Chapter 38 Chapter 5 The Kanto Alliance Discusses Dong Zhuo Dong Zhuo Moves the Capital to Burn Luoyang (2)

Of course Yuan Shao would not forget to invite Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao had sufficient weapons and well-trained recruits, so he immediately brought Le Jin, Li Dian, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and thousands of soldiers. .Cao Cao has no territory right now, and he counts himself as Zhang Miao's subordinate. Soldiers from all walks of life set off one after another, some as many as 20,000 to 30,000, some as many as 10,000 to 20,000, and some as many as five or six thousand. Soldiers from all walks of life, including Yuan Shao, gathered in Henan. When Yuan Shao arrived in Hanoi, he joined forces with Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and temporarily stationed in Hanoi.Han Fu stationed his troops in Yecheng, west of Linzhang County, Henan Province, to supervise the transportation of military supplies.Yuan Shu's army was stationed in Luyang, which is now Lushan County, Henan Province.Kong Ni's army was stationed in Yingchuan.

Except for the soldiers and horses of the five routes stationed there, the rest like Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, Zhang Chao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, and Yuan Yi all went to Suanzao, which is now north of Yanjin County, Henan Province. When the appointed date came, Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang, Han Fu, Yuan Shu, Kong Ni and their followers all came to Suanzao for a meeting.There are ten people who arrived at Suanzao to attend the meeting: The first team: Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai. The second team: Jizhou Mu Han Fu. The third team: Kong Ni, governor of Yuzhou. The fourth team: Liu Dai, governor of Yanzhou.

The fifth team: Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao. The sixth team: Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling. The seventh team: Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang. The eighth branch: Sanyo prefect Yuan Yi. The ninth team: Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun. The tenth team: Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jinbei. The leaders of the ten troops gathered together, impassioned and filled with righteous indignation, fighting against the enemy, gearing up, determined to conquer Dong Zhuo, assist the royal family, and publicly elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, and signed a joint alliance. This was the first year of Chuping of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, that is, in 190 AD, the states and counties east of Hangu Pass formally formed an anti-Dong Zhuo alliance.Yuan Shao proclaimed himself a general of chariots and cavalry, and also a lieutenant of Sili.Cao Cao led the only private army, and he called himself the brave general.Yuan Shao had always known Cao Cao's ability and strength, and he especially valued Cao Cao, so he formally appointed Cao Cao as the brave general as the leader of the alliance.

Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang stationed troops in Hanoi, and they were in charge of combat planning, command and coordination.The rest of the leaders stationed troops in various places according to the original deployment, and obeyed orders at any time. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and they surround Luoyang from the north, east and south. As the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao officially issued a circular calling on all regions to attack Dong Zhuo.After Yuan Shao's announcement was sent out, two more groups of soldiers and horses were added: one was Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, and the other was Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang.In this way, the team to conquer Dong Zhuo will have twelve soldiers and horses.

Due to Yuan Shao's high reputation and his open opposition to Dong Zhuo, he won the trust of all military leaders.Only Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jinbei, has a different view on Yuan Shao.Bao Xin was really good at knowing people. After a few contacts, he discovered that Yuan Shao was quite vain and pompous, and he had high ambitions, but he was not very realistic.On the surface, he respects the opinions of the leaders, but in fact he lacks opinions, as if his mind is like a lantern, and he will follow the strength of whichever direction the wind blows.As the master of the alliance and the coordinating commander of dozens of troops, this state is far from ideal.However, it is not easy for Bao Xin to tell the other leaders what he has seen, because this is his feeling and a special discovery that the other leaders may not be aware of now. If he speaks out, it will damage the alliance The combination.

Bao Xin only told Cao Cao his own thoughts, he didn't tell so many people, he only said to Cao Cao, Bao Xin himself seemed very strange.Obviously he has a special affection for Cao Cao.He knew Cao Cao, who had been a lieutenant of the Dian Army, and he also knew that Cao Cao fled to Chenliu in order not to become Dong Zhuo's official.All these gave Bao Xin a very good impression, but this is not a very critical good impression. Bao Xin is particularly interested in Cao Cao's private army, which is not only unique among the allied forces, but also quite unique. for outstanding.Cao Cao's success in creating such an army almost from scratch in a short period of time is obviously a concentrated expression of his ability and ambition.Bao Xin learned about Cao Cao's move to forge weapons with his soldiers; he learned about Cao Cao's moves to lobby the rich and win support; he also learned about Cao Cao's skills and methods of training soldiers, and so on.

From this, Bao Xin concluded that this short, strong and unremarkable man was by no means comparable to Yuan Shao. Therefore, Bao Xin made a special trip to visit Cao Cao, and said with great emotion: "It is not so easy to be a hero in troubled times. From now on, only you, the general, will be able to set things right. Other legion leaders, even if they seem to be very powerful at present, will inevitably become stronger after a period of time." Will decline and tend to perish, general, you are the one who bears the great responsibility from heaven!" Cao Cao was very confused when he heard this, and said: "President Bao has won the award, and he has indeed. Cao Cao is only thinking about it and trying to attack Dong Zhuo. How can he bear the talents of heaven?"

Bao Dao said: "Generals don't need to be overly modest. In this troubled world, heroes will emerge. Survival of the fittest is inevitable. If you use the talents and virtues of generals, why don't you do your best to change the world? If you do your best, you will be respected by the heroes." Not as good as it!" Cao Cao heard that Bao Xin also spoke from the bottom of his heart, so he no longer tried to evade, but just expressed his gratitude with a smile.But seeing that he didn't want to delve deeper into this issue, he felt that the most urgent task was how to defeat Dong Zhuo...

After Yuan Shao called on all regions to raise troops to conquer Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo didn't take Yuan Shao seriously.Because he relied on the strength of his army, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were nothing more than a group of wandering soldiers to him. However, the cruel Dong Zhuo was still very angry and angry after reading the notice.When he was angry and angry, Dong Zhuo pinpointed the root cause of Yuan Shao and others' uprising on King Hongnong.King Hongnong was the young emperor, but was deposed as King Hongnong by Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo believed that the young emperor was among the excuses for raising troops in the Guandong counties, and the young emperor was the root of the disaster.The reason for the disaster of "raising troops" is because he did not uproot the weeds at the beginning.Therefore, he felt that things should be done cleanly and thoroughly, and that a man should not be merciful.He decided to completely get rid of King Hongnong to avoid future troubles.