Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 705 Dong Zhuo's Choice

Chang'an City, Grand Master's Mansion.

At the first court meeting in the beginning of the new year, Grand Master Dong Zhuo rejected Situ Wang Yun’s proposal on the spot that Sun Rui should be the ruler of Jinwu, but the emperor dared not say a word. The mansion is more powerful than the Weiyang Palace on Longshouyuan.

Nowadays, the court memorials, large and small, are basically sent to the Grand Master first, and then the Grand Master's Mansion submits them to the court.

The Taishi Mansion is undoubtedly a small court in the imperial court.

With Dong Zhuo as the main body and Li Ru as the prime minister, this small imperial court is being carefully managed.

This is not the same as history.

In history, Dong Zhuo used force to suppress the imperial court directly, which was unpopular at all. But now, he imitated Mushan back then and established the system of grand masters to win the hearts of the people step by step. He slowly lifted the power of the emperor above the court.

They are all power-oriented, but the means are different, and the influence they bring is different.

Today's Grand Master Dong's name is more or less popular.

"My lord, the secret report from Hanzhong!"

"Hey, that fellow Mulongtu actually sent troops?"

Dong Zhuo is in a good mood recently. He is well-clothed and well-fed, and he can still sleep soundly. He has already put on weight. Compared with his former stature, he is now a little fat. Unexpectedly, he is trying his best to attack Jingzhou, and he is a bit unclear!"

"Look at the secret report from Hanzhong!"

Li Ru stood beside him, pondering for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Mulongtu has placed tens of thousands of the main force of Mujun's Jingping Army and Violent Bear Army in Jingzhou. It is undeniable to attack Jingzhou, but he Deliberately attacking Jingzhou, is it to cater to Liu Yan, or has other motives, that is self-evident!"

A stern light flashed across his eyes: "I don't think he will necessarily cater to Liu Yan, he should have a plan in his heart!"

"This is a little fox!" Dong Zhuo said coldly: "It's also a little lunatic, much more difficult to deal with than Mu Yuanzhong back then. Letting him escape from Guanzhong back then really let the tiger go back to the mountain. There are too many losses in his hands. If there is a chance, this celestial master would like to send troops to Hanzhong, directly flatten his Minghou Mansion, and kill this danger directly. Otherwise, a certain family is really afraid that he will grow up and let a certain family sleep and eat Difficult!"

When he heard that the main force of the Mu army had gone to Jingzhou, he really had the urge to send troops, that's why he said so.

For him, Mujing is a thorn in his flesh, and if he doesn't remove it for a day, he will feel uncomfortable all over his body.

If possible, he would rather give up some benefits, and kill Mu Jing, so that he can sleep peacefully.

"My lord, if you want to send your troops to Hanzhong, you have a chance!"

Li Ru said softly: "However, this will run counter to the strategic deployment that we spent a year preparing and deploying last year. We have been planning for so long to move out of customs, and we must not fall by the wayside. Yu Yan The two prefectures are more important than Mount Tai, and if you get them, you get the Central Plains, and if you get them, you get the world!"

"But the deployment of the strong Qin to sweep the six countries back then, Bashu was ahead of the Kanto!"

The silent Lu Bu spoke.

Lu Bu seldom speaks at this kind of meeting, but he has spoken more recently, and he will interject a few words about government and military affairs.

He made illustrious military exploits in the battle of Bingzhou, and was conferred the title of Marquis Wen by the imperial court, and he was also conferred the title of General of Hussars.

The more he was in a high position, the more cautious he became, not as impulsive as he was on the battlefield, and recently he has started to read, before he also read, but only military books, now he can read Confucianism and history books.

In the fight against Bingzhou, as an old general of Bingzhou, he drove straight in, gathered countless generals, large and small, and made his Bingzhou army grow rapidly. possible.

As the head of the Bingzhou Army, he has to make a difference, so he has learned so much and performed better in front of Dong Zhuo.

So he will deliberately express: "Now that Bashu is not peaceful and Hanzhong is in trouble, we gather the main force and leave Guanzhong, and the rear seems a little unstable. In addition, the imperial court may not be of one mind with us. If the war goes wrong, wouldn't it give Yizhou a chance? , In addition, there is no granary in the Bashu Mansion to rely on, no matter how powerful the Xiliang Bingzhou elite is, how can they support the Kanto War with only a granary in Guanzhong!"

"What does Fengxian mean, take Bashu first?"

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo looked at Lu Bu with admiration. He valued his adopted son very much. On the battlefield, this adopted son was a born god of war, and he was always relying on him. This made him consider Lu Bu's suggestion.

"Yizhou Army, Guanzhong Mujun, the main force has entered Jingzhou. At this moment, it is a god-sent opportunity to take Bashu!" Lu Bu nodded, thinking that it was a good time to go south.

"Wenyou, what do you think?"

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment, staring at Li Ru with his eyes.

The Grand Master's Mansion can be regarded as a large number of talents, but it is undeniable that there is only one person he trusts the most, and that is Li Ru.

There was another one before, Niu Fu.

But Niu Fu and his most elite tens of thousands of flying bear cavalry were burned down by Mu Jing.

It does not happen overnight if a person wants to trust someone, let alone a suspicious hero like Dong Zhuo, he trusts Li Ru and Niu Fu because these two people followed him step by step when he had nothing. , and also his son-in-law, son-in-law, son-in-law, the son can always believe it.

But it's hard for outsiders to tell.

Even if Lu Bu, he adopted him as a foster son, it was only an expedient measure, not sincere, it was nothing more than a win-win, so naturally he would not trust him absolutely.

"What Wen Hou said is true, this is indeed an opportunity!"

Li Ru was neither humble nor overbearing, he would never disrespect Dong Zhuo's fierce generals, he respected them all, including Lv Bu, Lv Bu's ferocity, invincibility on the battlefield, is not just talking about it, and he showed it vividly in the battle of Bingzhou.

So he also saves face with Lu Bu, and he will go around in circles when he speaks.

He clasped his hands and replied: "But we can't put too much trust in what Mu Longtu showed. Such a ruthless, swaggering main force going south, I am afraid that the whole world will not know, maybe it is to lure us, what if it is to dig a hole for us?"

"You don't agree to go south?" Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes.

"It's not that I disagree!"

Li Ru shook his head: "And there is no need for them to change our strategic deployment that has been deployed for more than a year. We have paid too much to hide the whereabouts of Huangfusong's Guanzhong Army. Moreover, although the main force of the Mu Army is going south, there is still a battalion in Hanzhong. They To stick to Hanzhong, we want to go south quickly, but it is very difficult, once the war gets stuck, the Yizhou Army and the Hanzhong Shepherd Army are forced to withdraw their troops from Jingzhou, and the loss outweighs the gain for us in Chang'an!"

He smiled: "Actually, it is a good thing for us that Yizhou and Hanzhong Mujun are fighting Jingzhou at this time. The harder they fight, the easier it is for us. How can Liu Biao of Jingzhou be so easy to deal with? It is best if they can Both sides will suffer, which also allows us to let go of the defense to the south, transfer the main force of Chen Cang to go out of the Kanto, and strive to ensure the victory of the Kanto Battle, capture the two prefectures of Henan and Yan, and thus spread the influence of the imperial court all over the world!"

In fact, it is not a good choice for Chang'an to fight Hanzhong at this time.

Chang'an is ready to go east.

It is irrational to suddenly change the direction of hundreds of thousands of troops for the sake of one Hanzhong, and all the preparations made before will be burned.

Lv Bu remained silent, he just said what he wanted to say, as for whether Dong Zhuo would accept his words, he didn't care, the performance belonged to the performance, he just didn't want to make himself unknown, but now he won't be too prominent, let alone But it looks strong, because it will make Dong Zhuo disgusted.

"If it is possible, for someone, the danger of Mulongtu is higher than Cao Cao's Yuan Shu!"

Dong Zhuo said softly: "That day he killed my beloved general and burned my Flying Bear Cavalry. It was a sworn enemy. If I don't kill him, I won't be able to sleep all day!"

He paused, and his tone changed: "However, he is not worthy of letting someone change the deployment of the entire army for him. Since he wants to fight Jingzhou to the death, then he will follow him. Just right, Chen Cang's army, It can be dispatched to the east!"

As he spoke, he stood up slowly, his burly body exuding an aura of calm and self-confidence: "The world is in chaos, the people have no place to live, and they are displaced. It is all the fault of the court. Today, Dong Zhuo, I am willing to fight for the people of the world. War, in the name of the imperial court, send troops out of the Guandong, regain the imperial court land, and capture the rebels who do not respect the emperor's order!"

After all, he put aside the grievances between the four of them with Mujing, and set his goal on Kanto, Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

Henan and Yanzhou are the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Get it, set the world.

(End of this chapter)