After the capture of Xingyang City, there was no force that could cause them substantial obstacles on the way of the army of the Princes' Alliance.

As an excellent strategist, Li Ru obviously knows that he can defeat his opponent by accumulating all his strength in a fist when necessary; And the same is true of war, only by accumulating all forces can we maximize it in an instant and deal a fatal blow to the enemy, especially when there are enemies on all sides and in general we are at a certain disadvantage.

Therefore, in addition to leaving a part of the garrison troops in the fortified city and big city such as Xingyang, which is enough to become a temporary barrier and barrier, the troops in other places have been transferred back to the county seat around Luoyang by Li Ru to defend the imperial capital.

Now that Li Ru is sitting in Luoyang, facing the threat from the allied army of the princes of Dong, he does not dare to be careless.

Originally, he was not so careful, and the order to transfer troops was only issued recently, mainly because he did not expect that Yuzhou would fall so quickly, after all, in addition to the tens of thousands of permanent garrisons stationed by the original imperial court, there were also 100,000 Xiliang troops led by Li Yu, Guo Yan and others, but for only Jiangdong Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, the total total number of troops was only 80,000, it did not play much of a hindering role, not to mention as a deterrent to the rear of the alliance army Chen Bing Xingyang, made him afraid and did not dare to act rashly.

When Li Ru heard the news of the death of Li Yu, Guo Yan and other four people in Luoyang, and the news that the 100,000 Xiliang army was surrendered by the 80,000 Yuan and Sun coalition forces, and the local garrison did not have the slightest strength to resist, and Yuzhou fell completely. He was sleeping in the house.

Although the time is still daytime, but these days are busy with a lot of things, Li Ru is physically and mentally exhausted, and he stopped at the house for a while and became sleepy, just for the time being, there is nothing important, just go to take a nap first, but he was disturbed by the urgent report.

The intelligence force under Dong Zhuo's hands has always been in the hands of Li Ru, not only because of his trust in him, but because there is really no one under his command who is more suitable to control this force than Li Ru.

As soon as Li Ru fell asleep, he was a little lazy, so he simply met the messenger in the bedroom.

The moment he heard the news, Li Ru, who was originally sitting on the couch, stood up, but this was just a subconscious act, and his mind was blank at that moment. Then I felt a sharp feeling of dizziness coming over me. The body couldn't help shaking a few times, and if it wasn't for the support of the subordinates next to me, I was afraid that I would have fallen down.

Originally, he had carried everything on his shoulders during this time, and he was very unable to divide himself into several people, but now he heard such unfavorable news at first glance. It's normal to not be able to accept it for a while.

However, it also has to be admired for Li Ru's big heart. Its psychological endurance is far from being reflected by its thin physical appearance. It only took a while for him to get used to it, and he began to ask about the details. Although the matter is a foregone conclusion, at least we must know what the enemy is doing, after all, knowing oneself and knowing the other can not be defeated in a hundred battles.

After learning all the current causes and consequences, Li Ru still couldn't help but sigh, but this sigh was because of Lu Bu.

He had long thought that after Lu Bu left, he would be Dong Zhuo's henchman, but he didn't expect that the two sides would be on the same page so soon, and Lu Bu would be able to catch up with the alliance of princes, which seemed to outsiders to be Cao Cao's recommendation, but in Li Ru's opinion, it was because Lu Bu himself had this meaning, even if there was no Cao Cao, he would find a way to join in.

Are they destined to become rivals? The scene of fighting side by side is vivid, Li Ru seems to be ruthless and vicious when he is planning against the enemy, but in fact, he is also a person with a lot of feelings, and his feelings for Lu Bu are also very special, both vigilant but also in the bottom of his heart to introduce him as a confidant and friend.

It's a pity!

Li Ru quickly accepted the reality, and then considered how to deal with it next, first of all, to withdraw all the troops from all over the country to the vicinity of Luoyang to ensure the safety here, and at the same time, it was equivalent to choosing this place for the battlefield of the decisive battle with the princes' coalition forces, as for the deeper intentions, it is inconvenient to elaborate.

And when he finished ordering people to go down and make arrangements, he looked up again and saw a figure standing at the door of the bedroom.

Li Ru was stunned when she saw that shadow, shouldn't she have been sent out of the city at this time, why would she still appear here?

But then he was no longer puzzled, but annoyed, and behind her was Yang Ding, who was full of guilt, "Strategist, madam, she ...... The villain really can't stop it......"

Li Ru's face was gloomy, but he didn't look at her, and only looked at Yang Ding with ignorant karmic fire: "How did I say it at the beginning, how did you inherit it, and now what is the benefit of coming to talk to me about this?" ”

Yang Ding was silent, and the slim Mrs. Li Ru, Dong Yuan, pursed her lips, but said in a deep voice: "You are Yuan'er's husband, and you are Xiaoni's father, so how can we give up?" ”

Beside her, the little girl she was holding by her hand was not Xiao Ni, although she didn't say a word, but she completely inherited her mother's big innocent eyes and looked at Li Ru, so he couldn't say a word.

Li Ru gritted his teeth, but still spoke: "Do you know the current situation outside, the princes of the world are pointing to the royal city, and they will only come to the city in the evening, and at that time, I want to protect you, and you will be weak, you are ......?"

"Alas!" In the end, all the words turned into a long sigh.

He knew in his heart that Dong Yuan's temperament, he had been a pillow person for so long, and he understood each other thoroughly, and he must have no way to change her mind, not to mention that things had come to this point; Or maybe at this time, deep down in his heart, he still hopes to be able to have the people closest to him by his side, so that he can give himself the strength and reason to support himself.

Seeing that Li Ru sighed and didn't say any more, Dong Yuan already understood his thoughts, she smiled slightly, already walked in, stepped forward to Li Ru's side, took Li Ru's big hand, and said: "It doesn't matter what the situation is, as long as we face it together, what are we afraid of?" ”

Li Ru smiled bitterly, but his heart was warm.

Yang Ding didn't know when he had already walked away with a smile, and Xiao Ni followed Dong Yuan and walked to her father's side, enjoying the caress of her father's big hand on her little head, listening to his sigh full of emotion and sorrow.

In this scene, the warmth dispelled a bit of heaviness......

The current Dong Zhuo is about to become a turtle in an urn for the alliance of princes.

No, or it's not fast, but it has become, look at the current surroundings of Dong Zhuosi, there is basically an army of the Dong Alliance, even if he runs to Chang'an, he has to face the anger of Ma Teng, Han Sui and others who have the confidence to fight against the Dong Alliance, and the gathering of troops here is not as much as in Luoyang after all, so it may not be easier than in Luoyang.

On the seventh day of the second month of the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, the princes of the world asked Dong to join the army from Xingyang, and arrived in Chenggao County, where Dong Yue, a young general of Xiliang, was stationed in the afternoon of the same day.

At this point, the Dong Alliance once again came to the Tiger Prison Pass, and this time, Dong Zhuo's subordinates no longer had the help of the god of war Lu Bu; However, the princes fought against Dong's alliance army, but with Lu Bu's participation, it was equivalent to adding wings to the tiger.

What will be the result this time? (To be continued......)