As the saying goes, "Paper cannot contain fire." Rumors about the soldiers who fought in the North were circulating in Luoyang soon spread in the streets and alleys of Luoyang. Some were happy and some were panicked.

Then Yuan Shao publicly confirmed the matter. At the same time, Wang Yun, who was very popular in Luoyang, came out to call on the people of Luoyang to assist the "Prime Minister" in protecting Luoyang and fighting against the "rebel army" that kidnapped the emperor.

Originally, most ordinary people in Luoyang had no good feelings for Yuan Shao, but they missed the Northern Expedition Army that once ruled Luoyang, but Wang Yun's call made the ordinary people in Luoyang confused. What's more, Wang Yun also announced many policies that won the hearts of the people on behalf of the "Prime Minister". These people who had no good feelings for Yuan Shao were immediately divided into two parts. Some responded to Wang Yun's call, while the other part still insisted on their own attitude. Wang Yun has done a lot of things that won the hearts of the people in Luoyang over the years, such as helping Yuan Shao's bullied to coordinate with Yuan Shao's side, helping the people who were seized to get back the land, etc. These things have attracted high expectations of the people in Luoyang. It is precisely because of this that Shen Pei suggested that Yuan Shao make good use of Wang Yun.

"Mr. Situ is such a good official! It is up to him that the government has abolished the policy of forcing land to strengthen men!" In the tavern, a young man with a somewhat bookish atmosphere said with emotion. Several young men with similar temperaments were sitting at the same table.

After hearing what his companions said, two people nodded with great agreement, but one of them sneered, looking very dissatisfied.

"Brother Li, don't you agree with what I said?" the young man who spoke before asked unhappily.

The one who was called Brother Li was the young man who sneered just now. He smiled, took a sip of tea, and asked lightly: "Why did Brother Zeng think the Prime Minister obey Lord Situ's advice?"

"Of course it is because of Lord Situ's advice that benefit the country and the people!" said the young man surnamed Zeng very naturally.

"Brother Zeng actually knows the real reason, but why don't you say it clearly?" said a young man surnamed Li. Without waiting for the young man surnamed Zeng to speak, he continued: "Brother Zeng should know that the reason why the Prime Minister implemented these policies to benefit the people was just because the general's army was approaching. If the general's Northern Expedition Army retreated, what would happen? There is another question: Who is the rebellious minister or the prime minister, the general, is ordered to fight against the princes who disobey the will of heaven, I can also say that the general will attack the princes who disobey the will of heaven according to the will of the holy people!"

"Brother Li, how can you say such disobedient words? Can't you see what Lord Situ has done over the years?" The young man surnamed Zeng stood up suddenly, his face full of anger.

The young man surnamed Li smiled, "Brother Zeng, why should you be so excited? I also respect Lord Situ very much. Lord Situ is indeed a rare good official so far, but many things are not over, who can say clearly? As for whether I am disobedient, I am afraid that only the priest can make a judgment! Brother Zeng, now whether it is the prime minister or the general, they are talking to themselves. Who is loyal and who is against him, and who can say clearly?"

The young man surnamed Zeng said angrily: "If you are so suspicious and violent, will the world be in chaos!"

The young man surnamed Li thought to himself: When today is not messy enough, he smiled and didn't say anything. At this time, the other two companions quickly got up to dissuade him.

The atmosphere was already awkward, and the four of them drank a moment after drinking tea and then dispersed.

...

Zhuque Street is a place where gentry and bureaucrats live together. The pavilions and towers on both sides of the street are lined up, magnificent and luxurious. Today, the atmosphere here seems very tense and depressing.

The Hedong Wei family has a gorgeous house on Zhuque Street. This alone shows that the Hedong Wei family's identity is unusual among the gentry.

In the courtyard, the servants and maids walked quickly with their heads down, looking hurried. In the hall, Wei Zhongdao was discussing affairs with his uncle and guard of his clan. Wei Zhongdao was still the handsome and handsome young man with a graceful look, but there was a bit of vicissitudes and sinisterness between his eyebrows. He stayed in Luoyang for many years, and his uncle and guard of his clan took care of the Wei family's business in Luoyang, and communicated with the relationship with the major gentry and Yuan Shaofang.

"I don't know what's going on in Hedong," Wei Zhong said...

Very anxious.

Wei Le frowned and said, "The Northern Army marched south in a large scale, and I am afraid of the situation in Hedong..."

"By the way, the king of the clan, Yuan Shao sent someone to ask us to invest in organizing the civilian army to help resist the northern army. What do you think of the king of the clan?" Wei Le asked after thinking about what happened.

Wei Zhongdao's face turned gloomy and he said in a deep voice: "We fully support Yuan Shao! Take out all our savings in Luoyang to organize the civilian army!"

Wei Le was surprised, "My nephew, should you first look at the actions of other families and then make a decision?"

"No need! Our family property power in Hedong must have been completely finished. If Luoyang is occupied by the Northern Expedition Army again, our Wei family will be completely finished! What's more, under the current situation, if we refuse, Yuan Shao will really not touch us, and we have no choice at all!"

Wei nodded. He felt that Wei Zhongdao’s words were very reasonable. He sighed and said with emotion: “Our families seem to be glorious, but in fact, they are afraid that they are more difficult than ordinary people in troubled times!”

Other aristocratic families also discussed the current situation like the Wei family, and most aristocratic families made the same decision as the Wei family. Chen Chu mercilessly suppressed the gentry forces under his jurisdiction, so that these gentry members who wanted to be selfish but were high-sounding, stood on the united front.

In the following days, the palaces of the major gentry were crowded with people who applied for the envoy, most of whom were gangsters and refugees who fled from other places.

Yuan Shao did not immediately take any action for those families that did not respond to the call.

...

The battle flag rolled the wind and clouds, the iron hooves triggered thunder, and the magnificent army of the Northern Expedition marched towards Luoyang in three directions.

Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, the Eastern Army broke through Guandu in one fell swoop, and then approached Sishui Pass without stopping. At this moment, 70,000 troops were stationed at Sishui Pass. The leading generals were Yan Liang, and Chunyu Qiong, Han Meng and Lu Weiguang who escaped from Guandu. These three people fled to Sishui Pass nakedly, and their men and horses were completely thrown away in Guandu.

Nearly 200,000 troops suppressed Sishui Pass, just like a surging flood, and Sishui Pass was the embankment.

The Zhengbei Army began to attack the city after a little repair. The landslide and tsunami offensive surprised Yan Liang from the beginning. On the first day, the Zhengbei Army attacked the city of Sishui Pass several times to fight with the defenders. Such a powerful impact was something Yan Liang never dreamed of. However, the Zhengbei Army who rushed to the city did not tear open the defense line of Yuan Shao's army. Under the counterattack of Yuan Shao's superior forces, the Zhengbei Army was repelled! Although Zhang Liao felt quite regretful about this, he was not surprised. After all, Yuan Shao's army was not made of paper, and Sishui Pass was even more famous as the world's dangerous pass.

In the following days, the Northern Army continued to attack Sishui Pass, and the offensive and defensive battles were extremely fierce.

The Western Route Army consisted of 30,000 Iron Cavalry of the Canglang Camp and 50,000 elite troops of the Second Army. The leading general was Lu Bu and deputy general Zang Ba. The 80,000 army almost left Hangu Pass when the Zhangliao army raided Chenliu Qiao County. Then it swept across Hongnong, and captured all counties west of Luoyang in two days, and annihilated more than 10,000 troops that Yuan Shao had no time to escape. Then, the army was divided into two parts, one was 50,000 elite troops of the Second Army led by Zang Ba to continue to march into Luoyang, and the other was 30,000 elite troops of the Canglang Camp, led by Lu Bu himself and turned south to Luoshui.

The Northern Route Army was composed of the Fifth Army and the Hun cavalry, with a total of 170,000 people, led by Chen Chu himself, accompanied by Zhang Fei, Pang De, Dian Wei, Fan Chou, Li Jue and Qiang Qu. The accompanying military advisors were Chen Gong, Zhou Yu, Tian Feng, Lu Su, and Sima Fang who stayed in Bingzhou, were responsible for coordinating all aspects and transporting food and grass materials.

In addition, there are two people who must be mentioned among the people who accompany him. They are Zhang Rui and Sun Ren. Since Zhang Rui went to war with Chen Chu last time, she has been eager to wait for the second chance. Now that the opportunity has come, how can she not pester Chen Chu and Sun Ren seem to be fighting against Zhang Rui? When she saw Zhang Rui constantly demanding to fight with the army, she also pestered Chen Chu. Sun Ren is usually a wild leopard girl, but suddenly acts coquettish and is not charming...

It was so stumbled by Sun Ren that Chen Chu finally agreed to Sun Ren's request in a daze. For this reason, Chen Chu's thighs were often tossed by Zhang Rui's jealous jar, leaving several beautiful bows. Of course, Chen Chu also left a shallow tooth mark on Zhang Rui's buttocks.

Chen Chu led an army of 170,000 to sweep across Hedong and Henoi in just two days, leaving 5,000 soldiers each, and then led the army to continue southward to the Yellow River.

When Chen Chu arrived in Hedong, a small episode happened. When the army of Zhengbei entered Hedong, a group of people who seemed to have a lot of identity were taking their family and preparing to escape from the city. They found that their Zhengbei Army took down this group of sneaky people and took them to Chen Chu's horse. After asking, Chen Chu was surprised to find that these people were all Wei Zhongdao's family members, one of the middle-aged people with Taoist bones and fairy style was Wei Zhongdao's father Wei Ji.

After Wei Ji learned about Chen Chu's identity, he almost fainted because everyone in the world knew that Chen Chu and Wei Zhongdao were unfair love rivals. Wei Zhongdao did not say anything about the intention of making things difficult for Chen Chu at the Luoyang Poetry Conference. In recent years, Wei Zhongdao has also attacked Chen Chu in the scholars' circles. A considerable number of the gorgeous articles circulating all over the world attacked Chen Chu were from Wei Zhongdao's hands.
Chapter completed!