Dong Zhuo actually didn't faint, he did drink a little high, and in a hurry, the wine was strong, so he fell asleep all of a sudden.

This sleep is a whole night.

The next day, after Dong Zhuo woke up, he only felt dizzy and swollen.

But he soon remembered the events of the previous night.

As soon as he thought that Hua Xiong was captured alive and his own soldiers and horses suffered another defeat, Dong Zhuo felt an indescribable depression in his heart.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo's mind couldn't help but recall the scene when he met Liu Jian for the first time in Bingzhou.

At that time, Liu Jian was just an official of a county who was recruited into the government by Lu Qian, the Taishou of Zhuo County, and a child who was responsible for delivering letters, but now he has become a big man, and he can even hold himself up in the military field he is best at.

Although Dong Zhuo originally knew that Liu Jian was a character, he really didn't expect that the other party's ability was so big, so big that it was beyond his imagination.

Seeing that this young junior could already surpass himself militarily, Dong Zhuo felt lonely in his heart.

Could it be that in the end, his decades of experience in using the army can't even compare with a junior?

"Sangkook!"

Just as Dong Zhuo was rubbing his eyebrows and sighing, Zhang Ji hurriedly entered his handsome tent and said to him, "Xiangguo! The spies reported that Sun Jian led his elite to Nanyang and joined forces with Yuan Shao, and Shao ordered Sun Jian to replace Huang Zu as the governor, so that he was in charge of all departments, and wanted to fight with Xiangguo again."

At this time, Dong Zhuo was drinking water with a slur, and when he heard that Sun Jian had arrived at the frontline battlefield, he was a little out of shape, and the water din in his hand fell directly on the case.

If Sun Jian had arrived at the battlefield the day before, Dong Zhuo might not have been afraid of him.

It's just that now, the war on Chen's side is unfavorable, and I am afraid that the news will soon spread throughout the three armies.

Dong Zhuo knew that this news would definitely have a huge impact on the morale of the officers and men of the three armies, and the loss of troops on the front line and the capture of two commanders in a row was not something that he could change by saying a few words casually.

At this moment, the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers and horses under his command are low, at this juncture, Sun Jian led the troops to come, with the experience of the other party, once he saw that the morale and fighting spirit of his own soldiers and horses were not high, he would probably never let go of this fighter.

At that time, I am afraid that the battle situation on Nanyang's side will not be optimistic.

Dong Zhuo stroked his beard, thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.

He said to Zhang Ji, "Liu Changshi came to see me."

Zhang Ji took the order and left, and soon after saw Liu Ai come to Dong Zhuo's handsome tent.

Before Liu Ai could speak, he saw Dong Zhuo reach out and grab Liu Ai and let him sit on a cushion in the tent.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo sat down and personally poured a piece of water for Liu Ai.

Liu Ai was shocked when she saw this, and said "don't dare" and "don't dare".

Dong Zhuo sighed and said, "If you regret not listening to the public, you will be defeated today!" Liu Jian'er is really good...... Alas, it's hard for a lion to compete with it!"

Liu Ai listened to Dong Zhuo's words and persuaded: "Although Huaxiong was defeated, it was only defeated in a hurry for quick success, when it comes to the combat strength of soldiers and horses, Lu Bu and Hu Zhen are still above Liu Jian, and now a large number of siege equipment in Si Li have been transferred by Hu Zhen, as long as you don't take a shortcut, you may not be able to defeat Liu Deran, and Xiangguo doesn't have to be anxious about the victory or defeat for a while."

Dong Zhuo shook his head and said, "So far, even if Hu Zhen and Lu Bu can defeat Liu Jian, what is the use? The Jizhou army has now played a majestic role, our army's morale is low, and now Sun Jian happened to arrive at Nanyang Realm at this juncture, and the two battles are unfavorable, at this time, it is still necessary to negotiate peace with Liu Jian! Avoid continuing to fight on two fronts."

Dong Zhuo was able to put down his posture and talk with Liu Jian at this time, Liu Ai felt quite relieved, but in his opinion, it was still a little late.

"Xiangguo, if it was the previous peace talks, the two sides had not yet reached such a situation, and Xiangguo had defeated Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Bao Xin, Cao Cao and others in the past, and the momentum was very strong, although Liu Jian was defeated Niu Fu, but he was still weak...... In today's situation, Sun Jian came north, Cao Cao and others gathered troops and horses again, and Liu Jian captured Huaxiong again......

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Dong Zhuo understood what Liu Ai meant, and peace talks at this time may not be possible.

Dong Zhuo sighed: "It's a pity that the old man didn't listen to his advice and forcibly sent troops to fight Liu Jian, but now he has fallen to such a point, it is really self-tied, but now, the old man has no choice!"

Liu Ai shook his head and sighed.

Dong Zhuo said again: "The old man watched all the people under the tent, and no one was qualified to be the messenger! Only Changshi, as a relative of the Han family, is the same clan as Liu Jian, so this task can only be done if it is handed over to Yu Jun.

Liu Ai probably guessed the purpose of Dong Zhuo looking for him here.

In fact, Liu Ai also wanted to go to Liu Jian as a messenger before, but Dong Zhuo didn't let him go at that time, and now that the situation is over, Dong Zhuo wants to let himself out, which is really making it difficult for himself.

But it makes sense.

"That being the case, Na Ai is willing to go, but Ai doesn't dare to guarantee that he can convince Liu Jian...... With Ai Duzhi, if Xiang Guo wants to reconcile with Liu Jian, he needs to have two other people to help.

Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked, "Who else can help the old man persuade Liu Jian to withdraw from the army?"

Liu Aiyan said: "Xiangguo supports the Son of Heaven in Luoyang to protect the Queen Mother and protect the foundation of the Liu family, and Liu Jian is the minister of the first emperor and the uncle of the Son of Heaven, at this time, why not ask the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven to come forward to persuade Liu Jian?"

Dong Zhuo suddenly realized when he heard this.

"Yes! Pole to the pole! I should ask the Son of Heaven to decree the withdrawal of the army!"

Hearing this, Liu Ai hurriedly said, "Xiangguo! This must not be the case, if Xiangguo asks the Son of Heaven to issue an edict, then Liu Jian will not retreat even if he wants to withdraw from the army."

Dong Zhuo looked at him suspiciously: "Why is this?"

"Xiangguo, there are some things that are most taboo to be put on the bright side, and when they are put on the bright side, it will backfire, if the Son of Heaven really gives an edict, so that Liu Jian will not think that this is the meaning of the Son of Heaven...... He will definitely feel that this is Xiangguo coercing him with righteousness in the name of the Son of Heaven, and it will not be easy to do things in the future.

Dong Zhuo pondered seriously for a while, nodded and said, "This is reasonable! It's just that if the Son of Heaven doesn't make a will, how should he make the Son of Heaven say Liu Jian?"

Liu Ai said: "Xiang Guo can write a letter, with Li Ru to the son of tomorrow, ask the son of heaven to write a letter in the name of his uncle and nephew, and send his confidants to Chen Guo, meet Liu Jian secretly, ask him to withdraw from the army, and then I will say that I will get twice the result with half the effort!" :

Dong Zhuo listened to Liu Ai's words, and then nodded: "In this way, there is Chief Labor to handle this matter."

Liu Ai got up and said, "The last official must be good at handling this matter...... By the way, Xiangguo, what about Hu Zhen and Lu Bu?"

Dong Zhuo's eyes narrowed: "Although I want to negotiate peace with Liu Jian, I can't retreat at this moment, since Si Li's siege weapons have arrived at the realm of Chen Guo, we should first make Hu Zhen and Lu Bu use the siege tools to set up a formation in Yangxia, so that Liu Jian can feel that the soldiers are pressing, so it is easy to talk."

Liu Ai said: "Xiangguo must tell them that you must negotiate peace with Liu Jian, so that they can just make a big army to suppress the situation as a deterrent, don't really fight Liu Jian, so as not to cause more accidents when the time comes!"

Dong Zhuo said: "I personally wrote a letter to inform Lu Bu and Hu Zhen! If they dare to disobey the old man's order this time, they will not be spared!"

At the same time, in the county seat of Yangxia.

Liu Jian captured Huaxiong, collected the supplies of the Xiliang army, and sent people to count the losses in the city.

To be honest, although Huaxiong was won in this battle, the loss of Yangxia City was not small.

First of all, the urn city in the east of the entire city is completely burned and cannot be used.

Although the fire meter was used in the urn city to burn down Huaxiong's army, the newly built city was not very strong, and now it was burned by the fire, and it was even more useless.

Moreover, in order to lure Huaxiong's generals into the city, the trial was assigned to burn a part of the grain and grass that Liu Chong had hoarded here in the east of the city, although the effect of luring the enemy army was obvious, but the losses were also huge.

And Chen *** and the Jizhou army, although the final winner is the Jizhou army, but in the end, this is still an internal fight, and there will definitely be losses of soldiers, especially Chen Guo's army, which has lost a lot of people.

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Whether Chen Guo's army can be used or not is not very good.

In case they gather a crowd to rebel, there will be chaos inside Yangxia, and when the time comes, the Jizhou army will probably be in crisis.

In fact, thinking about it carefully, Liu Jian knows that there is still a gap between his current overall strength and Dong Zhuo.

Although the soldiers and generals of Jizhou worked together to overcome difficulties and defeated Niu Fu and Hua Xiong in a row, Liu Jian knew that these two battles were not real victories won by the soldiers of the two sides head-to-head.

The reason why it was able to defeat was mainly due to the work of strategy.

Once it becomes a battle on the plains, then according to the current combat strength of your own soldiers, there is really no chance of victory.

Moreover, after several battles, the Jizhou army also suffered a lot of losses.

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Jian is also thinking about one thing in his heart......

Isn't it, it's time to give Dong Zhuo a step down.

After all, it is impossible for him to really have the ability to destroy Dong Zhuo.

If he can, he won't do it.