Chapter 186: The Eighteen Princes Each has a ghost
More people are discussing the edict of the three dukes, after all, no one has seen it, Wei Xuan said that it was in response to the edict, so after paying attention to the edict itself, everyone naturally paid attention to Wei Xuan, the young general of Pingdong, everyone felt strange that the relationship between the Wei family in Hedong and Dong Zhuo was not bad, and Wei Xuan naturally needed a lot of courage to rise up against Dong Zhuo.
However, before that, Wei Xuan widely announced the Jinyi Wei in Luoyang, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places, and they naturally took every opportunity to build momentum for Wei Xuan when they received the news.
Russia and Japan have stood up against Dong Zhuo so clearly, and others can't be turtles with shrunken heads. The next response is naturally the people who have been connecting Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and others before, who have been preparing for them for so long, originally thinking of rebelling and seizing power, but now they will lose the opportunity if they don't come out again. The next response was naturally the Hou General, Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao lagged behind Yuan Shu because he was far away from Yingchuan, and it was understandable that he was far away from Luoyang in the eyes of outsiders. Of course, they were also disrupted by the edict that Qiao was looking for, and they didn't expect Wei Xuanming to know that the edict was???????????????? The fake one was the first to stand up, but after thinking about it, Wei Xuan was also looking for Qiao Mao to make up for it, since the edict funded the three dukes, it must come from Luoyang, so the first stop was naturally Yingchuan and Chen Liu. Wei Xuan also did this to increase the credibility of the edict!
Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao successively expressed their positions, and Wei Xuan and others also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, the Yuan family has more in Luoyang, and the Yuan Shao brothers have greater appeal to Kanto, and Dong Zhuo really wants to deal with the princes in Luoyang, he must first take the Yuan family.
Of course, Dong Zhuo also knew that the edict of the Three Princes in the mouths of Wei Xuan and others was forged, and if he attacked the Three Princes at this time, it would inevitably be false and true, causing more governors and county magistrates to rise up against him, so he did not target the Three Princes, but under the persuasion of Li Ru, he attacked Liu Wei, the core figure of the Kwantung princes who wanted to regain the throne of God.
Dong Zhuo ordered Hongnong Wang Langzhong to poison Liu Ru to kill Liu Wei in order to cut off the political attempts of Wei Xuan, Yuan Shao and other anti-Dong coalition forces. In the final analysis, it was the Kwantung Coalition Army that killed Liu Wei, as the saying goes, I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.
When the news reached Yingchuan, Wei Xuan also sighed, this is the case in troubled times, and it is not necessarily a good thing to be born in the emperor's family. Fortunately, Liu Xie has no biological brother under him, otherwise his throne will not be secure.
The eldest son of the first emperor was not only deposed, but also killed! Now there will be more reasons for more people to respond to the so-called Three Princes Edict. After all, people who are ambitious and want to take advantage of the opportunity to rebel will be criticized if they do not respond at this time.
Guangling County Gong Cao Zanghong persuaded Zhang Chao to respond with his brother Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, and Zhang Chao directly led his troops from Guangling. Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, also joined, and then Qiao Mao, the forger of the Taishou of Dongjun and the edict of the Three Princes, also led his troops to set off, preparing to join Zhang Miao and raise troops in Suozao, and since then the anti-Dong trend in Kwantung has been like wildfire. Dong Zhuo in Luoyang City was also shocked three times a day, what he didn't expect was that the people who got up to respond to the so-called Three Princes' edicts were all the governors and county magistrates who were divided after he entered Beijing and took power. The anger in my heart can be imagined!
At the same time, messengers from all over the Kwantung region came and went frequently, and people from Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Jizhou responded to participate in the war against Dong Zhuode. And within the state and county, they began to recruit troops and levy food on a large scale.
In less than a month's effort, it was clear that the art of war Luoyang was about to be defeated Dong Zhuode, and the princes reached a total of eighteen roads, and tens of thousands of men and horses rushed to Luoyang, but it was much greater than the momentum of the general He Jin who summoned soldiers and horses from all over the world into Beijing.
According to the current official position, these eighteen people are General Hou, Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, General Andong, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, Pingdong General, Yingchuan Taishou Xuan, Wucheng Hou, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian, Qixiang Hou, Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao, Jizhou Mu Hanfu, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang, Guangling Taishou Zhang Zhao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong. Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Jibei Xiang Baoxin, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai and Dian Military Captain Cao Cao.
Some of these people are both powerful and prestigious, such as the two brothers of the Yuan family. Nanyang and Bohai are both populous counties, and the two of them have been thinking about leading troops back to Luoyang since they arrived there, so their troops are quite sufficient.
γ
The next ones, such as Jizhou Mu Hanfu and Xuzhou Tao Qian at this timeγ???????????????? Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling and Yanzhou Assassin Shi Liu Dai, although they did not have as long to prepare as the Yuan Shao brothers, they could order the generals of the counties in the state to gather the county soldiers together.
There are also some people who are purely soy sauce, such as Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang, in fact, Zhang Yang at this time is not Shangdang Taishou, Dong Zhuo instructed Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan, and the people and horses of Bingzhou were annexed by Dong Zhuo, Zhang Yang had no choice but to go back to Bingzhou to recruit some soldiers and horses to take the opportunity to attack Shangdang, although he did not capture Taishoufu, but also let him occupy several county seats. In order to win him over, Yuan Shao and others naturally wrote to the court to express Yang as the party's guard. At this time, his identity is the confidant of the former ruling Jinwu Ding Yuan, and it is understandable to avenge Ding Yuan!
There are 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in the 18th Road, and there are 30,000 or 4,000 less, adding up to more than 100,000, and it is known as 300,000 to the outside world, which is indeed a great deterrent to Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, because at this time, Huangfu Song and Gai Xun are still stationed in Chang'an with heavy troops.
Seeing that the people of the Luoyang court were panicking, they were even more anxious that Dong Zhuo would fall immediately. However, Dong Zhuo also has a strategist, Li Ru is ruthless, Jia Xu is vicious, and he naturally sees the reality of the Kwantung Coalition Army clearly. They suggested to Dong Zhuo that as long as only the portal was sold, the Kwantung Coalition Army would definitely be defeated.
The reason is that Han Fu, who has the strongest troops, is a guest of the Yuan family, and he is forced to follow Yuan Shao to raise troops under the pressure of public opinion. But Yuan Shao is bent on plotting the entire Jizhou, Han Fu himself is difficult to protect, so it is naturally impossible to contribute to attack Luoyang, and Yuan Shao will definitely preserve his strength in order to ensure that he will deal with Han Fu. Gongsun Chan is brave, and his Baima Yi is not lost to the Xiliang cavalry in terms of combat strength, but Youzhou is far away, and it is necessary to rely on Han Fu to provide grain and grass, or return to the original point, Han Fu does not actively supply grain and grass, and Gongsun Chan has to retreat all the way. As for Zhang Yang's subordinates, there are only more than 1,000 young men recruited temporarily, which is not worth mentioning at all.
Yuan Shu in the south is the same as Yuan Shao, he is bent on plotting Jingzhou, where is there kung fu to deal with the Luoyang court, Sun Jian is brave and good at fighting, but he must come to Yuan Shu to provide grain and grass, Yuan Shu in order to control Sun Jian, he will definitely be in and out of his command. So Jingzhou in the south is not a cause for concern.
As for the middle few at this time, although there are many soldiers and horses, they are temporarily put together by various counties, and they can't even do basic unified scheduling, so they are not worthy of being the opponents of the Xiliang soldiers. Kong Rong in the middle lane is also playing soy sauce, and now there are one million yellow turbans in Qingzhou, and he is difficult to protect himself, and there is still extra money for soldiers and horses to come to Luoyang, and there are probably more than 1,000 people to escort him to the Kwantung Coalition Army to record a meeting.
Of course, there are also those who can fight well without being constrained by others, such as Wei Xuan, but Wei Xuan's first response was delayed in sending troops to seize the pass, indicating that he also had no intention of attacking Luoyang.
Jia Xu even pointed out that the Kwantung coalition army has sent troops one after another, but now the alliance leader has not yet been elected, and the orders are different, how to fight?
Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard this, it seems that there is only one move to break up the Kwantung Coalition Army, that is, to hold the door and close out.
The Kwantung coalition army is still in constant messenger exchanges, Yuan Shao is actually the most anxious, he is far away, but surrendered as the leader of the alliance, so he constantly sent people to contact Cao Cao and Wei Xuan and others.
Yuan Shu and Tao Qian are naturally not at ease, on the one hand, he has Sun Jian, the most brave and warlike among the princes in Jingzhou, and he is a general, he is the highest position among all the princes, and he has the advantage of the Yuan family's son-in-law! So Yuan Shu thinks that he ???????????????? Being the leader of the alliance is also the right thing to do.
Tao Qian relied on his participation in the Liangzhou counterinsurgency and the expulsion of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban, and he had actual combat experience, and Xuzhou also had the most soldiers and horses, because he began to recruit troops at the beginning of his tenure, and it was to deal with the Yellow Turbans, and now the number of county soldiers is as high as 40,000! Since it is a coalition operation, it is naturally the commander of the strong soldiers.
Naturally, he will not be easily convinced, after all, there is still the Emperor Guild standing behind him, if he is a member of the CNOOC Imperial Guild among the eighteen people, and he can command Yuzhou in a unified manner, then the soldiers and horses he has at his disposal will surpass the small group of Tao Qian and Yuan Shao.
In fact, if you want to talk about soldiers and horses, Yanzhou has the most people, but Liu Dai can't integrate the inside, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao and Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao are brothers, and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin and Dian Military Academy Captain Cao Cao are iron buddies! It would be good for them to join forces in a few steps to overthrow Liu Dai. The only thing Liu Dai can handle is Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao. But Qiao Mao is the one who forged the edict of the Three Princes, and the one who provided the opportunity for the Eighteen Roads to rebel!
The purpose of everyone's crusade against Dong Zhuo is different, but most of them are to take this opportunity to divide their territory, so they will not easily give up their status to others. This means that Wei and the Eighteen Roads have sent troops one after another, but there is no unified order. The only way to get back and forth is to rely on messengers.
According to the prior agreement, the 18th Route Coalition Army was divided into four routes, and the people of Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang of Hebei gathered in Hanoi, and Han Fu provided grain and grass for a few weeks. Jingzhou Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's men and horses were stationed in Luyang, and Yuan Shu provided grain and grass. Wei Xuan stationed troops in Yangzhai because of his proximity to Luoyang, and other soldiers and horses such as Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou gathered in Suozao to prepare for a frontal attack on Luoyang, each carrying grain and grass, and Yanzhou and Yuzhou provided follow-up grain and grass.
In order to keep abreast of the dynamics of other people, Wei Xuan is also a brocade guard and scouts, and the news from all walks of life is constantly coming back every day. Everyone else set out at the agreed time and place. The soldiers, horses, and food and grass they brought with them were similar to what they had said in their respective communications.
But Wang Dan soon came to the news that Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Lingshu led 20,000 state soldiers, gathered 15,000 county soldiers along the way, and left Peiguo, but turned southwest and went straight to Yangzhai!