Cao Cao's edict soon reached Yuan Shao, who immediately took the civil and military personnel recruited by his subordinates, led 30,000 soldiers, and left the Bohai Sea to make an alliance with Cao Cao, and the two had the same opinion on getting rid of Dong Zhuo, and finally agreed that Cao Cao would draft a document against thieves and convey it to various states and counties, gathering forces from all over the country.

The content of the text is: I, Cao Cao, declare with the righteousness of the world, Dong Zhuo deceived the superiors and subordinates, openly abolished the young emperor, killed the emperor and destroyed the country, caused chaos in the entire court, and mutilated countless living beings. Today, I am under the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, recruiting the righteous people of the world to fight together, vowing to clear up this scourge for the country, Kuang Zheng Han court, I hope you can support me, raise an uprising to fight, save the people of Li from fire and water, the text has been reached, please act as soon as possible.

Cao Cao's inscription soon spread to all states and counties across the country, and the princes from all over the country raised troops to echo each other, so seventeen towns were established, namely: the first town, and the later general Nanyang Taishou 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 by Zhang Chao. 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. The number of these soldiers and horses varied, some brought more than 30,000 people, and some only 10,000 or 20,000, in short, the call was very high, and they all led civil officials and military generals, and they all came in the direction of Luoyang.

Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, commander of 15,000 elite soldiers, passed through Dezhou Plains County, went to the Luoyang Alliance meeting place, was walking, suddenly saw a yellow flag in the mulberry bush in the distance, a few people rode horses over, look carefully, it turned out to be an old acquaintance Liu Bei.

Gongsun Chan was overjoyed, and stepped forward and said, "Why is the virtuous brother here?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Before, thanks to your brother for recommending me as the commander of Pingyuan County, today I heard that your army is going to Luoyang through me, so I will wait here and invite your troops to Pingyuan County in charge of me to rest for a while." ”

Gongsun Zhan saw two warriors standing behind Liu Bei, and at a glance, he knew that his martial arts skills were strong, so he pointed at them and said, "Who is behind you?" It doesn't look like a regular martial artist. ”

Liu Bei introduced: "These two are my brothers, called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. ”

Gongsun Chan asked, "Are they also the ones who are with you in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Thieves?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Yes, it's the two of them who contribute, otherwise I wouldn't have such great merit." ”

Gongsun Chan asked again: "What are their positions now?" ”

replied: "Guan Yu is a horse archer, Zhang Fei is a foot archer, and I have a brother who is a high-ranking official in Luoyang City." ”

Gongsun Chan sighed: "Why are they in such a low position, you are really a hero, I don't know who you have and a brother?" ”

Liu Bei felt very proud and said with a smile: "It's called Yuyi, it's my fourth brother, who accepted my orders and lurked in Luoyang City, and he was involved in the previous plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo." ”

For Yuyi, Gongsun Zhan is not very familiar, so he did not make an evaluation, but Liu Bei's state at this time, he was not satisfied, and suggested: "Now that Dong Zhuo is in turmoil, the princes of the world are crusading together, and they are all going to Luoyang, the virtuous brother can resign this county order directly, and let's go to the thieves together and help the Han family, wouldn't it be more meaningful?" ”

In fact, Liu Bei also received Cao Cao's letter to beg for thieves, and there was a dispute with Yu Yi because of the matter of self-reliance, so he agreed on the spot, saying: "This is great!" ”

Liu Bei is actually a very ambitious person, but as a member of the Han family, he can't do anything unrighteous on the surface.

Zhang Fei stood up at this time and said: "Big brother still blames me for this, when we were crusading against the Yellow Turban Thief, we met Dong Zhuo, this person is quite rude, if you didn't stop him, I killed him, there would be no such troublesome thing now." ”

Liu Bei smiled: "This time is not that time, besides, you are often impulsive, if you are killed in vain, there is no such evil result, will you be another rhetoric?" ”

Zhang Fei was speechless by Liu Bei, Guan Yu came out to play a round, and said with a smile: "Third brother, now that things are like this, let's pack up our things and go with Master Gongsun Zhan." ”

"It's okay, I happened to go to see our fourth brother, it's been so long, and I don't know how he is now?" Zhang Fei looked very happy.

However, Liu Bei was a little melancholy, thinking that lurking around Dong Zhuo was a very dangerous thing, and Yuyi would definitely not feel good, these were all incompetent for this big brother.

So Liu Bei just took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as a small number of cavalry, and followed Gongsun Zan to the direction of Luoyang City.

In less than a few days, all the princes of the road were in place, and successively arrived at the assembly point near Luoyang City, Cao Cao greeted them separately, coordinated the scheduling, and let everyone camp in the village, a total of more than 200 miles, at the same time, he also ordered people to slaughter cattle and horses, held a large banquet, and discussed how to attack Luoyang.

Taishou Wang Kuang suggested: "Today we are all gathered together for the great interests of the country, we must determine an alliance leader to lead us, otherwise it will be a plate of scattered sand, there is no constraint, how to march?" ”

Cao Cao naturally understood what this meant, stood up, and said: "Yuan Shao's family is the fourth and third dukes, and there are the most old people of the Han Dynasty in the court, and he is also the descendant of the Ming Dynasty of the Han Dynasty, I think it is most appropriate to infer that he is the leader of the alliance." ”

Yuan Shao was praised by Cao Cao and was very comfortable, and he also knew that the alliance leader himself was seated, but he still had to do it, so he hurriedly resigned, but everyone suggested that he should be the alliance leader, and it was really unavoidable, so he could only agree to this request.

On the second day, the ceremony of the leader of the alliance was carried out, and a three-story high platform was built with soil, and then the flags of the five parties were planted, some weapons were arranged on it, and the soldiers and seals were arranged, Yuan Shao ascended to it, sorted out the clothes and accessories, burned incense and worshiped the sky, and shouted: "The Han family is unfortunate, the royal program has lost its rule, the Dong thief has taken the opportunity to enter, the court has been disturbed, and the people have been displaced, don't have different ideas, if you betray this alliance, you should die unexpectedly, there are no descendants, the emperor and the queen of the earth, the ancestors and gods, witness together! ”

After finishing speaking, he dripped a few drops of blood on the wine in the bowl, and drank it all in one gulp, and everyone else also drank with blood, because of Yuan Shao's words, he felt very generous