Bao Xin was recruited by the general He Jin to serve as a cavalry lieutenant, and was ordered to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers, Bao Xin recruited more than a thousand soldiers, and on the way home to Dagao how to enter has died in the political changes. When Bao Xin rushed back to Luoyang, Dong Zhuo had already entered the capital. 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 use Dong Zhuo to capture." But Yuan Shao was afraid of Dong Zhuo and did not act. Bao Xin then led his troops back to his hometown of Mount Tai, and recruited 20,000 soldiers, 700 cavalry, and more than 5,000 vehicles to transport grain and grass materials.

Dong Zhuo beckoned Yuan Shao to come and plan with him, planning to abolish the young emperor and set up another king of Chen. At that 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, we 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 saber on his waist, saluted Dong Zhuo deeply, and left. After Yuan Shao went home, he took a little bit and fled to Jizhou at night. Dong Zhuo offered a reward for the capture of Yuan Shao, urging and persecution. Zhou Bi, the captain of the city gate, Wu Qiong, and Yilang were all famous people at that time, and they were very trusted by Dong Zhuo. The world was very anxious for Yuan Shao, and went to Dong Zhuo and said: "This is not a big deal like abolishing the emperor, which ordinary people can understand. Yuan Shao didn't know the general situation, and after being offended and letting them contradict each other, he was afraid and fled, and had no other ideas. If he rushes to catch something else now, it will inevitably make him rebel. The Yuan family has established kindness for four consecutive generations, and the protégés and officials are all over the world, if Yuan Shao collects Luo Haojie to gather disciples, other heroes will take the opportunity to cause trouble, and then the Kushan Mountains will not be allowed to contradict each other. It is better to pardon Yuan Shao and appoint him as the Taishou of a county, he is very happy to be pardoned, and there will definitely be no more troubles. Dong Zhuo thought it made sense, so he sent an envoy to appoint Yuan Shao as the Taishou of Bohai and made him a marquis. Yuan Shao took Bohai as a base and was about to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, he wanted to abolish the emperor of the Han Dynasty and pull Yuan Shu in order to pull Yuan Shu, so he asked to appoint Yuan Shu as the rear general, but Yuan Shu refused to attach himself, so he fled to Nanyang County and garrisoned Luyang City.

Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao forged a document from the three dukes of the capital to the states and counties, stating Dong Zhuo's various crimes, saying: "We have received persecution, and there is no way to save ourselves, and we hope that rebels will rise up in various places to relieve the country's great calamity." ”

Jizhou Mu Hanfu was afraid that Yuan Shao would raise troops, so he sent several subordinates and counties to supervise Bohai County and restrict Yuan Shao's movements. At that time, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao pretended to be the third prince and wrote letters to various states and counties, and experienced Dong Zhuo's crimes, called "persecuted by Dong Zhuo, unable to save himself, hurry up and hope for volunteers, save the country from danger" and so on. Han Fu received the letter and convened his subordinates to discuss, and he asked everyone: "Should I help Yuan Shao now, or help the Dong family?" Liu Zihui, who was engaged in governance, said solemnly: "Sending troops is for the country, why do you say what Yuan and Dong are talking about!" Han Fu was ashamed of the blockage. Forced by the situation, Han Fu did not dare to stop Yuan Shao anymore, and he wrote to Yuan Shao, expressing his support for him to send troops to fight against Dong.

In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), after Dong Zhuo was good at government affairs, he relied on himself for his own use, so Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, was the captain of the cavalry. Cao Cao has always had great ambitions, and knew that Dong Zhuo's perverse actions were not enough to complete the work, so he did not accept the position, changed his name, and fled back to his hometown from the path. Dong Zhuo was furious and was arrested by Xingwen County. On the way, Cao Cao stayed at the house of his old friend Lu Bohao, and his five sons entertained Cao Cao with courtesy. Cao Cao suspected that the Lu family had thoughts of hurting him, so he killed eight people with his own hands and left. fled to Zhongmu County (now Hebixi, Henan) for the local pavilion chief suspicion, brought to the county government. At that time, Cao Cao's official document had arrived in Zhongmu, and you knew that he was Cao Cao, but because the world was chaotic, he should not be confined to the heroes of the world, and asked the county order to release Cao Cao. Cao **li escaped and arrived in Chenliu County (now southeast of Kaifeng, Henan). At the end of that year, Cao Cao used the wealth of his family in Chenliu County and the financial support of Chen Liurenwei to weave an army of 5,000 men and prepare to raise troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died, and Dong Zhuo was autocratic, rampant in the capital, and acted arbitrarily. When Sun Jian heard this, he sighed: "If Zhang Wen had listened to me back then, how could there be this catastrophe in the imperial court!" So he prepared to go north to attack Dong.

It can be seen that it is not the princes of the Eighteenth Road who crusade against Dong Zhuo.