Dongjun, located in the north of Yanzhou, bordering Jizhou in the north, spanning both banks of the Yellow River, due to the early development time, and the alluvial plain of the Yellow River, the land is fertile, the irrigation is convenient, the two banks are relatively rich, and the impact in the Yellow Turban Rebellion is relatively small, and it has not affected the development of the local economy.

Due to the prosperity of trade after the war, Baimadu in Dongjun was the throat connecting Jizhou to Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and also brought a lot of wealth to Dongjun.

Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, the son of the late Taiwei Qiaoxuan clan, was appointed from Yanzhou to the history of the assassination and moved to the post of Taishou of Dongjun.

Therefore, when the general He Jin transferred foreign ministers to lead troops into Beijing and plotted to punish the eunuchs, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao was ordered to lead troops to garrison Chenggao, and later the situation in Luoyang changed too quickly, and Qiaomao returned to Dongjun disappointed.

In December, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao forged a document of the three dukes in the capital, and sent a document to all states and counties, stating Dong Zhuo's various crimes in Luoyang, saying: "We are persecuted and cannot save ourselves, and we hope that rebels will be raised in various places to relieve the country of the great disaster." ”

Qiao Mao took the lead in advocating volunteers and called on the heroes of the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

first received Cao Cao's response, first, Cao Cao escaped from the capital and was not appointed to any official position by Dong Zhuo, and hated him; Second, after Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo ordered the world to be wanted, and opposing Dong Zhuo was the only way to survive; Third, Cao Cao hopes to have the opportunity to make a contribution, and now is the right time.

And the people of the Cao family have all fled from the capital, and there is no worry or concern; The Cao family's nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses were also under the command of Cao Cao, and they were funded by Chen Liufu's wealthy merchant Weizi to raise troops against Dong in Jiwu County.

The second person who responded to Qiao Mao was Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Wei County in Jizhou, who supported the anti-Dong, but just wanted to leave Wei County under the pretext of leaving the threat of the champion Hou Gaoshun, and more importantly, he wanted to take advantage of the anti-Dong Zhuo time to fish in troubled waters, make some benefits, and realize his ambitions.

Liu Bei was ambitious and actively supported Gongsun Zhan's actions, but unfortunately he is now following Gongsun Zhan, and he is not a prince all the way, and he is destined to have no future.

The third responder was Bao Xin, as early as when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he asked Yuan Shao to kill Dong Zhuo and relieve the trouble, but unfortunately Yuan Shao was indecisive and did not take his advice, so Bao Xin returned to his hometown and was later appointed by Dong Zhuo as the prime minister of Jibei; Now that Qiao Mao has issued a secret letter from the Three Princes, of course he wants to send troops for the country and sweep away the national disaster.

Subsequently, the fourth responder was Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, who was a member of the Han family, and his participation made the discussion of Dong more justified.

The fifth responder was to everyone's surprise, it was Guangling's brother who guarded Zhang Chao and Chen Liu, who guarded Zhang Miao.

There is a key figure here, Zang Hong.

Zang Hong, the word Ziyuan (a work of Ziyuan), Guangling County Sheyang County, his father Zang successively served as the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, Zhongshan Taishou, Taiyuan Taishou and other positions, during his tenure as an official is very famous, once pacified the rebellion of the demon thief Xu Zhao and other achievements.

When Zang Hong was fifteen years old, he was worshiped as a boy because of his father's merits, and he was famous in Taixue; Zang Hong is burly and exceptionally good, and when he was in his 20s, he was elected as a filial piety and a lang, and was elected as the county magistrate along with Liu Xiang and Wang Lang.

In the last years of Zhongping, due to Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Zang Hong had a premonition that the world was in turmoil, so he resigned and went home, and was hired by Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling, as a meritorious Cao.

Qiao Mao's secret letter came, and Zang Hong persuaded Zhang Chao after repeated consideration: "Mingjun, your ancestors have been favored by the country for generations, and both of your brothers are in control of a large county, and now the royal family has gone through this calamity, and the rebellious ministers and thieves have not been punished, and this is the time for the righteous martyrs in the world to repay their kindness and serve their lives." At present, Guangling County is relatively stable, and the county is very wealthy, if at least 20,000 people can be recruited by mobilization, so as to punish the national thieves and set an example for the people of the world, it will be the greatest righteousness! ”

Zhang Chao felt reasonable, so he followed Zang Hong's suggestion and traveled west with Zang Hong to Chenliu to meet his brother Zhang Miao and discuss the matter of raising troops.

The two brothers hit it off and immediately responded to Qiao Mao's call, making Chen Liujun Taishou Zhang Miao the sixth prince of the Dong Alliance.

Coupled with the soldiers of Qiaomao's Dongjun, a total of seven princes, after discussion, decided to raise troops together, to the sour Zaotun troops, choose the opportunity to march west, attack Dong Zhuo, and relieve the national disaster.

The Kwantung anti-Dong alliance seemed to have the potential to burn the prairies, and Dong Zhuo was shocked and hurriedly recruited his son-in-law Li Ru to come to negotiate.

Dong Zhuo asked: "The Kwantung counties raised troops, which seems to have the intention of coercing the Beijing division, so what can I do?" ”

Li Ru said confidently: "Haha, Xiangguo doesn't have to worry, as long as the abolished emperor is removed, the Kwantung Prefecture will return in vain." ”

Dong Zhuo thought so, if this was the case, the Kwantung coalition army would lose the reason to crusade against him in the name of welcoming the deposed emperor Hongnong to the throne, so he decided to kill Hongnong King.

Dong Zhuo put King Hongnong in the pavilion, and sent his son-in-law Li Rujin to offer poisonous wine to King Hongnong on the twelfth day of the first month of the first year of Chuping (March 6, 190 AD), saying: "Taking this medicine can ward off evil." ”

King Hongnong said, "I'm not sick, it's just trying to kill me!" "I won't drink it.

Li Ru forced him to drink.

As a last resort, Liu Biannai said goodbye to his wife Tang Ji and the entourage of the palace people.

In the process of drinking, King Hongnong sang sadly: "Heaven is easy, how difficult it is for me!" Abandon the ten thousand times and retreat to Tibet. The rebel minister saw that his life was not extended, and he would pass away! ”

It made Tang Ji dance, and Tang Ji raised her sleeves and sang.

After the song, King Hongnong said to Tang Ji: "Aiqing is the concubine of this king, and she will no longer be the wife of the people." Take care of yourself and leave forever! He drank poisoned wine and died at the age of fifteen.

Emperor Xian issued an edict to bury King Hongnong in the tomb of the late Zhongchang servant Zhao Zhong, and said that King Huai.

When the news came out, the world was shocked.

Before Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei wanted to go to the Sour Zao Alliance, they were afraid of misunderstanding with the army of the champion Hou Gaoshun, so they notified Guo Tu of Jizhou and Li Qiang, the governor of the General Mansion of Zhengbei, in advance.

After Li Qiang negotiated with Guo Tu, Guo Tu made a judgment based on Gao Shun's active absorption of the people, and the lord Gao Shun would not agree to Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei leading the people of Jizhou to leave, so reply to Gongsun Chan that they could take their original headquarters to leave, and the officers and soldiers from Jizhou must stay, and let the more than 50,000 cavalry under Li Qiang's jurisdiction prepare for war.

The situation was tense, although Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were angry in their hearts, feeling that the champion Hou was too arrogant and domineering, but they didn't dare to resist, so they could only choose to cooperate, and only took their previous headquarters to leave, and were warned that they were not allowed to take away the county supplies, and were only allowed to carry half a month's rations.

Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei became more and more hateful to the champion Hou.

At the sour jujube conference, Zhang Miao asked Zhang Chao: "I heard that Brother Xian is in Guangling, and you don't care about administrative education, rewards and punishments, etc., all of which are left to Zang Hong." What kind of person is this Zang Hong?"

Zhang Chao replied: "Zang Hong's talent and wisdom are all better than mine, I like him very much, he can be described as a strange man in the sea." ”

As soon as Zhang Miao heard this, he immediately met with this Zang Hong, and after the dialogue, Zhang Miao was "very different", and found that Zang Hong was indeed a talent, and immediately recommended Zang Hong to Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and Liu Dai also liked Zang Hong very much.

Later, the team arrived, the princes of the Seven Roads, nearly 200,000 officers and soldiers, and the momentum was huge.

The sour jujube alliance held a meeting to preach to everyone the course of action of this move, but when the altar was set up to swear an oath, all the princes pushed each other and refused to go to the altar to take the oath, so they pushed Zang Hong to the altar. Zang Hong did not shirk, ascended to the altar and swore a blood oath, Zang Hong's tone was impassioned, his voice was full of emotion, tears exchanged, and he delivered an inspiring speech:

1. Denounce Dong Zhuo's atrocities: The Han family is unfortunate, the emperor is unified, and the thief Dong Zhuo takes advantage of the provocation and indulgence, adding disaster to the supreme, abusing the people, and fearing the loss of the community, covering the four seas.

2. Announce the list of benevolent and righteous people who fought against Dong: Yanzhou Assassin Shi Dai, Chen Liutai Shou Miao, Dongjun Tai Shou Mao, Guangling Tai Shouchao, etc., entangled the volunteers, and went to the country.

3. Oath: Where I am allied and work together, so that the ministers will be killed, and the head will be mourned, 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 rhetoric was impassioned, and when he heard this oath, he was not moved and excited.

The huge momentum of the Kwantung Coalition Army made Taifu Yuan Kui unable to sit still, and immediately secretly ordered Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao brothers to start acting as planned.