[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de-three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-8":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: Humiliated by the Coalition, I Defect to Dong Zhuo and Marry Dong Bai",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2112193,3441,"Chapter 8","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>Yes, these two sturdy fortresses that guard Luoyang are not connected to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It does not mean that one must capture Sishui Pass before one can go to attack Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hulao Pass is closer to Luoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is further away from the lords’ main camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normal people generally set their target on capturing Sishui Pass first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the current coalition of lords, capturing Sishui Pass has already become an impossible task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Hulao Pass will become particularly important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point, the coalition of lords can think of, and Gu Yi can naturally think of it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Hua Xiong, who is immersed in joy and has not yet fully recovered, Gu Yi smiles:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Hua, I have an even greater opportunity that I wish to gift to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hua Xiong is stunned for a moment, then instantly falls into ecstasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone else said this, Hua Xiong might think that this person was lying to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the person speaking is Gu Yi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the battle of raiding the coalition’s main camp, Hua Xiong had long since regarded Gu Yi as a person of divine calculation and ghostly schemes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Gu Yi says there is a great opportunity to be gifted, then there must be one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Gu Yi suggests that Hua Xiong report to Dong Zhuo about the possibility of the coalition of lords shifting their focus to Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he lets Hua Xiong strive for the position of garrison commander of Hulao Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gu Yi’s expectations are correct, the position of garrison commander of Hulao Pass will most likely fall to Hua Xiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Hua Xiong has made such a great contribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To a certain extent, his own achievements have already surpassed those of the \"Xiliang Army F4,\" such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is only natural for Dong Zhuo to continue to heavily employ Hua Xiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With horses galloping at full speed, the battle report from Sishui Pass is soon delivered to the Prime Minister’s Mansion in Luoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Prime Minister’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Zhuo finishes reading the battle report and is instantly as happy as a three-hundred-pound fat man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wenyou, you should take a look too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This brat Hua Xiong has made a great contribution!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only did he beat that group of Guandong rebels until they were upside down and in disarray, but he also destroyed their main camp completely!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hua Xiong and the Xiliang iron cavalry were leaving, they specifically set a fire in the coalition’s main camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although not many soldiers died because of the fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a large number of tents were destroyed in the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing what Dong Zhuo said, Li Ru asks curiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father-in-law, in my son-in-law’s impression, Hua Xiong does not seem to have such formidable strategy, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that there is an expert giving him pointers behind the scenes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Li Ru has almost concluded in his heart that this expert should be Jia Xu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xiliang generals are not good at strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To say that someone could help Hua Xiong devise strategies and achieve such battle merits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>looking at the entire army,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>besides Li Ru himself, there is only Jia Xu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is, Jia Xu has been staying in Luoyang, and his relationship with Hua Xiong is merely a nodding acquaintance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point makes Li Ru feel very confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But besides Jia Xu, he really cannot think of anyone else who has the ability to help Hua Xiong deal a heavy blow to the coalition of lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under various confusions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ru takes the battle report from Dong Zhuo’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widen continuously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two characters \"Gu Yi,\" which are mentioned many times by Hua Xiong in the battle report and are very conspicuous,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>make it impossible for Li Ru to look away for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This group of Guandong thieves really have eyes but no pupils.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they hadn’t driven Gu Yi away, with Gu Yi’s strategy, I fear this Sishui Pass would have been truly difficult to preserve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ru sighs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Dong Zhuo feels the same way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, almost everyone in the Xiliang Army has been despised by this group of \"Guandong noble masters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the Guandong noble masters, the Xiliang Army is merely a bunch of mud-legged people from the border regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Dong Zhuo first occupied Luoyang, he did not actually make things difficult for the Guandong nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, he kept giving them high official positions and generous salaries to soothe people’s hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the funny thing is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Guandong coalition, as many as one-third of the lords were personally appointed by Dong Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, it was clearly Dong Zhuo who promoted them, yet they turned around and became the vanguard army to crusade against Dong Zhuo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would such a situation occur?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it bluntly, it is a problem of class opposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guandong noble masters look down on the Guanxi border warlords led by Dong Zhuo from the bottom of their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Dong Zhuo were to dig out his heart and give it to them, they would only spit on it with disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group of Guandong noble masters also constantly smeared the reputation of Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the military discipline and regulations of the Xiliang Army indeed need improvement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the acts of burning, killing, and looting were not as serious as what that group of Guandong nobles said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under their description, even if Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army did nothing, they would become heinous demons in minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation Gu Yi encountered is so similar to the situation faced by Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because he has no background and no status, the people in the Guandong coalition will not take him seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the Guandong noble masters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>power is a game that only exists in the upper class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commoner Gu Yi, the mud-legged Dong Zhuo, the mud-legged Li Ru—these people are not qualified to participate in the game!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father-in-law, this Gu Yi possesses great talent and has made such a contribution; you should promote and heavily employ him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside Dong Zhuo, Li Ru speaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ru recommends Gu Yi like this; is he not afraid that his position will be replaced by Gu Yi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he is not afraid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This principle is very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of status, Li Ru’s positioning in Dong Zhuo’s army is similar to Xun Yu in the future Cao camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of personal relationship, Li Ru is both the chief strategist of the Xiliang Army and Dong Zhuo’s eldest son-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, Boss Dong is a person who values relationships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a good-for-nothing like his second son-in-law, Niu Fu, can be heavily employed, let alone his talented eldest son-in-law, Li Ru?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi is now only at the age of twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Ru is already nearly forty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the two, there is a full generation difference.\u003C\u002Fp>",1197,"2026-06-16T09:19:20.127Z","2026-06-16T10:29:10.858Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash 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