Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 198

In one night, the Xiliang army lost about [-], which can be said to be a huge loss.

Zhang Ming and his crossbows were too powerful. At close range, they were divided into three waves and attacked uninterruptedly, which was simply their nightmare.

Ding Yuan has been paying attention to the confrontation between the two armies.

Dong Zhuo dared to abolish the emperor, and his ambition was fully exposed.

After dawn, the other city gates opened.

Yuan Shao immediately ran out in fright.

He blatantly opposed Dong Zhuo last night, and Dong Zhuo killed several officials on the spot.

Yuan Shao at this time, how dare he continue to fight against Dong Zhuo, he doesn't know when he will be killed.

On that day, many officials ran away. They abandoned their officials and fled without a trace.

However, big bosses such as Yuan Kai and Wang Yun are still in Luoyang City and have not left.

Dong Zhuo's power is rising. After what happened last night, only Ding Yuan and Zhang Ming are his biggest threats.

Dong Zhuo followed Li Ru's suggestion and planned to deal with Ding Yuan first.

"Wenyou, can you think of a way?"

Li Ru bent down and bowed his head to salute, and then said: "Prime Minister, you need to ease up with Zhang Ming first, and divide the alliance between him and Ding Yuan."

"How to ease? How to divide?"

"You can designate Zhang Ming as a Taiwei and let him enter the court as an official. This Taiwei is one of the three princes and has a very high status. He may be confused by the official position at a young age."

Dong Zhuo nodded, he was just a captain.

"Okay, let's do it now."

Li Ru immediately went to get a copy of the imperial decree, wrote the imperial decree, and sealed the jade seal by himself, and soon an imperial decree for the title of Taiwei was completed.

Li Ru didn't dare to delay, so he brought people here himself.

"I am Li Ru, I want to see Zhang Ming."

When Li Ru arrived at the north gate, he proposed to see Zhang Ming.

After the transmission, Li Ru was invited to the top of the city.

When going up to the top of the city, Li Ru made a special observation and found that the bottom was blocked by many sandbags, forming irregular walls.

Their cavalry couldn't charge forward, and rushed over. After two strokes, the horses would lose their speed immediately and could no longer charge forward. At this time, the crossbow arrows were their nightmare.

Li Ru knew in his heart that it was already very difficult to subdue Zhang Ming by force. For this preparation, the Xiliang Army did not know how many people they would have to fill.

Li Ru went to the top of the wall, and Zhang Ming set up a table on the top of the wall, boiling water and making tea.

The equipment for boiling water is the gas that Zhang Ming exploded last night. With a little modification, a simple gas stove will be used first.

"Student Wen, please sit down."

Zhang Ming made a cup of tea for Li Ru.

Li Ru was surprised that Zhang Ming didn't have a dark face, nor did he want to give him power, but was so polite.

Li Ru bowed, and then put the imperial decree on the table.

"General Protector."

"Don't worry about other things, drink tea first."

Zhang Ming thought about Li Ru's words, and then began to drink tea.

After drinking two cups of tea, Li Ru spoke again: "Prime Minister."

"Mr. Wen Xian, you can take a look at the layout of our army. From the top of the city, you can see everything on both sides."

Li Ruzhen stood up, he had already seen the inside of the city, the outside of the city was very simple, the barracks was right next to the city gate, and although there were 5000 people outside the city, Zhang Ming had no intention of defending it.

With the city gate and the city wall, there is no need to defend the outside at all. If the enemy comes, the five thousand people outside the city are all cavalry, so just run away.

With 5000 people outside, it is impossible for the Xiliang army to attack the city outside, otherwise it will be a surprise attack, and it will be miserable at that time.

Knowing Zhang Ming's arrangement, Li Ru sat down helplessly, and said, "General Protector, are you determined to be an enemy of the Prime Minister?"

"Not at all."

Zhang Ming continued to make tea, very calm.

Li Ru pushed the imperial decree over, and then said: "This is the imperial decree of the Taiwei, the general who protects the country."

Zhang Ming put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a chuckle, "Mr. Wen Xian, this Taiwei is Sangong, so who is older than the county magistrate?"

"Of course the captain"

The Taiwei is great, but Li Ru can't speak.

Because the county magistrate has real power anyway, and the Taiwei has no power at all.

Although it is Sangong, compared with the county magistrate, there is really no way to compare.

Li Ru knew that it was absolutely impossible to use the county magistrate to bribe Zhang Ming.

Since it was impossible, he couldn't go on talking.

"General Protector, what conditions do you want, why don't you tell me?"

"How about my tea? Take two catties back."

Zhang Ming's delivery of tea is also a treat for guests.

Li Ru was savvy, saluted Zhang Ming again, and left.

The bribery failed, Li Ru knew that it was a failure to win over Zhang Ming by ordinary people's methods.

If it was another person, and heard the official position of Taiwei, they might have already taken the job.

Li Ru went back and reported to Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo left, Zhang Ming threw out the imperial decree and said, "Send someone to Inspector Ding Yuan."

Zhang Ming didn't know what Ding Yuan would think, but he wanted to make a gesture to show that he would not be bought by Dong Zhuo.

In the palace, Dong Zhuo was rarely furious, but asked with a dark face: "Is there any other way?"

"Prime Minister, you can continue to buy Zhang Ming, but you can give him the position of prime minister, which shows that the two sides jointly control the government, and the prime minister is subordinate to him."

"So, how is it possible?" Dong Zhuo said angrily.

Li Ru quickly knelt down and said, "Prime Minister, it's an expedient measure. As long as Zhang Ming is fooled and we take care of Ding Yuan, we can capture and kill Zhang Ming. In the whole world, no one dares to be an enemy of the Prime Minister."

Dong Zhuo thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's fine."

Li Ru said: "Today Zhang Ming is a smart person, maybe he won't be fooled, but he can drive a wedge between him and Ding Yuan. If Zhang Ming doesn't accept it, it doesn't mean that Ding Yuan is not suspicious."

Dong Zhuo nodded, still said with a dark face, "Do it quickly."

Li Ru hurried to do it. He first sent someone to pass the news to Ding Yuan.

In the morning, Li Ru went to Zhang Ming, and Ding Yuan had received the news.

Not long after Li Ru left, Zhang Ming sent someone to deliver the imperial decree to Ding Yuanna.

Ding Yuan read the imperial decree and said with a sneer: "This Dong Zhuo is quite willing, Taiwei, one of the three princes, what a high status."

Lu Bu said unconvinced: "I see, this Taiwei, Zhang Ming, is so qualified. It's almost as good as giving it to the foster father."

"Taiwei?" Ding Yuan said with a sneer: "The military power in your hand is real, what's the use of a Taiwei."

Soon, Ding Yuan received Dong Zhuo's request to give the position of prime minister to Zhang Ming.

Lu Bu came in a hurry after receiving the news.

"Father, does this Zhang Ming want to cooperate with Dong Zhuo? If a captain is not tempted, is the prime minister still not tempted?"

Lu Bu was in a hurry.

"No hurry, I'll send someone to ask Zhang Ming."

Ding Yuan also has doubts, if the two cooperate, he will be very dangerous.

This is Li Ru's plan to alienate.

Li Ru came to look for Zhang Ming again, Zhang Ming naturally invited Li Ru to the top of the city very politely.

"Student Wen Xian, why are you here again, but is there any good news?"

This time Li Ru also brought gifts, several boxes of gifts.

"General Protector, the Prime Minister would like to apologize to you, it was all a misunderstanding before."

(End of this chapter)