Chapter 213: The Princes of the Fifteenth Route Gather Together
The course of events continued to develop according to the track of history. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, and after his failure, he escaped back to Chenliu with the help of the Black Pearl.
Then, Cao Cao in order to defend against the army of Dong Zhuo, who might be chasing. mobilized the people in Chen Liucheng and Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao to recruit troops and prepare for the uprising.
At this time, Cao De successfully dragged Dong Zhuo with a letter and gave Cao Cao plenty of time to prepare.
Unknowingly, Cao Cao used this time to recruit more than 10,000 soldiers. If Zhang Miao's city garrison is added, Cao Cao now has 15,000 soldiers.
After that, Cao Cao sent a letter to the world to beg for thieves, calling on people with lofty ideals in the world to fight Dong Zhuo and rescue Liu Xie, the son of heaven, from the clutches of the devil.
After Cao Cao's call was issued, it was quickly responded to by many people. From this point of view, there is no shortage of hot-blooded and loyal people in the Han Dynasty. It's just that they lack a leader.
And the people who responded to Cao Cao were the original people in the original history.
It's a pity that Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi County, was too close to Dong Zhuo, and when he was about to make a move, he was left to kill by Hua Xiong, who was stationed nearby.
In the north of Sili, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang has become Dong Zhuo's lackey in this life.
As for Chen Liutai, Zhang Miao joined forces with Cao Cao all the way.
If you add the chariot cavalry general Yizhou Thorn Shi Caode. It just forms the fifteenth road army!
If you take a closer look, five of the fifteen routes of the army are from Yanzhou. Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Yanzhou Prefecture Mu Liu Dai and Court Captain Cao Cao.
There are two from Jingzhou, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.
As for the rest of the state pastoral levels, there are four. Jizhou Prefecture Mu Han Fu, Yuzhou Prefecture Mu Kong Ling, Xuzhou Prefecture Mu Tao Qian and Yizhou Prefecture Mu Cao De.
Among the fifteen princes, Cao De naturally sent the most troops, and Cao De used a total of 90,000 troops in this Dong Zhuo crusade. However, when the alliance was first met, there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses. The least number of troops was 6,000.
190 A.D., August 11.
Cao Cao led an army of 15,000 and took the lead in coming to the vicinity of Zhongmu County and setting up camp.
Then, Cao Cao ordered people to build a point platform with a height of five zhang, and a width of five zhang near his camp.
As soon as the Dianjiangtai was completed, a soldier came to report, "Lord Qiqi, Lord Liu of Yanzhou Prefecture is here!" ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he quickly got up and walked outside to meet Liu Dai.
"Captain Cao Ting, Liu led 20,000 troops to join the alliance!" Liu Dai said to Cao Cao with a fist.
Liu Dai is the governor of Yanzhou, and Cao Cao is the court lieutenant, which is equivalent to the future secretary of the criminal department. Both of them have practically similar positions. But Cao Cao was an official in the central government after all.
Therefore, it is okay whether Cao Cao salutes Liu Dai first or Liu Dai salutes Cao Cao first.
Cao Cao clenched his fists and replied, "Thank you Lord Liu for coming to help!" ”
Liu Dai sighed, "Liu is also a member of the Han family. It is a matter of duty to rescue His Majesty. What's more, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, and if he doesn't do something as a courtier, it will be intolerable. ”
The hypocritical villain, who is now indignant here, has already done something.
Cao Cao clasped his fists again and said to Liu Dai: "What Lord Liu said is extremely true. Since Lord Liu is here, let's set up camp first. With that, Cao Cao pointed to the newly completed Dianjiangtai and said, "I just laid down a Dianjiangtai." Please also invite Lord Liu to the other side of the Dianjiangtai to go down to camp! ”
Liu Dai waved his hand, "No need." I heard that there are still many enthusiastic and loyal people coming, so I should go to the side of Mengde to go down to the village! ”
Cao Cao didn't insist anymore, so he let Liu Dai do it.
As soon as Cao Cao returned to his big tent, another soldier came to report that Qiao Mao, the Taishou of Dongjun, and Yuan Yuan, the Taishou of Shanyang, came.
Cao Cao immediately greeted him again.
After a few polite words between the two sides, Qiao Mao and Yuan Yi found a place to go down to the village by themselves.
In the days that followed, there was a steady stream of princes who came to the Alliance.
Everyone took the Dianjiangtai built by Cao Cao as the starting point, and continued to spread around. The large army camp that came to meet the alliance has stretched to eighty miles away.
On August 17, the princes who had reached the vicinity of Zhongmu had reached the fourteenth road. Everyone waited for another three days, and when they saw that no one came again, they began the alliance and oath meeting!
August 20th! Today's weather is exceptionally good, and the sky has been blue since the morning. And there is not a trace of clouds. A gentle breeze gently caressed the earth.
On the platform built by Cao Cao, fourteen banners with various fonts swayed gently in the breeze. There is also a stool under the flagless flag. On each stool sat a hot-blooded righteous man dressed in battle armor or a Confucian costume!
Under the stage, there were 1,400 Han warriors wearing red Han suits with majestic halberds. There are also indescribable flags of all kinds, fluttering and fluttering.
Soon the time came to noon, and Cao Cao was the caller. Strode to the center of the point.
"Ladies and gentlemen, a year ago, the first emperor died, and the general He Jin recruited Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing to kill the eunuchs, wanting to save my Han from fire and water. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo's thief was wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, and he was forced to occupy Luoyang and take charge of the government. Shame on my Son of Heaven. I, Cao Cao, have received the emperor's grace, how can I let Dong Zhuo do evil. So, I pretended to approach Dong Zhuo in order to find an opportunity to assassinate Dong Thief. It's a pity that Dong Thief's life is big, and I missed. Immediately, I fled back to Chenliu, and after thinking about it, I couldn't sleep in my heart.
How could the ministers of the Han Dynasty do such nothing? So, I rebelled and called on the people of the world to fight Dong Zhuo together.
I am fortunate to have your trust and come to the Alliance. When our army kills Dong thief, I will be clear to Your Majesty, you are my Han true loyalty! ”
Cao Cao paused for a moment and continued: "Today, my ally army is 200,000 people. To work together to save His Majesty. There is also a need for the leader of the alliance to call the shots. Otherwise, my fourteen people will be scattered and will be broken by Dong thieves one by one. ”
What Meng De said is extremely true, since this alliance was initiated by Meng De. I propose that Meng De take the position of leader of the alliance! ”
Cao Cao was about to say something, when suddenly a soldier came running from a distance, "Report -----, chariot cavalry general Yizhou Prefecture Mu Cao De has come to meet the alliance!" ”
Che Cavalry General Yizhou State Shepherd! Cao De is finally here!
As soon as everyone present heard that Cao De was coming, they all stood up with a hula.
In recent years, if you want to talk about the man of the year in the Han Dynasty, Cao De must be a guard!
Defeated the Yellow Turban Army, marched north to the Xiliang Rebellion, and broke through the Beirong Ranch. Almost all the big battles in the Han Dynasty in recent years have Cao De's figure.
Soon, Cao De wore the purple red armor that many people had only heard of but had never seen, and strode towards the Dianjiangtai.
And there were two people behind Cao De. One person is burly and bearded, and this person is the first fierce general under Cao De, Zhang Fei. As for the other person, he is naturally much inferior to Zhang Fei. However, this person's identity is also very high, the captain of the Che Cavalry General's personal guard, Pei Yuanshao!
Cao De strode to the point platform. Seeing that everyone on the stage got up to greet each other, he raised his hand embarrassedly, "The road is far away, and I have been delayed by some trivial matters." Cao is late! ”
Anbang said something different. Having the heart to rescue the Han is righteousness, and it is in line with the sooner or later! The person who spoke was Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou Prefecture.
Among this group of people, Tao Qian dared to rely on the old and sell the old to call Cao De Anbang. Who made Tao Qian and Cao De's father-in-law Cai Yong once be friends.
Cao De smiled after hearing this, first smiled at Tao Qian, and then nodded at Cao Cao. Finally, he clasped his fists and said, "Everyone, go on, I will find a place to sit down!" ”
As soon as Cao De finished speaking, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, said: "General Cao can't. Among you, the position of general is the greatest, and how can you sit down casually. The general is rational to be a guard! ”
Liu Dai is showing favor to Cao De. Among the sixteen people present now, these two Cao family brothers are the most powerful. And Cao Cao's hometown is still on his own territory, how can he not stutter.
After Liu Dai finished speaking, the various Taishou who were born in Yanzhou also echoed their words.
Cao De pushed for a long time, and finally sat in the first position under the alliance leader.
Since then, the fifteen princes who came to the alliance have finally arrived. (To be continued.) )