After Cao Cao killed Bian Rang, he prevaricated on the grounds that Bian Rang was negligent in military law, thinking that no one could snoop on his secrets, so he continued to stand still, and ordered the requisition of the people and the repair of the Luoyang Palace.

However, the inside story was slowly spread to Chen Liu, and Chen Liu's Taishou Zhang Miao was extremely angry after hearing the news.

Zhang Miao before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are old friends, Zhang Miao is anxious and righteous, helping the poor, known as one of the eight kitchens of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later Yuan Shao became the leader of the Kwantung Alliance, became arrogant, unstoppable, Zhang Miao several times bluntly blamed, Yuan Shao was very unhappy, many times asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao, but Cao Cao did not obey, which made Zhang Miao very respectful.

However, Cao Cao later formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and the relationship between the two sides was very close, Zhang Miao was not at ease, for fear that Cao Cao would kill him, especially after Cao Cao became the pastor of Yanzhou, he forcibly merged Zhang Miao's army in Bingzhou, which made Zhang Miao gradually change from gratitude to resentment towards Cao Cao.

And Zhang Miao had a close relationship with Bian Rang, and after Bian Rang was killed, he suddenly felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox. He felt that he would probably be the next side concession soon, so he was very uneasy.

At this time, I saw the Yanzhou soldier Cao Chen, who stayed in Dongjun with Zhang Miao, and said with a smile: "I see that Meng Zhuo is depressed, it seems that he has something on his mind, why don't you go to my tent for a drink, how about evacuation?" ”

Zhang Miao was worried that he had nowhere to relieve the depression in his heart, and now he saw Chen Gong's invitation, which was exactly what he wanted, so he agreed.

In the mansion of Chen Palace, the two sat opposite each other and drank, and when they were half-drunk, Zhang Miao sighed softly.

Seeing this, Chen Gong immediately asked, "I don't know why Meng Zhuo sighed?" ”

Zhang Miao smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then said: "I know that Gongtai is a loyal and upright person, everyone admires him, and Cao Gong has always relied on him as a confidant, but it is said that when discussing whether to respond to Pei Yuzhou's march into Chang'an, Cao Gong had summoned his confidants to conspire, and even Mao Jue and Manzhong were invited to go, but you and I and Bian Wenli were concealed, at that time, I just thought that this matter was Meng De's unintentional mistake, but now Bian Wenli died suddenly, and there are some rumors circulating in the market, and I suddenly feel that things are not so simple, Meng De deliberately concealed us, but because we were all of upright temperaments, and if we participated in that conspiracy, I am afraid that we would vigorously oppose his decision and leak the news. ”

"You're talking about Duke Cao sending people to rob the tomb to repair the Luoyang Palace, right?" Chen Gong drank all the wine, and then sighed: "It's not a secret, this is also the reason why I am looking for Meng Zhuo to drink today, Cao Gong is an old friend of you and me, there is no need to say more, but he is now doing things more and more unprincipled, or this is his principle, doing things is very domineering, unreasonable, and, how to say it?" Deceitful, not virtuous, unscrupulous in order to achieve the goal, but also ambitious, such Cao Gong is really a little terrible, I am afraid that we loyal and upright people will not have a good ending in the future, the result of Bian Wenli is our example, so after hearing that Bian Wenli was killed, I suddenly had a strong sense of sadness for the death of the rabbit and the fox. ”

Zhang Miao nodded again and again when he heard this, and said with a bitter face: "Who said it wasn't?" Actually, who doesn't know? The reason why Meng De killed Bian Wenli was mainly to block the mouths of Youyou and let others not know his secrets, but he got a lot of wealth out of thin air, is it true that everyone in the world is blind? I also heard rumors in the market, he was stationed in Luoyang, repairing the palace, and at the same time holding back, his intention was to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and wanted to be the second Dong Zhuo, his ambition was obvious, I really didn't expect this person to become so frustrated, Gongtai, you have always been resourceful, we all admire your resourcefulness, I don't know if you can come up with a way to help us get out of trouble, otherwise, we may not be able to avoid death in the end. ”

Chen Gong put down the wine glass, thought hard for a long time, and then said: "Actually, I don't want to sit still, not to mention that if today's heroes rise together, the world is strife, you command Chenliu's vast land and many soldiers, and you have a very high reputation in Chenliu, Dongjun and even the entire Yanzhou, whether it is the majority of soldiers or the people are sincerely supporting you, you have their backing, even if you draw your sword and look around in the situation of being attacked on all sides, you can also be called a masterpiece, why is it now countering others?" Isn't that detrimental to identity? Now the army in Yanzhou City is marching west to Luoyang, the city is empty, it is the time for us to do things, Cao Cao is ambitious, treacherous, once we get into trouble, I believe that all the counties and countries are looking forward to the wind, Lu Bu is a strong general, brave and good at fighting, I know that Meng Zhuo has met with him before, and has had a deep talk, if we will temporarily usher him, jointly occupy Yanzhou, and Pei Qing in the south to resist Cao Cao, so that we may be able to achieve a great cause. ”

Zhang Miao thought for a long time when he heard this, and finally got up and said in a deep voice: "Gongtai is reasonable, now people are swords, I am fish and meat, we are not waiting to be killed, it is better to resist, it is not that we can't stand Mengde, it is really that he Mengde is perverse and unpopular, even so, everything but according to Mr. orders, I am willing to do my best to cooperate with Mr. ”

"Okay, since that's the case, I will ask Brother Meng Zhuo to lead his subordinates to control the entire Chenliu, and occupy the Tiger Prison Pass before Cao Cao reacts, so as to prevent Cao Cao from leading his troops to attack, I will personally go to Hanoi and ask General Lu to come and preside over the overall situation, and at the same time, Brother Meng Zhuo had better send someone to contact Lu Su, the Liang State Guard, and Yingchuan Taishou Li Su, to establish an alliance with Yuzhou, at least we will not be enemies, I believe that as long as we move fast enough, we will definitely be able to stabilize the situation before Cao Cao arrives."

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he high-fived Zhang Miao as an oath, expressing his intention not to betray each other, and then prepared a fast horse and hurried to Hanoi to meet Lu Bu.

After Chen Gong left, Zhang Miao immediately led his cronies to control the entire Chen Liu, at that time his younger brother Zhang Chao (not the one in Pei Qingying, this Zhang Chao character Meng Gao, is Zhang Miao's younger brother) is the Taishou of Dongjun, and announced that he would respond to his brother as soon as he heard that his brother was self-reliant, so the counties responded one after another, and the entire Chen Liu and Dongjun fell into the hands of Zhang Miao.

Not long after the uprising, Zhang Miao personally led the army to seize the Tiger Prison Pass by surprise, and at the same time built a large number of city defenses to defend against danger, so as to completely isolate Cao Cao's forces.

Lü Bu, who was in Hanoi, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately led his soldiers to Dongjun in the starry night, and entered Yanzhou under the support of Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao's brothers and all the soldiers, and appointed himself as the pastor of Yanzhou, and ordered Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to each command thousands of men and horses to attack those counties that did not return.

Suddenly, the situation in Yanzhou changed dramatically, and Cao Cao fell into an unprecedented crisis.