Liu Qi knew about Xu Rong a little in his previous life. Later, he traveled back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After organizing large numbers of scouts and spies in Jingzhou, Liu Qi also gained a lot of knowledge about Dong Zhuo himself and his generals based on the information of his subordinates.

At least the main generals under Dong Zhuo, Liu Qi has basically mastered the resumes of all of them.

Most of the generals under Dong Zhuo were from Liangzhou, and his direct descendants were from Liangzhou. The only one was very special, that was Xu Rong, who was born in Xuantu County, Youzhou.

As a native of Youzhou, there must be a reason why he can sit under Dong Zhuo's command and sit almost on the same position as Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

Because Dong Zhuo started his career in Liangzhou, he relied on Liangzhou soldiers, which to a certain extent was also political complementarity. Dong Zhuo used Liangzhou people as his wings to do the big things he wanted to do, but at the same time, the Liangzhou people were solidly under his command, and did not allow outsiders to take advantage of the situation and resolutely protect their own interests.

Dong Zhuo also knew the importance of Liangzhou soldiers under his command, so he never broke this iron rule.

But what kind of people are the exception?

Either a person with great ability or someone who can bring huge and profits to Dong Zhuo.

Take Lu Bu as an example. Since the Bingzhou army joined Dong Zhuo's command, he has been constantly excluded by Liangzhou warlords such as Li Jue and Guo Si, but he has been standing still. Why? Because Dong Zhuo himself cannot control Ding Yuan's Bingzhou army, he does not have this prestige and strength, only Lu Bu can!

Therefore, he must support Lu Bu. Even if Li Jue and Guo Si are unhappy with this, he must do so. Therefore, Dong Zhuo supports Lu Bu outside the Xiliang system because of interests.

What about Xu Rong?

According to the information obtained by Liu Qi, the main soldiers and generals under Dong Zhuo did not have an independent army composed of Youzhou people. They were basically composed of Liangzhou people, Qiang people or Bingzhou soldiers. Moreover, if Xu Rong had the ability to bring out tens of thousands of troops from Youzhou, he would not have had to leave his hometown and follow Dong Zhuo in Liangzhou.

Xuantu County belongs to the border of Youzhou, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Isn’t it good for Xu Rong to seize the land in his hometown? And even if he could really bring a large number of soldiers from Liaodong to Dong Zhuo, he was afraid that the Gongsun clan of the Lingzhi clan in western Liaoning at that time would not let him go easily. So from any aspect, Xu Rong did not have the ability to bring soldiers to Dong Zhuo like Dong Zhuo - unrealistic.

Therefore, the reason why Xu Rong was appointed by Dong Zhuo was not entirely because of his influence in Youzhou. Even if he had some reputation in the local area, it would not have much effect on Dong Zhuo.

From this, it is inferred that Xu Rong was able to gain a foothold under Dong Zhuo's command, because he was capable, and because he followed Dong Zhuo very early on, he belonged to the direct lineage.

Then when did Xu Rong join Dong Zhuo?

The spy under Liu Qi gave him accurate information.

Xu Rong defected to Dong Zhuo's command in the ninth year of Yanxi, 27 years ago.

The opportunity for Xu Rong to join Dong Zhuo was that the Xianbei people entered the frontier and joined forces with the Qiang rebels. The court used Zhang Huan as the general of the Hunting General to quell the You and Liang and rebels. Dong Zhuo, as Yulin Lang, became the army silo under Zhang Huan and began to make his mark in the wars in the border counties. At this moment, it was also when Dong Zhuo needed to organize a team of his team the most.

At that time, Xu Rong, a young man with a certain reputation in Youzhou, wanted to make a name for himself because he wanted to make a name for himself by relying on military merits and thus joined Dong Zhuo's command.

This has lasted nearly thirty years.

Xu Rong is 44 years old this year, about the same age as Huang Zhong, and can be said to be a veteran. (Xu Rong and Gongsun Du are old acquaintances, and Gongsun Du became the Shangshu Lang in the second year of Jianning. Therefore, even if it is small, Xu Rong is at least 45 years old now.)

In history, he defeated Sun Jian in Liangdong and Cao Cao and Bao Xin at the Bianshui. It can be said that his achievements are good... Of course, later generations also say that Cao Cao was a fledgling at that time, and defeating Cao Cao's soldiers at that time could not prove how powerful Xu Rong was.

This is indeed understandable... But not to mention the achievements of defeating Cao Cao, Sun Jian himself was named a marquis for his military merits at that time.

In the Han Dynasty, people were granted the title of marquis for their military merits. Later generations could not understand the difficulties and difficulties. After all, the social situation at that time was the rudder of the sages in charge of the world.

Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Dong Zhuo personally took action, were all defeated by Sun Jian. Only the veteran Xu Rong defeated Sun Jian's Yuzhou soldiers in Liangdong. Perhaps there were some objective conditions here, but it was enough to show that this veteran with 27 or 8 years of military experience was not given in vain.

Liu Qi asked the informed soldiers and said, "How did Xu Rong ask for surrender?"

The soldier said, "Xu Rong sent someone to send a letter of surrender to Liu Fujun."

Liu Qi waved his hand and said, "Let the messenger come in."

When he was young, he saw the envoy coming to Liu Qi and presented him with Xu Rong's surrender.

Liu Qi opened the surrender form, looked at it all over again, and said strangely: "If I have issued an edict today, I have pardoned Dong Zhuo's remaining party and appointed them as officials. Let me station you and others in Guanzhong. Since your general Xu is no longer a traitor, why should you surrender me?"

The messenger said, "General Xu has long admired the name of Liu Yizhou, and has liked each other and sincerely surrendered, without any other intentions."

Liu Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "I want to meet your General Xu."

The envoy hurriedly said, "Is Liu Yizhou agreeing to my general's request to surrender?"

Liu Qi raised his hand and said, "No! I didn't agree. Your General Xu sent someone here at will to send a surrender form. How do I know if he was really surrendering or fake surrender? I am not someone who can come here casually if I want to... I want to enter Jingzhou and let your General Xu come to see me in person."

"This, this..." The messenger hesitated a little.

Liu Qi said naturally: "I have already ordered the three armies to prepare for their preparation and set off for Hanzhong in three days. When you go back, you will tell your General Xu that if you really want to surrender, there will be only three days."

The messenger wanted to say something, but Liu Qi waved his hand and asked someone to ask him out of the handsome account.

Afterwards, Liu Qi still followed the steps and ordered the three armies to pack up their baggage and prepare to march towards Hanzhong County at the established time.

Another day passed, Xu Rong didn't wait, but Liu Qi waited for another person.

It was Pang De under Ma Teng's command.

When Pang De saw Liu Qi, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Liu Qi with his teeth: "Pang De is desperate and comes to like each other today. If Liu Yizhou does not abandon him, De is willing to be a front-line soldier under Yizhou and be willing to hold a whip and stirrup for Yizhou."

Pang De came to serve, which was already under Liu Qi's expectations.

A strong guest will not suppress the master, and his achievements will shock the master... These words left by the ancestors for future generations have been verified for thousands of years before they can be passed down from generation to generation.

Pang De was praised by Liu Qi to the front of the stage and surpassed the heroes of Liangzhou, including his young master Ma Chao. When the war was urgent, everyone would not say anything. Everyone was united and went to the outside world together...

But once the war is over, with Ma Chao's violent nature, he may start to settle the score later.

Especially in the last battle between Pang De and the Western Liang Army, he led the Alliance Army to pursue Dong Zhuo's army, and was ambushed by him and suffered severe damage.

This battle has now become the handle for the powerful men, including Ma Chao, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Yang Feng and others to take advantage of the situation.

Just imagine how Pound could hold on?

In this era, the relationship between the upper class is like this. When you are the general, everything you do is a merit, but when the war passes, all the mistakes you make will become a handle for others to attack you, and many of them are even trivial matters.

Therefore, no matter who is under the command of a person, the most important thing is to do.

Pang De was very young, and he didn't understand some things, and even if he understood them, it would be too late.

He felt aggrieved.
Chapter completed!