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Three days later, at night...

"Did you really see clearly?!" In my tent, Li Ru looked at a secret agent in front of him with a serious face and asked.

"Qi Bian, his subordinates can see clearly that the enemy has indeed sent an army of 10,000 out of the city for two consecutive days.

Tonight, my subordinates were afraid of making a mistake, so they took the risk to get closer.

Finally, it was discovered that the matter was not wrong. The enemy did send 10,000 troops out of the city every day. The people who left the city were stationed dozens of miles outside the city, and had no intention of returning to the city."

"That's it..." Li Ru looked at the look of the secret agent in front of him, and believed his words.

This spy was promoted by him and was unlikely to betray him, so his words were very credible!

After thinking of this, Li Ru narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, saying, "You go down first, pay attention, continue to stare at the city. If there is anything, report it immediately."

"No!" The spy responded and hurried away.

After the spy left, Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru impatiently: "Wenyou, what kind of conspiracy do you think the enemy has?"

"Conspiracy?" After hearing these four words, Li Ru shook his head and said thoughtfully: "This may not be the enemy who really plans to leave."

"Ha?!" After hearing this, Dong Zhuo glared at his eyes and said in disbelief: "The enemy is not a fool, how could he leave now?

Moreover, the enemy did not fall into a disadvantage, and there were walls to support it, but in fact they still had the upper hand. Why did they leave with such a big advantage?!"

If Cao Cao is going to escape now, Dong Zhuo would not believe it!

He dealt with Cao Cao too many times, from the time he was in Luoyang City to the princes' confrontation with Dong, and then to the current Battle of Chang'an.

From previous contacts, Dong Zhuo discovered that Cao Cao was a very stubborn and difficult person!

Once he sets a target, he will stop until death!

Just like the princes who were fighting against Dong, when Cao Cao chased Dong Zhuo with him, he was chasing Dong Zhuo like a mad dog!

You know, there was a plague at that time!

If it were an ordinary general, he would have been stationed to guard against the plague.

But Cao Cao was different from others. He braved the plague and still led his army to attack Chang'an crazy!

At that time, if it weren't for luck standing by Dong Zhuo and causing Cao Cao's army to be infected with the plague, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo wouldn't be able to defend Chang'an!

And it is precisely because of these things that Dong Zhuo knew that Cao Cao was not a person who gave up easily!

What's more, Cao Cao is not at a disadvantage now, how could he retreat?

"Haha..." After hearing Dong Zhuo's doubts, Li Ru chuckled and said confidently: "Of course Cao Cao is unwilling to retreat, but the current situation can no longer tolerate him being willful!

If he doesn't retreat, he will lose this battle soon!"

"Will Cao Cao lose?" Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he asked anxiously: "Wenyou, do you mean that Cao Cao will lose in this battle?"

When asked this, Dong Zhuo's eyes were full of disbelief. God knows how much he wants to beat Cao Cao once!

It is known that when the princes attacked Dong, Cao Cao was completely better than Dong Zhuo.

If Dong Zhuo hadn't been lucky at that time, others would have been gone!

In addition, Li Zhi, who has been bullying Dong Zhuo, joined Cao Cao's command, so Dong Zhuo really hopes that he can defeat Cao Cao to wash away his past shame!

"That's right!" Li Ru nodded and pointed to the map on the wall and said: "From the overall situation, Cao Cao's troops in Sizhou and Yongzhou are all at the upper hand!

Especially the Sizhou where Li Zhi was stationed, defeated Liu Biao and others with fewer defeats!

However, Liu Biao and the others are numerous, and it will take at least one year to defeat them!

Although our Yongzhou is already at a disadvantage, it can still be as good as Liu Biao and hold on.

As long as I don’t take the initiative to attack Chang'an, then Cao Cao can’t do anything to do with me. It will take at least one year for these two states to decide the outcome!”

Speaking of this, he pointed to the direction of Yuzhou and Xuzhou and said, "And Sun Ce is similar to us. Although his offensive was very fierce, his results were few.

Judging from this situation, even if I decide the winner here, he may not get much results and can ignore him."

As he said that, he shook his head and turned his eyes to Yanzhou and said, "In addition to us, the situation in Yanzhou where Zhang Yan is located is also similar.

Although Zhang Yan is on the defensive position now, she can turn into a defensive position at any time!

However, Lu Bu's force is too powerful, and there is no general in Zhang Yan who can compete with him, so he can only defend helplessly.

If you want to open up the situation in Yanzhou, you must have an external force to hold back Lu Bu. In this way, Zhang Yan can calmly arrange a counterattack strategy."

"Hu..." After talking about the situation of these princes, Li Ru let out a long sigh, stared at the location of the last princes, Gongsun Zan, and said seriously: "This is the biggest variable!

Gongsun Zan has strong troops and has been fighting with foreign races all year round, so his combat power is extraordinary!

So his offensive was very fierce, and he was about to break through the border defenses of Jizhou and Bingzhou.

As long as he breaks through these two states, he can support Yanzhou. At that time, Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan will definitely defeat Lu Bu!

Once they defeat Lu Bu, they can attack Sun Ce from the front and back and take down Yuzhou and Xuzhou!

In this way, it is equivalent to copying Cao Cao's old nest. By then, Cao Cao will only be Sizhou and Yongzhou. It can be said that our victory is decided!

So, now is the time to compete for speed. If Cao Cao can solve us first, he can turn around and deal with Liu Biao and others!

After he killed Liu Biao and others, even if Gongsun Zan could conquer Jizhou and Bingzhou, it would be of no use!

Because there are only three princes left, they are no match for Cao Cao at all!"

Speaking of this, Li Ru rubbed his temples and said solemnly: "In other words, if Cao Cao could solve us or Liu Biao first, then Cao Cao could dominate the world!

And if Gongsun Zan is asked to conquer Jizhou or Bingzhou first, then we will win!

Therefore, when Cao Cao found that he could not solve us in a short time, he would inevitably take the risk of dividing his troops and join forces with Li Zhi to attack Liu Biao and others!

After they killed Liu Biao and others, they gathered all the troops and turned around to deal with us!

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At that time, they wanted cavalry and cavalry, and they wanted to have a number of people, and they would definitely be able to defeat us easily! So..."

After hearing this, Dong Zhuo nodded thoughtfully. Before Li Ru finished speaking, he touched his bearded chin and said, "So the information he found by the secret agent is likely to be true. Cao Cao was really secretly sending his army out of the city?"

"That's right!" Li Ru nodded confidently and said, "Ninety percent of this news is true!"

"Hahaha..." Dong Zhuo immediately laughed and said, "Then what am I waiting for? Why don't you hurry up and attack while there are not many people in Chang'an City?!"

"No!" After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru immediately shook his head and dissuaded: "Lord, although it is indeed a great opportunity now, we must not be too hasty!

The enemy has sent more than 20,000 people. If they attack now, the enemy will likely change their targets and continue to encircle and suppress us.

Therefore, it is not too late for us to wait until the enemy sends most of the army in the city to Luoyang before taking action.

Besides, all this is just a guess from my subordinates and cannot be confirmed yet.

Let me wait a few days before they transfer all the troops away.

If they keep calm and pretend that there are still more than 100,000 troops in the city, it will prove that they have indeed changed their goals, but..."

Speaking of this, Li Ru narrowed his eyes, looked in the direction of Chang'an City, and continued: "But if they deliberately reveal the news that there are only 20,000 to 30,000 people in the city, it will prove that - this is a trap!"

"Train!" Dong Zhuo thought for a while after hearing Li Ru's words, and asked in confusion: "Can it still be a trap?"

"Of course!" Li Ru nodded with a serious expression and said, "After all, defeating us is Cao Cao's best choice.

Because as long as we defeated us, Cao Cao would have no longer any worries in the northwest direction!

Then they can concentrate on dealing with the enemies in the south!

If we want to defeat us, we must tempt us to attack the city, because the cavalry we waited for had too much advantage in the field battle, and they had no confidence in winning. Only we waited for the desperate attack on Chang'an and they still had a chance to win.

So, this is very likely a trap to lure me and others into siege!”

Li Ru is also a smart person. After hearing the spy's report, he immediately became suspicious!

Although there are only a few doubts, Li Ru dare not be careless!

After all, this matter is related to their life and death. If you are not careful, you will be in a state of irreversible destruction. He has to be careful!

"Hiss..." After hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo rubbed his forehead hard and said distressedly: "Why are these messy tricks?! Can't you fight quickly?"

For Dong Zhuo, who was born in a military general, fighting is fighting. Whoever has more soldiers and elite soldiers will have the advantage!

What a pleasure? Why do you have to convey these messy strategies?! That's so annoying.

Dong Zhuo, who had thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason, waved his hand impatiently and said, "Forget it, we don't care about it anymore. Wenyou, I'll leave this matter to you!"
Chapter completed!