Chapter 286: Eighteen princes to fight against Li

After hearing Guan Hai's name, Dian Wei was stunned and then praised loudly: "Young master, good idea. Zhang Bao was stabbed by Guan Hai, and Guan Hai had already surrendered, but he had no merit in this battle. In order to save his life and future, he would naturally take strict supervision of Zhang Bao and let him look at Zhang Bao. It would be absolutely foolproof!"

Li Qin smiled and said, "That's exactly!" After saying this, he watched the Fujiao Army clean up the battlefield.

The Yellow Turban Army has completely collapsed. Even if Zhang Jiao is not dead, the Yellow Turban Army cannot continue to fight. However, it is easy to defeat them, but it is not easy to clean up the mess. Not to mention anything else, the meals of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban people are a big problem. If one cannot be handled well, the war that has just calmed down will probably burn again!

A few days after that, Li Qin and Jia Xu tried their best to resettle the Yellow Turbans' lives. The big problem of eating was almost required to support several nearby states. Fortunately, Li Qin is absolutely wielding the emperor to command the princes. What does he mean? As long as it is the will of the little emperor, it can be implemented.

The officials of nearby prefectures and counties were originally on the sidelines. Of course, they were not Li Qin and Zhang Jiao who were waiting and watching. Zhang Jiao was just a traitor. No official would think that Zhang Jiao could win and would not make any wait-and-see attitude. They were watching Li Qin and Yuancheng. At this time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had become a climate. Many princes had made clear statements and were willing to support the ascension of the crown prince Liu Bian. However, because the time was too tight, they had not yet led their troops!

However, although Zhang Jiao was not good enough, he was defeated and suppressed by Li Qin. This was scary enough. At least it showed that Li Qin was far superior to Huangfu Song in terms of war. Officials in nearby prefectures and counties all believed that Huangfu Song was not good at the head coach. Now Li Qin used his results to prove that he was even more powerful than Huangfu Song, so the officials naturally did not dare to wait and see. Anyone with discerning eyes could tell at a glance that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were tied up, and they were not Li Qin's opponents.

In terms of righteousness, although Yuancheng has an orthodox prince as its banner, who cares about righteousness these days! What is righteousness? Whoever has a big fist will have great righteousness. If you have a small fist, you will be cool. If you have a small fist, you will have good righteousness. If you have a small fist, you will have no righteousness. This is called natural righteousness!

Therefore, Li Qin issued an order under the name of the little emperor, and the prefectures and counties that were too far away would not "immediately" be loyal to him, and came to curry favor with him. However, officials from nearby prefectures and counties gathered all Julu, which was considered a reward for the victorious army, and secondly, they also established a good relationship with Li Qin, so as not to think that they had the idea of ​​surrendering to Yuancheng, and sent troops in anger. Who could resist it?

Li Qin originally thought that it would take only half a month to get the Yellow Turbans to settle, but in fact, there were many matters. Even if he had three heads and six arms, half a month was not enough. The matter was delayed again and again, and it took nearly two months to come to an end. However, during this period, his affairs were almost done, and the anger in Yuancheng also recovered. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's affairs were almost done!

At this time, nearly 100,000 troops had already been gathered. Although the new recruits accounted for the majority, there were not all veterans. The princes from other places came with troops, and the few brought two or three thousand. Anyway, there were no ones coming empty-handed, but the main force was still Yuan Shao, followed by Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan's three.

Yuan Shao is the chief general of Yuancheng. He came the earliest and had already had troops, so the number of soldiers was the largest. Including the new soldiers, there were about 30,000 new soldiers, but although the number was the largest, the combat power was the weakest. The new soldiers could not be compared with the veterans. However, the veterans in his army were mainly the Yulin Army, and the Yulin Army were all from Luoyang. Now that Luoyang has returned to Li Qin, these Yulin Army have the intention to fight back to their hometown, but if Li Qin threatened their family, then they would definitely surrender the fastest!

Secondly, Cao Cao's military strength was second to the last, with about 20,000 people. His military strength was second only to Yuan Shao, mainly because the most ministers supported him. The clan recruited children from the clan, plus the original rural farmers and strong men from the fiefs of the ministers, came together, and the number of people was quite large. However, his army was not easy to command in a unified manner. The number was higher because of the relationship between the ministers. But because there were more ministers, there were more mountains and more, and the components were complicated, so they would not obey the command. If there were combat effectiveness, there was no problem with small-scale combat, but if the large army fought uniformly, weaknesses would appear immediately.

The third-ranked military force is Gongsun Zan. His soldiers are all cavalry, and now the number of people reaches 5,000. Although they are much smaller than Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they rank first among the various armies. His White Horse Yichen has both practical experience and obeys his orders, so it is not surprising that his army has the strongest combat power.

As for other troops, although there are many, the miscellaneous ones are not very good. If you want to say the more outstanding ones, Lu Bu is one of them. If you want to talk about the Luoyang Incident, who has the greatest advantage, there is no doubt that it is Lu Bu! He recruited a group of county soldiers and minor officials from Luoyang. Although he was separated after escaping from Luoyang, most of the miscellaneous soldiers followed him for the sake of profit. When he left Luoyang, the convenience was less, and the disbanding would naturally be faster.

However, Lu Bu did have some skills in recruiting men. After escaping from Luoyang, he ran eastward and attracted many men in the villages along the way. Although the men followed him voluntarily, how many men were voluntarily these days? Lu Bu now has more than 3,000 people, nearly 4,000.

He had no place to go, and always felt that the world was in chaos, the Han Dynasty was weak, and everyone had a share in the city. Why couldn't he? The more chaotic the better, the better, and he hoped to be even more chaotic, but the military and food were not good, so he simply ran to Yuancheng, proclaimed himself a prince, and came to eat the food and food of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao knew that he was here to take advantage, but now it was time to use people, so they could only be Lu Bu for justice, a rare talent, and even asked him for an official in front of Empress Dowager Dong, named the Captain of the Anti-Empress Dowager. Now Lu Bu is also an official, but he can call himself a general!

In addition to the four main princes of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu, there are also more than ten other princes, such as Yuan Shu. He is Yuan Shao's brother, with great selfishness, but he is still capable. He also has some soldiers and horses in his hands. He is considered a character, and he can be called a prince, and Gongsun Du. Although this man has the same surname as Gongsun Zan, he is not a real relative. However, since everyone has protected the young master together, he has barely recognized his brothers of the same clan.

In addition, Han Fu, Sun Yi, Cao Yin, Wang Rui, Yuan Yi, Sun Jian, Bao Xin, Tao Qian, Zhang Chao, Kong Rong, Liu Biao and others have led their troops to Yuancheng or expressed their intention to come. In short, they have all made clear their positions and stood up to the team, willing to support the prince ascend the throne and fight against Li Qin together.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao each used their magical powers to contact the princes everywhere, but there were many people who agreed to it happily, but it was fine if they agreed verbally, but they did not write a reply. To put it bluntly, they did not put the facts on paper and pen, and did not allow Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to get the handle. They were both in front of two-faced people and refused to stand in front of Li Qin. If Li Qin wins, they would vote for Li Qin. Anyway, there would be no handle in Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. If Yuan Shao and Cao Cao win, then

Some people would say, I supported the prince at the beginning, but I came a little late. Even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao wanted to turn against each other, they would not dare to. Even if they defeated Li Qin, their strength would be greatly damaged. It would be too late to appease the officials. How dare they turn against each other immediately? After defeating Li Qin, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would have to fight again. It is impossible to counterattack within a few years, and they will cause trouble for the officials. As for the situation in a few years, I don’t know what will happen, so there is no need to think so far!

Therefore, although there are many princes of the Han Dynasty and many powerful people from all sides, the real ones that can come, plus the few people in Yuancheng, after all, there are only seventeen people, which is an odd number. The most important thing to do in war is a lucky number. The odd number is not very lucky. If you are alone, isn’t it a sign of defeating the war!

On this day, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao entered the temporary palace together to meet Empress Dowager Dong and Prince Liu Bian, and wanted to talk about the princes coming to help.

After seeing the ceremony, Cao Cao said, "The Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince, and others have come to contact the heroes of the world recently. The ones who come and will definitely come. In addition, there are 17 routes, which are odd and unlucky. However, I have tried my best. Due to the barrier of mountains and rivers, there are probably no new troops to join in the past few months. What should I do? Please tell the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince!"

Yuan Shao also said: "Empress Dowager, most of the princes in various places are waiting and watching. If our army wins, the number of people joining will increase. But I heard that Li Qin has pacified the Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao. Judging from the current situation, he will come east soon and fight with his ministers. However, our army is short of troops now. Can we ask the Queen Mother to come forward? Contact a few more routes, or make a whole route. If we can form the eighteen princes, it will be auspicious and will definitely defeat the Li thief!"

In ancient times, these were very particular. They not only talked about numbers, but also about auspicious days. When sending troops, they also had to kill horses and cattle, and they were blood-ridden as alliances. Even when they were vowed to go to war, what kind of wind or sand would blow or not be considered a benefit or disadvantage. If the wind was too strong and the flagpole was blown off, then there would be no need to send troops, and morale would be greatly reduced. Therefore, the number of the seventeenth and eighteenth routes was very important. If it weren't for the things like princes that could not be collected, then they might be able to make one. Even if the princes had no titles, they had to have a grade and had to have some soldiers. These were all things they could not make!

But the old lady Dong had some tricks. She said with a bitter face: "I am a woman, and I don't even have a palace, so how can I recognize the princes!"

The crown prince Liu Bian in her arms suddenly said, "Grandma can enthrone a prince. My grandson is good to see my uncle. If you give him an official position, wouldn't you become a prince?"

Empress Dowager Dong was stunned and said, "You mean Liu Bei?"

Suddenly, she became happy. Although there were not many princes in Yuancheng, there were no one of her confidants. Liu Bei was a good candidate. He had no foundation and could only rely on himself. Secondly, he had the status of a royal family and might be able to control the army. Then the safety of her and the prince was guaranteed. There was no need to worry that the princes would bully their elderly and children by relying on their merits!
Chapter completed!