Within a few days, something that made Dong Zhuo even more annoyed happened.

Jiangdong not only defeated the Flying Bear Army, Zhang Xiu actually surrendered, but what made Dong Zhuo even more annoyed was that Jiangdong actually sent someone to ask for Zhang Xiu's family.

Is it tolerable or intolerable?

In Dong Zhuo's opinion, since Zhang Xiu failed to escape back, he should die on the battlefield like his uncle, how could he surrender?

The angry Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Zhang Xiu's family to vent his anger.

Li Ru hurriedly dissuaded, and this was a good opportunity for him to negotiate.

After listening to Li Ru's explanation, Dong Zhuo's anger subsided slightly, and it could be regarded as waste utilization, exchanging Zhang Xiu's family for certain benefits.

At least Zhang Ji was worthy of him, stuck to Xiling City, and was defeated and died; Zhang Ji's surrender can't be blamed entirely on him, even the Flying Bear Army is not capable of defeating the Jiangdong soldiers, and they are defeated and fled, and Zhang Xiu's surrender is still excusable.

So Dong Zhuo ordered Li Ru to negotiate with the Jiangdong envoy; And immediately made a new deployment of troops, transferred Chang Feng to fight Liu Pan, and transferred Lu Bu back to Changsha City, otherwise he would have no sense of security.

Li Ru proposed to maintain the current territory of the two sides and not attack each other; Zhang Xiu and the officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction were not allowed to be enemies of the imperial court; Koto must continue to pay taxes to the imperial court.

The envoy would not easily agree to Li Ru's request, knowing that now the Jiangbei soldiers had the advantage, and they had just defeated Dong Zhuo's elite Flying Bear Army. According to Liu Ye's confession, the envoy proposed that, first, the territory south of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County belonged to Yangzhou, and Zhouling County in Nanjun County was assigned to Yangzhou; Second, send Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ji's families safely.

As for Li Ru's request that Zhang Xiu and the soldiers under his jurisdiction not be enemies of the imperial court and the request of good neighborliness and friendship between the two sides, the envoy readily agreed.

However, the request to continue paying taxes to the imperial court was verbally rejected by the envoy; Yangzhou Jiangdong is now in a hostile relationship with Dong Zhuo, and he can't do anything to fund the enemy.

The butt determines the head, and the ideas are very different depending on the position.

Li Ru felt that the Jiangdong envoy's attitude was arrogant and rude; The Jiangdong envoy felt that Dong Zhuo was now at a military disadvantage, but Li Ru made a non-disciplinary request, which was simply wishful thinking.

Li Ru threatened Zhang Xiu's family, and the envoy used Jiangdong military pressure to force him, and the negotiations reached an impasse.

The envoy sent back the negotiation situation, Liu Ye was furious, and after discussing with Qin Guan, he decided to launch a land attack and directly occupy the county seat of Zhouling, as the northwest barrier of Shaxian County after that, and test the combat effectiveness of the Danyang soldiers by the way.

So the army marched by water from Chaisan to Shaxian.

As soon as the army moved, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru learned the news, and the two were shocked.

With successive defeats and low morale, it was not suitable for a major war with Jiangdong for the time being, so Dong Zhuo urgently ordered Li Ru to negotiate with the Jiangdong envoys as soon as possible and reach an armistice agreement.

The envoy knew that Li Ru was so anxious to negotiate, and it must be because the state pastor Qin Guan and the military advisor Liu Ye had already taken military measures, but he was not in a hurry.

Li Ru had to give up some of his demands and promised to send Zhang Xiu's family to Shaxian City as soon as possible, before the envoy agreed to negotiate again.

The negotiations were relatively smooth and an armistice was reached.

Li Ru was very angry, since Dong Zhuo took control of Luoyang, how could he have suffered such a big grievance?

The envoy successfully completed the task, claimed the county seat of Zhouling, and happily left Changsha by boat with Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ji's family and headed for Shaxian City.

The envoy returned smoothly, Qin Guan was very happy, and added the territory south of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County to Zhouling County, and set it as Wuchang County, which means "prospering with Wu", and Shaxian County was changed to Wuchang County, which was the county governance.

Zhang Xiu was very happy, not only saw his wife and children, but also Zhang Ji's wife, Zhang Xiu told his uncle Zhang Ji, Zou was overjoyed; Subsequently, Zhang Xiu took 5,000 Danyang soldiers and their families to Huiji County by boat to take office.

Although an armistice agreement was reached, Dong Zhuo lost his sharpness because of this, and entrusted all the affairs of the court to Wang Yun and the military affairs to Li Ru, while he lived in the newly built castle and stayed behind closed doors, drinking and having fun all day long.

Lu Bu was transferred back to Changsha City, and the happiest person was still Wang Yun; He began to accelerate the planning of Dong Zhuo, if it succeeded, he could lead the court back to Luoyang, and he would be the hero of the court's reconstruction.

Not only Dong Zhuo lost his sharpness, but the morale of other officers and soldiers was also low.

Li Ru was anxious, he needed a big victory to boost morale, so he sent someone to contact Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Ma Riyan and ordered him to send reinforcements as soon as possible; In his opinion, the only local officials that the imperial court can command and move are Jiaozhou, Ma Riyan and Confucianism, and he will not betray the imperial court.

Ma Riyan is a little stupid and loyal, but Jiaozhi County Taishou Shixie is a person who understands, and there has already been information back, Dong Zhuo has been defeated continuously, and his power will not be long after.

Therefore, after Shi Xie learned from the messenger sent by Li Ru that Li Ru asked to send troops, he detained the envoy; He also suggested that Ma Riyan should refuse to send troops and quickly control the northern counties of Jiaozhou to avoid being occupied by Dong Zhuo; And as an important minister of the imperial court, he should send troops to the king, the Qing monarch, return the court to Luoyang, and end the troubled times.

After listening to the explanation, Ma Riyan felt that what Shi Xie said was very right, Dong Zhuo was a thief, detained the imperial court, and restricted the ministers, which was disloyal, and now it has failed one after another, and it is the time of King Qin.

He didn't understand military affairs, so he entrusted all military affairs to Shixie.

Shi Xie was overjoyed, thinking that these rotten Confucians were easy to deal with, as long as they said that the righteousness was awe-inspiring and the righteousness was incomparable, they would be enthusiastic and forgetful; So, he first secretly killed the envoy sent by Li Ru, and then with the help of the influence of the assassin Shi Ma Riyan, he arranged for his younger brother to serve as the Taishou and Shi of Hepu County? Ren Cangwu County Taishou, Shiwu Ren Yulin County Taishou.

Shi Xie soon took control of the three northern counties, and together with the wealthy Cochin County, it became four counties; Start recruiting, expand your strength, and prepare for defense.

He had no intention of attacking Dong Zhuo from the beginning, he just wanted to use the assassin Shi Ma Riyan to achieve the purpose of expanding his territory; However, the assassin Shi Ma Riyan has been kept in the dark, not knowing the truth, and still dreaming of the Qing monarch and returning the court to Luoyang.

Subsequently, Shixie sent his eldest son, Shixiao, to lead troops to occupy Jiuzhen County, and sent troops to occupy the country of Zhanpo and recover Rinan County.

Shi Xie's explanation to the assassin Shi Ma Riyan was to fight the rebellion, stabilize the rear, and fight Dong Zhuo with all his might, and Ma Riyan did not doubt him.

In the following time, Ma Riyan continued to urge Shi Xie to send troops to Changsha County, Shi Xie delayed under various excuses, and when he could not continue to cover up the facts, Shi Xie had to put Ma Riyan under house arrest and exercise the right to assassinate Shi instead of Ma Ripan.

The reinforcements did not come for a long time, and Li Ru sent many batches of scouts to finally find out about the changes in Jiaozhou, but the news they got was not comprehensive, thinking that Ma Riyan had rebelled against the imperial court; Li Ru was furious, arrested Ma Riyan's family, and prepared to behead them all.

Under the strong persuasion of Wang Yun and others, Li Ru had no choice but to order that he be temporarily detained.

At this point, all the states of the Han Dynasty were opposed, and even in Jingzhou, where they were located, there was still Liu Pan who was against the imperial court.

Li Ru is physically and mentally exhausted, has lost confidence in the future, and can't see any hope, even a great Confucian like Ma Riyan can rebel against the imperial court, so what is the point of them controlling the imperial court and controlling the emperor?

Ordinary people no longer know that there is still a court.

All the princes did not care whether the imperial court existed, whether the emperor existed, they neither paid taxes to the imperial court, nor accepted the dispatch of the imperial court.

What made Li Ru even more annoyed was that the emperor and the courtiers not only did not have the same heart with them and could not resist foreign enemies, but also provided them with good food and drink, so what good did it do to stay?

Unconsciously, Li Ru's psychology has undergone a huge change.