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Chapter 12 Reversal

"Major, Lu Bu relied on his favor to the Prime Minister, since he left Luoyang, he openly contradicted the last general several times. At Yique Pass, he even openly disobeyed military orders and refused to go to war, resulting in insufficient troops in our army and defeated by Sun Jian." In the prime minister's mansion, Hu Zhen knelt on the ground and cried to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo knelt on the seat and twisted his body impatiently. It was not that he didn't believe it. After all, Hu Zhen has been with him for a while. Compared to Lu Bu, who had just been attracted to him, he naturally believes in Hu Zhen more.

But now he is no longer as strong as when he was young and has gained weight. The kneeling movement will make him feel uncomfortable all over after a long time. But Hu Zhen comes to cry from time to time, which makes Dong Zhuo feel impatient.

After all, this is a general. After all, he is a military general. He cried three times a day. What's going to make a fuss? Besides, he finally got Lu Bu over and even sent out his own Red Bunny BMW. Could it be that he would even cut off the other party? You are not capable of conquering people and don't know how to coax people. Now you really think that Dong Zhuo is an idiot. You can get rid of it by crying? Then so many years are gone?

"General Hu, the Prime Minister already knows that you are tired all the way, so go back and rest." Li Ru next to Dong Zhuo naturally saw Dong Zhuo's impatientness and advised Hu Zhen that some things may make people empathize with you for the first time, but if you say too much, it will backfire. Hu Zhen is the same, and he will not even complain. Who can he deceive after just these words?

"The general is not for himself, but just thinking about Hua Xiong and the innocent soldiers who died in battle under his command, he felt aching in his heart and could not sleep at night. He vowed to seek justice for them!" Hu Zhen cried.

"Okay, you go back and rest first. I know this." Dong Zhuo stood up with his hands on the table, his legs began to numb. Looking at what Hu Zhen wanted to say, he saw a soldier running towards him.

"Report~"

"What's the matter?" Dong Zhuo frowned. It was a bad thing when he opened his eyes today, especially Hu Zhen's noise back and forth, which made him really irritated. His voice was a bit fierce at this moment.

"Returning to the prime minister, Yangren won a great victory. The Lu Qi Supervisor took Sun Jian down from Songshan, and his command Han Dang and Cheng Pu were also killed. Now all the Jiangdong army has retreated. The Lu Qi Supervisor has now brought Sun Jian's body into the city."

"Okay!" Dong Zhuo didn't care that Hu Zhen was still present when he heard this. He slapped the table and said with a smile: "Fengxian is worthy of being my unparalleled general, and the Jiangdong tiger is nothing more than that!"

Hu Zhen's face turned pale and stood up and said, "It must be a lie. If Lu Bu's command is less than a thousand people, how can he defeat the troops in Jiangdong?"

"The general's words are wrong." Li Ru smiled and said, "The victory and defeat on this battlefield are not just a simple battle against the troops. I heard that General Lu often won with fewer victory when he was on the frontier. Although the soldiers of Jiangdong were brave, they may not be more fierce than the Hu people on the grassland."

Hu Zhen just didn't believe it, nor did he want to believe it. He was crying at Dong Zhuo that Lu Bu did not obey the general's order, which led to the defeat of the three armies. But what happened? His 4,000 people were beaten by Sun Jian and ran away in a panic. More than a thousand people in Lu Bu defeated Jiangdong. What would happen if it was heard by others?

The incompetent general, Lu Bu must have expected that he would be defeated. Therefore, he would become a stepping stone for Lu Bu to become famous, how could he be willing to do so?

It was useless to be unwilling to give up. Dong Zhuo had no time to care about his thoughts at this moment, and immediately ordered: "Go and tell Fengxian, come to the prime minister's mansion first after entering the city. Make great contributions in this battle and should be rewarded!"

Sun Jian is known as the tiger in Jiangdong and is also a strong army in this alliance of princes. Dong Zhuo once secretly contacted Sun Jian, hoping that Sun Jian would accept the orders of the court, turn the alliance and serve the court, but was flatly rejected by Sun Jian. Now that Lu Bu is beheading Sun Jian, Yu Gong has slapped the morale of the alliance of princes. In private, he is also angry with Dong Zhuo. How could he not be happy about this?

"Here!" the soldier agreed and turned around and left.

Hu Zhen stood there a little embarrassed. He didn't know whether to say goodbye or stay. After thinking about it, let's say goodbye. Although he was a little guilty, if he faced Lu Bu, he would only make him even more embarrassed. He stood up and said, "Prime Minister, he will eventually leave!"

"Yes." Dong Zhuo glanced at him. Now that Lu Bu was killing Sun Jian in a formation, although it was not in accordance with the rules, Hu Zhen defeated Lu Bu and was a great victory. He had already told everyone with practical actions that Hu Zhen must have made some mistakes or absurd orders, which made the two parted in disagreement. What Hu Zhen said before naturally became untenable.

But after all, he was his confidant and could not make him too shameless, so Dong Zhuo pretended to forget what he had sued Lu Bu before and asked him to leave, which was considered as protecting him some face.

Hu Zhen was approved by Dong Zhuo and left the prime minister's mansion as if he was running away. Li Ru looked at Hu Zhen's back and shook his head and sighed: "Lord, although these people are all those who accompany the lord all the way, now, the lord has mastered the court. Although these old people cannot be slow, it is time to appoint some talents."

Now the political structure of Dong Zhuo’s army is dominated by the Western Liang Army, which was naturally no problem before. However, as the power grew stronger and stronger, it would be necessary to use more capable people, whether it was the court or the army. Otherwise, if Xiang Hu Zhen was employed or seniority in the future, it would be lighter to be the Han Guo in Lu Bu, and it would be possible to be directly under the influence of others. At that time, the conflict between these new and old generals will be intensified and will be detrimental to the overall situation.

Dong Zhuo nodded. He also understood Li Ru's questions, but the generals in the army followed him for half of their lives and now they have to reward them according to their merits, but they have to gradually marginalize these people, which makes Dong Zhuo a little unbearable.

"Let's see Fengxian first. Let's discuss this matter later. Fengxian made great contributions this time. Then Sun Jian is also the prefect of the country. Wenyou, how do you think you should be promoted to the reward this time?" Dong Zhuo turned the topic.

Li Ru naturally knew that Dong Zhuo was still delaying when he heard this. He sighed in his heart and thought for a moment: "General Lu had just arrived after all, and he was promoted to General of the Central Army before he had not made any achievements. He was also granted the title of Duting Marquis. It would be a pity that others would feel angry at this time, but if he did not reward him, it would be a cold heart. In the opinion of Confucianism, he could be rewarded with brocade, fine wine, or a false position. What do you think?"

Dong Zhuo touched his beard and thought for a while: "Are you too stingy?"

"Lord, now the war is endless, and the rebels of Guandong have not yet retreated. There are some wars to fight in the future. If too many seals are sealed at this time and he will be promoted too quickly, it will not only make the generals dissatisfied, but also will soon make General Lu have no titles." Li Ru said in a deep voice.

"Well, just like the words of worries, I'll ask someone to prepare the goods."
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