Late at night, in Dong Zhuo's room in Hulao Pass, Dong Zhuo was sitting on a chair, frowning secretly, while Li Ru was waiting on the side.
"Wen You, did he really say that?"
After a while, Dong Zhuo raised his head and asked.
"It is indeed true. How dare I deceive Mr. Xiangguo? I have been chatting with him in the afternoon."
Li Ru straightened his expression and said.
"Then do you think what he said was sincere?" Dong Zhuo then asked again.
"Well, I'm not sure about this subordinate." Upon hearing Dong Zhuo's question, Li Ru's expression changed slightly and he stuttered a little.
"However, my subordinates sensed from this person that he was in a busy city but his heart was transcending power. Therefore, I thought that he was a real hermit in the mountains and forests. As he said, he could only leave the mountain.
It’s just for a breakthrough in cultivation.”
After thinking for a while, Li Ru said something.
"Oh! Really?" Dong Zhuo glanced at Li Ru incredulously upon hearing this, then lowered his head and began to think deeply.
However, when he saw Li Ru, his heart was trembling with fear, and there was a faint cold sweat on his back. It was obvious that Dong Zhuo's eyes were still very intimidating.
"By the way, do you think the people this man mentioned are true?" Suddenly Dong Zhuo remembered something again and asked.
"This, I think it should be true. My old friend, even the Prime Minister, you don't know his ability, but this person insists that he has no omissions, so I think this person will not
Lying about this."
Li Ru believed in this point.
"Really? Does Jia Wenhe really have such a talent?" Dong Zhuo was also a little surprised. Li Ru had recommended it to him before, but he didn't take it seriously at that time.
But at this moment, he had to believe it. After all, Xiao Ziyu had told so many people to come out. Some of them, even Dong Zhuo himself knew, such as Tian Feng and Ju Shou. He knew these two people and knew each other.
His ingenuity is good.
In addition, he also knew about Xun You, and even specially recruited him. Unfortunately, the other party did not give him face and did not come to Luoyang at all.
In connection with these, Dong Zhuo also generally believed what Xiao Ziyu said, but at this moment, he was extremely horrified in his heart.
He didn't expect that there were so many extraordinary resourceful people in the world. He originally thought that the counselor beside him was already one of the few top counselors in the world.
But it seems from Xiao Ziyu's words that although his counselor is extremely talented, he cannot be ranked among the top three.
Even among the top five, he may not be ranked high. How could this not frighten Dong Zhuo?
He is very clear that the fact that he has reached the point where he is one person below ten thousand people today is largely due to the planning of his strategist.
If there are other people in the world who are more powerful than his military advisor, then once these people join the side of the Guandong princes, I am afraid that his life will not be easy in the future.
Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo became anxious.
At this moment, although he was a little depraved at first, he is not stupid, and now he wants to live such a life of drunkenness and dreams.
Then he must be strong and stronger than everyone in the world.
So he raised his head and asked, "Can we recruit those people?"
"Is this a little difficult?" Li Ru shook his head, his face a little ugly. He still remembered Xiao Ziyu's expression when he shook his head when he asked.
At the same time, he also remembered Xiao Ziyu's answer, but he did not dare to say it in front of Dong Zhuo.
"Um!"
Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous look.
"But don't worry, Mr. Xiangguo, there are still a few people we can recruit, such as the two poor men Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, and other aristocratic families, the Prime Minister also knows their character."
In the end, Li Ru gave a small explanation, but he did not dare to say that Dong Zhuo had a bad reputation, so the counselors were unwilling to come.
"Yeah!" Dong Zhuo's face immediately relaxed when he heard that he could recruit two more people. He actually knew very well that it was obviously impossible to recruit all the talents in the world to his command.
But he would be happy if he could recruit a few of them. If it was true as Xiao Ziyu said, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia were both top advisers in the world.
In addition, he already has two top counselors, Li Ru and Jia Xu, by his side. When the time comes, the counselors under his command will definitely be enviable.
With these four people, he was already satisfied. With the addition of Xiao Ziyu, a mysterious person, he believed that his future would be infinitely brighter.
Even Dong Zhuo himself knew very well that his reputation was not very good in the world, and it was normal for some people not to want to work under him.
For example, Xun You, whom he had recruited before, thought he was very resourceful and wanted to recruit him, but in the end, he refused to recruit him.
However, he still had no way to deal with the other party because the former was not under his rule at all.
"What about generals? Can you recruit some?"
Dong Zhuo asked with bright eyes. In fact, he didn't value counselors much. Otherwise, why would Dong Zhuo have such great power, but he only had Li Ru as a counselor?
Mostly because Dong Zhuo didn't pay much attention to counselors, he believed in his own force. In addition, Li Ru was indeed very powerful.
But Dong Zhuo was different with generals. He still attached great importance to generals, especially after meeting Lu Bu, he paid more attention to those super powerful generals.
Obviously, Lu Bu had a profound impression on him during the battle with Ding Yuan.
"Returning to the Prime Minister, in terms of generals, except for those who have defected to other princes, there may not be much possibility, but there are still many who are frustrated, but they can be recruited."
Li Ru was quite confident about recruiting generals, because he knew that these generals were not like those counselors.
What matters most to many generals is whether they can be reused, whether they can serve on the battlefield, and whether they can make meritorious deeds.
Regarding this, Dong Zhuo can help them realize this. Therefore, Li Ru believes that as long as the Prime Minister agrees, he will definitely recruit a large number of generals for Dong Zhuo according to the list proposed by Xiao Ziyu.
Especially those generals who are still trying to turn themselves into enemies at this moment, such as Gan Ning, Zhou Taila, especially Gan Ning and Li Ru, their eyes are shining brightly.
He learned from Xiao Ziyu that Gan Ning was a rare naval general. Their Xiliang army were all big men from the north. In terms of land warfare, they were definitely the best in the world.
But as for the water war, that's all landlubbers.
Li Ru knew this very well. Once they wanted to attack the south in the future, they would have to engage in a water war.
But they didn't have the Xiliang army, so after hearing Xiao Ziyu's mention of Gan Ning, Li Ru had already decided to recruit this person to Dong Zhuo's subordinates.
Fortunately, he heard Xiao Ziyu say that Gan Ning was still a bandit at this moment, so it would be easy to handle. He believed that as long as the other party was given a chance, the former would never give up easily.
Of course, there are other powerful generals, and Li Ru will not give up. The more generals he has, the stronger they will be, and the greater their chances of taking over the world.
"Very good, then this matter will be left to you and Ziyu. Wenyou, don't let Ben Xiangguo down."
Hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo suddenly had a smile on his face.