Lu Bu looked at Li Ru, his eyes full of doubts.

Li Ru opened his mouth and replied, "The person captured by Wenhou before the battle is Zhang Ji, and this person is the leader of the Kansai faction after Hua Xiong. ”

Lu Bu's eyes condensed slightly, and then he realized that what he had captured in the battle was actually a big fish.

Still, he had some doubts.

Li Ru then explained: "In addition, during the battle, General Xu Rong's subordinates also captured Li Dao. ”

"What!" Lu Bu's eyes widened and he looked at Xu Rong in disbelief, who nodded.

Although Lu Bu led his troops into the camp of Li Dao's army, he could not find any trace of Li Dao, although he ordered Zhao Yun and others to pay attention to whether there was any body of Li Dao when cleaning the battlefield.

But in fact, he also understood that under that situation, Li Dao might have fled a long time ago.

It turned out that when Lu Bu's army killed Li Daojun's camp, Xu Rong expected that Li Dao and others might leave their soldiers and escape alone, so he took the lead in ordering 2,000 personal soldiers to detour to the rear of Li Daojun's camp and ambush on the way back to Chang'an.

Sure enough, at the moment when the battle was at its most intense.

Li Wei escaped with a group of cronies, and was just caught by Xu Rong's guards.

Li Ru simply told the story.

Lu Bu looked at Xu Rong in surprise, then at Li Ru, and immediately grinned.

"Mr. Li really deserves to be the wise man of the world, so in your opinion, who should you see first?"

Li Ru smiled confidently and said, "Then it depends on what Wen Hou wants?" ”

"Oh? What does this mean? Lu Bu asked with interest.

"In the middle of the pass, you can see Li Dao. Take the world, and behead Li Dao. Li Ru said categorically.

Lu Bu's pupils shrank, and he looked at Li Ru: "Please also ask Mr. to solve your doubts." ”

"Li Dao and Guo Yan two thieves sit in Chang'an, and now although Li Dao is defeated, there are still many defenders in Chang'an City. Although the reconstruction of Chang'an City is not long, it can be regarded as impregnable, and if our army rushes to attack, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Yes, I also have this concern. This Chang'an City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, besides, in this world, it is too difficult to build such a century-old ancient capital, and I really don't want to destroy it. ”

Xu Rong and Li Ru looked at Lu Bu in surprise when they heard that Lu Bu's reason turned out to be this, but what they saw on Lu Bu's face was sincere and frank, without the slightest pretentiousness.

When Lu Bu saw the expressions of the two, he naturally understood what they were thinking.

In the current era, especially in this troubled era, the princes of all parties only value interests and territory, as for what Lu Bu said, most of them are some high-sounding words, and they have no practical significance.

But what Lu Bu said seemed to be a kind of code of conduct for him, which couldn't help but make the two of them suddenly have a strange feeling in their hearts.

"Alas-" Lu Bu sighed and slowly whispered: "The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road." Looking at the western capital, he hesitated. Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil. Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. ”

This Yuan song "Hillside Sheep, Tong Care for the Ancient" is one of the works of Zhang Yanghao in the Yuan Dynasty, whose people are honest and honest, and love the people like children. After living in seclusion, he decided not to set foot in public affairs again.

However, when he heard that he had been re-appointed as an official to provide relief to the victims, he resolutely went to his post despite his advanced age.

He scattered all his wealth and tried his best to help the disaster, and finally died because of overwork.

After his death, "the people in the prison mourn like their parents." ”

This song was composed by him on the way to answer the call, especially the last two sentences in the song, which expressed Zhang Yanghao's noble sentiment of cherishing the people and bearing in mind the suffering of the people, and it has become a swan song for the ages.

Although Lu Bu came by plagiarism, he has lived in this era for so many years, and he has plagiarized so many famous articles through the ages, and his face is not red and his heart is not beating at this time.

Seeing this, Li Ru and the others were convinced that this was created by Lu Bu, although this kind of poem, let's call it a poem, the genre is very novel, and they have never even seen it, but it sounds easy to understand and catchy.

Especially the last two sentences, the feeling given to the two can only be described by shock.

Xu Rong was the first to speak: "Wen Hou is righteous, Xu is sincerely convinced, there was a lot of disrespect in his previous words, and I ask Wen Hou to forgive me!" ”

Li Ru first had an excited look on his face, and then he quickly hid his excitement, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed him.

Li Ru took a deep breath and said, "Wen Hou, there is a plan for the next step. ”

"Will the plan be released?"

"Wen Hou Ke still remembers Li Su?" Li Ru suddenly asked.

"I have a lot of relationship with this person, so naturally I know him." Lu Bu nodded and added, "Presumably, Mr. Li has known about my relationship with him for a long time. ”

Li Ru smiled slightly: "Yes, this person can also be called a tiger general, but today, there are not many people who know his ability and background." General Xu and I are two of them. ”

Lu Bu's heart moved: "Could it be that he is in Chang'an at this time?" ”

Li Ru smiled and nodded: "Wen Hou is wise." ”

Lu Bu said to Li Ru with admiration: "Mr. Li is really a clever plan, and he has prepared this backhand early. ”

"Preparing for a rainy day is what my generation does." Li Ru paused, and then said, "General Li will make a move at the right time." It's easy to take down Chang'an. ”

Lu Bu asked suspiciously: "Then why didn't Mr. use this step before, if you take Chang'an, how can Li Dao and Guo Yan compete with you." ”

Li Ru and Xu Rong glanced at each other, with a wry smile on their faces.

It was Li Ru who opened his mouth and said: "Li Dao and Guo Yan are just chickens and dogs, but we didn't know the whereabouts of Gongzi at that time. ”

Lu Bu nodded and remained silent.

Li Ru continued: "At the suggestion, Wen Hou immediately beheaded Li Dao, at this time Chang'an City was all Li Dao's subordinates, and most of the subordinates he brought out of the city were Guo Yan's subordinates, this is the strategy set by the two in order to check and balance each other. At this time, it can be used by us, as soon as Li Dao dies, his subordinates will definitely fluctuate, and General Li Su can take advantage of the chaos to kill Guo Yan. ”

Lu Bu opened his mouth and continued: "At that time, Chang'an will be in chaos, and our army will be able to take Chang'an without blood." ”

Li Ru nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"What about Zhang Ji? Can this person take it? Lu Bu asked.

For Zhang Ji, Lu Bu does not attach great importance to him, and in history, this person does not have much reputation.

However, he has a good nephew, that is, Zhang Xiu, known as the 'Gun King of the North', once studied under Tong Yuan, and used the 'Hundred Birds and Phoenix Spear' in one hand to be superb.

In the original history, after Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu occupied Wancheng and surrendered to Cao Cao at the suggestion of Jia Xu, but Cao Cao occupied his aunt, that is, Zhang Ji's widow.

provoked Zhang Xiu to be furious and suddenly rebelled.

In the battle of Wancheng, Cao Cao lost Dian Wei, a tiger general, and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed together.

In the later period, he surrendered to Cao Cao again, made great achievements, and finally increased the number of food to 2,000, when the population decreased sharply, and there was not one in ten, but Zhang Xiu's food was able to reach the largest number, and his ability and merit can be seen.

With such an excellent general, Lu Bu was naturally unwilling to let go.

Li Ru smiled indifferently: "Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew is brave and unscrupulous, and Zhang Ji is even more greedy for life and afraid of death, greedy for money and lustful." If it weren't for his nephew Yongwu, he wouldn't be where he is now. ”

After a pause, Li Ru continued to speak: "I said just now that I killed Li Ji just to show this person, Zhang Ji must be afraid in his heart. After our army takes Chang'an again, there is no need for us to speak, Zhang Ji will definitely surrender automatically, and at that time, Wen Hou can gain another fierce general and 20,000 Xiliang iron cavalry. ”

"Hahaha, good! Mr.'s plan is very second, just what I want, so I will do it according to Mr.'s plan. Lu Bu stroked his palms and laughed after hearing this.

After the laughter stopped, Lu Bu immediately ordered: "Come on, directly behead Li Dao outside the camp, hang his body outside the gate, and send the head to Chang'an!" Just let Zhang Ji watch from the sidelines. ”

Lu Bu did not hesitate at all, and immediately arranged according to Li Ru's suggestion.

This quick decision and trust once again refreshed Li Ru's perception of Lu Bu, and in his opinion, there was no problem with his plan itself.

However, after all, his identity at this time has just been surrendered, and the relationship between the two sides was still hostile not long ago.

In such a situation, anyone who uses the two of them will be wary in their hearts, and it will even take a long time to slowly let their guard down.

However, Lu Bu did not do this, but once he decided, he had no doubts about him and used it boldly.

In Li Ru's opinion, if such a person is not a fool, then he must be a handsome man in ten thousand.

But Lu Bu naturally can't be a fool, so the only result is that he is really the dragon and phoenix among people.

Li Ru's state of mind today can be said to be mixed, he was unreservedly trusted under Dong Zhuo in the past, but at this time, he actually felt it again here in Lu Bu.

It's just that the relationship between the two is still so complicated, which makes Li Ru's mood extremely complicated.

And Xu Rong, who has been watching from the sidelines, also has a lot of emotion at this time, he and Li Ru are confidants, of course, they know Li Ru very well, so they can also understand his current mood, and even Xu Rong's own heart has not been calmed down for a long time.

The two returned to their tent with this mixed feeling.

Li Dao was originally a momentary figure in the later generations, but at this time, before he could make any big waves in the world, it became the result of his head falling to the ground.

After his death, Li Dao's body was sent to Chang'an in a brocade box according to Lu Bu's request, and the body was hung outside the gate of the camp.

Zhang Ji watched all this from beginning to end, and after reading it, Zhang Ji's whole person was confused, and he didn't think about tea and dinner all day.

Just like Li Ru said, although he is a general, but as he gets older and older, he is now very greedy for life and afraid of death.

This time, if it weren't for the fact that he knew the details of Xu Rong and the others in advance, he would never have personally led his troops to attack Xu Rong on the battlefield, and it was also because he saw that Xu Rong did not have many soldiers and horses around him, and his own side had an absolute advantage.

At this moment, he already had the idea of surrendering and begging for mercy in his heart, and as soon as this thought appeared, it spread like wildfire in an instant, and it could not be stopped.