CHAPTER IX

Three days later, under Qiao Xuan's persuasion, Liu Mang still followed him to Changsha. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It's not that Liu Mang is planning to defect to Sun Jian with Qiao Xuan, but in fact, he is forced to be a scoundrel, because this time Er Qiao also came to Changsha County with Qiao Xuan.

Due to the fact that there is a long distance from Changsha County to the sour jujube, in order to catch up with the sour jujube alliance in time, Sun Jian had to start his troops early. After instructing the generals to perform their duties, he took more than 30,000 soldiers and horses across the Lujiang River to Suojube.

In this meeting, Qiao Xuan was appointed by Sun Jian as the grain transport officer for the expedition against Dong Zhuo, and followed the large army with Er Qiao and thousands of soldiers and horses. What made Liu Mang happy was that Zhou Yu did not participate in this meeting, but stayed in Changsha on Sun Jian's order. In this way, he will have the opportunity to establish a revolutionary friendship with Xiao Qiao alone, preferably beyond the revolutionary friendship.

There were no people for hundreds of miles along the way, Liu Mang was looking back at the carriage behind him and thinking proudly, how to win Er Qiao's heart.

"Ziding, do you think the alliance will be able to succeed in this crusade against Dong Zhuo?" Qiao Xuan was obviously a little worried, but what he was worried about was not his own safety, but whether Dahan would be able to restore his former stability.

"Ziding?"

Liu Mang, who was not good at riding horses, was almost frightened by Qiao Xuan's sound and fell off the horse. But fortunately, the horse's speed was not too fast, and the body still stabilized after shaking it.

"Don't hide it from Uncle Qiao, Zi must be very optimistic about this alliance." Liu Mang's heart was so dangerous, fortunately he didn't fall off the horse, otherwise his glorious image would be ruined.

"Oh! What is Ziding's opinion? Qiao Xuan couldn't help frowning and asked.

"Uncle Qiao, you see, take Cao Cao, who initiated the alliance this time, as an example, there are only thousands of people, and even if he is talented, it is difficult to have the strength to lead the group. The brothers of the Yuan family have a prominent family background and are the fourth and third dukes, but these two brothers are secretly for the position of the head of the family, and they often can't look at each other. How can such short-sighted people be willing to take out their belongings and sincerely attack Dong? Looking at the other princes, that one doesn't have his own purpose, let them be in Dong Zhuo's position today, will they be like Dong Zhuo? It's just a piece of loose sand, and this meeting is just a farce. Liu Mang analyzed Qiao Xuan with his understanding of the Three Kingdoms.

After listening to Liu Mang's words, Qiao Xuan thought thoughtfully, 'Yes! Which of the princes in the world did not think about their own interests first, and if everyone was as loyal as himself, how could he be in today's situation? ’

Just as Qiao Xuan was thinking about it, Liu Mang continued: "On the other hand, Dong Zhuo has countless elite soldiers and strong generals, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is even more experienced in a hundred battles. His generals Lu Bu and Hua Xiong are among the best generals in the world, and Li Ru, a famous man in the world, is in charge. If the princes can't work together, they will definitely not be able to exterminate Dong Zhuo. Even if it is exterminated, it will only be the birth of another or even more new Dong Zhuo. ”

"Yes! Ziding was right, and Qiao finally understood why Ziding was unwilling to make a choice easily. Qiao Xuan let out a long sigh and fell into deep thought, obviously still thinking about Liu Mang's words.

After many days of marching, Sun Jian's troops finally arrived at Sujube, and they were the first princes to arrive.

Jujube is the junction of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou, and it is a place where soldiers must fight, and the place chosen by Cao Cao to meet the alliance has to be said to be the most suitable place. Just as Sun Jian, who was wearing red armor, arrived in front of the sour jujube camp, he only saw a short man with a stubble on his face and slightly black skin, and he suddenly felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. But intuitively, the other party should be a character, so he didn't dare to show any arrogance.

"Then go down to Changsha to guard Sun Jian's character platform, and come to the alliance after seeing the thief's text, I don't know which hero is ahead?" Sun Jian got off the horse and hugged his fists.

"Haha, General Sun is really a noble man, how forgetful. It is Cao Cao who initiated the alliance this time, you and I fought side by side in Yingchuan back then, I don't know if Brother Wentai remembers? Cao Cao was obviously a little embarrassed.

Sun Jian was reminded by Cao Cao and immediately remembered. It's just that Cao Cao didn't have this beard at that time, so he didn't recognize it for a while, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, it's Sun who is rude, and I ask Brother Meng De not to be surprised." ”

"Brother Wentai can come to the alliance, which is the luck of Meng De and the luck of the world. Please, Meng De has already prepared wine and food to wash the dust for Brother Wentai. Cao Cao said with a haha.

Since Sun Jian and Qiao Xuan had been friends in their early years, and now they have invited Qiao Xuan, who has long since retired, to come out, they can't be lazy. Hurriedly called someone to bring Qiao Xuan in and went to the banquet together, and it happened that Liu Mang also took advantage of Qiao Xuanzhi to sneak into the sour date camp.

Passing by Yingkou again, Cao Cao recognized Qiao Xuan, an elder and close friend who he hadn't seen for many years.

At first, when Cao Cao's status was still very low, no one knew about him. He once went to visit Qiao Xuan, who was still a lieutenant at the time, and Qiao Xuan did not look down on Cao Cao because of his background, but praised Cao Cao. Since then, Cao Cao has regarded Qiao Xuan as a confidant.

"Captain Qiao, Meng De is reasonable, I haven't seen you for many years, Meng De misses it very much, how are you doing lately?" Cao Cao looked very respectful.

"Hehe, it's no longer a captain! Thank you Meng De for remembering that when I learned that Meng De's assassination of Dong Thief failed, it made Qiao very worried. Now that I know that Meng De'an is well, I am at ease. Qiao Xuan was obviously very happy to meet Cao Cao.

"Gong Qiao, please come inside, Meng De will personally welcome you in."

Cao Cao couldn't help but think of Qiao Xuan's words to him at that time, 'Today will be chaotic, and those who live in peace are in Junhu!' If it weren't for those words that aroused his ambition back then, he would not have assassinated Dong alone now, and gathered the princes of the world to beg for thieves. ’

It was only seven or eight days after Sun Jian arrived at the Huimeng, and all the princes of the Eighteen Roads had already arrived, and the Huimeng had finally officially begun. Because of Qiao Xuan's status as a former lieutenant, all the princes were in awe of Qiao Xuan. coupled with Cao Cao's relationship, he also arranged a good position for Qiao Xuan, and Liu Mang naturally followed Qiao Xuan.

In addition to Cao Cao's headquarters, the princes of the Eighteenth Route were all located in the big tent, and then began to discuss matters concerning the alliance and Dong. However, the snake cannot be without a head, and the princes must always have a person who makes the final decision. In the end, at the instigation of Cao Cao, he helped Yuan Shao successfully win the position of the leader of the alliance. The so-called gun shot the first bird, the so-called alliance leader is just a false name, and pragmatically Cao Cao will not do such a thankless stupid thing.

Just when Yuan Shao, who thought he was wise and martial, was sitting majestically above the princes and giving the command, a small Si came in to report Yuan Shao.

"The leader of the alliance, there are people all the way outside, saying that they are also coming to the alliance to crusade against Dong Zhuo."

Listening to Xiao Si's report, Yuan Shao thought in his heart, everything that should have come has come, and what should not come is to invite him, but he is afraid that he will not come. Which way is it?

Without waiting for Yuan Shao to speak, as the deputy leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao's own brother Yuan Shu Yuan Highway hurriedly asked, "How many people did the people outside bring?" And where are the princes? ”

"If you go back to the two alliance leaders, there are only three people and three horsemen from outside, and it doesn't look like a prince from any way." Xiao Si replied truthfully.

"Smack!"

Yuan Shu patted the table and stood up, "Don't you know that we are discussing the big matter of attacking Dong?" Just three people and three riders, you will come to spread the news? Go and get those three away. ”