Chapter 38
At this time, Li Ru quickly reminded him: "Prime Minister, Marquis Wen, remember not to underestimate the enemy!
Now that Hua Xiong has been defeated, they are becoming more powerful, and their morale is extremely high. Although Marquis Wen is unparalleled in martial arts, you still have to be careful."
Lu Bu said disapprovingly:
"Even though Hua Xiong was courageous, in my eyes, he was just a chicken and a dog. Zhao Yun could kill Hua Xiong, of course, I can also kill Zhao Yun! Father just gives orders, and then I will lead the army to slaughter them!"
Dong Zhuo knew Lu Bu's ability and said with a smile:
"Fengxian is very strong with his Red Hare. Wenyou do not have to worry too much. Now that Hua Xiong has been defeated, we need Fengxian to revive our morale."
Li Ru was helpless and could only persuade him: "Since that is the case, the Prime Minister should also lead the army on a campaign. Only in this way, our morale will increase. Prime Minister can personally lead the troops to go on a campaign. At that time the Warlords outside would be feeling restless."
"Wenyou's words please me a lot!"
Dong Zhuo nodded and continued: "After staying here in Luoyang for such a long time, I want to go see all the Warlords."
"Prime Minister, this one still has something to say. Since our soldiers will go to Hulao Pass to meet the enemy. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people in Luoyang who still refuse to obey the Prime Minister. We have to be careful about this!"
Li Ru lightly twisted his beard and continued to persuade.
Dong Zhuo could not help but ask, "Wenyou, what do you mean by that?"
Li Ru pondered: "Now, the Warlords out there have come together in an alliance and have chosen Yuan Shao as the leader, and Yuan Shao's uncle, Yuan Wei is the current Grand Tutor of the court. If their armies cooperate after your campaign is issued, it will become a serious problem for our soldiers."
Dong Zhuo suddenly realized, nodded, and said, "I have to consider this matter! It is just that Yuan Wei is the current Grand Tutor, and even I cannot easily touch him. Wenyou, what do you think we should do?"
Li Ru said with a smile: "Currently, to prevent the other party from cooperating, we can cut off one or two of Yuan Shao's arms first. As the saying goes, you shall not do evil.
The prime minister only needs to add the accusation of allying with the enemy to Yuan Wei and the others, then personally sent a large army to surround the Yuan house simultaneously allocating and capturing them, and finally killed them all.
In this way, it not only frightened the ministers who held dissent in the court but also disturbed the minds of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and others.
Yuan Shao is the leader of the Warlords, when his mind is in turmoil, then the Warlords will be nothing more than a mob!"
"Wenyou's plan is great! Immediately arrange to kill Yuan Wei's entire family!"
Dong Zhuo nodded and agreed with Li Ru's strategy.
Only Lu Bu did not take it seriously, and he was even more disdainful in his heart.
Lu Bu came from a strong martial arts background and only liked to fight on the battlefield, therefore he couldn't plan such a thing.
It's just that Li Ru is a strategist, and Dong Zhuo has always trusted him. He did not dare to speak much, and he did not participate in it either.
It was night, dark moon and strong wind. Dong Zhuo sent his subordinates, Li Jue and Guo Si, to lead five hundred troops to surround Grand Master Yuan's family.
Yuan Shao's family in Luoyang, regardless of age or gender, was brutally slaughtered.
Then Dong Zhuo sent the head of Grand Tutor Yuan and the others to the Allied forces in front of the Sishui Pass.
After massacring the Yuan family, Dong Zhuo gathered another 200,000 soldiers and divided them in two.
On one route, Li Jue and Guo Si led 50,000 troops to support Li Su and the others in guarding the Sishui Pass, not fighting with Yuan Shao and the others.
On the other hand, Dong Zhuo personally led an army of 150,000 men and went to Hulao Pass with Li Ru, Lu Bu, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and the others to meet the enemy.
The Hulao Pass was less than fifty miles from Luoyang, and it was the only road that could enter Luoyang.
After Dong Zhuo's troops arrived at the Hulao Pass, they immediately sent Lü Bu to lead 30,000 elite soldiers from Binzhou to set up camp in front of the Hulao Pass.
Dong Zhuo himself settled in Guanshang, and together with Lü Bu, they formed an enmity.
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Warlords Alliance Camp.
Yuan Shao and the others attacked the Sishui Pass for several days straight, but Li Su was able to defend the gap, and the Warlords were unable to do anything.
At this time, the messenger entered frantically and handed over a report.
Yuan Shao immediately opened the letter to look, and when he read it, he suddenly screamed, a mouthful of blood spurted out and he fainted on the spot.
No one knows what is going on; only Han Yu might know the contents of the letter.
It must be that Dong Zhuo executed Yuan Shao's clan.
The crowd surrounds Yuan Shao and saves Yuan Shao.
"Old thief Dong Zhuo, I will avenge this!"
After Yuan Shao woke up, he was short of breath, looked sad, and looked at Luoyang with bloodshot eyes.
His whole person exudes a fierce momentum, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word.
After saying that, Yuan Shao slapped the table angrily and sighed loudly.
As the saying goes, it was a disaster to lose a family, and now that Dong Zhuo slaughtered the Yuan family, Yuan Shao was furious at this time.
Unlike Yuan Shu, his direct son, Yuan Wei was his most important elder.
It was also because of Yuan Wei that Yuan Shao was able to represent the Yuan clan.
Everyone quickly took the letter from Yuan Shao and learned that Dong Zhuo had massacred all of the Yuan clansmen in Luoyang, including Grand Tutor Yuan Wei.
Now, he led a large army to fight on two routes.
The Warlords did not expect Dong Zhuo to be so ruthless.
After all, Yuan Wei was a Grand Tutor.
Nevertheless, everyone thought that it was Dong Zhuo who even dared to kill the Young Emperor Liu Bian, there seems to be nothing he dares not do.
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