Dong Zhuo walked halfway, and was suddenly stopped on the way, it turned out to be several Xiliang soldiers who had escaped from Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo was angry and anxious when he heard the news of the loss of Chang'an, and fainted after squirting a mouthful of blood.

Li Ru immediately ordered someone to block the news of the loss of Chang'an and Dong Zhuo's fainting, and ordered the army to immediately divert to the north, preparing to retreat to Wuwei, the last territory of Xiliang.

Li Ru has always been Dong Zhuo's right-hand man, and his prestige in the Xiliang army is extremely high, but after the news of the turn to the north came out, it caused great dissatisfaction and speculation among the soldiers.

Most of the families of the Xiliang army are in Chang'an, and they are about to arrive home, but they don't enter the door, but they want to go to the bitter cold land of Xiliang, of course the soldiers are unwilling, although many of them followed Dong Zhuo out of Xiliang, but as the old saying goes, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, and then let them go back to Xiliang to suffer, how can they be happy? What's more, the soldiers are not stupid people, since the northern expedition of the Yizhou army, the Xiliang army has been defeated repeatedly, losing a large area of land and army, and now it can be said that it is the point of declining the western mountains, this time it was suddenly decided to abandon Chang'an and divert to the north, obviously Chang'an is in a situation, and this situation must be very serious, so serious that the above has to make a decision to abandon Chang'an. The soldiers knew that if they did not return to Chang'an this time, they would probably never have the opportunity to return to Chang'an in the future, so didn't it mean that they would be separated from their families forever, and the treasures they looted were stored at home.

Li Ru had to order the army to rest on the spot, and he persuaded the soldiers who were unwilling to go north before continuing to advance. However, Li Ru overestimated himself a little, and he persuaded him bitterly for more than an hour, but instead of moving the soldiers, he made the crowd angry and chaotic.

Li Ru assured the soldiers that the northward journey was only an expedient measure, and Dong Zhuo would lead everyone back to Chang'an in less than half a year, as for the soldiers' property, Li Ru said that Dong Zhuo would naturally compensate everyone when they arrived in the north, and said that all the soldiers could marry a local woman for each soldier as long as they wanted......

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army know the situation in the north too well, not to mention the poor people, and the Xiongnu are in trouble, seventy or eighty thousand people have arrived in the place, and the food alone is a big problem, as for compensating the soldiers for the loss of property and marrying a local woman as a wife, it is even more fantastical, there are Xiongnu cross-border raids in the north all the year round, and the people are poor and don't even have a pot, what will Dong Zhuo compensate them for? Unless Hewu and Chang'an are still in their hands, is this possible? There are almost all of Dong Zhuo's clansmen living in Yiwu, and Chang'an is where the Han capital is located (although Emperor Xian was taken hostage by Lu Bu to Luoyang, Dong Zhuo has always called Chang'an the Han capital to the outside world), Dong Zhuo didn't even pay attention to these two places when he went north this time, doesn't it show that it's obvious enough? Wive? Even if the local women were not robbed by the Huns, Li Dao and Guo Yan had almost ruined it after defeating Ma Teng and Han Sui not long ago......

Even if Li Ru is skillful, he is powerless in the face of emotional soldiers, of course, the main reason is that his promise is empty and too unable to withstand scrutiny.

Just when Li Ru's head was sweating anxiously, the soldiers came to report that Dong Zhuo came to his senses and summoned Li Ru to question.

As if he had found the backbone, Li Ru immediately rushed to the simple tent that was temporarily set up for Dong Zhuo.

After vomiting blood, Dong Zhuo seemed to be ten years old, Li Ru looked at the pale face, he suspected that the wrinkles on Dong Zhuo's face had deepened a lot in the past two hours, and he even felt the powerlessness and despair in Dong Zhuo's heart from Dong Zhuo's expression.

"What's going on out there?" Dong Zhuo changed his usual momentum of swallowing the world, looked at Li Ru, who looked a little flustered, and asked dejectedly.

Li Ru bowed, and did not dare to conceal the slightest hint and said: "Xiangye, Xiangye just fainted, and his subordinates dared to overstep their authority and ordered the soldiers to divert to the north and go to Wuwei in order to plan for the future. But the soldiers and generals were not willing to ......"

Dong Zhuo coughed, Dong Rong next to him immediately handed over a Jinpa, Dong Zhuo covered his mouth lightly and coughed again, wiped the corners of his mouth, Dong Rong hurriedly took the Jinpa from Dong Zhuo's hand, and Li Ru clearly saw that there were clear blood stains on the Jinpa.

Li Wei hurriedly said: "Xiangye, you must take care of your body, you are the optimus prime of our Xiliang Army, if you have three longs and two shorts, the Xiliang Army will be finished!" ”

Li Ru and others also advised Dong Zhuo to take care of his body.

Dong Zhuo shook his hand weakly and said, "Does the Xiliang Army still have a future?" Do I have a future? Yiwu is gone, Chang'an is gone, relying on these tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated generals, can I still make a comeback? ”

Li Ru said: "In the past, Goujian defeated his husband, and only 5,000 soldiers and horses remained, so he had to enter Wu as a hostage, and he was wronged and sought perfection. Today, there are still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there is a large region in the northwest, as long as the ambition does not change, follow the example of Gou Jian, and try to govern, why worry about not having the hope of turning defeat into victory? ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Northwest? Wei Yan is sharp, dozens of cities in Lianke's prime minister, Anding County is almost in the hands of the enemy, Beidi County is only afraid that it is also precarious at this time, if Wei Yan enters Beidi, the northbound road of Benxiang will be isolated, how can these tens of thousands of remnants break through Wei Yan's defense and reach Wuwei in peace? ”

"Xiangye, even if Wei Yan'an invades Beidi County, but its expeditions everywhere, the strength will be very empty, as long as our army tries its best to fight, it may not be able to break through its defense line, even if it is difficult to break through for a while, our army has a large number of war horses to travel, and it is completely possible to go deep into the grassland through the annexation of the state, avoiding Wei Yan and bypassing Wuwei!"

"Lu Bu and Ben Xiang have a deep enmity like the sea, how can he easily let Ben Xiang cross?" Dong Zhuo muttered: "As for the grassland, seeing that the cold winter is coming, it is difficult for the Huns to graze, it is the time to go out to plunder, if they rob their true appearance, it is enough for the Huns to survive this winter safely, how can they let it go?" What's more, over the years, the prime minister's hands have already been stained with the blood of the Huns! In the past, the Huns had never been put in their eyes, but now they are tigers falling in Pingyang, once they go deep into the grassland, they are only afraid of ......"

"Xiangye, Lu Bu may attack our army as soon as possible, but Wang Yun and others are rare wise men in the world, they must understand the benefits of the existence of two forces in Xiliang to them, and they will definitely dissuade Lu Bu from attacking our army, Lu Bu has always obeyed Wang Yunyan, and he will definitely obey this time. What's more, Lu Bu's situation is also not good, Yuan Shao continues to increase troops and annex states, and Lu Bu is struggling to cope; Yanzhou Cao Cao is also accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge on blood hatred; Liu Zhang in the south, 100,000 horses of the Second Field Army of Nanyang threatened Luoyang at all times. In this case, it is almost impossible for Lu Bu to rob by fire. As for the Huns, its cavalry is fierce, but our Xiliang iron cavalry is not in vain, not to mention that there are many Xiongnu tribes, distributed in the vast grassland, the tribes are far away, and before the Huns gather, our army has already gone out of the grassland, and a few tribes have come, undoubtedly sent to death. ”

Dong Zhuo shook his head, when he arrived at the grassland, it was the world of the Huns, he was now full of wounded soldiers, if the Huns attacked, what would he do? He didn't want to die in a foreign land!

Dong Zhuo suddenly said: "If the prime minister goes to Chang'an with a large army, Wen You thinks there will be a chance to win?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this.

Li Ru knew Dong Zhuo very well, and he sighed in his heart, although the Yizhou army that captured Chang'an was only 20,000 or 30,000, and he still had 780,000 troops, but what was the composition of these 780,000 troops? There are more than 40,000 wounded soldiers in it, but the soldiers who can fight are only 30,000 or 40,000, and the troops only have a slight advantage, and after the other party takes Chang'an, there is a strong city to defend, and the strong attack will form a stalemate. With such a simple truth, Li Ru believes that Dong Zhuo will not understand, and even knows that it is not wise to attack Chang'an, why did Dong Zhuo still propose to attack? It's just because Dong Zhuo has lost his ambition and has decided that the failure is irreparable, and he is going to break the can!

Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo was not afraid of death, when he learned that Hewu was broken and all the clansmen were captured, Dong Zhuo was actually almost desperate, and finally Dong Zhuo rekindled a little fighting spirit, and another huge blow fell, Dong Zhuo was already difficult to parry, he didn't want to linger any longer, attacking Chang'an was not so much a final effort, but Dong Zhuo's battle for death, he didn't want to die in a foreign land, even if he wanted to die, he had to die with his clansmen!

Li Ru said as if he was mourning: "You can't ...... Xiangye."

Dong Zhuo knew that Li Ru understood his thoughts, and said, "Do you want to let your own appearance run around like a lost dog?" Benxiang has long been content in this life, since Liu Zhang wants Benxiang's head so much, why should Benxiang give it to him? ”

Li Ru cried: "Xiangye, have you ever thought about what kind of outcome the Dong family will face once you fall into the hands of Liu Zhang?" ”

Dong Zhuo's distracted eyes said: "My children and grandchildren have all fallen into the hands of Liu Zhang, and their fate is a foregone conclusion, what can I change if I am alive or dead?" Dong Zhuo even changed his self-proclaimed "true appearance" to "me", which shows how powerless Dong Zhuo is.

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Fei Ye, Fei Ye, Xiang Ye, whether you are alive or not has an immeasurable impact on the Dong family!" As long as Xiang Ye is alive, it will be a huge threat to Liu Zhang, and the Dong clan people who fall into Liu Zhang's hands are Liu Zhang's best bargaining chips to threaten Xiang Ye. On the contrary, once Xiangye dies in battle, Liu Zhang loses his restraints, and with his character, he will definitely punish the Dong family immediately, and then the Dong family will face a catastrophe! Xiangye, the life and death of more than 10,000 people in the Dong family are all in Xiangye's thoughts, please think twice! Li Ru knew that it was difficult to impress Dong Zhuo, who had fallen into despair, to attack Chang'an and that it was self-defeating, and only from the side of the Dong clan could there be hope for Dong Zhuo to change his mind.