In the sixth year of Zhongping, because of the abolition, Dong Xiangguo, who was in charge of Luoyang, did not use the new era name for the new son of heaven, but abolished the two era names of the previous Hongnong King Liu Wei during his reign, and re-quoted the era name of Emperor Ling, so it was still the sixth year of Zhongping.

And on July 22 of this year, the alliance called by Liu Yu, the great Sima Lingyouzhou Mu, was formally established, under the auspices of Dong Zhao, the Taishou of Changshan, the participants sacrificed heaven and earth together in Changshan, Beiyue, and made blood for the alliance, and then jointly promoted the general Gongsun Xun as the leader of the alliance, and raised troops to fight against Dong.

This time, there were as many as fourteen princes who directly participated in the alliance or who expelled envoys because of the long distance, including:

General Wei Gongsun Xun;

Da Sima led Youzhou Mu Liu Yu;

The right general led Liaodong to guard Zhao Bao;

Changshan Taishou Dong Zhao;

Zhongshan Taishou Feng Xin;

Julu guards Li Shao;

Zhao Guoxiang matched;

Daijun Taishou Wang Ze;

Upper Valley is too high-guarded;

Zhuojun Taishou Cui Min;

Guangyang Taishou Duji;

Yuyang is too conservative forest;

General Jianwei led Liaoxi Taishou Chengpu;

General Dangkou led the right Beiping Taishou Gongsun Fan......

There are certainly a lot of highlights.

For example, after Gongsun Xun killed Yan Rou and Xian Yufu, semi-house arrest Liu Yu, and expelled Changshan Taishou to replace Dong Zhao, he further tore his face and completely annexed the counties in the heart of the country that he completely controlled, and made Du Ji, Chang Lin, Cheng Pu, Gongsun Fan and others become a two-thousand-stone Taishou.

This is a commendation, a kind of temptation, and a certain way to go.

For another example, the nine counties of Jizhou, there were actually four Taishou and state ministers, which was especially unexpected was the Julu Taishou Li Shao, this Li Taishou still took the initiative to come to Changshan to participate in the alliance after receiving the summons of Jizhou Mu Hanfu, and he was resolute during the alliance, and maintained his unconditional support for Gongsun Xun throughout the whole process, which was a big surprise!

Of course, it is Han Fu and Han Zhoumu, and there will inevitably be nagging and a few counties left.

For example, Zhao Bao is his father-in-law in the end, although the two often have some noses that are not noses and faces, but at the critical moment, even if they are far away and have no time to arrive, he still sent his own Sima Tai Shici according to Gongsun Xun's previous letter request, and led 800 elite cavalry to Changshan as messengers and reinforcements.

This is a political gesture that is not said.

Of course, there are some things that are not visible from the list, but they actually exist.

For example, Gongsun Xun's brother Gongsun Bogui, when Yuan Shao did not take office, he actually controlled the real power of Bohai, the largest county in Hebei, but he did not come to Changshan to meet the alliance.

In fact, it may be because Bohai has a population of one million, developed economy and trade, and one county is worth four or five counties in Youzhou, and the eldest brother of Gongsun, who is far away in Nanpi, obviously floated up...... Under the prodding of his henchman Guan Jing, Gongsun Zhan not only did not come to Changshan, but also refused the envoy sent by Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, to dispatch soldiers, horses, grain and grass.

According to unreliable rumors, Guan Jing's suggestion is that the strength of the Bohai Sea is the highest in Hebei, and it is completely possible to hold the posture and wait for the price to sell...... If nothing else, at least ask Gongsun Xun for a general, and Yuan Shao for an official seal.

And Gongsun Chan also thinks so.

Of course, it's hard to say if there is a deeper plan, it doesn't matter, anyway, Gongsun Xun is tired of it, after hearing the message, he handed over the seal ribbon of General Zhenwu originally prepared for Gongsun Zhan to the judge, and prepared to give it to Guan Yu who was in Chaoge when the judge returned to Handan.

And the last hidden highlight in the list is actually the general number that has been privately listed, it is obvious that Gongsun Xun is not going to play false, he really wants to organize troops immediately, carry out military deployment, and then carry out military operations.

After the end of the alliance and the news came, Yuan Shao stepped up contact, and the so-called Kwantung Coalition Army also had a general core context at this time:

The general of the chariot cavalry led the Bohai Sea to guard Yuan Shao;

Later General Yuan Shu;

Jizhou Mu Hanfu;

Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling;

Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai;

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang;

Chen Liutai guards Zhang Miao;

Dongjun Taishou Bridge Turtle;

Shanyang guarded Yuan's legacy;

Jibei Xiang Bao Xin;

Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao;

Changsha Taishou Sun Jian;

Cao Cao, a fake Fenwu general, and Zhang Yang, who claimed to be Taishou in Shangdang...... A total of fourteen princes, all of whom promised to participate.

Among them, Zhang Chao is too far away, I'm afraid he can't catch up, but the rest of them are all forces around Luoyang, and they can immediately organize soldiers and horses to participate in the alliance.

Correspondingly, Tao Qian's Xu Yang Alliance has also received a generally positive response:

Yangzhou Thorn Shi Zhou Gan;

Lang evil phase yin virtue;

Liu Kui, East China Sea Minister;

Pengcheng Xiangjilian;

North Sea facies fusion;

Pei Xiang Yuan Zhong;

Taishan is too guarded;

Runan Taishou Xu Xuan;

Jiujiang is too obedient and pious...... plus Tao Qian himself, and Liu Bei, the cavalry captain who had already sent troops, accumulated eleven princes.

The three alliances, with a total of 39 people, start from Liaodong in the north, reach Jiujiang in the south, Beihai in the east, and go to the party in the west...... It can be said that whether it is whether the Hebei Alliance will not be able to reach Dong Zhuo for a while and a half, or whether the establishment of the Xu Yang Alliance is more for self-preservation and exists, the situation of fighting Dong in the world has become a fact.

Moreover, because the overall situation of the entire Kwantung Hebei Xu Yang to discuss Dong has been completed, the envoys have been constantly coming and going, and the list has been completely made public before the princes have raised troops...... When the news reached Luozhong, it prompted the most direct thing.

"Although Luoyang is the capital, it is in the eastern part of the Kanto, if Gongsun Xun leads the Hebei coalition army south, he controls Mengjin, Xiaopingjin, and Wushejin; Yuan Shao led the Kwantung coalition army to come frontally, attacked the Xuanmen Pass (Tiger Prison Pass) and Yuyuan Pass, and detained Xingyang and Chenggao; Then the Xu Yang coalition army was the backing of Yuan Shu, and advanced from Nanyang to Dagu Pass and Yique Pass...... Then even if Luoyang has heavy troops, it can only fall into a dying situation, or even collapse itself! "What he spoke was Dong Zhuo's long history, and it was also Dong Zhuo's real military staff officer Liu Ai in history.

"It doesn't stop there." Li Ru shook his head almost immediately. "If they are single-minded, this is naturally the case militarily, but if the princes of the nearly forty roads are really united, why can't they form an alliance together? Instead divided into three confederations? ”

"What does Wenyou mean?" Liu Ai was curious for a while.

"If you talk about it militarily, the Xu Yang Alliance doesn't have to care about him." Li Ru immediately shook his head. "The Hebei Alliance can also leave it alone for the time being...... Because as long as the Kwantung Alliance has a breath, it will not let Gongsun Xun come to Luoyang easily. ”

"That's true!" Dong Zhuo, who had been squinting his eyes, finally opened his eyes slightly, interrupting the analysis of his henchmen. "Each of them has a ghost, if he really wants to deal with the country, why is it divided into three? For example, the reason why Tao Qian's old boy set up his own alliance was nothing more than that he was unwilling to live under others, and those people in his alliance were thousands of miles away, but he didn't dare to really fight with the old man, just raised a banner to protect himself...... Otherwise, why don't you learn from Zhang Chao and come over? ”

Everyone bowed their heads.

"There is also Gongsun Xun's Hebei coalition army." Dong Zhuo couldn't help but get up and walk slowly, plus sneering. "If it is said that the Xuyang Alliance was done by Tao Qian who was unwilling to live under Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao raised troops because he was unwilling to live under me, and I abolished myself because I was unwilling to live under Yuan Taifu, then Gongsun Xun's behavior is not willing to live under everything...... Look at his allies? They are all old departments and neighboring counties, and the so-called princes are mostly puppets, and their actions are undoubtedly to divide Youzhou on their own, plus work hard to annex neighboring counties and expand their territory, and that's it! ”

"So, we just need to deal with the Kwantung Coalition in person?" Liu Aiden breathed a sigh of relief. "If that's the case, it's actually quite a fight...... After all, our army is all elite, and it has the Luoyang arsenal, and the Xiangguo rewards are rich, and the military heart can be used; And most of them are recruits, even if they are powerful, they can also be calmly defeated! ”

"Kanto children, I naturally don't see it." Dong Zhongying sat back on the captain's chair with her belt. "At this point, the battle must be fought...... It's just that the current situation is reversed in the eastern part of the country, and the white wave thieves and Huns in Hedong have repeatedly invaded Guanzhong, why do I have to stay in Luoyang, a place that is trapped on three sides? You say, if Luoyang can't connect Hebei and the Central Plains, then aren't the precious things here the Son of Heaven, the minister, the household registration, the arsenal, and some property? Moreover, these ministers are still eye-to-eye with those rebellious ministers in the Kanto region. ”

Li Ru and Liu Ai looked at each other and were at a loss, even Cai Yong and Jia Xu, who had been standing on one side and had not spoken for a long time, were also a little dazed...... This matter is not a question of whether you are smart or not, but a question of whether you dare to think about it.

In fact, how could a normal person dare to think about it?

"Forget it, let's take another look." Dong Zhuo frowned for a while when he saw this. "Let's wait for the Kwantung princes to gather together and see their situation, if they are extremely weak, there is no need to be so troublesome...... Moreover, at this time, Jingzhou has not yet rebelled, and it is not easy to abandon it. ”

There was silence in the hall, and no one dared to say more.

At the same time, at the end of July, Changshan, after the alliance, was also caught in a huge dispute...... Specifically, it was the subordinates of Gongsun Xun, the various princes of the alliance, and the subordinates recommended by the alliance that had a huge disagreement on the next move of the coalition army.

This is normal and inevitable, because it is now the end of July, and the autumn harvest is about to begin, and it is impossible to send troops immediately, and this is supposed to be a time to discuss strategic issues. In fact, the Kwantung coalition army in the south, and even Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, in the era of agriculture, no one could defy the time...... With the autumn harvest just around the corner, don't think about military issues unless you're only prepared to use a small-scale off-duty army.

Of course, the same is true for Gongsun Xun.

Moreover, on the issue of strategic direction, it is indeed a bit difficult to see Gongsun Xun's current awkward geographical location and clear political slogan.

“…… Judging from today, the general trend of the world is not Dong Zhuo, but Eryuan, Tao Qian and Junhou. Therefore, after the autumn harvest, the prince and the prince should send the whole army south, go straight to Hanoi with lightning speed, annex Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and then take Luoyang to set the general trend. ”

"Not really. The second Yuan, the fourth and the third dukes, both have the merit of destroying the eunuchs, and the hope of the world, how can they be annexed for no reason? If the prince does this, how is it different from Dong Zhuo? Junhou, I thought that when I sent an envoy to Hanoi and joined forces with Yuan Benchu, after I got the promise, the prince would personally send a large army forward after the autumn, and my department would occupy the north road and attack Luoyang directly, so as to live up to the world's hopes! ”

"But if Yuan Benchu is treacherous, what if he easily cuts off my back road? Jizhou Mu Han Fu is the former official of the Yuan family, and he is in Wei County, what if he cuts off the traffic and traps the prince in danger? Besides, Yuan Shao actually pretended not to know after the prince first proposed the volunteers, and formed an alliance on his own, as if he was very concerned about guarding against the prince and marquis, and asked him to get out of Hanoi, is he willing to get out of the way? ! I'm afraid that General Chaogeguan has already cut off the traffic by him at this time! ”

"What if we take Wei County first, and then enter Hanoi?" Someone else spoke. "When Jizhou Mu Han Fu first came to Jizhou, the people were not convinced, and General Wei conquered the Yellow Turban, destroyed Wuhuan, and served as many counties in Hebei, Xiang Youweide, why not contact the old department of Wei County, surprise troops into Yecheng, and force Han Fu to surrender, so that Hebei is one, and then go all out to the south to ask for Dong...... Isn't that foolproof? ”

"It's fifty steps and a hundred laughs." Someone laughed again. "The annexation of Yuan Shao has lost the hearts of the people in the world, will the annexation of Jizhou not lose the hearts of the people for no reason? In the final analysis, Dong Zhuo was still in Luoyang at this time, and the situation of courting Dong had just been completed, so no one was the first to do such a thing...... is still the same sentence, since it is the alliance to ask for Dong, it has to be the first to ask for Dong. ”

"What if you take Anping and Hejian first?"

"How about attacking the Taihang Mountain bandits first?"

"Yuan Benchu is also selfish, all the princes have different intentions, sooner or later they will be merged, General Wei bears the hope of the world, it is not good to break the rules first, why not be careful with his subordinates, coordinate Zhao Guo, Julu, Zhongshan, and then lead troops to Handan to watch the situation, wait for the Kwantung coalition army to make chaos by itself, and then act with thunder?"

"How long will this take?"

"A few days ago on Changshan Mountain, the prince swore by blood, and swore to crusade against Dong Zhuo, if you don't go to Dong Zhuo and think about your own territory, don't say that you will disappoint the people of the world, only say that the prince himself and the councilors, is it considered self-deception?!"

“……”

“……”

"Due south has been away from Handan for a long time, Zhao Guo may be stable?" In the midst of the noise, Gongsun Xun, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly turned his head to look at the trial who had a dry mouth, but asked an irrelevant question, which caused the strategists who had been arguing endlessly to shut up immediately.

"Don't worry." The judge on the first hand side is still proud. "Although I have only been in Zhao for a few months, Dong Gongren has been in Zhao for a long time before, and the prince and marquis have also left a legacy in Zhao State, so there will be no problems with people's hearts. However, the autumn harvest is just around the corner, and there has been a flood before, so I am really worried...... After all, the big war is coming, and those are military rations. ”

"That's right." Gongsun Xunfu calmly looked at Lu Fan, who was sitting first on his left. "Ziheng, it's okay to do anything else, neither Zhengnan nor Li Taishou can stay for a long time, even if someone from the three counties of Fanyang has to go back to preside over the autumn harvest as soon as possible, this matter can't be delayed any longer...... You are the chief of the shogunate, the general consul of the shogunate, I have to communicate with you more in the next few days, count the opinions, and make a statement, and I will also make a decision. ”

Lu Fan didn't dare to slack off, immediately got up and agreed solemnly.

"Ladies and gentlemen." At this point, Gongsun Xunfu smiled at everyone in the hall again. "You are willing to stay here and give advice to me, as if you have ambition pinned on me, and I also regard you as confidants...... These days, you are preparing for the alliance and discussing strategies, and you are really working hard...... That's good, today and tomorrow we will not talk about this matter anymore, everyone go back to take a bath, tomorrow morning, I invite you to go to Changshan outside the city again, climb high and buy wine, in order to meet the autumn high air. By the way, Zhengnan came to the alliance this time, and also brought a wise man from Jizhou, just to make an introduction to you. ”

Since Gongsun Xun said so, many scribes in the hall, and even three or four new and old two thousand stones, naturally had nothing to say, so they left one after another.

On the second day, the last day of the seventh month, the people hurried out of the city as promised, and soon came to a good place on the mountainside of Changshan Mountain, guarded by many horsemen...... This place is where Beiyue has always been sacrificed, and it is also the place where the alliance was before, the place is wide, and there are countless sacrificial inscriptions standing in front, and the yellow flowers bloom at the beginning of autumn.

However, everyone sat down with Gongsun Xun, but found that unlike Gongsun Fan, Xian Pei, and Dong Zhao on the right, there was actually an empty seat in front of Lu Fan, Lou Gui, and Wang Xiu on the left!

At this time, everyone thought of what Gongsun Xun said yesterday, and they had some guesses, but they couldn't help but be angry...... After all, since ancient times, it has been the new people who live behind the old people, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a 'second to come first', but it was regarded as a negative example.

And besides, this time is not as good as in the past, there is nothing back and forth in the curtain, Gongsun Xun now has a map according to the nine counties, and he is a figure that can be counted in the world, and he can easily show himself that someone is a general, someone is a guard, a resourceful man is placed in front of everyone, who can bear it?

However, the more unbearable is still to come.

From morning to noon, the sun overhead gradually came to the middle, and everyone sat on the mountain, but they didn't see where the 'Jizhou wise man' was?! And Gongsun Xun just put on a posture again to wait for that person to come, so that everyone couldn't enjoy the wine and food in front, but couldn't hear about the silk and bamboo in the back, and the poetry and painting finally turned into anger!

In this situation, not to mention other people, even the judge Zhengnan, who knows the origin of the other party, is a little restless.

But in the end, this person came up the mountain with a black face. And don't even mention it, there are really a few people in the audience who recognized this person's origin on the spot.

Gongsun Xun immediately laughed when he saw this, but he was still not anxious or angry, but took the initiative to get up to greet him: "Yuan Hao, this banquet is specially set up for you, you and I are just angry, why are you hanging everyone?" ”

The thin-faced man with a black face didn't sit down, nor did he return the salute, but only stood in the open space with his hands in the middle of the field and said to each other with a cold face: "Don't hide it from General Wei, if it is raging today, although I Tian Feng knows that you are a selfish person, but I feel that Xie Shimin is hanging upside down, so I came from afar to vote, and now I see you sitting here with wine, but you can't make a wise decision, and you are also disappointed, and you have the intention of turning back to study behind closed doors...... That's why I hesitated to come here for a banquet. ”

The crowd grew angrier.

—————I'm the dividing line of rage—————

"Both the alliance, or the south of Hanoi to Linluoyang, or the left and right to merge with Dinghebei, Taizu hesitated, and he couldn't decide." ——"New Yan Book". Volume Seventy. Biography XX