Zhu Jun was a famous general in the late Han Dynasty.
In the seventh year of Guanghe's reign, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. The imperial court appointed Zhu Jun as the Youzhonglang General, who held integrity and went on an expedition together with Huangfu Song.
In the battle to break the Yellow Turban, he achieved great victory and credit.
After that, they shocked Hebei and beat up the Black Mountain bandits Zhang Yan and others.
Has a great reputation.
When Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, he wanted to appoint Zhu Jun as deputy prime minister, hoping to use Zhu Jun's reputation to stabilize the situation as quickly as possible.
However, Zhu Jun did not agree.
Later, Zhu Jun took the opportunity to escape and went to Jingzhou, where he gathered troops and horses.
He did not follow Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, but after accumulating a certain amount of strength, he led his troops from Jingzhou and went all the way to Luoyang.
After arriving in Luoyang, Zhu Jun clearly understood what Luoyang, which used to be extremely prosperous in the past, had become like now.
It can only be described as dilapidated.
In the entire vast area of Luoyang, there were not many people to see.
Most of the people who lived in Luoyang and around Luoyang were moved to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo. The rest were killed when the capital was moved, and some escaped.
Zhu Jun's original idea was to lead his troops to Luoyang, occupy Luoyang, and then continue to do other things to accumulate strength and attack Dong Zhuo.
In any case, Luoyang was the former capital, and occupying it would be of great benefit in planning to deal with Dong Zhuo.
But he underestimated the extent of Luoyang's destruction.
The most important thing is that there are not many people in the vast Luoyang area.
This is a fatal problem.
So after some consideration, Zhu Jun could only lead his troops and horses all the way east, retreating to Zhongmu County to station troops.
It was Zhongmu County where Chen Gong was the county magistrate and Li Jin was the county magistrate.
Although this place had experienced the destruction of wars before, especially when Yuan Shao summoned all the troops to attack Dong Zhuo, the damage was the greatest, but it could still manage to garrison troops.
When he was in Luoyang before, Zhu Jun had never thought of heading west from Luoyang to find a suitable place to station troops.
However, the soldiers and horses stationed there in Mianchi made him hesitate.
Dong Zhuo had more than 10,000 elite soldiers stationed there.
Moreover, those soldiers and horses were part of the elite of the pig-killing uncle.
The men leading the troops were Xu Huang and Li Jin.
For Zhu Jun, Xu Huang and Li Jin are all young people.
Of course, not only Xu Huang and Li Jin, but the pig-killing uncle was also a complete youngster to Zhu Jun.
It's just that Liu Cheng, a young boy with a great reputation and outstanding achievements, made Zhu Jun not dare to have the slightest contempt.
I even feel a lot of pressure.
So after some thought, he did not choose to advance westward, but retreated eastward to Zhongmou.
In this way, we can distance ourselves from Mianchi, get closer to the people in Kanto, and gain their support easily.
After arriving in Zhongmou, Zhu Jun took the advice of his subordinates to join the army and quickly set up a banner to challenge Dong.
He also spread the word to the world and called on all people in the world to send troops to attack Dong.
At the same time, they also sent personnel to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Liu Biao, Tao Qian, Liu Dai, Liu Yao, Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao, Kong Rong and many other places to lobby, asking these people to put the overall situation first and send troops together. Attack Dong Zhuo together and restore peace to the Han Dynasty.
Zhu Jun still had some confidence in his move.
After all, although Zhu Jun's reputation is far less than that of the Yuan family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes, he still has a lot.
Otherwise, when Dong Zhuo captured Luoyang, he would not have thought of making himself the deputy prime minister and wanted to use his reputation.
Moreover, his move directly launched the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty.
In his opinion, the Han Dynasty still has great influence. In any case, after setting up such a big banner, these people who he sent envoys to meet with did not want to take action, and they did not want to bleed. Some.
After all, righteousness lies here.
However, these people soon taught Zhu Jun a lesson and told him that times have changed.
When Yuan Shao called on the world before, so many people responded, not only because of his status as the fourth generation and the third prince, but also because he took the lead in destroying the eunuchs.
Became popular in the world.
At that time, the cohesion of the Han Dynasty was still there, and many people were extremely dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo for stealing a high position all of a sudden, so they shared the same hatred.
But now, more than a year later, things have changed a lot.
Not to mention the rest, the cohesion of the Han Dynasty alone has fallen off a cliff.
More than a year of anarchy has caused great changes in the hearts of many people with troops and authority, and their ambitions are growing like weeds.
In the past, people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty died in a wave and suffered a lot. Now, many of them have other ideas and want to compete in this era.
After the envoys sent out by Zhu Jun expressed their intention to come, some of them did not even see the person in charge of the other party and were left alone.
Some people praised and affirmed Zhu Jun's behavior, but did not say anything about helping.
Some people, after some affirmation, promised to help Zhu Junxing in such a righteous act.
But most of them are just words. Very few actually take action. Those who do take action only do a small amount of things.
When this kind of news was conveyed, Zhu Jun immediately felt filled with anger. He felt that people's hearts were not as old as they used to be. These people all said nice things, but they were all people with ulterior motives.
It wouldn't be a loss if they were hacked to death one by one with a knife.
Some of his subordinates, after seeing such a scene, spoke out to dissuade Zhu Jun and said not to let Zhu Jun do this.
The world has become like this, and no one is willing to contribute to the revival of the Han Dynasty.
In this case, it is better to choose to live a more relaxed life.
When he said such words, he was immediately scolded by Zhu Jun.
He said seriously: "It is because the Han Dynasty has become what it is now, that someone needs to stand up and do this.
If everyone chooses not to do it because things are difficult, then wouldn’t the Han Dynasty really be in ruins?
Even if no one responds and I am the only one to do this, I will still oppose Dong Zhuo and revive the Han Dynasty.
Don't mention this again from now on.
If you feel that this matter cannot be done, you can leave on your own and I will act on my own!"
After hearing what Zhu Jun said, he stopped urging him to join the army.
He bowed respectfully to Zhu Jun and said with emotion: "If everyone in the world is like Duke Zhu, why worry about the Han Dynasty not being able to revive?"
Zhu Jun held the sword in his hand and said: "Wait slowly, I don't believe that such a big man is a wolf-hearted, disloyal and unjust person!
There will always be people who will support us and attack Dong Zhuo.
What is wrong is wrong and can never be right.
For a ruthless person like Dong Zhuo, we must attack him and not be weak to him."
The people under his command were infected by Zhu Jun's aura, and their hearts suddenly felt heroic.
But I don't have much hope that someone will actually help in this situation.
After all, the current situation is really different from before.
Attacking Dong Zhuo is too difficult...
Here in Xuzhou, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, after understanding the purpose of the envoy sent by Zhu Jun, immediately received Tao Qian's envoy in person.
"Go back and tell Duke Zhu that it is only right to attack Dong Zhuo and revive the Han Dynasty. Since Duke Zhu has such ambitions, I, Tao Qian, must help!"
Tao Qian looked at Zhu Jun's envoy and said in a serious tone.
Looking at Tao Qian's appearance and listening to Tao Qian's words, Zhu Jun's envoy seemed a little stunned for a moment.
To be honest, he didn't really have much hope for Xuzhou and his party.
After all, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian and Tao Gongzu had a notoriously weird temper.
When Yuan Shao called on the world to jointly attack Dong Zhuo, Tao Qian was simply too lazy to move.
They just came forward to organize a similar alliance to protest against Dong, and spread some rumors there without any actual actions. They just played their own game there.
From beginning to end, not a single soldier was dispatched.
That was the way it was then, let alone now.
Nowadays, many people do not support their lords and sneer at their actions.
According to Tao Qian's previous performance, he is really not optimistic about this trip.
If his lord hadn't given him a death order and told him to come, he really wouldn't want to come to Tao Qian's place.
But he didn't expect to hear such words from Tao Qian unexpectedly.
However, he quickly calmed down and suspected that Tao Qian, like some people, was talking about people's words but not doing things.
Tao Qian seemed to have read this man's thoughts and looked at him and said, "Are you surprised that I agreed so quickly? Do you think I shouldn't do this?"
The messenger heard this and nodded subconsciously.
Then I remembered that it was inappropriate to do this, and quickly shook my head in denial.
Tao Qian was not angry, but instead smiled and said: "The reason why I stood still before was because Yuan Shao was not someone who could accomplish anything.
This person is too selfish. He seems to be very decisive in doing things, but in fact he is most indecisive.
I don't want the power in my hands to be wasted in the hands of such a person.
This is such a pity.
The forces loyal to the Han Dynasty will also be quickly consumed.
At this time, Duke Zhu raised the flag of rebellion to attack Dong Zhuo, and I would help him no matter what.
Unlike Yuan Shao, Duke Zhu really wanted to beg the Dong thief and revive the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, Zhu Gong is also very capable and is a good soldier.
I conserve my strength in order to wait for the real crusader against Dong to appear.
Now that Duke Zhu has raised the flag of rebellion, how can I, Tao Qian, not express my feelings?"
Hearing Tao Qian's heartfelt words, the envoy sent by Zhu Jun bowed respectfully to Tao Qian and was extremely moved.
"If all the people in the world are like Tao Gong and Zhu Gong, why worry about the Dong thief not being eliminated and the Han Dynasty not being revived?"
Tao Qian shook his head and said: "This matter is not easy to do. Thief Dong has become powerful and it will not be easy to deal with him.
I have some news, I don’t know if Duke Zhu knows about it.
First, Dong Zhuo is preparing to send troops to Liangzhou. Han Sui, Ma Teng and others in Liangzhou will not sit still and wait for death. I am afraid that it will not take long before a war begins there.
The second reason is that because of rumors in Chang'an City, the emperor personally killed Liu Cheng, and Dong Zhuo took away the military power of Liu Cheng's traitor.
I don’t know whether this is true or not, so it needs to be considered carefully.
Taking these two pieces of information as a reference, if you grasp them well, you should have unexpected gains..."
After some discussion, the envoy sent by Zhu Jun to Xuzhou left.
When leaving, he took five thousand shi of food with him.
This is Tao Qian's first step to support Zhu Jun, and it is also the best way to express his attitude and sincerity...
Xuzhou is still very wealthy, mainly because the previous battles did not involve Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is relatively stable.
Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, during these times, was not paddling all the time, but took the opportunity to recuperate and send his men to farm.
There is not a lot of food, grass, money and other things in hand.
"My lord, do you really want to support the right cavalry general?"
After Zhu Jun's envoy left, counselor Chen Gui came to see Tao Qian.
Tao Qian nodded and said: "I must support him. Zhu Jun is different from Yuan Shao and others. He is a real person who does things.
He stands up and raises the flag of rebellion and must be supported.
Otherwise, I'm afraid no one will dare to raise the flag of righteousness against Dong Zhuo in the future.
It is even more difficult to revive the Han Dynasty."
Chen Gui nodded, and then said: "Master, do you think this matter has a high chance of success?"
Tao Qian shook his head: "I don't know, I'm not sure.
The main reason is that I don't know if the pig-killing uncle was really deprived of his military power.
If the two really fall out, there is a big chance this time.
But I’m afraid that the two of them are acting for people to watch..."
Chen Gui sighed when he heard this and said: "People's hearts are separated from each other. At this time, many things cannot be distinguished between true and false, and no one will easily speak out the true thoughts in his heart.
This matter requires some caution.
The subordinates agree with the lord's idea. It is indeed necessary to start a war with Dong Zhuo at this time.
The most important thing was not to defeat Dong Zhuo, but to welcome the emperor out and free him from the control of Dong Zhuo's thieves.
The role of the emperor is too great. If you support the emperor, you have great righteousness, and you are naturally higher than ordinary people.
I heard that Yuan Shao is currently planning to make Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, the emperor, out of this consideration..."
Tao Qian nodded, and then said: "At this time, we can no longer tolerate it, otherwise, later on, we are most afraid that the gap will become wider and wider.
I will personally contact Kong Beihai, the Prime Minister of Jibei, Liu Yanzhou and others, and invite them to work together to help Zhu Jun succeed.
If we fail this time, it will be difficult to eradicate Dong Zhuo later on."
Chen Gui nodded to express his agreement with Tao Qian's words.
The two of them talked about some things here again and then took action separately.
After Chen Gui left, Tao Qian sat here and thought for a while, then picked up his pen and started writing a letter.
What is strange is that this first letter was not written to Beihai Kong Rong, nor to Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, but to Pingyuan County Magistrate Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.
As soon as he wrote the envelope, he asked someone to take the letter and went to Pingyuan County to give it to his niece-in-law Liu Xuande.
After the messenger left, Tao Qian wrote and murmured: "If jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool.
You look like a piece of rough jade, but your background is too low. You need to be carefully polished before you can become a talent and convince the public.
This is your opportunity, I hope you can seize it..."
After muttering to himself for a while, Tao Qian continued writing the letter with his head down...
It happened to be the evening of New Year's Eve when Liu Bei received the letter from Tao Qian.
At that time, he inspected the military camp and was about to sleep with the white jade beauty Mrs. Gan.
After learning that it was a letter from my uncle, I felt relieved. I immediately put on my coat, took the letter, and opened it to read.
After just watching for a while, his face darkened and his expression became serious.
After watching this for a while, he stood up, bowed deeply to Mrs. Gan, and said apologetically: "Madam, I'm afraid that my husband can't sleep with her."
Mrs. Gan ducked aside and said with anxiety and concern: "Husband, what happened?"
Liu Bei handed the letter from Tao Qian to Mrs. Gan and said: "There is a letter from my uncle. Zhu Jun, the former right cavalry general, raised an uprising flag in Zhongmou and called on the people of the world to challenge Dong.
My uncle decided to strongly support Duke Zhu and wrote a letter asking me to raise an army to attack Dong Zhuo together.
This is a major matter. The military situation is urgent and we dare not delay. Arrangements need to be made quickly.
Moreover, this matter also involves my brother Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao who is beside me. It is not easy to deal with and needs to be discussed in the long term..."
Mrs. Gan glanced at the letter in her hand for a few times without reading it carefully. She handed it back to Liu Bei and said: "These are important events. A man should focus on state affairs. I can understand and support your husband's behavior."
I don’t know much about it, I just know that I am already my husband’s, and I need to take care of myself while my husband is away.
From now on, my husband will be my support..."
Listening to Mrs. Gan's words, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel his eye sockets heat up.
He held Mrs. Gan in his arms, kissed her gently on the forehead, reached out and patted Mrs. Gan on the back, and said, "If you have such a wife, what more could you ask for?!"
After saying that, he put on his coat, picked up his sword and walked out of the room. Mrs. Gan walked outside the door.
"Madam, go to bed and don't pay attention to me."
He said this out loud.
And then quickly disappeared into the darkness...
"Bang!"
In the darkness, Liu Bei, who had been walking for a while, stood in front of a big tree and hit his head hard on the trunk.
The whole person looked extremely painful, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.
His hands were clenched tightly.
After a long time like this, he gathered his thoughts and headed all the way to Guan Yu...
"well……"
After Liu Bei left, Mrs. Gan stood at the door for a while and then returned to the house and locked the door behind her back.
Returning to the bed, she took off her coat and came to her and Liu Bei's new bed.
After leaning on the bed and sitting in a daze for a while, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
It has been eleven nights since we got married, and my husband, Liu Xuande, has not slept here for seven nights.
He is always busy and often goes out on inspection tours.
Of the remaining four nights, the first night was the wedding night and he got drunk.
One night, I received a letter from my uncle and left immediately.
For the remaining two nights, I came back very late, talked to myself, and fell asleep soon.
She is a smart woman, and similar things have happened a lot. In addition, she has heard that her husband was injured on the battlefield, so she can easily think of some things...
"Brother, what's wrong with your forehead?"
When Guan Yu saw Liu Bei coming over in the evening, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He looked at Liu Bei's forehead and asked.
“It was dark at night and the road was slippery, so I accidentally hit a tree while walking.”
Liu Bei took the towel handed over by Guan Yu, wiped the blood on his hands, and explained casually.
To prevent Guan Yu from asking too many questions about this matter, he continued: "Second brother, we are going to fight."
"Is there something strange about that old boy Yuan Shao?"
Guan Yu pointed his finger at Yuan Shao.
On the one hand, Pingyuan County is actually under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, and they are too close to Yuan Shao.
Another aspect is that after Gongsun Zan was tricked by Yuan Shao, he sent people to contact Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shao in the south after he went to war with Yuan Shao.
His elder brother had always treated Gongsun Zan as a brother, so Guan Yu naturally thought of this as his first priority.
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "No, it has nothing to do with Yuan Shao. It was Duke Zhu Jun who was seeking the Yellow Turbans. He raised the flag of rebellion in Zhongmou and called on the people of the world to challenge Dong together.
My uncle Tao Xuzhou thinks that Mr. Zhu can succeed, and is ready to help him. He just sent a letter, asking me to hurry up and prepare..."
After some talking, Guan Yu finally knew what had happened.
When Guan Yu heard that he was going to challenge Dong, he immediately became excited.
At this stage, it doesn't really matter whether you want to challenge Dong or not. The most important thing is that when you challenge Dong, you also need to challenge that damn guy Liu Cheng.
After getting excited, Guan Yu said hesitantly: "What about brother Gongsun? What if he and Yuan Shao get into a fight when we are challenging Dong..."
How to make a decision? Liu Bei actually already had a conclusion in his heart, but he would not say it here.
Instead, he sighed and said: "This thing is difficult to do, and this is what I am worried about.
On the one hand, I have elder brother Gongsun who treats me very well, and on the other hand, I have my uncle and his great righteousness to challenge Dong Xing and restore the Han Dynasty, which is really embarrassing."
Saying this, Liu Bei thought of his sadness and couldn't help but tears flashing in the corners of his eyes, which made Guan Yu panic in a different way...
After a while, people came one after another, including Sun Qian and Jian Yong...
Liu Bei told everyone his difficulties again.
Everyone seemed silent, and after a while, Jian Yong said, "It would be better to do this. My lord and Yun Chang will lead their troops to Zhongmou, and they will join Zhu Gong in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.
I, Gongyou and others stayed in Pingyuan County to guard Pingyuan for my lord.
When we arrived at Grand Administrator Gongsun’s place, there really was a conflict with Yuan Shao at this time, so Gongyou and I sent troops to help.”
This is what Liu Bei actually thought. After hearing this, he was silent for a while, sighed and nodded: "This is the only way."
Guan Yu frowned and said: "Yuan Shao has a lot of troops. When the time comes to start a war, can he really hold the plain?"
In his opinion, while he and his brother were here, they might not have to worry about not being able to defend Pingyuan County after the war started, but if he and his brother left with many soldiers and horses, it would be difficult to say what happened.
Pingyuan County is the root of his brother, the only place he has.
Once it is lost, it will become more helpless and even more difficult.
There were no outsiders here, so Jian Yong spoke directly: "Maybe I can't defend it, but Tao Xuzhou is my lord's uncle, and my lord followed his advice before he went to help Zhu Gong to fight against Dong. By Shi Pingyuan County, he was really embarrassed."
Well, Tao Xuzhou will definitely not see his lord helpless and without a place to live..."
As soon as he said this, Guan Yu couldn't help but look at Jian Yong a few more times...
