The book is picked up again.

Three days after the princes' coalition left Luoyang.

Li Zhizhi was handling official business in the study, and he heard Yang Ying from the façade report: "Qi Yu lord, his subordinates have important things to report." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhiyan stretched his waist, put the brush in his hand aside, and said lazily: "Come in." ”

"Squeak......

Hearing this, Yang Ying pushed the door and entered, saluted Li Zhi and said, "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates have received news that yesterday's princes' coalition army was ambushed by Dong Zhuo on the way to Luoyang!" ”

"What?!" After Li Zhi heard the news, he asked with a surprised face: "Brother Meng De is a soldier and is quite cautious in governing the army, and they are marching during the day, why are they ambushed?" Do you have more information? ”

Yang Ying nodded after hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, and said, "The reason why the princes' alliance army was ambushed is because they didn't expect the enemy to hide underground!" ”

"Underground?!" After Li Zhi heard this, he was very shocked in his heart.

You must know that if you want to ambush Cao Cao's army of more than 100,000 people, you need at least 350,000 people!

And there are not many places that can hide 350,000 people!

Besides, it's underground, so it's going to have to dig a very big hole.

Moreover, it is necessary to make some cover up on the pit, which alone is a very big project.

And when digging a pit, in order not to be noticed, you can only choose to work at night.

For such a large project, even if tens of thousands of people work at the same time, it will take at least three or four days!

In other words, before Dong Zhuo withdrew from Luoyang, he had already guessed that Li Zhi would let the princes' coalition army pass, and ambushed the army, waiting for the princes' coalition army!

After thinking of this, Li Zhi touched his chin and muttered: "This ploy is not like Dong Zhuo's handiwork, but like Li Ru's method!"

In this way, Li Ru and Dong Zhuo reconciled?

It's impossible! The original plan of discord made the two of them almost break up directly! How can we reconcile in such a short time?!

There must be something going on that I don't know about! ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhiluo paused and instructed Yang Ying: "Boxiong, you go and send Mr. Wenhe over." ”

"Huh" Yang Ying replied, and then hurried away.

After a while, Jia Xu pushed the door unhurriedly and entered, and after saluting Li Zhi, he asked, "My subordinates have seen the lord, but I don't know why the lord is looking for his subordinates?" ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he was not polite, and asked directly: "Do you know about the reunion of Dong Zhuo and Li Ru?" ”

After hearing Li Zhi's question, Jia Xu nodded and said, "My subordinates do know." ”

When Li Zhi heard this, his brows furrowed, and he asked with a displeased face: "Why didn't you tell Ben Hou such important news?!" ”

When Li Zhi said this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

With such important information, Jia Xu actually knew about it and didn't report it, this is dereliction of duty!

"......" Jia Xu glanced at Li Zhi a little speechlessly, and then said helplessly: "Lord, yesterday afternoon, when your subordinates came to report, didn't you say that you had something important to do, and let your subordinates put the information on your desk?"

How? Lord, didn't you see that information? ”

"Uh......" Li Zhi's face was full of embarrassment after hearing Jia Xu's words.

Yesterday afternoon, he was really impatient with his official business.

Therefore, when Jia Xu was looking for him, he casually found a reason to deal with Jia Xu.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu looked for him yesterday and had such an important thing to report.

Knowing that he had misunderstood and that his fault was his own, Li Zhi did not hide it, and apologized directly to Jia Xu: "This matter is the fault of Benhou, please forgive Mr. Wenhe!" ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi stood up and bowed slightly to Jia Xu.

Seeing this, Jia Xu nodded slightly, his eyes were full of appreciation, and said, "The lord doesn't have to be like this, please get up." ”

The reason why he sincerely followed Li Zhi was largely because of Li Zhi's character of changing when he knew his mistakes.

Li Zhi never hides his mistakes because of embarrassment and shame, and after knowing his mistakes, no matter what the occasion, he will immediately apologize.

It is precisely because of Li Zhi's character that the scribes and generals under his command are all very open, as long as they take advantage of it, they dare to spray against Li Zhi!

Fortunately, Li Zhi is facing Jia Xu today, and Jia Xu is not willing to be too outstanding, so he will explain to Li Zhi with a calm face after being wronged by Li Zhi.

If it were someone else, after being misunderstood, they would dare to point at Li Zhi's scalp and spray him half to death.

This is also the atmosphere deliberately created by Li Zhi.

Because only in this way will the generals under his command not be too nervous when facing him.

Li Zhi didn't want to be the king and hegemon, and there was no need to maintain his majesty.

Therefore, he wants to run his subordinates into a family, so that all his subordinates have a sense of belonging.

After Li Zhi apologized to Jia Xu, he immediately stood up and flipped through his desk.

After rummaging through it for a long time, he finally found a confidential document.

Then, Li Zhi opened the file and read it carefully.

After a long time, Li Zhi let out a long sigh and said: "Things in the world are really wonderful, and the world is rumored:"Tiger Father and Dog Son"!

Unexpectedly, today Ben Hou actually saw the dog father and tiger daughter! ”

"That's right!" After hearing Li Zhi's evaluation, Jia Xu also nodded with approval on his face, and said, "Dong Zhuo's daughter is indeed a rare strange woman in the world!"

After knowing that her husband and Dong Zhuo were not on good terms, she actually came to Dong Zhuo's mansion directly with her child, and took her and her children as hostages, so that Dong Zhuo believed in Li Ruzhi's loyalty!

This is really admirable! ”

"Hehe......" After Li Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "I don't know if Dong Zhuo should be happy that he gave birth to a daughter who is not allowed to be a woman, or should he lament that the girl is really outward?" ”

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Jia Xu shook his head with a smile and said, "You can't say that!"

The reason why Dong Zhuo's daughter did this was also for the sake of Dong Zhuo's foundation to a large extent.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why Dong Zhuo has his current achievements is largely because of Li Ru!

If it weren't for Li Ru's advice, Dong Zhuo would be just a county guard of Xiliang now, how could he set off such a big wave! ”

"That's right!" After Li Zhi heard Jia Xu's words, he nodded approvingly and said, "If it weren't for Li Ru, Dong Zhuo really wouldn't be able to do it." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhiyi slapped his forehead and laughed at himself: "I patronized and chatted, and I completely forgot about business!" ”

After speaking, he turned his gaze to Yang Ying and asked, "Boxiong, did Brother Meng De repel the ambush army after being ambushed?" ”

After hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, Yang Ying nodded and said, "As the lord said, after being ambushed by Dong Zhuo, although the princes' coalition army suffered a big loss for a while, when the princes' coalition army reacted, they immediately repelled all those ambushes. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he frowned and asked, "Is the loss of the princes' alliance great?" ”

If the losses of the princes' alliance are too great, then Li Zhi will consider replenishing the army of the princes' alliance.

Because he needs the alliance of princes to hit Dong Zhuo hard!

After Yang Ying heard Li Zhi's words, he nodded and said, "The loss is indeed very large!"

The original alliance of 1560,000 princes, after this ambush, only 1120,000 remained.

Of those 120,000 people, 10,000 or 20,000 were wounded.

In other words, there are only 100,000 people left!

And in front of them there is an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Tongguan, on which seventy or eighty thousand troops have gathered.

The alliance of princes wants to rely on these 100,000 people to break through Tongguan, and it is as difficult as climbing to the sky! ”

After Li Zhi heard Yang Ying's words, his brows furrowed tightly.

He wanted Cao Cao to hit Dong Zhuo hard, but now that Cao Cao may not even be able to break through Tongguan, how can he attack Chang'an?

Moreover, even if Cao Cao can barely break through Tongguan, what can he do?

When the time comes, Cao Cao will definitely suffer heavy losses, and with his remaining tens of thousands of people, no further attack will have any effect!

The current Dong Zhuo will not flee after losing the Tiger Prison Pass like he did when he was in Luoyang.

Now Dong Zhuo has no way to retreat!

After he loses Tongguan, he will definitely recruit troops like crazy, and then defend Chang'an!

At that time, Cao Cao is likely to have a stalemate with Dong Zhuo!

And once they are deadlocked, then Cao Cao will definitely ask Li Zhi for food and grass.

If Li Zhi didn't give it, it would not only disgust Cao Cao, but also get a "disloyal" name!

And if once given......

You know, war is originally a giant beast that devours grain and grass, no matter how much grain and grass you have, he can eat it!

Therefore, once Cao Cao and Waiting for a stalemate starts, it is likely that there will be a stalemate for a year or two!

When the time comes, dragging can also drag Li Zhi down!

Although Li Zhi has a lot of grain and grass, the grain and grass he prepared are all for use when opening up the wisdom of the people, and he doesn't want to waste these grains and grass here.

Therefore, he now has to help Cao Cao break through Tongguan at the lowest cost!

After thinking about it, Li Zhi asked Jia Xu, "Mr. Wenhe, do you have a way for Cao Cao to break through Tongguan in a short time?" ”

Jia Xu seemed to have known that Li Zhi was going to ask this question.

After hearing Li Zhi's words, he immediately replied, "Didn't the lord have already prepared a way to break through Tongguan?" ”

"Ready for a long time?" After Li Zhi heard Jia Xu's words, he asked with a puzzled face, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Jia Xu glanced at Li Zhi in surprise and said, "At the beginning, before the lord was assassinated, didn't he send Guo Jia to dig a tunnel at the Tongguan that was being built?" ”

"Uh......" After hearing Jia Xu's words, Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and asked, "How did you know about this?" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he replied with a puzzled face: "Lord, when Guo Jia took people to dig tunnels, the people he carried were all from the intelligence department.

And now, the subordinate has taken over the intelligence department, and of course he knows about it! ”

"Look at Ben Hou's brain!" Li Zhiyi slapped his head and laughed at himself: "It's been so long, Ben Hou has forgotten a little." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi's face turned straight, looked at Jia Xu and said, "The reason why Ben Hou asked Brother Xian to dig that tunnel in the first place was to be prepared.

And now Ben Hou doesn't want this tunnel to be exposed so early.

It must be known that once this tunnel is exposed, it is equivalent to being wasted!

I wonder if Mr. Wenhe has any other plans? ”

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Jia Xu glanced at him thoughtfully, twisted his beard under his chin and thought for a while, and said: "If Cao Cao's subordinates were beside him when he was just ambushed, then his subordinates would definitely suggest that he divide some soldiers and horses, change into the enemy's clothes, follow the enemy's rout, and retreat to Tongguan."

When the time comes, Cao Cao will be able to join forces with the soldiers and horses in Tongguan and break Tongguan in one fell swoop!

After all, it is unlikely that the enemy will be able to count the number of people when retreating, and there is a good chance that this strategy will succeed!

It's a pity that because of the suddenness of the incident, Cao Cao didn't think of this strategy, so he missed this opportunity! ”

After Li Zhidi heard Jia Xu's words, he rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Wenhe, don't mention the things that have passed!"

Ben Hou asked you about it, what is there to do now, so that the princes' alliance army can break through Tongguan without losing too much! ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he said unhurriedly: "In addition to this strategy, there is another trick for his subordinates. ”

"Oh?" After Li Zhi heard Jia Xu's words, his spirits perked up, and he said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

After Jia Xu glanced at Li Zhi, he said calmly: "First of all, slaughter some cattle and sheep on the horses, and then put them there to rot.

After the decay is almost done, use the stone thrower in the alliance of the princes to throw these rotten corpses into Tongguan.

Then, some rotting animal carcasses mixed with some poison are put into the surrounding water source.

After going back and forth like this more than a dozen times, there will definitely be a plague in Tongguan!

Even if the plague can't break out, it can poison the people in Tongguan!

Secondly, it is autumn, and autumn is windy, so look for some poisonous weeds that can emit poisonous smoke after ignition.

Then, ignite it at the upwind of Tongguan and let the poisonous smoke drift into Tongguan.

At that time, with the carrion corpses and poison in front, it will definitely make the soldiers in Tongguan suffer heavy losses!

After these are done, the alliance of princes can easily take Tongguan! ”

"......" After Li Zhi heard Jia Xu's words, he came down in a cold sweat!

After he glanced at Jia Xu, he secretly sighed in his heart: "He is worthy of being a famous poisoner in history, and his methods are powerful!" Isn't this a rudimentary version of biological weapons?

This plan is to drive out all the soldiers in Tongguan! ”

"Hehe......" After thinking about it, Li Zhigan laughed twice, and said cautiously: "Mr. Wenhe, is this strategy a little too ruthless?" ”

After Jia Xu heard Li Zhi's words, he glanced at him in surprise and said, "Ruthless? Nope!

The subordinates are learning how the lord dealt with the yellow turban.

Didn't the lord also use poison to poison the yellow scarf? ”

"Ahem......" After Li Zhi heard Jia Xu's words, his face turned red, he coughed twice in embarrassment, and said: "Don't mention the past again, don't mention it again......

Ben Hou has now changed his ways, and he doesn't want to do this kind of thing that hurts the principles of heaven anymore. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi was very uncomfortable with Jia Xu's rather strange gaze.

Therefore, he turned his gaze to the window, a little embarrassed to face Jia Xu.

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Jia Xu thought about it for a while and understood what Li Zhi meant.

Then, he asked Li Zhi, "The lord is afraid that after using this trick, his reputation will be damaged?" ”

Li Zhi, who was guessed by Jia Xu, sighed helplessly and said: "Mr. Wenhe, you also know Benhou's ambition, since Benhou has the ambition to educate the world, then Benhou's reputation can't be too ugly."

This campaign is different from the previous campaign against the Yellow Turbans.

No matter what the Yellow Turban says, he is also a traitor, no matter what means Ben Hou uses to kill them, the people of the world will not be too disgusted.

But Dong Zhuo's army is different, in essence, Dong Zhuo's army can be regarded as the army of the Han Dynasty.

Once Ben Hou does too much, he will inevitably be accused by many people!

Moreover, this strategy is too spicy and not conducive to Benhou's reputation.

So ......"

Speaking of this, Li Zhi shrugged his shoulders a little embarrassed.

Li Zhi also knew that his words were equivalent to being a watch and setting up a memorial arch.

But that's the case, if his reputation is too bad, it will be very bad for him to open up the wisdom of the people!

So, he had no choice but to abandon this plan, which seemed very tempting.

After Jia Xu heard Li Zhi's words, he said nonchalantly: "What's this!" As long as the world doesn't know that this plan is in the hands of the public, wouldn't it be good? ”

"Forehead......" After hearing Jia Xu's words, Li Zhi blinked and asked, "But, how can Ben Hou tell Brother Meng De about this strategy without exposing himself?" ”

After hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, Jia Xu glanced at him expressionlessly and said, "Didn't the lord plant a lot of people in the alliance of princes?"

Let these people report this strategy to Cao Cao!

When the time comes, wouldn't it be better for the person who reported to tell Cao Cao that he had come up with this strategy by accident? ”

"This ......" After Li Zhi heard this, his brows furrowed tightly.

After a while, he asked with a little hesitation: "The men and horses that Benhou has planted in the alliance of princes are all soldiers who can't read a few big characters.

Even a few of them are only literate.

They suddenly came up with this brilliant plan, will others believe it?

Brother Meng De is a masterpiece, how can he not see the strangeness in it?! ”

After hearing Li Zhi's worries, Jia Xu said confidently: "Even if he sees it, what can he do?!"

His subordinates have specially studied Cao Cao and found that he actually wants to be a hero, not a hero!

And heroes are always self-sacrificing!

Therefore, after he heard this strategy, he would immediately guess that someone was afraid that his reputation would be damaged, so he would let others hand over this strategy to him and let him carry it out.

And Cao Cao is because of his heroic intentions, he doesn't care where this strategy comes from, he will definitely give up his reputation because of righteousness! ”

After hearing Jia Xu's explanation, Li Zhi was silent for a long time, nodded, and said, "Since this is the case, then the matter will be handed over to Mr. Wenhe."

Ben Hou only has one requirement, that is, he must ensure that the alliance of princes can break through Tongguan in the shortest possible time! ”

"Whoa!" After hearing Li Zhi's words, Jia Xu solemnly bowed and responded to the matter!