The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

"What I mean is not that he can summon the divine object, but that the divine object should have a great connection with the thing that opened the river." Jia Xu shook his head and said.

"Wenhe still thinks that the opening of the river is related to Liu Zhaoqing?" Dong Zhuo asked.

Jia Xu looked at Dong Zhuo and nodded slightly, but after thinking for a moment, he looked at Li Ru again: "Prime Minister, please listen to what Li Ru thinks."

"It's inevitable that there will be mistakes in my speculation."

Dong Zhuo then looked at Li Ru.

"I think it is indeed risky for the lord to pursue him," Li Ru said, "but if we don't pursue him, the risk still exists."

"Whether Han Fu has the ability to carry out the Mandate of Heaven is doubtful, but there must be people in Hebei and the world who can carry out the Mandate of Heaven. If the divine object falls into the hands of those people, a new force may be formed."

"As the 'one who carries the Mandate of Heaven', he will naturally be in opposition to the imperial court and the prime minister. At that time, the prime minister may have to spend several times more effort to suppress him."

At this point, Li Ru was still calm: "However, the strength of the Prime Minister at that time will definitely be greater than it is now, so there is no need to worry too much about the crusade."

"But pursuing them now is still risky."

Just after Li Ru finished speaking, the words that appeared above Han Fu's head also came into the sight of Dong Zhuo and others.

For a moment, people on Dong Zhuo's side were talking about it, especially the ministers in the emperor's carriage in the distance, all of them were surprised.

Dong Zhuo had regained her composure by this time. She looked calmly at Han Fu's army on the other side, and then said, "Go ahead and do it."

The people around him immediately lowered their heads and hurried away to prepare the boat to cross the river.

Dong Zhuo also spoke up at this time: "I know what you two are saying. Even if Han Fu gets the divine object, he is just a useless person in my eyes."

"But, there is someone on the other side who is far more capable than Han Fu."

“Perhaps Liu Zhaoqing cannot summon the divine object, and perhaps that person is not Liu Zhaoqing, but the person who can launch a night attack in front of our army and pave the way for Han Fu’s army must be no different from Liu Zhaoqing.”

"I had never heard of Liu Zhaoqing before he came to Beijing, but after he came, I heard about him every day."

"The old scholars in the court used his story to oppose me. The common people, merchants and nobles in the streets and alleys spread the story that he summoned auspicious signs to destroy the eunuch party. In the palace, there is even an authentic painting of his hanging in the West Garden, which was loved by the previous emperor."

"It's a pity that this person is my enemy, but he is also a rare person in the anti-thief alliance who I can pay attention to." Dong Zhuo said calmly.

"But if another Liu Zhaoqing appears, or if he continues to go further and further down the path of opposing me, I will not be able to sleep peacefully."

Jia Xu and Li Ru paused for a moment and understood why Dong Zhuo wanted to pursue.

As she said, she could ignore Han Fu, but she had to take care of Liu Zhaoqing, as the threat posed by Liu Zhaoqing was a thousand times greater than that of Han Fu.

“Moreover, if I can obtain this magical object, I can also make all the ministers in the court shut up.” Dong Zhuo said, looking at the colorful word “天” in the distance.

"Destiny?"

"I want to show them who is destined to be the one."

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Han Fu on the other side of the river was still overjoyed, but Liu Zhaoqing and others were a little anxious. They didn't know whether Dong Zhuo would be fooled.

Jia Xu must be with the army, and maybe he can see that this is a trap.

Even after making so many inducements, Liu Zhaoqing still couldn't be completely sure that the other party would follow his plan.

However, about half an hour later, large ships coming from both ends of the Yellow River shocked Han Fu's army, but Liu Zhaoqing finally felt relieved.

Exhaling slowly, he couldn't help but express his sincere gratitude to his former rival.

"Thank you, Han Fu."

Chapter 290: Lü Bu wakes up, Yecheng falls, the art of war is deceit4.2K

"My Lord! Dong Zhuo's army is trying to cross the river!"

The strange words above Han Fu's head had long disappeared, but he still held the white stone in his hand and couldn't help but feel happy.

He had originally thought that he could rest easy with the help of the water of the Yellow River, but when he heard the report from his subordinates, he was so shocked that he turned his head and looked away.

Sure enough, Han Fu saw ferries constantly gathering from upstream and downstream of the Yellow River and even from the opposite bank.

This looked like someone crossing a river, and Han Fu was so frightened.

"Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo wants to hunt me down?!"

It was rare that Han Fu was able to guess the reason and was not completely overwhelmed by joy.

Tian Feng frowned: "Dong Zhuo must have been attracted by the divine object or the strange phenomenon on his lord. As the person who controls the court, Dong Zhuo now needs to hold the imperial power in his own hands and will not allow others to challenge him before he is completely established."

"She didn't care about the 'Son of Hebei' incident before because she wanted to use it to control Hebei, but now that the princes of the world have formed an alliance to rebel against her, she must prevent the 'man of destiny' from reappearing.'"

"What should we do then?!" Han Fu asked hurriedly, his expression finally becoming panicked, to the point that the injury on his chest was affected.

In pain, he sat back on the makeshift rack.

"Fight on the shore, or continue to retreat." Tian Feng gave two options.

The first one can take advantage of the enemy being on the river while we are on the shore, but it requires the soldiers and generals to have the ability to resist the enemy.

The latter is the most conservative method, retreat, retreat all the way to Jizhou, retreat to the government seat. If Dong Zhuo's army continues to chase them, they can defend the city gates and at the same time contact other anti-Dong princes to jointly annihilate Dong.

The biggest disadvantage of this method is that the morale and fighting spirit of the army can easily collapse.

But this just happened to be in line with Han Fu's intention.

"Then retreat quickly!"

Han Fu did not feel any discomfort about retreating without resistance. Now he just wanted to save himself.

Although generals such as Gao Lan and Zhang He felt helpless and didn't know what to say when they saw this, this was at least an approach that was in line with their wishes.

Although Han Fu's army still had more than 70,000 men left, less than 10,000 of them were capable of fighting, and the rest were confused and stunned soldiers.

It would be a joke for such a team to want to stop Dong Zhuo's army from crossing the river on the shore.

Gao Lan and others only hope that Han Fu will understand the truth that "it's not the quantity of soldiers that matters but their quality" after this time. Even if it is the strategy of the military genius that the more the better, it does not mean to randomly find some people and let them join the army without even training them for a few days.

This was not the time to persuade Han Fu anymore. Gao Lan, Zhang He and others immediately united with the remaining Hebei princes and immediately began to lead the team to continue retreating towards the northeast.

As long as they can retreat to Wei County, they will be completely safe.

On the way, Han Fu was carried on a shelf, screaming in pain and enduring the injury on his chest, while his other hand tightly grasped the stone, as if the "sacred stone" had become his belief to persevere.

"Does Yuanhao think that stone is a divine object?" In the team far behind Han Fu, Shen Pei walked up to Tian Feng and asked him.

"The vision came from it, so it's possible that it's a divine object, but to be sure, you need to see it yourself. But... given the lord's current condition, there is definitely no one else who can touch that stone except himself."

Tian Feng's words made Shen Pei sigh. Then he looked up at Han Fu in the distance and asked Tian Feng again.

"Yuan Hao, do you think Dong Zhuo crossed the river to pursue us because of the Lord?"

Tian Feng was silent for a moment, then replied, "Maybe it's for the 'divine object', but it doesn't really matter."

"No matter what Dong Zhuo's reason is for chasing us, all we can do now is to hurry back to fight the enemy."

"That's true." Shen Pei nodded.

"But it's not just Dong Zhuo that worries me now," Shen Pei said.

"And... my lord?" Tian Feng guessed reasonably.

Shen Pei shook his head: "The lord has only one way to go now. With an arrow wound and a treasure in his possession, he must only want to return to the city. Like us, he is the one who needs least to be worried."

"Besides Dong Zhuo, the one I'm worried about is the mysterious man who saved us twice."

Shen Pei frowned and said, "We haven't seen him face to face yet, and we don't know who he is."

"He probably didn't show up to deal with Dong Zhuo." Tian Feng replied, "As for who it is... I think he is the only one who can help us break through Dong Zhuo's 100,000 elite troops and open the Yellow River to help us evacuate."

"General Zhang He also said before that he seemed to have heard his call, which made General Gao Lan decide to lead his troops to break through to this section of the Yellow River."

"Yes, it's only him." Shen Pei sighed, "But it's precisely because it could be him that I'm worried."

"The lord has had conflicts with him for a long time. He has not shown up for a long time, obviously because he is dealing with Dong Zhuo. And the matter of opening the river seems to have happened before we suffered 20,000 casualties and began to be completely defeated..."

"Are you trying to say that Liu Zhaoqing will stab us?" Tian Feng was quite straightforward.

Shen Pei nodded. Although he was not completely sure that the person who saved them twice was Liu Zhaoqing, Shen Pei felt that it was almost certain.

Liu Zhaoqing's ultimate goal is definitely to fight against Dong Zhuo. Now Dong Zhuo's attention is on them, which seems to be something Liu Zhaoqing is happy to see.

In other words, Han Fu's army on his side became a bait, and Liu Zhaoqing was the man holding the rod, waiting for Dong Zhuo, the big fish with sharp teeth, to take the bait.

Tian Feng had thought about all these, but he understood one thing: "If he hadn't rescued us, we would have been wiped out on the other side of the river."

Even if they were really used as bait, others had really tried to save them.

Shen Pei had no way to refute what he said and could only sigh at the differences between people. If it were him, he would not dare to do such a thing.

Han Fu's army was still marching quickly, while Dong Zhuo's army was also landing on the other side one after another. Without encountering any ambush or obstacles, Dong Zhuo continued to chase in the direction of Han Fu's escape.

"How long will it take to catch up?" Dong Zhuo asked the general beside him.

"Report to the Prime Minister, at this speed we should be able to catch up with Han Fu's army before noon."

Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, then looked behind him and said, "March a little slower and wait for the troops."

Then she turned to Li Ru and Jia Xu and asked, "Do you two have any good ideas?"

"They have landed safely, which proves that Han Fu has no intention of fighting. It is very likely that he wants to retreat to Yecheng, Weijun, and use the advantage of the city walls to resist us." Li Ru said, bowing.

"In addition to the possible threat from Liu Zhaoqing, I think we should either speed up the pursuit of Han Fu and defeat him before he enters the city."

"Or we can split up our forces and go find Liu Zhaoqing's troops. This is also the real reason why the lord came to Hebei."

Dong Zhuo nodded slightly and then looked at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "We cannot divide our forces."

"My lord, you should not have forgotten the battle report from outside Luoyang City that came in last night."

"Dividing our forces will give Liu Zhaoqing the opportunity to defeat us one by one. We must unite together to ensure our safety."

"Han Fu's greatest attraction to the lord is the divine object. His life or death and how many more of Han Fu's soldiers are annihilated should be relatively unimportant matters after the first two."

Jia Xu's mind was still very clear at this moment, and he continued to analyze: "So we should keep the main force chasing Han Fu's army, and send more scouts to look for Liu Zhaoqing's whereabouts."

"As for the sacred object in Han Fu's hand, I think we can make a decision after we find Liu Zhaoqing."

The focus of Jia Xu's suggestion this time was to make Dong Zhuo pay attention to Liu Zhaoqing.

In Jia Xu's opinion, Han Fu's remaining troops were far less threatening than Liu Zhaoqing's, although the latter's troops were certainly far less than the former's.

Dong Zhuo hesitated for a moment and said, "Then Wenhe, how long do you think it will take us to find Liu Zhaoqing, defeat Han Fu, obtain the divine object, and return victorious?"

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know the exact date, but it should be around the 10th to 20th."

"It's too long." Dong Zhuo shook his head.

"Our team must not be dragged here." Dong Zhuo said.

"But what Wen He and Li Ru said also makes sense. We risked our lives to come here. The divine creature and Liu Zhaoqing must be dealt with before we can make the journey across the river worthwhile."

"I brought Your Majesty with me when we crossed the river this time. And Liu Zhaoqing, according to what you two said, wanted to use Dong Zhuo as bait, so..."

"My lord wants to..."

Dong Zhuo's lips curled up slightly: "Then we will pull down the 'bait' and drag his people hiding on the shore fishing into the water."

Liu Zhaoqing wanted to use Han Fu as bait. If Han Fu died completely, Dong Zhuo would be able to take over Jizhou. If he took over Jizhou, the whole of Hebei would be in his pocket.

And before that ending, Liu Zhaoqing would never just sit there and do nothing.

There is no need for Dong Zhuo to take the initiative to find Liu Zhaoqing, as he can make him show up on his own.

And defeating Han Fu would also allow him to obtain the magical object that he had obtained by chance, killing two birds with one stone.

"Yecheng?" It's just a place that can be easily conquered.

"All troops, listen to my orders. Rest here first and wait until the supplies arrive here. Then we will march straight to Yecheng!"

They all thought that Liu Zhaoqing would ambush them, so naturally they also thought that Liu Zhaoqing might cut off their supply chains.

If more soldiers were dispatched to guard the supply team, the supply line could indeed be protected for a while, but no one could guarantee that Liu Zhaoqing, who was hiding in the dark, would not cut off this supply line of life.

In this case, they could simply replenish about five days' worth of food and grass and capture Han Fu in one fell swoop, without the need for any other supplies during the period. This would perfectly meet Dong Zhuo's requirements.

Her decision and strategy also made Li Ru and Jia Xu nod their heads at the same time, and they all praised the prime minister's wisdom.

By noon, Han Fu's army was finally about to see Weijun.

Han Fu breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news that Dong Zhuo's army in the rear was not chasing them.