In the early morning, the sour dates were foggy, not too heavy, but a piece of white, too far away hazy, not clear to see.

Yuan Shao had a hangover last night, and when Cao Cao came to find it, he still had a headache, held his forehead with his hand, and looked at Cao Cao speechlessly: "Why is Meng De so early today?" ”

"Alliance leader, someone sent a letter last night, and the stakes are very high." Cao Cao's face was very serious.

Yuan Shao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he didn't know when Cao Cao and him seemed to have become a lot more separated, and they were no longer as close as before.

"Who sent it? made Meng De attach so much importance to it. Dispelling the discomfort in his heart, Yuan Shao knelt down and asked, holding his forehead.

"Chen Mo." Cao Cao took out the bamboo slip from his arms and handed it to Yuan Shaodao.

"He's so imposing." Yuan Shao smiled when he heard this, but this smile was a bit playful, some time ago Chen Mo cleaned up Yuan Shu at the Yangren gathering, and when the news came here, Yuan Shao was actually quite happy in his heart, of course, he couldn't say that on his face, no matter what, Chen Mo also slapped his Yuan family in the face.

"Alliance leader, let's take a look at it first." Cao Cao raised his head and gestured.

Yuan Shao nodded, looked at the bamboo slips, his brows gradually furrowed, and then looked at Cao Cao and said, "Is there any fraud in this?" ”

"I don't think so, Chen Mo is still a little persistent." Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Regardless of whether the alliance leader hates him or not, but from the beginning to the present, what Chen Mo has done is for the Han and the people, but it is different from what we think. ”

Yuan Shao nodded, there was something wrong in his heart, when he was in Luoyang, Chen Mo had always persuaded himself to drive Dong Zhuo out first, if he had listened to Chen Mo's strategy at that time, maybe today would have been a different situation, in this way, was he also disappointed in himself at the beginning?

"After all, it's still young, and it's quite talented and learned, and it's common to be conceited, and it's a good thing that you can change your mistakes now." Cao Cao laughed.

Yuan Shao nodded, thought for a while, and said: "Convene all the princes to discuss, if it is really as Chen Mo said, Dong Zhuo will give up Xingyang and Aocang, and it will be a good thing for our army to take advantage of the situation to attack." ”

Cao Cao nodded, and the two of them immediately sent people to inform the princes of all walks of life to raise their accounts.

"Chen Mo?" Tao Qian frowned, looked at Zhang Chao and Zang Hong beside him, and said: "Although this son is under Dong Zhuo's command, he has not heard of any evil acts, but when Dong Zhuo asked the Duke of Ciyang before, he had spoken up, but unfortunately in the end, Duke Ciyang was still ......."

Chen Mo still has some reputation in Qingxu and Xu, he was coerced by the Yellow Turban when he was young, but he was unwilling to follow the thief, and fought wits and courage with the Yellow Turban thief in the chaotic army, and finally successfully cooperated with Zhang Chaoda Thief Army as the commander of Quyang County at that time, which has become a good story in Xuzhou, and later apprenticed to Zang Hong, who also has a reputation in Qingzhou.

Of course, these things were originally nothing, and these deeds were rumored to be in the past two years, don't say that Zang Hong and Zhang Chao are here, just to see the face of the Chen family, and now Tao Qian, who has just arrived in Xuzhou to take office, cannot be embarrassed by Chen Mo in this matter.

"Not bad." Kong Rong stroked his beard and nodded and smiled: "Looking at what this son has done in the past two years, it is not so much that he defected to Dong Zhuo, but that he has been trying his best to maintain the dignity of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Chao nodded and smiled: "I think most of this letter is true, when Chen Mo was in Yique Pass, Yique Pass was as stable as Mount Tai, and now as soon as he leaves, Dagu Pass will be broken, if this matter has nothing to do with him, I don't believe it." ”

Zang Hong didn't speak, just groped his chin and wondered when this kid was so powerful? It's just a matter of bullying the Yellow Turban thief, now even Yuan Shu has suffered such a big loss in the hands of Chen Mo, yes, it's my disciple!

On this occasion, he, as a teacher, is not suitable to say too much, so he can only listen quietly.

However, Tao Qian, Kong Rong, and Zhang Chao strongly recommend them, as for Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, and Gongsun Zhan, they don't know much about Chen Mo, and when they see a few people come forward to protect Chen Mo, they are naturally not good at taking this matter seriously.

"Alliance leader, it's better to send two teams of men and horses to test first, if it is really as Chen Mo said, we can take the opportunity to occupy the two cities, even if there is fraud in it, our losses will not be big." Bao Xin saluted to Yuan Shao.

"That's exactly what I mean." Yuan Shao nodded, and looked at everyone again: "Who wants to go?" ”

"Since the last general proposed, the last general is willing to lead his troops to Aocang!" Bao Xin saw that no one answered, and immediately came out to say, he had a relationship with Chen Mo for a while, and he still had some trust in Chen Mo.

"Since Chen Mo is my disciple, I will take a trip to Xingyang." Zang Hong stepped out of the queue and smiled at Yuan Shao.

"Ziyuan, you are the leader of the alliance, how can you move lightly!?" Yuan Shao frowned when he saw Zang Hong coming out of the ranks.

"Because he is the leader of the alliance, if my disciple frames the princes this time, what face will Hong have to be born in the world?" Zang Hong smiled and said, "Moreover, Zang believes that Chen Mo is definitely not such a vicious person. ”

"It's okay, if it's really as Chen Moxin said, you two only need to occupy the city and send someone to spread the word to us!" Yuan Shao nodded immediately.

Zang Hong is Guangling Gongcao, and has no military power, Zhang Chao directly divided his 5,000 soldiers and horses into 2,000 Yu Zang Hong, after Zang Hong left the camp, he and Bao Xin crossed the river.

The next day, the two sent back a message, as Chen Mo said, Aocang and Xingyang were already empty cities, Yuan Shao immediately moved troops to Xingyang, these two cities were occupied, Chenggao became a lonely city, just take Chenggao, you can drive straight in, and take Luoyang directly.

"I won't spend a single soldier to capture the two cities, and the day when Dong Thief's spirit will be exhausted is not far away!" In the big tent in Xingyang, Qiao Mao was quite proud.

No matter how the city was obtained, anyway, this merit must be counted on their heads, otherwise since the beginning of the war, the princes have hardly won, it is really difficult to tell the people of the world, now that they have won two cities, and the key progress of the major affairs of Dong has been obtained, this matter must be publicized to inspire people's hearts.

"This time I can win two cities, in my opinion, it is all due to Chen Mo, it is better to announce how the world is, and it can be regarded as a name for Chen Mo!" Liu Dai on the side nodded and smiled.

Although the reputation is Chen Mo's, this matter has been publicized, that is, the princes and Chen Mo have already made a plan.

"No!" Zang Hong frowned and said: "Now that Mo'er is still in the thief camp, if you preach like this, where will you put Mo'er?" ”

After working with these people for a long time, how could Zang Hong not know what these people were thinking? picked up Chen Mo, but in the end, it was the princes who strategized and had already united with Chen Mo, and the previous defeats could also be said to be to confuse Dong Zhuo.

But no one has ever thought about Chen Mo's situation?

Cao Cao nodded and said: "What Ziyuan said is good, besides, my virtuous brother also said that he will try his best to find a pass and accept us to enter the customs, if it is exposed too early, I am afraid it will be a big deal!" ”

Zang Hong nodded, feeling strange in his heart, Cao Cao called his disciples virtuous brothers, and then commensurate himself with brothers?

Although it is true that Cao Cao is older than him in terms of age, he always feels that something is wrong.

"Yes, Chenggao has not been broken, it is not appropriate to publicize it at this time, and when we wait for the day when Chenggao is broken, wouldn't it be better to make this matter public?" Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Don't make people think that we can expel Dong Zhuo because of Chen Mo's work." ”

Qiao Mao and the others could only nod when they saw that the two alliance leaders said this.

Xingyang and Aocang have been taken, and Dong Zhuo's main force was contained in Dagu Pass by Yuan Shu.

This time, Yuan Shao personally supervised the three armies, more than 100,000 troops slaughtered to Chenggao, Xu Rong had already gotten the news, ready to roll wood and stones to face the battle, the two sides fought in Chenggao for a month, but the princes' armies were always difficult to break the city, but they lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and the morale that was finally gathered was depressed again.

……

The words were divided into two ends, Cheng Gao's side was in full swing, but Chen Mo, who was guarding Mengjin, took advantage of Dong Zhuo's southern enemy Yuan Shu and Luoyang to be empty, secretly wrote to his former Taixue classmates, and some visited him in person, but persuaded many people to come and defect, and secretly sent to Hedong through Mengjin.

In addition, he also secretly transported the grain, grass and baggage stationed in Mengjin to Hedong.

"Lord, since we are already preparing to welcome the princes, why don't we just let the princes come over from Mengjin?" Dian Wei looked at the soldiers who were loading the ship in the distance, and looked at Chen Mo with some doubts.

"As soon as the terrain in Mengjin is dangerous, they won't fully believe me." Chen Mo was thinking about the days, looked at Dian Wei and said: "Second, if I switch and let them in at this time, they will only take it for granted, and they will not cherish it, let Xu Rong frustrate their sharpness first, and then I will switch it off, and ...... Believe it or not, even if I open the Guancheng, they won't come until Dong Zhuo retreats to Guanzhong. ”

"Why is that?" Dian Wei frowned.

"This time the princes sent troops, not so much to fight Dong Zhuo, but to destroy the majesty of the Han family, Dong Zhuo retreated to Guanzhong, for the princes, at this time, if Dong Zhuo is destroyed, they will welcome back the Son of Heaven, now they are either a state pastor, or a county guard, no need to obey anyone, if the Son of Heaven is welcomed back to Luoyang, the princes have no reason to divide one side, no one wants to." Chen Mo sighed and said.

Dong Zhuo was edicted by the first emperor to abolish the establishment, logically speaking, there is no problem, the only problem is that Dong Zhuo is not qualified, but just change it to someone else to do it?

Chen Mo didn't believe it, it seemed that Dong Zhuo had abolition without permission and attracted the dissatisfaction of the princes, but among them, I am afraid that when the first emperor died, the princes around the country had already begun to have the idea of self-reliance, and when He Jin, there were already many princes who began to resist paying taxes, Dong Zhuo just accelerated the process of separating the princes, they wanted to defeat Dong Zhuo, but they didn't want Dong Zhuo to end prematurely, so they would lose a general sense of reasonableness.

Of course, it is impossible for everyone to think like this, but Chen Mo is sure that most people have this idea now.