When Zhang He came in from outside, Li Bai got off his seat and looked at the man beside Zhang He. He was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He stood there motionlessly. He looked about 20 years old, but his face looked very mature. Li Bai nodded to himself.
Li Bai turned to Zhang He and said,"Xu Yi, could this person be the Gongsun Du you mentioned?" Zhang He nodded.
Gongsun Du (150 - 204), also known as Shengji, was born in Xiangping, Liaodong (now Liaoyang, Liaodong). When he was young, he moved to Xuantu County with his father. At first, he was a small official of Xuantu, then promoted to Shangshulang, Jizhou governor, and later dismissed from office. In the sixth year of Zhongping (189 years), he was appointed as the prefect of Liaodong by Dong Zhuo on the recommendation of Xu Rong, a fellow countryman.
After Gongsun Du took office, he strictly enforced severe punishments and laws, attacked the powerful forces, made the government pass, and gradually became powerful.
In the first year of Chuping (190 years), Dong Zhuo rebelled in the Central Plains, and the warlords everywhere had no time to look east. Gongsun Du took the opportunity to establish himself as Liaodong Marquis and Pingzhou Animal Husbandry. Then he attacked Goguryeo in the east, Wuhuan in the west, Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and Donglai counties in the north of Jiaodong Peninsula across the sea to expand the territory. He also recruited talented people, set up schools, widely recruited refugees, prestige spread overseas, as if he was the king of Liaodong.
Because of Gongsun Du's determination and painstaking efforts, Liaodong gained temporary peace during the war of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, which promoted the development of local production technology and feudal culture.
Li Bai turned to look at Gongsun Du and said," Gongsun Du, Xu Yi has a whole new level of respect for you. He says that you are both good at literature and martial arts. Are you willing to work under me?"
Gongsun Du was overjoyed, he quickly knelt down and said to Li Bai,""I am willing to pay my respects to my lord."
Li Bai nodded and helped Gongsun Du up, saying,""Shengji ah, in the future, you will be a military commander under Suyi, are you willing?"
" I'm willing," Gongsun Du quickly said.
" Mm." Li Bai nodded at him and patted him on the shoulder without saying anything else. Gong Sun Du saw Li Bai nod at him and pat his shoulder, he was very excited.
Just as Li Bai was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly thought of something and said to Gongsun Du,""Shengji, do you know a person called Xu Rong? He seems to be from the same hometown as you, right?"
"Reporting to my lord, that Xu Rong is indeed from the same hometown as this general, and our relationship is very good."
" Then where is he now?" Li Bai asked.
"He's at my house right now, but he told me that he wants to go to Western Liang," Gongsun Du said respectfully to Li Bai.
When Li Bai heard that Xu Rong was leaving, he was extremely anxious. He quickly said to Gongsun Du,""Does Shengji have a way to convince him to join me?" Gongsun Du hesitated for a moment and said to Li Bai,"Li Bai, you're right.""My lord, I am willing to give it a try."
When Li Bai heard that Gong Sun Du didn't finish his sentence, he gave Gong Sun Du a look of admiration, making him feel a little lost.
"En, then you go. Forget it, I'll go with you."
After saying that, Li Bai walked forward. Seeing this, Zhang He quickly said to Li Bai,""Lord, who is Xu Rong? How can Lord go personally?"
Li Bai interrupted Zhang He and said," You are wrong. As long as it is a talent, I, Li Bai, am willing to do so. Even if I have to kneel to him, it is not impossible. Moreover, I am not a lady in a boudoir. If it is on the battlefield, such a talent can make my Liaodong men bleed less and die less. Do you understand?"”
Li Bai stopped and turned around to Zhang He. He left without any hesitation.
After hearing Li Bai's words, Zhang He's heart was stirred up. How could he not understand what Li Bai had just said? He looked at Li Bai's back with a face full of shame and muttered," My lord, Zhang He understands. He will go through fire and water for you, my lord. He will only rest if he dies." Then, he followed after him.
Beside Zhang He, Gongsun Du was also moved. He was also from Liaodong. It was a blessing for the people of Liaodong to have a prefect who cared for his people. Gongsun Du looked at Li Bai's back with determination and quickly followed.
They arrived at Gongsun Du's home after walking for about an incense stick's worth of time. Compared to the families in the Central Plains, his family was like heaven and earth, but in Liaodong, which was a bitter and cold place, it was considered good.
Led by Gongsun Du, Li Bai entered the courtyard. When they reached the living room, Gongsun Du said to Li Bai with even more respect,"" My lord, please wait a moment. I will call him over right away." Li Bai nodded. She sat in the living room with Zhang He and waited.
After a while, Gong Sun Du led a slightly short man with a dispirited face and walked over. He said to Li Bai: " My lord, this is Xu Rong." After saying that, he stood to the side.
While Li Bai was sizing up Xu Rong, Xu Rong was also sizing him up. The two of them looked at each other. Li Bai nodded at him, and he returned Li Bai's forced smile.
Xu Rong 192 years), Bo Xiao, Xuantu people (One said that he was from Xiangping, Liaodong. In the Biography of Gongsun Du, it was said that Gongsun Du was originally from Xiangping, Liaodong. He moved to Xuantu and was recommended by Xu Rong of the same county to serve as the prefect of Liaodong. He was originally a Zhonglang General and had recommended Gongsun Du, who was from the same county, to Dong Zhuo as the prefect of Liaodong.
They defeated Cao Cao's independent pursuit army at the Battle of Bianshui and Sun Jian's army at the Battle of Liangdong. After Dong Zhuo's death, he was ordered by Situ Wang Yun to fight against Li Wei and Guo Si. He died in the Battle of Xinfeng, fighting among the rebels.
Xu Rong had defeated Cao Cao, and not only did he defeat Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was at the end of his rope. Without Cao Hong's life-risking rescue, a formidable hero would have died here. Even if Cao Cao and Xu Rong had a huge difference in strength, it couldn't be worse than Guandu, right?
"Seeing that Cao Cao's troops were few and that he had fought hard for a long time, he thought that the wild jujube would not be easy to attack, so he led his troops back.”This sentence was enough to show that Xu Rong was a rational person who won without being arrogant.
At that time, Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, also led the troops of Yuzhou to attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo first sent generals Xu Rong and Li Meng to attack and plunder. Erzhu Rong met Fu Jian in Liang, fought with him, defeated Fu Jian, captured Li Tao, the prefect of Yingchuan, alive and cooked him alive. This time, Xu Rong defeated Sun Jian and cooked a prefect, which showed how vicious and decisive he was.
Sun Jian moved his troops to the east of Liang, where he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong, and collected the scattered soldiers and marched into the garrison of Yang. Dong Zhuo sent Hu Zhen, the prefect of Dongjun, to lead 5,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Dong Zhuo, with Lu Bu as the commander of the cavalry. Lu Zhen and Lu Bu did not get along, Fu Jian led his troops to attack, defeated Lu Bu, and killed Lu Bu's commander Hua Xiong.”
The arrogant Sun Jian had once again lost to his old rival, Xu Rong. Then, he used the scattered soldiers to defeat Lu Bu. This was the difference. The difference between Lu Bu and Xu Rong. Of course, Hu Zhen was to blame for Lu Bu's defeat.
But this was not the last time he would harm people. After hearing this, Gao Yun sent Dong Zhuo's former generals Hu Zhen and Xu Rong to attack them in Xinfeng. Erzhu Rong died in battle, and Chen Zhen led his troops to surrender. Hu Zhen harmed people for the second time. This time, he had harmed Xu Rong. Xu Rong fought alone after Hu Zhen surrendered. In the end, he died in battle. This shows Xu Rongzi's talent.
From the fact that Li Bai had personally come to see Xu Rong, it could be seen how important Xu Rong was to Li Bai. However, Xu Rong himself had only been mentioned in a few words in the long river of history, which showed how sad he was.
Li Bai stood up and was about to speak when Xu Rong suddenly did something that surprised everyone.
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