On the second day, the sound of war drums outside the city shook the sky, and a pawn reported that Ding Yuan was leading 30,000 troops to fight outside. Dong Zhuo was furious, this was the last large-scale army near Luoyang, but it was not yet under control. Dong Zhuo's original intention was to order him to retreat to the state to guard the border, but he didn't want to be used by Ding Yuan, who had long since stepped down from his post and was assassinated in the state. It seems that Ding Yuan has bothered a lot in Bingzhou, a bit like Dong Zhuo's self-respect.

Dong Zhuo then led 5,000 Yuan He into He Miao's personal soldiers, Li Su's 3,000 Tiger Army, together with the 3,000 Qiang cavalry outside the city, and Li Ru to fight together. The two formations were in circles, and I saw Lu Bu wearing a golden crown on his head, wearing a hundred flowers robe, holding Tang Yi's armor, wearing a lion barbarian treasure belt, and riding a halberd on a horse, and following Ding Yuan out to the front of the battle.

Ding Yuan pointed at Dong Zhuo and scolded: "The country is unfortunate, and the eunuchs are in power, so that the people are miserable." There is no size of merit, how dare you speak presumptuously about the abolition of the establishment, and want to mess with the court! ”

Before Dong Zhuo could answer, Lu Bu flew over and killed. Dong Zhuo panicked away and avoided the formation. However, the 5,000 He Jin He Miao's personal soldiers and the 3,000 Tiger Ben army had not yet established a loyal heart with Dong Zhuo, and they could not fight to the death in the face of an army several times larger, and they were attacked by the brave Lu Bu and the position was unstable, and Ding Yuan led the army to cover up and kill later. Dong Zhuo was defeated, retreated more than 30 miles to the west, and went down to the village in the old camp before. Ding Yuan was afraid that there were still more than 10,000 elite cavalry in Dong Zhuo's old camp, and he didn't dare to force it too much, so the two armies temporarily suspended their troops.

He Bai stood at the head of the city and saw Lu Bu's courage in the distance, and couldn't help frowning. A super fierce general like him, if he leads elite soldiers to charge into battle, it is indeed difficult to resist. The small number of soldiers is useless, and the large number of soldiers will affect the small formation, so that the flaws will be exposed, and they will be covered and killed by the onslaught of the enemy's army. This is a point to break the surface, set a small local victory, and expand to the overall victory. It belongs to the method of warfare of the pure military situation.

There are four potentials in the army, situation, strategy, yin and yang, and skill. Lu Bu belongs to the military situation school, and the most important thing is personal command ability; It's just that Lu Bu is not good at learning, and he can only be counted as half. At present, he belongs to the school of military skills, and pays more attention to the quality of soldiers and pays attention to science and technology. At present, the use is not yet proficient, and it can only be regarded as half. Compared with Lu Bu, he may be a little weaker than Lu Bu, but after a long time, after mastering the use of military skills, and through the study and comprehension of the other three potentials, He Bai is sure that he can easily defeat Lu Bu.

He Bai saw that the war had subsided, so he went out of the city towards Dong Zhuo's camp, Dong Zhuo heard that He Bai was coming, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said: "Come tomorrow, you will teach me." After that, Li Ru and the generals came to greet He Bai, and after the two sides greeted him, Dong Zhuo enthusiastically took He Bai into the camp.

As soon as the two sides sat down in the tent of the Chinese army, He Bai asked: "I don't know how the battle is going today?" How much is the loss? How are you going to fight Ding Ji Jingo in the coming days? ”

Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "In today's battle, the bravery of the state army is not inferior to our Xiliang army, and our army lost a small game, breaking hundreds of people. The old man is ready to gather the army of Xiyuan and then divide the victory with Ding Yuan. The old man knows that Tianming has served in Taiyuan County for a long time, and he doesn't know what Ding Yuan's shortcomings are, and how should I defeat Ding Yuan? ”

He Bai bowed his hand and said: "They are all soldiers and horses of the court, why bother to embarrass yourself." The contradiction between Sikong and Ding Zhijinwu lies in the abolition of the emperor, I went deep into the palace for Sikong after the discussion of Wen Mingyuan yesterday, and said that the emperor and the Empress Dowager He gave the emperor the throne and the edict of King Chen Liu. There is no need to be a villain, but he has to be promoted to the position of prime minister, and he and Yuan Taifu will record Shangshu and govern the government together. With this righteous edict, Ding Zhijinwu will not be able to resist the country. ”

After that, He Bai took out the edict and gave it to Dong Zhuo for a look. Dong Zhuo unfolded the edict and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed, he had agreed on the abolition of the establishment in Wen Mingyuan, not to fight for prestige by abolishing the establishment, and then abandon the Sikong at the end of the three dukes, and take the chief lieutenant of the three dukes to take charge of the government.

Now that the emperor and the Empress Dowager He saw the opportunity like this, after hearing the news of the abolition of the emperor, they hurriedly issued an edict. He was promoted to the position of Xiangguo that he had not been in for a long time, praised and worshipped without a name, and went to the palace with a sword, which was more noble than the position of the three princes, which showed that his own power was known to both the government and the opposition.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and said: "With the emperor's edict, the old man is in charge of the government, and he doesn't have to be charged with any crimes." Tianming is really the old man's lucky star. Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses are strong, and he will be helpless at this time. ”

After a pause, Dong Zhuo said again: "However, the soldiers and horses of the state are all under the orders of Ding Yuan, and there are 30,000 troops in Beijing recently, and the variables are not small. In addition to the soldiers and horses, the person held by Ding Yuan's puppet is the general Lu Bu, and the old man has sent Li Su to say that Lu Bu has returned. If you have Lu Bu, the old man will have no worries. ”

He Bai sighed secretly, Lu Bu couldn't escape the trip to kill the lord and seek glory. Although Ding Yuan is not the lord of Lu Bu, he is just a boss. But in the eyes of the world, Ding Yuan is so dependent on Lu Bu, and the relationship between the two sides is only shallow. Lu Bu didn't remember his kindness so much, and he easily killed Ding Yuan, which can be described as extremely unkind.

After this incident, Lu Bu's reputation can be regarded as mostly ruined. In the future, Lu Bu will kill Dong Zhuo again, even if it is a righteous act loyal to the court, but it will be like this three times and twice, no matter who uses Lu Bu, I am afraid that there will be some muttering in my heart. You can't reuse it, you can't reuse it, you can only kill it in the end.

This is the forgiveness of the sins done by heaven, and the sins of oneself cannot be lived.

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Tianming, since you got this edict for the old man, then preside over the emperor's Zen throne and the new emperor's succession ceremony, so you will be the main one." ”

He Bai saw Li Ru on the side with a gloomy face, tilting his head to one side, thinking that he was extremely unhappy. Also, Li Ru has been planning for Dong Zhuo for a long time, so he has the opportunity for Dong Zhuo to take charge of the government, and as the first strategist under Dong Zhuo, when he was about to prosper and respect, he jumped out of himself.

Not only did he easily obtain the power of the Xiyuan Army for Dong Zhuo, but he also persuaded the emperor to make a concession and promoted Dong Zhuo to the position of Xiangguo who was in charge of the government. This position is more justifiable than Yuan Kui's Taifu, and he is the real head of the hundred officials. Just like this, Dong Zhuo even made himself preside over the succession ceremony of the emperor Chan Rang and the new emperor, which shows that Dong Zhuo is ready to train himself to become a right-hand man in the court, which makes Li Ru extremely dissatisfied.

He Bai didn't want to be remembered by Li Ru, a little poisoner, so he bowed his hand and thanked: "Thank you Xiangguo for your trust, but I don't know much about the emperor's throne and the ceremony of succession." I heard that Li Wenyou was rich in five cars, and he was full of learning and Confucianism, and he was a courtesy of the Ming Dynasty, so I thought it would be better to ask Li Wenyou to preside over the ceremony. ”

When Li Ru heard this, he immediately turned his head with satisfaction and looked at He Bai squarely. Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "Okay, Wen You is positive, and Tianming is supplemented, is it okay?" ”

He Bai bowed again: "A few months ago, I respected the order of the former general to serve as the minister of Beihai, and I have the responsibility of pacifying the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou. If it weren't for the recent rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, I would have already led the army to Beihai by now. Today, there is Xiangguo in Beijing to lead hundreds of officials, Kuang Zheng Sheji, Fuzuo Han Room, I can also feel at ease in Beihai. The Xiyuan army has been set off for a long time, and I am afraid that I will not be able to participate in the ceremony, so I want to say goodbye to Xiangguo and go east. ”

Dong Zhuo said unhappily: "He Jin is dead, why should he care about his order Tianming, or stay in Jingshi, the old man will be greatly promoted to you." After the ceremony, the old man was promoted to Tianming as the Guanglu doctor or the position of the general of the five senses? ”

He Bai bowed and said: "Thank you Xiangguo for your kindness, I am not worried about the order of the former general, but for the trend of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou." Besides, Bai is not yet twenty-five years old this year, and it is a blessing to be able to get the appearance of a country, but he doesn't dare to think about other noble positions. Moreover, my talent is insufficient, and I feel quite uncomfortable in Beijing, and I want to have more experience in the local area. Or wait for me to be more than halfway through my thirties, after I have talent and experience, and then go back to the court, and at that time I hope that Xiangguo can remember today's favor of dialogue. ”

Dong Zhuo could only sigh and said: "Tianming's ambition is like this, and the old man has to agree." ”

That night, Lü Bu finally killed Ding Yuan, 30,000 and the state army, only 7 or 8,000 people followed Lü Bu to surrender to Dong Zhuo, and the rest of the men and horses scattered to the north. Most of this army was the elite soldiers of the court from all over the country, led by Ding Yuan to support the annexation of the state, and guarded the border in the annexation of the state for more than a year. Now that Ding Yuan is dead, and there are no other prestige people in the army to clean up, they are all scattered to the counties, and they no longer have the title of merging the state army.

Since Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, I don't know if he is ashamed or ashamed of his old friend, and he has been dodging He Bai. It seems that Lu Bu knew that it was not good to kill Ding Yuan, just for his own future, and because Dong Zhuo's status as the third prince of the court represented the orthodoxy of the court, he did this with the mentality of respecting the life of the court.

He Bai had to write a letter, hoping that Lu Bu would still come to take over the mansion and carry out his emotional investment in him to the end. Regarding Ding Yuan's dead body, He Bai also sent someone to restrain it, so as to give the world a good impression of valuing love and righteousness. Alas, politicians are difficult to be, and for the sake of power and fame, they cannot indulge themselves in everything.

Because of He Bai's interference, Dong Zhuo not only lost the charge of abolishing the establishment without authorization, but was also appointed by Emperor Liu Bian as the assistant minister of the new emperor Liu Xie, and the Yuan people were completely stunned and at a loss. Dong Zhuo is now in the military power, and he has the righteous name of Xiangguo, how can Yuan Kui compete with him for the title of a single Taifu, and this Taifu is still the Taifu of Emperor Liu Xian, whether it is the Taifu of the new Emperor Liu Xie, but it is hard to say.

However, Yuan Kui can also see it, but he just returned to the state of co-ruling with He Jin as usual, and there is not much difference in his status and power. And without the troublemakers of the ten permanent servants, Dong Zhuo was quite respectful, so Yuan Kui acquiesced to the way of co-governing with Dong Zhuo.

However, Yuan Shao, who spent a lot of effort to get rid of the ten permanent servants and kill He Jin, not only did he get nothing, but he was also jealous of his uncle Yuan Kui and Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao was suddenly furious, who did he work so hard for? Since the Yuan family doesn't need me, then I will start from scratch and do it alone. Yuan Shao, who was not optimistic about Yuan Dong's joint control of the government, immediately hung up the east gate and went to Jizhou. At the same time, there were many officials who were kind to Yuan Shao, including Feng Ji and Chen Lin.

Because Yuan Shao's reputation was too great, Dong Zhuochu was in charge of the government, but he didn't dare to ignore it and ignore it. So under the persuasion of others, Yuan Shao was appointed as the Taishou of Bohai in Shangjun, and he was given the title of Marquis of Yixiang, which was considered a comfort to Yuan Shao.

It's just that this matter is no longer He Bai's business, and the subsequent battle against Dong has nothing to do with He Bai, and the name and origin have their own Yuan Shao to think about. He Bai went to Qingzhou, preparing for his own great cause of building a foundation and governing a country in Beihai, so as to work hard for the future chaos in the world and have a good base.