Three Kingdoms: The rebellious son of the Cao family married the queen at the beginning

In Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo was discussing matters with his officials when an internal historian came in and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, according to the Tan Ma Bao, Cao Shuo delivered a large amount of grain to Hongnong County."

"Reliable news?"

Dong Zhuo panicked a little. Since Cao Shuo delivered food, he would probably use troops. As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go before the food and grass are moved.

Cao Shuo definitely wants to take advantage of the beginning of spring and the warmer weather to expand his territory.

But what is this bastard doing instead of attacking Yuan Shu and taking the south of the Yangtze River instead of attacking Xiliang.

Li Ru narrowed his eyes and frowned. He felt that Cao Shuo's purpose was obvious, but he also felt that Cao Shuo was a little procrastinated. The food and grass had arrived, why didn't the army move?
Do they have another purpose?Is it to deter them?

"Your Majesty, we need to inform the counties to strictly guard against death, and not let Cao Shuo's spies leave Tongguan."

Dong Zhuo immediately ordered to seal off all the passes, search the king's crowd closely, and take down all suspicious things.

Li Ruyou said: "Your Majesty, Zuo Fengling's defense must be done well, and the same is true for Gaoguan, especially Gaoguan. There must be no losses, otherwise Chang'an will be in danger."

Dong Zhuo nodded, looked at the generals on the side and said, "Liu Fan, General of the Left Zhonglang, and Ma Yu, General of the Right Zhonglang, you two will lead [-] elite soldiers to assist Li Su and Yang Feng in guarding Gao Pass. lose."

"promise!"

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and asked, "Zuo Fengling already has Li Jue, Fan Chou, and Hui Dong. Do you need to send another person?"

Li Ru thought for a while and said, "I will go there in person. Chang'an only needs to defend Tongguan, and I don't need to do more defense."

Dong Zhuo nodded, and agreed to Li Ru's suggestion. He felt more at ease with Li Ru in charge of Zuo Fengling.

Li Ru glanced at the ministers in the hall, and said: "Your Majesty, I recommend someone who can relieve the worries of Tongguan guard Duan Yan."

"who?"

Dong Zhuo was surprised. The person who could be recommended by Li Ru must be someone he trusted very much. If Li Ru trusted him, he would trust him.

After all, Li Ru is the prince now, so it's okay to train his own team.

"Sons of Sikong Yang Biao, Yang Xiu and Yang Dezu!"

Son of Yang Biao?

Dong Zhuo looked at Yang Biao and asked, "Wen Xian, where is Lingzi now?"

"The dog is idle at home!"

"Idle at home?"

Dong Zhuo was at a loss. Didn't he go to Hanzhong to contact Liu Bei before, and he behaved well and made him Yilang?
How could he be idle at home? What's the reason why he didn't come to report on his work.

"The dog feels that the official position given by His Majesty is too small, so he doesn't want to take it!"

Dong Zhuo's head is full of black lines, and his official position is small?How old are you, have you reached the weak crown today?

Do you think you are Cao Shuo or Sun Ce?
But since Li Ru recommended it, he didn't continue to pursue this matter.

"Then let him be a military adviser and general!"

"promise!"

The position of military division general is only one level lower than that of Tongguan guard general Duan Yan. If he is not satisfied, he can just stay at home.

After Dong Zhuo ordered everything, he let these people leave, leaving Li Ru alone.

"Li Ru, is there something special about that Yang Xiu?"

Li Ru came to Dong Zhuo's side and said, "Father, this person has a rebellious heart."

"What?" Dong Zhuo was horrified.

Since you have a rebellious heart, you still dare to recommend it to me.

"Father, my son wants to use this incident to show him off. After arriving at Tongguan, he will definitely try his best to contact Cao Shuo. At that time, we will use our plan to lure Cao Shuo's army into the pass, and then encircle and annihilate him." In other words, isn’t it once and for all.”

"Are you sure it's okay?"

When he heard that Cao Shuo's army was going to be let in, Dong Zhuo's back was soaked. This was a dangerous move.

He has witnessed the strength of Cao Shuo's army more than once, so don't steal a lot of rice by then, then Dong Zhuo will become the laughing stock of the world.

Li Ru explained: "Father, don't worry, I have my own arrangements. What Cao Shuo relies on is just the advantage of the cavalry. Let's prepare more traps, so that he will come and go."

"Proceed carefully, don't let the wind leak, or our country of Qin will be finished."

Dong Zhuo patted Li Ru on the shoulder, and then went back to the harem, he must continue to work hard, he must make his concubine return, or his son is reliable.

Li Ru said with a firm face: "Father, don't worry, the son will have his own measure."

Cao Shuo, who was far away in Luoyang, did not mobilize troops. In fact, he was waiting for Yang Xiu's letter. As soon as the letter arrived, he led his troops to Hongnong County.

Cao Shuo waited in Luoyang for two days, and couldn't wait any longer, so he recruited Zhicai and asked, "Zhicai, do you have any news about Yang Xiu?"

"Not yet, but Dong Zhuo has strengthened his defense recently. He must know that we are going to attack Qin, so he closed Tongguan."

Cao Shuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Don't wait, tomorrow morning, let Huang Zhong, Zang Ba, and Yan Liang lead the [-] Xuanjia troops and [-] bow infantry to head to Hongnong County first."

"promise!"

"Report, Mr. Yang Xiu has a letter."

As soon as Cao Shuo delivered the news, Yang Xiu's letter arrived.

Yang Xiu wrote above: Three days later, he will entertain the guards of Tongguan, get them drunk, and then take them down in one fell swoop, and set fire to them after the pass.

Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Zhicai, tonight, let the army rush to Hongnong County in the dark."

"promise!"

On the west side of Tongguan, there was a long line of people who wanted to leave the customs.

Most of these people belonged to the Longteng Chamber of Commerce. They were rushing to Luoyang to deliver goods. The road was blocked by heavy snow for three months, and their goods had already been sold out.

There is a shortage of various materials in Guanzhong, especially salt and cloth, these two materials are in short supply.

"Open the city gates!"

"How long are you going to spend?"

"Our Chamber of Commerce's supplies are sold out, and we need to buy them."

They waited for a day, but when the city gate was not opened, they started to shout.

Duan Yan, the general guarding the pass, shouted angrily: "Now the two countries are at war, no one is allowed to leave the pass."

No matter how these businessmen state the key points, Duan Yan just won't open the door.

Yang Xiu on the side said: "General Duan, is there a problem with this? The supplies they sell are all in short supply in our Guanzhong. Wouldn't it be inappropriate not to let them buy the goods?"

Duan Yan explained: "Your Majesty has already ordered that no one from the Longteng Chamber of Commerce can leave. They are Cao Shuo's spies. If we let them leave, our deployment will definitely be exposed."

Yang Xiu sighed and left, thinking, if I didn't want Cao Shuo to kill too much, I'm afraid his army has already arrived here, and your deployment is useless.

On the second day after Duan Yan closed the customs, these businessmen could not see any hope, so they all left.

However, on the morning of the third day, chaos broke out in Luoyang City.