Cao Cao and Cheng Yu rushed to Chenliu overnight, and without delay, Cao Cao directly found his father and told his father the truth about Dong Zhuo's cholera and his assassination of Dong Zhuo.

Then Cao's father asked Cao Cao how he was going, and Cao Cao told his father that he wanted to disperse his family assets and recruit volunteers.

His father pondered and suggested: "I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it with less capital." There is filial piety and honesty here, squandering wealth and righteousness, and his family is very rich; If you get help, you can do it. ”

Cao Cao knew that the banquet would be held, and then he personally went to Weizi's mansion to invite Weizi to his home. At the banquet, Cao Cao said to Wei Zi:

"Today, the Han family has no owner, Dong Zhuo is autocratic, bullying the king and harming the people, and the world is gnashing its teeth. I want to help the community, but I don't have enough hatred. The public is a loyal and righteous person, dare to ask for help! ”

Then Cao Cao said Dong Zhuo's disaster, and Wei Zi scolded Dong Zhuo as a thief after hearing it, and then said to Cao Cao:

"I also have the heart to get rid of thieves, and I only hate the evil of the thieves who have not been before. Since Meng De has great ambitions to eliminate thieves for the country, he is willing to help his family. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and as soon as Weizi's funding arrived, Cao Cao first issued an edict, reported to all provinces, and then recruited volunteers.

On the white flag of recruitment, the word "loyalty" is written on it. Within a few days, the recruits gathered like rain.

Wei Zi, the word Xu (in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", his name is Wei Hong, which should be misremembered), Chen Liuxiangyi people.

Wei Zi once raised filial piety, and in the sixth year of Zhongping, he used his family wealth to fund Cao Cao's army, helping him to recruit more than 5,000 people, obtain basic combat strength, and get his own army. Later, he followed Zhang Miao and Cao Cao to defeat Dong Zhuo and was killed in the battle of Xingyang.

During the recruitment period, one day, there was a Yangping patriot, surnamed Le, named Jin, and Wenqian, who came to vote for Cao Cao.

Le Jin was brave and heroic from Cao Cao, and fought in the south and in the north. From attacking Yuan Shao in Guandu, he fought bravely and beheaded Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong.

He also attacked Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang in Liyang, and beheaded his general Yan Jing. Soon, Le Jin didn't hit the Yellow Turban, Yongnu, and Guan Cheng, all of which were broken.

From Pingjingzhou, Liutun Xiangyang, attacked Guan Yu, Su Fei and others, repelled their people, and the valley barbarians of the southern counties all went to Lejin to surrender.

Later, Sun Quan was levied from Cao Cao and entered the festival on a false basis. Cao Cao returned from Hefei, leaving Lejin with Zhang Liao and Li Diantun in Hefei.

After that, Le Jin had military merits and moved to the right general. Jian'an died in the twenty-third year, and he was called Weihou. Later generations called him Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Zhang He, and Xu Huang as Cao Wei's "five good generals".

Another day, there was another Peiguo Zhenren Xiahou Xuan, the character Yuan Rang, after Xiahou Ying;

Xiahoudun has been learning guns and sticks since he was a child; At the age of fourteen, he learned martial arts from his teacher, and some people insulted his teacher, and Xiahoudun beheaded him, and then fled;

Hearing that Cao Cao raised troops, he and his brother Xiahou Yuan each brought thousands of strong men to the meeting, and these two were originally Cao Cao's brothers!

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was originally the son of the Xiahou family, and he lived with the Cao family, so he was of the same clan.

A few days later, the Cao brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong each brought more than 1,000 troops to help. Cao Ren's character is filial piety, and Cao Hong's character is cheap: the two are skilled in bows and horses, and proficient in martial arts.

Cao Daxi, training military horses in the village. Weeds used his wealth to buy clothes and flags. There are countless people who send food from all directions.

After that, after receiving Cao Cao's edict, Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, gathered the following martial arts, and Yuan Shao had Guo Tu, Xianbei, Feng Ji, Cui Yan and others!

Guo Tu, the word Gongzhi, Yingchuan people; Trial, the word is south, and he is from Yin'an, Wei County; Fengji, character diagram, Nanyang people; Cui Yan, whose name is Ji Jue, is a native of Dongwucheng County, Qinghe County. Famous people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Wu has Gao Gan, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong, Ju Yi, Yin Kui, Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, Zhang Nan, Jiao Touch and other generals.

At this time, Yuan Shao gathered 30,000 troops in Bohai County, and left Bohai with a group of civil and military forces to join Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also wrote a letter and sent it to various counties. The content of the text is roughly as follows:

"We would like to announce to the world with great righteousness: Dong Zhuo deceived the heavens and the earth, destroyed the country and killed the king; Messing with the palace ban and mutilating living beings; Wolves are unkind, and sins are accumulated!

Today, under the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, a large number of volunteers were gathered, vowing to sweep away China and kill the murderers. Wangxing righteous teachers, venting public anger; Support the royal family and save the people. When the text arrives, it can be pursued quickly! ”

After Cao Cao's text was sent out, after the princes of each town received Cao Cao's message, they all raised troops to echo Cao Cao!

And Liu Bei, who was in Liangzhou, also received Cao Cao's letter, so he gathered a group of civil and military officials.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now Cao Cao has sent a letter to the world, and wants to conspire with loyal and righteous people in the world to conspire with Dong Zhuo, I don't know what you think?"

"My lord, if the son is in trouble today, we should send troops to rescue him as soon as possible, I think we can send troops to echo Cao Gong as soon as possible." It was Chen Gong who spoke.

"My lord, I think it should be so, but we are in Xiliang, and we can only send troops from Dasanguan." But it was Xun Yu who had just arrived.

"In this case, Gongtai, you will come to the pen and write a notice to inform the people in the land of Sanfu and Liangzhou, I Liu Bei, after King Jing of Zhongshan, will be a rebel soldier and Cao Cao to fight Dong thief." Liu Bei finally decided.

Then, Liu Bei privately ordered Xun You to summon Zhong Xuan, send 20,000 troops from Huiji County, and lead the army with Wei Chi Zhan, He Ting, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao, and use Xi Zhicai as the military advisor, echoing Cao Cao!

And when Liu Bei's notice was posted, Liangzhou, the righteous people of Sanfu were like a stream, and there were three people who were different from ordinary people.

One is Tian Yu, the word Zitian, is a descendant of Qi Guotian, good at strategy, and lives in seclusion in the land of Sanfu because of the darkness of the imperial court.

Tian Yu has a wife named Zhang Xiaoyue, Zhang Xiaoyue is composed of two younger brothers, one Zhang Linhao and one Zhang Xiaozhi, all of whom are fierce generals in the world, and Yu Tianyu came to vote for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, and ordered three people to be the front officials of the tent and go out with the army! This time, Liu Bei led an army of 50,000 Qiang people and two armies of the Black Flag Army, totaling 75,000 troops, starting from Sanguan and heading towards Luoyang!

Just when Liu Bei led the army to the expedition, all the feudal towns in the world responded to Cao Cao's edict, and led their troops to attack Luoyang with Cao Cao.

Including Cao Cao, there are a total of eighteen towns:

The first town, the later general Nanyang guarded Yuan Shu, leading 20,000 troops;

the second town, Jizhou Assassin Shi Han Fu, with 20,000 soldiers;

the third town, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, 20,000 soldiers;

The fourth town, Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, with 20,000 soldiers;

The fifth town, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang, with 15,000 soldiers;

In the sixth town, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, with 10,000 soldiers;

The seventh town, Dongjun guarded Qiao Mao, with 10,000 soldiers;

The eighth town, Shanyang guarded Yuan's legacy, with 15,000 soldiers;

The ninth town, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, 15,000 soldiers;

The tenth town, Beihai Taishou Kongrong, with 15,000 soldiers;

The eleventh town, Guangling guarded Zhang Chao, with 20,000 soldiers;

The twelfth town, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, 20,000 soldiers;

The thirteenth town, Huiji guarded Zhong Xuan, with 20,000 soldiers;

The fourteenth town, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, 15,000 soldiers;

In the fifteenth town, most of the Western Regions protected Liu Bei, led an army of 80,000 troops, and attacked Dong Zhuo from Liangzhou;

In the sixteenth town, Wucheng Hou Changsha guarded Sun Jian, with 15,000 soldiers;

The seventeenth town, Hou Bohai of Qixiang guarded Yuan Shao, with 30,000 soldiers;

The eighteenth town, Cao Cao of Chenliu County, has 20,000 soldiers.

All the military horses, all the leaders of the civil officials and military generals, came to Luoyang!

When Cao Cao learned of this, he slaughtered cattle and horses, and the princes of the conference discussed the strategy of marching into the army.

Taishou Wang Kuang said: "Today, in the name of righteousness, the alliance leader will be established; The crowd listened to the restraints, and then marched into the army. ”

Cao Cao said, "Most of the Western Regions protect Liu Bei, who is a relative of the Han family, and has the largest number of soldiers, so he can be the leader of the alliance." ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he didn't like it, so he looked at his brother Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu understood, so he said:

"What Meng De said is reasonable, but Liu Du protects Liangzhou in the distance, how can he lead us and others? My suggestion is to nominate one of us to be the leader of the alliance! ”

Everyone nodded and thought about it, and then Zhong Xuan of Huiji County said: "Yuan Benchu is the third prince of the fourth generation, and he is a descendant of the famous minister of the Han Dynasty, and he can be the leader of the alliance." ”

Yuan Shao nodded slightly, and then Yuan Shao repeatedly excused himself, and everyone said that it was not necessary to do so, and he agreed. The next day, build three layers of Taiwan, all over the five flags, build Bai Xuan Huang Yue on it, the soldier will be sealed, please Yuan Shao on the altar.

Yuan Shao dressed himself and wore a sword, and then went up, burning incense and worshipping again.

The oath said: "The Han family is unfortunate, and the emperor is out of control. The thief Dong Zhuo, took advantage of the provocation and indulgence, added disaster to the supreme, and abused the people. Shao and others were afraid of the loss of the society, entangled the volunteers, and went to the country. Whoever is allied with me and works together to make the ministers have no two aspirations. There is this alliance of Chongqing, and it is impossible to lose its life, and there is no legacy. The emperor and the queen of heaven, the ancestors and the spirits, are all learned! ”

After reading it, everyone made an alliance with blood. Because of his generous rhetoric, everyone wept and wept. The blood is gone, and I go down the altar.

After that, Yuan Shao was promoted to the account, and the two lines were seated according to the year of the title.

Seeing this, Cao Cao first spoke: "Today, since the alliance leader has been established, everyone will listen to the dispatch and support the country together, and don't care about the strength or weakness. ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "Although I am not talented, since I have become the leader of the alliance, there will be clear rewards and punishments, no matter who has merit, everyone will be rewarded, and if there is a mistake, it will be punished!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded yes, and then Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Shu to be the governor of grain and grass, and then looked at everyone and said:

"This attack on Dong Thief, one person must be the vanguard to reach the challenge of Bishui Pass. The rest of them are in danger and think they will respond. ”