"Huh~~" Dong Zhuo wiped his forehead with his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "So that, Zhang Xiu has made a contribution and made up for it?"

Li Ru saw that the school had not finished speaking and asked, "There is still news?"

"And~~" Xiao Zheng calmed down, his expression suddenly turned to sad, and he said in a deep tone, "And~~ General Xu Rong's 30,000 troops have been destroyed at Lianghekou, Mei County. The whereabouts of Lord Zhong Yao are unknown. The candidate, Li Kan and Zhang Heng, were beheaded by Fang Yue on the spot, and Yang Qiu and Cheng Yin were captured alive and beheaded."

Dong Zhuo said anxiously: "Where is Xu Rong!?"

The little school said sadly: "General Xu Rong has committed suicide."

"ah!"

"Yuanmao!"

As the school finished speaking, Dong Zhuo shouted loudly, spitting blood on his mouth and then fell back. Xu Rong followed Dong Zhuo for many years and was leaned on by Dong Zhuo's left arm and right arm. The two have been together for many years. Although they are different from their subordinates, they have always treated each other with knowledge in their hearts. At this time, they suddenly heard bad news. How could Dong Zhuo not be heartbroken?

"Master!"

"Master?"

Seeing Dong Zhuo fainting on the ground, Lu Bu and his generals hurriedly came forward to support him.

The tent suddenly became a mess. The generals carried Dong Zhuo to the soft couch behind the screen. Li Ru had already ordered his personal soldiers to go to summon the military doctor. In a short while, the doctor came to the tent with the medicine box on his back. After seeing Dong Zhuo's tongue coating, he stabbed Dong Zhuo with a needle on his body.

"I'm bored too~~"

Dong Zhuo sighed to the sky and woke up quietly.

Li Ru waved his hand, and all the generals bowed and retreated from the central army's tent, leaving only Dong Zhuo and Li Ru.

Meeting Dong Zhuo's confused eyes, Li Ru advised: "The lord is mourning, he died on the battlefield, and his horse and corpse are wrapped in horses. Since ancient times, General Xu Rong has died as a place to die."

"Oh~~" Dong Zhuo sighed and said, "Wen Xiu, this disaster has come, what should I do?"

Dong Zhuo's tone was dull, and looking at Li Ru's eyes, a look of panic and helplessness appeared. Li Ru suddenly realized that Dong Zhuo seemed to have changed, becoming different from before. The former Dong Zhuo, who was full of energy and looked down on the world, seemed to have disappeared. The more than a year of licentious life in Luoyang seemed to have eroded all Dong Zhuo's ambitions.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo looked like a twilight old man.

"Lord, don't worry." Li Ru calmed down and advised, "Although Chang'an has fallen, Hangu Pass is still under the control of our army, and the horse butcher has limited troops. Even if he captures Chang'an, he will have no time to take care of the surrounding counties. The magistrates of each county will personally select the lord. It can be said that the lord's confidant will definitely not betray his lord."

"So~~" Li Ru said this, then emphasized his tone and continued, "As long as the lord can lead the army back to Guanzhong in time, things can still be done."

"How easy is it to go back to Guanzhong?" Dong Zhuo shook his head tiredly and said, "The 18th Kanto Alliance Army is eyeing outside Hulao Pass. Once the army evacuated Hulao Pass, 300,000 Kanto Army will knock on the gate. At that time, our army will be attacked from both sides and will be difficult to consider. Not only will Guanzhong not be taken back, I am afraid that even Luoyang, the capital of the capital, will not be able to protect it."

"Don't worry, lord." Li Ru said calmly, "Ru has a plan that can make the Kwantung Alliance Army hold troops outside Hulao Pass without moving!"

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo asked in confusion, "Are you going to have a plan?"

Outside Hulao Pass, the coalition camp.

In the central army's tent, Yuan Shao and Tian Feng were sitting opposite each other.

Yuan Shao handed a book to Tian Feng and said in a singular voice: "Yuan Hao, this is the news that the Sei Works lurking in Luoyang City just spyed."

Tian Feng unfolded the book, read the ten lines at a glance, and then fell into deep thought.

Yuan Shao said: "Compared with Dong Zhuo, the horse butcher is younger, more cruel and cunning. If you can choose, I would rather face Dong Zhuo than face the horse butcher who occupies Guanzhong. In view of this, I intend to suspend the attack on Hulao Pass so that Dong Zhuo can draw troops back to Guanzhong and defeat the horse butcher. I wonder what Yuan Hao thinks?"

"This is also a good idea. The coalition forces can also benefit from it." Tian Feng nodded, "But this proposal cannot be proposed by the lord first. Otherwise, for the lord's reputation is unfavorable, the lord can summon the princes in various towns other than Ma Teng and Gongsun Zan to show the secret letter to the public. At that time, someone will naturally say this for the lord."

"Okay, just as Yuan Hao said."

That night, Yuan Shao's central army tent.

Except for Ma Teng, who represented the governor of Liangzhou, who participated in the fight against Dong's coalition and Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youzhou, the other sixteen warlords had gathered together, and each sat in order according to the title and the ranks of officials. The confidant generals and strategists could only stand behind him. After Liu Bei, the prime minister of Langyan, claimed to have been Jingshan, Zhongshan, and Houyan attended the meeting with Tao Qian, but could only stay at the last seat.

After everyone sat down, Yuan Shao's eyes flew past the princes with a faint look, and suddenly said something shocking: "Everyone, I just wrote a quick report from Luoyang. The Ma Butcher won the battle in Liangzhou. Dong Zhuo's confidant general Xu Rong was killed in battle. The entire army was destroyed. The Ma Butcher condemned General Gao Shun and led 20,000 cavalry to attack Chang'an! The fierce land of Xiliang, the fertile land of Guanzhong, will soon change his surname to Ma!"

As Yuan Shao finished speaking, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Liu Bei and Tao Qian looked worried.

The mage butcher is no less cruel than Dong Zhuo, and he is younger, more cunning and more difficult than Dong Zhuo! The mage butcher now has only a corner of Hetao, with only hundreds of thousands of people and only four or fifty thousand soldiers, so he is already so stalemate. If the mage butcher gains a foothold in Liangzhou and then occupies Guanzhong, who will be able to compete with the world in ten years?

Yuan Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, jumped up and said quickly: "This horse butcher is really good at picking the time. Our 18th Kanto Alliance Army fought with Dong Zhuo's 150,000 troops outside Hulao Pass, and made this guy pick up a peach that fell to the ground. It's really outrageous."

Tao Qian said worriedly: "Ma Butcher and Dong Zhuo are both tigers and wolves. They are both cruel and ruthless and killing. If Ma Butcher occupied Liangzhou and Guanzhong, it would take less than a few years to be another Dong Zhuo! Will the 18th Guandong Alliance Army have to cultivate another Dong Zhuo after the Eighteenth Kwantung Alliance wiped out Dong Zhuo? Then what is the point of eliminating the traitors when everyone is bleeding desperately outside Hulao Pass? "

Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, suddenly said: "It is better to suspend the attack and secretly reach a compromise with Dong Zhuo, so that he can mobilize troops back to Guanzhong. The 18th Guandong coalition forces can sit outside Hulao Pass and wait for the horse butcher. Dong Zhuo and the two wolves fight each other and then reap the benefits of the fishing jar. Isn't this a win for two in one fell swoop?"

"Wonderful!" Cao Cao smiled, "Cao thought this plan was feasible, but I don't know what to do with his original intention?"

Yuan Shao coughed dryly and said in a false disappointment: "Since everyone thinks what Lord Bao said is feasible, then let's act accordingly. You can quickly understand the three armies, retreat thirty miles away to the camp, and suspend all military attacks on Hulao Pass. Then send a messenger to contact Dong Zhuo's army so that Dong Zhuo can safely draw the army back to Guanzhong and fight with Ma Butcher Ma to defeat both sides."
Chapter completed!