Xuande

Chapter 368 About a Transaction

Not as Dong Zhuo expected.

This time, the Baibo army's attack was very sharp, sharper than the previous few times.

The newly established military strongholds of the Han army in the north of Wenxi County were quickly breached. Neither Yuan Shao, who once again demanded to take the risk himself, nor Sun Jian, who was sent by Yuan Shu, could hold back the Baibo army's attack. an attack.

Dong Zhuo was so forced not to send his son-in-law Niu Fu to attack with elite cavalry, and snatched Yuan Shao back.

As for Sun Jian, he didn't care, Sun Jian broke out of the encirclement and fled back to the city purely by his own ferocity.

The Han army retreated across the board and was forced to shrink back to the original point and defend the city.

The defeat this time gave the Han army a great shock, Dong Zhuo decided to turn to the defensive instead of attacking rashly.

He deployed a tight defense around Wenxi County, intending to use the defensive to drag down the spirit of the Baibo army, consume their food and supplies, and adopt the original good-for-nothing delaying tactics, and wait for the logistics of the Baibo army to have problems, and then look for opportunities to counterattack.

However, the news that the Baibo army launched another attack was sent back to the court, which caused a small disturbance.

Yuan Kai was very dissatisfied with the situation, and immediately sent a letter to ask Dong Zhuo to turn the situation around. His words were not very nice, which made Dong Zhuo feel embarrassed and resentful at the same time.

You think I don't want to fight back?

Do you think I don't want to win battles?

I think so!
But reality doesn't allow it!

But Dong Zhuo also knew that, if nothing else happened, he had no choice.

Relying on Yuan's influence to return to court, get promoted and make a fortune means that he will have to work for Yuan for the rest of his life, and he has no choice but to do so. Dong Zhuo is sad, worried, angry, and unwilling.

But there was no way, he had no choice.

Just when he was about to bite the bullet and fight the Baibo army, an accident happened.

One night, the patrol team of the Han army caught a sneaky man. This man called himself a messenger and wanted to see the general of the Han army, so the patrol team did not dare to neglect, and took him directly to the general in charge of the night watch. Niu Fu.

Niu Fu questioned this person and learned that this person claimed to be the secret messenger of Zhang Yan, one of the thieves. He was very suspicious of him and searched him, but found nothing.

"If you want to win and make military achievements, then take me to meet your general."

Niu Fu was very upset about this man's attitude and wanted to beat him up, but he was worried that something bad would happen to him, so he could only send someone to tie him up and take him to see Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was very strange about the arrival of Zhang Yan's envoy.

"How sure are you that I can get military merit? It's suspicious to look so convincing."

"That depends on whether you are willing to cooperate with the leader."

The envoy laughed and said: "The leader is actually not satisfied with Mrs. Guo, but the problem is that the rewards given by the court before were too insincere. My leader needs a proper name to restrain the people and not do things that endanger the court.

But the imperial court only gave the leader of my family the status of a school captain, how can a school captain command all the tribes so that they do not harm the court?Just like this time Mrs. Guo went south to threaten the court again, it was because Mrs. Guo insisted on going her own way.

Although the leader of my family thinks this is inappropriate, but due to his lack of status, he is only a school lieutenant, unable to order and restrain Mrs. Guo, so Mrs. Guo refused to obey the order and sent troops south without authorization to threaten Luoyang. Although the leader of my family has the intention, there is nothing he can do ah. "

Dong Zhuo looked at the envoy and nodded slowly.

"so what?"

"So, the leader of my family hopes to make a deal with the imperial court."

"What deal?"

"It's not too much to use Mrs. Guo and Bai Bojun for the righteous title of commanding everyone?"

"what?"

Dong Zhuo's eyes sharpened: "Exchange Mrs. Guo and the Baibo thief for a righteous name? What does Zhang Yan mean? Can he send troops to help the court destroy the Baibo army? Before, he fought with the court army and killed so many People, but now you want to cooperate with the imperial court? I am afraid that the imperial court will not accept such an act?"

The messenger laughed again.

"Will the imperial court care about those who have died? No way? When will the imperial court care about human life? Isn't human life the least worth mentioning in the eyes of the imperial court?"

"……………………"

Dong Zhuo was speechless for a moment.

Of course, the imperial court would not care about those dead soldiers.

Even Huangfusong, who was dead, didn't care about it. It is said that the disposition of the Huangfu family was handed over to Liu Bei, who had always been at odds with Huangfu Song and was offended by the Huangfu family.

Selling the dead for a good price is what the court will do.

For the court, dead people are sometimes more useful than living people, as long as they can be sold for a good price, they can talk about anything.

Given the current predicament of the Luoyang court, Dong Zhuo felt that if Zhang Yan could really relieve the court of disasters and get rid of Mrs. Guo and Bai Bojun, then the court would definitely support his request.

Dong Zhuo speculated about the cold court he knew.

Then I decided to seriously implement the core idea of ​​​​seeking profit for myself, without considering the interests of others.

Both the imperial court and Yuan Kai urgently need a victory and the end of this war. If they can complete this task, they can definitely maximize their benefits.

As for the means...

unimportant.

And now, the opportunity to end is in sight.

He didn't think that he could win all the victories on his own. Now someone wants to share the victory with him, but it is definitely a good thing for him to bring him victory.

"Can I really get the military merit I want?"

The envoy nodded.

"Of course, as long as the leader of my family obtains the promise from the imperial court... no, it is a conferment, a real conferment, as long as the conferment is granted, as long as the imperial court hands over the power of managing all the forces in the Bingzhou mountain area to the leader of my family, then it will be fine." up.

At that time, the general will get credit for exterminating Guo Tai and the Baibo army, the court will be stable, and the leader of my family will also be able to gain power. As long as the general does one thing, everyone can get what they want. Such a beautiful thing, why is the general Why not do it for fun? "

Dong Zhuo didn't dare to trust this person easily.

"Why should I believe you? Why should I believe that Zhang Yan can do this, and that he won't break his promise and get fat, and continue to attack the court after receiving the award?"

"In the current situation, the general thinks who is more dominant, my family's leader or the general? The general thinks what will happen if my family's leader joins forces with Yu Fuluo, plus Mrs. Guo, to attack Wenxi County?
Does the general feel that such an attack can be resisted?Under such circumstances, the leader of my family can still make such a promise and send me to contact the general. What reason does the general not believe? "

Dong Zhuo's complexion changed.

His good son-in-law Niu Fu also changed his expression.

"presumptuous!"

Niu Fu punched the messenger on the back, made the messenger stagger, and then drew out the knife and put it on the messenger's neck: "How dare you insult my father-in-law? Do you think my knife can't cut you down?" head?!"

The messenger fell to the ground with a cry of pain, looked at the blade on his neck, and then at Dong Zhuo.

"If the general wants to make military achievements, he should make a wise choice! If the general wants to die, my family leader will never take pity on Mrs. Guo's life!

At that time, the leader of my family, the general, and the court will get nothing!The leader of my family may not necessarily die, but the general is hard to say!The example of Huangfusong is right in front of us!The general should choose wisely! "

The envoy didn't seem to panic, but just stared at Dong Zhuo, his face flushed.

Dong Zhuo frowned deeply, quickly thinking about the pros and cons behind all this.

Finally, Dong Zhuo came to a conclusion.

He didn't want to risk his life for Yuan's ambition.

If we continue to fight against Bai Bojun here, there is no guarantee that we will not stumble, but if Zhang Yan's suggestion can really be realized, why not do it?
(End of this chapter)