Chapter 228

After some greetings, Yang Ren took Chen Ren and other Dongwu troops into Hanzhong City, marking that Sun Jian's power had really extended to the southwest. This news is not good news for any of the princes in the world.

At this time, in Chang'an City, the Xiliang army, who had just returned to Chang'an City, brought back a very bad news: Lv Bu, who was regarded as the God of war by the generals and men under Dong min's tent, died under Chen Ren's command in Jiangdong during the expedition!

Throughout Chang'an City, the atmosphere began to be unprecedentedly tense, even more depressing than when Dong Zhuo died a few years ago. There were no passers-by on the street, but only a group of murderous patrol soldiers moving back and forth in Chang'an city.

In a large house to the south of Chang'an City, it is the Wenhou house of the dead Wenhou Lvbu, but it is not better than that of a dead man. The Wenhou house, which was originally lively and lively, is now cold and quiet.

In the hall of Wenhou mansion, there were many people unexpectedly. These generals in white armor were not others. They were the direct subordinates of Lv Bu, Gao Shun, the remaining six Eight Generals headed by Zhang Liao, and some generals of Bingzhou army.

"Hum!" Hou Chengyi patted the table in front of him and said, "He Dong min, Li Ru and even Li Min and Guo si all came back safely. How could Wen Hou be killed? There must be something else about it! "

Song Xian also said with a gloomy face: "what Hou Cheng said is good! Wen Hou is very kind to us! If it was not for Wen Hou, we would not have known how many times we had died! This time, Wen Hou went out with the Xiliang army. I tried to persuade him, but he believed in Li Ru, but now he is dead. "

"Li ru?" Cao's nature was surmised and groaned: "this Li Ru has been hiding behind all year round. His mind is more vicious than those of us who fight and kill! Wen Hou's death may have been caused by Li Ru! "

"All right Zhang Liao waved his hand, frowned and stopped these generals from arguing. He turned to Gao Shun and asked, "General Gao! Now Wenhou is dead, and the brothers in Bingzhou have no support. What do you think we should do? " Although Zhang Liao is well-known among the eight strong generals, in terms of prestige, in the Bingzhou army, excluding Lv Bu, who is already dead, Gao Shun is the biggest.

Gao Shun was also gloomy. Although he believed that Dong min would never kill Lv Bu, now Lv Bu is dead. Over the years, the Bingzhou army and the Xiliang army have always been incompatible. Now, the Bingzhou army is seriously damaged in Hangu pass. Without Lv Bu's support, it is very difficult for the Bingzhou army to survive under Dong min's account.

Gao Shun looked up at all the Bingzhou generals in the hall and said solemnly, "we must find out the death of Wenhou, but this is not something we can do for a while. In this period of time, I also want you to restrain your brothers and try not to cause trouble, so as not to be caught wrong by those dogleg men of the Xiliang army! Now, after all, the Marquis Wen is no longer here. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the prime minister to treat us fairly again. "

Although Gao Shun's words made these rebellious Bingzhou generals unconvinced, they also knew that Gao Shun was telling the truth, and they all kept silent, which could be regarded as an agreement to Gao Shun's proposal. Gao Shun turned to Zhang Liao and said, "General Zhang! I heard that you had friendship with some generals in the Xiliang army. Can you tell the story of the death of marquis Wen from their mouths? "

Zhang Liao nodded, patted his chest and said: "General Gao, don't worry, this matter is wrapped in the end of the general."

Gao Shun also nodded, and suddenly his face showed a trace of ferocity. He said: "you are all brothers of Bingzhou and subordinates of Wenhou. If Wenhou is really killed by those Xiliang people, we will never give up!"

No one answered, but all the generals of Bingzhou were firm, their hands clenched, and their attitude was self-evident.

At this time, the atmosphere in the prime minister's house on the other side of Chang'an City would never be much better than that of Wen Hou's house. Dong min, Li Ru and the generals of the Xiliang army all sat in the Council Hall of the prime minister's office.

On that day, he witnessed Lv Bu's death at the edge of the Han River. Dong min immediately vomited blood with anger. However, after timely treatment, there was no major obstacle. He had a good rest all the way. By the time he arrived in Chang'an, Dong min's body was already well. At this time, he looked pale.

Dong min turned his head and looked at the civil and military officials under his seat. With a cold hum, he turned to Li Ru and said, "master, how credible is the news from Hanzhong?" Dong min had just received a secret report that Chen Ren did not return to Jiangdong after being rescued by the Navy. Instead, he killed a rifle and ran to attack Hanzhong City. Before that, the Hanzhong City was also rioted by Yang Yi. The Yang brothers who were bought by Dong min and Li Ru were all killed and Zhang Lu was rescued. In fact, there was no harm to Dong min, but the key was that Zhang Lu did not even resist Chen Ren's attack, so he surrendered. After Dong min got the news, he almost didn't feel angry again. He immediately sent people to invite the leaders of the Xiliang army and Li Ru to the prime minister's office for discussion.

Li Ru frowned, glanced at the generals present, turned to Dong min and asked, "prime minister, why didn't you see the general of Bingzhou army at this meeting?"Because of Lv Bu's death, Dong min was already a little dissatisfied with Li Ru. Now he saw that Li Ru not only did not answer his questions, but seemed to blame himself. Dong min couldn't help frowning and said, "I didn't send anyone to fight against him, but the military master's words reminded me that if you die first, you can't have no one to lead the Bingzhou army. Well, fan Hou Dong min glances at the generals and suddenly points to fan Hou, who is sitting beside Yang Feng.

Fan Hou also heard what Dong Min said before calling him. Hearing Dong min's name suddenly, he got up in a hurry and stepped out of the line. He clasped his fist at Dong min and said, "it will be in the end."

Dong min seemed to say casually: "although you are a Zhonglang general, you still don't have many people in your hand. There are still tens of thousands of people in the Bingzhou army. I'll give it to you as commander! Remember! We must take good care of these Bingzhou soldiers and do not let them make any trouble! " Although he loved Bu Lu Bu's bravery, Dong min, who was born in the Xiliang army, naturally did not like the Bingzhou army. Now that Lv Bu died, Dong min did not attach much importance to the Bingzhou army.

"Thank you very much, Prime Minister." Fan Hou couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly paid thanks to Dong min. Fan Hou could clearly see the strength of the Bingzhou army in the first battle at Hangu pass that day. The Bingzhou iron cavalry and the trapped camp were a level higher than the current Xiliang army. But for Chen Ren's command of the Dongwu army was not bad, and Chen Ren's command was proper, I'm afraid we have to talk about the results of that day. As a general, of course, he hopes to be able to command and strengthen the army. Fan Hou used to have no soldiers or generals, so he had to be carried by Yang Feng as if he was with his younger brother. Now it is different. With his men and horses in his hand, fan Hou's waist becomes more and more upright.

Li Ru's brow was even more severe. Even though he said to Dong min, "prime minister, it's not appropriate to do this? The Bingzhou army has always been under the command of Bingzhou generals, but fan Hou is not a Bingzhou general. I'm afraid that if he goes to command the Bingzhou army, it will backfire! "

"Hum!" Listening to Li Ru's remark, Dong min was more and more unhappy. He even said, "what's wrong? Bingzhou army and Xiliang army are all subordinates of Dong min! Who will be sent to command them? Will I listen to the opinions of their generals! There is no need to say much about it! Fan Hou! You will go to Wenhou house tomorrow to get back the Hufu of Bingzhou army! "

"Here it is Although he was dissatisfied with Li Ru's obstruction of taking over the Bingzhou army, Dong min's attitude made fan Hou's dissatisfaction go out of the sky for a long time, and he hugged Dong min with a smile.

Li Ru is helpless. With his intelligence, how can we not see Dong min's dissatisfaction with him in this period of time. At this time, Li Ru deeply regretted his decision to indulge Lv Bu's ambitions. However, there was no regret medicine to take in the world. The death of Lv Bu made Dong min distrust himself. What Li Ru had to do now was to try his best to repair the broken relationship between himself and Dong min.

Thinking of this, Li Ru had to put aside the matter of Bingzhou army for the time being. Just after Dong min asked him for his opinion, Li Ru thought a little and then replied, "prime minister! According to my subordinates, the news of the surrender of Hanzhong city is most likely true. According to the detailed report that came back a few days ago, the Yang brothers we bought had failed, and Zhang Lu had been rescued by the generals Yang Ren and Yan Pu of Hanzhong. Zhang Lu must have known that we secretly bought Yang's brother. For us, Zhang Lu must hate him to the bone! Although Chen Ren was chased by us all the way, his vitality was greatly damaged, but before that, Chen Ren had assigned about 30000 people to report the news first. If Chen Ren meets these 30000 people, he will probably go back to Hanzhong. With the present defensive forces of Hanzhong City, it is impossible to defeat the Dongwu army. Zhang Lu is kind-hearted and soft-hearted. If he knows that he is not the opponent of the Dongwu army, it is not impossible to open the city and surrender! "

Without Dong min's initiative to ask, Li Ru not only answered Dong min's previous questions, but also gave a complete analysis of the answers, which was to show his kindness to Dong min. Obviously, this thought of Li Ru also made Dong min's dissatisfaction with Li Ru a little less. Dong min's face slowed down a little, and he continued to ask, "if this is the case, then this time our plan is not worth the loss."