Yuan Shu: "Cheng Yu's analysis is good, so Liu Bei will succeed in righteousness in the future, but he will definitely fail in righteousness."
"But given his current situation, it might be a good idea."
After listening to what Yuan Shu and Cheng Yu said, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt that this was the case.
Guan Yu: "Brother, I have something unclear."
"Since Liu Bei will become our opponent in the future, why did we send him a thousand soldiers and hundreds of horses?"
Yuan Shu: "This is not simple. These thousand soldiers were once the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered in Qingzhou."
"And these people are very difficult to manage. When I was in Nanyang, they relied on my kindness to challenge my bottom line again and again."
"It's okay to get into fights in the army. Sometimes they even resist orders."
"So, it is better to give these people to Liu Bei. We can save a lot of food and grass, and our dignity in the army will be much higher in the future."
"At least, something like this won't happen again."
Cheng Yu: "General Guan, we all know that you love your soldiers as much as your own children. But my lord is right, these people are really easy to manage."
"Moreover, my lord, I, and General Dian Wei have actually given these people a chance before this."
"It's a pity that they don't know how to cherish it."
"If not, how could my lord be like this!"
After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he gently stroked his beard.
Guan Yu was also straight-tempered. After knowing the cause of the matter, he said: "So that's it. It seems that I misunderstood my brother."
Yuan Shu has always been very gentle to his subordinates, not to mention that Guan Yu is his brother. Then he said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a small matter."
"Choose to rush back to Nanyang and train your troops as soon as possible. While there is still time, Cheng Yu, you and your third brother will personally supervise the soldiers to plant potatoes."
"First, grow our military rations for three years. This is the top priority."
"For the sake of confidentiality, second brother, you will personally lead the troops to patrol day and night to prevent thieves from paying attention."
Cheng Yu: "I will definitely live up to my lord's trust. Thank you very much for your trust."
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu: "Don't worry, eldest brother. Since this matter is left to us, I will not let you down."
In this way, Yuan Shu and the others returned to Nanyang. In this way, there are only fourteen princes left in the Hulao Pass among the eighteen princes.
Yuan Shao looked at everyone and said, "Although something unpleasant happened just now, I think you all know why we are gathered here."
"Besides, after Cao Cao is gone, there are still four of them: Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei."
"It's not necessarily good news for us."
"After all, there is only one Dong Zhuo and Luoyang City. It can be said that there are too many monks and too little food. The four of them are gone."
"In other words, we get more credit."
"What do you think?"
Wang Kuang stood up and said, "Everyone, the alliance leader is right."
"Now as long as we send troops to Luoyang and capture Dong Zhuo alive, we can achieve immortality."
"It is not impossible to honor our ancestors in the future, so I am willing to follow the alliance leader and fight against Dong Zhuo together."
In fact, Wang Kuang also knew that the princes here only had their own agendas. But he also has something he wants in Luoyang, as for capturing Dong Zhuo and rescuing the young emperor.
Wang Kuang would never do this, not just Wang Kuang himself. Almost everyone here has the same idea, but everyone knows it.
Kong Rong said excitedly: "Count me in. One day I will repay the humiliation of today to Sun Jian's son a hundred times a thousand times. Now is a good opportunity."
"As long as we successfully rescue the young emperor, it is no longer a luxury to be granted the title of marquis or king."
Yuan Shao: This guy simply has no brains, as do all the princes here. Even Liu Yan didn't want a child to ride on his head.
Now he openly said that he wanted to welcome the Young Emperor, who here would agree.
Besides, if the young emperor dies. He, Liu Yan, was the most qualified person to inherit the Han Dynasty, so how could he let the young emperor ride on his head?
Moreover, these princes each have their own ambitions.
Therefore, none of the princes responded to Kong Rong at this moment. However, in order to avoid being too cold, Yuan Shao said: "Prefect Kong is right, it should be like this."
"As the saying goes, if you have learned martial arts, you can present it to the emperor's family. Now, this opportunity is right in front of us."
"There's no reason to turn them away."
Yuan Shao knew that there was no way to get rid of Dong Zhuo by himself.
Moreover, if they give up halfway now. One day, Dong Zhuo will fully develop, and then he will be truly unshakable.
Han Fu also stood up at this moment and said: "Now the thieves are powerful, we can only defeat them by uniting as one."
"Now is the time when we have the upper hand. If we all give up here, then all our efforts will be wasted, and that will make the Dong thief laugh."
But even so. There are still some princes who are unwilling to follow them to continue the crusade against Dong Zhuo. After all, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Liu Bei have just left.
The alliance of the eighteen princes no longer exists, so no matter how Yuan Shao and others persuade them, it will be of no avail.
Moreover, none of the generals present were a match for Lu Bu. Why go there and die in vain? This is what they think.
After Yuan Shao saw those princes leaving, even though he was very angry, he did not show it. And there are still quite a few people left here, and even if they leave, they will only leave part of it.
Liu Yan: "I didn't expect that the eighteen princes would form an alliance to fight against thieves."
"Now we are the only ones left. Is it possible that we are the only ones who care about the big man?"
No matter how you say it, Liu Yan is a member of the Han family, and he is also orthodox. There is genealogy to prove it, so seeing this scene will inevitably make you feel a little sad.
Kong Rong: "Master Liu, there is no need to be sad. Even though those people who are greedy for life and afraid of death have left today, there are still alliance leaders and me waiting here."
"Is it possible that even if we join forces we can't defeat that thief?"
No wonder Kong Rong said this, because in his opinion, the princes who left were just a group of short-sighted people like Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others, or people like Liu Bei and Sun Jian.
And none of these people could catch his eye at all. Of course, in the eyes of others, Kong Rong is just an armchair person.
To be honest, when he led the troops to fight a few days ago. That completely inconspicuous performance made all the princes present look down on him.
After all, whoever had gone to fight would not have lost so many troops in less than half a day.
Therefore, these princes still had some resentment towards Kong Rong.
But the situation at this moment is completely different, so naturally no one is willing to offend him and expose his shortcomings.
Yuan Shao even echoed: "What Governor Kong said is true. Is it possible that we are still afraid of those thieves?"
"Three days later, our troops will gather together. Attack Luoyang and capture Dong Zhuo!"
Yuan Shao stood up, raised his cup and drank it in one gulp to the princes below. To show that your determination is unshakable.
Other princes also stood up and said: "Capture Dong Zhuo and help the Han Dynasty!"
It's just that they say so. But in fact, everyone's inner thoughts are different.
On the other side, Cao Cao is on his way back. He is already planning for the future. In his opinion, the big man today is like a piece of loose sand.
Although it still looks powerful, the emperor is in charge. But there is no emperor who can really command the princes. This is the shortcoming of today's Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao said: "When we return to Chenliu this time, we must raise troops and store up food."
"Make plans for the future!"
Xia Houyuan: "Mengde, you can decide this matter yourself."
"Other than fighting and killing, how can I know anything else?"
"If you ask me to lead troops to fight, I won't say anything. But if you ask me to do other things, I really can't handle it for you."
"However, regarding this matter, I think we should find some counselors. If we only rely on us, it may be difficult to accomplish the matter."
When Cao Cao heard what Xia Houyuan said, he asked with some surprise: "Miaocai, do you know what I want to do?"
"You are indeed a great talent, hahaha!"
Xia Houyuan quickly shook his head and said, "Mengde, you are wrong about this."
"Although I don't know what you are going to do, the art of war is to plan and then act."
"Presumably, that's the reason."
Cao Cao: "Yes, we really need to find some counselors with great wisdom."
"However, before that we have to go back to Chenliu and make plans."
Three days later, Yuan Shao and the others were ready to continue sending troops to Luoyang.
But at this moment in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo lost his temper at Li Ru and said, "What do you do for food? My subordinates don't know Miss, don't you know her too?"
"When did you realize she was missing? Can you find her back?"
At this moment, Dong Zhuo was like an angry black bear. He suppressed his anger, but there were several corpses on the ground at this moment.
And these people are usually responsible for taking care of Dong Bai's food and daily life. Moreover, Dong Zhuo usually treated them well, and even tolerated their bullying.
But I didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before I came to Luoyang. His precious granddaughter disappeared, how could this not make him angry?
Li Ru said unhurriedly: "Master Taishi, maybe Dong Bai will have a better way out for us now."
"But if you follow us in Luoyang, I'm afraid you'll be dead."
Before Dong Zhuo could get angry, Li Ru continued: "Just before I came here, news came from the front that Hulao Pass was lost."
"Marquis Wen has returned with the remaining defeated generals, and Luoyang is now in danger."
"I'm afraid we won't be able to stay in Luoyang for long."
