Less than half a year later, the world was completely in chaos, and the various princes were independent and no longer obeyed the imperial court's orders.
And Dong Zhuo no longer concealed himself, directly vacated the imperial power, and sat on the throne himself. Although he did not proclaim himself emperor, sitting on the throne was a sign of contempt for the emperor.
The imperial power showed weakness, the thieves seized power, and the princes from all walks of life supported their troops and respected themselves.
In the era of great military strength, the biggest contradiction was Dong Zhuo.
It was also because of Dong Zhuo's presence that all the princes were in peace.
On this day, Dong Zhuo issued an order of King Qin to all the princes.
[During the Eastern Han Dynasty, rebellious ministers and traitors disrupted the imperial court, resulting in loss of life and deprivation of life for the people. Although I, Yuan Shao, am not talented, I would like to issue the order of King Qin in the name of the Three Lords and the Lord of the four states to invite all the princes from all walks of life and all the princes of the world to come to Hulao Pass.
Get together and fight against Dong Zhuo together!】
When the invitation was sent out, princes from all walks of life rushed over one after another as if they smelled the fishy smell.
Jiangdong.
Sun Jian led his son Sun Jian there.
"Father, we don't have to go." Sun Ce said.
"Son, you don't understand. When we go, we are not just princes, but also gain an identity." Sun Jian said.
"What identity?" Sun Ce expressed confusion.
Sun Jian touched Sun Ce's shoulder and said with a smile: "You will know after you go."
"When we go this time, it is enough to bring 10,000 soldiers." Sun Jian continued.
"Ten thousand, is that enough?"
Sun Jian smiled and said, "It's enough to protect our safety."
Sun Ce probably understood that the purpose of bringing ten thousand soldiers was not to fight, but to protect safety.
"Cer, now all heroes are rising together. This is a chaotic era. If you want to strive for hegemony, you must first protect yourself." Sun Jian said solemnly.
"Father, I want to go too!" Young Sun Quan ran over and hugged Sun Jian's thigh.
Sun Jian knelt down, rubbed Sun Quan's head, and asked:
"Quan'er, do you know where we are going?"
Sun Quan raised his head and said, "I know, my father and eldest brother are going to Hulao Pass to attend the gathering of heroes.
"I know you're still going with me?" Sun Jian asked with a smile.
"Father, the child is not young anymore. The child can contribute to his father and elder brother." Sun Quan said with a childish look on his face.
"Produce force? Brother Quan, look at your little arms and legs, what force can you produce?" Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh.
"But I have wisdom." Sun Quan continued.
As soon as these words came out, Sun Jian and Sun Ce fell silent.
Although Sun Quan was only ten years old, he had already shown great intelligence and many people praised him as a child prodigy.
"Father, take me there, I can help." Sun Quan said again.
"Father, let's take Brother Quan out to see the world." Sun Ce raised his head and said.
"Yeah." Sun Jian nodded, this trip was not dangerous anyway.
He took his two sons out of the Sun Mansion, led the soldiers, crossed the river, and rushed to Hulao Pass.
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Xuzhou.
The three brothers, Liu Guan and Zhang Fei, walked to Hulao Pass. Zhang Fei complained all the way.
"Damn it, Tao Qian's grandson is no joke. Let's defend the city for him, and he'll just give us a Xiaopei. The agreed-upon 1,000 soldiers are all old, weak, sick and disabled."
"We finally recruited 8,000 troops and trained them, but he took Xiaopei back without saying a word."
"They even took away the eight thousand elites we trained. What a shame."
Zhang Fei cursed, the three brothers were fooled by Tao Qian more than once.
"Tao Qian did indeed do something wrong. If we help him defend the city, he will be able to retaliate with kindness." Guan Yu was also a little angry.
The three of them originally planned to develop in Xiaopei, but Tao Qian put them in a different position.
Tao Qian saw that Xiaopei was developing. With the advice of his advisers, Tao Qian directly took back Xiaopei and the soldiers and horses trained by Liu Guanzhang.
Moreover, the most ruthless thing about him was to kick the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang away without even giving them a horse.
Liu Bei listened to the complaints of the two brothers and said slowly: "Tao Qian is also afraid of us. Our presence makes it difficult for him to sleep and eat well."
"Anyway, we three brothers have nothing. It's nothing to regret if we lose it. We can just earn it back later."
"Although Tao Qian is unkind, we should not talk behind his back."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still very angry.
The three brothers don't even have horses now. If they want to go to Hulao Pass, they can only walk.
This trip is far away and takes a long time to get there.
The walls of Xuzhou City.
Zhou Sheng sat on the top of the city and looked at the corpses under the moat.
"Tao Qian, Tao Qian, no wonder you died miserably. Even if you don't understand the ways of the world, you only listen to the opinions of your subordinates."
Zhou Sheng shook his head and sighed.
He used to think that Tao Qian was just a mediocre person, but now he realized that Tao Qian was a complete waste.
He didn't have any opinions at all and just followed the words of his own advisers.
The key point is that Tao Qian didn't know where to find the counselors, and they all came up with bad ideas.
One is worse than the other.
"When you leave on foot, the battle will be over." Zhou Sheng descended from the city wall, rode King Flame, and went to the military camp to release three horses.
And let Yan Death take them and run in front of Liu Bei and the others.
Liu Bei and the other three left cursing.
"Hulao Pass is far away. At our speed, we may not be able to reach it in half a year. By the time we reach it, the fight will be over long ago." Zhang Fei couldn't help but say.
"Damn Tao Qian, he didn't even give us a horse."
Zhang Fei couldn't help but curse.
Guan Yu felt helpless when he thought about the long journey, "Tao Qian is a bit unkind."
"Second and third brothers, don't be discouraged. There will be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Let's just keep walking. If we encounter people in front of us, just pay for the horses." Liu Bei consoled him.
Hearing this, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei nodded slightly.
There is no other way.
The three of them were walking when several horses galloped behind them.
"Sigh!"
King Yan brought three military horses to Liu Bei and the others, then turned and left.
Liu Bei looked at the leaving Flame King, thought of Zhou Sheng, and couldn't help but bow his hands.
"Thank you!"
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also knew Zhou Sheng's war horse, and they got on the horse after seeing the horse leave.
"He is still loyal and brings fire to us in the snow." Zhang Fei chuckled.
"Third brother, that's called giving help in the nick of time." Guan Yu reminded.
Zhang Fei retorted: "There is no fire in the heavy snow. No matter how much charcoal you send, what's the use?"
Hearing this, Guan Yu nodded slightly.
There is nothing wrong with this.
"Okay, whether it's sending fire or carbon, he has helped us a lot." Liu Bei said aloud.
With the horses, they can get to Hulao Pass as soon as possible.
At this moment, all the eighteen princes are heading towards Hulao Pass.
They don't really want to be the prince, but they want to divide the profits.
After all, once Dong Zhuo was overthrown, would the Eastern Han Dynasty still need to exist?
No one wants to have an emperor appear above them.