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Chapter 719: Prince Master's Clever Plan to Sow Dissension

In Chang'an City, the sun sets in the west.

Amid the noise of the parade ground, Dong Zhuo let out an uncontrollable cry of surprise:

"What? Minister Dong, you actually said that someone in my army was secretly communicating with court officials and Su Yao, and wanted to start a mutiny?!"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Prime Minister, this is absolutely true."

Dong Cheng, standing in front of Dong Zhuo, looked a little nervous:

"I had intended to mobilize the soldiers in the imperial palace to escort His Majesty here, but my spy came to report that someone in our army was colluding with others and was planning to launch a mutiny. I will take your head and ask for a reward from that Su."

"Therefore, I dare not be careless and report this to the Prime Minister immediately. Please investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"What a big dog's balls!"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, his face instantly turned gloomy and he actually quickly believed Dong Cheng's words.

This is actually very simple.

Dong Zhuo wanted to escape to Meiwu because he knew he had no chance of winning.

The biggest reason why he didn't dare to defend Chang'an was that he was afraid that once Su Yao's army besieged the city, he would be abandoned by the soldiers and court officials in an instant.

Therefore, apart from the three members of the Dong family, he did not reveal the matter of fleeing to Meiwu even to his close confidants such as Wang Yun and Cai Yong, for fear that the information would be leaked.

According to Dong Zhuo's plan, they would take the emperor, concubines and beauties at night, falsely claiming to flee to Liangzhou, and then turn to Meiwu halfway and defend the city to the death.

Although this was not very kind, Dong Zhuo believed that he had always been very generous to those soldiers, and once the fait accompli was established, those people would have no choice but to accept it.

However, Dong Zhuo never expected that before he even started to act, some of his soldiers would betray him and start to collude with each other!
This is truly intolerable!

If he fails to defeat the traitors in advance, his escape plan will obviously suffer a major blow:

"Tell me! Who dares to plot against me?"

"I will confiscate his property and exterminate his entire clan!"

When Dong Cheng saw that Dong Zhuo had been fooled, he hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice:

"According to my secret source, this incident was probably done by the Li brothers."

"Brothers of the Li family? How is this possible?!" Dong Zhuo was shocked.

The Li brothers are the captains of the Liangzhou Army headed by Li Li and Li Ying.

They were brothers of the same clan as Li Jue who died in the battle. They took over his position after Li Jue's death and were Dong Zhuo's right-hand men in the Western Liang Army. Nearly 1/3 of the military forces in Chang'an City were in the hands of the Li brothers.

Dong Zhuo was naturally very nervous when he heard Dong Cheng's accusation:

"Minister Dong, do you have any solid evidence?"

"Li Jue himself was killed by Su Yao, how could the Li brothers betray him???"

"The Prime Minister is wise!"

Dong Cheng was secretly pleased to see that Dong Zhuo had wavered, but he remained respectful on the surface:

"Prime Minister, I also know that this matter is of great importance, and I dare not speak rashly."

"But my spies heard the Li brothers discussing privately that you, Prime Minister, are now doomed and they don't want to be buried with you. They want to surrender to Su Yao to save their family."

"And the heads of the three of us are their brothers' token of allegiance!"

"It's just that you suddenly moved into the barracks, and they are not sure they can control the entire army, so they didn't have time to launch the attack just now."

"If the Prime Minister suddenly withdraws his troops, I'm afraid they will be desperate and launch a mutiny!"

Dong Cheng's description was so vivid that Dong Zhuo became furious.

His face turned ashen, his fists were clenched, his knuckles were shaking with anger, and then he slammed the table hard.

"Bastards! These ungrateful dogs!" Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth, with a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.

He knew very well that if the Li brothers really launched a mutiny when he was not prepared, his escape plan would be completely ruined, and he might even lose his life.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo did not have time to call his brother, and asked nervously:
"Minister Dong, do you have any countermeasures?"

When Dong Cheng heard this, he immediately bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying:
"Don't panic, Prime Minister. I have already thought about it when the time comes."

"We only need to reserve a hundred swordsmen behind this tent, and call the Li brothers to come for a confrontation under the pretext of a meeting."

"If they can't answer, we can seize the opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop." Dong Zhuo thought it was a safe strategy, and he didn't have to worry about wrongly accusing good people. The only problem was:
"What if they don't dare to come?"

"In that case, I am willing to personally lead the imperial guards to help the Prime Minister quell the rebellion!"

Dong Cheng answered passionately, while the Li brothers were completely panicked:

"What?! Mr. Dong wants to kill us?!"

"Captain Wu, are you serious?!"

It turned out that when Dong Cheng went to inform Dong Zhuo, Wu Fu, the captain of the Yue cavalry, also came to sow discord under Wang Yun's instruction:

"Captain Li, this is absolutely true."

"You should know that I have an old relationship with Master Wangzi. He told me personally that the Prime Minister saw that Su Yao was so powerful that he had become a frightened bird. He wanted to take the emperor away from the city again and flee to Meiwu!"

"Meiwu?!"

Li Li and Li Ying looked at each other and could see the shock in each other's eyes.

They had a premonition that Dong Zhuo was going to escape.

Otherwise, Dong Zhuo would not have suddenly moved into the military camp and asked them to mobilize the soldiers as soon as possible and prepare several days of food and fodder.

However, no one knew that he had escaped to Meiwu.

Although Dong Zhuo had joked at a banquet in the past that if he failed to dominate the world, he would retreat there and live to death in Meiwu.

However, no one took it seriously.

On the one hand, the border troops of Liangzhou were indifferent to life and death and lived one day at a time.

On the other hand, they also didn't believe that Dong Zhuo would really give up his authority and go to Meiwu to spend his life in prison.

It is simply unimaginable to live like that.

"That's right!"

Wu Fu immediately said:
"There were many opponents at the time, but the prime minister still insisted on his own way."

"He was afraid that we, the school officers, would oppose his proposal like the civil officials did, so he decided to put all military power in the hands of the Dongs."

"You, the Li brothers, control nearly one-third of the soldiers in Chang'an City. You are the ones he will attack first."

"I'm afraid it won't be long before he sends someone to arrest you and question you."

Upon hearing this, Li Li and Li Ying's faces suddenly changed, and their hearts were filled with shock and anxiety. They had never thought that Dong Zhuo would be so ruthless that he would not even let go of their loyal generals.

"No way."

"No way."

"The Prime Minister would never do this."

"Captain Wu, I'm afraid you're thinking too much."

However, just as the Li brothers finished speaking, Dong Zhuo's messenger arrived:

"Lieutenants Li, Lord Dong has an urgent military request. Please move to the commander's tent as soon as possible."

"Ah this."

Li Li and Li Ying looked at each other again, and this time they saw deep uneasiness and tension in each other's eyes.

This sudden order undoubtedly made Wu Fu's words more credible.

The two men did not dare to delay and asked the messenger to go back first, claiming that they would be there after they had given instructions on military matters.

On the other side, they immediately sought help from Wu Fu, asking for solutions to resolve the misunderstanding.

"Two captains!"

Wu Fu stamped his feet:

"At this point, how can we still have time to explain away misunderstandings?"

"The Prime Minister has lost so much that he doesn't care anymore."

"I'm afraid no one will believe him now except the one with the surname Dong."

"For now, if we want to survive, we have no choice but to raise an army to protect ourselves!"

(End of this chapter)