Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Nineteenth Road Princes Cheng Fang
In 189 AD, the sixth year of Zhongping. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Emperor Ling died, the young emperor succeeded to the throne, and the general He Jin secretly summoned Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Xiliang, to lead troops into Beijing, intending to end the eunuch regime represented by the ten permanent servants.
He Jin's plan was revealed and killed by the eunuchs, and Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation to kill the eunuchs. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to entrench himself in Luoyang, set up the emperor, abolished the young emperor, entered the country, and leaned towards the government and the opposition.
Heroes from all over the country formed an alliance to participate in the grand event, and raised troops to defeat Dong Zhuo in unison, starting a dragon and tiger fight in the name of King Qin's thiefΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
After Cao Cao's failed assassination of Dong Zhuo, he fled Luoyang and returned to his hometown, and with the help of his father Cao Song, he spent a lot of money and food to recruit troops.
Under his righteous act of assassinating Dong Zhuo, many strong men came to vote, and 20,000 soldiers and horses were recruited in a short time.
Now Cao Cao has soldiers and generals in his hands, so he summoned Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and other famous generals, sent a letter to Yuan Shao, asking the other party to publish a hero post and convene the princes of the world to discuss Dong Thief!
Yuan Shao hated Dong Zhuo the most in his life, and immediately took action after receiving the book, gathered heroes from all sides, became the princes of the Eighteen Roads, and jointly signed an alliance against Dong Zhuo in front of the Surabaya Pass!
The eighteen princes are...
On the first road, the later general Nanyang guarded Yuan Shu.
The second road, Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu
The third road, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling
The fourth road, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai
The fifth road, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang
On the sixth road, Chen stayed too much to guard Zhang Miao
On the seventh road, Dongjun guards Qiao Mao
On the eighth road, Shanyang guarded Yuan's legacy
The ninth road, Jibei Xiang Baoxin
The tenth road, Beihai Taishou Kongrong
On the eleventh road, Guangling guarded Zhang Chao
The twelfth road, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian
The thirteenth road, Xiliang is too guarded by Ma Teng
The fourteenth road, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan
On the fifteenth road, the party guarded Zhang Yang
On the sixteenth road, Wucheng Hou Changsha guarded Sun Jian
On the seventeenth road, Hou Bohai of Qixiang guarded Yuan Shao
Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Cao Cao's headquarters, they are collectively known as the princes of the Eighteen Roads!
Now, the princes of the Seventeenth Road have arrived, and only the Fourteenth Road Gongsun Zan is missing!
After Gongsun Zan and Cheng Fang returned to Beiping respectively, they could gather soldiers and horses and set off in a hurry.
The three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang went to Beiping to pounce, and then pursued Gongsun Zhan's footsteps with sparks and lightning all the way, and it took three days and three nights to catch up!
Gongsun Zhan was very happy when he saw Liu Guanzhang and the three brothers, but after waiting for a long time, he found that it was just this brother, so he asked Liu Bei curiously!
"Why didn't your master come?"
"Brother Bogui listen to me!" Liu Bei told his father-in-law's arrangement!
Gongsun Chan suddenly realized, and then asked Liu Bei what he wanted!
Liu Bei smiled slightly, pointed at the second brother Guan Yu, and then pointed at the third brother Zhang Fei, and said: "My brother intends to receive the name of the princes of the Nineteenth Road on behalf of my lord, I don't know what Brother Bogui wants?" β
"Ah~~" Gongsun Chan was stunned for a moment and asked, "You're not joking, are you?" There are only three of you, and there is no soldier, how can you serve as the princes of the Nineteenth Road? β
"Bing? I have it! Liu Bei continued: "My second brother is a horse archer, and my third brother is a foot archer, isn't that enough? β
As soon as Liu Bei's words came out, Gongsun Zhan was speechless for a moment, and he proposed to stay on the spot for a few days and wait for Cheng Fang to come.
Cheng Da Killer did not live up to Gongsun Zhan's expectations, and he really didn't come! In desperation, Gongsun had no choice but to smile bitterly and set off with Liu Guanzhang and the others!
When Gongsun Chan came to Bishui Pass, the other princes of the Seventeenth Route had already arrived.
As soon as Yuan Shao saw Gongsun Zan coming, he immediately started the alliance matter, and at Cao Cao's suggestion, he served as the general leader of the Eighteen Roads Princes Alliance!
Yuan Shao actually wanted to be the leader of the alliance, but he felt that if he didn't shirk it, he would not be bold enough, so he said with a smile on his face: "How can he be the leader of the alliance at the beginning, dare to be the leader of this alliance, it is better to choose another virtuous master!" β
Cao Cao knew what Yuan Shao meant as soon as he heard it, and he smiled and said: "Except for the original who is known as the fourth world and the third prince, I Cao Cao really can't think of who can take on this important responsibility, so don't shirk at the beginning!" β
"Yes~~ Yes!"
Everyone in the tent nodded in agreement!
Just when Yuan Shao was smiling and planning to take over the position of the leader of the general alliance, an extremely discordant voice sounded!
"Yuan Gong's words won my heart!" Liu Bei took a step forward, and after saluting everyone, he said: "Speaking of the position of the leader of the alliance, I think that there is only one person who can take on this crowd!" β
Quiet, dead quiet! As soon as these words came out, the princes in the tent were stunned, and they blinked at Liu Bei with curious eyes, as if asking, who are you talking about?
Yuan Shao was also stunned for a moment, and then his face gradually became gloomy! He had already recognized Liu Bei, who was a member of the Yellow Turban Rebellion with Gongsun Zhan.
At the beginning, Liu Bei had outstanding meritorious achievements, but he was ruthlessly pitted by Dong Zhuo and snatched away all his meritorious achievements. Later, because of his closeness to Cheng Fang, he was excluded by everyone and was only canonized as a small county order!
Yuan Shao knew the cause and effect of this incident, so he pretended not to know Liu Bei.
"Who is Your Excellency, what is your official residence, why don't I know you!"
Liu Bei didn't care about Yuan Shao's face at all, and arched his hand and said: "Under Liu Bei, he is the nineteenth prince of the alliance this time!" β
As soon as Liu Bei's voice fell, a thin man walked out and asked suspiciously: "The princes of the Nineteenth Road?" Why haven't I heard of Yuan Shu! β
"Uh~~ this!"
Gongsun Zhan couldn't sit still, he got up and pulled Liu Bei back, and explained, "Everyone, please listen to me!" This person is my classmate and friend, and he is the lord of his family to receive the position of the prince of the Nineteenth Road! β
Yuan Shu also recognized Liu Bei, but he also pretended not to know. You must know that among the princes, he hates Cheng Fang the most, hates the house and Wuxia, and naturally has no good face for Liu Bei!
"His father-in-law?" Yuan Shu sneered: "That means that he is just a subordinate!" Since he is a subordinate, then what qualifications does he have to participate in this princes' alliance! β
As soon as Yuan Shu's words came out, not only Liu Bei's face was gloomy, but even Gongsun Zan was unhappy!
"Brother Highway, please pay attention to your words, don't insult them!"
Yuan Shu snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "A subordinate is a subordinate, how can it be insulted!" Come on, drive out the idlers! β
"Order!"
Two tower-like sword and axe hands rumbled, grabbed Liu Bei's arm and dragged it out!
Yuan Shu looked at Liu Bei, who was erected, and mocked: "What kind of subordinates there are, what kind of masters there are." Look at your nest, your master is no better! β
Liu Bei is Cheng Fang's natal general. He felt that Yuan Shu's contempt for his father-in-law was the biggest insult to his father-in-law! He can bear being called a subordinate, but he will never tolerate his own lord being despised and humiliated!
He threw two backhand punches, knocked the two knife and axe men to the ground, and angrily pointed at Yuan Shu and said, "You say it again!" β
"You~~" Yuan Shu was just about to speak, but he was taken by Liu Bei's gaze, and he couldn't speak for a long time!
Seeing that his brother was captured by the other party's momentum, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still, his face was gloomy to the extreme, and he raised his voice: "Bold maniac, dare to disturb me for the feat of being a thief." You must be a spy on the side of the Dong thief, come on, quickly take down this traitor, push it out and behead it! β
"Wait!"
Just as many swordsmen and axes rushed into the camp, Cao Cao stopped them and asked Liu Bei, "Who is the lord of your family?" Can we get acquainted? β
Liu Bei didn't pay attention to Cao Cao, but looked directly at Yuan Shu, the cold light in his eyes flickered, as if he didn't agree with the meaning of making a big move!
"Xuande, don't be impatient!"
Seeing the delicate situation, Gongsun Zhan grabbed Liu Bei's arm and stopped him from going crazy, and said: "Listen to me, the lord of his family is the one who defeated Huaxiong in the Plains City, fought Wenyan, and injured Dong Zhuo in the army. He once took advantage of the situation to retreat from Lu Bu, defeated the road, and shocked the princes of all sides! β
Listening to Gongsun Zhan's narration, most of the people in the tent were confused. But Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and other princes who jointly sent troops to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban, guessed the identity of this person in an instant!
"I'm sure you've already guessed the identity of this person!" Gongsun Zhan said word by word: "That's right, this person is Cheng Fang, who was framed by Dong Zhuo and besieged by all parties!"