Soon, the changes in Liangzhou and Hanzhong spread to Meiyang, and Zhang Wen hurriedly convened everyone again.

"I think everyone already knows why you are here this time." Zhang Wen looked at everyone and said lightly, "So, what do you think about this?" ”

"General! Xia Guan thought that when the enemy army first came, the morale was booming, so it was better to divide the troops in Meiyang and Wugong counties, and at the same time set up camp at the junction of the two counties. Wait for work at ease, attack with defense, and then break it in one fell swoop when the enemy's morale slips! Hearing this, Yuan Peng said quickly.

"The lower officials are against it!" Dong Zhuo on the side immediately said loudly when he heard this, "The Liangzhou rebel party is just a temporary rabble of Qiang and Han people, and there are many ordinary Qiang cavalry. Although they are good at riding and shooting, they have left the grassland and entered Sansuke, and their advantage has long since disappeared. As for the rice thieves in Hanzhong, they are just a group of clowns who jump off the beam. ”

As he spoke, Dong Zhuo turned his head to look at Zhang Wen and said in a loud voice, "Xia Guan thinks that since the Liangzhou rebel party has colluded with the Hanzhong rice thieves, they will definitely meet somewhere. We only need to wait for their convergence to be completed, and then concentrate our forces to defeat them in one fell swoop! Dong Zhuo's voice was very loud, and it sounded like there was no respect for Zhang Wen in his tone. This situation made many people in the account very dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo didn't care at all.

And that Wen Wenyan, although his brows furrowed suddenly, he didn't say much. Although he was also dissatisfied in his heart, he knew that he really had nothing to do with Dong Zhuo. Because as long as Dong Zhuo doesn't violate military rules, then how will Zhang Wen deal with Dong Zhuo? Because he was rude? Apparently impossible? You must know that Dong Zhuo has no respectful surprise in his tone, and there is no problem with his demeanor. You can't just be punished just because you have a loud voice, right? Isn't that Zhang Wen a great gift to the eunuchs?

And......

The lower officials also agreed with what General Dong said! Our army has 100,000 soldiers, and it is an elite division! was ordered to beg for thieves, and even more occupied the righteousness. If you can only defend in the face of an enemy attack, what will the people of the world think? What would the Holy One think?! Zhou Shen said loudly.

Well, at this time, Zhou Shen and Dong Zhuo are really unscrupulous unions, but it's normal to think about it. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the power of eunuchs has shrunk sharply, and the general He Jin has also made his relatives the weakest of the three parties for various reasons. Although there is the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong to protect them, but there are one, two, and there are no three, Liu Hong can protect them once, can he always protect them? Apparently impossible!

In this case, if they don't join forces again, then Zhang Rang will really be in vain all these years. And although He Jin still fantasizes about the commander and the doctor controlling the power of the court, it is a pity that Empress He and He Miao have long been co-opted by Zhang Rang and others. Of course, is the person in charge behind it Zhang Rang or Liu Hong? Who can say it clearly, and who dares to say it clearly!

As soon as the two spoke, half of the generals in the hall suddenly echoed, among them, some of them were dependent on the eunuchs and generals, and some were because of Dong Zhuo.

Although Dong Zhuo is not from Liangzhou, he grew up in Liangzhou, he liked to act chivalrous and righteous when he was young, and when he became an adult, he served as an official in Longxi County, resisting the infestation of the Hu people many times, and had a great reputation. Later, he served as the punctual of Hedong County, and also left a great reputation in Sili, which made many generals respect Dong Zhuo very much.

Sometimes the military is like that, they don't look at how knowledgeable you are, or how prestigious. The only thing you can see is your record! For the previous Huangfu Song, they were convinced, after all, Huang Fu Song's record in the whole world can only be compared to Li Yi, even Zhu Jun is still worse. And Zhang Wen? Well, he is one of the three princes of the dynasty, so naturally there is nothing to say about his knowledge, but did he have any experience in leading troops before this?

Seeing this, Zhang Wen's heart suddenly sank, and his eyes were full of gloom, because what he was most worried about had happened. That is, when a eunuch, a relative and a famous general are added, the power that can be produced is really unimaginable. This is why before, even though Yuan Kui and others knew that there was a relationship between Huangfu Gui and Zhang Huan, they still vigorously tried to win over and send favors to Li Yi, in order to prevent him from falling under the command of eunuchs or generals.

"Since this is the case, then follow Dong Poyu's plan to execute!" Zhang Wen said in a flat tone, but the anger in his heart, I am afraid that most of the people in the tent can feel it. "Pass the order, the three armies recuperate and wait for the enemy to arrive! Disband! After speaking, Zhang Wen took the lead and walked out, he didn't want to see Dong Zhuo's triumphant expression at all.

After a while, most of the people dispersed, leaving only Zhou Shen and those generals who had agreed with Dong Zhuo's proposal just now, and followed Dong Zhuo all the way out of the City Lord's Mansion. "Don't worry, when I, Dong Zhongying, beat those Hulu in Liangzhou, it was ......" Dong Zhuo boasted proudly, he liked this feeling very much.

Just returned to his mansion, his triumphant expression disappeared suddenly, because in the hall of the mansion, he saw a thin figure, who was it not Li Ru? What made him even more helpless was that Li Ru seemed to be waiting for him, and he was looking at himself with a smile on his face at this time.

"Oops! I forgot something so important, I had to do it quickly! Dong Zhuo took two steps, suddenly patted his head, shouted in panic, and then turned around and prepared to leave. It's just that the right leg has just stepped out and has not yet landed, and a fluttering word came into Dong Zhuo's ears.

"I wonder if the lord has forgotten something? Can you let your subordinates listen to it, so that you can solve your doubts for the Lord. Li Ru said with a chuckle, the tone was like a spring breeze, and it sounded so warm and comfortable. But hearing it in Dong Zhuo's ears, it made him shiver involuntarily.

"Hah...... Ha ha...... Wenyou...... That's the thing...... Is it ......" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru with a smile, sweating profusely for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, and finally, he touched the back of his head and laughed, "Haha...... In fact, it's not a big deal, don't worry about Lao Wenyou, don't worry about Lao Wenyou~"

After speaking, Dong Zhuo suddenly stretched a big lazy waist, "Ha...... I'm so tired...... Alas, General Zhang is really, he has always been discussing matters every day these days, and I haven't slept well, don't say it, don't say it~ I'll go make up for it first~" Dong Zhuo said, as if he was fine, and walked quickly to his room.

It's just that before he took two steps, Li Ru's voice came again, "My lord, I don't know what General Zhang said when he summoned everyone to discuss the matter this time?" The result? The subordinates vaguely heard some rumors, which seemed to be something very important~"

Li Ru still looked at Dong Zhuo with a smile, and although Dong Zhuo had his back to Li Ru, he felt like he was on his back, and his back was even more drenched in cold sweat. Then, I saw Dong Zhuo's face change from yellow to black, from black to purple, and finally changed back and forth, and I saw Dong Zhuo turn around and walk quickly towards Li Ru...... On a stool not far away, he sat down and said angrily, "It's not a big deal!" It was the rabble in Liangzhou and the untouchables in Hanzhong who were ready to assemble and come to fight us, so I advised General Zhang to wait for work and defeat them in one fell swoop. ”

"Oh? Is that all? Hearing this, Li Ru walked next to Dong Zhuo and asked with a curious look.

"Alright, alright! I'll admit, I didn't have a very good tone with that Chang Wen. But you can't blame me for that! Who made that guy put on a superior appearance every day, and it was annoying to see it! Dong Zhuo saw Li Ru pressing so step by step, and finally explained helplessly. Then, as if he had given up on himself, he began to complain constantly, "Wen You, you don't know, Zhang Wen's guy's face, that's just ......"

Crackling is a quarter of an hour, God knows how Dong Zhuo was able to complain about Zhang Wen so eloquently for so long without reading a few books, and there is not a single thing to repeat.

Just after speaking, Dong Zhuo suddenly collapsed on the stool, and said with a cool look, "That's all!" After speaking, Dong Zhuo's eyes closed, and he looked like he was casually disposing of Li Ru.

Seeing Dong Zhuo like this, Li Ru suddenly smiled bitterly, sometimes he really didn't know why he chose such a lord, although he said that he was kind to himself, but counting the merits he had made, that kindness would have been paid off long ago.

"Lord, my subordinates think that my lord is doing the right thing!" Li Ru suppressed the helplessness in his heart, and then said to Dong Zhuo respectfully.

"Well, I know wrong...... What the?! Dong Zhuogang was about to habitually admit his mistake, but suddenly reacted to Li Ru's words, and suddenly sat up like a carp turning over, and the original appearance of dying was long gone. Wenyou! What did you just say?! Say it again, say it again! ”

Hearing this, Li Ru felt more helpless in his heart, but he still said with a wry smile on his mouth, "The subordinates said that the lord did the right thing!" ”

"Haha! You can say that again! Say it again! Well...... Wait a minute! Dong Zhuo laughed, and then suddenly stopped Li Ru, but turned his head and shouted outside, "Someone! Go and call Gongzhu and the others! Ha ha! I'm going to let them hear it too! Dong Zhuo shouted excitedly.

At this time, he was like a child, as if Li Ru's praise was what he wanted most in the world.

"Lord!" Seeing this, Li Ru's tone suddenly became a little heavier.

"Uh......" With just such a sentence, the original excitement on Dong Zhuo's face suddenly disappeared, and that appearance became, which can be described as a real change of face!

"Lord, you still need to pass on the ......" The guard outside the door cautiously probed in, but his eyes fell more on Li Ru's body.

"Let's go down." Li Ru waved his hand and said, and when the guard heard this, he immediately ran away as if he had been pardoned. Well...... Who is the lord of the two of them?

In this regard, Dong Zhuo didn't care at all, but looked at Li Ru with a cautious expression and asked, "Wen You, you just said that I was right to do this?" There was a hint of anticipation in his tone.

"Yes, the lord is doing this now, and it is indeed right!" After speaking, Li Ru seemed to be afraid that Dong Zhuo would do something strange again, so he hurriedly said again, "The dictatorship of scholars is a matter of great fear. That's why eunuchs and relatives will compete with it. ”

Li Ru waved his goose feather fan lightly, looked at Dong Zhuo and said respectfully, "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the power of the scholars has reached a peak. In the court, the scholars headed by the three princes held most of the right to speak, and the general He Jin continued to show favor to the scholars, and successively recruited Yuan Shao, a child of the Yuan family, and Xun You, a child of the Xun family, as a staff member. Outside, there are famous generals such as Li Yi and Huangfu Song commanding the troops outside. It can be said that the saint's vigilance against scholars has reached a certain level. Therefore, Huangfu Song was dismissed, and Zhang Wen, who had no experience in leading troops, was replaced by the three assistants. Isn't it just to let eunuchs and relatives take the opportunity to make meritorious contributions? ”

"It can be said that in this case, the union between relatives and eunuchs is already inevitable, although He Jin's attitude is still biased towards scholars, but there is the queen and her brother He Miao in the ......" Li Ru said this, looking at the sleepy Dong Zhuo a little helplessly and said, "Lord! ”

"Huh?! I'm listening! Listening! Dong Zhuo hurriedly responded, but that panicked appearance obviously meant that Li Ru's words just now were in vain.

However, it was obvious that Li Ru had long been accustomed to this situation, so he quickly adjusted his chaotic mood and said again, "What the lord is doing now is exactly in line with the thoughts of the people under the general's command. Even if the general still wants to fall to the scholar at that time, the lord will definitely look at it differently. ”

"I see!" When Dong Zhuo heard this, he suddenly realized the truth, but how much did he understand? I'm afraid only he and Li Ru know.

"Lord, after that, you must continue to win over Zhou Shen and the others, especially those neutral generals, they have already shown a trace of respect for the lord, they only need to work harder, plus a certain amount of military exploits......" Li Ru kept saying in Dong Zhuo's ear.

Although Dong Zhuo was still confused at first, but then, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he kept nodding his head again and again.

Mid-July.

"Report! The Liangzhou traitors led an army of 130,000 to Yixian, and the rice thieves in Hanzhong also sent 50,000 troops to join the Liangzhou traitors! The herald hurried to report.

"Humph! Is it finally here?! In the City Lord's Mansion, Zhang Wen said coldly, "Summoning all the generals to come to discuss matters!" ”

"No!"

After a while, Yuan Peng, Zhou Shen, Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian and other generals rushed over, each of them had very solemn expressions, although they had already prepared, but the enemy's strength was obviously somewhat unexpected by them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the enemy army has arrived in Yixian, I think we can reach Meiyang soon." Zhang Wen looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, and then turned his head to look at Dong Zhuo and asked, "Dong Poyu, what do you think?" ”

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo was not in a hurry, and directly came out of the queue and said, "The lower official is willing to be the former army!" Lead the army to defeat the enemy! With just one sentence, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed.

Zhang Wen looked at Dong Zhuo suspiciously, hoping to see something on his face, but Dong Zhuo's expression was very calm, and he didn't seem to pay attention to the enemy's 180,000 army at all.

The same was true of Yuan Fan on the side, obviously, Dong Zhuo's unhesitating attitude made them hesitate.

It's just that in this regard, Dong Zhuo said loudly again, "General! The last general is willing to be the front army! Lead the army to defeat the enemy! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Wen, who was still hesitating, suddenly said, "Dong Poyu laughed, Jun is the general of our army, and he should be in the rear!" As he spoke, he didn't give Dong Zhuo a chance to speak, and directly named a general of the Shidafu faction and appointed him as the former army. At the same time, the cavalry on the flanks were also served by the generals of the Shidafu faction.

And the rest of the generals of the neutral, eunuch, and general factions were basically arranged by Zhang Wen in the positions of the middle army and the rear army. In his words, important people naturally have to be placed in important positions. Although, everyone understands why Zhang Wen did this, and even Zhang Wen knows that they know why they do it. But, no one can open their mouths, can they? After all, this kind of partisan struggle has always been something that can be fought and fought, but say it? That's a dead end, and no one is going to protect you at all.

After some orders, Zhang Wen looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "The enemy army is strong, but our army is a righteous army!" Carrying the emperor's order, there are even more expectations of thousands of people in Liangzhou and Sanfu! Therefore, I hope that you will fight bravely and not disappoint the expectations of the emperor and the people. ”

"No!"

A few days later, outside Meiyang City, the Han army had a clear banner and a neat lineup, although there were only 100,000 people, but it was orderly and not scattered at all. Zhang Wen sat on his horse and observed the enemy formation in front of him, and couldn't help sneering after half a sound, "Although the enemy's strength is more than 80,000 more than our army, but seeing that their lineup is loose and their equipment is not complete, how can they be the opponent of our army?!" Especially the army of the rice thief, what is the difference between the Yellow Turban thief in the past? No, they're not even as good as those Yellow Turban thieves! ”

"The general should not underestimate the enemy, although the lower officials have never fought with the Qiang, but they have also heard that the cavalry of the Qiang people is not inferior to the Xiongnu and Xianbei. Moreover, it fought with General Huangfu, although it fell behind, but it could make General Huangfu unable to attack Liangzhou, and there must be a unique place to think of it. Sun Jian, who was on the side, hurriedly persuaded when he heard this. Speaking of which, after Zhang Wen was worshiped as the general of the left chariot cavalry, Sun Jian was recruited by him and appointed as the military commander.

"That's nature." Zhang Wen nodded in response.

"Humph! This Wen is really ...... is so unscrupulous, does he really think that Zhang has no way to let them take him? Dong Zhuo muttered unhappily. Although he had known this for a long time, he was still very unhappy when he was really left behind in the rear army. It's just that he called Zhang Rang's name...... It seems that he is not really attached to those eunuchs.

"Hehe, isn't that great? In this way, even if we lose, it has nothing to do with us. Li Ru on the side smiled when he heard this.

"Lose?!" When Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately looked at Li Ru in a panic, and at the same time quickly covered his mouth, it seemed that he also knew that his voice was too loud. Then, he looked at Li Ru and asked quickly, "Wen You, will you lose this battle?" How can I not see that?! His tone was very panicked, but he couldn't be blamed, because once he was really defeated, it would not only be Zhang Wen's problem, but even the entire generals involved in it, none of them would be able to escape. After all, it's Sansuke! If you lose it, no one can afford it!

"It's impossible to lose big, but it's still possible to lose a small game. If...... That Zhang Wen insisted on not letting the lord fight~" Li Ru said with a chuckle.

"Haha~ I see~ I'll just say it~ Without me Dong Zhongying, how could I win it?" Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard this. Speaking of which, Dong Zhuo, who has been playing with the Qiang people since he was a child, is very heroic and informal. For these intrigues, he is very disgusted. Because of the environment in which he grew up, he also advocates the law of survival where force is supreme, and whoever has the biggest fist should listen to whom.

Sometimes, Dong Zhuo really wanted to abandon his official position and go back to Liangzhou and live that reckless life. It's a pity that he is willing to be rich and prosperous now. Not to mention anything else, look at the broken equipment of the Liangzhou rebels, and then look at the neat and neat equipment on your side, the benefits of being an official are obvious.

And most importantly, these people around him like it too. Even if it is for them, Dong Zhuo will desperately climb up.

After a short time, the war drums and horns sounded, and the front troops of the two armies slowly slaughtered the enemy. Han Sui and Bian Zhang are naturally not stupid, they know the officers and soldiers very well, but this time they have brought enough infantry corps. At the same time, the cavalry corps led by Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou also began to move towards the flank of the Han army, which was a tactic that had been arranged from the beginning. Han Sui and the two led the infantry to attack the officers and soldiers head-on, while Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou dealt with the cavalry on both flanks respectively.

At the same time, on a hillside outside Meiyang City, Zhang Ning, a professional observer, had already chosen a position, and under the escort of Huang Da and others, he gently shook his feather fan and watched the war below. There was even a small table on the side, which was full of wine and food. Maybe women always like to eat something when they watch a play, right? Although the play is a bit bloody.

It's just that after half a ring, Zhang Ning frowned, because the battle situation did not go as she imagined, in her expectation, although the strength is not superior, but whether it is training, equipment or other aspects, the officers and soldiers all crush the Liangzhou rebels, but now? Although the officers and men did seem to be fighting desperately, they did not have the slightest advantage.

"It's strange, you can't see that Dong Zhuo's banner?" Zhang Ning muttered strangely, in Huang Da's report, the only thing worthy of her attention in the entire officer and soldier camp was Dong Zhuo. is not only Dong Zhuo's fame, qualifications, etc., but also because he chased and beat her second uncle Zhang Bao in the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion, if he hadn't fled back to Xiaquyang and waited for Zhang Jiao's reinforcements, God knows if there would be a subsequent battle of Guangzong.

"Master, that Dong Zhuo's banner is in the rear army." Huang Da reminded when he heard this.

"Rear Army?" Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then showed a sneer, "I see, it seems that Han Sui and the others have good luck today~"