Dong Zhuo's arson attack aroused the dissatisfaction of all the big families in Luoyang, and they put pressure on the officials of the imperial court to join forces to eradicate Dong Zhuo. But because some officials were inconsiderate, Dong Zhuo learned the news. Dong Zhuo was furious when he learned of this and decided to take action against the family clan in Luoyang City.

Dong Zhuo directly ordered Hua Xiong and others to take people to raid the homes of the officials involved in the conspiracy, and they got tens of millions of dollars, which could make Dong Zhuo happy, and the material needs of the Xiliang Army for three years were solved. However, Dong Zhuo also really offended the Guannei family because of this, and all the families who suffered losses asked the clansmen who were in power outside their respective families to raise troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

For a time, the voice of Dong spread almost all over every state and county of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao raised 100,000 troops in Jizhou to fight Luoyang, Sun Jian raised 50,000 troops in Yangzhou to respond,......, princes from all over the country rose up, Chen Qun and Cao Cao also responded positively.

Faced with this situation, Lu Zhi and Xu Shu, who were already in Shaomu Mountain at this time, jointly found Chen Qun: "Changwen, now is a good opportunity to destroy Dong, we must not miss it, it is time to choose three candidates to complete the task." ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun nodded and said, "Of course I know this, but who do you think it is appropriate to choose to give the sub-order?" First of all, we must ensure that the task is completed, and secondly, we must think about the long-term plan. ”

Lu Zhi frowned when he heard this: "The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, the reputation at home is very high, the protégés and former officials are all over the Han Dynasty, plus Yuan Shao himself is wise and capable, this time he is the first to raise the banner of destroying Dong with 100,000 troops, I think Yuan Shao is the most suitable candidate." ”

Xu Shu also nodded when he heard this: "I agree with Lu Gong's point of view, Yuan Shao has an official position, he was originally a captain and general of the imperial court, and now he is the Taishou of Bohai, plus the prestige of the Yuan family, he will definitely be selected as the leader of the alliance against Dong this time, so I think it is necessary to choose Yuan Shao." ”

Chen Qun looked at Xu Shu in astonishment when he heard this, because Xu Shu's speculation was consistent with the result of the alliance of the eighteenth princes in history to discuss Dong Zhuo.

Chen Qun was actually reluctant to choose Yuan Shao in the long run, but now there is really no more suitable candidate than Yuan Shao, so Chen Qun nodded and said: "Okay, then give Yuan Shao one, who else can you choose?" ”

Lu Zhi frowned when he heard this: "Judging from the information I have obtained now, the strongest among the princes of all walks of life is Sun Jian except for Yuan Shao. Sun Jian is indeed a very military strategist, he will be the vanguard of the attack on Dong Zhuo, we will assist from the side, Yuan Shao will control the Chinese army, the chance of victory is very great, I suggest giving Sun Jian one. ”

Chen Qun thought that Sun Jian in history was indeed the pioneer of attacking Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian was indeed very fierce, and Dong Zhuo was defeated and retreated again and again, so Chen Qun also thought that Sun Jian should be given one, and nodded immediately: "Yes, Sun Jian is really good, he should be given one, but what about the last one?" ”

Lu Zhi smiled when he heard this: "Changwen, I think you can decide the last one casually, and it's the same for anyone." With Yuan Shao, Sun Jian and us, it is enough to deal with Dong Zhuo, and it doesn't matter if the others are or not. ”

Xu Shu also smiled: "Changwen, if you really want to choose, then Cao Cao is indeed a good candidate, but Cao Cao is too insidious, I estimate that after Dong Zhuo dies, he will have trouble with us." And I don't think it's necessary to send all three orders out. ”

Chen Qun thought that the heroes in history did not succeed in the end, and it was Situ Wang Yun who succeeded in killing Dong Zhuo, and Chen Qun's eyes lit up at the moment: "In fact, we have all fallen into a misunderstanding, if we want to kill Dong Zhuo, we have to make two preparations, one is to kill on the battlefield, and if we can't kill Dong Zhuo on the battlefield, then we can only kill, so the third order I don't plan to give it to the princes from all walks of life, I plan to give it to the people around Dong Zhuo." ”

"Wise!" Lu Zhi and Xu Shu both agreed when they heard this.

After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he frowned and said: "Now these people in the court still have a little backbone and a lot of strategy, if they want to kill Dong Zhuo, most of them will fall on Situ Wang Yun." ”

"Ahh Chen Qun couldn't help but shout in surprise when he heard this, because Dong Zhuo in history did die in the end on Situ Wang Yun's strategy, he didn't expect that the candidate recommended by Lu Zhi to him would be coincidental with history again.

Hearing this, Lu Zhi looked at Chen Qun suspiciously: "What's the matter, Changwen?" Do you have a better fit? ”

Chen Qun hurriedly shook his head and said, "No!" Situ Wang Yun recommended by his uncle is very good! I couldn't agree more. Situ Wang Yun is now quite favored by Dong Zhuo, and if he is willing to accept the task of killing Dong Zhuo, it will be even better. ”

Lu Zhi smiled when he heard this: "Don't worry! This matter is on the uncle, and the uncle will definitely be able to persuade Situ Wang Yun to accept the mission. ”

Chen Qun nodded: "Okay!" Then leave the matter to my uncle. Who is better to go over there Yuan Shao? ”

Lu Zhi smiled slightly: "Give it all to me!" You're waiting for my good news, I'm very familiar with all three of them, and they won't turn down such a great opportunity. ”

"Then there's Uncle Law!" Chen Qun hugged Lu Zhi with his fist.

Lu Zhi nodded: "That's okay, uncle will go and get busy." Prepare your men to join the Alliance. ”

"Okay uncle!" Chen Qun nodded to Lu Zhi.

Seeing this, Lu Zhi turned and left.

After Lu Zhi left, Chen Qun said to Xu Shu: "Senior brother, how many people do you think we should bring to the right place?" ”

Xu Shu looked at Chen Qun's eyes and smiled: "It shouldn't be too much, our current identity is not a prince, but just a big family, so less than five thousand people is enough, not to mention that we also have to focus on leaving people to guard the Shaolin Mountain City, it is enough for the group of heroes to deal with it, if necessary, we can transfer troops from the mountain city at any time." ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun nodded and said, "Okay, then I, Master Huang and Master Zhao will bring four thousand Chen Karwei and his personal guards to participate in the alliance, and you, Dian Wei and Yan Liang will stay to protect the mountain city." ”

At this time, the archers and Chen Kar-wai had been replenished to 3,000 and 4,000 again, so Chen Qun's placement was due to the fact that Chen Kar-wai's combat strength and number were suitable, and Chen Qun planned to let Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong make a name for themselves among the princes in advance.

Xu Shu nodded: "So good!" Dian Wei commanded Danyangwei, Yan Liang commanded the cavalry, and I was in charge of the archers and 30,000 officers and soldiers, and I would definitely be able to keep the mountain city safe. ”

After the matter was discussed, Chen Qunbian said goodbye to Xu Shu and decided to go to the Huimeng when the day of the Huimeng arrived.

Seven days later, Lu Zhi sent news to Chen Qun that Yuan Shao had accepted the mission of crusading against Dong Zhuo.

Eight days later, Lu Zhi received news that Sun Jian had accepted the mission of crusading against Dong Zhuo.

Nine days later, Lu Zhi came the news again that Wang Yun had also accepted the mission of killing Dong Zhuo.

At this time, there were only ten days left before the date of the agreed alliance, so Chen Qun contacted Yuan Shao, Sun Jianhe and Wang Yun.

After Yuan Shao, Sun Jian, and Wang Yun first lamented Chen Qun's young and promising, Chen Qun smiled and said, "Three, the task given to us by the Emperor's Divine Order this time is to kill Dong Zhuo. I hope that the three of you will be able to cooperate fully in the task.

No matter what prejudice the three of them had against each other before, they must let go now, and we will be allies in life and death in the future. I'll tell you the truth, if we fail to kill Dong Zhuo and let Dong Zhuo dominate the Han, those three will die due to the failure of the mission, and I will also be severely punished by the divine decree, I hope the three of them will take the mission seriously. ”

Yuan Shao hugged his fists when he heard this: "Divine envoy, you can rest assured!" Dong Zhuo's perverse behavior has already provoked the anger of the heavens and people, it is absolutely impossible for him to succeed, our allies will be able to defeat him this time, I don't believe that the heroes of the world will not be able to kill him Dong Zhuo? ”

Sun Jian also nodded and said, "Yes, the divine envoy, I agree with Yuan Gong's words." ”

Chen Qun nodded: "We will try our best to join forces to kill Dong Zhuo this time, if not, we will rely on Wang Situ, I hope Wang Situ will prepare as soon as possible." ”

Wang Yun nodded when he heard this: "It is Wang's luck to be able to join forces with the divine envoy and the heroes to deal with Dong Zhuo, the divine envoy, please rest assured, with you fighting Dong Zhuo in the front, and I pulling Dong Zhuo's hind legs in the back, it will be difficult for Dong Zhuo not to die." ”

"Good! Then let's discuss it, let's see you in Chen Liucheng! Chen Qun smiled and hung up.

On December 15, the winter of the sixth year of Zhongping, the princes of the Han Dynasty led their troops to Chen Liucheng at the intersection of Yanzhou and Sili to raise a banner to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

After Chen Qun, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong arrived with four thousand Chen Jiawei, all the princes who had already arrived first came to the gate of Chen Liucheng to greet them.

"Master Chen, if you can get your support in this battle against Dong, Dong Zhuo will definitely perish!" Yuan Shao came to Chen Qun and held Chen Qun's hands and said.

Chen Qun looked at Yuan Shao's eyes and smiled: "I'm just a cloth cloth, I can't compare with Yuan Gong and the heroes, this crusade against Dong Zhuo has to rely on heroes from all walks of life." However, the younger brother will definitely take Chen Kar-wai to follow in the footsteps of the heroes and add a little strength to the Dong army. ”

"Hahaha...... the head of the Chen family is so polite! The Chen family is now strong and strong, and with the Chen family master and elites like Chen Kar-wai joining, we will definitely be able to win! Sun Jian then clenched his fists and complimented.

The princes from all walks of life also hugged their fists and complimented, no one said cool words, after all, the current Chen family is second to none in terms of military strength and financial resources, no one wants to offend Chen Qun early, and can take this opportunity to form a good relationship with Chen Qun, and everyone is not opposed.

After everyone finished greeting, Yuan Shao stretched out his hand to Chen Qun and said, "The head of the Chen family and the brothers have worked hard all the way, hurry up and enter the city to rest!" ”

"Please!" Chen Qun and the princes from all walks of life hugged their fists together, and then everyone entered Chen Liucheng one after another.

On the morning of the second day, there was a report from Tanma, Yanzhou Cao Cao led 5,000 soldiers and horses to join, and Yuan Shao led everyone out of the city accordingly.

After Cao Cao arrived, he first greeted Yuan Shao and the princes from all walks of life for a while, and then came to Chen Qun's side and smiled: "Brother Changwen, I didn't expect you to come earlier than me, it seems that you hate Dong Zhuo more than me!" ”

Chen Qun nodded and replied: "I don't share the sky with Dong Zhuo, I originally planned to use troops against Dong Zhuo today, just now we were discussing the matter of entering the army in the city." ”

Cao Cao glared when he heard this: "I see! Ladies and gentlemen, let's stop greeting here, and it's better to hurry into the city to discuss the entry of troops. ”

"Pingyuan County ordered Liu Bei to command five thousand troops to come to the alliance!"

Before everyone entered the city, they heard Tanma shouting loudly, and everyone looked at Liu Bei who came forward again, but because Liu Bei's official position was too low, few greeted Liu Bei who came, but Chen Qun, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao welcomed Liu Bei's arrival. Then, everyone entered Chen Liucheng.

Chen Qun had a cordial conversation with Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the way into the city: "Three brothers, I am really happy that you can lead the army to come to the alliance. ”

"Fourth brother, Dong Zhuo's old thief threatens the safety of Shaomu Mountain, so we naturally want to come to help you defeat him! This crusade against Dong Zhuo, no matter what others do, we will do our best to help you defeat Dong Zhuo. Zhang Fei said loudly.

Liu Bei then smiled and said: "Yes, fourth brother, what your third brother said is right, Dong Zhuo has done a lot of evil, and he is too much of a threat to Shaomu Mountain City, so we must defeat him with all our might." ”

Chen Qun said with a straight face when he heard this: "Thank you for the kindness of the three elder brothers, the younger brother understands it." ”

After Chen Qun and the others came to the Chen Liucheng County Ya Hall, everyone took their seats one after another, and Liu Bei and Chen Qun automatically sat at the bottom of the crowd. Although Yuan Shao and Sun Jian repeatedly asked Chen Qun to take a seat, Chen Qun refused.

After everyone sat down, Yuan Shao said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the main purpose of our alliance this time is to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but everyone knows the strength of Dong Zhuo's army, if we want to defeat Dong Zhuo, we must huddle together and form a unified whole with internal orders, so that we can defeat Dong Zhuo, otherwise, we will fight separately and will inevitably fail, what do you think?" ”

"That's right! I support it, we must elect a leader, and then the leader will call the shots. Sun Jian stood up and said loudly. The princes from all walks of life also agreed.

Seeing this, Sun Jian continued: "The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family have a high reputation, and the first brother is even more resourceful, if the first brother can be the leader of the alliance and lead us to fight against Dong Zhuo, this battle will be won." ”

"Good! I support Ben Chu brother as our alliance leader! Chen Qun was the first to stand up and say, and the princes of the Seven or Eight Roads also stood up to express their support for Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance.

However, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao stood up and elected the later general Yuan Shu as the leader of the alliance, and there were also princes of the Seventh and Eighth Routes who supported Yuan Shu as the leader of the alliance.

Finally, after discussion, everyone elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance and Yuan Shu as the deputy leader of the alliance. Yuan Shao issued the offensive order in a unified manner, and Yuan Shu was in charge of food and salary scheduling. The princes agreed that when the weather warmed up in the coming year, they would immediately send troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

When the matter had been decided, the people dispersed. But Yuan Shao, Chen Qun, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian took the initiative to stay.

Sun Jian looked at Chen Qun after the rest of the people left: "Changwen, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao looked at Chen Qun suspiciously, he didn't understand when Sun Jian began to obey Chen Qun's orders.

Chen Qun didn't get angry when he saw this, because of his relationship with Sun Jian and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao would know about it sooner or later.

Chen Qun looked at Sun Jian and smiled slightly, then looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, seriously, this attack on Dong Zhuo, those people can't be counted on, whether they can defeat Dong Zhuo or not depends on the forces of our five families." ”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this: "Yes, you can see it very clearly in the long text, it is indeed the case, those people will just come to make up the number and mix up the name." If you have good advice, just say, I'll listen to you. ”

Cao Cao could see that the few people who stayed, including Yuan Shao, were all looking at Chen Qun's opinion, so he also expressed his position directly.

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "Meng De, you can completely retreat!" But you're welcome to join us. ”

Cao Cao said with a straight face when he heard this: "I am here to fight against Dong Zhuo, don't misunderstand me." ”

Seeing this, Chen Qun nodded and said, "Okay, I understand everyone's intentions." Listen to me, now let's report the number of soldiers and horses they can fight, report truthfully, and never lie. Let me start by saying that the Chen family sent out 60,000 cavalry, 33,000 infantry troops, 4,000 Chen Jiawei, and 3,000 archers, a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Yuan Shao continued: "I left 50,000 troops in the rear to suppress the formation, and Lu Yi led 50,000 infantry troops to participate in the battle. ”

Chen Qun nodded.

Sun Jian continued: "I only have 5,000 cavalry, and the remaining 45,000 people are all infantry troops, a total of 50,000 people. ”

Liu Bei continued: "I am the 5,000-foot army I brought, but these 5,000-foot troops are all elites. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "To deal with Dong Zhuo's cavalry, you mainly have to rely on cavalry, and I will send 20,000 elite cavalry." ”

Chen Qun nodded: "Okay, then the total number of soldiers and horses we can fight in this battle is 225,000." Brother Ben, you must try to supply the food and grass of the soldiers in front of you in the rear, and prepare the weapons and armor to be replaced. ”

Yuan Shao nodded: "There is no problem, I asked everyone to take out the weapons and armor stored in their respective treasury, it should be enough." ”