"Sun Jian seized Huainan?"
Dong Zhuo's voice rang out before he even appeared. A bewitching woman in disheveled clothes walked out of the room. She hurriedly bowed to Li Ru and left in a hurry.
After the woman left, Dong Zhuo's voice rang out from the room,
"Come in!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ru hurriedly got up and walked into the house to see Dong Zhuo.
However, when he saw Dong Zhuo, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
The current Dong Zhuo was even fatter than when he was in Luoyang. He looked like a mountain of meat as he sat on the couch, making people unable to look at him directly.
Where was the shadow of Dong Zhongying, who had dominated Liangzhou?
Under his heartache, he felt sad and quickly cupped his hands.
"This subordinate Li Ru greets Grand Preceptor.“
"Sit, what's the matter? Speak!"
Dong Zhuo spoke when he saw Li Ru enter.
His voice was even colder than before. There was even a hint of impatience in his tone.
When Li Ru heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.
Ever since the defeat in Luoyang, the current Dong Zhuo had already become more and more distrustful of him!
If he wasn't Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he would have been killed after his defeat.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth again.
No matter what, for his wife and children, he had to help Dong Zhuo up!
"Grand Preceptor, Sun Jian has already taken Huainan. This is bad news for our army!”
"Our army must take certain measures!”
"Hmm?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Zhuo frowned and said,
"Li Wenyou, what do you mean?”
"Previously, when Yuan Shao and the others submitted a petition to appoint Sun Jian as the governor of Yangzhou, you said that this was a good thing for our army and even asked me to issue an edict.”
"Now that the imperial edict has arrived, you are saying that Sun Jian seizing Huainan is a bad thing for our army?”
"Don't you think that your words are contradictory?”
"What do you want me to do now?”
As he spoke, he slapped the couch and shouted angrily,
"Could it be that you want to play with me?”
Li Ru's expression darkened, but he still gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice,"
"Grand Preceptor, times have changed!”
"When the dukes entered Luoyang, our army had just retreated. Among the dukes, only Sun Jian had the strength to advance west again.”
"Therefore, his return to Yangzhou is naturally good news for our army.”
"At first, I thought that Sun Jian had no foundation in Yangzhou and would return to River East to make a comeback. Who would have thought that he would go to Huainan first!”
"Grand Preceptor, these are two different things!"
"If Sun Jian returns to River East, he won't pose much of a threat to our army. If he enters Huainan, he will be a huge threat to our army!”
"Humph!"
Hearing this, Dong Zhuo snorted coldly and said,"
"It's just Yangzhou. What's the difference between him going to River East and Huainan?”
"The difference is huge!"
Seeing that Dong Zhuo still understood, Li Ru simply stood up and cupped his hands,
"Grand Preceptor, if Sun Jian goes to River East, he must go to Wu County.”
"That Wu County is filled with bandits and great thieves. It can be said that it's a dead end!”
"If Sun Jian wants to expand from Wu County, he will have to enter Lujiang instead of Guangling.”
"Guangling is Xu Prefecture's territory. If Sun Jian dares to go north, he will definitely fight Tao Qian!”
"As for Lu Jiang, although Lu Kang is old, he is also very resourceful. Sun Jian will definitely be held back by Lu Kang if he crosses the river to fight him!”
"Since he couldn't go north, he could only go south or west.”
"Although that Kuaiji King Lang is a weak civil official, the south is Shanyue. If Sun Jian goes south, he will be entangled with Shanyue.”
"The Pill Sun in the west, although it is a large place, it is a barren land!”
"Therefore, no matter if it's going south, north, or west, Wu County won't be able to support Sun Jian's rapid rise.”
"If that's the case, Sun Jian will probably be confined to River East for the next three to five years!”
Then, he looked at Dong Zhuo earnestly and said,
"Does Grand Preceptor think that this is not a good thing for our army?”
"Oh."
Hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo fell into silence, no longer looking down on him.
"Continue!"
Seeing Dong Zhuo like this, Li Ru's spirit was lifted. He once again opened his mouth and said,
"Just now, I said that if Sun Jian enters River East, he will be trapped there, but it will be different if he enters Huainan!”
"This time, Sun Jian has gone south without the name of the Imperial Court or a foundation. Although Yuan Shao and the others have submitted memorials, he has no way of occupying Yangzhou before the imperial edict is issued.”
"Originally, I thought that if Sun Jian wanted to return to Jiangdong, it would be better to give him the position of governor of Yangzhou and let him trap himself in Jiangdong!”
"However, I never expected that Sun Jian would dare to persuade the northern counties of Jiujiang to surrender without any reason, forcing Chen Wen to land!”
"Then, he even plotted to lure Lu Kang out of the city and destroy him!”
"In less than a few months, he seized the entire Huainan!”
"Grand Preceptor, think about it. Just now, I mentioned the restrictions of River East. Does Huainan exist?”
As Dong Zhuo listened, his eyes became more and more thoughtful. However, Li Ru didn't give him time to think. Instead, he said firmly,
"Grand Preceptor, there are no restrictions in Huainan!”
As he spoke, he took a step forward and picked up a chessboard beside him.
"Grand Preceptor, if we use the chessboard as an analogy, then the land of River East is a corner. Although we can place our pieces, it is difficult to gain momentum.”
"But Huainan is different. Looking at the terrain, it is the north side of the southeast flying star. Sun Jian occupied the land, and it is like he has placed a piece.”
"Now, he has the two counties of Huainan. He can enter Xuzhou in the east, Yanzhou in the north, Yuzhou and Jingzhou in the west, and Jiangdong in the south!”
"Now that he has taken two counties in a row, with 100,000 soldiers and the title of Yangzhou governor, taking Jiangdong is as easy as flipping his hand!”
"After the River East, Sun Jian has the land of Yangzhou. He has millions of people and hundreds of thousands of soldiers.”
"With Sun Jian's abilities, who in the world can compete with him?”
"I'm afraid that in a few years, I'll be able to occupy a few more provinces!”
"When that time comes, once he takes the Yu and Jing states to the west, he will be connected to us!”
"Grand Preceptor, think about it. Sun Jian only had 30,000 soldiers that day, but he was able to defeat tens of thousands of our troops!”
"If he takes over the three provinces, brings hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and goes north from Wuguan to Chang 'an, what will our army have to resist?”
At this point, he had already knocked heavily on the chessboard and said in a deep voice,
"Grand Preceptor! This was a big game of chess, a big game of chess with the world as the game!”
"Now, Sun Jian has already placed his piece and seized the initiative. If our army doesn't move, we will definitely be destroyed by Sun Jian in the future!”
"Grand Preceptor, don't you think that this is a matter of life and death for our army?”
"This, this, this…"
Dong Zhuo's face was covered in cold sweat as he heard Li Ru's words. He could not help but click his tongue.
When Li Ru came in just now, he didn't feel anything.
He only thought that Sun Jian taking down Huainan was still a hundred thousand miles away from him and was not enough to worry about!
However, after Li Ru's analysis, he suddenly realized that Sun Jian had taken such a crucial step without a sound!
Moreover, he might even become the big boss in the future?
Dong Zhuo panicked when he thought of this.
To be honest, his current state was related to the blow that Sun Jian had given him.
All the fat on his body was the shadow that Sun Jian had cast on him!
But now, Li Ru suddenly came to tell him that Sun Jian, who had pinned him to the ground with 30,000 soldiers, might come back with 300,000 soldiers in a few years.
This kind of news, he could no longer remain calm!
Dong Zhuo muttered to himself. Suddenly, he glared at Li Ru and said,
"Wen You, could it be that the matter you mentioned today was also planned by Baili Ming?”
"Yes, sir!"
When Li Ru heard that, he nodded and said,"
"Ever since this person joined Sun Jian's army, Sun Jian has placed great importance on him!”
"Not only do we travel in the same car, we walk the same way, even our homes are close to each other!”
"Sun Jian's actions from Mushui Pass were all planned by this person!”
"When I first investigated this person, I thought that he was only good at scheming!”
"But now, it seems that this person is not only extremely good at scheming, but he also knows everything about strategy, politics, army management, and governance!”
"Grand Preceptor, do you know that after Sun Jian seized Huainan, he began to wantonly exterminate the bandits and wiped out almost all the bandits in Huainan.”
"Now, in Huainan, under this person's general plan, there are already signs of people submitting!”
"How long has it been?"
"If this person is given more time, the strength of Sun Jian's subordinates will soar once again!”
"At that time, we really won't be able to restrain ourselves!”
"This…"
When Dong Zhuo heard this, his face was filled with shock.
"Using the world as a board and the vassals as chess pieces, good at strategy, good at organizing the army, and good at governing the country. Is there really such a genius in the world?”
"Is this still humanly possible?"
"Sigh!"
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru also sighed slightly.
What Dong Zhuo said wasn't what scared him the most. What really scared him was Baili Ming's age!
According to the intelligence they had investigated, this Baili Ruozhong was actually only in his prime!
What kind of genius could learn these things to such an extent in just 20 years?
Even if he started learning in his mother's womb, it was impossible for him to learn so comprehensively!
In the face of such an abnormal situation, the only explanation he could give was that he was not human at all, but a demon!
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