Chapter 321: The Human Heart
Longxi, Lintao.
Dong Fu Shang.
Dong Zhuo was lying on the sickbed, listening to his son-in-law Niu Fu's narration, his eyelids moved from time to time and responded.
The land of Longxi was originally Dong Zhuo's hometown.
After the defeat of the state due to the epidemic and the defeat of the other central government, Dong Zhuo's department suffered heavy losses.
When the retreat was stable, the auxiliary soldiers unfortunately contracted a disease.
At this time, seeing that his strength had been greatly reduced, and he was suffering from internal and external troubles, Han Sui and Ma Teng, the two righteous brothers, united with the warlord of Xiliang, and openly touched his bottom line.
At this time of crisis, Dong Zhuo showed his side of being a hero, and directly killed several people who were quite powerful and prestigious in the land of Xiliang, and annexed its parts...... This act directly shocked Ma Teng's family.
But today, knowing that his health is getting worse and worse, and it may be difficult to live for too long, Dong Zhuo has a lot of grief and anger in his heart, and even more disappointed and afraid......
Looking at his son-in-law's words, even if he was a Menghu who once commanded Liangzhou, he is just a sick tiger now.
"Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao was defeated in Yuzhou, and so far, in the entire north, there are only women who can be enemies, and Liu Xide and the great forces of the imperial court seem to have the heart to take Liangzhou.
However, Liu Bei, who was in the land of annexing the state, and his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, were preparing for war.
Close to the Northland region, there is a great transfer of grain and grass.
Wei Zhen, who presided over the destruction of Cao Mengde before, is also Liu Xide's confidant general, and now he has mobilized the strength of the entire Guanzhong, and according to the scouts, there are still a lot of Yanzhou troops, and his purpose should be the same!"
Niu Fu's words were very slow, he was worried that his father-in-law on the bed would not be able to hear clearly, so he deliberately did this.
Just after Niu Fu finished speaking, Dong Zhuo's tiger eyes slowly opened and said, "Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, how are they now?"
Dong Zhuo asked, but looking at his son-in-law's face, it suddenly became ugly, and he knew what was going on.
"Hui Nuweng, the family here, Yang Feng Yin is violated, didn't Liu Xide send a messenger to arrive last time? The son-in-law originally planned to detain him, but it was these people who escorted him along the road and sent him safely into the Guanzhong.
Even in the midst of our conflicts, their people are also saying: Don't cut it!
Oh, but in this way, they also have to believe in themselves.
In the past few years, people have been sent to each other to report the situation, but there is a disagreement, which one did not kill the messenger and use it to sacrifice the flag, and then boost morale?
Even if we are in the side plug, we will wait for the martial arts to do the same!
When did you learn the scholars of the Central Plains and talk about etiquette and law!"
Niu Fu's words were full of disdain.
Niu Fuqi himself, with ordinary ability.
Dong Zhuo also values this, plus as a son-in-law, he will be more useful than others.
In other words, Niu Fu couldn't suppress the group of people under Dong Zhuo.
In order to maintain his power, Niu Fu had to completely obey his orders, and he did not want his people to die of illness.
Listening to his son-in-law's nagging, Dong Zhuo gradually turned his head, and his voice was a little hoarse and weak: "Then what do you think we should do now?"
Niu Fu carefully observed his father-in-law's expression, and said thoughtfully: "According to the arrangement of the woman, our army has already prepared for war, and the 80,000 people in our hands, counting the Qiang people's department, why can't we gather another 100,000 people?"
With so many people, plus the place of Xiliang, it is already our territory, so why can't we build a career!
Then Liu Xide's subordinates are as many as they come, let him fill in as much as they want."
Speaking of this, Niu Fu paused slightly, and said, "In addition, for ungrateful people like Ma Teng and Han Sui, they can't stay because of their wives, and if they continue to stay, it will only become a huge hidden danger.
At this point, the son-in-law has an immature suggestion.
When the woman gathers her people to discuss the military situation, she takes the opportunity to take it down, and if she wants to deal with foreign enemies, she needs to stabilize the interior first!"
The son-in-law, who has always been a little less flexible, can suddenly think of such a strategy, and it is let
Dong Zhuo looked at it with some surprise.
He did not agree, nor did he refuse, but asked the most irrelevant words.
"Cheng An, you won't betray me and vote for Liu Xide, right?
I have heard that you have seen him when I was unconscious, and when the messenger of Liu Xide came!"
Dong Zhuo's words are not serious.
It seemed to be the most ordinary inquiry, but it did make Niu Suke's heart tremble, and the beads of sweat on his forehead kept rolling down.
Fortunately, the sky was originally dark, so others looked at it, and it was not particularly cleared.
"The woman laughed, the son-in-law has been doing things with the woman for so many years, and the woman should be able to see what she has done!
It was killed by Liu Xide's men and horses, but as long as he was by the woman's side, the son-in-law would swear to block it, and he would never retreat!
If you violate this statement, you will not die well if there is thunder and crackling that day!
Please take a clear look at it!"
After saying these words, Niu Fu, who bowed his head, looked up and found that his father-in-law, Dong Zhuo, did not say anything.
And with his posture, he maintained a full dozen breaths before calling softly: "Woman, woman......"
But it looked like Dong Zhuo was asleep!
Seeing this scene, Niu Fu took a deep breath and slowly exited the residence.
At the moment when Niu Fu left the door, Dong Zhuo, who was lying on the sickbed and dying, slowly opened his eyes.
"Oh, people's hearts, people's hearts......"
He sighed twice in his heart, looked back at the general guarding next to him, and said, "Go and call Li Sima, I have something important to entrust."
Even under the illness, knowing that death is not far away, and people are not plants, Dong Zhuo naturally needs to arrange some aftermath matters.
No matter how unwilling you are, how can you resist the will of heaven?
And the son-in-law who originally gave high hopes to him has already revealed too many things in such a temptation tonight.
It can be seen that after the defeat of the previous time, the hearts of many loyal generals should also change!
At this time, he, Dong Zhuo, has fewer and fewer people who can rely on each other.
At least his staff member Li Ru is still one.
That is, when Li Ru was summoned.
Niu Fuqi returned to the house, and also gathered some people, and went to discuss important matters.
Such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, these people who have made a lot of contributions, are all among them.
The situation of the imperial court has become more and more clear, and with the land of Xiliang alone, and it is constantly chaotic and infighting, it is difficult to form a place of rope, how can there be a difference?
It is a wise person who will leave a way back for himself when he sees the general trend of the world.
And between the subordinates, it can be cohesive, and it is because of interests.
And when the interests are not there, how much is loyalty worthwhile?
At least within the Xiliang warlords, because of the disunity of interests, the hearts of the people will not be unified.
And this is also the key to stability!