The Nameless of the Common Clans

In the early morning, there was a fog in Jujube. It was not too heavy, but it was a vast expanse of white. It was hazy and unclear in places that were too far away.

Yuan Shao was hungover last night. When Cao Cao came to see him, he still had a splitting headache. He put his hand on his forehead and looked at Cao Cao with a speechless face: "Why is Meng De so early today?"

"Leader, someone sent a letter last night. It is of great importance." Cao Cao's face was serious.

Yuan Shao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He didn't know since when, the relationship between Cao Cao and him seemed to have become a lot more distant, and they were no longer as close as before.

"Who sent it? Meng De paid so much attention to it." After dispelling the discomfort in his heart, Yuan Shao knelt down and asked while holding his forehead.

"Chen Mo." Cao Cao took out the bamboo slips from his arms and handed them to Yuan Shaodao.

"He's quite majestic." Yuan Shao smiled when he heard this, but his smile was a bit playful. Chen Mo had cleaned up Yuan Shu at Yang Renju some time ago. When the news came here, Yuan Shao was actually quite happy. Of course, you can't say that on the face. No matter what, Chen Mo still slapped his Yuan family in the face.

"Alliance leader, please read it first before talking." Cao Cao raised his head and signaled.

Yuan Shao nodded, looked at the bamboo slips, his brows gradually furrowed, and then he looked at Cao Cao and said, "Is there any fraud in this?"

"I don't think so. Chen Mo is still a bit stubborn in his work." Cao Cao shook his head and said: "No matter whether the leader hates him or not, from the beginning to now, what Chen Mo has done has been for the Han and the people. I think the road is different. Now that Dong Zhuo has moved the capital to Sili, millions of people have been displaced. He must have been disappointed. "

Yuan Shao nodded, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart. Back in Luoyang, Chen Mo had always advised him to drive Dong Zhuo out first. If he had listened to Chen Mo's plan at that time, maybe the situation would be different today. In this way, Was he also disappointed with himself back then?

"After all, he is still young and quite talented. It is normal to be conceited. Now that he knows his mistakes and can correct them, it is also a good thing." Cao Cao said with a smile.

Yuan Shao nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Let's convene the princes to discuss. If it is true as Chen Mo said, Dong Zhuo abandons Xingyang and Aocang, and it would be a good thing for our army to take advantage of the situation and attack."

Cao Cao nodded, and the two of them immediately sent people to notify various princes to discuss the matter.

"Chen Mo?" Tao Qian frowned, looked at Zhang Chao and Zang Hong beside him and said: "Although this son is under Dong Zhuo's command, he has not heard of any evil deeds. On the contrary, when Dong Zhuo questioned Duke Ci Yang, , He once spoke uprightly, but it’s a pity that Mr. Ciyang still..."

Chen Mo still has some reputation in Qingxu and Qingxu. He was kidnapped by the Yellow Turban when he was young, but he refused to join the thieves. He battled wits and courage with the Yellow Turban thieves in the rebel army, and finally successfully cooperated with Zhang Chao, who was the magistrate of Quyang County at the time, to defeat the thieves. This has become a good story in Xuzhou. Later, he became a disciple of Zang Hong and became quite famous in Qingzhou.

Of course, these things were originally nothing, and it was only in the past two years that these deeds were spread. Not to mention that Zang Hong and Zhang Chao were here. It was just for the sake of the Chen family. Tao Qian, who had just arrived in Xuzhou, took office. It is impossible to embarrass Chen Mo on this matter.

"That's right." Kong Rong stroked his beard and nodded and smiled: "Looking at what this son has done in the past two years, it is not so much that he has defected to Dong Zhuo, but rather that he has been trying his best to maintain the dignity of the court. Now that Dong's thief has moved the capital, the sky is angry and people are resenting him. Under Dong Zhuo's command, we are unable to resist. It is not impossible to send someone to contact us at this time to defeat the Dong thieves together. "

Zhang Chao nodded and said with a smile: "I think this letter is probably true. When Chen Mo was at Yique Pass, Yique Pass was as stable as Mount Tai. Now that he has left, Dagu Pass has been broken. If you say that this matter has nothing to do with him, I don't believe it."

Zang Hong didn't say anything, just stroking his chin and wondering when did this kid become so powerful? It’s just a matter of bullying the Yellow Turban thief. Now even Yuan Shu has suffered such a big loss at the hands of Chen Mo. Yes, he is my disciple!

In this situation, as a teacher, he was not suitable to talk too much and could only listen quietly.

However, Tao Qian, Kong Rong, and Zhang Chao strongly recommended him. As for Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, and Gongsun Zan, they didn't know Chen Mo well. Seeing several people come forward to protect Chen Mo, they naturally couldn't be more serious about this matter.

"Alliance leader, why not send two troops to test first? If it is true as Chen Mo said, we can take the opportunity to occupy the two cities. Even if there is fraud, our losses will not be big." Bao Xin saluted Yuan Shao.

"That's what I meant." Yuan Shao nodded, then looked at the crowd and said, "Who is willing to go?"

"Since the last general proposed it, the last general is willing to lead his troops to Aocang!" Seeing no one responded, Bao Xin immediately came out. He had been in contact with Chen Mo for a period of time and still had some trust in Chen Mo.

"Since Chen Mo is my disciple, I will come to Xingyang for a visit." Zang Hong stepped out and smiled at Yuan Shao.

"Ziyuan, you are the leader of the alliance, how can you move lightly!?" Yuan Shao frowned when he saw Zang Hong coming out of the queue.

"Because he is the leader of the alliance, if my disciples frame the princes this time, how can Hong have the face to live in the world?" Zang Hong smiled and said: "Moreover, Zang believes that Chen Mo is definitely not such a vicious person."

"That's fine. If it's true as what Chen Mo said in his letter, you two only need to occupy the city and send someone to inform us!" Yuan Shao nodded immediately.

Zang Hong was the hero of Guangling and had no military power. Zhang Chao directly divided his five thousand soldiers and horses into two thousand with Zang Hong. After Zang Hong left the camp, he and Bao Xin found a place to cross the river.

The next day, the two sent back messages one after another. As Chen Mo said, Aocang and Xingyang were already empty cities. Yuan Shao immediately moved his troops to Xingyang. Once these two cities were captured, Chenggao would become an isolated city. He only needed to capture Chenggao. But he drove straight in and captured Luoyang.

"We have captured two cities without spending a single soldier. The day when Dong the thief will be defeated is not far away!" Qiao Mao said with some pride in the big tent in Xingyang.

No matter how the city was obtained, the achievement should be attributed to them. Otherwise, since the war began, the princes have hardly won, and it is really difficult to tell the world. Now that two cities have been obtained, the event of defeating Dong has made key progress. This matter must be publicized to boost people's hearts.

"In my opinion, the two cities were obtained this time. It is all Chen Mo's credit. Why not announce it to the world, which can also be regarded as a vindication for Chen Mo!" Liu Dai nodded and smiled.

Although the reputation belongs to Chen Mo, if this matter is publicized, it means that the princes and Chen Mo have already planned it.

"No!" Zang Hong frowned and said, "Now Mo'er is still in the bandit camp. If you publicize it like this, where will you put Mo'er?"

Having worked with this group of people for a long time, how could Zang Hong not know what they were thinking? Chen Mo was promoted, but in the end it was the princes who were strategizing and had already joined forces with Chen Mo. The previous defeats could be said to be to confuse Dong Zhuo.

But has no one thought about Chen Mo's situation?

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Ziyuan is right. Besides, my brother also said that he would try his best to find a key pass to help us enter the pass. If it is exposed too early, it may ruin the big thing!"

Zang Hong nodded, feeling strange in his heart. Cao Cao called his disciple his brother, and then called him brother?

Although it was true in terms of age, Cao Cao was older than him, but it always felt a little wrong.

"Yes, Chenggao has not been broken, so it is not appropriate to publicize it at this time. When we break Chenggao, we will make it public. Isn't it better?" Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Don't let people think that we can expel Dong Zhuo because of Chen Mo."

Qiao Mao and others saw that the two leaders said so, so they could only nod.

Xingyang and Aocang had been taken, and Dong Zhuo's main force was pinned down by Yuan Shu at Dagu Pass. It was time to send troops. The princes discussed and decided to attack Chenggao the next morning, so that Dong Zhuo could not take care of both ends.

This time, Yuan Shao personally led the three armies, and more than 100,000 troops marched towards Chenggao. Xu Rong had already received the news and prepared rolling logs and stones to fight. The two sides fought in Chenggao for a month, but the princes' army was still unable to break the city. Instead, they lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and the morale that had been gathered with great difficulty became low again.

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On the other hand, the battle in Chenggao was in full swing, but Chen Mo, who was guarding Mengjin, took advantage of the fact that Dong Zhuo was fighting Yuan Shu in the south and Luoyang was empty, and secretly wrote letters to his former classmates at the Imperial College. Some of them visited him in person, and persuaded many people to come and surrender, and secretly sent them to Hedong through Mengjin.

In addition, the grain and baggage stored in Mengjin were secretly transported to Hedong.

"My Lord, since we are ready to open the gate to welcome the princes, why don't we let them come directly from Mengjin?" Dian Wei looked at the soldiers loading the ship in the distance, and looked at Chen Mo with some doubts.

"First, Mengjin is in a dangerous terrain, and they won't completely trust me." Chen Mo calculated the days and looked at Dian Wei and said, "Second, if I open the gate and let them in at this time, they will only take it for granted and will not cherish it. Let Xu Rong dampen their spirit first, and then I will open the gate. And... Believe it or not, even if I open the gate, they will not come before Dong Zhuo retreats to Guanzhong."

"Why is that?" Dian Wei frowned.

"This time, the princes sent out troops, not to fight Dong Zhuo, but to destroy the dignity of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo retreated to Guanzhong. For the princes, if they destroyed Dong Zhuo at this time, they would have to welcome back the emperor. Now they are either governors of a state or governors of a county, and they don't need to listen to anyone. If the emperor is welcomed back to Luoyang, the princes will have no reason to secede, and no one wants it." Chen Mo sighed.

Dong Zhuo followed the will of the previous emperor and carried out the matter of abolishing and enthroning. In theory, there is no problem. The only problem is that Dong Zhuo is not qualified, but can someone else do it?

Chen Mo doesn't quite believe it. It seems that Dong Zhuo's arbitrary abolition and enthronement has aroused the dissatisfaction of the princes, but among them, I am afraid that when the previous emperor died, the princes in various places had already begun to have the idea of ​​self-reliance. During the time of He Jin, many princes had already begun to resist paying taxes. Dong Zhuo just accelerated the process of the princes' separatism. They want to defeat Dong Zhuo, but they don't want Dong Zhuo to end too early, so they lack a rationality in the righteousness.

Of course, it is impossible for everyone to think this way, but Chen Mo is sure that most people have this idea now.