Xu Rong's face was gloomy and his heart was ashamed. This time he came out of Xingyang City to ambush Cao Cao, and he brought all the powerful Western Liang cavalry, with 30,000 troops. More than 2,000 people were killed and injured when he ambushed Cao Cao's 30,000 troops. Xu Rong could still withstand this consumption. But when he was proud to face Lu Bu's Central Army, two thousand iron armored heavy cavalry were wiped out, and the Central Army's powerful crossbows shot and killed more than 6,000 Western Liang Light Cavalry. When the Western Liang Light Cavalry fled, more than 3,000 were chased and killed by the Central Army, and more than 12,000 were captured. Most of the Western Liang cavalry fled into Xingyang City were injured, and they threw away their armor and lost their morale. Fortunately, there were more than 10,000 infantry and more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers in Xingyang City. They should be able to defend Xingyang City. But I don't know how Dong Zhuo, who had always distrust him because he was from Liaodong and not from Xiliang, would have sent him.

The central army built camps two miles below Xingyang City based on the mountain, and put on the stance of not breaking through Xingyang City.

Lu Bu rode a Red Rabbit Horse and wandered around Xingyang City. Xingyang City was operated by Xu Rong for five months. The city walls were raised and the moat widened. The city was equipped with all the defensive equipment, which seemed very difficult to attack.

Seeing that Lu Bu's face was unhappy, Guo Jia smiled and advised, "Lord, Sun Tzu Youyun, if you want to surround him, if you want to attack him, if you want to fight him, if you want to divide him, if you want to defend him, if you want to avoid him, if you want to avoid him, our Central Army now has only more than 20,000 troops under the city of Xingyang, most of them are cavalry, and we have to take care of more than 10,000 Xiliang prisoners, and we must be guarded against Xu Rong's surprise attack from the city and have no power to attack the city. What's more, we have defeated Xu Rong's 30,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is the most important contribution of the Kanto League Army. You might as well give the remaining credit to other princes to receive it, so as not to let them get jealous and pull us back!"

Ju Su also smiled and said, "Lord, do you remember? Three months ago, the princes in various places refused to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo, and we had already decided. If Dong Zhuo was destroyed, these princes would become the confidants of the court. The attack on Dong Zhuo is a rare opportunity to crown the emperor to weaken their troops and make them speechless. If the lord is grasped properly, they can fight against the snipe and clam, and our Central Army fishermen will benefit. The attack on Dong Zhuo is just the beginning. The action after the alliance of Dong Zhuo is disbanded is the highlight and the key to determining our Yecheng court and the Central Army. If you don't consider the future, just fight with Dong Zhuo hard, even if you win the present, you will lose the future."

Lu Bu thought--Xiao￥￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡￡�

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Lord Cao Cao and Bao Xin were defeated under Xu Rong. The other princes of Guandong are not as good as Cao Cao and Bao Xin. Do they dare to send troops?!"

Lu Bu sighed: "Wenhe, although our Central Army is not afraid of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry in the field, siege is another matter. Our Central Army has to go through more battles. I don't want them to shed blood under Xingyang City, and they dare not send troops. We also have to find a way to send troops, otherwise the attack on Dong Zhuo will weaken our Central Army's forces. They are unscathed and take the opportunity to grow bigger!"

Lu Bu suddenly remembered that a large number of middle and lower backbone generals died when a Central Army resisted the Japanese pirates, but its mortal enemies were hiding in the valley to develop vigorously, one went long and the other disappeared. The Central Army quickly expanded its troops after the Japanese pirates surrendered but could not turn a group of civilians into elite troops in a short time. This is a fatal reason why the Central Army lost its power.

Lu Bu didn't want to bring his Central Army to the end of that Central Army.

Everyone fell into deep thought. What methods should be used to make those princes of aristocratic families take action?

After thinking for a long time, no one came up with a good idea, everyone had to go back to their respective tents and think about it.

In the evening, after Lu Bu inspected various camps, he prepared to sleep.

Dian Wei came to report: "Military advisors Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xu Shu, and Lu Fan asked to see their lord."

Lu Bu frowned. It's already so late, what are they going to do?

He suddenly noticed keenly that these four military advisors were all from Han Shu’s sons, and Ju Su, who came from a great family, did not come with them.

Lu Bu guessed their purpose in his heart, so he asked Dian Wei to invite them in.

After the four military advisors sat down, Lu Bu asked with a smile: "It's so late, I won't go to rest, come to my account, what's wrong?"

Jia Xu whispered: "Lord, I have a plan that not only can I attract the princes of the Guandong family to send troops, but also can take the opportunity to weaken the forces of the princes of the Guandong family. I am just worried that the prince may not adopt it!"

Lu Bu smiled slightly and said, "Wenhe, if you don't tell me this plan, how do you know if I will adopt it?"

Jia Xu said cautiously: "Everyone knows that the most injured soldiers in the attacks of cities, and the princes of the Guandong family have their own thoughts. In any case, they will not attack a strong city like Xingyang.

For the current plan, the lord can send someone to discuss with Dong Zhuo and ask Xu Rong to surrender the city of Xingyang. Once we seize the Xingyang City, the princes of the Guandong family will eliminate their fear of the Xiliang cavalry. They will lead their troops to Xingyang and Xu Rong retreats to Hulao Pass. These princes of the aristocratic families think that the Xiliang cavalry was crippled by us and vulnerable, so they will be greedy for me and go to Hulao Pass. There is a water between Xingyang and Hulao Pass. The two sides of the Sishui River are densely covered, which is the best place for ambush. We can notify Xu Rong to ambush the Guandong family as a reward for giving up Xingyang City."

(The book secretly states that Hulao Pass was named Hulao because it was rumored that King Mu of Zhou once kept the tigers he had presented here. It was located in Sishui Town, west of Xingyang. It belonged to Chenggao County in the Han Dynasty, and changed it to Gao County in the Sui Dynasty to Sishui County, and was called Sishui Pass after the Tang Dynasty. Sishui Pass was only the title of Hulao Pass after the Tang Dynasty. It can be seen that Luo Guanshui's geographical history failed! Again, Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass were only titles of different periods. If you have any questions, please ask Du Niang)

Lu Bu showed an incredible look: "Wenhe, first of all, we are attacking Dong Zhe. Why do we have to get along with Dong Zhe? Secondly, even if we have no choice but to discuss with Dong Zhuo, how can we guarantee that he believes us?! How can we guarantee that he will not betray us?!"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Lord, I will answer your first question. Lord, why do we always think about eliminating Dong Zhuo?!

The lord, like Dong Zhuo, is a son of Hansha. Not only is he not respected by the princes of the aristocratic families, but his eyes are thorny.

Now Dong Zhuo is cruel and unkind. He plundered the property of wealthy families in Luoyang as an army, offending the princes of the Kanto family who were closely related to the powerful people of Luoyang. Therefore, the princes of the Kanto family were willing to join forces with the lords to fight against Dong Zhuo together.

Once Dong Zhuo is destroyed, the lord will be above the court of Yecheng as the son of Han Shu. He will take charge of military power and will definitely become the only target of the princes of those aristocratic families. At that time, the lord will be his family to fight against the princes of the Kanto family, and his situation will be even more difficult than Dong Zhuo now.

Instead of doing this, it is better to keep Dong Zhuo and let the princes of the aristocratic families have one more enemy. We will have one more ally in the future. After we eliminate the aristocratic families of the Kanto family, we will attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo is cruel and unkind, not good at governing the government, and is hiding in Sizhou. It is difficult to develop and will definitely not be our opponent.

The current situation is like during the Warring States Period, when heroes compete for hegemony, unite and unite, and the enemy's enemy is our friend.

The lord can send someone to inform Dong Zhuo and Liu Xie in the name of Shaodi, saying that the Yuan family's power is too large and the tail is too large. They can first unite all the royal forces to destroy the aristocratic families, and then do power distribution."

Lu Bu pondered for a moment, and he had to admit that Guo Jia had spoken about his heart.

From another inconvenient point of view, Lu Bu did not want to force Dong Zhuo to a desperate situation, and burned Luoyang City and fled to Chang'an in a hurry. Although Lu Bu had not been in Luoyang for a long time, the prosperity of Luoyang City still vividly remembered. The burning of such a prosperous capital was definitely a catastrophe of the Han national culture. Lu Bu still had to move the capital back in the future. It is estimated that the country's taxes will cost several years, and it will cost hundreds of billions of yuan. It is not better to scoop this money as an armament. Joining peace with Dong Zhuo can avoid Dong Zhuo's rush to jump over the wall, so that Lu Bu will easily take Luoyang in the future. Although there is a danger of offending the princes of the Guandong family, those princes of those families will be offended sooner or later, and it doesn't matter.

When Lu Bu wanted to come, he had no choice but to make peace with Dong Zhuo if he wanted to ensure the safety of Luoyang.

But he still had some suspicion: "I'm afraid I can't win the trust of Dong Zhuo!"

Guo Jia pointed to Lu Fan: "The news that the lord and Ziheng are brothers of the same clan have spread all over the world, and Dong Zhuo must have heard of it. Ziheng is now the deputy general army of the Central Army and the lord's clan brother. Sending Ziheng to discuss with Dong Zhuo should be able to express our sincerity. Wenhe is Li Ru's friend. If Wenhe accompanied Ziheng, it would be twice the result with half the effort. The lord has now mastered 12,000 Xiliang prisoners. He can release a few of them to go to Luoyang with Ziheng and Wenhe. Dong Zhuo will definitely believe it."

Lu Bu said worriedly: "I'm worried that Dong Zhuo will be unfavorable to Ziheng and Wenhe!"

Lu Fan smiled and said, "Lord, don't worry too much. These 20,000 prisoners are all powerful soldiers in Xiliang. They are not local weak soldiers who are new to Dong Zhuo. The lord has always had the habit of exchanging prisoners with Dong Zhuo. I believe Dong Zhuo is also thinking about 12,000 prisoners. With these prisoners in hand, Dong Zhuo will definitely not dare to make things difficult for me and Wenhe."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Lord, I heard that when the lord rescued Diao Chan from Dong Zhuo's army several months ago, he once seized Dong Zhuo's granddaughter Dong Bai as a charity. After Dong Bai was hugged by the lord, he was obsessed with him and often wrote his lord's name in the Luoyang Prime Minister's Mansion. The lord Ruo sent Ziheng to Dong Zhuo to ask Dong Zhuo's granddaughter to be a fair wife, and Dong Zhuo had no doubts about the lord."

Lu Bu thought of the picturesque little mute Dong Bai, and his heart trembled. In this way, the poor little mute became a victim of political marriage. He quickly waved his hand and said, "I have two equal wives in my family, one has been decided by Zhen Jiang and the other has been reserved for Cai Yan. There is no longer a place for Dong Bai."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Lord, this is just a temporary solution. The Lord just proposed a engagement to seek Dong Zhuo's trust. Then I'll just ask for excuses to refuse."

Lu Bu thought about it carefully and had to admit that if he only relied on his own strength, he would not be able to complete the task of preserving his power and weakening the princes of the Kanto family, only by secretly colluding with Dong Zhuo can he complete it.
Chapter completed!