Now that it is June, after Ma Chao received Liu Hong's holy decree, it has been some time since he recruited and trained troops in Wancheng.

And Liu Hong, who is in the Luoyang Palace, is in a particularly good mood now. Not for anything else, just because there have been frequent good news recently, and there is no bad news. Anyway, either the battle was won, or the city was recovered, and the extermination of the traitors was just around the corner. He couldn't help but think in his heart, I'll just say, how can the elite of my big man not even be able to deal with a group of traitors who can't get enough to eat! You see, now that the traitors are retreating, these moth thieves are about to be exterminated!

"Ha Luha, good, very good! Father, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi have done a good job, you see, now the extermination of traitors is just around the corner! ”

Liu Hong was indeed in high spirits, and after reading the specific battle report sent by Huangfu Song and them from the front line, he said this to Zhang Rang next to him. Now he can describe it in one word, that is, cool. Before, when the Yellow Turban first started to rebel, Liu Hong heard the news that it was not which city was broken, or which Taishou or official was killed, but now it can be regarded as the other way around, and he finally raised his eyebrows, so can he not be excited.

Zhang Rang has been by Liu Hong's side for many years, so he naturally understands Liu Hong's thoughts better, and he can also understand, "The victory of our army depends on the blessing of the Son of Heaven under His Majesty, and bless the soldiers on the front line to exterminate the Yellow Turban traitors!" Judging from the current situation, it is not far from the day when our army will completely exterminate the traitors! ”

After Zhang Rang listened to Liu Hong's words, he hurriedly sent a horse and gave Liu Hong a little fluttering. He said in his heart, of course, I am in the midst of strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, and I have always been in command of the overall situation and sitting in the palace.

However, although he had this idea, Liu Hong didn't show anything, only to see him smile, wave his hand and say: "Father praised me, in fact, I can have such a record today, thanks to the soldiers in front of me who fought bloodily, so we have today!" ”

Looking at Liu Hong's expression and tone of voice, if you don't know the situation, you really believe what he said, thinking that he thinks so, but in fact, that's what happened.

Zhang Rang just smiled slightly when he heard this, and he didn't say anything more. Maybe people who don't know the situation will believe Liu Hong's words very much, but these can't be hidden from him Zhang Rang, because Zhang Rang is too familiar with Liu Hong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a roundworm in his stomach.

"Seeing the soldiers of the Han Dynasty on the battlefield today, I am very relieved, I have decided, I will send angels to the front line to reward the soldiers on the same day, and by the way, I will inspect the military situation on my behalf!"

"Your Majesty's Shengming, the soldiers ahead will be grateful for Your Majesty's Long's grace!"

What Zhang Rang said is right, don't look at Liu Hong's impossibility of going to the front line in person, but as long as the people representing him arrive and deliver the things, the soldiers on the front line will be grateful for the emperor's grace. Because the ancients' idea of the supremacy of imperial power is already deep-rooted, it can also make them feel that Liu Hong has not forgotten them. Of course, if Liu Hong can go to the front line in person, the effect will be even better, I believe that morale can soar at once, not to mention that everyone is desperate to serve, it is definitely not much worse.

Liu Hong was also quite satisfied with his thoughts, and nodded secretly, "Come on, the intention is ......."

Not long after Liu Hong's edict was issued, in a mansion in Luoyang City, "Mr. Yu, news has just come from the palace, Your Majesty has already issued an order, and he is ready to send people to the front line to work on the same day!" ”

"Okay, Zhilu Dao, you go down. Remember to ask all the useful ones at all costs! ”

The person who was called Mr. said, judging that this person is a middle-aged scribe about ten or thirty years old, if you look at it from the outside, although the appearance is a little unworthy of the public, but it is definitely not to be underestimated. At this time, I saw this person squinting his small eyes, looking cunning, and he didn't know what he was thinking there.

"No!"

When the subordinates heard this, they hurriedly retired and left, and went to find out the news.

If someone who knew the middle-aged scribe saw this scene, he would definitely be surprised that this person would actually appear in Luoyang at this time. Because this person is a strategist under Dong Zhuo's account in the east of the Han River, and he is also his son-in-law, Li Ru and Li Wenyou. As for why Li Ru arrived in Luoyang, there is naturally a reason for this, and the words have to start from half a month ago.

Half a month ago, in the Hedong Taishou Mansion, at this time, there were only two people in Hedong Taishou Dong Zhuo and his son-in-law Li Ru, only to hear Li Ru say to Dong Zhuo: "Lord, now the time is ripe, the time has come!" ”

Dong Zhuo raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he said: "Wen You, how many times have you said it, when there are no outsiders, you and I don't have to be called like that!" ”

Li Ru smiled and said, "No! This matter is indeed forgotten by the son-in-law, don't blame the son-in-law! ”

"I don't know what Wen You said just now that the time is ripe to make a move, so what should I do now?"

Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru and said, Dong Zhuo is better at this, that is, when he doesn't understand or doesn't understand very well or doesn't have any ideas, he never doesn't know how to pretend to understand, and he won't pretend to do anything. Dong Zhuo doesn't care much about face, but only cares about how much benefit he can get, and he is a very realistic person.

Li Ru looked confident, "Back to my father-in-law, my son-in-law has said before that this Yellow Turban Rebellion is the time when our army is rising, and the time is not yet ripe before, but today it's time for us to take action!" ”

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up, "How do you say this?" ”

"Uncle Yue should know that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, in addition to the local self-recruitment and garrison, the emperor also sent several troops to quell the rebellion."

Dong Zhuo nodded, "Yes, Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and Ma Chao after that!" ”

"The opportunity for our army is in it, as long as Lord Yuezhang can be the commander of one of the armies, then our army will naturally ......," Li Ru said confidently.

"Oh? Son-in-law, come on! Dong Zhuo seemed to see his great future and hurriedly said.

"No! After many days of analysis of some situations on the front line, the son-in-law thought that Ma Mengqi's army was ordered by the emperor to temporarily rest in Wancheng, and now there is no action, so the land of Jingzhou will naturally not be an opportunity for our army. ”

Dong Zhuo continued to nod after hearing this, "Yes, it seems useless for our army to go, the virtuous son-in-law continues!" ”

"As for the Yuzhou battlefield of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, although there are many battles, it is also not an opportunity for our army. Because the son-in-law can't let Lord Yuezhang replace the two, so the army has no way to start! ”

Speaking of this, Li Ru was a little helpless, this Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were indeed not easy to deal with, in his eyes, Lu Zhi's side had a much greater chance than them.

"In that case, could it be that Lu Zhi Lu Zigan?" However, Dong Zhuo shook his head again, "I heard that this Lu Zigan is fighting against Zhang Jiao's main force in Jizhou, and it has always been a good news, and the virtuous son-in-law thinks the emperor can replace him?" ”

Li Ru shook his head and said, "It's man-made!" Dare to ask Uncle Yue, who is the most trusted person by the emperor today? ”

Dong Zhuo didn't think much about it, and replied when he opened his mouth, "Naturally, it is the Ten Standing Attendants!" ”

To say that Dong Zhuo still sees this more thoroughly, he naturally knows that Liu Hong's most trusted thing is Zhang to let them and his eunuchs, so Dong Zhuo has always been very generous to the ten permanent servants, and he has a very good relationship with Zhang Rang. And not only Zhang let them, but also have a good relationship with He Jin, it can be said that Dong Zhuo is a person who is left and right on these two parties, and he has won the trust of both parties. I have to admit that no one has done better than Dong Zhuo in this regard, this is his ability.

"Then what does Master Yuezhang think Lu Zi did to do this?"

Dong Zhuo didn't expect Li Ru to ask him such a question again, although he didn't have much friendship with Lu Zhi, he still knew a little about Lu Zhi.

I only heard Dong Zhuo say very seriously: "That Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan, who studied under the master of scripture Ma Rong, are the best in the world in terms of knowledge and ability!" And this person is upright and not afraid of the powerful, but he is an upright person! ”

Li Ru laughed when he heard this, "Yes, what Lord Yuezhang said is good, Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan are such a person, and he can be said to have a very bad relationship with the Ten Standing Servants!" ”

This Dong Zhuo also said, "Yes, yes, this is true, but what does this have to do with us?" ”

"The opportunity that the son-in-law said is actually here! Now that the son-in-law thinks that the time has come, he also asks the father-in-law to let the son-in-law go to Beijing to inquire about the news, so that the father-in-law can get his wish! ”

Then Li Ru came to Dong Zhuo and whispered something in his ear, Dong Zhuo nodded in agreement as he listened.

"Hahaha, what the virtuous son-in-law said is very good, I think it's just like this, the virtuous son-in-law hurry up and enter Beijing, so as to wait for the opportunity!"

After Dong Zhuo heard what Li Ru said, he laughed heartily, if what Li Ru thought became a reality, then he could replace Lu Zhi to fight against Zhang Jiao's main force, at that time, the great achievement of exterminating the traitors was his own, and what Lu Zhi did before was just to make a wedding dress for himself.

In fact, Li Ru said to Dong Zhuo, "Master Yue, we have to be the boss, we don't have to do anything else, but if we want to do it, we must be the commander of Lu Zhi's army." As I said before, Ma Chao's side doesn't have to think about it, as for Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's side, there is nothing, but only Lu Zhi's way, we are bound to win this. Because what he is fighting against is Zhang Jiao's main force, who is Zhang Jiao, he is the leader of Taiping Dao, the Tiangong general in the Yellow Turban Army, and the henchman who makes the emperor have a headache and can't sleep.

Therefore, as long as our army destroys their main force and obtains the head of Zhang Jiao, then Lord Yuezhang will be the first hero to exterminate the Yellow Turban traitors this time, and in this way, it will be even more beneficial to our great cause! And how to let Lord Yuezhang replace Lu Zhi as the coach, this little son-in-law has a plan in his heart, and this matter can only be realized in the body of the angel. So as long as the emperor sends someone to Lu Zhi's army, then no matter what happened before, this time in Beijing, the son-in-law will let his father-in-law get his wish! ”

In this way, Dong Zhuo gave Li Ru a lot of property to use as activity funds, and asked him to go to Luoyang to inquire about the news in order to implement the next plan. Dong Zhuo has never been stingy with property. And after Li Ru was ordered to come to Luoyang, when he arrived at the mansion that Dong Zhuo had bought in Luoyang, he sent someone to the palace to find an insider and find out the news, which led to the previous scene. Dong Zhuo has been in business for so long, he naturally has a lot of insiders in Luoyang, and this aspect of intelligence is under the management of Li Ru, so he is naturally very efficient.

Okay, great, the opportunity has finally come, God help me, I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon, you must seize it, Li Ru thought in his heart.