Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 189 Shocking News
Knowing from Liu Yu's mouth that Lv Bu had long planned to be self-reliant, Xun Yu continued to think in this direction, how to let Lv Bu lead his troops to leave Luoyang alone without being suspected.

Xun Yu said: "Dong Zhuo is sophisticated and suspicious. It is impossible to try to convince Lu Bu to win Dong Zhuo's trust. Therefore, both Niu Fu and Xu Rong must be kept together, or they must not be in Luoyang City. Only in this way can Lu Bu become the leader of the army." The first choice for expedition."

Liu Yu asked: "Wen Ruo can do it?"

At this time, Xun Yu pointed to the place where Liu Biao had done just now, and said: "Since Xu Rong and Liu Biao participated in the mysterious rich businessman's incident, it shows that he is not sincerely loyal to Dong Zhuo. You can ask Liu Biao to be a lobbyist and let him know in advance." Xu Rong said that he could not afford to be sick, and Dong Zhuo would definitely not send a sick general to fight!"

Seeing that Liu Yu didn't express anything after listening, Xun Yu asked anxiously, "Does King Zhongshan feel that there is something wrong with doing this?"

Liu Yu squeezed his forehead and replied: "Wen Ruo's plan is fine, but have you ever thought about why Xu Rong had to betray Dong Zhuona?"

Knowing that the Son of Heaven is single and weak, he can't beat Dong Zhuo at all, and Xu Rong himself has a high status in the Xiliang Army, so Dong Zhuo appointed him as a high-ranking official like a former general and city gate lieutenant.

It stands to reason that as long as you follow Dong Zhuo to make some achievements, you will be able to rank as a general or a chariot general sooner or later. If this is the case, what is the point of Xu Rong betraying Dong Zhuo?
Is it really because you want to revive the glory of the big man and have the courage to fight against evil forces?
Liu Yu feels that Xu Rong should not have such a high awareness, at least in the historical records of later generations, it is not clear that Xu Rong has too much loyalty to the Han.

But if Xu Rong is really pretending to cooperate with Liu Biao, then the mysterious rich businessman will become more complicated.

The questioner said: "Maybe it's because Xu Rong is from Liaodong, he doesn't have that much affection for Xiliang and Dong Zhuo, and I have personally seen Xu Rong have close contact with Situ Wangyun, Sikong Xunshuang and others... "

He still wanted to find some more evidence, but once he became suspicious, no amount of evidence would prove to be powerless, unless there was iron evidence that Xu Rong really betrayed Dong Zhuo.

Obviously Xun Yu has no hard evidence, but the next piece of evidence Liu Yu provided to the contrary made the three of them feel anxious about the future of the big man.

Before, Liu Yu had a very specific understanding of the entire mysterious rich businessman from the mouth of the emperor Wang Yue.

At that time, Wang Yue said that Xu Rong was recommended and persuaded by the Zhongchang servant Han Rang, and the two had only met twice in private, and soon Xu Rong agreed to work for the emperor.

And this is exactly where Liu Yu became suspicious. How could Han Rang recommend Xu Rong? Is he familiar with Xu Rong?
In addition, it was also learned from Wang Yue that Xu Rong only chose his allegiance after Han Rang said that the emperor would make him a chariot general after the incident was completed.

This shows that Xu Rong is not a person loyal to the big man, he is just keen on official rank and power.

But at that time, Xu Rong was about to be promoted to the former general soon. Although he was one level behind the general of chariots, being the captain of the city gate of Luoyang City would allow him to gain more real power.

Truth is a person who is keen on official position and power. Did he tell Dong Zhuo about the mysterious rich businessman instead, in exchange for more benefits?

Of course, all of this has been Liu Yu's guess until he captured Guo Si's lieutenant Han Li.

After Han Li was captured in Hu County, he was afraid of being tortured to extract a confession, so he confessed everything he knew, even the few widows he had met and the wives he had slept with did not dare to hide.

At that time, Liu Yu knew that Han Li had always been called Guo Bang's cousin, but his cousin was actually a cousin of Guo Bang's ex-wife, that is to say, Han Li was actually the cousin of Guo Bang's deceased wife.

The elder brother of Guo Si's deceased wife was Zhongchang servant Han Rang, and Han Li was the successor of the Han family who had been vigorously trained by Zhongchang servant Han Rang.

Han Li said that he had seen his eldest brother Han Rang and Xu Rong in secret contact more than once, and once he heard his elder brother Han Rang and Xu Rong talking about Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou.

Although he didn't hear the specifics clearly, he only heard that the two of them looked down on Liu Biao, saying that he was ostentatious, that the leader of the eight great horses was in the middle of the game without knowing it, and that it was too young to play tricks with the grand master Dong Zhuo. point.

Although it was only a few words, Liu Yu was shocked after hearing it, so he asked Han Li when he heard the conversation between the two.

Han Li replied that it was the three nights before the army went out to suppress the bandits.

Hearing this, Liu Yu can basically confirm the previous speculation. Liu Biao's efforts to control the food and grass to weaken the strength of the Xiliang Army are simply nonsense.

What's more, what they thought was an ingenious plan was actually seen through by others a long time ago, and they planned it!
But Liu Yu can't tell Liu Biao about this for the time being, he is afraid that once Liu Biao knows the truth, he will flee back to Jingzhou as soon as possible, and then the emperor will be the one to blame, and Liu Yu's plan will also be destroyed because of Liu Biao's escape. stranded.

After hearing this secret, Liu Bei and the three felt their palms go cold, and Xun Yu sighed heavily before asking, "I didn't expect that Dong Zhuo was behind the case of the mysterious rich businessman! But the lack of food It will also do great harm to the Xiliang army, why did Dong Zhuo take such a big risk to facilitate this mysterious rich business case?"

At this time, Liu Bei remembered that Liu Yu had said that Dong Zhuo had been urging him to collect evidence of royalists, and had repeatedly hinted that Situ Wangyun was the culprit in the mysterious rich businessman case.

So he guessed: "Could it be that Dong Zhuo wants to blame the food disaster on the royalist faction, so as to have a legitimate reason to deal with them!"

Liu Yu nodded in agreement, but then said that this explanation was not comprehensive enough.

In fact, Liu Yu has thought about the reason why Dong Zhuo facilitated the case of the mysterious rich businessman more than once. He thinks that the most likely reason is that Dong Zhuo wanted to move the capital to Chang'an, so he deliberately contributed to the food shortage in Luoyang. .

Liu Yu said: "Chang'an is closer to Liangzhou, and that is the root of Dong Zhuo. At that time, when the allied forces of the princes besieged Luoyang, Dong Zhuo had the idea of ​​moving the capital, but later the allied forces were defeated. Denied."

In history, Dong Zhuo was able to hold on to Hulao Pass to resist the princes from all walks of life, but he gave up Xiongguan easily after a short fight. Later, he burned Luoyang on the grounds that he could not hold on, and finally moved the entire court to Chang'an City inside.

After hearing this, Xun Yu suddenly realized: "No wonder Chang'an City has been saying that the road is difficult and there are bandits blocking the way. It seems that Dong Zhuo has already ordered them not to transport the grain and grass to Luoyang!"

Liu Yu also smiled and said: "Actually, even if the grain road is opened, Dong Zhuo will still have other ways to prevent Chang'an's grain from being delivered to Luoyang City. I can be sure of this."

The three of them knew that what Liu Yu said was right. If they wanted to solve the food shortage problem in Luoyang, they could only try to get Liu Biao to take the initiative to announce the mysterious rich business case to the world, or bring down Dong Zhuo's power as soon as possible.

No matter which method is used, the problem of how to "help" Lu Bujun to defect to Luoyang needs to be solved first.

(End of this chapter)