Because of the failure of the Lishan operation, the Dragon Mansion inevitably cast a shadow. After Long Jun returned to Long's house that night, he issued a number of chase and kill orders, especially those who obtained Li Jin's head, a reward of thousands of gold, and a martial knight. Such a high reward immediately ignited the passion of everyone in Skynet, including Long Yang, who began to be eager to try.

And Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, who learned about Long Jun's situation from Dong Xi, didn't care about arguing with Ma Teng, and directly left Ma Teng a sentence, came to Chang'an if they wanted to talk, and then hurriedly ran back to Chang'an. However, before leaving, Ma Chao didn't care about the relationship between father and son, and directly abducted Pang De, the general of Ma Tengjun's army.

On the way, when Zhao Yun asked about the cause and effect of this incident, he learned that Pang De did not completely belong to Ma Teng's subordinates, but only stayed in the Ma family to repay the kindness, and the person who repaid the favor was Ma Chao's biological mother, the Qiang woman who died of incense.

"Ling Ming is actually not much older than us, when he was chased and killed by the enemy, it was my mother who saved him, and then he stayed in the Ma family army to serve my father, which is considered to repay my mother's kindness, and later my mother died He also thought about leaving, but at that time Liangzhou was in rebellion, and my father had just taken charge of the army, and there were few people available around him, so Ling Ming continued to stay here. Over the years, he has been working hard for the Ma family, and seeing that the master is about to move into Guanzhong, how can I still keep him here to accompany those fools to make trouble for the master. ”

After Ma Chao said this, Zhao Yun could only sigh that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, but one thing is that Ma Chao is right, now Ma Teng's attitude is ambiguous, in case he decides to stand on the opposite side, with Pang De's martial arts, he can't really have any impact on the Long family's army.

Long Jun in Chang'an City is eager to try to control Guanzhong, and in Luoyang, thousands of miles away, Dong Zhuo also wants to control the world.

'Bang' Dong Zhuo, who had just returned home, slapped the table in front of him, and there were some foul words in his mouth, which frightened the subordinates around him to hurriedly clean up the messy scene, and then served it to those who were already ready to eat.

Holding the greasy leg of mutton in his hand, Dong Zhuo scolded and shouted, "A doll with a big fart dares to accuse Ben of dealing with rebellion, why can't rebellion be killed?" Can't a rebellious woman join the army? Does he have to wait until people kill him before he understands the truth that cutting grass does not eradicate the roots and blowing the spring breeze and grows again? ”

"Father-in-law, I think the little emperor is also afraid that this matter will damage the reputation of the court, after all, the Xia family is also a celebrity and a Qing scholar, if the women in the clan are used as camp prostitutes because of the joint sitting, I am afraid it will cause widespread criticism!"

"I just know about this, so when dealing with the Xia family, I only sat in Xia Fu's own family, and the rest of the Xia family's heirs were not implicated, but who knew that Xia Fu's family was all daughters, and they were all very spicy, especially his wife, who was even bigger than me. Damn, I'm really afraid that a palm of the light at night will scare my Xiliang boy out of a bad way. ”

On the other side, Li Ru, who had been smiling constantly, heard this, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his ruthless eyes, but because of the interception and killing of Long Jun, now his reputation in the Xiliang Army has plummeted, and many generals are upset for Niu Fu, especially Guo Yan, Li Dao and others give him a look on weekdays. So he rarely speaks at Dong Zhuo's decision-making meetings now.

Some people look down on Li Ru, naturally some people will be biased towards Li Ru, Li Su, who is kneeling at the bottom of Lu Bu, happens to be that kind of person, after seeing the ruthlessness that flashed in Li Ru's eyes, he knew what kind of cruel attention this military advisor thought of, so he said to Dong Zhuo with a light face, "Lord, since this matter is undecided, it is better to ask the military advisor's opinion, after all, there are many scholars involved in this kind of matter, can our group of martial artists really carry knives and fight with those literati who play with pens?" ”

Li Su's words made Dong Zhuo slightly stunned, and after taking a deep look at Li Su with a smile on his face, Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, then put down the leg of mutton in his hand, turned his head and asked Li Ru, "What is Wen You's good idea?" ”

If Li Ru had no opinion on Dong Zhuo during this time, it would be false, and he was sneered at by the generals of the Xiliang Army, who let his plan not only encircle and suppress Long Jun fail, but also took Niu Fu's five thousand elites and half of Dong Zhuo's personal guards in vain. But what made him indignant was not these, but after this, Dong Zhuo actually began to alienate him intentionally or unintentionally. Even after getting drunk, he would teach him to be honest in front of the generals.

Are you honest? Are these Xiliang martial artists honest? A world that is plotting to usurp the monarch, a group of infighting elements who dare to fight each other for the sake of petty profits, what qualifications do they have to talk to him about sincerity? At least he, Li Ru, never betrayed the Xiliang Army for personal gain from beginning to end.

"If you go back to the lord, I don't dare to talk about good strategies at that time, but there is an idea for everyone to refer to!"

"Speak up and listen!" Hearing that Li Ru had a plan, the original anger on Dong Zhuo's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a happy face. If it weren't for the fear that Li Ru was doing something, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo would immediately let Li Ru supervise this matter.

"In fact, the whole thing revolves around the change of power between the lord and His Majesty, when Long Jun was in Beijing, he rarely interfered in other affairs of the imperial court, but the lord is different, the lord's ambition is to complete his inner ambition. Therefore, this will inevitably conflict with the imperial power. ”

Hearing this, Li Dao, who had long been unhappy with Li Ru, waved his hand to interrupt his narration, and then asked with a sneer, "Hehe, does this mean to let the lord compromise with that little emperor who has not dried up?" ”

Regarding Li Wei's rudeness, Li Ru smiled, spit out a breath of turbidity, and chuckled, "Wen You didn't mean that, General Li was too worried, I actually want to tell the lord that whether it is you or the former Long Jun, or He Jin, Yuan Kui and others who are further away, they are all tied up when they encounter this kind of thing." Otherwise, they wouldn't all end up losing. ”

"Long Jun lost? The general doesn't think so, the five thousand elites and the more than two hundred personal guards of the lord are the real strength of our Xiliang army, and the people Long Jun ...... this group without a single soldier."

"Guo Yan shut up Ben General!" Seeing that Guo Yan began to target Li Ru again, Dong Zhuo suddenly became angry, although he also complained about Li Ru in his heart, but on this occasion, which is the time to turn over old accounts? Glancing sideways at Guo Yan, who didn't know the severity, Dong Zhuo smiled at Li Ru with a gloomy face, "Wen Youxiu has to mind, they are all a group of martial artists who have never seen anything in the world. Just fart what they say!"

"Whoa!" With an expressionless face, Li Ru secretly scolded in his heart, if Guo Yan and the others are farting, then what about you? After calming down his emotions, Li Ru got up and walked to the hall, pointed to the table with miscellaneous items piled up in the corner, and sneered, "Now the lord is this blanket, and the table is the little emperor who presses on the lord's head, an abandoned table full of old things, but occupies a brand new blanket, if we want the blanket to be displayed in front of people, we can only overturn the table or replace it with a table as light as a feather, and sweep away the debris on it." ”

“...”

In the past, Lu Bu felt that Li Ru was vicious and unusual, but when he heard it today, he realized that he still underestimated the other party, comparing the emperor to a table and Dong Zhuo to a blanket, but he didn't know that if he wanted to move the table away from the blanket, was the table still a table? Isn't it a couch or a single blanket?

As Li Ru's loyal ally, Li Su hurriedly stood up and said with a righteous face, "My lord, my subordinates feel that what the military master Wen You said is extremely true, our brand-new blanket is always pressed by a pile of useless old things, and there is a table that only knows how to carry old things, not to mention me, I'm afraid that any brother in the Xiliang army can't bear such a violent behavior." ”

Although the other generals of the Xiliang Army were shocked by Li Ru's words for a long time, the sharp-eyed Li Dao saw Dong Zhuo sitting there from beginning to end, his expression was unpredictable, and he knew that his lord was already moved, so he coughed lightly, and then stood up and shouted loudly, "Breaking the old and establishing the new will always be criticized, but the lord, as the minister of the humerus of the Han Dynasty, should have the kind of consciousness that although tens of millions of people are going to it, he should open up a new road for the Han Dynasty and the world." ”

"My subordinates also agree with General Li's point of view, my 130,000 soldiers of the Xiliang Army are willing to stand behind the lord and saddle the horse behind the lord."

"Subordinates seconded!"

Listening to the voices of seconding in the hall one after another, Dong Zhuo glanced at Li Ru, who was proudly independent and smiling at the corner of his mouth, and then at Lu Bu, who was silently contemplative, and then got up and shouted, "Enough, give Ben General a mouth, put this matter on hold for the time being, wait for me to discuss it carefully with Wen Youfeng first, and then make a decision!"

"Whoa!"

Despite this, the discussion in the hall finally spread, so in less than an hour, more than a dozen secret letters were sent from Luoyang to all directions. Cao Cao, who was also in the city and was now replacing Long Jun to lead the troops, learned of this and hurriedly entered the palace to discuss countermeasures with Liu Bian. But before Cao Cao left the palace, a large-scale desertion occurred in the Luoyang garrison.

The Xiahou brothers killed hundreds of people, but did not stop the panic of fleeing, but deepened the fear of the soldiers in the army, and 4,000 of the 80,000 Luoyang garrison fled in just half a day. After Cao Cao, who came out of the palace, learned of this, he hurriedly closed the eight gates of Luoyang, which reduced the number of deserters.

"Brother, what did Your Majesty say? Although the ban on the Eight Gates can temporarily stop the increase in deserters, in the long run, the morale of the army will plummet, and we will collapse without a fight without Dong Zhuo's action. ”

"Alas. I don't know that this is a good idea, but now His Majesty seems to be crazy, and he has to distinguish a high and low with Dong Zhuo, threatening that as long as Dong Zhuo dares to act rebelliously, he will dare to gather the world's soldiers and horses. But everyone knows that the current Luoyang edict will still be listened to? Not to mention officials with foreign surnames like Long Jun, I am afraid that there are many people in the emperor's relatives who are waiting for Dong Zhuo to help them remove obstacles, which will take care of the life and death of the imperial court. ”

Cao Cao felt helpless about Liu Bian's toughness, but his identity was embarrassing, and some words were not easy to say at all. After thinking about it, Cao Cao commanded in a deep voice, "There are many factions in this Luoyang garrison, and Miaocai and Yuan will ask you to invite a few well-connected generals to come to Cao's Mansion in the evening, and I have something to explain to you!"

Hearing the sound, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan glanced at each other and responded in a deep voice. Then Cao Cao walked to the door and looked at the rising sun that was gradually setting in the west, and muttered, "I hope all this is in time, and I also hope that the other party can give us some time to prepare." ”