The Three Kingdoms: Steamed Buns and Pickled Cabbage, I Became the Emperor

Chapter 53: The Eighteen Princes Alliance Disbands

The first year of Chuping, late May.

Yuan Shao was the same as usual.

He sat high above all the princes and was in charge of military strategies.

"Everyone, the morale of the Dong bandits is low now. In my opinion, our chance to take Hulao Pass in one fell swoop has come!"

"Alliance leader, maybe this is the traitor Dong's strategy. He is showing weakness to the enemy and waiting for us to take the initiative to attack!"

The governor Wang Kuang said with some concern.

"What are you afraid of? As long as we unite and attack with all our elite troops, how can we be afraid of Dong Zhuo?"

Sun Jian's words were full of bellicosity.

Yuan Shao sitting at the top.

His eyes kept flickering.

He is not a fool either.

Of course I know that the eighteen princes are now united on the surface.

In fact, everyone has their own thoughts.

Everyone is thinking about retaining their own strength.

No one wants to lose troops.

Since you don't want to, the best way is to delay.

This is not.

We have been stuck at Hulao Pass for more than a month.

What Wang Kuang said just now was also correct.

Although now, the morale of Dong's side is low.

It is indeed a good opportunity to send troops to attack Hulao Pass.

But who can guarantee that Dong Zhuo is not playing a trick on them?
What if we fall into their trap?

But it's too late to undo what has been done.

"My Lord, the angel is coming!"

Yuan Shao's personal soldiers suddenly entered the tent and reported.

Hearing this, the entire military tent was shocked as if a thunderbolt had struck.

Why did the emperor's envoy come at this time?

For an instant.

The eighteen princes who were sitting there quickly stood up.

Go out of the tent to greet the angel.

It didn't take a while.

Outside the tent, I saw that the emperor's envoy's ceremonial procession had already been deployed.

Yuan Shao and others stood at the door.

at this time.

Cao Cao also walked over with a dark face.

The angel saw that everyone was there, and then took out the imperial edict that he had written long ago.

He read it out loud.

"The Emperor's edict!"

"Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai County, is concerned about state affairs and has made great contributions to the king. I have specially appointed him as the governor of Jizhou!"

"Nanyang Governor Yuan Shu, who has personally taken care of everything and made great contributions, is specially appointed as the Governor of Qingzhou!"

"..."

As the angel finished reading the edict, the entire tent fell into silence.

Everyone was confused.

And in Cao Cao's eyes.

But it emitted a cold light.

"What a vicious plan!"

"I'm afraid this time the eighteen princes will be finished!"

Then Cao Cao's eyes rolled.

Draw the sword from your waist.

He yelled at the angel.

"How dare you, you daring thief, pretend to be an angel and read out a false edict? I will kill you, this traitor!"

Now the eighteen princes have formed an alliance.

It was Cao Cao who took the lead in initiating it.

But as soon as the emperor's edict came out, it seemed that the alliance of eighteen princes was about to disband.

How could he be willing to do so?
"Cao Mengde, stop being rude!"

The moment Cao Cao drew his sword.

Yuan Shao shouted loudly and stopped Cao Cao directly.

"Benchu, can't you see it?"

"This is Dong Zhuo's evil plan to divide us!"

"How can you be so confused!"

Cao Cao said to Yuan Shao angrily.

But what he was greeted with was Yuan Shu's contempt.

How could he not know that this was Dong Zhuo's evil plot?

But this is the position of Jizhou Governor!
A provincial governor!
If he really became the governor of Jizhou.

Jizhou has a large population and abundant food.

You can’t do anything you want in the future.

As long as Jizhou is completely under control.

From now on, he will definitely become the most powerful prince in the world.

"Meng De, what are you talking about?"

"We are all Han officials. How can we not obey the emperor's order?"

Yuan Shao made the final decision with just one sentence.

This completely shut Cao Cao up.

That's right!

Although they really wanted to capture Luoyang.

But you also need to have a legitimate reason.

They are doing this under the name of clearing out the emperor's court!
Just kill Dong Zhuo.

You can't kill the emperor too.

No matter from which aspect.

They were no longer rebels, but subjects of the Han Dynasty. Since they had received the imperial edict from the Han Emperor, how could they not obey it?

after all.

If the name is not right, then the words will not flow, right?
of course.

Actually in the heart.

They know it too.

The current emperor is nothing more than a puppet in Dong Zhuo's hands.

What about the emperor's edict? Aren't they all written according to Dong Zhuo's wishes?

But this time it's different.

Dong Zhuo gave too much.

It would be really rude to refuse.

This time.

All eighteen princes were given additional titles.

Each of them became a provincial governor.

Even Tao Qian was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou.

Faced with such a huge temptation.

What else could they say?
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the other side.

Ye Chen led his subordinates and fled madly along the way with a small entourage.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether his identity is exposed or not.

From the moment he ran away.

Anyone with a little bit of intelligence in the coalition forces.

Everyone could see that there was something wrong with him.

In order to prevent the various princes from pursuing and attacking.

Ye Chen specially sent a secret letter to Li Ru last night.

The secret letter contained a strategy to disintegrate the coalition forces of the 18 princes.

This plan was also thought out by Ye Chen based on the famous "Enfeoffment Order" in history.

after all.

Stop the eighteen princes from pursuing him.

The most direct way is to let the eighteen princes disband on the spot.

Just give them promotions.

They will definitely grab the territory first.

How could he spare the time to chase me?
In his opinion.

The eighteen princes seem powerful.

But the root of the problem lies with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and the disciples of the Yuan family, who were three generations of officials.

Once Yuan Shao thought about leaving.

The alliance of eighteen princes will collapse instantly.

And he firmly believed it.

Yuan Shao would definitely choose to go back quickly and take over the position of Governor of Jizhou.

Instead of running after him.

after all.

He was a small rebel from the Yellow Turban Army.

Compared with the position of Jizhou Governor.

It's simply insignificant.

really.

Everything developed just as Ye Chen expected.

After the emperor's edict was issued.

In a short period of time, the coalition forces of eighteen princes fell apart.

No matter which princes they were, they could no longer sit still at this time.

Especially Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Before this, they were just empty titles of "four generations of three officials".

But with this imperial edict.

They can each rule over a state.

A real provincial governor.

The next day after receiving the imperial edict, Yuan Shao hurriedly left with his troops.

He hurried back to his base in Qingzhou, ready to take over the position of Governor of Jizhou.

With the departure of Yuan Shao.

The coalition forces of eighteen princes immediately scattered.

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Yuzhou, Yingchuan County, Anping County.

"Father, the situation is not stable right now. Why do you insist on going to Luoyang?"

Now in Anping County.

A horse-drawn carriage, escorted by hundreds of people, slowly moved towards Luoyang.

Inside the carriage were the great scholar of the time, Cai Yong, and his daughter, Cai Wenji.

"Hey!"

Cai Yong sighed quietly.

"This is also a request from my old friend Wang Situ, who said he has important state affairs to discuss!"

"For the sake of this great Han Empire, I, as a father, have no choice but to take this journey!"

In Cai Yong's opinion.

There are five hundred guards protecting us along the way.

Plus your own name.

I think we should be able to arrive in Luoyang safely.

Who would have thought.

Just as he finished speaking.

A rough shout was heard outside the carriage.

"Who is in the carriage?"

"Come out and answer, or your grandfather Dian Wei will kill you!"

(End of this chapter)