Dong Zhuo was in the back hall of the Taishi Mansion, jumping on his feet and washing Li Ru's face with saliva.
It’s so annoying!
After killing the old yin Jian Shuo, Dong Zhuo found that he had fallen into a low point in life.
The little emperor ran away, the original emperor and the queen mother also ran away, the three princes in the imperial court ran away, and Zhu Jun also ran away with a large group of generals.
Nowadays, apart from the common people who have not fled, there are not many officials left in Luoyang City.
In the palace, except for the old Queen Mother Dong, who was too old to run away, the eunuchs who were taken care of outside and the concubines who were cared about by her parents' family were also almost gone.
It can be said that although Luoyang was still in Dong Zhuo's hands at this time, it had completely lost any meaning. Instead, it had become a freshly baked potato that was too hot to hold and reluctant to throw away.
Li Ru lowered his head to his chest and tried to wash his hair instead of washing his face.
He also felt bitter in his heart, but he couldn't express it.
You really can't blame him for this. At the beginning of the Eighteen Route Princes' crusade, Li Ru had a premonition that some old guys in Luoyang City would be evil.
Therefore, when Lin Feng captured Hangu Pass, Li Ru urged Dong Zhuo not to take it by force, thinking of leaving Lu Fengxian, the best in the world, in Luoyang City to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
Unfortunately, apart from Lin Feng, there are still a few capable warriors among the princes, especially Sun Jian's tribe in Changsha, which attacked from the south. They fought and won consecutively, threatening the city of Luoyang just like Lin Feng in the plains.
According to Li Ru's opinion, although Fan Chou was defeated by Sun Jian many times, he was actually not injured. There was no need to pay attention to the aggressive Sun Jian's troops. As long as Fan Chou continued to fortify the walls and clear the country, and retreat while fighting, sooner or later Sun Jian's troops, who were busy on the expedition, would be brought down.
Unfortunately, firstly Dong Zhuo was wary, and secondly Lü Bu was eager to make a contribution, so Li Ru finally had to agree to dispatch Lü Bu to send troops south to surround and kill Sun Jian together with Fan Chou.
As expected by Li Ru, as soon as Lu Bu led the Bingzhou cavalry to leave Luoyang, there was a mutiny in the capital. He actually let go of the east gate and ordered a ragtag group of people to rush into the city.
In order to eliminate the rebel army as soon as possible, Dong Zhuo sent people to mobilize the palace guards without consulting Li Ru. This reckless move aroused the suspicion of Lao Yinbi Jian Shuo, so the palace guards began to fight, causing the city to The situation is getting out of hand.
After Li Ru assisted Dong Zhuo in encircling and killing Jian Shuo and his troops who had fled into Zhang Ji's mansion, they suddenly realized that the young emperor was missing.
The two frantically broke into the palace to check, and found that even Queen Mother He and King Hongnong in the cold palace were missing.
Li Ru was furious and ordered his men to guard the four gates, vowing to turn Luoyang City upside down.
Before Luoyang City had time to dig through it, another bad news came: the secret treasure cave had been ransacked.
After a brief thought, Li Ru guessed that Xu Rong had defected to the enemy. Although it was slightly different from the facts, the overall situation was not bad.
He hurriedly led people through the treasure cave and out of the city to look for clues. Just after he came out of the farm and chased him near Xiangshan, Li Ru received Dong Zhuo's order to meet him immediately and had to order his men to continue tracking. He led people back to Luoyang City and to Dong Zhuo Come here to get scolded.
After Dong Zhuo had finally vented his anger, Li Ru raised his head and faced Dong Zhuo.
Although Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, in fact, the two are basically the same age, with Dong Zhuo being born only more than six months earlier than Li Ru.
Li Ru was the mastermind who had been with Dong Zhuo since he started his career. The two worked hard together, starting from suppressing the Qiang people, gradually expanding their power, and gradually becoming the largest warlord in Longxi.
When Dong Zhuo put down the rebellion of Ma Teng and Han Sui, Li Ru's first wife died of illness. In order to win over the most important advisers around him, Dong Zhuo proposed to marry his third daughter, who was still in her prime, to Li Ru. Li Ru actually agreed, actually married this wife who was nearly thirty years younger than him, and happily became Dong Zhuo's cheap son-in-law.
Therefore, no matter how Dong Zhuo treated Li Ru, the evil scholar would not have any complaints in his heart.
"Grand Master, don't be so angry that your body is broken. In fact, it's not a big deal. At most, we can just go back to Longxi."
Dong Zhuo snorted heavily: "There is no harm in returning to Longxi. Anyway, the entire Xiliang is decided by the old Dong family. It's just that I feel too depressed. Until now, I don't know who has plotted against me."
Li Ru's little eyes rolled up and down a few times, and he snorted coldly: "It's just those old guys. Either Zhu Jun did this, or Wang Yun did it. From my point of view, the two of them joined forces. Most likely."
Dong Zhuo drew his sword and struck the table with hatred, "Damn it, if I had known this, I should have pulled all these old guys out of their homes and pushed them outside Zhengyang Gate to have them bled one by one!"
"Grand Master, this is not the time to dwell on these irrelevant matters. We must formulate our next strategic intentions as soon as possible."
"What are you afraid of? Are you still worried that my son Fengxian will lose?"
Li Ru shook his head helplessly: "Grand Master, the question now is not whether we will lose, but the question of what is the point of continuing this kind of war."
"Why not fight? Only by beating these people to the point of pain will no one look down on our Xiliang Legion anymore."
"Grand Master, heroes from all over the world have emerged in large numbers. This time, only eighteen princes have come to fight. If we cannot find the little emperor and have no righteousness behind us, a pack of wolves will rise up. All princes will want to follow us. I took a bite of fat off my body. Even if our Xiliang Army is capable of hitting, how many nails can we hit if our body is made of iron?"
Dong Zhuo was stunned by what Li Ru said. Yes, Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie and Hongnong King Liu Bian both ran away. No matter who fell into their hands, when an edict is issued, ordering all the princes in the world to attack Xiliang, it will be all over. .
Among the princes who have not yet sent troops, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong and others have actually
Even with all his strength, he was extremely powerful, hardly inferior to Dong Zhuo.
If a show where everyone is the enemy is really staged, Dong Zhuo probably won't be able to resist it.
"What should I do?"
Li Ru gritted his teeth and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, we will simply stop doing nothing and quickly recall all the troops. Let's abandon Luoyang, return to Hangu Pass, and stick to Longxi."
"Return to Guanzhong?"
Dong Zhuo was a little reluctant for a while. Luoyang is so good. It has a large population and developed industry and commerce. You can enjoy whatever you want. Although Chang'an has a population no less than Luoyang, in terms of prosperity, it is indeed slightly inferior.
"I know that Grand Master you are reluctant to part with the prosperity of Luoyang City. We just want to give up Luoyang City, but we have not said that we want to give up the wealth and splendor of Luoyang City."
"What's the meaning?"
"It's nothing. The Xiliang Army still has the upper hand in every battlefield now. We have enough time to evacuate all Luoyang City, pack up people and things, and bring them back to Chang'an City."
Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and patted Li Ru on the shoulder hard and said: "You are indeed still the bad scholar from Longxi. I really doubt there is any trouble in this world that you can't solve. It's settled, starting from tomorrow You will be responsible for moving Luoyang City to Chang'an from now on. After a certain general has swept away all the opposition forces in the DPRK and China, he will personally lead his troops to the front line. We must let these Central Plains people know the majesty of our Longxi heroes."
Li Ru closed his eyes in pain.
here we go again.
Dong Zhuo treated his subordinates with kindness and power, made friends with sincerity, fought bravely and tenaciously, and was calm and collected in situations. From every aspect, he looked like a great leader, but in this aspect, he could easily become arrogant.
Under Dong Zhuo's personal command, the Xiliang Army had already suffered countless defeats. Even when they were fighting in Jizhou, they were beaten to a pulp by a ragtag group of Yellow Turbans armed with hoes and sticks.
According to Li Ru, as long as Dong Zhuo does not go to the battlefield in person, it is the best command for the Xiliang Army. Unfortunately, Dong Zhuo has never recognized this reality.
Well, Li Ru decided to persuade his father-in-law, who was the same age as him, to go to the southern battlefield. After all, there was Lu Fengxian, the best in the world, there. No matter how good Dong Zhuo was, he couldn't cause much trouble.
The father-in-law and son-in-law in Luoyang City had agreed to withdraw their troops, so naturally they were even more indifferent to the idea of recovering Liu Xie and Liu Bian.
Lin Feng took this opportunity to lead the rebel army across the mountains and ridges, escaped from the Gyeonggi area, and sneaked through Hanoi County day and night, and finally successfully joined the Pingyuan Army led by Jushu at Hukou Pass.
Jushou, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, had already learned about the Luoyang Incident through spies, but he did not know that Lin Feng was also deeply involved in it.
When he learned that Lin Feng had actually brought back the current Long Live Little Emperor during his trip to Luoyang, Jushou almost laughed out of his nose.