Chapter 0296: Li Ru's countermeasures

Wancheng's Tang Mao is so good at planning his life, but where have he seen a large army besieging the city to borrow food?

Fortunately, Tang Mao still had some capable people under him, so Tang Mao immediately wrote a letter to invite the rear general Peng Yu to come, Tang Mao thought so and immediately asked Peng Yu for help.

Unexpectedly, when the letter was still on the way, Dong Zhuo's army had already surrounded Wancheng, and the "capable people" who followed Tang Mao's identity as a great Confucian, even if not "Confucian", were also "Little Confucians", where had they ever seen a war with real swords and guns?

After seeing the siege of the Dong army, all the people in Wancheng agreed that it was natural to borrow food from friendly troops, and immediately opened the city gate to send all the food needed by the Dong army.

Dong Jun came to besiege the city just to threaten, where did he dare to attack the city with real swords and guns? Therefore, the amount of grain Li Ru borrowed from Wancheng is very subtle, and he only borrowed one percent of the grain from Wancheng, which is a scale that seems to be a lot, but it is not much for Wancheng, so Li Ru expected that Wancheng would definitely give away the grain.

Facts have also proved that what Li Ru said is true, Dong Zhuo saw that such a huge amount of food was so easy to obtain, Dong Zhuo's greed seemed to have reawakened, and he actually asked Wancheng for food three times in a short period of time!

In other words, by the time Peng Yu's army arrived in Wancheng, Xuchang had already taken three percent of Wancheng's grain and grass without abandoning a single soldier.

Dong Zhuo became more and more greedy in Xuchang, and his domineering gradually grew, and what reassured Li Ru even more was that Dong Zhuo's eyes had returned to the same sharp as before, and his heroic spirit gradually returned to the same as before.

The only thing that makes Li Ru unhappy is that Dong Zhuo still seems to be extremely jealous of Peng Yu, but at any time but listening to Peng Yu's name, the dazed look in his eyes reappeared, Li Ru also had no choice but to comfort himself in his heart, maybe over time, Dong Gong will recover completely, and he must be able to compete with Peng Yu again.

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After Peng Yu and his entourage arrived in Wancheng, they saw that the future father-in-law was unscathed, and they were also relieved, as long as Tang Mao's life was safe, everything else would be easy to do.

When Peng Yu learned that Dong Zhuo led the siege of Wancheng to borrow grain, but he didn't do anything to Tang Mao, he couldn't help but doubt his guess that Dong Zhuo was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on his relatives.

But no matter whether it is a real shortage of food or a fake lack of food, Dong Zhuo dared to lead the army to besiege his future father-in-law, this is Peng Yu's reverse scale!

When Peng Yu arrived in Wancheng, the civil officials in Wancheng were even discussing where to borrow grain from the next time Dong Jun came to borrow grain, and some civil officials even suggested that Tang Mao borrow grain from Peng Yu.

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"What a bunch of rotten people!" Peng Yu walked out of Wancheng, shook his head and scolded angrily.

I have to say that all the people Peng Yu saw in Wancheng were serene, much better than what he had seen before, presumably under the governance of a group of civil servants, the people could be regarded as living and working in peace.

It's just that it's still in troubled times, and it's really inappropriate to let a Confucian like Yuezhang govern a city, even being besieged by Dong Zhuo, these people really think that Dong Zhuo is short of food.

Peng Yu looked at Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei, who were still waiting outside the city, and snorted.

"Pass my general order and go out immediately."

Peng Yu's army stayed in Wancheng for less than a day, and then immediately left for Xuchang.

Dong Zhuo in Xuchang City was panicked when he learned that Peng Yu was coming, but he forced the four gates to be closed, but he did not have the slightest strategy to retreat, and Li Ru really didn't expect that the borrowing of grain would alarm Peng Yu to come in person, and this matter would be a bit bigger.

Li Ru had already calmed down a lot after the initial panic, and even suggested that Dong Zhuo lead the army to an ambush in the middle of the road, who knew that Dong Zhuo seemed to be frightened when he heard Peng Yu's wind, where did he dare to go out of the city half a step, Li Ru was just a civilian official after all, the boss had no intention of fighting, and Li Ru had no choice.

What Dong Zhuo didn't know was that if he really followed Li Ru's strategy and ambushed him halfway, it was really possible to defeat Peng Yu in one fell swoop, because Peng Yu's march was quite urgent and arrogant, and he didn't even send scouts, but just rushed to Xuchang in one go, so the opportunity to defeat Peng Yu was missed.

Peng Yu decided that Dong Zhuo did not dare to ambush him, and the facts were as Peng Yu expected, but Dong Zhuo did not dare, but someone dared, Peng Yu was still ambushed by a person, who this person is, I will not show it for the time being.

Fortunately, according to Li Ru's view, although Xuchang is a small city, it has enough soldiers and food, and it is okay to defend the city for half a year.

But once Peng Yu's army came to besiege the city, it would be like a fish in the throat for Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo knew that Peng Yu was powerful, whether he could hold it, Dong Zhuo was not as confident as Li Ru.

Li Ru has been persuading Dong Zhuo to hold on to the city for several days, threatening to kill those who open the city gate privately, and even issued a military order, as long as he holds on for one month, Peng Yu's army retreats......

Li Ru's plan was very good, but unfortunately things changed too quickly, and when Peng Yu's army had not yet arrived in Xuchang, Li Ru had to open the city gate by himself and go out of the city in person.

It turned out that Li Ru had no other way to let Peng Yu withdraw from the army, but Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min came up with a solution, and I have to say that this method is probably very effective.

At the time of crisis, it was a good thing to have others to offer advice, but Li Ru was shocked when he learned about it, and even fidgeted more than Dong Zhuo in Xuchang City, and even couldn't swallow it.

Dong Min's method is very simple, Peng Yujun came to Xuchang is nothing more than to come for Wancheng, in this case, whose idea is responsible for the righteousness, when Peng Yujun comes to Xuchang, only need to sacrifice this person's head, return the grain and grass, Peng Yujun will retreat one day!

It takes a month for Li Ru to retire from the army, and it only takes one day for Dong Min to retire from the army, Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Dong Min is Dong Zhuo's younger brother, and the two of them speak very much in front of Dong Zhuo.

But now that Dong Zhuo heard that Peng Yu was coming, he was already in a state of confusion, and he just wanted to withdraw from the army, where could he care about other things?

Of course, the initiator of this matter is Li Ru, but fortunately, Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, and he has always been valued by Dong Zhuo, so in this case, Dong Zhuo was a little hesitant.

Dong Zhuo's hesitation, Li Ruke will be difficult to parry, after all, Peng Yu's army is still on the way, once Peng Yu besieges the city, how Dong Zhuo will choose, Li Ru does not dare to guarantee.

In this way, how dare Li Ru wait for Peng Yu to come to besiege the city in Xuchang, Li Ru couldn't eat in Xuchang, couldn't sleep and meditated, and Li Ru really came up with a way to retreat from the army.

This method is simpler, he personally rode alone to Wancheng to persuade Tang Mao, so that Tang Mao firmly believed that Xuchang was borrowing grain, not forcible occupation, as long as he reached an agreement with Tang Mao and agreed on a time to return it, then the matter would be logical, from forcible occupation to real borrowed grain.

Li Ru not only went to Wancheng in person, but also informed Huangfu Song in Xicheng, Liu Bei in Xinye, and Liu Biao in Xiangyang, after all, these roads belong to the neighborhood, as long as these people are willing to come forward, presumably Peng Yu will never kill.

Anyway, Li Ru understands that no matter what the situation is, he must not stay in Xuchang, otherwise the day Peng Yu besieges the city will be the time when he dies, in this case, not long after Peng Yu's army set off from Wancheng, a gap was opened in the city gate of Xuchang, and Li Ru shook his head and went to Wancheng helplessly to plead with Tang Mao.