With the heavy rain falling at night, standing on the city tower, watching most of the ferries in the distance were flooded by the surging river, and it was impossible to sail in a short time.

The air was filled with a damp atmosphere, and under the flickering lamp, Chen Mo sat in front of the table and vacated Tun Tian, the world in the dream is still different from reality after all, and it is not just a copy that can be used, in addition, Chen Mo is ready to do something to the white wave thief after he goes back, and he has secretly sent someone to investigate.

As for why he didn't ask Wei Qian directly, Chen Mo wasn't sure if the Wei family would tell the truth about this, after all, the White Wave Thieves had been entrenched in the White Wave Valley for a while, and there were still a lot of people, if the two sides had nothing to do with each other, Chen Mo wouldn't believe it.

Although for Chen Mo during this time, he is basically standing next to watch the play, but after this battle is over, he will be busy for a while, Tuntian, Baibo thief, if possible, he hopes to take Shangdang, Hanoi, and Taiyuan, Hedong and Hanoi are not counted as merging states, but the population of these two places may be more than the entire merger of states combined, if these four counties can be in their hands, they can look forward to Guanzhong next, if there is a change in Guanzhong, it is definitely good news for Chen Mo.

It is okay to gain a foothold in the land of the state, but if you want to have greater development, Guanzhong must be in your hands.

As for how to take it? For the time being, Chen Mo hasn't thought about it yet, before the situation is unclear, just have a general direction, and it's better to do what he should do now.

As for what the world will eventually become, in fact, Chen Mo has also thought that the majesty of the Han family is lost, and perhaps just like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he will gradually become the puppet of the princes and kings, and he will gradually become the princes and kings in this world.

Putting down the pen and drying the ink, Chen Mo looked at the rain curtain outside the window with some distraction, but in fact, he couldn't see anything, except for the continuous splashing of water on the windowsill, and then looked into the distance, what he saw was only pitch black.

Who knows that at the beginning, he actually had the idea of assisting the Han Dynasty, but now he is walking step by step, but unconsciously, he has become a prince, a small prince.

"Go and rest." Looking at Dian Wei who was facing the door and was out of the door, Chen Mo closed the bamboo slip, sealed it, and said to Dian Wei.

"The lord has finished his studies?" Dian Wei came back to his senses, looked at the bamboo slip in Chen Mo's hand and smiled.

"It's done, it looks like this rain will stop tomorrow, let people pay attention to the water level of the river, don't be swept away, that can't be saved if you want to." Chen Mo nodded and said to Dian Wei.

After a heavy rain, the river will definitely swell once, if it is by the river, it is also a very common thing that one is not careful, and it is also a very common thing to be swept away. During the Nanyin period, judging from the files, there were hundreds of people who were swept away on both sides of the river every year, not counting those who were not recorded.

Dian Wei agreed, went to sleep in the next room, and naturally had other guards to replace the night patrol.

There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, as Chen Mo said, the heavy rain had stopped, the river water had risen a lot more than yesterday, and it should rise some later, Chen Mo remembered that the section of Hongnong and Hedong was narrower, but the water was quite turbulent, if it was not dredged, there might even be floods downstream, and there should be some diversion on the Manchu side.

After the autumn rain, the weather was suddenly cold, Chen Mo ordered someone to go to Luoyang to ask for winter clothes, looking at the appearance of the coalition army, it is difficult to break through Chenggao in a short time, and he may spend the winter here.

The battle situation in the south is beneficial to Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu sent troops several times, and wanted to go straight to Luoyang, but was blocked back by Lu Bu, it is not easy to recapture Dagu Pass, but it is not easy for Yuan Shu to come out, and the battlefield of the two sides even hit the imperial tomb, but now, the imperial tomb has long been planed, so naturally there will be no worries.

This situation lasted for more than a month, until the end of October, when Chenggao's supplies began to run low, Xu Rong directly asked people to replace fire oil with cold water, and a few days later, there seemed to be a plague in the coalition army, and the siege had to be stopped.

"This cool water can also breed plagues?" Chen Mo didn't know much about this, so he specially invited a few medical craftsmen to ask.

"Naturally, this cold water will not breed plague." An old healer shook his head and said: "But in this kind of weather, if it is poured with cold water, it will cause the cold to enter the body, and it will suffer from the wind and cold, and it can be fatal, and there are many kinds of wind and cold, some of which will spread like a plague, which seems to be a plague, but in fact it is not that serious, but if it is ignored, it is not impossible to turn into a plague." ”

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the plague has continued in the world, and it has subsided a little in the past two years, but it is enough to cause headaches.

Chen Mo nodded when he heard this, if it was really a plague, then he couldn't stay here any longer, Chen Mo didn't want to be contaminated with the plague.

"Yu Sheng, send this letter to Xingyang." After sending away a few military doctors, Chen Mo summoned Yu Sheng and handed over the letter that had already been written to Yu Sheng.

Xu Rong's side brought water to the enemy, which also showed that there was a shortage of materials on Dong Zhuo's side, and there was no point in fighting this battle, and Meng Jin Chen Mo was ready to let it out.

"Whoa!" Yu Sheng agreed, took Chen Mo's letter and bowed to leave.

Not long after Yu Sheng left, he saw Dian Wei come in and said to Chen Mo: "Lord, Luoyang has sent a messenger over. ”

"Please." Chen Mo nodded, there is nothing unsightly on his side for the time being, and he is not afraid that someone will come to investigate.

Soon, a scribe came in, bowed to Chen Mo and said, "I've seen the general." ”

"Excuse me." Chen Mo waved his hand and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to the general, the Taishi has returned to Luoyang, and the general will be recruited to return to the court for discussion." The general bowed.

"Got it." Chen Mo nodded and said, "You go back first, and I'll come later." ”

"Whoa!"

The other party was not polite, turned around and left.

"Lord, what does Dong Zhuo mean by recruiting you at this time?" Dian Wei frowned and said, "Isn't someone informing?" ”

"Don't mess with yourself." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "It should be withdrawn to Guanzhong, the materials here are already insufficient, and they can't support it for too long." ”

Cheng Gao used water as a defense, if it wasn't for the supplies running out, how could it not make Cheng Gao so difficult.

"Take the guards and go to Chenggao with me, and the affairs here will be handled by Han Kai and Bai Bi for the time being." Chen Mo got up, and after giving an order to Dian Wei, he asked Han Kai and Bai Bi to be summoned, and after the two of them continued to garrison Mengjin, they took Dian Wei straight to Luoyang.

After a heavy rain, it made the dusty Luoyang in the past much refreshing, and some muddy bluestone roads were already covered with moss and some slippery.

When Chen Mo rushed to the Taishi Mansion, it was still those people, and when they saw Chen Mo coming, they nodded one after another, and Chen Mo also returned the salute one by one.

Chen Mo was not the last to arrive, after someone arrived one after another, Dong Zhuo coughed lightly and looked at everyone: "Since last year, the princes of Kwantung have been dissatisfied with the imperial court, and there have been rebellions everywhere, and it has been more than a year now, and now all the people of Heluo have moved to the land of Jingzhao, as you can see, Luoyang is already an empty city. ”

Chen listened silently, listen to this face-to-face conversation, don't take it seriously.

"However, at present, our army is tired, the army and the people are tired of war, and the old man wants to lead the army back to Guanzhong, what do you think?" Dong Zhuo looked at the ministers and asked.

"What Dong Gong said is good, but now that we want to retreat, I am afraid that the princes will also chase after them." Wang Yun shook his head and smiled: "According to the opinion of the lower officials, you should retreat slowly." ”

Dong Zhuo shook his head and said: "Now that the remaining grain and grass in the Luoyang area are no longer enough to fight again, rest assured, the old man has arranged the direction of retreat, and the hundred officials will go first, and it will be safe." ”

"This ......" Wang Yun wanted to wait, maybe it would be delayed for a few more days, and Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu would come in.

"Does the master have any objections?" Dong Zhuo glanced at Wang Yun and said.

"Not yet." Wang Yun sighed, Dong Zhuo seemed to have made up his mind, and it was useless to say anything.

On the side, Chen Mo suddenly said: "Taishi, if our army retreats, the coalition army will inevitably pursue, and the last general is willing to lead the army to break the rear." ”

"I have ordered Xu Rong and Lu Bu to hold the two passes for the time being, Hua Xiong will respond to Lu Bu from the side, since General Chen has this intention, you will lead the men and horses of the headquarters to assist Xu Rong to withdraw the army, if there are thieves to pursue, they will ambush along the way, if not, after the old man leads the hundred officials to Hangu Pass, he will order someone to summon you." Dong Zhuo looked at Chen Mo and nodded.

"The last general commands!" Chen Mo saluted.

"The general and join the old man as soon as possible, Jing Zhaoyin's position, the old man will keep it for the general." Dong Zhuo said with a smile.

"Thank you, Master!" Chen Mo bowed and saluted when he heard this.

"Princes, go and prepare, and set off tomorrow!" Dong Zhuo looked at the rest of the Baiguan Dao.

"Obey the words of the Grand Master." Although Wang Yun and the others were unwilling, now that the words had been said to this point, they could only do it.

"The last general will go and prepare first!" Chen Mo got up, saluted Dong Zhuo, and after getting Dong Zhuo's permission, he prepared to leave Luoyang and go to Mengjin to count the people.

"General Chen, wait a minute!" Not long after Chen Mo left the house, he saw a carriage catching up from the rear, and Chen Mo looked back and saw that it was Wang Yun's frame.

"What advice does Situ Gong have?" Chen Mo smiled and saluted Wang Yun.

"Don't dare to advise." Wang Yun looked around, got off the carriage, looked at Chen Mo seriously, and said: "General, now Dong Zhuo is already poor, at this time, if the general can lead the army to deceive Chenggao and welcome the army from outside the pass in, he will definitely be able to kill the national thief." ”

"Situ Gong......" Chen Mo sighed, looked at Wang Yun and said, "I told you before that you can't do big things, you can only play these little tricks." ”

"You ......" Wang Yun's face turned dark, looked at Chen Mo and said, "Although you can deceive Dong Zhuo, you can't deceive me." ”

"I didn't say that Situ Gong was stupid, it's just that ......" Chen Mo thought about it, gave up hitting the other party directly, and just sighed: "Even if it is as you said, I will deceive Cheng Gao, Situ Gong is credible, and no one will chase after him!" ”

Wang Yun looked at Chen Mo in amazement, but Chen Mo ignored him anymore and turned to leave, only a voice came from afar: "What Situ Gong thinks, everyone is thinking, and no one wants to be a gun for Situ Gong." ”

Wang Yun looked at Chen Mo's distant back, and the gloom on his face lingered for a long time......