Chapter 214: Good and Bad News
"Father-in-law, your body is important." Seeing that Dong Zhuo had finished venting, Li Ru patted Dong Zhuo's back to help relieve him, and said with some concern. Of course, in fact, this sentence is not for the current Dong Zhuo, but to pave the way for the bad news in the future, he is really afraid that Dong Zhuo will not be able to bear it.
"I'm fine!!" Dong Zhuo slapped Li Ru's hand away, and said with a pant, his eyes flashing with a trace of hideousness and excitement.
Seeing this situation, Li Ru smiled bitterly in his heart, and he didn't dare to tell Dong Zhuo the bad news.
"Virtuous son-in-law, by the way, did you just say that there was any bad news, tell me about it." Dong Zhuo eased up for a while, his breathing finally stabilized, and he said with a dark face.
"This ......" Li Ru hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Father-in-law, Bingzhou and half of our Liangzhou have now fallen into Liu Yao's hands. ”
"Boom" suddenly, Dong Zhuo's mind was suddenly in a daze, and he rushed forward with some movement, grabbed Li Ru's arms, and asked in disbelief, "What did you just say, I didn't hear clearly, you say it again, what Liangzhou, what Merge?" ”
"Ahh Father-in-law! Li Ru was in pain and cried out in some pain. Although this Dong Zhuo is not good at martial arts now, but that strength is still there, the so-called fat body is not lost, this is the truth, so how can Li Ru's weak body withstand Dong Zhuo's strength.
Seeing this, Dong Zhuo hurriedly let go of Li Ru, but still asked excitedly, "Say it quickly, what is the state." What Liangzhou!! ”
"Just when the princes and allies united to attack our Luoyang, Liu Yao'er sent a large army to directly take the state, and now the entire state has fallen into his hands." Li Ru kept rubbing his arms. said hoarsely, Dong Zhuo's strength was not a joke.
"Impossible, Liu Yao'er was obviously here in Luoyang at that time, where is there time to attack what and what state!!" Even though Dong Zhuo had already believed Li Ru's words, he still roared unwillingly.
This is not how important it is, and he Dong Zhuo is very clear. Originally, he Liu Yao was far away in Youzhou, and he didn't border Liangzhou at all, and there was a merge state in between. Even if Liu Yao wants to send troops to attack him. That's definitely not that easy, either.
But now it's different, he, Liu Yao, can completely station troops on the border of the state. Not only can you shock yourself, but even if you send troops to attack you. That's also very convenient, that is to say, he has to be under the threat of Liu Yao all the time, so how can he Dong Zhuo stand it.
"Father-in-law, this Liu Yao is obviously premeditated. On the one hand, he personally led the army to attract our attention with the Allies. On the one hand, a large army was sent from Youzhou to directly attack Liangzhou. At that time, the original assassin was already dead. There weren't many soldiers left behind. And we only have Niu Fu's 50,000 army in Liangzhou, and we will be taken down by Liu Yao when we are caught off guard. Li Ru gritted his teeth and said.
He didn't expect Liu Yao's ambition to be so big at all, originally he thought that he came to Luoyang to rescue Emperor Han Xian. And the army to attack Liangzhou was also because he wanted to capture Dong Zhuo's family and threaten Dong Zhuo to protect Luoyang and the ancestral hall of the temple.
But now it seems that this is not the case at all, and Bingzhou has fallen into the hands of Liu Yao, and the same is true for most of Liangzhou. If this is the case, some people say that Liu Yao has no ambition. Li Ru didn't believe it when he was killed. If you don't have ambition, what do you want so much land for?
"That's not right!!" Suddenly, Dong Zhuo yelled. A spirit that scared Li Ru, Dong Zhuo suddenly thought of a small detail in Li Ru's words, and he didn't pay attention to it at all just now, but now he reacted, and asked in a panic, "Son-in-law, what did you just say about Liangzhou, isn't my half of Liangzhou in the hands of Ma Teng's old thief now, how can you say that it is in Liu Yao's hands." ”
If that half of Liangzhou is really in Liu Yao's hands, then it means that his current territory is completely surrounded by Liu Yao, so what the outcome will be, he Dong Zhuo no longer dares to imagine.
"Then Ma Teng is Liu Yao's person." Li Ru smiled bitterly. He had just gotten the news, and when he analyzed this ending, he was also taken aback, for example, he never expected that Liu Yao had already started planning Liangzhou a few years ago.
At that time, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just ended, and the world was in turmoil. Even he, Li Ru, only saw the situation a little clearly, so Dong Zhuo began to develop himself and plan for the future.
However, he, Liu Yao, seemed to have seen the opportunity and controlled all the situation in his hands, but he couldn't bear it, and only now did he burst out with an astonishing amount of power, playing with all the princes in the world between applause.
And even if he wins Bingzhou and Liangzhou, he will not be pointed at by the outside world, he can completely shirk it and say that he wants to attack Dong Zhuo, and the road ahead is uneven, so he won Bingzhou, and he can shirk it in a word. When the time comes, let any of his subordinates be the governor of the state, and everything will be fine, and the state will still be under his control. And I am afraid that this will not only not be criticized by public opinion, but I am afraid that it will also be admired by the world.
Immediately, Li Ru shook his head and threw all these thoughts behind him. He Li Ru really didn't dare to think about it anymore, the deeper he thought about it, the more he felt that Liu Yao was terrible. If you think about it like this, I'm afraid that even he, Li Ru, won't have the courage to face Liu Yao at that time. In this way, Dong Zhuo can be said to be completely finished.
"Hehe, virtuous son-in-law, are you kidding, then how can Ma Teng be Liu Yao's person?" Dong Zhuo said with a smile. At this time, Dong Zhuo could still laugh, which showed that he was psychologically on the verge of extreme collapse.
"Father-in-law, if Liu Yao hadn't taken the state, it would still be possible, but now it seems that Liu Yao is also an ambitious person. It is entirely possible that he was unwilling to be seized the throne by that Liu Xie, so he had such a mind. Because of this, father-in-law, do you think that Liu Yao, who has ambitions, will give up to Ma Teng after joining forces with Ma Teng to press Liangzhou? ”
"No!!" Dong Zhuo said without hesitation.
"And father-in-law, do you remember when Hangu Pass was ambushed that day, a general under Liu Yao's command appeared?"
Dong Zhuo recalled that he remembered the situation of that day clearly. Suddenly, a figure jumped out, and then Dong Zhuo shouted in surprise, "But which white-faced young general named Ma Chao!" Could it be that he has anything to do with Ma Teng? He Dong Zhuo still clearly remembered that the young general named Ma Chao was killed in his army, as if he was in a no-man's land, and all the goosebumps fell for a while.
Li Ru nodded, and said with a wry smile, "Yes, it is him, according to our intelligence over the years, that Ma Teng has three sons, of which the eldest son is this Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, he is now under Liu Yao's command." And according to what Niu Fu said, when Longxi was captured that day, it also appeared, and a young general named Ma Dai also appeared under Liu Yao's command, which was Ma Teng's nephew. ”
"Ahh Dong Zhuo heard a long sigh from the sky, and then as if he had lost his spirit, his eyes went black and fell.
Now if he, Dong Zhuo, didn't know that Ma Teng was Liu Yao's person, then he wouldn't be alive today. If there is only one Ma Chao under Liu Yao's command, he Dong Zhuo can still deceive himself and say that Ma Chao rebelled and broke away from Ma Teng, but now that the two Ma family members are under Liu Yao's command, the ironclad fact is no longer believable to him Dong Zhuo.
"Father-in-law!" Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo who had fallen and screamed, and then stepped forward without hesitation to assist him. However, it backfired, Dong Zhuo's weight of more than three hundred catties, especially Li Ru, who was powerless, could hold it. Immediately stumbled by Dong Zhuo, and the two fell to the ground in embarrassment at the same time.
"Father-in-law!!" Li Ru, who immediately rolled around on the ground, turned over and got up, looked at Dong Zhuo who fell to the ground in surprise, and immediately came to Dong Zhuo's side, pinching Dong Zhuo's people desperately, trying to wake him up. At the same time, he shouted outside the door, "Come on, go and call Lang Zhong." (To be continued......)