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The night is deep and the courtyard is quiet.

The breeze blew by, and the willows at the corner of the backyard were floating gently.

The tender leaves that just grew on the branches swayed in the wind, containing infinite vitality, and seemed to be eager to grow up.

Two lanterns swung left and right in the breeze, and the dim light illuminated the bluestone road leading to the study.

With the "creaking" sound, a young man in a brocade robe quickly walked through the bluestone road and pushed the door into the study.

"All sent away? Did Gong Wei say something when he went out?"

The lights were waving and swinging by the breeze when the door was opened. Huangfu Song, who was sitting next to the desk, asked softly while reaching out to block the oil lamp.

The man in brocade robe closed the door casually, walked to the left of the desk and sat down, respectfully saying: "My father is as expected. Before leaving, his uncle told the child privately that Dong Cheng and others had great plans, so that his father would pay attention to his actions and must not implicate the whole family."

"Oh?" A look of surprise flashed across Huangfu Song's slightly tired cheeks. After hesitating for a moment, Gu Zi nodded slightly, and his suspicious eyes became relieved.

He took the teacup handed by Huangfu Li (the man in brocade robe). Huangfu Song took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, then put down the teacup, habitually stroked his long white beard, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his equally white and sparse eyebrows drooped slightly, obviously thinking about something.

Huangfu Li raised his head and drank a cup of warm tea. He thought his father (actually his uncle) would say something, but he didn't expect that his father would ponder and say nothing. This made him very anxious. To be honest, he was very dissatisfied with the Huangfu family's way of dealing with things in the past two years and the family situation. He also complained about Huangfu Song in private.

In Huangfu Li's eyes, Li Jue, Li Ru, Li Xuan and others who are active in the court are all opportunistic nouveau riche and snobs. These people are not worth showing off in front of the Huangfu family. And Li Li, the general of the Cavalry, is also like this. He steals Dong Zhuo Yu Yin at a mere age, and seizes control of the Western Liang army after Dong Zhuo was assassinated. In this way, he has today's prominent position.

All this started with the marriage between Li and Dong families. Back then, Li Li made his mark. At best, he was the prefect of Wuwei who lived in a corner of Liangzhou. He tricked to take the opportunity to join the Miss Dong family when he returned to Beijing to report his work. Li Li himself pretended to be reluctant and pretentious. Then, by taking advantage of the three engagements, Li Li not only married Dong Wan, the most beloved and gentle and beautiful youngest daughter of Dong Zhuo, but also took the opportunity to marry two wives and three concubines, and then transformed into a hot and powerful general in the Western Liang army.

Dong Zhuo was assassinated and died. Wang Yun seized Chang'an and controlled the temple. Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and other generals all supported themselves, while Li Li took advantage of the situation and regained the remaining forces left by Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop. Dong Yue, Dong Huang and other Dong clans were almost completely dependent on Li Li's command. Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and other marginal forces also followed Li Li, which led to the rapid growth of Li Li's Wuwei army and then had the strength to compete with old generals such as Li Jue and Guo Si.

Facts have proved that the Chang'an Rebellion subverted the once arrogant Dong Zhuo's hegemony in one fell swoop, destroying the most influential and powerful group of old ministers among the three dynasties. A heavy blow to a large number of old generals in Xiliang. Li Li, Wuwei, regained profits, and was the biggest winner in the Chang'an Rebellion. He won a lot of money and won control of the Xiliang army in one fell swoop, truly becoming the second overlord of Xiliang after Dong Zhuo. Li Li, who seized the military power of the Xiliang army, reorganized the Xiliang army, eliminated dissidents, completely replaced the old generals of Xiliang with generals under the Wuwei army, and then sent troops to pacify the two prefectures of Yongliang, thus consolidating his own command.

In the following two years, the entire Xiliang region implemented a strategy of rest and recuperation, safeguarding the country and safeguarding the people, vigorously developed farming, encouraged farmers to settle in Chang'an, and encouraged caravans to go to the Western Regions to circulate goods and open the Western Regions business roads. In the past two years, the difficulties in the entire Xiliang region were fundamentally improved, and most people could be self-sufficient and fill their stomachs was not a problem. For this reason, the name of General Li Li resounded throughout the land of Xiliang, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, greatly consolidating Li Li's dominance of Xiliang.

In fact, in the eyes of the Huangfu family, Li Li's so-called rest and recuperation strategy was just a way to win people's hearts and cover up. In fact, the reason why Li Li did this was to use two years to fully digest the 300,000 Xiliang Army obtained from the merger, so that it completely became a force that was loyal to him. Perhaps many people did not understand this and could not see the essence of the matter clearly, but the Huangfu family, the founder of the Xiliang Army, saw all this clearly and clearly.

Yes, you guys read that right. The Huangfu family is one of the three founders of the Western Liang Army, which is the most brave in the world. To be precise, Huangfu Song is the most qualified and most prestigious person to take charge of the Western Liang Army. The founders of the Western Liang Army were "Liangzhou Sanming", namely: Huangfu Gui, whose courtesy name was Weiming; Zhang Huan, whose courtesy name was Ranming; Duan Yi, whose courtesy name was Jiming. Although these three famous Sanming Liangzhou, had political differences, had struggled for them all their lives to pacify the Qiang Rebellion, thus laying the foundation of the Western Liang Army. Huangfu Shuai was Huangfu Song's uncle, which laid a solid foundation for Huangfu Song to take charge of the Western Liang Army to pacify the rebellion of the Kingdom. Unfortunately, the military power of the Western Liang Army was eventually stolen by Dong Zhuo, thus creating a glorious era in which Dong Zhuo was powerful in the court and the country.

It is precisely because of this that as early as when Emperor Ling died and the world was in chaos, Emperor Ling issued an order to hand over the Western Liang army to Huangfu Song in the face of danger, but Dong Zhuo refused to obey the order. At that time, Huangfu Li once advised Huangfu Song: "This dynasty is in power and the world is upside down. Only the masters and Dong Zhuo can be safe and secure." Unfortunately, Huangfu Song did not think that Dong Zhuo had bad intentions at the time, so he refused to accept it.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo led troops to occupy Luoyang. At the right time, Huangfu Song led 30,000 troops to station in Fufeng County. Huangfu Li believed that Dong Zhuo was traitorous and was unforgivable, so he persuaded Huangfu Song to launch an army to attack. Huangfu Song said: "Although Dong Zhuo is guilty of not obeying orders, I am responsible for killing him. It is better to report to the court to handle this matter in a bright and bright manner." At the same time, Dong Zhuo summoned Huangfu Song as the lieutenant of the city gate, hoping to find an opportunity to kill him. Huangfu Song responded to the general, and the chief Liang Yan advised him to raise an army to resist Dong Zhuo, echoing Yuan Shao. Huangfu Song did not listen, so he led his troops back to Luoyang. Since then, all the Western Liang army fell into Dong Zhuo's hands, which made Dong Zhuo no longer scruple, and became more and more unscrupulous and arbitrary.

This is the beginning and the end of Dong Zhuo's occupation of the Western Liang army in the past. Huangfu Song lost his friendship with the Western Liang army due to a short thought, so that Dong Zhuo was the knife and the meat of the fish.

During the Chang'an Rebellion, Wang Yun ordered Huangfu Song to be the general of the Western Expedition to slaughter the entire Dong Zhuo clan and its remnants, but Huangfu Song did not really execute it because most of Dong Zhuo's family members had been rescued. Later, someone recommended to Wang Yun that Huangfu Song would command Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, so the world could be settled. Unfortunately, Wang Yun thought that Huangfu Song had let Dong Zhuo's family go privately, and felt resentful towards him, so he did not accept advice. Therefore, Huangfu Song lost the opportunity to lead the Western Liang army again, so he never had the opportunity to take charge of the Western Liang army again.

In fact, it was a fatal mistake for Wang Yun to refuse Huangfu Song to command Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, which directly led to his long-cherished wish to revive the Han Dynasty, and eventually he finally saved his life. However, most of Dong Zhuo's old subordinates were generals supported by Huangfu Song, or he personally recruited generals of the Xiliang Army. For example, Li Jue, who was also a native of the Beidi County, was originally a small school under Huangfu Song; Guo Si, Fan Chou and others were the same, and Duan Wei was Duan Feng's grandson and was a family friend to the Huangfu family. In addition, generals such as Hu Zhen and Yang Ding were once generals under Huangfu Song, but they only depended on them as Dong Zhuo took over the Xiliang Army.

Therefore, if Wang Yun had agreed to his colleague's advice at that time and asked Huangfu Song to command Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, the world would have been a different situation, and perhaps the revival of the Han Dynasty would not be a empty talk. As a result, Li Li would not have lost the opportunity to annex the Western Liang army, and many things would have been impossible to talk about.

Huangfu Song missed the opportunity to take over the Xiliang army three times, which directly created such a chaotic world today. Now, he is old and is approaching, and he no longer has the ambition of the past. He is not mentally ignorant of the change of the court, and is even more powerless towards the chaotic situation in the world. After repeated changes in the hands of Li Li, a group of old Xiliang generals have passed away or lost their military power. Now the generals in command have all replaced Li Li's confidant generals trained and promoted, and managed the Xiliang army like an iron barrel and was unbreakable.

Looking back at the evening, the haze is heavy, and the sky is like smoke.

In just a few years, the Xiliang army has developed to this situation today. The Xiliang army in the past has changed a lot, and the old scenery is no longer there. Seeing that the Han Dynasty is becoming increasingly dangerous and the royal family is bullied, if the Huangfu family has no feelings for this, it is undoubtedly a self-deception. It can only be said that they are regretting now, and apart from sighing and lamenting, they are already helpless, and they have no choice but to have the will but not enough.

Huangfu Song can face this calmly, because for a person like him who is over 60 years old, he has long seen the ups and downs of the world and knows that the change of dynasties is the general trend and cannot be changed by human power. However, for Huangfu Li, who repeatedly persuaded Huangfu Song to correct the trouble but failed, the situation in front of him was unacceptable, and he was suffering in his heart, and often sighed: "I regret it!"

As the night became deeper, waves of coldness invisibly rushed into the study, causing Huangfu Song to close his collar and cover the corners of his mouth to cough a few times. These few light coughs also made him quietly come back to his senses, abandoning the smoke-like past, and returning to reality.

Drinking the hot tea handed over by Huangfu Li again, Huangfu Song smiled slowly and said, "When people get old, they can't help but recall the past. Often, they sit for most of the day, and there are countless people and things in their minds. It seems that they have not had much time to be a father, and they can't see you brothers making achievements!"

"Don't say that, father, I feel uncomfortable when I hear it." As he spoke, Huangfu Li turned his head and raised his sleeves to brush away the mist from the corners of his eyes.

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Chapter completed!