Chapter 47: Li Ru's Advice
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Zhao Yun's march was indeed very cautious, and the places within a radius of dozens of miles where the army went were completely under the surveillance of the spies he sent out, and for this reason, the sergeants he left along the road to control the zhì line were actually large to several thousand men.
His marching route was to go west from Wancheng in Nanyang, turn around a large circle and turn to the northwest, wade across the Luohe River near Lushi County in the upper reaches of Luoshui, and then go down the mountains and forests dozens of miles away from Luoshui. Because there are many towns and villages on both sides of the Luoshui River, after passing Luoshui, Zhao Yun turned to a night march in order not to expose the army, and only walked for forty or fifty miles in one night, and sometimes, only walked for thirty miles to find a hidden place to hide, and waited for Meng Ke and other scouts to explore the situation ahead, and waited until the evening to march again.
Often, before the march, it is necessary to calculate how many miles to walk, and when they reach the place, how to hide all the sergeants. Sometimes they would go into the dense forest for a day, and sometimes, they would walk more than ten or twenty miles, hide in a valley, and one day, they all hid in a reed wasteland by the Luoshui River, and soaked in the water all day.
If, Zhao Yun's 10,000-strong army in advance, arrived at a hundred miles away from the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum, his sergeants would only have 5,000 cavalry left, and the other 5,000 sergeants would stay behind to guide the army of Dian Wei, Xu Zhu and others on a secret march.
However, there are still hundreds of miles away from the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum, but it is the most exposed section, because not far downstream, is Yongning County, where there are many eyes and ears, and no matter day or night, Dong Zhuo's army is moving, so that Zhao Yun did not dare to move again after arriving there, and hid for two or three days in a row, but did not find a way to secretly communicate with Guò. The place where he hid his troops was a place called Ant Ditch, a deep ditch like a valley that fell abruptly out of a wilderness. The deep ditch was overgrown with thorns and stagnant water, and his sergeant hid in such a harsh place. It's spring, but it's still a little cold. Many soldiers were cold-crippled during the march, mainly from frostbite while hiding in the reeds, and this part of the sergeants was in great need of a place to recuperate. If you drag it any longer, the sergeant may be injured.
Just when Zhao Yun and Xi Zhicai had nothing to do, and it was difficult to secretly pass the last part of the journey into the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum to lurk, the scouts who stayed behind and prepared to guide Dian Wei, Xu Zhu and other generals came to report, saying that an army had been driven from Lushi County, with about 1,000 people, and it turned out that Dong Zhuojun from Yongning County was going to cross the Luoshui River to Yiyang County to assist in defending the city. Resist the allied forces attacking from the direction of Wancheng, so, in order to avoid the emptiness of the troops in Yongning County, a thousand soldiers and horses were transferred from Lushi County and stationed in Yongning to replace the original Dong Zhuo defenders.
And Tan also heard clearly, the sergeant transferred from Lushi County was not Dong Zhuo's military horse. It was a soldier temporarily recruited from the county seat of Lushi.
Hearing this news, Zhao Yun suddenly had an idea and summed it up with Xi Zhicai. Think it's doable. So, Zhao Yun led 3,000 cavalry, secretly retreated for more than 100 miles, and ambushed in a deserted place, which was the only way from Lushi County to Yongning County. After lurking for a day, the soldiers and horses of the 1,000 Lu clan county came. After the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses entered the ambush circle, Zhao Yun led 3,000 soldiers and horses out and captured more than 1,000 soldiers in one fell swoop, including the county lieutenant of the Lu clan who led the army, his name was Huo Bao. was caught by Zhao Yun in a rendezvous.
Most of the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Lushi County are the guardians of the local wealthy families in Lushi County, and those rich families are afraid that disobeying Dong Zhuo's orders will cause disaster to the family, so they will be forced by Dong Zhuo's obscenity to send their guardians to the government to fill the army. In fact, they were not very willing to give their own people to Dong Zhuo, including those nursing home members themselves. and are not happy to join the army. However, Zhao Yun did not let them go, but escorted them to a secret place and kept them strictly guarded, and in addition, interrogated the generals sent by Dong Zhuo to recruit troops, and interrogated them to learn about Dong Zhuo's current strength in the Luoyang area.
In this way, Zhao Yun simply did not stop doing anything, and immediately escorted the county lieutenant of the original Lushi County, and sent a thousand soldiers and horses to replace the soldiers from the Lushi County, and went to Yongning County to take over the defense.
After Zhao Yun entered the city, he did not immediately attack, and first sent the sergeants to control the county, and the original five hundred sergeants were together, pretending to defend the city, and in addition, he sent his own sergeants to change the patrol officers and soldiers in the area from the Xishan Emperor's Mausoleum to Yongning County, and the entire area was in his hands.
At this point, the marching route from Wancheng to the lurking of the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum has finally been completed.
Liu Yi waited in the dense forest camp of the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum for three days, and finally waited for Xi Zhicai and Yan Liang, but only about 2,000 people remained in their advance army to enter the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum, and Zhao Yun was in Yongning County, controlling the county lieutenant of Lu and others, so as not to cause them to change.
Liu Yi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that Zhao Yun actually controlled the county seat of Yongning, and he had one more county town control in his hand, which would be more convenient for the future march. Now, just wait for Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, and Tai Shici to lead the army.
Let's say that Dong Zhuo was in the Tiger Prison Pass, and when he saw the strength of the allies, he was anxious day and night. He didn't let Lu Bu fight again the next day, he knew that with Liu Yi there, he could defeat Lu Bu, as long as Lu Bu was the enemy, the generals under his account, I am afraid that no one will be the enemy of the generals of the allied army, and he will send troops rashly, as long as the troops are lost in vain.
Don't look at Dong Zhuo's tyranny and arrogance, but in fact, he is also a scheming guy, he knows that there is no chance of winning the battle, it is better to save his strength and find an opportunity to fight again. In his life, he doesn't know how many times he has tried to pretend to be a grandson in order to preserve his strength. This time, he no longer had the heart to fight a decisive battle with the princes of the world, but was only thinking about how to retreat from the allies and keep his current glory and wealth. If he hadn't been worried about guarding the tiger prison, he would have returned to Luoyang to enjoy the blessings.
The person who knows Dong Zhuo is none other than Li Ruye, he saw that Dong Zhuo was restless all day long, so he made a suggestion to Dong Zhuo.
He knew what Dong Zhuo was worried about and what he wanted. It was nothing more than that he was worried that the allies would break through the Tiger Prison Pass and approach Luoyang, and then force him to fight to the death with the allies under Luoyang City. But this is by no means what Dong Zhuo wants to see, he Li Ru has followed Dong Zhuo for so long, and he has never seen Dong Zhuo make a desperate bet, play all his hole cards, and fight to the death with others. He knew that Dong Zhuo was definitely the most desperate to protect his life, many times. When he sees that something is wrong, he will immediately flee and try to take revenge. Dong Zhuoke is a real villain, a fierce and scheming villain. And because of that. Dong Zhuocai can pacify the chaotic Xiliang, and he can subdue so many forces in Xiliang, use them all for him, and turn Xiliang into his territory.
However, when Dong Zhuo left Xiliang, he brought almost all his soldiers and horses to Luoyang. Because of this, Xiliang was out of his control, and now Xiliang Ma Teng participated in the Allied Army, and turned against him, so that Dong Zhuo's back road to Xiliang was cut off, Dong Zhuo was worried that once the Tiger Prison Pass was lost, he was forced to fight with the Allied Army, and when the time came. Even if Dong Zhuojun wins, I am afraid that it will be a miserable victory, and the loss of strength will be strict. At that time, even if he retreated to Xiliang, he was afraid that he would not be Ma Teng's opponent.
Li Ru saw through Dong Zhuo's thoughts, and he had an idea in his heart.
He offered advice to Dong Zhuo: "Father-in-law, I have seen that you have been restless recently, take care, now my son-in-law has a plan, maybe he can solve his father-in-law's worries." ”
"Oh? Wen You is really a roundworm in our family's belly, only a virtuous son-in-law can really solve our family's worries, so you can talk about it. What worries our family? Dong Zhuo lay on the couch, pretending to be calm and leisurely, and asked lazily.
"The alliance is too powerful to fight, but it is here to fight, which makes my father-in-law anxious. I'm afraid that if you keep it for a long time, you will lose. Because the Allies can be flexibly mobilized, in the event that we secretly transfer troops to attack Luoyang and Kyoto from other routes, then we will be exhausted at that time. ”
"Two worries about the loss of the Tiger Prison, with the current strength of the allies, even if it is a strong attack, it is possible to capture the Tiger Prison Pass, recently they are in front of the pass, there is no large siege equipment, I am afraid that they are in a hurry, in case they want to attack, I think the victory or defeat is five or five, it is really unpredictable. And in the opinion of the son-in-law, the father-in-law never wants to see a decisive battle with the allies. ”
"Three worries, Xiliang Ma Teng, he is his father-in-law's anti-eye, and now he has occupied Xiliang, cutting off the back road after his father-in-law is defeated."
"Four Worries ......"
"Well, these, our family has been thinking about it for a while, and it can be regarded as our family's worries." Dong Zhuo saw that Li Ru really told him about his worries one by one, so he waved his hand to stop Li Ru and said, "Then tell me about it, what is the best way to solve my worries?" ”
Li Ru gave a salute and said: "My father-in-law's worries are mainly because of the alliance of the princes of the world, this strategy is to divide the allied princes, let them break through without attacking, and retreat by themselves, as long as the allied army retreats, then the father-in-law can sit back and relax." ”
"Wen You, this, how can our family not know? But in this world, the princes of the world, who are allied by blood, are bent on thinking about the life of our family, how can it be so easy to get separated? If you want them to withdraw their troops, I don't think it's easy! Dong Zhuo said with a little headache.
"No, my father-in-law doesn't know, some time ago, Sun Jian's army attacked us as a vanguard, and was defeated by Huaxiong, and is now resting after the allies. The reason why Sun Jian was defeated was that when he and General Huaxiong attacked Sun Jian's army, he grasped that Sun Jian's army was not able to continue with food and grass, and the army's morale was unstable, so that Huaxiong and Li Su had an opportunity to lead the army out of the customs and attack the camp. Otherwise, with the prestige of Sun Jian, the Jiangdong tiger, Li Su may not dare to sneak attack Sun Jianjun's camp. ”
"Oh? Then what do you mean to say......" Dong Zhuo heard it and felt that there was a play.
"Hehe, father-in-law, please think, the princes of the world will be allied, the world will support, how can the sergeants be short of food? After careful investigation, Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, in order to be able to sit firmly in the position of the leader of the alliance and order the princes of the world, he deliberately confiscated the grain and grass of the princes, and distributed the allied army rations by his allied army headquarters. Just imagine, now that Sun Jian has lost his troops because of Yuan Shu's assassination, how can Sun Jian have no resentment towards Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's brothers in his heart? As long as we ......"
When Dong Zhuo arrived here, he sat up suddenly, his eyes sparkled, and he thought for a while: "You mean to plot against Sun Jian?" This ......"
Dong Zhuo said and shook his head again: "I'm afraid this is a little difficult, in fact, our family and Sun Jian have a grudge as early as when they were in Xiliang, I think Sun Jian and I have a deep grudge, besides, there are more than ten princes in the world, Sun Jian is already our defeated general, even if it is a discord against him, I am afraid it will not affect the overall situation, right?" ”
"At this time and that time, has my father-in-law forgotten Feng Xian?" Li Ru said. Turning his head and looking around, he didn't see Lu Bu before he lowered his voice and said, "Lu Bu is more brave than Sun Jian, right?" Isn't it the same that we successfully rebelled and voted for my father-in-law? Could it be that the father-in-law thinks that Sun Jian is more powerful than Lu Bu? How do you know you can't if you don't give it a try? Besides, it doesn't matter whether he can rebel against Sun Jian, as long as he can persuade him to withdraw from the army. Then the princes of the world will inevitably be centrifugal, as long as one person starts, more princes will retreat in the future, and when the time comes, only Yuan Shao, the leader of the light pole alliance, will be left, how can he threaten his father-in-law again? ”
Dong Zhuo hesitated, nodded and said, "Okay." Then tell me, how to plot against Sun Jian? ”
"Father-in-law, the third sister Dong Hua is twenty-eight years old, is it ......?"
"Dong Sanmei?" Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up when he heard this, he slapped his thigh, and snapped: "Yes, yes, haha, if you accept Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian as your son-in-law." Add more prestige to our family, okay, then you can do it quickly. It's a pity that I didn't bring Sanya with me, otherwise, I would have taken her directly to marry Sun Jian, I was afraid that Sun Jian would agree when he saw him. What a pity! ”
"Father-in-law, third sister, she...... She's in Tiger Prison right now. ”
"What? How did she end up here? Dong Zhuo asked in surprise, but then turned to a happy face and said: "It's good here, hurry up, you take her to see Sun Jian, you must make this matter happen." ”
"Well, father-in-law, don't worry. This is just a strategy, and besides, how can a son-in-law tell his aunt about this matter? I'm afraid I'll have to send another person to do this. Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo was a little impatient, and couldn't help but feel a little crooked, girl, send a girl. He was so anxious that it was as if he had taken his own daughter-in-law, as if this daughter was not his daughter.
"Ha, yes, I'm in a hurry, so you say, who should I send?" Dong Zhuo himself said with a smile, with Li Ru's strategy, his mood immediately improved a lot.
"This person must have a certain weight in order to show that his father-in-law attaches great importance to Sun Jian, and he must be able to speak well."
"Hmm...... Then let Li Dao go. Usually, Li Dao also knows the best way of flattery. ”
"Uh, okay." Li Ru was a little speechless, if Li Dao was here, hearing Dong Zhuo say this, I really don't know if Li Dao would have other ideas.
"You think there's another way to solve my worries? Let's start with that. Dong Zhuo motioned for Li Ru to continue.
"The second strategy is to think that my father-in-law should have prepared in advance, in case he is really broken through the Tiger Prison by the Allies and enters Luoyang, and my father-in-law does not want to go to the back road for a decisive battle with the Allies."
"The way back? Get ready? How does this prepare? Now Xiliang Ma Teng is against us, where do you say our family's back road is? Dong Zhuo said puzzled.
"Guanzhong!" Li Ru said meaningfully: "Guanzhong, is the place where the Qin Emperor raised troops to unify the world in the past, I think that if the allied troops force Luoyang, and my father-in-law doesn't want to fight with it, then why don't you retreat to Guanzhong Chang'an first?" Picture the world again? Guanzhong fertile plain thousands of miles, the old capital of Chang'an, there are lofty mountains and mountains in the east, Hangu Pass, Tongguan and other passes block the pursuit of the Allied forces, the anti-Allied army is outside the mountains, there is the Yellow River in the north, there are Tianshui City, Sanguan and other dangerous passes in the west can protect Chang'an without excellence. In Chang'an, the father-in-law can sit on the ground and become the king, and he can dominate the world. ”
"Chang'an...... Chang'an ......" Dong Zhuo read twice, and said with a little doubt: "But since the Han Dynasty moved from the western capital of Chang'an to the eastern capital of Luoyang, the capital of Chang'an has been abandoned for many years, and now the land is vast and sparsely populated, if we return to Chang'an...... I'm afraid it's hard to do anything about this, right? ”
"Hehe, this, I have already thought about it for my son-in-law, Luoyang Capital is a radius of hundreds of miles, why didn't my father-in-law prepare early? In case the allies are really irresistible, we might as well ......" Li Ru's eyes flashed with a chilling light, and said: "It's better to move millions of people in Luoyang, so that won't solve the problem of Guanzhong's vast land and sparse population?" ”
"Good! Yes, move the capital! Move the people. Dong Zhuo was clear at one point and shouted hello.
"However, this matter of moving the capital and moving the people cannot be rushed, and suddenly they want to move to Chang'an, and they are afraid that the people will not want to. However, the son-in-law was in Beijing a few days ago, and he once heard a nursery rhyme in the market: There is a Han in the west and a Han in the east. When the deer enters Chang'an, there is no difficulty. Chen Si said that 'the first Han in the west' should be Gaozu Wang in the western capital of Chang'an, and passed on the 12 emperors; 'The first Han in the east' should be Guangwuwang in the eastern capital Luoyang, and now it is also passed on to the 12 emperors. Fortune is back. The prime minister moved back to Chang'an, so that he would be safe. In the future, if the father-in-law really wants to withdraw his troops from Chang'an, he will have to move the emperor to Chang'an in response to the nursery rhyme. ”
"A man in the east? A Han in the West? This...... Eh, our family understands, there is Lao Xian's son-in-law bothered, why don't you go back to Luoyang Jingshi one day, how about taking charge of this matter? Dong Zhuo knew that this was probably another mystery made up by his son-in-law.
"Okay, then the son-in-law will leave for Luoyang immediately, and secretly spread the news, if Sun Jian's matter is successful, the allies can't worry, and it doesn't matter if the capital is moved or not, the son-in-law is like this, just make preparations first." Li Ru heard that Dong Zhuo had adopted his strategy, and he was also happy in his heart and bowed back. (To be continued......)
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