"What?!" When Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words, he immediately looked at him dumbfounded, as if he couldn't believe that Li Ru would say such a thing. However, he didn't get angry or question anything, just sat there and looked at Li Ru quietly, because he knew that Li Ru would not do anything unfavorable to him.

Sure enough, I heard Li Ru continue, "Lord, that Liu Biao is a relative of the Han family, although he is not a member of the same road as us, it is impossible for him to take refuge in Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu." Therefore, it is better to agree to his superiors, and at the same time appoint Liu Biao as the pastor of Jingzhou, the prime minister of Jingzhou military administration. As a result, sooner or later Liu Biao and Na Yuan Shu will clash. ”

After speaking, seeing Dong Zhuo's pensive look, Li Ru said again, "In addition, the lord can also show favor to Liu Yu and Liu Bei, one of them is Youzhou Mu and the other is Qingzhou Mu, not only do they have strong strength, but the most important thing is that their territories are next to Yuan Shao. Once the coalition forces are disbanded, they will definitely be the best candidates to contain Yuan Shao! ”

Listening to Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo became more and more excited, until he finished speaking, Dong Zhuo suddenly stood up and laughed, "Okay! That's it! In this way, I will be able to calmly deal with the enemies of Yanzhou and Merge! ”

He knew that if he did so, he would only exacerbate local conflicts, make the authority of the imperial court decline again, and might even cause a world of great chaos. But what do these things have to do with him Dong Zhuo? As long as he can defend the Kanto region, plus the emperor and hundreds of officials are in hand, he Dong Zhuo is already invincible.

After all, hundreds of years ago, there was already a hero who set the best example for him, telling him how to conquer the world by occupying Guanzhong.

Nanyang Wan County, Jingzhou.

"Bastard! What kind of thing is Liu Biao?! Jingzhou, who robbed me, even dared to show me to be the guard of Nanyang County?! Does he really think that he can occupy Jingzhou by some small means?! When Yuan Shu learned that Liu Biao had occupied Jingzhou, and even said that he was the guard of Nanyang County, he immediately scolded angrily.

"The lord, please calm down, now is not the time to settle accounts with that Liu Biao......" Seeing this, Yang Hong and Yan Xiang didn't want to speak at such a time, but their duty was to speak. Otherwise, God knows what Yuan Shu would do.

They knew very well how irritable Yuan Shu's temper was, and they knew how impulsive their own lord was.

"Then what do you mean, do you mean to let me watch that Liu Biao snatch away Jingzhou, which belongs to me?!" Yuan Shu looked at the two of them angrily, with that hideous appearance, it was very good that if the two of them didn't say a word right, they would directly cut them off.

"My lord, the top priority now is to completely control Nanyang and Yuzhou in his hands. At the same time, look for opportunities to attack Luoyang. Once this happens, the prestige of the lord will definitely be the best in the world, even if he can't make the four seas surrender, just Liu Biao, what is the matter with the lord and the opponent at that time? Yang Hong said respectfully.

"Yes, although Li Yi, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others are all standing still now, isn't this a great opportunity for the lord? As long as he attacks Luoyang, then Dong Zhuo has no way to escape! At that time, the lord will enter the court by virtue of his merits, who in the world will dare to disobey? At that time, in Jingzhou, would the lord still care? Yan Xiang said quickly.

"Hmm...... There is some truth to this. Yuan Shu nodded when he heard this, and seemed to calm down. After half a ring, he ordered the two of them, "Just do it, continue to recruit and train troops, and launch an attack on Luoyang as soon as possible." ”

I have to say that when Yuan Shu said this, he was very confident. Different from Li Yi's barren annexed states, there are only Yuan Shao in Bohai County, and Yanzhou, where countless heroes gather, and Yuan Shu, who sits on Nanyang and Yuzhou, will not have the same scruples as Li Yi and Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuzhou and Nanyang are both among the most developed regions in the world, with large populations and rich places, as long as Yuan Shu is given time, he can also spend it with Dong Zhuo, who is sitting in Sili and Liangzhou.

However, Yuan Shu still has one of the biggest problems, that is, the time to occupy the two places is too short and too short. And this is also the reason why Yuan Shu finally chose to compromise.

"Hmph, Liu Biao, is it? After a while, I will let you know what will happen if you offend me Yuan Highway! Yuan Shu sneered, his laughter full of resentment.

Soon after, Liu Biao, who moved the administrative office to Xiangyang, also received an appointment from the imperial court.

"Lord, Dong Zhuo appointed the lord as the pastor of Jingzhou, obviously hoping to arouse Yuan Shu's hostility, so that the lord and Yuan Shu can compete and reap the benefits of the fisherman!" Kuai Liang said respectfully.

"Well, what Zirou said is very reasonable, is there a way to deal with it?" Liu Biao asked with a chuckle when he heard this.

"Lord, in the opinion of his subordinates, since Yuan Shu did not immediately send troops south, he still wants to attack Si Li to seize the greatest benefits. Therefore, his subordinates thought that now the lord only needs to completely bring Jingzhou under control as soon as possible, and at the same time vigorously develop armaments and people's livelihood. Kuai Liang said respectfully when he heard this.

"The subordinates seconded the proposal, although Nanyang fell into the hands of Yuan Shu, but there are still more than five million people in Jingzhou, and the waters of Jingzhou are vertical and horizontal, and there are more natural dangers of the Yangtze River, as long as the water army is vigorously developed, there is no fear of Yuan Shu at all." Kuai Yue also opened his mouth and agreed.

"Well, let's do it. In addition, since Dong Zhuo wants to use me, I can't let him use it in vain. Send someone to Luoyang and ask Dong Zhuo to send my sons and nephews to Jingzhou. Liu Biao nodded, and then said with a chuckle.

Time passed little by little, and all of a sudden, it came to July.

In the county capital of Ji County, Liangzhou.

Zhang Ning lay on the bed with a pale face, without any strength in his body. But even so, she still looked straight away, where an old woman was holding a baby in her arms, and her face trembled with fear and trembling on the side of the bed.

"Why...... Will it be a daughter? Zhang Ning muttered softly, although his tone was light, but it made the old woman tremble violently. If it weren't for the fact that she was still holding the baby, I'm afraid she would have already knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, right?

"Mother, is your daughter bad? The child has always wanted to have a sister~" Ma Chao asked innocently.

"Yes, yes, the child also wants to have a sister~" Matthew and Ma Dai also echoed.

It's no wonder that Ma Teng has a total of three sons, Ma Chao, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, plus an adopted nephew Ma Dai, there are four boys. In fact, when Ma Teng was pregnant with Zhang Ning, he had been muttering that he hoped that Zhang Ning could give him a daughter.

Hearing this, Zhang Ning opened his mouth, but he didn't say what he thought in his heart, but just waved his hand, signaling that the old woman could leave.