Based on the information sent by Zhang Ji and the news sent by Neiying arranged in Hanzhong, Dong Zhuo judged that although Liu Zhang's departure from Qinling this time claimed to be 300,000 people, it was actually less than 200,000, plus 50,000 soldiers and civilians, the number was about 250,000, and it was impossible for all of these people to cross the Qinling Mountains, at least more than 30,000 had to be left to maintain the stability of Hanzhong, and at the same time be responsible for guarding the safety of the transportation channel to the front line. Therefore, Dong Zhuo believes that Liu Zhang's army has all the troops on the south bank of Weishui, once this force breaks through the Weishui River, then the hinterland of Guanzhong, which has no danger to rely on, will be attacked everywhere, it is certain that Liu Zhang will not let go of Chang'an, which is now empty, if Liu Zhang besieges Chang'an with an army of 200,000, with the current number of defenders in the city, Dong Zhuo believes that Chang'an will be broken in less than three days, so he must ensure the safety of Weishui, at least in the north to return to help. However, Weishui is not a turbulent torrent, the river surface is relatively gentle, in the vicinity of Wugong, the widest part of the river is only 300 zhang, the narrowest point is less than 40 zhang, it is obvious that Weishui is not a strong defense line enough to resist Liu Zhang's army. Since the army cannot be replaced by water, then the Weishui defenders can only be strengthened, after all, there are less than 50,000 people on the Weishui line, and it is obvious that it cannot resist the 200,000 army. How can we stop Liu Zhangjun from buying time for Li Dao and Guo Yan to return to their divisions? Dong Zhuo believed that as long as Li Dao and Guo Yan led the army back, even if the Weishui defense line was attacked and Liu Zhang's army entered the Guanzhong Plain, Liu Zhang, who lacked cavalry, would only have to bow down to the 100,000 Xiliang iron cavalry.

Liu Zhang's series of actions on the south bank of Weishui made Li Ru also change his original intention, thinking that Liu Zhang was going to concentrate his forces to break through a little, and take advantage of the opportunity of Li Dao and Guo Yanyuan in Wuwei to break through Weishui in one fell swoop, and then capture Chang'an. After that, Liu Zhang will take Chang'an as the foundation, slowly encroach northward, and eliminate the princes of the northwest until he annexes the entire northwest. Li Ru was extremely intelligent, but he was in the rear, far away from the front line, unable to observe the situation of the enemy army on the spot, and could only make a judgment based on the information sent back by Zhang Ji, so it is not surprising that he made a mistake, so although he made a wrong judgment, it was not a crime of war!

Knowing is knowing, but Li Ru has no way to solve it, why? There are really no extra soldiers and horses near Chang'an, no, there is still a place where soldiers can be adjusted! That is Yiwu, there are 5,000 elite soldiers stationed in Yiwu, but Li Ru didn't mention this at all, he knows Dong Zhuo very well, the treasures piled up in Yiwu are Dong Zhuo's life, just like the king of Shang carries the country's heavy treasure * Lutai, Dong Zhuo would rather use these treasures and Meiji to bury him, and absolutely do not want her (it) to fall into the hands of others, wanting to mobilize these 5,000 elite soldiers, Li Ru asked himself if he didn't have such a good eloquence to move Dong Zhuo. The soldiers of Yixianwu couldn't move, so what else could they do to delay Liu Zhangjun's actions?

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Ru finally thought of a barely operable method, that is, to be close!

Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's words and said, "Is Wenyou's plan feasible?" That Liu Zhang's child has a deep grudge against Benxiang, this time he personally led 200,000 rebels to attack Benxiang, and there is a great tendency to die endlessly, how can he stop the army for a woman? And Liu Zhang's plans are very big, he will not make himself laughed at by the world for a woman! ”

Li Ru said: "The son-in-law didn't think that Liu Zhang would agree, this is just the son-in-law's plan to delay the army, now Li Dao and Guo Yan's victory is in sight, as long as the northern army returns, Xiang Ye no longer has to worry about Liu Zhang's army, and can even let it enter the hinterland of Guanzhong, and then use the powerful cavalry strength of our army to wipe it out in one fell swoop." As long as his Northern Expeditionary army is annihilated, Hanzhong and even the entire Yizhou will open their hearts to the lord. After Liu Zhang's governance, Xiang Ye can rely on the wealth of Yi Jing Erzhou to build a huge army, from west to east, from south to north to attack the Central Plains, sweep away the heroes, and finally wipe out the terminally ill Han dynasty and establish a new empire! ”

Dong Zhuo had the heart of self-reliance when he abolished the young emperor, but at that time, the prestige of the Han family was particularly existing, and the opposition was too great, so he had to dispel the ambition of being the emperor, but he never gave up the desire to be the emperor in his heart. After a long time, as if he thought of something, his eyes dimmed again, and said: "Don't say whether Liu Zhang will fall for this delaying plan, even if he wins, where will he find a daughter for him?" ”

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Xiangye's young lady is so noble, how can she be worthy of Liu Zhang's child?" What's more, the enmity between Xiangye and Liu Zhang is as deep as the sea, one day Xiangye will personally cut off Liu Zhang's child's head, if Xiangye's young lady marries Liu Zhang, won't it hurt Miss's life? At that time, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the pro-Xiongnu, were nominally married to princesses, but in fact they were just beautiful palace maids in the harem......"

Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Wen You means to let Benxiang immediately pick out a palace maid from the harem to pretend to be Benxiang's daughter to marry Liu Zhang?" ”

"That's what the son-in-law wants!"

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Yes, Wen You's plan is very good, that day, Lu Bu's treacherous kid coerced Liu Xie's kid to escape, but he left the harem to his own appearance, and it just so happened that the woman in it was tired of playing, so I chose one to give to Liu Zhang's kid...... Ha ha...... Cheap boy ......"

Li Ru said again: "That's the case, I'm afraid I can't delay Liu Zhang, in addition to beauty, the son-in-law thinks that he should also be tempted by profit?" ”

"Oh, how to lure?"

"When the princes of Guanzhong attacked Xiangye, Liu Zhang did not hesitate to participate in thousands of rivers and mountains, and then defeated the rebellious Zhang Lu, pacified the Yizhou barbarians, captured Jingzhou, and the Northern Expedition, all of which showed that Liu Zhang's ambition was in the world, so the son-in-law thought that if he wanted to hold Liu Zhang, he had to start with his ambition!"

"Let's talk about it!"

"Yes, Xiangye, at present, our army has nearly 300,000 elites, including 100,000 cavalry, 20,000 Qiang cavalry, the combat power is so strong, the world dare not despise it, although the main force is contained in Wuwei, but the fall of Ma and Han is imminent, although the army can return to help, these situations must not be unclear to Liu Zhang. Although Liu Zhang has the ability to break through the Weishui defense line, he also has to weigh it, once the army enters the Guanzhong Plain, and he can't take Chang'an in time, but suffers the blow of my huge cavalry, how should he deal with himself? Therefore, the son-in-law thought that he could work this, while threatening Liu Zhang, explaining the danger of entering the Guanzhong Plain, so that he did not dare to act rashly, and then proposed peace to him, and finally it was a temptation, why didn't the lord tell him that if he became a son-in-law, it would be a family, that is, a family, of course Xiangye had to think about his daughter and grandson, wasn't he a Han clan? Xiangye can help him become emperor for the sake of 'daughter and grandson', and send troops to help him seize the world and eliminate all opponents. Of course, in order to convince him, Xiang Ye can ask that if he calms the world, Liangzhou will be given to Xiang Ye, hereditary replacement, and ask him to make Xiang Ye's 'grandson' the crown prince! ”

"Haha...... This temptation is not small, if Liu Zhang'er can resist it, then he will have to obey him...... Okay, everything will be handled according to Wen You's intentions, haha, I really want to see Liu Zhang's proud appearance after getting the news, but what he wants to see more is what he will look like when he finds out that the army of the prime minister is pressing the mirror, and all promises are just flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water! ”

……

On the fourth day, a light boat came to the center of the river and claimed to see Liu Zhang.

When the defenders saw that the other side did not seem to be coming to fight, they let the other party stay in the middle of the river and not advance, and then reported the situation to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was a little inexplicable, and he didn't see it, but Xi Zhicai thought that it was better to see what medicine was sold in Dong Zhuo's gourd, and as soon as Liu Zhang thought about it, he ordered someone to let him cross the river.

"Zhicai, what do you think Dong Zhuo meant by sending someone here at this time?" After the soldiers left, Liu Zhang asked.

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly and said, "In the opinion of his subordinates, it is nothing more than seeking peace!" ”

"Summation?"

Xi Zhi Zhizhi Zhu was in his hands, and said: "Yes, it is to seek peace, of course peace is false, and it is true to delay time, at this moment Dong Zhuo's main force is outside, the troops in Guanzhong are empty, and the lord is in this small Weishui with an army of 200,000 ready to cross the Wei River, Dong Zhuo must feel the danger, and he is deeply afraid that our army will enter the hinterland of Guanzhong before its main force returns!" ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said, "There is indeed this possibility, but since we know that his request for peace is false and the delay is true, why does our army still want to see his people?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "May I ask the lord, if you don't see it, will the lord immediately wave his army across the river?" ”

Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "Fu Luo Road is difficult and difficult, the army, especially large equipment and baggage, is difficult to pass as high as the sky, at this moment our army has only gathered 100,000 troops, and the grain and grass are not enough, if you cross the river rashly, even if you capture the north bank of Weishui, the army will have to retreat because of the lack of grain and grass!" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Yes, but our army has already set up a posture of 200,000 troops, and there are less than 50,000 people on the opposite side, but the lord has not attacked for a long time, will this arouse suspicion?" ”

"This ...... It's really suspicious......," Liu said.

Xi Zhicai was right, Liu Zhang's "200,000" army had been placed on the south bank for five days, but he had not launched an attack, and he had sat back and watched the defenders on the north bank build defensive facilities, which did arouse Li Ru's suspicions, so he also secretly told the people who came to negotiate to find out what Liu Zhang's plans were. It is not only Li Ru who is suspicious, but also the famous Jia Xu, what is different from Li Ru is that Li Ru is only suspicious, but he has strengthened his judgment from this matter, Liu Zhang is going to attack the west.

"In that case, why don't you let Dong Zhuo's people cross the river and let him see what we want him to see!"

Liu Zhang said: "What does Zhicai mean? ”

"Huh...... No matter what conditions the other party put forward for a while, the lord only said that he would think about it and give him an answer tomorrow, so that we would have a day to arrange what we wanted to convey to Dong Zhuo! ”

Liu Zhang suddenly thought of "Jiang Gan stealing books", and he had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's according to the plan of the drama!" ”