He Bai glanced at Luo Pei, who felt aggrieved, suddenly overturned the case, and scolded: "I asked you to come and make a plan, but you waited for a long time and didn't have a plan, but why did you come to attack Luo Zengzhi, who was bent on plotting for me?" Accusing him of harboring evil intentions and not considering my safety, to prove his disloyalty, and to show your loyalty? It's ridiculous, what I hate most is that I have no way to say goodbye, and when I am in trouble, I vainly call for loyalty. ”

"Loyalty or disloyalty is not about words, but about taking practical actions. Whether Luo Zengzhi's plan is good or bad, good or bad, but he has at least fulfilled his responsibility as a subordinate, even if the plan is wrong, it is also due to ability, not the crime of loyalty. It is not appropriate to accept such remarks. ”

The silence of the reprimands of all the guests was ashamed. The guest who had raped Luo Pei was even scolded and knelt down to plead guilty, and Luo Pei bowed gratefully and said, "Peiduo thanks the lord for his understanding." ”

He Bai nodded and said: "Get up, the way of the minister, is to do your best to plan for the Lord, fulfill your duties, and I will adopt the beneficial party." However, there is no perfect person in the world, and there is no perfect solution. There is a folk proverb that a fence has three piles, and a hero has three gangs. It is important to know that the strength of the individual is limited, and the ability of the individual is also very thin. But with the help of everyone, gather the wisdom of everyone, raise the strength of everyone, and pick up the shortcomings. 500 people can fill 500 loopholes, and it is nothing more than a good and peaceful strategy. ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded in admiration. There were more than 500 guests here, most of them scholars, and none of them thought they were stupid. It's okay to come up with a trick or a difficulty, but to find a flaw after someone else has figured it out. And with so many people present, there will always be someone who can find a way to make up for the flaws. After going back and forth, even if the plan is full of mistakes and omissions, after being in the hands of everyone, it will become perfect.

He Bai said again: "Fang Caizeng's words said that he wanted to be angry and send volunteers to fight against Dong Zhuo, a thief who was a thief who was in turmoil and cruelty to the people, and the purpose was to win the hope of benevolence, righteousness and love for the people in the name of courting Dong. Let everyone in Ruoyang know that I He Tianming is not their kind of desperate and perfectionist, but a heroic man who sees righteousness and courage. Hearing the violence and daring to commit a crime, knowing the difficulties and being willing to be weak and strong, isn't this exactly what a hero does? ”

Luo Pei's strategy is still to strive for fame. Dong Zhuo is brutal, no one dares to jump out and accuse him, if He Bai jumps out, whether he wins or loses, he will be like Cao Cao plotting to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and he will be admired by the world. Even if some people are jealous, it is mediocre if they are not jealous. If there is chaos today, it is not easy to mix with mediocrity, and only heroes who dare to do and dare to take on heavy responsibilities can do a career.

"What's more, Dong Zhuo's victims are not only the other people of Luoyang, but also the feudal people of my Sunset Pavilion. The people are the source of my food and clothing, and the people under my rule. Dong Zhuo dares to commit it, how can I ignore it? If he dares to kill my people, I will dare to pull out my teeth. Otherwise, how will the people of the world think of me, He Tianming? The order was given to the whole battalion of 2,000 regular soldiers and 2,000 auxiliary soldiers to prepare for the armament, and at the end of the hour, I will go to Xiyuan to organize the army to go out to defeat Dong Zhuo, the thief of the remnants. ”

Immediately, there was an accompanying herald in the army who rushed out of the hall and rode away. He Bai said again: "Some people said before that if you win this, you will be jealous, and if you lose, you will be betrayed. Then this battle must be won, not lost. Guys, at this time, let's think about how to bully the strong with the weak and the small number of enemies. There is only half an hour, and after half an hour, I must go out of the city. ”

The faces of all the guests were solemn, and since He Bai had already set the tone, everyone no longer thought about him, but seriously thought about how to break the enemy. Someone said: "Lord, I heard that the Xiyuan army has a good impression of the lord, why don't you invite them to attack Dong Zhuo together?" ”

He Bai shook his head and said: "No, this battle is a private battle of my righteous indignation, and it cannot be ordered by the court, and it must not be implicated too much." Moreover, the participation of the entire army of the Xiyuan Army in the war will inevitably lead to a big battle, which may affect the entire Henan Yin. In fact, He Bai didn't want to expose the fact that the Xiyuan Army was already unusable at this time, so he refused.

Someone said: "There can be high and low, strength and strength, and it is indisputable that our army has few soldiers." Moreover, Dong Jun is also a soldier of the court, even if he is punished with righteous indignation, it can't be too much, and it will not be good to cause the two armies to fight to the death, and thousands of people will be killed at every turn. The lord could take a tough stance and defeat the Dong army, make him admit his mistake, release the captive women, compensate the casualties, and compensate the prince for the loss. ”

He Bai nodded and said: "This is very true, but even if I am afraid that Dong Jun is also a soldier of the court, I will not expand the war. But will Dong Zhuo be willing to admit his mistakes, instead of being angry, but instead holding his own strong troops and bent on expanding the war? It's all unfathomable. Therefore, the progress of this battle is not all in me, but in Dong Zhuo. Therefore, the purpose of our army is to defeat the Dong army, not to have a small victory mentality at the beginning. Otherwise, as soon as the war expands, our army will be at a loss and will fall into a panic. ”

Some guests listed and expressed a few opinions, but they were all refuted by He Bai one by one, and none of them had the talent of a military advisor who could sit down and break the enemy. This was what He Bai expected, so He Bai didn't care. The purpose of today's plan is to cultivate the crowdfunding heart of the guests under his command to deal with the chaos in the future, but I don't really want to hear any clever plans.

Just as an hour was approaching and He Bai was about to leave, Luo Pei suddenly muttered: "No, no, I heard that Dong Jun was stationed in Shanglin Yuan in Chang'an before, and only thousands of soldiers and horses arrived in Hedong in advance. The soldiers and horses of the Dong army who arrived in Beijing first should be the soldiers and horses of Hedong. The soldiers and horses who arrived later were blocked by Tongguan and Hangu Pass all the way, and it was absolutely impossible to let go without the order of the general. Where did they come from? ”

He Bai was stunned, Luo Pei finally got to the point. Most of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses want to come to Luoyang, but there are dangers and obstacles along the way, and the generals guarding the pass will not be allowed to enter, and they will not let Dong Jun pass the pass. Even if Yuan Shao falsely claimed that it was He Jin's order, no one supplied grain and grass along the way, and there were no people to help transport grain, and Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of horses did not have such a fast marching speed.

Therefore, the three thousand men and horses who came to Luoyang in waves without baggage and people were just Dong Zhuo playing tricks. In fact, in Dong Zhuo's military camp, there were still only those 3,000 Qiang horsemen.

The guests were stunned for a moment, and then after a wise person reacted, they were immediately overjoyed and bowed: "Junhou, that Dong Zhuo has no army in Beijing, in fact, it is only 3,000 soldiers and horses." This is a bluff. ”

He Bai nodded and said: "To be exact, this is Sun Bin's plan to 'bloom on the tree' during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period." Saying that, He Bai told everyone about the causes, processes and results of Sun Bin's use of the "blossoming on the tree" strategy in history.

"Flowers on the tree" means that there are no flowers on the tree, but fake flowers can be borrowed to decorate it, making it difficult to distinguish between real and fake. This tactic is used in military affairs, which means that when one's own strength is weak, one can borrow the strength of others or some factor to make oneself appear strong, so as to bluff and deter the enemy. When you are at a disadvantage, you hide your strength, and pretend to be very strong when you are obviously weak, so that the enemy can't figure out the truth, so that you can win by surprise, and you will have the taste of being killed and reborn.

Everyone was amazed by the wonder of this plan, and they couldn't help but be vigilant against Dong Zhuo, who was about to face the enemy. Those who can pull out such clever plans are definitely not easy people to give. At the beginning, I was a little proud to see through Dong Zhuobing's lack of pride, and suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Everyone admired He Bai's erudition, and it should be known that there was no engraving printing and movable type printing at this time, and most of the world's reading was borrowing books and copying books. And the books are mostly hidden in the families of the world, and the Han scholars have to be attached to the families of various places in order to read good books. Therefore, Luo Pei, Le Peng and Zhu Mian and others studied under the Wang clan school.

Everyone present can read 100 volumes is a great talent, like Cai Yong who reads 10,000 volumes, that is the top, the famous erudition and Confucianism. Since He Bai came to Beijing to study Luoyang, the erudition he has shown is not much worse than that of the great Confucians of the world. Although the comprehension of talent is still too shallow, it has given birth to its own unique ideological system and has the image of a family of its own.

Therefore, He Bai was accepted by the Confucian officials who had read the subset of scriptures and histories, thinking that although He Bai had an average family background, he was indeed knowledgeable and not bad, and he was already a marquis, and he could barely be regarded as a scholar with 2,000 stones. But compared with the worldly lords such as the Runan Yuan clan and the Hongnong Yang clan, it is still a little lowlier. At this time, there were so many scholars from the poor family who came to vote, and one of the purposes was not to ask He Bai for non-Confucian knowledge.

Now that Luo Pei and the guests had seen through Dong Zhuo's plan, they were immediately full of hope for the next war. At the same time, everyone was also deeply impressed by He Bai's eyes like a torch and seeing through everything. As for the specific battle, it is the matter of He Bai and other generals in the army, and all the guests can only wish He Bai the victory of the flag.

He Bai ordered all the guests to keep the secret of Dong Zhuo's few soldiers, because the shock to the world was incomparable to that of more than 12,000 troops and 3,000 cavalry. Since all the guests worship He Bai as the monarch, they naturally want to consider He Bai's interests, and they all nodded in agreement. Only if He Bai is good, they can follow. This is a matter of both prosperity and loss. At this time, people should be relatively more professional, and when they are told, they will naturally obey them.

The time has come, the plan has been decided, and the first meeting of the people today to discuss major matters is finally over. He Bai is full of confidence in entering the Beihai Kingdom in the future, and with the help of these not bad guests, he can definitely obtain the power of the Beihai Kingdom in a short time.

After leaving the gate of the mansion, He Baifei got on his horse and led Han Rong, Huang Zhong, Xun Ye and twenty horsemen and sixty martial guests to rush to the West Garden. Even if he wants Dong Zhuo to gain the power of the court, he must let Dong Zhuo know the fate of offending himself. To make Dong Zhuoxiang afraid of Sun Jian, he is also afraid of himself, and he does not dare to provoke easily.