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Chapter 82 [Eighteen armies gathered at Hulao Pass to support the king]

The imperial edict that the imperial preceptor forced the emperor to issue shook the whole world and directly turned the surging undercurrent into a raging storm.

In addition, not long after the edict was issued, many outstanding people in Yanhan received divine gifts in their dreams. Suddenly, their martial arts skills improved greatly, they were promoted and became rich, and talented people joined them.

These people who are destined to succeed are stirring up trouble in the local area and contributing to this wave of chaos.

By mid-April, Liu Yan, the prefect of Luoyang who had escaped from Luoyang alone, issued an edict to attack Zhang, calling on royal family members, officials and powerful people in the world to go to Luoyang to support the king.

As a member of the imperial clan, I declare to the world: Zhang Shou deceives Heaven and Earth, abuses his power and imprisons the emperor; he uses morality to disrupt government, disrupts the system and harms the nation; he is ruthless and cruel, and his crimes are rife! Now, in compliance with the Emperor's secret decree, I gather a large army of righteous men, vowing to wipe out China and annihilate these evildoers. I hope you will raise an army of righteous men to vent the public outrage, support the royal family, and save the people. Upon the arrival of this manifesto, please act immediately!

As soon as this manifesto was issued, it received an overwhelming response from all over the world.

In counties and prefectures across Kanto, where the Taiping Dao was powerful, many ignorant small-time individuals were directly wiped out.

However, there were also some loyalists who were themselves county governors or top local tyrants. The Taiping Dao in a certain area could not compete with them and were instead wiped out by them.

These ambitious people who received the gift of dragon energy knew that the Taiping Dao was powerful. If they fought alone or the battle dragged on for a long time, they would be defeated and killed sooner or later.

Therefore, they all followed the instructions in the manifesto and headed straight for Luoyang, wanting to eliminate the evil Taoist Zhang Shou in one fell swoop and rescue the emperor.

By the beginning of June, after dozens of loyalists had been severely encircled and suppressed by the Taiping Dao in various places, only eighteen groups finally gathered outside the heavily guarded Hulao Pass within half a month.

To the west of this pass is the elite Eastern Army that has fought against the Xiongnu and Wuhuan in the north, and to the east is the Yellow Turban Army of the Taiping Dao that is gathering towards Luoyang. They are attacked from both sides, so they must fight to decide the outcome.

Among all the armies that came to support the king, Dong Zhuo had the most Qi Transformation Realm generals and the strongest military force, so he was elected as the leader.

Early that morning, the leaders of the eighteen armies discussed how to break through Hulao Pass in the military tent, but they parted on bad terms due to disagreements.

Alliance leader Dong Zhuo stormed out of the tent in anger, looked back at the big tent where the quarrel was still going on, and felt filled with resentment.

"The Eighteen-Road Loyalist Army is just a motley crowd, not worth engaging with!"

Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, only wanted others to lead the charge and was unwilling to let his own generals lead the charge. He was a hypocritical person.

Liu Yan, the magistrate of Luoyang, who prided himself on being the one who issued the anti-rebel manifesto, came to the camp alone and actually wanted to compete with me for the position of leader of the alliance. What a pipe dream!
Yuan Shu, the governor of Nanyang, wanted to wait here for more troops to come to support the king. He was a man with a fierce appearance but a weak heart.
Gongsun Zan, the governor of Beiping, shirked the orders of his leader, a cowardly coward.

There was also a big-eared Liu Bei who claimed to be a relative of the Han Dynasty. He had only two young generals under his command, a fat black man and a tall red man. He had only a few soldiers, yet he dared to join in the fun at Hulao Pass. He thought too highly of himself.
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What about the Eighteen Route Army to support the king? All of them are so cautious about their lives that they would rather do great things, and forget their principles when they see small profits.

Given the current situation of intrigue and scheming, when will we be able to storm Hulao Pass and take down Zhang Shou’s dog head?

This great power that carries the emperor's banner and rules the world can be held by eunuchs, relatives of the emperor's wife, and even Zhang Shou. Why can't I, Dong Zhuo, hold it?
In addition to being anxious about being stuck outside Hulao Pass, Dong Zhuo also had another tricky issue in front of him, and that was Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou in the army supporting the king.

This person holds the highest official position in the army supporting the king, and he also has an adopted son with good martial arts skills, so he has always been eyeing the position of leader of the alliance.

Faced with internal and external troubles, Dong Zhuo planned to kill Ding Yuan, the chicken, to warn the dozen or so monkeys in the coalition army.

In order to establish his own authority, integrate the scattered forces of the coalition forces, and then tackle the tough bone of Zhang Shou!
After Dong Zhuo returned to his tent, he said to his general Li Jue who was following him.

"How far have you progressed in your plan to harm Lü Bu's son?"

Li Jue quickly stepped forward and said.

"The old villain Ding Yuan is a lecher. On his way to the king's defense, he even took in a beautiful concubine, whom he doted on so much that he placed her in his own tent.

While the leaders of the armies were discussing war all night, my subordinates knocked the beautiful concubine unconscious and put her on Lu Bu's bed.

That young man Lu Bu was also a lustful person. After he returned from patrolling the camp, he found a beautiful woman in bed. He was so bold that he directly enjoyed his adoptive father's woman.

When I woke up this morning, I was probably filled with regret.

One of my subordinates is a close confidant who has known Lü Bu since childhood and has a close relationship with him. I have arranged for him to go to Lü Bu early in the morning to have a drink.

Rest assured, my trusted confidant will persuade the panicked Lü Bu to surrender to you." Unexpectedly, just as Li Jue finished speaking, a report from his personal army arrived from outside the tent.

"Lü Bu, a general under Ding Yuan, has come to pay his respects to the leader of the coalition forces."

"Please invite Lu Bu in quickly. No, I will go and greet him myself!"

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard the news. He walked out of the tent himself and enthusiastically pulled in a handsome, mighty and imposing general.

"Fengxian is a rare guest. I wonder why you came to my camp?"

Unexpectedly, the nine-foot-tall general in front of him knelt down like pushing a golden mountain and overturning a jade pillar, and bowed to Dong Zhuo.

"Lü Bu has no place to stand now. I came here today to ask the leader to accept me as his subordinate."

"Oh, what happened to Fengxian? Tell me quickly."

"It's all because of my adoptive father's beautiful concubine who was restless. After getting drunk last night, she ran into my tent and seduced me.

I lost control of myself and made a mistake. I can no longer serve under my adoptive father, so I have no choice but to come and seek refuge with the leader."

Dong Zhuo laughed a few times and said:

"I thought it was no big deal, but it's just a woman. Fengxian will stay by my side and serve me from now on. I believe Ding Yuan won't dare to say anything!"

Hearing this, Lu Bu's eyes turned red with excitement and he bowed heavily again.

"Lü Bu has been wandering for half his life, and I only regret that I have never met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, I am willing to be your adoptive father."

"Okay, okay, from now on you are my Dong Zhuo's adopted son."

"Godfather, from now on, I will follow you and go through fire and water without hesitation to help you and achieve great things together."

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo picked up Lü Bu and brought him into the banquet room, where they drank and talked.

The two drank like this for half an hour. As the alcohol grew stronger, the father-son relationship gradually grew. Suddenly, Dong Zhuo sighed and said.

"There is a knot in my heart, my son, are you willing to help me untie it?"

"No matter what, father will just tell me directly."

"This thief Ding Yuan has always coveted my position as leader of the alliance. He has secretly colluded with many leaders of the loyalist army, causing unrest among the coalition forces.

My son might cut off his head to intimidate our coalition forces?"

Hearing this, a hint of shock flashed in Lu Bu's eyes.

But after hesitating for a moment, he thought of the rift between him and Ding Yuan, and this was a good opportunity to settle a personal grudge, so he said angrily.

"Please wait in the tent for a moment, father. I will go cut off Ding Yuan's head and use it as a drink for you."

As he said that, he picked up the Fang Tian Hua Ji and strode out of the tent.

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"Did the dragon energy bewitch these people to attack me?
They are all just scumbags, nothing to be afraid of!"

More than ten miles away at Hulao Pass, Chen Sheng, who had saved Liu Hong's life for two months after he was severely injured by the backlash of dragon energy, had just arrived at the pass when he discovered a conspiracy through the water mirror technique.

Looking at the obese figure in the water curtain, he raised his hand and slapped it down...

(End of this chapter)