Cao Cao's edict was soon passed to Yuan Shao. He immediately led 30,000 soldiers from his subordinates to leave Bohai to join Cao Cao. The two agreed with the two to get rid of Dong Zhuo.
Finally, it was agreed that Cao Cao would draft a manifesto to fight against the thieves, spread it to various prefectures and counties, and gather forces from all over the country.
The content of the manifesto is: I, Cao Cao, declared with the righteousness of the world, that Dong Zhuo deceived his superiors and concealed his subordinates, openly abolished the young emperor, and killed the king and destroyed the country, causing trouble to the entire palace, harming countless creatures, like a wolf, and full of evil!
Today, according to the Emperor's secret decree, we recruited the righteous men from all over the world to fight together, and vowed to clear the disaster for the country and correct the Han court. I hope everyone can support me, raise uprising troops to fight and save the people from water and fire. The manifesto has been passed on, please ask you
Take action as soon as possible.
Cao Cao's manifesto soon spread to all prefectures and counties across the country, and the princes from all over the country raised troops and echoed each other. Seventeen towns were established, namely: the first town, the later general, the prefect of Nanyang Yuan Shu, the second town, the governor of Jizhou Han Fu, and the third town.
, the governor of Yuzhou, Kong Yichang, the fourth town, the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Dai, the fifth town, the prefect of Henei County, Wang Kuang, the sixth town, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and the seventh town, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, and the eighth town, Shan
Yang Prefect Yuan Yi. The ninth town, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei. The tenth town, Beihai Tai
Guard Kong Rong. The 11th Town, the prefect of Guangling Zhang Chao. The 12th Town, the governor of Xuzhou Tao Qian. The 13th Town, the prefect of Xiliang Ma Teng. The 14th Town, the prefect of Beiping Gongsun Zan. The 15th Town,
The prefect of the Dang Dynasty, Zhang Yang, the sixteenth town, Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, Wucheng Hou, Changsha, Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai, Qixiang Hou. The number of these soldiers and horses is not equal, some bring more than 30,000 people, and some only one
Twenty thousand, in short, the call was very high, and each led civil servants and generals toward Luoyang.
Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Peking, commanded 15,000 elite soldiers. He passed by Pingyuan County, Dezhou and headed to the Luoyang Alliance gathering place. While walking, he suddenly saw a yellow flag in the mulberry bushes in the distance. Several people came on horseback. Carefully
It turns out that it is an old acquaintance Liu Bei.
Gongsun Zan was overjoyed and stepped forward and said, "How come brother is here?"
Liu Bei said: "Thanks to your brother, you recommended me as the magistrate of Pingyuan County. Today I heard that your army is going to Luoyang by my place. I will wait here specifically to invite your troops to rest in Pingyuan County, which I am in charge of."
Gongsun Zan saw two warriors standing behind Liu Bei, and at a glance he knew that his martial arts skills were very good. He pointed at them and said, "Who is behind you? You don't look like an ordinary warrior."
Liu Bei introduced: "These two are my brothers, namely Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."
Gongsun Zan asked, "Are they the ones who are also fighting against the Yellow Turban Thief with you?"
Liu Bei nodded and said, "Yes, they both contributed their efforts, otherwise I would not have made such great achievements."
Gongsun Zan asked again: "What positions are they now?"
Answer: "Guan Yu is a horse archer, Zhang Fei is a archer, and I have another brother who is a senior official in Luoyang City."
Gongsun Zan sighed: "Why are their positions so low? You really have buried heroes. I wonder who you have another brother?"
Liu Bei felt very proud and smiled and said, "He is named Yuyi, my fourth brother. He accepted my order and lurked in Luoyang City. He participated in the previous plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo."
Gongsun Zan was not very familiar with Yu Yi, so he did not comment. However, Liu Bei was not satisfied with his current state and suggested: "Now Dong Zhuo is in chaos, and the princes of the world are fighting together, and they all flew towards Luoyang. Brother
Isn’t it more meaningful that we can resign this county magistrate directly, and we will fight against the thieves and support the Han Dynasty together?"
In fact, Liu Bei also received Cao Cao's proclamation to fight against the thief. In addition, he had some disputes with Yu Yi over the matter of establishing his own business in the early stage, so he agreed on the spot and said, "This is great!"
Liu Bei was actually a very ambitious person. However, as a relative of the Han Dynasty, he would never do anything unjust on the surface.
Zhang Fei stood up and said, "Brother blamed me for this. When we were fighting against the Yellow Turban Thief, we met Dong Zhuo. This man was very rude. If you hadn't stopped him and I killed him, I would not be like this now.
Something is going to be troublesome."
Liu Bei smiled and said, "This time is not the other time, and you are often impulsive. If you were killed by you in vain and there would be no such evil consequences, would you make another statement?"
Zhang Fei was said by Liu Bei and said nothing. Guan Yu came out to smooth things over and said with a smile: "Third brother, now things are like this. Let's pack up and go with Lord Gongsun Zan."
"Okay, I happened to go and see our fourth brother. It has been so long, and I don't know how he is now?" Zhang Fei seemed very happy.
However, Liu Bei was a little melancholy, thinking that it was a very dangerous thing to lurk around Dong Zhuo, and Yu Yi would definitely not feel good. These are all this big brother incompetent.
So Liu Bei just took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and a small number of cavalry, and followed Gongsun Zan towards Luoyang City.
In less than a few days, all the princes of the road were in their seats and arrived at the assembly point near Luoyang City. Cao Cao greeted them separately and coordinated the dispatch, so that everyone could set up camp and set up camp, which was connected in total for more than 200 miles. At the same time, he also
He ordered people to slaughter cattle and horses, held a large banquet, and discussed how to attack Luoyang.
The prefect Wang Kuang suggested: "Today we are all gathering together for the sake of national justice. We must determine a leader to lead us, otherwise we will be a mess of sand and without any restrictions. How can we march?"
Cao Cao naturally understood this meaning, stood up and said, "Yuan Shao's family was full of three masters. There were the most old people in the Han Dynasty and the descendants of Ming Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. I think it is most appropriate to calculate that he is the leader of the alliance."
Yuan Shao was very comfortable when Cao Cao praised him. He also knew that the leader of the alliance was settled, but he still had to do it, so he quickly refused. However, everyone suggested that he be the leader of the alliance, which was really impossible to avoid.
Can agree to this request.
On the second day, the leader of the alliance was held, and three-story high platforms were built with soil, and then five flags were planted, some weapons were arranged on them, and the military talismans and general seals were sorted out. Yuan Shao climbed up to organize his clothes and accessories.
Burning incense and worshiping the sky, shouting: "Unfortunately, the royal program lost its rule, Dong thieves took the opportunity to enter, causing trouble to the palace, and the people were displaced. We were afraid that the country would be lost, so we gathered the power of the whole country to go to the national crisis together, and everything in our alliance
People must work together to ensure our integrity as ministers and not have different ideas. If they betray this alliance, they will be deceased to die in desperation, without descendants, the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven, the ancestors and gods, witness together!"
After saying that, I drank a few drops of blood from the wine in the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. The others also drank blood and drank wine. Because of Yuan Shao's words, I felt very generous.