Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 81 The Alliance of Princes
Tao Qian didn't come in person, and Zhou Cang's position was low, so Zhou Cang didn't go directly to join the princes, but went to Chenliu to meet Cao Cao under the banner of Xuzhou soldiers and horses.

Cao Cao was overjoyed to see Zhou Cang, took Zhou Cang's hand and said, "Wei Guo is here, I am like a tiger with wings added." Zhou Cang introduced Zhang Jai and Hua Xiong to Cao Cao. Cao Cao liked it more and more, thinking to himself where Zhou Cang is. Among the heroes recruited, the original Dian Wei was brave and loyal, Zhang Jai was obviously a general in charge of the army, Hua Xiong was also a fierce general, who else under Zhou Cang?

Zhou Cang said: "This time I came here at the order of Lord Tao. Seeing that all the prefectures and counties are led by Mushou himself, I will obey the orders of Cao Gong. I wonder what Cao Cao's plan is?" Zhou Cang said to Cao Cao. Calling Brother Cao changed to Duke Cao.

Cao Cao said: "Tao Qian is old. It's not easy to take a trip. If there is any mistake on the road, it is not beautiful. When the princes from all walks of life gather, we will gather our troops and send them to Hulao Pass. The army's direction will be like a broken bamboo. How many soldiers and horses did you bring?"

Zhou Cang couldn't tell whether it was Cao Cao's intimate words or a routine, so he didn't dare to say more, so he said, "I only brought 600 people from the headquarters this time, but they are all well-trained. In addition, I am worried that Cao Cao's food and grass will not be enough here. , so I brought ten thousand stones of food and grass."

Cao Cao repeatedly said yes, "I still have 5000 people here, and there are more than 6000 in total. We can fight. When the time comes, I will recommend various princes to Weiguo."

After several days in a row, the princes from all over the country did not move.Zhou Cang asked Cao Cao to know that Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang stationed troops in Hanoi, Kong Ni stationed troops in Yingchuan, Han Fu stationed troops in Yexian County, Yuan Shu stationed troops in Nanyang, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, and Yuan Yi stationed troops in Suanzao, one by one to preserve their strength. , all flinched.Zhou Cang was amused, so he calmed down and continued to read the joke. Cao Cao saw Zhou Cang's men and horses, and saw that the difference between his men and horses was a bit big, so he continued to train his soldiers, and invited Zhang Jaw to practice together from time to time. Get along very well.

Zhou Cang suddenly thought of a very serious problem. The current princes are much worse than the legendary [-]th princes seeking Dong Zhuo: he replaced Tao Qian, Beihai Kong Rong, Youzhou Gongsun Zan, Changsha Sun Jian, Xiliang Ma Teng Where are you going?Without Gongsun Zan, would Liu Bei still come?Without Liu Bei, would there still be the legendary Liu Guan Zhang Sanying and Lu Bu?It is naturally impossible for Guan Yunchang to warm the wine and kill Hua Xiong, because Hua Xiong is now my general.

Another month later, Cao Cao received a report that the prefect of Changsha and Marquis Sun Jian of Wucheng also raised troops all the way north to join the ranks of conquering Dong Zhuo.When Sun Jian was passing through Jingzhou, he did not know what conflicts had occurred with Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. As a result, Sun Jian forced Wang Rui to death. When passing through Nanyang, Sun Jian borrowed food from the prefect Zhang Zi, but Zhang Zi refused. Sun Jian killed Zhang Zi and took Zhang Zi's food. Now vote to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu played Sun Jian as the general who broke the captives.

Zhou Cang sighed that if Zhang Wen had listened to Sun Jian and killed Dong Zhuo back then, there would not have been so many twists and turns. Zhang Wen had already been killed by Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian could not have tried his best to pull Dong Zhuo down in order to protect himself.Why did Sun Jian become enemies with Jingzhou again? No wonder Jingzhou people hate Sun Jian.Sun Jian's killing of Zhang Zi may not have been Yuan Shu's instigation, so Yuan Shu incorporated Nanyang into his sphere of influence by the way. Nanyang has a population of one million, abundant food and grass, and is a big piece of fat.The so-called performance is already a routine matter, and it doesn't matter whether the court approves it or not. After going through this process, Sun Jian can be called Sun Polu.Zhou Cang is very grateful to Niu Fu, he got the general of the gangsters in a straightforward way, otherwise he doesn't know when he will get the title.

Zhou Cang counted these princes with his fingers, plus himself, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian, there are already thirteen routes.There are so many people gathered in one place, among them are Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo who have a deep hatred, and will fight Dong Zhuo to their death;At least Zhou Cang asked himself that he would not fight Dong Zhuo to the death, he was here to make soy sauce, and then he wanted to see if he could take advantage of it.

Wei Yan has been with Zhou Cang all the time, and he also learned this information. Zhou Cang was very funny seeing Wei Yan's hesitant to speak, but he didn't say anything, and let Wei Yan slowly understand it by himself.

In the spring of this year, Liu Dai, Kong Ni, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao, and Zhang Chao stationed in Suanzao felt that it would not be a problem to continue this way, so they decided to form an alliance and choose a leader.The five joint ventures piled up an earthen platform that was much more grand and luxurious than Pei Dahu's earthen platform.When the oath was about to be sworn in, the governor and the prefects gave full play to Kong Rong's spirit of giving in to pears and gave in to each other. No one was willing to be the first to be the leader of the altar, and they were eager to go up to show off by themselves. They groaned for a full hour.

Guangling prefect Zhang Chao's subordinate Cao Zanghong couldn't stand it anymore, so he walked out of the crowd, climbed onto the altar in full clothes, and read out the words of the alliance with blood.He spoke generously, weeping and crying: "The Han Dynasty is unfortunate, the emperor is out of order, and the traitor Dong Zhuo punishes the quarrels and indulges the harm, harms the supreme, and abuses the people. We are afraid of the loss of the country, and we will gather volunteers to go to the country together. , All our alliances, working together, so that the courtiers will have no two ambitions. If there is such an alliance, heaven and earth will perish. The emperor and the land, the ancestors and the spirits, all practice it."

The people in the audience, the soldiers didn't know why, and they were full of fighting spirit after hearing the oath; An ally comes.

Qiao Mao advertised that he was the first to issue a call to action, and that he was a descendant of the former Taiwei Qiaoxuan, so he directly recommended himself because of the embarrassment of face, and said: "The prefect of Bohai, Yuan Shao, has a high reputation. , you can be the leader of the alliance." He thought that Yuan Shao was not here, and others would object, but he didn't expect the other four people to agree unanimously, so he had no choice but to make mistakes.So Yuan Shao, who was far away in Hanoi, inexplicably led the leader from afar, and several allied county guards notified the princes of all parties of the oath and election results, and invited them to gather in Suanzao.

Yuan Shu was very unhappy when he heard about it in Nanyang: What's the matter, it's fine if you don't choose yourself as the leader of the alliance, but it's unreasonable to let Yuan Shao be the leader without asking your own opinion.It is true that the four generations of the Yuan family and the three princes are true, and I, Yuan Shu, are the direct heirs. When it was Yuan Shao's turn, Yuan Shu stood still in Nanyang.

After Cao Cao received the proclamation, he felt that the soldiers were well trained, so he prepared to go to Suanzao, but after careful calculation, he left Cao Ren to lead a thousand soldiers to station in Chenliu, and seeing that Zhoucang's Danyang soldiers were good, he decided to He sent Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan to Danyang to recruit soldiers. He and Cao Hong led four thousand troops, and gathered Zhoucang's troops to go to Suanzao.

(End of this chapter)