Battle of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 55 No.19 Prince Cheng Fang
AD 189, the sixth year of Zhongping.

Emperor Ling died and the Young Emperor succeeded to the throne. General He Jin secretly summoned Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xiliang, to lead troops to Beijing, intending to end the eunuch regime represented by Shi Changshi.

He Jin's plan was revealed and he was killed by the eunuch, Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation to kill the eunuch.Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to occupy Luoyang, established Emperor Xian, abolished Emperor Shao, entered the position of Prime Minister, and poured power into the government and the public.

Heroes from all over the world formed an alliance to join in the grand event, and together they raised their troops to attack Dong Zhuo, and started a battle between dragons and tigers in the name of King Qin seeking thieves...

After Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he fled Luoyang and returned to his hometown. With the help of his father Cao Song, he spent a lot of money and food to recruit troops.

Under his righteous deed of assassinating Dong Zhuo, many strong men came to vote one after another, and [-] soldiers were recruited in a short period of time.

Now Cao Cao has soldiers and generals in his hands, so he summoned famous generals such as Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, etc., and sent a letter to Yuan Shao, asking the other party to spread hero posts, and summoned the princes of the world to discuss Dong thief!
Yuan Shao hated Dong Zhuo the most in his life, so he acted immediately after receiving the book, gathered heroes from all sides, became eighteen princes, and signed a covenant to crusade against Dong Zhuo in front of Sishui Pass!

The eighteen princes are respectively...

On the first route, Yuan Shu, the rear general and the prefect of Nanyang.

The second road, Han Fu, governor of Jizhou

The third road, Kong Ni, governor of Yuzhou
Fourth Road, Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai
Fifth Road, Wang Kuang, prefect of Hanoi County

On the sixth road, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu
Seventh Road, Qiao Mao, Governor of Dongjun
Eighth Route, Sanyo Prefect Yuan Yi
Ninth Road, Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin

Route [-], Beihai Prefect Kong Rong
No.11 road, Guangling prefect Zhang Chao
No.12 Road, Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou

No.13 road, Xiliang prefect Ma Teng

No.14 Road, Peking Prefect Gongsun Zan
No.15 road, Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang

No.16 Road, Sun Jian, Marquis of Wucheng, Changsha Prefect
No.17 Road, Qixiang Hou Bohai Prefect Yuan Shao
Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Cao Cao's headquarters, they are collectively called the Eighteenth Route Princes!
Now, all the princes of the 14th Route have arrived, only Gongsun Zan of No. [-]th Route is missing!
After Gongsun Zan and Cheng Fang returned to Beiping respectively, they could call up troops and set off in a hurry.

The three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang went to Beiping for nothing, and followed Gongsun Zan's footsteps all the way with sparks and lightning. It took three days and three nights to catch up!
Gongsun Zan was very happy to see the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, but after waiting for a long time, he found out that it was only the three brothers, so he asked Liu Bei curiously!

"Why didn't your master Cheng Fang come?"

"Brother Bogui, listen to my explanation!" Liu Bei told his master's arrangement!
Gongsun Zan suddenly realized, and then asked Liu Bei's plan!
Liu Bei smiled slightly, pointed to his second brother Guan Yu, and then pointed to his third brother Zhang Fei, and said, "My brother intends to represent my lord to receive the title of No. 19 prince. I wonder what Brother Bogui wants?"

"Ah~~" Gongsun Zan was stunned immediately, and asked, "Aren't you joking? There are only three of you, without a single soldier. How can you be the No. 19 prince?"

"Soldiers? I have them!" Liu Bei continued, "My second brother is a horse archer, and my third brother is an infantry archer. Isn't that enough?"

As soon as Liu Bei's words came out, Gongsun Zan was speechless immediately. He proposed to stay there for a few days and wait for Cheng Fang to come.

Killer Cheng Da lived up to Gongsun Zan's expectations, so he didn't come!In desperation, Gongsun had no choice but to smile wryly, and set off with Liu Guanzhang and the three of them!

When Gongsun Zan came to Sishuiguan, the other seventeen princes had already arrived.

When Yuan Shao saw Gongsun Zan coming, he immediately started to form an alliance, and under Cao Cao's suggestion, he became the general leader of the Eighteenth Route Princes Alliance!
Yuan Shao actually wanted to be the leader of the alliance very much, but he felt that if he didn't make any excuses, it would show that he was not arrogant enough, so he said with a smile on his face: "How can you be so good at the beginning? How dare you be the leader of the alliance? Choose another wise master!"

Cao Cao understood Yuan Shao's meaning as soon as he heard it. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Except for Ben Chu who is called the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes, I, Cao Cao, really can't think of anyone who can take on this important task. Don't refuse Ben Chu!"

"Yes~~Yes!"

Everyone in the tent nodded in agreement!

Just when Yuan Shao was about to take over the position of chief alliance leader with a smile on his face, an extremely discordant voice sounded!
"Mr. Yuan's words won my heart!" Liu Bei took a step forward, saluted everyone, and said, "Speaking of the position of leader, I think there is only one person who can take care of everyone!!"

Quiet, deathly quiet!As soon as this remark came out, the princes in the tent were all stunned. They blinked their curious eyes and looked at Liu Bei, as if they were asking, who are you talking about?
Yuan Shao was also taken aback for a moment, and then his face gradually became gloomy!He had already recognized Liu Bei, and he was one of the members who, together with Gongsun Zan, crusade against the Yellow Turbans.

At the beginning, Liu Bei made outstanding achievements, but Dong Zhuo beat him to the ground and took away all his achievements.Later, because of being close to Cheng Fang, he was excluded by everyone, and was only canonized as a small county magistrate!

Yuan Shao knew the cause and effect of this matter very well, so he pretended not to know Liu Bei.

"Who are you, what is your official position, why don't I know you!"

Liu Bei didn't care about Yuan Shao's face at all, he cupped his hands and said, "My servant, Liu Bei, is the No. 19 prince of this alliance!"

As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, a thin man walked out and asked sinisterly, "No. 19 princes? Why haven't I, Yuan Shu, heard of it!"

"Ah~~ this!"

Gongsun Zan couldn't sit still anymore, he got up and pulled Liu Bei back, explaining: "Everyone, please listen to me! This person is my classmate and friend, and he is claiming the No.19 Prince's position for his lord!"

Yuan Shu also recognized Liu Bei, but he also pretended not to know him.You must know that among all the princes, he hates Cheng Fang the most, and he hates the house and the world, so he naturally has no good face towards Liu Bei!
"His lord?" Yuan Shu sneered, "In other words, he is just a servant! Since he is a servant, what qualifications does he have to join the alliance of princes!"

As soon as Yuan Shu said this, not only Liu Bei's face was gloomy, but even Gongsun Zan's face was unhappy!

"Brother Lu, please be careful with your words, don't insult me!"

Yuan Shu snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "A servant is a servant, how can there be any insult! Come here, drive out the idlers!"

"Order!"

Two iron-tower-like knives and axemen came rumbling, lifted Liu Bei's arm and pulled it out!

Yuan Shu looked at Liu Bei who was erected, and said mockingly: "There is such a servant as there is such a master. Look at how useless you are, your master is no better!"

As Cheng Fang, Liu Bei is the star of his destiny.He felt that Yuan Shu's behavior of belittling his lord was the greatest insult to his lord!He can bear being called a servant, but he will never tolerate being slighted and humiliated by his master!

With two backhand punches, he knocked the two axemen to the ground, pointed at Yuan Shu angrily and said, "Say it again!"

"You~~" Yuan Shu was about to speak, but was captured by Liu Bei's gaze, and he was speechless for a long time after being called "you"!
Seeing that his brother was captured by the other party's aura, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still anymore. His face was extremely gloomy, and he raised his voice: "Brave maniac, don't dare to disturb my feat of begging for a thief. You must be Dong thief's spy, come here People, quickly take down this traitor, push him out and kill him!"

"Wait a minute!"

Just as many knives and axes rushed into the tent, Cao Cao stopped them and asked Liu Bei, "Who is your master? Can we know him?"

Liu Bei ignored Cao Cao, but looked directly at Yuan Shu, with a cold light flashing in his eyes, as if he wanted to take action if he disagreed with him!
"Xuande, please be patient and don't be impatient!"

Seeing the delicate situation, Gongsun Zan grabbed Liu Bei's arm to prevent him from going mad, and at the same time said, "Listen to me, my lords, his master was the one who defeated Huaxiong in Pingyuan City, fought against Wenyan, and wounded Dong Zhuo by Wanjun. He once took advantage of the situation to retreat from Lu Bu, defeated the highway, and frightened the princes of all parties!"

Listening to Gongsun Zan's narration, most people in the tent were at a loss.But Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and other princes who jointly sent troops to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban at the beginning guessed the identity of this person in an instant!

"You must have already guessed the identity of this person!" Gongsun Zan said word by word: "That's right, this person is exactly Cheng Fang who was framed by Dong Zhuo and besieged by powerful forces from all sides!"

(End of this chapter)