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Chapter 191 The position of the leader

After Cao Cao issued the edict, heroes from all walks of life came to serve. In addition to the three brothers Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, and Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan of the Xiahou family, there were also the Wei people who were in charge of Le Wenqian and Julu Li Dian and Li Mancheng from Julu who came to serve.

Cao Cao raised 60,000 troops as the initiator of the forgery of the imperial edict, and was naturally the first to come to the Sour Zao to wait for the princes to come to join the alliance.

At this time, all the princes had arrived. In addition, Cao Cao had 18 towns to attack Dong, and the total number of troops of the princes was 700,000. After the alliance, the princes allied forces announced to the outside world that they would gather millions of troops to fight against the traitor Dong Zhuo. The coalition of the coalition of the Dong army was very powerful and had no one at the moment.

When Changsha prefect Sun Jian came to the alliance, he passed by Jingzhou. The Jingzhou envoy Wang Rui originally intended to raise an army to come to the alliance. When Wang Rui learned that Sun Jian was coming to Jingzhou and was preparing to go to the alliance, he even asked Wang Rui to fund his food and grass. Wang Rui and Sun Jian had personal grudges. Now, although everyone is standing on the ground and preparing to go to the alliance with him to eliminate the thieves, Wang Rui is still unwilling to fund Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian learned that Wang Rui was unwilling to support him, he was furious and led his troops into Wang Rui's home and killed Wang Rui directly.

When Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, learned that Sun Jian had killed Wang Rui, he not only did not blame Sun Jian, but also took out a large amount of money and grain to support Sun Jian to go to the Sour Jujube Alliance.

After Liu Biao was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou, he came to Jingzhou alone to work. However, when Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he found that Jingzhou had been controlled by several local families, and the imperial envoy Wang Rui was a guru supported by several major families. Although he was the governor of Jingzhou appointed by the court and his official position was even more than Wang Rui's imperial envoy, what made Liu Biao helpless was that Jingzhou's military and political power basically controlled the hands of the great families of Jingzhou, while Wang Rui controlled half of the troops in Jingzhou.

Since taking office, Liu Biao has wanted to get back Jingzhou Daquan from Wang Rui, but Liu Biao has only one person and has no way to take over the military power in Wang Rui's hands. But now, Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, so that Liu Biao can take advantage of this opportunity to take over Wang Rui's subordinates legitimately. So Liu Biao not only did not blame Sun Jian for Sun Jian's killing Wang Rui, but also took out a large sum of food and grass to help Sun Jian go to the Sour Jujube Alliance to attack Dong Zhuo. However, although Liu Biao supported Sun Jian, the matter was only carried out in secret. After all, Liu Biao was not stupid enough to put the matter openly. If Liu Biao did this, it would definitely attract the backlash of the Jingzhou family. Liu showed that he had just controlled Wang Rui's subordinates, and now it was an important moment to appease the Jingzhou family, so Liu Biao could only send someone to secretly give the food and grass to Sun Jian.

In the Sour Jujube Camp, Cao Cao stood in front of everyone and bowed and said, "Meng De thanks you here for coming to the alliance to participate in the great righteousness. Today's alliance is mainly about discussing how to deal with the traitor Dong Zhuo."

Cao Cao paused and said, "Since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he has been arrogant and domineering, and has used his so-called "Last Emperor" to be deposed and established. The "Last Emperor" order that Dong Zhuo brought out was considered fake by Lord Ding Yuan and tore up on the spot. However, Dong Zhuo still insisted on demoting His Majesty to the Shao Emperor. This time, we not only want to attack the traitor Dong Zhuo, but also help the Shao Emperor restore the throne to correct the orthodox Han Dynasty."

"Meng De is right. We must assist the young emperor in restoration to correct our orthodox Han Dynasty." Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, said in agreement.

"Brother Wen Ju is right. Shao Emperor Liu Bian is the eldest son of the late emperor. It is natural for the Shao Emperor to succeed to the throne. Dong Zhuo is a thief and ambition of the young emperor. Destroy Shao Emperor and make King Chenliu the emperor. This is to disrupt the orthodox and foundation of our Han Dynasty. As a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, we must remove Dong Zhuo, the thief of our Han Dynasty. We cannot let Dong Zhuo ruin the foundation of our Han Dynasty for four hundred years." Tao Qian said excitedly.

"You are right. Now we have to assist the young emperor in an alliance to ascend the throne again. But as the saying goes, "Snake has no head and cannot do it. If no one leads us, we will be like a pile of sand. According to my opinion, we should choose a respected person. As the leader of our coalition, we all obey the orders of the leader. In this way, great things will be accomplished." Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, said to everyone.

"What Boye said is, no one can choose you all?" Cao Cao heard Yuan Yi say that he wanted to choose the leader of the alliance and said helpingly.

"Everyone, I have a saying below: The Yuan family has four generations and three disciples, and their disciples have established themselves all over the world, and the voice of virtue spreads all over the world. I mean, I want to ask Benchu ​​to take the position of leader of the alliance." Qiao Mao knew that among the people present, each of them brought more troops than him, so it was better to take this opportunity to sell Yuan Shao a favor and recommend Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. In this way, he could have some involvement with Yuan Shao. In the next battle, at least he would have to suffer too many soldiers and injured. These ten thousand soldiers were Qiao Mao's own capital. Naturally, he had to find a way to keep some strength, and selling favors to Yuan Shao is the best way at present.

After Qiao Mao made his statement, everyone also revealed the candidates for the league leader in their hearts. Among them, Yuan Yi, Han Fu, Bao Xin, Qiao Mao, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian and others supported Yuan Shao as the league leader, while Kong Yi, Liu Dai, Wang Kuang, Zhang Chao, Zhang Yang and others supported Yuan Shu as the league leader. As for Kong Rong, Tao Qian, Zhang Miao and others recommended Cao Cao, who initiated the edict, to be the league leader.

Everyone quarreled for the people they supported, and the entire Allied tent was like a vegetable market, making noise, and the princes all over the world were even more quarreling.

Seeing that everyone had arguing about the position of the leader of the alliance, Cao Cao couldn't help but think: "If Xiaoyao is here, the position of the leader of the alliance will definitely be his. If Xiaoyao is the leader of the alliance, he will definitely lead the Allies to successfully attack Dong Zhuo, alas..."

That's right, Cao Cao thought that the person who was most suitable to serve as the leader of the alliance was Lu Feng, but after he issued the forgery, Lu Feng did not lead people to the alliance. Cao Cao really couldn't understand why Lu Feng did not lead troops to the alliance. It was not a matter of one or two days for Dong Zhuo to disrupt the court, and Lu Feng was the person who was most afraid of Dong Zhuo. Could it be that Lu Feng couldn't bear to wave a butcher knife at Dong Zhuo because of his good friend?

Dong Zhuo controlled the government as a fact. As the son-in-law of the late emperor, Lu Feng ignored the matter and let Dong Zhuo control the government as he was arrogant and domineering in the court. Cao Cao knew that Lu Feng was a person who valued love and righteousness. Did Lu Feng really ignore the world of the Han Dynasty for his friendship with Dong Zhuo? Cao Cao really couldn't figure it out or understand it.

After a few arguments, everyone chose Yuan Shao as the leader. Yuan Shu, who was not selected, looked at Yuan Shao with an unhappy look on his face.
Chapter completed!
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