At this time Liu Cheng asked: "Prime Minister, I wonder how many troops you plan to station at Hangu Pass?"
People on both sides were stunned.
Dong Zhuo was also confused, but he still said: "At least three thousand troops must be stationed."
Liu Chengdao: "Judging from the current situation, after Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang, was killed by Sun Jian, Yuan Shu took over Nanyang as a general and appointed himself as the governor of Nanyang.
Han Hao, the governor of Hanoi, was recommended by me, but I didn't expect that he would also I rebelled against the imperial court, so Hangu Pass has become my Our only way out is not that I don't believe the Prime Minister, but it is related to the life and death of my tens of thousands of troops, so to be on the safe side, Hangu Pass needs my people.
Since the Prime Minister plans to station three thousand troops at Hangu Pass, I request these three Half of the thousand people are my people, isn’t that too much?”
There was an inexplicable light flashing in the eyes of Dong Zhuo and Li Ru.
They looked at each other and now they both knew that Liu Cheng was also a shrewd person.
He calculated defeat before he won.
It seemed that he really wanted to fool Liu Cheng.
Not very easy.
Dong Zhuo had no choice but to agree: "Okay, you can send 1,500 people into Hangu Pass, but the leader of the army can only hold a deputy position."
"Yes, but this person is not under the jurisdiction of the general.
The role of this general's fifteen hundred people is to ensure that our army can retreat to Hongnong County at the critical moment if it loses to the coalition forces of the Kwantung princes."
Liu Cheng even thought of such details.
Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were really helpless and speechless.
It seemed that it was not easy to block Liu Cheng's army east of Hangu Pass and fight to the death with the allied forces of the Kwantung princes.
They had to find another way.
Only then Dong Zhuo nodded: "Okay, that's it.
Let's discuss the specific garrison situation."
After another long discussion, both sides decided to garrison 5,000 troops at Mengjin Pass, 3,000 troops at Xiaopingjin, 10,000 troops at Hulao Pass, 5,000 troops at Xingyang, 1,000 troops at Xuanmen Pass, and 1,000 troops at Xuanyuan.
There are 1,000 troops stationed at the pass; 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 troops are stationed at Dagu Pass, Guangcheng Pass and Yique Pass respectively.
As for Wuguan and Lantian Pass leading from Nanyang to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo sent troops to garrison them, with three thousand and one thousand troops stationed respectively.
The remaining soldiers and horses are stationed in Luoyang City and surrounding areas.
If the war becomes serious, reinforcements can be sent at any time.
Because there were so many passes and cities that needed to be defended, after Dong Zhuo and Liu Cheng deployed their troops for garrison, they used nearly 30,000 troops for garrisoning alone, leaving only 70,000 to 80,000 troops for battle.
It is a far cry from the 300,000 troops of the coalition forces of the Kwantung princes.
However, Liu Cheng was not too worried about this.
The elite troops of the Kwantung Allied Forces were only about 100,000 at most.
These were the standing troops of the previous states and counties.
The extra 200,000 were all recruited in the past month or two.
They are young and strong, with little training, and can only fight with the wind.
Once the war becomes stalemate, these people will not only be unable to help, but will also be hindered.
At this time, Li Ru said again: "General Liu, according to our intelligence report, in addition to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Han Fu, Han Hao, Zhang Miao and other princes who are relatively close to Jujube, more than half of the princes in Guandong are on their way to Jujube. on the way, Moreover, they also had important supplies of food and grass, and their marching speed was slow.
After careful consideration, my prime minister decided to send out troops first before they completed the alliance in Jujube, so as to catch them by surprise.
I don’t know what the general thought."
This is a good idea, Liu Cheng said: "It's feasible.
I don't know how the prime minister plans to attack and who will be sent to lead the attack."
Dong Zhuo said: "The attack force should not be too large.
The main purpose is to disrupt the deployment and steps of the coalition forces of the Kwantung princes.
The prime minister decided to send Hu Zhen and Zhang Xiu to lead an army of five thousand to attack the princes who came from the north and were still on the way.
For example, Shangdang Governor Zhang Yang, Fenwu General Gongsun Zan and others cut off the food and grass of Han Fu, Han Hao, Zhang Yang and others.
Should the general also send a group of troops to attack the Guandong princes?"
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said: "Okay, I will also send a troop of troops to cause trouble for the Kwantung princes.
Since the Prime Minister sent General Hu Zhen to lead troops to attack the north, then I will send troops to attack the Kwantung Allied Forces in the south.
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In addition, there is one more thing that I think the Prime Minister should do."
Dong Zhuo was surprised and said: "What's the matter?"
Liu Chengdao: "Why are Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu so bold and dare to rebel?
Why can they gather so many soldiers and horses in such a short period of time?
It's all because of the support of the Yuan family.
Now Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in Suanzao, but Prime Minister, you still let the Yuan family enjoy peace and happiness in Luoyang City.
If you don't kill the chickens and scare the monkeys, do you want to keep the Yuan family and force Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to retreat?
Yuan Wei could bear the humiliation and bear the burden for the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
After all, these two brothers were the hope of their Yuan family, but these two brothers probably would not care about the life and death of Yuan Wei and others.
They were now full-fledged and did not need Yuan Wei anymore.
It has already come to this point, and if you still keep the Yuan family’s delicious food and drinks, people in the world will only regard you as a fool and will not think that this is your virtue.”
Dong Zhuo was a little hesitant.
After all, the Yuan family's reputation was too loud.
"Humph" Liu Cheng snorted coldly and asked, "Isn't the Prime Minister afraid of the Yuan family?"
Dong Zhuo immediately became furious and said: "Our family is afraid of the Yuan family.
Even though the Yuan family has four generations and three sons, Huang Wan, Yang Biao, Zhang Wen and others are not bad, why don't we still kill them?"
"Then you destroyed the Yuan family."
Dong Zhuo wanted to confront Liu Cheng: "If you say to destroy the Yuan family, our family will destroy the Yuan family?
Who do you think you are and why should our family listen to you?"
Dong Zhuo took a few deep breaths and asked Li Ru: "What do you think about this matter?"
Li Ru was also a little hesitant.
He said: "It is only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who are rebelling.
If Yuan Wei's family is rashly moved, it will only further arouse the ferocity of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and cause too much impact.
Public opinion will be unfavorable."
Prime Minister" At this time, Jia Xu smiled sinisterly and said: "I am very surprised by Mr.
Wen Shi's attitude.
You are afraid of causing unfavorable public opinion to the Prime Minister.
You are someone who even dares to kill the Queen Mother, and you are the leader of the abolition of the throne.
Is there anything in this world that you dare not do?
You actually said that you are worried that killing Yuan Wei will trigger public opinion that is unfavorable to the Prime Minister.
Isn't that ridiculous?
Or maybe you, like Wu Qiong, Zhou Ao, He Yong and others, are the moles placed by the Yuan family around the Prime Minister.
What is your purpose of lurking around the Prime Minister?"
Li Ru's face changed when he heard this, and he immediately said sternly: "Jia Xu, how dare you!
I, Li Wenyou, am loyal to the Prime Minister and have never had any dissent.
You deliberately alienate me from the Prime Minister.
What is your intention?
Or is it because it was ordered by General Liu?"
" Jia Xu smiled calmly: "I am just stating the facts.
Your attitude is too abnormal and is really suspicious."
At this time, Dong Zhuo looked at Jia Xu with a straight face and asked: "Our family did kill Wu Qiong and Zhou Ao, but after the killing, our family regretted it and said that Zhou Ao might be a spy arranged by the Yuan family.
It makes sense, but it is absolutely impossible for Wu Qiong to serve in the court because it was arranged by the Prime Minister.
Jia Wenhe, how do you know that they are the moles arranged by the Yuan family around the Prime Minister?"
Liu Cheng answered this question for Jia Xu: "Prime Minister, in fact, I have long known that these people are the moles arranged by the Yuan family around the Prime Minister, but I just didn't inform you.
After all, our relationship was not good enough before.
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To the extent that intelligence can be shared, there should be moles from the Yuan family around you.
Although I don’t know how many more there are and who they are, I’m sure you have no secrets from the Yuan family. , if we don’t get rid of the Yuan family, our every move will be clearly known to the Kwantung princes.
Does the Prime Minister think we can defeat the Kwantung princes?
The Prime Minister can disobey me, but I, Liu Cheng, will never I want to die in vain.
If you don't get rid of the Yuan family and dig out the moles planted by the Yuan family, I think there is no need to fight this war.
The matter is not confidential.
If there is any war, I will lead the army to withdraw tomorrow.
Hedong" Dong Zhuo's face changed.
He was obviously weighing the pros and cons after listening to Liu Cheng's words.
After a while, Dong Zhuo seemed to remember something, looked at Li Ru and asked coldly: "Wen You, do you think he should kill or not kill?"
When Li Ru saw Liu Cheng and Dong Zhuo staring at him with intense eyes, he suddenly started sweating on his vest.
He knew that both Liu Cheng and Dong Zhuo were a little suspicious of him.
If he still insisted on not moving the Yuan family at this time, he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would immediately start to doubt him.
He, so he cupped his hands and said: "Since Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu responded to Cao Cao's appeal, they have actually In fact, the Yuan family has fallen out with the Prime Minister.
These two brothers will not be grateful to you because the Prime Minister did not touch the Yuan Wei family.
Once they attack Luoyang City, they will probably not care about the fact that you have shown your favor to the Yuan family, so they still It is better to eliminate future troubles.
We have killed Huang Wan, Yang Biao and Zhang Wen.
I am afraid there will be another Yuan family."
Dong Zhuo withdrew his gaze, glanced at Hua Xiong, and immediately shouted: "Hua Xiong, I order you to take people to the Yuan family.
First, interrogate how many moles the Yuan family has planted around our family.
How many people are there today?
Whose names are they?
, the truth must be known clearly.”
"Take the order."
Hua Xiong immediately agreed with his fists clasped, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute."
Liu Cheng stopped Hua Xiong and said to Dong Zhuo: "Prime Minister, torture is a delicate job.
I'm afraid General Hua won't be able to do it.
I heard that Lord Li Ru is proficient in this art.
Why not let him preside over this matter?"
General Hua will assist you."
Dong Zhuo thought about it and thought it was true, so he said to Li Ru: "Wen You, you and Hua Xiong must go to the interrogation to get a result as soon as possible and find out all the moles placed by the Yuan family around the prime minister.
When the truth comes to mind, There are moles arranged by other people around me, and they may lose their heads at any time, making it hard for me to sleep or eat well.
You must take care of this for me."
"Yes, Prime Minister, don't worry."
Liu Cheng didn't know whether Li Ru was arranged by the Yuan family to Dong Zhuo in order to bring trouble to the world.
He just had some suspicions, and Dong Zhuo was a suspicious person by nature.
Liu Cheng knew that Dong Zhuo had already harbored feelings for Li Ru in his heart.
Some doubts arose, but that was enough
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