Cavalry sieging the city had always been a joke. Li Jue and Guo Si led the Western Liang cavalry around the city, leaving behind hundreds of corpses before they retreated in low spirits.
A king would not raise an army out of anger. Dong Zhuo, who was the most powerful duke in the world, was already in a mess.
Inside Tiger Cage Pass, Dong Zhuo had already smashed everything that could be smashed in front of him. None of the battle generals dared to come close. Only Li Ru was calmly sitting by the table and drinking tea. He seemed very relaxed.
He understood Dong Zhuo. After a moment of rage, this ferocious tiger would calm down and ask him for a plan.
On the contrary, if he took the initiative to offer a plan, it would only attract Dong Zhuo's anger.
As expected, after smashing for a while, Dong Zhuo stopped and came to Li Ru. He blew on his beard and asked angrily,"Wenyou, what should we do now?”
"I have two options for father-in-law."
"Quickly tell me."
"Before I explain the plan, Ru still has a question to ask father-in-law.”
Dong Zhuo was stunned." Why are you still keeping me in suspense at this time? Ask me if you have something to say."”
Li Ru twirled his short beard and slowly said,""Does the lord like Zhang Wu?"
Dong Zhuo wasn't blind. Zhang Wu's bravery was even above Lu Bu's. It would be strange if any leader didn't like him."Very much."
"My best plan is to instigate Zhang Wu to defect. If Zhang Wu comes to join us, father-in-law will have the world's brave generals and the eighteen towns will be nothing to worry about.”
Hearing this, Dong Zhuo hesitated. He didn't know Zhang Wu well, nor did he know what Zhang Wu liked. It was too difficult to persuade him to defect."What's Wenyou's second plan? Tell me about it."
Li Ru's eyes were cold and generous, and his face suddenly became a little cold."Set Luoyang on fire and move the capital to Chang 'an to avoid the vassals' attacks.”
Give up Luoyang?
Dong Zhuo laughed. This was not the worst of the worst. It had nothing to do with personal feelings or the sufferings of the people.
Now that he had burned Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang 'an, it meant that he, the strongest duke, was afraid.
Dong Zhuo could almost see the final outcome of the strongest who had lost his absolute deterrence and lived up to his name.
Those dukes would turn into vicious dogs and pounce on him without hesitation, just to tear off a piece of meat from his body.
Dong Zhuo would not choose to retreat until he was at the end of his rope.
"Who should I send to tell them what is needed to instigate Zhang Wu to defect?”
"As the saying goes, one thing doesn't bother two masters. However, Li Su brought a large sum of money to surrender.”
"Good."
As the saying goes, the first time is the second time, the second time is the second time. That night, Li Su used the moonlight to bribe the alliance army general and went to Cao Cao's camp alone.
It was not that the general guarding the pass was unreliable, but Li Su claimed to be Zhang Wu's distant cousin and came alone. The general took it as a favor to Zhang Wu.
Zhang Wu was bragging to Cao Hong and Hwa Xiong in front of the bonfire.
He had spent 10,000 points to exchange for the Overlord Spear while he was out taking a piss. He held it in his hands lovingly.
This great spear was a little too domineering. The body of the spear was coiled up, and its entire body was black. The spearhead was surprisingly large, even larger than a normal long saber. The most important thing was about 400 catties.
"Ziqian, you said that you don't sleep at night. If you don't go out to pick up treasures, you'll be guarding the tent of your bodyguard. I don't think you're even so concerned about the lord's tent. Could it be that the bodyguard is the emperor in disguise?”
"Bah, I'm talking about guns here, but you insist on talking about bodyguards. You're so funny.”
Cao Hong casually picked up a weed and put it in his mouth.""Isn't it just a weapon? With the lord's fondness for you, when we return to Yanzhou, you won't be able to forge any weapon you want. This spear only looks good, I can't see anything special about it.”
Cao Hong was a boorish man, so he could at least make a sound. However, Hwa Xiong was like a dead man after being hit by the pestle. Other than his eyeballs moving, he didn't make a sound.
Zhang Wu wanted to rely on these two people's amazement and praise to satisfy his vanity, but he obviously made a mistake.
Just as Zhang Wu was about to find another interesting person to chat with, the night patrol soldier ran over and said,"General, general, there is a brawny man outside the camp who claims to be your distant cousin.”
"Which general's distant cousin? You're just a pawn. If you can't even understand a word, how can you be a general in the future?”
"Uh..." "General Zhang Wu, that man claims to be your distant cousin." The soldier scratched his head awkwardly.”
"My…Distant cousin?" Zhang Wu's expression was as if he had seen a ghost. He had transmigrated and was alone. Where did his cousin come from?
"Bring him in and let me see who dares to take advantage of me.”
Under the lead of the soldiers, Li Su walked in. When he stopped, he realized that he had met someone familiar.
He and Hua Xiong were both generals under Dong Zhuo. Although there was a difference in rank between them, they were still colleagues. How could he not know this former number one general of Western Liang?
"What's wrong? You know each other?"
Li Su quickly shook his head and cupped his hands at Zhang Wu,"Ziqian, my uncle asked me to bring you some specialties and some private words. Can we talk alone?”
Zhang Wu chuckled, stood up and patted Li Su's shoulder,"Dong Zhuo, that old man, is not my uncle. Come, come, let me see his sincerity.”
From Li Su's surprised expression when he came in and looked at Hwa Xiong, Zhang Wu had already guessed his identity. Now that he was an uncle and a local specialty, he was clearly just short of saying it out loud.
Li Su laughed awkwardly, took out a brocade box from his chest and handed it to Zhang Wu,""The Prime Minister loves General very much. If General can abandon the darkness and join the light, glory and wealth will be endless. Please accept this small gift.”
He opened the brocade box. There was a blood-red coral inside. Other than that, there was nothing else.
"Cough, what is this? Do you recognize it?”
Cao Hong took the Bloodjade Coral from Zhang Wu and examined it carefully. Although this guy was a boor, he was famous for being rich before he joined Cao Cao. He was a little stingy, but he still had eyes.
"Yes, it's a top-grade Bloodjade Coral. Bloodjade is a top-grade jade, and such a large piece of Bloodjade Coral is worth at least ten thousand gold. Ziqian, you're rich."
"Ten thousand gold, barely." Although Zhang Wu didn't care about it, he honestly snatched the Bloodjade Coral back from Cao Hong's hand and played with it carefully in his hand."Alright, you can go back now. Tell Dong Zhuo that I've received the gift and I like it very much. I'll spare his life the next time we meet on the battlefield.”
"This…" Li Su looked troubled.
Zhang Wu raised his eyebrows and raised his voice."What's wrong? Don't tell me you think that your Prime Minister's life isn't worth this trifling ten thousand gold? Or do you not trust my promise?”
Li Su hurriedly begged for mercy and fled Cao Cao's camp in a sorry state, heading towards Tiger Cage Pass.
After Li Su left, Zhang Wu said to Hwa Xiong,"If you want him to stay, I won't stop you.”
"No need."
"Oh? If Dong Zhuo knew that you were still alive, your family would be implicated.”
Hua Xiong smiled." Everyone knows that the Prime Minister is cruel. This Li Su has already messed up his job. If he tells the Prime Minister about me, he will not be able to live under the Prime Minister's wrath. He is a smart person and naturally knows what he can and cannot say.”
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