At this time, there were already Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Zhang Yang, Bao Xin, Qiao Mao, Wei Zi and others in the local area who were raising troops against Dong.

Looking at the list of these people, it is not difficult to find that these people, including Liu Bei, are either the protégés of the great general He Jin, or the former officials of the general He Miao.

And the reason why Liu Bei and others raised troops was that the young emperor was abolished for no reason, and Dong Zhuo "abolished the heirs and established the concubines, and abolished the elders and the young." "He is a traitor of the kingdom.

Therefore, Liu Bei and others wanted to invade Luoyang, defeat Dong Zhuo, support the nephew of the general He Jin, and re-ascend the throne of King Hongnong.

Although Liu Bei and the others were mostly powerful, Dong Zhuo still felt threatened, and he was afraid that He Jin's old department was dominated by King Hongnong. decided to kill King Hongnong, and completely cut off the possibility of the Kwantung anti-Dong coalition army supporting King Hongnong.

In the first year of the first peace, on the twelfth day of the first month, Dong Zhuo invited Liu Bian, the king of Hongnong, to the top of the high-rise building and sent soldiers to guard it. Then, Dong Zhuo called the prince of Hongnong, pretended to reproach him, and said: "I heard that the king of Hongnong has been sick recently, and he is very sick, why don't you tell me." ”

At the same time, Dong Zhuo sent troops to force the imperial doctor to prepare poison, and then sent Lang Zhong to order Li Ru to poison Liu Bian.

Li Ru went upstairs with a pot of poisonous wine, saw Liu Wei, the king of Hongnong, bowed and saluted, and after getting up, he said to the king of Hongnong: "Please take this medicine and wine, you can cure the disease." ”

Liu Bian is not stupid, and said in his heart that I drank this medicinal wine, but I am afraid that I will die immediately, and I will never get sick, but it is not medicine to get rid of the disease.

So he said to Li Ru: "I'm not sick, you want to poison me." ”

Seeing that King Hongnong refused to take poisoned wine, Li Ru stepped forward and forced Liu Bian to drink poisoned wine, Liu Bian had no choice but to ask to say goodbye to Tang Ji, the princess of Hongnong, and other concubines before he died, and Li Ru agreed to this request of King Hongnong.

At the banquet, Liu Bei, the king of Hongnong, said goodbye to Tang Ji, and instructed her: "After all, Concubine Ai is a person who has been a queen, and after I die, I hope you will not marry again, so as not to be insulted and disgrace to the royal family." ”

After seeing that Concubine Tang agreed, King Hongnong took poisoned wine and died.

Dong Zhuo gave Liu the nickname "Huai", that is, "Hongnong Huaiwang", and was buried in the tomb of Zhao Zhong, a regular servant in his hometown.

Dong Zhuo originally thought that as long as the king of Hongnong was killed, it would be a great blow to the anti-Dong coalition army, because the excuse of the anti-Dong coalition army was to support the restoration of King Hongnong.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had a total of two sons, one Liu Ban and one Liu Xie. Now Liu Wei is dead and has no heirs. Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty is the biological son of the first emperor, and he is the emperor as a matter of course, even if it is an anti-Dong coalition army, he must recognize Liu Xie's legal status.

Therefore, in Dong Zhuo's view, the anti-Dong coalition army has no reason to raise troops.

Who knew that Dong Zhuo's killing of King Hongnong angered a hero.

This hero is Cao Zanghong, the Gong of Guangling County.

Zang Hong is a native of Sheyang, Guangling County, Xuzhou, and his father Zang Min was a Xiongnu Zhonglang general, Zhongshan, and Taiyuan Taishou, and was very famous during his tenure as an official. He once quelled the rebellion of the demon thief Xu Zhao. When Zang Hong was fifteen years old, he worshiped Tong Zilang with his father's merit and was well-known as Taixue. Zang Hong is burly, different from others, and he is filial piety and honesty. At the end of Emperor Ling, he abandoned his official position and returned home, and Zhang Chao asked Hong to be a meritorious Cao.

Zang Hong has a fellow villager friend named Yuan Sui. It was about Yuan Kui who felt that he couldn't write two "Yuan" characters in one stroke, so he recruited Yuan Sui as Taifu Peng. Although Yuan Sui is not a member of the Yuan family in Runan, he is also a protégé of Taifu Yuan Kui.

The Three Princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty were more of an honorary title, and the real power was in Shangshutai. For example, Xun Yu, everyone calls him Xun Lingjun, I don't know, I still use Xun Yu's word Lingjun, because Xun Yu kept the book order, held the weight in the center for more than ten years, handled military affairs, and was respectfully called "Xun Lingjun".

Because Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun are both border people, he thinks that Wang Yun should have a common language with him, and at the same time, he also attracts Wang Yun for the purpose of winning over the people of Bingzhou, and Wang Yun also caters to Dong Zhuo with clever words, and gradually becomes Dong Zhuo's confidant. After Dong Zhuo served as Xiangguo, he appointed the servant Wang Yun to keep the Shangshu order, which hollowed out the power of the Taifu Yuan Kui to control the Shangshutai, and Wang Yun at this time can also be called "Wang Lingjun".

At the beginning, after the death of the great general He Jin, if the Taifu Yuan Kui handed over the military power of Luoyang to his two nephews Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, with the status of the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family in Runan, it would be easy to subdue the soldiers and horses left by the general He Jin, and even most of the generals He Jin's subordinates admired Yuan Shao.

If Yuan Kui really did this, then the old Yuan family would be able to dominate the court, calling for wind and rain, and there would not even be the constraints of eunuchs and relatives, and there would be nothing to do with Dong Zhuo.

But Yuan Kui this goods, not only want to be a blue pool, but also want to set up a memorial arch.

So, Yuan Kui sent people to Xianyang Yuan, appointed his protégé Dong Zhuo as one of the three princes, and supported Dong Zhuo to grasp the military power, so that Wu Kuang and others defected to Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Wang Kuang, Bao Xin, Qiao Mao and others fled.

In the final analysis, Yuan Kui still thinks in peacetime, although he knows that military power is important, Yuan Kui still believes that Dong Zhuo is his protégé and former official, and he can control Dong Zhuo.

It is also possible that Yuan Kui didn't want people to say that he was nepotistic, and he didn't want to come forward to depose the emperor in person, so as not to leave a notoriety of bullying the young master in the comments of the government and the opposition and public opinion.

However, Dong Zhuo came forward to depose the emperor and force the queen mother to death, coupled with Dong Zhuo's subsequent series of actions, although Yuan Kui did not stick to right and wrong, but also made Dong Zhuo successfully establish his authority, so that many people moved closer to Dong Zhuo, so that Dong Zhuo's power slowly surpassed Yuan Kui.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo, a barbarian from Xiliang, has martial arts thinking, does not pay attention to the rules of the rivers and lakes at all, ignores the unspoken rules of gate politics, and after mastering the military power of Luoyang, the power gradually overtook Yuan Kui. In the end, he simply came to be an anti-guest, made himself a minister, and became a powerful minister who dominated the government.

Therefore, Yuan Kui was very dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, but at this time, Luoyang's military power was in Dong Zhuo's hands, Dong Zhuo was in power, and Yuan Kui was helpless.

Yuan Sui resigned after Dong Zhuo became the prime minister, returned to his hometown, and told Zang Hong about Yuan Kui's dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo.

Zang Hong was already dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, and after knowing that Dong Zhuo had killed King Hongnong, he ran to persuade Zhang Miao's brother, Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling County, to raise troops against Dong.

He said to Zhang Chao: "For several generations of your family in the Ming Mansion, they have been favored by the imperial court. Now, both of your brothers are serving as the Taishou of the big county, and now the royal family will be in danger, and the thief Dong Zhuo has not been eliminated, this is a good time for the heroes of the world to serve the court. Now Guangling County is internally stable, the officials and people are rich, and if the army is conscripted, it can get 20,000 people. Take this as a basis to destroy the national thief Dong Zhuo and set an example for the people of the world, this is the greatest righteousness in the world! ”

Zhang Chao has always respected Zang Hong, and after serving as the Taishou of Guangling County, he handed over all government affairs to Zang Hong, and after listening to Zang Hong's words, he agreed very much. So he and Zang Hong went to Chenliu County to contact Zhang Miao, and Zhang Miao immediately asked Zhang Chao to introduce Zang Hong, who was very different from his words, and expressed his willingness to raise troops to fight Dong.

In fact, before this, Cao Cao, Wei Zi and others raised troops against Dong in Jiwu County, Chenliu County, under Zhang Miao's jurisdiction, and Zhang Miao did not intervene to obstruct it.

Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai and Yuzhou Assassin Kong Ling were also friendly with Zang Hong, and Zang Hong contacted these two to join the alliance.

In the first month of the first year of Chuping, the anti-Dong alliance advocated by Zang Hong gathered in Suozao County, Chenliu County.

There are Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Chen Liujun Taishou Zhang Miao, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, Guangling County Taishou Zhang Chao, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin and his younger brother Bao Tao, Cao Cao, Wei Zi, Shanyang County Taishou Yuan Yi, this person is Yuan Shao's brother, Chen Xiang Xu Ling and Peiguo Jianping County Magistrate Liu Xun and others.

When the altar was set, all the assassins and taishou present gave in to each other, and no one was willing to come to the stage to be this up-and-coming bird, and finally jointly elected Zang Hong to the altar to swear.

Zang Hong did not shirk, and swore an oath on the altar to denounce Dong Zhuo.

His alliance said: "The Han family is unfortunate, the emperor is out of control, and the thief Dong Zhuo takes advantage of the provocation and indulgence, adding disaster to the supreme, abusing the people, and is afraid of losing the community, covering the four seas." Yanzhou Assassin Shi Dai, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Ling, Chen Liutai Shou Miao, Dongjun Tai Shou Mao, Guangling Tai Shou Chao, etc., entangled the volunteers, and went to the country. Where I am allied and work together, so that the ministers will be killed, and the heads will be lost, there will be no two ambitions. 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! ”

Zang Hong's speech was impassioned, and when he heard this oath, from the assassin Shi Taishou to the ordinary soldiers, no one present was so moved that they wept bitterly.

Because this alliance is in Sour Zao County in Chenliu County, it is called the "Sour Jujube Oath".