March 16 of the Han calendar is Liu Yuan's birthday, and in the past, Liu Yuan's birthday was only celebrated by his wife, concubines, heirs and some cronies, and he never held a big event. However, this time is different, Liu Yuan is thirty years old, and in the year of his establishment, the Xia Kingdom, who has accepted the washing of Han culture and etiquette, attaches great importance to it. Since the beginning of the month, preparations have been made to celebrate Liu Yuan's birthday.

On the 16th, from the moment of sunrise, the servants in the summer palace began to fall into the busiest moment, and under the command of Zhang Rang, Duan Qi, and Zuo Feng, the final preparations were carried out in an orderly manner. The biggest change brought by the three eunuchs to the summer palace was that everything became orderly, and the system and constraints from the Han palace were forcibly implemented with the support of Liu Yuan.

Meiji is up and down, but there are high-ranking honors and important positions, all of whom are invited to the palace. The harem concubines and beauties are all dressed up gorgeously, and those who have children are all brought to the palace with their children.

"Meet the King! Long live the king! In the jubilant Chongzheng Hall, everyone bowed down to Liu Yuan and congratulated. Liu Yuan was also happy to exempt the ministers from courtesy.

"Father, ten thousand years!" Liu Heng, Liu Jue, and Liu Cheng are the three eldest brothers, Liu Heng and Liu Rui are behind, plus Liu Shu and Liu Aya. Liu Aya was born by Lan Yu, and Fang was four years old.

On the side of the main hall, there are three children who can't walk in their mother's arms, all of whom are Liu Yuan's new Han and Hu Meiren in recent years.

He also appeared in full costume, not as sad as before, with a faint smile on his face. In terms of appearance, Liu Yuan's favorite concubine and concubine are not much different from them, but this temperament, after all, is a woman who has been the queen of the Han Dynasty and the queen mother, and the noble and majestic temperament that she exudes invisibly suddenly overwhelmed everyone.

Liu Yuan's eyes glanced at him involuntarily, sitting beside Liu Yuan, Liu Zhi looked at He Shi for a while, and then quietly looked at Liu Yuan, sighed lightly in his heart, and his beautiful face was a little melancholy.

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Turning to the south, Dong Zhuo had moved the capital to Chang'an, and the people around Luoyang were forced to relocate for him. And the big families rooted in it also suffered heavy losses, and their roots were about to be broken by Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo also slowly saw through it, that is, he was a "good baby" in Luoyang City, and he was still a traitor to the chaotic country by word of mouth among the world's corporaries. When the martial arts are in power, how can these cadres and doctors take a break. The rebellion of the Kwantung princes, named Kuang Fu Dahan, got rid of him Dong thief, but it was actually a backlash from the families against his overlord of Beijing.

Dong Zhuo was ruthless enough, and directly let go of the restrictions on his army, and sent Lu Bu to plunder the wealthy clans, wantonly loot the wealth of Luoyang, burn palaces and houses, and Luoyang, the century-old imperial capital, was reduced to ruins. Yuan Shao's thief, doesn't he just want this imperial capital of Luoyang, and he wants this position of being in power and in the opposition, and he directly ruined it, this may be Dong Zhuo's heart.

In Wen County, Hanoi, outside the city, a solemn military camp sits on the ground, and the banner of the word "Yuan" is waving in the wind, and 15,000 sergeants are stationed in it. Since going south to Hanoi, Yuan Shao has been stationed here, sitting and watching the situation, and the generals of the great feudal princes have not crossed the river to attack.

In the big tent, Yuan Shao was drinking and feasting with a group of subordinates, and the atmosphere was harmonious, and there was not much tension in the war.

"Ming Gong is now the head of the Kwantung princes, the dragon and the tiger are walking, and the spirit is all over the world!" Zhang Yang in the audience raised his glass to congratulate. After Yuan Shao entered Wenxian County, Zhang Yang led more than 3,000 soldiers under his command to join the battle.

"Haha!" Yuan Shao also raised his glass accordingly: "Uncle Zhi is too famous!" ”

"Ming Gong, we have been annexed here for several months, and the Dong thief of Luoyang is doing evil in the south of the great river! When our army crossed the river to fight the thieves, the soldiers were all gearing up, eager to make meritorious contributions! A rather dignified general suddenly stood up and asked, his style was very strong, it was the general sent by Han Fu Lu Yi.

"The general is not in a hurry, Dong Thief is powerful, and he is heavily defended on the bank of the big river, and he rushes south, just afraid that he will be able to take advantage of it. Our army still needs to wait for a good opportunity to attack! Yuan Shao looked relaxed and spoke comfortably. Now Yuan Shao's subordinates lack good generals, and they love Lu Yi, a general with a bold style and outstanding ability to command troops, and have the intention of subduing him.

"Hey!" sighed, saw that Yuan Shao was still the same old rhetoric, and sat down depressedly.

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"What!" Hearing the message from the Yuan clan who fled to Yuan Ying from Henan, Yuan Shao couldn't hold it steady anymore, and said in shock: "Dong thief dares to do this!" ”

Dong Zhuo used Yuan Shao to kill the Taifu Yuan Kui and the servant Yuan Ji, and the whole family was wiped out. For Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao still has feelings. With the body of a concubine, he succeeded Yuan Cheng and became the son of Yuan's family. Over the years, among the Yuan family, Yuan Kui has supported him the most, and Yuan Shao has always regarded Yuan Kui as his father.

Yuan Kui's death completely angered Yuan Shao. Yuan's army, which had been nesting in Wenxian for several months, finally moved and went straight to Mengjin, in a vain attempt to cross the river to attack the south, but unfortunately it was blocked by Hu Zhen. Although Hu Zhen's ability is not bad, he still has some strength to deal with Yuan Jun, but fortunately, Pingyin has Jia Xu, an old fox, to respond.

Yuan's army crossed the river in a bloody battle, but it was unsuccessful and suffered heavy losses, so it had no choice but to retreat to Wen County, recruit soldiers, mobilize grain and grass, and continue to accumulate strength. On the front line of the river, during the calm confrontation again, Yuan's army was unable to go south, and Dong's army had no intention of going north.

Sour dates, where the coalition of the princes of the five towns is located, Cao Cao walked out of the big tent with a gloomy face. Looking back, in the big tent, the lights are bright, the singing and dancing are leveling, and the so-called "heroes and heroes" are drinking and having fun all day long, and there is no atmosphere of Yasukuni saving the disaster.

Looking up, it was dark and dull at night. "With so many people, can the decline of this big Han country be reversed?" Cao Cao muttered: "The future of the Han Dynasty is like this shady scene, which is desperate!" ”

"Lord!" Behind him were three men with extraordinary temperaments, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan.

"Zilian, Miaocai, Yuanrang, I want to lead the army west into Chenggao and kill Dong!" Cao Cao's face was full of firmness: "I can't control the others, but I, Cao Cao, raise volunteers to save the country!" Cao Cao almost roared.

The three people behind him glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Swear to follow the lord to the death!" ”

The next day, Cao Cao led his 5,000-part march west into Chenggao; A cadre of princes or ridicule, or disdain, indifferent, only Zhang Miao, or close to the relationship, sent his subordinate Weizi to lead 2,000 troops to assist, but he still lived with the public in sour jujube. And Cao Cao has the spirit and pride of "although there are tens of millions of people, I will go", and he is still a little helpless.

From the sour jujube to the southwest, all the way to the chasm turned westward, Cao Cao was both excited and apprehensive, but also careful enough. Slowly approaching Chenggao, but in the north of Xingyang, on the bank of the Bianqu, Cao Cao retreated.

Zhonglang general Xu Rong personally led Dong Jun to block the road in front. At noon, the sun was shining, and Cao Cao's face immediately gloomy as he looked at the more than 20,000 Dong army cavalry in front of him.