Chapter 440 Before Hulao Pass (Part 1)
Hulao Guanzhong.
At this time, Dong Zhuo had already led the army to Hulao Guanzhong.
He was in a very complicated mood at the moment, although he also knew that his actions did something contrary to the ways of ministers.
However, he may not have no loyalty in his heart, but he was suppressed by stronger people.
Therefore, when he saw the Alliance to fight against Dong under the name of serving the king and killing thieves, he felt mixed feelings.
"Oh!" Dong Zhuo stood on the city wall, looking at the Dong Lianjun under the city, sighed, and asked Li Ru beside him: "Wenyou, do you think we can repel the Dong Lianjun this time?"
After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru looked at the Dong-Dong Alliance under the city and said with a smile: "The lord will win this time!"
"Oh?" After hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately became energetic and asked anxiously: "How can I explain this?"
Of course, Li Ru knew in his heart that this battle might be very difficult.
However, he could not confess this as Dong Zhuo because he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would lose confidence.
He knows Dong Zhuo very well. Once Dong Zhuo loses confidence, he will definitely run away and will not fight for his life with the Dong Alliance.
However, this battle is a battle that concerns the direction of the world.
If Dong Zhuo wins, he can sweep the world in a very short time. If Dong Zhuo loses, he will never have a day to recover!
Therefore, he could only deceive Dong Zhuo at this time and enhance Dong Zhuo's confidence.
"Look at it, lord." After pointing to the army under the city, Li Ru smiled and said, "Although this alliance of Dongdong looks very majestic.
However, the lord can only look carefully and find that these armies are simply a group of mobs!
They gathered together just under the command of righteousness.
However, the time they gathered was too short and they had never received integrated training at all.
As long as the lord attacks one of them and divides them into several sections, he can divide them and annihilate them!"
When Li Ru said this, his face was full of confidence, as if he was sure to win.
However, he felt very bitter in his heart, because as he understood, the army outside the city was very good.
Not to mention anything else, just talking about the tens of thousands of troops under Cao Cao is the elite troops following Li Zhi’s eastward and westward station!
However, he did not dare to say these words to Dong Zhuo because he was afraid of damaging Dong Zhuo's confidence.
At this time, Li Ru was also very nervous because since he knew that Cao Cao had Li Zhi's army, he felt that Li Zhi might intervene in this battle.
But he didn't know how Li Zhi would interfere in this matter, so he could only be on guard against it secretly.
He could not tell Dong Zhuo these defenses.
Because once Dong Zhuo knew that not only the coalition forces outside the city wanted to deal with him, but also the General of the Cavalry also wanted to attack him, he might immediately become timid and flee.
Dong Zhuo didn't know the bitterness in Li Ru's heart.
After hearing Li Ru's explanation, he leaned his head and looked out.
It was discovered that as Li Ru said, this alliance of Dong looks very grand and grand.
However, if you look closely, you can see that the soldiers and horses of the Dong Alliance did not join forces at all. Instead, they fought each other and divided into dozens of large and small square formations, which made people feel that this army was a bit scattered at a glance.
"Hahaha..." After seeing these, Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "I didn't expect that this alliance to challenge Dong would be so ignorant!
Now, we have not combined the troops into one place, but instead fought on our own. Isn’t this intention to let me divide and annihilate it?”
Speaking of this, his face changed, his laughter thrust, and he asked suspiciously: "Wenyou, do you think this may be a trap set by the enemy for us?
After all, although I look down on this alliance against Dong, I have to admit that there are indeed capable people in this alliance against Dong.
For example, Cao Cao is very powerful!
Since we can see the flaws in this, can't he see it?
If he sees the flaw, why not rectify these soldiers?
So, I think this is a trap set by Cao Mengde for me and others?
He deliberately did this, making us feel that they were fighting each other, and after we left the city, we would join forces and surround us and kill us?"
The more he said it, the more he felt that his statement was very likely. In the end, even he believed it himself.
After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru shook her head with a smile and replied: "Don't worry, lord, then Cao Mengde has absolutely no traps!"
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned and asked in confusion: "Why?"
After hearing Dong Zhuo’s inquiries, Li Ru explained to him: “The probability of what the lord said is very small.
Because people in the world have selfish intentions, although the army under the city claims to be the alliance to fight against Dong, they are divided into eighteen princes.
The eighteen princes each had their own ideas, and they could not join forces.
Because no one will hand over their military power to others, if they hand over their military power, their lives will be taken over.
Therefore, these people will not obey Cao Cao's words and join forces together!
It is very admirable that Cao Cao can barely gather them together now.
He simply did not have the ability to take the military power of these people for his own use.
The lord should not see Cao Cao as the leader of the conspiracy to Dong.
After all, the soldiers he could use were just 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers in his headquarters.
If the war is unfavorable, other princes will definitely find ways to evacuate the battlefield.
Because, now everyone can see that the world is about to be in chaos.
After the chaos in the world, military power is the top priority!
Therefore, they will never lose their military power for the sake of illusory rewards!
As long as I can defend their previous attacks, and then find a way to attack them once, so that they can lose their troops and generals, they will definitely retreat by themselves!"
After hearing Li Ru's analysis, Dong Zhuo nodded repeatedly, feeling a little excited.
Because according to Li Ru's analysis, his chances of winning are very high!
After gaining confidence from Li Ru, Dong Zhuo walked towards his mansion with big strides.
He couldn't wait anymore and wanted to issue orders to let his army go out of the city to attack his opponent.
Dong Zhuo can be regarded as a veteran on the battlefield. He knew that as long as he could knock out his opponent's sharp aura, he would be much easier to defend the city in the future.
Looking at Dong Zhuo's departure back, Li Ru sighed in his heart.
Although the words he just said seem impeccable on the surface.
However, he himself knew that what he said just now was just nonsense.
At this time, Dong Zhuo left Beijing and had only 100,000 troops, and the remaining 100,000 people had other places to guard.
There are 50,000 stationed in Chang'an, beware of Ma Teng and others attacking Chang'an from Liangzhou.
There are still 50,000 yuan placed in Luoyang to guard against Li Zhi. Now they don’t know where Li Zhi is.
So, to be on the safe side, they used these 50,000 troops to surround Luoyang.
The reason they do this is to leave a way out for themselves.
In case of the showdown with Dongdong Alliance, they can also calmly withdraw back to Luoyang.
If it really doesn't work, they can also use Luoyang as a resistance to withdraw to Chang'an.
Of course, all of this was Li Ru's worst plan.
If possible, Li Ru really wanted to mobilize all their troops to Hulao Pass.
But Li Ru also knew that this was impossible, and Li Zhi was too troublesome.
Now in Li Zhi’s hidden darkness, who knows what strategy he has to deal with him and others?!
I and others must make sufficient preparations to resist Li Zhi's backup plan.
Therefore, this time they brought only one-quarter of the soldiers from the Dong League.
However, it is precisely because they have too few soldiers and horses that if the Dong Alliance attacks the Dong League without any consequences, it is unlikely that they will be able to defend Hulao Pass several times.
As for the fact that the troops outside the city were relatively scattered, Li Ru had just been panicked.
Because he could see that although the princes each had their own thoughts, their troops were vaguely dominated by Cao Cao.
As long as Cao Cao's army is not defeated, the other soldiers will be able to persevere!
But it is extremely difficult to defeat Cao Cao’s troops!
Not to mention that Cao Cao himself is a very capable commander, just like the soldiers and horses under his command are all elite troops who followed Li Zhi to fight in the east and west. How could it be so easy to be defeated?
However, now, the incident has been on the string and has to be fired.
Even if Li Ru knew that he and others were at a disadvantage, he would not retreat.
Chapter completed!