The next day, Liu Zhang took advantage of the momentum of killing Hu Cai and sent people to sneak into the city, preparing to recruit Li Le according to Jia Xu's plan, but Li Le sternly refused Liu Zhang's recruitment.

The envoy returned to the camp and told Liu Zhang about the situation, Liu Zhang couldn't help but look at Jia Xu and said, "Mr. Wenhe, it seems that Li Le is quite stupid and loyal, and I am afraid it will be difficult for him to be used by Lonely!" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Otherwise, in the opinion of his subordinates, Li Le is not loyal to Li Dao, otherwise he will not easily let our envoy leave now that the situation is uncertain, but should be detained and sent to Li Dao to show his loyalty!" Since Li Le let the envoy of our army leave, it means that his mind has begun to loosen, but at the moment the victory of our army is not obvious, he does not dare to decide easily, he is worried that once he throws himself to our army, and in the end our army is defeated, then he will be cleaned up by Li Dao; At the same time, he was also worried that if the envoy was sent to Li Dao, and it was our army that won in the end, he would be held accountable, so he did not dare to make a decision easily, so he returned the envoy of our army, even if Li Dao knew, he could also shirk it by not killing the two armies, so that he would not be questioned by Li Dao, nor would he offend our army......"

Xun You said: "Yes, Wen He's intention is reasonable, and now Li Le has returned the envoy of our army, which is actually a show of goodwill, he is secretly showing our army that he has no intention of resisting our army to the end." His subordinates thought that before our army and Li Dao won or lost, he would probably choose to watch from the wall......"

Wu Ban scolded: "The grass on the wall ......"

Liu Zhang smiled and said, "The grass on the wall is good, as long as Li Le maintains the status quo, in this way, at least the pressure we face will be much smaller!" It would be nice if there were more people like Xiliangjun, so that Lone could be defeated one by one! ”

"The Lord is right!" Wu Bandao.

"Send someone to infiltrate the city and maintain contact with Li Le, with this exchange, I believe that Li Le will not easily endanger our envoys, but I still have to remind them that when they are in the enemy camp, they must not be careless against the enemy, and everything must be cautious!"

"The lord is unwilling to give up recruiting Li Le?" Xun Yu Dao.

Liu Zhang said: "Li Le's crime is extremely evil, not to mention far away, let's just say that this time the arson harmed the people, there were thousands of victims, and tens of thousands of people were displaced (the messenger brought back the news of martial arts civil strife), this kind of person is not punishable, but at the moment, he can't spare his hands to clean him up, stabilize him first, solve Li Dao's problem and then deal with him!" ”

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On the front line of martial arts, the two armies have their own shortcomings, and they are safe for a while, but after the news reached Chang'an, Li Ru immediately felt a trace of conspiracy from Liu Zhang's actions. On the contrary, after showing off his might outside the martial arts city, he set up camp on the spot, and even waived the siege! You must know that Liu Zhang's Northern Expedition brought 200,000 armor, and at that time, the martial arts were only 30,000 remnants of the defeated generals, so he could win the martial arts in one go! Why did Liu Zhang become anticlimactic? Li Ru would not believe that Liu Zhang would be so stupid and let go of such a good opportunity, the only explanation is that Liu Zhang had other plans! Li Ru is comparable to Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others, Liu Zhang revealed such a big flaw, how could he not think deeply about the mystery, this thought, he had a general judgment - insufficient troops! Because as long as the troops are sufficient, Liu Zhang can take the small county guarded by a group of defeated generals in the sufficient time before Li Dao's arrival, and then whether it is to enter Chang'an, or to fight a decisive battle in the city, the initiative is in Liu Zhang's hands, but he gave up attacking martial arts, chose passive defense, and buried the advantage in vain, the only explanation is that his troops are insufficient, and he is worried that he will not be able to capture martial arts before Li Dao arrives, so he will fall into a two-sided attack, so he built a strong camp in advance and plans for long-term combat. Why is there a shortage of troops? In this Northern Expedition, Liu Zhang claimed to be 300,000, but in fact it was about 200,000, whether it was attacking Luoyu Pass or Weishui Defense Line, Liu Zhang's army was not seriously hit, the army was not greatly reduced, and there were enough troops to win the martial arts in one fell swoop; Weishui is also not a moat, and now that both sides of the strait are under Liu Zhang's control, the army can quickly cross the river, and there is no situation where the action is slow and the troops are not sustained. As for whether Liu Zhang's Northern Expedition did not bring 200,000 horses, this is not a problem in Li Ru's view, Liu Zhang's Northern Expedition is to eliminate the Xiliang Group in one fell swoop, and to complete this goal, at least 200,000 soldiers and horses are needed, so Li Ru still believes in the number of 200,000. Thinking of this, Li Ru had the last judgment - Liu Zhang divided his troops, and there was nothing else to do! What did Liu Zhang divide his troops for? Li Ru looked at the garrison map of the Xiliang Army on the map, and his head suddenly "buzzed", and he almost fainted! He understood what Liu Zhang was planning, but it might be too late...... On the map, the elite of the Xiliang army is all martial arts, and the troops in other places are extremely empty, and the enemy can take what they want, and no one can stop them!

Li Ru went to find Dong Zhuo non-stop, Dong Zhuo was also shocked when he heard it, and said, "Wenyou, where do you think Liu Zhang's division of troops is going?" ”

Li Ru said: "Prime minister, Confucianism thinks that Liu Zhang's division of troops will take Chen Cangdao!" ”

"Why? Chen Cang has a long way to go, and once it is discovered by our army, it is very likely that before his troops arrive, he will be able to disperse his elite troops and prevent them from advancing at all, so that his plan to divide his troops will not be realized. ”

Li Ru said: "It is true that the Chencang Road is far away, but our army wants to rescue the Chencang Road, which is also a long way. Moreover, Liu Zhang used a plan to startle the snake, attracting all the attention of our army to Fu Luodao, and the main force was transferred to the front line of martial arts, causing the emptiness of the garrisons in various places. Even if the defenders of Sanguan find out that the enemy army is moving, they will not take it to heart, because they will think that Liu Zhang's main force is all in Fu Luo Road, and a small number of troops appear in Chencang, but it is just to build momentum and want our army to disperse its forces. ”

"The prime minister immediately ordered the defenders of Sanguan to strengthen their vigilance......"

"I'm afraid it's too late, Liu Zhang dares to show such a big flaw in his martial arts, I'm afraid it is expected that his other army has arrived at Sanguan, even if our army sees through its plan, there is no time to respond! If the subordinates expected it to be true, maybe Liu Zhang's army was already storming and dispersing the pass......"

"No matter what, you can't lose the pass, immediately order the pass to be on strict alert, and order Li Dao to send light cavalry to help the pass!"

"Yes!"