Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Hu Cai led more than two thousand remnants into the city of Anyi, holding on, and at the same time sending a sentry to Baibo Valley to ask for help from the rest of the Baibo army.

Zhang Jaw was concerned that there were too many casualties in the forced siege, so he only besieged but not attacked. He commanded the captured Baibo thief to dig two gaps outside the city of Anyi to prevent the enemy from breaking through at night.

And because Pound's position had been seen through by the enemy, under Dong Zhuo's order, Duan Yan began to send troops to try out. With the cooperation of the infantry, the cavalry chased and the infantry surrounded, chased and intercepted.

In fact, Liu Ye had already prepared. After ordering Ma Chao to cross the Weishui River to break through Tongguan, he revealed his main attack direction, and immediately sent a message to Pound to lead the army and civilians to plunder the local people to retreat.

After General Pound sent back to Guanzhong under the cover of civilians, he couldn't restrain his interest, and immediately led five thousand cavalry to go south again, just to meet Zhang Jai's division. Because Zhang Jai official was in General Annan, and Pound was just a general of the lords, therefore With Zhang Jaw as the main general, the 13,000 army in Anyi was controlled.

But in fact, this time the Baibo thief invaded Hexi County was not groundless.

After Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, held the emperor and forced the 400,000 people in Luoyang to move to Bingzhou, he took Jinyang (later Taiyuan), the governing place of the merged state, as the accompanying capital, announced that the emperor moved the capital, recruited the people in Jinyang city, built large-scale construction projects, and built a palace. After all, the emperor Always settled.

However, instead of building a chariot for the little emperor Liu Xie, Dong Zhuo recruited more civilians to build a magnificent dock in the outskirts of Jinyang. For its own use, the abandoned overlord system in the Northern Wei Dynasty was Wubao).

Dong Zhuo stored countless treasures looted from the city of Luoyang and excavated the treasures of the imperial mausoleum in Wubao, which was named "Feiwu" by Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo even said: If things happen, they should send troops to seize the world; if things don't happen, staying here is enough to die.

However, Dong Zhuo collected countless gold and silver jewelry but did not know that he would distribute it to his subordinates. Many people in Dong Zhuo's army were resentful and dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's petty temper. After all, the gold and silver jewelry and silk satin that Dong Zhuo received from the court in the past were all It was a reward to his subordinates, but now it is nothing.

When Li Ru, who was as careful as a hair, noticed the dissatisfaction of the lieutenant generals, he immediately went straight to the frieze.

"The prime minister, everyone is fighting for the prime minister, but it's because the prime minister is bold and hoping to be rewarded by the prime minister. Now that the prime minister has so many treasures in his hands, how can he not reward the soldiers?"

After all, Li Ru is a think tank in the army. Although Dong Zhuo was unwilling to share the treasures in the frieze, he still gave a part of the treasures in the army to the generals.

And Li Ru said: "Although the prime minister still has a hundred thousand troops under his hand, but the state is desolate, even if the people looted from Luoyang are added, there are only a million people, how can he support a hundred thousand troops? "

Dong Zhuo frowned. Naturally, he didn't want to shrink and merge, but he was really afraid of being beaten by Liu Ye.

At this time, Li Ru suggested: "The Baibo thief has always been entrenched in Hedong and Hanoi, and from time to time he has come to the Shangdang to plunder. Does the prime minister want to get rid of this enemy army?"

Dong Zhuo said anxiously: "I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of Baibo Pirates. Even if there are only four to one among the young and strong, there are 50,000 to 60,000 warriors. Our army has suffered a lot in Guanluo. How can we lose again?"

In fact, Dong Zhuojun's elite soldiers, coupled with the powerful generals such as Li Lao Guo Bang, and others, it is not difficult to defeat the Baibo thief, but once the war starts, it will be less than a year and a half, and Dong Zhuo will definitely not be able to bear it.

Li Ru smiled and said, "It's better to cause trouble."

"Cause the trouble?" Dong Zhuo was puzzled.

"Liu Ye has a strong personality. Naturally, he cannot tolerate the white wave thief hanging on the head of Luoyang city. Our army only needs to win over a little bit, and at the same time explain the truth to the white wave thief. The white wave thief will inevitably fight Liu Ye and can become The shield preventing Liu Ye's army from advancing eastward, Liu Ye and Bai Bojun are like two tigers fighting each other, and the prime minister can be Bian Zhuangzi."

Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's words and nodded immediately: "It makes sense, it makes sense!"

Before Li Ru finished speaking, he continued: "In addition, since the Baibo thief comes to the Shangdang bandit from time to time, our army must place important generals to deter the Baibo thief. Please send the Prime Minister Wen Hou to lead the Bianzhou army to the Shangdang and station in Huguan. Shock Yuan Shao and Bai Bo the thief."

The key reason why Li Ru's strategy was accepted by Dong Zhuo was that he and Dong Zhuo got along with each other day and night, and they knew him too well.

In the past, Dong Zhuo was a strong soldier, so although he was slightly afraid of Lu Bu's front, he could still be reused. After all, even if Lu Bu rebelled, he could suppress it by force.

However, with the death of Niu Fu and Dong Min, the loss of Tongguan and Wuguan, and the death of a total of 40,000 troops, the strength of Dong Zhuo's army decreased. Naturally, he was greatly afraid of Lu Bu and was quite defensive.

That being the case, I might as well put Lv Bu to the Shangdang party, which can deter Yuan Shao and other troubled parties in the east, and can shock the Baibo thieves and bandits and stay away from yourself, which is quite good.

Seeing the look on Dong Zhuo's face, Li Ru said again: "But I also ask the prime minister to reward Wenhou with gold and silver jewelry, so that Wenhou will not complain."

It doesn't matter just to drive Lv Bu away. The key is not to make Lv Bu unhappy. Now it is the state of domestic and foreign difficulties. If Lv Bu rebels, then Dong Zhuozhen will be finished.

When he heard that Bai Bo thief was to be offered huge profits and Lu Bu gold and silver jewelry, Dong Zhuo, who regarded his wealth as fate, was greatly distressed, but seeing Li Ru's firm face, he had to agree.

As a result, two groups of envoys came out of Taiyuan City and headed towards the Baibo Valley in the east of the river and the Lu Bu army camp outside the city, carrying large amounts of gold, silver and jewelry.

In the Lu Bu barracks.

Dong Zhuo's envoy had just been sent away, and Gao Shun, who had always been taciturn, immediately objected.

"Wen Hou! Our army was used by Dong Zhuo before, but it was a last resort. Now that we have returned to Bingzhou, why bother to listen to Dong Zhuo?"

Zhang Liao nodded: "Yes, now that we have returned to our hometown, our army has no worries about the future. It is better to go north to recover Wuyuan and Yanmen counties and expel the Southern Huns.

Wuyuan is the hometown of Lu Bu, and Yanmen is the hometown of Zhang Liao. Naturally, Zhang Liao is not willing to leave his hometown.

The tall Lu Bu's complexion was deep, but he slowly shook his head.

"The old thief Dong Zhuo has been staring at our army. Duan Yan and Li Chang's barracks are attacking our army. If there is any change, they will naturally suffer from it. I think it is better to follow Dong Zhuo's words and go to the party for the time being. ."

Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, the monarchs and ministers, each had their own ghosts and calculated each other.