As a candidate for the position of alliance leader, Yuan Shu was too thick-skinned to vote for himself, so the three of them voted for each other.
Yuan Shu voted for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao voted for Qin Hao, and Qin Hao voted for... Yuan Shao!
Of course, Qin Hao couldn't vote for Yuan Shu, and seeing Yuan Shu's pitiful number of votes, Qin Hao felt embarrassed for Yuan Shu. When he saw Yuan Shu's face, as expected, it was darker than the bottom of the pot.
"You are humiliating yourself, why bother with this?" Qin Hao sighed in his heart.
20 princes voted for Qin Hao. This number was actually lower than Qin Hao expected. After all, the number of princes originally promised was more than 20.
It can also be seen from this that Yuan Shao definitely dug into Qin Hao's walls in private. He also succeeded in getting many people to defect to his side, but unfortunately he did not do enough and it was too late, so that in the end he was the leader of the alliance.
It’s still Qin Hao’s.
To be honest, Qin Hao was not surprised that he was elected as the leader of the alliance. What surprised him was that Liu Xiu actually voted for his enemy?
"It's really dishonest." Qin Hao sneered in his heart.
Liu Xiu voted for Qin Hao, of course not hoping that Qin Hao would become the leader of the alliance, but based on his speculation, it was a foregone conclusion that Qin Hao would become the leader of the alliance, so he might as well give up this useless vote to benefit himself.
I, Liu Xiu, gave up all my previous grudges and even took the initiative to choose you Qin Hao as the leader of the alliance? You, Qin Hao, wouldn't want to plot against me secretly, right? Then you are too narrow-minded!
The words made sense, and that was what Liu Xiu wanted to express. Liu Xiu was indeed lucky this time, and his alertness saved his life again.
After Qin Hao was originally going to be elected as the leader of the alliance, he would appoint Liu Xiu as the pioneer and let Liu Xiu and Dong Zhuo fight each other. With Liu Xiu's few soldiers and horses, once they were gone, it would definitely be a narrow escape.
But after Liu Xiu did this, Qin Hao couldn't make such an arrangement. After all, he had just killed the donkey as soon as he became the leader of the alliance. What would the princes who also supported him think?
It can be seen that Liu Xiu's control over people's hearts has definitely reached the level of a master. No one can do so many things even by casting a vote.
Qin Hao felt that Liu Xiu was just a loach, and Huabuliuqiu was not under his control at all. Whenever he thought he could control him, he would always use small tricks to avert danger, which made Qin Hao feel powerless.
"Forget it, Liu Xiu is just a fetish, Dong Zhuo is the real enemy. Once Dong Zhuo is completely eliminated, it will be too late to deal with Liu Xiu."
Qin Hao was ready to let Liu Xiu go for the time being. After all, dealing with Liu Xiu at this time was really not worth the gain.
If Qin Hao let Liu Xiu go this time, he would not have such a good opportunity in the future. Liu Xiu would also cause countless troubles for Qin Hao in the future, and he was one of the most difficult opponents Qin Hao faced.
Although Qin Hao had the most votes, he could not agree directly. He still had to hypocritically decline several times as usual. After all the princes insisted that it was Qin Hao, Qin Hao agreed to serve as the leader of the alliance.
The next day, outside the city of Jujube.
In front of the allied camp, there is a three-story platform with flags from five directions spread out. There are white and yellow axes on top, and military talismans and general seals are placed on the documents.
"The leader comes on stage."
Thirty-five princes shouted to invite Qin Hao to the altar.
Qin Hao was wearing unicorn armor, a vermilion robe, a vermilion crown on his head, a black basalt jade belt around his waist, and a Tianwen Sword hanging on his waist. He looked extremely heroic.
After a little tidying up his clothes, armor and sword, Qin Hao went on stage with his head held high and began to burn incense and worship.
After three dunks, Qin Hao faced the coalition forces and shouted angrily and generously:
"The Han Dynasty was unlucky, and the royal family lost its authority.
The thief Dong Zhuo took advantage of provocations to cause harm to the Supreme Being, and tortured and exiled the people.
Hao and others were afraid of the loss of the country, so they gathered volunteers and went to the national disaster.
All our allies must work together to achieve integrity among our ministers, and we must have the same ambition.
With the alliance between Chongqing and Chongqing, I will suffer the consequences of my fate and have no chance of inheriting my legacy.
The emperor, the queen, the earth, the ancestors are wise, we all learn from this fact!"
After saying this, Qin Hao walked slowly to a large cauldron, which was filled with wine.
Qin Hao decisively bit his index finger and dripped blood into the cauldron. After finishing, Qin Hao walked back to the high platform again, and the other thirty-five princes also dripped blood into the cauldron.
After the incident, Qin Hao took the blood wine containing the blood of the thirty-six princes handed over by the attendant, looked at the princes with a serious face, and shouted: "Swear to kill the traitor Dong."
After saying that, Qin Hao took the lead in drinking the bowl of blood wine, and then slammed the bowl to the ground.
"Click..."
The wine bowl was smashed by Qin Hao.
Seeing this, the other princes also shouted: "I swear to kill the traitor Dong."
Everyone drank together, and then, click... click... click... broken pieces of the wine bowl were scattered all over the floor, and this is an indispensable step for an alliance, to make an alliance through blood.
After the blood was wiped out, Qin Hao walked down from the altar and led everyone back to the tent.
Qin Hao slowly walked to the main seat, looked around at the major princes, and said in a deep voice: "Qin Hao is not talented. I am elected as the leader of the alliance by everyone. I am extremely frightened. From now on, those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who are guilty will be punished. The state has permanent punishment.
"The army has disciplines. Everyone should abide by them and do not violate them."
All the princes knelt down on one knee, cupped their hands and shouted in unison: "I will obey the order of the leader of the alliance."
Seeing this, Qin Hao unconsciously raised the corner of his mouth, and continued: "Now, as the leader of the thirty-sixth princes alliance, I announce that the entire army will be integrated for a month, and then the troops will be sent to Hulao Pass."
The princes did not expect that Qin Hao would act so vigorously and resolutely. The first thing he did after becoming the leader of the alliance was to integrate the forces of the thirty-six princes.
Of course, they also knew that Qin Hao's integration was not to break up and integrate the forces of the princes, but to conduct overall coordination without changing the organization.
The total strength of the coalition forces is nearly 550,000, but they belong to thirty-six parties. The military establishment is too large and complex, and it is very inconvenient to command.
Therefore, in response to this situation, Qin Hao came up with two plans.
First, Qin Hao gathered all the coalition cavalry together.
This is inevitable. After all, if the cavalry is not concentrated, how can we fight against Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry?
The concentrated cavalry included: 10,000 Qin troops, 30,000 Jin troops, 10,000 Youzhou troops, 10,000 Gongsun troops, and the remaining 32 princes gathered 40,000 cavalry, for a total of 100,000 cavalry.
Second, in order to avoid command confusion, Qin Hao decided to divide the army into groups of 50,000 soldiers and horses, with a total of eleven groups, including two cavalry groups and nine infantry groups.
This may seem useless, but there are many ways to do it. After all, it is much easier to integrate an army of 50,000 people at once than 500,000, right?
Except for Qin Hao, Qin Jian and Yuan Shu, no other princes had more than 50,000 troops.
Therefore, two to four princes will join each other group to coordinate and integrate with each other, so that the coalition can be integrated in the shortest time.