Of course Pei Qing didn't know about the conversation between Jia Xu and Li Jue and others, but Pei Qing was still quite happy now, because he won a great victory in this battle, killing more than 2,000 enemies and capturing more than 4,000 prisoners, and only three or four thousand people fled. This was definitely a big blow to the morale of the Xiliang rebels, while his own military branch was greatly boosted, and many people began to gradually build up their confidence.

Xu Rong was also very happy because Lu Bu fulfilled his promise to him and sent a large number of troops to support him so quickly. But what made him feel a little regretful was that the commander in the army was not him, but a young man named Pei Qing. Although he also saw that the other party commanded the troops invincible during the battle, it was only dealing with Wang Fang. And when the number of people was superior, could Pei Qing remain undefeated once the strengths and weaknesses rebelled? Even he himself was not sure, let alone this young man.

However, no matter what the final result is, he must take into account the overall situation, unite reinforcements, and fight the rebels' attack together. He believes that after hearing this news, Li Jue and Guo Si will immediately launch a revenge operation. By then, more than 100,000 people will attack this small town together, and then it will be the time to see life and death.

So after Xu Rong and others retreated, they immediately opened the city gate to welcome Pei Qing into the city, and warmly welcomed Pei Qing's army.

Pei Qing is now deliberately trying to win over Xu Rong, so he praised Xu Rong for his moderate command, proper arrangement, and calm defense of the city.

Xu Rong just smiled faintly when he heard this, but didn't say anything, because in Xu Rong's opinion, the reason why the other party praised him so much was just to let his people take care of him. Although he was willing to serve the country, he would not be used as a gun by others.

Pei Qing then summoned the soldiers to hold a meeting to discuss the next strategy.

At the beginning of the meeting, Pei Qing praised Hu Zhen's contributions during the war today and announced that he would return his army to him.

After hearing this scene, Hu Zhen immediately stood up and saluted Pei Qing respectfully and said, "Grandmaster, the general was neglecting military law when he was in Chang'an. Fortunately, the general was generous and spared my life. It is precisely because of this that the last general can only achieve a minor merit today. The general's kindness will be repaid as a spring of retribution."

Later, when the military meeting was held, Xu Rong proposed a strategy to select an army to station outside the city. In this way, once the enemy sieges attack the siege troops, the garrison outside the city will attack the siege troops. If the enemy attacks the garrison, the defending troops will take the initiative to attack, and the two sides will support each other, just like today, cooperate with each other, attacking the enemy from both sides and attacking them.

At this time, Hu Zhen volunteered: "The general is willing to lead his troops to the outside of the city to garrison the troops and support each other with the Grand Commander's defenders in the city. Let's work together to defeat the bandits."

Xu Rong was surprised by Hu Zhen's performance, but he also knew that Hu Zhen was impatient and was not suitable for doing such a thing. If he asked him to do it, he would definitely lose.

However, Xu Rong did not say it out loud. He wanted to see what Pei Qing reacted.

However, Pei Qing exclaimed: "General Hu is so anxious and righteous. Pei is really moved. Since this is the case, the general will lead your troops to garrison outside the city. In addition, I will call General Zang Ba to go outside the city with you. After all, the bandits are powerful and it is more dangerous to station outside the city. We need to have enough troops. At least we should be able to support the city to send troops to rescue when the enemy launches an attack on the garrison outside our city. Of course, since this time, since General Hu, you still take you as the main general in the camp. However, you must be cautious. Remember, the enemy does not move, and I do not move. Only when it is confirmed that the enemy actually launches an attack can you take action."

"Grandmaster, please rest assured. The general knows what to do." Hu Zhen was very happy after hearing Pei Qing's words. He felt that he had finally had the opportunity to surrender to the Xiliang Army. When he captured Pei Qing in the future, he must torture the other party well to repay the hatred of being humiliated by him in the past.

When Xu Rong saw this scene, he felt a chill in his heart. Hu Zhen left the city, I'm afraid things have really developed in a bad direction. Pei Qing is indeed not aware of people.

But at this time, Xu Rong had to stop talking. After all, everyone was a grasshopper on the same rope, so Xu Rong bowed and said, "Grandmaster, you have to think twice about this matter. Although Hu Zhen was brave, he was impatient and reckless. If he was asked to station outside the city, an unexpected event might happen."

However, Pei Qing waved his hand and smiled: "General Xu is probably worried about this. I think General Hu is loyal to the country and puts the overall situation first in everything. This time I will definitely act cautiously."

Hu Zhen also said solemnly: "Please rest assured that the Grand Governor is the only one who guarantees the title of the chief. This time, I will be cautious and careful. If something goes wrong, I will only ask."

"Okay! All we want is the courage to burn our boats. Come and pour wine for General Hu. I want to toast General Hu in person!" Pei Qing stood up, praised Hu Zhen, poured wine for Hu Zhen himself, and handed it to him.

Hu Zhenduan drank the wine in one go, and then said proudly: "This glass of wine is so pleasant to drink. The Grand Commander, waiting for the good news from the last general."

After saying that, Hu Zhen got the order from Pei Qing and went out to recruit troops.

Seeing Hu Zhen leave, Zang Ba also bowed to Pei Qing and prepared to rectify the troops and go out to camp with Hu Zhen.

However, at this moment, Pei Qing said, "Hait for a moment, Xuan Gao, I have something to tell you."

"I wonder what the Grand Governor has to give?" Zang Ba was stunned when he heard this. Now the military situation is in urgent need of 100,000. He has already gained an advantage after leaving the city. I wonder why Pei Qing stopped him?

After Hu Zhen walked away, Pei Qing ordered his personal soldiers to guard the tent and did not allow anyone to come in. Then he said to the generals: "This time Hu Zhen volunteered, there must be a problem. I had been complaining about him because of his lateness, so I dared to predict that as long as Hu Zhen left the city, he would surrender to the Xiliang army. I would like to ask Xuan Gao to keep an eye on him. As long as he found out the abnormal movement, he immediately shot the arrow letter into the city. I would lead the troops out of the city immediately and use Hu Zhen to launch a surprise attack on the Xiliang army. Another battle is won. As long as we win this time, the morale of the Xiliang army will drop sharply and there will be no capital to compete with us. Therefore, the key to all this, the success or failure of the Han Dynasty is entrusted to the announcement."

After saying that, Pei Qing also saluted Zang Ba solemnly to show his solemnity.

Seeing this, Zang Ba was so panicked that he hurriedly returned the court: "What is the Grand Commander doing? It is also the duty of the Last General to be a minister. Please rest assured that the Last General will definitely live up to his entrusted responsibility."
Chapter completed!