Chapter 576 Sun Jian invites to fight
Yuan Shao was secretly happy when he saw Cao Cao helping him like this, but he didn't show any expression on his face. He kept ruthless: "Shao's virtue and how can he be the leader of the alliance? Not to mention that there are many heroes in the world, there are powerful people in this big tent. In order to make this battle to fight Dong more smoothly, you should choose another talent!"
Sun Jian said at this time: "This battle against Dong will be very cruel. There are many people who can compete for war under Dong's treason. We should choose a person with outstanding military achievements as the leader of the alliance. Only in this way can we successfully defeat Dong's treason and return peace to the world. In Jian's opinion, in the tent, the most prominent military achievements in the right general Yangguang is the right general, so I propose that Yangguang be the leader of the alliance."
As soon as Sun Jian finished speaking, some subtle changes appeared on the expressions of most of the people present. Even Yang Tian himself was stunned and secretly greeted Sun Jian in his heart. Didn’t this guy push himself up the fire pit? It is obvious that choosing this leader now is not determined by his ability. If he doesn’t have a deep relationship with other princes, how could others choose him as leader? Not only will he not get the benefits, but he will also offend the person. But thinking about Sun Jian’s surname, Yang Tian was relieved.
A trace of gloom flashed in Yuan Shao's eyes and he smiled and said, "The Grandpa Sun said very well. General Yang is the highest official position in the tent. He is the leader of the alliance and can best convince the public."
Yuan Shao’s words sounded high-sounding, but they had hidden murderous intent. The reason why Sun Jian elected Yang Tian was because of Yang Tian’s great military achievements, and many civil and military officials under his command. The soldiers in Baiyun City were brave and good at fighting, so they were recommended to be honest and open. But now from Yuan Shao’s words, there was a hint of Yang Tian’s use of an official to suppress others, and his heart was punished!
Yang Tian immediately said, "Brother Benchu, I'll forget it. Brother Benchu, why are you going to make fun of me? I'm young and knowledgeable, and I have no reputation. But I can't deserve this position as the leader. As for being good at fighting, Brother Benchu, don't be humble. You have countless talented people and talents under you, but the reason why you don't show off your achievements is just because you don't have the opportunity to play. Now, the battle to fight against Dong Zhe is initiated by Brother Benchu, it's most suitable for you to take the position of leader."
The other princes followed Yang Tian's opinion immediately. They didn't want Yang Guang, the strange man, to be the leader. Wouldn't it be shameless to say it out? After Yuan Shao pretended to refuse, he agreed. At this time, Cao Cao looked at Yang Tian with a profound meaning, not knowing what he had planned.
When Yuan Shao's position as leader of the alliance was determined, for some reason, he immediately ordered his subordinates to build a three-story platform, with flags of various princes inserted on the platform, and military talismans and general seals placed on them.
After everything was ready, everyone asked Yuan Shao to come on stage to burn incense and worship.
After Yuan Shao came to power, he said with a sigh: "The Han Dynasty was unfortunate and the imperial system was out of power. The traitorous minister Dong Zhuo took advantage of the danger and harmed the supreme, and abused the people. Shao and others were afraid of the loss of the country, and merged with the righteous soldiers and went to the national crisis. Anyone who joined the alliance and worked together to achieve the integrity of the ministers would have no different ambitions. With this alliance, he could lose his life and not be able to recover. The emperor and the queen of the emperor and his ancestors were wise and intelligent, and they all understood it!" After speaking, he picked up a dagger on the table, slashed his fingers, and dripped the blood into the bowl full of water.
All the other princes came to the stage, cut their fingers, dripped several drops of blood in the bowl, and then Yuan Shao led the way to everyone to drink it all.
After the worship was completed, a group of princes returned to the tent and sat down on their original seats. Yuan Shao said enthusiastically: "Although I, Yuan Shao, is not talented, but now I am loved by you and recommended me as the leader of the alliance. I will reward you for your merits and punish you for your mistakes. You must strictly abide by them and not violate them."
Cao Cao smiled and said, "Since we have established the leader, we will naturally obey the leader's order, but we will follow the orders of the leader."
Yuan Shao said at this time: "Since we have formed an allied army now, in order to save manpower, we will manage the food and grass uniformly! My brother is still a little talented in the road, so managing the food and grass is no problem, so I will hand over this errands to him! I here promise not to let all the soldiers go to the battlefield hungry. Do you have any opinions?"
This was Yuan Shao's first decision, so it was natural that others could not refute it. The matter was decided like this. Everyone thought it was nothing to manage the food and grass uniformly. Could it be that Yuan Shu could deliberately deduct food and grass?
Yuan Shu also knew that this was a beautiful man, so he immediately responded. However, there was not much happiness on his face. I don’t know if it was because of his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao or other reasons.
Then Yuan Shao said: "Let's continue to discuss what happened just now! Now there is Wen Hou Lu Bu guarding the Hulao Pass. If we want to win the pass, we must have someone who can compete with Lu Bu, otherwise it will be a huge blow to our morale. Can you have good generals to deal with Lu Bu?"
As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, many people suddenly jumped out and said that there were powerful generals under his command to kill Lu Bu. This situation made Yang Tian and Xuanyuan Jian ashamed. Who among the people here dared to say that they could compete with Lu Bu? I am not afraid of the wind and flashing his tongue.
At this time, Sun Jian said: "Leader of the Alliance, we can divide our troops into two groups and attack Xishui Pass. If we can take down Xishui, we naturally don't have to attack Hulao Pass anymore. Because we have sufficient troops, even if we divide our troops, it will not affect the attack of Hulao Pass."
"This plan is very wonderful! Then we will send a vanguard along the way to lead our army to capture the Sishui Pass! Who would like to go?" Yuan Shao said happily.
Sun Jian immediately said: "Jian is willing to lead his army to come!"
Yuan Shao said: "Wentai is extremely brave and can take on this important task."
Sun Jian did not continue to stay in the tent, but took documents from Yuan Shu to collect food and grass. After he was ready, he led his troops to attack Sishui Pass.
The rest were still in the big tent, who had not yet discussed any response to Lu Bu? But at this time, the prime minister of Jibei Bao Xin was worried that Sun Jian would be the pioneer and would seize the first prize, so he secretly instructed his younger brother Bao Zhong, who stood behind him, to lead 100,000 troops and take a small road to Sishui Pass. When Bao Zhong got the instructions, he immediately lied that he was unwell and left the big tent.
Yuan Shao and his men were unable to discuss any good plans in the end. When more small forces and individual strangers arrived the next day, Yuan Shao might have felt that he was the leader of the alliance and needed to be some examples, so he ordered a million troops to attack Hulao Pass and left.
After a fierce battle, nearly half of the troops he sent were lost, while Hulao Pass was still under the control of Lu Bu's army, and there was no sign of retreat.
Lu Bu's record was so shocking. He was alone in defending a section of the city wall dozens of meters wide. All the enemy troops were killed when they were close together. No matter they were soldiers or generals, there was no luck.
However, Yuan Shao was not very distressed about this. Although the one who knocked on the door was a million troops, the elite troops that really belonged to his headquarters were only 70,000 to 80,000, and the rest were small forces or scattered players who were dependent on him.
Chapter completed!