[Dong Zhuojun's big tent]

"Report, Taishi, the escort team of our army that went to the Huxian grain and grass camp has just returned to the camp, according to the people who came back from the escort team, the Huxian grain and grass camp is now in ruins, and charred corpses have been found inside."

When Dong Zhuojun, who was discussing in the big tent, heard the news, there was an uproar, Dong Zhuo's face turned white, and the wrinkles on his forehead made the distorted expression so squeezed that it was like squeezing a fly to death;

Li Ru was the first to jump out and ask, "Is the news accurate?" What about the people who came back from the escort team? Call me the general in charge of the escort."

The soldier who got the order agreed and went down to call the general of the escort team;

At this time, a strange atmosphere spread in the big tent, and the siege of the city for days caused Dong Zhuojun to suffer heavy losses, although Dong Zhuojun sent to attack the city were all newly recruited recruits;

However, the soldiers who were constantly seriously injured and lightly injured were transported back to the barracks, so that those elite soldiers saw it, and they did not feel that the opposite Hangu Pass was a hard nut to bite, but the strong numerical advantage and abundant food and grass supplies made all the soldiers have strong confidence in the future breakthrough of Hangu Pass;

However, the sudden news that the grain and grass camp had been burned down was like a spark suddenly thrown into the hay, and the uneasiness was suddenly filled, and many people were worried about the uncertainty that might happen in the future;

Soon the general of the escort team came to the tent and knelt down on one knee to report:

"The last general Yang Ding, see Taishi, see the generals" Yang Ding said, saying that this Yang Ding was also a figure in the original history, but many fans of the Three Kingdoms are not very familiar with him, he is Li Yu's subordinate, and later betrayed Li Yu for self-preservation, and Yang Feng escorted the emperor to Luoyang together It was this Yang Ding;

Li Ru asked: "Let me ask you, did you see the grain and grass promised to be burned in Huxian County?" Seeing with your own eyes that the soldiers and horses guarding the grain and grass battalion were burned to death? ”

"Hui Junshi, the last general saw it with his own eyes, but he didn't see many corpses, only dozens of charred corpses"

"Only a few dozen? Have you ever seen any signs of a large-scale fight nearby? ”

"Returning to the military division, I have never seen it"

"That's weird"

Li Ru fell into deep thought, first, Luoyang has already put all the soldiers and horses here in Hangu Pass, how can there be soldiers to sneak attack? The second is that even if there is, if you can reach Huxian County, you must first come out of Hangu Pass, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops of Dong Jun in front of Hanguan Valley, and it is impossible for Luoyang troops to pass through? The strangest thing is that there was no battle near the grain and grass camp, only a few dozen corpses? Are the remaining thousands of soldiers gone?

Li Ru is not the only one who noticed this, Dong Zhuo's other son-in-law, Niu Fu, who is also a powerful general in Dong Zhuo's army, also said:

"This is unlikely, our army is now on the front line of Hangu Pass, even if the enemy army still has troops that can be mobilized, it is impossible to fly past our army to sneak attack the grain and grass camp, and there has been no large-scale battle near the grain and grass camp, which is very abnormal"

After Niu Fu finished speaking, the generals in the other tents also nodded;

Dong Zhuo didn't want to just listen to the analysis, what he wanted was the exact result to decide the future deployment;

Dong Zhuo said: "Then according to the opinion of the two virtuous sons-in-law, why was the Huxian camp burned down? ”

Li Ru pondered and didn't speak, but Niu Fu gave everyone a very reasonable reason:

"According to the son-in-law's opinion, it must be the general of the defending army of the grain and grass camp who rebelled, and a few of them who did not obey were burned in the camp together"

At first, everyone thought that this reason was very far-fetched, but now that the enemy is weak and I am strong, why did the defending generals turn against the enemy? This doesn't make sense, and you just want to defect to the enemy across the army, and you can't get by;

But Li Ru quickly heard what Niu Fu meant, and said:

"General Niu is saying that the big families in Chang'an want to take advantage of the opportunity to coup when my Xiliang elite is out of Chang'an? Are you worried that our army will attack Chang'an? That's why it was said that the guards of the grain and grass battalion burned the grain and grass, so that my army was flanked from both sides when there was no food to eat? ”

"That's right, in this way, the guards who burned the grain and grass can quickly retreat to Chang'an, and when our army learns the news, they are ready" Niu Fu said, I have to say that Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu is very talented in making up stories, and he actually analyzed it more like the real than the truth;

"These corrupt Confucians, they are really angry with me, and I am so appeased to them in vain, and when I return to Chang'an, I will definitely let their heads fall to the ground and their family property will be confiscated" Dong Zhuo said viciously

"Taishi, for the sake of today's plan, we should not continue to storm Hangu Pass, we should quickly return to Chang'an, and take advantage of the fact that they have just coup d'état, and they will recapture Chang'an," Li Ru said;

"However, the Hangu Pass in front is about to be breached, if we retreat at this time, not only will it be easy to fall into a two-sided attack and the morale of the army will be weakened, but the defenders of the Hangu Pass on the opposite side will also take advantage of the situation to kill them, and then our army will be in danger," said Xu Rong, another general in Dong Zhuo's army;

"What General Xu said is not right, Chang'an is the foundation of our Xiliang army, even if it really pays a huge price to capture Hangu Pass and then capture Luoyang, Luoyang is poor and weak, and it will not be able to feed our army, and it will directly face the threat of the Central Plains princes and Chang'an in the west in the land of four wars, and it will also cut off the road with Liangzhou, the foundation of our army's Xiliang, and our army will be even more dangerous at that time."

I have to say that Li Ru's analysis is also very accurate, but how they make decisions in their current situation is not necessarily the best;

After hearing Li Ru's words, Xu Rong stopped talking, indeed, as Li Ru said, attacking Chang'an is a more beneficial strategy now;

【Under the Hanya Seki Castle】

At this time, Hangu Pass has fallen into the wind and rain swaying, as if a baby's hand gently pushed, this swaying in the wind and rain in the building will collapse;

At this time, Han Hao's new army, that is, the main army defending Hangu Pass, was consumed by the siege of the city for several days, and only less than 3,000 people were consumed; So much so that Liu Bei's troops, who had been thinking about sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and Zang Babu, who were ******, had to send troops to the city to resist Dong Zhuojun's fierce attacks these days;

The attack for days made the defenders of Hangu Pass extremely tired and painful, but this is not the most difficult, the most difficult thing is that people can't see hope, no matter how many rounds of attacks are repulsed, there will always be a new round of attacks, and looking at the siege troops under the city are always like a boundless sea of people, I don't know if I can kill them in this life, or before I finish killing them, my side has been exhausted;

On the morning of this day, Han Hao, who was dragging one arm, was routinely patrolling the city, and looked at Dong Zhuojun under the city from time to time, because every day at this time, Dong Zhuo's army was ready to attack the ladder and rush the car, and this time of day was the first round of Dong Zhuo's army to start a large-scale siege of the city;

Han Hao had adapted to this damn rhythm, seeing that the elite new army he had built up was being consumed little by little, but he couldn't see a trace of victory;

But on this morning, when Han Hao looked at the city, he seemed to see Dong Zhuojun withdrawing? Han Hao rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and looked down carefully, I wipe, the other party is really withdrawing troops?

Han Hao didn't know what the reason was, but this was undoubtedly great news for himself, Han Hao was not the only one who saw this, Liu Bei and Zang Ba not far away also saw this scene, their expressions of disbelief were not smaller than Han Hao's, and they both felt incredible;

At this time, several of the top generals on the upper floor of Hangu Pass met together and discussed the next step, it was said that Han Hao should be the highest commander of Hangu Pass to give instructions, but now the new army that has been disabled makes Han Hao have no confidence to do so at all, so he still chooses to discuss with Liu Bei, Zang Ba and Xu Bugu Duhou;

(PS: Thank you for your support and recommendation votes, there is a bureau in the evening, and I will continue to write after eating.)

Today's short story is called "Ambition"

A wealthy man in France was poor when he was young. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info later started his career by selling decorative portraits, and in less than 10 years, he quickly became one of the 50 richest people in France. He died of cancer in 1998, and after his death, a French newspaper published his will. In his will, he said: "I was a poor man, and before I crossed the threshold of heaven as a rich man, I left the secret of being rich, and whoever can answer "what the poor lack most" and guess the secret of my riches, he will receive 1,000,000 francs that I have left in the private safe deposit box of the bank as a prize for uncovering the mystery of poverty.

After the will was published, 48,561 people sent their answers. There are many answers. The vast majority of people believe that the most lacking thing for the poor is, of course, money, and that with money, they will no longer be poor; Another part believes that the reason why the poor are poor is that the most lacking is opportunity, and the poverty of the poor is that they are poor in the "back time"; There are also some people who believe that what the poor lack most is skills, that they are poor because they have nothing to do, and that they can get rich quickly if they have a skill; It is also said that what the poor lack most is help and love, beauty, designer clothes, the presidency and so on.

On the anniversary of the rich man's death, his lawyer and agent, under the supervision of the notary public, opened the private safe deposit box in the bank and revealed the secret of his riches, which he believed was the ambition to become rich. Of all the answers, only one girl, who was only 9 years old, guessed correctly.

Why is it only this 9-year-old girl who thinks that what the poor lack most is ambition? "Every time my sister brings home her 11-year-old boyfriend, she always warns me not to be ambitious!" Don't be ambitious! So I thought, maybe ambition can get people what they want. ”

After the mystery was revealed, it shook France and spread to Britain and the United States. When talking about this topic, some upstarts and rich people unabashedly admit that ambition is the eternal "cure-all" medicine and the germination point of all miracles, and the reason why the poor are poor is mostly because they have a hopeless weakness, that is, they lack the ambition to get rich. ）