In March of the first year of Zhongping, the princes of Kwantung met in Sujube and promoted Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, and then the army entered Xingyang and prepared to attack Bishui Pass. The princes of each town were the first town, and the later general Nanyang guarded Yuan Shu. The second town, Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu. The third town, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kongling. The fourth town, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai. The fifth town, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang. In the sixth town, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao. The seventh town, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao. The eighth town, Shanyang is too guarded by Yuan. The ninth town, Jibei Xiang Baoxin. The tenth town, Beihai Taishou Kongrong. The eleventh town, Guangling is too guarded. The twelfth town, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian. The thirteenth town, Xiliang is too shou Ma Teng. The fourteenth town, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan. The fifteenth town, the party is too guarded by Zhang Yang. The sixteenth town, Wucheng Hou Changsha guarded Sun Jian. The seventeenth town, Hou Bohai of Qi Township, guarded Yuan Shao. plus Cao Cao, a total of eighteen towns.

Although it is said that it is the princes of the eighteen towns, because Ma Teng is in Xiliang, he can't come to the alliance, but he only symbolically sends troops to help in Xiliang, and there is naturally Niu Fu who guards Chang'an. And Liu Bei on the Kanto side came with Gongsun Zhan, and he didn't have many soldiers under him, so the so-called princes of the eighteen towns, in fact, only the seventeen towns came with troops, and there were not many soldiers with them, but there were more than 100,000 people in the east and west, which could be regarded as being able to compete with Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo's side knew that there were changes in the princes of Kwantung more than a month ago, and kept sending lobbyists to divide the princes, but unfortunately after more than a month, the princes of all parties would be allied, and they may not have succeeded in dividing anyone, so Dong Zhuo had no choice but to convene the generals of various departments to discuss the military situation.

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Luoyang Xiangguo Mansion.

Since Dong Zhuoxing abolished the legislature, all the generals under his command have been promoted, and the worst ones have been given the title of general. As a general under Dong Zhuo, although Zhang Xiu was temporarily idle at home, he did not forget him when he was crowned an official, and named Zhang Xiu a general of Zhengnan, Pingyang Hou, Zhang Xiu jumped to become a member of the three grades, although the name is good, but only the 40,000 troops under Zhang Xiu who really listen to the command are only.

Today, the generals of all the ministries gathered in the Dong Mansion, and the princes of the towns in the eastern part of the country gathered to prepare for the attack on Luoyang. Zhang Xiu, who has not attended the military conference for a long time, also attended today, but it was unexpected by many people, but Zhang Xiu's martial arts are only under Lu Bu among the generals under Dong Zhuo, and he has heavy troops, and the generals will not provoke him without anything.

Although Zhang Xiu's appearance was unexpected by the generals, it was reasonable, but Li Dao's appearance was really beyond the expectations of the generals. Since Zhang Xiu and Li Dao had a feud last year, Li Dao was transferred to Hedong to fight for Baibo Yellow Turban, but he didn't expect to appear in Luoyang at this time, thinking that Dong Zhuo secretly recalled Li Dao, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo was also afraid that the princes of the towns in Kanto would join forces and recall this important general under him.

When Li Dao and Zhang Xiu met, there was no fire as imagined by the generals, but it was tepid, the two were separated from each other, did not talk much, and did not look at each other, which made the generals breathe a sigh of relief.

After the generals arrived, Dong Zhuocai, Li Ru, and Lu Bu, who were a lot bloated, came late, because his body was too bloated, Dong Zhuo even knelt and sat very difficult, and sat down after several hard work, Dong Zhuo was not ambiguous, and immediately said: "Now there are thieves in the east of the country, Xingyang has been broken by thieves, and Luoyang will be attacked soon, and now the Bishui Pass is in danger, I don't know who of you wants to defend the Bishui Pass?" ”

Bishui Pass can be said to be the front line now, I heard that the coalition army sent Wucheng Hou Changsha Taishou Sun Jian is vigorously tackling key problems, Sun Jian's power here in addition to the generals of the original Northern Army and the Bingzhou Army, the rest of the Xiliang generals know it clearly. If he was ordered to garrison Bishui Pass, it would be directly facing Sun Jian's attack, and the generals would naturally be reluctant.

Dong Zhuo saw that the generals were afraid, and scolded angrily: "Useless things, can't you learn from my son's brave martial arts?" ”

was provoked by Dong Zhuo, but two people came out to ask for battle: "Lord, the last general will ask for battle." Everyone looked at it, but it was the former Li Dao general, Li Meng and the general Hua Xiong, who were later promoted by Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo saw that someone was asking for battle, and immediately said happily: "Okay, you two will lead the people of your headquarters to rush to Bishui Pass." ”

The two of them replied at the same time: "No......"

Zhang Xiu saw that Hua Xiongguo was listed to ask for battle as in history, but he was not relieved, and he also came out and said: "Lord, Sun Jian is brave and fierce, and there are coalition forces to answer for him, Xiu is afraid that Hua Xiong and Li Meng are outnumbered, so they also ask for battle." ”

Sun Jian's brave martial arts Dong Zhuo naturally knows it, after all, after working together for a few years, he knows the roots, and the four generals under Sun Jian's command are not simple. What Zhang Xiu said was naturally reasonable, but Dong Zhuo knew that Zhang Xiu and Sun Jian had a very good relationship, and Zhang Xiu was obviously dissatisfied with what he had done recently, but he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would secretly communicate with Sun Jian after he arrived at Bishui Pass and give Bishui Pass to the coalition forces. Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but glance at Li Ru, Li Ru understood, and immediately leaned into Dong Zhuo's ear to whisper a few words, Dong Zhuo nodded after listening.

After Dong Zhuo listened to what Li Ru said, he said: "What Bo Yuan said is very true, so with Bo Yuan as the main general, he led Li Meng and Hua Xiong two 40,000 troops to enter Bishui Pass. Boyuan's army will stay in Luoyang and be led by Yuanjiang. ”

Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Zhang Xiu said secretly: "Don't you trust me so soon?" Let me go to war and not let me lead the troops, and leave my uncle in Luoyang as a hostage? But I don't want to send troops if you want me, I'd rather keep the army in my hands. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu immediately replied: "No." ”

After that, things were simple, his army continued to be handed over to Zhang Ji to command, leaving Hu Zhen and Xu Huang in Luoyang, and was told to a few people: "If you have something, look for Mr. Jia." ”

He and Hu Che'er came to Huaxiong's army to go out with Huaxiong, but before he came out, Dong Zhuo cut down Yuan Huai's family, thinking that he was sacrificing the flag.

Hua Xiong and Zhang Xiu have been good friends for a few years, but Hua Xiong is strange why Zhang Xiu wants to fight, Zhang Xiu naturally won't say that it is because you Hua Xiong was not cut by Guan Erye, so he casually found a reason to perfunctory the past.

Hua Xiong and Li Meng's two divisions, totaling 40,000 people, drove to Bishui Pass in a mighty way, and finally arrived just in time when Sun Jian was about to break through Bishui Pass. After entering Bishui Pass, the two sides did not immediately go to war, but Dong Zhuo sent Li Su as a lobbyist, wanting to marry his daughter to Sun Jian's eldest son and win over Sun Jian.

However, it is obvious that Dong Zhuo's discordant pull has failed, no matter how Li Su speaks, Sun Jian is unmoved, if it were not for the unwritten rule that the two armies will not fight and not kill, I am afraid that Sun Jian would have cut Li Su a long time ago, and he would not be allowed to talk nonsense. Although Sun Jian did not cut Li Su down, there was naturally no shortage of humiliation methods, so Zhang Xiu was obviously embarrassed when he saw Li Su return to Bishui Pass.

Li Su did not stay long after returning to Bishui Pass, and immediately returned to Luoyang to resume his life. Since the two sides could not get along, they naturally started fighting.