Chapter 280: Race to Prepare (Second Update!)
Hearing Li Ru's words, the angry Dong Zhuo was silent for a moment.
In fact, he also knew in his heart that the remaining 200,000 iron horsemen could never be sent out.
Otherwise, once Luoyang is lost...
Even the base camp is gone, what are you talking about gaining a foothold in Dahan!
But now, if you ignore Yuan Shu,
The binding force of the capital will drop to the freezing point, how will you control those old ministers who are loyal to the Han in the future?
Huangfu Song, Zhu and others also played a great role.
"Lord Qiqi, for today's plan, you can either wait for General Lu Bu's crusade against Crouching Tiger City to end, and then make a decision, or you have to think of other ways!"
After a moment of silence, Li Ru spoke in a deep voice again.
It's a pity that he didn't know that several fierce generals of his army had been lost in Crouching Tiger Pass, otherwise it would be impossible to say such a thing.
"What other ways? Do we have other ways?" Dong Zhuo turned around.
His intuition told him that if he wanted to step on the Crouching Tiger Pass, he would not be able to do it in a short period of time.
And the eyelids have been beating wildly recently, and the feeling of uneasiness is getting stronger and stronger, and if you can't receive three secret guarantees from Crouching Tiger Pass in one day, you won't even be able to sleep.
"Lord Qi, we will immediately issue an edict to all the princes in the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, asking them to send troops to fight against Yuan Shu......"
After a pause, Li Ru spoke.
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Dong Zhuo waving his hand.
"Do you think that the princes of all walks of life will send troops? How do I think that not only will they not send troops, but they may even compete to follow suit!"
In his bones, Dong Zhuo denied this method.
"Don't worry, my lord, although this matter is false, we still have to do it!"
Li Ru seemed to have anticipated Dong Zhuo's reaction a long time ago.
"Huh?"
"Lord, as long as we issue an edict, it means that we still represent the Great Han, and we can stabilize the other princes first!"
"Then what next? Even if we stabilize the princes from all walks of life, we don't have the strength to crusade against Yuan Shu, so we are still idle......"
In Dong Zhuo's eyes, only sending a large army to defeat Yuan Shu is the most practical.
"Lord, do you remember the letter of state sent by the Ming and Zhu Dynasty?"
Here, Li Ru bowed again.
"The letter of state, which one wants us to hand over the copy of Liu Bowen, the military advisor of Crouching Tiger City?"
At the mention of the national letter, Dong Zhuo frowned.
Not long ago, they received a letter of state from the Ming and Zhu dynasties,
The above content is very simple, saying that the current military advisor of Crouching Tiger City is a wanted criminal of the Ming and Zhu Dynasty,
In order to ensure friendly exchanges between the two countries, I hope that the Han side can smoothly hand over people..... if they don't hand over people, what will happen to the Ming and Zhu Dynasty.....
At that time, after reading the content of the national book, Dong Zhuo was angry and tore it off on the spot.
In his gaze this is simply a naked mockery,
Who knows that Crouching Tiger City is the number one force in the Han Dynasty, and even wants him to hand over Liu Bowen, is this possible?
Liu Bowen is the first military division of the family, you say that you can hand it over?
If you have the ability, you will arrest it yourself!
"Lord, since the Ming and Zhu Dynasty can send us a letter of state, then we can also send them a letter of state, just say that it is not impossible to say that if you want Liu Bowen, borrow 200,000 soldiers!"
Here, Li Ru paused slightly, and then he said his plan.
"Wait, is this feasible for you?" Dong Zhuo immediately frowned.
borrowed 200,000 troops for the sake of one Liu Bowen, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a lion opening his mouth, and he is still threatening others.
"Lord, as far as the minister knows, Liu Bowen once made great achievements in the Ming and Zhu Dynasty, but in the end he was suppressed by his political enemies and then absconded to the territory of my Han Dynasty, and now the gang of people in the Ming and Zhu Dynasty are afraid that Liu Bowen will kill them again and go back to settle accounts, so the minister thinks that they will definitely borrow this 200,000 army!
"As long as the army arrives, we will lead them in the direction of Jiaozhou....."
Seeing that Dong Zhuo had questions, Li Ru spoke very firmly.
In his opinion, this trick is called borrowing someone else's knife to kill Yuan Shu first!
"Towards the direction of Jiaozhou?" Dong Zhuo was still a little confused.
"That's right, as long as we go to the direction of Jiaozhou and use our banner, no matter whether we can fight with Yuan Shu in the end, our goal will be achieved!"
Li Ru nodded heavily.
"Since this ....... is the case, this matter will be arranged by you!"
After pondering for a moment, Dong Zhuo waved his hand.
He always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this plan, but he couldn't say it.
Of course, there seems to be no better way at the moment, so Li Ru can only arrange it.
The capital Luoyang is like this, Xuchang Cao Cao, looking at the secret faith in his hand and smiling,
"Yuan Shu has finally done a good deed! Someone will send me a priest and eunuch, and within half a month, we will also establish a country!"
"Yes, my lord!"
One of the scribes bowed and retreated.
To be honest, Cao Cao has long wanted to establish a country and is unwilling to accept the constraints of the Han Dynasty anymore, but he is unwilling to be the first bird.
Now that he has the first one, what is he afraid of?
"Your Majesty, since we want to establish a country, what is the name of the country?"
At this moment another scribe stood up,
"Wei! We will take Wei as the name of the country!"
Cao Cao's face was red, and he spoke excitedly.
"Yes, my lord....."
This is the case here in Xuchang, Yizhou, and Liu Bei is also the same,
He summoned his advisor Xu Shu,
"How's the preparation for the founding of the country?"
"My lord, everything is ready, just one time away!" Xu Shu looked straight and returned truthfully.
"Now, the time has come!"
Glancing at Xu Shu meaningfully, Liu Bei handed over the secret letter that had just been sent back.
"Huh?"
After a while, Xu Shu finished reading the contents of the secret letter, and actually knelt in front of Liu Bei,
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!
"Well, let's prepare, three days later, I will sacrifice to the heavens as the founding monarch of the Shu Kingdom!"
Liu Bei waved his sleeves, revealing a hint of domineering spirit very deliberately.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xu Shu bowed and retreated.....
The news came so suddenly and so unexpectedly that Liu Bei and Cao Cao almost forgot that their army of 100,000 was still on their way to conquer Crouching Tiger City.
I didn't know that Dong Zhuo's 300,000 Xiliang Iron Riders had reached the last critical moment!
Before the Crouching Tiger Pass, Lu Bu and Li Cunxiao had already gone through nearly a thousand moves, and they still didn't know the winner at the moment.
However, insiders can see that Li Cunxiao has gained the upper hand, and it is only a matter of time before Lu Bu is defeated.
"It's ridiculous Lu Bu, he even wants to challenge Wen Hao, the lord of Crouching Tiger Pass, and now he even ........"
Some of the spies had mockery written all over their faces.
Of course, there were also some spies who were very supportive of Lu Bu, and their faces were full of disappointment.
And they had a thought in their hearts,
"Why? Why can't the first fierce general of the Han Dynasty even take a little-known general!"
Of course, in addition to this, the spies also have a deep fear of Crouching Tiger Pass.