Although Dong Huang has been preventing the soldiers from resisting, Cao Ju's troops are 10,000 more than the defenders of Chang'an, and there are so many fierce generals who are like no one, Dong Huang soon couldn't stop it and began to retreat to the inner city.

However, the inner city was not having a good time, those flying birds were fighting with the defenders of the inner city, and after Dong Huang led the army to retreat into the inner city, he was rushed in by Cao Ju's army without even closing the city gate.

Dong Huang was extremely angry, the loss of the inner city meant the complete loss of Chang'an City, he would either die here, or quickly withdraw from Chang'an City and find a way to return to Luoyang.

Retreating to the west is equivalent to returning to Xiliang, where there are two ambitious guys, Han Sui and Ma Teng, who have already deployed troops on the border of Yongzhou, so that the 60,000 defenders dare not withdraw easily, so Dong Huang has received news that Cao Ju sent thousands of soldiers to go around outside the West Gate, the purpose is to stop him and prevent him from meeting with the 60,000 army.

Retreating to the south, after some thought, Dong Huang decided to retreat south, ignoring the more than 10,000 defenders in the city, leading more than 100 personal guards to flee south.

For Dong Huang, Cao Ju didn't intend to kill him completely, and deliberately let him go, Dong Huang went south into the territory of Hanzhong, went around, and returned to Luoyang from Jingbei. As a result, Dong Huang encountered Yuan Shu's army, and after a fierce battle, Dong Huang was captured alive by Yuan Shu's men.

When Yuan Shu heard that the local general who was captured was Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Huang, he was naturally overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to behead Dong Huang and sent someone to Luoyang.

At this time, the battle between the princes' coalition and Dong Zhuo was not over, and the principal of Luoyang City was still Dong Min, who was overjoyed when he learned that Dong Huang was killed, and saw that it was indeed Dong Huang's head, and now there was no one to compete with him for the inheritance of Dong Zhuo's great cause.

Of course, Dong Min must pretend to "cry" and immediately send someone to inform Dong Zhuo of the news.

Dong Zhuo was shocked and angry when he saw Dong Huang's head, he knew the news of Cao Ju's westward advance, but thinking that there were Hangu Pass and Tongguan in the land of Sanfu, Cao Ju's troops were insufficient, unless Han Sui and Ma Teng sent troops, Cao Ju was possible, but Han team and Ma Teng captured Chang'an, how could they give it to Cao Ju, so, listening to Li Ru's analysis of the situation, Dong Zhuo was not worried at all.

However, Dong Huang's head is here, which means that his hometown has been raided, and his connection with Guanzhong has been completely severed, so he can only stay alone in Luoyang.

Previously, when he entered Luoyang, Li Ru said to Dong Zhuo that as long as they held the land of Sanfu, Han Sui and Ma Teng would not dare to make a mistake easily, so even if there was a problem in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo could calmly return to Chang'an, consolidate the land in the pass, guard the natural danger of Tongguan, enter the Central Plains, and retreat to divide one side.

However, now that the back road is gone, and the Kwantung princes are entangled with him again, Dong Zhuo simply has the taste of death, after reading the letter, he stood for a long time, suddenly screamed, vomited blood, and fainted to the ground.

At this moment, Li Ru and the others were frightened, and they carried Dong Zhuo to the bed with all hands and feet, and called the imperial doctor who accompanied the army to treat Dong Zhuo, but they didn't see it, and a ruthless color flashed in Lu Bu's eyes.

Dong Zhuo's body is fine, it's just that he suddenly fainted.

Under the treatment of the imperial doctor, Dong Zhuo slowly woke up, and the first sentence was a shout: "Cao Juxiaoer, Lone and You are incompatible, Lone will kill you." ”

Then, Dong Zhuo said to Li Ru: "Wenyou, pass on the order of the lonely army, the army will withdraw to Luoyang, and the lonely will personally recruit Cao Juxiaoer to avenge Huang'er." ”

Li Ru was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded: "Taishi can't, our army is now facing off against Yuan Shao's army, our army has the advantage of the city, and the army is rich in food, and Yuan Shao's army is a multi-party alliance, can not be single-minded, and the military food is completely supplied by Jizhou Han Fu." ”

"Once it is a long time, even if Jizhou is rich, it will not be able to afford the military rations of hundreds of thousands of troops. His subordinates had already thought of a plan and went to Jizhou to spread rumors, saying that once Yuan Shao captured Luoyang, he would settle the Central Plains, and the rest of the princes could only obey him. That Han Fu was originally a suspicious person, and he had no opinions, and his subordinates would not want to see Yuan Shao's power, and they would persuade Han Fu to stop supplying military rations to the princes' coalition army. ”

"Therefore, once Yuan Shao has no food, his army will be chaotic, and the Taishi will also do his best to kill our army, and the Central Plains will be decided in a war, how can he rashly withdraw his troops at this critical moment, otherwise, once our army retreats, Han Fu will not dare not send military rations, so Luoyang is besieged, and our army is in danger. In case the hearts of the people in the city fluctuate, and the inside and outside should be combined, then we will die and have no place to be buried. ”

Dong Zhuo's anger should also be deserved, originally, Li Rudu gave Dong Zhuo a plan, not to entangle with Yuan Shaoduo, to coerce the people west into Chang'an, and use Hangu Pass and Tongguan Pass as barriers to block the Kwantung coalition army outside the pass.

In Li Ru's calculations, once Dong Zhuo retreats westward, the coalition of princes will inevitably be divided and attack each other for the sake of interests, and the Central Plains will inevitably fall into chaos. Dong Zhuo can train troops in Guanzhong, and when the Kwantung princes fight for a defeat, he can suddenly send troops, and he can conquer the world.

However, Cao Ju retreated west and took Yongzhou, which completely broke Li Ru's strategy and cut off Dong Zhuo's retreat.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Clever plan, excellent plan, if you can destroy the Kwantung princes in one battle, then the six states of the Central Plains are all in the hands of Lonely, and then Lone will march the army of the six states to the west, and let that Cao Ju have the danger of Tongguan and Hangu, and there is no way to stop Lone's million army, and Huang'er's revenge can be avenged." ”

Li Ru nodded and said: "Taishi, that's exactly the case, the people sent by his subordinates to show discord are estimated to have arrived in Jizhou, just wait for ten days, there will be good news, and Taishi can also take the opportunity to recuperate." ”

Dong Zhuo's words made Dong Zhuo's heart flutter, so that Dong Zhuo decided to put Dong Huang's hatred aside for the time being, and while recuperating from his illness, he waited for the good news from Jizhou.

The better Li Ru's design for Dong Zhuo, the more unhappy Lu Bu's mood became, and after he returned to his military camp, he immediately called Wei Xu and the others over and told them about today's events.

Wei Xu's head was the best, and he immediately said: "Brother-in-law, Guanzhong is lost, Dong Zhuo's retreat is exhausted, sooner or later he will be defeated, and his brother-in-law must prepare early." ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "That's why I called you to discuss what to do next, I don't know if you have any good strategies to teach me?" ”

Wei Xu's eyes rolled, and he said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, it's better to kill Dong Zhuo and coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes become the king." ”

"Ah......" Lu Bu was taken aback when he heard this, he did it alone, which he had never thought about.