That night, Yuan Shao set up a banquet for Liu Zhang, and all the princes who arrived in Zhulu were present in advance, but there seemed to be something hidden under the harmonious banquet......

Liu Zhang can see that most of these princes are like him, and they are only here to fight for fame, and they don't really want to contribute to the revival of the Han Dynasty. The so-called alliance will naturally have to be the leader of the alliance, and the status of the leader of the alliance is undoubtedly a huge political capital, especially now in troubled times, with this capital, it is a great help for gaining a foothold in this troubled times, hegemony, and even ascending to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, no one can give up this temptation! Of course, those who are really weak in strength know that they have no hope of fighting, so it is better to ensure neutrality, wait for the price and sell, and strive for the greatest interests for themselves!

At present, the popular candidates for the leader of the alliance are between the Yuan brothers, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian, and Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu.

That Yuan Shao has Cao Cao, Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, and Yuan Yi to help, and his strength is the strongest; Yuan Shu also has the support of Kong Ling and Sun Jian, although the strength is slightly inferior, but with the support of the victorious general Sun Jian, he is also very sure of seizing the leader of the alliance; Han Fu had to help Zhang Miao, and his voice was not low; Tao Qian has his old friends Kong Rong and Bao Xin to help, the lowest strength, but Tao Qian is known as the name of benevolence and righteousness, since the rule of Xuzhou, Xuzhou is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, although life is not rich, but it is better than the past when the displaced, food is not wrapped, the imperial court has several times to express his merits, so he also has the possibility of winning the alliance.

At this time, the only ones who did not express their position were Liu Dai, Liu Zhang, Ma Teng, who could not attend the meeting, and Gongsun Zhan, who had not yet arrived. Ma Teng and Gongsun Zhan were not there, and Er Liu naturally became the object of others competing to pull the cage, but fortunately, at this moment, in the banquet, the four of them took the method of knocking on the side and hinting to inquire about the position of the two, and there was no phenomenon of forced pulling.

Liu Zhang couldn't help but be a little amused when he looked at the sword light and sword shadows hidden in the banquet, because his decision would definitely surprise everyone! When he made up his mind, he prevaricated and gave people hope in all his overtures to all sides, but he did not give any substantive answer.

After the banquet dispersed, not long after returning to the camp of his army, Sun Jian came to visit. After a few cold words, he went straight to the topic, it turned out that after Yuan Shu learned that he had a very good relationship with Liu Zhang, he immediately sent him as a lobbyist, hoping to persuade Liu Zhang to support him to run for the position of alliance leader!

But where is the material for a straightforward man like Sun Jian to be a lobbyist? A few words made Liu Zhang froze, and he even had the intention of turning his back on Yuan Shu!

Then, Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and Tao Qian all sent guests, and Yuan Shao sent Guo Tu, who Xun Yu failed to persuade Liu Zhang to stay! He is not as good as Sun Jian, Liu Zhang was almost handed over by him, but fortunately, Xun Yu relieved him at a critical time.

Han Fu sent the frustrated professor who was the driver of Jizhou at the time, and Liu Zhang, the resume of this person, was also reversed! According to historical records, frustrated with few ambitions, good at strategy, Cao Cao once sighed: lonely early, the world is not enough to worry about! When Han Fu was afraid of Yuan Shao's name and made concessions to Jizhou, he was frustrated and persuaded to no avail, so he had to vote for Yuan Shao with Han Fu. In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao was defeated, frustrated and captured, and would rather die than surrender. Cao Cao loved his talent so much that he couldn't bear to kill him, so he imprisoned him and slowly persuaded him. However, for this loyal man, he was devoted to Yuan, and planned to flee north to Yuan in prison, but he was defeated and killed! Liu Zhang respects this loyal person very much, so the taste of this lobbyist journey changed at the beginning, and he turned into Liu Zhang as a lobbyist, the purpose of which is naturally to hope that the frustrated professor will leave Han Tou Liu! Frustrated by Liu Zhang's play, he was a little overwhelmed, but he still adhered to his loyalty and refused to return to South Korea! Liu Zhang had no choice but to politely send him away. And when he left, he realized that he had forgotten the purpose of this trip!

Tao Qian sent a person who is not trivial - Liu Bei's brother-in-law, Xuzhou celebrity Mi Zhu! Mizhou was originally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and Tao Qian heard about his talent and conquered it for Xuzhou. After Tao Qian's death, he welcomed Liu Bei as the lord of Xuzhou from his will, and later married his sister to Liu Bei, and gave Liu Bei the greatest support (spiritual and material) when Liu Bei was most difficult, and won Liu Bei's trust! After Liu Bei entered Shu, he was named the general of Anhan, and his status was still above Guan, Zhang, and Zhuge . Later, when Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang, his brother Mi Fang surrendered to Lü Meng, causing Guan Yu to be defeated and killed, and he died of illness in shame and resentment. It is a very happy thing to chat with this graceful and generous, honest and elegant sincere gentleman, but he has not been able to take anything useful from Liu Zhang, the only thing he knows is that Liu Zhang admires him very much, if one day, Xuzhou can't stay, Yizhou welcomes Mi to settle down at any time!

Gongsun Chan had already sent the documents to participate in the alliance, and said that the army would soon be marching out. Everyone had to temporarily stay in Sujube and wait for the arrival of Hou Gongsun Zhan's army (the name of the iron cavalry of the Xiliang Army is heard all over the world, and most of the princes attending the meeting only have a small number of cavalry as scouts, although there is a cavalry under Zhang Yang, the party is too guarded, but it is only three thousand, which is embarrassing!) Ma Teng's cavalry was brave, but they couldn't cross Dong Zhuo's territory. The only available cavalry is Gongsun Zhan's northern wolf ride. Gongsun Chan has been at war with the grassland people for a long time, in order to compete with the cavalry of the grassland people, he has carefully trained a large elite cavalry, with more than 20,000 people, the most elite of which is all white horses as mounts, and is called the three thousand light horsemen of the white horse righteous servant, and Gongsun Chan himself is also known as the white horse general. If the coalition forces want to compete with Dong Zhuo's cavalry, they must have a strong cavalry force in their hands, so although they are dissatisfied with Gongsun Zhan's delay, no one is willing to leave him to fight).

Liu Zhang also happened to take advantage of this time to train the soldiers in his hands. With the personal training of famous generals such as Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Yan Yan, and Zhang Ren, the combat effectiveness of these more than 5,000 soldiers began to grow at a visible rate. Liu Zhang, who was overjoyed in his heart, immediately ordered that all soldiers be paid an extra month's salary, and at the same time add vegetables to everyone every night, so that every soldier could see, smell, and eat the stewed pigs and beef in the bowl after finishing training every day. In this way, although the training was very hard, no one complained. The soldiers in the hands of the rest of the princes smelled the smell of meat from the Yizhou military camp every evening, and they were salivating one by one, and many people were eager to switch to Liu Zhang's command, just for the two taels of cooked meat per person every night! After discovering that their army was unstable and complaining, in order to prevent desertions and even mutiny in the army, all the princes decided to move their camps away at the same time, in a word, cherish their lives and stay away from Liu Zhang! In this way, there was a strange scene, the entire Suozao County was full of trouble, but the place where Liu Zhang's camp was located was empty within a radius of three miles.