The Ten Standing Servants are greedy and excessive, although Dong Zhuo feels sorry for money, but if he can keep his official position, he is not afraid that he will not be able to get it back.

He was no longer entangled, and continued to ask Li Ru: "Wenyou, what should I do when the grain channel is cut off?" ”

In the future, even if you can escape the punishment of the imperial court, you must save your life first.

Wei County has been completely surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army, and now the grain road has been cut off, and tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops are eyeing it. Even Dong Zhuo himself felt a little frightened.

Li Ru's face was still unfazed, and he said slowly: "I have three strategies for the lord to choose." ”

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Wen You teach me!" ”

Dong Zhuo is rugged, but for those who are famous, he is often respectful. This can be seen from the fact that after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing in history, he vigorously wooed scholars.

In the final analysis, he is just from a local tycoon, and in the eyes of those real nobles of the big families, he is undoubtedly an upstart-like existence.

How can the arrogance that the scholars have cultivated for hundreds of years easily change?

Although Dong Zhuo is highly respected in Xiliang, in the eyes of these people, he is really a country bun.

Moreover, Xiliang is a barren and desolate place, although the people here are strong, but there is a lack of scholars, and there is a lack of world-famous scholars.

Li Ru is a humble scholar, he has amazing talent, but he suffers from uselessness. Later, when he met Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo praised his talent and invited Li Ru to his account several times.

After Li Ru defected to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo obeyed him, which made Li Ru feel even more like 'the one who is a confidant dies'.

Although there was no shortage of talented scholars in the Han Dynasty, it was more difficult for them to get ahead than the wealthy scholars. So once they meet Bole, they will desperately repay it.

There are many people who mistakenly think that the ghost Guo Jia is a poor scholar, but this is not the case. When Guo Jia was a teenager, he liked to talk to the elderly, which often made the elders feel ashamed.

Guo Jia is even more extensive.

His friends are all over the world, the elders such as the famous Tian Feng and Cheng Yu, and the people of the same age such as Xun Yu and Xun Yu are all his close friends.

Guo Jia had previously been encouraged by his friend Tian Feng to defect to Yuan Shao. Later, Guo Jia would rather be idle at home for six years than abandon Yuan Shao, who was in the limelight. Many people say that it is because Guo Jia is from a poor family and is not valued by Yuan Shao.

This is not the case.

At that time, Yuan Shao actually had great respect for Guo Jia and treated him with great courtesy. But as soon as dozens of days passed, Guo Jia saw that Yuan Shao didn't know how to use people, and he was not a person who could achieve great things. So, Guo Jia resolutely left Yuan.

Yuan Shao is so arrogant, if Guo Jia is really from a poor family, how can he treat him with kindness?

Li Ru, the year of birth and death is unknown, and there is no way to find out where he is. However, as a scholar, he defected to Dong Zhuo, who was a local tycoon, and it can be seen that he was from a bad background.

If he was really from a big family, with the style of scholars who are above the top, how could he look at Dong Zhuo's strong place?

You must know that even when Dong Zhuoquan fell into the opposition in the future, those scholars never really defected to him, but they were afraid of his power and made peace with him.

Cast it with a peach, repay it with a plum.

Li Ru is full of talent but has nowhere to show it, only Dong Zhuo, a vulgar martial artist, takes a fancy to him. Bole fell in love with Maxima, how could Maxima not repay him with death?

Therefore, Li Ru in history can be said to be dedicated to Dong Zhuo, and he did not hesitate to bear the infamy of Dong Zhuo in order for Dong Zhuo to stand at the pinnacle of power.

There are many types of strategists, such as Zhang Liang, who is good at military affairs, and Xiao He, who is good at raising money and food. And Li Ru, a kind of strategist, is good at intrigue and strategy, like Chen Ping.

This type of strategist is not only ruthless in his schemes, but also good at protecting himself.

In history, the later Dong Zhuo, because of his power, began to disobey Li Ru's words, and finally ended up dead.

However, the historical record of Li Ru said that he was finally missing, and he was not kidnapped by his own slave to Lu Bu as recorded in the romance.

After Dong Zhuo's subordinates defeated Lü Bu and held Emperor Xian hostage, Li Dao also recommended Li Ru as a servant, but was rejected by Emperor Xian of Han. When Li Dao was defeated by Cao Cao, Li Ru disappeared.

Li Ru once aided in the abuse, and even poisoned the former emperor and imperial concubine, which can be described as full of evil and was spurned by the world.

He knew very well that before everyone blatantly raised troops to rebel, no matter which way the princes caught him, they would take his life. That's why he disappeared incognito and from everyone's sight.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were not many strategists who died well. However, a ruthless and scheming strategist like Li Ru often knows how to protect himself.

Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, and Li Ru are among the representatives.

However, it was said that in the big tent of Wei County, Li Ru came out of the crowd, came to the map, and said slowly: "Make a decision, send troops to loot inside and outside Wei County, and coerce the people into the city." Defend the city and wait for the reinforcements of General Huangfu. ”

When everyone heard this, they were puzzled and asked, "The grain and grass in the army are less than ten days' use." Even if you can loot some grain and grass, you can't support half a month. Judging from the distance, General Huangfu will not arrive until a month later, and won't we all starve to death at that time? ”

Li Ru showed a strange smile on his face and said, "General Huangfu is a famous general in the world, and he knows that soldiers are fast and fast. If he doubles the way, half a month will come. If our army runs out of food and grass, it can still kill people and eat, and it will be easy to survive until General Huangfu comes. ”

Li Ru's words were calm and light, but they made everyone feel cold. 'Kill to eat', even if he is as brutal as Dong Zhuo, if he is forced to do so, he is not willing to act like this.

Shaking his head, Dong Zhuo asked, "What is the so-called plan of Zhongce?" ”

"Zhongce, order the rest of the officers and soldiers to defend Wei County, and the lord directly takes his henchmen and Xiliang Erlang to break through from Qiu County."

"The Yellow Turban Army occupies Qiu County, and it may be difficult for us to capture this city. However, if you just bypass this county, it is a breeze. ”

Every strategy of Li Ru is so amazing.

This strategy is to abandon the remaining tens of thousands of officers and soldiers and only preserve the strength of Dong Zhuo's subordinates.

If the officers and soldiers want to leave Wei County completely, the Guangzong Yellow Turban Army will definitely not sit idly by.

If the officers and soldiers insist on retreating, not to mention that Dong Zhuo will have another charge of abandoning the city and fleeing. If Zhang Jiao pursues behind, the officers and soldiers are likely to usher in a major rout.

Therefore, if the middle strategy is used, those officers and soldiers who are left in Wei County will become outcasts and bait to attract the Yellow Turban Army of Guangzong.

After hesitating for a moment, Dong Zhuo asked, "Let these officers and soldiers defend Wei County, will they agree?" ”

Li Ru laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this, just tell them that the lord will personally lead the people of his headquarters to attack Qiu County." ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, a smile appeared on his face. The other generals under his tent looked at Li Ru with their eyes, but they became afraid.

Although this man is a Confucian scholar, he is ruthless. With his mouth, he decided the life and death of tens of thousands of people, what a terrible person! In the future, if it is not necessary, you must not provoke this person.

Dong Zhuo still thinks this strategy is acceptable.

Anyway, he is now defeated again and again, and he is destined to be punished by the imperial court, and he doesn't have to think about suppressing the Yellow Turban at all. Instead, he thought about how to preserve his strength, and then bought off the ten permanent servants to clear his name.

Still unrelenting, he continued to ask, "What's the best strategy?" ”

Hearing this, Li Ru's face turned grim and said, "The best strategy, the soldiers are divided into three ways." stationed all the way to Wei County, dragging Guangzong Yellow Turban. Then he sent a second group of men and horses to attack Qiu County with great fanfare. ”

"In this way, the lack of troops in the Yellow Turbans in Qiu County will inevitably shake. They thought that Quzhou was in danger of Zhangshui, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they would be paralyzed and careless, and then dispatched Yellow Turbans from Quzhou to support Qiu County. ”

"Let's use the strategy of 'repairing the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark' to send elite people to attack Quzhou."

After finishing speaking, Li Ru pointed to Qu Zhoucheng on the map, his face full of fanaticism. He likes the feeling of directing the country like this, and prefers to see the outcome of the entire battlefield changed because of his own strategy.

After thinking about it for a while, Dong Zhuo shook his head and said, "In the Yellow Turban Army, there is no shortage of wise and resourceful people. While this strategy may succeed, it is risky. ”

"Let's not talk about whether we can confuse the Yellow Turban Army and let them transfer most of their troops to Qiu County. Even if they are like this, Zhangshui is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I am afraid it will be difficult to survive. ”

Li Ru opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything after all.

In fact, as long as the Yellow Turban Army was bewitched by the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers could sneak to the Zhanghe River at night and cross the river by cutting wood, instead of directly seizing the Zhanghe River bridge.

Li Ru knew Dong Zhuo and knew that once he made up his mind, he would not change, so he no longer persuaded him.

Dong Zhuo looked at the henchmen under the tent and said, "I intend to adopt the middle strategy offered by Wen You, do you have any objections?" ”

If they can save their lives, they will naturally not object, and they all promise in unison.