Luoyang, the eastern capital, is solemn at this time, the city gates are strictly guarded, only allowed to enter and not to go out, the city is full of Xiliang ironclad army that is being searched, many mansions are forcibly broken through, the division of tigers and wolves rushes into the killing of people when they see them, looting and robbing wealth, and the crimes of the Xiliang army are hard to write for a while.

The prison is overcrowded, every day there are criminals at the entrance of the vegetable market who are beheaded off, and the rich blood has even soaked the stone platform, these people are killed for the crime of collaborating with the enemy without any means, and people are panicked for a while, no one dares to go to the street, the originally prosperous Luoyang is in a depression, and there are few people who can not be seen at all.

Hearing that the 'Kwantung Army' with Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance raised troops at the same time, leading the troops from all over the country to assemble towards Luoyang, some people were happy and some were worried, when Dong Zhuo learned that there were many of them who had just been appointed by him, he was furious, and beheaded the courtiers who had previously advised and appeased these people.

Because of the hatred of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others to rebel, Dong Zhuo was afraid that Yuan Kui, the Taifu who was ranked as the third duke, would respond from it, so he struck first and sent people to kill all the Yuan family in Luoyang, and the corpse was hung above the east gate to set an example, and the courtiers were all resentful of Dong Zhuo's ferocious jackal, so they dared not speak out.

When the news reached the Bohai Sea, Yuan Shao wept sadly, swore with a sword in his hand that he wanted to kill Dong Zhuo's old thief, immediately counted the grain and grass, and gathered his troops to march in the direction of Tiger Pass.

As the day of the 'Kwantung Coalition Army' gathering in Suozao County is getting closer and closer, Dong Zhuo's heart is becoming more and more anxious, he can't sleep every night, even if he takes a nap, it is a nightmare, and even there have been cases of getting up at night in the palace and killing the imperial concubines, maids and others who served in the room with a sword.

On this day, Dong Zhuo, who looked bad, was in the mansion and invited a group of generals to discuss matters, Li Ru sat next to Dong Zhuo and stroked his beard without saying a word, Xu Rong, Huaxiong and other generals were already in the list, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other old troops sat opposite, the two sides were clearly distinguished, and the relationship was not friendly.

After half a salary, a burly man will enter the main hall, heroic, murderous, indifferently looked around the left and right, stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Father-in-law, I don't know what is the important matter of calling me today?!" ”

"I'm here, sit down!" Seeing Lu Bu coming, Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed with a hint of joy.

Since Gongsun Yi assassinated Dong Zhuo that day, Lu Bu came in time to drag Dong Zhuo, who was almost dead, out of the lake and saved his life, he paid more attention to Lu Bu, and added officials to the knight and rewarded him with gold armor and brocade robes, ranking before the hundred officials, and his status was very prominent.

After Lu Bu took his seat, Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice: "A group of wolf-ambitious guys actually dare to gather a crowd to rebel, and now a group of anti-thieves are strong, how should the old man deal with it!" ”

"The princes outside the gate, Bu can't see a group of grass mustard, and he is willing to lead the army of tigers and wolves, behead them, and relieve the worries in his father's heart!" Lu Bu got up angrily, and said proudly with murderous eyes in his eyes.

Dong Zhuo laughed sadly and said, "I have Fengxian, so I can sit back and relax." ”

At this time, Zhang Liao suddenly got up and said: "The last general has the courage to speak, the Kwantung coalition army is not united, and it is also selfish to gather and stand, but among them, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others are all heroes, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others are not easy to match with heavy troops." ”

Zhang Liao hesitated slightly, but continued to speak: "That Gongsun Yi was the commander of the army who had earlier occupied Suozao County, and the soldiers had gone through the horses, recuperated, and concealed from the people of the world. ”

"The end will be reconsidered." Gao Shun also came out to hold his fists in support of Zhang Liao's suggestion.

"I think you are just scared by Gongsun Yi, although he led the army, he is just a group of rabble, and the general of the hussars has no appointment from the imperial court, but it is just a false appearance, not to mention that he led an army of 10,000 at the beginning, but he was still beaten by less than 3,000 soldiers and horses of our army to lose his armor." Dong Zhuo's general Hu Zhen said very contemptuously.

If it weren't for Lu Bu being very favored by Dong Zhuo, the old department of the Xiliang Army might not even take Lu Bu seriously, in fact, this is also Dong Zhuo's reward and punishment.

Previously, the new military tents of the Bingzhou Army had their own rewards, and they cared for the old departments of the Xiliang Army, and after coming and going, the resentments of the old departments of the Xiliang Army were naturally transferred to the heads of Zhang Liao and others of the Bingzhou Army.

"It's just a kid who hasn't dried up and escapes quickly, what's there to be afraid of!" A general came out of the column and knelt on the ground and clenched his fists and pleaded: "Kill chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife, you don't need Lord Lu to make a move, the last general is willing to lead 5,000 people and horses, and take the head of the Gongsun thief to see!" ”

"Don't back down yet!" Lu Buhu glared at Zhang Liao and Gao Shun and said angrily, the two had to retreat, Zhang Liao was stunned, sat on the side and didn't say a word, Gao Shun's face was expressionless as always, cold as always, pampered and not surprised, as if he knew that all this would happen.

"I'm willing to go together to kill the enemy!" All the generals knelt on the ground and begged for their lives.

"General Hua's words won my heart, Hu Zhen, you and others led the troops out to meet the enemy at Bishui Pass, and the generals will be rewarded after their meritorious service!"

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he saw the general Hua Xiong asking for his life, and immediately ordered, becoming more and more indifferent to the generals of the Bingzhou Army, this time there was no one from the old department of the Bingzhou Army, and even Lu Bu was robbed of the limelight by the generals of the Xiliang Army.

Lu Bu was very disappointed in Zhang Liao and others, and the rest of the military generals in the state also had resentment towards Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, seeing that the opportunity to make contributions was gone, how could they have a good face, and soon Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were deliberately isolated.

Li Ru got up and hugged his fists and said: "Dong Gong, our army has few soldiers, and there are many princes outside the Guan, so it is not a big mistake to be cautious, it is better to send General Zhang and General Gao to escort grain and grass, and lead the reinforcements to slow down, so as to adapt to the situation." ”

Li Ru did not intercede for Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, but there were strong enemies outside, so naturally there could not be gaps inside, Zhang Liao's suggestion was not inappropriate in Li Ru's opinion, but in the eyes of the generals of the Xiliang Army, it was a sign of cowardice like a mouse.

Especially at this time, Dong Zhuo has made up his mind to send troops to the battle, naturally he doesn't want to hear the voice of persuasion, seeing that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are out to advise and fight in the opposition, they still need to be cautious, and they have long had prejudices against the generals of the Bingzhou Army.

Dong Zhuo frowned at first, but quickly understood what Li Ru meant, the commander's subordinates must take care of all parties and check and balance each other, and at the same time, they will make their subordinates sacrifice their lives to serve the dead.

If the subordinates become monolithic, I am afraid that the generals who lead the army will be restless, and this is also the reason why many superiors will install cronies, just to dismantle the Taiwan and check and balance.

It's just that Dong Zhuo is still a little resentful of Zhang Liao and the others, and said casually: "Just do what the military advisor wants, you wait to escort the grain and grass carefully, and you must not lose it." ”

In fact, the reason why Dong Zhuo did not trust the generals of the state was mainly because Gongsun Yi, who almost stabbed him to death at the beginning, received the people of the state very frequently before the assassination operation, and sent a lot of money to everyone's mansion.

Although all the annexed states were hurriedly confiscated the gold and silver, it still could not make Dong Zhuo's suspicions go away, and Lu Bu killed his father-in-law Ding Yuan that day, it was precisely because Dong Zhuo gave BMW Chitu and gave him a lot of money to move his heart, so he persuaded Lu Bu to rebel.

At the beginning, Gongsun Yiming only sent a box of gold and silver on his face, but no one can say how much he sent in private, especially at the moment when the soldiers were about to come to the city, people's hearts were unpredictable, and Dong Zhuo had to be cautious.

Just now Lu Bu invited troops out of the customs, Dong Zhuo seemed to be overjoyed, but in fact, he was a little wary in his heart, knowing that Hua Xiong was willing to lead the army to send troops, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered Hua Xiong to lead the troops to the battle.

Everyone in the Bingzhou Army, from Lu Bu to the ordinary military academy, were all suspected by Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, as a military advisor, naturally couldn't let the army centrifuge, and always spoke out to help, which caused the generals of the Xiliang Army to be angry for a while.

Li Ru is helpless in the middle, and he can only try his best to appease all parties, but the accumulation of this kind of resentment will one day erupt like a volcanic eruption, and at that time, I am afraid it will be the time of destruction.

As Dong Zhuo's power grew, Li Ru's suggestions became more and more cold, and in the face of internal and external troubles, Li Ru had no other way but to do his best to guide him.

*****

In Suozao County, Gongsun Yi wanted to deal with government affairs, but he quickly became dizzy, and in desperation, he became a shopkeeper and handed over all the military affairs to Tian Yu.

However, Gongsun Yi was not idle, supervising craftsmen to build stronger arrows and swords every day, requiring that each sword, each arrow, must have the craftsman's exclusive logo, if there is a quality problem, you can be responsible.

Although it is impossible to achieve half of the industrial chain of the assembly line, the armor made of it. The quality of the blades has been greatly improved, which surprised Tian Yu, who was in charge of official business, for a while.

Many times, Gongsun Yi personally led hundreds of guards to and from the countryside of Suozao County, sweeping away bullies, killing dirty officials, and sometimes helping villagers to work in the fields.

Every time Gongsun Yi arrived, many people greeted him, often walked into the villagers' homes to understand the situation, I have to say that many problems that could not be seen on the surface were quickly exposed, Gongsun Yi always ordered to solve them at the first time, and the cohesion of the entire Suozao County was unprecedentedly high.

On this day, Gongsun Yi finally got the reply from the hermit who helped Tian Yu stabilize the hearts of the people, and Gongsun Yi happily changed into formal clothes with the help of Ning'er, took a small snack, and went towards the hermit's house.

In fact, it is strange to say that this hermit did not report to his family at the beginning, but just sent someone to send a letter to Tian Yu, Tian Yu did it and did it with half the effort, for some reason, some gentry who sat on the mountain and watched and did not express their position, suddenly they were willing to support the Xiao cavalry overnight.

Tian Yu was pleasantly surprised, and planned to invite the master to come out, but he was blocked many times to visit, and the worship post sent was also lost in the sea, Tian Yu had no choice but to put the matter on hold, until Gongsun Yi came to take charge of the Xiao cavalry again, and naturally knew the situation of the hermit.

Many inquiries found nothing, those gentry actually chose to be silent at the same time, and Gongsun Yi, who was more and more curious, sent someone to send a prayer post, until today, ninety-nine, and finally received a reply that he was willing to one, Gongsun Yi was overjoyed, and hurriedly rode away alone.