In April of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Emperor Ling of Han died, and the prince Liu Wei ascended the throne as the young emperor.

The young emperor was fourteen years old, and his biological mother, Empress He, was respected as the queen mother and listened to the government in the court. Empress Dowager He and her brother He Jin and Taifu Yuan Kui participated in the Shangshu affair and took charge of the government, forming a bureau of dictatorship of the foreign relative He family.

When Emperor Ling was alive, he wanted to succeed to the throne with his prince Liu Xie, and when he was dying, he entrusted Liu Xie to the eunuch Jian Shuo. Since Liu Hong died, Jian Shuo wanted to kill He Jin and set Liu Xie as the emperor, but He Jin was aware of it, but the matter was unsuccessful.

He Jin was in charge of the government, Jian Shuo was not at ease, but conspired with the eunuchs to punish He Jin, and Zhao Shengsu, the regular servant, was close to the He family, and handed over the book of Jian Shuo to He Jin, so He Jin killed Jian Shuo, and all the forbidden soldiers under his command were returned, so as to obtain the command of the eight captains of the West Garden.

Empress Dowager Dong, the mother of Emperor Shi Ling, plotted to participate in political affairs and hated Empress Dowager He, who asked He Jin to ask Empress Dowager Dong to move out of Beijing and return to China, and asked He Jin to take Empress Dowager Dong's brother Hussar General Dong Zhong to prison.

Dong Zhong committed suicide, Empress Dowager Dong died of fear, and the He family got rid of dissidents and took charge of the government, which was very powerful.

It's a pity that the good days of the He family didn't last long, and something happened again.

In July of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), the general He Jin was the lieutenant of the Central Military Colonel Yuan Shaozhi, and wanted to punish the eunuchs, so he first asked the Empress Dowager He to dismiss the eunuchs below the Zhongchang servant and replace them with Lang officials.

Empress Dowager He didn't listen, and excused herself with the eunuch's affection.

He Jin was born in poverty, and he was a nouveau riche who had always respected eunuchs, although he was prestigious, he did not dare to make a decision when he encountered something, so he could not make a decision for a long time.

Yuan Shao also suggested that He Jin summon the Quartet to enter Beijing to coerce the Empress Dowager to agree, and He Jin accepted, so he summoned the former general Dong Zhuo to Beijing.

However, Chen Lin, the chief secretary, Zheng Tai, Shangshu Lu Zhi and others all advised He Jin not to summon foreign soldiers into Beijing, thinking that He Jin was in an important position, holding heavy troops, and wanted to kill the eunuchs, as long as he made a decision immediately, there was no need to recruit foreign soldiers, and Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing would be a disaster, and He Jin would not listen.

In August of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), He entered the palace to meet the Empress Dowager He, and asked the eunuchs to be punished.

Zhang Rang, Duan Jue and other envoys eavesdropped on their plans, so Zhang Rang and other eunuchs preemptively summoned He to enter the palace and kill him immediately.

He Jin's general Wu Kuang and others heard that He Jin was killed outside the palace gate, so he and Hu Ben Zhonglang cut Yuan Shu and others into the palace gate, and set fire to the palace gate of Nangong, Yuan Shao also led troops into the palace and killed the eunuch Zhao Zhong and others.

Zhang Rang, Duan Jue and others abducted the young emperor, the queen mother and Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, fled in a hurry, Yuan Shao and others closed the palace gate, killed eunuchs, and killed more than 2,000 people.

The eunuch group that had been rampant for nearly a hundred years since the Eastern Han Dynasty was reinstated.

Zhang Rang and Duan Jue kidnapped the young emperor and others and fled to Xiaopingjin, and committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water under the persecution of Peng Mingong in central Henan.

When the young emperor fled, there were only dozens of people with him, and Lu Zhi and others chased the fluorescent south overnight, wanting to return to the Luoyang Palace.

By dawn, Dong Zhuo, who had just arrived in Luoyang, heard the news and came to greet him, so the young emperor returned to the palace safely, and a great chaos in the palace ended.

I never thought that after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he took all the troops under the command of He Jin and his younger brother He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, as his own, and induced the original troops of Jin Wu Ding to attach Lu Bu to Ding Yuan, and the army was very strong.

So, Dong Zhuo forced Han Tingce to dismiss Sikong Liu Hong and made himself Sikong.

In September, Dong Zhuo coerced Empress Dowager He and the courtiers to depose the young emperor and set up King Chen Liuwang as the emperor, which was to dedicate the emperor.

On the day of the abolition, all the ministers were sad and frightened, but there was no one who dared to speak, Dong Zhuo immediately killed the Empress Dowager He, and then autocratic government.

In November, Dong Zhuo claimed to be the prime minister, and praised the nameless, did not enter the court, and went to the palace with his sword, all of which were courteous.

Dong Zhuo plundered property, women, and mutilate the people in Beijing, and everyone in Beijing was in danger, and he recruited famous people to recruit talents for his own use, in order to consolidate his position, but his perverse behavior was greatly dissatisfied by the scholars.

The world has changed abruptly, and the prelude to the crusade against Dong Zhuo has officially begun.

When Bao Xin was recruited by the general He Jin to be appointed as a cavalry captain, he was ordered to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers, Bao Xin recruited more than 1,000 soldiers, and on the way back to Dagao He Jin had died in a coup d'état, and Dong Zhuo had already entered Beijing when Bao Xin rushed back to Luoyang.

Bao Xin knew that Dong Zhuo would inevitably cause trouble in the world, so he persuaded Yuan Shao to attack and kill Dong Zhuo, and said to Yuan Shao: "Dong Zhuo now has a heavy army, he must have bad intentions, if we don't take the opportunity to do it, we will inevitably suffer losses in the future, while he has just arrived in Kyoto, the soldiers are tired, we will attack him, and we will definitely be able to capture Dong Zhuo." ”

But Yuan Shao was afraid of Dong Zhuo and did not act, so Bao Xin led his troops back to his hometown of Taishan, recruited 20,000 soldiers and thousands of cavalry, and prepared to fight.

After the fourth and third dukes, Yuan Shao has always been highly valued by Dong Zhuo, and after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he beckoned Yuan Shao to plan with him, intending to abolish the young emperor and set up Chen Liuwang.

At this time, Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui was serving as the Taifu, and Yuan Shao pretended to agree on the surface and said to Dong Zhuo: "This is a big matter, I should go back and discuss with the Taifu." ”

"The Liu family's seed doesn't have to be passed on anymore!"

Dong Zhuo blurted out.

Yuan Shao listened, was silent, pressed the sword on his waist, saluted deeply to Dong Zhuo, and left.

After Yuan Shao went home, after a little bit of work, he missed the night and ran to Jizhou.

Dong Zhuo offered a reward for the arrest of Yuan Shao, urging him to be urgent, Zhou Yu in the service, Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, He Hao and others were all famous people at that time, and they were very trusted by Dong Zhuo, they were very anxious for Yuan Shao, so they went to Dong Zhuo and said: "The abolition of the emperor is such a major event, which is not something that ordinary people can understand. Yuan Shao didn't know the general situation, and after offending you, he ran away in fear, and had no other thoughts. Now the rush to offer a reward for his capture will inevitably lead him to rebellion. The Yuan family has established Ende for four consecutive generations, and the protégés and former officials are all over the world, if Yuan Shao collects Luo Haojie to gather disciples, other heroes will take the opportunity to cause trouble, in that case, the area east of the Kushan Mountain will not belong to you. It is better to pardon Yuan Shao and appoint him as the taishou of a county, he is happy because of the pardon, and there will definitely be no more troubles. ”

Dong Zhuo thought it was reasonable, so he sent an envoy to appoint Yuan Shao as the Taishou of Bohai and the marquis of the township. Yuan Shao took Bohai as a base.

Dong Zhuo intended to win over Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu refused to cling, fled to Nanyang County for fear of disaster, and stationed troops in Luyang City.

At the same time, the Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun took the lead in attacking and forged a document from the three princes of the capital to the states and counties, stating Dong Zhuo's various crimes, saying: "We are persecuted and cannot save ourselves, and we hope that rebels will be raised in various places to relieve the country's great calamity." ”

Yuan Shao immediately responded, a big move, openly begging Dong, Jizhou Mu Hanfu received a letter, convened his subordinates to discuss, he asked everyone: "Should I help Yuan's now, or help Dong's?" ”

Liu Zihui Zhengse, who was engaged in governance, said: "Xingbing is for the country, how to say what Yuan's and Dong's!" ”

Han Fu was speechless, his face was ashamed, forced by the situation, Han Fu did not dare to stop Yuan Shao anymore, he wrote to Yuan Shao, expressing his support for him to raise troops to fight Dong.

Dong Zhuo was not only dictatorial to the government, but also deliberately wooed the scholars for his own use, and Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, was the captain of the cavalry.

Cao Cao knew that Dong Zhuo's perverse actions were not enough to succeed, so he was dismissed, changed his name, and fled back to his hometown from the trail.

Dong Zhuo was furious, Xingwen County arrested, on the way Cao Cao stayed at his old friend Lu Bohao's house, and his five sons entertained Cao Cao according to the courtesy. Cao Cao suspected that the Lu family was harmful to himself, so he killed eight people with a sword in his hand and left.

Fleeing to Zhongmu was suspected by the pavilion chief, and brought to the county government, when the official document to arrest Cao Cao had arrived in Zhongmu, Gong Cao knew that he was Cao Cao, but in the chaos of the world, it was not appropriate to detain the heroes of the world, and asked the county to release Cao Cao.

Cao Cao escaped death and went to Chenliu, Cao Cao used the wealth in Chenliu and the funding of Chenliuren Weizi to organize an army of 5,000 people.

In November 199 AD, Dong Yiwen was sent to Liaodong, and Liu Yi immediately summoned Li Yuanba, Zhao Yun, Liang Shitai, and Li Tao to discuss the dispatch of troops.

"Strategist, how many people and horses are the most appropriate to bring to the Sour Jujube Alliance?"

Li Tao said with a smile: "This grand gathering of princes in the world, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, it is not surprising, although the lord is ranked in Liaodong Taishou and sits in the northeast, but he may not be favored by all the princes, so I think that only one general needs to be sent and one or two thousand soldiers are more than enough." ”

Old fox! I thought of it with myself.

For the discussion of the Dong Huimeng, Liu Yi must join in the fun, but he will never be stupid enough to reveal all his family resources.