On the bank of the river in Luoshui, a three-storey small wooden building of the wine shop is very lively, this wine shop is called Luoshui Building, selling wine and tea, opening a wing room inside, the shopkeeper is a scholar, most of the entertainers are literati and elegant guests, and it is quite famous in Luoyang City.

In the chamber near Luoshui, two scribes knelt opposite each other.

"This is Xichuan's wood tea, which is different from other teas, and has a unique charm.

The scribe in Tsing Yi held the tea cup, took a sip, and said with a smile.

"Li Shizhong is polite, I still like the wine here!"

Although the young man in white was holding a ceramic tea cup in his hand, he exuded this strong aroma of wine.

These two scribes were among the few wise men in the world, and they were among the best in terms of knowledge, talent, wisdom, and reaction.

One of them is a popular person in the current Mu Party, young, with an official residence in Luoyang Ling, and is known as the first strategist under the command of the young master of the Mu family, and the other is the first strategist next to the current Great Sima, who was named a doctor, Li Ru and Li Wenyou.

This is not the first time we have met.

But it was indeed the first time for them to deal with each other, so it had been a stick of incense time to meet, and between a cup of tea and a glass of wine, they were still testing each other.

"I heard that the favorite of the Mu family is to drink tea, tea is as good as tea, and drinking it today does have a unique taste, Xi Luoyang, as the confidant of the Mu family, why didn't he keep pace with the Mu family?" Li Ru's eyes looked peaceful, but there was a chill, and he was carefully looking at Xi Zhicai.

He is not familiar with Xi Zhicai, but he has also heard of his name, when He Jin mutinied, Mu Jing was trapped in Luoyang, and forcibly broke through to the north, that battle, not only Yuan Shu's tiger army, but also the state army suffered a big loss, and the credit was this person's advice.

"Shizi often says that the taste of things can't be changed, and there is no need to change, as long as you know what you want to eat and drink, it's okay!" Xi Zhicai is also looking at Li Ru, he understands a lot about Li Ru, but most of them understand it, all because of Mu Jing's elaboration and the news from Jing Wusi, dealing face-to-face, for the first time.

"Shepherd's words are interesting!"

Li Ru smiled.

The two of them looked at it as an inconsequential conversation, not a greeting, more of a hidden edge, from the first glance of the meeting, they had already begun to fight, today's confrontation, is about the future situation in Luoyang.

"Xi Luoyang invited someone to drink tea and drink wine today, it should be a good leisure!" Li Ru knew why he came, but he wanted to hang himself.

Xi Zhicai was calm, but he didn't want to waste time.

Some things can't be delayed.

"Xi Mou has no such leisure, my lord is preparing for war, hundreds of thousands of troops are mobilized, Luoyang is empty, a little chaos, my Luoyang Mansion is very busy, today is just a little time in his busy schedule to meet Li Shizhong!"

"Naru is deeply honored!"

"Why should Li Shizhong pretend to be confused!" Xi Zhicai's eyes burst out with a cold light, staring at this Li Ru: "Today, I, Xi Zhicai, invited Li Shizhong to come, but I came on behalf of Lord Xiangguo, just for one thing, to ask for a big Sima!" ”

When appropriate, show weakness.

After all, they are asking for help these days.

"I don't know what Sangkoku-sama commands?"

Li Ru asked with a serious face.

"There are princes who are in rebellion and coerce the Beijing Division, and Lord Xiangguo wants Da Sima to send troops to help!" Xi Zhicai said calmly.

"Lord Xiangguo is powerful in all directions, even the Yuan family is slaughtered, why dare to make trouble!"

Li Ru smiled and said, "Xi Luoyang's words are serious!" ”

"So Da Sima is unwilling to send troops?"

Xi Zhicai squinted, and there was a chill in his eyes.

"It's not that Da Sima is unwilling, the Xiliang Army is a soldier of the imperial court, and it is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Li Ru began to play Tai Chi: "If there is no imperial edict, it is a capital crime to mobilize troops and horses without permission!" ”

"Then let's not talk about it between us!"

Xi Zhicai walked away, turned around and was about to leave.

"What does this mean?" Li Ru's pupils changed color slightly, and Xi Zhicai's action was a little unexpected for him.

"Li Shizhong, Lord Xiangguo is not a person who allows others to coerce, if Da Sima wants to use this to manipulate Lord Xiangguo, then he has found the wrong person!"

Xi Zhicai turned his head, his voice was calm and decisive: "I'll talk to you, that's the request of the prince, the prince said, Da Sima is not a short-sighted person, he should know what it means to be both prosperous and lossy, but since you are so insincere, it is enough to understand that Da Sima does not mean to talk, then I can only follow the instructions of Lord Xiangguo, Lord Xiangguo just gave me a sentence, we must be safe inside the outside, and if we can't talk, we will fight, although we are facing the king of Qin, but before King Qin, there are still a few months to go, which is enough for me to dispatch the main force." , encircled and suppressed the Xiliang army, tens of thousands of soldiers in Xiliang were stationed in the suburbs of Luoyang, the shortage of food and grass, it is conceivable, if it is surrounded, I don't know if it can last for a month, I am afraid that I will not be able to go back to Xiliang in this life! ”

"Are you threatening my father-in-law?" Li Ru's face became gloomy, his expression was cold, and he exuded a gloomy breath.

"Yes, it's a threat!"

Xi Zhicai's eyes met him, and his tone was tough: "Before we go to war with the princes of the world, we will never leave ourselves the slightest hidden danger, even if we have to consume a certain amount of strength, we will fight if we should fight, but I don't know if the Xiliang Army can hold it!" ”

"You underestimate our Xiliang Army too much!" Li Ru took the case: "100,000 soldiers in Xiliang can shake the millions of troops in the world, just rely on you, if you want to eat our main force in Xiliang, it's delusional!" ”

"Since Li Shizhong is so confident, then we have nothing to say, we will each go back to prepare for the war, Lord Xiangguo has already said that what the Great Sima said in the past can be regarded as helping him, so that he can enter Beijing smoothly, today he will buy a face, give you the opportunity to leave Luoyang, and also give you three days to prepare for the war!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head and left: "Three days later, we will send troops to the western suburbs, and we will not die at that time!" ”

Li Ru looked at the back of Xi Zhicai, and in his eyes, there was a touch of coldness in the reflection, his expression was gloomy like water, and his fists were clenched tightly.

He underestimated the young man.

This young man was not very old, but he pinched him with words and put him in a dilemma.

……

Evening.

Li Ru returned to the Great Sima Mansion and met with the Great Sima Dong Zhuo: "Lord, his subordinates are not doing things well, and the talks with the people of the Shepherd Party have collapsed, please punish the lord!" ”

"Tell me about the situation!"

The capital is a good place, Dong Zhuo's waist has gained weight twice, but the evil aura on his body is not calm, and his small eyes are shining with sharp light, he is still the heroic Dong Zhuo who swept Xiliang.

Li Ru nodded, and then after talking about the meeting with Xi Zhicai in detail, he said: "With a tough attitude, they are coercing the lord to surrender!" ”

"Wen Wei, as you think, are they scaring a certain family, or do they really want to clean up our Xiliang Army before the big war!" Dong Zhuo thought about it for a moment and asked.

"Hard to say!"

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "First of all, it's not easy to play Zhicai, I can't find a trace of his flaws, what he said, how many are true, how many are false, it is difficult to distinguish, and in terms of the situation, it is impossible for them to offend our Xiliang Army at this time, after all, they want to eat us, they don't have this tooth yet, but ......"

"But what?" Dong Zhuo frowned.

"But Mushan can step by step to the position of Xiangguo, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, which is the sword going sideways!" Li Ru said softly: "If you want to say that he will send troops to deal with us first, I won't be surprised, maybe he won't be able to eat us, but to expel us from Guanzhong, the Violent Bear Army and the Southern Army have such an ability!" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he suddenly couldn't sit still, he stood up, paced back and forth, his thoughts were a little hesitant, more and more impatient, and said with some hatred: "So, it is impossible for us to sit on the wall and plan before!" ”

Since the news came that the princes of the world wanted King Qin, Dong Zhuo made up his mind and wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But the dream was shattered at once.

"Lord, we were still a little lucky before, but now that Xi Zhi has struck head-on, it has shattered our dreams, in fact, we should have thought about it a long time ago, they are not ordinary people, how can it be at this juncture, let our tens of thousands of troops be stationed in Luoyang like this!"

Li Ru said in a low voice: "They only gave us two choices, either they turned against Mushan, responded to the edict of the Son of Heaven, and raised troops in Luoyang, although we can't defeat Mushan in a fight, but we can go west, after retreating to Hedong, fight according to the ground, drag until the princes of the world converge, and then jointly defeat the Mushan army, or the second choice, follow Mushan, unite the forces of Mushan, and meet the soldiers and horses of the princes of the world, in addition, there is no third way!" ”

"Wen Wei, what do you think should be done now?" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru, he trusted his son-in-law and first strategist very much, and he still wanted to listen to Li Ru's advice for such a big matter.

"Lord, we are from Xiliang!"

Li Ru was silent for a long time before he spit out a sentence.

"That's right, we're from Xiliang!"

Dong Zhuo laughed at himself: "Xiliang is barbaric, how can we be looked down upon by the people of the Central Plains, they all show us to be barbarians, even if I stand on the side of the princes of the world, I'm afraid no one will look down on us, but we are just regarded as swords, we can use them, and we can destroy them without using!" ”

The people of Xiliang are not allowed to be orthodox with the Central Plains.

This is not a multiple-choice question at all.

It's that I don't have a choice.

He couldn't help but sigh, a little disheartened: "It seems that in this life, a certain family will not be able to escape the slavery of his Mu Yuanzhong!" ”

"Lord, you don't have to be so frustrated, against Mu Xiangguo, we still have a winning weapon in our hands, you forgot!"

Li Ru said in a low voice.

"I'm afraid I won't have a chance to use this weapon!"

Dong Zhuo said.

"It may not be necessary before, but once the main force of the Mu clan resists outside, there will be a gap in the capital!"

Li Ru said gloomily.

"You mean to say that we have to stay in the capital?"

"Only by staying in the capital can you have a chance!" Li Ru nodded.

"Then keep talking!"

Dong Zhuo has made a decision: "Didn't he want us to send troops, we will go out, unless the Flying Bear Army, the Xiliang Divisions, including Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, can be transferred to the battlefield, the Xiliang Army can't be cowardly, and the wolf who shoots can only shoot it, such an opportunity is the day to become famous!" ”

"I see!"

Li Ru nodded.

……

On the second day, Li Ru made a post, and in the same place, he met with Xi Zhicai, this time their meeting was very pleasant, and a major event was easily finalized in their drink.