Chapter 77: Wealth and Danger
After entering Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo and his entourage were divided into three routes. Dong Zhuo personally led most of the men and horses to continue to escort the young emperor back to the palace, and it is estimated that he will take the opportunity to control the entire palace later.
Li Dao, Guo Yan and others stayed in the city with some people, I don't know what to do, and Jia Xu was also with them.
Then Li Ru and a small number of other people took other actions, and it looked like they were going to visit someone with some bodyguards, because it was impossible for these people to carry out any military operations.
And Guo Jia was semi-forced to walk with Li Ru. I don't know if Li Ru is worried about handing over a smart guy like Guo Jia to someone else to "take care of". But at least Guo Jia knows one thing, that is, his current behavior must have aroused the suspicion of Yuan Shao and others, thinking that he is in league with Dong Zhuo and others!
"I said, is it okay to divide the troops like this?" Guo Jia couldn't help but ask, that's right, because he had been prepared, Dong Zhuo brought more soldiers this time than expected, but in order not to attract the attention of others early, it was impossible for Dong Zhuo to bring too many soldiers directly.
Before, he had a slight advantage in troops, but now that he is dividing his troops, Dong Zhuoke has no advantage in troops at all. Although the Young Emperor is in his hands, it is still very dangerous.
"The so-called wealth is in danger, and if you want to achieve great things, you have to take risks. Since we dare to divide our forces, we naturally have a reason, because only by doing so can we truly minimize the risk. Li Ru replied.
"Taking the initiative to divide troops can indeed make Yuan Shao and others relax their vigilance a little; Jia Xu's side should have been arranged, and I can guess some of them; But what we're going to do on this trip, I don't know at all. Guo Jia said directly.
On Jia Xu's side, there were a lot of people and horses, but if you wanted to control the entire Luoyang City with that few people alone, it would be absolutely impossible. Therefore, their purpose must be to arrange some illusions, such as sneaking out of the city at night, and then driving the army into the city again the next morning, and deliberately making the war drums shake the sky, waving flags, as if there are thousands of troops and horses coming in a steady stream, creating a strong military deterrent to the entire Luoyang, so that all the people of Luoyang, including the court officials, are intimidated by Dong Zhuo's strong strength and dare not have the slightest deviant behavior.
Since all the conspiracies and tricks in advance came from Dong Zhuo's side, they must have been prepared a long time ago, so they only need to delay for a few days in this way, and the real Xiliang army will be able to enter Luoyang City.
But what is Li Ru here for? At this time, shouldn't a chief strategist like Li Ru follow Dong Zhuo into the palace together?!
"Isn't Lord Guo curious about what information we got from the prison at that time?" Li Ru said suddenly.
Guo Jia was stunned and said in surprise,
"Did you really get important information from there?!"
Li Ru hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, looking very elegant, people who don't know will definitely not be able to see the viciousness in his heart,
"Intelligence itself may not seem very important, but if used properly, it may have the unintended effect."
That's right, such an inner ghost who has been exposed and has not been executed immediately must not know any too confidential information.
Li Ru preached for Guo Jia,
"He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, is the younger brother of the general He Jin, but he is not originally from the He family, and he has always disagreed with his brother He Jin. He Jin had a general named Wu Kuang, who had always had a deep grudge against He Miao, thinking that He Miao was unwilling to cooperate with He Jin, and also suspected that he was colluding with Zhang Rang to deal with He Jin together. ”
Guo Jia's heart moved, and he said,
"So we're going to find that Wu Kuang now?!"
Li Ru nodded and smiled,
"That's right, Wu Kuang is impulsive, and he has always been very grateful for He Jin's kindness to him, now that the general has just died, Wu Kuang is sad and angry, if he gets the 'evidence' of He Miao and Zhang Rang's collusion, what will he do?"
What a sinister idea!
Obviously, Li Ru has no evidence to prove that He Miao colluded with Zhang Rang, but Zhang Rang did die at the hands of their Xiliang Army before, and now that he is dead without proof, no matter what Li Ru says, it may become Zhang Rang's "deathbed confession".
Therefore, Li Ru only needs to provoke a little, and the impulsive Wu Kuang will definitely lead his troops to kill He Miao and avenge the general.
By then, the brothers He Jin and He Miao had already died, and Wu Kuang, who had committed suicide, would inevitably take refuge in Dong Zhuo's side in order to seek refuge. In this way, Dong Zhuo was able to completely incorporate the troops of He Jin and He Miao brothers without spending a single soldier.
At that moment, in the entire Luoyang City, no one can compete with Dong Zhuo!
No wonder Li Ru would leave Dong Zhuo to act alone at this time, if the progress here can really be as expected, it will definitely play a much greater role than the "smoke array" on Jia Xu's side!
Although the subsequent development was not as smooth as expected, Wu Kuang was still successfully provoked by Li Ru, and then Dong Zhuo divided his troops again and sent his younger brother Dong Min to bring troops over to assist, which completely took He Miao down. Later, Dong Min and Li Ru, with the help of Wu Kuang, incorporated the troops of He Jin and He Miao brothers.
I have to admire Dong Zhuo's courage, it is really rich and dangerous, he has divided his troops again and again, and finally completely controlled the entire Luoyang City!
In the past two days, Luoyang City was in absolute chaos, and burning, killing and looting happened from time to time. Ordinary people stayed at home almost the whole time, with their doors closed, afraid to go out.
For a time, all kinds of rumors continued, and a lot of information was also unclear, and few people could fully grasp the development of the entire situation.
It wasn't until a few days later that the troops of He Jin and He Miao brothers were completely absorbed, and the first batch of real follow-up Xiliang troops entered Luoyang City. The situation in the entire capital gradually became clear and stabilized, the people gradually returned to normal life, and some news was slowly transmitted.
Only then do ordinary people know that Luoyang City has undergone earth-shaking changes, and now this is Dong Zhuo's world! And Yuan Shao, this guy, because of his indecision, worried all day long about hesitating and hesitating, did not follow the advice of the people below, and failed to take effective action from time to time, so that he completely missed the opportunity and watched Dong Zhuo sit firmly in his position.
It was from here that many people slowly saw Yuan Shao's weaknesses and problems.
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At this time, Guo Jia was finally able to regain his freedom, was released by Li Ru, and returned home.
Of course, today's Guo Jia, because of his meritorious escort and defection to evil forces, is already a veritable "Lord Guo"!
Standing in front of Cai's Mansion again, Guo Jia was like a world away, and suddenly said to Zhu Rong on the side,
"Congratulations, I made my wedding miss out."
In ancient times, marriage was based on the ritual of worship. Therefore, if there is no worship, there is no marriage. Guo Jia has not really determined the relationship between husband and wife with Cai Wenji now.
Sure enough, you can't participate in the ultimate bachelorette night! Guo Jia complained in his heart.
At this time, Zhu Rong was no longer the same animal skin as before. Wearing the newly bought beautiful clothes, it somewhat concealed the barbaric aura, and it didn't look as fierce as it was at the beginning, but if you look closely, you still have to be stronger than Guo Jia.