Less than ten miles outside Luoyang City, Ao Lie sat on the back of the snow dragon horse in the night, looking at the majestic Luoyang City with a gloomy face, and the knuckles of the hands holding the reins were already a little white because of the force.

After drawing a clear line with Yuan Shao and others, Ao Lie led the army all the way, but in the end he failed to catch up with Li Ru's Xiliang army, and watched Li Ru lead the Xiliang army to retreat into Luoyang City several miles away.

Luoyang is the ancient capital, its city wall is majestic, can be called the first in the world, want to rely on the hands of tens of thousands of horses to forcibly attack the city, it is impossible to attack. Ao Lie stared at Luoyang for a while, and finally had to give an order helplessly: the whole army retreated ten miles and camped to wait for the fighters.

After setting up the camp, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Ao Lie sat on the main seat, and Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, Sun Jian and Wang Kuang sat on both sides.

The only thing that made a few people present feel relieved was that during the rush just now, Cao Cao gathered some remnants of soldiers, these soldiers were originally Cao Cao's subordinates, and they were separated from Cao Cao in the ambush battle. After rectification and inventory, Cao Cao's subordinate Wenchen generals did not suffer losses, and more than 1,000 remnants of the army were collected, which was a big help for the few people who were weak and weak.

After a moment of silence, Cao Cao took the lead and said: "Ao Junhou, now we only have the strength of the five families, and together we have less than 50,000 people, this Luoyang City, we will definitely not be able to defeat it, what should we do next?" ”

Wang Kuang sighed, shook his head and said, "It's hateful that Yuan Benchu was called the third prince of the fourth world in vain, but he was so short-sighted and missed the opportunity. ”

"No, no." Outside the tent, Jia Xu shook his head and walked over, saluted the five people present, and continued: "Lord, everyone, think about it carefully, is Yuan Benchu really such a rat-eyed disciple? ”

Ao Lie and Cao Cao glanced at each other, each set their eyes on Jia Xu, and waited thoughtfully for Jia Xu's next words.

Seeing that Ao Lie and Cao Cao seemed to have some understanding, Jia Xu said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao is from the scholar clan and represents the interests of most of the scholar clans. "Jia Xu is right, Ao Lie grew up in Youzhou, and there is basically no scholar in the entire Youzhou; Gongsun Zhan and Sun Jian relied on their own force to fight all the way, and they couldn't hook up with the Shi clan; The only ones who can get involved with the scholar clan a little bit are Wang Kuang and Cao Cao, but Wang Kuang is only from the small scholar clan, and his ancestors are from the scholar clan, and when it comes to his generation, the breath of the scholar clan is already very weak; And what about Cao Cao? It is true that Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was a lieutenant, but he was an official bought at a high price from Liu Hong, and it is not the same thing as the scholar clan with a deep family background, and after Cao Song was still a eunuch, Cao Cao has not been looked down upon by the children of the scholar family, so, fundamentally speaking, Cao Cao is not a scholar.

"As the saying goes, things gather by like, and people are grouped. Since Yuan Shao is in the alliance and represents the interests of the scholars, there will inevitably be a contradiction with all of you, where is the root of this contradiction? I don't want to see you achieve great things and overpower them. But now that the coalition has split into two camps, Yuan Benchu and the others have successfully divided everyone who they don't want to share the benefits, so what will they do next? Whether in terms of prestige or strength, Yuan Benchu and the others are steadily superior to the princes, and there is no reason why they will always be on the sidelines. Jia Xu said the thoughts in his heart without hesitation, but Jia Xu's old habits have not changed at all, even if the head of the analysis is the Tao, but after the words are the most ruthless, he did not give an accurate answer, leaving three deep meanings, let the few people present ponder it themselves. This is Jia Xu's method of self-protection, even if he sees the problem thoroughly, he will never say it directly, but through prompts, he will automatically stop when he talks close to the mystery, and let Ao Lie open the most difficult mystery.

As soon as Jia Xu said this, even Gongsun Zhan, who had always been big, understood, and hurriedly said: "It turns out that Yuan Shao deliberately drove us out of the alliance, and then they were attacking Luoyang and killing Dong Zhuo with the many military horses in their hands!" ”

Cao Cao's eyes flashed violently, and he looked at Jia Xu fixedly, and praised in his mouth: "Mr. Wenhe's analysis is really insightful. The generals under the command of Ao Junhou are extremely brave, and Mr. Wenhe is strategizing, so why worry about big things! ”

Sun Jian asked: "But now that Yuan Shao and the others are making great noise, even if they attack Luoyang, it is not impossible to succeed, what should we do?" ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "If they want to attack Luoyang, let them fight well, don't forget, the allied army should be paid and fed, and all the supplies are provided by my lord." When the time is ripe, my lord will cut off the salary, and the soldiers under the command of Yuan Shao and others will inevitably fluctuate, and the people will ...... at that time."

Wang Kuang jumped to his feet and stood up, and praised loudly: "What a trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, first let Yuan Benchu and them fight to the death with Dong Zhuo, and wait until the men and horses on both sides are almost consumed, and Ao Junhou is cutting off the food and salary, and when the time comes, Ha Luha, I really want to see what Yuan Shao's expression will be like at that time." ”

Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan and Sun Jian laughed at the same time, I'm afraid that by that time, Yuan Shao will be so angry that he will be like thunder, right? That scene is really exciting.

Not to mention the calculations of Ao Lie and Yuan Shao, Henan Yin Wang Yun, uh, it should be said that Situ Wang Yun, a few days ago, Dong Zhuo promoted all some highly prestigious ministers in order to win over the ministers of the DPRK and China, and Wang Yun was among them. But Dong Zhuo didn't have any good intentions, this was the idea given to Dong Zhuo by his second strategist Li Su, suggesting that Dong Zhuo put some high-reputation ministers in high positions, and openly and secretly relieved these ministers of their already small military power. For this matter, Dong Zhuo also specially wrote to Li Ru to ask Li Ru's opinion, Li Ru replied to Dong Zhuo in the Tiger Prison at that time, agreeing with Li Su's proposal, and Li Ru also marked the specific high-level vacant position, Wang Yun is the Situ proposed by Li Ru, and Wang Yun's original military power to defend the Beijing division was completely dissolved.

After the court meeting, Wang Yun returned to the mansion sullenly, drank alone behind closed doors, and thought in his heart how to provoke the contradiction between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu without leaking a trace. After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Yun couldn't come up with a specific plan, and his heart became more and more bored, so he stood up and opened the door, thinking of the back garden to breathe.

As soon as he walked into the back garden, Wang Yun heard a woman whisper in a voice like a yellow bird: "May God bless my father-in-law, and my heart's thoughts can be realized." ”

Wang Yun looked quietly, and a seductive back appeared in Wang Yun's eyes. Under the osmanthus tree not far away, there stood a woman with her back to Wang Yun, wearing a plain white dress that could not stop the delicate figure, a long black hair like a waterfall, hanging down to the waist, on the round and straight buttocks, and the willow waist that could not be grasped, just right to tie a white belt, outlining the original exquisite figure, outlining more reverie.

"Is it Diao?" Wang Yun asked.

Hearing this, the woman turned around, revealing a delicate and unparalleled face. On the pretty face without powder, under the eyebrows of the two willow leaves, there is a pair of obsessive eyes, which seem to have a natural charm, which makes people fall into it and can't extricate themselves from it. Under the eyes, there is a straight nose, with a hint of naughty charm, and charming eyes give people two completely different feelings, but there is no disobedience, it seems natural. Underneath, there is a small cherry bite of vermilion, and even if you don't rub the rouge, the color on the vermilion lips is still bright red, like a ripe apple, and you can't help but take a bite.

Diao Chan is a singer adopted by Wang Yun, and was later recognized by Wang Yun as a righteous girl, with both color and art, and won Wang Yun's favor, usually the people in the house call Diao Chan a young lady, which shows how Wang Yun loves this righteous girl. Only when there is a distinguished guest in the house, Wang Yun will call Diao Chan out to play the qin and sing to please the distinguished guest.

Seeing that it was Wang Yun, Diao Chan moved the lotus step lightly, walked up to Wang Yun, and said softly: "Father-in-law, it's late at night, why don't you rest?" Beware of colds. ”

Wang Yun said with a smile: "My father is not so weak, but you, if you don't go back to the boudoir late at night, what are you doing here?" ”

Diao Chan frowned slightly, lowered his head and said: "During the day, Diao Chan saw that his father-in-law was depressed, and knew that his father-in-law was concerned about national affairs, but Diao Chan couldn't help his father-in-law, so he had to pray here, praying that God would understand his father-in-law's painstaking efforts and send Tianlei to kill the national thief Dong Zhuo." ”

Wang Yunha said with a smile: "Okay, my daughter has this intention, and my father has a big heart." It's ridiculous that Yuan Benchu is not as knowledgeable as a woman like you, which is really ridiculous. ”

Seeing Wang Yun smiling happily, Diao Chan's mood also became relaxed, and he was slightly blessed to Wang Yun and said: "Diao Chan has been nurtured by his father-in-law, trained in singing and dancing, and treated each other with courtesy, even if he is broken, he can't repay his father-in-law like a deep kindness." Although Diao Chan is just a woman, if his father-in-law has an order, Diao Chan is duty-bound. ”

Wang Yun was about to say, what can you do as a woman to help, but when the words came to his lips, Wang Yun stopped, looked at Diao Chan's flowery and moon-like face, and after looking at it for a while, Wang Yun looked up to the sky and sighed: "I really didn't expect that the safety of my Han Dynasty for 400 years would fall into your hands!" As he spoke, Wang Yun leaned down and bowed to Diao Chan.

Frightened, Diao Chan hurriedly jumped away a small step, avoided Wang Yun's kneeling, knelt down towards Wang Yun from the side, and said in a loud voice: "Father-in-law, what are you doing, please get up quickly, Diao Chan can't stand such a big gift from his father-in-law." ”

Wang Yun stretched out his hand and grabbed one of Diao Chan's jade hands, his face was full of tears for a while, and he cried: "Now that Dong Zhuo is in trouble with the Beijing Division, the people are in danger of hanging upside down, and the monarchs and ministers are in urgent need of exhaustion, and the one who can save the Han is none other than you!" ”

Diao Chan raised another jade hand, took out a silk handkerchief from his arms, gently wiped away the tears on Wang Yun's face, and said firmly: "Diao Chan has already said that if his father-in-law has an order, Diao Chan is duty-bound." Ask the father-in-law to command. ”

"Okay, it's really a good daughter of my father." Wang Yun pulled Diao Chan to stand up together, and said slowly: "That Lu Bu has asked people about your whereabouts several times in the past few days, and he must have been envious of your good name for a long time. The traitor Dong Zhuo, who is lustful by nature, will inevitably be reluctant to give up when he sees you, the old father intends to give you to Lu Bu openly, and then give it to Dong Zhuo in secret, so that there will be a gap between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, you are provoking it, let Lu Bu kill Dong Zhuo, in this way, a big thing will happen. ”

Diao Chan didn't expect Wang Yun to come up with such a serial beauty plan, and he didn't want to agree, but he didn't want to live up to Wang Yun's nurturing grace, so he had to agree with tears in his eyes.