"That's a ...... Surprise! Hahaha, hahahaha! ”

In June of the seventh year of Guanghe, Dong Zhuo, the newly appointed Taishou of Hedong, was worshiped by Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, as the general of Dongzhonglang, replacing Lu Zhi in charge of the Northern Army and responsible for all military affairs in Jizhou.

When the man, known as the "evil Jiao of Longxi", sat in the commander's position of the commander of the Northern Army Marshal's place with a big thorn, patted the armrest of the seat and laughed, the five schools of the Northern Army in the room and the lieutenant Sima and fake Sima of each battalion were dumbfounded and speechless; Some of them were gloomy and did not dare to be angry.

And the most typical of them are probably the infantry captain Liu Jiang, the Yuecai captain Wu Fu, the shooting captain Ma Riyan and the Changshui captain Ma Dou, they looked at the man who was sitting on the handsome seat with angry, angry and fearful eyes. Especially the infantry captain Liu Jiang, since he entered the Shuai Institute, his left hand has never left the sword hanging on his waist, and he has always pressed the sword on his back, and he doesn't know whether it is out of fear of Dong Zhuo or the idea of assassinating the Shangguan in his heart.

The only one who seemed to be out of the way was the Tun Cavalry Captain Bao Hong, who looked at Dong Zhuo and the strategist Li Ru beside Dong Zhuo, and then looked at Liu Jiang, Wu Fu, Ma Riyan, and Ma Ricci.

[This...... What's going on?! ]

The former Lu Zhi's lieutenant was frightened by this scene, and he really couldn't understand why when this man named Dong Zhuo came, four of the captains of the five battalions of the Northern Army showed such obvious hostility, especially the infantry captain Liu Jiang, whose left hand never left the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he would pull out the sword in the next moment and kill the man in front of him who replaced Lu Zhi as the commander of the Northern Army.

"Really...... Accident, hahahaha......"

Dong Zhuo repeated it again, and while laughing non-stop, he glanced at Liu Jiang, the infantry captain who was the most hostile to him, with a playful expression on his face. As if silently saying, "You drew your sword!"

In the entire handsome office, the atmosphere was heavy as condensed oil, which came from the terrifying oppressive force of the man named Dong Zhuo, which made everyone in the room pale, especially the infantry captain Liu Jiang, who had a red and blue face for a while, and did not dare to draw his sword after all.

[The evil Jiao of Longxi, Dong Zhongying......]

Liu Biao, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, silently observed the domineering and exposed man, Dong Zhuo's heroism, he had only seen it in the general He Jin before. However. Dong Zhuo's heroism and domineering spirit seem to feel like he is still above the great general He Jin?

Liu Biao also didn't make a sound, because he could see that this confrontation originated from Infantry Captain Liu Jiang, Yue Cavalry Captain Wu Fu, Shooting Captain Ma Riyan, Changshui Captain Ma Cheng and the new commander of the Northern Army Dong Zhuo, and they had nothing to do with the others.

As for the reason, Liu Biao can vaguely guess a few points, after all, the man who is sitting in the position of the coach at this moment has been rumored to be the most ambitious courtier in the world, with a pair of sharp eyes. Peeping into the vast world of the Han Dynasty.

Maybe it was just groundless, but what Liu Biao couldn't understand was why the imperial court, which had always attached great importance to such public opinion, would open up to this man named Dong Zhuo.

But I felt Dong Zhuo's incredibly strong coercion. Liu Biao swallowed his saliva, and he also understood a little in his heart: the reason why the imperial court looked at Dong Zhuo differently was only because of this man...... Strong enough!

Isn't it?

You must know that this man just used his eyes and coercion to force the four captains in the Northern Army to fidget. Especially Liu Jiang, who is the most hostile, is full of cold sweat, not to mention for the time being, his whole face is sometimes red and sometimes pale. Where is it still like a captain with a heavy arm?

Just when Liu Biao was secretly worried about how long this confrontation would last, the door of the house was pushed, and an official rode in, it was the young man named Zhang Meng, the third son of Zhang Huan, one of the "Liangzhou Sanming".

[Huh?] ]

Seeing such a tense atmosphere in the house, Zhang Meng was obviously stunned for a moment, standing near the tent entrance in a daze, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

In the position slightly behind Dong Zhuo's side, Li Ru glanced at Zhang Meng in some surprise, then raised his right hand and put it to his mouth, and coughed lightly.

Seeing this, Dong Zhuo also glanced sideways at Zhang Meng, who was at a loss, and immediately took the coercion, pointed at Zhang Meng and smiled, "Isn't that Zhang Huan's third son?" ”

Zhang Huan, one of the "Liangzhou Sanming", has three sons, the eldest son is named Zhang Zhi, is a famous calligrapher, not only has the reputation of "grass saint", but also Zhong Xuan, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and called the four sages in the book; The second son, Zhang Chang, was also good at "cursive writing", which was not inferior to his brother, so he won the reputation of "Yasheng"; Only the third son, Zhang Meng, was heavy on martial arts and light on literature, and later became a powerful and powerful official, but unfortunately he was finally killed by Han Sui.

It has been three years since Zhang Huan's death, Zhang Meng's two brothers have become famous and hold important positions in the court. But he is young, but in fact, he is nearly thirty years old. Of course, in this era of "standing in the thirties", men under the age of thirty can be called young people, and they are by no means limited to Zhang Huang's young people who are not yet twenty weak crowns.

As soon as Dong Zhuo's words came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly eased, and Liu Jiang, the infantry captain who was smiling under pressure, breathed heavily, and at the same time couldn't help but glance at Zhang Meng in surprise.

But Zhang Meng's face suddenly showed an angry face, because of the rules of this era, as long as there is a person with a table, he must be called a table, otherwise it will mean insult and slackness, and the words like Dong Zhuo laughing and calling Zhang Meng "Zhang Huan's third son" are no less than insults.

For a while, Zhang Meng's face was flushed with anger, and he glared at Dong Zhuo angrily, but because Dong Zhuo was the new commander of the Northern Army, he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Seeing this scene, Li Ru frowned without leaving a trace and coughed again.

Only then did Dong Zhuo put away the playful and sadistic look on his face, looked at Zhang Meng who was full of anger with a little distraction, and suddenly asked lightly, "Your father...... It's been three years since I passed away, right? ”

Zhang Meng was a little puzzled by the change in Dong Zhuo's attitude, and replied in a deep voice without being arrogant or humble, "Back to the boss, my father did pass away three years ago. ”

"Oh......" Dong Zhuo responded perfunctorily, and immediately muttered to himself as if he was wandering out of the world, "The old man of Huangfu Gui is dead, and the old man Wang Zhang is dead." Duan Cheng's old guy is dead, and your father Zhang Huan is also dead......"

Seeing Dong Zhuo call his father Zhang Huan's name again, Zhang Meng's first reaction became more and more angry. But after pondering it carefully, a trace of horror suddenly appeared in his heart.

Huangfu Gui, Duan Cheng and his Zhang Meng's father Zhang Huan, that is the famous "Liangzhou Sanming", the backbone of the Northern Army, and the veteran generals of the imperial court in the previous era, but now Dong Zhuo is calling the names of the three famous generals lightly, which is incredible. There seemed to be a bit of nostalgia and regret in his tone.

However, who is the one who is sandwiched between Sanming in Liangzhou, who is called Wang Zhang's old man by Dong Zhuo?

Everyone in the room couldn't help but be a little confused, secretly wondering why Dong Zhuo listed an almost unknown person behind Huangfu Gui and before Duan Cheng.

[Wait, Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhongying?] ]

Suddenly, Zhang Meng's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered that during the period when his father Zhang Huan was dismissed from his official position by the imperial court and lived in seclusion in Hongnong. It seems that there is a person named Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying who went to visit his Zhang family with generous gifts, but according to his brother Zhang Zhi, their father Zhang Huan seemed to be disgusted with Dong Zhuo's personality and ordered someone to drive Dong Zhuo out with generous gifts.

Come to think of it. Zhang Meng also looked at Dong Zhuo with a hint of disgust in his eyes, after all, Zhang Huan's family education was extremely strict, especially the father's training not to be in the same stream as filth, Zhang Zhi, Zhang Chang, and Zhang Meng all kept it in mind. Of course. This also caused Zhang Meng to be reluctant to be with Han Sui later, and was framed by Han Sui for rebellion, and was attacked and killed in Wuwei County by Han Sui, who obviously claimed to be a assassin and was born in a rebel. [PS: Although it was Cao Cao who was in power in the imperial court at that time. However, Cao Cao's energy at that time was almost all focused on the Central Plains and the north, and he was beyond the reach of the Western Liang whip, so he temporarily appeased Han Sui. 】

Of course, Dong Zhuo clearly saw the disgust in Zhang Meng's eyes, but he didn't think it was a pestle at all, just looked at Zhang Meng and said lightly, "Dong Mou served as Sima in your father's army seventeen years ago, how can you and other juniors know about the relationship between Dong and your father?" ”

[Seventeen years ago, he was already a Sima under his father's command?] ]

Zhang Meng looked at Dong Zhuo dumbfounded, and really wanted to ask "You are Gui Geng", after all, Dong Zhuo in front of him definitely looked less than forty, what does this mean? This means that the person was already in the important position of Sima before he was weak at that time!

Just when Zhang Meng felt that his thoughts were a little confused, he suddenly heard Dong Zhuo ask lightly, "Okay, let's get down to business, Lu Lao'er is in a flail and escorted back to Luoyang?" ”

Zhang Meng really couldn't figure out what the relationship between his father Zhang Huan and Dong Zhuo was, and he didn't want to make any more plans rashly, so he lowered his head and said truthfully, "Go back...... Back to Dong Shuai's words, Lu Shuai ...... Well, Lu Zigan has been escorted back to Luoyang by the guards, and not long after he went on the road, he came to complain. When he said this, Zhang Meng couldn't help but feel a little gloomy, after all, as one of the "squire officers", he had been by Lu Zhi's side for a while, and he had finally developed feelings, and now that Lu Zhi was convicted and escorted back to Luoyang, he was inevitably a little sad in his heart.

It seemed that he had seen through Wang Meng's thoughts, Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said lightly, "Don't worry, Lu Lao'er won't die even if he is escorted back to Beijing, at most he will be scolded by the Son of Heaven and imprisoned for a while." …… Stand aside for now. ”

“…… Promise! Wang Meng couldn't guess what Dong Zhuo was thinking, so he obediently clenched his fists and withdrew from the house.

As soon as he left, Dong Zhuo's eyes as he looked at the people in the room immediately became sharp again, and the powerful coercion was restored as before, so that the generals who had just been able to take a breath suddenly felt uneasy in their hearts again.

That's it...... Dong, replacing Lu Zhilao'er as the commander of the Northern Army, waited...... Can you have any objections? As he spoke, a force of oppression swept through the room stronger than just now.

The generals in the room were shocked, and hurriedly said that they didn't dare, even Liu Jiang, the infantry captain, didn't dare to disobey Dong Zhuo, and although he lowered his head and had a humiliated expression, he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

"Excellent! Retire! Dong Zhuo spit out two words lightly, and his cold tone was almost like two people when he spoke to Zhang Meng just now.

"No!" The generals in the house silently withdrew from the marshal office with various thoughts, including Liu Biao, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, the deputy general, and Bao Hong, the captain of the tun cavalry.

Seeing that everyone had retreated from the Shuai Office, Li Ru, who was beside Dong Zhuo, let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "Ah Zhuo, what's the matter?" ”

Dong Zhuo seemed to understand this headless sentence, and said coldly with a heavy snort, "He treats me coldly, and he still expects me to treat them politely?" …… What is Liu Jiang a coward, I forced him so much, he didn't dare to draw his sword. ”

"Hehe......" Li Ru smiled bitterly, he naturally knew Dong Zhuo best. Don't look at Dong Zhuo scolding Liu Jiang for cowardly at this time. But if Liu Jiang dared to draw his sword at that time, I believe that Dong Zhuo would kill him immediately.

What the? Liu Jiang is a royal nobleman of Yan Liu?

So what? There is no one in the world that Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying dare not kill!

There is only the difference between wanting to kill and not wanting to kill, between those who have killed and those who have not!

"Anyway......" Dong Zhuo, who suddenly thought of something, touched his chin and changed the topic with interest: "I really didn't expect that Lu Zigan would be blocked by a wave of thieves in Guangzong, and it is said that he was defeated twice, which is really ridiculous and generous!" ”

"Huh." Li Ru also smiled coldly, and said playfully, "I believe that not only you and me, but everyone in the world will be stunned by this: the dignified Lu Zigan Lu Zhonglang led the Northern Army to defeat the Yellow Turbans." was toyed with by a thief on applause...... That thief called 'Zhang Baiqi' is amazing! ”

"Interested?" Dong Zhuo smiled slightly.

"Naturally!" A glimmer of light flashed in Li Ru's eyes, and he said lightly, "If it is really a handsome man with a strange strategy, Confucianism should be a good student to ask for advice." ”

"Hey!" Dong Zhuo laughed, his trust in Li Ru was no less than his trust in himself, in his opinion, there were few strategists in the world who could surpass Li Ru.

And at this moment, Wang Meng's voice came from outside the house.

"The horseman Wang Meng has something important to ask to see Dong Shuai!"

"Come in." Dong Zhuo said casually, although he just called Zhang Meng's father Zhang Huan's name. But looking at his attitude towards Zhang Meng and others, it is obviously like a judgment between the two.

"What's the matter?" Dong Zhuo asked.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Wang Meng holding a letter in both hands and presenting it, and said in his mouth. "Qi Qi Dong Shuai, this is received by the guards of the city just now, and it is said that it is Dong Shuai's old friend."

"Friends?" Dong Zhuo felt a little funny, thinking to himself where did he come from in Jizhou?

Take a closer look. Dong Zhuo saw a line written on the outer skin of the envelope.

[Northern Army Marshal, Dong, Qi]

[No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an old friend......]

Dong Zhuo had a good impression in his heart. casually asked, "Who sent it?" ”

Wang Meng clenched his fists and replied, "It's a county citizen in the city, this person shirked someone to send this letter to Dong Shuai under the pretense of his hand, but the guards didn't believe it, so he was temporarily imprisoned, Dong Shuai wants to see him?" ”

"What did a little pawn do to him? It's insignificant, let it go. ”

Dong Zhuo said casually absentmindedly. From a few words on the cover, he had already guessed that this letter must have come from Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army, and it was very likely that it was the "Zhang Baiqi" who was the commander.

Wang Meng clenched his fists and exited the house, seeing this, Li Ru also leaned over curiously, and he also wondered what would be written in the letter he sent as the enemy's Guangzong Yellow Turban.

"Interesting......" After a cursory glance at the letter Chinese, Dong Zhuo showed a little elusive smile on his face, pointed to the letter and smiled at Li Ru, "This guy is a bit interesting, he dares to invite me to meet outside the city, isn't he afraid that I will slash him at that time?" ”

"It may be that the people of Hebei don't know Azhuo's prestige. …… Or is it a ruse? Li Ru twisted his chin and guessed that he couldn't figure out why Dong Zhuo, who was famous in Longxi or even in Xiliang, dared to invite him out to meet him.

"What's the point if it's a ruse?" Dong Zhuo laughed and put the letter in his arms, and said playfully, "If he welcomes me with wine, I will get drunk with him; If you meet each other as soldiers, hum! ”

Li Ru smiled and said nothing, after all, Dong Zhuo's attitude towards the Qiang people when he was in Longxi was like this: If you are hospitalized, then I will also kill cattle and sheep and drink to entertain you; If you draw your sword against each other, then I will cut you first!

It is precisely because of Dong Zhuo's boldness that many Qiang leaders in Longxi are willing to make friends with him, or even use them for him. It is precisely because of this that the imperial court paid special attention to Dong Zhuo, and secretly sent the two battalions of the Northern Army Infantry Battalion and the Changshui Battalion to monitor Longxi, and always monitor this Xiaojie, who was rumored to have ambitions to be unsubordinate.

The place to meet for wine is a village called "Fengma" between Pingxiang County and Guangzong County.

Because the shape of this village does not matter, and neither Lu Zhi nor Zhang Huang is the commander who will disturb the people, therefore, although the Northern Army of Pingxiang County and the Yellow Turban Army of Guangzong County are fighting each other these days, Fengma Village is relatively stable. Even, even the ruffians and others who used to be seen everywhere are temporarily invisible, although the people are panicked, the law and order are not declining but rising.

In Fengma Village, there is only one tavern, so Dong Zhuo and Li Ru inquired casually and found the only restaurant.

"Shopkeeper, serve the wine!"

After entering the restaurant, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru casually chose a seat in the restaurant and sat down. They didn't bring attendants and guards on this trip, jokes, at the beginning, in Luoyang City, even Sun Jian didn't dare to persecute Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, what guards did they need?

"There doesn't seem to be an ambush along the way, and I don't know what the thief master will see you and me."

Li Ru handed Dong Zhuo a wine cup, and said indifferently at the same time. Although he was not afraid that this was the trick of the Yellow Turban thieves, since he had not seen any ambushes along the way, Li Ru was also curious about what the commander of the Guangzong Yellow Turbans, "Zhang Baiqi", was looking for them, was it really just eating and drinking?

As the commander of the Yellow Turban Thieves who was edicted by the imperial court, he invited the new commander of the Northern Army sent by the imperial court to crusade against them to eat wine, is there really such a miracle in the world?

"Here comes the wine!"

With a shout, a person in the restaurant came to Dong Zhuo and Li Ru's table with a jar of wine.

"Hmm." Dong Zhuo bowed his head in response, originally intending to let this person retreat, but he didn't expect this guy to take advantage of the situation to sit down on the other side of him and Li Ru.

[Huh?] ]

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru both felt a little inexplicable, and looked up at the visitor, but they didn't want to take this look, their eyes were full of incredulity.

"Long time no see, uncle."

In Dong Zhuo's stunned eyes, Zhang Huang smiled and picked up the wine jar and poured it for him and Li Ru.

[It's really an old friend......]

Even Dong Zhuo and Li Ru never imagined that it would be Zhang Huang, a little guy who had met in Luoyang City, with an unbelievable look on his face. (To be continued......)