The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() In a battle outside Luoyang City, the Xiliang Army won the victory with proper tactics, but then another question was put before them, whether they should take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely wipe out the Bingzhou Army, or let them go. Is it safe to do so?On this issue, the civil and military under Dong Zhuo had quite a disagreement.

Some generals headed by Li Que and Guo Fan clearly proposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue, so as to get rid of Ding Yuan's trouble once and for all.However, Li Ru and Hu Zhen, two of Dong Zhuo's most trusted subordinates, put forward different opinions: "Although the Bingzhou Army was defeated this time, his main force is still there. If we press too hard, I'm afraid they will face death." Fight hard, even if we win at that time, it will be a miserable victory, and the intention of controlling Luoyang and even the whole world is contrary to the master's intention!"

In this regard, Li Que disagreed: "Although this is a problem, the threat of the Bingzhou Army to us cannot be ignored. If we let him leave, we will let the tiger go back to the mountain. No one can guarantee that Ding Yuan will be able to return to Bingzhou. Once again gather troops to fight against us. In the end, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely eliminate this threat!"

Li Ru immediately retorted: "Do you think that this pursuit battle will definitely be victorious? In fact, we are not much stronger than them in terms of military strength. We won because of a good strategy before. We killed them by surprise. If it is a pursuit battle now, we have to be careful They set up ambushes along the way, and if they do win, the outcome is still hard to predict. Moreover, we still have to leave some troops to guard Luoyang. Once the troops are dispersed, the chances of winning will be even lower. How can you make meritorious deeds for your lord?"

"But if the tiger goes back to the mountain, people in other states and counties in the Central Plains will follow Ding Yuan's example. Then we will be attacked from all directions. The last general still thinks that we should kill them as an example to let the world know how powerful our Xiliang iron cavalry is." Guo Fan said again.

The two sides said one sentence to another, and the conversation was very lively, which also made it difficult for Dong Zhuo to make a final decision.In fact, he had thought about chasing him before, but he was dissuaded by Li Ru, and now Li Que's analysis put him in a dilemma again.After listening for a while and still having difficulty making a decision, Dong Zhuo turned his attention to Ma Yue, who had never said a word. This time, he wanted to hear what Ma Yue thought of this matter: "Zhong Ling, what do you think about this matter?" What do you think?"

Since the Xiliang army entered Luoyang, Ma Yue has deliberately reduced his role in order to make him less conspicuous in the eyes of outsiders. This is of course a plan for future changes.He is well aware of the established fact that Dong Zhuo will become a public enemy after he seizes power, and this will lead to the fact that his subordinates will eventually become street rats.In order not to be implicated in the future, he must let outsiders pay less attention to him, and it is serious to say less and do less.

However, when Dong Zhuo threw the question in front of him, Ma Yue still had to answer it carefully. After all, Dong Zhuo is still his lord now, and he will rely on this lord to develop his power for a long time. .So after pondering, Ma Yue gave his own answer: "I think that this time we should pursue, otherwise it will not be enough to shock the world, and this is to let those people in Luoyang know the power of the Lord!"

"But Zhongling, you should also understand the principle in the Art of War that the poor should not chase after us. If you press too hard, aren't you afraid that the Bingzhou Army will fight us desperately? Moreover, Lu Bu is extremely brave and capable of fighting. Under his leadership, Even the newly defeated army should not be underestimated." Li Ru continued to insist on his point of view.

"Don't chase after the poor..." Ma Yue chanted this famous military saying, and suddenly another line of extraordinary vigor written by a great man of later generations flashed in his mind, which happened to be applicable at this time, so he said: If you are brave enough to chase the poor, you should not be known as the overlord. But I think that chasing the poor is also a kind of momentum, as long as you have the power, what's the point of killing them all?"

This line of poem is really extraordinary, everyone was stunned when they heard it, after tasting it carefully, Dong Zhuo clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Well said, this line really reveals the essence of defeating the enemy! The ancients always said that the poor should not chase after them, but they never thought of raising tigers as a threat. At the beginning, Xiang Yu defeated Liu Bang many times, but he couldn't bear to kill him. In the end, he was defeated in Gaixia and Wujiang committed suicide. I, Dong Zhuo, would not know Doing such stupid things!"

Hearing him call Gao Zu's name directly, Ma Yue's heart was moved. It seems that this Dong Zhuo really didn't regard himself as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.But the others didn't have the time to understand the hidden meaning of these words. Li Que and others were eager to ask for a fight, but Li Ru and others who opposed the pursuit still didn't quite agree.

Suddenly, Li Ru said again: "Even if we really pursue, the outcome of this battle is still unpredictable. Is there any proper way for unknown Zhongling?"

"This... I think that we don't have to kill all the Bingzhou Army to be considered victorious. In this battle, we also won a dangerous battle with a lot of casualties. If we can defeat the Bingzhou Army and take it for our own use, It will be considered a complete victory. Therefore, my lord, I believe that we really want to kill a thousand people, but the target should only be Ding Yuan, not the entire Bingzhou army. As long as we can find a way to remove Ding Yuan, and then use power to oppress the Bingzhou army to submit to us , This is the most beneficial." Ma Yue's brain turned sharply, and he quickly came up with the best plan.

"I'm afraid this is more difficult than annihilating them all?" Dong Zhuo shook his head after hearing this, and said, "The Bingzhou Army was established by Ding Yuan. How can we kill him without fighting with them? Can't you throw yourself at us?"

"There is always a way. I think that Lu Bu, who gave us a lot of headaches, might be a breakthrough point." At this time, Ma Yue no longer cared about the recent principles of action, and brought out the history he knew: "Just From my point of view, this Lv Bu is not only skilled in martial arts, but also understands the art of war. It seems a bit wronged for such a talented person to be subordinated to someone like Ding Yuan. If the lord can find a way to use him for his own use, it will be great for us Future developments will also be of great help.”

"Take Lv Bu for my use?" Dong Zhuo felt a little moved when he thought about it.Of course, Dong Zhuo admired this general who could easily kill several personal guards in front of him and defeat Hua Xiong on the battlefield.What this era pays attention to is that it is easy to get a thousand troops and hard to find a general. If Lu Bu can really make him surrender, there is really nothing he cannot do.

But immediately, Dong Zhuo thought of something else: "This Lu Bu is Ding Yuan's adopted son, and he is an extraordinary general. How can we persuade him?"

"My lord, I may be able to devote myself to this matter!" At this time, a general who had never been valued by Dong Zhuo suddenly stood up and said, and everyone took a good look and found that it was General Li Su.

Li Su was the first person Dong Zhuo attached to when he established his own team, but because of his limited ability, Dong Zhuo has not paid much attention to him until now.He has always been very unwilling to do this, but his skills are inferior to others, so he can only bear it.But with the appearance of Lu Bu, Li Su's heart began to come alive. Just because he and Lu Bu were from the same hometown, and they had a lot of friendship when they were young, he felt that this might be an opportunity.

It's just that his identity is there, and he has never had the opportunity to speak to the lord, so Li Su is very anxious.Today everyone was discussing important matters, and when it came to this point, Ma Yue even mentioned that he wanted to recruit Lu Bu, because he was worried that Ma Yue would rob him of this matter and take credit for himself, so Li Su finally couldn't help but stepped forward Mao Sui recommended himself.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Su swallowed and told the truth: "I'm from the same town as Lu Bunai, and I have some friendship with him, so I know him well. He had revenge since he was a child, and he wants to live in this world. But at present, he is just a general who obeys orders, if the Lord is willing to let me go down and meet with him in secret, I have more than [-]% confidence in persuading him to submit to the Lord!" In order to grasp this The opportunity, he has already risked it.

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Dong Zhuo's face immediately showed joy when he heard this.He was still worrying about how to send someone to negotiate with Lu Bu, and he really wanted to take Lu Bu for his own use.Now that Li Su said this, the possibility of things has increased a lot: "Okay, if you really let Lu Bu come back, someone will definitely reward you."

"I will do my best to persuade Lu Bu to come back!" Li Su hurriedly clasped his fists in response, at this moment he actually had great confidence that he could make Lu Bu listen to his words.

And Li Ru and the others didn't expect such a turnaround, so they were a little stunned.After a while, they all expressed their agreement: "This is indeed a good idea. If it can be said that Lu Bu belongs to the lord, then it will not be difficult to get rid of Ding Yuan." After all, Lu Bu is Ding Yuan's trusted general and adopted son. , It is a breeze to kill him.

"Furthermore, with Lu Bu's bravery, he must have a very high status in the Bingzhou Army. Once he takes the initiative to submit to the Lord, the rest of the Bingzhou Army will not dare to refuse." Li Que also nodded.

"Haha, good! If things really go so smoothly, our Liangzhou army will be able to stand firm in Luoyang! Li Su, you should go and make preparations. Tomorrow, we will march northward with the army, and then go meet Lu Bu at night. , be sure to make him surrender to me." Dong Zhuo finally made a decision.

"Here!" Li Su crossed his hands in response.

Seeing that his own words determined Dong Zhuo's final behavior, Ma Yue couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seems that history is still moving in the direction it should go.Presumably after Li Su's departure, Lu Bu will turn against Ding Yuan, and then it will be the time for Dong Zhuo to dominate Luoyang and dominate the world.As for myself, during this period of time, I should think about how to keep a low profile, so as not to bring disaster to Chi Yu in the end...