Because there are many sour jujube trees in the territory, Sujube County is named "Sujube County". Suozao County and Henan Yin are close to each other, and the princes of Kwantung chose to raise troops here to join the alliance, and their intentions are self-evident.

After participating in the alliance of princes, he led his troops back to Yingchuan County, Yuzhou.

Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao's brother Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin and Cao Cao and other other other princes all stayed in Suozao County, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuangtun soldiers in Sili Hanoi County, and the later general Yuan Shu in Nanyang Luyang, one south and one north echoed each other. The Kwantung princes were divided into four directions, forming a semi-encirclement of the capital city of Luoyang from south to north.

Liu Bei was still in Jinan County, but he only sent Qingzhou to engage in Tao Qiuhong to express his support.

Because of the Yuan clan of Runan, the third prince of the fourth world, the people in the sea are hopeful, Yuan Shao is the leader of the scholars, and he should be the leader of the alliance. So everyone pushed Yuan Shao to be the leader of the alliance, but Yuan Shao himself did not arrive in Suozao County.

At this time, among the princes of the anti-Dong coalition army, Yuan Shu, the general with the highest official position, and the generals in the imperial court, were the highest, the hussar general was the second, the chariot cavalry general was the third, the Wei general was the fourth, and the four generals were tied for fifth. Like Liu Bei's general Zhengdong, he belongs to a miscellaneous general.

Therefore, Yuan Shao called himself the general of the cavalry and the captain of the school because he still held the seal of the captain of the school, and he also called himself the "edict of the contractor".

Called the general of the chariot cavalry, this is one level older than Yuan Shu's rear general, which is in line with his identity as the leader of the alliance. The so-called "line" is the meaning of the agent, the general of the chariot cavalry, which means that the general of the chariot is now vacant, so Yuan Shao is reluctant to temporarily act as an agent.

The meaning of "undertaking the edict", simply put, is to let everyone not listen to the Luoyang court, but listen to him Yuan Shao.

Because of the provisions of the Han family system, the county soldiers are not allowed to go out of the county without an edict, and most of the people who raised troops to fight against Dong this time were too conservative ministers, and Yuan Shao used his power to "undertake the edict" to give everyone the title of general and captain. Of course, General So-and-so can lead troops out of bounds to fight Dong Zhuo in this name. Therefore, everyone is reluctant to act for the time being.

At this time, most of the heroes in the world attributed to Yuan Shao, and only Bao Xin said to Cao Cao: "The so-called strategically intelligent person is rare in the world, and the person who can command the heroes of the world to calm down the troubled times and restore the order of the world must be you." If it weren't for this kind of talent, no matter how powerful it was, it would inevitably fail in the future. You are probably sent by Heaven to save the world. ”

It can only be said that this Bao Xin is really a good vision.

The capital Luoyang is only a few hundred miles away from Suozao County, and after the Kwantung princes raised troops, Dong Zhuo knew it in just two days, and he was immediately furious, so Dong Zhuo wanted to send soldiers and horses to retaliate, and invited his henchmen to come to discuss. On weekdays, a large number of celebrities and celebrities gathered, and the seats were full of high-ranking friends, but today Dong Zhuo only recruited Li Ru and a few other confidants to discuss.

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "The princes of the Kwantung region are all opposed, I want to attack them with soldiers, where should I attack?" ”

When Li Ru and the others heard this, they all knew that Dong Zhuo was already furious, so they didn't say whether they should be beaten, but asked where they should fight.

After thinking for a while, Li Ru decided not to go against Dong Zhuo, and said: "Now the sour jujube army is gathered, with tens of thousands, although the Kwantung soldiers are not strong, they are not as good as the elite of Liangzhou and Bingzhou, but there are too many people, and they should not be underestimated. ”

Li Ru said again: "Now, Huangfu Song led more than 30,000 troops, stationed on the right to support the wind, and Gai Xun also has 10,000 soldiers in Chang'an, so first transfer these two people back to Luoyang, in case he unites with the Kwantung princes, we are only afraid that we will suffer from the enemy." ”

Dong Zhuo agreed, so he sent troops to attack Yingchuan to vent his anger. In the name of the imperial court, he issued an edict to recruit these two people into the imperial court as officials.

Sending troops now is actually to vent Dong Zhuo's anger, so there is no serious goal in sending troops this time, just to deter the Kwantung princes.

When Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses were passing through Yangcheng, they happened to encounter Yangcheng Social Opera.

On such days, the common people worship the gods and dance and sing in front of the bonfire.

At this time, Dong Zhuo's soldiers arrived and surrounded them on all sides, so these crowds of people who were playing in the social drama all panicked, ran to dodge, and even crowded and trampled on each other. Dong Zhuojun divided the common people into two piles, men and women, all the heads of the men were cut off, and the women were tied up and dragged away on the people's own ox carts. They hung the severed heads of the men on the wheels, and the soldiers shouted "Long live", declared the victory of the thieves, and drove back towards Luoyang City. Then they burned all the heads, and gave all the women to the soldiers as concubines.

Strictly speaking, although Dong Zhuo abolished the Son of Heaven at this time and became the prime minister again, he really didn't do anything too excessive.

The abolition of the Son of Heaven was instructed by Taifu Yuan Kui, and among the hundred officials of the imperial court, except for Lu Zhi, there was no second opposition, not to mention agree, at least it could be regarded as acquiescence. As for recruiting local celebrities as officials, they are all based on fame, and they don't have too much selfishness, Dong Zhuo's own henchmen are just lieutenant generals and school captains.

This time, sending troops to Yangcheng, plundering the county's wealth and goods, robbing the county's women, and driving back to Luo, was almost the first evil thing Dong Zhuo did after entering Beijing.

Dong Zhuo saw that there were many soldiers and horses against the Dong Alliance, so he summoned the ministers of the imperial court to discuss, planning to recruit soldiers on a large scale to crusade against the Kwantung Alliance. Shangshu Zhengtai said: "Governing the world lies in virtue, not in the number of soldiers and horses. ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was very unhappy, and asked rhetorically: "According to what you say, is the army useless?" ”

Zheng Tai showed his demeanor at this time, as he did during the Warring States period, and said: "I'm not saying that the army is useless, but I think that the rabble of the Kwantung Coalition Army is not worthy of the imperial court to send a large army to fight. ”

Then Zheng Tai patted Dong Zhuo's ass, "Ming Gong rose in Liangzhou, he became a general when he was young, and when he had time, he was familiar with the art of war, and he fought on the battlefield many times, and he was a famous general praised by the world." ”

Then he began to belittle Yuan Shao again, "And Yuan Shao is a son of a minister, who grew up in the capital and was raised by a woman." ”

Yuan Shao is Yuan Feng's concubine, when he was born, Yuan Feng's brother Yuan Cheng died and had no son, Yuan Feng didn't want to see his brother Yuan Cheng, so he passed his newborn concubine Yuan Shao to Yuan Cheng, Yuan Shao was raised by Yuan Cheng's wife.

After belittleing Yuan Shao, Zheng Tai began to belittle Zhang Miao again, "Zhang Miao is an honest man from Dongping, sitting in the lobby, he doesn't even dare to raise his head. ”

Then he belittled Kong Ling and said: "Kong Ling can only talk and talk highly, and even the dead can be blown alive by him." ”

Then, Zheng Tai concluded: "These people have no military talent at all, and they have not suffered the hardships of climbing ice and snow on the battlefield, and they are in battle, how can they be the opponents of Ming Gong?" "It's still a sycophant.

He also analyzed the situation of the Kwantung princes, "What's more, their official positions are all sealed by themselves, and they have not been appointed by the imperial court, and there is no order of respect and inferiority." If they rely on the strength of the army to fight, these people will retain their own strength, to see success or failure, and will not work together to advance and retreat together. ”

Comparing the quality of the armies on both sides, "Moreover, the Shandong region has been peaceful for a long time, and the people are not familiar with fighting, and the Guanxi region is often attacked by the Qiang people, and even women can bend their bows to fight." The strong army feared by the people of the world did not exceed the army of Bingzhou and Liangzhou and Qiang and Hu Yicong. “

In the end, it was a sycophant, "Ming Gong used them as his minions to fight, just like driving tigers and beasts to catch dogs and sheep, and puffing up strong winds to sweep away dead leaves, who can resist!" Conscription without incident will alarm the whole world and cause people who are afraid of military service to gather and cause chaos. Abandoning virtue and politics and using the army is to damage one's own prestige. ”

Dong Zhuo was very happy to hear this, and took Zheng Tai as the general and led the army to attack the eastern part of the country.

Someone said to Dong Zhuo: "Zheng Tai is very smart, and he has contacts with the people of the Kwantung Coalition Army, and now that he can master the soldiers and horses, he will prompt him to defect to the Kwantung Coalition Army." ”

Dong Zhuo felt justified, so he dismissed Zheng Tai's general and changed his visit to Yilang.

At this time, another piece of bad news came.