The book is picked up again.

"Whew......"

"Peng!!"

"Lord!!" After the boulder hit the ground, Dong Zhuo's subordinates all shouted anxiously.

Because Dong Zhuo had disappeared at this time, they eagerly came to Dong Zhuo's side and desperately picked up the gravel on the ground.

However, after picking up for a long time, they didn't find Dong Zhuo!

Just when everyone was depressed, a faint voice came from the side: "The true appearance is here." ”

Xu Rong's ears were relatively good, and he heard this faint voice first.

So, he hurriedly turned his gaze to where the voice was coming from.

Seeing this, Xu Rong almost didn't laugh out loud, because Dong Zhuo was being covered by a pile of broken wooden boards at this moment, and only one leg was exposed and waving outside, which looked very funny.

However, Xu Rong didn't dare to laugh, so he hurriedly hid his smile and said to Li Ru on the side: "Military advisor, the lord is there!" ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Rong was afraid that Li Ru would see his strangeness, so he immediately ran towards Dong Zhuo, who was covered.

After running to Dong Zhuo's side, Xu Rong immediately threw all the broken wooden planks aside.

"Whew...!" After Dong Zhuo was picked out, he let out a long breath and said, "It's suffocating!" ”

The reason why Dong Zhuo was here was because he saw a big stone flying towards him, so he jumped to the side.

At that time, everyone else's eyes were attracted by the big stone, so they didn't see Dong Zhuo's movements.

But Dong Zhuo was more unlucky, after he jumped to the side, the city tower on one side was smashed by a big stone.

Dong Zhuo, who jumped to the side of the city tower, was also buried by the broken wooden planks that fell.

At this time, Li Ru also rushed over, he helped Dong Zhuo up, and asked cautiously, "Is the lord okay?" ”

"Bah, bah, ......" Dong Zhuo touched his ribs and left arm after spitting out the smoke and dust in his mouth, and said with a painful face: "The left arm and ribs of the original appearance may be broken." ”

Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo suddenly thought that it was very dangerous here!

Therefore, his face changed, and he hurriedly ran towards the city, saying as he ran: "Now is not the time to talk about this, I will go down first." ”

After finishing speaking, Dong Zhuo limped and trotted up.

The reason why Dong Zhuo is like this is because a wooden bar was also inserted in his leg, and a lot of blood flowed out, but he didn't care about this.

At this time, he didn't care about face and morale, he just wanted to run down the wall as quickly as possible, so as not to suffer this damnation attack again.

Seeing this, Li Ru and Xu Rong looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and then made a choice.

The two of them also knew that even if they were on the walls, it would not help.

Because, this attack of the enemy is too shocking for anyone to defend against!

No matter how high Xu Rong's ability is, he can't prevent these big stones falling from the sky!

Therefore, he beckoned to the herald on the side and ordered: "Order the army, all retreat!" ”

With that, he ran down the wall.

Seeing this, the herald did not hesitate, and said loudly to the surviving soldiers on the city wall: "The general has an order, all the city walls are removed!" ”

After giving the order, the herald ran down the wall, he was also afraid of the big rocks!

After Dong Zhuo withdrew the city wall and returned to his mansion, he sat on the main seat and sighed.

At this time, the few doctors who were bandaging him did not dare to breathe.

Because they all know Dong Zhuo and know that Dong Zhuo is very brutal.

Dong Zhuo was obviously in a very bad mood at this time, and they didn't want to provoke Dong Zhuo at this moment.

At this moment, Xu Rong and Li Ru hurriedly walked in.

After the two of them came in, Dong Zhuo pushed the doctor on the side and asked loudly at Xu Rong, "How is the army?" How is the morale of the military? How many days can I hold on? ”

After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Xu Rong smiled bitterly and said, "Please forgive the prime minister, before the subordinates went down to the city wall, they ordered the soldiers to retreat completely, and now they are afraid that they have withdrawn to the city."

However, when he was withdrawn, his subordinates had the gate of the Tiger Prison reinforced.

In addition, his subordinates also asked the soldiers to dig a lot of traps on the inside of the city wall.

Even if the enemy climbs the city wall, it will not be possible to attack the city for a while, so we are safe for the time being.

However, if there is no countermeasure, the enemy will hit here sooner or later, so please ask the lord to have an idea. ”

"Idea?" After hearing Xu Rong's words, Dong Zhuo smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said helplessly: "So far, how can the prime minister have any ideas?!"

Or ......"

Speaking of this, he looked at Li Ru on the side and whispered, "Or, let's retreat for the time being, right?" ”

Dong Zhuo was really frightened, and he had already begun to retreat at this time.

"No!" After Xu Rong heard Dong Zhuo's words, he immediately retorted loudly: "Lord, if I retreat at this time, then we will no longer have any natural dangers to rely on!"

There is no male pass between the Tiger Prison Pass and Luoyang City, once we lose the Tiger Prison Pass, it will become very passive!

At that time, we can only rely on Luoyang City to resist the attack of the princes' coalition forces.

However, Luoyang is mixed, and countless forces are entrenched.

Once the alliance of princes hits Luoyang, then they are afraid that they will join forces with the outside!

When the time comes, our situation will be even more difficult!

In that case, we might as well find a way to resist this attack.

Then, we can transfer troops from other places to strengthen the guards of the Tiger Pass.

As long as the tiger prison is not lost, we can be invincible! ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Rong stared at Dong Zhuo with blazing eyes, his eyes were full of sincerity and pleading, and he hoped that Dong Zhuo would accept his proposal.

"Resist?" Dong Zhuo, who was already frightened, asked angrily after hearing Xu Rong's words: "Let me ask you, how do you resist those big stones that fall from the sky?"

I ask you again, who of those soldiers under your command would dare to go up to the city wall?!

If you don't even dare to go up to the city wall, then how are you going to defend against the alliance of princes?!

Once the alliance of princes has crossed the walls and entered the city, our advantage will be lost!

You know, the alliance of princes has an army of more than 100,000 troops!

Once they rush into the Tiger Prison Pass, how can we, the more than 40,000 people, be able to withstand their attack?! ”

"This ......" Xu Rong frowned tightly after hearing Dong Zhuo's words, and couldn't say a word.

He knew that what Dong Zhuo said was right, if they didn't give up the Tiger Prison Pass, I was afraid that it wouldn't be long before they would be annihilated by the alliance of princes!

However, he was a little unwilling to give up the tiger prison at this point.

Therefore, he turned his attention to Li Ru, hoping that Dong Zhuo's brain trust could come up with the best of both worlds.

At this time, Li Ru was in deep thought, he was thinking, should he retreat or not?

If they don't retreat, I'm afraid they will all be wiped out!

However, if you retreat, it will only be a little more breathing.

Because after they withdraw to Luoyang, the various forces in Luoyang will definitely unite with the coalition forces outside the city, and when the time comes, they will also be defeated.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Ru suddenly thought of an idea.

Therefore, he raised his head, looked at Dong Zhuo with a serious face, and asked, "Lord, my subordinates have thought of an idea, but I don't know if the lord is reluctant." ”

After Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words, his eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "Come quickly!"

It's all come to this point, what else is there to be reluctant to do?! ”

After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru touched the short hair under his chin and said with a smile: "Lord, we really shouldn't be here to stay, but we can't return to Luoyang!" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, before Li Ru finished speaking, he frowned and asked loudly, "What kind of bastard are you talking about?!"

I can't wait to defend the Tiger Prison Pass, and I won't go back to Luoyang, so where can I go?

Do you want me to wait and be stationed halfway through Tiger Prison Pass and Luoyang? In that case, I'll die faster!! ”

Because this matter was related to his own life, Dong Zhuo's reaction was very fast.

After Li Ru said a word, he immediately found out what was wrong, so he rarely blamed Li Ru.

"Hehe......" After hearing Dong Zhuo's question, Li Ru chuckled lightly and said unhurriedly: "Don't be in a hurry, and listen to your subordinates slowly." ”

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo rolled his eyes angrily and said, "When is this coming, you don't have to procrastinate anymore!" Hurry up! ”

"Whoa!" After Li Ru answered, he didn't sell Guanzi, and immediately said: "The subordinates mean, I will retreat to Chang'an!" ”

"Chang'an?" When Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned and asked, "Then what should Luoyang do?" ”

After Li Ru heard Dong Zhuo's words, he shook his head lightly and explained to him: "My lord, for the sake of today's plan, we can only retreat to Chang'an, and give Luoyang to the princes. ”

"This ......" Dong Zhuo asked with a hesitant face after hearing Li Ru's words, "Could it be ...... Isn't there the best of both worlds?

Chang'an is dilapidated, there is no prosperity in Luoyang, it is a pity to take Chang'an and abandon Luoyang! ”

Hearing this, Li Ru shook his head, looked at Dong Zhuo with a straight face, and said, "My lord, do you want to break up the alliance of princes?" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he did not hesitate, and immediately replied: "I dream of it!" ”

After finishing speaking, he came back to his senses, looked at Li Ru with a surprised gaze, and asked eagerly: "Wenyou, do you have a way to break up the coalition army?" ”

Hearing this, Li Ru nodded, and said confidently: "That's right, as long as the lord agrees to give up Luoyang and the jade seal of the country, his subordinates can make the alliance of princes fall apart!" ”

Dong Zhuo nodded after hearing Li Ru's words and after a little hesitation.

Compared with a mere Luoyang, Dong Zhuo values his own life more.

Now the alliance of princes has endangered his life, so he now wants to let the alliance of princes collapse!

"Wen You, as long as you can disintegrate the alliance of princes, how can you just have a Luoyang? Tell me how you can do it! ”

Li Ru, who was worried that Dong Zhuo was reluctant to let Luoyang and the Jade Seal, immediately nodded happily after hearing Dong Zhuo's words, and said loudly: "Lord, if your subordinates want to use Luoyang and the Jade Seal as bait, coupled with the holy decree of the little emperor, they will definitely be able to easily disintegrate the alliance of the princes!" ”

"How?"

After Li Ru heard Dong Zhuo's words, he said confidently: "The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit!"

As long as the interests are sufficient, any alliance can collapse!

I wait to return to Chang'an, and then I can leave one person behind and let him read the holy decree.

When the time comes, the two brothers of the Yuan family will be named Luoyang Ling and Luoyang Wei, and then they will be crowned Luohou and Sihou.

Then, Cao Cao was named the pastor of Xuzhou, and the Duke of Taishan was crowned, and then the jade seal was handed over to the weaker princes along the way.

When the time comes, the coalition of princes will inevitably be divided into three factions.

These three factions are: Cao Cao's faction, Yuan's faction, and the faction of the person who got the jade seal!

Among them, Cao Cao's faction is the strongest, but he is the leader of the alliance of princes, so he must not dare to treat the princes of the alliance too harshly.

At that time, Cao Cao, who was tied, would be less terrifying.

Then, it is the faction of the Yuan family, and when the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu return to Luoyang, they will definitely join Yuan Feng.

When the time comes, their power will be enough to rival Cao Cao!

Once the Yuan faction receives the holy decree we have given, it will definitely accept it happily.

Because as long as they accept and acknowledge this holy decree, the Yuan family will be famous all over the world and become a powerful force, which is exactly what they ask for but can't get!

The most important thing is that when the Yuan brothers have the same power as Cao Cao, will they still be willing to bow under Cao Cao?!

Therefore, they will definitely take the holy decree and withdraw from the alliance!

And Cao Cao must not agree to their withdrawal from the alliance, because once the Yuan brothers withdraw, it will be a devastating blow to the alliance!

Because the Yuan family is the head of all the families, if they withdraw, the people of the other families of the Princes Alliance will also withdraw!

And Cao Cao, as the initiator and leader of the alliance, he will definitely not agree to this!

Therefore, Cao Cao will definitely turn his face with the Yuan brothers!

When the time comes, I will send another holy decree to Cao Cao, so that he can return to Xuzhou as soon as possible to take office.

In this way, the Yuan family, who was confronting Cao Cao, even if they knew that this was our ploy, would definitely regard this holy decree as a weapon against Cao Cao!

When the time comes, the Yuan family will definitely take this holy decree and cure Cao Cao's crime of resisting the decree!

In this way, Cao Cao can't retreat if he wants to!

As the initiator and leader of the alliance of princes, once Cao Cao retreats, the alliance of princes will ...... Hum! ”

Speaking of this, Li Ru snorted coldly.

He didn't believe that after Cao Cao retreated, the alliance of princes would still exist!

Dong Zhuo's brows furrowed tightly after hearing Li Ru's words.

After thinking for a while, Dong Zhuo asked, "Can a mere Luoyang really satisfy the Yuan family?"

What if the Yuan clan did not withdraw from the alliance of princes after receiving the holy decree, but instead contacted the Yuan forces in Luoyang City to join the alliance of princes, what should we do? ”

"Hehe......" After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru chuckled lightly and said, "Don't worry, the Yuan clan will definitely withdraw from the alliance of princes." ”

"Why?"

"Because of profit!"

"Interests?" After Dong Zhuo heard these two words, he asked with a puzzled face: "What do you mean by this?" ”

After Li Ru heard Dong Zhuo's inquiry, he said confidently: "Thanks to Cao Cao for all this!"

He was too strong, and for the sake of victory, Cao Cao gathered all the armies of the princes together!

In this way, there is a drawback, that is, all the credit belongs to Cao Cao alone!

Now the armies of the princes are all commanded by Cao Cao alone.

If he really rescued the little emperor, then when the little emperor rewarded him for his merits, he would definitely reward Cao Cao again!

As for the others...... It's just a few additions!

The Yuan brothers are not stupid, they must understand this truth.

In the past, because there was no choice, they could only lie under Cao Cao.

Now that they have a choice, how can they stay in the alliance and drink the soup left over from Cao Cao?

As long as they withdraw from the alliance, they can get the titles of Luoyang City and the two marquises.

In this way, as the sons of the family, they will definitely choose to withdraw from the alliance!

Because in the eyes of the family, profit is the most important thing!

It's just an emperor, how can it compare to the interests of their family?! ”

"I see!" Dong Zhuo nodded excitedly after hearing Li Ru's explanation.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he frowned and continued to ask, "What about the hussar general?"

In the unlikely event that after we withdrew from Luoyang, the hussar generals, in order to support Cao Cao, would send troops to join the alliance of the princes and pursue us together.

When the time comes, won't we all succeed? ”

"Impossible!" Hearing this, Li Ru shook his head categorically and said, "Since the hussar general did not take this opportunity to join forces with the princes' alliance, it is unlikely that he will join forces with the princes' alliance in the future.

Moreover, although the subordinates did not know what exactly the hussar general wanted.

However, after retreating to Chang'an, we can give the hussar general some benefits and appease him. ”

"Benefits?" After Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words, he frowned and asked, "What benefits?"

The hussar general's power is monstrous, and he is not very good-looking, how can he look at the benefits we are waiting for? ”

"Humph!" When Li Ru heard this, he snorted coldly twice, and then said confidently: "The hussar general is indeed impeccable.

However, he also has **!

Therefore, he must not refuse the benefit that his subordinates said, and the benefit is to make him king!! ”

"What ?!!" After Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words, he stood up suddenly, looked at Li Ru with surprised eyes, opened his mouth, and didn't say a word.

Not only Dong Zhuo, but Xu Rong on the side was also full of surprise after hearing Li Ru's words.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, except for the kings at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there have never been kings with different surnames.

Because the Han Dynasty has ancestral training, if it is not surnamed Liu, it is not allowed to be crowned king!

Li Ru's suggestion is to trample this ancestral precept under his feet, how can it not be surprising?!

Li Ru looked at the surprised faces of the two people in front of him, and said with a smile: "Don't make a fuss!"

It's just a prince, as long as the little emperor is in our hands, what kind of title is not?

As long as you can appease the hussar general, a prince? It's worth it! ”

After finishing speaking, Li Ru's eyes narrowed slightly.

Li Ru is not a generous person, he has not forgotten the fire in the Hussar General's Mansion at the beginning.

The reason why he proposed to crown Li Zhi as king was because he wanted to trap Li Zhi!

Once Li Zhi takes over this prince, the time will be ...... Hum!

After Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words, he suddenly remembered something.

At the beginning, in order to win over Li Zhi to deal with Dong Zhuo, Liu Wei promised to make Li Zhi the king!

However, Li Zhi rejected Liu Wei in front of Dong Zhuo!

After thinking of this, Dong Zhuo frowned and asked, "Wenyou, you should also know that Liu Wei wanted to crown Li Zhi as the king to gain his support, but Li Zhi refused without hesitation!"

Since he was able to refuse in the first place, will he also refuse this time? ”

"Hehe......" Li Ru heard this, chuckled twice, and then said confidently: "The reason why Li Zhi refused the prince at the beginning was because Liu Wei wanted to crown him king in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.

If he accepted it, he was afraid that he would be insulted by the world, so he refused.

But now it is different, such as today's chaos, Li Zhi has a solid foundation, and he no longer cares about the gossip of the world.

Therefore, there is a high probability that he will accept this prince! Besides......"

Speaking of this, Li Ruyin laughed and said, "Even if Li Zhi wants to resign, he has to resign!"

After returning to Chang'an, his subordinates immediately asked the little emperor to give Li Zhi an edict and crown him king!

When the time comes, I will not wait for Li Zhi to resign, and I will immediately spread the content of the holy decree to the world!

At that time, even if Li Zhi is full of mouths, he will not be able to shirk this prince!

Moreover, we can use this opportunity to draw Li Zhi into our camp! ”

After Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned and asked, "Li Zhi didn't do anything to us, he was already burning high incense, how could he join our camp?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey......" Li Ru heard this, and after laughing, he said: "You don't have to let Li Zhi really join us, as long as you let the people of the world believe that Li Zhi has thrown himself into us, this is enough!"

Li Zhixiong's presence in Luoyang has aroused the jealousy of many people.

As long as we spread the "holy decree of the king" to the world, we will send some fine works to spread rumors everywhere.

Let's just say that Li Zhi was named a prince because he threw himself at us!

In this way, no matter how much Li Zhi quibbles, he can't block the mouth of the world!

Perhaps, Li Zhi can be used to become the enemy of the world!

When the time comes, he will be a shield in front of us, and only after conquering Li Zhi can he touch us!

Therefore, this prince, he has to ask for it, and he has to ask for it if he doesn't! ”

Dong Zhuo was a little speechless after hearing Li Ru's words.

Although he also knew that this prince was just used by Li Ru to calculate Li Zhi.

Moreover, this prince is just an empty lord, but even if it is an empty title, Dong Zhuo wants it!

He made up his mind, and when he returned to Chang'an and everything was settled, he would definitely let the little emperor also crown him king!