Luoyang, Prime Minister's Mansion.
After the court meeting, Dong Zhuo invited Liu Zhang to his residence.
Now that the rebels are gradually approaching, Dong Zhuo must also start to make a powerful deployment.
"General Wei, it's really abominable that the two Yuans rebelled against the imperial court, but they have a strong military and we have to guard against them!"
"Right now, Yuan Shao has gathered the governors from all the counties in Guandong and is preparing to join forces! Yuan Shu is even more daring and even killed Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang sent by our family! Now he and the traitor Sun Jian are stationed in Luyang! General Wei can conquer If you are good at fighting, you might as well give our family an idea!"
Liu Zhang did not answer immediately, but fell into thinking.
If based on historical experience, Yuan Shao would stop at Suanzao and Yuan Shu would stop at Luyang, but who can guarantee that these two people will not join the army out of nowhere?
What makes Liu Zhang most uncomfortable now is that he not only has to face the threat of Er Yuan, but also has to guard against the threat of Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and the Bai Bo Army in Hedong! Being besieged on all sides is not an exaggeration to describe the current situation!
After much thought, Liu Zhang decided to let Dong Zhuo take the initiative! It’s too late to run away if you really can’t defeat him.
"Dong Xiangguo, the bandit army is so powerful that we must not allow Yuan and Yuan to join forces together! It is better to attack them one by one while they haven't joined forces yet!"
Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, he also meant the same thing, but the choice of the person to attack was the big problem.
"What General Wei said is absolutely true! It's just that there are reinforcements from rebels in Hanoi and Hedong, and our family really can't be prepared!"
"What does Dong Xiangguo mean?"
"Our family is going to let General Niu Fu under his command defend the rebels in Hanoi and Hedong, but one of the two Yuans has to ask General Wei!"
Liu Zhang knew that Dong Zhuo would never send out all his troops and allow him to stay in Luoyang, so he had already thought of this request.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Dong Xiangguo to send troops to defeat Yuan Shu, and I will go to Hulao Pass to stop Yuan Shao's coalition of princes."
Dong Zhuo was immediately overjoyed. His biggest expectation was that Liu Zhang could fight against his enemy Yuan Shao. After all, Yuan Shao had a coalition of counties under his command, and Yuan Shu only had Sun Jian!
"Thank you so much, General Wei. When the rebels are defeated, I will definitely ask for credit from Your Majesty for General Wei!"
Dong Zhuo's request for credit was not just a casual talk. Now his words are tantamount to the emperor's imperial edict!
"Thank you very much, Dong Xiangguo, but please don't forget what I said to Mr. Li Ru a few days ago!"
Liu Zhang didn't like others painting a pie for him, so he reminded Dong Zhuo directly.
"Don't worry, General Wei! The angel is already on the way, there will definitely be no problems!"
"In that case, Liu Zhang will take his leave first!"
Dong Zhuo quickly stood up to see him off and gave him instructions again.
"Please also ask General Wei to send troops as soon as possible to defeat Yuan Shao's traitors as soon as possible!"
After sending Liu Zhang away, Dong Zhuo immediately summoned all his generals.
After half a year of development, Dong Zhuo no longer only had Li Jue and Guo Si under his command. There were many heroes from Liangzhou, Sanfu, and Hedong vying to join him.
Niu Fu, like Li Ru, was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. After Dong Zhuo took control of the court, he came from Sanfu and brought many soldiers and horses, generals! Among them, Zhang Ji, Hua Xiong and others are not comparable!
After Liangzhou was recruited by Dong Zhuo, many heroes came to defect to Dong Zhuo. Among them, Hu Zhen, Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang, etc. did not come alone, but more or less came with soldiers and horses!
Among these people who took refuge, the most outstanding one was from Liaodong, Xu Rong from Xuantu County. His ability in leading troops was extraordinary and he was highly valued by Dong Zhuo.
The troops under Dong Zhuo's command are not comparable to those half a year ago, they are already nearly 100,000 strong! This is why Dong Zhuo dared to use Liu Zhang!
"Generals, the counties are rebelling at the moment, but the leader is nothing more than Er Yuan! As long as Er Yuan is killed, then the world's heroes will not have to worry about it, and they will naturally surrender to our family!"
Looking at the generals who had filled the hall, Dong Zhuo felt proud in his heart. To describe it as a "bundant of talents" is definitely not an overstatement!
"Don't worry, father, I regard two Yuans as nothing more than a piece of grass! Killing them is like slaughtering pigs and sheep! My son is willing to lead the Bingzhou army to fight, and I will sacrifice the heads of two Yuans under my tent!"
Lu Bu stood up first and made some bold words!
At present, Dong Zhuo's power is becoming increasingly complex, and there are more factions. Lu Bu himself was not good at talking to others, and his relationship with Dong Zhuo's generals was naturally not very good either! Fortunately, with 30,000 Bingzhou troops in hand, most people would not dare to provoke him.
However, most of these people are from Liangzhou or Dong Zhuo's old tribe, and they are not very friendly to outsiders like Lu Bu! Especially Dong Zhuo's favor for Lu Bu aroused everyone's jealousy! This also forced Lu Bu to express himself eagerly.
"Hahaha, okay! I'm here to serve you first, so you can sit back and relax!"
Dong Zhuo still can't forget the scene of Lu Bu challenging Liu Zhang's two generals. Having Lu Bu around really made people feel more at ease!
"How can you kill a chicken with an ox-knife? If General Lu doesn't take action, the last general can capture and kill two Yuans!"
As expected, Dong Zhuo's praise of Lu Bu aroused dissatisfaction among his old troops. Hua Xiong stood up and glanced at Lu Bu lightly.
Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly and his hands were clenched.
This Hua Xiong seemed to be flattering him, but in fact he didn't give him any chance to make meritorious deeds!
Lu Bu has been putting up with it for a long time, and Hua Xiong has provoked him more than once! Lu Bu was confident that he could crush this kind of trash with just one hand!
"General Hua, don't play with your life!"
With Dong Zhuo present, Lu Bu naturally did not dare to get angry and could only make a vague mockery.
"Hmph! Killing Er Yuan is like killing a chicken!"
Hua Xiong went too far. Lu Bu described it as slaughtering pigs and sheep, but Hua Xiong said it was killing chickens! Obviously he doesn't take Lu Bu seriously!
"you!"
Just as Lu Bu was about to get angry, Dong Zhuo stopped the quarrel between the two.
"Okay, now that we are facing a formidable enemy, what's the fuss about?"
Not only was Lu Bu afraid of Dong Zhuo, Hua Xiong was even more afraid to death. When he saw Dong Zhuo being angry, he immediately withered.
"Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong obey your orders!"
Another person walked out of the crowd, and he looked quite strong.
"The general is here!"
"Our family will appoint Hu Zhen as the Commander-in-Chief of Fighting against the Thieves, Lu Bu as the Deputy Governor, and Hua Xiong as the vanguard of the front army. He will lead 30,000 troops and go to Luyang to fight Yuan Shu! Remember, the two thieves Yuan Shu and Sun Jian both have some grudges with our family. , don’t let him go!”
Hu Zhen was immediately overjoyed. The position of governor was extraordinary and had absolute rights before the war! The most relieving thing is that Lu Bu must obey his orders!
"The final general will definitely live up to his mission! He will definitely kill Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian's head will be presented to the Prime Minister!"
Dong Zhuo nodded with satisfaction. Compared with Hu Zhen and Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo undoubtedly trusted Hu Zhen more. After all, he was a direct descendant of his Northwest faction!
"My son, I'm going to have a good cooperation with General Hu this time. Don't act out of anger!"
Dong Zhuo also took great pains to arrange this. The Liangzhou faction and the Bingzhou faction under his command were fighting endlessly, which gave him a headache. Dong Zhuo hoped to take the opportunity of this expedition to completely integrate the two parties.
"My child obeys the order and will definitely cooperate with General Hu!"
Lu Bu's face was relatively calm, and there was no obvious dissatisfaction, but it was unclear what he was thinking.
