Xu Rong did not hesitate and clasped his fists and said, "I will pay homage to the lord."

Wang Lei had a smile on his face and waved his hand and said, "Please sit down by General Xu!" Xu Rong sat down as he said, but sat upright. Wang Lei thought for a while and waved his hand and said, "General Xu is just here. I will appoint General Xu as a guerrilla general and follow me to fight, okay?"

Xu Rong said, "Thank you lord."

Wang Lei said: "Come!"

A soldier walked in from outside the tent and stood bent.

Wang Lei ordered: "Call the generals to discuss matters."

"promise!"

The soldier turned and left to convey the order.

After a while, Guo Jia, Shen Pei, Ju Su and other civil officials arrived, and then Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Zhou Tai and other military generals also arrived in the camp. Wang Lei's eyes were sharp, and he swept over the people present one by one, and slowly said: "Xu Rong led the crowd to surrender. With his assistance, it would be easy to capture Bingzhou."

After a moment of pause, Wang Lei's eyes fell on Lu Bu and ordered: "Fengxian was from Bingzhou. He was once the chief clerk of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. He is familiar with the situation in Bingzhou. I will leave it to you to deal with the task of pacifying Bingzhou, and will help Xu Rong."

Lu Bu stood up and said excitedly: "Please rest assured, lord, that the last one will definitely capture Bingzhou in the shortest time."

Xu You stood up and said, "After the capture of Bingzhou, a governor is needed. Who will the lord give him to serve as the leader?"

When Wang Lei heard this, he fell into deep thought.

Bingzhou is a barrier to the west of Jizhou, bordering Chang'an and Luoyang, and is a very important strategic position. Wang Lei wants to send troops to attack Chang'an, and Bingzhou is one of the exporters.

Wang Lei's eyes fell on Shen Pei and said, "Shen Pei obeyed the order!"

"I'm here!"

Shen Pei stood up, but his heart kept beating.

When he was called out at this time, the situation was already very obvious.

Wang Lei ordered: "When Mr. Zhengnan followed me, it was the time when Jizhou was in trouble with internal and external troubles. Over the years, Mr. Zhengnan has done a lot of work for the development and consolidation of Jizhou. Mr. Zhengnan is upright and decisive, and has outstanding talent. I feel at ease with Mr. Zhengnan as the governor of Bingzhou."

Shen Pei bowed and said, "Don't worry, lord, I will do my best to govern Bingzhou well for lord."

Wang Lei nodded and thought to himself: After the exile was released, Wang Lei's subordinates were missing one more official and needed to be supplemented, but this is a follow-up matter.

Wang Lei also said: "Shen Pei serves as the governor of Bingzhou and is responsible for the internal affairs of Bingzhou. Lu Bu and Xu Rong dispatched troops to control Bingzhou as quickly as possible."

"promise!"

After Shen Pei, Lu Bu and Xu Rong got the order and went to prepare immediately.

Xu You's eyes turned, and the corner of his eyes glanced at Shen Pei who had left, and felt envious.

Shen Pei is really lucky, and he was directly promoted to the governor of Bingzhou. However, Xu You also understood that he was different from Shen Pei, Ju Su, Tian Feng and others. Tian Feng, Ju Su, Shen Pei and others followed Wang Lei from the beginning and were Wang Lei's confidant. He surrendered to Wang Lei later, and his weight was obviously a little short of that.

Wang Lei looked at Shi A again and ordered: "Shi A, pay close attention to the situation of Huang Zhong and Zhang He. At the same time, he told the two that if Bingzhou conquers, I will enter Chang'an from Bingzhou to restrain Li Ru's troops for them."

"promise!"

Shi A nodded and remembered it in his heart.

Everyone discussed the next arrangement before they dispersed.

...

Dangyin County, county government hall.

Li Ru personally led a large army to attack and stationed in Dangyin County.

In the hall, Li Ru's confidants Xu Huang, Dong Yue, Niu Fu, Duan Wei and others gathered here.

Li Ru narrowed his eyes slightly, and his slender eyes were filled with a gloomy look. He slowly said: "This attack on Ye County is not only related to the world's pattern, but also to the future of our Xiliang Army. Therefore, this battle is only allowed to win but not lose."

After a brief pause, Li Ru said again: "Wang Lei's troops were divided into three groups to fight. As long as we defeated Huang Zhong in this way and approached Ye County, the troops led by Wang Lei would definitely be affected. At that time, Wang Lei could only withdraw from Bingzhou and support Ye County. Wang Lei withdrew his troops, and Wang Lei used the strategy of three-way troops to fight, and he would collapse."

Dong Yue said: "The Taiwei's analysis makes sense, but there is also a problem. Once Xu Rong is defeated, Wang Lei will go south to Bingzhou and go west to Chang'an, and we will also be affected. Taiwei, our strategy against Wang Lei may also restrict us in turn."

Li Ru raised his lips and looked confident, saying, "General Dong's analysis makes sense, but it is precisely because of this that we must seize the time and defeat Huang Zhong in the shortest time and attack Ye County, so that Wang Lei cannot make a difference in Bingzhou."

Xu Huang nodded and said, "Taiwei, you will have a question at the end."

"What's the question?" Li Rudao.

Xu Huang replied: "Does the Taiwei plan to destroy Wang Lei or weaken Wang Lei?"

Li Ru laughed and joked: "Gongming, this problem should not be said from your mouth. Wang Lei has Youzhou and Jizhou, with many soldiers and wide generals and strong strength. Even if we enter Ye County, Wang Lei can still retreat to Youzhou. In this battle, we will defeat Wang Lei at most and divide Jizhou with Cao Cao. It is harder to destroy Wang Lei than climb to heaven."

In Li Ru's opinion, it is impossible to destroy Wang Lei.

Not to mention Wang Lei's own abilities, Wang Lei's civil and military officials are full of talents, and these people are extremely united, so it is difficult to defeat Wang Lei. It is already a very good result to weaken Wang Lei's strength and maintain the dispute between the princes.

Xu Huang said: "I think the Taiwei is too conservative. We have three armies, so it is not difficult to attack Jizhou. After defeating Wang Lei's three armies and forcing Wang Lei to Bingzhou, we have the chance to destroy Wang Lei."

Li Ru smiled softly and said, "I will not comment on Gongming's analysis. Our current task is to defeat Huang Zhong and enter Jizhou. After completing this task, it will not be too late to make a judgment."

Xu Huang nodded and stopped arguing.

Li Ru asked: "Everyone, what do you think of our army?"

Niu Fu thought for a while and said proudly: "In this battle, the Taiwei dispatched a total of 100,000 troops. Our 100,000 troops went east to Dangyin County and would definitely defeat the Jizhou army that was coming to Dangyin County. Then he would directly kill Ye County and force Wang Lei to withdraw."

Niu Fu's plan is very simple, it is simply a head-on battle.

Dong Yue shook his head gently and said, "We are not afraid of the Jizhou army when fighting head-on. But for us, such a fight can be said to be a killing of one thousand enemies and hurting one hundred by one. I think it is inappropriate."

Duan Wei nodded and smiled and said, "Taiwei, there is a plan below."

"What strategy?" Li Ru asked.

Duan Wei replied: "General Niu said he would advance directly, and I agree. However, another cavalry needs to be sent to the city, hiking at night, quietly enter Jizhou and heading to Ye County. Wang Lei divided into three armies to fight and had already dispatched all the troops in Jizhou. Huang Zhong led his army to Dangyin County and took the initiative to advance, which made Ye County weaker."

Duan Wei said excitedly: "At this time, the Taiwei led his army to attract Huang Zhong's attention. If the surprise attacks Ye County, he will definitely be able to take Ye County in one battle. At that time, Huang Zhong's army's retreat will be cut off and he will undoubtedly be defeated."

Li Ru's eyes lit up and said, "General Duan's plan is quite good. Are you willing to take on this important task?"

Duan Wei clasped his fists and said, "Taiwei, I am willing to take on this important task."

Li Ru asked: "How many troops are needed?"

Duan Wei replied: "Five thousand elite troops will definitely be able to capture Ye County."

Xu Huang suddenly spoke, "Taiwei, General Duan's plan is very good, but I don't think it's direct enough, so I went around a little bit."

Li Ru said: "What do Gongming thinks?"

Duan Wei squinted his eyes, and a coldness flashed in his eyes.

Xu Huang ignored Duan Wei's eyes, smiled slightly, and said slowly: "The strategy is very simple. Since our troops can avoid the realization of Huang Zhong's army and go around to Huang Zhong's back, why don't we choose to fight with Huang Zhong and attack Huang Zhong's back camp when we are fighting with Huang Zhong? Once the back camp of Jizhou army is broken, Huang Zhong will undoubtedly be defeated."

Duan Wei heard this and felt a little shocked.

After careful calculation, Duan Wei had to admit that Xu Huang's plan was better.

Ye County has weak troops, but Ye County is the base camp of Jizhou. The city is strong, and even if the defenders are weak, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, the surprise attacks Huang Zhong’s rear camp is different. Once Huang Zhong’s rear camp is broken and food, grass, equipment, etc. are destroyed, the tens of thousands of troops under Huang Zhong’s command will be in danger and in a dilemma.

After Duan Wei thought it through, he took the initiative to say, "Taiwei, the last general agrees with General Xu's suggestion."

Duan Wei was disgusted with Xu Huang's good things that disturbed him, but he took the initiative to propose that he wanted to show it in front of Li Ru.

Li Ru smiled slightly and said, "Compared with General Duan's strategy, Gongming's strategy is indeed better. Since this is the case, let's adjust the strategy. General Duan led 5,000 elite troops around Huang Zhong. When we lead the army to fight head-on with Huang Zhong, General Duan will lead the army to attack Huang Zhong's rear camp."

"promise!"

Duan Wei nodded, and a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.

...

Chang'an, Meiwu.

Prime Minister's Mansion, in the hall.

Now Dong Huang has grown up a beard, and he has been in the position of prime minister for a long time and has a pampered life, so he naturally developed a momentum. He looked at Dong Lian and said in a deep voice: "Li Ru led his army to fight, and his confidants Xu Huang, Xu Rong, Dong Yue, Niu Fu and others have all left Chang'an. Now, there are very few people who stay in Chang'an. Do you think that you can regain power at this time?"

Dong Lian hurriedly advised: "Prime Minister, you must not!"

Dong Huang said puzzledly: "Brother Lian has always supported me to regain power, how can I object?"

Dong Lian said: "Reporting to the prime minister, he wants to deal with Li Ru, he has a clear time. He is fighting with Wang Lei now. If we seize power in Chang'an and Li Ru's army is in chaos, can we resist Wang Lei? Once it cannot be stopped, Wang Lei's army will enter Luoyang and approach Chang'an. Without Li Ru's army, what can we use to resist Wang Lei?"

Dong Lian said bitterly: "During the war, not only can Li Ru's position be destroyed, but he must strongly support Li Ru and demonstrate the prime minister's mind. If the prime minister wants to seize power, Li Ru can only take action after he wins."

After hearing this, Dong Huang said in awe: "Brother Lian is wise. If it weren't Brother Lian, I almost made a big mistake."

Dong Lian said: "The Prime Minister has been awarded too much. I just don't want Wang Lei to benefit. Our fight with Li Ru is an internal struggle between our own people. After defeating Wang Lei, we will deal with Li Ru."

Dong Huang asked: "What do Brother Lian thinks about this battle?"

Dong Lian replied: "In order to show the prime minister's mind, I suggest sending people to escort food to Dangyin County, on the one hand, rewarding the army, and on the other hand, rewarding Li Ru."

Dong Huang flicked his sleeves and said, "Brother Lian will handle this matter in full."

"promise!"

Dong Lian nodded, turned around and left the hall to perform the mission.
Chapter completed!