At night, General Wei's Mansion.

The lanterns were hung high, and in the main hall, a beautiful shadow was pacing in the hall.

Dong Yan looked out of the door from time to time, looking uneasy, as if she was waiting for something.

A moment later, footsteps sounded, and Dong Cheng stepped into the hall.

Dong Yan breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly greeted him, and asked, "Isn't there something important about the Son of Heaven summoning his father alone?" ”

Dong Cheng glanced left and right, and when he saw that he had no ears or eyes, he lowered his voice and said: "The Son of Heaven has decided to escape from Wancheng and go to Cao Mengde, and has given his father a secret plan and told us to act according to the plan." ”

Escape from Wancheng?

Dong Yan's expression was shocked, and she said in surprise: "Hasn't the Son of Heaven always been weak and has no opinions, why did he suddenly decide to take such a big risk?" ”

"You and I underestimate the Son of Heaven, he just pretends to be weak on the surface and depends on the queen in everything, but in fact, the city is very deep, and everyone is deceived by him."

Dong Cheng sighed and sighed, so he told his daughter how Liu Xie disguised himself and how he revealed his true face in front of him.

"The Son of Heaven has been acting with us?" Dong Yan was taken aback when she heard this, with an expression of disbelief.

Dong Cheng nodded and sighed: "My father was worried that the Son of Heaven was too weak, our father and daughter were too tightly tied to the Son of Heaven, and there was no future in the future. ”

Dong Yan was silent.

After a while, she shook her head and said: "Even if the Son of Heaven is smart, but that Su Zhe has the talent to pass through the heavens and latitudes, and he is the head of the Nine Wonders, my father should really feel it, can the Son of Heaven escape from his control smoothly?" ”

"The Father has said that the Son of Heaven has given the Father a secret plan, and this plan is foolproof and will succeed." Dong Cheng said, and revealed the secret plan of the Son of Heaven to his daughter.

Dong Yan listened, and there was silence again.

Then, she smiled bitterly: "The plan of the Son of Heaven is indeed a clever plan, but even if he succeeds and escapes to Cao Mengde, can he dare to guarantee that Cao Mengde is a completely trustworthy and loyal minister?" ”

Dong Cheng's speech was sluggish, but he was asked by his daughter, and he didn't know how to answer.

Dong Yan then sighed: "Before, my daughter always thought that it was because there were too many ambitious rebels that caused the decline of the Han Dynasty, and these days my daughter has figured out that it is the decline of the Han Dynasty that has caused so many ambitious people to appear in the world, which is the trend of the times, and there is no way to stop it." ”

"Yan'er, how can you be so pessimistic, there are still loyal ministers in this world." Dong Cheng said with a frown.

"Loyalist?" The corners of Dong Yan's mouth raised a touch of sarcasm, "My father is a loyal minister now, so let my daughter ask, if one day my father has a heavy army, and even what the Son of Heaven wants to make, he must first ask his father for instructions, at that time, is my father willing to give up the power in his hands, hand over his life from his own hands, and continue to be a loyal minister who does his duty?" ”

"I-" Dong Cheng was speechless when asked.

Obviously, this question goes straight to his heart, Dong Cheng couldn't lie in front of his daughter, so he was speechless.

"Yan'er, what do you want to say?" Dong Cheng's face became a little embarrassed, and he asked unhappily.

Dong Yan said: "Actually, my father was just a member of the Xiliang Army before, if he hadn't been co-opted by the Son of Heaven, he wouldn't even have the opportunity to be a loyal minister, and my father also seized this opportunity, so that he has the name of General Wei today, known to the world, in the final analysis, my father may not want to be a loyal minister from the beginning, but just want to give it a go and fight for a better future." ”

Dong Cheng's heart was shocked, his face turned red for a moment, and his expression was embarrassed, as if he had been poked deep in his heart, some kind of unsightly mind.

He immediately became anxious and shouted: "Yan'er, you are too rude, you dare to talk to your father like this, what is wrong with you!" ”

"The father is angry, and the daughter said these words, in fact, it is also for the sake of the father and our Dong family."

Dong Yan's tone softened a little, and she lowered her voice and said: "My daughter actually wants to say that my father's original intention, if it is to fight for a good future, instead of betting on the Son of Heaven, it is better to change the object of betting." ”

"Another one? For whom? Dong Cheng did not continue to be angry, but became curious.

"Far away, close at hand." Dong Yan didn't say it explicitly, just hinted.

Dong Cheng's eyes rolled a few times, suddenly changed color, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, let your father go and show favor to that Su Zhe, and saddle that kid before and after?" ”

Dong Yan said with a smile: "What kind of goodwill, what is the saddle before and after the horse, what my father said is a little ugly, that Su Ziming has the talent of the heavens and the earth, and the daughter thinks that he is very similar to the Han Gaozu back then, and he is very likely to achieve great things, if his father can follow him, he will be able to fight for a bright future." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Dong Cheng flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "Then what if Su Ziming has some wisdom, he has only been in the army for a few days, and he has stood on the high position of the general of the chariot and cavalry, you let your father bow to him, where will your father's face go?" ”

"Isn't my father half a year ago a lieutenant general in the Xiliang Army, and now he is also standing in the high position of General Wei? It doesn't matter if he has a sudden rise or not, it doesn't matter what his background is, the key depends on whether he has a future. Dong Yan patiently persuaded.

Dong Cheng's color changed instantly, as if he had been stabbed in the heart, and he felt annoyed and angry.

Although he is in the high position of General Wei, he is from the Yellow Turban Army, and he surrendered to Dong Zhuo that year before joining the Xiliang Army, not from the orthodox Xiliang Army.

It is precisely because of this background that he is not reused in the Xiliang Army, and he has always been a small Zhonglang general.

The reason why he was able to rise to prominence, from a small Zhonglang general to a general of the guard on a rocket, was nothing more than because he made the right bet and helped the Son of Heaven escape from Chang'an.

If it is said that he is promoted to an official position and has sudden, he is faster than Su Zhe.

It's just that even if he is in a high position now, in his heart, it is always difficult to erase the inferiority complex about his origin, and he is even more taboo to be mentioned by others.

Now, his daughter has committed his taboo, exposing his scars in front of him, how can she not make him angry.

"Don't say any more!"

Dong Cheng interrupted his daughter sharply, and said angrily: "Are you a daughter's family, short-sighted, don't put the gold-lettered signboard of the Son of Heaven, but let your father follow a little prince who is about to be destroyed by Dong Zhuo, are you for your father, or do you want to kill your father?" ”

"Father, I-"

"Alright, Hugh will say more." Dong Cheng didn't give her a chance to speak, shook his head and said: "Yan'er, Yan'er, my father is very disappointed in you, do you know how much effort it took to fight for your father to win the opportunity to marry the Son of Heaven?" You cut off those thoughts that shouldn't be there for me, and follow the Son of Heaven as a father, that is the hope of our Dong family for generations to be prosperous and wealthy. ”

After saying that, Dong Cheng glared at her and walked away.

Looking at her father's figure, Dong Yan could only shake her head and sigh, and muttered: "Father, father, if your daughter connives you to be confused again, it will really harm our Dong family." ”

……

A few days later, the news that the Xiliang army would attack Nanyang on a large scale spread all over the city and outside Wancheng, and for a while, the people's hearts were shaken, the people panicked, and the shadow of war once again shrouded this accompanying capital.

This time, they were really panicking.

Although their lord Su Zhe turned the danger into a disaster several times and defeated strong enemies, he gave them a strong belief that Su Zhe could keep them peaceful.

But this belief is no match for Dong Zhuo's prestige.

For a time, the people in the north of Nanyang were terrified, and under fear, they moved their families to the south, and in the northern Luyang counties alone, nearly half of them fled in less than a few days.

Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang army are brutal, everyone in the world knows that when they occupied Luoyang, they burned, killed and looted, and their reputation for doing all kinds of evil has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

These people were afraid of being poisoned by the Xiliang people, so they naturally preferred to be displaced or flee with their families.

Su Zhe had been prepared for this for a long time, and not only did not strictly stop it, but also set up temporary refugee areas in the southern counties of Wancheng to gather these fleeing people.

After all, the number of population represents the number of soldiers, the amount of food, Su Zhe's territory is small, naturally can not withstand the consumption of the population, rather than forcing these populations in the north and waiting to be slaughtered by the Xiliang people, it is better to take advantage of the situation to withdraw them to the south, and then move them back after repelling the Xiliang army.

At the same time, Su Zhe also sent three envoys, each carrying the edict of the Son of Heaven, to Liangzhou, Yanzhou, and Hedong County to summon the princes of the Three Roads to besiege Dong Zhuo.

Ma Han of Liangzhou and Cao Cao of Yanzhou were both sober-minded people, and if they wanted to know what was at stake, they didn't need to use any eloquent lobbyists to summon them.

The group of Baibo generals in Hedong County are different, these people are from a rogue background, short-sighted, and they are all scattered, it is not enough to rely on a holy decree, but also to rely on a person who can speak well to go and gather these together to act, in order to form enough pressure on Dong Zhuo.

In Su Zhe's camp, there are many people who come and go, and only by sending Yi nationality out can they be competent.

Not long after the three-way envoy was sent, the news came back from the north, Dong Zhuo really led an army of 60,000 to set off, and the mighty army sent a letter to Guguan, and rushed towards Henan County, where Luoyang was located.

At the same time, information was also transmitted from the southern direction, and Liu Biao, who had retreated to Jiangling, also began to regroup his troops and horses, mobilize grain and grass, and seemed to be preparing for the attack on Xiangyang.

Liu Biao wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit, which was expected by Su Zhe.

He sent someone to inform Huang Chengyan and Wei Yan that if Liu Biao came to report, he only had to stick to Xiangyang and wait for his army to come to help, and he was not allowed to go to war without authorization.

After everything was arranged, after Su Zhe obtained the edict of the Son of Heaven, he led more than 15,000 descendants, as well as 5,000 Han troops led by Huangfu Song, from Wancheng to the north to the front line of Luyang, preparing to meet Dong Zhuo's invasion.

The army marched north for several days and arrived at Pheasant County, a hundred miles south of Luyang.

It was already evening, so Su Zhe ordered the army to stay on the spot temporarily, bury the pot and cook, rest for one night, and then march north tomorrow.

The camp was decided, and Su Zhe gathered the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, and discussed the strategy of defending against the enemy while eating.

While the discussion was being discussed, a personal soldier hurriedly entered and presented a sealed wax pill to Su Zhe.

Su Zhe opened the wax pill, unfolded the note hidden in it, and couldn't help frowning.