Wen Chou knew that this was the end of the sour jujube coalition, and he also had a much clearer understanding of the so-called "Qingliu celebrities" than Sun Jian, so he was not surprised or angry, he smiled: "Doesn't Wentai smell the 'lip and tongue'? ”

"Lip Tongue Sword?"

"With the lips as the spear and the tongue as the sword, this is the style of his generation, when it comes to fighting on the battlefield and being brave, it is not as far as Brother Wentai."

Speaking of this, Wen Chou's heart moved, and he thought: "In my previous life, I heard the word 'mouth cannon', but wasn't it actually 'lip and tongue'?" Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, there will always be some people who "sit and talk about the Tao", talk endlessly, hold public opinion, and are "important" by the world, but in fact what they talk about is a castle in the air, unrealistic, and they are "useless" in specific matters.

After receiving Wen Chou's praise, Sun Jian's anger decreased slightly.

He pulled out his sword, crossed it on his thigh, stroked it with his hand, flicked his fingers, and sighed: "Hearing that Dong Zhuo is rebellious and rebellious, and runs the court, I am filled with righteous indignation. Isn't it just to get rid of Dong thieves with the heroes of the world and use the Kuang Han room? Today, the Dong thief has not been extinguished, and the sour jujube stars are scattered, which is really difficult to suppress and regret. ”

"Although the sour jujube coalition army is scattered, there are still Che Cai, General Yuan, Han Jizhou, Meng De, and Qing and me, and there are still more than 100,000 coalition troops.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they were the "first initiators" of the army, and they were the "first evil", and their clan in Luoyang was killed by Dong Zhuo again, and there was no way back at all, so even if the sour jujube stars were scattered, the two of them had no way to retreat. can only hold out to the end.

"That's all there is to it."

By the end of April, the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the sour jujube had almost dispersed, and in addition to Zhang Miao, there was only Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao's department,—— on the other hand, the scattering of the sour jujube soldiers also confirmed the success of Dong Zhuo's strategy of "dividing and attacking".

If it weren't for the Kwantung Coalition Army, there were outliers such as Sun Jian and Wen Chou. Now Dong Zhuo only needs to deal with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers were not in harmony, and Dong Zhuo sent elite soldiers to "divide and attack" again, it was not impossible to win. It's a pity that there are Sun Jian and Wen Chou in the coalition army, so Dong Zhuo's "final victory" can only be a "possibility".

At the beginning of May, a shocking news came.

The news was brought by Tian Chou.

"Lord, Qiao Yuanwei is dead."

"How did you die?"

"For Liu Yanzhou, Chen Liu, and Jiyin to attack together. Defeated and killed. ”

Qiao Yuanwei is Qiao Mao, Liu Yanzhou is Liu Dai, and Chen Liu and Jiyin refer to Chen Liu's Taishou and Jiyin Taishou respectively.

Wen Chou asked carefully, but it turned out to be: Qiao Mao was arrogant and had a conflict with Liu Dai, Liu Dai fought with Qiao Mao with the help of Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao and others, and Qiao Mao was defeated. In the battle to the death.

The two counties of Chenliu and Jiyin belong to Yanzhou, and Qiaomao is the Taishou of Dongjun. Dongjun also belongs to Yanzhou, and this fight is a power struggle within Yanzhou on the surface, but in essence, it is Qiao Sheng who is looking for it.

Tian Feng sighed: "The son of the Qiao Yuanwei clan has a strong nature, I have heard of it a long time ago. When he was stationed in sour dates, Chang Ling contempted Liu Yanzhou and Zhang Chenliu Zhugong, and now Yanzhou, Chen Liu, and Jiyin attacked him together, and finally the army was defeated and died, which can be described as a self-inflicted disaster? ”

Qiao Mao was of noble birth. He has a strong personality and is a risk-taking person.

How strong his character is and how dare he dare to take risks, it can be seen from one thing: that is, "this time the Kanto army, because there was no excuse at the beginning, the states and counties did not dare to move, but only he dared to risk the disapproval of the world, the book of the three princes, and spread the world, so that there were all roads ,—— this matter, you must know that at that time, the princes of the court and the current son of heaven were in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and even Yuan Shao did not dare to rashly raise troops, but there was him, who dared to correct the book of the three princes, and did not take the safety of the court and the Son of Heaven seriously.

This shows his character.

His personality is so strong, and he is proud of this merit, so he and Zhulu soldiers and horses will learn from the sour date, in the usual gatherings, he really despised Liu Dai, Zhang Miao and others,—— Wen Chou, Tian Feng, Tian Chou, Xun Yu and others have heard of this.

At that time, Tian Feng, Tian Chou and others once said: Qiao Yuanwei is arrogant and contemptuous of the alliance, I am afraid that sooner or later he will fall out with Yanzhou and Chen Liuzhugong.

Liu Dai, Zhang Miao and others, whether in terms of real power, soldiers and horses, or in terms of family reputation and personal fame, which one is inferior to Qiao Mao? In terms of real power, Liu Dai and others are either on the same level as Qiao Mao, and they are also the ministers of the state with 2,000 stones, or although they have a low rank, such as Liu Dai, they are "inferior in rank and weight"; In terms of the soldiers and horses, each has tens of thousands of soldiers, which is no worse than the bridge turtle, and some even have more soldiers and horses than the bridge turtle; In terms of family reputation and personal reputation, most of them are the same as Qiao Mao, and most of them are children of the Gong family, or generations of well-dressed noble families, as far as they are concerned, they also have a big name in the world, not to mention anything else, take Liu Dai as an example, he is not only a member of the Han family, but also a "son of the Gong family,——", his father served as the third prince several times when he was in the court, and he had a good relationship with Yuan Shao, the "alliance leader" who raised the army this time, just imagine: how could he endure the shame of being despised by Qiao Mao for a long time?

Sure enough, he couldn't swallow this breath, so after the sour jujube soldiers dispersed, he and Zhang Miao and others joined forces to kill Qiao Mao.

Xun Yu shook his head again and again, and said: "The princes of sour jujube, the soldiers have been stationed for several months, there is almost no battle, the soldiers are scattered, and there is infighting. The so-called heroes of the world are mediocre and inactive, and it is difficult to seek great things. ”

What Tian Feng and the others saw was that the sour jujube armies were not enough to make a big deal, but what Wen Chou saw was another thing.

He said in his heart: "Liu Dai, Zhang Miao and others are fighting with Qiao Mao, which can be regarded as the prelude to 'Kwantung Prefecture no longer duplicitous, no longer recruiting troops in the name of seeking Dong, and starting to compete for territory nakedly'." ”

Before this incident, the dozen or so troops that had already raised troops in the Kwantung region, as well as more states and counties that had not yet raised troops, in a sense, could be regarded as in an alliance, and their common enemy was Dong Zhuo.

But after this incident, no matter who is right and who is wrong with Qiao Mao and Liu Dai, the ironclad fact of Qiao Mao's death shows that the orderly alliance relationship will gradually begin to transform into disorderly and chaotic disputes and civil strife.

In fact, "begging for Dong" was just a political banner, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Han family will be destroyed, and the world is going to change its master. It is clear that most of them are clearly courting Dong as the name, and they really have the intention of "taking advantage of chaos to make profits and expand their own strength", Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, etc., and Qiao Mao's competition is just the inevitable development,—— that is, without their rush, sooner or later there will be other rushes. (To be continued.) )