The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Although the date for summoning Dong to raise troops has been delayed and has not been set until recently, Xun Zhen had already accomplished the matter of "invite Sun Jian to raise troops together". Sun Jian was originally one of the princes who asked for Dong. Even though he was not a member of Yuan's party, he still traveled thousands of miles from Changsha to the north. , of course, he was even more overjoyed, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity to raise his own reputation, and he would not refuse it. Xun Zhen only sent a letter to persuade him.

During this period of time, the two exchanged letters frequently. Not only did they agree to raise an army together, but Sun Jian also accepted Xun Zhen's proposal and agreed to set the location for the two armies to join forces in Yingchuan, Yuzhou.

Xun Zhen did not directly guarantee anything to Sun Jian, but there was no need to guarantee it. Sun Jian also knew that if the negotiation against Dong was successful, Yuan Shao and others would replace Dong Zhuo and even Yuan Wei and other existing officials and officials, and become the rulers of the imperial power. "New political group", for him, as long as he can join it at this time, his future wealth is not enough, and if it fails, there is no need to worry. Chu Shao said 100,000 or 200,000. Even if the army is defeated, it will not be a complete defeat, and there is still a chance to make a comeback.

As for any covenant of an alliance, no matter whether the alliance is made by two parties or multiple parties, it needs a leader. Although Xun Zhen and Sun Jian did not make it clear about this, they both knew that even though the official titles and titles of the two were not very different, they were both two thousand. The prefect of Shi and the county magistrate, whether it is the reputation of the clan or the reputation of his own family, Xun Zhen is far superior to Sun Jian, so the covenant between the two must only be Xun Zhen as the main, and Sun Jian as the second.

——Even Wu Jing and others, who were not very close to Xun Zhen under Sun Jian’s command, had no objection to this. They did not mention the reputation of Yingchuan Xun’s family in Shilin, nor did they mention Xun Zhen’s own high reputation, they only said In the early years of the Xun family, there were several 2,000 stones, and Xun Shuang was only worshipped as Sikong by the imperial court not long ago. Xun Zhen was now also a son of the public clan. Based on this, Sun Jian was no match for Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen's agreement to join forces with Sun Jian was expected, but Xun Zhen couldn't help but think of Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng. Xue Li was also a 2,000-stone prefect, and unlike Sun Jian's humble background, he was just like Xun Zhen. , is also a son of the gentry, and is quite famous at home and abroad. If he did not have any fame, he would not have the confidence to compete with Tao Qian. In order to resist Tao Qian's seizure of power, he also recruited a lot of people. There are few soldiers and horses, and Pengcheng produces iron, and the army is fully equipped with armor and equipment. If he can join him again, Xun Zhen's momentum will be even greater, and it will be an extremely important force in the entire coalition army to fight against Dong. of power.

It's a pity that Xue Li refused to send people to talk twice.

I still remember that after being rejected by Xue Li for the first time, after listening to Liu Bei's return, Cheng Jia said the words "short-sighted" to evaluate Xue Li. It's Xue Li's own choice, whether it's eagle-eyed or short-sighted, and no one can do anything about it.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "If Xue Li doesn't go, I will be the only two people on the way, Wentai and I. In terms of combat power, the two of us are definitely not inferior to any allied troops, and dare to fight against them in the battlefield. But it's lacking."

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu needless to say, these two, one north and one south, are the leaders of this time to ask Dong; the army and horses who joined Suanzao the most, Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Cao Cao, etc., are all famous. Hearing the world, can be described as "heroes".

As for Xun Zhen, Kong Du, the provincial governor of Yuzhou, and he are not the same people. The only "person" is Sun Jian. Sun Jian is a fierce predator, but he is not a scholar and has little prestige. In other words, he can only rely on people's attention He alone, when it comes to influence, is far from being comparable to the other three. He thought to himself: "If I can get one or two more prestigious people to join me in this journey, I will respect him as the leader, and I will be stronger than now."

Xun Zhen didn't necessarily have to compare his prestige with the Liangyuan and Suanzao allied forces, but whether he looked at it now or in the future, in other words, the higher the prestige of his "military and political clique", the more important it would be to him. will be more beneficial.

In the future, if the prestige of his small clique is high enough, then when the coalition forces disintegrate and there are disputes, he will be able to slightly fight against Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and he will not be able to obey Yuan Shao's orders.

From now on, when he arrives in Yuzhou, he will ask Yuzhou to borrow food and weapons. If his reputation is high enough along the way, and he can stabilize Kong Yu, then borrowing food and weapons will be easy. Not high enough, even if he had made some preparations in advance, it would definitely take some effort. Kong Yu had stayed in Yuzhou for so long, and it was difficult to wait until Huang Wan left, and he became the prefect of Yuzhou with real power. How could he easily agree to Xun Zhen's "unreasonable request" and give away his food and soldiers. "Lending" the weapon to Xun Zhen?

Xun Zhen thought about it, but unfortunately, she could no longer find a suitable candidate.

Among the chief officials of the surrounding counties and states of Xuzhou, there are two people who are most familiar with Xun Zhen and have a high enough reputation: one is Li Zan, the minister of Dongping, and the other is Kong Rong, the minister of Beihai, but these two people will never participate. This time the board of directors is in trouble.

Li Zan is the son of Li Ying, who is most famous for his virtue. How could he raise an army without an order and attack Luo? It is possible that Kong Rong would be willing to raise troops, but Beihai is now covered with yellow scarves, and he is trapped in a corner of the land.

"Unsatisfactory things in the world are the best of the best.... That's all." Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Since I can't fight Eryuan and Suanzao with 'people's hope', I will follow the original plan and use 'war merits' to force the pressure. Eryuan, Suanzao, and Yuzhou."

The questioning of Dong seems to be very powerful, but no one knows better than Xun Zhen now what the outcome will be. However, knowing that the fight against Dong was unsuccessful and the coalition forces disintegrated, Xun Zhen was ready to fight a few battles for the sake of future plans.

At the end of December, it snowed again.

Snowflakes fluttered, covering the earth, and looking around, there were Qionglou and Yuyu everywhere.

The north wind blew the few leaves that were left on the trees along the road, threw them into the air, and then fell to the ground, scattered on the snow. Standing on the high pavilion of the mansion, Xun Zhen looked at it from a distance, only to see the wind and snow in the city, the cloudy sun was gloomy, the cold was biting, and people felt chilled.

"Spring is born and autumn is killed. Now is the end of the year, but spring has not yet arrived. Watching this snow, murderous aura is awe-inspiring!"

Cheng Jia, who accompanied Xun Zhen Shangxue by his side, smiled and said, "Xue is snow, and murderous aura is murderous, right? Duke Ming felt something and sighed?"

Xun Zhen smiled and turned to Xi Zhicai, Xun You and the others, who were at the side, and asked, "The end of the year is approaching, can the county and camp be arranged?"

The army is about to start, and Xun Zhen is going to do some activities in Fujun and Xianjun at the end of the year and New Year's Day.

Xi Zhicai replied, "Don't worry, Duke Ming, everything is ready."

"Okay."

Xun Zhen said no more, turned her eyes back, and watched the snow scene again, thinking in her heart: "The snow in front of me is pure white and flawless, and when Dong's rebellion is brought up next year, the Han family will collapse, but I don't know that this land of Shenzhou will be dyed again. How much blood is there."

The snow stopped in two days, and it will be New Year's Day in a few days. On this day, the Luoyang edict was delivered, but the imperial court issued an edict to abolish the three era names of Guangxi, Zhaoning and Yonghan, and still call this year the sixth year of Zhongping. .

A few days later, it was New Year's Eve.

According to the custom, Zang Hong, Yuan Sui and other county officials organized officials and soldiers to hold a "chasing Nuo" ceremony after nightfall.

Nuo chasing is a kind of witch dance. It was very popular in the pre-Qin period. The purpose is to drive ghosts and epidemics out of the house. Now it is not only popular among the people, but also held every year in the palace. Guangling is only a prefecture, and the competition organized by the Nuo is certainly not as grand and grand as the palace. Dance, and then a knight took the torches from the house and sent them to the outside of the county, and threw them into the water to show that the evil spirits were sent out of the house and county.

Xun Zhen and others all watched from the sidelines. Chen Zhi had been pregnant for three months and had passed the period of the strongest pregnancy reaction. They also accompanied Xun Zhen to watch. However, Xun Zhen could not accompany her more tonight. , and waited for the county officials to put the portraits of Shentu and Yu Lei on the county house and the back house. After the town gate, Xun Zhen went to the barracks, and Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng and other righteous generals replaced the wine with tea. New Year's Eve.

"One night is two years old, and five is two years old." On New Year's Eve, apart from chasing Nuo and putting up door gods, the most important activity is to keep the year old. No matter the scholars, they will gather together on this night and sit around the fireplace. Drinking and talking, all night long until dawn.

Xun Zhen used to be kind to Xu Zhong and others, but now that the battle is about to start, he would of course show more affection to Xu Zhong and others.

After New Year's Eve, it is New Year's Day.

Even though he was in the army, Xunzhen still asked people to prepare some bamboo knots in advance. When the rooster crowed, he personally went out outside the tent, picked up two bamboo knots and threw them on the stove that had been prepared earlier. Xu Zhong, Xun The generals of Cheng and the generals followed behind him, and each threw some bamboo knots into the furnace.

Hearing the sound of the bamboo knots crackling, everyone laughed at each other.

Immediately afterwards, with Xu Zhong and Xun as the leaders, the generals faced Xun Zhen and prayed in succession, but they were paying New Year's greetings to Xun Zhen.

It is also an existing custom to pay New Year's greetings on Zhengdan. When they finished their worship, Xun Zhen led them to pay their respects in the direction of Luoyang. Although the emperor was established by Dong Zhuo today, some people did not approve of it, but the ceremony was still acceptable. .

After worshiping the Emperor of Luoyang, Xun Zhen got up and thought: "At this time, the Luoyang Palace will be very lively when I think about it. The ministers will gather together, and I will worship the Emperor. When I hear the most people, I will go to the Deyang Palace to greet the officials and ministers of the Emperor. There are more than 10,000 officials and envoys in the county and state. I don't think there will be so many people at this moment this year, but there should be thousands of people. Maybe there will be a full house, but I don't know how much silence and how much fighting will be at this banquet this year."

Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, etc. are known to be the arms of his army when Xun Zhen is about to raise an army.

At this time, just after midnight, the night was still thick, and the cold wind swept the army flag in the camp, making a rustling sound, as heavy as black ink, under the light of torches, the military tents could be faintly seen, and the cold air occasionally heard night patrols. The collision between the armor and weapons of the soldiers, although New Year's Eve had passed and Zhengdan had just arrived, was a time of celebration, but the chilling and murderous atmosphere in front of him was stronger than when Xun Zhen was watching the snow on the high pavilion that day.

Zhengdan has arrived. As the county governor, Xun Zhen will be very busy today. He needs to worship his ancestors, and he needs to make time for the county officials and the envoys from the counties to come and congratulate him. Moreover, he is also going to go to the door to be stabbed and personally go to Zhang. It was the New Year's Eve, so he could no longer stay in the barracks. After worshiping the Son of Heaven, he ordered his car to go back to the city. Before leaving, he didn't say much to Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng and others, only after walking two steps. , stopped, looked back in the direction of Luoyang, and said lightly to the generals who were wearing armor and weapons, and lined up to send him: "Because I was in the army, there was no wine last night, and when the spring flowers bloom, I will be Let’s drink together with the Qing and others at the foot of Luoyang City, and there will be no return if you don’t get drunk.”

Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng and others responded in unison: "No!"

Dozens of generals and schools are mostly tiger warriors~www.wuxiaspot.com~ unanimously agreed, and the sound shook the night.

Back at the county house, Chen Zhi was pregnant and did not keep the year old. Chi Mai, Wu Concubine, and Tang Er welcomed him into the house. Xun Zhen accompanied them and talked for a while. When dawn, Chen Zhi woke up and Xun Zhen brought him first. Following her to worship her ancestors, she went to the front courtyard hall. The county officials and county envoys waited for a long time. Zang Hong, Yuan Sui, Qin Song, etc., headed by Zang Hong, Yuan Sui, Qin Song, etc., went to the hall to congratulate them according to their closeness and rank.

At noon, Xun Zhen organized a banquet and gave food to the officials. In the afternoon, he went to Zhang Hong's house in person to celebrate the New Year.

The New Year's Day is a busy day.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yuan Shao raised an army in the Bohai Sea, followed by generals Yuan Shu, Mu Han Fu of Jizhou, Kong Yu, the prefect of Yuzhou, Liu Dai, the prefect of Yanzhou, Jiao He, the prefect of Qingzhou, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, Bao Xin, the captain of the cavalry, and Cao Cao, the captain of the cavalry school, all responded. At one time, the Guandong prefectures rose up, and they all used the name of asking Dong and pushing Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. Yuan Shao himself was named General of Chariots and Cavalry, and all the generals who raised the army were given official titles.

Xun Zhen, the prefect of Guangling, and Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, also raised their troops at the same time.

Yuan Shao represented Xun Zhen as General Jianwei, and Xun Zhen and Yuan Shao jointly signed on to represent Sun Jian as General.