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This time, they marched into Jingzhao, and it also turned Li Dao upside down. Let him know that Anyi is no longer a place where he can come and leave whenever he wants. Presumably, from now on, Li Dao will be honest for a while.

The army rose in the middle of the night, and at noon on the second day, Lu Xiangchuan was in Qingfengyu, Zheng County. I met Xu Huang.

The two armies meet. Overjoyed.

Xu Huang welcomed Lu Xiangchuan into the big tent and said to him: "Didn't the general say that you and I will fight each other head to tail and slowly consume the strength of the Li thief?" Why is it that he is joining forces with me again? ”

Ritsu Kagawa's actions this time were indeed inconsistent with their previous agreement, so Xu Huang was a little strange.

Ritsu Kagawa said: "This time the joint army, I want us to use Jingzhao as a guise to force Li Dao to chase after us, and then we will carry out the final blow to Li Dao, and then we will retreat." What does General Xu think? ”

Xu Huang said in surprise: "Retreat." How do you want to retire? Our current war with Li Dao has only just begun, and we still have the upper hand. At this time, the timing is good, and it is not impossible to eliminate Li Dao, why did you propose to withdraw your troops? ”

When they sent troops this time, they had unknowingly consumed tens of thousands of Li Dao's horses, and now they have beaten Li Dao much more honestly, and they don't even dare to come out of the camp gate. The army is in full swing. At this time, Ritsukagawa said that he would withdraw from the army. Xu Huang was a little puzzled.

Ritsu Kagawa said, "Does General Xu really think that we can eliminate Li Dao this time?"

Xu Huang said: "Even if it can't be eliminated, at least it can make him lose his strength greatly."

Ritsukagawa said: "We have made him a big loser. In fact, I still want to leave him some strength. Now is not the time to kill Li Dao. ”

His words made Xu Huang a little surprised and a little angry. What does Ritsukagawa mean?

Leave enough strength for Li Dao, so that Ritsu Kagawa can support the army and respect himself? Because there is such a powerful enemy out there. Then by Emperor Xian's side, he can accumulate more troops, and make Emperor Xian more important than him.

This is of course good for himself, but it is not good for the entire court and the people of the world. Ritsu Kagawa: What is this going to do?

This made Xu Huang very angry, so his eyes when he looked at Ritsu Kagawa were also a little unnatural.

Ritsu Kagawa saw him like this, and he said, "General Xu's words to me." But are you a little confused? ”

Xu Huang said: "I'm not a little puzzled, I'm very puzzled."

Ritsukagawa said: "Then you probably think that I want to raise a thief for self-respect!"

Xu Huang said: "It's good if you know."

Ritsu Kagawa sighed and said, "But do you think that there is only one thief in the world, Li Dao!"

Hearing Ritsu Kagawa's words, Xu Huang's face was slightly stunned, but he still didn't speak.

Ritsu Kagawa's words naturally mean to defend himself. Since Li Dao is not the only thief in the world, he is not suspected of raising thieves with self-respect if he stays with Li Dao.

Because even if Li Dao is exterminated, the world is still not peaceful, and there are still many people who do not listen to the emperor's orders. In this way, if the royal family wants to command the world, it has to rely on these people!

And who else is there under the emperor now! Which one else besides Ritsu Kagawa and him?

Therefore, whether Li Dao is eliminated or not, the royal family still has to rely on Ritsu Kagawa, not that in addition to Li Dao, the Son of Heaven does not have to pay attention to Ritsu Kagawa.

In this case, if Ritsu Kagawa wants to leave Li Dao for the time being, it cannot be said that he wants to raise a thief and respect himself. Because even if Li Dao is killed at this time, the emperor still has to rely on Lu Xiangchuan. There is no need for Ritsu Kagawa to consolidate his position by leaving Li Dao as a force.

Straightening out this point, Xu Huang certainly had nothing to say. He can't ignore the facts and forcibly put such a charge on Ritsu Kagawa!

Seeing that Xu Huang was speechless for the time being, Lu Xiangchuan then said to himself: "And today, the heroes are on their own, each with one side, and they support their own troops. And our strength, can we now sweep them away in one fell swoop? If not, then why not let these forces, each grow savagely, and form a check-and-balance. So that they can neither grow up nor die. Just hang without dying or living. Wait until we get stronger, and then we will eliminate them one by one. ”

"Now our strength is already difficult to eliminate Li Dao. How to defend this sphere of influence after the eradication is another question. If you can't hold it, won't you let other forces take the opportunity to do even more? Won't this pose an even greater threat to us in the future? ”

"Then what do you mean, do you mean that we will give up the opportunity to exterminate Li Dao now, retreat to Anyi first, and wait until our foundation is firmly established, and then slowly clean up the world?" Xu Huang said. He seemed to understand Ritsu Kagawa's thoughts.

Ritsukagawa said, "Exactly. Now we ourselves, but what strength do we have? The foundation has not been built yet, do you want the world to obey orders? If only things were that simple. The world won't be so chaotic! Only when you are truly strong can you make the world obey your orders. One or two wins or losses on the battlefield for the time being are nothing at all? ”

"And leaving these calamities and letting them each check and balance is not when others are attritional, are we still getting stronger? What's so bad about that? ”

Ritsu Kagawa only said all his intentions at this time. It turned out that he wanted to keep Li Dao and balance other forces in the world.

For example, there are many today, there is Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Cao Cao in Qingzhou, Zhang Lu in Guanzhong, and Ma Teng in Xiliang. ......, the forces of all parties want to sit big. With their current power, how can they fight these people?

If they have eliminated one force now, but their strength is not enough to control the overall situation, then this will undoubtedly allow another force to take the opportunity to become bigger. In this way, it is very disadvantageous for them.

Therefore, Ritsu Kagawa wanted to leave Li Dao's power and let him continue to muddy the waters in the chaotic world. In this way, it will be difficult for any of the forces of all parties to become bigger. Because it will face the backlash and squeeze of other forces.

In doing so, they seem to be suspected of selfishness. Because Ritsu Kagawa means this, the subtext seems to be that as long as you live well, who cares about the life and death of others?

But in fact, even if they take over Li Wei's sphere of influence now, everything that will happen will still happen. They simply don't have as many wings as they have.

It's better for them to stabilize a piece first and then make plans.

But Xu Huang said: "Then how do you make sure that we keep Li Dao, he will consume other people's strength, maybe he will come back to bite us later!"

Ritsu Kagawa said: "It depends on how much psychological shadow area we can hit Li Dao this time." If this time we can make Li Dao make a mistake when he sees us in the future, then I think he would rather fight with others than provoke us. ”

Xu Huang was moved by him. Silent.

"In that case, without further ado, I think it's time for us to march to Jingzhao right now!" Seeing that Xu Huang no longer had any opinions, Ritsu Kagawa said to him.

"Well, it's all up to you." Xu Huang finally made up his mind.