The ceremony was held on the second day.

Outside the coalition army, the flags of the princes of the seventeenth road with different colors danced slightly in the morning breeze, waving in the wind. On the flag, there are also a variety of colors, some are marked with the names of the princes from all walks of life, and some are standard with the official ranks of the princes, but the most marked on the flag is the red and bright 'Han' character representing the Han Dynasty.

In front of the princes of the Seventeenth Road, it is a three-story high altar that has been built, three feet high, and the flags of the five directions, white and yellow Yue. The whole body of the high altar is a wooden structure, built by the skilled craftsmen who came to the sour jujube, although it is a rush to work overnight, but it is extremely strong, and the special halberd armor is selected around, and one person is in each zhang, and the high altar is surrounded in the center.

The Han people sacrifice, sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice to the earth, sacrifice to the gods, sacrifice to the ghosts (ancestors), and like today's princes gather to elect the main ceremony of the alliance, it is necessary to hold a ceremony to worship the sky, get the protection of God, and destroy the Dong thief.

In the middle under the high altar, Nai Wenchou led the cavalry army to stand under the banner of the general Yuan, with him as the center, and the seventeen-sided banners on both sides stood the soldiers commanded by the princes of the seventeen roads, and the princes were lined up according to the rank and year of the official position.

The banner is clear, the armor is bright, and the 10,000 soldiers on the 17th Road are all majestic and high-spirited.

Today, the leader of the alliance was elected, and the princes of the Seventeenth Route naturally could not bring all the soldiers to watch the ceremony, and the soldiers who appeared in front of the high platform at this moment were all elite soldiers carefully selected by them.

Because the parties are not subordinate to each other, it is inevitable that the soldiers will compete when they get together at this time, and they all want to overpower each other. One comes and goes, and the momentum is more majestic.

At this time. The princes of the Sixteenth Route appeared on sixteen high-headed horses, according to the agenda. They need to come to their respective banners and wait for Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance.

The princes appeared in turn, Liu Lan accompanied Cao Cao's side, when the two and the princes came to the center of the venue, the three armies thundered with joy, shouting shocking the sky, the scene was magnificent and extraordinary, making people's blood surging.

In the shouts of the soldiers, the princes came to their respective banners, and Cao Cao's headquarters was on the east side of Yuan Shao's cavalry, which was the so-called right. Han is right-handed, and this alone shows how much Yuan Shao attaches importance to him, and Liu Lan is not a prince, but he was pulled to Cao Cao's side, which can be described as well-intentioned.

To the east of Cao Cao's troops were Tao Qian, Kong Rong and other princes, and on the west side of Yuan Shao's cavalry, the first one was Yuan Shu, whose face was ugly and kept sneering contemptuously.

Soon after the princes returned to their thrones. A 40-year-old ceremonial official dressed in bright red walked into the venue and motioned to the musician who had been waiting for a long time to start playing, He Yin, Daya. For a while, the voice of Huang Zhong Da Lu echoed for a long time. After a long time, the celebrant motioned for the musician to pause the solemn music and waited for a moment. Only then did he raise his voice and said: "Welcome to the Marquis of Qi and the general of the Che Cavalry!" ”

Yuan Shao arrived with a group of princes. I don't want to wait on the side for a full hour, if it weren't for this official but the former Taichang Temple Taizhu. He really thought that this person was deliberately playing tricks on him.

Yuan Shao, who had to press the impatience in his heart, was waiting under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, but every time he thought in his heart that he was about to become the leader of the princes' alliance, this bitterness became nothing.

While he was patiently waiting, the voice of the ceremonial officer letting him enter finally sounded, and he rode a horse on the belly of a horse under the escort of the armor soldier and slowly entered, until he came to the field, and his mood was still excited, especially when he heard the princes of the Seventeenth Route shouting in unison: 'Welcome to the general of the chariot cavalry', even the palms of his hands began to tremble slightly, this kind of scene was really the first time in his life. He enjoyed the moment of great attention, but he understood that in front of everyone's eyes, he must not appear too out of shape, so he instantly restrained himself, solemnly bowed his hand, returned a four-way courtesy, and took care of the princes, before he said: "You have been waiting for a long time, Yuan Shao is polite." ”

"Kill the national thieves and help the Han family!"

After the princes finished speaking in unison, they invited Yuan Shao again and said, "I invite the general to climb the high altar and succeed the leader of the coalition army!" ”

All this is a process that has been designed for a long time, for these formalism, Liu Lan has no other way but to sneer in his heart, in fact, after learning about this process from Cao Cao's mouth, he directly refused to watch the ceremony, but he refused again and again at the banquet, if he refused to watch the ceremony again, it would really be torn apart.

And Liu Lan, who knew the details, naturally understood that Yuan Shao needed to give up the position of the leader of the alliance of the princes in front of everyone.

At this moment, Yuan Shao couldn't wait to ascend the high altar immediately, but according to the process, he had to ignore his conscience and politely refused, saying: "Shaocai is shallow in learning, and he is ashamed to be the leader of the alliance, and he also asks the monarchs to choose meritocracy." ”

After the ceremonial officer came forward, it was the turn of the initiator Cao Cao to come out, and he only heard him say: "The fourth and fifth princes of the Yuan family, the whole family; At the beginning, he was highly respected, led his troops to fight against Dong, succeeded to the position of the leader of the alliance, and was expected to return to the altar and lead all departments of the coalition army. ”

Yuan Shao humbled again, but this time it was changed to the princes of the Seventeenth Road to extend the invitation together, Yuan Shao let it again, and it became the princes of the Seventeenth Road and the non-commissioned officers of the coalition army to extend the invitation together, so far, Yuan Shao, who has been pushed three times, can no longer 'push' However, he can only accept it reluctantly, but his performance is not difficult at all, only a little dressed and wearing a sword before going to the altar, and then he is angry.

The grand and peaceful sound of Zhong Lu rose again, in the music Yuan Shao slowly walked onto the high platform, the moment he took the stage, the nervous Yuan Shao's mouth began to turn purple, his brain was blank, and he had long forgotten what to do, fortunately, the ceremonial officer saw the embarrassment of Yuan Shao standing on the high altar, walked quickly on the stage, and whispered to him, Yuan Shao began to burn incense under the guidance of the ceremonial official.

Yuan Shu in the audience looked sarcastic, scolded the concubine for being stupid, and lost the face of the Yuan family, if it was replaced by him, there would definitely not be such a scene, just when Yuan Shu slandered the incompetent Yuan Shao in his heart, Yuan Shao after burning incense had already inserted three high incense sticks into the incense burner, and then deeply bowed to the three animals enshrined on the long case.

After receiving the gift, Yuan Shao unfolded the silk cloth prepared in advance and prayed loudly:

"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, all the princes began to make a blood alliance under the leadership of Yuan Shao, and after drinking blood wine together, Yuan Shao slowly stepped down in the high-pitched voice of the ceremonial official.

At this point, Yuan Shao has completely become a veritable lord of the princes' alliance.

Vehement! (To be continued......)