Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 27 Gun Barrel

Li Ru looked at the important court officials of different shapes calmly. At this moment, he seemed to have a feeling that he had grown countless times, floating among the clouds, and this Wen Mingyuan was like a small On the chessboard, each important court official is like a wooden chess piece, and I can control them as I like.

  Li Ru saw Yuan Kai and Wang Yun exchanging glances, both pretending to be nonchalant, smiling inwardly, noncommittal.

  Suddenly, there was a burst of mountains outside the garden like the sound of tides, and everyone turned their heads to look out, only to see that it was Dong Zhuo who arrived with his troops and horses.

  Amidst the guards shouting "the general is mighty", Dong Zhuo dressed in a military uniform, a red cloak, and a sword at the waist and hips.

  Since Dong Zhuo dismounted, there have been some military generals, and a small number of civil servants have stood up and greeted Dong Zhuo.

  Dong Zhuo laughed "haha" and walked all the way, said a few words to this person, and then patted another person on the shoulder, and the whole garden became extremely lively for a while.

  Yuan Wei felt that something was wrong when he just took the seat. It was obvious that his plan was going smoothly and every step was right, but there was a feeling that there were some deviations somewhere.

   When Dong Zhuo entered the arena with a high profile, Yuan Wei was shocked when he saw the lively scene in front of him, and found that there was a big loophole in his own plan, and the blood on his face suddenly paled a lot.

With a gloomy face, Yuan Kai turned to look at Wang Yun, only to find that Wang Yun was also looking at him. The look of carelessness just now was completely gone from the faces of the two of them, only the sudden panic of being at a loss was left—this time When did Xiliang Wufu attract so many generals?

Yuan Kai's heart sank, no wonder he and Wang Yun didn't feel a little resistance when they implemented the plan to get Dong Zhuo. It turned out that the opponent didn't put their minds on this civil servant at all. The opponent is going in two directions, what a miscalculation!

It has been more than 170 years since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu to Han Shaodi Liu Bian in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There has been peace for a long time. During this period of more than 100 years, although there were conquests, most of them were within a small area. Even in the recent Yellow Turban Rebellion, these high-ranking officials and nobles in Luoyang City, far away from the battlefield, subconsciously thought that it was just a disease of scabies, and it was nothing to worry about. Many civil officials inside thought that they could return to the peaceful years, and began to despise the generals and the army again.

So this time Yuan Kai and Wang Yun teamed up to deal with Dong Zhuo, following the old path of internal strife in the court, smearing the other party's reputation, collecting the other party's black information, and wooing the other party's subordinates. The opponent is completely defeated and will never stand up again.

  This method has always been very effective and practical. Yuan Kai has seen people who fell under this method more than once.

  Unexpectedly, this time, Yuan Wei felt as if he was punching fiercely, but it was as if the punch was empty. Yuan Kui originally thought that no matter how rough Dong Zhuo was, he should know how to cherish his reputation. When Yuan Kui and the others provoked and lured Xiliang soldiers to act recklessly, they would definitely be stopped by Dong Zhuo after he knew about it. How could the low-level soldiers who presumptuously benefit from it stop for the sake of their so-called reputation? In particular, Dong Zhuo's subordinates not only have soldiers from Xiliang, but also Qianghu people who don't know what etiquette is, so they are more likely to be tempted.

In Yuan Kai's expectation, if this situation continues, Dong Zhuo ordered the ban on the one hand, and the lower-level soldiers were seduced by him, which will eventually lead to conflicts between Dong Zhuo and his lower-level soldiers, and the outbreak of this conflict It also means that Dong Zhuo is blowing the horn of death.

But never expected that Dong Zhuo didn't seem to notice anything during this period of time, allowing his soldiers to plunder everywhere. Every day, he could see groups of Qiang people getting drunk and breaking the law. He was almost hit by a drunk Qianghu man when he went out.

At that time, Yuan Kai still thought he had a trick, but today, it turned out that it was not Dong Zhuo who fell into the pit, but himself... Yuan Kai squinted at Wang Yun's face, and it was quite ugly. Yun also fell into the pit, and felt somewhat comforted.

  Yuan Wei sighed secretly, he didn't expect this Xiliang warrior to be so cunning!

  Different from Yuan Kui's traditional top-down route of internal strife in the court, Li Ru is playing the bottom-up approach.

Li Ru grew up the Xiliang army from the blood and fire war in Xiliang. For him, it is not difficult to play with the court politics, but in comparison, force is more important. Be more reliable, when the barrel of the gun is resting on the neck, the barrel of the pen will not have much effect.

  Therefore, when Li Ru discovered that the Kwantung gentry such as Yuan Kui and Wang Yun were making some small moves, he chose a completely different route from those who had been playing with pens for a long time, and he rushed to grab the gun first.

Taking advantage of Yuan Kai and Wang Yun's attention being attracted by the chaotic situation on the street, Li Ru successfully absorbed the soldiers and horses left behind by the general He Jin after his death. The power of Dong Zhuo's army has officially become the largest group mainly composed of soldiers in Luoyang, the capital city.

When Yuan Kai and Wang Yunzhi were still planning how to use the pen to criticize Dong Zhuo, Li Ru had already held the gun in his hand. This Wen Mingyuan banquet was just a demonstration, and it could be regarded as Li Ru's respect for Yuan Kai and Wang Yun. A tribute to the card.

It's not that Yuan Kai, Wang Yun and others are not smart, but that these people have indeed stayed in peace for too long, and their thinking is limited. They thought Dong Zhuo was going to compete with them in the circle of the court, which was the original practice. Dong Zhuo had jumped out of the circle, but they themselves were trapped.

  Yuan Wei kept silent, thinking in his heart that it was not too late to mend the situation, and it seemed that he could only compromise for a period of time. How many soldiers and horses could there be in Luoyang?

   Maybe Ding Yuan and Ding Jianyang can win over?

  In addition, do you want Shu'er to go to Nanyang to form an army? Now it seems that there is no military power of one's own family, and it is always limited by others!

Yuan Kai patrolled around, and found that there was a military general sitting on the top of the head who was standing still and did not get close to Dong Zhuo. He secretly rejoiced, this is the person I can win, but when he looked closely, his heart became cold again—it turns out It was Bei Zhonglang, Lu Zhi who is now Shangshu.

  If I had known earlier, I would not have followed the **** to spray Lu Zhi! Yuan Kui regretted it in his heart. At that time, he and the **** sprayed Lu Zhi into prison for a little profit. Now that Lu Zhi has just resumed his position as a minister, the original Bei Zhonglang general is gone, but now he has no soldiers in his hands. No wonder Dong Zhuo didn't win him over. He, alas, this is really...

   The newcomer author asks for all kinds of tickets, all kinds of collections... Yesterday it was windy and drizzle, the cold wind blew the building at night, I forgot to remove the thick quilt, it was just dawn...

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