"Li Ru, what do you say?"

Moving his gaze to the middle-aged scribe, Dong Zhuo had always listened to the advice of this son-in-law.

"Lord, the handsome people around Longxian are all familiar with you, and they will definitely not dare to do such an evil thing. However, the general who transported the grain was sure that it was the Qiang people, and it may be the Dongqiang people who lived in Beidi and Anding counties, and they also mixed in. ”

Li Ru deserved to be the chief strategist under Dong Zhuo's account, and he came to the answer with just a few words.

"Dongqiang people?" Dong Zhuo's face was not good.

"It was my negligence to overcount them."

Li Ru bowed down and apologized, in fact, he had met with the Great Elder of Dongqiang before the rebellion, but he just let him wear out his mouth, and the old man still refused to nod.

In other people's realms, Li Ru knows how to be proportional and does not provoke incidents. Since the Great Elder didn't have that mind, he just let it go.

Unexpectedly, after thousands of calculations, it is now this group of Dongqiang people, which has ruined his overall situation.

"Li Dao, go and scatter all the scouts in the camp, find the camp of the Dongqiang people, I will trample them to the ground!"

Dong Zhuo was furious and dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, he was really looking for death.

"My lord, please think twice."

Now is not the time to use force to solve the problem, Li Ru hurriedly came out to appease, "The grain and grass have been robbed, and there is not much food in the army, so it is definitely not the best strategy to provoke the Dongqiang people at this time." ”

"Hmph, if you don't destroy these thieves and rats, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart, not to mention, who of these Qiang people will be afraid of me and obey me in the future!"

Dong Zhuo couldn't listen at all at this time, and waved his hand: "For the matter of grain and grass, ask Dian Wu and Mi Dingke to bring me two hundred carts, and then let them each send 10,000 soldiers and horses to follow me to suppress this group of Dongqiang people." ”

Having a grumpy lord is sometimes a real headache.

At least that's what Li Ru thinks.

Dong Zhuo is good at everything, but this temper, with the killings he has made over the years, he has become more and more irritable and murderous, and he is very easy to get angry.

Even so, Li Ru could only stubbornly continue to persuade: "My lord, it is not appropriate to have too close contacts with the rebels at this time, for fear of attracting people's ears and eyes." If we are a little careless, we leak the news and stab it to the imperial court, which is extremely unfavorable to us. ”

It's impossible to make such a big move unnoticed. In case one day his subordinates shake out blindly, this is a crime of collaborating with the enemy.

Dong Zhuo was very angry in his heart, but he could also distinguish the severity. He didn't want to go to the dark prison in Luoyang again in his life, even if it was just for half a day.

"What should you think of it?" Dong Zhuo sat back on the couch and put his hands on his chest.

After thinking for a while, Li Ru gave his own conjecture: "The Dongqiang people suddenly attacked, and someone was definitely instigated behind it. Whether he came for us or not is unknown for the time being, but this person must be trying to provoke a war between the Qiang people and make the situation in Liangzhou even more chaotic. ”

"Didn't they want to fight, so we simply withdrew from Liangzhou and made room for them to fight. Anyway, the lord's ambition is not in Liangzhou, let it fend for itself. Li Ru bowed down and replied, Liangzhou can be used to collect and absorb troops, but it is impossible to use it to become a hegemon.

Dong Zhuo thought about it and hesitated a little: "If I go back like this, will others laugh at me for being incompetent." ”

"The lord is too worried, please imagine that the other two roads are all lost soldiers. Only we retreated to Guanzhong unharmed, isn't this enough to show the strength of the lord? Li Ru said in a low voice.

"Okay, I'll listen to you this time."

Although Dong Zhuo had made up his mind, the evil breath in his heart still made him extremely unhappy. After the general in the tent retreated, he showed a cruel expression: "You go and tell Beigong Boyu for me, I don't care about the Dongqiang people and Xiqiang people, if he doesn't give me an explanation, I can help him be the leader of this rebel army, and I can also let others take the position." ”

Li Ru bowed down and said 'yes' and withdrew from the tent.

persuaded Dong Zhuo, and Li Ru also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The original plan was to use the Qiang rebellion to elevate Dong Zhuo's identity, but now that the two armies have retreated, Dong Zhuo only needs to hold on to Longxian, and in time, the imperial court will definitely reuse it.

However, the Dongqiang people who were killed halfway ruined his big thing.

Now that he has returned to Guanzhong, although he can also be favored by the imperial court, it is greatly discounted compared to the planned result.

Who could it be?

In his mind, he checked the characters who were hostile to Dong Zhuo one by one, but he still couldn't launch it, Li Ru was a little annoyed for the first time, and the resentment in his eyes was extremely heavy.

If I find out, there will be no place for you to die!

…………

Not long after, Dong Zhuo's 30,000-strong army successfully returned to Chang'an.

Zhang Wen sighed for this, feeling uncomfortable, but he didn't expect that the last hope would be dashed. He took the initiative to write a memo to the imperial court, reported the results of the battle, and was willing to bear the fault of improper command.

"General Lu, have you been okay after a long absence?"

Dong Zhuo was full of smiles on his face, unaware that his good son-in-law almost killed Lu Bu in Xihe Valley that day.

"Thanks to General Dong's blessing, he will not die in a catastrophe."

Lu Bu said with a smile, now he was eight points sure that Dong Zhuo was the inner chamber of the rebels, and he was also the biggest beneficiary of this rebellion.

There is no evidence, and it is not good to tear the skin directly.

Dong Zhuo greeted the generals one by one, and when he saw Yan Yi with an unkind face, Dong Zhuo's expression was obviously stunned, obviously he didn't expect Yan Yi to be alive.

In Dong Zhuo's opinion, only the two of them knew about the events of the day, and even if Yan Yi broke it, he would definitely not admit it.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo became more and more unscrupulous, and even deliberately stimulated Yan Yi: "I heard that General Yan's Liangzhou armor cavalry was all killed. Why, in the midst of the heavy encirclement of the rebels, General Yan ran out alone, it is really intriguing. ”

Dong Zhuo's intention in saying this is obvious, that is, he wants to forcibly detain Yan Yi for the crime of colluding with the rebels.

"Dong Zhuo, why don't I have that 5,000 armor riders, don't you have any points in your heart!"

As the so-called enemies meet, they are divided into red-eyed.

Yan Yi gritted his steel teeth and directly called Dong Zhuo's name. If it weren't for Dong Zhuo's collusion with the Qiang people, how could the five thousand armored cavalry under his command be wiped out.

Hearing this, everyone looked at Dong Zhuo suspiciously.

Dong Zhuo seemed to understand at all, and laughed: "General Yan really likes to joke, if General Ben knows that you have fallen for the tricks of the Qiang people, even if all the soldiers and horses are dispatched, he will definitely come to the rescue of you, I really don't know, I don't know!" ”

Seeing Dong Zhuo shaking his head and waving his head in a pretentious manner, Yan Yi wanted to step forward and beat someone on the spot, but was grabbed by the young man next to him.

"The Liangzhou armor is gone, isn't there still the Flying Bear Army under General Dong? When the time comes, you should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Dong Zhuo's expression was slightly plenched, but he forgot, according to the seniority, Lu Bu still had to call Yan Yi 'second uncle'.