In Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo was called out of Gentle Township.

He looked at the documents sent by Bingzhou and muttered in a low voice: "I originally thought that Zhao'an Chen Xu was to find a housekeeper dog for Liangzhou." ”

"But I didn't expect that this is not a loyal hunting dog, but a tiger that chooses people to devour!"

Whether it was Chen Xu's swift pacification and annexation of the state, or the migration of millions of people into the country. and not long ago, the big break made Dong Zhuo feel uneasy.

He looked at Li Ru with a gloomy face and said, "At the beginning, you said that recruiting An Chen Xu can bring great benefits to Liangzhou. But now, Bengong sees no benefits, only the rise of a strong neighbor. ”

"If you wait for him to free up his hands and lead a large army to attack Sili and Liangzhou, how will Lone Dang face it?"

Dong Zhuo's face was full of anger, and he smashed the document in his hand on Li Ru's face.

During this time, although Dong Zhuo has been indulging in the gentle township, he has not dealt with government affairs. However, the kind of momentum cultivated by holding the government for a long time also makes people feel fearful.

Feeling Dong Zhuo's anger, Li Ru felt a chill in his heart. Dong Zhuo at this time is no longer the lord that Li Ru was familiar with in the past.

Power and desire have consumed all of Dong Zhuo's ambitions. All that remains now is arrogance and brutality.

Thinking of this, Li Ru couldn't help but feel deep disappointment in his heart. If Dong Zhuo does something perverse, he will definitely not die well in the future.

Li Ru didn't think about abandoning Dong Zhuo. But Dong Zhuo's achievements today are inseparable from Li Ru's advice behind the scenes.

What's more, when the princes were begging for Dong. In order to cut them off and re-establish the mind of the young emperor Liu Bian, Dong Zhuo sent Li Ru to forcibly kill the young emperor Liu Bian.

Since Li Ru has done such a big thing, although the world is big, except for Dong Zhuo, there is no place for him in the slightest. Thinking of this, Li Ru couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

"It seems that after I go back, I will also have to plan for my future!"

Li Ru was just a little distracted, and he saw Dong Zhuo looking at him with murderous intent, and he was immediately shocked.

The current Dong Zhuo is moody. If someone makes him unhappy, no matter who it is, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape Dong Zhuo's poisonous hands.

Li Ru really knows Dong Zhuo too well, he knows that in front of the angry Dong Zhuo, he can argue for himself, but he can't contradict it. If Dong Zhuo is coaxed to be happy, Dong Zhuo, who is furious, will immediately turn his anger into joy.

In the face of Dong Zhuo's questioning, he must not show timidity. Otherwise, Dong Zhuo would think that this person was incompetent, and it was very likely that he would kill him.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ru said: "What the lord said is not unreasonable. ”

However, to this day, Chen Wenzhao has not shown hostility towards the lord. On the contrary, it was precisely because Chen Wenzhao killed Liu Dai that Yanzhou has been in turmoil. ”

"Although the Bingzhou army is brave, it is not as good as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. With the tiger power of the lord and the courage of the Liangzhou army, if Chen Wenzhao is a little sensible, he will never rashly become an enemy of the lord. ”

"Moreover, although they went to Cyprus this time, although they gained a lot, they also suffered heavy losses. In the short term, we will definitely not be able to start the war again. ”

"The migration of millions of people to the annexation of the state can certainly enhance the strength of the annexation state. In the short term, it will also bring a heavy burden to the barren annexed states. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get over this hurdle, how could Chen Wenzhao take such a big risk and send troops to the outside of the country?"

Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's explanation, and his face looked a little better. To be honest, Dong Zhuo has been uneasy after seeing the documents sent by Bingzhou.

He was born in Xiliang and had been dealing with the Hu people for a long time. Whether it is the Qiang people in the west or the Xianbei people in the north, Dong Zhuo is afraid of their combat effectiveness.

Now, with a mixed army of 40,000 foot cavalry, Bingzhou defeated more than 100,000 Xianbei cavalry and beheaded more than 70,000. Such a brilliant record, how could it not make Dong Zhuo feel fear in his heart?

Seeing that Dong Zhuo's face was slightly loosened, Li Rucai quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to appease Dong Zhuo, he continued: "In my opinion, Chen Wenzhao's great break is not necessarily a bad thing for the lord. ”

"Oh?" When Dong Zhuo heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Why did Wen You say this?" ”

Li Ru talked eloquently: "The people of the world, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, have many misunderstandings about the lord. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ru quietly looked at Dong Zhuo's face. I really found that Dong Zhuo's face, which had just loosened up, suddenly became cloudy again.

Dong Zhuo is not a scholar, he was able to get today's status through real swords and real guns.

Although Dong Zhuo is now a very popular minister, deep down in his heart, he still has some inferiority. In the final analysis, Dong Zhuo was born in a strong family in Liangzhou, and he has admired those scholars since he was a child.

This is also why, when Li Ru defected to him, Dong Zhuo was ecstatic and regarded Li Ru as a confidant.

At the beginning of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, although he had the intention of abolishing the young emperor Liu Wei, he was not as arrogant and brutal as he was in the future.

Dong Zhuo was abolished as the son of heaven just to establish his authority in the court.

In addition, he has been trying his best to win over the scholars, hoping to rule the world with them.

However, the matter of the princes begging Dong completely shattered Dong Zhuo's dream.

When those scholars who had been co-opted by Dong Zhuo began to recruit volunteers and raise troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, they undoubtedly slapped Dong Zhuo hard.

It wasn't until that time that Dong Zhuo suddenly woke up: those scholars looked down on him from the bottom of their bones. I will not sincerely go to him because of the grace of his charity.

After that, Dong Zhuo's heart was annoyed and angry, and there was also a perverted inferiority. It was for this that he began to become more brutal.

Although Li Ru's words were subtle, Dong Zhuo also knew what he meant. was touched by the pain in Li Ru's heart, and Dong Zhuo's face became gloomy again.

Facing Dong Zhuo, who was about to erupt a volcano, Li Ru was not afraid, he raised his head and said: "Those scholars are loyal and patriotic on the surface, but they are selfish and useless in their bones. ”

"However, these scholars are good at stirring people's hearts and minds, and they always create unfavorable remarks against the lord."

What they didn't expect was that the lord recruited Chen Wenzhao last time and pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the entire Han Dynasty. Such a feat, even when the Spirit Emperor was alive, he had never done so. ”

"Now, Chen Wenzhao, who was recruited by the lord, has even broken the northern Xianbei, and the world was shocked in a battle."

In this battle, Chen Wenzhao defeated countless Xianbei tribes and beheaded more than 80,000 strong and capable warriors. With such a result, since Emperor Xiaowu, has there ever been such a great victory? ”

Although Dong Zhuo was jealous of Chen Xu, he had to admit that this victory was an extremely brilliant result.

Li Ru continued: "My lord, although the main force of this great victory is the state army. But they were all recruited by the lord after accepting the lord's recruitment, and under the master's instruction, they were able to achieve such results. ”

"When the news spreads, how will the people of the world view the lord?"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was stunned at first, and then laughed.

Li Ru's strategy is shameless enough!

This great victory has nothing to do with the Xiliang Army at all. In Li Ru's mouth, he actually took most of the credit to Dong Zhuo's head.

What's more, Chen Xu did have this great victory because of his acceptance of Dong Zhuo's recruitment. Therefore, Li Ru grabbed the merit like this, but it is reasonable.

Chang'an City, inside the Imperial Palace.

Emperor Liu Xie, after learning the news of the great destruction of Xianbei by the Bingzhou army, there was no joy on his face, but with deep worry.

The Han family is declining, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, this is a sign of the country's demise.

However, this is a real victory.

In addition, Dong Zhuo wants to take this credit for himself. Therefore, Emperor Xian had to follow the content of Chen Xu's table to canonize Wolf Juxu Mountain again and mourn those soldiers who died in battle.

In addition, Chen Xu was moved to be the champion marquis, Feng Chengyu was the general of the army, Zhao Yun was the general of the captivity, and Dian Wei was the general of the conquest. The rest of the generals who accompanied the expedition were rewarded.

This time, Dong Zhuo had a heart.

He sensed Chen Xu's threat, so he did not canonize Chen Xu to a substantive official position, but gave him a fictitious title.

At the beginning, Chen Xu was given an official position as a state pastor. Chen Xu occupied the righteousness in one hand and the war knife in the other, and quickly obtained the entire annexed state. Dong Zhuo was afraid that Chen Xu would repeat his old skills, so he only named Chen Xu as the champion Hou.

Although this title is a fictitious title, it is also an unparalleled honor.

After all, in the entire Han Dynasty, only Huo Qubing has won the title after the championship. This title is a title specially established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in recognition of Huo Quai's brave crown of the three armies.

Dong Zhuo rewarded him like this, and Chen Xu had nothing to say. After all, his exploits are somewhat similar to Huo Qu's illness in the past. With Huo Quai's pearl in front, Chen Xu couldn't refute it.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Cheng Yu, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei all got the title of general.

At this time, although the princes were combined, the title of general was still extremely rare. Even some of the princes were self-appointed generals. Their official positions were not officially recognized by the imperial court.

Although Cheng Yu and the three of them got the title of miscellaneous general. But among the generals under the princes, they also seem to be superior.

This is also equivalent to telling everyone in disguise that following Chen Xu and becoming an official in Bingzhou will be very promising.

Dong Zhuo acted like this, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for robbing Chen Xu of his credit.

And the state, Jinyang, the state of the pastor's house.

The angel read aloud: "Chen Wenzhao, the general of the expedition to the north, was ordered by the prime minister of the Han Dynasty to go to the outside of the Saiwai and attack Xianbei ...... in the north."

Although the prime minister planned this battle in advance, the courage of the general of the expedition to the north is still famous. Thinking of this, the imperial court specially enshrined the title of Marquis of the Champion of the Northern General ......"

After Chen Xu received the holy decree from the imperial court, a strange look appeared on his face. He didn't expect that Dong Zhuo's face was so thick-skinned, and he forcibly took the credit for this big break on himself.

However, Chen Xu did not have any dissatisfaction in his heart. After all, the eyes of the people of the world are bright. Everyone knows very well what this war will do.