The reaction to my resignation and retirement has been varied.

Dong Zhuo felt a little sudden and lost, he didn't expect that I would say goodbye, and he also felt sorry for not being able to keep me to serve.

Yuan Shao was pleasantly surprised, thinking that my departure would be the key to his counterattack. He also believes that the current era name "Chu Ping" coincides with his character "Ben Yuan", which is a sign of fate that his future life will be smooth and peaceful.

Sun Jian felt a little suspicious, and he didn't know the inside story, and he thought that I had done something to make Dong Zhuo unhappy, so he was driven away by Dong Zhuo. Then, under Xue Cong's encouragement, he had the idea of raising troops again. Then, he sent Xue Cong to encourage Yuan Shu to join forces with him, and Yuan Shu also agreed to the plan to start up together again.

The envoy who was previously sent to convey the appointment of Liu Yu as the Taifu accidentally encountered the Yellow Turban Army attacking the county on the way there. The edict could not be conveyed smoothly, and the messenger was wounded, so he had to retreat.

In this regard, Xu Rong recommended his fellow countryman Gongsun Du to Dong Zhuo as a messenger to convey the edict. Dong Zhuo appointed Gongsun Du as the Taishou of Liaodong County, and when he went to Liaodong to take up his post, he conveyed the edict to Liu Yu by the way. Then, the edict was successfully delivered.

Speaking of Xu Rong, because he had made military exploits when he defeated Cao Cao before, I saw that his level of commanding the army was not bad, so I promoted him to Zhonglang General.

When Yuan Shao heard that Liu Yu had been appointed as the empress, he privately discussed with Han Fu that he should establish Liu Yu as the emperor so that he could fight against Dong Zhuo.

Later, Yuan Shao consulted with others, but was strongly opposed by Cao Cao, Bao Xin and some others. Cao Cao believed that the establishment of another emperor would not only be unjustifiable, but would also make the world think that it was not Dong Zhuo who wanted to plot misdeeds, but those of them who called themselves "righteous soldiers".

Yuan Shao didn't care, and Gu and Han Fu privately found someone to carve a jade seal, and then showed it to Cao Cao. Seeing this, Cao Cao didn't care about it on the surface, but in his heart he thought that even if he carved ten jade seals. Nor can it change the certainty that this move will fail.

In Yuan Shao's view, as long as he has the title of emperor, the people of the world will obey his call. In Cao Cao's view, only truly talented people can win the hearts of the people, and then get the world. The so-called fame, if there is no popular support, is just a false name.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao wrote to Yuan Shu to ask his opinion on the matter. Yuan Shu was not sure about this move. went to ask Sun Jian what he meant. Sun Jian believed that the purpose of their army was to crusade against the traitors, so how could they turn into a plot to usurp the traitor? If they did what Yuan Shao wanted, wouldn't they really become the "rebels" in Dong Zhuo's mouth? So, Yuan Shu wrote back to express his opposition, and said that he only knew how to kill Dong Zhuo, a traitor, and didn't know anything else.

Although most people did not approve of this move, Yuan Shao and Han Fu decided to support Liu Yu as the new emperor. So, in the first month of the following year, they appointed their former Lelang County Taishou Zhang Qi as an envoy. Take the jade seal to Jixian County to express their wishes to Liu Yu.

In this regard, Liu Yu was moved in his heart, and he had some thoughts of acceptance. However, Gongsun Chan strongly objected. He also suggested that Liu Yu would be beheaded in the future to cut off the ill-intentioned intentions of the Kwantung coalition army. Liu Yu is also a person who loves a good reputation, and he is also afraid that he will be infamous for usurping and being criticized by future generations. Then. He reprimanded the envoy sharply, showing his loyalty to the Han family, and asking these people not to defile him with this rebellious act.

Yuan Shao and the others did not give up. He also asked Liu Yu to take charge of the Shangshu on his behalf and give the generals official titles to reassure the people. When the envoy came to Jixian County, he had not yet seen Liu Yu, but he was intercepted by Gongsun Zan and then directly suppressed and killed. After Liu Yu learned about this, he couldn't help but be very angry with Gongsun Zhan's self-asserted behavior. In this regard, Gongsun Chan said that with such a traitor, why bother.

In February of the following year, Wang Yun made a remarkable contribution to quelling the rebels and requested that Dong Zhuo be promoted to Taishi. Liu Xie approved the recital.

At this time, Sun Jian led tens of thousands of troops to capture Liang County, and assigned Cheng Pu to lead a group of soldiers and horses to garrison on the east bank of Rushui. Dong Zhuo learned that Sun Jian had raised troops to rebel again, and immediately sent Zhonglang to lead Xu Rong to lead his troops to fight.

The Liang County occupied by Sun Jian was built on the west bank of Rushui, about 30 miles from Guangchengguan. After Xu Rong led his army to Guangcheng Pass, he did not immediately send troops. Instead, he waited until nightfall before he sent his lieutenant Li Meng to lead a strong force to attack Cheng Pu's troops.

Originally, Xue Cong came up with a plan for Sun Jian, first sending a team of soldiers and horses to the east bank of Rushui, as a bait to attract the enemy army out of the pass and rob the camp. As soon as the enemy's troops and horses arrived, they sent another army out of the city to attack from the side, so as to weaken the enemy's strength.

said that this plan was good, but Sun Jian underestimated the IQ of Dong Zhuo's other generals and the combat strength of the Xiliang Army, but changed the battle plan without authorization. Then, when Li Meng led the crowd to attack Cheng Pu, he led his army to attack Guangcheng Pass, but he was ambushed by Xu Rong in the middle of the road, and then the soldiers were scattered. Cheng Pu's troops were also defeated and fled after being attacked by Li Meng.

In this battle, Sun Jian was so defeated that he almost lost his own life. Fortunately, after Xue Cong, who stayed in Liang County, got the news, he hurriedly led his troops to the rescue with Sun Ce, so that Sun Jian was spared. Then Sun Jian gathered the scattered soldiers and reorganized their morale. According to Xue Cong's suggestion, he captured Yangren City at the foot of the West Mountain south of Guangcheng Pass.

This time, Sun Jian asked Xue Cong to make another plan for him, and Xue Cong suggested that he could repeat his old tricks. In this regard, Sun Jian felt some doubts about whether it would work? Xue Cong said that it would definitely work. Therefore, Sun Jian assigned Cheng Pu to lead a group of soldiers and horses to camp east of Yangren City.

Xu Rong saw that Sun Jian's old tricks were repeated, and he didn't think about it, so he sent Li Meng to lead his troops out of the customs at night to attack Cheng Pu's troops. Sun Jian was very happy when he saw that the plan really worked, and he personally led a group of soldiers and horses to attack Li Meng from behind.

At this time, Xu Rong saw that Sun Jian was in a plan, so he quickly led his troops out of the pass to attack Yangren City. Who knows, Xue Cong had long expected him to make such a move, and had already assigned Sun Ce and Huang Gai in advance to lead a team of soldiers and horses to fight an ambush in the mountains and forests in the northwest. When Xu Rong led the crowd to attack the city, Sun Ce and Huang Gai immediately attacked Xu Rong from the rear. This time, it was Xu Rong's turn to rout, and the men and horses of the headquarters suffered heavy losses.

When Dong Zhuo learned that Xu Rong was defeated by Sun Jian, although he felt a little surprised, he didn't pay much attention to it. Then, he ordered Lang to lead Hu Zhen to lead 5,000 cavalry to meet the battle, and appointed Feng Xian as the cavalry captain, and led 2,000 Huo Village brothers to help in the battle.

After arriving at Guangcheng Pass, Feng first learned about the previous battle situation from Xu Rong. After some thought, he couldn't help but say: "Sun Jian was defeated first, and then he was able to turn defeat into victory, and there must be capable people who gave him advice; Judging by the tactics he used, he didn't look like an ordinary resourceful person. ”

Xu Rong nodded and said, "The last general also thinks so; It's a pity that the last general is a little short-witted and not that man's opponent; If General Wei had been replaced, there would have been no defeat today. ”

At this time, Hu Zhen on the side snorted lightly and said: "The rebels of the Kwantung region are just a rabble; Tomorrow, Ben will go and capture that Sun Jian'er. ”

Xu Rong couldn't help but say: "Hu Zhonglang must not underestimate the enemy, so as not to lose in battle." ”

Hu Zhen said: "Xu Zhonglang, I think you were scared by Sun Jian, so you said such words to destroy your own prestige, right?" ”

At this time, Feng Xian on the side said: "Xu Zhonglang is just telling the truth; In a duel, you can't underestimate the enemy, not to mention that the other party is not an ordinary person, so you can't underestimate the enemy. ”

Hu Zhen immediately pulled the corners of his mouth and said: "Master Lu, don't think that you are General Wei's brother-in-law, you can rely on his might; General Wei will conquer and win, that is General Wei's soldiers are like gods, what does it have to do with you? Now you're just a little cavalry lieutenant, where is the right to dictate to the general here? ”

When Feng Xian heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and he was a little tired of what he said.

But I saw Xu Rong and said: "I'm afraid what Hu Zhonglang said is inappropriate, Master Lu is just reminding him with good intentions, where is he relying on the power of General Wei to give orders?" Speaking of which, you are a Zhonglang general, and I am also a Zhonglang general, don't rely on the fact that you are a fellow villager of Dong Taishi, so you can not take this general in your eyes. ”

"You? Hmph, useless waste, it should have been disposed of by military law a long time ago. Hu Zhen pulled the corners of his mouth disdainfully, and then left.

Xu Rong couldn't help but say sullenly: "This guy is really muddy enough, but he just relies on being a cronie of Taishi Dong, what's the big deal!" ”

Feng Xian said: "That guy has this virtue, let him go." ”

Xu Rong couldn't help but say again: "Hmph, that guy is so self-righteous, look at how he will be defeated tomorrow." ”

The next day, Hu Zhen led his troops out of the customs and prepared to challenge Sun Jian. Feng Xian led his brothers and Xu Rong to stay in Guangchengguan together. (To be continued......)