Chapter VIII: Deliberation
Yuan Yao led his troops to leave, and Huang Zhong offered to accompany him in order to protect him.
Seeing Huang Zhong so earnest, Yuan Yao was naturally extremely happy, and took the initiative to send someone to take care of Huang Xu, so that he could cultivate in the Guan, and this arrangement also made Huang Zhong quite satisfied.
Although there were not many people in a thousand, the mighty march was also very spectacular, and the feeling of soldiers and horses in hand also made Yuan Yao more courageous.
"Childe, we only have half a moon's food, do you want to order the team to speed up the journey?" As a general of the First Army, Chang Nu naturally knew everything about grain and grass and military supplies, and he couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Yuan Yao unhurriedly along the way.
"The general can rest assured, we are not short of food, just look for me before the food is cut off." Hearing Chang Nu's words, Yuan Yao just smiled indifferently and didn't care.
Previously, at the quartermaster office of Bishui Pass, Yuan Yao used the quaint ring in his left hand to directly collect a lot of food, which was roughly estimated to be enough for 1,000 people for half a year.
Yuan Shu, as the leader of the Southern Army of the Dong Coalition Army, was naturally very wealthy, and the military grain and grass in Bishui Pass were piled up, and Yuan Yao just took advantage of people's inattention and took a small part of it slightly.
"Since Childe has his own arrangement, then his subordinates don't have to worry!" As a general, Chang Nu has long been accustomed to following orders, and he has no suspicions about Yuan Yao's words.
"My lord, this person is a good general." Liu Ji, who was secretly observing, rode on a horse and said with a smile to Yuan Yao.
Glancing at the neatly looked soldiers, Yuan Yao agreed with Liu Ji's words.
"Berwyn, in your opinion, are we going directly to Luoyang City now?" Yuan Yao also rode on horseback, although he was still a little unskilled, but he was barely able to move forward.
"No, let's go meet Cao Cao." Liu Ji winked at Yuan Yao.
"See Cao Cao? Didn't he chase Dong Zhuo? Yuan Yao was quite puzzled.
Prior to this, when Yuan Yao and his entourage were in the Quartermaster Department of Bishui Pass, they also received the news that Cao Cao led his army to pursue Dong Zhuo.
"Although Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army was defeated and retreated, the Xiliang army is an army of tigers and wolves after all, how can it be defeated by thousands of rabble under Cao Cao?"
"We've been heading west, maybe the lord can pick up an old man who has fled in the wilderness!"
Although Liu Ji is Yuan Yao's subordinate, he has gradually understood Yuan Yao's temperament these days, and he jokes casually between his words.
"Is there any benefit to saving Cao Cao?" Yuan Yao looked at the desolate land and the occasional wandering refugees, and asked with a heavy heart.
"Lord, in fact, we saw that Cao Cao was just a cover-up, and the real purpose was to encounter Dong Zhuojun!" Liu Ji looked around a few times before whispering back in Yuan Yao's ear.
"Dong Zhuojun! Berwyn, you don't plan to use these thousand people to deal with Dong Zhuo, right? Looking at the cautious Liu Ji, Yuan Yao felt that this guy was too bold.
"The lord misunderstood, I Liu Bowen will not do the matter of hitting a stone with an egg." Liu Ji saw that Yuan Yao had misunderstood, and immediately explained.
"That?" Yuan Yao stared at Liu Ji silently.
"Didn't Dong Zhuo send someone to make peace before? Now we have taken the initiative to contact Dong Zhuojun again, and I can take this opportunity to follow Dong Zhuojun to Chang'an to meet Dong Zhuo. As Liu Ji spoke, there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.
"What? No, absolutely not! Hearing that Liu Ji planned to risk his life, Yuan Yao rejected him without thinking about it.
Are you kidding?
Not to mention just one Dong Zhuo, even ten Dong Zhuo is not as important as Liu Ji's safety, as Yuan Yao's absolute trump card is the most, how can he be easily involved?
"My lord... Listen to me. Feeling Yuan Yao's trust and maintenance of him, Liu Ji was moved and planned to try to persuade Yuan Yao.
"Say it." Although Yuan Yao didn't intend to let go at all, he didn't stop it.
"Although Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army is strong, once it retreats to Chang'an, I am afraid it will be difficult to do anything again."
"First, Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor, and this alone will cause dissatisfaction among the world's families and become the public enemy of the world."
"Second, when he retreated, he plundered Luoyang and moved hundreds of thousands of people to Chang'an, although he could still cause civil strife among the Kwantung princes after avoiding trouble, but it also cut off his own future."
"Dong Zhuo has become a trend of prosperity and decline, and it is only a matter of time before he perishes, but the Son of Heaven in Dong Zhuo's hands still occupies the great righteousness, and there is no shortage of good generals under Dong Zhuo's command, these are what we need most at the moment!"
"If I go as an envoy to my relatives, on the one hand, I can use the Son of Heaven to seek benefits for the father-in-law, and on the other hand, I can secretly make friends with talents, so that he can harvest them for his own use."
Yuan Yao didn't expect that Dong Zhuo was just a move to move the capital, and Liu Ji had already seen such a long-term view, which surprised Yuan Yao.
After Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he really didn't fight, and Dong Zhuo would die in the hands of Lu Bu and Wang Yun in a short time.
But so what?
"No, I still don't agree!" Even if Yuan Yao knew this, he still refused to let go.
After all, everything is not absolute, and for Liu Ji, Yuan Yao didn't want him to make dangerous moves.
"Lord, do you remember what I said to you when Li Dao came to kiss?"
"The reason why you agreed to come down that time is because if you don't have the canonization of the Son of Heaven, no matter how big your territory is, it will be unjustifiable after all."
"If I am in the Chang'an Imperial Court, both the lord and the Yuan prince will have room for maneuver."
Liu Ji still did not give up, and tried his best to persuade Yuan Yao.
"Lord, why don't you let me go!" The two were in a stalemate, and He Shen suddenly leaned over from behind and said with a grin.
"You? Forget it, it's better for us to be cautious about risky things! After what happened last time, Yuan Yao had no prejudice against He Shen, and he didn't want him to take risks.
After all, there are only four security slots, and they can't be replenished.
"Lord, Berwyn's personality is not very suitable, but this matter is very suitable for me!"
"And Dong Zhuo also has a very good appetite for me, maybe we can become confidants!"
He Shen saw that Yuan Yao also rejected him, and he became serious while being happy, and he felt that Dong Zhuo was the same kind of person as him, and he really wanted to be friends with Dong Chengxiang.
"This..."Looking at He Shen, Yuan Yao was silent.
Indeed, compared with Liu Ji, He Shen is indeed good at dealing with people, and can bend and stretch, and the arrogance in his bones is similar to Dong Zhuo's.
It seems that this product is really the same as Dong Zhuo.
"Lord, I basically heard everything you just said."
"It is roughly divided into two points: first, use the relationship of the Son of Heaven's court to reap benefits, and second, take the opportunity to dig a wall in Dong Zhuo's forces!"
He Shen is also real, and he expressed Liu Ji's meaning concisely and to the point.
"Hey, let me think again!" Yuan Yao sighed and did not give an opinion.