"Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Although we were defeated for a while, I saw that you all looked pretty good and had fighting spirit in your eyes. I was very relieved." Sun Jian also glanced at everyone and said with a smile.

"Haha." All the generals laughed and the atmosphere was better.

"It's all the credit of General Cao." Zhu Zhi bowed to Sun Jian and told Sun Jian about Cao Cao's words after laughing.

"General Zhu is so serious. All I do is insignificant." Cao Cao said quickly.

Sun Jian looked at Cao Cao in surprise. He looked at the son of the Taiwei again and again. He was also a "group of young men", this person is really beautiful compared to Yuan Shu and others.

"Meng De maintained his morale, which is not a trivial matter." Sun Jian said with a smile and shook his head.

After saying a few words, Sun Jian's face became serious, he looked around at everyone, and asked, "How many defeated soldiers are we gathered from the front?"

"Reporting to the lord, there are more than 30,000 people. Among them, the Jiangdong soldiers were preserved relatively intact. General Ji Ling and other defenders in the three passes including Taigu Pass have 10,000 each. We still have a total of 60,000 troops."

Zhu Zhi also became serious and bowed his hands.

General Ji Ling of Yuan Shu bowed to Sun Jian and said, "We are all willing to obey General Sun's command."

"Okay. Are there 60,000 soldiers left? We still have the power to fight." Sun Jian said with a smile, nodded, and then turned to everyone and said, "But this time the incident is a lesson. Although we have many soldiers, we are all new soldiers. Now we are guarding the three passes. If Zhang Xiu comes to attack, we will let him die. If he leads his troops to confront us, we will also have the food, grass and supplies support from Yuan Gong of Nanyang County. Spend some time to train the soldiers. After the soldiers are well trained, we will go north to Luoyang again and fight with Zhang Xiu. In short, we cannot let Dong Zhuo and Zhang Xiu be unsuccessful."

"promise."

The generals all agreed and were very excited.

Not long after, the generals went down. Sun Jian was the last one to leave. After he walked out of the hall, he looked at the sky with high fighting spirit in his heart.

"I lost in the first round. But I will never give up. I will eventually kill Zhang Xiu and Dong Zhuo, for the Han Dynasty, and for me."

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Luoyang is sunny.

Since Zhang Xiu attacked Sun Jian’s camp that night and returned in triumphantly, Luoyang City seemed to have become a dead city.

There is only one voice in the city now, Dong Zhuo and the other ghosts and monsters disappeared.

Dong Zhuo's status has become extremely strong. And of course, the credit for all this is Zhang Xiu.

However, Zhang Xiu himself did not get any benefits, and Dong Zhuo was still stingy in his official position and only gave Zhang Xiu some gold, silver and jewelry, a beauty and palace maid.

But Zhang Xiu didn't care. Sooner or later, Dong Zhuo's family is not his? What's the rush now? I just lend it to Dong Zhuo for fun.

Prime Minister’s Mansion, in the study room.

Dong Zhuo sat in the main seat, Zhang Xiu and Li Ru knelt on both sides, one by one, one by one, one by one. The three discussed their next plan.

"Thanks to Dalang. Luoyang's danger was lifted. However, although Sun Jian was defeated, he still retained his strength. The area in Nanyang has a large population. Yuan Shu did not give Sun Jian food and grass before, but now he must have given food and grass. Sun Jian is in charge of the three passes, and can attack when advancing and defend when retreating. Not retaking back the three passes is ultimately a trouble. Dalang."

Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo turned his head and looked at Zhang Xiu, and said with a gaze: "Is there a clever plan?"

OK. Dong Zhuo used to be so arrogant, but now Zhang Xiu has also received this kind of treatment.

Zhang Xiu was really planning, with a smile on his face, bowed to Dong Zhuo, and said, "Report to Mr. Dong, I really have plans in my heart..."

At this moment, the minor official outside the door hurried in, intending to report.

"Get out. Don't you know if you want to say something outside the door first?" Dong Zhuo was pricking up his ears and listening, but he was very upset when he was interrupted, and said furiously.

The little official almost got scared and wanted to leave in a hurry. Zhang Xiu bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Mr. Dong, maybe there is something important, so you might as well listen first."

"Yes." Dong Zhuo immediately looked a little more kind, then turned his head and stared at the little official and said, "Say."

The little official looked at Zhang Xiu gratefully, and then said tremblingly: "Report to the lord. Mr. Lu is back and is carrying a thorn outside the door to apologize."

"This guy dares to come back?" Dong Zhuo was stunned when he heard this, then furious and slapped the table and said, "If this guy hadn't been arrogant and went out of seclusion to fight Sun Jian, how could there have been so many things?"

"After the defeat, I still occupied Shouyangwu and planned to gain troops and respect myself."

"At that time, I had no choice but to be afraid that he would defect to Sun Jian. I had to send someone to comfort him. Now Sun Jian has been driven out of Luoyang, so it's not enough to worry. What's the point of asking for Lu Bu?"

"Come here. I beat me to death."

Dong Zhuo was furious and slapped the table with his big palm, and the fat on his body was almost shaking into sieve chaff.

This time, the little official reacted quickly and quickly agreed to the promise, intending to leave.

When Li Ru saw him, he quickly planned to be a good old man.

But at this moment, Zhang Xiu took a step forward and looked up and said, "Dong Gong, please wait. As today's troubles, it would be a pity to kill General Lu Bu. Besides, my plan still needs Lu Bu to do it before it can be successful."

Dong Zhuo was actually just angry. After calming down, he regretted it. He was still afraid of Zhang Xiu. Although Lu Bu was useless, at least his force was comparable to Zhang Xiu's match, which was a way for him to check and balance Zhang Xiu.

After hearing Zhang Xiu's words, he was even more shocked and shouted to the little official: "Let's wait."

The little official's feet immediately took root and did not dare to move.

"You guys sit here for a moment. I'll take him in." Dong Zhuo looked up at Zhang Xiu and Li Ru and said, he got up and walked out of the study room and came outside the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Lu Bu was bare-chested and a bramble was on his back, which made him feel bloody. There were many people watching around him, and Lu Bu was blushing and his head was deep down.

"Oh, my son, why should I do this? Victory and defeat are just common things for military strategists." Dong Zhuo was like a ball, but his speed was extremely fast. After screaming, he flashed to Lu Bu and carefully untied the thorns for Lu Bu.

"Entertainment Father!!!" Lu Bu was extremely grateful and bowed and bowed.

After that, there was a father-son relationship. Dong Zhuo first asked the maid in the mansion to take Lu Bu down to change his clothes. The father and son came to the study together.

Dong Zhuo naturally returned to the main seat and sat down. After Lu Bu saluted Li Ru and Zhang Xiu, he sat down with him.

"Just just now, I discussed with Li Ru and Dalang how to break through the three barriers. Listen to you too." Dong Zhuo said to Lu Bu first, then asked Zhang Xiu, "Dalang, what did you say just now?"

"No." Lu Bu responded to the nostalgia and sat obediently.

"You can build a plank road openly and secretly go to Chencang." Zhang Xiu was in the hall, and he was so handsome that he saluted Dong Zhuo calmly.

"How can I secretly go to Chen Cang?" Dong Zhuo asked in his heart.

Since Han Xin used this strategy, it has become a military allusion.

"Sun Jian was defeated just now, and the morale of the army has not recovered. Moreover, the elites have suffered a lot of losses and will only guard the passes, and the deep ditch and high bases will not fight with me."

"Can Lu Hou lead 80,000 horse and infantry troops, take my flag and challenge the gate with a big gun. Sun Jian thought that I would definitely not dare to fight the generals in the army, nor dare to lead troops out of the gate. In this way, he firmly attracted him to defend the three gates. I led 5,000 infantry troops, brought equipment and supplies, bypassed Hulao Pass, and took a small path to attack Luyang. Yuan Shu is a clown who jumped into the beam, with a dry bone in the tomb. It is not worth worrying. He can be captured in one battle. If I were allowed to occupy Luyang, Sun Jian would be unable to advance or retreat. The three gates can be easily succeeded."

Zhang Xiu talked happily and was full of energy.

"Han Shouhou is really a good plan." Li Ru couldn't help but blurt out. Although he already knew that Zhang Xiu was both wise and brave, Zhang Xiu had such a clever plan, which really surprised him.

Dong Zhuo was also surprised, and then his eyes were bright and he was almost overwhelmed with joy.

But he suddenly glanced at Lu Bu and shuddered.

Lu Bu was pricking up his ears and listening, analyzing in his heart. He couldn't help but nod and said intimately: "This Zhang Xiu is indeed very powerful in military use."

After noticing Dong Zhuo's eyes, he also shuddered.

The father and son, synchronized, belong to Yes.

Li Ru and Zhang Xiu were slightly stunned when he saw Dong Zhuo looking at Lu Bu, and then they all woke up. Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "Let Li Ru be the supervisor."

"Lord, I'll follow Mr. Lu." Li Ru also raised his sleeves and bowed to salute.

Lu Bu reacted the slowest and finally realized. Dong Zhuo wanted to use him as a general, but he was afraid that he would have done something bad.

Lu Bu shook his head and did not dare to move.

"Okay. Then act according to the plan." Dong Zhuo then felt relieved and slapped the table and said.

Since the plan was decided, the next step was to mobilize people. Zhang Xiu's men had just experienced a night battle, worked hard and made great contributions, and some were killed and injured. So they were mainly repaired in the city.

Lu Bu, Li Ru, Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen, Fan Chou and others ordered another 80,000 horse and infantry, inserted the "Zhang" flag of Zhang Xiu, and began to act openly.

However, it takes time to prepare for the troops and the food and fodder, and it takes tomorrow for the troops to be sent.

On the other hand, Zhang Xiu secretly asked Wu Kuang to order five thousand infantry troops and brought the two generals Wu Kuang and Zhang Liao.

Late that night, I took advantage of the night to walk out of the east of Luoyang City, headed all the way east, and then took a detour to Luyang.

It is precisely because of the detour that the time it takes for Zhang Xiu to arrive in Luyang was also protracted and long.

The next morning, shortly after dawn.

Dong Zhuo asked Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Fan Chou, Hu Zhen and others to be generals, and Li Ru was used as the military supervisor. He inserted the flag of the word "Zhang" and led 80,000 horses and infantry to be deceived.

"General of the Cavalry, and Zhang Gong, the Duke of Shouhou of Han, led his troops."

On that day, the soldiers left the city, with flags stretching, armor shining and mighty. Whether it was the people in Luoyang City, the ministers, Sun Jian’s spies in Luoyang City, or Sun Jian’s whistle cavalry, they all believed this nonsense.

Things are not going well.
Chapter completed!