In the early morning of the next day, the rainbow ran through the sun, and the sky was full of glow.

In late autumn, there was still a layer of silver glittering frost on the field of the Righteous Military Academy filled with morning mist, and the cold hit people.

Although the weather was cold, the Allied camp that stretched for dozens of miles was steaming, and the crowd was full of enthusiasm and momentum.

As of yesterday evening, the princes from all walks of life who came to meet the alliance arrived as promised, and then the princes from all walks of life settled their troops and horses.

That night, the princes of the alliance met for the first time in the tent of the Chinese army, and then drank and held a high meeting, which did not disperse until late at night.

Today is the big day for the princes of the Central Plains to officially form an alliance, the sky is beautiful, the sky is clear, and the princes will be more auspicious.

The autumn breeze is slow, the soldiers are Gosensen, and the flag is hunting.

On the altar school field, as far as the eye can see, there are all war cavalry armor, as if boundless, connecting the heavens and the earth.

Time passed quickly, and the sun was fully revealed, driving away the frost and cold, and the whole earth was warm.

"Knock knock--"

The sound of war drums suddenly sounded, and countless armorers quickly moved towards the altar when they heard the drums. Immediately afterward, a group of black iron armorers armed with halberds ascended the steps of the altar and stood opposite each other on both sides.

Immediately, surrounded by hundreds of pro-soldier armor soldiers, Yuan Shao slowly walked to the altar, and then stopped in front of the steps.

After the three-way drum, the sound of war drums stopped abruptly, and the huge altar school field was already overcrowded.

"Knock knock!"

The war drums sounded again after a pause, and then Xu You, a close advisor under Yuan Shao, walked up to the third floor of the altar, unfolded the bamboo slip in his hand, and read aloud: "Beat the drum to gather the generals, and the princes will join the alliance!" ”

After a pause, Xu You raised his voice and read out: "The princes of the first town of the righteous army, the general of the Che Cavalry, Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao led an army of 150,000 to join the alliance!" ”

As Xu You's voice fell. The weapons in the hands of the Jizhou army, located in the middle of the school field, rose and fell, and shouted in unison: "Victory!" Win! Victory! ”

In the earth-shaking shouts, Yuan Shao led a group of civil and military generals to stride to the altar steps and stand in line, while he himself stepped up the steps and walked up to the altar step by step.

After Yuan Shao ascended the altar, Xu You continued to read: "The princes of the second town of the righteous army, the general of Zhengbei, the pastor Cao Cao of Yanzhou, led 80,000 troops to the alliance!" ”

When Xu You's words fell, Cao Cao's army, which was on the right side in front of the altar, moved in response. The soldiers rose and fell in an orderly manner, shouting: "Zhongxing Han Room, kill Li Thief!" Zhongxing Han Chamber, Kill Li Thief -- "

Like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao led his subordinates to step forward in front of the stage amid the chanting. Then he climbed the steps alone and steadily walked up the altar.

"The Third Town of the Rebels. General Fenwei and Wenhou Lu Bu led 70,000 troops to the alliance! Xu You continued to read out.

Sigh!

A war horse neighed. Standing tall among the chickens, the red rabbit horse stands with its hooves raised, its majestic posture is enviable, and its mighty momentum shocks the audience.

Then Lu Bufei dismounted and strode onto the altar with Fang Tian's halberd in hand. Behind him, all the generals stood in front of the stage, and the only thing that stood out was that. The army under Lu Bu did not shout slogans in unison.

"The princes of the fourth town of the Righteous Army, General Dangkou and the leader of the Black Mountain Righteous Army, Zhang Yan, led the 80,000 Black Mountain Army to join the alliance!"

"Whew-!" As Xu You's words fell, he saw a fast horse galloping past, and then a vague black shadow flew into the air from the galloping horse. The weapon in his hand made a sharp whistling sound. After the black shadow landed and stood firm, he saw that he was standing firmly in front of the altar steps, standing proudly, and his vigorous skills were breathtaking.

Under a closer look, this person as light as a swallow was dressed in animal skin and armor, wearing a black robe on his shoulders, wearing a silver and black hairpin crown, eight feet four inches tall, with a thin figure, good facial features, and a majestic demeanor. It goes without saying that this person is Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain thieves who has the reputation of "Feiyan".

The official position and name reported by Xu You are nothing more than false names, and his intention is nothing more than to beautify the reputation of the Black Mountain thieves and fool the people, so as not to damage the reputation of the allies. After all, the allies are known as righteous armies, and if they are in the company of thieves who do all kinds of evil, they will inevitably be criticized and damage the prestige of the princes from all walks of life.

When Zhang Yan stopped, the Black Mountain Army under his command shouted: "Save the Son of Heaven, Qingjun's side!" Save the Son of Heaven, Qingjun's side! ”

Immediately, a group of Black Mountain bandit leaders strode to the front of the stage, standing behind Zhang Yan, looking around quite curiously, as if it was the first time to see such a large-scale alliance ceremony. After all the generals under him had stood, Zhang Yan stepped on the steps and slowly ascended to the altar.

Just as Zhang Yan walked up to the altar step by step, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao glanced at each other after hearing the slogan shouted by the Black Mountain Thief, and nodded to each other tacitly, and their eyes were full of appreciation when they looked at Zhang Yan.

It is true that any alliance must have a reason that is convincing to the people of the world, but in fact, it is necessary to find a suitable excuse. Only in this way can it be regarded as a famous division, and it can be called a righteous army, otherwise it will be a rebellion, an unrighteous teacher, and it will be shamed by the world. Even the Yellow Turban Rebellion had a loud slogan: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand; The year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. ”

The last time the alliance of princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, the name was "edict to beg thieves", and this edict was written by Cao Cao himself. This time, Yuan Shao united with the princes of the Central Plains to crusade against Li Li, and the banner was "Punish Li thief, Qing Jun side, Zhongxing Han Dynasty!" This coincided with the slogan shouted by the Black Mountain thief, so Yuan Shao and Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Zhang Yan differently and secretly appreciated it. Because Zhang Yan can come up with this slogan, it shows that he is not a reckless martial artist, but quite resourceful.

"The princes of the fifth town, General Pingkou, Shangdang Taishou Han Xian, led 40,000 Baibo troops to join the alliance!" Xu You pulled his throat and read it out loud.

Obviously, this is another soldier composed of grass bandits, obviously a white wave thief who is active in the Shangdang area, but he has to hang the name of a general of Pingkou, and he also has the official position of the party guard. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a self-deceptive title, but they can't find much fault with it. Because of the rampant bandits in Shangdang County in recent years, the White Wave Thieves, the Black Mountain Thieves and the Southern Xiongnu barbarians led by Yu Fuluo were rampant, resulting in frequent changes in Shangdang County, and few people were able to stay in office for three months. As for the title of miscellaneous general, there are countless of them under the command of the princes of various towns today. It abounds, all of them are appointed by the princes themselves, and there are not a few overlapping official positions.

Therefore, the titles of Zhang Yan and Han Xian are false, but they can be used as official positions in the allied forces. Because these official positions are all sealed by Yuan Shao, they can be counted among the allies.

I have to say that if it is indeed chaotic today, no matter what bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods can be transformed into regular troops, and there are official official titles.

However, it is worth mentioning that although the White Wave Thieves are nominally headed by Han Xian. In fact, it was a team composed of several Yellow Turban remnants, among which Yang Feng, Hu Cai and others had no fewer soldiers and horses than Han Xian. Originally, they had far more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, and once there were as many as 100,000, but because they had previously sent troops to attack Liangzhou with Yu Fuluo, they lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. And then there were so many people left.

Now that Yu Fuluo has been defeated, the White Wave Thieves are in panic. I was afraid that Xiliang Li Liqiu would settle accounts and send troops to exterminate them. Therefore, in line with the principle of striking first to be strong and then to suffer. They gladly accepted Yuan Shao's invitation and gathered their troops and horses to come to Hanoi County to meet the alliance. Fortunately, they did not send troops in vain this time, all the grain and grass were supplied by Yuan Shao, in addition to tens of thousands of taels of gold. With such a tempting condition, how could the white wave thief refuse, and naturally he came out of the nest. Follow the allies to fight the autumn wind, and maybe you can also get some benefits on the battlefield.

When Han Xian, the leader of the White Wave Thieves, ascended the altar in style, Lu Bu couldn't help frowning, and his eyes showed disgust and disdain. It was as if he saw a fly dangling in front of his eyes, and he was extremely disgusted. In comparison, for the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan, Lu Bu has a little appreciation. Because he had fought with the Black Mountain Thieves led by Zhang Yan before, the combat effectiveness of the Black Mountain Thieves was not weak, especially the tens of thousands of elite infantry and 8,000 cavalry trained by Zhang Yan himself, the combat effectiveness was quite strong, and it was definitely not inferior to the Qingzhou soldiers recruited by Cao Cao.

At this time, I only heard Xu You continue to read out loudly: "The princes of the sixth town, General Jianyi, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang led the army of 30,000 alliances!" ”

"Victory, victory, victory!" The slogans shouted by Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses were completely consistent with the Jizhou army, which was a reflection of Zhang Yang's consistency with Yuan Shao everywhere. Originally, Zhang Yang only had 25,000 horses, but since he heard that the White Wave Thieves and the Black Mountain Thieves also came to participate in the alliance, he was greatly inspired, and recruited 5,000 young men and strong men to fill the number in half a month, enough for 30,000 horses.

This move naturally could not be concealed from Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and other princes who participated in the secret discussion, but they did not break it, and nothing happened to the power. After all, the location of this alliance is in Hanoi, and most of Zhang Yang's men and horses are responsible for logistics supply and escort baggage, and they are not the vanguard army that charges into battle, so it doesn't matter if the combat effectiveness is almost there, as long as you do your daily chores.

"The princes of the seventh town, Chen Liutai guards Zhang Miao and leads 30,000 troops to the alliance!" Xu Youlang said.

This is a town of fictitious princes, named 30,000, but in fact they are all among Lu Bu's army of 70,000. Therefore, when Xu You's words fell, Zhang Miao strode forward with several generals and hundreds of personal soldiers, and then climbed the altar step by step.

"The princes of the eighth town, the general of the post, the general under the command of Yuan Shu of Nanyang Taishou, the Marquis of Wucheng and the son of Changsha Taishou Sun Ce led 20,000 troops to the alliance!"

This is the most tongue-twisting reading of the princes of a town in Xu Yuzhao's book, Yuan Shu is no longer Nanyang Taishou, but he still hangs the official position of Nanyang Taishou. However, the person who led the troops to the alliance this time was not Yuan Shu, but Jiangdong Sun Ce, who was temporarily dormant under Yuan Shu's tent.

It's a pity that Sun Ce's reputation is not obvious at the moment, and he belongs to the kind of people who are unknown, so there is a long prefix in front of his name. Because Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, many people still remember that the name of the Jiangdong Tiger is by no means a false name, but a punch and a kick. In particular, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Lu Bu in this alliance were deeply impressed by Sun Jian, and the first prince to lead his troops to attack Luoyang City in the past was Sun Jian, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong.

Compared with Sun Jian, Sun Ce was really unknown at this time, and he was not a prince all the way, but a general who came to the alliance on behalf of Yuan Shu. It can be seen that Sun Ce and his father are completely incomparable, and there is a huge difference between them. If his father Sun Jian came to join the alliance, even if he only brought 2,000 people, he would not be ranked last among the princes, and his ranking would definitely be ahead of the Black Mountain Thieves and the White Wave Thieves.

However, when Xu You read it out just now, he was already considered to have accumulated virtue in his mouth, and when he reported Sun Ce's name, he deliberately pointed out that Sun Ce was the son of the late Sun Jian. This sentence alone was enough for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers present to remember Sun Ce's name. Then, as the news of the Hanoi Alliance spread, it would not be long before Sun Ce's name became widely known.

When Xu You's words fell, he saw a neat and orderly team of war horses slowly walking towards the altar, and then several burly generals in high-grade battle armor turned over and dismounted, and strode to the front of the stage. It was only at this time that all the generals and soldiers could clearly see what Sun Ce and the generals behind him looked like, and the four generals were quite conspicuous, so that Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Zhang Yang, Zhang Miao and others were shocked, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

If it is natural that Yuan Shao and the others are very unfamiliar with Sun Ce, then the four generals standing behind Sun Ce are quite familiar. Because these four people are currently more famous than Sun Ce, and they have been famous all over the world many years ago, and they are known as the four tiger generals under Sun Ce. Their names are about to come out, they are: Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and Zu Mao, these four are all fierce generals who have followed Sun Jian for many years, and they are almost famous all over the world at the same time as Sun Jian.

"The four generals under Sun Jian's command in the past are here, it's really a surprise!" On the high platform of the altar, Cao Cao looked down at the four Jiangdong generals under the stage, and whispered with joy on his face.

Then he turned his head to Yuan Shao and asked softly, "Brother Benchu, why didn't you see Sun Ce at the banquet last night?" Could it be that he had come in a hurry this morning, and had not yet reached the camp last night? ”

Yuan Shao was slightly stunned when he heard this, his eyes wandered and he didn't look into Cao Cao's eyes, and said in a low tone: "No, they all rushed to the camp at noon yesterday." Last night, the handsome tent set up a banquet, and the people invited to the banquet were all princes from all walks of life, and Sun Ce was just a lieutenant under Yuan Highway's tent, and he was not qualified to come to the banquet. Therefore, the little man under the tent did not notify him to come, so Meng De naturally couldn't see Sun Ce, and even I didn't know that the four generals under Sun Jian's account in the past came to the big camp to join the alliance. If I had known that they were coming, I would have made an exception and invited them to the banquet, so that they could do their best to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions! ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, he squinted his eyes and looked at Sun Ce in the audience, and then said in a low voice: "I remember that Sun Jian once reprimanded Li Ru in the past and said that the tiger father has no dog. In my opinion, this Sun Ce is extraordinary, and he has the style of a general in every move, and he should be a brave person. Therefore, Cao reluctantly asked Sun Ce to take the stage today to make an alliance with us, and he replaced Yuan Shu's vacant princes. I don't know what the original brother wants? ”

"I'm just afraid that this 、、、 is inappropriate." Yuan Shao hesitated in surprise. However, when he saw Cao Cao's very resolute expression, he bowed his head slightly and said: "Okay, for the sake of Meng De's intercession, let him take the stage and replace the princes of Yuan Shu!" ”

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