"Why did Meng De send a message to Ye Zhao?" Sour jujube, the princes will be all, but the princes of the world are all over the place, it is impossible to gather here, among the more than 20 princes, there are only a dozen ways to really participate in this sour jujube alliance.

Cao Cao, as the initiator, was naturally the first to arrive, in addition to Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, Yingchuan Taishou Li Min and Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, the rest of the people have not yet arrived.

When he learned that Cao Cao also invited Ye Zhao to participate in the alliance, Kongyou, Qiao Mao, Li Min and others were all dissatisfied, as for the reason, regardless of the background, before Ye Zhao entered Luoyang, in fact, with the name of Cai Yong's disciple, he could still be recognized by some scholars, even if he did not recognize, he would not be so excluded as now, but later as Ye Zhao grew step by step in Luoyang, the higher his status, in addition to making more enemies, it also caused many people to be dissatisfied and red.

To put it simply, this time the army against Dong was initiated by Cao Cao, and most of the people who came to the alliance were Taishou, Zhou Mu or Thorn Shi, if Ye Zhao came, the identity of General Wei, Ningxiang Hou, and Dahan Concubine, I am afraid that in addition to Liu Chong, the king of Chen, Ye Zhao should be respected here.

But King Chen has already determined that he will not come to the Sour Jujube Alliance, but will directly attack Luoyang from the direction of Yique Pass, so this time the Alliance, if it is judged by official position and title, it is Ye Zhao's biggest, how can they be willing to do it?

After all, although Ye Zhao is famous, but the connections in Shilin can be said to be almost none, the connections established in the early years, Liu Mu died of illness last year, Zhou Jing and Wang Fen were personally given by Ye Zhao, and the remaining celebrities in Luoyang are mostly hostile now, Cai Yong and Lu Zhi are mostly Qing talkers, and their influence cannot spread to Kanto.

In this way, it was a little embarrassing for Ye Zhao to participate in this alliance, the official was the highest, but he didn't have any connections at all, how could the princes of these towns be willing to obey him?

Moreover, the princes begged for Dong, nominally to support the Han family, but in fact, the princes had their own political demands. It is obviously impossible to let Ye Zhao take the big one, but with Ye Zhao's character, will he compromise with them?

What's more, the princes present were mostly divided into factions, either the former officials of the Yuan family, or the support of the Central Plains Wang clan, but Ye Zhao was the only one who had no sect and was a family of his own, so he would naturally be excluded by everyone.

"Princes, don't be impatient." Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "At this time, at the time of the national crisis, Xiuming and you have no conflict, besides, Xiuming's talent in using soldiers, you should have heard of it, wouldn't it be a pity to abandon it at this time?" ”

"Meng De's words are wrong!" Qiao Mao shook his head and said: "This alliance, the heroes of the world gather together, how many strong men in the Kanto region?" Are you afraid of a Dong Zhuo? So what if Ye Zhao is a famous general? He is a famous general, is it possible that these 20 or so princes are all mediocre? Without him, Ye Xiuming, wouldn't I even be able to fight? ”

"In my opinion, then Ye Zhao had several chances to get rid of the Dong thief but he didn't move, and took the initiative to withdraw from the Tiger Prison, if he hadn't given up the Tiger Prison, I am afraid that at this time, I would have already killed the Si Li and exterminated the Dong thief, this son has sinister intentions, maybe he also secretly connected with the Dong thief, I should sacrifice the flag to him!"

"Yes, he killed Gongjie for no reason, with ill intentions, he should be punished!"

Cao Cao was tired of hearing this, and his face couldn't help but change when he heard this, this crusade against Dong Zhuo has not yet begun, and these people have begun to plan against their own people, so what is the use of this alliance?

Immediately frowned and said: "Princes and listen to me, I waited for this time to raise troops to fight against thieves, it is for the sake of righteousness, Ningxianghou has never helped Dong thief, quit the tiger prison, but also forced by the situation, at that time, Dong thief according to the general trend, there are many generals, and the center is its backup, Ningxianghou only has a tiger prison, how to compete with Dong thief?" Now that we have come to our aid in righteousness, but we have conspired to kill them and spread them out, will not they make the people of the world cold? This is a must-do! ”

Between Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo, if there is no secret interest relationship, Cao Cao absolutely does not believe it, otherwise Ye Zhao would not be able to withdraw from Luoyang intact, but Cao Cao knows that with Ye Zhao's temperament, if these people really have this idea or even action, Ye Zhao will definitely turn this alliance upside down.

The alliance of the princes is driven by interests, and they have their own thoughts inside, and they are already weak, if Ye Zhao is allowed to make trouble, this huge alliance will become a joke.

Seeing that Cao Cao was so serious, everyone couldn't talk about it for a while, and they all went back to the camp in a huff.

Sending the four away, Cao Cao sat back in his seat, looked at the empty camp, shook his head with a wry smile, this battle has not yet begun, some people have begun to plan against their own people, the prospect of this alliance is really worrying, he regrets being the initiator of this time, once the alliance is defeated, the court is liquidated, he bears the brunt, but looking at the current posture, Cao Cao really does not have expectations for this alliance to discuss Dong's trip.

"Big brother!" An eight-foot-tall military general strode in, burly, with cold eyes, and a ruthless character at a glance, it was Cao Cao's younger brother Xiahoudun, who was killed by him in the early years because someone insulted his division, and then wandered the rivers and lakes, became a ranger, Cao Cao raised troops to fight for thieves, Xiahoudun came to defect, was appointed by Cao Cao as a general, and arched his hand to Cao Cao, and said with a somewhat ugly face: "Something happened." ”

"What's wrong?" Cao Cao frowned when he heard this: "But what is Dong Zhuo's movement?" ”

"It's not Dong Zhuo!" Xiahoudun shook his head and said, "Jingzhou Assassin Wang Rui has been killed!" ”

"Who did it?" Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, Jingzhou Assassin Shi was the main warlord along the way to Dong this time.

"I heard that Wang Rui had a grudge with Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, and Cao Yin, the Taishou of Wuling, and on the way to respond to the edict, he met Sun Jian, who also went north to the edict, and was besieged and killed by Sun Jian, and his men and horses were merged." Xiahou bowed and said.

"Bastard!" Cao Cao slapped the table and stood up, and said with some annoyance: "At this moment, everyone only thinks about personal grievances, regardless of the overall situation!" ”

"But do you want to cure that Sun Jian's crime?" Xiahoudun asked, "The younger brother will lead the troops to capture him." ”

"No!" Cao Cao shook his head: "We are just the people who call for it, but we are not the masters of the coalition army, in terms of official position, then Sun Jian is not under me, and his reputation is enough, how can we be qualified to punish him?" ”

After speaking, he sighed, and Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "This matter should not have happened, don't cause trouble again." ”

Some words, Cao Cao is not good to say in front of Xiahou Yuan, Sun Jian is known as a tiger, and he is also a fierce general and has been fighting for a long time, if he really does it, he is really afraid that Xiahou Yuan is not Sun Jian's opponent, and he will not be able to ask for the guilt, but will be defeated by Sun Jian, if this is the case, this alliance has not yet begun, I am afraid it will have to be dissolved.

"Whoa!" Xiahoudun didn't know what Cao Cao was worried about, so he just bowed down and agreed, and then said goodbye and left. 8)