Jia Xu shivered slightly, reluctantly, but he had to get out of the crowd and stand in front of Dong Zhuo.

"Jia Wenhe, tell the old man, how to clean up that little rabbit cub? If you can't come up with a plan, Lao Tzu will clean you up! Dong Zhuo threatened.

Jia Xu frowned slightly, and a trace of imperceptible hatred flashed in his eyes, but no one could see it.

He didn't dare to show it in the slightest, and looked embarrassed: "Su Zhe holds the hostage of the eldest prince, it is indeed tricky, his subordinates are shallow in learning, and his wisdom is far inferior to that of Lord Li, and Lord Li can't even think of it, let alone his subordinates." ”

As soon as these words came out, Dong Zhuo suddenly became angry, and said in a deep voice: "The old man knows that you are afraid of offending Li Ru, and the old man is supporting you, you are afraid that he will do something, don't be verbose, hurry up and think of a plan for Lao Tzu!" ”

Dong Zhuo is also frank, he doesn't give Li Ru any face, and he exposes Jia Xu's thoughts in public and directly targets Li Ru.

Li Ru was suddenly embarrassed, neither laughing nor crying, tangled in place like a man's back.

"Please let Xu think about it, think about it......" Jia Xu narrowed his eyes, arched his body, and stroked his beard lightly, like an old tree, rooted in place, not moving.

Dong Zhuo had seen Jia Xu's experience and knew that he would not let himself down, so he didn't urge, just waited patiently.

After a while, Jia Xu opened his eyes, and a gloomy light flashed in his eyes.

It was an extremely vicious look, which made Dong Zhuo look at it, and he couldn't help but have a terrifying feeling in his heart.

"Do you have a plan?" Dong Zhuo didn't realize that there was a hint of tremor in his voice.

Jia Xu nodded slowly.

……

The next day, Luyang City.

Yi went and returned, bringing back Dong Zhuo's reply.

In order to save the life of his precious nephew, Dong Zhuo was forced to accept Su Zhe's conditions and decided to lead his army to retreat north.

However, Dong Zhuo also gave a bargain, refused to lead the army to withdraw to Chang'an, and only promised to withdraw to Luoyang, and only withdrew to Chang'an after Su Zhe released Dong Huang.

For Su Zhe, Dong Zhuo's reply was both expected and unexpected.

He knew that Dong Zhuo valued his family and would never ignore Dong Huang's life, so it was not surprising that he was threatened.

It's just that he didn't expect that Dong Zhuo attached importance to Dong Huang to such a point, and would rather play to regain the hope of the Son of Heaven than be forced to withdraw the army.

This made Su Zhe a little suspicious.

However, suspicion is suspicion, since Dong Zhuo promised to withdraw his troops, he naturally has no reason not to accept it, and immediately sent Yi to the enemy camp to reply, as long as Dong Zhuo withdrew to Luoyang, he would definitely be released to Dong Huang after three months.

The day after the Yi returned, Dong Zhuo began to withdraw his troops as promised.

First, there were more than 40,000 Baibo infantry troops, and the camp was pulled out first, and then Dong Zhuo's descendant Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who pulled out the camp in batches and retreated north in an orderly manner, so as to prevent Su Zhe from taking advantage of the situation to cover up.

Of course, Su Zhe would not be stupid enough to trust Dong Zhuo completely.

In order to prevent Dong Zhuo from luring the enemy, although the enemy army withdrew, Su Zhe strictly ordered all troops to stand still, still strictly defend the city, and not to go out of the city without authorization.

At the same time, he strengthened his night patrol of the city, in case Dong Zhuo took advantage of him to relax his vigilance, suddenly killed a horse pistol, and attacked Luyang at night.

At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the enemy's whereabouts to ensure that the enemy could not play any tricks.

Four days later, the lobby of Luyang County Government.

Su Zhegao sat on top and listened to Li Yan's latest intelligence.

"According to my scout's report, most of Dong Zhuo's main cavalry has entered Dagu Pass and returned to Luoyang, and the Baibo infantry army is retreating slowly, but it has also passed the Yangren gathering, and it is about to withdraw to Dagu Pass......

There are eight passes around Luoyang, and Dagu Pass is one of them, and retreating through Dagu Pass means that Dong Zhuo has fulfilled his promise.

After listening to Li Yan's report, everyone in the lobby breathed a sigh of relief, as if they were relieved.

"Fortunately, the lord had the foresight to spare Dong Huang's life that day, otherwise today, how could we have retreated Dong Zhuo's 100,000 male soldiers like waste." Gan Ning exclaimed.

Li Yan also said: "Even if Dong thief retreats to Luoyang, the grain and grass are still only enough to support three months, and when the grain and grass are exhausted, he still doesn't want to obediently withdraw to Chang'an. ”

In the lobby, all the generals were full of praise for Su Zhe's methods, and they all spoke lightly, as if they all thought that the crisis had passed.

Su Zhe was not so optimistic, pointing and lightly nodding his forehead, silent, and his eyebrows flashed with suspicion.

Although all the intelligence evidence showed that Dong Zhuo had retired as promised, it was all too smooth, and it always made him feel that something was not right.

You must know that he is facing Dong Zhuo, the number one prince in the world, not anyone else.

"Dong Zhuo, are you really so willing to give up regaining the Son of Heaven......" Su Zhe muttered to himself, but the suspicion in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

At this time, Huangfu Song, who had never expressed his position, said: "Su Cheqi, although your methods seem to be successful on the surface, the old man still has to remind you that Dong Zhuoke is a hero who does not compromise his means to achieve his goals, whether he is really willing to be threatened by you like this and return in vain, I am skeptical." ”

Su Zhe's heart moved, and Huangfu Song's words reminded him even more.

You must know that Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo have worked together for many years, and they should know Dong Zhuo well, and even he doubts the sincerity of Dong Zhuo's retreat, so Su Zhe has no reason not to be wary.

"Then in the opinion of the old general Yizhen, what trick does Dong Zhuo want to play?" Su Zhe asked.

Huangfu Song pondered for a moment and said: "No matter what tricks Dong Zhuo intends to play, we just need to strictly guard Luyang to respond to all changes, and at the same time closely monitor the front line of Dagu Pass, even if that Dong thief plays tricks, we don't have to worry." ”

Su Zhe nodded and said: "The old general Yizhen is reasonable, and it is indeed our best choice to respond to all changes without change." ”

At that moment, Su Zhe used Huangfu Song's proposal to order a large number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of the enemy army in the direction of Dagu Pass.

In his opinion, even if Dong Zhuo played tricks, it was nothing more than taking advantage of his unpreparedness to take advantage of his unpreparedness to take a small road south with light troops and attack Luyang by surprise.

Dagu Pass is the only way for Luoyang to go to Nanyang, as long as this pass is monitored, even if Dong Zhuo tosses it to the sky, he will not want to hide it from his ears and eyes.

……

In the blink of an eye, seven days later.

In the afternoon of that day, Su Zhe had just gathered the generals to prepare for the daily military meeting, and his soldiers hurriedly entered to present the latest information.

"My lord, our scouts in Dagu Pass sent back an urgent report, yesterday 40,000 Baibo infantry troops suddenly took advantage of the night to leave Dagu Pass and came south by trail."

In the lobby, everyone's expressions were shocked, and a pair of eyes looked at Su Zhe in unison.

"Fortunately, the lord was prepared, but I didn't expect Dong Zhuo to be a thief, and he withdrew his troops openly, but secretly sent troops to the south, he must have wanted to take advantage of my unpreparedness and attack Luyang City." There was sarcasm in Gan Ning's tone.

A sneer also appeared on Huangfu Song's face, as expected, "The old man knows that Dong Thief is extremely cunning, and it is not so easy to give up and regain the Son of Heaven, as the old man expected." ”

Su Zhe ordered the whole army to be on strict alert to prepare for the sneak attack of the Baibo army, and at the same time, he ordered to send scouts to strengthen the reconnaissance of the small road, and pay attention to the movements of the Baibo army in the south at any time.

Dong Zhuo's trick was discovered, and the 40,000 Bai Bo troops thought that their whereabouts were secretive, but they didn't want their every move to be completely under Su Zhe's control.

As time passed, the scouts continued to pass back the latest movements of the Baibo army, and this "sneak attack" army was approaching Luyang step by step.

Three days later, the scouts sent back the news that the White Polish army had reached the mountains twenty miles northwest of Luyang, and at this rate, the enemy army would soon choose to launch a night attack on Luyang City in the early hours of tomorrow morning, taking advantage of the darkness.

You're in control.

Su Zhe then ordered the whole army to have a full meal, and tens of thousands of soldiers slept with Jia that night, huddled under the battlements and remained silent.

Along the city, Su Zhe instead ordered the soldiers on duty to weaken the patrol to create the illusion of letting down their vigilance.

He wanted to let the Bai Bo army come to attack the camp boldly and with confidence, so as to give them a head-on blow.

Time passed minute by minute, and night fell into the blink of an eye.

Su Zhe sat in the city tower, drinking wine, chewing broad beans, and waiting for the enemy army to come and attack at night.

When he was eating with relish, the soldiers came to report, saying that Dong Yan was out asking to see him.

"It's so late, what is she doing, could it be that the Son of Heaven wants to make things happen again?" Su Zhe's eyes swept up suspicion, and he called in.

A moment later, Dong Yan walked into the city tower.

"It's so late, hasn't Miss Dong slept yet?" Su Zhe asked with a smile.

Dong Yan had a solemn face, and said in a low voice: "Su Che ride, Yan'er has a 100,000 urgent and urgent matter, and she must know Su Che Ride now." ”

Su Zhe felt the solemnity of her spirit, so he smiled and brushed his hands and said, "What is urgent, is it about the Son of Heaven and the Empress?" ”

"The Son of Heaven and the Empress have always done their duty, this matter is more important than the emperor, Su Che will see for himself." Dong Yan said, took out a parchment silk book from her sleeve and handed it to Su Zhe.

Su Zhe hesitated, but still took the parchment, looked down, and his expression changed.