The message soon spread to Bohai County.
Yuan Shao, who was the governor of Bohai at the time, was shocked after receiving Cao Cao's message to punish thieves.
He hurriedly summoned his subordinates and civil servants, picked up the proclamation and said to everyone:
"Cao Cao is so bold. He dared to falsely pass on the imperial edict and ask us to wait for the rebels to attack Sun Yu."
Counselor Pang Ji stroked his beard and said:
"But now that Sun Yu is becoming big in Luoyang, it will definitely not be a good thing if it continues like this."
"In addition, by killing Dong Zhuo and establishing the emperor, he has far more political leverage than Dong Zhuo."
"As time goes by, the harm will be far more terrible than that of Liang Ji, Dong Zhuo and others."
Guo Tu, Xu You and others also stood up and seconded the proposal.
"Now that the world is in chaos, it is the time for heroes to rise."
"Cao Cao's appeal against thieves this time is definitely a great opportunity to fight for supremacy in the world."
"May my lord learn from this, and a man must not miss this opportunity!"
Seeing that everyone had reached a rare consensus, Yuan Shao nodded happily.
"Okay, since you all persuaded me to raise an army, let's betray him to Cao Cao to save face."
"Call the order——"
"Immediately raise 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry and go to Dongjun to form an alliance with Cao Cao!"
"As you command!"
Yuan Shao raised troops from Bohai to respond to Cao Cao.
For a time, all the princes in the world sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain and responded to the edict one after another.
In the first town, the later general Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang.
The second town, Jizhou Mu Hanfu.
In the third town, Kong Min, the governor of Yuzhou.
In the fourth town, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou.
In the fifth town, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu.
In the sixth town, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun.
In the seventh town, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi.
In the eighth town, Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang.
In the ninth town, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, Marquis of Wucheng.
Until the 18th town - Gongsun Zan, the governor of Peking.
Since Gongsun Zan was the farthest away, he was the last town.
He took people from Youzhou as his soldiers and had a total of 15,000 elite soldiers. He came to Dongjun to respond to Cao Cao's appeal against thieves.
Passing through Pingyuan County, I saw a yellow flag standing in a mulberry bush in the distance.
Gongsun Zan immediately visited the horse and looked at it. It was Liu Bei, the magistrate of Pingyuan County.
Gongsun Zan was overjoyed to see that he was an old classmate. He hurriedly urged him forward and asked:
"Why are you here, dear brother?"
Liu Bei cupped his hands and replied:
"In the old days, Brother Meng served as the magistrate of Pingyuan County. I am very grateful for my great kindness. Now that I heard that the army has passed here, I came here to wait for you."
"I also invite my brother to the city to rest his horse and drink wine to warm his stomach."
Gongsun Zan was overjoyed, took off his clothes, dismounted, and entered the city hand in hand with Liu Bei.
I saw two strong men nine feet tall standing behind Liu Bei.
A beard is two feet long, with a red face and phoenix eyes.
A swallow's jaw, a tiger's beard, a leopard's head and eyes.
All of them are handsome and majestic.
Gongsun Zan was secretly surprised and asked Liu Bei what their last names were.
Liu Bei replied:
"These are Bei's sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."
"In the past, we defeated the Yellow Turban together with Bei, and it was all thanks to the efforts of these two people."
Gongsun Zan said:
"I wonder what position this hero currently holds?"
The two men replied, leaving the horse archers and the foot archers respectively.
When Gongsun Zan heard this, he sighed:
"If this is the case, doesn't it mean that the strong man is buried?"
As he spoke, he took Liu Bei's hand and advised him earnestly:
"My dear brother, now Cao Cao is issuing a proclamation, inviting heroes from all over the world to fight against Sun Tie."
"As a descendant of the Han Dynasty, why do you need to stick to such a rotten place?"
"It's better to abandon this humble official, fight against thieves together, and support the Han Dynasty. What do you think?"
Before Liu Bei could say anything, Guan Yu hurriedly responded:
"Brother, Grand Administrator Gongsun is right."
"There is no place for birds and phoenixes to live among thorns. It is better to leave here early and go to the Central Plains to pursue big things."
Zhang Fei was stunned and hurriedly agreed:
"I think so too!"
Liu Bei nodded:
"Bei Zheng has this intention."
So the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang gathered more than a hundred people in the county and followed Gongsun Zan to Dongjun.
Since Gongsun Zan was the only remaining prince, Cao Cao personally came out to greet him.
At this point, the eighteen princes gathered together.
Cao Cao immediately ordered people to slaughter cattle and sheep, and gathered all the princes to receive the wind and wash away the dust for them.
Then they each set up camp in their villages, which were connected for more than two hundred miles.
…
Luoyang, Bingquan Palace.
In the past few days, Tang Ying has been having trouble sleeping and eating, and her food is not satisfying.
Sometimes she lay on the bed, sometimes she went for a walk in the back garden.
From time to time he would go outside the palace gate and look around.
After failing to see clearly who was coming, he left in despair, murmuring:
"Why hasn't he come yet?"
So, he went back to the palace to play the piano.
But because her mind was restless and the music was disordered, she sighed softly:
"Hmph, even if he comes, I will never pay attention to him~"
Then he lay down on the piano and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Are you really not coming..."
The personal maid on the side saw Tang Ying's haggard appearance and couldn't help but expressed concern:
"Your Majesty, you haven't been able to sleep at night these past few days. Do you think you are lovesick?"
Tang Ying was startled and asked confusedly:
"Hongdou, what did you just say?"
Hongdou bowed and said:
"My servant said that you have been unable to sleep these days and nights. You have had little food and are troubled by things. You must be suffering from lovesickness."
"how do I say this?"
"When you were dreaming last night, you called His Majesty's name ninety-eight times."
Tang Ying smiled charmingly, "Yes, I always think of the Emperor in my heart."
Hongdou said again:
"And you called the Prime Minister by his name seven hundred and eighty-four times."
"ah?!!"
"Seven hundred and eighty-four times."
Anko repeated it, raised her eyebrows, and sighed to herself:
"The Prime Minister must owe you a lot of money."
Tang Ying's nails curled up slightly and dug into her flesh.
She bit her red lips, her heart beating like a drum.
I don't know since when, she seemed to pay more attention to Sun Yu than to Liu Bian.
Especially the last time we said goodbye in the back garden, I promised to see you again.
But we were never able to see each other again.
Could it be that he doesn't actually have me in his heart at all, and was it just a show of force last time?
Thinking of this, it made her even more upset——
Just like the cocoa in the heart, it is as messy as silk.
"Hmph~"
Tang Ying made a sweet sound, picked up a flower, and threw it out:
"What do I want him to do?"
"Am I missing him in my heart?"
"Oh? I wonder who you are thinking of?"
"Do you miss Sun?"
Suddenly a warm male voice came from outside the palace.
Tang Ying was startled and stood up suddenly.
I saw the person coming, dressed in brocade and fur, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, full of energy and energy.
Hongdou hurriedly bowed:
"See the Prime Minister!"
Sun Yu nodded and motioned for her to get up.
Tang Ying turned her head and said:
"The Prime Minister has so many things to do, how come you have time to visit the Ice Spring Palace in this palace?"
Sun Yu curled his lips and smiled. Concubine Tang actually lost her temper. It seemed that her PUA strategy was successful.
Thanks to not seeing her in the past few days, it whetted her appetite.
Otherwise, the break will not have such a good effect.
Sun Yu waved towards Hong Dou, who understood and bowed back.
Seeing that he and Concubine Tang were alone, Sun Yu plucked up his courage.
Fuyi sat down next to Concubine Tang.
A refreshing daughter's fragrance followed.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. You really have a lot of things on your hands."
"Sun has just finished his work and can't wait to come to Bingquan Palace to see you, the empress."
