Chapter 21 The Desperate Scheme

"Xuande Gong don't want to be like this, General Zhang has a heroic temperament, and he admires him very much, and he can't wait to drink with General Zhang, but he is less contaminated with wine on weekdays, and he really can't drink more, so please forgive General Zhang!" Lu An saluted Zhang Fei as he spoke, and his gestures were full of humility.

"Big brother, look, everyone has said so, Lu boy, just say this to you, I appreciate you!" When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately became proud again.

"Hehe, it's an honor to be recognized by a hero like General Zhang!" Lu An said with a smile. It is undoubtedly a very easy thing to deal with this kind of person who has no fancy intestines, these three brothers are all outstanding people, and it naturally does not hurt to be able to make friends.

The coalition forces were elated here, but in the Tiger Prison Pass, the atmosphere was not so good.

"Fengxian, you disappointed me so much, you actually lost!" Dong Zhuo looked at Lu Bu coldly, and his tone was very dissatisfied.

"Humph!" Lu Bu glanced at Dong Zhuo expressionlessly, snorted coldly, and finally walked out spontaneously without saying anything. He is now looking at Dong Zhuo more and more unpleasantly.

"Stop!" When Dong Zhuo saw this, he immediately wanted to scold.

"Xiangguo is angry! The coalition forces are bullying more and less, and it is understandable that General Lu missed, at this time, General Lu is in a bad mood, so let him go out and relax! For today's plan, let's think about the next strategy first! Li Ru hurriedly dissuaded. At this time, the two must not have friction, otherwise it will only be the Kwantung Coalition Army that is cheaper.

"And what can you do?" Seeing his most important son-in-law and military advisor speak, Dong Zhuo flicked his sleeves, after all, he didn't bother with Lu Bu anymore, and after watching Lu Bu leave the hall, he asked.

"Observe for a few days, if there is no chance of victory, then we will withdraw from Luoyang!" As soon as Li Ru's mind turned, he immediately had a desperate plan in his heart.

"Withdraw from Luoyang, how much effort we have worked so hard over the years to finally climb to this point, how can we withdraw!" When Dong Zhuo heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he looked at Li Ru fiercely, if Li Ru didn't give him a perfect explanation, I am afraid he would be furious.

"Xiangguo is in no hurry, the withdrawal is only temporary." Li Ru said unhurriedly.

"What do you mean?"

"Now the Xiangguo is powerful, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, so the princes of the world have united to fight against the Xiangguo, and once we withdraw from Luoyang, it will be different." Li Ru analyzed very calmly: "First of all, we can retreat to Chang'an, which is our base, and we occupy the right time and place there, which can be described as impregnable, and once we retreat, after the princes' coalition army enters Luoyang, there are a few people who are willing to stick to us, they also have their own territory, it is impossible to let it go, even if there is, as long as they are no longer twisted into a ball, then it will become our plate and be broken by us one by one!" What's more important is that we only need to hold the Son of Heaven in our hands, then we have a reputation, and we can give them a fiefdom in the name of the Son of Heaven when we play, so that they can kill each other, we just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and finally come out to clean up the mess. ”

I have to say that Li Ru's grasp of people's hearts has reached an extremely terrifying realm, and he guessed exactly what happened to the princes later.

"This, it's a good plan, it's just this prosperous Luoyang! Lost to the Kwantung Coalition like this, I really can't bear it! After Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately hesitated, what Li Ru said was very reasonable, but he wasted decades of hard work before he finally climbed to this position, enjoying the glory and wealth that only the Son of Heaven can enjoy, and sitting in the most prosperous city in the world.

"Xiangguo, as long as we have the strength in hand, then we can build a prosperous city by ourselves in the future, and if Xiangguo is really difficult to give up, it is better to empty the entire Luoyang City, destroy it with a fire, and throw it to Yuan Shao and others an empty city!" Li Ru knew what Dong Zhuo was thinking, and immediately whispered to persuade him.

"Good! Just do as you say, from now on, immediately send people to collect all the wealth of Luoyang City, except for the necessary civil and military officials in the court, other rich families have given me all the money to use as military expenses, and let Li Dao bring some soldiers and horses, and hollow out all the imperial tombs near Luoyang City for me, all of which are good things, and it is a waste to use them for these dead people of the Liu family! Dong Zhuo immediately slapped the table, and countless fierce lights appeared in his bronze bell-like eyes, and said.

"Xiangguo, in my opinion, how about digging the emperor's tomb, why don't you let General Lu go?" Li Ru suggested.

"Why? Li Dao is my old foundation, wouldn't it be better for him to go! Dong Zhuo was surprised, excavating the imperial tomb is a fat difference, this kind of good errand Dong Zhuo first considered his old background in Xiliang.

"First, although Lu Bu is newly defeated, he is still an indispensable arm of Xiangguo, and he can give this errand to him to reassure him, and second, this can also let everyone in the world know that General Lu and Xiangguo are intimate and uninterrupted." An immeasurable sneer appeared at the corner of Li Ru's mouth, and he said.

"It's okay, you can do these things! For a period of time, let Xu Rong guard the tiger prison! Be sure to hold on to it before we move out of Luoyang! Dong Zhuo didn't perceive the deep meaning of Li Ru's words, and said casually without thinking.

"Yes!" Li Ru arched his hand, and showed a cruel smile in the direction of the camp of the Kwantung Coalition Army, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, when you took Luoyang with great difficulty, and found that it had become an empty city, I don't know what your expression would be, I am really looking forward to it!

Lu An and the three Taoyuan brothers talked for a while, leaving a pretty good initial impression of each other, this celebration banquet is over, the princes go back to rest one by one, recuperate for the next day's siege, and Lu An also helped the drunk Kong Rong back.

"Xuantong! I'm so happy! As long as we capture this tiger prison pass, we can completely drive away Dong Zhuo, a traitor, and the Han will be Zhongxing! The drunk Kong Rong seemed to be a little unstoppable, saying the same thing repeatedly on the road.

"My lord, I'll help you go back!" Lu An said calmly and without waves. This Han Dynasty has long been unable to support itself, and after a while, these people may have to wake up completely.

"Yes, go back, you help me back! This official must sleep well tonight, and continue to attack the city tomorrow, striving to break through the tiger prison as soon as possible and rescue His Majesty from Dong Zhuo's clutches! Kong Rong smirked drunkenly, as if he had seen the day he had been looking forward to for many days in his mind.