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Chapter 149 The Alliance of Princes, Taiping Uprising

In the sixth year of Zhongping, starting from July, Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor Liu Bian and established Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, as emperor. Luoyang has never been peaceful.

That Dong Zhuo was arrogant and extravagant, he claimed to be the prime minister, he didn't worship the emperor when he saw him, and he entered the palace armed with a sword, which also made the Xiliang army under him extremely arrogant.

Originally, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army only lived in Liangzhou, and they were used to being poor, but now that they have finally arrived in such a prosperous place like Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo is backing them, they commit crimes even more lawlessly, robbing women and committing crimes There is no shortage of things to do, and the people can only dare to be angry but dare not speak out.

At this time, Cao Cao, who was still loyal to the Han Dynasty, finally decided to do a big thing: for the sake of the country, he wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo!

Wang Yun clapped his hands in agreement, and gave Cao Cao a god-level equipment for free: the Seven-Star Sword!

It's a pity that although Cao Cao's equipment is good, he didn't make a good plan to step on the spot, and accidents happened one after another during the operation, so that the assassination failed.

For this, Dong Zhuo was very angry, he felt that he had never been so angry, because since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, all the civil and military officials in Luoyang feared him like a tiger and hated him extremely.The only exception was Cao Cao, who didn't dislike Dong Zhuo like those ministers. On the contrary, he respected him very much, which made Dong Zhuo secretly happy.

I think back then, when everyone was working as cavalry under General He Jin, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao also met, but they didn't have a deep friendship, and they were just acquaintances at most.But now because of this time, Dong Zhuo seemed to have found a friend, and he was more or less comforted in his heart.

However, he never thought that Cao Cao, whom he regarded as a friend, would actually come to assassinate him. If Dong Zhuo hadn't been vigilant, he might have become a corpse.

It wasn't until this time that he realized that Cao Cao respected him and made friends with him in order to get close to him and to assassinate him. This also made him very angry, and he issued three orders one after another to spread to the world , Cao Cao must be arrested and brought to justice.

Cao Cao is also a ruthless man. After failing to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he ran all the way back to Chenliu. With the support of his father Cao Song, he spent all his family wealth to recruit Xiangyong. To act righteously, prepare to attack Dong Zhuo.Because of his assassination of Dong Zhuo, his reputation soared, and countless heroes rushed to Cao Cao for a while.

The following year, in the first month of the first year of Chuping, Cao Cao issued a call to action against thieves, calling on all princes to join forces to attack Dong Zhuo.

For a time, the whole Han Dynasty was turbulent, and all the princes, big and small, revolted one after another and raised their troops in response, planning to join forces with Jujube to jointly attack the national traitor Dong Zhuo.

Naturally, Xiao Lan was not idle. Although he did not launch any major military operations during this time, he made Xu He secretly contact several other Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, including Bai Rao, Yu Du and Geng Ling, and even the younger ones. The Yellow Turban Army, such as Zhou Cang and Liao Hua, had as many as 20 to 2 people, gathered in county towns, and as few as [-] to [-] people, entrenched in the mountains and forests.

For these people, Xiao Lan naturally didn't need to play any clever tricks, he just put out his identity as a fairy and tried to lure them, coupled with the oppression by force of the carved dragon and golden seal, soon, these yellow scarf soldiers surrendered one after another knowing the current affairs. Convinced, accepted Xiao Lan's reorganization reform.

According to the method of taking over Changguang County, Xiao Lan selected the strong and strong to form the Taiping Army, and the rest of the people went to households to distribute land and put into production. Craftsmen were organized to make farm tools or cast armor. There has been no change in the forces of all parties, but in fact, half of the huge Qingzhou has secretly fallen into Xiao Lan's control.

During this period, Xiao Lan traveled all over Qingzhou. Wherever he could see, the fields were barren, the land was dry, the refugees were displaced, the people were homeless, there were barren mounds everywhere on the roadside, and there were dead bodies everywhere, those who died of starvation, thirsty, and exhausted. ...It was so horrible, Xiao Lan was filled with emotions, and immediately ordered the Taiping Army's territory to take in refugees from Qingzhou. In less than a month, the population under Xiao Lan's control exceeded 200 million.

In a few days, among the Taiping Army, Yu Du, who was somewhat knowledgeable, frowned and reminded Xiao Lan: "My lord, this is not the way to go, there are too many people, and the daily consumption is astonishing. If we don’t think of any other way, our Taiping Army will collapse in a short time.”

"Hehe..." Hearing the words, Xiao Lan laughed immediately, and said in his mouth: "According to the time, it's almost the same time. In three days, when the princes will form an alliance with Suanzao, we will take advantage of the situation to revolt and wait for the complete occupation of Qingzhou ,These are just minor obstacles."

"My lord, do you mean to rob those wealthy households?" Yu Du couldn't help but asked, "But, didn't my lord issue a military order that the Taiping army should not rob the common people?"

"Ha! Yu Du, Yu Du, you really missed the name." Xiao Lan said with a smile: "What I said is that ordinary people are not allowed to be looted. Those wealthy households are rarely kind, and most of them are corrupt officials. , aristocratic families, rich and powerful families, food and clothing, are all people's fat and people's anointing, you don't need to be polite when dealing with them!"

When Yu Du heard the words, his eyes lit up immediately. Speaking of which, robbery is the old profession of their Yellow Turban Army!

Three days later, Sili and Suanzao.

Jujube is located at the junction of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou, which has always been a battleground for military strategists.In history, Zhang Liang assassinated the First Emperor here, and later Zhao Kuangyin also wore a yellow robe here, which gave him an extraordinary status.

But today's big Han, Suanzao is located in Suanzao County, Henan Province, Sili, not too far from Luoyang, so Cao Cao put the location of the alliance here.

With the passage of time, Cao Cao's call for appeal to Dong also slowly spread out, and all the princes from all over the Han Dynasty received the news, and they all came to the Suanzao Huimeng:
The first town, Yuan Shuzi Highway, General Hou and Nanyang Prefect.In the second town, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, had a literary festival.In the third town, Kong Ni, the governor of Yuzhou, was styled Gongxu.In the fourth town, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, styled Gongshan.In the fifth town, Wang Kuangzi Gongjie, the prefect of Hanoi County.In the sixth town, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, was named Meng Zhuo.In the seventh town, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, was named Yuanwei.In the eighth town, Yuan, the prefect of Sanyang, left his name as Boye.In the ninth town, Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei, was named Yuncheng.In the tenth town, Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, wrote a list of essays. No.11 town, Guangling prefect Zhang Chao styled Meng Gao. No.12 town, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, styled Gongzu. No.13 town, Ma Teng, the prefect of Xiliang, has the word Shoucheng. No.14 town, Beiping prefect Gongsun Zan styled Bogui. In No.15 town, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, was born with a childish character. No.16 town, Wu Chenghou, Changsha prefect Sun Jianwentai. No.17 town, Qi Xianghou, Bohai prefect Yuan Shao's original character.In addition to the troops of Cao Cao's headquarters, a total of eighteen princes, and heroes such as Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei from Pingyuan County, all gathered here.

All the princes set up camp for more than two hundred li.Cao Cao slaughtered cattle and sheep, held a feast for the leaders, and discussed the strategy of advancing troops.

Wang Kuangdao, prefect of Hanoi County, said: "We are gathered here according to the order, and we need to establish a leader; everyone must obey the leader's restraint, so that we can work together."

Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, said: "I elect Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are what everyone expects!"

When everyone heard the words, they responded one after another. Yuan Shao sat on the position of the leader of the alliance under the recommendation of everyone, and said: "Although Shao is not talented, he has been elected as the leader of the alliance by everyone. He will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds and punished for his crimes. The state has constant punishment, and the army has Discipline. Everyone should abide by it and not violate it."

He paused and looked at everyone, and said: "My brother Yuan Shu is the governor of the camp, and there is no shortage of food and supplies. One more person is needed to be the vanguard and go straight to Hulao Pass to challenge. The rest of the people are taking advantage of the dangerous positions to support them."

Sun Jian was eager to make contributions, and he came out and said: "I am determined to be the front."

Yuan Shao said: "Wentai is brave and strong, you can take up this post."

Even if Sun Jiandang led his troops straight to Hulao Pass, he started a mighty war against Dong!
This is destined to be a day that will be remembered by this world, because on this day, after some intense preparations, Xiao Lan finally raised his troops in Qingzhou.

The Taiping Army has more than [-] million people and more than [-] soldiers. Xiao Lan calls himself the Grand Marshal of Pingtian, and his generals Bai Rao, Yu Du, Geng Ling, Xu He, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Yu Du, etc. Under the leadership of Qingzhou, troops were raised from all over Qingzhou.

The elite army of the rebels, with the advantage of making a surprise attack, attacked the city and occupied the land on a large scale. In one day, most of Qingzhou's territory fell into the hands of the Taiping Army...
(End of this chapter)