In the early morning, there was a fog in Jujube. It was not too heavy, but it was a vast expanse of white, and 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?"

"Alliance leader, someone sent a letter last night. It is of great importance." Cao Cao's face was very 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 is quite majestic." Yuan Shao smiled when he heard this, but his smile was a bit playful. Chen Mo had cleaned up Yuan Shu at the Yangren gathering 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 would slap 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 asked, "Is there any fraud in this?"

"I don't think so. Chen Mo is still a bit stubborn in what he does." 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, but now that Dong Zhuo has moved the capital to Sili, millions of people have been displaced, so 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 in himself back then?

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

Yuan Shao nodded, thought for a while and said, "Let's call 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 the various princes to discuss the matter.

"Chen Mo?" Tao Qian frowned, looked at Zhang Chao beside him, and Zang Hong 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,

, Zeng spoke uprightly, but it’s a pity that Mr. Ciyang was still..."

Chen Mo still has some reputation in Qingxu and Qingxu. He was kidnapped by the Yellow Turbans 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 taken up his post in Xuzhou,

It is impossible to embarrass Chen Mo on this matter.

"That's right." Kong Rong stroked his beard and nodded and said with a smile: "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 traitor has moved the capital, the sky is angry and people are resenting him.

Under Dong Zhuo's command, we are unable to resist, so it is not impossible to send someone to contact us at this time to defeat Dong's 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? He just bullied 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 a few people come forward to protect Chen Mo, they naturally couldn't be more serious about this matter.

"Leader, why don't we send two troops to test the situation 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 stepped out and said that 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 came out of the queue 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 this 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 troops 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 marched straight in and captured Luoyang.

"We captured two cities without spending a single soldier. The day when Dong's thieves will be exhausted is not far away!" Qiao Mao said with some pride in the large tent in Xingyang.

No matter how they got the city, the merit must be attributed to them anyway. Otherwise, since the war began, the princes have almost never won. It is really difficult to tell the world that now they have won two cities, and they have made key progress in the fight against Dong.

This matter must be publicized well to inspire people.

"In my opinion, being able to win two cities this time is all due to Chen Mo. How about using this to declare the state of the world, which can also be regarded as rectifying Chen Mo's name!" Liu Dai nodded and said with a smile.

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

"No!" Zang Hong frowned and said, "Now Mo'er is still in the bandit camp. If we 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? He praised Chen Mo, but in the end it was the princes who strategized and had already united with Chen Mo. The previous defeats could also be said to be to confuse Dong Zhuo.

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

Cao Cao nodded and said: "What Ziyuan said is true. Besides, my good brother also said that he will try his best to find key passes and allow us to enter the pass. If he is exposed too early, I am afraid it will ruin the big thing!"

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

Although it was true that Cao Cao was older than him in terms of their age, there was always something wrong.

"Yes, Cheng Gao has not yet been defeated. It is not appropriate to publicize it at this time. Wouldn't it be better to wait until the day when we defeat Cheng Gao and then make this matter public?" Yuan Shao nodded and said: "Don't let people think that we can expel Cheng Gao.

Dong Zhuo is all the result of Chen Mo."

Qiao Mao and others saw the two alliance leaders saying this and could only nod.

Xingyang and Aocang have been captured, and Dong Zhuo's main force is restrained at Dagu Pass by Yuan Shu. This is the time to send troops. After discussion, all the princes decided to send troops to attack Chenggao early the next morning, leaving Dong Zhuo unable to do anything.

Take care of each other.

This time, Yuan Shao personally supervised the three armies. More than 100,000 troops marched towards Chenggao. Xu Rong had already received the news and prepared rolling logs and rocks to fight. The two sides fought in Chenggao for a month, but the armies of the princes were still unable to break the city.

On the contrary, many soldiers and horses were lost, and the morale that had finally been gathered was once again low.

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The words were divided into two parts, Cheng Gao's side was fighting fiercely, but Chen Mo, who was guarding Mengjin, took advantage of Dong Zhuo's enemy Yuan Shu and Luoyang was empty, secretly wrote letters to his former classmates of Taixue, and some visited them in person, which persuaded many people to come.

He came to seek refuge and was secretly sent to Hedong via Mengjin.

In addition, they also secretly transported the grain, grass and baggage stationed in Mengjin to the east of the river.

"Lord, since we have prepared the switch to welcome the princes, why not just let the princes come from Mengjin?" Dian Wei looked at the soldiers loading ships in the distance, and looked at Chen Mo with some confusion.

"First of all, Mengjin's terrain is dangerous, so they won't completely believe me." Chen Mo counted the days, looked at Dian Wei and said, "Secondly, if I let them in now, they would just take it for granted and not cherish it.

, let Xu Rong weaken their spirit first, and then I will turn it on and off, and... believe it or not, even if I open Guancheng and Dong Zhuo retreats to Guanzhong, they will not come."

"Why is this?" Dian Wei frowned.

"This time the princes sent troops, not so much to defeat Dong Zhuo, but to destroy the majesty of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo retreated to Guanzhong. For the princes, if Dong Zhuo was destroyed at this time, they would welcome back the emperor. Now they

Whether you are a governor of a state or a prefect of a county, you don't need to obey anyone. If the emperor is welcomed back to Luoyang, the princes will have no reason to separate themselves from each other, and no one is willing." Chen Mo sighed.

Dong Zhuo carried out the abolition and establishment of the emperor in accordance with the late emperor's edict. From a theoretical point of view, there is no problem. The only problem is that Dong Zhuo is not qualified, but can it be done by someone else?

Chen Mo didn't quite believe it. It seemed that Dong Zhuo had dissatisfied the princes by abolition of the throne. However, when the late emperor died, the princes from all over the country had already begun to think of independence. By the time of He Jin, many princes had already begun to

By refusing to pay taxes, Dong Zhuo only accelerated the process of separatism among the princes. They wanted to defeat Dong Zhuo, but they did not want Dong Zhuo to die prematurely, so they lost a sense of rationality in the general sense.
Chapter completed!