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

She ordered her generals to send out light cavalry to attack Liu Zhaoqing's flank.

The light cavalry does not need to defeat Liu Zhaoqing directly, they just need to catch up with him and slow him down.

Dong Zhuo's goal was achieved. Although the light cavalry almost collapsed immediately after approaching Liu Zhaoqing, it was obvious that Liu Zhaoqing's hundred men were all elite.

But its speed slowed down due to the battle with the light cavalry.

After chasing Liu Zhaoqing for less than half a minute, Dong Zhuo's army forced Liu Zhaoqing's troops to a river less than two miles north of Yecheng.

"Prime Minister! Liu Zhaoqing is ahead! He can't cross the river!"

"It really is Liu Zhaoqing! The leader of the Anti-Dong Alliance. As long as we kill him, we will win!"

"I was originally the vanguard, going to kill that dog Liu Zhaoqing!"

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Seeing that Liu Zhaoqing was blocked in front of this tributary of the Yellow River and was already trapped, the second-rate generals around Dong Zhuo were not only excited, but many of them also volunteered.

Even a fool knows that given the current strength comparison between Dong Zhuo's army and Liu Zhaoqing's, defeating these one hundred people is easier than drinking water.

So now "asking for battle" actually means "asking for credit".

However, Dong Zhuo ignored his men and raised his right hand to signal for them to be quiet.

"Xiangguo..."

Someone wanted to speak, but at this time a young woman riding a red horse came from behind and said to him calmly: "Be quiet."

"Ah... General Lu..."

"General Lu is catching up."

Dong Zhuo looked towards Lu Bu, and Lu Bu bowed his head to Dong Zhuo as a sign of respect.

Although Lu Bu failed to guard the Luoyang granary, Dong Zhuo did not blame her. He even risked his life to ask the emperor to rescue her.

It was Lu Bu's awakening that made Dong Zhuo clearly realize that the person who burned the granary was Liu Zhaoqing, and the person who defeated Lu Bu was also Liu Zhaoqing.

Lu Bu did not expect that Liu Zhaoqing had some method that could bombard the mind and consciousness.

However, Lu Bu will be on guard now and will not be easily tricked again.

"Follow me."

Dong Zhuo said to Lu Bu, and Lu Bu nodded and followed the former who was riding the one-eyed white wolf, and went to the front of the team.

About ten feet ahead of the team, Dong Zhuo saw Liu Zhaoqing in the distance.

"What is the Prime Minister going to do?" Some people didn't quite understand.

However, Jia Xu saw what Dong Zhuo meant and was a little surprised: "Does the Prime Minister want to... persuade him to surrender?"

Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Zhaoqing, who was riding a black horse and looking at her indifferently between the two female generals on white horses, white armor and high ponytails.

Faced with a desperate situation, he was not at all panicked.

“Both from Hebei, Marquis of Changping and Governor of Jizhou are like heaven and earth,” Dong Zhuo said.

"Dong Zhuo, who are you scolding?" Zhao Yun shouted sternly.

Indeed, comparing his lord with Han Fu is already an insult. Even if there is a world of difference between them, they cannot be compared at all.

What Zhao Yun said was also what Zhang Liao and the Yellow Turban Cavalry were thinking.

"Most of the anti-Dong coalition forces are people like Han Fu, who are not even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with you. Moreover, each of them has ulterior motives. Are they rebelling against me, or are they using the name of rebelling against me to seize the Han Dynasty?" Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Zhaoqing and said, "I think the Marquis of Changping should know better than me."

"The Marquis of Changping was appointed by the previous emperor as a virtuous man. He was considered by the great scholars in the court and the people to be a capable minister who could revive the Han Dynasty. Now he is colluding with the rebels who are against the Han Dynasty. He must have been blinded."

"But if you find your way back after straying, you are a real man."

Zhang Liao frowned slightly. She could tell that Dong Zhuo wanted to recruit his benefactor.

"We will not associate with traitors like you." Zhang Liao said coldly.

"'Loyalty' and treachery are only applied to one person." Dong Zhuo continued calmly without changing his expression.

"I am considered a traitor to the great scholars in the court because they believe I am disloyal to the emperor."

"But it was me who killed He Jin, and it was me who rebuilt Luoyang after it was reduced to ruins by the evil spirit. It was also me who prevented the world from falling into chaos after the death of the previous emperor."

"Can't this be called 'loyalty'?"

"Avoid the chaos in the world?" Zhao Yun snorted coldly, "Dong thief, your eyesight is worse than that of a foolish old dog. Isn't the world in chaos now?"

"What did you say?" Lu Bu raised his wrist when he heard Zhao Yun scolding Dong Zhuo.

However, Dong Zhuo waved his hand slightly to stop Lu Bu.

She looked at Liu Zhaoqing and continued, "The chaos in the world now seems to have originated from me, but if anyone else took over the capital, the same thing would have happened."

"If the ministers are not loyal and regard the court as nothing, even if the Han Dynasty can be extended, it will be used as a tool for other countries to fight for hegemony and wear the crown of overlord, just like the pre-Qin Dynasty."

"As long as these governors and prefects have rebellious intentions, even if you, Liu Zhaoqing, are the prime minister, you will definitely attract an anti-you coalition." Dong Zhuo said.

Liu Zhaoqing was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Dong Zhuo to realize this.

"I am not afraid of the coalition forces. I have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and the entire Han Dynasty as my backing." Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Zhaoqing: "However, I also have weaknesses."

"And this weakness was also you. Liu Zhaoqing reminded me of it."

"That is - although there are good swords, there is a lack of swordsmen."

Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Zhaoqing: "And you and your forces happen to be the ones who possess the Mogao swordsmanship."

"If you and I join forces, the princes of the world will have no intention of resisting."

"I will grant you a position higher than the three ministers, and in five years, I will submit a petition to the Emperor to make you the only non-royal king since the founding of the Han Dynasty."

"The entire riverside will become your fiefdom, and you will get 30% of the world's resources."

Even Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were surprised when they heard this condition.

And that's not all. Dong Zhuo looked at Gao Shun who was not far behind Zhang Liao and said, "Also, if you need good generals and counselors, I will fully support you."

Rather than "surrender", this is almost "ally" level treatment.

Faced with the great temptation of the day, Liu Zhaoqing was silent for a moment, then smiled.

"Thank you for your kindness, Prime Minister."

"But, we cannot work together if we have different ideologies."

"We are not on the same path, so we are destined to be separated from each other."

Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Zhaoqing and said, "You don't need to agree immediately."

Liu Zhaoqing shook his head: "No matter how long it takes, this is my answer."

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Dong Zhuo offered Liu Zhaoqing a chance to live, but he still refused.

Then she also understood that it was impossible for Liu Zhaoqing to belong to her and serve her.

"Moreover, does the Prime Minister think that he can really swallow me up?" Liu Zhaoqing suddenly changed the subject and asked.

"Even if you are capable of opening the river, you can't escape." Dong Zhuo said.

"Why do we need to open the river?" Liu Zhaoqing looked at Dong Zhuo: "What I mean is that the Prime Minister should worry about his own safety."

"Me?" Dong Zhuo raised his eyebrows slightly.

Not to mention Dong Zhuo, even Lu Bu who was standing by thought Liu Zhaoqing was stupid when he heard this.

"I didn't expect that you, a sneak attacker, also like to talk nonsense." Lu Bu said with a cold snort.

Obviously, she was still upset about the fact that she was careless and was defeated by Liu Zhaoqing in one move.

Liu Zhaoqing looked at Lu Bu, but he was not angry. He just sighed and shook his head: "His strength is indeed good, but he does not know etiquette and has no respect for elders. He needs to be educated more."

Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, then his face turned cold: "What did you say?"

Chapter 292 Dong Zhuo's Heart, Coming on the River4.2K

"Since you are so stubborn, then... I can only say that it is a bit regrettable."

After Dong Zhuo signaled Lu Bu to calm down, she looked at Liu Zhaoqing and said, "I have read your original work "Almost Drinking" more than ten times. I like it very much. I was planning to treat you as a guest of honor and talk with you to resolve my doubts."

"Now it seems that there is no chance." Dong Zhuo, riding on the white wolf, looked at Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun beside Liu Zhaoqing.

Then he raised his right hand, and the troops behind Dong Zhuo began to rush towards Liu Zhaoqing.

Directly in front, diagonally in front, on the flanks, and in all directions except the river behind him, Dong Zhuo's army was approaching rapidly.

With Dong Zhuo's army in front and Kuanhe River behind, Liu Zhaoqing was forced into a desperate situation.

The power of opening the river cannot be used again for the time being, and Liu Zhaoqing seems to have retired from the army.

Facing the oncoming Dong Zhuo's army, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao also called upon their small hundred soldiers to huddle together tightly and respond vigilantly and solemnly.

Even with Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, they had no chance of winning against Dong Zhuo's army. Under Lu Bu's surveillance, it was even difficult for them to break through.

"I will still give you a chance to regret. As long as you regret it now, the conditions I proposed before will still count." Dong Zhuo once again extended an olive branch to Liu Zhaoqing.

Liu Zhaoqing became a little curious: "Shouldn't you hate me the most? I'm the leader of the anti-Dong coalition, why are you trying to get me to join your camp now?"

"Because your ability is obvious, and you are not from an aristocratic family or an official family, you are a good chess piece for me, and I don't need to worry about balancing forces."

Dong Zhuo said calmly: "I also know that you are not a fish in a pond, but what I can give you is not a pond or a river, but an ocean."

"Even Fengxian can respect me like this, I believe you will too."

Liu Zhaoqing immediately understood that Dong Zhuo's desire to recruit people came not only from his thirst for talent, but also from his disgust or fear of those noble families.

Although he could kill people at will with the knife in his hand, Dong Zhuo had to compromise with the aristocratic families who controlled the land and talents if he wanted to truly rule the world.

Unless one day, the aristocratic family declines or a second emerging class emerges below the aristocratic family, then the new king can even uproot the entire aristocratic family.

But obviously, this was many years later.

Rulers need a group to maintain their rule, which is also the source of their power.

At the end of the dynasty, when the group had grown large through hundreds of years of development and mergers, it became impossible to ignore it, as it is now.

Dong Zhuo was not like He Jin and the Ten Attendants. The eunuchs represented imperial power, while He Jin represented the imperial relatives. They all had their own interest groups behind them. This was how they could restrain the aristocratic Confucian scholars who strongly opposed them, and even suppress them.

At present, Dong Zhuo has already understood that it is impossible for him to get the support of all the nobles for the time being, even if the nobles can change their attitude after defeating the anti-Dong coalition.

But Dong Zhuo also understood that the court could not have only one force, so he urgently needed another force to support him.

Although Liu Zhaoqing is the leader of the anti-Dong alliance, he is also an emerging force.

Liu Zhaoqing was born into a commoner family and was favored by the imperial power. He once joined forces with great Confucian scholars in the court to fight against foreign relatives and eunuchs. The interests he represented were not those of the gentry, the imperial power, foreign relatives, or royal family members, but the people of the Han Dynasty.

This is very similar to the leader of the "Jia Zi Army" or Chen and Wu in the late Qin Dynasty.

But obviously, Liu Zhaoqing did not directly resort to violence to resist the dynasty's rule. Instead, he used the imperial power and the power of some aristocratic families and clans to make his foundation more solid.

In this way, if Dong Zhuo could get the support of Liu Zhaoqing, he could at least get the support of the entire Hebei people, as well as the support of some aristocratic families and even part of the imperial power.

Later, relying on Liu Zhaoqing's prestige, he won the support of the people of the whole world.

This result after getting Liu Zhaoqing made Dong Zhuo very clear that she could use everything except her own core interests to win over Liu Zhaoqing.

It was completely worth it for him to humble himself, abandon his irritability and murderous intent towards those who opposed him, and become a wise leader who was eager to seek talents.

In fact, for her, being the leader of the anti-Dong alliance further demonstrated Liu Zhaoqing's ability.

Dong Zhuo was not worried at all that he could not control Liu Zhaoqing. After all, even Lu Bu served her obediently.

It was this idea that made Dong Zhuo extend an olive branch to Liu Zhaoqing for the second time.

Her calculations were indeed sound.

"Mencius said: 'If you have a way to win the world and win the people, you will win the world; if you have a way to win the people and win their hearts, you will win the people; if you have a way to win their hearts, you will gather what you want with them and avoid what you hate." Liu Zhaoqing looked at Dong Zhuo.

"Or in other words: He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."

"The Prime Minister understands this truth, but he doesn't seem to understand it."

Liu Zhaoqing shook his head and sighed, "I am not one of the common people in the world. You cannot conquer the world by conquering me."

"So, Xiangguo should go find someone else."

He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world...

Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Zhaoqing and pondered for a moment. She became more convinced that her idea was not wrong.