Go to Gui City.
Li Ru and Zhang Ji settled in an inn with seven or eight followers.
They had already crossed the Weishui River and were on their way to Linjin.
However, after hearing that Niu Fu had killed Dong Yue and captured his troops, they He immediately returned and stayed in Gucheng, and kept sending people to the front to inquire about the news.
Just two days later, Lu Bu's army arrived at Xiagui and sent Li Su as the vanguard to fight against Niu Fu's army.
After receiving the news, Li Ru said to Zhang Ji: "De Rong, do you believe it or not that I dare to say that Li Su will be defeated by Niu Fu?"
Zhang didn't believe it and said: "It can't be right.
Everyone says that Li Su is as famous as Lu Bu.
Niu Fu can be the commander-in-chief of a party just because he is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.
Otherwise, it would be his turn.
And in my humble opinion, Niu Fu Niu Fu had no commanding talent and was timid and suspicious.
Now he killed Dong Yue and seized his troops.
Dong Yue's generals were forced by the situation and did not dare to resist.
Once they had the chance, they were afraid that sooner or later there would be a fight within Niu Fu.
"Rush" Li Ru smiled and said: "Let's make a bet.
If Niu Fu wins this battle, I win.
If Li Su wins, you win.
Whoever loses will treat me to a drink.
How about it?"
It was just a drink, and since Zhang was not stingy, he immediately agreed: "Good."
The next day, Li Su's army crossed the Wei River and encountered Niu Fu's army fifty miles northeast of Xiagu City.
Niu Fu originally had 30,000 troops, but after swallowing Dong Yue's troops, there were more than 40,000 troops.
Compared with Li Su's The 10,000-strong army was several times more powerful.
Li Su is an old man in the Xiliang army.
He knows Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law quite well.
He has no ability to lead an army, but he has won Dong Zhuo's trust.
Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, Li Su is still afraid that he will be a loser.
That's all, you can beat him to the ground in a matter of minutes.
But when the two armies actually set up their battle formations, Li Su fought smoothly at first and almost overran Niu Fu's army.
Niu Fu himself was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, but the captain Zhang Ji and his nephew However, Zhang Xiu and his troops withstood his fierce offensive and stabilized his position.
Later, Li Jue and Guo Si, who had also escaped, found that Li Su's army had been blocked by Zhang Ji and his men.
They quickly turned around and joined the battle group.
Now Li Su could not stop him.
There was a huge disparity in strength.
They could not attack for a long time.
The soldiers After his energy was exhausted, Zhang Ji and others soon launched a counterattack.
Li Su was defeated and returned, losing seven to eight thousand troops and only escaping with one or two thousand men.
Lu Bu held him responsible for the defeat and killed him.
In the inn, Zhang Ji was surprised when he got the news: "How could this happen?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "Niu Fu is indeed a loser, but his subordinates Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others have been losers of De Rong from time to time.
This is how these people look like in your mind."
Zhang Ji said: "These people seem to have no sense of existence in the eyes of the world.
They should all be mediocre and incompetent people.
If they had the qualifications to be famous generals, they would have become famous all over the world."
"That's wrong, that's wrong."
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Li Ru shook his head and said, "These people are actually very smart.
It's not that they have no sense of existence, but they have followed Prime Minister Dong for so many years in a low-key manner, and they still know him very well.
The Prime Minister is domineering, He was cruel and suspicious by nature, but he also loved great achievements and would not allow his subordinates to be more talented than him.
Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others They all kept a low profile and were always cautious in front of the Prime Minister.
In fact, although these people did not have the qualifications to be famous generals, if they were imagined to be incompetent, they would suffer a big loss.
Just look at Li Su's fate.
If Niu Fu were not the main general, only one of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji could defeat Li Su and throw away his armor."
Zhang Ji cupped his hands at Li Ru and said, "Sir, you are a great talent, and you know things like a god.
I admire Niu Fu's victory now.
How can we just go over and see him like this?
I'm afraid that not only will we not be able to convince him, but we may also lose our lives."
Bar" Li Ru's eyes shone with a strange light.
He touched his long beard, but his mind was spinning rapidly.
After a while, he had an idea and said to Zhang Ji: "If we want to persuade the Xiliang army to surrender to the imperial court and serve General Liu, , Niu Fu is the biggest obstacle.
Although this person has no talent, he now has the ability to defeat Li Su.
If we win a great victory, he will definitely be arrogant and will not be easily persuaded by us.
However, he has no real intention to avenge Dong Zhuo.
You can see by looking at his slow marching speed that he wants to avenge Dong Zhuo.
The reason for raising troops under the banner of "I want to gather all the Xiliang troops for my own use.
We must find a way to get rid of this person."
Zhang Ji said: "How to remove it?"
"I, Yi Er, have some eyes and ears in the Xiliang army about this matter."
After Li Ru finished speaking, he whispered to Zhang Ji: "You are like this" After hearing this, Zhang Ji nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away.
Is this really okay?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "Go ahead and do it.
This is the only way to make it happen."
Only one day later, rumors began to spread in Niu Fu's army camp on the other side of Xiagui City across the Weishui River.
Some people said that Niu Fu's army was not really to avenge Dong Zhuo, but just for personal gain.
Others said that Dong Yue led his army to seek refuge with Niu Fu.
However, Fu suspected that Dong Yue had ulterior motives and killed him, and also annexed his soldiers and horses.
This was really cruel, unkind, and unkind.
Some people even said that now that Dong Zhuo was dead, the court wanted to investigate the Xiliang army's crimes and not spare any one of them.
These rumors quickly spread among Niu Fu's army.
Niu Fu was extremely shocked when he learned about it and ordered those who spread the rumors to be arrested in the camp.
However, these rumors have become known to everyone, and how can the real people be easily revealed?
Those who deliberately spread rumors caught a large number of people in the army, were arrested and beheaded, but these arrested people were all innocent, which caused panic among the soldiers of the Xiliang Army.
It can be seen from Niu Fu's handling of this matter that Niu Fu does not have the ability to be a commander, and he soon suffered the consequences.
Late at night the next day, the Xiliang Army soldiers who became more and more frightened began to flee the camp in groups.
Li Ru's meticulous work even organized people to kill people and set fire to the camp, driving the horses in the stables everywhere in the camp.
Running around.
When Niu Fu got the news, the camp was already in chaos, with fires and smoke billowing everywhere, and shouts of killing everywhere.
He thought that there was a rebellion in the whole camp and was worried about his life being killed by the rebels.
He was frightened.
At the same time, he ordered Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others to organize troops to rectify the situation, and at the same time he took his close confidant Hu Chi'er and others to collect gold and silver and quietly escaped from the camp.
Niu Fu and his party carried a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry and fled northwestward on horseback.
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They fled to the south of Pinyang County just before dawn.
They were tired of people and horses, so they had to stop to rest.
Hu Chi'er, a close confidant, came over and handed Niu Fu a cowhide water bag: "General, have a drink."
When Niu Fu was thirsty, he picked up the water bag and poured it into his mouth.
Hu Chi'er's eyes flashed fiercely, and he drew his sword and beheaded him.
Niu Fu was unprepared for Hu Chi'er and was beheaded on the spot.
The other followers were shocked and said, "Hu Chi'er, you are so bold, how dare you murder the general?"
Hu Chi'er didn't care at all.
He wiped the bloody sword with the hem of his clothes and said, "Niu Fu is at the end of his rope.
What future do we have with him?
Now that he is dead, let's divide these gold, silver and jewelry, and then carry his It’s easy to go to Chang’an to receive the reward, and to be promoted to a higher rank.
Wouldn’t it be much more comfortable than following Niu Fu to the world in the future?”
These words were too straightforward, but they were rough and unreasonable, and they were very practical issues.
These Niu Fu's close followers were a little moved at this time, and one of them said: "Okay, I will go to Chang'an with you, Hu Brother, I will hang out with you from now on."
Seeing that someone had expressed their stance first, several others also expressed their willingness to follow Hu Chi'er one by one.
Hu Chi'er was overjoyed and immediately divided the gold and silver into several shares, one for each person.
Everyone took one share, and they were convinced by Hu Chi'er from then on.
That afternoon, Li Ru and Zhang Ji met Hu Chi'er in the inn.
It turned out that Hu Chi'er was one of the agents arranged by Li Ru in the Xiliang Army.
Of course, he was not the only one.
The purpose of these people in the Xiliang Army was to monitor everyone.
As a general, Li Ru didn't advocate doing this at first, but he didn't dare to disobey Dong Zhuo's order.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy this time.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
Hu Chi'er looked at Li Ru and asked, clasping his fists.
Although Li Ru was a scholar, his methods were very sinister.
All the generals in the Xiliang army were afraid of him, and Hu Chi'er was no exception.
He did not dare to speak loudly in front of Li Ru, fearing that he would not be careful.
He made Li Ru unhappy and was plotted against him.
He didn't know how he died when the time came.
Li Ru touched his long beard, looked at Hu Chi'er, and said with a smile: "Didn't you tell several other Niu Fu's followers that you wanted to carry Niu Fu's head to Chang'an to receive the reward?
Then you go and find Lu Bu.
He is now If you follow Situ Wang Yun and have Niu Fu's head, he will definitely give you a good future.
I will also speak for you and take the head away.
Niu Fu's weapons will be left behind.
I will still have some use for you."
"Yes, sir."
Hu Chi'er kept Niu Fu's personal weapon, a large axe, and took the head away.
After Hu Chi'er led the people away, Zhang Ji asked: "Sir, if you ask them to go to Lu Bu, doesn't that mean they are going to die?
Lu Bu is called a slave with three surnames.
He can tolerate himself betraying his master.
This is a thorn in his heart. , so he hates others betraying his master the most.
If these people go to Lu Bu, they will die."
Li Ru shook his head and sighed: "They must die.
Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others will soon know that Niu Fu died at the hands of Hu Chi'er and others.
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If they are allowed to know the relationship between Hu Chi'er and me, Can these people still be persuaded by us?
In addition, Hu Chi'er is too greedy for money and too utilitarian.
If we continue to keep him, I am afraid that sooner or later he will backlash.
Now is the best time to get rid of him."
Zhang Ji looked at Li Ru and felt chills in his heart.
No wonder this guy could assist Dong Zhuo to cause turmoil in the world and greatly damage the vitality of the imperial court.
It was so poisonous.
Compared with Jia Xu, these two people are almost incompatible.
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