Sure enough, as Xiang Ao and Cao Cao expected, Sun Jian reorganized his troops and horses and prepared to send troops to Chang'an.

After learning about Xiang Ao and Cao Cao's thoughts, Sun Jian was overjoyed. The three of them discussed for a while, and planned to divide into three routes, pursue Dong Zhuo, and search in Luoyang by the way to see if they could find the survivors, and they could save one by one.

Sun Jian is still in charge of the difficult road soldiers and horses, and plans to cross the White Horse and Kinmen, and approach Jingzhao Shangluo; Cao Cao led the troops as the middle road, along the Yellow River, and sent troops to Huayin and Deng County; As for Xiang Ao, he had the most soldiers and horses, and he could divide his troops to guard against Baibo in Hedong, and the main force swept south of the Yellow River to attack Zuo Fengling.

On the night of the Luoyang fire, the tens of thousands of forest troops and Xiyuan soldiers and horses defending Luoyang were also sacrificed by Dong Zhuo, preparing to let the two soldiers and horses who had not surrendered to him be buried in the Luoyang Imperial City. But I didn't want the two soldiers and horses to be extraordinary, and they escaped a lot in such a fire. Coincidentally, in order to avoid being slaughtered by the coalition forces who mistakenly thought they were loyal to Dong Zhuo, more than 20,000 people planned to disperse and flee to Hedong, either to lurk or defect to Baibo.

Of course, the Yulin Army and the soldiers and horses of Xiyuan, who lost their horses, were not as elite as Xiang Ao, and they were touched by Xiang Ao in the area of Hedong Zhishuo. Of course, Xiang Ao pardoned the crime of aiding and abetting everyone in the name of the imperial court, let everyone make meritorious contributions, and followed Xiang Ao to crusade against Dong Zhuo. As a result, Xiang Ao, who was originally only 20,000 soldiers and horses, soared in power, and instantly rose to an elite army of more than 40,000.

What an elite army of 50,000? 3,000 'feather kills', 2,000 'righteous servants', 5,000 Yulin troops who fled from Luoyang, 10,000 Xiyuan elites, 5,000 Danyang elite soldiers, plus more than 10,000 elite soldiers recruited in Hanoi and 'gifted' by Yuan Shao, Xiang Ao almost had the confidence to dare to fight Dong Zhuo. Such an illusion is not that Xiang Ao is arrogant, but in the battle between Mengjin and Luoyang, Xiang Ao does not feel that the so-called Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Bingzhou Iron Cavalry are terrible.

Xiang Ao is not a saint, and it is inevitable that he will have such an illusion. It's just that no one would have thought that Xiang Ao's contempt would wipe out the five thousand feather forest army that had just been gathered.

Indeed, as Xiang Ao and others expected, at this time, the area of Hebei County, Hongnong County, was densely packed with human figures. Among the three groups of people divided by Dong Zhuo, the largest number of people who followed Dong Zhuo at the same time were transferred at the same time, nearly 500,000 people. In addition, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiliang and Bingzhou, like locusts, trampled the passing places to the point that no grass grows, whether it is weeds or even farming.

"Master, Your Majesty has arrived in Chang'an safely. The ministers of the DPRK and China are also in the process of being transferred in the second batch, and they have arrived at the opera pavilion, and they will be able to arrive in Chang'an in a few days. Li Ru reported the information from the scout to Dong Zhuo in detail.

Dong Zhuo listened, and the boulder that had been separated from his heart finally fell, and he said in a much relaxed tone: "Hard work!" The scouts from Luoyang reported that most of the rebel army had collapsed. Only Sun Jian, Cao Cao and Xiang Ao were not dead, and pursued Ben Taishi in three ways. ”

"Humph! The courage of the horseman, the ability of the reckless! Li Ru snorted coldly, with a look of disdain.

Jia Xu smiled softly beside him: "Yonghou must not despise the three people who are pursuing. The coalition forces were separated, and the princes were united. Yonghou thinks, who can win more capital in the Central Plains under such a situation? ”

Li Ru, who has been played by Dong Zhuo and named Liu Xie, replied firmly: "It should be Yuan Shao and Yuan Shuer, the Yuan brothers!" ”

Seeing Li Ru's determined face, Jia Xu really didn't want to have the intention to strike, and said helplessly: "Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both have the names of the fourth world and the third duke. However, Yuan Shao was fierce and timid, and he was indecisive and scheming; Do big things and spare your life, and forget your life when you see small profits. Even if you have the ambition and heritage to fight, you are not afraid. Yuan Shu is brave and undecisive, jealous of Yuan Shao, and it is difficult to make a difference. On the other hand, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Xiang Ao stalked the Taishi, as if to prove to the world that only they are dedicated to the Han. ”

"Yonghou thinks that these three people can win the hearts of the people?"

Li Ru frowned, discussed it carefully in his heart, and asked rhetorically: "What about winning people's hearts?" Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu raised their arms, and countless families must have flocked to it, regardless of talent and money, they are at their fingertips. ”

"When there are countless capable people today, how many families does Yonghou think can serve Eryuan? Although Cao Cao is a eunuch, since he entered the dynasty, who is not convinced of what he has done? Sun Jian can only be in the middle of Changsha now, but the bravery he shows may be able to fight with Liu Biao in Jingzhou. As for Xiang Ao, needless to say, there are people in the land. ”

"When the world is in turmoil and the princes are together, people with a little talent can't see the advantages and disadvantages of the major princes?"

"What Mr. Wenhe said, Taishi has no chance of winning?" Li Ru thought about it carefully and felt that what Jia Xu said was very reasonable, but how could Li Ru let Jia Xu show off his power before Dong Zhuo? When Dong Zhuo heard this, he looked at Jia Xu with a displeased face.

Jia Xu glanced at Li Ru with a little contempt, and chuckled: "If the Taishi has no chance of winning, why does Yonghou think Xu is here?" Death? ”

"Now it seems that these three people are the most threatening to the Taishi. In this way, we need to frustrate the spirit of the three of them when they are chasing the Taishi, so that Xiang Ao and the others will lose their prestige in the world and curb the development of the three of them. If the three of them can be eliminated, everyone will be happy. ”

After listening to Jia Xu's analysis, Dong Zhuo, who was originally displeased, looked at Jia Xu with a relieved face and asked, "What does Wenhe think this Taishi should do?" ”

"It's still what Xu said before, the most important bargaining chip in the Taishi's hands is still Your Majesty." Jia Xu said confidently: "Now that most of the princes have gone, the coalition army exists in name only, and it is feasible to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the situation of the princes!" ”

"Since Yuan Shao is ambitious, Taishi can play the imperial court and seal Yuan Shao as the history of Jizhou Thorn, Jizhou Mu is still Han Fu, and Feng Taoqian's Xuzhou Mu, how does Taishi think the three of them will fight? Feng Sun Jian was the assassin of Jingzhou, let him fight in Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and then seal Yuan Shu as Nanyang Taishou, so that Jingzhou was in chaos! As for Beihai Kongrong, it is better to solve, isn't there still a lot of yellow scarves in Qingzhou? Taishi can order someone to find the leader of the Yellow Turban and canonize him as the history of Qingzhou Thorn, what will happen to Kong Rong, who is the enemy of the Yellow Turban? ”

"As for Xiang Ao, he is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Taishi can canonize the Black Mountain Army and the state assassin history, canonize Zhao Yun under Xiang Ao or others as Hanoi Taishou. Xiliang Ma Teng, Han Sui and others have been divided for a long time, and it is difficult for the imperial court to free up their hands to quell the rebellion for the time being, so they can issue an edict to recognize Ma Teng or Han Sui as the pastor of Xiliang Prefecture and concurrently serve as the prime minister of the Northern Regions. As a result, Hanoi will also be in chaos. Even if Montenegro and Xiliang are not defeated by the soldiers and horses of Xiang Aobei, their development can be suppressed. ”

"The last remaining Cao Cao has many talented clansmen under his command, but he has no usable foundation. The Taishi can appoint Cao Cao Wei Yanzhou Assassin Shi and let him compete with Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai. After the Taishi sent troops to capture Hanzhong, he would look back at the situation and see where to send troops first. ”

Jia Xu pointed back and forth on the map in front of Dong Zhuo, and said in one breath the plan he had been thinking about for a long time to drive away the wolf. Although Dong Zhuo has been addicted to alcohol for several years, he still has a keen insight into the war situation in the world. With Jia Xu's strategy, Dong Zhuo became ecstatic from a faint joy to excitement, and his pale face turned rosy due to excessive indulgence.

But Li Ru was frightened by the side, and secretly shouted in his heart: What a big game of chess, what a poisonous Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe. actually used such a conspiracy to play with the princes of the world between applause. Wu Li Ru finally understood why Dong Zhuo valued Jia Xu so much, and the overall situation in Jia Xu's eyes was indeed not comparable to himself. Li Ru thought so, and the prejudice against Jia Xu in his heart slowly disappeared.

"Wenhe, Wenhe, Han Gaozu's son is nothing more than that! I'm so lucky, I'm so lucky! Dong Zhuo excitedly praised Jia Xu, bowed to Jia Xu and bowed.

Jia Xu hurriedly moved, and also showed a little excitement in return: "With the grace of the Taishi, you can give full play to your talents, and the Taishi has a reputation!" ”

Seeing that Jia Xu was so sensible, he actually praised himself in turn, Dong Zhuo got up and laughed: "Wenhe doesn't have to be modest!" ”

As for the pursuit of Xiang Ao, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian, Jia Xu also put forward a shocking strategy for Dong Zhuo. And Xiang Ao, who was eager to seize the opportunity and tried to deliver a fatal blow to Dong Zhuo, hurriedly urged his corporal to advance towards Chang'an extremely quickly.

The three of them were all elites, coupled with the extraordinary combat talents of the three of them, they conquered many counties along the way, and forced the families in the county to hand over a lot of grain and grass. The news of the retreat of the vast majority of the coalition forces flocked to all parts of the Han Dynasty, and too many people were waiting to see the battle situation of Xiang Ao's three-person team, which was expected by many people. There is an expectation that Xiang Ao and the three of them will succeed and kill Dong Zhuo; There are also those who secretly pray that Xiang Ao and the three of them will be defeated; There are also those who are waiting to see the jokes of the trio.

Although the departing princes also ordered people to wait and see the development of the follow-up war against Dong, they were more focused on how to consolidate their own power.

Especially Yuan Shao, after returning to Bohai and issuing a recruitment order again, Hebei families came to vote. Among them, there are Yingchuan Guo Tu, Guo Gongze, Nanyang Feng Ji Feng Yuan Tu, Yingchuan Xin Ping Xin Zhongzhi and Xin Bi Xin George Brothers, Wei County Trial and Trial Zhengnan, Qinghe Cui Yan Cui Ji Qi and other celebrities from all over the world. With the manpower and financial support of the major families, Yuan Shao began to recruit soldiers and horses to prepare for the deer.

Of course, Xiang Ao, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian, who were all on Dong Zhuo, didn't know, and the three who underestimated the enemy didn't know that Jia Xu had set up a net and waited for the three of them to take the initiative to send them to the door. Although Jia Xu was unwilling to consume Xiang Ao's strength, in order to make Xiang Ao retreat from the Northern Regions, he tried to plot the world. Jia Xu had to be ruthless and let Xiang Ao and Cao Cao suffer a big defeat, even if this defeat was the first defeat of his master's fair life.

Since the lord has been fighting on the battlefield, he has not been defeated, and he doesn't want the lord to have this defeat when he decides to belong to the world in the future, so he will call the shots and let the lord try it in advance. The lord must remember that on the battlefield, the reason why the arrogant soldiers will be defeated is! After Jia Xu told Dong Zhuo about the strategy, he thought about Xiang Ao a little apologetically.