"Huh?" Suspicion flashed in Dong Zhuo's eyes, and he aimed at Li Ru.

He obviously hadn't turned a corner in his mind, and he didn't understand why his son-in-law would support Diao Xiong's request to fight.

You must know that Yuan Shu is the second largest prince in the eastern part of the country, and according to the land of Nanyang, there are fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses under his command, and there are fierce generals like Sun Jian.

With such strength, even if he Dong Zhuo personally goes out, he may not be sure of victory, let alone Diao Xiong.

In the final analysis, Mink Xiong only relied on betraying Wang Yun to have today's official position, and when it comes to fighting, I am afraid that ten Mink Xiong are not Yuan Shu's opponents.

Now Li Ru persuaded him to agree to Mink Xiong's request for war, isn't this a waste of money and food for soldiers, horses, and horses in vain.

Li Ru is the chief strategist of the Xiliang Army, how can he make such a stupid move?

Just when Dong Zhuohu was puzzled, Li Ru said again: "Taishi, Confucian, please seal the captain of the mink as the Taishou of Nanyang, and then promote him to the general, and then allocate two thousand elite horsemen, let him go to Nanyang to show his strength, and raise my military might." ”

As soon as these words came out, Dong Zhuo's figure was shocked again, and he became more and more surprised, and then looked at Li Ru.

At this time, Li Ru was nodding slightly to Dong Zhuo, secretly staring at him.

The change in his eyes between the two of them could not escape the eyes of the mink male.

"Li Ru, you really deserve to be the first strategist of Xiliang, this move is indeed ruthless enough, but unfortunately, you can't dream of it, your poisonous plan is in my ......."

Mink Xiong sneered in his heart, he had already seen through Li Ru's conspiracy.

He knew it in his heart, but his face was frowning, and he pretended to be a problem: "Two thousand soldiers and horses, it seems that there is a little less, can you allocate a few thousand more elite soldiers to the last general?" ”

Dong Zhuo didn't react yet, but Li Ru took the lead and said: "Yuan Shu's main force is fighting with Liu Biao, there are not many soldiers and horses in the rear, two thousand fine cavalry is enough, and now the Taishi is busy dividing troops to extinguish the rebellion of the Bingzhou army, and he can't allocate more soldiers and horses. ”

Li Ru cried for a long time, and at the end of the day, he also used the method of agitation to Mink Xiong.

Dong Zhuo has 100,000 Xiliang troops, how can he not give him thousands of soldiers and horses, this is obviously because he doesn't want to give him too many soldiers and horses.

Diao Xiong originally wanted to get as many thousands of soldiers and horses as possible from Dong Zhuo's hands, but now that Li Ru, an old slippery head, is here to obstruct it, it can only be like this.

As soon as the sword eyebrows were raised, Mink Xiong said angrily: "Two thousand is two thousand, and the last general will please lead two thousand elite horsemen to take Nanyang for the Taishi." ”

The military order has been made, just waiting for Dong Zhuo to nod.

The corners of Li Ru's mouth were slanted, hooked up an imperceptible sneer, and nodded to Dong Zhuo again.

Dong Zhuo Chi Ying took a moment, then laughed and said: "Very good, Ziyong, since you have this courage, the old man will make you a partial general, Nanyang is too guarded, and you will lead two thousand elite horsemen to destroy Yuan Shu and take the land of Nanyang for the old man." ”

Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's mastermind, although Dong Zhuo didn't understand his intention to do this, but he guessed that he must have a point, so he nodded and agreed.

"Thank you for your trust!"

The young man was excited, but he forcibly suppressed his emotions, and said again: "The last general will go alone, I am afraid there is no full chance of winning, so the last general wants to ask Xu Rong to be the deputy general, Jia Xu is the military strategist, and help the last general to take Nanyang." ”

Mink Xiong not only wanted to take the opportunity to take the soldiers and horses to break away from Dong Zhuo and stand on his own, but also "kidnapped" a few military generals by the way to be his right-hand man.

Xu Rong is not from Liangzhou, Jia Xu is a civil official, these two are not reused in the Western Liang Army, even if they saved Dong Zhuo before, they did not receive much reward.

Mink Xiong speculated that the two of them must be dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, and when he tears his face with Dong Zhuo in the future, he is more likely to choose to follow him.

Moreover, Xu Rong is quite strategic, even Cao Cao has been defeated by his men, and Jia Xu is extremely resourceful, with the two of him as his right-hand men, why worry about not being able to kill a piece of the world.

Dong Zhuo didn't hesitate, but said: "Xu Rong can be your deputy general, but this Jia Xu has been transferred to Hongnong the day before yesterday to assist the old man's son-in-law Niu Fu, I'm afraid I can't go with you to get Nanyang." ”

Jia Xu has left Chang'an?

This news somewhat surprised Mink Xiong, and it was a pity that Jia Xu's top strategist was missing.

However, it is barely acceptable to pull a group of soldiers and horses out today, and also take away Xu Rong, a fierce general.

As soon as his thoughts turned, Diao Xiong arched his hand and said: "The soldiers are fast, then the generals will be drawn out tomorrow, please sit and wait for the good news." ”

Diao Xiong received Dong Zhuo's arrow, and even said goodbye and left, preparing to go on the expedition.

He only went out on the front foot, and Li Ru sneered on the back foot: "The penniless Huangkou child is so arrogant, if he wants to defeat Yuan Shu, it is simply self-defeating." ”

Hearing Li Ru, Dong Zhuo, who had long been suspicious, was even more puzzled, and asked urgently: "Wen You, since you know that he is not capable, why do you still imply that the old man promised to let him go to Nanyang, and only gave him 2,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

"Isn't my father-in-law worried, there is no high-sounding reason, to get rid of the hidden danger of Diao Xiong, this trick to kill people with a knife is not just what my father-in-law wants." Li Ru said with a smile.

Borrowing a knife to kill?

Dong Zhuo was stunned at first, looked at his son-in-law's mysterious smiling face, and suddenly realized.

There is no doubt that Diao Xiong can't beat Yuan Shu, not to mention that he only brought 2,000 soldiers and horses, and he led his troops to Nanyang, so he could only send him to death.

And he took the initiative to ask for battle, but Dong Zhuo forcibly sent him to fight, and Dong Zhuo not only made him the Taishou of Nanyang, but also promoted him to a partial general, showing the world that he Dong Zhuo treats Diao Xiong well.

In this way, not only can Yuan Shu get rid of Mink Xiong, but Dong Zhuo will not be left with an ungrateful name, and when the time comes, people in the world will only laugh at Mink Xiong's incompetence.

"Wonderful, Wen You, your trick of borrowing a knife to kill people is really wonderful, haha~~"

Dong Zhuo, who was in a trance, became more and more proud the more he thought about it, and couldn't help laughing.

Li Ru stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Xu Rong is not from Liangzhou, even if it is damaged with him, it may not be a good thing." Father-in-law, just sit back and wait for the good news, I believe that within a month, the mink male will be killed by Yuan Shu. ”

In the lobby, smug laughter echoed.

……

Outside the hall.

Diao Xiong had already walked away, and although he couldn't hear the conversation between Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, he could vaguely hear their laughter.

"Dong Zhuo is suspicious, he rewards me generously in the open, but he is very suspicious of me secretly, Li Ru, Li Ru, you probably think that you can get rid of my Diao Xiong with the help of Yuan Shu, then you just wait, wait for my Diao Xiong to send you a surprise."

In the eagle eyes of the young man, a hint of sarcastic sneer flashed, and he whipped his horse and galloped away.

……

Diao Xiong got Dong Zhuo's order arrows, for fear of extraneous branches, and the next day he led 2,000 fine horsemen, plus his own 500 private soldiers, brought his sister Diao Chan who dressed as a man, and deputy general Xu Rong, and went south in the starry night.

Leading these two thousand Xiliang iron horsemen, Mink Xiong broke away from Chang'an, the land of right and wrong, traveled in the starry night, went south out of Wuguan, and entered the Nanyang territory in a few days, leaving Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence.

The sky is clear overhead, and the mink male rides his horse to intercept, galloping on the gradually opening land of Nanyang, and the eyes are cheerful.

Now he is no longer the stupid little guy in Wang Yun's mansion who has no power to restrain chickens.

He was appointed by the imperial court, the righteous and obedient Nanyang Taishou, holding two thousand Xiliang iron horses, and a fierce general like Xu Rong to help.

Mink Xiong firmly believed that as long as he could defeat Yuan Shu and capture Nanyang, he would be able to use it as a base to open up a world.

He is familiar with history and knows that Nanyang is a rich place, there are many Dingkou, and many civil and military celebrities of the Three Kingdoms are in Nanyang.

Further south to Jingzhou, it is a fertile soil, with countless talents, a generation of heroes Liu Bei, it is with the help of Jingzhou's talents, the establishment of the Shu Han regime.

If you want to occupy a place in the troubled times, it is not enough to rely on soldiers and horses, the most important thing is talent, how can Mink Xiong not know.

Liu Biao and Yuan Shu are not male masters, and there are many talents on the territory, but they don't know how to reuse them.

Diao Xiong is familiar with history, so he naturally knows which people are real gold buried in the sand, just waiting for himself to dig it out and use it for me.

Thinking about the blueprint all the way, Wuguan gradually moved away, and two thousand iron horsemen gradually entered the hinterland of Nanyang.

What you see along the way, but the white bones are exposed in the wilderness, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and it is a scene of withering and dilapidation.

Nanyang was originally a large county of the Han Dynasty, with a household registration of one million, how rich, I don't want to be like this now.

Mink Xiong was suspicious, so he called the scout to find a few villagers for interrogation, and only then did he know the excuse.

It turned out that after Yuan Fang occupied Nanyang, he was extremely poor and extravagant, expropriated the people of Nanyang, fished with all his might, and even connived at the soldiers, robbed the people, and forced the people to flee one after another.

Therefore, in just one year, Nanyang County, which has a million mouths, has a population of less than 300,000.

When he was begging Dong back then, Yuan Shu, the son of a family, scolded Dong Zhuo for being cruel, but now it seems that Yuan Shu's cruelty is not inferior to Dong Zhuo.

Listening to the cries of the villagers, Ermine Xiong's heart gradually ignited with grief and anger.

He always thought that his status was low, and he did not hesitate to take risks in order to change his fate.

Only now did he realize that the suffering of these people at the lowest level was far ten times worse than that of himself.

"Yuan Shu, this battle, not only for myself, but for the sake of these suffering people, I have to slaughter you."

Mink Xiong secretly clenched his fists and swore heavily.

Following behind him, Xu Rong, who was originally listless, heard Diao Xiong's whispers, his brows moved, but a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He was not surprised that Diao Xiong swore to kill Yuan Shu, but he was surprised that he actually mentioned the words "for the people"!

"A boy from a domestic servant, he can't do anything, he is so crazy that he wants to take Nanyang with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and he also said that he wants to kill Yuan Shu for the people, this kid ......"

Xu Rong quietly looked at the young man on the horse from behind, and his tiger eyes flashed with intriguing eyes.

It's just that in addition to being surprised, Xu Rong thought of his own situation again, and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Haikou is exaggerated, it's just a matter of sending me to death, why do you have to pull me." ”

Xu Rong's words were sarcastic, as if he was talking to himself, but his voice was loud enough for Diao Xiong to hear.

Diao Xiong gathered his mind and glanced back at the demoralized Xu Rong, knowing that he was blaming himself in his heart, and he shouldn't have dragged him to death.

Diao Xiong was not annoyed, but said lightly: "Seeing that General Xu is so listless, it seems that he has little confidence in taking Nanyang." ”

Xu Rong was stunned, gritted his teeth secretly, and simply said bluntly: "With all due respect, General Mink wants to take Nanyang, you must take Wancheng, and from here there are hundreds of miles away from Wancheng, and several important cities along the road are guarded by Yuan Jun, and we only have 2,000 soldiers and horses, and we will break these cities one by one, I don't know how long it will take." When the time comes, Yuan Shu will send a large army to block it, with our only 2,000 soldiers and horses, let alone capture Nanyang, I am afraid of ......"

Xu Rong didn't say any more, only said "hehe", and shook his head with a wry smile.

Mink Xiong couldn't hear it, but he was afraid that in the back, it was naturally the words "it is difficult to protect himself".

"That may not be ......" the corners of Diao Xiong's mouth raised a treacherous sneer.