Chapter 66: Jia Xu, the Master of Slacking Off
How to reward Hua Xiong?
Dong Zhuo was really in a dilemma.
It’s not that he was stingy with rewards, it’s just that Hua Xiong won the battle too quickly!
He was then appointed Marquis of Sishui Pavilion, and he ended up chopping off Sun Jian's head again, making a great contribution.
The key point is that the death of Li Su has not completely eliminated the turmoil, and Lu Bu and other Bingzhou troops have just been separated.
If Hua Xiong were to be promoted to a high position, it would easily lead to many adverse effects.
Moreover, the battle with the bandits in Kanto has just begun.
There will be more opportunities to fight in the future.
Judging from Hua Xiong's performance, he will surely win many great victories in the future.
At this time, Hua Xiong's title and official position were promoted all the way up.
Isn't it likely that in the future there will be a situation where nothing can be blocked?
But Hua Xiong was not given a good reward. He chopped off Sun Jian's head and directly solved what Dong Zhuo considered to be the biggest threat in the Guandong coalition. It was unreasonable to make such a great contribution...
After thinking about it for a while, I was still undecided.
Then he turned to look at Li Ru: "Wenyou, what do you think?"
Li Ru twisted his beard, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "I feel that Gong Wei's official position and title are not suitable for further promotion at this time.
Give Gong Wei more financial rewards, and get more good meat and food, and transport them to Sishui Pass to reward the troops.
Doesn’t he think highly of Yu Jin?
Then let's promote Yu Jin to the rank of colonel.
This was a kind of recognition from his father-in-law for his previous secret keeping of Yu Jin.
Then transfer some of the original northern troops from other places to Sishui Pass, and put them under the command of Gao Shun to make up for the losses of Gao Shun's men in this battle..."
Dong Zhuo thought for a while after hearing this, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Li Ru paused for a moment, smiled, and said slowly: "In addition, I think we should also let the city gate captain Wu Qiong take these rewards and go to reward the troops...
There was no need for my father-in-law to call Wu Qiong to talk about this matter.
I think that after the news of Gong Wei's victory in another battle spreads, Wu Qiong will come to see my father-in-law soon..."
Dong Zhuo straightened up slightly after hearing this, looked at Li Ru and said, "Wen You means..."
Li Ru smiled and nodded, "Just wait and see, it should be like this..."
After the two of them talked about this for a while, they decided on this matter...
In fact, it was exactly as Li Ru thought.
After Sun Jian's head was hung up for public display in Luoyang City, and the news of Hua Xiong's once again displaying his prowess in this battle spread, it immediately caused an uproar in Luoyang!
The former prime minister Yang Biao and the former grand marshal Huang Wan, both of whom had confronted Dong Zhuo and had not been shocked at all when Dong Zhuo stripped them of all their official positions, now had huge waves in their hearts and changed color.
It was really beyond everyone's expectations that Sun Jian would be killed by Hua Xiong!
Although these people seem to be with Dong Zhuo, their hearts are actually with Yuan Shao and others in Guandong.
He had been hoping that Yuan Shao and others would come soon and bring Dong Zhuo to justice.
End this chaos as soon as possible.
Given their noble status and position, they are now being bullied and bullied by Dong Zhuo, a crude and vulgar Western Liang warrior who is not even a scum in their eyes. They feel really aggrieved and disgusted.
They don't want to live like this for even a single day!
But who could have imagined that Yuan Shao and others, with such a huge momentum and gathering troops from all over the world, would end up suffering successive defeats at the hands of the barbarian Hua Xiong.
Now, even a powerful general like Sun Jian has been killed by him!
Is it that Yuan Benchu and others are too useless, or is it that Hua Xiong is too brave?
Maybe it's a bit of both...
Hua Xiong must not be allowed to stay!!!
At least we can’t let them stay in Sishui Pass!
If he were allowed to stay at Sishui Pass any longer, he would be able to suppress Yuan Benchu and others by himself, making them unable to raise their heads and make any progress.
Who knows, someday, they might suddenly chop off Yuan Shao's head and send it to Luoyang...
When this happened in the past, they thought it would never happen.
But with the heads of Bao Xin and Sun Jian, they felt that it was not impossible for this Hua Manzi to chop off Yuan Shao's head one day...
However, Hua Manzi is now in his prime and is also an old general under Dong Zhuo. How easy is it to kill him or transfer him away from Sishui Pass?
It requires careful planning!
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As night fell, after Wu Qiong drank two bowls of wine, he did not sit there thinking about things, but just lay down on the bed to sleep, and smiled and called her to come over and talk with him, which made Wu Qiong's wife look surprised and happy.
My husband hasn't spoken to me like this for a long time...
On the bed, the couple talked at night.
We have lived together for such a long time, and even though every day seems to be very dull, when I really lie here and calm down to look back on the past days, I can casually capture many fragments that we can talk about together.
When a couple huddle together at night and talk, it is naturally impossible for them to always talk about serious things, and it is easy for the topic to go off the track.
Maybe it was because he drank too much tonight, Wu Qiong was particularly energetic and scored twice...
The night was getting darker and darker. Listening to the gentle snoring of his wife beside him, Wu Qiong, who should have fallen asleep after some operations, opened his eyes in the darkness...
The next morning, Wu Qiong went out.
He looks normal.
Mrs. Wu Qiong also looked normal when she saw Wu Qiong off.
But after sending Wu Qiong back, she couldn't help crying out loud.
Her husband didn't sleep all night last night, so why didn't she sleep all night too?
Combining the information she had known in the past, plus Sun Jian's death, and her husband's abnormal behavior last night, how could she not be worried?
But she could only worry and try her best not to cause any trouble to her husband.
Her husband has lived a tiring life.
This damn world!!!
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Wu Qiong arrived at Dong Zhuo's mansion and left Dong Zhuo in less than half an hour.
At noon, he led a large group of people, including a team transporting food and fodder, as well as cattle and sheep for reward, all the way to Sishui Pass...
In a small tavern outside Luoyang city, in a relatively remote corner.
A middle-aged man who is a bit fat is leaning here in a very comfortable posture, taking a sip of wine and eating a few stewed soybeans slowly, looking very leisurely.
His gaze passed through the window and fell on Wu Qiong who was leading the reward troops away, and he shook his head slightly.
He withdrew his gaze, picked up a few roasted and fragrant soybeans and put them into his mouth, chewing them slowly, his mouth full of fragrance.
Wouldn't it be good to live a good life by slacking off while getting paid?
Why do we have to fight and waste our lives?
The best slacker in the Three Kingdoms, Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe, could not understand the behavior of these people...
