"I didn't expect ......"

After the withdrawal of the Northern Army that day, Dong Zhuo summoned the captains of the fifth battalion to the commander's office, and pretended to open the military discussion with a sentence full of regret and disbelief.

Although he only said a few words and did not elaborate on anything, the captains of the five battalions present seemed to know in their hearts, and their faces were gloomy and silent, especially Liu Jiang, the infantry captain who almost single-handedly buried the entire infantry battalion of the Northern Army.

Exhausted!

Liu Jiang, an infantry captain, has lost the sharpness that he didn't even pay attention to Dong Zhuo earlier.

In this regard, Dong Zhuo was very relieved to be honest, although he admired Liu Jiang's courage in resolutely "breaking the wrist of a strong man" during the siege war, but in view of the fact that this person had repeatedly provoked him, Dong Zhuo would not have a good look at him if he said anything, but at the moment, Liu Jiang's wolf posture that seemed to be a lost dog, Dong Zhuo didn't bother to ridicule and hit him again.

"Guys, what's next?"

Dong Zhuo glanced at the silent captain of the Fifth Battalion with his blazing eyes, although his words sounded as if he was asking, but in fact, Dong Zhuo did not think that these people would say anything constructive. Obviously, the captains of the five battalions, who were high above, were stunned by the Guangzong Yellow Turban in this siege battle, and they may not have completely recovered at this moment.

Sure enough, after waiting for more than a dozen breaths, there was still silence in the Shuai office, which made Dong Zhuo laugh secretly in his heart.

However, smiling secretly, Dong Zhuo will still not forget the posture that should be put on, after all, his conspiracy with Zhang Huang is far more than framing a mere infantry battalion of the Northern Army.

"Bang ——!"

With a loud bang, Dong Zhuo, who deliberately pretended to be annoyed, directly smashed the table in front of him with one palm. The whole face was gloomy as if it was stained with ink, and the black ground was terrible.

"Talk to Lao Tzu!" He roared angrily.

Leng Buding frightened Dong Zhuo so much, the captains of the fifth battalion actually trembled, and in an instant, they raised their heads and looked at Dong Zhuo in disbelief.

"Before the war, they all said it well, saying that they were bound to win Guangzong, but now? Did Guangzong take it?! ”

As Dong Zhuo roared and questioned, the captains of the fifth battalion suddenly lowered their heads, especially the infantry captain Liu Jiang. Looking at the way he closed his eyes and sighed from time to time, it seemed that he was already desperate.

"Dong Shuai ......"

At this time, Captain Ma Riyan said with difficulty, "Dong Shuai Mingjian, this battle is not the slackness of our Northern Army, it is really the Guangzong thief's side......"

Speaking of this, Ma Riyan couldn't help but sigh again.

To be sure, there was nothing technical about this siege, it was nothing more than infantry advancing and archers covering fire. But the bad thing is that the Yellow Turban of Guangzong seems to be quite experienced in guarding against the cover shooting of the Northern Army's Shooting Battalion, and has prepared a large number of wooden planks to hold above his head in advance, although this move cannot block all the arrows of the archers of the Shooting Battalion, but it is undeniable. This method has reduced the number of casualties by at least 30% of the Yellow Turbans. What's even more unbelievable is that no one expected that the brave and fearless Northern Army Infantry Battalion would be defeated in this battle, and it would not be able to completely suppress the Guangzong Yellow Turban in a head-to-head confrontation.

The only miracle that will make people's eyes light up, that is, the infantry captain Liu Jiang still fought to the death in the face of such heavy casualties as the infantry under his command. The strange plot of secretly knowing that the cavalry of the Changshui Battalion rushed directly to the city wall along the corpses under the city was also stillborn because of a fire released by Guangzong Yellow Turban at the right time.

[What a pity!] ]

As soon as he thought of this, Ma Riyan couldn't help but feel sorry.

To know. If Guangzong's yellow turban hadn't set that fire, then the cavalry of the Changshui battalion would have been able to rush up the city wall along the mountain of corpses piled up under the city in time, and it would only be a matter of time before Guangzong was conquered. It's a pity that the fire completely blocked the way of the cavalry of the Changshui Battalion, and at the same time burned the corpses under the city, making it difficult to replicate this plot.

“…… Or there are high-ranking people to help! ”

Ma Riyan finished saying this sentence with difficulty.

Yes, in his opinion, the siege battle of Guangzong Yellow Turban must have been made by a clever strategist behind the scenes, otherwise, how could he so coincidentally set fire to the mountains of corpses piled up under the city in time before the cavalry of the Changshui Battalion was about to move?

Ma Riyan, who looked depressed, didn't notice that when he said the word "master", Dong Zhuo glanced at Li Ru with a normal face beside him without leaving a trace.

Yes, as Ma Riyan said, this siege battle Guangzong Yellow Turban is indeed with the help of a master, and the high wisdom of this strategist is far beyond Ma Ripan's imagination, after all, Li Ru predicted the process of this siege battle when he met with Zhang Huang a few days ago. At that time, Li Ru reminded Zhang Huang that the Northern Army might make a fuss about the corpses under the city, and asked Zhang Huang and Guo Tai to immediately set fire to the corpses once they noticed that the Changshui Battalion and the Yuecai Battalion of the Northern Army showed signs of movement.

I have to say that this kind of ability to predict the course of the battlefield, as well as the viciousness of mercilessly blurting out and directly burning the corpses of soldiers on both sides of the enemy and us, Li Ru is worthy of being a famous man full of talent, and even more worthy of being a poisoner.

Sometimes, the key to winning a war is only "wanting" and "unexpected", infantry captain Liu Jiang thought of that strange strategy, so he got the opportunity and possibility to defeat Guangzong Yellow Turban; And Li Ru predicted this in advance, which means that Liu Jiang and the Northern Army have no chance of winning the slightest.

This is the most direct role that a strategist can play in a battle.

"What do you mean...... Is it to mention that when Dong was questioned by the imperial court, should he reply like this? ”

Dong Zhuo looked at Ma Riyan coldly.

Ma Riyan's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he hurriedly lowered his head and accused, "Dong Shuai forgives his sins, and he has no intention of exculpating his humble position." ”

"I don't dare!" Dong Zhuo snorted coldly, and then glanced at the captain of the fifth battalion and said coldly, "Dong got a secret letter from the imperial court before taking office, and there is only one meaning to summarize his text, that is, to exterminate the yellow scarf as much as possible, and to win the beauty!" …… It's good now, just one Guangzong will make us lose the battle! ”

The captain of the fifth battalion of "......" was silent, allowing Dong Zhuo to vent his anger.

After yelling one after another, Dong Zhuo seemed to be a little tired, waved his hand impatiently, and said. "That's it! I don't want to say anything about other Dong, you can wait to be ashamed and brave, and continue to attack the city! ”

[Continue the siege?] ]

The captains of the fifth battalion were stunned, including Liu Jiang, who opened his eyes in surprise when he heard this, and looked at Dong Zhuo blankly one by one.

Dong Shuai said...... Continuing the siege? Ma Riyan asked with difficulty.

Dong Zhuo's two thick eyebrows suddenly condensed when he heard this, and he asked coldly, "Do you have an opinion?" ”

Although he had already felt Dong Zhuo's displeasure, Ma Riyan still felt compelled to say something: "Dong Shuai Mingjian, at present, the infantry battalion of our Northern Army has suffered heavy casualties, and I am afraid it will be difficult to attack the city......

The voice did not fall. I saw Dong Zhuo stand up suddenly, kicked away the table in front of him that had been smashed by him, and shouted angrily, "Do you mean to ask Dong to go to Lu Zigan's footsteps?!" ”

Recalling that the former commander of the Northern Army, Lu Zhi, was considered by the Son of Heaven to be a passive response to the battle because he did not attack the city for many days, so he resigned from his official position and was tied to Luoyang to ask for the crime, Ma Riyan suddenly shut up and didn't dare to say anything more, because at this moment, as long as he said another word to recuperate for a few days, it would be equivalent to planning to let Dong Zhuo, who was the commander-in-chief, carry the black pot.

No, Dong Zhuo jumped up when he heard this, and pointed at the captain of the fifth battalion and scolded. "You bastards, you still want to make Lao Tzu carry the black pot after losing the battle? …… Lao Tzu told you the truth, you have to attack, and if you don't attack, you have to attack! Who should be passive. Tell the court to punish Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will cut you first! ”

In the face of such an angry Dong Zhuo, even if the captains of the fifth battalion were scolded by Dong Zhuo, they did not dare to have the slightest anger in their hearts. Instead, they had to appease the new manager.

"Dong Shuai is angry, Dong Shuai is angry."

"We have no intention of responding passively......"

After saying good things repeatedly, Dong Zhuo calmed down in time. Sitting on the main seat again, he glanced at the captain of the fifth battalion and snorted coldly.

Fight, must fight!

If you don't fight, you have to fight! Otherwise, I am afraid that my gang will be eaten by this coach.

But the question is, how to attack the city now that the infantry battalion has been crippled?

Thinking of this, Ma Riyan stood up and asked, "Dong Shuai Mingjian, we have no intention of slacking off, it's just ...... The infantry battalion suffered heavy casualties, and who should be the vanguard? ”

"Hmm......" Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment when he heard this, then suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Captain Ma Dou of Changshui, and said in a deep voice, "Changshui Camp!" ”

[What?] Camp Changshui? ]

The captains of the fifth battalion looked at each other, and after a while, Ma Riyan said with difficulty, "Can ...... Dong Shuai, the Changshui battalion is cavalry, how to attack the city? ”

"Isn't the cavalry dismounted the infantry?!" Dong Zhuo's cold eyes glanced at Ma Riyan and said arrogantly.

[This...... It's ridiculous! ]

The captains of the fifth battalion looked at each other again. Call a valiant cavalry to dismount and act as infantry? It's the biggest joke in the world!

But the embarrassing thing is that no one dares to raise objections at this time, after all, the five captains can see that the coach in front of him seems to be extremely afraid of following in the footsteps of his predecessor Lu Zhi.

The only one who dares to stand up at this time is probably only Captain Ma Dou of Changshui, after all, this is a matter of life and death for his subordinates.

"Lord Boss, I don't think this matter is appropriate!"

"Oh? Why? Dong Zhuo looked directly at Ma Dou with extremely lethal eyes, and at the same time slowly stood up.

"Changshui Camp...... It's cavalry, not good at attacking cities! ”

Facing Dong Zhuo's threatening eyes, although Matteo was uneasy, he also had to object, after all, the vanguard troops attacking the city were almost equivalent to cannon fodder, how could his knights of the Changshui Battalion, who were good at fighting, fall to such an end?

For a while, the whole handsome office was silent.

Admittedly, Matteo was right, but the problem is, he shouldn't have raised an objection at this time.

[This guy...... Can't you see that Dong Evil Jiao has been forced to be anxious? ]

The other four lieutenants looked at Ma Cheng with anxious faces, looking at the confrontation between Ma Cheng and Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo looked at Ma Dou coldly and asked word by word, "You...... War or not to war? ”

"Can't fight!" Matthew shook his head firmly, because he knew very well that the Changshui Battalion, which was not good at flat ground warfare and even less good at siege, would be equivalent to being used as cannon fodder to die once he took over this position.

"Good! Good! Good! Dong Zhuo let out a long breath, and then shouted, "Someone! Captain Ma Dou of Changshui, refused to fight, pulled out, and beheaded! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the house.

"No!" Captain Wu Fu hurriedly persuaded, "Dong Shuai is angry!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Captain Ma Riyan also persuaded, "If you have not fought, kill the general first, this is undoubtedly a matter of pain for relatives and happiness for enemies!" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Matteo and persuaded in a low voice, "Captain Ma, take over this post quickly." ”

Seeing Ma Riyan open his mouth to persuade Ma Dou, Dong Zhuo did not interject, as if he was waiting for the result.

But unfortunately, Ma Ricci glanced at Ma Riyan coldly and was not moved at all. He even glanced at these colleagues who had repeatedly persuaded him to appoint with mocking and mocking eyes, as if he was silently mocking them: Why don't you take over?

Facing Ma Ricci's eyes that seemed to be able to speak, Ma Riyan, Wu Fu, and Bao Hong, who persuaded him to take the order, suddenly looked ashamed. In all fairness, if it were them, they would never agree that the heroic soldiers under their command should be used as cannon fodder, but if they were replaced by the soldiers of other battalions, it would be a different matter. This is the root of human inferiority, even Ma Riyan, the ancestor of Confucianism, is inevitably vulgar.

Coldly mocking the three colleagues with his eyes, Matthew took a deep breath and faced Dong Zhuo with fearless eyes, as if to say: If you want to kill, you will kill, but if you want to call the elite under my command to die, it is absolutely impossible!

In this regard, even Dong Zhuo couldn't help admiring Matteo Ricto's courage, but unfortunately, this was his purpose.

"Slash!"

As Dong Zhuo blurted out a cold sentence, two Dong Zhuo's guards immediately walked in from outside the house, and the two of them grabbed Ma Dou, who had closed his eyes and calmly died, and pulled him out of the house.

It didn't take long for the two guards to return again, placing a bloody head on the inside of the house, which was none other than Captain Ma Dou of Changshui.

Everyone present, including the deputy general and Liu Biao, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, couldn't bear to turn their heads, and immediately looked at Dong Zhuo with a complicated expression.

Regarding Dong Zhuo's killing of Matteo, they can't say who is right and who is wrong, they can only say that their positions are different.

"Liu Jiang!"

Dong Zhuo suddenly called Liu Jiang's name.

Liu Jiang, who was already a "body of sin", was stunned for a while, and then he reacted, and subconsciously hugged his fists, "End ...... The end will be. ”

I saw Dong Zhuo looking at Liu Jiang for a long time, and said in a deep voice, "Dong Mou will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions!" …… The Changshui battalion is temporarily merged into your infantry battalion, and tomorrow, you must capture Guangzong for Dong! ”

"No...... Promise! Liu Jiang's face swelled with a little joy.

Everyone in the tent was silent, just silently looking at Matteo Nie's head and Liu Jiang with a happy face, with mixed feelings.

They can't tell what's wrong, but they just feel wrong. It was as if there was a huge black hand, leading all the northern army up and down to the unpredictable side.

[Huh!] ]

In this regard, Li Ru smiled and said nothing.

A general who desperately wanted to prove himself once again was defeated, leading a cavalry team that had just lost its main general to attack Gwangjong Fortress.

Not to mention that the generals don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers don't know the generals, just the questioning of Liu Jiang from the top and bottom of the Changshui Battalion doomed Liu Jiang to be unable to command this army well.

Li Ru has no doubt that in tomorrow's siege battle, Guangzong City will be the cemetery where the Changshui Battalion was buried after the infantry battalion.

[Who's next?] Riding or shooting? ]

The poisonous Li Ru had a ruthless and vicious plan, and without leaving a trace, he glanced back and forth with his eyes on the Yueqi Captain Wu Fu and the Shooting Captain Ma Riyan.

The two teamed up to "force Matteo to death", never imagined that they would be the next turn. (To be continued......)