The north was stable, Gao Shun promised not to attack the imperial court, and Li Ru was very relieved.

Later, Gao Shun dismissed the troops in Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Chuzhou, and either settled them as people on the spot or transferred them to the north, and Li Ru was more at ease.

Now Changsha and other counties have a large number of people, but the land area is limited, the output is limited, and it is very difficult to support such a large army and the imperial court, even if the Gaoshun forces continue to trade with them, they do not have much money to buy food.

So after being safe, Li Ru decided to reduce the financial pressure on the imperial court.

It was easy for the people of Xiliang to do, they had one interest, and they could just dismiss the old, weak, sick and disabled and foreign soldiers to the people, and the implementation was very smooth; Those old and weak also want to serve the people, and they are not willing to continue to serve in the army, and with arable land, it is enough to grow some food in the south, which is much better than risking their lives to join the army.

You must know that the next war can only take place between the imperial court and the Duke of Wei, and these soldiers are not stupid, they think that the imperial court is by no means the opponent of the Duke of Wei, and being cut down is equivalent to saving a small life. Besides, the Han people who were cut down were different from the Xiliang soldiers, they were all from poor families, and they were very skilled in farming before joining the army.

It was Lu Bu who made it difficult for Li Ru, and now Lu Bu plus Wei Xu had a total of more than 40,000 officers and soldiers, and if they followed the practice of the Xiliang people, a third of the soldiers would be eliminated, and there would only be more than 20,000 left, which made it difficult for Lu Bu to accept. In troubled times, only the knife in their hands and the soldiers behind them are their reliance, and without the soldiers, they are nothing.

Li Ru sent people to communicate with Lu Bu several times, but Lu Bu brutally refused; Lu Buwu people, who grew up in the border counties, do not have so many flowery intestines, and have a straightforward personality.

Li Ru was very angry, but he was helpless, there must be no civil strife at this time, otherwise, if Gao Shun took the opportunity to quell the rebellion and sent a large army to come, it was he Li Ru and Xiliang who would suffer in the end.

At this time, Wang Yun and the others were ecstatic, and finally had a chance to let Lu Bu and Li Ru turn their faces, as long as Lu Bu joined their forces, they could easily kill Li Ru and control the imperial court, they were the heroes of the imperial court's reconstruction, and they would definitely leave a name in history, and Lu Bu was a reckless man, so he knew how to deal with court politics? In the end, the power still fell into the hands of their literati.

Although Li Ru completely inherited Dong Zhuo's legacy, his prestige and control could not be compared with Dong Zhuo; To put it simply, Lu Bu was still a little afraid of Dong Zhuo, but he was completely fearless towards Li Ru, and dared to blatantly refuse Li Ru's request, which was unimaginable when Dong Zhuo was there.

Wang Yun and others discovered Lu Bu's changes and felt that there was an opportunity, so they took the initiative to contact him; At this time, Wang Yun judged from the information that Gao Shun dismissed the surrounding officers and soldiers that even if he removed Li Ru, Gao Shun would not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court.

In the same way, the Northern Army was also required to lay off soldiers, and the Northern Army itself was not large in number, with less than 1,000 people in each school, so if it was abolished again, what was the point?

Therefore, they are also the objects of Wang Yun's active wooing.

Moreover, under Wang Yun's planning, there is a tendency to unite these people.

Not only that, those Xiliang officers also began to have serious dissatisfaction with Li Ru, and only reduced their own army, but failed to dismantle the army of Lu Bu and others. This made Li Ru's prestige drop a lot.

At this time, a key person walked into the field of vision of Wang Yun and others, and this person was Dong Cheng.

After he came back from Gao Shun's place, he kept thinking that since Gao Shun didn't want to attack the imperial court, the imperial court would be safe.

Wang Yun began to make overall plans and first contacted Dong Cheng. His strategy is very simple, that is, to persuade Dong Cheng to draw a clear line with Dong Zhuo, Dong Cheng is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Dong, what does it have to do with Dong Zhuo? Do not do anything that recognizes a thief as a father; Also, his relationship with Emperor Liu Xie is closer than his relationship with Dong Zhuo, not only because Dong Cheng's aunt is the emperor's grandmother, but more importantly, his daughter is a nobleman, and the emperor is his son-in-law.

And Dong Cheng now has neither military power nor financial power in Li Ru's forces, but only an errand runner.

Dong Cheng was moved by Wang Yun's persuasion; Since the imperial court is safe, if he unites to defeat Li Ru and return to power, with his relationship with the emperor, he will gain greater power and benefits.

So, Dong Cheng accepted Wang Yun's opinion and contacted Wang Fu, Chongji and others, who were good friends with him.

Wang Fu, the word is by, when he was the captain of the Yue Cavalry; He served as the captain of Changshui; Each led nearly a thousand soldiers and horses, and their strength was weak, but they were all on duty in the city.

These people are all people left by the former emperor Liu Hong, who have always been loyal to the emperor and the imperial court, but they have no way to serve the emperor. Therefore, for their own interests and the plans of the imperial court, they all support Dong Cheng's plan very much.

Wang Yun praised Dong Cheng's achievements and praised him as a model and mainstay of the imperial court.

After that, Wang Yun took the opportunity to meet with Emperor Liu Xie and secretly reported the matter to the emperor.

The emperor is never willing to be a puppet for a lifetime, he has long had enough of the current life, and would even rather be an ordinary person; If Wang Yun's plan succeeds, he will be able to get a new life, so he promises to fully cooperate with Wang Yun's actions, grant Wang Yun the greatest power, and give Wang Yun the jade pendant he carries with him as a token.

Emperor Liu Xie did not have the desire to take power, but the conditions did not allow it, so he had to tolerate it on the surface.

In order to monopolize the power of the court after success, Wang Yun couldn't contact him again; Fu Wan is not only the emperor's son-in-law, but his daughter is also a nobleman, and more importantly, Fu Wan's prestige is still above Dong Cheng, and in the future, Fu Wan can be used to suppress Dong Cheng, let them contain each other, and Wang Yunhao will profit from it.

Wang Yun thought very well, as long as he succeeded, he would be able to dominate the power of the imperial court, even if the imperial court only controlled a few counties, although the imperial court was in a corner of peace, it was also a legitimate imperial court.

Fu Wan also knew that Gao Shun would not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, even if he killed Li Ru, it would be a matter for the imperial court, and he was worried that those officers and soldiers in Xiliang would take the opportunity to make trouble, but they had no soldiers in their hands to fight.

Wang Yun revealed a little information, now there are many military attaches and troops involved in their actions, except for Li Ru, the Xiliang army has no leader, only need to be separately co-opted, divided and disintegrated, Xiliang officers and soldiers are not afraid.

Fu Wan was loyal, but he was loyal to the imperial court, and Wang Yun had the emperor's token, so he agreed to participate in Wang Yun's actions, and promised that he would fully cooperate, and everything would be obeyed by Wang Yun's orders; completely fell into Wang Yun's trap.

Subsequently, with the help of His Majesty's token, under the introduction of Dong Cheng, Wang Fu, Chongji and others all obeyed Wang Yun's order, which was equivalent to setting up Dong Cheng, and Dong Cheng did not know the secret, and fantasized about enjoying the fruits of victory after success.

These martial artists, wheel heart techniques, and strategies, no matter how many people are in vain, they are definitely not opponents of people like Wang Yun.

Next, Wang Yun is ready to go all out to take down Lu Bu, this is the key part of the matter, the most important thing, without Lu Bu's participation, Wang Yun will never dare to act rashly, which is also the reason why he has been lurking for so many years and has not made a move; He understands the importance of military strength, military strength is not omnipotent, but without military strength it is absolutely impossible; At the beginning, Dong Zhuo relied on force to get things done, and now Li Ru also relies on the strong soldiers of Liangzhou, and the reason why Gao Shun was named the Duke of Wei is also relying on strong military strength.

With so many flag-waving and shouting, he has absolute certainty to take down the reckless man Lu Bu.