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Chapter 5 The Princes Raise the Army

In the spring of the second year of Yonghan (190 AD), Liu Xie changed the reign name to Chuping. This was the second reign name after Liu Xie ascended the throne, and it also meant that the world was pacified. Unfortunately, it was just a beautiful wish.

"Lord, this is a sea arrest document issued by the court, requiring all counties to arrest Cao Cao!" In the Ye Mansion, Zhao Yun handed over the list document that the court had just sent to Ye Zhao and said: "The chief clerk asked if it was posted?"

Ye Zhao and Cao Cao were good friends when they were in Luoyang, and they were also one of the scholars who was willing to associate with Ye Zhao. Now there is obviously some unknown agreement between Ye Zhao and Dong Zhuo. Therefore, as Ye Zhao's subordinates, the generals did not know how Ye Zhao would deal with this matter.

"Don't pay attention to him!" Ye Zhao put down the list of words casually. Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo in the name of offering a knife last month and fled from Luoyang. Now Dong Zhuo has sent the list of words here. Obviously, he has no hope that Ye Zhao can help him deal with Cao Cao. Dong Zhuo has this idea. Why should Ye Zhao cater to Dong Zhuo? Besides, no matter what Cao Cao does, he will never be able to come to Ye Zhao.

However, Cao Cao's failure to assassinate Dong also means that the time for the alliance of princes to confront Dong is coming soon?

Now, even if Dong Zhuo is willing to make things difficult for Ye Zhao, he may have to compromise with Ye Zhao at this time. Ye Zhao immediately said to Zhao Yun: "I inform Xu Rong, Ji Ling that this second group of people can be sent to you, Zilong, you will be with you to protect me this time."

The second group of people was too important to Ye Zhao and could not allow any mistakes. It not only concerns Liu Bian, who was in the future orthodox name of Ye Zhao, but also Ye Zhao's wife and children, so he could not allow any mistakes. Therefore, Ye Zhao not only sent the Nefan camp as the personal guards of Liu Wei, Liu Bian and others, but also sent Xu Rong, Zhao Yun and Ji Ling, who were best at commanding troops under Ye Zhao, and there were 6,000 guards accompanying him.

The route was also sent back by Xi Zhicai. He went to Mengjin to land, bypassed Mianchi and passed Kinmen, and was always Dong Zhuo was not easy to send troops now, and it was difficult to find a place to ambush. Dong Zhuo's deployment of troops to the Kanto princes has been confirmed. If he wants to do anything to this army, he must break the previous deployment and mobilize the troops again. This move is unwise and may not be able to stay. At this time, it is undoubtedly the safest.

"Here!" Zhao Yun said politely: "Don't worry, lord, I will definitely protect the safety of the two mistresses and the young master!"

"Go." Ye Zhao patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and smiled.

"Here! Take care of me!" Zhao Yun nodded. The second batch of people were ready for the luggage. At this moment, only Ye Zhao could set off with the order. On that day, under the command of Xu Rong, Ji Ling and Zhao Yun, a large army of nearly 30,000 people boarded the ship, went upstream along the Yellow River and headed towards Mengjin.

The family of generals and craftsmen alone had nearly 3,000 people. In addition to Ye Zhao's family, craftsmen, maids and servants, these alone, there were nearly 10,000 troops, and 20,000 people carrying food and grass. This scale alone would be enough to make any princes terrified. Therefore, Ye Zhao was stuck in time to send people. If there was another time, even if there was a deal with Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo would not be able to let such a huge team pass through his jurisdiction.

At this time, the princes had already begun to put pressure on Luoyang, and even some counties in Sili had raised uprising flags to resist Dong Zhuo. At this time, Dong Zhuo was probably unwilling to openly break up with Ye Zhao. Moreover, the route chosen by Ye Zhao was also the route that poses the lowest threat to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo could not mobilize troops to encircle and suppress it in the shortest time, and Ye Zhao's troops were also difficult to attack Dong Zhuo's important town.

However, in this way, there were only 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers left by Ye Zhao’s side, and the reduction of combat effectiveness was far from being as simple as halving the number of people.

Luoyang, Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Listening to the report from his subordinates, Dong Zhuo slapped the table so loudly: "What is Ye Zhao doing? The Kinmen, Mianchi and Mengjin were occupied by him. It was not enough to send nearly 10,000 troops to him one after another, but now he has sent another 30,000 people!"

"Entertainment Father, the last general will ask for battle. Only three thousand iron cavalry will be required. Ye Zhao's minions will not be left behind!" Lu Bu suddenly stood up and shouted to Dong Zhuo.

Since the change of the year name, although Lu Bu has not yet obtained actual military power, his official title has risen all the way. Now he is a former general and his title is Wen Hou. If he is in terms of title, he is still above Ye Zhao's hometown marquis. Therefore, Lu Bu is eager to have another fight with Ye Zhao. Now his identity and status are no less than Ye Zhao, and he really wants to see Ye Zhao's expression.

"Wen Hou is at ease!" Li Ru stood up and smiled and said, "Father-in-law, Ru thought that Ye Zhao's move was inappropriate. According to the information found by the son-in-law, although there were many people who landed in Mengjin this time, most of them were elderly, weak, women, children, and people who suppressed food. If Ye Zhao really wanted to do anything, he would not send such people. It would not only be useless, but also drag down. According to the son-in-law's foolish opinion, there are probably some important figures among these people, otherwise Ye Zhao would not be so cautious!"

"Important person?" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru, chewed these words, narrowed his eyes and said, "King Hongnong?"

"I'm afraid it's not all. My son-in-law thinks that Ye Zhao's wife and children are probably among them!" Li Ru smiled and said, "Since Ye Zhao doesn't use Hanoi as the foundation, his wife and children will definitely be easy to take advantage of in Hanoi. And there is still a little bit of it when he gives it out..."

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and signaled him to continue speaking.

"Father-in-law, our army is probably not even able to do anything to attack him." Li Ru smiled bitterly: "Now the princes of Guandong have become disobedient. Most of our army's troops are deployed in Xingyang, Aocang, Hulao, Yique, Arc and Luoyang. If you want to attack Ye Zhao's troops, you may need to directly dispatch troops from Luoyang. In this way, Luoyang is empty and may be taken advantage of. Ye Zhao may have seen this opportunity. His father-in-law cannot transfer troops, so he dared to migrate so many people to pass through the border with such a big fanfare."

"What's more, if we form an enemy with Ye Zhao at this time, we will push him to the princes of Guandong. If we have a secret relationship with him, we can still obtain the coalition arrangements from Ye Zhao. If we use troops to his family at this moment, it will probably only anger Ye Zhao, and make him help the coalition forces to break through our army. Don't forget that our army has found several secret passages in the Hulao Pass. How can we know if Ye Zhao has other backup plans? The son-in-law thinks that it will benefit from the cooperation with Ye Zhao at this time. In the future, Ye Zhao will stand alone in another place, and our army can also unite with him. If we insist on making things difficult for him, it will only add another enemy to his father-in-law!" Li Ru bowed and said.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he remembered Ye Zhao's arrangement in Hulaoguan. His face turned a little dark, and nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then just look at those people. As long as Ye Zhao has no ill-conspiracy, he will use it to him, otherwise..."

Dong Zhuo did not continue to say it, but everyone could naturally understand his intentions.

In March of the first year of Chuping, after Cao Cao returned to Qiao County after hardships, he first persuaded his father Cao Song to spend half of his family's wealth to recruit brave men. Later, Wei Hong, a large clan of Qiao County, felt his righteousness and spent all his family's wealth to help Cao Cao raise an army. Some brothers from Cao Cao came to help after hearing the news. In just over a month, Cao Cao asked Cao Cao to pull up a group of troops.

In April, Cao Cao took the lead in issuing a forgery and spreading it all over the world, calling on heroes from all over the world to raise an army to fight against Dong Zhuo and support the Han Dynasty.

The manifesto was issued and the whole world responded.

Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang, Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Kong Yichang, the prefect of Yuzhou, Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, Tao Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Yuyang, Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, Han Fu, the prefect of Jizhou, Cui Jun, the prefect of Shanyang, Yuan Yi, the prefect of Jibei, Bao Xin, the prefect of Yingchuan, Jiao He, the prefect of Qingzhou, Wang Rui, the prefect of Jingzhou, Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanjun, Zhang Min, the prefect of Chen Min, Liu Chong, the general of Supplementary Han, and Zhang Yang, the prefect of Bingzhou, including Cao Cao, a total of twenty-two princes raised up and responded. Although many princes did not raise up and responded, they all supported the coalition forces and were willing to fund the coalition forces.

At the end of April, Hanoi, Ye Zhao’s mansion.

"Cao and others are very righteous to tell the world: Dong Zhuo deceives the heaven and earth, destroys the country and kills the monarch; filths the palace and harms living beings; wolves are unkind and unkind, and sins are abundant! Now, according to the secret decree of the emperor, he gathers the righteous soldiers and vows to wipe out the Chinese and kill all the evil spirits; hopes to Xingyi's army to vent public anger; support the imperial family in danger and save the people from water and fire; the manifesto can be carried out quickly when the day comes!" Zhao Shen, who is temporarily the chief clerk of Ye Zhao, unveils a manifesto and stands in the hall to read it loudly.

"This is a manifesto sent by Cao Cao. Dong Zhuo is in a rebellious way. Both the gods and gods are angry. I want to raise an army to respond. What do you think?" Ye Zhao signaled Zhao Shen to sit down and looked at everyone and said.

Ye Zhao only listened to the crimes listed in the edict. What really made him care about was that Cao Cao had already said in his private message. So far, twenty-two princes had officially launched a military force. If the troops were not controlled at this time, Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and others would have enough reason to join forces to destroy him first. Although the family and the craftsmen accumulated before had been sent to Hanzhong, Ye Zhao had no worries at this time, Ye Zhao had never thought of becoming an enemy of the princes in the world. He would gain a foothold in Hanzhong and would have a long time to deal with the princes in the future. The diplomatic relationship could not be done too badly, at least he had to keep some mercy and meet in the future.

"What the lord said is very good. It is a righteous act to raise an army to fight against Dong, and it should be like this!" Fang Yue stood up and bowed.

Now Ye Zhao's generals, Ding Li, Xiahou Lan, Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Ji Ling, Guan Hai, all have been transferred to Hanzhong. Now, the remaining ones are Dian Wei, Fang Yue, Zhang Liao, Meng Hu and some newly promoted generals. Since Ye Zhao said he wanted to respond to the edict, no one would object.

"Okay, since that's the case, the generals will rectify their troops and follow this marquis to Soyzao in three days to participate in the alliance of the princes." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

The sour jujube is not far from Huai County, only more than a hundred miles apart. Even if the troops are sent later, they can catch up with the alliance initiated by Yuan Shao.
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