On the same day, Luoyang mutiny, Yuan Benchu and Yuan Highway led troops to attack Gong Province, and Zhicai, Wenqian, and Xiaocheng were also present. At the beginning, Dong Thief first arrived in the divine capital, Yuan Benchu did not dare to drive it, time flies, it is the end of the year in a flash, and today he wants to drive it away, the situation is already very different. ”

Xu Chu paused as he spoke, looked at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, you have always been resourceful and far-sighted, so please tell me what is the situation of Dong and Yuan now?" ”

Guo Jia got up and said modestly: "Since the lord asks each other, Jia will throw bricks and lead the jade and talk about his bad opinion." ”

Guo Jia talked eloquently, but from the perspective of politics and military, he analyzed the strength and weakness of Dong and Yuan.

In terms of politics, when Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang, he was just a 'state pastor' and was not among the ministers of the court. Now after his strong operation, he has been added to the country, under one person and above ten thousand. It stands to reason that no matter how domineering Dong Zhuo is, no matter how he manipulates the Han family, even if he abolishes the Son of Heaven, it is actually a matter for the imperial court, and it should be decided by the princes of the imperial court. And Yuan Shao is in Jizhou, without Yuan Kui's direct support, although there is a 'troublesome' letter of the Three Princes, it is also to fight against Shenjing with the power of the state and county, which is the following offense. In Guo Jia's view, this time the princes discussed Dong, although there were many counties in the world, although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were noble, only Yuan Dangzhong followed Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to attack Luoyang, and others such as Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Wang Rui, including the states and counties west of Luoyang, would not send troops. Therefore, the princes' discussion of Dong, in the real sense, is the contest between the two strongest political forces in the world. This is much worse than when he was in Luoyang, when Yuan Kuigui was the prince and there was no Dong Zhuo henchmen in the court.

The military side is even more dire. The soldiers who were originally loyal to Dong Zhuo only had his Qin Hu soldiers and horses, and Huangzhong Yi's followers, who numbered less than 50,000, although they were elite, they were not without a chance to defeat. But now? First of all, Dong Min plotted against the late chariot cavalry general He Miao, so that Dong Zhuo embezzled He Jin and He Miao's soldiers and horses in Luoyang, and then sent Li Su to induce Lu Bu, the master of the late Jin Wu Ding Yuan, and Lu Bu, a native of Bingzhou, to rebel and annex Ding Yuan's Bingzhou cavalry, plus now Dong Zhuo is in power, the generals and soldiers of the Northern Army and Xiyuan are all owned by him, roughly calculated, I am afraid that its number has been above 100,000, these 100,000 people are almost the most elite and warlike soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and the armor is excellent, and the generals who command these 100,000 people are in addition to Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, Li Dao, Guo Yan, these people under Dong Zhuo's command who can fight well, and there are more brave generals like Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, just ask, can Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu win against Dong Zhuo? Moreover, Luoyang is a Xiongcheng in the world, according to the risk of the eight passes, and then try to ask it, there are several times more male soldiers than the enemy, can they be captured?

Xu Chu, Xi Zhong and others nodded heavily, as Guo Jia said, in the army under Dong Zhuo's current control, seven or eight out of ten are veterans of a hundred battles who have experienced battle formations, and fought hard and bloody battles with the Yellow Turban Army and the Xiliang Rebels, this is definitely the strongest military force in the world, unless Huangfu Song, who is stationed in the Sanfu Zone, can raise troops to respond to Yuan Shao, otherwise the decline of Yuan Shao and others in the army's combat strength is inevitable.

There are also the princes who Guo Jia said about raising troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, and Xu Chuzi also remembers it clearly. In history, in the case of Qiaomao's 'fraudulent transfer of the three princes', among the people who raised the army, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yi were all members of the Yuan family, needless to say; Han Fu was forced to be helpless, Kong Ling, Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, and Cao Cao were either the backbone of the Yuan Party, or they had always had an inexplicable close relationship with the Yuan family. Among the existing heroes, such as Tao Qian, who has made great achievements in the war and is quite prestigious, did not join in the fun, but sat and watched the mountain tiger fight, if you want to say something unexpected - Changsha is too guarded by Sun Jian, that's all, there is no second one. From this point of view, the crusade against Dong Zhuo was originally as Guo Jia said: it was mainly about Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo.

Those generals in the hall, such as Gan Ning, Wang Yan, Gong Su and others who only knew how to train and fight, were suddenly dumbfounded. Since this battle is so difficult to fight, what else is there to fight?

Gan Ning stood up and said: "Mingfu, everyone, since this is the case, I might as well stay in Lujiang, develop people's livelihood, rectify the soldiers and horses, and take the nearby places first!" ”

"Xingba, don't talk nonsense!" Xu Chu smiled bitterly and stopped Gan Ning's generous speech, the sentence 'Take down the nearby place' is very inappropriate to say now, and the children of the scholar clan such as Xie Zhen and Zhou Yi in the hall are still sitting there with their ears pricked up and listening.

Xu Chu said to everyone again: "What Feng Xiao said, what do you think?" ”

"Although it is difficult to please Dong, it is what the Ming Mansion must do!" Suddenly, they heard a loud sound at the door, and everyone turned their eyes to see an emaciated scribe standing in front of the door, it was Yao Sheng.

"Yao Jun, you're finally here!" Xu Chu was overjoyed, left his seat and went to the door, leading Yao Sheng into the hall.

Since Xu Chu returned from Liyang, Yao Sheng heard about Xu Chu's two conditions for Zhou Xin, one of which was to let Zhou Xin depose Yao Sheng so that Xu Chu could use it. Today, after the New Year's celebration, Yao Sheng finally figured it out, so he came uninvited, and happened to hear everyone discussing it.

After Yao Sheng took a seat, Xu Chu asked: "Yao Jun has any high opinions, but please teach him bluntly." ”

Gan Ning couldn't hide his words, and blurted out: "Yes, Guo Fengxiao said that it is not easy to please Dong, why do you say that you have to do it?" ”

Yao Sheng bowed to Xu Chu, and then bowed his hand to everyone in the hall before saying: "As the old saying goes: lips are dead and teeth are cold. Again: Related. Let me ask you, if the prince does not respond to Yuan Benchu's army, what will he do when the board of directors is over? ”

Yao Sheng's words reminded everyone that after Xu Chu left Luoyang, he had already been engraved with the mark of the Yuan Party, and his Lujiang Taishou was asked for by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. Nowadays in Lujiang County, although there is Zhou Xin's plot, but the assassin Chen Wen, Yuzhang Taishou Lu Kang and others still have enough respect for Xu Chu, and such as the last Changhe Qi, Jiujiang giant Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, why not because Xu Chu is 'Yuan Party', will they have a previous statement on Xu Chu?

Xu Chu's fate, at least at this time, is 'closely related' to Yuan Shao's survival.

Gan Ning came out again and said: "The battle that will be lost, as you said, there is no need to fight in my opinion." ”

Seeing this, Yao Sheng continued: "Who said that it was a battle that must be lost? Guo Fengxiao only said that it was not easy to ask, but did not say that it would be defeated. Yuan Ben's early generation of clans, raised the flag and shouted, even if there are a number of followers, at least the heroes of the three states of Hebei, Yan and Henan, even if the rest of the people sit and watch the success or failure, they dare not help Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo is strong and strong, he has eight dangerous passes, but he is based on Luoyang. He only has one place in Luoyang, and Yuan Benchu has three states, even if he can't win, he won't be defeated. ”

Gan Ning said that it was ugly, he was born in a 'mud leg' like Xu Chu, but compared to the innate knowledge that Xu Chu, a traverser, possessed, he obviously didn't know much about the world and those 'celebrities'. After listening to Yao Sheng's words, Gan Ning was not angry, but said happily: "Since it will not fail, then I, Gan Xingba, am the first one willing to follow the Ming Mansion to conquer Dong Zhuo!" ”

Xi Zhong stood up at this time and smiled at everyone: "Zhong earnestly thinks that victory or defeat is not important, the important thing is that you and I will participate in this matter with the lord." ”

Xu Chu asked knowingly: "What does Zhicai mean by this?" ”

Xi Zhong was straightforward and said: "This battle is not a matter of victory or defeat, in my opinion, the curtain of troubled times will be opened." And the lord has become one of the initiators of the opening of the curtain of the troubled times, and since he is distinguished from the sitting, cowardly, he can also take the lead! ”

Xu Chu got up and laughed: "Zhicai said well! The world will be chaotic, it is the time for all heroes to spread their wings, and this is the time to take advantage of the situation! ”

As soon as the words fell, Dian Wei bowed in the hall and said heroically: "Dian Wei is willing to follow the prince to crusade against the traitor Dong Zhuo!" ”

Gan Ning was preempted by Dian Wei, scolded secretly, jumped into the hall, and said loudly: "Gan Ning is too!" ”

Everyone left the table, bowed or saluted Xu Chu, and said in unison: "I am willing to follow the prince to crusade against the traitor!" ”

Five days later, Yuan Shao raised troops in Bohai County, and the generals Yuan Shu and Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi raised troops in Nanyang, Jizhou Mu Hanfu, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Qingzhou Thorn Jiaohe, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Lujiang Taishou Xu Chu, Xiaocai Captain Cao Cao, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian raised volunteers, and the Kwantung heroes rose together, all with the crusade against the national thief Dong Zhuo as the number, pushed Yuan Shao as the leader of the coalition army, and each led the troops out of the state and county to coerce Luoyang.

Yuan Shao called himself the general of the chariot cavalry, Cao Cao as the 'general of Xingfenwu', and Xu Chu as the 'general of the Huya'.