However, it was said that Zhang Jiao's army was in Youzhou and Jizhou, seized the county and attacked the county, killed the officials and burned the government, and opened a warehouse to help the people. The magistrates were terrified and fled. Zhang Jiaoqin led 100,000 righteous troops to Guangzong, and Shi Zhonglang led Lu Zhi to lead 50,000 officers and soldiers to conquer and suppress. The two armies were at war, and they were fighting each other.

Zhang Jiao sat in the tent and suddenly reported that Yin Da, a partial general of the Daxing side, had led 50,000 righteous troops to arrive. Zhang Jiao welcomed Yin Da into the account, and Yin Da's general Cheng Yuanzhi and deputy general Deng Mao were killed by Liu Guan and Zhang's brothers, and the general Deng Sheng stayed in Daxing Mountain to raise food and grass for the righteous army. Zhang Jiao was very sad, soothed with kind words, and wanted to keep Yin Da as a general and lead the 50,000 righteous troops on the Daxing side, Yin Da insisted on returning to Daxing Mountain to avenge his brother with Deng Sheng. Zhang Jiao saw that Yin Da insisted on returning and no longer kept him. Yin Da handed over the army's grain and grass and returned to Daxing Mountain.

Zhang Jiao gained another 50,000 fresh troops, reaching 150,000 people, and his combat power was even stronger. He also reported to Yu Ji that he would lead a thousand men to help. Zhang Jiao hurriedly greeted the tent, saying that he had obtained the technique of "calling for wind, rain, sand and stones, and dispatching heavenly soldiers and generals to set up formations to kill the enemy". Zhang Jiao was overjoyed and said yes, Lu Zhi's 50,000 officers and soldiers were not to be worried. The defense of the Beijing division was very strict, the main force of the official army was gathered in Yingchuan, and the rebel army led by Fear Bocai was not supported, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang had already led the army to Yu Ji to bring a thousand square soldiers to support. Yu Ji readily agreed, and Zhang Jiao set up a banquet.

Lu Zhi was in a standoff with Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, and he was anxious to win, so he ignored the report that Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to bring 500 volunteers to help. Lu Zhi was overjoyed and introduced into the army. Liu Bei said: "I became brothers with Guan Zhang Taoyuan, raised 500 volunteers, joined the army to kill the enemy, and served the country. First, he was ordered by the assassin of Youzhou to go to Daxing Mountain to beg for thieves, and killed the thieves Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao; He was also sent by the assassination history, and accompanied by Zou Jing with 1,000 officers and soldiers, defeated the thieves and relieved the siege of Qingzhou; Taishou Gong Jing wants to stay, and I call 'my division and Zhang Jiao are fighting in Guangzong, and we should go to support'. Zou Jing returned with 1,000 officers and soldiers, and I and the Guan Zhang brothers came here. Lu Zhi listened to it, and praised Liu Bei for his emergence soon after joining the army and establishing several merits: "Youzhou and Qingzhou all have your merits, and I also know it, and I will be rewarded for it." I refuse to be the head of the thief here, and the thief brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are fighting against Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in Yingchuan. You can lead the people of the headquarters, and I will help another 1,000 officers and soldiers to go to Yingchuan to inquire about the news and make an appointment to arrest them. Liu Bei was puzzled: "Guangzong has many thieves and I are outnumbered, it is the time to employ people, why did the teacher send us to other places?" Lu Zhi smiled: "I am your teacher, and I know that you have great ambitions since you were a child, and you are very accessible." You are an imperial family, and you should be responsible for supporting the Han family, why do you advance and retreat, you will know it when you realize it, why bother to ask. ”

Liu Bei didn't ask any more, went out of the account with Guan Zhang, and led the headquarters and a thousand officers and soldiers to Yingchuan. On the way, Zhang Fei couldn't hold back: "Big brother, we came to help, we didn't use a knife or a shot, we didn't even see the thief's face, Lu Gong also helped a thousand officers and soldiers, only said that he went to Yingchuan to find out the news, don't you underestimate my Taoyuan brothers." Guan Yu said: "That's fine." Behold the thieves, most of them are hungry people, and they cannot bear to kill indiscriminately. Liu Bei said: "The third brother doesn't have to worry too much, the teacher helps a thousand officers and soldiers, and he is only called to find out the news." It is to allow us to preserve and expand our strength for long-term planning. What the second brother said is extremely true, those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. The people were forced to rebel by the government, and if they surrendered and comforted, they could be used by me. Zhang Fei said: "It has only been two months since he joined the army, and he broke the thieves before Daxing and relieved the siege of Qingzhou; Then go to Guangzong, and then go to Yingchuan, east and west, north and south, running around, tired on the way, really unwilling. Liu Bei smiled: "Those who know me are also teachers." "I thought to myself: Although I have suffered from running around and working hard, I have no harm from strength damage, and Liu Bei can only be famous in all the battlefields of the Yellow Turban. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look up to the sky and shout: "Taoyuan brothers, famous all over the world." Then he galloped. Guan Zhang was infected by it, and each of them slapped their horses, followed closely behind, and advanced towards Yingchuan.

However, it was said that the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army led by Bo Cai was huge, and it approached Luoyang, the capital division, in April. Zhonglang generals Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led elite troops to block the righteous army, and the two armies fought, each with victory or defeat. Bocai was blocked, and he thought about breaking the enemy. Suddenly, Yu Ji led a thousand square soldiers to reinforce him. Bocai was overjoyed and welcomed into the account. Yu Ji explained his intentions, and taught Bo to fight tomorrow, so that he could win.

The next day, the two armies faced each other, and the first general of the Han camp led the troops out of the horse, but Bocai did not answer, and rode his horse to meet each other. The two were fighting back and forth, and suddenly saw Bocai's rear army squirming and slowly retreating. The troops in front of the Xu Xuan also stirred, and they turned around, first slowly, then fast. Bocai shouted loudly: "If you escape from the battle, you must be put to death." As he spoke, he fought hard and did not retreat. Several lieutenant generals in the Han camp stepped forward and besieged Bocai to fight. Seeing that his army was retreating far away, Bocai shouted loudly, killed a general, rushed out of the encirclement, and kept shouting "Flee before the battle, never forgive", and retreated.

The general of the Han camp was about to catch up, and the deputy general said: "If you are not defeated and retreat, I am afraid that it will be deceitful." The general of the Han camp said: "The rabble, flee in fright." If the thief can't drink it, how can he be deceitful? "First, he was confused by Pocai's words, and second, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he did not listen to dissuasion and waved his army to chase and kill the past.

Bocai saw the sergeant retreating to the mountains, so he reined in his horse and turned around: "Our army retreats far away, only me, and tomorrow we will strictly enforce military discipline, regroup, and fight for each male and female." With that, he turned his horse's head and slowly entered the valley.

The Han general was unwilling to let it go, and led the army to chase and kill him. When the army entered the valley, with a thunderclap-like loud sound, suddenly the black air filled the sky, covering the sky and the sun, flying sand and stones, like a sandstorm and stone rain poured from the top of the mountain on both sides, and the people in the sky shouted that the horses neighed, like the heavenly soldiers and the heavenly generals descended from the sky. The Han army was terrified and chaotic without a fight. Bocai led the rebel army to rush head-on, and the Han general turned his horse's head and fled. In this battle, more than 40,000 enemies were annihilated and a complete victory was won. Bocai rewarded the sergeant and praised Yu Ji's merits. Yu Ji cast a spell to break the enemy's main force, and brought his own Fang Shi to Nanyang to reinforce Zhang Mancheng.

Zhang Mancheng called himself the "divine envoy", led the rebel army to fight in the Nanyang area, invincible, killed Nanyang Taishou Chu Gong in front of the battle, and pressed Wancheng (Nanyang County Administration, now Nanyang, Henan). In June, it attacked the city of Wancheng. The new Taishou Qin Jie resisted stubbornly and was impatient. On this day, when he heard the news, Yu Ji brought Fang Shi to help, and Zhang Mancheng hurriedly welcomed him in to discuss the strategy of breaking the city.

The next day, Zhang Mancheng evacuated the besieging rebels, retreated ten miles and set up a village, and only sent an adjutant general with 5,000 soldiers to call the south gate. General Wancheng led 10,000 officers and soldiers to open the door to meet the battle. The two generals fought for more than ten rounds, and the deputy general of the rebel army was defeated and retreated, leading the army to flee to the east. Seeing that there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses, the officers and men pursued them closely. Waiting for the officers and soldiers to chase into the mountains, Yu Ji cast a spell, the rebels turned around and fought hard, and another army cut off the retreat and besieged the enemy in the mountains. The sand and rocks flew on the mountain, the ten-thousand-horse neighed in the air, the two ends were intercepted and besieged, and the 10,000 officers and soldiers were annihilated. At this time, Zhang Mancheng led the main force of the righteous army to attack Wancheng from the north gate, and the Taishou Qin Jie fled for his life, and Wancheng was occupied by the righteous army.

Yingchuan was defeated, Wancheng was lost, and when he heard that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were attacking the capital, He Jin hurriedly dispatched troops to reinforce Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang's march was blocked, and they confronted the Han army. The two armies clashed, Zhang Bao retreated into the mountains by fraud, the Han army chased in, and Zhang Bao did it. Suddenly, the wind and thunder were great, the sand and stones were flying, the black air was all over the sky, and the people and horses were rolling, falling from the sky, and the Han army was defeated and could not retreat.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun discussed, Zhu Jun sent people to sneak into the mountains, found many sand and stone cloth bags and paper people and grass horses, only to know the mystery of the spell, so he selected a thousand strong, carrying pigs, sheep, dogs, blood barrels and grass ash sand cloth bags, secretly killed the rebels lurking in the mountains. The next day, Zhang Bao waved his flag and beat the drums, led the army to challenge, the two armies fought, Zhang Bao was defeated and retreated, the Han army chased in, and Zhang Bao did it. Who knows, I don't listen to the wind and thunder, I don't see the shadow of the gods, but I hear a trumpet, pigs, sheep, dogs, blood, gray stones, and sundries, all poured into the righteous army. In a desperate situation, Zhang Liang led the army to kill, rescued Zhang Bao, and retreated in defeat. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang got rid of the pursuit of the Han army, built a village with grass and trees, and rested with power.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were discussing how to break the enemy, and Liu Bei led Guan Zhang to arrive, with the intention of saying Lu Zhi. Zhu Jun said: "It's just right to come. The enemy army was defeated, but the grass and trees were encamped, and they should be attacked with fire. He then ordered Liu Bei to lead 1,500 sergeants, each with a handful of grass, and secretly ambushed around the camp of the righteous army. At night, when the wind suddenly rose, Liu Bei ordered the sergeants to set fire to the camp of the rebels. At the time of the second watch, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led troops to attack the camp, and the flames were all over the sky, and the shouts were loud. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were caught off guard, the horses were not as good as the saddle, and the people were not as good as the armor, so they led the defeated and disabled soldiers to seize the road and go. The Han army collected its troops, and Huangfu Song said to Liu Bei: "If you defeat the thief today, you should remember your merits." Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are exhausted, so they must go to Guangzong to take refuge in Zhang Jiao, and you can go to Guangzong to reinforce in the starry night. Liu Bei obeyed the order, and then led the troops and horses of the headquarters with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to return to Guangzong to aid Lu Zhi.

Let's say that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang's camp were burned, and they fought to the death until dawn, and they took the road and left. Suddenly, I saw a group of military horses waving red flags and intercepting the way head-on. A general flashed out of the army, seven feet tall, with thin eyes and long hair, riding on a horse, raising his whip and shouting: "Cao Mengde is here, don't come down quickly." ”

Cao Mengde, the name Cao, the word Mengde, the nickname Apu, also known as Jili, Pei Guo, is the Western Han Dynasty after Cao Shen. Great-ancestor Cao Jie, the word Yuanwei, is praised for his benevolence. Cao Jie had a neighbor's pig lost, and when he saw that Cao Jie's pig was similar to his own pig, he went to Cao Jie's house and said that it was his lost pig. Cao Jie didn't argue either, and let him take the pig away. Later, the lost pig came back, and he was very ashamed and came to the door to return Cao Jie's pig to Cao Jie and apologize. Cao Jie smiled and accepted the pig, not minding. Cao Jie had four sons, the eldest son Boxing, the second son Zhongxing, the third son Shuxing, the fourth son Cao Teng, the word Jixing, and entered the palace as a eunuch since childhood.

In the first year of Yongning (120), Empress Dowager Deng ordered the selection of young and gentle people to accompany the prince to study. Cao Teng was chosen, he was very loved by the prince, and his food reward was different. Emperor Shun ascended the throne and promoted Cao Teng to the rank of Changqiu. Cao Teng was by the emperor's side and was very trusted, often praising virtuous officials and recommending rising stars. Many of the people who were recommended and promoted by him were ranked as ministers and became big officials, and I am very grateful to him. At that time, the Taishou of Shu County wrote a note to Cao Teng to express his gratitude. Yizhou Assassin Shi searched for his note, participated in Cao Teng's minister's diplomacy, behaved inappropriately, and demanded that the official be dismissed and punished. The emperor didn't think so, Cao Teng didn't mind, and often praised this great festival of assassination. This assassin was later promoted to Situ, and said to people: "I can be ranked as a minister, which is the grace of Cao Chang's servant." "Cao Teng has been a eunuch for more than 30 years, and he has never experienced four emperors. Emperor Huan ascended the throne, because Cao Teng was an old minister of the first emperor, and he was loyal and filial. Cao Teng has been a eunuch since he was a child and has no son, so he accepted a son of the Xiahou clan as his adopted son.

Cao Teng's adopted son, Cao Song, has a huge high character, a cautious quality, and is loyal and filial. Cao Teng loved his adopted son very much, and did not hesitate to spend 10,000 yuan to buy an official position for Cao Song.

Cao Cao was the son of Cao Song, who was witty and alert when he was young, had the ability to make random trade-offs, and was willful and chivalrous, dissolute, did not cultivate conduct, and did not study studies, so people at that time did not think that he had any special talents. Only Liang Guoqiaoxuan and Nanyang He Hao think he is extraordinary. Qiao Xuan said to Cao Cao: "The world will be chaotic, and those who are not destined for the world cannot be helped. Nanyang He Hao said to him: "The Han family is going to die, and those who settle the world will be this person!" Xu Shao of Nanyang is known for his knowledge, and once said to Cao Cao: "Jun Qingping's traitor, the hero of troubled times." In fact, Cao Cao was fond of martial arts since he was a child, especially the art of war, and he once copied the strategies of the ancient art of war, as well as the work of "Wei Wu Note on Sun Tzu" that commented on "The Art of War", which laid a solid foundation for his later military career. In the third year of Xiping (174), Cao Cao was promoted to filial piety and entered Luoyang, Kyoto. Soon, he was appointed lieutenant of northern Luoyang. Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is a place where imperial relatives and nobles live, and it is difficult to govern. As soon as Cao Cao arrived, he affirmed the ban, strictly enforced the law and discipline, and made more than ten five-colored sticks, which were hung in the four gates, "Those who violate the ban will be killed with sticks." The emperor favored the eunuch Jian Shuo's uncle for violating the ban on night walking, and Cao Cao showed no mercy and executed Jian Shuo's uncle with a five-colored stick. As a result, "the Beijing master has collected traces, and those who dare not offend" are not dared. Cao Cao also offended some powerful people in the current dynasty because of this, and due to the relationship between his father Cao Song, he rose and surrendered secretly, and was transferred to Dunqiu (now Qingfeng County, Henan). In the first year of Guanghe (178), Cao Cao was implicated and removed from his official position because his cousin-in-law Song Qi, the Marquis of Huanqiang, was killed by eunuchs. There was nothing to do in Luoyang, so I returned to my hometown to live idlely. In the third year of Guanghe (180), Cao Cao was recruited by the imperial court and appointed as a councilor. Previously, the general Dou Wu and Taifu Chen Fan plotted to kill the eunuchs, but they were killed by the eunuchs instead of doing so. Cao Cao's letter stated that Dou Wu and others were framed for official integrity, resulting in a situation where traitors were full of evil and evil, but loyal and good people were not reused, and his words were sincere, but they were not adopted by Emperor Ling of Han. Later, Cao Cao wrote many times to admonish, although occasionally effective, but the Eastern Han Dynasty became increasingly corrupt, Cao Cao knew that he could not correct it, so he did not say more.

The Yellow Turban rebelled, and the twenty-nine-year-old Cao Cao was worshiped as a cavalry captain, leading a horse infantry army of 5,000 to Yingchuan to help in the battle. When Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were defeated, Cao Cao stopped them and urged the army to cover up the killing. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang injured thousands of people again, and they were able to fight to the death. Cao Cao harvested a lot of horses, golden drums, and flags. Waiting for Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to chase and kill, Cao Cao came to greet him, and then led the army to pursue Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

Besides, Zhang Jiao had a great army of 50,000 people, and his combat power was stronger, and he won victories one after another, so that the officers and soldiers did not dare to face the battle. Lu Zhishen played the form and asked for support. When the imperial court heard the music, it sent the eunuch Zuo Feng to Guangzong to investigate the military. Lu Zhi said, "Zhang Jiao led the main force to resist desperately, and recently there were 50,000 elite soldiers from Daxing to help, and it was difficult to win urgently, so he applied for help." Zuo Feng asked for a bribe, saying that it was "a truthful echo and asked the imperial court to send reinforcements quickly". Lu Zhi said: "There is still a shortage of military rations, how can there be any money left to flatter the angels? Zuo Feng held a grudge, and said that Lu Zhi was afraid of the enemy, and he could not get out of the high base, and he neglected the morale of the army. The imperial court was furious, and on the one hand, it dispatched Dong Zhuo, the Taishou of Hedong, to lead the troops to resist the enemy instead of Lu Zhi, and on the other hand, it sent people to arrest Lu Zhi and return to Beijing to ask for the crime.

Lu Zhi was escorted back to Beijing by prisoner car, and met Liu Bei's army who returned to Guangzong to reinforce Lu Zhi on the way. Liu Bei couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that Lu Zhi was being imprisoned in the car, and hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, asking the reason. Lu Zhi said that he could not win the battle with Zhang Jiao, Zuo Feng refused to ask for bribes, and the court was furious, so he dispatched Dong Zhuo to lead the troops on his behalf and told him how he was arrested and questioned. Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this, and wanted to kill the prison army to rescue Lu Zhi. Liu Bei hurriedly stopped. Guan Yu said: "Lu Zhonglang is the eldest brother's mentor, how can there be any reason not to save it?" Liu Bei thought to himself: Now that Lu Zhi has become a prisoner of the imperial court, killing officials and soldiers and hijacking prisoner cars is a big crime of disobeying the emperor's orders, even if he can escape, he will definitely lose his achievements. If you don't save it, you need to be comforted by good words. Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi and hesitated. Lu Zhi said loudly in the car: "Xuande can't make a mistake, I should say to the emperor when I enter Beijing, and it is expected that there is no big problem." How can you implicate the three brothers because of me? Liu Bei said to Guan Zhang: "The teacher was friends with Zheng Xuan, he was resolute and modest, famous at home, learned to be a model of Confucianism, and everyone respected him." The emperor stated the truth in front of him, and the court had its own public opinion, and the two brothers did not have to worry about it. After listening to Liu Bei's dissuasion, Guan Zhang Fangzhi stopped, and watched the sergeants crowd around the car to escort Lu Zhi away.

The car went far away, and Zhang Fei was angry: "The traitorous eunuchs slandered, the court was stupid, and the loyal ministers and good generals suffered from it, how could the Liu family last long in the world?" Liu Bei felt melancholy when he heard this: "When the Yellow Turban thieves are pacified, the traitorous eunuchs and rebels against the party will be eliminated and the clan will be supported." Guan Yu said: "Lu Zhonglang has been imprisoned and sent to Beijing, Dong Zhuo was originally the Taishou of Hedong, arrogant and arrogant, we are going, there is no support, it is better to return to Zhuo County temporarily, and then make other plans." Zhang Fei strongly agreed. Liu Bei obeyed his words, and then led the army to Zhuo County.

On the way, Dong Zhuo was defeated and fled, and Zhang Jiao led the rebel army to chase and kill him overwhelmingly. Liu Bei saw that it was an opportunity for meritorious service, so he took Guan Zhang Chong to kill him. Zhang Jiao thought that the enemy was in ambush, and did not dare to pursue it, so he led the army to retreat fifty miles to camp.

Liu Bei thought that if he saved Dong Zhuo, he must be credited. Who knew that Dong Zhuo heard that Liu Guanzhang and the three of them were all white and had no positions, so they did not treat each other politely. Liu Bei led Guan Zhang out, and Zhang Fei was very angry: "I waited for my relatives to go to the bloody battle and saved this guy, but he was so rude, it is difficult to dispel my anger!" As he spoke, he was going to enter the account to kill Dong Zhuo. Liu Bei hurriedly stopped: "How can an official of the imperial court kill without permission?" For the time being, we will endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, try our best to kill the enemy, and make more military achievements, and we will not dare to despise them. Zhang Fei was furious: "If you don't kill this guy, you have to listen to orders under his subordinates, I am unwilling." The eldest brother and the second brother insisted on staying here, so I went elsewhere alone. Guan Yu said: "The three of us are righteous in Taoyuan, righteousness is the same as life and death, how can we be separated?" Liu Bei hesitated for a moment: "Since this is the case, it is better to go elsewhere." Zhang Fei turned his anger into joy: "If this is the case, I hate it a little." So the three of them led the army to Zhu Jun overnight. Zhu Jun treated him very well, joined forces in one place, and went to Zhang Bao. Exactly: the mountains are dumped, and the water is drifting; The bridge across the river was demolished, and there was its own ferryman. If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.