Seeing the discussions around him, Zhang Ji was not in a hurry. After he and his wife Zou Xiangyu nodded, they said to Li Hugo: "Hugo, what do you think?"
"I don't need to look at it. I'm afraid my brother-in-law already knows it." Li Hugo said.
Zhang Ji nodded with satisfaction: "But I still want to hear what you have to say, general."
"To put it simply, it's just one sentence, if you can't defeat him, then join him. Brother-in-law knows that our place is not far from Luoyang, only three days' journey. If Dong Zhuo wants to be disadvantageous to us, we can't defeat them at all. , so since you can't defeat Dong Zhuo, it's better to join them. Now that Dong Zhuo is at the top of his power, it can be said that one person is inferior to ten thousand people, and he has power over the whole government!" Li Huguo said.
Zhang Ji laughed. He was surprised that Li Yuguo could see clearly.
Li Yuguo looked at Zhang Ji's expression and quickly changed his tone: "However, Dong Zhuo, as a warlord and powerful minister, is cruel by nature, plays with power wantonly, arbitrarily collects gold, silver and jewels, has a lot of fish and meat, and is a beautiful singer. He The mansion is brightly lit..."
Li Yuguo then told everything he knew about Dong Zhuo.
Since Lu Bu joined, Dong Zhuo's power has gradually grown, and he has started his luxurious life. After Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an, he first deposed Emperor Liu Bian and made Emperor Xian Liu Xie extremely powerful. However, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty is still very weak and has no ability at all. To compete with Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo basically controlled the government.
Li Yuguo said: "Dong Zhuo is not a relative. When he came to power, the first thing he did was to make all his brothers and sisters kings and marquises. Even the newborn children were given the title of princes as soon as they were born. He became an official at that time. Apart from this, he built a place called Meiwu not far from Kyoto, and put all the things he robbed from the people in it. It is said that the food alone was It’s enough to feed him for decades, plus some other gold and silver treasures, etc.”
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding area suddenly became quiet, and Zhang Ji said: "Why do you know so clearly?"
"Because I came back from Luoyang." Li Hugo said.
Zhang Ji's face turned pale: "Continue talking."
"In the case of Mei Wu, I heard that Dong Zhuo was very proud to tell his subordinates that if one day I fail, I will hide here and live a stable life. When I was in the court, whenever there was something that did not meet Dong Zhuo's requirements, Dong Zhuo killed the officials directly. All the officials in the court were very scared and discussed getting rid of this devil together. However, he now had Lu Bu, the unparalleled god of war, by his side. Lu Bu was very strong and brave. Dong Zhuo let him go every day. Lu Bu accompanies him to protect his safety. Others are afraid of Lu Bu's martial arts and do not dare to attack Dong Zhuo easily."
Li Yuguo took a deep breath, looked around and said, "Such a devil only wants his relatives. If you surrender to him, you will only become their pawns and stepping stones at best."
Li Yuguo talks about prosperity because in the original historical trajectory, Zhang Ji and a group of people were basically stepping stones, people who were called around by Dong Zhuo. At that time, Dong Zhuo almost occupied Zhang Ji's wife, which is now Zou Xiangyu in front of me.
Everyone was quite silent after listening to Li Huguo's words. Zou Xiangyu saw her husband's face turned ugly. She gritted her teeth and said, "Brother, tell me, where should we go now? You know... Although we occupy one side now, The county guards, but among the county guards around Luoyang, we are the weakest."
"Being weak naturally has its advantages." Li Yuguo said, "Dong Zhuo is now in power. We don't have more if we have more, and we don't have more if we have less. Even if we go there, we will just do things for others. For example, if one of their men gets into trouble, we will Wiping their butts, it is basically impossible to get reuse. Who among us can beat Lu Bu? Who can outsmart Jia Xu and Li Ru in their strategies? None... Since they can't, why? Are we still going to go through this muddy water?”
"But this kind of opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us." Zhang Jidao.
"Indeed, but don't forget, opportunities come with disasters. If Dong Zhuo fails, we, as followers, will be the first to be hit!"
Li Yuguo's words also made everyone around him nod.
Zhang Xiu said: "Boss, tell me, where should we go now? Now we only have a territory the size of a pea in Hongnong County. We don't have abundant resources and a small population. If we don't plan for development, wouldn't it be very bad? ?”
"Gather your strength, I dare say... Dong Zhuo will definitely arouse the wrath of heaven and people, and then be conquered by others. How can the Han Dynasty's hundreds of years of foundation be destroyed in the hands of a reckless man from Xiliang?" Li Yuguo said.
Zhang Ji looked at his wife, and Zou Xiangyu nodded quickly. She said: "Hugo said it politely. In this case, we might as well build up the foundation of Hongnong County first and make the people happy, and then organize the army and strengthen the horses." .”
"Okay, just do what Hugo said!" Zhang Ji also made up his mind and stopped thinking about the issue of surrender.
In fact, he also understood what Li Yuguo said. Dong Zhuo had countless capable men. One more than him was not too much, and one less than him was not too much. It was better to have a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Moreover, if his troops were used as cannon fodder for Dong Zhuo, what would he do? He is worthy of the soldiers who follow him.
Li Yuguo also nodded secretly, saying in his heart that Zhang Ji deserves to be Zhang Ji. If it were the original history, Dong Zhuo would only have two people who were prosperous. One was Zhang Ji and the other was Guo Si. Both of them were Smart people, unlike Lu Bu and others, know how to protect themselves wisely.
If Zhang Ji joins Dong Zhuo now, he will be happy for a year or two, but what awaits him is disaster, and his wife will be snatched away by Cao Mengde.
Li Yuguo is not a fool. He can see that Zou Xiangyu treats him sincerely, and maybe he also values his abilities, but that is only part of it. Now that he has a god-sister here, how can he watch his relatives helplessly? On the road of no return
After the banquet, Zou Xiangyu took Li Yuguo to visit the military camp. At this time, Diao Chan had gone back. Zou Xiangyu said, "Brother, I have moved my mother's grave here."
"Well, I'll go pay my respects tomorrow. Sister, you've really worked hard these days." Li Hugo said.
Zou Xiangyu smiled and said: "It's not hard work, but your brother-in-law's body is getting worse day by day. That's what I'm worried about... Your brother-in-law originally had a wife. According to seniority, I should call her sister, but after her sister was pregnant at that time, He died in childbirth, which also left your brother-in-law childless. He had no choice but to take Zhang Xiu as his son. Your brother-in-law is actually a very difficult person... "