The next ten days or so passed not only peacefully, but also very peacefully.
The reason why there is no peace is for the alliance of princes and Dong Zhuo's army.
In the first year of Chuping, on January 15, 190 AD, Yuan Shao and all the princes jointly drafted another memorandum against thieves, and sent messengers to all parts of Shenzhou to announce the memorandum to the world. The difference from the previous appeal against thieves is that this time there are eight more words in the appeal against thieves. Which eight characters? That's right, it's the eight words on the jade seal passed down to the country: "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever." At this time, the proclamation against thieves became a genuine edict against thieves.
For a moment, the world was shocked and the people were furious!
History seems to keep repeating itself. This scene is so similar. Think about the Yellow Turban Rebellion. When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was in power, he issued an edict against the rebels and called on all the states and counties in the world to raise troops to fight against the thieves. This was He Jin's idea. At that time, this edict indeed saved the declining Han Dynasty. However, everyone knows that this is drinking poison to quench thirst. In order to defeat the Yellow Turbans, a large number of military forces sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion had its tail end. That edict not only saved the Han Dynasty, but also kicked off the separatist rule among the heroes.
Now, Yuan Shao made the same proposal to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Under the "review" of many shrewd princes, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, who was alone but eager to defeat the traitor Dong Zhuo and take back Luoyang, finally agreed to the proposal. Covered with the national jade seal. Even though Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was smart, he was still a ten-year-old boy. How could he compare to those old fritters? He didn't know yet that the imperial power of his Liu family had been scratched once again.
On January 18, 190 AD, the angry Dong Zhuo personally led an army of 100,000 to Hulao Pass. In an instant, the number of troops at Hulao Pass surged to 150,000! With a force of 150,000 men and horses, just one spit of saliva can drown many people. Occupying the favorable terrain and having a large logistics base in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo is fully capable of fighting a protracted war with the alliance of princes.
On January 20, 190 AD, Dong Zhuo ordered Li Cui, Guo Bang, Hua Xiong and other generals to lead 50,000 troops. Without issuing a letter of war, they went straight to the princes' camps and killed them in front of the princes' camps. Fortunately, the lazy princes were shocked and hurriedly raised their troops to defend against the enemy. At one time, nearly 100,000 people were killed in the plain area between Hulao Pass and Dayingzhai. The sky and the earth changed color, and the sun and moon lost light. They fought from sunrise in the morning to sunset before the two sides were unwilling to withdraw their troops. The casualties in this battle are countless.
On January 22, 190 AD, Hua Xiong led a thousand flying bear troops to take advantage of the night to take a small road and kill Yuan Shu's camp behind the princes' camp, and almost burned the food and grass of the princes' coalition. Fortunately, Liu, Guan, and Zhang led 300 white men to attack, and they lost nearly half of them before they were able to defeat Hua Xiong and a thousand flying bears. Among them, Hua Xiong had one of his arms cut off by Guan Yu and fled in embarrassment. Although this battle did not really cause any major losses, it shocked all the princes into a cold sweat. If the food and grass are burned, I am afraid that the alliance of princes will collapse. For this reason, Yuan Shao killed his relatives and severely punished Yuan Shao with twenty army sticks. But the grain inspector is still Yuan Shu. On the contrary, Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who had made great contributions, only received a reward from Yuan Shao, "Fortunately," plus some food and drinks. Even Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty wanted to draw some of the prisoners to supplement Liu Bei's personnel, but the princes opposed it. In the end, Cao Cao, who had been in the limelight recently, generously lent Liu Bei 1,000 troops. Poor Liu Bei, even though he played a clever "dividing power", he finally forgot that his own strength was too small.
On January 24, 190 AD, the angry princes exhumed the bodies of Lu Bu and Red Tuma, regardless of the objections of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. The dead men took Lu Bu's corpse to Hulao Pass and shouted. Lu Bu has always been famous, and he is like a myth among Dong Zhuo's army. When he saw Lu Bu's rotting head and body, as well as the corpse of the red rabbit horse, Dong Zhuo's army's morale dropped to a low point. Yuan Shao immediately selected eight princes and led an army of 50,000 to attack Hulao Pass. Among these eight princes were Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao. As for Liu Bei, Yuan Shao forcibly gave it to Gongsun Zan - after the rescue incident, Gongsun Zan had a grudge against Liu Bei, and due to the instigation of "careful people", Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei have rarely interacted with each other. At this time, Yuan Shao clearly wanted to kill someone with a knife. As for who is the sword and who is the killed person, it doesn't matter much. Anyway, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu just don't like them. This battle lasted from three poles above the sun to the tip of the moon, and finally gave up due to excessive casualties on both sides.
On January 25, 190 AD, nine princes in the coalition of princes were disturbed by spies in the camp. Various rumors spread in the camp. The army was panicked for a while, and the princes spent all their efforts to suppress it. Next, they started setting fires and poisoning, and various methods were used in endlessly, which made the coalition of princes unstoppable. I don’t know which evil spirit came up with these disgusting methods. But it can be seen from this that Dong Zhuo was really driven crazy by anger. First he lost the emperor, and then he lost his adopted son. He was so angry that he did everything he could.
Therefore, in the past ten days or so, it has been extremely lively. And as the price of the fun, more than 50,000 flesh and blood were minced into powder by the meat grinder of war. There are so many more broken families in the world. But those in power do not care about this. Unless the political goal is achieved, the battle will continue.
In this constant struggle and death, the pace of time came to January 30, 190 AD.
And the reason why it is said to be very quiet is for students from Dongsheng and Xishen universities. Because in more than half a month, it was very strange that neither party took action again, as if they had agreed in advance. So much so that no one on either side died in more than half a month, which cannot but be said to be a miracle. This situation is like a calm and windless lake, without a single ripple. This is in sharp contrast to the situation between the princes and Dong Zhuo's army. However, every college student clearly understands that this calmness is just a false appearance. Secretly, there are countless strategies being planned and actions being carried out secretly. Therefore, this calm will definitely not last long. Just wait for an opportunity, and a new round of competition will burst out like a volcanic eruption.
Yin Kuang seems very free these days.
As General Habayashi, his duty was to guard the safety of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. But in fact, this matter was not his turn to worry about at all. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had three hundred people in his bodyguards. These three hundred people were all selected from the elite of the Eighteenth Route Army. They were named emperors of the bodyguards. In fact, they were surveillance officers and did not listen to the orders of Yin Kuang, the lieutenant general. Although Yin Kuang was not in the mood to order them. Poor little emperor, he just got out of the tiger's den and entered the birdcage again. Of course, this is a very exquisite birdcage, so exquisite that the birds inside won't think it is a birdcage.
On the matter of dealing with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the eighteen princes reached an unprecedented and incredible tacit understanding. And Yin Kuang is sure that they are not communicating with each other. Although the fighting was fierce outside the camp, except for the initial panic when Dong Zhuo caught him off guard, inside the camp, the rest of the time was even more peaceful than in the peaceful times. Every day, they would go to court in a temporary court tent, where the king and his ministers would discuss the matter of punishing the thieves together. Almost another court was formed. The two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are almost equivalent to the "Three Dukes", and the rest are almost the "Nine Qings". Every time he went to court, General Yin Kuang, the lieutenant in the forest, would stand outside the tent. It can be seen that the little emperor enjoys the feeling of being defended by all the princes, and he is becoming more and more high-spirited. It was as if he saw the hope of the resurgence of the Han Empire and the dawn of becoming the emperor of the ages. But Yin Kuang knew very well that these princes were grabbing more and more rights from the little emperor bit by bit. These days, even though Yin Kuang doesn't know much about the regulatory positions in the Han Dynasty, he can hear that almost every one of these princes has been promoted.
"It's too tender after all."
Yin Kuang sighed like this more than once. He thought about talking to Wang Yue, but seeing Wang Yue's happy expression being praised by the princes, Yin Kuang thought about it and decided not to. This Wang Yue has been through the gate of hell for a while, but he is still not enlightened. What can Yin Kuang do? By the way, Wang Yue was given the title of "Taichang Qing" by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and Yin Kuang didn't bother to care about his specific duties. Now that the little emperor has been carried up to the clouds by the princes, he is probably nowhere to be found. Alas, he didn't even think about it. He was a little kid with no soldiers and generals. Even if he was an emperor, what would he be? And you set up this official and that official here, and when the time comes to take back Luoyang, a large group of officials will collide together to see how you end up.
It was such a mess that it really made Yin Kuang want to... kill him!
If he hadn't killed Lu Bu and disrupted Xishen's deployment, Yin Kuang really felt that this little emperor had made a wrong decision.
Of course, Yin Kuang didn't spend too much thought on these messy things. On the surface he is very idle, but secretly he is searching for prey like a poisonous snake. But the problem is that the prey seems to be very well hidden, and no abnormality can be found. So secretly Yin Kuang is actually very busy, and he is busy in vain.
It was not like he had never taken action during this period, but Xi Shen did not fight back, leaving Yin Kuang nowhere to make a move. The situation remains at a stalemate. However, the more this happened, the more alert he became.
Yin Kuang has a feeling that a storm is approaching...