Luoyang, West Garden, is famous for the formation of the West Garden army here when Emperor Ling was the emperor.

Now the eight armies that once briefly appeared on the stage of the Han Dynasty have disappeared, and the former eight captains of the West Park have gone their separate ways, which is the place where Zhang Liao started, and it is also the garrison of Han Hao's 3,000 elite soldiers in the Chinese Protector Army.

In Luoyang City, Yulin, Huben, the five battalions of the Northern Army, and the city gate guards are also mixed with Duan Xuan, Zhang Yang, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and other princes and the original old department of the imperial court, but Han Hao's troops and horses are completely Zhang Liao's old department, and Yulin, Huben, the five battalions of the Northern Army and the city gate guards are separated independently, and the soldiers and horses stationed in all directions and eight passes by Zang Ba are combined.

This time Zhang Liao fought against Yuan Shu, and transferred the main force of Zang Ba to the south, leaving only Han Hao's soldiers and horses, which became the biggest obstacle for Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and Dong Cheng, the general of Zuo, to calculate Zhang Liao.

On a rainy night, a group of men and horses went straight to the West Garden, and it was the Yue Cavalry Captain Wang Fu and Song Guo and Li He, two lieutenants sent by Dong Cheng, with four or five thousand soldiers and horses, preparing to attack the West Garden at night and take Han Hao's three thousand soldiers and horses.

The West Garden was originally a royal forest garden, and later converted into a military camp, but it was only used as a garrison place, and there was no strong defense, but even so, Dong Cheng still did not dare to be careless, and the army sent over in addition to his lineage of 3,000 men and horses, and with the edict of the Son of Heaven, 2,000 soldiers and horses were transferred from Yulin, Huben, the Northern Army and the city gate guards to fight together.

Of course, Dong Cheng only transferred ordinary soldiers from several armies, but he didn't dare to let Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Bao Xin, Duan Xuan and other generals come over, for fear that something would happen, after all, Zhang Liao's influence was too great, Dong Cheng did not fully trust these generals who obeyed the edict of the Son of Heaven, and transferred troops and horses from them, firstly, to coordinate operations, and secondly, to eliminate the retreat of these generals, so that they could surrender their names.

The West Garden is only twenty miles away from Luoyang, but in this rainy night, the march of 5,000 soldiers and horses in the mud is extremely difficult, and there is no torch lighting, and they walked for two and a half hours, and did not arrive at the West Garden until the second half of the night, when the rain has been much lighter, but the soldiers are cold and tired, and their morale is extremely low.

It was the first sentence above, running and breaking his leg below, Dong admitted that the rainy night was suitable for a surprise attack, he gave an order, but he suffered the soldiers, and traveled more than ten miles in the rain at night, and his own people collapsed first, how could he still have the energy to fight!

Isn't this helping the enemy to work at ease? Isn't it the enemy who gave the order? Didn't we deliberately send us to death? The soldiers all scolded in their hearts.

Wang Fu, Song Guo, and Li He also noticed the problem, and Song Guo wiped the rain on his face and said to the leading Wang Fu: "Captain Wang, marching in the rain overnight, the soldiers are tired and tired, and there are many outdated ones, you must rest for half an hour, otherwise you will be defeated when you attack the West Garden." ”

Wang Fu said in a deep voice: "We are tired, but those defenders of the West Garden are still asleep, compared to us is even worse, this rain does not know when it can stop, it will only be more tired when to rest, you need to act immediately, General Li, General Song, after attacking the West Garden, you two led the troops to quickly control the barracks, disarmed, and the rebels were killed, I brought my own soldiers and horses to see Han Hao, and passed the edict of the Son of Heaven." ”

This is what Dong Cheng has planned a long time ago, first fake the news of Zhang Liao's death, and then use the edict to relieve Han Hao of military power, if Han Hao is edicted, he can easily control this army of soldiers and horses, if Han Hao does not obey the edict, then kill Han Hao in the name of killing the traitor, control and even bloody West Garden.

After a stick of incense, the army arrived at the gate of the West Garden, there was no guard at the gate of the West Garden, the royal suit was violent, an order, the army broke the gate and rushed into the West Garden, Song Guo and Li He led the troops straight to the West Garden military camp, and the Wang Fu went directly to the residence of Han Hao, the middle guard.

An hour later, Wang Fu, Song Guo and Li He sat in the handsome tent in the West Garden, looking at each other, from the time they rushed in until now, there was no battle, the key is that there is no one in the West Garden!

They originally thought there was an ambush, but they carefully investigated for an hour and searched the entire West Garden, but there was still no figure, and Han Hao and his three thousand soldiers and horses disappeared completely!

They actually pounced, as if they had mustered up enough strength to punch the cotton, which made Wang Fu, Song Guo and Li He extremely uncomfortable.

In this way, they braved the wind and rain all night and marched hard and hurriedly, why bother!

Wang was so angry that he just wanted to scold, but he was more concerned about where Han Hao's soldiers and horses went?

Could it be a district attack on the palace? Or are you going to attack the Dong Mansion?

As soon as Wang Fu thought of this, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and wanted to send someone to Luoyang City to deliver a message or divide his troops to Luoyang, but he was afraid that he would be ambushed and killed halfway, which would cause a big deal, so he could only order again and order the whole army of 5,000 soldiers and horses to return to Luoyang immediately!

Five thousand soldiers are almost insane!

What were they doing that night? Celebrating the rainstorm?

It's a toss-up, right? All kinds of curses shouted countless times in their hearts.

……

It turns out that Wang Fu thinks too much, Zhang Liao will not give the order to attack the imperial city, without Zhang Liao's order, how can Han Hao attack the imperial city, that is a real rebellion.

But where is Han Hao now?

Time back to the first half of the night, when Wang Fu led his troops to the West Garden in the rain, in a mansion in Luoyang City, the former military advisor Li Ru had a graceful look, and Han Hao, the protector of the Middle Army, was drinking tea.

Li Ru smiled and took a sip of the teacup, his expression was full of enjoyment, and he praised: "The lord is really talented, regardless of the battlefield and the court, this fried tea alone, the fragrance is endless, and the aftertaste is around the tongue, which makes countless literati and Confucians love it like life and treasure it." ”

Han Hao's expression was not so relaxed, his expression was quite heavy, and he was a little angry: "The general has made great contributions to the imperial court, and he is the minister of the pillars of the society, I don't want Your Majesty to be ...... This time to give up the West Garden, avoid not fighting, is a wonderful strategy, but also a certain dereliction of duty, worthy of the general's trust. ”

The Son of Heaven and Dong Cheng were so eager to deal with the generals, and they were even more vain in the battle against Yuan Shu on the front line, which was indeed beyond their expectations, at least Han Hao was a little caught off guard, and when he received the news from Li Ru, he still didn't believe it in his heart, but Zhang Liao had already explained before leaving Beijing, and asked him to obey Li Ru's arrangement, because before the rainstorm, his 3,000 soldiers and horses had already retreated to the secret military camp built in the north near the mountain.

Seeing Han Hao's depression in his heart, Li Ru shook his head: "It's not a dereliction of duty, but a dutiful duty, don't abandon the West Garden, if you don't accept the edict, you will lose the soldiers and horses, and if you don't accept the edict, you will be rebellious, and it will damage the reputation of the general...... Hehe, I expect Dong Cheng to see General Han's soldiers and horses, and he will inevitably be unsettled and difficult to sleep. ”

Han Hao nodded, he also admired Li Ru's retreat strategy in his heart, it was indeed a resourceful military advisor, only this one strategy was counted in one fell swoop, not only did it save the soldiers and horses, and avoided the troublesome problem of whether to obey the edict or not, but this move would inevitably make the Son of Heaven and Dong Cheng mess up, not to mention that the five thousand soldiers and horses ran pitifully in the rainstorm night, and even he had some sympathy for those guys.

In this way, although it is dereliction of duty, it is better than going to war directly, in Han Hao's eyes, Dong Cheng's soldiers and horses are not worth mentioning, the key is that the Son of Heaven is on Dong Cheng's side, if the war starts, the consequences are unpredictable to everyone, but he is still a little worried, and said: "It's okay to retreat, I'm afraid that I will lose the reputation of the general, lose the deterrent, and cause chaos in Luoyang." ”

Li Ru said hesitantly: "Isn't it chaotic enough to be in Luoyang now?" ”

"Not bad." Han Hao drank a cup of tea: "I don't want to settle down for two years, and there will be trouble again, I don't know how the general is fighting in Yuzhou?" Will you be able to get back in time? ”

"Yuan Shu has many soldiers and horses, the general is deep behind the enemy, Xuzhou and Jiangdong have also changed, the war is bound to be difficult, and the general cannot rush back." Li Ru shook his head and narrowed his eyes: "At this time, it may be a good thing that the general is not in the Beijing Division, but if he is in the Beijing Division, it will be difficult and unfavorable in the future." ”

Han Hao frowned, a little puzzled, when this was critical, didn't the general need to go back to Beijing to deal with it? asked Li Ru again, but Li Ru smiled and did not answer.

Han Hao snorted: "If Dong Cheng controls the imperial court, what is General Yu?" ”

Li Ru sneered: "A group of rabble, short-sighted people, and people of local chickens and dogs, there is really nothing to worry about, I have my own strategy to deal with it, and this time I will definitely eliminate the worries and troubles of the general in the future." ”

When Han Hao heard this, he seemed to understand something, and his expression was a little shocked.

However, for what Li Ru said about short-sighted people and local chickens and dogs, Han Hao also agrees in his heart.

Dong Cheng and the others were in the Beijing Division, and they didn't know how elite and powerful the general's soldiers and horses were in Bingzhou, Guanzhong and Hedong, no matter how they tossed in Luoyang, only if the general was determined to send troops from Guanzhong, Hedong, and Bingzhou, he could easily sweep Luoyang.

Just listening to Li Ru's tone, as well as the sentence that eliminated the worries of the general and the troubles of his future, Han Hao couldn't help but beat a little faster, what does this mean? What are the general's worries and troubles? Could it be that the general had already explained before leaving Beijing? Or do you have another idea?

Han Hao knew that when the general left Beijing, he entrusted the affairs of Luoyang to Shang Shu Ling Xun Yu and him, but Shang Shu Ling Xun Yu and him were both in the open, and there was a hidden Li Ru in the secret who was not known to others.

Li Ru controls the intelligence from all sides, and secretly plans to deal with the conspiracies and tricks from all sides, and has more information and plans than him.

In fact, Han Hao thought too much, when Zhang Liao left Beijing, he brought his family back to Hedong, handed over the courtiers to Xun Yu, and handed over the shadow to Li Ru, so he let go and didn't care about anything.

This is also Zhang Liao's style of acting, there is no doubt about employing people, Xun Yu's conspiracy and Li Ru's conspiracy are above him, he doesn't have to point fingers too much, he believes that the two of them can take care of the rear.

But in this way, some of Li Ru's secret plans, Zhang Liao, who is now on the battlefield in Yuzhou, didn't know at all, and he didn't expect how bold Li Ru was.