Guangning City, on a chasing ten miles outside the south gate.

Zhang Liao, wearing a military armor, stopped at the foot of the mountain, looked up at more than a thousand graves in front of him with a deep look, his expression was extremely painful, and there was a sharp murderous intent in his eyes.

Next to him was a middle-aged general wearing black armor. He was thin and thin, with less fierce aura of a military general, but he added a bit of a scholarly temperament. He was Yan Rou, the leader of the Youzhou rebel army who was elected by various Wuhuan tribes as the Sima of Wuhuan.

Behind Zhang Liao were also a group of generals of Xiliang: vanguard generals Zhao Yun, Ma Dai, Feiyan Light Cavalry Commander Zhang Yan, Xu Huang, Dong Yue, Wang Dang and Sun Qing and other generals.

Three days ago, the Xiliang army entered Guangning City. The scout immediately found the location of the rebels under Yan Rou. The chief general of the central army, Zhang Liao, sent an envoy to invite Yan Rou to come to discuss the joint troops.

The name is to discuss joint troops, but in fact it is to recruit Yan Rou's rebels. Yan Rou had no objection to the surrender of the Western Liang army, but he did not agree to send troops to suppress the Tadun tribe entrenched in Shanggu County. He still advocated pacifying him and not to use rash weapons. Zhang Liao advocated resolutely extermination. Even if he gave in, he would first suppress and then pacify his leader, confiscate weapons and horses, and then subdue his tribes, and then disperse them.

On this issue, the two sides had a great disagreement and no one could convince the other. At the time of the dispute, military advisor Guo Jia came forward to mediate and invited Yan Rou to the burial gate in the south of the city.

Today is the first seventh anniversary of more than 800 people in the city who died tragically under the sword of the Wuhuan cavalry not long ago. The sky was drizzling and the autumn wind was bleak. It was particularly cold.

At the foot of Lema Mountain, Zhang Liao and Yan Rou had more than 200 people, and stood quietly at the foot of the mountain and watched the people pay tribute to their innocent and innocent relatives. He listened to the sad and helpless crying sounds, and his heart was extremely painful, full of indignation, and anger filled his heart.

Until the memorial service on the mountain was over, Guo Jia rode his horse to Yan Rou, whispering the painful experiences of the people of Guangning City six days ago, and then kept silent. Without any persuasion, Yan Rou made a decision on his own.

Just as Yan Rou frowned and thought with anger, Zhang Liao said in a low tone: "This scene in front of him may not be anything in General Yan's eyes. It's not uncommon, and I'm afraid I've been accustomed to it. There are more than a thousand innocent people in these more than a thousand graves and are buried here forever. Perhaps they are still lucky. At least after death, someone will collect their bodies and bury them. Compared with them, the innocent people who died in the wilderness are even more miserable. They die without a burial place and become food for jackals and wild dogs. Over the years, General Yan must have seen this scene countless times and has become numb."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao turned his head and looked at Yan Rou, raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to explain, and continued: "For us generals who have been licking blood from the knife for many years, we have long seen separation of life and death. Killing or being killed is expected. When we choose to embark on this road of killing, we should have the awareness of dying on the battlefield. We have already put life and death aside. However, Zhang can tell General Yan frankly that since my lord raised his army, there has never been any tragic massacre of innocent people in the Xiliang realm. With hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops stationed at the border, how can we allow barbarians to rush around in a random way?"

"This general is wise and powerful, and the Western Liang army is brave and good at fighting. I have heard of it for a long time." Yan Rou's cheeks were flushed and her ears were hot. She nodded in shame and said.

Zhang Liao nodded slightly, then turned his eyes to Guo Jia beside Yan Rou, and no longer said anything. Indeed, this kind of thing that persuades others to change their minds is not his strength, and is far less agile than military advisor Guo Jia. Therefore, Zhang Liao stopped and stopped talking, and directly handed over the matter of persuading Yan Rou to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia nodded and understood, took over the conversation, and smiled and said, "It is said that Liu Yu, the governor of the state, had a kindness to know General Yan during his lifetime, so the general was determined to avenge the old governor. He has led the old subordinates of the old governor to fight with Gongsun Zan for many years, and they have won and lost each other. To this day, General Yan takes the initiative to join our lord. This is a wise move. In the next lord, he welcomes General Yan to join our army." After speaking, Guo Jia bowed his hand and was very close.

Yan Rou hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, saying respectfully: "The military advisor is too good. Thanks to the military advisor and General Wen Yuan, the last general was able to take office as the general. This is the honor of the last general. In the future, I would like to ask the military advisor and all generals to support him. The last general thanked the military advisor first." It has been nearly two days since he came to the Xiliang Army camp. Yan Rou found that the military advisor Guo Jia has an extraordinary position in the army, and his prestige is still above the commander Zhang Liao. Therefore, he did not dare to be negligent about Guo Jia at all, respectful and cautious everywhere.

Guo Jia shook his head with a smile and said, "General Yan is too proud of Guo. My lord has always been fair and strict, treats civil and military affairs equally, has clear rewards and punishments, and is rigorous in governing the army. With the ability of a general, he will be highly valued. When he makes new achievements, he will be the day to be appointed as a general and a marquis. Guo believes in this."

After a moment of speech, when he saw Yan Rou bowing his hand to thank him, Guo Jia nodded and returned the salute. Then he changed his tone and said, "In the past, Mr. Liu Yu tried his best to promote the strategy of benevolence and kindness, and advocated to appease the barbarians outside the border, and should not use weapons. This is indeed true. After all, the world was not in chaos at that time, and many barbarians were in awe of our great man, and it was also impossible to appease us. However, this time, the world is now chaotic, the Han court collapsed, and the princes of all walks of life were in power and self-reliance, and they were no longer able to suppress many barbarians. In this chaotic world, if you take the strategy of being gentle and comforting again, it is definitely not the best strategy.

Let’s not talk about the tombs that died in vain, but just talk about the barbarian tribes who have repeatedly plundered border counties, plundered and killed people and set fires. Faced with this situation, it would be too pedantic if we still have to give them favors and be gentle. At present, these barbarian tribes are like a group of hungry wolves. No matter how much favors they give, they don’t mind. Instead, they have a growing appetite and are getting better. In fact, they are just a group of ungrateful wolves who are not well-raised. The situation is so bad that they will not be wiped out, but they will be comforted. This move is undoubtedly a disaster for raising enemies and will suffer sooner or later. I wonder if General Yan believes it?”

"This" Yan Rou was speechless and wanted to argue for a few words, but she felt that her defense was too pale and her ideas were too simple. To this day, as Gongsun Zan was attacked from both sides and her ambition was no longer there, the Wuhuan and the Xianbei tribes were indeed becoming more and more unscrupulous and did whatever they wanted. Is everything just as Guo Jia said? Appreciating them at this time is undoubtedly a way to raise a tiger to cause disaster and be useless.

But Yan Rou had his own difficulties. After Liu Yu was killed, he was chased by Gongsun Zan, but was rescued by Wuyan, the leader of the Wuhuan tribe. Later, the leaders of various Wuhuan tribes elected him to protect the Wuhuan Sima and gathered Liu Yu's old subordinates, thus forming the current army of more than 30,000 people. At present, there are many Wuhuan soldiers under his tent, and the war horses in the army were also funded by the Wuhuan tribe, and they are very familiar with the Wuhuan tribes. At this time, it was really embarrassing to let him turn his spearhead to attack the Wuhuan people. The Han people always regard faith and righteousness as the first priority, and Yan Rou is definitely not a mercenary to avenge his enemies, otherwise he would not insist on avenging Liu Yu.

However, Guo Jia's words are reasonable. Whether it is the Wuhuan or the Xianbei, these barbarian tribes have great ambitions and have the habit of wolves. They were born to only recognize the strong and have no compassion for the weak. They do not know what satisfaction is, nor do they know what kindness is. Bullying the weak is their nature, and killing and plundering is their way to make a living by them. The reason why these tribes supported him to form an army was simply to use his hand to defeat Gongsun Zan, who had always been tough on the outside.

Yan Rou understands these great principles, but he can't stand the threshold of knowing kindness. He said a thousand things and ten thousand things, and the Wuhuan people finally saved him and gave him great help, otherwise he would never have lived today.

Seeing Yan Rou looking embarrassed, she seemed to be struggling violently, and hesitating hard to decide, Guo Jia smiled and said, "It seems that General Yan has a difficult secret. He has a deep conflict with the Wuhuan tribes and does not want to be an enemy. Since this is the case, Guo can agree to you that you do not need to participate in the war against Wuhuan this time, and you can not participate in the war with more than 30,000 troops under the tent. However, you must report the garrison and military strength of the various tribes of Wuhuan that you know in truth and do not hide it at all. If this can be done, after you have your contribution, you will still have a reward for your merits and will never treat you badly. I wonder what General Yan wants?"

Yan Rou hesitated for a while, finally nodded slightly and whispered, "Well! Although Yan had received some kind of favor from the leaders of the Wuhuan tribe, he still used each other and had his own goals. Their intentions would be different if they were not my race. Now these barbarians are becoming more and more rampant, and they will do all kinds of evil. If they do not use thunderbolt methods, they are afraid that the entire Youzhou will fall into the hands of barbarians."

After making up his mind, Yan Rou admitted frankly: "There are thousands of Wuhuan soldiers in the tent of the last general. If they go to the Wuhuan tribe, they may be unfavorable. They must be treated with caution so as not to turn against them in the last battle. How to arrange it depends on the military advisor, and the last general will be subject to the dispatch!"

After hearing this, Guo Jia smiled happily: "General Yan understands the righteousness and admires him very much. Now that everything is right, the general will follow me to see his lord. Hahaha."

Yan Rou was surprised when she heard the sound and said in a daze: "Lord? General? General? General is also in the army?"

"Of course." Guo Jia nodded in response, turned his head to look at the south gate tower behind him, pointed to the tall figure vaguely visible on the tower, and said with a smile: "That's the lord. In fact, General Yan had seen the lord when he entered the camp on the first day. At that time, he sat in the hall and drank with the generals. However, the general had never seen the lord, so he could not see the lord's identity. Now the general has joined our army and is under the lord's command, so he naturally has to go to pay homage to the lord. Do the general agree?"

"Good!" Yan Rou responded happily, and couldn't wait to turn around, then rode back to the city with Zhang Liao, Guo Jia and Zhao Yun.

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Chapter completed!