He Jin used the excuse to send Empress Dowager Dong back to his native Hejian, and sent someone to poison the empress dowager to death; and forged an eunuch to summon foreign troops to the capital, trying to kill all the eunuchs. Unexpectedly, the ten regular attendants planned to presumably spread the imperial eunuchs and summoned He into the palace. He Jin did not listen to Chen Lin, and Cao Cao was dissuaded and entered the palace alone. He was killed by Zhang Rang in the Jiade Hall. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao led his troops into the palace and killed all the eunuchs. The palace was in full bloom. In the chaos, Zhang Rang and Duan Gui kidnapped the young emperor Liu Bian and Chenliu King Liu Xie and escaped from the palace.

Cao Cao sent troops to pursue Zhang Rang and Duan Gui, looking for the young emperor. All the ten regular attendants died in the melee.

The Shao Emperor and King Chenliu hid in the grass, and they were not discovered by the civil and military ministers such as Situ Wang Yun. Just as they were about to return to the court, they suddenly rushed to the distance to Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xiliang. He had ambitions and took advantage of the chaos in Luoyang to lead troops into the capital.

At this point, the eunuchs' power was completely eliminated, but a greater war began.

Episode 3: Dong Zhuo Bashes the Capital

Dong Zhuo led 200,000 troops to camp near the capital. People did not lift their armor or horses left their saddles. Every day, the iron armored army opened the road, ran rampant in the streets, and harmed the people.

In order to show his power, he planned to abolish the young emperor Liu Bian and establish a new king.

One day, Dong Zhuo invited all officials in Wenmingyuan and proposed the destruction and establishment, but was opposed by Jingzhou Governor Ding Yuan. Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Ding Yuan because he saw a majestic general behind Ding Yuan and did not dare to take action. This general was Ding Yuan's adopted son Lu Bu.

In order to get rid of Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo's counselor Li Su brought the Red Rabbit Horse and a lot of money to Lu Bu's camp and persuade Lu Bu to sue Dong Zhuo. Lu Bu, who was brave but not wise and forgot about his righteousness, killed his adopted father Ding Yuan that night and became Dong Zhuo's adopted son.

Dong Zhuo also discussed the decree and enthronement, but Yuan Shao was unwilling to surrender and left angrily.

Dong Zhuo got Lu Bu, and became even more rampant. Wu Fu, the captain of Yueqi, had a sharp blade and attempted to stab Dong Zhuo to death, but failed to assassinate him and was killed. Dong Zhuo forcibly abolished and poisoned the young emperor Liu Bian, forced Empress Dowager He to death, and strangled the imperial concubine. He was then appointed as the emperor of nine-year-old Chenliu (i.e. Emperor Xian), and he was proclaimed himself prime minister.

Episode 4: Meng De presents his sword

After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he deposed the emperor, harmed the people, was licentious and tyrannical, aroused the anger of the ministers. One day, Situ Wang Yun used the pretext of celebrating his birthday and invited several old ministers to discuss. When he talked about: "The country is hard to protect at any time", he couldn't help but cover his face and cry. The cavalry captain Cao Cao volunteered to assassinate Dong Zhuo. He borrowed a seven-star sword from Wang Yun and came to Dong Zhuo's prime minister's mansion to wait for an opportunity to assassinate. Dong Zhuo was resting in the small pavilion in the garden. He asked Cao Cao, "Why are you late?" Cao Cao said that because the horse was too thin. Dong Zhuo ordered Lu Bu to choose a good horse for Cao Cao, and Lu Bu left the house.

Dong Zhuo fell back and lay down. When he turned face in, Cao Cao hurriedly pulled out the sword and was about to assassinate him, but Dong Zhuo saw Cao Cao pulling his sword from the bronze mirror and hurriedly turned around and asked Cao. At this time, Lu Bu had already led the horse to the small pavilion. Cao Cao was quick to wisely and immediately knelt down with the knife and said, "Cao got a seven-treasure sword, and expressed his kindness to him." Dong Zhuo took the sword and loved it very much, so he asked Cao to go out of the cabinet to see the horse. Cao Cao pulled the horse out of the prime minister's mansion, flew on the horse, and escaped from Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo realized something was strange and knew that Cao Cao was assassinating, so he ordered all places to paint pictures and capture Cao Cao. Cao Cao wanted to return home, but passed by Zhongmu County, but was recognized by the county magistrate Chen Gong. Chen Gong learned that Cao Cao was going to call on the princes of the world to raise troops to fight Dong Zhuo. He was moved by his ambition and abandoned his official position and followed Cao Cao. One day, they stayed at the home of Cao Cao's old friend Lu Boshe, who went to the neighboring village to buy wine to entertain the two of them.

Cao Cao heard the sound of swords and words of people when killing pigs in the Lu family's kitchen, and suspected that the Lu family would harm him, so he accidentally killed Lu Boshe's family. In order to avoid leaving any troubles, he killed Lu Boshe who had returned from buying wine on the road. Chen Gong blamed Cao Cao for not "killing it knowingly." Cao Cao sneered: "I would rather teach me to betray the people of the world than to betray me."

Chen Gong was unwilling to follow such an unkind and unrighteous person and left.

After Cao Cao fled back to Chenliu, he spent all his wealth, recruited troops, and prepared to contact Yuan Shao and others to challenge Dong Zhuo.

Episode 5: Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu

Cao Cao was not assassinating Dong Zhuo, but fled back to Chenliu, scattered all his family's wealth, and recruited local brave men. He contacted Yuan Shao and issued a proclamation to various prefectures and counties to fight against Dong, which was responded to the world. In the first month of the first year of Chuping (190 AD), the eighteen princes supported the Han Dynasty and became an alliance. The Duke recommended the Marquis of Qixiang and the Prefect of Bohai Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, and jointly raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao ordered his younger brother Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang, to governor food and grass, and ordered the prefect of Changsha, Sun Jian, to advance to the Sishui Pass as the vanguard. The army set off on the day of the conquest and the troops were sent to Luoyang.

Eighteen troops entered Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo sent a brave general Hua Xiong to fight. Yuan Shu was afraid that Sun Jian would win the first prize, so he deliberately did not send food and grass, which led to Sun Jian's defeat. Hua Xiong killed Bao Zhong, Zu Mao, Yu She, and Pan Feng again and again, and the princes were shocked. Guan Yu volunteered to fight, but was despised by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu because of his low status. Cao Cao praised Guan Yu's courage and ordered a cup of hot wine to boost Guan Yu's courage. Guan Yu said, "Put down the wine, I'll go." He took out the tent and carried a knife and flew away on the horse. He heard the sound of drums outside the tent, and the shouts were loud. The princes were shocked and suspicious. Guan Yu had already brought Hua Xiong's head back to the tent, and the glass of wine still remained warm.

When Hua Xiong was beheaded, Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Shao's uncle, the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei, and formed a 200,000 army, and divided into two groups: one was Li Jue and Guo Si to guard Sishui Pass; he himself led Li Ru, Lu Bu and others to lead 150,000 main forces to station Hulao Pass.

Yuan Shao sent eight princes to Hulao Pass to meet the enemy, and Cao Cao led his army to respond between the two passes. Lu Bu went out to fight bravely, stabbed Fang Yue and Mu Shun to kill Wu'anguo, and defeated Gongsun Zan. Zhang Fei could not hold back and fought with Lu Bu for fifty rounds, without a distinction between victory and loss. When Guan Yu saw him, he slapped his horse and danced the 82-pound Qinglong Yanyue Sword to attack Lu Bu. Three Martin characters fought but failed to defeat Lu Bu. Liu Bei held up his double swords and also came to help with the battle. The three brothers surrounded Lu Bu, and the four horses fought like a lantern. Lu Bu finally couldn't resist and returned to Hulao Pass.

The eighteen princes of the eighteen routes had their own worries and were suspicious of each other. Lu Bu Xin was defeated and the soldiers were not in a fight. Dong Zhuo followed Li Ru's words and led his troops back to Luoyang and moved to Chang'an. Cao Cao saw Dong Zhuo go west to Chang'an, and asked Yuan Shao to take advantage of the situation to pursue him. Yuan Shao refused to send troops on the grounds that the princes were tired and could not move lightly. Cao Cao left.

Dong Zhuo took Diao Chan away, which made Lu Bu both hate and anxious. He fell in love with Diao Chan, so he took advantage of Dong Zhuo's opportunity to go to court to join the prime minister's mansion and met Diao Chan. Diao Chan took the opportunity to complain, which aroused Lu Bu's dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo did not see Lu Bu, so he hurried back to the mansion. Seeing Lu Bu embracing Diao Chan in Fengyi Pavilion, he was furious and grabbed Lu Bu's painting halberd and stabbed him. Lu Bu hurriedly escaped from the prime minister's mansion. Wang Yun took the opportunity to inspire him, causing Lu Bu to decide to kill Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun and all the officials set up ambush in the court room, and Li Su went to the Muwu to trick Dong Zhuo back to Beijing to receive Chan. Dong Zhuo believed it and immediately took a car to Chang'an to enter the court. When he arrived at the "Shou Chan Platform", Wang Yun suddenly shouted loudly, and all the warriors on both sides rushed out to kill Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo shouted urgently: "Where is my son Fengxian?" Lu Bu said sternly: "The imperial edict is here, and he is ordered to fight against the traitor minister Dong Zhuo, and the rest are not asked!" He stabbed Dong Zhuo to death with his halberd.

After Dong Zhuo died, he sang and danced happily in Chang'an City. Just as Wang Yun and Lu Bu and others were drinking and celebrating the achievements, Diao Chan was already dressed in a dress. She drove a light car and left with the breeze from then on.

Episode 8: Three Letters Xuzhou

In the first year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (194 AD), Cao Cao had literary counselors and military generals in Yanzhou, and his reputation became increasingly popular. Cao Cao ordered people to go to Langya County to pick up his father Cao Song to Yanzhou. When passing through Xuzhou, the prefect Tao Qian ordered his subordinate Zhang Kai to escort Cao's father all the way to the side. Unexpectedly, Zhang Kai killed Cao Song and his family on the way. On the way, Cao Cao was furious and set up a large army to loot Xuzhou, swear to kill Tao Qian and avenge his father.

Chen Gong, the magistrate of Zhongmu County who had let Cao Cao go, pleaded for Tao Qian. Cao Cao refused to listen, so Chen Gong had to go to Lu Bu and try to rescue the disaster.

After Zhang Fei whipped the inspector's post, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang fled to Daizhou. Later, Liu Hui and Gongsun Zan recommended, Liu Bei was promoted to Pingyuan County Magistrate. When Liu Bei learned that Tao Qian was in trouble, he borrowed two thousand troops from Gongsun Zan and brave general Zhao Yun. Together with the headquarters, he went to rescue Xuzhou with Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai. Tao Qian was in a position to protect Xuzhou. Seeing that Liu Bei was a relative of the Han Dynasty, he was both talented and virtuous, he wanted to transfer Xuzhou to Liu Bei. Liu Bei refused.

Liu Bei wrote a letter to Cao Cao, advising him to withdraw his troops. When Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou, Cao Cao retreated with the situation.

Tao Qian invited Kong Rong, Tian Kai, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others who came to rescue to attend the banquet and asked Liu Bei to take charge of Xuzhou again. Liu Bei insisted on refusing, so Tao Qian had to ask Liu Bei to station troops in Xiaopei.

Soon, Tao Qian was seriously ill and asked Liu Bei to come to his bed, begging him to put the country first, receive the Xuzhou card seal, and recommend Sun Qian and Mi Zhu to assist. The people of Xuzhou also cried to Liu Bei, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei repeatedly advised each other. After Tao Qian's death, Liu Bei agreed to take over Xuzhou.

Cao Cao was defeated in Puyang and was almost captured by Lu Bu. Fortunately, Dian Wei was rescued. He pretended to be burned and killed, and ordered the whole camp to be filial and lured Lu Bu to come and rob the camp. Lu Bu was defeated by a plan and had to go to Xuzhou to surrender Liu Bei, and temporarily live in Xiaopei.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and Guo Si gathered a large army to capture Chang'an, kill Wang Yun, and be stubborn in government affairs. The two later turned against each other and rebelled, and Emperor Xian was forced to move the capital to Luoyang. After defeating Lu Bu, Cao Cao adopted Xun Yu's suggestion and sent troops to Luoyang to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.

Episode 9: Sun Ce establishes a career

After Sun Jian's death, his descendant Ce retreated to Jiangdong, recruited talents, made friends with heroes, led his father's old subordinates, and joined Yuan Shu's tent.

Sun Ce was handsome and skilled in martial arts. He had captured many cities for Yuan Shu, but he could not be used seriously. Sun Ce captured Lujiang and returned victoriously, but Yuan Shu was very rude to him. Sun Ce reminded him by Huang Gai, his father's old subordinate, to borrow three thousand soldiers from Yuan Shu with the jade seal as a gift and returned to Jiangdong to wait for an opportunity to make a comeback.

Sun Ce met his sworn brother Zhou Yu on the road, and he was assisted by Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, and was ready to attack Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou.

Liu Yao and Sun Ce refused to stay in Shenting Ridge. Liu Yao camped in Lingnan and Sun Ce camped in Lingbei. Sun Ce wanted to see Liu Yao's Xushi, so he only brought thirteen horses to Shenting Ridge, entered the Han Guangwu Temple, burned incense and worshipped.

Liu Yao's general Taishi Ci was brave and good at fighting. He did not listen to Liu Yao's orders, so he even put his horse on his own and went out of the camp to fight with Sun Ce. They fought from the ridge to the bottom of the ridge, from the horse to the bottom of the horse, and finally abandoned their guns and fought hard, and the battle was difficult to separate. The battle robe was torn to pieces. It was dusk and the storm came, and the two of them stopped their troops.

Sun Ce fought with Liu Yao, and Liu Yao was defeated. Taishi Ci was unable to take action, so he led dozens of cavalry to Jingxian to recruit people. Sun Ce went to fight and killed Liu Yao, a general Yu Mi, and killed a general Fan Neng in front of the battle. Since then, everyone has called Sun Ce the "little overlord".

Sun Ce loved Taishi Ci, and Zhou Yu decided to conquer Taishi Ci.
Chapter completed!