There are 250,000 horses, but Dong Zhuo still said that these people's determination is not strong? Isn't it crazy to lose your mind? Apparently impossible. The reason why I say this is because in the entire coalition army, in addition to Li Yi and Yuan Shao jointly sent 150,000 troops, only Cao Cao relied on the sale of property and the funding of Chen Liuwei's family to gather 30,000 troops, and the rest, including Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao and others, all only gathered more than 10,000 troops.

It is true that Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao and others have not been running the state for many years like Li Yi, and they also have the flying cavalry battalion and trap camp that the imperial court helped to support. It's not like Yuan Shao has the identity of Yuan's son, and a large number of powerful families follow him as soon as he raises his arms. But the whole of Yanzhou has a population of more than 6 million! With a little money, can't you raise tens of thousands of troops?

"The lord must not underestimate the ambition of the group." Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru hurriedly persuaded him.

"Haha~ Don't worry, Wenyou, how can I underestimate them?" Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard this. Immediately, his face straightened, and he looked at everyone seriously and said, "Now those traitors are preparing to advance in three ways, I don't know if you have any strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Ru stood up and said respectfully, "Lord, Li Yi in the north has Zicheng commanding 60,000 troops to defend it, although Li Yi's soldiers are strong and brave, but as long as Zicheng defends the city, although it is not guaranteed to repel Li Yi, it is impossible to lose it in a short time." ”

"In the direction of Hanoi, although Yuan Shao has an army of 80,000, as the leader of the alliance and the current prestige of the Yuan clan, he will definitely not fight to the death with our army without certainty. So let Shu Ying put on a stubborn posture, then Yuan Shao will definitely not attack easily. Li Ru shook the feather fan and smiled.

"As for the coalition army gathered in Sujuju, although there are tens of thousands of people, after all, it is a force united by many forces, and it is the best to deal with. Therefore, the subordinates thought that they should concentrate their forces and strive to defeat them quickly. As long as they are defeated, then only the two troops of Li Yi and Yuan Shao will be left, and the so-called coalition army will be destroyed without a fight. Li Ru smiled, flattened the feather fan in his hand, and slowly turned over. It was as if this coalition army was just so simple in his eyes.

"Hahahaha!" Hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately burst out laughing, "Okay! All right! It is worthy of my Wenyou, you are here, I can sit back and relax! ”

Immediately, Dong Zhuo glanced around at everyone and said in a deep voice, "In that case, I will personally lead the army to meet the rebels in Yanzhou at that time!" ”

"No!"

Everyone responded in unison, and then, Li Ru gave Dong Zhuo a look, and Dong Zhuo ordered everyone to leave, leaving only Li Ru and Jia Xu.

After everyone retreated, Jia Xu said in a deep voice, "My lord, the minister thinks that when the lord leads the army to go on the expedition, he should deal with the potential internal threats first. ”

"Oh? Wen He said ......" Dong Zhuo heard this, looked at Jia Xu suspiciously, and asked. Potential internal threats? Dong Zhuo couldn't guess what it was, to say that it was a scholar? Well, it is, but how can it be solved unless all the scholars are killed?

"In addition to crusading against the lord, the banner of the coalition army is also to restore the throne of King Nahongnong......" Jia Xu said in a respectful voice.

"This ......" Dong Zhuo heard this, where did he not know what Jia Xu meant? It's just that although Dong Zhuo killed a lot of scholars who opposed him before, he even gave the Yuan family of Luoyang a nest some time ago. But what Jia Xu said still made him stunned.

Seeing this, Li Ru on the side began to persuade, "My lord, what Wen He said is extremely true, as long as King Hongnong is not there, then the coalition army will lose the most important excuse." Come to think of it, it will be a huge blow to their morale. Moreover, within the Jingshi, there are also many scholars and doctors who want to restore the throne of King Nahongnong. ”

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo was silent, obviously for him, this decision was not easy to make. After all, abolishing the emperor and killing the monarch are two concepts, although King Hongnong is no longer the emperor.

After a long while, he nodded, "Then Wenhe, I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"No."

Although he was named King Hongnong, it was naturally impossible for Dong Zhuo to send such an important person to Hongnong, in fact, he didn't even let King Hongnong leave the imperial city. However, Dong Zhuo did not completely imprison Liu Wei and the others as he did with He Xianglan, but allowed them to move freely within a certain range, but everywhere they went, they were followed by eunuchs and palace maids loyal to Dong Zhuo.

At this time, Liu Wei was sitting in a gazebo, looking at the beautiful scenery in the flower garden in a daze, a girl about 12 or 3 years old was lying in his arms with a sad brow, but it was Liu Bian's concubine Tang Ning.

It has been more than half a year since he learned of the death of his mother, He Xianglan, and during this time, he has neither sadness nor resentment, either sitting here in a daze, or reading a book in silence in the palace.

After a while, a sound of footsteps came, and then I saw a person who looked like a scholar walking over quickly, and behind him, there were several eunuchs and palace maids, who were Jia Xu who came by order.

Seeing this, Tang Ning's face suddenly showed a panicked look, and he immediately wanted to stand up. In just an instant, she felt a strong arm hold her tightly in her arms, making it impossible for her to separate herself at all.

"Minister, Yilang Jia Xu, I have seen King Hongnong, I have seen the princess." Jia Xu said with a salute.

Liu Wei sat in the pavilion with Concubine Tang in his arms, glanced at Jia Xu indifferently, and then fell on a eunuch behind him, or on a pot of wine presented by the eunuch.

"Is it finally here......" Liu Wei muttered to himself.

On the other side, Jia Xu, who didn't get a reply from Liu Bian, looked up at Liu Bian suspiciously, and after seeing his gaze, Jia Xu immediately understood.

"It is said that this Hongnong King is very stupid, but now it doesn't seem to be so......" Jia Xu thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time directly took the wine jug in the eunuch's hand and strode into the pavilion.

"Your Majesty, this is a fine wine from Dong Xiangguo......," Jia Xu said, put down the wine jug, and ignored the silent Liu Wei and Tang Ning, who were still in fear, and poured the wine in the jug into the wine glass.

Originally, before Jia Xu came, he had already thought of several reasons to persuade Liu Wei, but since Liu Wei knew, he didn't bother to bother.

Liu Wei looked at the glass of wine on the stone table, then looked down at Tang Ning, who was hugging him tightly with a frightened look, and then raised his head to look at Jia Xu, who still looked respectful, and asked, "Jia Yilang, can you help this king convey a word to Dong Xiangguo?" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Jia Xu replied respectfully.

"Concubine Tang is still young and doesn't understand anything, I hope Dong Xiangguo can let her live." Liu Wei said, stood up under the stunned gaze of the two, and directly picked up the wine glass on the table and sighed, "This king was unable to protect his mother in the past, but now, I hope that Dong Xiangguo can become this king and give this king a chance to protect his woman......"

As he spoke, Liu Wei tilted his head and drank the wine in the cup directly.