Chapter 34: The Princes' Alliance

In 190 AD, in February of the first year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu took Liu Bei to lead the army to Chenliu, preparing to participate in the alliance of princes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Is this Cao Cao, who was praised by Xu Shao as "a capable minister who rules the world and a traitor in troubled times", and will coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes in the future?

Cao Cao is Chinese New Year's Eve five years old today, seven feet long, thin eyes and long hair, and his face looks a little sinister, Cao Cao saw Liu Yu so young, he didn't mean to look down on him at all, but greeted Liu Yu's father, and Liu Yu answered one by one.

When Liu Yu arrived, all the princes had already arrived one after another, and they each set up camp and went down to the village, connecting more than 200 miles. In addition to Xiliang Ma Teng, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Jihou Gongsun Zhan, and Beihai Xiang Kong Rong did not come, the other fourteen princes have all arrived, and now there is one more Liu Yu, which is counted as the fifteenth road princes will be the alliance to discuss Dong.

The next day, Cao Cao arranged for people to slaughter cattle and chickens, and the princes of the conference and the merchant council were allied.

Let's say that the princes of these fifteen roads, the military horses they bring, are not equal, there are 30,000, there are 120,000, and there are also thousands, respectively:

The first town, the later general, Nanyang Taishou, Yuan Shuzi Highway, commanded 16,000 troops;

The second town, Jizhou Thorn History Han Fu Zi Wen Festival, commanded 15,000 troops;

The third town, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Lingzi Gongxu, commanded 10,000 troops;

The fourth town, Yanzhou Thorn History Liu Daizi Gongshan, commanded 10,000 troops;

The fifth town, Hanoi, guarded Wang Kuang's character festival, commanding 14,000 troops;

In the sixth town, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao's character Meng Zhuo, commanding 14,000 troops;

The seventh town, Dongjun Taishou Bridge Mao Zi Yuanwei, commanded 13,000 troops;

The eighth town, Shanyang guarded Yuan's legacy and commanded 10,000 troops;

The ninth town, Jibei Xiang Bao Xinzi Yuncheng, commanded 8,000 troops;

The tenth town, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chaozi Meng Gao, commanded 10,000 troops;

In the eleventh town, the party guarded the word Zhishu and commanded 8,000 troops;

The twelfth town, Changsha Taishou Sun Jianzi Wentai, commanding 8,000 troops;

The thirteenth town, the Marquis of Qixiang and the Taishou Yuan Shao of Bohai were originally in charge, leading 30,000 troops;

The fourteenth town, Liaodong Taishou Liu Yuzi Yunyu, commanded 5,000 soldiers, plus 1,000 Liu Bei, a total of 6,000 people;

The fifteenth town, Cao Cao, the captain of the cavalry, Mengde, commanded 5,000 troops;

A total of fifteen military horses, known as 160,000 troops, in fact, Liu Yu knew that many of them were lying and did not bring so many people at all, and it was unknown whether they could add up to more than 100,000.

Cao Cao is the initiator of this alliance, and all the princes have to give him face, but Liu Yu knows that he has few troops this time, although the princes will not do anything to themselves on the surface, but they will definitely discuss it behind their backs, as the son of Youzhou Mu, the Han clan only brought such a few soldiers and horses, and also wanted to pick up credit?

The fifteenth road princes will join forces to fight Dong is a major event, enough to go down in history, although this battle failed to defeat Dong Zhuo, but there was a scene of the world's princes dividing the country. As long as they participate in Dong Zhuo's crusade, they will more or less get a lot of benefits, whether it is fame or fortune, or even fame and fortune.

As long as he can get into Dong Zhuo's eyes in this war, after Dong Zhuo runs to Chang'an in the future, he will definitely try his best to divide and win over the Kwantung princes, isn't Cao Cao also because of this war that he began to rise? Suffice it to say that everyone has gained quite a bit from this campaign.

At this time, all the princes gathered together, Cao Cao, as the initiator of the alliance, first said: "Cao Feng the world's edict, a large number of volunteers, thank you very much for coming to help, now I have an army of 160,000, as long as we work together, why not be afraid of Dong Zhuo's old thief, the revival of the Han Dynasty is hopeful." ”

Yuan Shao said: "Our army will be invincible, enter Luoyang, and directly take Dong Zhuo's head." ”

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang stood up and said: "Today, if you are righteous, you must set up the leader of the alliance and listen to his orders before you can enter the army." ”

"Yes, without the alliance leader, we are a plate of scattered sand, we must set up an alliance leader, and this person must be able to convince everyone, Meng De assassinated Dong Zhuo before, and now he has issued an edict from the world to gather us here, I think that when Meng De is the alliance leader, we will be able to lead us into Luoyang." Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, has always been close to Cao Cao, and when he was under the account of the general He Jin, he felt that Cao Cao was very capable, and directly recommended Cao Cao as the leader of the alliance.

Liu Yu thought to himself: Aren't you a plate of loose sand with the alliance leader? It's not that they are fighting separately, with ghosts in their hearts, and they are suspicious of each other.

Cao Cao hurriedly got up, looked around at the princes of the Quartet and said, "How can Meng De take such a big responsibility." Yuan Benchu is the fourth and third dukes, many old officials, descendants of the Han Dynasty, and his reputation is far from all over the world, how can I Cao Mengde compare, since I want to choose the leader of the alliance, I must choose a person of high morality, I propose to let the original leader of the alliance, and lead us to share the pearl Dong thief. ”

Although the position of the leader of this alliance is lofty, it is like a fire pit, because everyone wants to be the leader of the alliance, commanding the three armies, and after becoming the leader of the alliance, these princes are all ghostly and difficult to manage, but will offend the princes, Cao Cao saw it clearly, and directly rejected Bao Xin's proposal.

Originally, after listening to Bao Xin's words, Yuan Shao's face was extremely dark, and he thought in his heart: "Forgive you for being the leader of the alliance after being emasculated." I, the fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, have many old officials, if I can't be the leader of this alliance, why did I Yuan come here at the beginning. ”

And Cao Cao's words instantly made Yuan Shao feel very happy, and he got up and replied: "How can He De dare to take on such an important task at the beginning, and I also ask everyone to choose another talent." ”

Yuan Shu had a dark face on the side, didn't say a word, but thought in his heart: I, Yuan Shu, am the concubine of the Yuan family, the real fourth and third dukes, he Yuan Shao was just born to a servant girl, and this Cao Mengde is so good that he doesn't know how to lift.

Cao Cao persuaded: "This matter must be the original, please don't excuse yourself, and please lead us to kill Dong Zhuo." ”

Yuan Shao's heart blossomed, on the surface, he was still the same heroic, and he still wanted to refuse Cao Cao's kindness.

Everyone said together: "This matter is not the original, it is not the original, please don't shirk." Liu Yu saw it in his eyes and felt very ridiculous, this Yuan Shao obviously wanted to be the leader of the alliance very much, but he still pretended to resign, no one could see it. It's just that Liu Yu is too young among these people, and he knows that he has no status when he speaks, so he followed everyone to promote Yuan Shao, because in any case, the position of the leader of the alliance is Yuan Shao's, and there is no need to offend him at this time.

Yuan Shu's face was dark, and his face was even more ugly at this time, seeing that everyone recommended Yuan Shao, he knew that the general trend had been achieved, so he had to get up and say: "This matter must be the eldest brother, if the eldest brother refuses again, I am afraid that everyone will not look good." ”

Yuan Shao smiled and clenched his fists and said, "Okay, since you have asked for it repeatedly, then Shao is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." Finally became the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao was extremely happy in his heart, and being the leader of the alliance can be said to be recognized by all the princes for their identity.

Everyone bowed in unison: "Meet the alliance leader." ”

The next day, Yuan Shao ordered people to build three layers of Taiwan, then lined up the flags of the five parties, built Bai Xuan Huang Yue, the military talisman general seal, the military horses of all parties made flags, Liu Yu is the yellow flag here, the book "Liaodong Taishou" four small characters, the following a "Liu" big character. After everything was arranged, everyone jointly pushed Yuan Shao to take the stage.

Yuan Shao was dressed with a sword, and Liu Yu felt that Yuan Shao was powerful at this time, and he shouted that he was indeed a disciple of the family, and that momentum was different. After Yuan Shao took the stage, he burned incense and bowed again, and read the covenant aloud:

"The Han family is unfortunate, and the emperor is out of control. The thief Dong Zhuo, took advantage of the provocation and indulgence, added disaster to the supreme, and abused the people. Shao and others were afraid of the loss of the society, entangled the volunteers, and went to the country. The emperor and queen of heaven, the ancestors of the Ming Ling, are all learned. ”

After reading it, he dipped his finger in blood and smeared it on his lips and face to express the sincerity of the alliance, which was counted as a blood alliance, and everyone followed Yuan Shao's actions again, and many princes listened to Yuan Shao's generous speech, and tears fell from their eyes.

Yuan Shao ordered someone to kill the chicken and take the chicken blood and put it in a bowl and drink it together, Yuan Shao said again: "

The hundreds of thousands of troops in the audience said in unison: "Where I am allied and work together, so that the ministers will have no two ambitions." There is this alliance between Chongqing and Chongqing, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. "The sound shattered the sky, wave after wave.