Originally, the strength of the Xiliang Army was slightly stronger than that of the Bingzhou Army, but due to the failure of the previous fighting generals, the gap between the two armies in morale was simply worlds apart, and there was a peerless general like Lu Bu on the side of the Bingzhou Army, so it didn't take long after the battle for the Xiliang Army to be at a disadvantage.

After a while, Dong Zhuo saw that his Xiliang army really couldn't resist the attack of the vigorous Bingzhou army, and if he continued to fight like this, the longer the time, the greater their losses, and although he was now in a high position, he also made a lot of enemies, if he didn't have enough army strength in his hands, he would definitely be those princes from all walks of life, so Dong Zhuo could only temporarily admit defeat and order the whole army to withdraw to the camp.

After all, the Xiliang Army is also a perennial army that has undergone the baptism of war, although at the beginning due to morale reasons in the confrontation with the Bingzhou Army, but now when retreating, it shows the quality of an elite army: the various armies only see each other covering, and the order when retreating is in order, and the Bingzhou Army originally wanted to take advantage of their retreat to pursue the victory, but they have never found a chance, and can only watch the Xiliang Army withdraw to the barracks and rely on the camp to defend.

So the first confrontation between Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan ended with Dong Zhuo's defeat, and after this time, Dong Zhuo had to admit that the strength of the state army was slightly better than him, so he sent someone to find Ding Yuan, wanting to reconcile with Ding Yuan on the condition of the position of the third duke.

However, after Ding Yuan defeated Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, his self-confidence also swelled, originally he was only opposed because he was dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's eating alone, if Dong Zhuo took the initiative to give him a position of the third prince at the beginning. At that time, he must have been very satisfied, but now that Dong Zhuo had made this condition after being defeated, Ding Yuan's appetite had also increased. In his opinion, now Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army is not his opponent, and now among the princes of Luoyang, he Ding Yuan is the strongest, how can he be sent away with just one of the three dukes? So Ding Yuan made a condition to Dong Zhuo: not only did he have to serve as a general, but he also had to give him a reward for his official position, and the standard must not be lower than Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army! At the same time, the safety of the Son of Heaven is also jointly responsible for the two of them.

This condition can be said to be a lion's mouth for Dong Zhuo, and the official positions in front of him and even the names of the generals are nothing. In this troubled era, all official positions and names are false, and only the strength of the troops under them is real. Therefore, Dong Zhuo can still consider these conditions, but in the end, Ding Yuan proposed to be jointly responsible for the safety of the Son of Heaven with him, and this condition was something he could not agree to no matter what.

The best thing to say is that he is responsible for the safety of the Son of Heaven, but in fact he is manipulating the power of the puppet of the Son of Heaven. Now the existence of the Son of Heaven is the biggest hole card in Dong Zhuo's hand. It is his biggest weight to deal with other princes, if there is no shield of the Son of Heaven, he is at most a slightly stronger prince, and it is impossible to control the entire court.

So for Ding Yuan's condition, Dong Zhuo refused without hesitation, seeing Ding Yuan open his mouth like a lion, Dong Zhuo also knew that he couldn't talk to him, but now Ding Yuanjun's power is strong. If you fight, you win. It can only be a miserable victory, and after the battle, there will definitely be no spare strength to deal with other princes, so Dong Zhuo is in a dilemma for a while.

Just when Dong Zhuo was at a loss, a strategist named Li Su under his command stood up and said to him: "My lord, although the state army is powerful, it is not completely invulnerable, and my subordinates have a suggestion, not only can we help the lord break the state army, but even make these tiger and wolf armies in the state be used by the Taishi." ”

As soon as he heard Li Su say this, Dong Zhuo, who had long been overwhelmed by the Bingzhou army, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly asked eagerly: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Li Su didn't seem to see Dong Zhuo's impatient expression, and the old god still replied: "The general of Bingzhou who beheaded two generals of our army in the previous battle and I are actually fellow villagers, and we are still old acquaintances, and the key to my strategy is this fellow countryman of mine. I hereby ask the Master to forgive me for the previous offense of my fellow countryman. ”

Dong Zhuo was almost waiting at this time, and immediately waved his hand and said: "Okay, I promise you that as long as the state army can be used by me, I will spare him, quickly say, what are your ideas?" ”

"I also know a little about my fellow countryman, he is deeply respected by Ding Yuan in the Bingzhou Army, serving as Ding Yuan's personal guard, and even commensurate with Ding Yuan's father and son, because his bravery is the best in the army, so his prestige in the Bingzhou Army is very high, and in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, some people even call him the reincarnation of the god of war. Although it seems that he seems to be proud of the spring breeze in Ding Yuan's army, I know that he is actually not satisfactory, his dream since childhood is to lead the army as a general and become a general who will remain in the ages, but he is not a guard. And he also loves BMWs, if the Taishi can allow me to use the Chitu BMW in your collection to meet Lu Bu, and then allow him to be a general, and give him the opportunity to lead an army alone, he can be used by us and switch to the Taishi's command. Then things are simple, as long as he kills Ding Yuan, and then with his prestige, he can take all the soldiers of the state to defect to the Taishi, can't the Taishi eliminate a big enemy without much effort, and can he still subdue the army of tigers and wolves? ”

Dong Zhuo listened to Li Su's suggestion, his brows were so smiling that he couldn't see it, he applauded again and again, and finally immediately said to Li Su: "Okay, just do as you say, as long as you can do this, I will let the emperor make you the general of Zhendong!" ”

Li Su was overjoyed when he heard Dong Zhuo's promise, General Zhendong can be regarded as a very senior position among military attachés, and above it are only the generals of the Four Expeditions and the generals, if he Li Su can become the general of Zhendong, he can definitely be regarded as a glorious ancestor, so he hurriedly swore to Dong Zhuo that he would definitely complete the task.

Then Li Su sent a cronie disguised as a letter to find Lu Bu in the Bingzhou military camp, telling Lu Bu that he had an old friend to invite, and the letter also wrote in detail some things about the two when they were young, Lu Bu read it and believed that it was indeed Li Su who was looking for him, and he also remembered Li Su, the old man when he was young, but he didn't know that Li Su had already served for the Xiliang Army, so he promised to go to the appointment on time.

Lu Bu didn't let Li Su wait long, the agreed time had not yet arrived, so he rushed to the appointment, after Li Su saw Lu Bu, he was overjoyed and held his hand, looking excited about the reunion after a long absence, but how much of his excitement was because of the reunion after a long absence, only he knew.

However, Lu Bu was moved by Li Su's excited appearance, and thought that this old friend was really righteous enough. Then the two began to catch up, chatting about some things from when they met before, and after chatting for a while, Li Su suddenly sighed, and Lu Bu asked suspiciously: "Brother Li, why sigh?" ”

"Alas, the past is still vaguely in my mind, but now I have passed the age of standing, but I still have nothing to do, nothing has been accomplished, when I think of the pride and ambition of the year, alas, ......" Li Su shook his head and sighed with emotion.

Li Su's words seemed to arouse Lu Bu's thoughts, and the two drank a lot of wine when they talked before, so Lu Bu also opened the conversation box to Li Su, and said with a depressed face: "Hey, the foolish brother has always been unwilling now, although in the eyes of outsiders, Ding Tingshi is not thin on me, but who can know how I, Lu Bu, am willing to be only a personal guard like a house slave?" Leading thousands of troops and horses and galloping across the field is my ambition. Alas, it's a pity that I have asked Ding Tingshi many times, but he refuses to let me out to lead an army, it seems that as long as he Ding Tingshi is here, I Lu Bu can only be a guard for the rest of my life. ”

When Li Su heard Lu Bu say this, he was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that his previous news was really right, Lu Bu was indeed not satisfied with the current situation, and he had some complaints about Ding Yuan, so that the possibility of his strategy succeeding increased a few points, so he pretended to be deeply sympathetic and said to Lu Bu: "Yes, I remember that when we told each other about our ambitions, I heard you say that your ambition is to be a famous general like Li Guang, a flying general, don't you have a chance to stand out under Ding Tingshi?" (To be continued......)