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Chapter 704: Dong Zhuo dispatches a large number of officials, and the Huns suddenly invade

"Ennoble Ma Teng, Han Sui, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu?"

Dong Zhuo stared and asked:
"Wenyou, why do you say that?"

"Ma Teng is far away in Liang Province, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are now my enemies. What's the point of enfeoffing them?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Dong. Please listen to me carefully."

Li Ru smiled slightly and said confidently:
"Although Su Yao is brave and seems to have won every battle, his army has been running for days and must be exhausted."

"Moreover, he is alone in deep territory this time, and it is winter, so it is extremely difficult to supply food and grass."

"As long as we use the strategic location of Tongguan to withstand the first wave of their attack, and then create trouble for their rear, the bandits will surely retreat if they cannot take the city."

"Create trouble? You want to rely on them to deal with that guy named Su?" Dong Zhuo asked.

"That's right!"

Li Ru smiled and said:

"Mr. Dong, although Ma Teng does not obey you, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are our enemies, they still consider themselves as Han officials and are not on the same side as Su Yao."

"They seem to be united against you, but in fact they have their own agenda. They are just holding back for now due to issues of strength and timing."

"As long as we promise them great benefits and promotions, they may be tempted and stab Su Yao in the back."

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked anxiously, "Wenyou, tell me quickly, how should we do it?"

Li Ru pondered for a moment and continued:
"Ma Teng is a powerful man from Liang Province. He has formed an alliance with Han Sui and commands a large number of troops. He is eyeing the Three Auxiliary Regions and is eyeing the Central Plains covetously. He is quite troublesome to us."

"Lord Dong, why don't you give them two titles, one as General of the Western Expedition and the other as Governor of Bingzhou, and promise them great benefits, so that they can attack Su Yao from behind!"

"I think they will not miss this opportunity to legitimately intervene in the situation in the Central Plains."

"As for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, although they are currently our enemies, they also have conflicts with each other."

"We can take advantage of their ambitions and offer them high positions and generous salaries, so that they can sow discord among themselves and prevent them from using their full strength to deal with us."

"Anyway, we are powerless to intervene in Guandong for the time being, so we might as well use the emperor in our hands to confer titles on the princes and let them fight each other."

"I just don't believe that they can resist accepting this official position that fell from the sky."

“By then, Guandong will be in chaos, and Su Yao’s rear will be unstable. Even if he is brave and invincible, he will be in trouble and have to retreat.”

"This way, Lord Dong can take a break, and we can operate in Chang'an, expand the northwest, and annex Shuzhong. Then our great cause can be accomplished!"

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly after hearing this and clapped his hands in admiration: "Wen You's plan is brilliant! This way, that Su Yao kid will be in deep trouble and won't be able to escape!"

He immediately ordered the drafting of an imperial edict, preparing to reward Ma Teng, Han Sui, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others, and sent people to contact them secretly to convey his will and promises.

Among them, Han Sui was appointed General of the Western Expedition, Ma Teng was appointed General of the Northern Expedition and concurrently Governor of Bingzhou, Yuan Shao was appointed Generalissimo, and Yuan Shu simply gave him an empty seal and allowed him to take the official position himself.

In addition to these four main princes, some other princes were also given official titles, but most of those places had predecessors, so if they wanted to take office, they had to seize it by force.

Dong Zhuo's edict later spread quickly to all parts of the country, causing quite a stir.

Although those princes who were rewarded all denounced Dong's tyranny on the surface, none of them refused to accept the official seals given by the court, and they all had their own calculations in their hearts.

Han Sui and Ma Teng were secretly delighted after receiving the imperial edict.

They had been coveting the Central Plains for a long time, but had no legitimate opportunity. Now that Dong Zhuo took the initiative to reward them, they were naturally happy to accept it.

Soon, their troops set out from Liangzhou to Bingzhou, preparing to seize the place where Su Yao started his career, and then head south to Luoyang. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's reactions were more complicated.

Yuan Shao, who was in Su Yao's army, tore up the imperial edict in front of everyone, accused the traitor Dong of forging the imperial edict, and told him to wash his neck and wait for death.

Although Yuan Shu also had a high opinion of himself, he was also very ambitious. He had already turned against Su Yao and captured Nanyang. He gladly accepted Dong Zhuo's reward and verbally promised a non-aggression pact.

However, Yuan Shu was not in a hurry to use the empty seal edict.

Nanyang is already in his hands, he does not need this empty seal edict to endorse himself.

Yuan Shu couldn't think of a suitable official position for the time being, so he kept it for the time being.

As for the other princes, many of them believed that this was a godsend opportunity and began to use official seals to annex surrounding lands.

Li Ru's evil plot further intensified the unrest in the world, but the plan was not successful.

Because, in order to maintain Dong Zhuo's position, he formed alliances and created trouble to force Su Yao to retreat. The premise was that they could really defend Tongguan and force Su Yao to station his troops at the pass.

As a result, it is true that one who is too clever in his plans may end up losing his life.
Just when Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an and sent envoys to the whole country, neither of them expected that a third-party army would suddenly "fall from the sky"!
"what?!"

"The Huns are coming?"

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"How is this going?!"

In Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo's face turned pale as he listened to the report. He slammed the table so hard that the tea sets on the table jumped up.

"Didn't the Huns suffer heavy losses in the previous rebellion?"

"Where do they get the guts to mess with me?"

"Where did they come from?"

This made Dong Zhuo angry again.

According to the scouts, tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops suddenly marched southward from the direction of Shangjun in the north of Chang'an, and their vanguard horses had already entered Zuofengyi (píng yì) in the Sanfu area without anyone noticing!
This is simply impossible!

The north of Chang'an was never a place where the Huns could enter.

Chang'an is known for its rugged mountains and rivers, surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the water on one side. There is Xiaoguan in the north, Sanguan in the west, Wuguguan in the south and Tongguan in the east. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

As for Shangjun and Zuofengyi in the north, there are continuous mountains. Even if the Huns wanted to invade, they should go through Xiaoguan in the northwest.

Now that Xiaoguan has not been breached, it is simply unbelievable that the Huns can actually come from the mountains to kill us.

Once the Huns were allowed to march into the Sanfu area in large numbers, the ruggedness of the mountains and rivers in Chang'an City would be completely destroyed.

He still wants to defend Tongguan?

Tongguan’s retreat route is about to be cut off!

Dong Zhuo was furious and his ministers were terrified.

Faced with such a sudden and terrible situation, no one was willing to believe that it was reality:

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"In the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, no Huns had ever been able to cross the mountains from the north!"

"What do you think? Is this false information released by the traitor Su Yao, trying to trick us into losing our composure?"

(End of this chapter)