In 190 A.D., in February of the first year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, the princes of the 18th Road, a total of 540,000 troops, gathered under the high platform of the alliance, and the banners of the princes of all roads flew in the wind.

After the waiter wearing a red robe and a yellow belt around his waist carried the things of the alliance one by one to the high platform of the alliance, and put them away, Yuan Shao, who had become the leader of the alliance, was wearing dazzling golden armor, holding the sword at his waist, and walked towards the platform of the alliance.

When Yuan Shao arrived at the platform of the alliance, there were soldiers holding a bowl containing the blood of chickens, dogs and horses, came to Yuan Shao's side, bowed their heads and knelt down on one knee, and held the bowl in their hands to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao tidied up the armor he was wearing, stretched out his left hand and put it in the bowl, after being stained with the blood of livestock, he raised his left hand to the sky for a moment and then put it down, and then after being contaminated with the blood of livestock again, Yuan Shao flicked it to the ground, sprinkled blood and loess, this is the sacrifice of heaven and earth.

After getting this, Yuan Shao put his hand into the bowl for the third time, and after being stained with the blood of livestock again, he swiped his left hand, which was stained with the blood of livestock, from right to left on his face, nose and lips, and in an instant, two blood marks appeared on Yuan Shao's face.

After the blood alliance was completed, Yuan Shao on the stage turned to face the princes and the 540,000 alliance army, and said loudly: "The Han family is unfortunate, the emperor is out of control, the thief and minister Dong Zhuo, taking advantage of the provocation and arson, adding disaster to the supreme, abusing the people, Shao and other fears of the society are lost, gather volunteers, go to the national disaster together, where I am allied and work together, so that the ministers will have no two ambitions, there is this alliance of Chongqing, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”

Yuan Shao, who said this, raised his hands obliquely and clasped his fists and said: "The emperor and the queen of heaven, the ancestors and the spirits, all of them are learned!" ”

Yuan Shao's voice fell, and the 540,000 troops under the audience roared in unison: "Where I am allied and work together, so that the ministers will have no two ambitions, and if there is an alliance with Chongqing, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”

Under the high platform of the alliance, Cao Cao, who was riding on a war horse and wearing black armor, listened to the shout that shook the heavens and the earth, and looked at Yuan Shao, who was wearing gold armor on the high platform, and for the first time rose in his heart: "The husband should be like this!" ”

Yuan Shao above didn't know that the scene just now made Cao Cao have the first sign of ambition or ambition in his heart, and Yuan Shao, whose position as the leader of his alliance was completely decided, immediately remembered Sun Jian after finally breathing a sigh of relief, and said with a slight change of thought in his heart: "I ordered Nanyang to guard Yuan Shu, supervise the grain and grass of the allied army, and then order Changsha to guard Sun Jian as the vanguard, enter the Bishui Pass, and the army will march to Luoyang!" ”

Yuan Shu and Sun Jian went out together, hugged their fists towards Yuan Shao and said, "Obey!" ”

Cao Cao on the side looked at Sun Jian who was riding his horse and leaving, Cao Cao, who originally wanted to give a reminder, thought that even if he said Sun Jian, he would not believe it, but on the contrary, he would offend Yuan Shao more than he gained, so he gave up.

Cao Cao, who returned to the Allied garrison, asked Guo Jia, who was still drinking in the big tent at this time, "Fengxiao, what do you think of Yuan Shao's actions just now?" ”

Although the filthiness of the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu is well known in later generations, but at this time, no one knows, it can only be said that these two brothers are also very good at acting.

But the princes didn't know, but Cao Cao, who had the memory of later generations, knew, so it was even more difficult for him to understand how Yuan Shao could hand over such a heavy responsibility as supervising grain and grass to Yuan Shu, who had always been at odds with him.

Hearing Cao Cao's inquiry, Guo Jia put away the wine jug, got up and saluted Cao Cao, and said: "Lord, Yuan Shao's move seems to be nepotism, but in fact, there is another deep meaning, I wonder if the lord still remembers yesterday's events?" ”

& The thing of the day? Didn't what happened yesterday be to elect the leader of the alliance, this and, wait, is it difficult to ・・・・・・"

Cao Cao, who was still full of doubts, suddenly thought of something, and then after contacting the memories of later generations, he got up and looked at Guo Jia and asked: "Could it be that Feng Xiao's meaning is that Yuan Shao is careless, he handed over the responsibility of supervising the grain and grass to Yuan Shu, not cronyism, but deliberately using the jealousy in Yuan Shu's heart to cause him to mess up, and if Yuan Shu wants to mess up, the only direction is to cut off the grain and grass, and he will never dare to cut off the grain and grass of the allied forces, but he can cut off the grain and grass of Sun Jian's department who led the army to attack Bishui Pass alone." Once the enemy sneaks or attacks, it will be defeated, and there may even be a death! ”

The more he talked, the more frightened Cao Cao became, with a trace of the idea that Yuan Shao, who was considered mediocre by later generations, would be so shrewd and calculated, he looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, I don't know if what I said is right?" ”

Guo Jia, who could not hide his shock, surprise and joy in his eyes, said when he heard this: "The lord is wise, I don't want Jia to just say it a little, and the lord will understand it at once." ”

& Thinking of the facts, Yuan Shu assassinated Sun Jian not because he was afraid of his bravery and taking the lead in attacking Luoyang, but to disgust and hit Yuan Shao's prestige, but it was also right, after all, no matter how powerful Sun Jian was, the soldiers and horses under his command did not exceed 20,000, and the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, each brought 30,000 to 20,000 troops to the alliance, how could they be afraid of Sun Jian, who had less than 20,000 troops. ”

Secretly sighed, can leave a mark on history, none of the people who become princes are simple people, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, after Sun Wentai's defeat, what should I do?" ”

Although Cao Cao came from later generations and has the memory of later generations, he did not be rigid because of this, thinking that he was definitely the smartest, on the contrary, since he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty and knew more and more celebrities, Cao Cao felt more that he was more aware of the gap between himself and these people who could leave a mark on history.

In Guo Jia's opinion, such a modest Cao Cao is the master he believes in his heart, so he said: "I don't know what the ambition of the lord is at this time?" Is it Kuang Fu Dahan? ”

Cao Cao didn't expect Guo Jia to change the topic all of a sudden, and Cao Cao, who originally wanted to say that of course he was Kuang Fu Dahan, suddenly flashed in his mind the posture of the princes in the big tent of the alliance yesterday, Guo Jia's words, and today's alliance ceremony, the earth-shaking shouts and Yuan Shao standing alone on the high platform, which made Cao Cao unable to speak out at once, so he was silent for a while and said: "Yes, what, no, what?" ”