Eight hundred when they came, and seven hundred when they returned.

More than 700 Xiliang cavalry slowly walked on the official road back to Luoyang, looking wilted and drooping, and their faces were full of sorrow and unwillingness.

When everyone walked out of Jiangyi, two knights suddenly appeared at the end of the official road.

Seeing this, the general hurriedly raised his hand to stop the people who continued to move forward.

When the two knights rushed to the front, turned over and dismounted, the older knights knelt on one knee and saluted: "Prime Minister ordered General Hua to immediately lead the army back to Luoyang to resist the Kwantung coalition army." ”

After the knight finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion in the ranks of the cavalry, and everyone scattered to the left and right sides of their horses.

Seeing this, the knight frowned inexplicably.

After a long time.

A cart came into view of the two, covered with a blood-stained white cloth, and under the white cloth was the General Hua they were looking for.

"The general died at the hands of thieves."

The general sighed helplessly, then arched his hand to the two, and said, "I still need to bother the two brothers to go to Luoyang again, and report the funeral to Xiangguo on our behalf." ”

The knight's face froze, then he nodded awkwardly, and said, "There should be no word of thanks." ”

"Take care of the general, and the small ones will retire first."

The knight said goodbye to the general, and then rode along the official road when he came, and reported his death to Luoyang.

Three days later.

After the knight returned to Luoyang, he heard that Dong Zhuo had led his army to Tiger Prison Pass to resist the Kwantung coalition army, so he rushed to Tiger Prison Pass to report the funeral at night.

At noon, Dong Zhuo was discussing with the generals about retreating from the enemy in the tent.

The participants are: the heroic and extraordinary Lu Bu, the dignified Zhang Ji, the tiger-backed Li Dao, the high-spirited Guo Yan, the mature and steady Xu Rong and so on.

The generals spoke one after another, and the voices of the war were endless.

Lu Bu got up and came to Dong Zhuo's face, knelt on one knee, and saluted: "Bu has the grace of his father-in-law, and he can't repay it, and the rats of the fox society in the city dare to call the heroes of the world, which is really ridiculous. ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately stroked his palms and laughed: "I have Fengxian, why are you afraid of the thieves in the Kanto?" ”

As soon as Dong Zhuo's words fell, he heard Li Su laugh and said, "Use a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens? ”

"Xiangguo has ordered someone to go to Jiangyi to summon General Hua to come to help in the war, and after General Hua arrives, he can relieve Xiangguo's worries, and the general only needs to watch the battle from the sidelines." Li Su smiled and saluted Lu Bu.

"That's what I want."

Dong Zhuoshen nodded approvingly, and said: "Let Hua Xiong go to test the foundation of the Kwantung Coalition Army first, and after testing the depth of the Kwantung Coalition Army, it is not too late for Fengxian to lead the army." ”

"No."

Lu Bu bowed to Dong Zhuo, and then retreated silently.

At this very moment.

The soldiers lifted the curtain and entered, knelt on one knee, and saluted: "Lord Qi, the soldiers who went to Jiangyi came to restore their lives." ”

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, thinking that what he was about to get was the news of Huaxiong's class teacher's return, so he personally beckoned the generals to come out of the tent to greet him.

The two knights turned over and dismounted at a distance of more than twenty paces from the tent, walked quickly in front of Dong Zhuo, and knelt down with a plop.

"Qiqi..."

The older knight was about to speak, but was stopped by Dong Zhuo waving his hand, Dong Zhuo stretched out his hand and pointed to the white cloth tied to the knight's right arm, and asked sharply; "Why are you like this? But are you going to mess with my army? ”

The elder knight's heart tightened, and he said in a trembling voice, "Enlightenment... Prime Minister... General Huaxiong has been victimized by traitors, and he asks the prime minister to mourn. ”

The knight threw himself on the ground and wept bitterly.

The knight was not crying Hua Xiong, but himself, because he saw his future from Dong Zhuo's face.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, his body shook suddenly, and he unconsciously took a step back, and the feeling of dizziness almost made him unable to stand.

Seeing this, Li Su hurriedly stepped forward to hold Dong Zhuo's arm and said, "Xiangguo be careful." ”

After stabilizing his emotions, Dong Zhuo suddenly slapped his thigh, and exclaimed with a sad face: "I lost Huaxiong, like a broken pillar in the north sky, and I really lost me." ”

"Xiangguo said carefully."

When Li Su heard this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to Dong Zhuobi and made a silent gesture, and said, "Don't say such words that disturb the morale of the army at this critical time." ”

"I suddenly heard bad news and messed up my mind, but fortunately, I was reminded by you so that I wouldn't make mistakes again and again." Dong Zhuo said.

Li Su silently leaned into Dong Zhuo's ear and said, "Xiang Guo can use this matter to make an article." ”

"Oh?"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "How to deal with it?" ”

Li Su's eyes suddenly flashed with a shrewd color, and said: "Xiangguo only needs to blame the death of Hua Xiong on the hands of Yuan Shao, saying that he has the name of the fourth world and the third duke, but he has done something unjust such as sending someone to assassinate Hua Xiong, so that he will lose the name of justice, at that time, the people's will will be inclined to the side of the court, and then Xiangguo will lead the righteous army to suppress the unrighteous thieves, and the way of heaven and the will of the people will be subordinate, isn't it beautiful?" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stroked his palms and laughed: "Good, great good." ”

When Dong Zhuo looked at the two knights kneeling in front of him again, an undisguised fierceness suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"Hua Xiong led his army back to the division, and died at the hands of the Assassins, who had been captured by our side, and after questioning, the Assassins confessed to what they had done and confessed that they had been sent by Yuan Shao."

"Do you think so?" Dong Zhuo asked coldly.

The elder knight stopped his companion who was about to speak back, and immediately grabbed the head of a sentence, saying, "What the prime minister says, is what we think." ”

"Good."

Dong Zhuo nodded with satisfaction.

"Let's go back to camp and prepare for the enemy."

Dong Zhuo raised his hand and waved everyone away, and then pulled Li Su back to the tent, walked to the front of the case, picked up the list submitted by Hedong Wei, and looked at it silently.

Wei Qian is simply a two-sided master of cutting tofu, while contributing money to fund Liu Bian, he drew up a list of Liu Bian's details and secretly presented it to Dong Zhuo who was far away in Luoyang.

In order to protect himself, Wei Qian did not hesitate to betray Liu Wei, but his behavior vividly interpreted the despicability and filth of the world.

"Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun, Yuwen Chengdu."

Dong Zhuo silently recited the names on the list, but his eyebrows gradually wrinkled into a Sichuan character.

"Could it be... Are there real heroes among the untouchables? Dong Zhuo was a little suspicious of life by this list.

When Li Su heard this, he silently glanced at the list that Dong Zhuo was holding in his hand, shook his head in confusion, and said, "This is too unbelievable, right?" ”

"Send someone to search for it among the people at once, and if you find anyone with miraculous powers, invite him to me immediately." Dong Zhuo said.

When Li Su heard this, he was stunned at first, and then quickly lowered his head, an imperceptible smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and said, "The minister takes the order." ”

In fact, Li Su's subtext is: This time you can make a lot of money again.

In fact, Dong Zhuo's idea was still very good, but when the order was passed down and implemented, it immediately changed its taste.

Dong Zhuo wanted to go to the people to search for talented people, but when it came to actual operation, the executive officials turned this order into an exploitative method of searching for people's fat and ointment in disguise.