"So, Liu Zhang has already seen through our delaying tactics?" Li Ru asked.

"Yes, Liu Zhang is bold, he said that if Xiang Ye is sincere in marrying his daughter, he will ask Xiang Ye to go to his camp in person, and ...... He also threatened that he could only spend four days with Xiangye, and after four days, he would storm Weishui, and two days had passed now......"

"Liu Zhang, dare to bully me!" Dong Zhuo shouted violently, and pushed the girl who was picking up a piece of beef and sending it to his mouth far away, and her fat body trembled.

The girl who poured the wine saw her sister fall, and her sister was connected, she subconsciously wanted to help, but this move accidentally bumped Dong Zhuo lightly, Dong Zhuo was suddenly furious, stretched out his right hand and grabbed the girl's hair like a mountain and shouted: "Want to go over? I'm giving you a ride! With that, he grabbed the girl's hair and slammed it, and the girl drew a lone line above his head and fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Ah......" The girl was almost broken at the waist, and couldn't help crying, and the younger sister who was pushed down saw that her sister was suffering from this great disaster, forgetting the pain on her body, crawling over and holding her sister's head in her arms, crying "Sister".

Dong Zhuo didn't care at all, waved off a strand of hair, and said, "What's the howl? Crying and mourning? If you dare to make a sound again, Benxiang will immediately cut off your heads, fuck, if it weren't for the sake of you or chicks, Benxiang would have to chop you alive, get out, get back, Benxiang will enjoy your two sisters tonight, haha......"

The two sisters shook their bodies, bit their lips and left hand in hand.

Li Ru said: "Xiangye is angry, Liu Zhang's child is young and ignorant, how do you know the majesty of my Xiliang Army?" Isn't there a saying in Yizhou called Shu dog barking day? In the opinion of Confucianism, isn't Liu Zhang the dog who barks at the sun? Xiangye doesn't have to be familiar with him, it's not too late to slowly soak him when he is captured in the next day! ”

"Haha, Wen You's words are reasonable, Liu Zhang's dogs, he really doesn't have to be as knowledgeable as him."

Li Ru said: "This Liu Zhang seems to have seen through our army's plan early on, in this case, why did he want to stay with Lord Wu for a night?" ”

Wu Qiong had already thought about this question on the way back, and hurriedly said: "There are two reasons for the opinions of the lower officials, one is that Liu Zhang's boats and boats to cross the river are insufficient, and the lower officials are left to delay time and paralyze the prime minister, and the other is that he wants the lower officials to witness his military appearance and use the mouth of the lower officials to coerce the prime minister. ”

Li Ru nodded, but he didn't think it was that simple, but what the reason was, he couldn't guess for a while.

"Xiangye, the lower official has another important matter to report, which is related to the safety of the Weishui defense line!" Wu Qiong said.

Dong Zhuo heard that it was about the safety of Weishui, and he couldn't help but get anxious, he knew very well that the safety of Weishui was almost equal to his life, and hurriedly said: "What's the matter, say it quickly!" ”

"Xia Guan found a letter at Liu Zhang's place...... "Wu Qiong carefully explained how he found the letter.

It turned out that the letter that Wu Qiong accidentally found during the banquet that day turned out to be a letter of collaboration with the enemy, and the sender was none other than Zhang Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Weishui defense line and the general of Zhendong. The content of the letter is very simple, Zhang Ji was discharged by the Xiliang Army, has been idle, and has been quite resentful, and over the years he has witnessed Dong Zhuo's perverse actions, chaos in the pass, so that countless innocent people are ruined, as a Han people, he does not want to sit idly by and watch Dong Zhuo continue to bring disaster to the world, Liu Zhang, as a Han clan, did not hesitate to condescend to the noble, several times invited him to join the great cause, he thanked Liu Zhang's sincerity and the grand wish to benefit the common people, plus his nephew Zhang Xiu and Liu Zhang's general Zhang Renshi went out of the same door, deep friendship, The senior brother has always exchanged letters, so Zhang Xiu also persuaded him to abandon the dark and turn to the light. After careful consideration, he agreed to defect to Liu Zhang, and was willing to use the Weishui defense line as a letter of surrender. But considering that he has been idle for several years, his prestige is not enough to convince everyone, if he openly defects, he is afraid that the arrogant soldiers in the army will not be able to agree, so he and Liu Zhang agreed that when Liu Zhang attacks the Weishui defense line, he will secretly cooperate, capture Dong Zhuo's cronies Li Le and others, transfer the river defense forces, and welcome Liu Zhang's army across the river.

Zhang Ji has been hidden in the snow for a few years, knowing that he is not trusted, facing Dong Zhuo's favorite minister Wu Qiong, he naturally looks cautious, but this is considered by Wu Qiongwu to be a thief, as for Zhang Ji's concern for the results of the peace talks, in Wu Qiong's eyes, it has also become Zhang Ji's temptation, the purpose is of course to find out whether he has been exposed. And Wu Qiong also told Dong Zhuo about his clever judgment, if Zhang Ji would not have any feelings when he heard Wu Qiong's words, would he be angry, but he didn't know this, and he didn't know that Wu Qiong's words were equivalent to making Dong Zhuo tighten the rope around his neck a little more.

After listening to Wu Qiong's words, Dong Zhuo scolded: "Zhang Jipifu, he is as kind to him as a mountain, but he actually repays his true appearance like this? Come on, immediately go to the martial arts to behead Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew! ”

Li Ru hurriedly persuaded him, for fear of fraud, he asked about the situation several times in a row, and only then did he confirm that it was not a trap. However, he still does not approve of the easy disposal of Zhang Ji, after all, Zhang Ji is a general of the Western Liangsu, if he only listens to the words of the family and kills him, wouldn't it make the generals feel cold?

Li Ru said: "Xiangye, Zhang Ji has followed Xiangye for more than ten years, has repeatedly made military exploits, and is well-known in the army. And this matter is too strange, Zhang Ji has always been loyal to Xiang Ye, and has no objection, his subordinates are only afraid that there is fraud in this, if he doesn't ask about the indiscriminate beheading, in case it is Liu Zhang's plan to divide the situation, wouldn't Xiang Ye cut off his own arm? ”

Li Ru said the second half of Dong Zhuo's words completely as the wind in his ears, he has always been very suspicious, and his majesty is extremely strict, that is, he is afraid that someone will rebel, who knows that he will prevent it day and night, this thief still can't prevent it, and before he finished listening to Wu Qiong's words, he thinks that "the evidence is conclusive", and he has already confirmed the conclusion of Zhang Ji's betrayal in his heart, he has always had only one solution to this kind of person, that is, kill! Dong Zhuo listened to the first half of the sentence, that is, if Liu Zhang broke the water, he would be in danger. Therefore, although he had already pronounced Zhang Ji's death sentence in his heart, for his own safety, he was willing to keep Zhang Ji alive for a day or two.

"What should be done in the sense of Wenyou? At present, Zhang Ji is in charge of Weishui, controlling the soldiers and horses of Weishui, if it is not dealt with as soon as possible, Weishui is in danger! ”

Li Ru pondered for a moment and said: "Xiangye, in Confucianism, we must change generals as soon as possible now, and then try Zhang Ji slowly, once it is verified, the evidence is conclusive, no matter how Xiangye disposes of it, the soldiers will not have the slightest disagreement!" ”

"Then who can take his place?"

"Yang Feng can temporarily take his place!"

Seeing that even Zhang Ji, who had been with him for more than ten years, had betrayed, Dong Zhuo became suspicious again, and said, "But, is Yang Feng reliable?" ”

Wu Qiong said: "Xiangye doesn't have to worry, his subordinates have already instructed Li Le before leaving, let him secretly spy on Zhang Ji, if he dares to make the slightest move, it will be tantamount to killing himself!" ”

Dong Zhuo nodded, Wu Qiong's pre-arranged move can finally play a role in preventing problems before they happen, but his current question is still whether Yang Feng is reliable?

At this time, of course, Li Ru has to speak for Yang Feng, if Dong Zhuo's concerns are not dispelled, I don't know how long Dong Zhuo will have to worry about the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Weishui defense line, if he hesitates, Liu Zhang will cross the Weihe River by force, then it will be really dangerous.

With Li Ru's guarantee, Dong Zhuo finally put his mind at ease, and Li Ru's reason for proposing to replace Zhang Ji with Yang Feng is also very sufficient, Yang Feng is the commander-in-chief of the Qinling defense line, and replacing Zhang Ji with him will not cause too much turmoil in the army.

Dong Zhuo then ordered Li Ru to write an order, and after adding the seal, he quickly sent it to Yixian, and urgently ordered Yang Feng to go to Wugong, take over the soldiers and horses, and investigate Zhang Ji's defection to the enemy. Considering that Liu Zhang's deadline was only two days, if Liu Zhang immediately launched an offensive as soon as the time limit passed, in case Zhang Ji really made up his mind to surrender to the enemy, then the Weishui defense line would be dangerous, because no matter what, Yang Feng would not be able to reach the front line of martial arts in two days. So Dong Zhuo sent Li Le another secret order, if Liu Zhang attacked, immediately read out the order, remove Zhang Ji's authority, and authorize Li Le to deal with it on the spot once Zhang Ji dared to object, without asking for instructions.

After arranging the affairs of Weishui, Dong Zhuo still can't feel at ease, Zhang Ji's "betrayal" made him feel a deep threat, and Yang Feng is a person who needs to be more vigilant than Zhang Ji in his heart, Yang Feng can be said to be a temporary expedient measure, facing Liu Zhang's huge threat, he must find a person who can be completely trusted, but where can this person go to find it?

Li Ru understood Dong Zhuo's thoughts, but he was more open than Dong Zhuo, could he really find 100% loyal people in this world? He doesn't believe it, he believes that people are valuable, once people reach something higher than their own value, he thinks that this person is willing to abandon everything, what courtesy, righteousness, honesty, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness are all stinky bullshit, even if it is himself, as Dong Zhuo's first favorite minister, he is deeply trusted and reused, and his wife is Dong's daughter, but he also believes that if the conditions really reach a certain point, he will also abandon Dong Zhuo. However, he also understood that he had been branded by Dong Zhuo Group early, under his arrangement, Dong Zhuo had to enter the Jingshu, and later he single-handedly planned to abolish the emperor and set up a new monarch, kill the first emperor and the second concubine, etc., which has long been intolerable to the people of the world, once Dong Zhuo's army is defeated, no matter who he falls into, he will inevitably die, or the person who killed him does not really hate him, but it has nothing to do with killing or not killing and hating or not hating, this is just an attitude, a statement to the whole world, showing that they are as evil as * loyalty to the Han Dynasty! He doesn't want to die, but it is definitely better to die than to fall into the hands of others, so he can't let Dong Zhuo fail, only by helping Dong Zhuo and making Dong Zhuo dominate Guanzhong forever, can he spend the rest of his life safely and enjoy the glory! He is not loyal, he has already become a tiger, all he can do is hold on to the only thing he can hold onto, so as not to let himself fall to pieces!