Dong Shouye shook his head again and said: "The junior brother heard that this battle was commanded by Xu Rong, the general of the Xiliang Army, so Dong Bai just replaced Xu Rong's credit, and as for the subsequent attack on Wang Kuang and the defeat of Zhu Jun, I am afraid it was also Xu Rong's doing."

After Wei Zhongdao listened, he smiled and said nothing.

Dong Shouye was a little baffled, and then asked, "Brother Zhongdao's move may have a deep meaning?" ”

Wei Zhongdao was still smiling, but his eyes looked at Dian Wei next to Dong Shouye, but he still didn't speak.

Dong Shouye pointed at Dian Wei and said, "This is my confidant, don't scruple." ”

Seeing this, Wei Zhongdao said: "Brother Youdong, you and I will talk to you as soon as we see each other. Originally, the younger brother also had the same opinion as the elder brother. But the tutor mentioned Dong Bai in a casual conversation with me. ”

Dong Shouye hugged his fists and asked, "I don't know the name of Master Ling?" ”

Wei Zhongdao said proudly: "The family teacher is Cai Zhonglang, the general of the left Zhonglang. ”

Dong Shouye heard this and nodded. It turns out that this Wei Zhongdao is still Cai Yong's disciple, no wonder Wei Zhongdao can marry Cai Yan! It turned out that the building near the water got the moon first!

Wei Zhongdao continued: "The family teacher is a pedantic celestial and has a good relationship with Zheng Tai, a great Confucian in the world. This Zheng Tai is Dong Bai's teacher. ”

Dong Shouye still pretended to know nothing about his clothes, and continued to ask: "Then Zheng Tai is a well-known Confucian in China, how can he accept Dong Bai as an apprentice?" ”

Wei Zhong said: "The reason for this is that the family teacher didn't elaborate, but I heard that it was Situ Wang Yun's thread at this time. ”

Of course, Dong Shouye knew what was going on, and seeing that the other party didn't know, he didn't ask in detail, and he didn't plan to explain to the other party.

Wei Zhongdao continued: "The family teacher once said that Zheng Tai once said that Dong Bai was a manufacturable material. ”

Dong Shouye asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Wei Zhongdao replied: "This little brother doesn't understand very well. But in the opinion of the younger brother, Zheng Tai has a very high vision, and he will not praise people lightly, and he will not do anything to cater to Dong Zhuo with his character. From this point of view, this Dong Bai may really have a few brushes. Then the younger brother deduced that the battle against Sun Jian and the subsequent related battles were most likely committed by Dong Bai. ”

Dong Shouye's heart sank, and he continued to ask, "Why is this?" ”

Wei Zhongdao replied: "There are many strategists in the Xiliang army, I am afraid that this move is a move to cover people's eyes and ears and defile themselves. ”

Dong Shouye pretended to be puzzled and continued to ask: "Everyone in the world hopes that they can have a good reputation, how can this Dong Bai do the opposite?" ”

Wei Zhongdao nodded, thinking deeply, and then said: "The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." If everyone in the world knows that Dong Bai is talented, his enemies will be very jealous, take strict precautions, and even resort to some inferior means such as assassination to mutilate this person, and never suffer in the future. If everyone in the world thinks that Dong Bai is a mediocre person and does not pose a threat to his enemies, they will naturally not take it to heart, which will be conducive to Dong Bai's future development. ”

Dong Shouye nodded, and said secretly: "I didn't expect this Wei Zhongdao to be so powerful, and he actually made it clear the starting point of my original design, and there are so many talented people in the world!" ”

Dong Shouye asked again: "I don't know what Dong Bai's self-defilement has to do with the future of the Xiliang Army?" ”

Wei Zhongdao replied: "Before Dong Bai's rise, the biggest crisis of the Xiliang Army was that Dong Zhuo was old and lacked successors. If it encounters an accident or dies suddenly, then the Xiliang army can instantly become a group of dragons without a leader and become a plate of scattered sand. Dong Bai is now rising like a comet, if he is as the younger brother guessed, then in the future, he will be able to take charge of the Xiliang Army, succeed his father, continue to be in charge of the government, after two generations of management, I am afraid that the world will change hands not far away! ”

Dong Shouye said: "The affairs of the ministers such as Dou Wu and Liang Ji were also defeated in the end, how could Brother Zhongdao think that the Xiliang Army could achieve a career?" ”

Wei Zhongdao said: "Although the Han Dynasty of Dou Wu and Liang Ji declined, they still did not have the worry of collapse. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has been fundamentally shaken, and then the imperial court has widely placed pastoral guards, and local warlords have taken advantage of the situation to rise up and disobey the control of the imperial court, which has become a big thing, even if there is no Dong Zhuo, the world will still fall apart. ”

Dong Shouye asked, "Is there no power to return to heaven?" ”

Wei Zhongdao replied: "There are 400 years of Xia, 600 years of Chengtang, and 800 years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when the society also falls, the Han will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the past. Now that the troubled times have appeared, the time of destruction may not be far off. ”

Dong Shouye asked again: "I don't know what Brother Zhongdao thinks that if the Xiliang Army wants to make a difference, how should it be stopped." ”

Wei Zhongdao smiled and said, "There are countless capable people in the Xiliang Army, how can no one know how to behave. Anyway, today's words have come to this, and the little brother will speak freely. ”

Dong Shouye looked adoring and said, "Brother Zhongdao, please speak, junior brother listen!" ”

Wei Zhongdao continued: "Dong Bai is Dong Zhuo's youngest son and his only son. Then Dong Zhuo is probably sixty years old this year, and he is old, and it is basically impossible to have an heir again. Therefore, Dong Bai's position is very stable, as long as he does not have any too absurd actions, Dong Zhuo will not hesitate to hand over the foundation of the Xiliang Army to him. We said earlier that Dong Shouye is also a general who can recruit good soldiers, and now he has become a general who can take charge of himself. There is nothing to say about his worship as a broken general, the most important thing is that he can hold the festival. In wartime, you can kill officials under 2,000 koku, and you can also kill ordinary people in peacetime. In this way, Dong Bai has the right to control the army, and now his official position is to break the general, and his position in the army is second only to Dong Zhuo and Dong Min, and Dong Min does not hold the moderation. So now Dong Bai has become the veritable No. 2 person in the Xiliang Army, and there is no problem in taking charge of the Xiliang Army in the future. ”

After a pause, he took a sip of wine and continued: "Looking at what he is doing now, his strategy is very simple and correct. ”

Dong Shouye asked, "What strategy?" ”

Wei Zhongdao replied: "The strategy is that Dong Zhuo sits in Chang'an to control the imperial court and stabilize the situation, and Dong Bai is leading the troops outside, and he is not a minister. In this way, in just ten years, the world is not enough! Maybe the time will be shorter. ”

Dong Shouye asked: "In Brother Zhongdao's opinion, what is the advantage of this strategy?" ”

Wei Zhongdao replied: "Between father and son, they are close relatives, they can be entrusted with life and death, and they can be confidants. When Emperor Gaozu conquered the world, Xiao He sat in the rear. The relationship between Dong's father and son is closer and seamless than that between Gao Zu and Xiao He. In this way, Dong Bai can lead the troops to fight with peace of mind, Dong Zhuo can guard the court with peace of mind, and there is no need to scruple or prevent between father and son. Moreover, the place in the middle of the pass, defended on three sides, and one side out, can be attacked, retreat can be defended, only need to accumulate strength, so it will make a lot of achievements. ”