Chapter 27: Sun Jiande's Jade Seal Alliance Collapses
Cao Cao led his troops to chase Dong, suffered a fiasco, and did not set off any waves among the princes, and the princes only mocked a few words, and then did not bother to pay attention to continue Cao Cao.
However, Liu Yu led troops to chase Dong, defeated Dong Zhuo, and recaptured more than 100,000 people, which shocked the princes.
It's just that Liu Yu actually asked the princes to allocate grain and grass to feed more than 100,000 people, which gave them a great headache. No one dares to say anything like not wanting the people, but it is absolutely impossible for them to allocate grain and grass to feed those people, not a single grain is impossible, if the grain and grass are eaten by the people, what will the soldiers under their command eat.
The princes shirked each other, and finally they all tacitly did not mention Liu Yu and hundreds of thousands of people, and of course they did not investigate whether Liu Yu had robbed anything else in addition to robbing back hundreds of thousands of people.
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Cao Cao was ambushed by LΓΌ Bu and others, and after the defeat, he returned to Luoyang.
He was greatly disappointed, and the princes laughed at his defeat, which made him embarrassed, so he left Luoyang with the remnants of the army and returned to Chenliu.
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Let's say that the princes divided their troops to stationed in Luoyang, Sun Jian had few soldiers, and after extinguishing the embers in the palace, he set up a tent on the ruins of the Jianzhang Palace.
Sun Jian felt heartache and emotion: "I joined forces to fight Dong this time, but it was a mistake by Yuan Shu, and I suffered a fiasco, losing more than 10,000 soldiers, and also losing the general Zu Mao." Although Dong Zhuo was finally defeated by the coalition army, all he got was an empty city, which was equivalent to losing more than 10,000 soldiers and losing a general, but he didn't get anything. β
At night, Sun Jian asked people to clean the rubble of the Jianzhang Palace, and suddenly heard a soldier come to report: "General, there are five light treasures in the south of the palace from the well." β
Sun Jian perked up, got up suddenly, and said, "Let's go and have a look." β
"Pull it up." Standing by the well, sure enough, seeing the five-colored treasure light flashing in the well, and there was a figure in the well, Sun Jian hurriedly ordered.
The figure was pulled up, and it turned out to be the corpse of a palace maid, with a bright yellow cloth bag hanging from the neck of the corpse.
Sun Jian picked up the jade seal in high spirits, and opened it to look down, there was a corner missing, inlaid with gold, and the eight characters of the seal were engraved on it: Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity.
"Oh, lord, congratulations, this is the jade seal of the country!" Cheng Pu bowed with great joy.
"The jade seal of the country?" Sun Jian was startled, and his blood boiled again.
Cheng Pu got up and explained: "My lord, in the past, Bian He was under Jing Mountain, and when he saw the phoenix perched on the stone, he used this stone to offer King Wen of Chu. King Wen of Chu made people understand it, and it really got jade, which is known as 'the bi of the He's'. In the twenty-sixth year of Qin, Qin Shi Huang ordered Lianggong to make a jade seal, and Li Si sealed this eight characters on it. In the twenty-eighth year, the first emperor patrolled to Dongting Lake. The wind and waves are strong, the boat will capsize, and the jade seal is rushed into the lake, and the wind and waves will stop. In the 36th year, the first emperor patrolled to Huayin, and someone offered this seal on the side of the road, so this jade seal was returned to Qin. The following year, the First Emperor collapsed. Later, his grandson Ying dedicated the jade seal to Han Gaozu, and then became the heirloom jade seal! β
Sun Jian rubbed the jade seal with both hands, and his heart was extremely excited.
Cheng Pu said again: "Lord, the decline of the Han Dynasty today, the four hundred years of national fortune will come to an end, the will of heaven is subject to this jade seal in the lord, the lord must have the ninety-five points, here can not stay for a long time, it is advisable to return to Jiangdong as soon as possible, don't try to make a big deal." β
Sun Jian immediately woke up and said, "What you say is exactly what I want, tomorrow I will go to Yuan Shao to say goodbye and return to Jiangdong." β
Immediately, Sun Jian ordered Cheng Pu and other generals to pack up, but he didn't notice that a soldier who participated in the salvage of the jade seal of the country quietly left the camp in the middle of the night and disappeared.
The next day, Sun Jian brought Cheng Pu and other generals to Yuan Shao's tent to resign.
Sun Jian arched his hand and said to Yuan Shao: "Jian occasionally contracted a minor illness and wanted to return to Changsha, so I came to bid farewell to the alliance leader. β
Yuan Shao got the news as early as midnight, and when he heard Sun Jian's words, he stared at Sun Jian and smiled coldly: "I'm afraid you have the disease of the jade seal of the country!" β
Sun Jian was shocked, he never thought that Yuan Shao would know the news, but he couldn't admit it anyway, so he said inexplicably: "Why do you say this?" β
Yuan Shao said angrily: "We will raise troops to fight against thieves and eliminate harm for the country." The jade seal is the treasure of the imperial court, and once the public obtains it, it should be left with the alliance leader, and after Dong Zhuo is killed, it will return to the imperial court. What do you want to hide and go away today? β
Sun Jian didn't believe a word in this kind of statement, speaking of which, Yuan Shao didn't want to get the jade seal of the country by himself, anyway, Sun Jian would not admit it anyway, so he flatly denied it: "This, how can this jade seal be in my hands?" I don't know. β
Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said, "Where is the thing in the well of the Jianzhang Palace? β
Sun Jian was dumbfounded for a while, but immediately resolutely denied: "I don't have this thing, why bother to force each other!" β
Yuan Shao was furious, and didn't want to listen to Sun Jian's denial, so he loudly reprimanded Sun Jian: "I advise you to hand it over quickly, so as not to cause trouble!" β
Sun Jian panicked, but still didn't want to hand over the jade seal, in a hurry, he knelt on one knee, pointed to the sky as an oath, and said: "The emperor is above, if my Sun Jian gets this treasure and hides it privately, he will not die well in the future, and he will die under the bow and arrow!" β
Yuan Shao watched coldly as Sun Jian finished swearing, and he suddenly beckoned a soldier out.
As soon as Sun Jian saw this soldier, he only felt extremely familiar, and then remembered that this person was one of the people who salvaged the jade seal, and he didn't expect it to be Yuan Shao's spy, no wonder Yuan Shao would know, and he was annoyed that Yuan Shao obviously had ironclad evidence, and he also looked coldly at him and swore an oath, which must be like looking at a clown.
"Sun Jian, when salvage, is there such a person?" Yuan Shao pointed at the soldier and questioned Sun Jiandao.
Sun Jian was really speechless at this time, and it was difficult to refute it, but he was angry, drew his sword and slashed at the soldier.
Yuan Shao drew his sword in time, which was able to withstand Sun Jian, did not let Sun Jian behead the soldier, and shouted angrily at Sun Jian: "Sun Jian, you deceive me too much!" β
Yuan Shao also shouted outside the tent: "Come on, take Sun Jian down for me!" β
Suddenly, a large number of dozens of soldiers rushed in with swords in hand.
Sun Jian was angry, and the sword in his hand shook violently, and immediately shook Yuan Shao's sword out of his hand, and then Sun Jian's sharp sword crossed Yuan Shao's neck, as if Yuan Shao dared to make any rash moves, he beheaded Yuan Shao first.
Yuan Shao was crossed by a sharp sword, and then he suddenly realized that Sun Jian in front of him was known as the Jiangdong Tiger, with extraordinary bravery, but there was no general by his side, which annoyed Sun Jian, even if Sun Jian couldn't get out of his camp, in case Sun Jian wanted to kill him in a rage, then what was the use of him getting the jade seal of the country.
Yuan Shao was stunned, and hurriedly said to Sun Jian: "Misunderstanding, Brother Wentai, I misunderstood you, you didn't have to pass on the jade seal of the country, so you should quickly put away your sword, so as not to hurt the harmony." β
Sun Jian also knew that it was impossible to really kill Yuan Shao, otherwise he would definitely not be able to get out of Yuan Shao's camp.
"In that case, I will take my leave." Seeing that Yuan Shao was frightened, Sun Jian snorted coldly and withdrew his sword, and quickly left with Cheng Pu and other generals.
Yuan Shao's eyes were gloomy, and he looked at Sun Jian leaving, he was afraid in his heart, but he couldn't help sneering again and again, and said in his heart: If you Sun Jian dare to hide the jade seal of the country, you must also have the order to bring the jade seal back to Jiangdong.
In an instant, Yuan Shao had already thought of a poisonous plan to kill people with a knife.
He repaired the book to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, informing Sun Jian of the matter of passing on the jade seal of the country, and wanted to unite with Liu Biao to intercept and kill Sun Jian, so that Sun Jian would not return to Jiangdong.
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Let's say that after the princes' army entered Luoyang, they only got an empty city.
Now that Cao Cao has left, Sun Jian has left, and Liu Yu has chased and killed Dong Zhuo after the victory, he begged for more than 100,000 people to have food and grass, and he did not come to Luoyang again.
Within two days, Yuan Shu's secret agent placed at Yuan Shao's place informed Yuan Shu that Yuan Shao had found that Sun Jian had obtained the jade seal of the country and asked Sun Jian for the jade seal, so he was ready to join Liu Biao in Jingzhou to intercept and kill Sun Jian to seize the jade seal of the country.
Yuan Shu also wanted to get the jade seal of the country, so he also led the hurried departure from Luoyang and returned to Nanyang County.
The other princes were stationed in Luoyang for a few more days, seeing that Luoyang was in ruins, and nothing was found if they continued, and after attacking Luoyang, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu stopped continuing to provide them with grain and grass, and the grain and grass they carried were limited and gradually exhausted.
Immediately, they also had the idea of leaving Luoyang and returning to their respective territories.
Gongsun Zhan was the first to go, taking Liu Bei and Zhang Fei back to Youbeiping County in Youzhou.
Yanzhou Taishou Liu Dai's military rations are decreasing day by day, worried that they will not be able to support the return to Yanzhou, so they borrowed food from Qiao Mao, the Taishou of Dongjun, Qiao Mao did not allow it, the two had a quarrel, after returning to the camp, Liu Dai was furious, led troops to raid Qiao Mao's Dongjun army camp, killed Qiao Mao, and annexed Qiao Mao's army.
As soon as Liu Dai's example was opened, the remaining princes were all in chaos, those who were wronged were revenged, those who had revenge were revenged, and those who had no revenge also thought of annexing others to strengthen themselves, and during the withdrawal of the princes from Luoyang, they attacked and annexed each other, Yuan Shao was powerless to suppress, and read Sun Jian's jade seal of the country, and also withdrew from Luoyang and returned to Bohai, and the princes' alliance against Dong completely collapsed.
The race to the deer begins!
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