Xiaoguangong

Chapter 284 Difficult choices

Xia Houba led an army to confront Han Sui near Xiangwu for a long time.The nominal supreme commander of this army is Xiahouba, but Xiahouba very humbly asked Chen Qun to come forward and continue to supervise the army as a member of the prime minister's mansion.

Chen Qun did his part. He never thought that one day he would go to the battlefield in person. The wind and sand in front of him and the deployment of the whole army were a little strange to him. Fortunately, Shen Dan and Wenpin were not capable of commanding the battle. Afterwards, Yan Xing and Yang Qiu who came to support them were even more experienced generals.

Han Sui didn't attack, and they didn't attack either, so the two sides maintained a confrontational posture.

Xia Houba couldn't figure out why Han Sui came so far and stayed here without moving.

Kuai Yue was a little worried. He knew that Cheng Gongying, who was commanding the army opposite him, was not an ordinary person. He stayed here for a long time but did not take advantage of the cavalry to launch an attack, which showed that they must still be waiting for a better opportunity.

And the time came soon.

One night, Xia Houba anxiously woke up Chen Qun, Kuai Yue and others, and told them that something happened in Ji County behind them. Ding Fei actually colluded with Ma Chao to occupy Ji County.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

The city of Ji County is high and deep, and it is not uncommon to stick to it for more than a month. The previous plan was that even if Ma Chao came over, they would immediately divide their troops to resist.

But who would have thought that Ding Fei would...

"Impossible, who are you, why are you talking nonsense? How could Ding Fei collude with Ma Chao?"

Although he hated Ding Fei very much, Chen Qun was the first to not believe that he colluded with Ma Chao.

Although the Ding family is not as good as the Xiahou family, they are also the ministers of Cao Cao's family. It is impossible for ordinary trivial matters to pose any threat to Ding Fei. How could he collude with Ma Chao in his spare time?
The messenger said with a wry smile:
"The little one is Tianshuigong Cao Jiangxiong. Before Yang Changshi received the news from Chang Junjun that Ding Fei was going to rebel, but he was not sure, so he specially asked the villain to secretly leave Ji County in the name of being a member of Xixian County. In fact, But he has been hiding outside the city pretending to be a merchant."

"After that, Ding Fei colluded with the barbarians to capture the governor and Bie Jia, and then broke through Ji County. The little one didn't know where to go, so he had no choice but to come here to report the news."

Jiang Jiong shouldn't have lied, but Ji County is the base camp in the rear. If Ji County is lost, the morale of the whole army will collapse. When Han Sui comes to hide and kill, the whole army will collapse.

How to do? !

Everyone subconsciously turned their attention to Chen Qun.

Chen Qun's heart was beating non-stop.

He didn't expect that he would have a life-or-death moment, and it would be at such a time.

When Guan Ping left Guanzhong, he apparently handed over his army to Xia Houba, but actually handed it over to Chen Qun, who had serious conflicts with him before.

He believed that Chen Qun still had a basic moral quality, and he believed that Chen Qun still had the idea of ​​doing good things for the world, so he made an agreement with Chen Qun to keep his elite soldiers as much as possible and wait for Yunshan to return.

The last time Chen Qun and Kuai Yue had a little discussion and escaped from Chang'an, and indeed they saved their own army.

But now that the back road is cut off, how can we save our army of tens of thousands of people...

"Let me, let me think for one night... Block the news for now, and discuss it tomorrow during the day."

Early the next morning, Chen Qun summoned everyone to meet, and everyone entered the tent with serious faces. When they saw Chen Qun, they couldn't help being shocked.

Chen Qun was in his prime of life, and he only had a few gray hairs before, but after a night of disappearing, Chen Qun's hair had already turned half gray, and even his beard had turned silver.

His eyes were black and his eyes were red. Seeing everyone coming, he said calmly:
"Brothers, since Ding Fei has rebelled, with Cao Zihuan's temperament, he will definitely get back to him immediately, and this is naturally worth our trouble.

It's just that our army's back route has been cut off, and we will run out of food in ten days. It is still unknown when Tan Zhi will return. I have been thinking all night, but I can't think of any good solution. "

"I originally thought of surrendering to Han Sui, and then persuading Han Sui to send troops to attack Ma Chao. But Han Sui and Cheng Gongying are both cunning and wise, so why don't you follow me and surrender to Ma Chao temporarily, and show your banner to attack Han Sui? If I can come up with the final solution, if there is any infamy in the millennium, I, Chen Qun, will bear it all, and if I lose this time, it is all my fault, Chen Qun, and has nothing to do with the lords!"

If it had been before, Shen Dan and Wen Pin would have ridiculed them, but seeing Chen Qun's white hair, the two had no choice but to shut up silently.

Entrusting a major event to one person is trust and a heavy responsibility.

Unexpectedly, Ding Fei would suddenly rebel, and now everyone can't think of a better way after much deliberation. Going to Ma Chao may be the best way.

Chen Qun is arrogant, how could he be willing to bow his head to Ma Chao when he came from a famous family, if he could choose by himself, he would rather go to Han Sui.

But he knew that Han Sui and Cheng Gongying were resourceful people. If the 3 people on their side were in their hands, they might become a sharp sword that would cause chaos in Liangzhou, but Ma Chao...

Ma Chao was brave and foolish, and he didn't have any reliable counselors under him. He could cooperate so skillfully with Han Sui before, and Cheng Gongying should have been responsible for it.

If Ma Chao is cast, Ma Chao's force will grow to a very astonishing level in an instant. Once the balance between him and Han Sui is broken, there is still room for maneuver.

It's just that... the reputation of Chen Qun, who first suggested surrendering to Ma Chao, was completely ruined.Even if there is a chance to go anyway, Chen Qun will become a family slave of the three surnames like Lu Bu in later generations, a capricious speculator.

Chen Qun's ideal for many years is to promote his Ninth Rank Official Personnel Method, making it an invariable method for selecting candidates.To promote this law and change the current probation system, it must be based on Chen Qun's outstanding reputation.

But if Chen Qun surrendered to Ma Chao, his life would be left with a huge black spot that cannot be erased, just like when Sima Fang joined Dong Zhuo, he has been criticized for many years.

In other words, this is tantamount to giving up Chen Qun's own ideals.

What a terrible thing it is to have ideals collapsed, it is not difficult to understand why Chen Qun turned gray overnight and became like this.

As Chen Qun's old partner, Kuai Yue couldn't bear to see Chen Qun suffer so much, so he said decisively:
"Let me go, Changwen's Ninth Grade Official Law..."

"never mind."

Chen Qun decisively interrupted Kuai Yue.

"I am the commander-in-chief of the whole army without Tan Zhi. How can I back down when I am an ambassador? I will go and I will go. I am very resourceful, but in terms of reputation, I may not be able to compare with Chen."

Speaking of this, Chen Qun's eyes showed a hint of shame.

"Speaking of these days, I often think about one thing.

I originally thought that the Ninth Grade Officials Law that I worked so hard to compile would be an unchangeable law. As long as this law is used, all the famous people in the world can be selected into the imperial court, and the world will naturally be peaceful for a long time.

But these days, I just happened to think that there are so many good things in this world.Han Sui was also a well-known celebrity in the world back then, and He Jin couldn't wait to hire him into the mansion.

If I was back then, I would definitely have admired Han Sui's reputation and wanted to make friends with him. Who would have known that he would have turned into such a appearance later. "

"Cao Pi's rebellion is very obvious this time, so many celebrities, even if their family members were killed, they would not dare to turn against Cao Pi.

On the contrary, countless heroes in the reckless rebellion rose up one after another, desperately trying to protect the Han family.

The Ninth Grade Official Law still needs to be carefully considered, it is by no means an eternal law, so what if I, Chen Qun, suffer a little bit of grievance? "

The human heart is fleshy.

Chen Qun looked down on the people in Guizhou, but because he was pampered since childhood, he was away from the people for too long.

Since entering Guanzhong, everyone in Guanping's army has started to read and write. These days, Chen Qun adjusted everything and found out that besides those aristocratic families and dignitaries, there are countless heroes in the wilderness.

They are not necessarily stupid and greedy, but they are slightly inferior to others because of their origin and lack of good education since childhood.

If these people can bathe in the enlightenment of the saint, the great man will surely be more brilliant than ever before.

This is the ideal that Chen Qun is pursuing now. In order to accomplish this, he must maintain the integrity of the entire army, which is nothing compared to his own reputation.

"I, Chen Qun, have been lucky in my life to be able to support the Han family together with the lords in this life. The reputation to me is just passing away.

As long as we can create a better Han Dynasty, everyone will understand Chen Qun's painstaking efforts in the future, and it will all depend on your support in the future.

Tan Zhi came back soon, these days Chen is only suffering a little bit, can't it be unbearable? "

Everyone never expected that Chen Qun, who has always cherished his reputation the most, would say such a thing. The changes these days have made Chen Qun so huge, which made everyone realize that they are doing something very meaningful. event.

"I would like to help the Han family with Mr. Chen, no matter whether we win or lose, we will have no complaints or regrets!"

(End of this chapter)