Chapter 2 The Sour Jujube Alliance
To be honest, after preparing for so long for a high night, he finally received Cao Cao's edict, although he had long known that things would develop in this direction, he still couldn't help laughing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Cao Cao, a traitor in troubled times, is finally about to show his head.
If it were Liu Bei, Gao Ye believed that he would definitely not be able to come up with this trick, because the Liu Bei he knew could not be regarded as a real hero. As a member of the Han family, how dare he make an edict? This is not only disrespectful to His Majesty, but also a blasphemy against his ancestors. But Cao Cao is very different at this time, although he is still the Cao Mengde with a big heart, but at least now he has learned how to use unscrupulous means to achieve his goals. He was very close to Dong Zhuo from the beginning, and he often met Liu Xie. But now he is fleeing from Luoyang alone, for what? What he said clearly in his inscription was that His Majesty gave him an edict to summon the world's soldiers and horses to oppose Dong together!
But is there really such an edict? The answer is no. Because Dong Zhuo and Liu Xie are still in the honeymoon period. Don't look at Dong Zhuo sleeping on the dragon bed on weekdays, a lewd palace maid, but Liu Xie knows that his position today all depends on Dong Zhuo. Even if you are dissatisfied, what can you do? Not to mention that the palace and even Luoyang City are all his Dong Zhuo's people, even if he kills Dong Zhuo now, can the Manchu Dynasty minister listen to his words with peace of mind? After all, I'm only nine years old now, and I can't get into politics anyway. It's better to keep Dong Zhuo, and when the time is ripe in the future, it's not too late to eradicate him.
But as soon as Cao Cao's edict was issued, who would care about the authenticity of this edict among the princes of Shandong! What they are most worried about now is that Dong Zhuo is pointing fingers at his interests in Shandong, and the power of the DPRK and China is now also biased towards Dong Zhuo's line, and the interests of the princes of Shandong are damaged, how can they not want to get it back? Moreover, the current situation is very different from a few years ago, since Liu Yan asked for orders, so that the local armed forces in various places have been strengthened, and the county guards, state pastors, assassins and even princes in various places have their own people. Although the princes from all walks of life fought against Dong Zhuo alone, they were afraid that they would not be able to do it, but as long as everyone joined forces, they might not have the strength to fight.
Now that Cao Cao has released the emperor's edict and the inscription he wrote, how can he not excite the princes of Shandong? What a great opportunity, the most important thing is to be famous! Therefore, the princes of Shandong responded one after another. As long as you look at Cao Cao's inscription, "Cao Wait, I would like to announce to the world with righteousness: Dong Zhuo deceived the heavens and the earth, destroyed the country and killed the king; Messing with the palace ban and mutilating living beings; Wolves are unkind, and sins are accumulated! Today, under the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, a large number of volunteers were gathered, vowing to sweep away China and kill the murderers. Wangxing righteous teachers, venting public anger; Support the royal family and save the people. When the text arrives, it can be pursued quickly! The princes of Shandong are all gearing up and preparing to have a big fight with Dong Zhuo.
Even Xun Yu couldn't help nodding frequently when he saw Cao Cao's text, praising Cao Cao's loyalty and courage while urging Gao Ye to hurry up. After all, Gao Ye has been preparing for more than a month, unlike other princes, who have just begun to prepare grain, grass, equipment, and military horses, and it takes time. Therefore, Gao Ye, who was sent out early by Xun Yu, became the first prince to reach the place of sour jujube.
In fact, this is not accurate, because the first person to arrive here was none other than Cao Cao, the publisher of the text. Because the place was determined by him, he gathered his men in Chenliu, and after receiving the replies from the other princes, he took the lead in rushing to the sour dates in order to prepare for the various matters of the alliance.
Therefore, Cao Cao had already been here for more than three days. Gao Ye led the troops to drive over, and saw Cao Cao's camp from a distance, a big banner with the word "Cao" fluttering in the wind, and the entire camp was also decorated. Before it was close, a small colonel had already gone to tell Cao Cao, saying that there was a group of men and horses from outside the camp with the word "high" handsome flag on it, and the lord was asked to decide. Cao Cao knew that it was Gao Ye when he heard it, after all, in the territory of this Han Dynasty, in addition to Gao Ye, who else could use the handsome flag with the word "Gao"?
Cao Cao, who hurriedly went out to greet him, met Gao Ye, who was arranging for his subordinates to set up camp, and after seeing Gao Ye bring 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 foot soldiers, he couldn't help but envy Gao Ye. In this era, it is not easy to bring 10,000 elite people as soon as you make a move. Not to mention how much ordnance, grain and grass to prepare with 10,000 troops, without a deep family background, you can't afford such a toss. Just talking about the 10,000 horses brought by Gao Ye, they can be called elite, and even the two extremely majestic people around Cao Cao also named Gao Ye's men and horses as elite.
Cao Cao is also a person who has led soldiers to fight, so he is naturally very familiar with the army. As long as he looked at the soldiers under Gao Ye's men who were full of spirit and strong body, he knew that this was definitely an elite team. Looking at his subordinates again, they barely managed to gather armor and weapons, and there were few war horses, so I couldn't help but feel a burst of heart congestion. However, I think that Gao Ye has long been a county guard, and Yingchuan is very prosperous; He had just escaped from Luoyang and recruited people in Chenliu, and it was inevitable that there would be a gap between the two, which made him feel better.
Seeing Cao Cao in Gao Ye, he naturally couldn't hide the thick smile on his face, and Gao Ye also handed over the work of setting up camp to his subordinates, so he took Guo Jia and Zhao Yun to talk to Cao Cao and others.
"Brother Meng De's writing is a good one! Ha ha. As soon as Gao Ye saw Cao Cao, he laughed directly, and didn't even salute. After all, the two of them are very familiar, and they don't care about this set of virtual things. However, whether it is Guo Jia and Zhao Yun behind Gao Ye, or the people behind Cao Cao, they are still respectfully saluting each other, and when they meet for the first time, they can't lose their courtesy.
"Haha, it's still you Mingxi who is fast, the first one to come and make an alliance with me." Cao Cao also laughed.
"It's not that I'm fast, I went back from Luoyang, and I started to prepare for a battle with Dong Zhuo, and the other princes all received your documents, so they were so strong, how could they be ahead of me." Come, Meng De, let me introduce you, these two are my righteous brothers, this is my second brother Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, and he is also my brother-in-law's junior brother. ”
"Guo Jia has seen Cao Yuanjun." Guo Jia stepped forward and saluted.
"This is my third brother Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, who studied under Tong Yuan, and even I am not an opponent in martial arts."
"Zhao Yun has seen Cao Yuanjun." Zhao Yun is also a gift.
When Cao Cao saw these two people, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, then Guo Jia was okay, at first glance, he was a weak scholar, he just didn't know why Gao Ye brought a scholar to the alliance. But that Zhao Yun was born with eyes like a star, and his face was like a crown of jade, which was not extremely majestic, but he had an indifferent temperament. The most important thing is that Gao Ye said that Zhao Yun's martial arts are better than him, is this worth it?
"Haha, I always heard Mingxi say that he has two powerful younger brothers, and I, Cao Mengde, am fortunate to meet him today, fortunately, fortunately." Cao Cao also returned the salute, and then introduced the person behind him to Gao Ye, "Mingxi, come, let me introduce you, this one is my own brother, Xiahou Dun, and the character Yuan Rang." ”
Gao Ye saw that Xiahoudun just snorted coldly, and he didn't care about it himself. Since ancient times, there is no first, there is no second, Xiahoudun is now the time to be young and vigorous, always listening to Cao Cao say how powerful Gao Ye is, how can he be convinced? Whether it's powerful or not, you don't know until after the competition!
Cao Cao saw that Xiahoudun was a little rude, and couldn't help blushing, Gao Ye didn't care, and arched his hand at him, that is. Only then did he say: "I heard that my father Cao Gong was Xiahou Ying, but I later recognized Cao Teng as my father, so I changed my surname to Cao." I don't know if this Xiahou Yuanrang is Mengde's own brother? ”
"Yes, there is this, Xiahou Yuan, the word Miaocai, Cao Ren Cao Zixiao, Cao Hong and Cao Zilian. These are all Cao's brothers. Cao Cao couldn't help laughing and said, that Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong were not as cold as Xiahou Yuan, and they all saluted Gao Ye one by one. Cao Cao finally introduced: "These two are strong men who heard that I was recruiting soldiers and came to meet each other. This is a Yangping patriot, surnamed Le, named Jin, and the word Wenqian. This one is a native of Shanyang Julu, surnamed Li, with a dictionary and a man, and now he is serving under my account. Mingxi came here, only bringing Zilong and Fengxiao? What about Xunzhi and Wenyuan? ”
"Haha, Meng De, fight Dong Zhuo, why bother so much, it is enough to have the courage of Zilong and the strategy of filial piety. Wen Yuan showed me home in Yingchuan. As for following it, hehe, we'll know later. ”
"It's a good night for you, and you actually played a dumb riddle with me! Forget it, let's go, you and I will go drink first! ”
I don't know when the wine table has become the place where Chinese can get closer to each other. Although Xiahoudun was very unimpressed with Gao Ye just now, the current situation has improved a lot. Especially after Gao Ye drank two glasses of wine with him, although he was still dissatisfied with Gao Ye's skills in his heart, his attitude towards Gao Ye had eased a lot. After he and Gao Ye agreed to have a school competition tomorrow, this banquet was the real guest and host.
"Meng De, do you know how the first brother escaped from Luoyang and went to Bohai?" Gao Ye couldn't help asking, because on the day he left, he had never heard of a conflict between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo, and then he received an edict from the imperial court to crown Yuan Shao as the Taishou of Bohai. Although it is written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Dong Zhuo was afraid of the Yuan family's forces, and under the persuasion of Li Ru, he gave Yuan Shao, who scolded him, a position of Bohai Taishou, but from the matter of Ding Yuan and Lu Zhi that day, if Dong Zhuo was on fire, Li Ru would not be able to persuade him.
"Run? That's not an escape. You know, Taifu Yuan Kui has always supported Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo was pleased, so he rewarded the original Bohai Taishou. He happily went to work, but unlike me, he couldn't make an assassination, so he had to change his face and fled back to Chenliu. ”
Gao Ye heard this, and couldn't help but nodded, sure enough, this is in line with common sense. Even if the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family do, Dong Zhuo even dares to kill the emperor, and he is still afraid of a Yuan family? And in this way, it is clear why Yuan Shao became the leader of the alliance and crusaded against Dong Zhuo together, Dong Zhuo was so angry, and even beheaded Yuan Huai and their family to vent his anger. This is not only because Yuan Shao opposes him, but also because Yuan Shao is the "own person" he supported!