Zhang Yang's defeat provided an excellent opportunity for Yuan Shao of Jizhou, who took Shangdang County with ease and effortlessness.

Before Zhang Yang was alive, he was between him and Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao was inconvenient to start, but now Zhang Yang was suddenly defeated and committed suicide, and he swallowed the party to save a lot of trouble.

Changan.

When Dong Zhuo heard that Yuan Shao had swallowed the party, he was furious.

He summoned Li Ru and said, "His grandmother's, is this Yuan Shao's next step to go further west?" ”

Li Ru said: "Yuan Shao forced into Hedong a few days ago, but fortunately, General Lu led the army to press him back!" At the moment, I thought that Yuan Shao would definitely not go further west! ”

"Why?"

"The situation is still unclear at the moment, if he rushes west, I'm afraid it won't do him any good!"

Li Ru's words were extremely vague, but Dong Zhuo was not a fool, he still heard the meaning of Li Ru's words, once Yuan Shao really went west, he was in the east, Ma Bin was in the west, and Chang'an would definitely not be able to defend it.

Once Chang'an can't hold it, the enemy Yuan Shao will face directly will be Ma Bin. Judging from the current situation, Ma Bin's strength is above Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao will definitely not fight against Ma Bin with one person.

After thinking about this layer, Dong Zhuo said: "Then according to Mr. Zhi, what should we do next?" That Ma Bin is really a hard bone to gnaw! Feng Xian and the others went out for so long not only did not get any advantage, but let Ma Bin give the general an army! It's really angry! ”

Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo's tone of voice seemed to be much more indifferent than a few days ago, so he simply mustered up the courage and said: "The tiger and leopard cavalry is under the city of Chang'an, General Gao suddenly led his troops to help, and Zhang Taishou died in the Meridian Valley. This series of events is interlocking, and we have been hit! ”

"What!"

The strategy of suddenly sending troops to Luogu was proposed by Li Ru, and after Dong Zhuo listened to his strategy, he always thought that he would definitely destroy Ma Bin directly.

Later, after Zhang Yang was killed, he thought that Zhang Yang did not know how to be flexible and chose Meridian Valley as the escape route, which was clearly the way to bring about his own destruction.

Now that he heard Li Ru say this, he really couldn't believe it. Or maybe he didn't want to believe it.

After all, everyone in the world knows that Zhang Yang led 10,000 elite soldiers from Shangdang to Chang'an to help him destroy Ma Bin.

Li Ru didn't want to mention this matter again, but once Gao Shun came to his senses, figured out the joints, and then told Lu Bu or Dong Zhuo that Li Ru felt that at that time, he was more like Ma Bin's undercover agent, and he was helping Ma Bin to harm them.

confess early, although it is inevitable that Dong Zhuo will be reprimanded or severely punished. But at least it shows his attitude and loyalty.

"You deserve death for your sin!"

Li Ru knelt on the ground and continued: "Maybe Guo Jia had already guessed that we were going to go out of Luogu, so on the one hand, he mobilized men and horses to guard both ends of the valley, and on the other hand, he let Shisun Rui retreat while fighting, and the three thousand tigers and leopards were arranged by him in the Meridian Valley in advance!" ”

As soon as he heard Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo immediately said angrily: "Since you thought of this layer, why didn't you say it earlier!" Now it's good! After this battle. Does the true appearance still have face before the people of the world? ”

"You deserve to die for your sin! After the next finish, I am willing to be killed! ”

Although Li Ru said this very cleanly, he also said it on the basis of figuring out Dong Zhuo's psychology.

Dong Zhuo said: "As for how to punish you." More on that later! Let's talk about what the hell is going on! So Guo Jia is so godly? ”

Li Ru said: "When Zhang Taishou and General Gao took more than 10,000 men and horses out of Luogu, they did have some doubts, afraid that he would really send troops to attack Chang'an directly, and come to 'encircle Wei to save Zhao', but the situation is urgent, and the timing is very good for us, I thought that Guo Jia would definitely not take risks and joke with the lives of his own people, and even if Guo Jia had such an idea, then Ma Bin might not agree!" But what Ling Zaixia never expected was that Guo Jia really dared to make a risky move. And Ma Bin also agreed! Zhang Taishou has this defeat, we have turned from active to passive, and we should be fully responsible! Willing to be punished! ”

Dong Zhuo's fat body shook a little. He stepped back, and then his face was full of doubt: "Then Guo Jia has such a god?" This link is linked to a link! If there is a mistake in any of the links, then Ma Bin will die and have no place to be buried! He dared to do this? ”

Li Ru said quite embarrassedly: "I underestimated the courage of Guo Jia and Ma Bin!" And if I guessed correctly, Zhang Taishou chose to escape from Hanzhong from Meridian Valley instead of Luo Valley, so reluctant to seek the near must have been induced by Guo Jia and others? ”

"Induce?"

"It must be Guo Jia who sent someone to walk in Hanzhong to spread the rumor and separate Zhang Taishou and you!"

"How unreasonable!"

Dong Zhuo clenched his fists, and after slamming the case, the horizontal flesh on his face trembled violently.

And Li Ru knelt on the ground quite nervously, and he didn't even have the courage to look up at Dong Zhuo.

"Get up......"

Dong Zhuo's tone instantly turned pale and weak, which frightened Li Ru.

If Dong Zhuo was still like thunder before, or he would draw a knife and slaughter the guards around him at every turn to discourage him, Li Ru would still be calmer in his heart.

Now this sudden pale and powerless speech made Li Ru's heart go up and down, and he couldn't guess what Dong Zhuo was going to do at the next moment......

"Sir, do you think that the prime minister can no longer do anything to that Ma Bin?"

Dong Zhuo suddenly came out with such a sentence, which made Li Ru's heart feel a little calmer.

However, listening to Dong Zhuo's words, it is more like a word of disappointment, which includes disappointment in Ma Bin, Xu Rong, Li Ru and others, and it is estimated that it also includes disappointment in himself.

Since learning the news of Xu Rong's suicide, he has never felt better.

On the one hand, he regretted that he had not appointed Xu Rong earlier, and judging from the achievements of his westward expedition, he seemed to be even more competitive than Lu Bu.

But on the other hand, he hated Xu Rong to the core, he was a difficult person to trust others, when he chose to believe Xu Rong, he didn't even sleep well for several days, and in the end, Xu Rong repaid him by burying a large area of Yongliang. He really wanted to break him to pieces!

Li Ru, who was a little panicked and uneasy, said after thinking about it carefully: "Forgive me for being bold and blunt, Ma Bin has been too powerful in the past two years, and General Lu has fought with him several times and almost never got any bargain!" So I thought it was ......"

"Why do you think so? Could it be that he couldn't let the prime minister give Chang'an to him? ”

Li Ru shook his head and said, "No! No! I thought it was better to use external forces! ”

"With the help of external forces?"

Li Ru said: "Now General Lu, General Zhang's men and horses and Ma Bin's army are facing each other, and the two sides have been fighting evenly these days!" If we continue to fight like this, we can continue to win Ma Bin once or twice, but now that Ma Bin has destroyed Ma Teng and defeated Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, we will inevitably lose our soldiers and horses if we continue to fight like this, so I think that as long as General Lu can stop Ma Bin from advancing further eastward, we can call on the princes of the world to discuss it! ”

"Just like the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusading against the true prime minister back then?"

Li Ru smiled: "This time is different from the past! Now among all the princes in the world, Ma Bin's strength is undoubtedly the strongest! No one wants to sit back and watch him continue to grow stronger! ”

"That makes sense, you go on!"

"If it is not expected, Ma Bin has no plans to further eastward, after all, he has just conquered a large area of Yongliang, if he continues to the east, even if he can capture Chang'an, it will be a great injury after all, when Yuan Shao, Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and other people will attack it and divide the city he has occupied, and he will not have any room to parry at all!"

Dong Zhuo said: "Although this is the case, how easy is it to say that the princes of the world will attack Ma Bin with us?" ”

"King!"

Li Ru said these two words categorically.

Dong Zhuo Yangtian laughed and said, "Then Guo Jia and Ma Bin will accept it?" ”

Li Ru said: "With such a shrewd strategist as Guo Jia, then Ma Bin will definitely not be crowned king, but Dong Xiang can make him the king of Hanzhong in the name of the Son of Heaven!" If he accepts, it will be easy to do, and Dong Xiang can then order all the princes in the name of the Son of Heaven to let them rise up and attack him on the grounds of his edict and the legacy of his ancestors! If he doesn't accept it, then it's easy to do, turn the secret decree into a clear edict, and say that Ma Bin coerced the Son of Heaven to make him king on the grounds of not attacking Chang'an, and after the holy decree was issued, he despised the saint, didn't care, and put the saint's face under his feet! If such charges are detained, then Ma Bin will definitely be speechless! ”

"Brilliant plan! What a plan! ”

Li Ru's words undoubtedly made Dong Zhuo see the hope of destroying Ma Bin again, and this strategy to eliminate Ma Bin with the help of the hands of the people of the world can indeed make Ma Bin fall into isolation and be speechless.

Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo finally had a smile on his face, and he continued: "In fact, the core of this plan is not what kind of crime is placed on Ma Bin, but after such a series of wars by Ma Bin, no one in the world wants to watch Ma Bin continue to grow!" Because they all understand that if Ma Bin is allowed to develop like this, it will not be long before they will be annexed, and the world will probably change completely! ”

"You have a lot of point! Everything must be grasped to a degree, this time Ma Bin sent troops on three fronts together, and they were all big victories, such strength is here, who is not shocked by the princes of all walks of life in the world! Now I'm afraid no one wants to watch a person quickly turn a troubled world into a peaceful and prosperous world! Since there is such a good plan, shouldn't Feng Xian and Zhang Ji let them slow down? ”

The slowdown in Dong Zhuo's mouth is nothing more than wanting Lu Bu and Zhang Ji's men to change from active offense to passive defense. Li Ru still understood this, and he smiled and said: "If it is not expected, General Lu and General Zhang will not take the initiative to attack, and Ma Bin will definitely not take the initiative to provoke trouble on the Eastern Front......"