Turning around, Liu Bian led 30,000 Youzhou elite soldiers and sent people to notify the princes in advance.
Now Liu Bian is only half as famous as Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty. No matter what the princes think in their hearts, since they have taken up the banner of serving the Han Dynasty to fight against thieves, they have to show their face, and they went out to camp ten miles together to welcome them. .
This time, Liu Bian led the central army with Huang Zhong. The newly-committed Jizhou celebrities Ju Shuo and Counselor Tian Feng were accompanied by four generals: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Xu. Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Youbeiping County who had already surrendered his allegiance, led 3,000 white horses. Yi Cong is the pioneer.
The first person the princes saw was Gongsun Zan, who was currently opening the way. They were of equal status and could not avoid greetings first.
But when they met with one of Liu Bian's generals, Shang Pingli, they unconsciously placed their position under Liu Bian.
When Liu Bian's army arrived, Gongsun Zan came forward to meet Liu Bian with the courtesy of his subordinates. All the princes, whether happy or dissatisfied, also came to Liu Bian and bowed respectfully.
Liu Bian did not show any arrogance. He hurriedly jumped off the back of the white tiger he was riding on and met the princes one by one very humbly. Although they only exchanged a few words with each other, they could tell that this person was born Achievements are recorded in countless treasures, and praises and condolences are given accordingly, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.
After the ceremony was over, Liu Bian and all the princes gathered together to fight one family at a time.
As the advocate of this crusade against Dong, Cao Cao took up the role of host and ordered someone to hold a banquet to welcome Liu Bian.
At the banquet, Cao Cao first raised his glass to greet everyone, and then said loudly: "His Royal Highness, King Yan, is the eldest son of the late emperor. He has no equal in honor and position. In my opinion, we should ask His Highness to preside over the affairs of the Dong Dynasty. I don’t know what you think?”
The princes were silent for a moment, and Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, stood up first and echoed: "What Meng De said is very true. I hope His Highness the King of Yan will obey!"
Although he is an old official of the Yuan family, as a close neighbor of Youzhou, he can best feel Liu Bian's power. Just looking at the many civil and military talents under his rule who went to Youzhou to serve, we can know the support of Jizhou's people. If you don't take the initiative to surrender, I'm afraid that the land of Jizhou will change hands with just a word from the other party.
With the two examples of Cao Cao and Han Fu, Kong Rong, Tao Qian and others who already had a heart for the Han Dynasty then stood up to express their respect for Liu Bian.
Seeing the situation, Yuan Shao and others temporarily suppressed their thoughts, and then expressed their willingness to be controlled by Liu Bian.
The next day, Liu Bian took the stage to worship heaven, made an oath of blood with all the princes, and secured his position as the leader of the coalition. Then he accepted Cao Cao's suggestion, with Sun Jian, known as the "Jiangdong Tiger", as the first advance, and Yuan Shu as the rear to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and sent troops to seize Sishui Pass.
A few days later, Liu Bian led the allied forces of the princes to approach Sishui Pass. What he heard was that Dong Zhuo's general Hua Xiong first killed Bao Zhong, the younger brother of Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, who was planning to attack Sishui Pass by force. Then he was defeated in a night attack. Sun Jian's morale was low due to lack of food in the army.
With such an unfavorable start, all the princes looked a little ugly. Only Liu Bian looked as usual and ordered the army to camp on the spot step by step.
After the camp was ready to be set up, someone came to report that Hua Xiong led three thousand Xiliang cavalry to block the camp gate, and kept asking the princes from all walks of life to come forward and behead them.
All the princes were furious, but since Liu Bian was in charge, they couldn't act rashly. They all watched how Liu Bian dealt with it.
Liu Bian burst into laughter, looked around at the crowd and said, "I don't think this Hua Xiong can be so fierce and stubborn? Please come with me to the front of the battle to take a look at the martial arts of this Xiliang warrior."
Immediately everyone put on their own clothes and ordered five thousand elite soldiers to come out of the camp and form an array. Liu Bian was riding a white tiger with black stripes on his crotch, and had a bright silver dragon stick on his saddle bridge. A majestic general with a ferocious face who rides a green-maned horse and carries a sword with a closed door.
Hua Xiong over there had already seen the allied forces of the princes dispatching troops. At that time, he raised his sword high and pointed it at the sky, and shouted sternly: "This is Hua Xiong, the general under Dong Xiangguo. You traitors, please come and die in front of the horse!"
Before Liu Bian could speak, Sun Jian was defeated due to lack of food and grass. Yuan Shu, who was severely reprimanded by Liu Bian, wanted to save his face and recommended his general Yu She to Liu Bian.
Liu Bian encouraged him a few words and agreed to his request.
Yu She jumped on his horse and went into battle with his spear drawn, but was killed by Hua Xiong in just three strokes.
Han Fu wanted to please Liu Bian and try to save his face, so he immediately pushed out his general Pan Feng.
Pan Feng's big ax did have some strength, but unfortunately it was still too far behind Hua Xiong. He barely managed to hold on for five seconds, but was cut into two pieces by Hua Xiong's sword.
Regardless of whether they are proficient in martial arts or not, the princes always have good eyesight. At this moment, they all saw that Hua Xiong's martial arts had probably reached the level of a martial saint. They knew that no one under their command could match this man, so they all fell silent for a while.
Liu Bian looked around and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this?"
Yuan Shao coughed slightly and said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, this is a brave general, but it is a pity that he is under my command..."
Liu Bian suddenly interrupted Yuan Shao's words with a long laugh, exhaled and raised his voice, which was heard by the whole army: "From a solitary perspective, this general is nothing more than a traitor!"
Before he finished speaking, he sat down and the white tiger flew out as fast as lightning and headed straight for Hua Xiong. Anqiao's Panlong stick also fell in his right hand and was clasped behind his back.
Hua Xiong had long heard about the name of King Yan Liu Bian, and confirmed his identity with this unparalleled mount. He was not surprised but overjoyed at that time.
It should be noted that Dong Zhuo has regarded the late emperor's legitimate son as the biggest threat. Today he took the initiative to bring him in front of him. If he can be killed with the sword, this achievement will be better than killing ten princes and a hundred enemy generals!
At that time, Hua Xiong cheered up and faced Liu Bian with a prancing horse and a sword.
Seeing the opponent rushing towards him, Liu Bian gently shook his shoulders and back, and the joints in his body made a series of slight crackling sounds. After Hu Yuan taught him for many years, his cultivation that had firmly entered the realm of martial arts was running without reservation, and all his strength Everything is poured into the arms.
"Abai, jump!"
Following Liu Bian's command, the ferocious white tiger let out a thundering roar, leaped into the air with all four claws, and its muscular body full of power and beauty leaped diagonally upwards to a height of six to seven feet, spanning more than twenty steps. .
At the moment when the white tiger jumped to the top, Liu Bian's left hand was also holding the panlong stick, and he raised it high above his head in the style of "holding a stick of incense toward the sky".
As the huge body of the white tiger drew a very beautiful arc in the air and fell towards the oncoming Hua Xiong, Liu Bian's Panlong stick used a "thunderbolt to shake the top" and smashed down on the head with the force of the mountain.
Hua Xiong saw that the man and horseman's attack was so ferocious that he no longer cared about the attack with the sword in his hand. He first used his flat ends to block upwards in a "horizontal golden beam" style.
There was a deafening sound of gold and iron, and circles of invisible air waves expanded outward with the two people as the center, scraping away a layer of soil more than a foot thick within a radius of ten feet.
The white tiger Liu Bian was riding flipped around in the void with great agility, and landed steadily opposite Hua Xiong.
The four hooves of Hua Xiong's war horse were dug into the ground like nails. He maintained the stance of raising his sword to parry like a wood carving and clay sculpture. He held up the big sword with its shaft bent like a bow and remained motionless.
Liu Bian held the stick in his right hand, took out the scroll from his arms with his left hand, and waved it towards Hua Xiong.
Immediately, Hua Xiong and the war horse he rode collapsed to the ground at the same time. However, their bones were shattered by Liu Bian's shocking blow, and their internal organs were like minced meat. They were now two balls of rotten flesh wrapped in skins.
The moment Hua Xiong fell to the ground, a white light that was invisible to the naked eye flew out from his top door and fell into Liu Bian's hand.
It had to be opened by Liu Bian, the person who was in charge of conferring the title of god, and Hua Xiong was the first person selected by Liu Bian to initiate the plan of conferring the title of god after being instructed by Hu Long.
