The coalition of princes divided into three groups and rushed straight to the three passes quickly spread to Luoyang. Countless scholars were excited. After Liu Xie heard the news, he was in a heavy mood and summoned all the ministers to discuss matters overnight.

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Dong Zhuo stood in the court and said calmly: "The three passes of Hulao, Yique, and Xuanyuan are all powerful passes. Since Guangwu, they have been reinforced several times. The Guandong rats want to attack in, but they can't imagine it."

"It's just that the thief is so powerful that I don't know how many soldiers and horses I can fight against the enemy in Luoyang?" Liu Xie was still a little worried. The millions of lords, even as Dong Zhuo said, were mostly civilians recruited by the lords. Just listening was a little scary.

"Go back to Your Majesty, the Luoyang garrison is about 100,000 now, and there are heavy troops guarding all three gates. Your Majesty doesn't have to worry." Dong Zhuo said calmly.

Liu Xie was still a little worried, but seeing that Dong Zhuo was so sure, he was not afraid to say anything else, so he turned to him: "I heard a nursery rhyme in the crowd recently saying: There is a Han in the west and a Han in the east. Only when the deer walks into Chang'an will it be difficult. I don't know if this is..."

Li Ru, who was standing in the train, closed his eyes and rested as he heard this, suddenly opened his eyes, stood up and looked at Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know who said this?"

Li Ru's eyes became a little cold, which made Liu Xie shrink his neck in fear and said, "This is what Gao He, the general servant of the Central Committee, said."

"Sage of Cholera, you should be killed!" Li Ru snorted coldly, looked at the eunuch behind Liu Xie's face with a sudden change of tragic expression, and shouted sternly: "Where is the soldier? Haven't you taken down this evil person who deceives the public?"

Although Dong Zhuo did not understand his intention, he did not stop him. A group of soldiers rushed in outside the hall and dragged the eunuch down without saying a word.

"Trial tutor save me! The tutor save me!" Gao He was the new Central Eunuch, selected from the remaining eunuchs in the palace. In terms of official positions, it was the same level as the ten regular attendants of the past. Unfortunately, since that palace coup, the eunuchs had long lost the glory of the ten regular attendants of the past. What's more, now Liu Xie is only the nominal emperor, and the power of Luoyang is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, so he is not qualified to challenge Dong Zhuo. It's just that, Gao He is about to die at this moment, but he did not ask for help from the emperor, but called for help from Yuan Wei in the train.

"Slow!" Li Ru reached out and stopped the soldier. He looked at Gao He, who was crying with no face and smiled and looked at Yuan Wei and said, "Gao He, you are about to die and don't ask Your Majesty or Dong Xiang for forgiveness, why do you ask the Grand Tutor to save you?"

Yuan Wei glanced at Li Ru lightly and said, "Maybe I have been asking for it for my life in the past."

Li Ru looked at Yuan Wei and smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I'll give him a chance to see the face of the Grand Tutor."

"No need, since I have touched the law, I have no reason to indulge myself." Yuan Wei said in response to Li Ru's gaze.

"Gao He, let me ask you, who instructed you to reveal this nursery rhyme to Your Majesty?" Li Ru ignored Yuan Wei, but looked at Gao He and said, "But think clearly, there is only one life."

"It was granted by the Grand Tutor." Gao He looked at Yuan Wei with some fear and lowered his head.

"What is the explanation for the Grand Tutor?" Li Ru looked at Yuan Wei, and his cold eyes did not hide his murderous intent.

"Your nursery rhymes in the market, why should the attendant care so much?" Yuan Wei said calmly: "But you just talk casually when you gossip."

"How could a little child sing such nursery rhymes for no reason?" Li Ru turned around and looked at Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, behind this nursery rhyme, there are despicable villains instructing you behind it, so you should investigate thoroughly!"

Liu Xie said in confusion: "It's just a nursery rhyme. I think of it because it's not unreasonable."

"Your Majesty's words are wrong!" Li Ru bowed and said, "Although this nursery rhyme is simple, it means to persuade Your Majesty to retreat to Chang'an. Just imagine that it is just a nursery rhyme, how could it be heard in Your Majesty's ears? Moreover, if we retreat to Chang'an at this moment, even if the princes of Guandong have not won, we will win without a fight. If our army retreats to Chang'an, we will show weakness to the princes of Guandong. In the eyes of the people of the world, we will be defeated, which means that Your Majesty admits that his throne is not right!"

When Liu Xie heard this, his face turned pale. What he feared the most now was that someone said that his throne was not right. His lips moved a few times and nodded and said, "When I see, what should I do about this matter?"

"First of all, you should imprison the Grand Tutor!" Li Ru turned his head and looked at Yuan Wei and said with a smile.

"Absurd!" Among the ministers, some of the counselor Chen Yi went out and said angrily: "The Grand Tutor is the leader of the three Dukes, and he is in the hope of the world. You have no evidence, how can you put the Grand Tutor in jail?"

"Not to mention..." Li Ru turned around and looked at Chen Yi and said, "This matter is inseparable from the Taifu. Just because his nephew Yuan Shao and the Yuan Shu brothers, who are the leader of the Kanto thief alliance, are suspected of treason and rebellion. As the Yuan family's hope, the Taifu is probably to blame."

Yuan Wei waved his hand and signaled that Wang Yun, who wanted to stand up, did not speak. He stood up and bowed to Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, first of all, the highway was to raise an army, and it was not to subvert our great man, nor did he not recognize Your Majesty. He just thought that Dong Xiang's virtue was not enough to do the decree and enactment, and he had no intention of offending Your Majesty. As for the nursery rhyme, the old minister was really heard of, but now he explained, I think Dong Xiang might not listen. The old minister was willing to take the crime. I just hope that Dong Xiang could listen to some people's words, and don't be deceived by the treacherous villain!"

As he said that, he glanced at Li Ru, stood up calmly, and walked straight out of the hall.

"Trial Tutor!" Wang Yun and others didn't care about anything else, so they rushed up and pushed the soldiers away.

"Sir, don't be impulsive!" Yuan Wei saw that the people around Dong Zhuo were separated, and whispered to Wang Yun beside him: "It seems that Dong thief already has the intention to kill me, and this move may involve many people."

"That nursery rhyme..." Wang Yun looked at Yuan Wei and asked in a low voice.

"It should be that Dong Zhuo came out." Yuan Wei sighed and said, "It seems that Dong Zhe has already retreated, but the time has not come. Just as Li Ru said, if he retreats at this time, the people in the world will think they have been defeated."

"Don't worry, Grand Tutor, Yun must try to save Grand Tutor!" Wang Yun said in a stern manner.

"No!" Yuan Wei shook his head and said in a stern manner: "Then Li Ru did not kill me, but put me in jail, just wanted you to jump out and then..."

Looking at Wang Yun, Yuan Wei said in a sequel: "Catch them all in one place!"

"What!?" Wang Yun's expression changed and he said in horror.

"My teacher must not do anything at this time. Even if you contact you first, don't agree to any request. Since the coalition forces set out, Dong Zhuo has known every move of the coalition forces. I am afraid that there will be princes in the coalition forces who will be used by Dong Zhuo. No matter what action you do, you will not be able to escape Dong Zhuo's plan. If you want to kill Dong Zhuo, you should try to sow the grudges between him and Lu Bu. Then Lu Bu is just a brave man, so it is difficult to provoke him."

"That tutor..." Wang Yun heard Yuan Wei say so much, but he didn't say anything about self-rescue, and he had a premonition that he would not decline.

"I am old, why fear death? It's okay for me to die. But everyone else cannot let Li Ru notice it. After this, don't try to rescue me. You must also separate yourself from me. It's best to gain Dong Zhe's trust. If you can't, you should protect yourself and wait for the opportunity!" Yuan Wei said with a smile.

"Tao Fu, you..." Wang Yun stared at Yuan Wei who was chatting and laughing calmly, and his eyes felt a little sore for a moment.

"If you want to accomplish great things, don't follow this little daughter's attitude." Yuan Wei shook his head and said.

"Do you all want to accompany the Grand Tutor?" Li Ru walked up from behind, looked at the crowded crowd, frowned slightly, and said in a cold voice.

"Let's go!" Yuan Wei took advantage of the situation to push Wang Yun into the crowd, and then stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for the soldiers to come forward and take him away. He is the third duke. Even if he is in prison, as long as he is willing to cooperate, others cannot give him torture instruments. He was sent to prison under the guard of soldiers.

"Have you ever seen who Yuan Wei talked to before?" Li Ru looked at Yuan Wei's back and attracted a minister who was close to Dong and frowned.

"I haven't seen it clearly." The minister shook his head. Everyone rushed forward before. He was not tall and was squeezed into the crowd. How could he see the situation in the middle?

Li Ru looked at the direction where Yuan Wei left, sighed, and after the court was dispersed, he followed Dong Zhuo back home.

"Wenyou, do we really want to retreat?" When he returned to Dong's mansion, Dong Zhuo took Li Ru straight into the study and frowned and looked at Li Rudao.

"Father-in-law knows that the food in Luoyang Prefecture is not enough for our army in March." Li Ru smiled bitterly and said, "The food and grass in Xiliang are to be transported to Luoyang. The journey is long and the loss is huge. Moreover, if you continue to occupy Luoyang at this time, you will be attacked by enemies from all sides. Although the princes are not united, as long as we stay in Luoyang for one day, we will be targeted by the public. It is better to retreat to Guanzhong. On the one hand, there is a danger of Wugang. Just guard the Huzhu to resist millions of powerful troops. On the other hand, if the princes break Luoyang and want to attack Chang'an again, the supplies will inevitably be lengthened. I am afraid that no one will be willing to advance again. At that time, my father-in-law can entrust the princes to attack each other. My father-in-law will act as the solidity of Wugang, and repair the troops and the tiger will look at the Central Plains. When the princes of the Central Plains are tired, it will be the day when our army commands the world."

"In addition, our army can have today's momentum all depends on the support of the Xiliang army behind the back. The scholars of the Central Plains will find it difficult to accept their father-in-law for a while. If their father-in-law has lived in Luoyang for a long time, his Xiliang army will miss his homesickness for a long time, and his morale will be unfavorable to the army. Moreover, if his father-in-law has been away from Xiliang for a long time, he will probably make the people of Xiliang. The Qiang people forget their father-in-law's majesty. Over time, their father-in-law's roots will be gone. It is better to retreat to Guanzhong and 800 miles of fertile land in Guanzhong, which is enough to support 100,000 powerful soldiers!" Another point is that Li Ru is not easy to tell Dong Zhuo that even if Dong Zhuo's current power is defeated, he will still win miserably. He is far from the strength to defeat the world. It is better to avoid the edge of the princes for the time being and make the princes fight in the internal battle.

"So according to Wenyou's words." Dong Zhuo thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right, Yuan Wei killed him, why did Wenyou put him in jail?"

"This person is the head of the Luoyang gentry. With this person here, his party members will continue to surface. We can catch them all in one place. If we kill them, I am afraid that those people will continue to lurk. For my father-in-law, the threats of these people are even greater than those of the Guandong princes!" Li Ru bowed and said.
Chapter completed!