Han emperor system

Chapter 260 Eighteen Princes

But he said that Cao Cao left Luoyang and went all the way to Chenliu. On the way, he killed Lu Boshe's family by mistake, but he didn't feel guilty at all.

After returning to Chenliu, he was supported by Wei Hong's family wealth, and began to set up the banner of "loyalty" and recruit volunteer soldiers. Soon he got more than [-] soldiers and horses, including Le Jin, Xia Houchun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, and others. Civil servants and military generals such as Cao Hong and Li Dian are powerful.

Thinking that he fled in fear of Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao felt angry, so he secretly issued an edict and sent it to all states and counties in the world, declaring that Dong Zhuo was in charge, secretly controlling the central government, threatening the young emperor, and hoped that righteous men from all over the world would gather together and fight for the king.

After receiving the edict, Yuan Shao took the lead in responding in Bohai Sea. Now he has gathered tens of thousands of people, and a large number of civil and military talents to help him, including Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu You, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc. Wan Lai allied with Cao Cao.

In addition to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian, Kong Rong, Ma Teng and others responded to Cao Cao at the same time. There were a total of eighteen princes, each leading a number of different troops, from states and counties all over the world to Luoyang. gathered.

Among them, when Gongsun Zan led his men through Pingyuan County, he suddenly encountered a team, and later recognized the leader of this team was Liu Bei, who fought together with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in Youzhou, and his second brother-in-law, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. , a total of more than 1000 horses.

Liu Bei has served as Prime Minister of Pingyuan for more than a year. Although he has great ambitions and has Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to help him, but there are few small things in Pingyuan, and it is only through patchwork that he has this family background.

"Master Taishou, I don't know where the army is going, but where are you going?" After meeting Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei asked respectfully. At this time, Gongsun Zan was already the Taishou of Beiping.

"Hehe, Xuande, now Dong Zhuo is in power, the Han Dynasty is weak, and the people of insight in the world are connecting with each other to fight for the king. Therefore, I responded to the call and went to do my part for the country, the court and the young emperor." For the sake of it, Gongsun Zan did not hide it.

"General, since it is a major national event, although our brothers have limited abilities, we still want to do our best. I wonder if we can go with the general and attach to the general's tail?"

When Liu Bei heard it, he was secretly happy, thinking that the opportunity had finally come, so he begged Gongsun Zan with a worried expression on his face and a worried voice, even Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also showed expectations.

They are all heroes of the time. They were willing to live with Liu Bei in the plains for more than a year. Their patience has been exhausted. Now they have the opportunity to join hands with other princes to defeat Dong Zhuo and make achievements. Naturally, it is their heart's wish. of.

"Hehe, brothers Xian are all good men in the world. It is naturally a great thing to be able to respond to the court's call to contribute to the country. You can lead the army and horses of your headquarters to follow me. At that time, you will have to work hard with Brother Xian."

Gongsun Zan already admired Zhang Fei and Guan Yu quite a lot. He had seen their martial arts with his own eyes during the crusade against Er Zhang before, so it was a good thing to be able to attract them to go together. Maybe they would be needed to help him on the battlefield. To save face.

"Then thank you, Lord Prefect. Let's tidy up a little bit, and then we will follow you on the road immediately."

Liu Guanzhang and the three were overjoyed, and hurried back to Pingyuan County to pack up their weapons and food, but they didn't have much in total, so they were ready in half a day, and then followed Gongsun Zan's team and headed towards Luoyang.

In February, Lv Bu had just returned from suppressing the bandits, and Dong Zhuo was about to arrange to take back Xiliang City, when he suddenly received news that the [-]th princes had joined forces with more than [-] troops, and now they were approaching the Yishui Pass, fighting with Lv Bu. The tens of thousands of Xiliang troops led by him confronted each other.

Dong Zhuo wanted to let Lu Bu lead his army to attack Ma Han and others in Xiliang in the near future, but he did not expect that the princes from all over the country would gather such a large-scale army so quickly that he had to change his plan and mobilize his army to Hulao Pass Wait for the enemy in the Yishuiguan area.

However, in the face of the more than [-] troops of the princes from all walks of life, Dong Zhuo was not afraid or worried. Instead, he dispatched troops with confidence and prepared to defeat the army of the princes from all walks of life.

"Your Majesty, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others have assembled a total of more than [-] troops from all walks of life. They intend to attack Luoyang, which is not good for the court. I hope that Your Majesty can send a large army of Habayashi to assist the officials."

Above the imperial court, Dong Zhuo hypocritically proposed to the young emperor Liu Bian to let the Yulin army follow him to stop the princes from all walks of life, but the young emperor Liu Bian shook his head and rejected him:
"The Prime Minister does not know that the Habayashi Army was left by the late emperor to protect the safety of the capital. Although they are excellent, they are not many in number. Even if they go to the battlefield, they will be useless. The Prime Minister's Xiliang army is famous. They follow General Lu Bu to fight in all directions. With so much military exploits, it must be that those soldiers and horses from various places have not been trained. How can they be the opponent of the prime minister? But then again, why the princes from various places would invite troops to attack, I hope the prime minister can ask clearly, so as not to give birth to some Misunderstanding."

Afterwards, Taibao Chen Dan also came out and said: "My lord, as far as I know, there are 20 princes gathered from all over the world this time. The imperial court is not good. Therefore, the prime minister thinks that they are going to attack Luoyang. I am afraid it is just a guess. It is better to ask the princes of these places first according to the will of the emperor. After all, they have [-] troops and horses. If they are placed on the battlefield to suppress bandits Going forward, it will definitely help to calm down the remaining Yellow Turban thieves as soon as possible."

"How does Master Taibao know that they are not rebels? According to the facts, they may have already been in cahoots with the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. Maybe there are remnants of the Yellow Turbans in their army this time? It is related to the safety of Luoyang City. With the imperial court, the country and the country, please ask your majesty to pay attention to this matter." Dong Zhuo hated Chen Dan very much in his heart, but on the surface he still responded very politely to him.

"I believe that the prime minister's Xiliang iron cavalry can be invincible. If the princes from all walks of life have any misunderstandings, it is better to untie them, so that they can go back and continue to suppress the bandits; but if they have any unruly intentions, all It is up to Prime Minister Lao to deal with them, all I can do is to support the prime minister as much as possible, all the food, grass and weapons in the treasury can be dispatched by the prime minister, and the safety of Luoyang City must be guaranteed."

Liu Bian finally waved his hand and gave Dong Zhuo great benefits, but he still didn't hand over the Yulin Army and Yulin Army to him.

(End of this chapter)