At the same time, Rongyang had already ushered in a large number of guests three days ago. At this time, there were indeed three figures in the City Lord's Mansion.

"Lord, there's news." A figure in iron armor hurriedly rushed into Rongyang's castle guard.

"Xu Rong, tell me quickly, what is the situation in Hangu Pass now, and how is our army now." A five-size-fits-all figure shouted.

These three people are not Rongyang guard Xu Rong, and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, who are they.

said that after Dong Zhuo was defeated by Liu Yao, he only knew that he had fled along the way. It was only after escaping for more than 100 miles that he stopped and took a breath. only to find that Liu Yao's army did not catch up at all. For a while, Dong Zhuo really thought that Zhang Ji had dragged Liu Yao's army.

But Dong Zhuo didn't have much energy to care about Zhang Ji's death at that time, but according to what Li Ru said, he rushed to Rongyang City overnight with soldiers and horses. After all, this Rongyang has also been managed by Dong Zhuo for a long time. Rongyang guard Xu Rongna is also Dong Zhuo's henchman, and only when he reaches this place will he Dong Zhuo have a sense of security.

To say that although Xu Rong's martial arts can only be regarded as third-rate. But its ability to command troops is absolutely first-class. Historically, Cao Cao and Sun Jian both suffered many defeats under Xu Rong. He and Zhou Yu also belong to the same type of smart generals, but their ability is three points worse than Zhou Yu's, and their reputation is not so loud.

But it was such a rapid march, and it took Dong Zhuo's army six or seven days to guess Rongyang.

After Dong Zhuo came to Rongyang, Xu Rong hurriedly settled Dong Zhuo's army. At this time, Dong Zhuo had the heart to know Zhang Ji. Lu Bu also had the matter of Hangu Pass, so he sent Xu Rong's scout horse to investigate. And now there's finally news.

Xu Rong's face immediately darkened when he heard this, and he didn't know how to speak at all, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

Then Li Ru also knew that Lu Dao was definitely not good news, so Xu Rong didn't dare to speak, so he said, "General Xu, if there is a letter, let me tell my father-in-law about it." ”

When Xu Rong heard it, it was as if he had found a savior. took out a piece of silk cloth from his sleeve and handed it to Li Ru.

Li Ru took it with a smile and opened it to take a look. Suddenly, his body trembled, and his face darkened instantly, these days the bad news came one after another, and even his Li Ru's brain was a little insufficient.

"Virtuous son-in-law. You say. I'm in a hurry. Dong Zhuo saw that Li Ru was also like this, and immediately shouted.

"Father-in-law, our current army in Rongyang, plus General Xu's 50,000 army, is less than 300,000." Li Ru said with a sad face.

"Less than 300,000!!" Dong Zhuo roared angrily. You must know that Lu Dao in his impression that when he left Luoyang, he brought out an army of nearly 500,000. In other words, after the ambush at Hangu Pass, he Dong Zhuo not only lost the treasure of Luoyang. civil and military officials, and also lost an army of 200,000. This news immediately stunned Dong Zhuo. made Dong Zhuo unacceptable for a while.

"Then the 50,000 troops I left behind Hangu Pass, as well as Zhang Ji's 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Feng Xianwu'er's 30,000 Bingzhou wolves, why didn't you count them." Dong Zhuo asked a little unwillingly.

"It's gone, there's nothing!!" Li Ru spread out his hands and said, his face darkened by three points.

Dong Zhuo was stunned when he heard this, maybe he didn't react, or maybe he couldn't believe it, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The 100,000 troops that remained in the rear are all gone." Li Ru said.

"Bastard!! I can understand that Zhang Ji's 20,000 broken soldiers and horses are gone, and I can understand that the Karasuma army escorting the people is gone, but Feng Xian's 30,000 wolf horsemen are invincible, how can there be no more!! Dong Zhuo, who heard Li Ru's confirmation again, suddenly burst out.

"Father-in-law, Zhang Ji's army did not die, but joined Liu Yao's command. As for the Karasuma army of the people who escorted them, they were also incorporated by Liu Yao. As for Lu Buta...... He also defected. Li Ru gritted his teeth and said.

"Mutiny!!" Dong Zhuo was dumbfounded. This Lu Bu can be said to be one of his Dong Zhuo's trump cards, and it can be said that many of the things Dong Zhuo is doing now rely on Lu Bu's invincible martial arts. Now that Lu Bu is gone, then he Dong Zhuo still has something.

"Xu Rong, tell me, what's going on, how could that rebel Lu Bu rebel rebel." Dong Zhuo asked viciously. It seems that he wants to be confirmed here by Xu Rong.

Xu Rong clenched his fists when he heard this, and said, "Lord Qiyu Xiangguo, I don't know about my humble position, but there is news from Tanma, and Lu Bu and Liu Yao seem to have talked to each other in front of Hangu Pass." Then Na Lu Bu led the army to the south. ”

After getting Xu Rong's confirmation, Dong Zhuo suddenly panicked and said, "Son-in-law, what should we do now?" ”

Li Ru thought for a while and comforted, "Father-in-law, that Lu Bu was originally a tiger and wolf, and it was difficult to control, and now it is not a good thing that he is leaving." ”

"As for us to rest in Rongyang for a few days, where to go directly to Chang'an. That's where we're based. After we settle down in Chang'an, I have my own way to make the Central Plains states chaotic, and then I can develop our strength while watching those Central Plains princes kill each other, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? Li Ruyin said with a smile.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard Li Ru's words, he had always believed in Li Ru's words, he said that there was a way, then there must be a way. Although there is no Lu Bu, he Dong Zhuo and Li Ru are more than enough to deal with those princes.

"Then leave everything to the virtuous son-in-law to arrange." Dong Zhuo said.

"No." Li Ru respectfully promised. But he still sighed deeply in his heart. The soldier dies for his confidant, although Dong Zhuo has no ambition now, but no matter what, Dong Zhuo has 100% trust in him Li Ru. And what Li Ru can do now is to help Dong Zhuo as much as possible, whether what he does is right or wrong.

At the same time, Yanzhou Chen stayed. After Cao Cao returned to Chenliu, he immediately began to recruit troops again. Because Cao Cao's reputation in this discussion of the board of directors has soared, many people came to join Cao Cao's army for a while, and for a while, Cao Cao actually pulled up an army of more than 10,000 again.

And because of Cao Cao's deeds of chasing Dong Zhuo in the starry night, there are also many heroes and heroes, and literati and strategists came to Cao Cao. Wu Youyu Ban, Li Dian and so on. The text has Chen Qun, full of favors and so on. For a while, except for Cheng Yu, who had been poached by Liu Yao, all the generals and strategists who should have appeared under Cao Cao's command at this time joined Cao Cao's army, which made Cao Cao's power soar.

At the same time, Cao Cao received news from Luoyang. It is said that the Allied forces have collapsed.

"Ha Luha, Yuan Rang, sure enough, the allied army has now collapsed, and it actually made such a big move in Luoyang." Cao Cao said with a smile.

"Big brother, didn't you expect this prince's matter a long time ago, do you need to laugh so happily." Xiahou Chun said with a depressed face.

Cao Cao glanced at Xiahou Chun and said with a smile, "Yuan Rang, I naturally know the collapse of this alliance, but what I didn't expect was that the Yanzhou Assassin actually killed Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, this is the best news I ever got." ”

"Big brother, what do you mean?" Xiahou Chun seemed to know what he had said, and asked Cao Cao.

At this moment, Cao Cao stood up with a "bang", a fine light burst out in his eyes, and said with a smile: "That Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai, as an official of the imperial court, dared to kill his colleagues without authorization, such a traitor, naturally everyone will be punished." And that Zhang Miao is my Cao Cao's best friend, and now Chen Liunai is an ownerless thing, and there will be no Taishou in the court in a short time, so naturally I Cao Cao will take charge for him temporarily, and as for Zhang Miao's hatred, I Cao Cao will naturally avenge him. ”

In fact, to put it bluntly, this Cao Cao also wants to do something to Yanzhou, and this Chen Liu, as his Cao Cao's base camp, is naturally the place he wants to get the most. And now that Liu Dai's incident came, it directly gave Cao Cao a reason to send troops.

Xiahou Chun couldn't help but boil his blood when he heard it, who didn't want to make a contribution. hurriedly clenched his fists, and said with some excitement, "The lord is wise, the soldiers under my command have been waiting for this day for a long time." ”

Cao Cao didn't reply when he heard this, and looked out the window, a smile on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued......)