellow soup, I just said something bad."

The drunken general's voice was quickly overwhelmed by the voices of others, but it was difficult for everyone to stop easily as soon as they opened their heads.

After a while, another general said:

"There are countless people in the city. After the siege of the city for a long time, many ordinary capitals of Guizhou starved to death. How can this shortage of military food be avoided?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another general began to say:

"There are only eight days before and after the siege of the city. No matter how short the military ration is, the food for us and the soldiers guarding the city will not be missing in a short period of time. However, the city has a large population, and if there are more people who starve to death, I am afraid that the epidemic will spread again."

In ancient times, the siege wars were often protracted. Unlike other pass-through cities, Chang'an City is located in a densely populated capital. There are many filth and excretions in the city. In addition, it is still summer, and the abortion is blocked. Once more people starve to death, it is easy to cause large-scale epidemics in the city.

In the face of epidemics, human life is as fragile as flying pigs, neither expensive nor cheap. Once it gets infected, it will be difficult to recover.

The concerns about the epidemic made the drinking people in the tent depressed and even the wine cup stopped. After a while, the wine cup sounded, and another military officer smiled bitterly and shook his head and said:

"Although the prospect of guarding this Chang'an City is slim, it's better than letting the Xiliang soldiers enter the city. You have also heard of the reputation of Xiliang soldiers slaughtering the people, burning, killing and looting."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly sighed again. Many of them were soldiers who were originally stationed in the Sanfu Land. They were originally subordinates of Huangfu Song, Gai Xun and others. Later, Dong Zhuo took power. Huangfu Song and Gai Xun were deprived of military power, so they became subordinates of Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, they became subordinates of Lu Bu, who led the army.

Although the court changes violently, as there are chaos today, the people in charge of the court also need to rely on the warriors holding swords. Therefore, few of them are affected, and they will be won over and rewarded by the newly-powered people.

But because they are not direct people, no matter they are from Liangzhou or Bingzhou, they cannot enter the core circle and can only wander around the periphery and become pawns driven by others.

When talking about the fierceness of the Xiliang soldiers, the people in the tent were suddenly intimidated. Some of them, the generals and officials of the three auxiliary troops, had their families in Chang'an City. Although the prospects for defending the Bingzhou soldiers following Lu Bu were slim, they still had some hope of defending the enemy and making meritorious rewards. However, if the Xiliang soldiers were allowed to enter the city, burn, kill, and loot, everything would be destroyed.

"The soldiers of Xiliang are like wolves and tigers, aren't the soldiers of Bingzhou?"

Zhao Hong suddenly replied this in the main position. This made the other people's heads suddenly turn a little. Zhao Hong has always been meticulous and smooth, but today's words sounded a little abnormal. The drunken general had just stopped the nonsense, and Zhao Hong's words here became disobedient. If it weren't for the generals of the Bingzhou group at the banquet, they would have caused another disaster.

Some of them began to ask:

"Ziyu, what does it mean in the words?"

"When the capital was moved, the soldiers of Bingzhou burned palaces, official temples, and private houses, took the opportunity to plunder money and dig out the tombs of emperors, ministers and ministers. Do you have fewer soldiers in Bingzhou doing this kind of cave house, driving people, oxen horses, and taking women?"

Zhao Hong's voice was still cold. When he heard the other people in the tent, he was as heart-wrenching as the cold ice edges. What did the Bingzhou soldiers do in Luoyang? The three auxiliary troops stationed in the military did not care about them, and they didn't care. However, the threats to their land, houses, wealth, and lives of their wives and children are real.

However, there was still a cleverness in the tent, and he had already heard the implicit meaning of Zhao Hong. They stared at Zhao Hong and waited for his next sentence. Sure enough, Zhao Hong sighed and said leisurely again:

"After all, it's not because of the situation. The soldiers of Bingliang are all tigers and wolves, and they kill a lot. The soldiers of Bingzhou do not attack us, but because they rely on us to defend Chang'an City. If we can follow the current situation and form the Xiliang soldiers, we will not be able to save the lives of the land, houses, wealth, and wives, children, and children."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tent suddenly became silent. The sound of drinking and chatting never sounded again. Only the heavy breathing of the generals and officials could hear was the sound of heavy breathing.

"Zhao Jun means that everyone wants to offer the city and surrender to the Xiliang army outside the city?"

Finally, after someone reacted, his face changed drastically, he stood up, stared at Zhao Hong, and asked sternly.

He pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and said that he would take action if he had a disagreement. In addition to being drunk, the drunkenness of other generals and officials who were originally slightly drunk had been dispelled by their nervous emotions. They turned their eyes and looked at Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong was not panicked in front of everyone, and shouted outside the tent. A large group of soldiers rushed in from outside the tent by soldiers, quickly guarded Zhao Hong and surrounded the others in the tent.

"Zhao Hong, what do you mean?"

Seeing Zhao Hong dispatching soldiers, the other people who had originally knelt in the tent could no longer sit still, and they drew their swords and stood up. One of the prestigious generals immediately questioned Zhao Hong. But when he said that, his face was as panic as others.

The current situation is that Zhao Hong ambushed the soldiers in advance. The personal guards they brought were probably solved when they were drunk and hot. Otherwise, there would be no sound outside the tent, and Zhao Hong would be allowed to use force.

They are now like fish on the chopping board. With Zhao Hong's order, they will be killed by many armored soldiers immediately.

But Zhao Hong had no intention of taking action. He smiled, looked at the general and official who was asking questions, shook his head and said:

"You are suspicious of me. Among you, you are worried about your life, your land, your wife, children, and your old and your children. You are helpless in saving your life. You are waiting for the city to fall. You are not talented and have found a good way to save your life and your family business. Why do you question me again?"

With swords and weapons in hand, no one in the tent dared to answer anymore. Zhao Hong rolled his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Looking at the many generals and officials in the tent who were either vigilant or frightened, he continued:
Chapter completed!