The news that Dong Zhuo surrendered to Lu Bu and annexed the state army soon spread throughout Luoyang, causing a huge blow to the Liu Bian faction headed by Yuan!
In this chaotic time, only those with military power have the right to speak. No matter how powerful the Yuan family is, without soldiers and horses, there is naturally no way to make warriors like Dong Zhuo bow their heads.
Soon, Liu Zhang visited Dong Zhuo's camp. In addition to congratulating Dong Zhuo, Liu Zhang also urged Dong Zhuo to fulfill his promise.
"General Wei, I apologize for missing Dong."
Contrary to what Liu Zhang expected, Dong Zhuo did not become arrogant because of the annexation of the state army, and was still very polite to Liu Zhang.
"General Dong surrendered Lu Bu and annexed 30,000 troops. Liu Zhang came to express his congratulations!"
If he reaches out and doesn't hit the smiling person, Liu Zhang will naturally treat him kindly.
"General Wei, please come inside!"
"please!"
After entering the commander's tent, Dong Zhuo's arrogance due to the surge in troops under his command gradually became apparent.
Before this, when Liu Zhang came to Dong Zhuo's camp, Dong Zhuo would give up his position as the leader. Although Liu Zhang would refuse every time, Dong Zhuo would never tire of it!
This time after Liu Zhang entered the big tent, Dong Zhuo didn't refuse at all and sat down directly as guest and host.
Liu Zhang sneered in his heart. It seemed that this was the beginning. Dong Zhuo would soon not be able to recognize him!
"General Lu, the last time we met, we fought on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the general surrendered to General Dong!"
Seeing Lu Bu standing next to Dong Zhuo, Liu Zhang naturally wanted to say hello.
Lu Bu bowed his hand to Liu Zhang. Dong Zhuo had already told him before that he should not offend Liu Zhang for the time being.
"Lu Bu has offended General Wei a lot in the past, please forgive me General Wei!"
"Hey, everyone was their master before, so what's the general's fault? Let him go by the past, don't take it seriously!"
Dong Zhuo laughed and looked at Lu Bu with some pride.
"My son, I am right! General Wei has a broad heart and will definitely not argue with you!"
Lu Bu nodded awkwardly. Although he had recognized Dong Zhuo as his adoptive father, he was still very uncomfortable with shouting "my son, my son, my son" every day.
"I didn't expect General Dong to have adopted such a fierce general as his adopted son. What a joy and congratulation!"
Liu Zhang had known about this for a long time, but he pretended not to be surprised.
"Hahaha, Fengxian and I are really destined, and I have to thank General Wei for this!"
Dong Zhuo was sincerely grateful to Liu Zhang for Lu Bu's surrender. Without Liu Zhang's persistence and persuasion, Dong Zhuo would not have been so persistent with Lu Bu!
"General Dong, Liu Zhang is here today to discuss something with General Dong, which is about the imperial court."
"General Wei, please speak."
As soon as he heard about the affairs of the court, Dong Zhuo immediately put away his smile and became serious.
Now Dong Zhuo wants soldiers and generals, and he is no longer satisfied with this miscellaneous general!
Even if Liu Zhang didn't mention the court affairs, Dong Zhuo would have to ask him for an official position himself.
"The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family have disciples and old officials all over the world, and they are powerful. Now there are two people, Yuan Wei and Yuan Feng, who serve as Situ and Taiwei at the same time! General Dong wants to make Liu Xie the emperor, and the resistance from these two people is extraordinary. Big!"
Liu Zhang's words just hit Dong Zhuo's mind. Dong Zhuo loved and hated these noble families!
Without their support, the Han Dynasty would have been difficult to operate, and it would have been difficult for Dong Zhuo to dominate the capital. But the families are very united, and they are unswervingly led by the Yuan family!
The most important thing is that the aristocratic clan simply looks down on a warrior from a wealthy family like Dong Zhuo. Ding Yuan became the partner of the Yuan family not because he supported Liu Bian, but because Ding Yuan was a member of the aristocratic clan.
"What does General Wei mean?"
"Drive Yuan Feng out of Luoyang and leave Sikong's seat vacant for General Dong to take."
Dong Zhuo's heart trembled, Sikong! One of the three princes! This was beyond his expectation!
I didn't expect Liu Zhang to be so generous and push him to the position of Third Duke! You know, San Gong is bigger than General Wei!
"What does General Wei want? The position of the general?"
Dong Zhuo naturally didn't think that there was such a thing as pie in the sky. In Dong Zhuo's view, Liu Zhang's efforts to win over him were just for greater power!
Above General Wei, naturally there is only the position of Great General!
"General? No, General Wei, I can't sit still, how can I be qualified to be a general!"
Liu Zhang denied Dong Zhuo's idea without hesitation, and his expression was very calm and determined, definitely not like he was pretending to refuse!
"Then what does General Wei want? Please tell us frankly!"
"Liu Zhang doesn't want anything. The complexity of the court simply makes me upset! I want to wait until General Dong takes office as Sikong, and then concentrate on guarding the capital and no longer manage the trivial matters in the court. By then, the government affairs of Luoyang can only be left to Dong. General!"
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but widen his eyes. He didn't expect such a good thing! Is Liu Zhang going to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy?
"Isn't General Wei testing Dong? Please don't worry, General Wei. Dong is always willing to obey General Wei's orders!"
This kind of pie-in-the-sky thing is simply too strange. Dong Zhuo never believed that Liu Zhang would be so kind, nor did he believe that he would willingly give up the opportunity to control the court!
"Haha, General Dong is worrying too much. Just managing the Xiyuan Army and the Royal Forest Army has made Liu Zhang upset. I don't want to face those ministers again! This will trouble General Dong in the future!"
Dong Zhuo also understood that Liu Zhang was seizing military power but leaving everything in Luoyang to himself. Even so, Dong Zhuo had no worries at all.
Since Dong Zhuo had never had the idea of taking Liu Zhang's army from beginning to end, he naturally had no objection to Liu Zhang's condition!
"Hey! Since General Wei doesn't want to deal with these old guys, then leave everything to Dong! Let Dong clear the way for General Wei!"
Dong Zhuo didn't refuse any more and agreed with dignity. After all, all this was done voluntarily by Liu Zhang, and Dong Zhuo declined. Even if Liu Zhang regrets it one day, I believe he will not blame himself!
"In that case, I'll trouble you, General Dong! By the way, does General Dong still remember the agreement we made not long ago?"
After being polite for so long, Liu Zhang finally brought up the business. The real purpose of his trip was only for two people.
"Remember, remember! Doesn't General Wei just want two people? No problem, just say it, I'll ask Feng to find it for you first!"
Liu Zhang nodded happily. It would be great if Dong Zhuo was so happy!
"Then I'll trouble you, General Lu! The two people I'm looking for are named Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. These two are in the Bingzhou Army Formation, but their positions are not very high, maybe they are just captains."
"Zhang Wenyuan and Gao Zhaoda?"
Unexpectedly, Lu Bu blurted out the names of these two people, which made Liu Zhang panic.
Could it be that Lu Bu knew the talents of these two people? If this is the case, it is hard to say whether Dong Zhuo is willing to give it!
"Yes, these are the two people I was looking for!"
He was really afraid that something would come his way. After Liu Zhang confirmed it, Lu Bu's expression immediately became very embarrassed!
