The snowflakes are fluttering, and the north wind is bleak.

Liu Bei is waiting.

Dong Zhuo is also waiting.

Winter is not the right time for large armies to fight, and both sides know very well that when the snow and ice melt, a major battle will break out.

However, after waiting for a few days, Dong Zhuo waited for the death of the messenger.

"Ma Teng, Han Sui, dare to insult me like this?" The bamboo slips on the table were scattered on the ground by him, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out.

This kind of thing is put on any hero, and he will be furious.

Even if it is a hostile force, it will uphold the rule that the two armies will not fight each other, not to mention that he sent envoys to form an alliance.

Obviously, he blamed the death of the envoy on Ma Teng Han Sui. This is also common sense, after all, it is the other party's territory.

"The last general has long said that Ma Teng Han is unreliable."

"If he had wiped them out, how could the lord have the humiliation he has today?"

"In my opinion, that Ma Teng Han Sui has already secretly communicated with Liu Bei, even if he agrees to form an alliance, I am afraid he will not really join forces with us."

The generals spoke one after another, and the spearhead was once again aimed at Li Ru.

This plan was offered by him, and the credit is naturally his. No, the crime will naturally be borne by him.

Li Ru was puzzled, in his opinion, Ma Teng Han Sui would not make such an unwise move.

Even if Ma Teng couldn't see the situation clearly, Han Sui should also understand that Dong Zhuo was now powerless to threaten them, and the real enemy was Liu Bei.

At this time, if the two choose to lean towards Liu Bei, it means that they are willing to give up their foundation and send others under the fence.

But in Li Ru's opinion, these two people are definitely not peaceful people, otherwise they would not have rebelled in the first place.

"Lord, there is something strange about this matter, it may not be Ma Teng Han Sui who killed my envoy, it is likely to be Liu Bei!"

Despite being on the cusp, Li Ru still spoke, even if he was killed by Dong Zhuo because of this, why not?

Because if Dong Zhuo is defeated, he will still die, as for throwing himself to Liu Bei, this is something he has never thought about and will not do, and loyal ministers do not care about the two masters.

As expected, Dong Zhuo was furious, and his patience with Li Ru had reached its limit.

"You're still speaking for them!"

"No, I am not speaking for them, but planning for the great cause of the Lord. If the lord pushes these two towards Liu Bei because of anger, then our army will no longer have a chance to win. ”

Li Ru's face was calm, and when Dong Zhuo saw this, the anger in his heart decreased a lot.

"Then you explain to us how Liu Bei jumped over Chang'an and killed the envoy of our army."

"Do you remember the loss of Hangu Pass?"

"What do you mean......"

Dong Zhuo immediately calmed down, and when he was heavily defended, Hangu Pass was lost in a daze. In the end, the answer was that Liu Beice rebelled against the generals of his army.

"In fact, that general was not rebelled, but he was Liu Bei's person from beginning to end, according to Wang Situ, Liu Bei has a pervasive organization under his command, called ...... Jin Yiwei. ”

Li Ru's eyes were blazing, if this battle was won, he would definitely persuade Dong Zhuo to form such an organization.

But soon his eyes dimmed again, and the odds of winning this battle were really not high. Liu Beijun was invincible all the way, and he had already developed the belief that he would win, and the morale of the whole army was high.

On the other hand, they have faintly begun to fear the state army, just as the army of the Six Nations was afraid of the Qin State.

"After all, what you said is just speculation, in case it is not Liu Bei but Ma Teng who killed the envoy of our army. We continue to form an alliance with him, and we are afraid that we will find ourselves in a situation where we will be caught between the front and back of both sides. ”

This is Dong Zhuo's concern, and this concern is not unreasonable.

"In the next wish, I will guarantee my life, Ma Teng Han Sui will never have his heart set on Liu Bei."

Li Ru's words were amazing, this was gambling with his own net worth, and he still firmly believed that Ma Teng Han Sui was a careerist and would not easily throw himself into Liu Bei.

When the generals saw that he did not hesitate to guarantee his life, they did not hesitate to make any more noise.

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be moved: "Well, since you trust them so much, our family will believe them again." ”

"Report, Ma Teng sent an envoy to visit the lord."

Dong Zhuo grinned, his face was slightly hideous, and said coldly: "Bring him in." ”

Although Li Ru vouched for it, it couldn't completely dispel the anger in his heart.

A moment later, Ma Dai strode into the tent, carrying a bloodstained package in his hand.

"The last general, Ma Dai, has seen Dong Gong."

"What did Ma Teng send you to do, didn't you want to pay for your life?" Dong Zhuo said, but his eyes fell on the package in Ma Dai's hand.

If nothing else, this should be a good head, who could it be?

Ma Dai arched his hand and said: "Uncle asked the last general to tell Dong Gong that it was his fault for failing to ensure that the envoy was thoughtful, and this was the head of Fang Cheng, the thief who intercepted and killed the envoy. ”

"Of course, if Dong Gong is still not angry, he can cut off the head of the general to vent his anger."

After speaking, he held his head high, quite a bit of the courage of a strong man to die generously.

Ma Dai has the courage to know people, otherwise he would not have been reused by Wuhou in his previous life.

Ma Teng and Han Sui didn't know about the existence of Jinyiwei, thinking that the envoy was really killed by the horse thief, so they could only make this decision and send their own nephew to show their sincerity.

Of course, if Dong Zhuo really killed Ma Dai, I am afraid that this alliance would not be concluded.

"Okay, then we'll let you get your wish. Come on, drag it down and cut it down. ”

Dong Zhuo gave an order, and several sword and axe men under the tent suddenly poured in, and they were about to drag Ma Dai down and behead him.

Li Ru came out: "Lord, the overall situation is important." ”

Dong Zhuo looked at him coldly, his eyes seemed to say: Your confession is not correct.

One said that Liu Bei sent someone to intercept and kill, and the other said that it was a horse thief, and the two completely different answers once again aroused Dong Zhuo's suspicions.

However, he waved his hand to make the sword and axe man retreat, and then said in a deep voice: "You mean that our messenger was killed by horse thieves?" ”

"Yes!"

Ma Dai replied, after all, Ma Teng asked him to say so.

Dong Zhuo was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed.

"Haha, we just want to test the courage of the eldest nephew. is worthy of being General Fubo, what a hero out of a young man! ”

Because Li Ru vouched for his life just now, Dong Zhuo still revealed the matter.

Ma Dai secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it is one thing not to be afraid of death, but who is willing to die in vain?

Ma Dai continued: "Our army is now on the way, and my uncle and the envoy agreed that Dong Gong would reinforce our army with 8,000 stone grain and grass, and I hope that Dong Gong will abide by the agreement. ”

Dong Zhuo's forehead jumped slightly, and his anger was ignited again.

At the beginning, Li Ru did talk to him and wanted to pay a certain price to drive the two to send troops, and he agreed.

But at this time and that time, in addition to such a thing, are you still embarrassed to ask for food and grass?

"It is not good to protect my messenger, and the grain and grass will be reduced by three thousand stones."

"Dong Gong should kill the last general to vent his anger."

"You ......"

You mallet!

"Let's play with you, eight thousand stones of grain and grass will never be missing you, our Kansai children have always been a promise."

(End of chapter)