One hundred and sixty-six chapters eighteen princes seeking directors
Chapter 166 Eighteen princes challenge Dong
Cao Cao's message was quickly responded to by all the princes in the world, and all the princes in each town raised troops to respond: in the first town, the later general Nanyang Prefect Yuan Shu; in the second town, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou; in the third town, Kong Min, the governor of Yuzhou; in the fourth town,
, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou. In the fifth town, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi County. In the sixth town, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu. In the seventh town, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun. In the eighth town, Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang County. In the ninth town,
Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei. In the tenth town, Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai. In the eleventh town, Zhang Chao, the governor of Guangling. In the twelfth town, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou. In the thirteenth town, Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang. In the fourteenth town,
, Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Peiping. Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, in the 15th town. Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, Marquis of Wucheng in the 16th town. Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai, Marquis of Qixiang in the 17th town. There are thirty thousand troops and horses in various routes.
There are ten to twenty thousand people, each with civil and military officers, and they will go to Luoyang.
Although Liu Zhang did not respond to Cao Cao's appeal, he also led his troops to Luoyang. He wanted to take this opportunity to pick up Liu Bian and others from Dong Zhuo and get the imperial seal back. Some people may want to ask why Liu Zhang
He did not issue the proclamation himself, but asked Cao Cao to do so. In fact, it was not that Liu Zhang did not want to issue it, but that he did not want to join the coalition of princes.
In addition, Liu Zhang is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and he must avoid suspicion for his actions on the Qing emperor's side. Didn't you see that in history, when princes challenged Dong, it was not just Liu Biao, but Liu Yan didn't come, so Liu Yu didn't come either. Could it be that Liu Yu didn't
Loyal? No! If these Han clan clan members come, who knows whether they are coming to support the Qing emperor or to fight for the world? Therefore, Liu Yu and others cannot come, do not dare to come, let alone join the alliance of princes.
The allied forces of the princes amounted to more than 400,000 men. Liu Zhang alone had 70,000 to 80,000 horses, and he was accompanied by five generals: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Huang Zhong. With this formation, even if Dong Zhuo brought an army of more than 100,000 people, he might not be able to defeat him.
Win! Originally Gan Ning wanted to come, but Liu Zhang gave him a mission and ordered him and Zhang Ren to stay at Yangping Pass and be ready to join forces with Zhang Liao to attack Chang'an at any time.
Cao Cao heard that Liu Zhang had also come, and hurriedly came to invite him to join the alliance. Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were not happy, Liu Zhang sent troops anyway, and they did not want to hold grudges too much. Unexpectedly, Liu Zhang rejected Cao Cao's request and
He said that he came here only for personal matters. This made Cao Cao very depressed, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were extremely happy.
In desperation, Cao Cao left Liu Zhang's camp in great disappointment. Under Cao Cao's auspices, Yuan Shao got his wish and took the position of leader of the alliance, and Yuan Shu also got the important task of being in charge of food and grass. The eighteen princes made an alliance with each other and hunted.
At Sishui Pass, Sun Jian, the tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, volunteered and became the vanguard to attack Sishui Pass. As for Liu Zhang, he established another stronghold not far away.
Dong Zhuo sent generals Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong to guard the Sishui Pass. Sun Jian attacked the pass, but the Sishui Pass was crumbling. Unfortunately, although Sun Jian was fierce, there were villains who hindered him. Yuan Shu did not send food and grass to Sun Jian, which led to Sun Jian's defeat.
Seeing this situation, Cao Cao felt a little cold in his heart. However, he also hoped that brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu could work together to support the Han Dynasty, so he didn't say much.
At the Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong took advantage of Sun Jian's lack of military supplies and defeated Sun Jian in one go. He couldn't help but feel very proud. You know, in these years, Dong Zhuo admired two people the most. One was the champion Liu Zhang, and the other was Sun Jian. Whether it was the Yellow Turban War
, or facing the Qiang people, Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian worked hand in hand, so Hua Xiong knew Sun Jian's strength very well. How could Hua Xiong be dissatisfied after defeating an enemy stronger than himself? This pride would make him forget himself.
"General Hu, the allied forces of the princes are coming tomorrow! I go out to challenge, and you hold on to the pass!" As a general, Hua Xiong did not have the consciousness of a general, and he actually wanted to go out to challenge. In fact, if he did not go out, he would have to guard the Sishui Pass.
In the past year and a half, all the eighteen princes must have starved to death.
"General Hua, the princes are powerful, you better not go to war!" Hu Zhen was originally timid, he came to Sishui Pass, but Dong Zhuo was afraid that Hua Xiong could not handle military affairs well, so he asked him to come and take action. Now I hear
When Hua Xiong was about to go into battle, Hu Zhen was afraid that something would go wrong.
"Don't worry, General Hu!" Hua Xiong despised Hu Zhen. If Hua Xiong didn't need him to handle military affairs, he would have driven him away long ago. Hua Xiong laughed and said, "I regard the princes under Sishui Pass as nothing but grass! Who are you missing?
, Sun Jian is so brave, isn't he defeated at the hands of me? Let me kill a few more princes and give them to Prime Minister Dong as gifts."
Seeing the contempt in Hua Xiong's eyes, Hu Zhen said nothing. After all, Hua Xiong's life belonged to Hua Xiong. If he didn't want it, there was no need for Hu Zhen to keep it for him. Hu Zhen was already thinking about how to escape.
The next day, the allied forces of the princes arrived at Sishui Pass. Hua Xiong led 3,000 flying bear troops out of the pass to challenge. Yuan Shao led 18 princes to fight against them. Liu Zhang also reined in his horse and stood facing each other with five generals around him.
"Hua Xiong is here, who dares to challenge me to a showdown?" Hua Xiong stood up with his sword raised and a look of pride on his face. The princes looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Seeing that the princes did not respond, Hua Xiong ordered someone to provoke Sun Jian's anger.
Sun Jian was so angry that his eyes were spitting fire, and he wished he could rush forward and fight Hua Xiong.
"Hua Xiong, don't be so arrogant, Yu She is here!" Yu She, a general under Yuan Shu's command, rushed forward with a cooked copper stick. However, he was looking for death! You know, although Yu She was fierce, he was suffering from old illnesses.
His eyes were red and swollen, and he couldn't even see clearly. How could he fight? It's a pity that Yuan Shu didn't stop him!
When Hua Xiong saw someone coming to fight, he raised his sword and struck at him. Yu She raised his stick to block it. Unexpectedly, due to Yu She's severe eye disease, he misjudged the distance between him and Hua Xiong, and Hua Xiong disemboweled him with just one blow of his sword.
His stomach was broken. Yu She's heart, liver and five internal organs fell to the ground, and he fell down. Hua Xiong killed a general and became even more arrogant.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Hua Xiong kill Yu She with one sword. Yuan Shao asked angrily: "Who dares to fight?"
"I have General Pan Feng who can kill Hua Xiong!" Han Fu is a disciple of the Yuan family. Yuan Shao has been embarrassed, so he has to take advantage of him.
Pan Feng flew out on horseback and took Hua Xiong directly. It must be said that Pan Feng was indeed a capable general. The blue and white Pangu ax in his hand weighed one hundred kilograms and was passed down by his ancestors. Unfortunately, he did not take advantage of it. If Pan Feng
Being able to fully control this ax, it is really difficult for Hua Xiong to win.
"Han Sheng, save people!" Seeing that Pan Feng was only a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, Liu Zhang really didn't want to see him die like this. What's more, he had a good impression of this boy.
"Yes!" Huang Zhong raised his bow and arrow. Just when Hua Xiong was about to kill Pan Feng, a long arrow deflected Hua Xiong's sword. Hua Xiong only killed Pan Feng's horse.
"Who fired the cold arrow?" Hua Xiong was furious. He raised his head and looked in the direction of Liu Zhang. The first thing he saw was Huang Zhong, who was glaring angrily, and then he saw Liu Zhang. It turned out that there were too many soldiers from the coalition of princes. Although Liu Zhang also had
There were many troops, but Hua Xiong didn't notice him because he was hiding in the crowd. Besides, there were too many Han generals named Liu, and Liu Zhang stood far away, so it was normal that Hua Xiong didn't notice him.
"Hua Xiong, long time no see!" Seeing Hua Xiong looking at him, Liu Zhang walked forward with his generals.
"Crown...champion lord!" The shadow of a person, the name of a tree. Seeing Zhang Fei playing with a snake and a spear, Hua Xiong's heart trembled. Seeing Hua Xiong actually saluting Liu Zhang on horseback, the 18th princes looked weird.
, brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were even more jealous.
Liu Zhang didn't care what happened to the other eighteen princes. He waved and smiled and said: "It seems that your boy has been doing well recently! Don't kill that Pan Feng! He grew up to sixteen or seventeen so easily. How regretful is it that you killed him? Go and kill him."
Tell Zhongying that I'm coming!"
"This..." Hua Xiong said hesitantly: "The general is here to guard the gate under the orders of the Prime Minister. I really can't leave my post without authorization. Please forgive me, Lord Champion!"
"It's okay to send someone there!" Liu Zhang shook his head and said, "It's for your own good to let you go, otherwise this Sishui Pass will be your burial place!"
"Champion Lord, if you don't take action, who among these princes will be my opponent?" Hua Xiong pointed at the coalition of princes and laughed wildly, causing the eighteen princes to lower their heads in laughter.
"It's a pity that my Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not here. If only one of them were here, how could they allow Hua Xiong to be so rampant!" Yuan Shao was furious, but he had no choice. Hearing this, all the princes rolled their eyes.
Cao Cao rode his horse to Liu Zhang and asked: "Marquis Champion, you are a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and now you are here for righteousness. Why don't you capture Hua Xiong and break the Sishui Pass to save His Majesty from fire and water?"
"Save your majesty? Which majesty should you save?" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Brother Meng De, look at those people, how many of them are not here with selfish motives? Just say that Wentai is brave. If he had been given food and fodder in time, you would also be here now.
It's time to go to Hulao Pass! Among the eighteen princes, the only ones who truly came here out of righteousness are Wentai and Mengdel!"
"This..." Cao Cao was speechless. How could he not understand what Liu Zhang meant, but he couldn't agree with it. After all, he and Sun Jian alone could never attack Luoyang. Cao Cao smiled and asked: "Then
Why is Brother Ji Yu here?"
"Me? For some personal matter!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Brother Meng De, you are willing to join hands with these trash, don't drag me into the water. Look at how Sun Wentai has been implicated by you! Without your message, Wen Tai would also be in trouble."
You will not suffer such a huge defeat, even losing one of your brothers in life and death."
"Uh..." Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this. What is all this? It was obviously Yuan Shu who failed to send food and grass that caused Sun Jian's defeat. How could it be blamed on him? However, Cao Cao was a hero after all. He asked with a smile: "I don't know the champion.
What is Hou's so-called private matter? Why did you bring troops?"
"It's nothing!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Dong Zhongying deposed Liu Bian as King Hongnong and the Queen Mother as concubine. My poor little niece of Wannian was almost insulted by a beast. I was worried about their safety, so I
I want to take them back to Yizhou. I heard that you have all come to Luoyang, so I came to get some glory and take a look at the loyal and righteous coalition forces!"
"Brother Ji Yu came here just to take King Hongnong and others back to Yizhou?" Cao Cao didn't believe it, but looking at Liu Zhang's serious expression, he had to believe it.