Hongnong, Hu County.

In view of the actual needs of the Luoyang court, the construction of palaces has begun in Luoyang City recently. Although it is impossible to build two palaces, three palaces, and hundreds of official residences on a large scale like when Chengping Ping was the same, at least it is necessary to build the front dynasty and the back halls of the ministers and officials.

The emperor's small palace city will be built on the base of the former Luoyang Beigong, and the official offices of the ministers will start building on both sides of the original Tongtu Street.

As a hero of the emperor who welcomed the emperor in the West, Duan Wei, the general who fought against the West, was second only to Yan Xing. There were also special places in the city to build a general's mansion for him. However, Duan Wei did not move into Luoyang City, but chose to stay in his own military camp outside the city.

After the Luoyang court's promotion and promotion came to an end, Duan Wei even said goodbye to the emperor, Yan Xing and others in the name of "The emperor should share it with the world, and the court has its own ministers and ministers. Wei should go out to defend the outside world, so why should the capital?", and led his army back to Hongnong County.

After all, Duan Wei was still a little angry.

Hongnong and Hedong jointly sent troops to welcome the emperor. Hongnong's soldiers and horses also defeated Li Jue's army and made great contributions in the suppression of Zhang Xiu's rebellion. His previous reputation was even better than Yan Xing. Now, after welcoming the emperor and returning to the Eastern Capital, all the civil and military officials in Hedong were promoted and promoted. In contrast, the troops of Hongnong's were much colder.

This is the crux of Duan Wei's heart.

Of course, although Duan Wei left a little angrily, he had no intention of breaking up with the soldiers and horses of Hedong.

This is because, unknowingly, Hongnong County was surrounded by Hedong soldiers.

To the north of Hongnong is Hedong County separated by a river, to the east is Henan Yin under Pei Qian's rule, and to the west is Huayin City, stationed by Hedong general Zhang Liao.

In addition to the Taihua Mountain Range to the south, the troops under Yan Xing's command in the east, west and north are all from the three aspects.

Therefore, as long as Duan Wei's mind still retains the last hint of soberness, he will not have the confidence to turn against him.

However, it is not so simple to make the veteran Duan Wei fall into a foothold. Duan Wei returned to Hongnong County with the idea of ​​hiding and enduring the times.

He planned to follow Hedong, have enough troops and enough food, and also issued military farming orders, official salt and iron orders, alcohol bans, and family orders in Hongnong. However, it was just how to implement them, but there were still government talents to handle them for him.

This is also the reason why he was in a hurry to return to Hongnong.

Jia Xu is here!

When Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, Song Guo and others attacked Li Jue and controlled Chang'an City, because Jia Xu had advised Li Jue many times before and protected the emperor and some ministers, he was not classified as Li Jue's party like Li Zhen, Zuo Ling, Hu Miao and others, and was brutally killed by Dong Cheng.

At the same time, because Jia Xu is resourceful, there are always people who hope that Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others want to ask him to act as their planners and help them take charge of the government.

However, Jia Xu had a brilliant vision, and he also saw the luck of Yang, Dong and others raising troops, so he said he could not get sick. He just prepared for the future and began to secretly send his family to Hongnong Duan Wei for shelter.

After Li Jue led the Youfufeng army back to Chang'an, because Jia Xu did not participate in the rebellion of Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others during this period, he was not implicated by innocent people.

However, Li Jue insisted on pursuing the emperor relentlessly. After Jia Xu's dissuasion was ineffective, he let it go and turned to seek a solution to escape.

As a result, Li Jue's army caught up with the emperor when approaching the Hongnong land, but was immediately defeated by the Hongnong-Hedong coalition forces. The soldiers were separated and many casualties were injured. Li Jue himself also fled back to Chang'an City in a panic.

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that even if Li Jue, who had returned from defeat, could only stay alive if he could gather some of the defeated soldiers.

After this winter, in the beginning of the next spring, strong enemies from Longyou, Hedong, Hongnong and other places will come one after another. Under the banner of killing Li Jue's rebellion, they will strive to fight for the fat piece of Guanzhong.

So, Jia Xu, who never stood under the dangerous wall, quietly left Li Jue, hid his whereabouts, and came to Hongnong County.

This is nothing short of great news for Duan Wei.

Duan Wei had long envied Hedong for the wealth of talents, and the list of good and powerful generals, especially Yan Su, the civil officials and strategists under Yan Xing, Xi Zhicai and others.

The strict authority to govern Hedong made the Hedong army under Yan Xing's rule, and all industries were prosperous. The opera and talent were able to plan and make the army under Yan Xing's command victory first and the troops were successful.

If you have such good ministers to help you, why worry about not being able to achieve success!

Just so happened that Jia Xu, who came this time, had both talent in governance and opportunity to plan.

Duan Wei hopes that he can help himself, apply political and civilians, and provide advice so that Hongnong can also be more capable of fighting and winning many battles.

However, Duan Wei was also a veteran who survived the battlefield of thousands of troops and the turbulent court. Under his thirsty appearance, he was also somewhat guarded and did not intend to hand over military and political affairs to Jia Xu from the beginning.

Jia Xu served as the commander of Pingjin, the commander of the attack on the enemy, and once led the army and later served as the Minister of State to govern Taiwan Province. In addition, he was resourceful and had some friendship with Yan Xing from Hedong. Duan Wei was really afraid that he would hand over Hongnong's military and political power to him, and he would in a blink of an eye, and he would even sell himself to Hedong.

Therefore, Duan Wei needs to test Jia Xu's intention first and then make a decision.

In a simple and orderly inner room, a table and two seats, Duan Wei and Jia Xu sat opposite each other and talked for a long time.

Duan Wei, who was born in a general and was knowledgeable in literature, looked at Jia Xu who was chatting and smiling calmly, and finally made up his mind and asked Jia Xu in a deep voice:

"Wenhe, if the lower part is broken down today, the ten thousand Chengs are defeated, and heroes from all over the world are flocking to the frontiers and counties, and the weak are seizing cities. Hongnong has a county land with less than ten soldiers and only ten generals, but his will is still unsuccessful. He always thinks of reporting to the emperor, safeguarding the people, establishing honors and making contributions, and assisting the country and the people. Jia Jun is a national soldier of the world, and he must teach me!"

Jia Xu's eyelids moved slightly when he heard this. He had just noticed a trace of ambition from Duan Wei's gaze, but he smiled and said with a smile:

"Duan Duan, although today's chaos is still chaotic, the emperor is smart. Duan Duan and Yan Biqi are both loyal and loyal ministers who protect the country. The king and his ministers know each other, revived the Han Dynasty, and returned to the old capital. This is the great cause of assisting the country and safeguarding the people. As for the policy of Hongnong, Xu was just a first-time visit, and he really dared not make any comments."

Seeing that Jia Xu was deliberately avoiding him, how could Duan Wei end it? He suppressed his impatience and chose to go straight to the point and continued to ask:

"For several years, Hedong has eliminated the old and new, and the government orders have been carried out. It has a large grain of water and its troops are sharp. Therefore, Yan and the cavalry only use one county to fight in the east and west, but the battles are getting stronger and stronger. Then they destroyed Zhang Yang in the east and defeated Li Jue in the west, and occupied the land of Sanhe. The Xiongnu returned to surrender, Qiang and Hu Ying followed, Xihe, and Shangjun were the barriers. They were surrounded by the Han Hu Shima and horses, and were able to compete with the heroes of the world. Hongnong also intends to imitate the example, I wonder if it is possible?"

Having said that, Duan Wei no longer hides his ambitions, his eyes are hot, and he stares at Jia Xu. However, under Duan Wei's gaze, Jia Xu is as motionless as a mountain. He thought about it and then said:

"This is a good idea to follow Hedong!"

"Now that Hedong is strong and Hongnong is strong, Wenhe first entrusted his wife and then came to surrender. This is not a good minister or Gu! Gu intends to use Wenhe as a supplement to help Gu govern and strengthen his troops. I don't know what Wenhe wants to do?"

When Duan Wei heard that Jia Xu also agreed to his imitation of Hedong, he was immediately overjoyed. He looked at Jia Xu with more concern. On the one hand, he sincerely hoped that Jia Xu could help him, and on the other hand, he quietly tested Jia Xu's position with his wife and children.

Jia Xu could not hear what Duan Wei meant. After hearing Duan Wei's words, his eyes narrowed slightly. After a long time, he opened it again and asked:

"Xu had a question, don't you know Duan Duan's age?"

"It has arrived in my thirties."

"If Ruo Xu remembers correctly, Duan is already fifty-five years old."

"Wenhe's saying this means? Is he so old and unable to defeat a child?"

Duan Wei felt that he was being looked down upon and looked at Jia Xu with some anger, even his gray beard trembled.

Jia Xu shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"Duan Gong's talent, how dare Xu look down on him? But Confucius also sighed that 'the dead are like this, and he will never give up day and night'. Now Duan Gong is over fifty years old, and Xu is close to the age of destiny. It is better to hide his shortcomings than to fight with the world. It is not just for the strength of strength, but also for the sake of descendants!"

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Duan Wei's heart was mixed with anger and his desire to win. His ambition seemed to have been hit hard, and instantly collapsed and shattered all over the ground.

He closed his lips tightly, his gray beard trembled slightly, and he fell into deep thought.

Not considering Hedong's next actions, just as Hongnong emulates Hedong, time has been widened for several years and the territory is different by several counties. Can he really compete with Yan Xing in Hedong in the court and the country?

Even if I can really build a great cause and compete with Yan Xing from Hedong, I am over fifty years old and can only last for more than ten years. Once I pass away, my descendants will be mediocre. I am not the rival of Yan Xing and the heroes in the world.

That huge foundation is enough to bury your descendants several times.

This is why Jia Xu, who is about to know his destiny, is unwilling to plan for Hongnong and fight against the world. He is no longer young. Even if he does not consider the strength of Hongnong and Hedong, he still needs to consider it for his descendants.

Duan Wei's heart was mixed with all kinds of feelings and his thoughts were already messy. He could only close his eyes, clench his fists, search hard in the darkness, and make a difficult choice.

After a long time, Duan Wei's fist, whose forehead was covered with cold sweat, slowly loosened and opened his eyes again.

He stood up and left his seat, sighed, looked at the beams on the roof and said:
Chapter completed!