Chapter 71 Li Ru offered advice, and Dong Zhuo suffered heavy bleeding!
On the city wall, Zhang Bao was excited and raised the big knife in his hand: "Send a message to Yan Zheng and Zhang Niu Jiao, continue to hunt and kill, don't let any officer or soldier go."

"Capture Dong Zhuo alive, I will chop him into pieces."

"Here!!"

The messenger rushed down the city to deliver the order.

After seeing the one-sided pursuit unfold, Zhang Bao descended from the city wall and returned to the general's mansion in the city.

"Brother, brother!"

"Big victory, big victory!!"

When Zhang Bao's voice was heard, all the Yellow Turban soldiers in the general's mansion were excited.

In the main hall, Zhang Jiao, leaning on the bed, did not show the slightest excitement. After careful deduction and divination, a trace of black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth again.

Zhang Bao, who had just entered the hall, didn't care about being happy, and hurried forward, nervously asking: "Brother, are you deducing the secrets of heaven again?"

"Didn't I say that everything depends on human effort? God's will is not necessarily correct."

"When Guangping City was captured and my third brother was killed, you said the end was coming, but Liu Hong cut off his own arm and dismissed Lu Zhi from his position as commander-in-chief. Now the elite officers and soldiers have been severely damaged by us, and there are no large-scale officers and soldiers in the entire Hebei Province anymore."

“The situation has completely changed.”

At the end, Zhang Bao was beaming with joy; tonight's big win gave him great confidence.

Zhang Jue sighed and shook his head: "What you see is just the appearance."

"The fall of Guangping City was not due to Lu Zhi's efforts, but to Ye Feng's ability."

"After repeated deductions, I finally determined that he was the one who plundered the destiny of my Taiping Dao and the Han Empire when I killed the Han Dynasty on the day of Jingzhe."

"When my third brother was killed, my Taiping Dao's luck was devoured by another 30%."

"That means the various rebel armies of our Taiping Dao can only hold out for four months at most."

"Four months later, dust will return to dust, and everything will be buried in the dust of history."

Zhang Bao's face turned pale: "How is this possible?"

"Brother, did you make a mistake?"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I have used my blood essence to deduce three times. Ye Feng is a man born for destiny. He is born with great luck and has swallowed up the luck of the Taiping Dao and the Han Empire. Now, if you look all over the world, you will find that he has the strongest imperial energy. He will definitely be the one to seize the world in the future."

"Although you defeated Dong Zhuo, you did not hurt Ye Feng's foundation."

"Xindu City is probably"

Zhang Bao's eyes were filled with resentment: "Is there no other way?"

"Brother, we have been planning for twenty years, and my third brother even sacrificed his life. Are you going to just give up like this?"

"I'm not willing to give in, I'm not willing to give in!"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly, his face full of helplessness.

The most painful thing in the world is knowing the future outcome but being unable to change it.

Where is the future of Taipingdao?
Is it possible to just wait for destruction?

There are fifty great ways, forty-nine are derived from heaven, and people escape one. So where is the one left for the Great Way of Taiping?
Why couldn't he deduce it?
Zhang Jue was in a state of confusion
After one night of fighting, 40,000 officers and soldiers were killed.

Looking at the less than 20,000 remaining soldiers in front of him, Dong Zhuo even wanted to die.

Yesterday he was full of pride and shouted, "Unless we conquer Xindu and kill Zhang Jiao, there will be no turning back!"

But in just one night, all the elite troops were killed. Now there are only so few people left. How can we break the city? How can we resist the Yellow Turban Army?

"Ugh!!"

"Ugh!!!"

Dong Zhuo sighed several times and was extremely confused at this moment.

"Marshal, Marshal, the son-in-law is here!"

"Ok?"

A gleam of light flashed in Dong Zhuo's eyes.

"Quick, bring it here!!"

Not long after, a middle-aged scholar in his thirties came up to Dong Zhuo and said, "Greetings, father-in-law!"

"Wenyou (Li Ru's pen name), why are you here?"

Li Ru looked at the tragic scene of the defeat and sighed: "I received a letter from my father-in-law a few days ago, and I felt that there was something fishy about it. Xindu is such an important place, how could someone openly lead the way to betrayal?" "I received the letter and traveled day and night, thinking of stopping my father-in-law, but I didn't expect that I would be a step too late!"

Dong Zhuo also regretted his decision: "If I had brought you with me, how could I have been teased and suffered such a defeat?"

"Now that all the elite troops have been lost, not only is it impossible to capture Xindu, but the court will also hold us accountable. I'm afraid that the governor of Liangzhou will no longer have the possibility of intervening."

"This battle ruined many years of business and planning. It's really a one-time misstep that will lead to eternal regret!"

Li Ru winked at Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo dismissed his attendants and asked quietly, "Is there any way to save the situation?"

Li Ru said: "We have just been defeated. Before the news gets out, father-in-law should immediately raise an army and attack Xindu!"

"what?"

"Attack Xindu?"

Dong Zhuo almost jumped up and said, "With less than 20,000 men, attacking Xindu is a dead end, isn't it?"

"Do you want the whole army to be wiped out?"

Li Ru shook his head: "The casualties in the siege are to eliminate the thieves for the imperial court, and the loss of soldiers and generals is normal."

"Being captured is a shame. Although it is a loss of troops, the meaning is completely different."

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up, then dimmed: "Even if I can hide it from others, how can I hide it from Ye Feng?"

"If he just pokes us, how can we get through?"

Li Ru twirled his beard and said confidently, "Using the remaining 20,000 to attack Xindu is to consume the defenders' strength for Ye Feng, making it easier for him to break into the city."

"How can Ye Feng remain indifferent in return for such a great contribution?"

Dong Zhuo's brows relaxed: "If he can really survive this disaster safely, it won't be a big deal to make wedding clothes for him!"

"I'm afraid Ye Feng will pursue me relentlessly. After all, I..."

Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo wanted to slap himself in the face!

If you have a good relationship with Ye Feng, it is only natural to cover up for each other. Why would you end up in such a desperate situation?
Li Ru said: "Don't worry, father-in-law!"

"Ye Feng is a businessman. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Ye family's business was booming."

"Although he has no shortage of money, he lacks war horses!"

"Xiliang produces horses. My father-in-law alone owns ten horse farms with more than 50,000 war horses."

"If Ye Feng was given 10,000 war horses, how could he not be tempted?"

"Ten thousand war horses?"

“This is us”

Li Ru said calmly: "The chaos has just begun. Before Liu Hong is dead, we must not confront the imperial court head-on."

"With the people we secretly raise in Xiliang, if we really raise a big banner, I'm afraid we will be immediately destroyed by the rebels on all sides."

“Only by accumulating strength can we have a future.”

"I observed the celestial phenomena at night. After Zhang Jue used his own destiny to cut off the fate of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong's vitality was severely damaged. His life span will not be long, and the fate of the Han Dynasty has also been shortened by several decades."

"But in just one or two years, I absolutely cannot lose my job."

“So the price that’s paid has to be paid.”

Dong Zhuo heaved a long sigh of relief: "That's fine!"

"This great defeat must be covered up."

"But what if Ye Feng disagrees?"

Li Ru smiled and shook his head: "Ye Feng used the excuse of building a caravan to train elite cavalry and shined during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. How could he not have ambitions?"

"As long as we have ambition, we can get through this."

"Can!"

"I'll leave this to you!"

"As long as we can suppress it, we can pay any price!"

(End of this chapter)