Chapter 19 Chapter 3 A Good Plan Difficult to Reveal a Hero's Helplessness (6)

Chen Lin, the master bookkeeper, said: "As the saying goes: 'You can deceive yourself by covering your eyes and catching sparrows'. You should not deceive yourself to achieve success even in trivial matters such as catching sparrows, let alone major national affairs? Today, the general is in charge of the imperial power. With the support of civil and military ministers for major military affairs, we already have an absolute advantage in Luoyang City. Although there are many opinions on the garrison in Sili District, they are restrained by each other, and they are bound to hesitate in action. With the momentum of singeing hair, make a decisive decision and use lightning strikes to win the victory. If you call up the foreign army, let them still have a chance to come to the capital. ? Failure to succeed will lead to catastrophe, and there will be endless troubles." After hearing this, He Jin said: "This is the view of Confucian scholars, who don't understand the secrets of military affairs. There are three ways of war: 'First be invincible, and wait for the enemy to be victorious.' Only by gaining a completely overwhelming momentum can unnecessary wars be avoided, and only by eliminating eunuchs can there be no resistance at all..."

At this time, Cao Cao, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly applauded loudly and forcefully, and laughed, and said, "Yes, yes, it is best not to bleed, but there is an easier way to do this, and there is no need to mobilize people at all." Cao Cao's actions attracted the attention of all the participants. Since Cao Cao was always resourceful, He Jin also attached great importance to his opinions.Then he asked: "Meng De, do you have any tricks?" Cao Cao said: "It's not a strange strategy, but logically speaking, it's the least error-prone." Then, Cao Cao talked about his views: "Although the legions in the Sili area have different opinions, and even many generals are pro-Dong Zhong legionaries, in the end their nominal common leader is still Marshal Huangfusong. Marshal Huangfusong He is prudent and courteous, and if he is asked to suppress some of the armies in the Sili District on the grounds of avoiding civil war, I think he will definitely agree. Once the eunuch troops in the Forbidden Palace lose foreign aid, it will not be a big deal.”

He also said: "Strictly speaking, there have been eunuchs taking power since ancient times, but most of them were caused by the emperor's false power. Basically, eunuchs have no power. However, there are many eunuchs and they are often by the emperor's side, so If they are forced to suppress them with soldiers, they will instead make a strong resistance in the name of the emperor. Therefore, the best way is to find evidence for their crimes through legal channels, minimize the scope of attack, and punish only a few important culprits. It is enough to eliminate the eunuch's unauthorized power. In this way, as long as a jailer is sent out to conduct a public investigation and trial, the problem can be easily solved. Why call in foreign troops? What's more, not all eunuchs are guilty or evil , It is actually unfair to punish them all. If the scope of the strike is too wide, there must be many people involved, and it is easy to leak secrets, which will not only fail to achieve the goal, but may even endanger itself."

He Jin was quite unhappy when he heard this, and said: "Does Meng De still have selfish intentions towards eunuchs?" This accusation happened to speak of Cao Cao's weakness after being an eunuch. Cao Cao was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer. Shi Yushi Zheng Tai immediately smoothed things over and said: "General Cao's suggestion is indeed reasonable, but the military spirit of the troops in Sili District is still uncertain, and Marshal Huangfu's position on this matter is not very clear. The current plan is to stabilize the military first. Lu Zhi and Marshal Huangfu have always had a close personal relationship, can you come forward and try to ask Marshal Huangfu to stabilize the morale of the army in the Sili District?"

After hearing this, Lu Zhi stood up solemnly. He was tall, his voice was like a bell, and his manner of speaking was very convincing: "Okay, I'll leave this task to the old man. However, I also want to express my opinion. I agree with General Cao's opinion very much, and I also don't want troops from foreign domains to be transferred to Beijing. I hope that everyone and General Yuan can carefully evaluate it. Before that, I also have a suggestion, in order to better grasp the dynamics of the troops in the Sili District in the name of the law, it is best for the general to persuade the emperor and the queen mother to appoint General Yuan as the captain of Sili, so as to act cheaply."

Luzhi, styled Zikai, was born in Zhuojun, Jizhou. He was tall and strong, over 190 centimeters tall.He has a serious personality, is anxious about public affairs, and is proficient in literature and martial arts. When he was young, he learned from Ma Rong, a Confucian in the late Han and Ming Dynasties. Whenever Ma Rong was teaching, there must be several beauties playing Sheng Among all the students, only Lu Zhi never looked sideways and turned a blind eye. Ma Rong was very surprised, thinking that this student would become a pillar of the country in the future. During the Jianning period, Lu Zhizheng became a doctor, and soon he was promoted to minister, and participated in the decision-making of state affairs.The Yellow Turban Party's personnel incidents began, and he was worshiped as Zhonglang General. He was called as the commander of the main battle corps to suppress the Yellow Turban Army at the same time as Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. He made many military achievements. After the Yellow Turban Party was wiped out, Lu Zhi was reinstated as Minister , and Huangfusong and Zhu Jun are considered to be one of the three most prestigious senior ministers at the same time.

Due to Lu Zhi's detached status and the weight of his speech, neither He Jin nor Yuan Shao could refute directly, so Cao Cao's suggestion was included in the meeting minutes for prudent evaluation.However, the hard-liner group headed by He Jin and Yuan Shao still ignored the opposition, and secretly dispatched special officials, carrying a forged emperor's secret edict, to the various military regions to mobilize troops and horses in the starry night. Naturally, Cao Cao had anticipated He Jin's true attitude and deeds. After the meeting, he told Zheng Tai, the leader of the Qing school: "The one who created the chaos in the world must be our great general He Jin..."

He Jin sent secret envoys to the various military regions to spread the secret edict; Dong Zhuo was the first to express his positive attitude. Dong Zhuo was the governor of Liangzhou, and his subordinates commanded 200,000 Xiliang troops. Liangzhou is located on the western frontier. Because it has to fight against the Qiang people and has the task of protecting the Sili military region directly under the emperor's control, its army is huge, its troops are well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness is second only to the Sili military region. However, the factions in the Sili Military Region are complicated. Whether there are legions stationed by Bingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, etc., the interests are different, the positions are complicated, and they check each other.Even Huangfusong can only become a nominal leader based on his reputation as a war hero.Therefore, in the past, when Dong Zhuo, backed by the Xiliang army, repeatedly disobeyed the emperor's order and refused to be transferred, many central military and political officials suggested that Huangfusong use the troops of the Sili military region to force Dong Zhuo to submit.However, after assessing the strength of both sides, Huangfusong knew the complicated situation of the Sili army and his actual manipulation power in the Sili army. He still expressed that he would rather sue the law to solve Dong Zhuo's disobedience, and refused to use force to confront.