Three days later.

Luoyang.

After Dong Zhuo annexed Ding Yuan's annexation of the state army, he suddenly fell into power and the opposition, and his momentum was unmatched for a while.

Early this day, Dong Zhuo openly proposed the matter of "abolishing the emperor".

All the officials of the Manchu Dynasty know that Dong Zhuo's military power is now in hand, and the entire Luoyang is under his control, so naturally no one dares to oppose it.

At this moment, Yuan Shao, the culprit of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, actually stood up, probably in order to save his reputation and establish an image of loyalty and patriotism, he openly contradicted Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao thought very simply, anyway, if I stand up against it, it is impossible for Dong Zhuo to kill himself.

Even if Dong Zhuo wanted to kill, not to mention the hundreds of officials in the court, even Li Ru, the chief strategist under Dong Zhuo, would not allow Dong Zhuo to do so.

Because Li Ru knows how influential the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are, he can be said to be the head of the world's families and the existence of the bull's ear of the world's families.

If Yuan Shao is really killed, it is estimated that Dong Zhuo's command will face the dilemma of having no talent available. Then it will really be over.

The development of things was just as Yuan Shao thought, although Dong Zhuo was furious, but under the pull of the court officials and Li Ru and other people under his command, he could only stop in the end.

After Yuan Shao finished pretending to be a hero, there was naturally no need to stay, but directly abandoned the official and fled from Luoyang, and went straight to the direction of Jizhou.

Although the foundation of the Yuan family is in Runan, Yuan Shu has long fled Luoyang for Runan.

And Yuan Shao, who has always been at odds with Yuan Shu, naturally couldn't go to Runan, so he chose Jizhou, where there were many protégés of the Yuan family.

After Yuan Shao fled, at the suggestion of hundreds of officials in the court, Dong Zhuo was very aggrieved and gave Yuan Shao the post of Bohai Taishou.

It can be seen that even a powerful existence like Dong Zhuo had to make concessions to the family, which shows how huge the power of the family was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

After Yuan Shao fled, there was no opposition from the Manchu officials.

So Dong Zhuo took this opportunity to support Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, to ascend the throne, abolished Liu Wei's throne, demoted him to the king of Hongnong, and escorted him to Hongnong County in the near future.

Just after Dong Zhuo completed the act of abolishing the establishment, there was an instant pleasure of "I have the world".

Just when he was excited, a sudden military situation came in, like a cold water pouring down his head, making Dong Zhuo's excitement just now instantly turn into a biting chill and fear.

"Newspaper! Xiangguo (after Dong Zhuo supported Liu Xie's ascension to the throne, he proclaimed himself Xiangguo), something is wrong! There is an army under the banner of the King of Xiliang approaching Luoyang, and now it is less than 30 miles away from Luoyang. "

"What ???

".

Dong Zhuo was instantly shocked by this big "surprise", and he didn't react for a while.

The court officials who heard this also exploded in an instant.

Or Li Ru reacted a step faster, stepped forward and hurriedly asked

"Is this true? Isn't King Xiliang's army in Wuwei County? Why did it suddenly appear here?".

"Tell Lang Zhongling (Li Ru held the position of Lang Zhongling when Dong Zhuo was in turmoil), there is no mistake in the following, it is the banner of the King of Xiliang, the style of the black flag and the gold edge, plus the Xuanniao pattern (Lin Feng is a military flag designed according to the dragon robe style of the ancestor Dragon Yingzheng, in the Qin Dynasty, the dragon robe was black, and the Qin Dynasty took the Xuanniao as a spiritual totem), there is a big "cool" word written on it, which is definitely the banner of the King of Xiliang. "

When Li Ru heard this, he believed that it was really the army of King Xiliang.

After all, when Lin Feng destroyed Xiqiang, he had displayed the banner of the Xiliang Army more than once, and everyone who paid attention to this matter in the entire Han Dynasty knew the style of the banner under the command of the King of Xiliang.

Thinking of this, Li Ru asked again

"Do you know how many soldiers and horses are coming?"

This question is important because it depends on the next choice. If there are few soldiers and horses, there is no need to be afraid, and the attitude can be a little tougher; if there are many soldiers and horses, you need to negotiate carefully and even make some compromises.

But in Li Ru's mind, there shouldn't be too many soldiers and horses.

The first point is that because the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and the population base is not enough (if Li Ru knows that there are more than 20 million people in the Western Regions today, I don't know if he will be scared to death), the number of soldiers and horses will definitely not be too much.

The Xiliang army knew that there were 230,000 troops attacking Ma Teng and Han Sui on the side of Wuwei County, plus there must be a lot of soldiers and horses to guard the Western Regions, and combined with the 330,000 troops used by the King of Xiliang when he destroyed Xiqiang, it can be deduced that the approximate number of soldiers and horses of the King of Xiliang was about 400,000.

This data is relatively accepted and recognized by the world, after all, the population of the Western Regions is so large, it is already unbelievable to be able to gather 400,000 troops.

If it weren't for Lin Feng's feat of showing an army of 330,000 to wipe out Xiqiang in an instant, I'm afraid no one would think that there would be an army of 400,000 in the Western Regions (if you let them know that there are a total of 1.5 million troops in the Western Regions, I don't know if they will cry hahahaha).

The second point is that because the Xiliang Army marched all the way here, its whereabouts were discovered, which shows that the number of men and horses of the Xiliang Army is definitely not much.

Otherwise, how could he have come to Luoyang City thirty miles outside Luoyang City through many dangers before being discovered? (It can only be said that Li Ru underestimated Jinyiwei's ability).

Thinking of this, Li Ru's heart suddenly felt a lot easier, after all, if you calculate it like this, the Xiliang army will not exceed 50,000 at most, or even no more than 30,000, only in this way can it be explained why they can quietly come outside Luoyang City.

Dong Zhuo obviously thought of this, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and repeated Li Ru's question just now.

After all, speculation is one thing, and the reality is another, maybe the Xiliang army will have a few thousand people?

If that's the case, then what's the point of instigating? Kill him directly!

The result was beyond the expectations of Dong Zhuo and everyone present, and the herald said tremblingly

"Tell Xiangguo, Lang Zhongling, and the ministers, the number of Xiliang troops is too much, and there is no end in sight, not to mention 100,000. "

"What ???

".

When everyone heard this, they were surprised again.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were even more stunned, and the uncertain number of "at least 100,000" kept echoing in their minds, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Cao Cao, who was among the ministers, looked surprised, after all, the number of at least 100,000 was far beyond his estimate.

Xun You, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, was also surprised when he heard this, and suddenly became a little more curious about this Xiliang King who had never met before.

The courtiers also looked at each other one by one, and they were obviously shocked.

At this moment, no matter what the forces were, they were full of doubts, surprises, uneasiness and subconscious fear about the upcoming Xiliang Army.

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