Seeing that Li Dao wanted to commit suicide with a knife, Li Shi was so frightened that he was at a loss, but Li Dao's nephew Hu Feng saw the opportunity quickly, hugged Li Dao, and persuaded: "Uncle, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, this defeat is all because of the enemy's tricks, if it is a decisive battle above board, my Xiliang Army will definitely not be afraid of them, why don't my uncle rush back to Chang'an and ask soldiers to fight again." ”

Hu Feng and Li Shi are Li Dao's sons and nephews, and it is because of him that he has today's status, if Li Dao dies, these people will sink in a blink of an eye, maybe they will never come out again in this life, after listening to Hu Feng's words, Li Shi also came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and my father has made countless military exploits for the Taishi, he will definitely not treat his father's sins because of a defeat, and my father must not commit suicide." ”

Li Dao threw away his waist knife and sighed: "I also knew that it would be difficult to send troops this time, but I never thought that there would be such a fiasco, and all three nephews died here, so I went to see the Taishi, invited the army to come, and then took revenge." ”

When he came, he walked for two days, but it took less than a day to go back, and he returned to Chang'an that night, kneeling outside the door of the Taishi's Mansion to plead guilty.

Dong Zhuo is a brutal person, I heard that Li Dao lost his soldiers and lost generals, even if he wanted to push him out and behead him, fortunately, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others befriended him and persuaded him again and again, so he was called into the house.

After listening to what Li Dao said, Li Ru bowed and said: "Qiyu Taishi, Liu Xin occupies Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, and the next step will definitely be sent to Chang'an, rather than waiting for him to attack, it is better to strike first and block them in Yangping Pass." ”

Dong Zhuo has the most trust in Li Ru, he led the army into Luoyang to adopt Li Ru's suggestion, which is why today's power is overwhelming, since Li Ru said to take the initiative, Dong Zhuo of course has no opinion, so he pointed to Lu Bu and said: "Feng Xian, you lead 50,000 iron cavalry as the vanguard of the front road to Yangping Pass to challenge, and my army will arrive later." ”

Lu Bu is proud of his strong martial arts, and he defeated Guan Yu outside the Tiger Prison Pass last time, and he didn't take the heroes of the world in his eyes.

Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry has a total of 200,000 people, in addition to 200,000 Luoyang old army and 100,000 defenders in Guanzhong, a total of 500,000 troops, the previous 50,000 cavalry led by Li Dao was almost lost, but the 50,000 Luoyang old army was intact, and was stationed in Fu County to standby, and when Lu Bu left with his troops, Dong Zhuo led 100,000 Xiliang cavalry, 100,000 Guanzhong Army and 50,000 Luoyang Army followed, and ordered people to requisition Qiang and Southern Xiongnu cavalry in the name of the imperial court to go to the front of the army.

He dispatched 550,000 horses and horses, such a large military operation, the pressure of logistics supply is very huge, it is inevitable to recruit people, transfer grain and grass, as a result, the soldiers of various armies took the opportunity to extort the people, loot property, make Chang'an City chickens and dogs jump, resentful, Dong Zhuo personally led the army to conquer Hanzhong The news soon spread throughout the city,

Situ Wang Yun learned the news, and hurriedly sent someone to summon Fu Wan, Dong Cheng, Yang Qi, Huang Fu Li and others into the mansion to discuss, these people are all ministers of the court, and Wang Yun, Ming obeyed Dong Zhuo's orders, and secretly stood on Liu Xie's side, and Fu Wan's identity was Liu Xie's father-in-law.

Everyone sat down, and Wang Yun said: "Dong Thief led the army to the expedition this time, and the court is empty, so we can take this opportunity to take the throne as the king." ”

Dong Cheng hesitated and said: "Although Dong Thief has left Beijing, there are still 100,000 troops in Beijing, all of which are led by his cronies. ”

Fu Wan also arched his hand and said: "Lord Situ's loyalty, we all admire it very much, but Dong Thief and Liu Xin, one is a tiger, the other is a wolf, no matter who wins or loses in this battle, they will be in Chang'an, even if we can succeed, it will be useless." ”

Wang Yun groaned: "Dong thief has an army of 550,000, how many men can Liu Xin have in Hanzhong, he will definitely not be Dong thief's opponent, although this battle has not started, the outcome has been decided, only if we wait for a sudden attack in Chang'an City, Dong thief is difficult to take care of, can Liu Xin take advantage of it, but he wants to defeat Dong thief is also a lose-lose situation." ”

Yang Qi leaned in and said: "Cao Mengde now occupies Luoyang, Qing and Yan Prefectures, with more than 200,000 troops, and countless military generals under his command, why don't I wait for the opportunity to protect the emperor and return to Luoyang, if Lord Situ can be trusted, Yang is willing to send someone to contact Meng De and ask him to lead the army to escort him." ”

Huangfu Li, who had been silent, suddenly said: "It is rumored that Cao Mengde is a capable minister who governs the world, and a man who destroys the heroes in troubled times, if the emperor goes to vote for him, I am afraid that he will only get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth, the top priority is to get rid of Dong Thief first, and then Xu Tu Liu Xin, the emperor should not move lightly." ”

Wang Yun nodded and said kindly: "This is exactly what I want, Liu Xin is a womanizer, don't worry, Wang has already laid a foreshadowing around him, and he can launch it overnight, so let's discuss how to grasp the military power in Beijing to block the return of Dong thief." ”

At this time, the "foreshadowing" in Wang Yun's mouth has been under house arrest in the small courtyard for five days, although there is no shortage of food and clothing, but he can't take a step out of the courtyard.

This kind of life is already extremely happy for the two girls Ziyan and Yanyun, after they were arrested, they were locked in the prison for more than a year, and the women's prison is not in other places, except for Xiangyang, Liu Xin has a severe punishment for those scholars who intend to rebel, that is, all their families are used as official slaves, and reward his subordinates for civil and military personnel, in order to prevent these people from disobeying the call, before being assigned to the civil and military families, they must be locked in prison for a period of time, so that they can suffer some hardships, Therefore, there has been a women's prison in Xiangyang's prison since then, although there is also no freedom, but the life in this small courtyard of the state pastoral mansion is of course not the same as that of the prison, such a word is like a fairy in the eyes of Ziyan and Yanyun,

Minchan is different, although her activities in the past were also limited to the backyard of the State Pastoral Mansion, but in Wang Yun's Mansion, she could not step out of the mansion, she has lived like this since she was a child, but she doesn't feel that there is anything wrong, in the past two years in the State Pastoral Mansion, in addition to not being treated by Liu Xin, several ladies are still quite good to her, especially the third lady Cai Yan, who is her old acquaintance, often shush the cold and ask for warmth, care about her meticulously, eat well here, dress well, and no one forces her to practice those embarrassing actions, You can also hear magical stories such as "Journey to the West", not to mention that the backyard of the state pastoral mansion is big enough, and there are several gardens alone, with exquisite designs and different scenery.

The place where they are under house arrest is not big, only three big houses and two huts, there is not even a tree in the yard, the ground is bare, there is no trace of green in sight, every day I have a full meal, I have no place to go after two turns, I can only sit silently in the house in a daze, the surroundings are quiet, recalling the bits and pieces of the two years in the state pastor's mansion, Minchan suddenly found that she seems to have not missed Luoyang's son for a long time, carefully compare, the son in the state pastor's house is really much happier than Luoyang, This happiness has subtly penetrated into her heart, but now there is nothing.

Seeing Minchan's sullen appearance, Ziyan persuaded: "Miss, don't think about it, Lord Liu didn't directly punish us for capital crimes, which means that he still has some pity for you, and when he comes back from Chang'an, maybe he will let us go." ”

Ziyan and Yanyun are not female killers, they are the same as Minchan, they are all housekeepers raised by Wang Yun, and they are tools for men's entertainment, but because they grew up with Minchan since childhood, and they are relatively close, they were sent to Xiangyang by Wang Yun, responsible for the liaison between Minchan and Minchan, on the occasion of leaving Luoyang, Wang Yun repeatedly emphasized to them that Diao Chan is already his own daughter, if they meet, they must call her Miss, Wang Yun does this in addition to improving Diaochan's status, there is a more important purpose, is to make Minchan grateful to herself, so that she will be desperate to carry out her orders.

The four men who were arrested with them were the ones sent by Wang Yun to assassinate Liu Xin, but their abilities were limited, and they were not real killers, so they ended up in a cage in a daze, and now they are even more in a different place, just because they are just ignorant girls, not real killers, Liu Xin spared their surnames, but they didn't think about how to deal with them, so they have been locked in prison, and now they are simply placed under house arrest with Minchan,

Mink Chan has been in the state pastoral mansion for more than two years, and she knows a little about Liu Xin's surname Xi, knowing that he is not like most men at that time, full of male superiority and inferiority, and the ladies have a high status at home, but she is different from other women, she was sent by Wang Yun to harm Liu Xin, Liu Xin has long been aware of Wang Yun's conspiracy, he has endured until now to put himself under house arrest, and when he comes back from Chang'an, will he let himself go, I'm afraid Liu Xin wants to wait for Wang Yun to be arrested and their father and daughter will be executed together, thinking of this, Minchan sighed faintly and did not speak,

Ziyan and Yanyun are in the same year, two years younger than Minchan, during the time they lived in Xiangyang, all they heard were words of praise for Liu Xin, and now they finally saw Liu Xin's true face of Lushan, and they were born tall and handsome, and the young man didn't know what it was like to be sad, and the two young girls who were pregnant with spring had just escaped from death, and they fantasized again, if Liu Xin could accept Minchan, and then become Minchan's maid, maybe there would be a chance to climb to the sky in the future.

Seeing Minchan's worried look, Ziyan couldn't help but persuade again: "Miss, we have all fallen to this point, don't think about the mission assigned by the master anymore, Miss is beautiful and beautiful, even the slaves and maids are tempted to see it, don't talk about men, the slaves and maids don't believe that Lord Liu will be indifferent when they see Miss." ”

Minchan looked at Ziyan, suddenly smiled bitterly, and said: "How do you know, I have been in the State Pastoral Mansion for more than two years, and every time the adult sees me, the expression on his face is as calm as water, which shows how deep the adult's city is and what he thinks in his heart, we will never guess." ”

While she was talking, Yanyun ran in in a panic and said, "Miss, Madame has come to see you." ”