"Hmph, General Ye, although you can attack from the Yellow River, our army only needs to hold the rivers around Luoyang, and your naval army can't play much of a role." Knowing that Ye Chen was blackmail and a threat, Li Ru couldn't give in easily, otherwise he would inevitably be restrained everywhere in the future.

"Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, the rivers around Luoyang are not long, they are not short, you have to be prepared, and you must also invest considerable troops, if the war is tight, I don't believe that you can do it without negligence." Ye Chen looked at Li Ru and said lightly.

Li Ru suddenly felt a huge pressure, if he wanted to prevent Ye Chen from sneaking up on the waterway, it was indeed not a simple matter of investing a little troops.

"Ye Chen, you don't have enough troops, what can you do, Dong Taishi has 300,000 mercenaries, will you be afraid of a few thousand people?" Li Ru said unceremoniously.

"How many of your 300,000 people can be used to defend the Yellow River? How do you know that I only have a few thousand people, and I can still win against the tens of thousands of troops of the Xiongnu and Xianbei. Ye Chen finally asked sharply.

Li Ru was frightened by Ye Chen's momentum, and he only now understood that this Ye Chen was even more terrifying than he imagined.

Taking a heavy breath, Li Ru eased his emotions, the negotiation is most taboo to be suppressed by the other party, and now Li Ru is in a weak position.

Li Ru suddenly thought that Ye Chen had brought more than 10,000 people to the beginning, but now there were only 3,000 people left, so what about the other 9,000 people?

There are rumors that Ye Chen had to send most of his troops back because he couldn't get food supplies because he fell out with the allies, but this rumor was too ridiculous in Li Ru's opinion, the Ye family's fleet could transport a large amount of salt and weapons to Dong Zhuo, and there was definitely no problem with his own grain and grass problem.

But many people believed this rumor, because Ye Chen's army had disappeared for a long time.

In the end, Li Ru had to compromise and give Ye Chen the title of official, and he didn't have to pay any cost, but this breath was really difficult to swallow.

After Li Ru left, Ye Chen called the three generals over.

"Lord, continue to trade with Dong Zhuo, this is not good for your reputation." Guan Yu said.

"So what, it does have an impact, but it doesn't have much impact, we are ordered to recruit displaced people, we need a lot of money, and now the Ye family has no money, so we can only earn some money to spend it." Ye Chen said with a smile.

When the three of them heard what Ye Chen said, they understood that Ye Chen was playing a bitter love show, and this news would not only not damage his reputation, but would work well, but would be beneficial.

"Second brother, if you want an official position, you can ask the Queen Mother, we rescued them from Luoyang, and it should be added to the rank of knight." Regarding asking Dong Zhuo for an official position and the Marquis of Wanhu, Tai Shici thought that it was just a superfluous move.

Ye Chen shook his head first, then pondered for a while and said: "Last time, Liu Wei was chased and killed by Lu Bu and was seriously injured, I'm afraid I won't be able to last long, so Liu Xie must give me an official, and Liu Wei must also give me an official, no matter who everyone in the world respects, I am the general of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Wanhu." ”

"Hiss~"

The three of them all took a breath, feeling that Ye Chen's two steps were too clever.

He first rejected Li Ru's bait to give him a second-grade official position and a marquis of ten thousand households, and let them depreciate, and after the depreciation was over, Ye Chen was asking to come over, making Li Ru feel that this official position and the marquis of ten thousand households were not worth anything at all in Ye Chen, so he agreed to give it to him.

Why did Ye Chen trade with Dong Zhuo?

In addition to making some money, he just wanted him to fight with the Kwantung princes for one more stage, his plan to comprehensively recruit homeless people has just begun, and he has been fighting for more than a year in history, as long as they are fighting, he has no time to pay attention to Ye Chen's recruitment of homeless people.

Another important point is that the Ye family's fleet was full of homeless people when they went back, but when they came, they only transported some supplies, and they were empty ships, which was too wasteful, and these transportation capacities had to be used to transport some things to Dong Zhuo.

Li Ru was also very melancholy when he went back, and he didn't know how to explain to Dong Zhuo.

Sure enough, how angry he was when Li Ru reported the news to Dong Zhuo the next day.

"Shameless, shameless, how can Ye Chen be so shameless." Dong Zhuo flipped over the table and scolded.

"Ye Chen, one day I will kill you." Dong Zhuo looked up to the sky and said viciously.

Li Ru heard this and knew how to persuade Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo couldn't help Ye Chen for the time being, so he could only let go of his cruel words.

"Taishi, I came back and sent someone to investigate, this Ye Chen has nine thousand soldiers and horses who don't know where to go, nine thousand soldiers and horses, which can play a great role in a critical time, so I have to guard against it."

Dong Zhuo heard this, and fell silent, nine thousand soldiers and horses, if they attack from the Yellow River, the place they have to defend will be too big, and they will need several times the number of troops.

"Whew~"

Dong Zhuo exhaled deeply, and then waved his hand to let people go down, he wanted to be quiet.

Dong Zhuo finally had no choice but to compromise, he did need salt and weapons, which was what allowed him to maintain the army, and he found that he couldn't do it without money.

In the past, when he cooperated with Ye Chen, Dong Zhuo had a lot of money, and the welfare of the army was naturally high, but after the war, he broke off contact with Ye Chen, and was cheated of a large amount of money by Ye Chen, but the welfare of the army can only be improved, not decreased, especially at this critical time.

Dong Zhuo was very afraid, once the welfare of the army was reduced, would the army lose its combat effectiveness? Is there any certainty of victory in fighting with the Kwantung princes?

However, it takes money to maintain high welfare, and it is true that Luoyang can be maintained for a period of time, but it cannot last long, and financial resources must be found.

This is also the biggest reason for Dong Zhuo's compromise.

For this reason, even Ye Chen didn't expect that his original actions would cause Dong Zhuo's huge passivity now.

When Ye Chen was trading with Dong Zhuo, the princes of the Eighteen Towns had also finished discussing and were preparing to attack the Tiger Prison Pass.

This time, Sun Jian was sent to Bishui Pass, and Ye Chen was also invited to go to the Allied camp to participate in the attack.

"Report, Dong Zhuojun Huaxiong came to challenge." The scouts shouted loudly and went into the camp tent to broadcast.

When everyone heard this, they didn't take it to heart, although Huaxiong has a great reputation and is a general of Dong Zhuojun, but they are now so many people and full of talents.

"Huaxiong is rampant, no one in his eyes, he dares to take the initiative to challenge, who will take the head." Yuan Shao made a good gesture, he had never fought before, but now that he is fighting, he will definitely do something.

"Alliance leader, the young general is willing to go." A person stood up behind Yuan Shu's camp.

"Haha, alliance leader, this is my general Yu She, beheading Huaxiong Yier." Yuan Shu said happily, if he can kill Huaxiong and make the first contribution, it will also be very good.

Yu Shi went out with his fists clenched, and when he left, he dragged and dragged it, and put on a posture in front of everyone.

"It's just passerby." Ye Chen knew very well that this person was a trick and would be reimbursed for three rounds.

Ye Chen was the "guest" invited to watch the ceremony, and he was arranged in the last position, and he didn't bother to care, a few more people died in the allies, and it would be good to hit the morale.