Chapter 84: Division of troops to deal with

Zheng Tai talked freely in the Prime Minister's Office, citing widely, analyzing the situation well, which attracted everyone's praise.

Dong Zhuo also turned anger into joy, laughed loudly, and praised him: "Public Ethics is a name for Gongye. He is really worthy of being a wise man!"

Dong Zhuo also said: "Since the public industry has such a strategy, I want to call you the general of the destruction of the enemy, command the troops in Luoyang and attack the troops from Guandong, can it be?"

Zheng Tai was secretly happy and promised: "Tai is willing to serve the Prime Minister."

It turned out that Zheng Tai had returned to his hometown, and Dong Zhuo recruited famous scholars and insisted on enlisting him into the court. Zheng Tai was afraid that Dong Zhuo would hurt his family, so he had to go to Luoyang to serve as the Minister of State. Zheng Tai saw Zhuo being so cruel and indifferent, he also wanted to try to eliminate the traitor, but he had no idea to start for a while. When he happened to meet the army in Guandong, he was happy to take the opportunity to make suggestions and teach Dong Zhuo to be his supportive, so he could contact outsiders and secretly mercenary.

Zheng Tai took the order of the general torture of the bandits and immediately deployed his troops and planned to set off.

The next day, Li Ru rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion and said to Dong Zhuo: "Lord, is Zheng Tai considered your confidant?"

Dong Zhuo shook his head confused and didn't quite understand Li Ru's words.

Li Ru continued: "Zheng Taizhi skipped the crowd. I heard that he had wanted to make plans for foreign invaders. Now the lord ordered him to take charge of the army and set out to fight against Yuan. If he brought his troops and horses to cause trouble, then we would be very passive. I'm worried about the lord!"

Dong Zhuo suddenly woke up and shouted, "Oh, if it weren't for the son-in-law's reminder, it would have almost ruined the big thing."

Dong Zhuo hurriedly sent him to Zheng Tai's place, took back the order of the general of the bandit, changed Zheng Tai to the Order of the Constitution, and ordered someone to strictly monitor him.

Dong Zhuo was powerful and fierce, and was not afraid of secret attacks. After receiving Li Ru's reminder, he carefully observed all the officials in the court. Except for some of his confidants, the others seemed to be betrayed him, so he promoted his adopted son Lu Bu to the General of the Central Army, with the guards around him, and he was not allowed to leave for a moment except for the time he slept.

Luoyang, Prime Minister's Office.

It was cold in the winter night, and the cold wind whistled. Dozens of giant candles as thick as arms were burning in the chamber, with tears surging and thick wicks scattering.

Dong Zhuo and his generals had discussed a plan to face the enemy for an afternoon. There were many different opinions, and the generals had their own opinions, which made Dong Zhuo extremely angry.

Dong Zhuo turned his helpless eyes to Li Ru and asked: "What are the good strategies for Wen You?"

Li Ru coughed lightly, and went out to the crowd and said to Dong Zhuo: "Lord. As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy and you will win every battle. Let us first analyze the situation of our opponents in detail."

"The Guandong Alliance Army is known as 300,000, divided into fifteen routes. On the surface, it is very powerful. However, they made a major mistake, which is to divide their troops and fight. Now Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang are stationed in Henoi, and they are probably going to attack south through the ferries of Heyangjin, Xiaopingjin, Mengjin and other ferries. Yuan Shu is stationed in Luyang, waiting for Sun Jian to come from Changsha to join forces. It is estimated that Sun Jian will arrive in Nanyang for a few days. Their total soldiers and horses are 50,000. Their attack route should be to attack from Nanyang to the north, cross Yiyang, cross Luoshui, go to Yongning, and then attack Luoyang."

"There are about 200,000 troops stationed in the sauna, and Cao Cao took the lead in organizing it. However, he only had 5,000 new recruits recruited in Chenliu. He was weak and it was estimated that it would be difficult to command the other county magistrates. The attack route of this route should be to go to Zhongmu, pass Xingyang, and break Hulao Pass before he could reach Luoyang. Although there are many people on this route, the organization is loose and the people are uneven. There are natural dangers to guard at Hulao Pass, which is the least worth worrying."

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed and he asked in a deep voice: "Wenyou means we will defeat each one? Which way is the right way to attack first?"

Li Ru flattered: "What the lord said is very true. I think we should concentrate our elite troops and attack the nearest route of Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang, the nearest route to Luoyang. The south route is still far away, and we must cross the Xuanyuan Valley. We can ask a general to lead troops to guard Yiyang and wait for labor. The east route can send a fierce general to defend Hulao Pass. After defeating the northern route, they will be brave. When they go out to Hulao Pass to attack, they will have hope of breaking the enemy."

"Okay!" Dong Zhuo was very satisfied with Li Ru's offensive and defensive plan and asked casually: "What do you think Wen You's strategy?"

Everyone applauded.

"That's it!" Dong Zhuo said excitedly: "Which general is willing to lead our main force of the Western Liang Army to attack Yuan Shao north?"

Li Jue hurriedly replied: "Lord, I'm willing to go!"

Dong Zhuo hesitated for a moment, did not answer, but only looked at Xu Rong with his eyes.

Xu Rong took a step forward and said calmly: "I will go there in the end!"

"Okay!" Dong Zhuo ordered loudly: "Let Xu Rong lead 50,000 cavalry of Xiliang to go north immediately and defeat Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang's troops."

Seeing that Li Jue showed unhappiness, Dong Zhuo ordered again: "Let Li Jue lead 20,000 Xiliang cavalry, Fan Chou leads 30,000 Xiyuan new army, immediately head south to Yiyang, waiting for labor, and defeat Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's troops."

Li Jue and Fan Chou replied loudly: "I will obey the order!"

Dong Zhuo asked again: "Who is willing to defend Hulao Pass to block Cao Cao's troops?"

Dong Min, Zhang Ji, and Hua Xiong answered in unison: "I am willing to go!"

Dong Zhuo said happily: "Okay! Let Dong Min be the head coach, Zhang Ji and Hua Xiong assist him, lead 10,000 cavalry in Xiliang, and 20,000 new troops in Xiyuan guard Hulao Pass. Remember not to fight easily!"

"I will obey the order!" all three responded loudly.

Dong Zhuo said to Lu Bu again: "Fengxian, you and Dong Huang lead 10,000 Yulin Army and 20,000 Hu Ben Army stationed in Luoyang. You must patrol day and night to strictly investigate abnormal movements in the city. Once someone intends to rebel, you can take action first and then report!"

Lu Bu came out in high spirits to receive the order. Dong Zhuo was very happy when he saw Lu Bu's majestic figure, brave and powerful.

"Wenyou, Niu Fu fought against the thief army of Guotai in Hexi, what is the battle?" Dong Zhuo asked Li Rudao.

"Uh...this," Li Ru replied in a low voice: "The progress is not going well. Now the thief is fierce. He has marched into Hedong, broken Taiyuan, and is besieging Anyi."

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but say angrily: "This Niu Fu is really unreasonable. He led 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry but could not beat those Yellow Turban Thiefs? He threw away our Xiliang people's face!"

Li Ru defended: "Lord, it's not that General Niu Fu is incompetent. It's because Guo Taijun is too strong. He has more than 100,000 troops. He is surrounded by Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le and Hu Cai, especially Yang Feng has a general named Xu Huang, who has a great axe to open the mountain and has the courage to be unworthy of ten thousand men. It is reasonable for General Niu Fu to lose."

Dong Zhuo was a little anxious and said, "The thief is powerful. You can attack Luoyang from southeastern Hebei. Our army must deal with the Kanto army. What should we do?"

Li Ru calmly responded: "Lord, I have a plan, do you think it's okay?"

"Speak up quickly, son-in-law." Dong Zhuo said anxiously.

"The lord can send someone to Hedong to recruit the Baibo army troops. I think they will consider it as long as they promise to give them high officials and generous salaries." Li Ru said.

Li Jue loudly opposed: "The Baibo thief army has been rebelling for a long time, but it is a bandit. How can it be called the Han army? I am ashamed to be a minister with these people!"

"What if they refuse to surrender?" Dong Zhuo ignored Li Jue's objection and asked Li Rudao.

Li Ru replied: "The Baibo army is not a single unit, and there must be someone who will be moved. At least we can shake their morale. If they refuse to surrender, we will also buy some time. General Guo Si will lead the new recruits in Xiliang to the Hedong area, so he can ask him to fight him."

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This plan is feasible. Tomorrow, Han Rong, the Great Honglu, will be sent to Hedong to recruit and appease the generals of the Baibo army."

At this moment, Dong Zhuo was obedient to Li Ru. Suddenly he remembered something and asked again: "Today I have to report that Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, was forced to swallow gold and die by the rebel Sun Jian. I need to be reinstated as the governor of Jingzhou. I think Liu Biao, the chief of the Northern Army, can take on this position. What do you think?"

Li Ru's eyes rolled around a few times, and then replied: "Jingzhou is far from Luoyang, and our army is beyond reach. It is not advisable to send a confidant to the governor. Liu Biao is gentle and famous, and is one of the eight men. He is a relative of the Han Dynasty with Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou and Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou. He is knowledgeable, but he is suspicious and timid. He thinks he will not betray his lord easily. He might as well make him the governor of Jingzhou. It will be beneficial to our war."

Sour Jujube, the Allied Army garrison, Zhou Yu camp.

A white pigeon was hovering in the sky. When a melodious flute sound came from the central army tent, the white pigeon was hovering down from the sky and landing in front of the central army tent.

Zhou Yu walked out of the tent in white clothes, stretched his left hand, and the white dove jumped to Zhou Yu's palm obediently. Zhou Yu gently took off the slender bamboo tube tied to the white dove's legs, peeled off the sealing mud at the tail of the tube, poured out a thin roll of white silk from it, and after reading, he browsed and said to Pan Hu who was standing behind him: "Prepare your horse and follow me to the residence of Meng De in the county."

After a while, two white horses drove out of the village and headed towards the county town of Sozao.

The county town of the soybean, the county government office, and the residence of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao frowned slightly and said to Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, will the arrangement of Dong Zhuo's troops be wrong as you mentioned just now?"

Zhou Yu smiled confidently and did not answer Cao Cao's words. He still trusted the Jingwu Sect's ability to spy on intelligence.

Cao Cao sighed lightly: "Dong Zhuo's arrangement is indeed a guide for experts. This should be Li Ru's idea. This person is full of wisdom and has no omissions. If he doesn't eliminate it for a day, our army will be in danger in one day."

Zhou Yu looked at the blue sky outside the window and replied lightly: "Sometimes, without an opponent, it is a very tangled thing."

Cao Cao said in surprise: "Gongjin, what does entanglement mean? Why are you talking so strange today? The existence of such a powerful opponent is a great threat to us."

Zhou Yu hurriedly concealed and said, "Haha, it's because of the entanglement, but the heart has thousands of knots, and it's still messy. This is a new word that I just thought of."
Chapter completed!