That night, everyone dispersed, and Dong Chenghuai carried the edict and entered Liu's mansion at night. Liu Bei was quite surprised when he saw Dong Cheng coming to visit late at night, and knew that there must be something important to discuss. At that moment, Dong Cheng was invited to enter the small pavilion to meet the guests, and Guan and Zhang stood on both sides.

The preface of the guests was over, and the guests and hosts sat down, only to see Dong Cheng's eyes falling on Guan Yu, which was quite meaningful.

When Liu Bei saw this scene, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, the so-called, he didn't do anything bad in his life, and he didn't be surprised when he knocked on the door in the middle of the night. When Xu Tian was hunting, Guan Yu's desire to kill Cao Cao flickered in his mind like lightning at this time, and Liu Bei was so shrewd and hurriedly asked people to prepare wine and said:

"Uncle Guo, if you visit late at night, there must be important matters to discuss, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Dong Cheng was even more cunning, but he didn't look away and looked directly at Guan Yudao:

"If you are a loyal man!"

Liu Bei's heart was turbulent when he heard this, and he knew that there was no way to avoid it, so he didn't speak, and Guan Yu arched his hand and said:

"Uncle Guo has an overreputation!"

Dong Cheng shook his head and said:

"The day before yesterday, Xu Tian paddock, seeing His Majesty humiliated, civil and military officials, only Yun Chang wanted to kill Cao thief, his loyalty can be expressed, and the sky is still visible."

Dong Cheng said it easily and freely, and he listened to the ears of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, when it was like thunder, Liu Bei knew that it was not easy to quibble at this time and hurriedly said:

"How does Uncle Guo know?"

Dong Cheng sighed and said:

"Alas! On that day, Dong Cheng saw that the public was stopping the clouds with his hands, and he was very suspicious, can you talk about why? ”

Liu Bei frowned, but he didn't speak, Dong Cheng knew that Liu Bei had a lot of worries in his heart and said:

"The general can rest assured, only Dong Cheng has seen this matter, and the rest have not seen it."

Liu Bei said:

"Yun Chang saw that Cao Gong was arrogating, so he was angry and almost did something stupid, so he stopped it."

Dong Cheng sighed and said:

"If the Manchu Dynasty is as loyal as Yun Chang, why worry that the world is not peaceful?"

What kind of person Liu Bei is, when he heard that Dong Cheng was testing himself everywhere, he had already become suspicious, Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao had countless capable people, and it was expected that Cao Cao would be able to see through his true body, and he was deeply afraid of being victimized by him. However, he was caught by Dong Cheng this time, and he was controlled by others everywhere, and when he heard Dong Cheng's words, he hurriedly said:

"Why did Uncle Guo say this? Prime Minister Cao Cheng ruled the country well, and the peaceful and prosperous era is just around the corner......"

Before he finished speaking, Dong Cheng had already said angrily:

"Gong is the imperial uncle of the Han Dynasty, so Dong Chengfang treats each other honestly, and the public is also cheating!"

Liu Bei has always known people, and when he saw Dong Cheng's situation, he knew that he was indeed honest with each other, and said busily:

"Uncle Guo is angry, Liu Bei's move is really helpless."

Dong Chengzi nodded in understanding and said:

"Don't hide it, Dong Cheng does have something important to discuss with the emperor's uncle."

After that, he took out the edict from his arms and handed it to Liu Bei, Liu Bei took the list, full of sorrow, and said with tears:

"Uncle Guo, I was ordered to rebel, Liu Bei will do his best!"

Dong Cheng then took out the righteous petition, and Liu Bei saw that there were already six people on it, and he also signed his official title and signed "Liu Bei, the left general".

Dong Chengdao:

"If ten people are gathered, this matter can be done, and three people will be gathered again to discuss the plan to eliminate traitors!"

Liu Bei grabbed Dong Cheng's hand and said:

"Uncle Guo, don't be careful, do it slowly."

Since Liu Bei signed the righteous petition, he has become more careful every day, ignoring state affairs and only managing the vegetable garden in his own garden. But I didn't know that in the north at this time, my friends were in the shadow of swords.

After signing the petition, Dong Cheng began to move around to plot against Cao. However, both the DPRK and China were Cao Cao's henchmen, and Dong Cheng's progress was extremely slow.

Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou from the magpie's nest, and then expanded all the way north with Jizhou as the basic, and started a big war with Gongsun Zan in Hebei.

At the beginning, Gongsun Zhan relied on his cavalry superiority and familiarity with the terrain to fight with Yuan Shao in the north, and the two armies gradually fell into a state of anxiety.

In the subsequent battles, Gongsun Chan was defeated. Gongsun Zhan also knew that he was invincible to Yuan Shao, so he built a city encirclement and built a building on the circle, called Yijing Tower.

This Yijing Tower seems to be a place of defense, but in fact Gongsun Chan has the intention of retreating, there are many soldiers and food in the city, Gongsun Chan only looks at the battle situation, if he can refuse to defend for a while.

Yuan Shao had already seen through Gongsun Zhan's treacherous schemes, Yuan Shao looked down on Gongsun Chan in his heart, and often said that Gongsun Chan didn't know the current affairs, so he had the heart to kill and wanted to make his soul scatter.

Gongsun Zhan is actually not so bad, there are often Hu people on the northern border, and there are many border guards who cannot be defeated, and the border people are miserable. But since Gongsun Zan went to the north, he killed the Hu people and lost their hearts when they heard Bai Ma Yi, which shows the means.

Yuan Shao has been fighting for many years, and he is very good at attacking, and his subordinates are even more capable, scheming and tricky, all of which are extremely powerful. After a few battles, he figured out Gongsun Zhan's methods, how could Gongsun Chan still be an enemy? Since he lost one battle after another, Gongsun Zhan had no choice but to retreat to Yijing, Yijing City was fortified, and Yuan Shao was also tired of attacking himself. Yuan Shao sent several letters to persuade him to surrender, but Gongsun Zhan was afraid that Yuan Shao would end up in a disillusioned end, so where would he surrender?

Yuan Shao had no choice but to concentrate his forces and storm the southern sector battalion, and the southern sector battalion had to ask Gongsun Chan for help. However, the morale of Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses was low, and Gongsun Zhan was afraid that the soldiers would not fight to the death, so he refused to send troops. Yuan Shao saw that there was an opportunity, how could he let it go, and immediately threw the arrow book into the camp, as long as he was willing to surrender, he would be promoted to one level for the rank of the general, and three taels of silver would be rewarded for the soldier.

The Southern Boundary Battalion had already made a lot of remarks about Gongsun Zhan's failure to send rescue troops, but now that Yuan Shao has relaxed the policy mobilization, if the Southern Boundary is willing to fight to the death, he will surrender without a fight. Gongsun Zhan had no choice but to close the door and guard Yi Jing. Although Gongsun Chan thought so, there were people in Yi Jing who couldn't sit still.

Gongsun Chan has a son named Gongsun Xu, this son knows that although Yi Jing is full of grain and grass, and the city is strong, if he can't hold it for a long time, he will be captured sooner or later, rather than waiting for death, he should find a way to fight back, so he said to Gongsun Zhan:

"Dad, it is not a long-term plan to keep Yijing for a long time, according to Er's opinion, it is better to invite the Montenegrin army, if you get the Montenegrin army, you may be 50% sure that you can retreat Yuan Shao."

Gongsun Zan only remembered when he heard the words, but this Black Mountain Army was a team that could not be underestimated, in terms of men and horses alone, the total number of troops available to Yuan Shao at that time was about 300,000, and the total number of troops that Cao Cao could use was about 300,000.

And this Montenegrin army claims to be one million, of course, Gongsun Chan knows that the available strength of the Montenegrin army is only about 400,000 horses. But Rao is like this, in terms of strength alone, the power of the Montenegrin Army is already incredible. It's just that the Montenegrin Army was originally a branch of the Yellow Turban Army, all of them were peasants, and although they were numerous, their combat strength was much worse than that of the regular army. However, the Montenegrin army can gain a foothold in the north, and there is no shortage of high-ranking people among them.

The leader of the Montenegrin Army was originally a farmer named Zhang Niujiao, who had average skills, but with the help of a person named Chu Yan, he became the leader of the Montenegrin Army.

Originally, Chu Yan had a lot of soldiers, and after joining forces, Chu Yan should have been the leader, but who knew that Chu Yan would not live or die, so he wanted to promote Zhang Niujiao as the leader. Zhang Niujiao has since become the leader of this righteous army, and later the Yellow Turban Uprising failed, Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan pulled out men and horses to stand on their own and established the Black Mountain Army. Zhang Niujiao became the leader of the Montenegrin army.

It was also Zhang Niujiao's blessing, and it was less than half a year after the unification of Montenegro, Zhang Niujiao died in a battle with Yuan Shao. When the dragons were leaderless, the generals elected Chu Yan as the king, which shows Chu Yan's prestige in the army. Chu Yan did not shirk, so he became the leader of the Montenegrin army, but he was grateful for Zhang Niujiao, so he changed his surname to Zhang, also known as Zhang Yan.

Zhang Niujiao's parents were also brought to support, although this is Zhang Yan's heart, but it also won the hearts of the military and civilians of Montenegro. I think this Zhang Yan's subordinates are also hidden dragons and crouching tigers, if it weren't for Zhang Yan, Zhang Niujiao would never be able to be this leader. As for Zhang Niujiao's death, Zhang Yan has always suspected which of his leaders did it, but there is no evidence, but there is no result.

When Gongsun Chan heard Gongsun continue to mention the Montenegrin Army, he suddenly opened his mouth, and readily agreed, suddenly thinking that he was trapped at this moment and had hesitated:

"Alas, this matter is very important, who will handle it?"

Gongsun continued to volunteer:

"Don't worry about the father, the child is willing to go."

Gongsun Chan was overjoyed when he heard this, his brothers in the war, and the father and son soldiers in battle, if he didn't even trust his own son, who else could he trust? He sent Gongsun Xu to send an envoy to Montenegro to ask for help. Gongsun Xu led his troops out overnight, broke out of the encirclement, and went straight to Montenegro, running for three days before he arrived at Montenegro.

Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zhan have no friendship, not only do they have no friendship, but they have some bad feelings. When Zhang Niujiao was in charge at the beginning, Zhang Yan originally wanted to cooperate with Gongsun Zhan to create a great cause. But Gongsun Chan was ashamed of this kind of unruly cooperation, not to mention that Zhang Niujiao was a peasant uprising, and Gongsun Chan was even more ashamed to be with it. However, both sides were quite jealous of each other, and did not dare to start a war easily, and since then, they have broken off contact.

Today, Zhang Yan saw Gongsun Xu come to ask for a meeting, and after a little thought, he knew that it was Yi Jing's matter, and even if he invited Gongsun Xu to enter the big tent, the two sides had finished the ceremony, Zhang Yan sat on his legs and laughed at himself:

"White Horse Yicong has a noble temperament, can I imagine that the son of White Horse Yicong today will patronize my grass hut as a thief?"

After laughing, Gongsun continued to hear this, knowing that he resented Gongsun Zhan's refusal to cooperate with Zhang Niujiao in the past, and also said that he would not be with the bandits, so he hurriedly laughed: "The marshal commands millions of troops, and the generals are thousands, why is he modest, my father was ignorant in the past, and he still looks at Haihan." ”

Zhang Yan smiled when she heard this:

"What did the virtuous nephew say? Ay? I heard that your father was forced to be tight by Yuan Shao. Alas, it is the time when the tiger falls in Pingyang, how can the virtuous nephew still have time to come to my grass house? Could it be ......"