The most beautiful chapter at the beginning of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the fifth time: sending corrections to the princes Ying Cao Gong, breaking the army to guan Sanying to fight Lü Bu. This chapter can be said to be a small climax of the opening chapter, and the number of scenes of the characters appearing is breathtaking.
Cao Cao escaped back to Chen Liu after failing to assassinate Dong Zhuo. With the financial support of Xiao Lian Weihong, he recruited soldiers to buy horses and gather grass to hoard grain, and put up the banner of "loyalty and righteousness" to recruit heroes from all sides. He successively accepted six generals, namely Yangping Wei Guo Lejin, Shanyang Julu Li Dian, Pei Guo's Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren's brother Cao Ren, and Cao Hong, all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts, and in this way Cao Cao's power gradually grew, and he became a prince who gathered on one side.
Cao Cao launched a crusade against the traitor Dong Zhuo, and the content of the text is probably to say that Dong Zhuo deceived the upper and lower levels, blackmailed the Heavenly Son to order the princes, cholera, and today the son issued a secret edict, hoping that all the princes would take the major affairs of the state as the most important thing, lead their respective armies, crusade against Dong Zhuo, eliminate the traitors, support the Han Dynasty, and save the people of Li.
After the princes of all walks of life saw The Text, one by one, they were afraid of falling behind and losing the opportunity to perform, so they all raised troops to respond to Cao Cao. Who are these eighteen princes?
They were: The later generals Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, Jizhou Thorn Shi Hanfu, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Hanoi Commandery Taishou Wang Kuang, Chen Liu Taishou Zhang Miao, DongJun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Baoxin, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, Shangdang Taishou Zhangyang, Wucheng Marquis Changsha Taishou Sun Jian, Qixiang Hou Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao, plus Chen Liu Cao Cao just eighteen road princes.
As the saying goes, people have no head, no birds, no heads, no flights, so many armies of the Eighteenth Route Princes gathered together, if there is no unified dispatch and command, it is certainly not possible, so everyone jointly recommended Yuan Shao as the general ally of the Eighteenth Route. Because Yuan Shao's family was prominent, the fourth and third dukes, and the descendants of the famous ministers of the Han Dynasty, they were known for their prestige, so he was also regarded as the head of the alliance, and Yuan Shao's great joy and merit certainly did not resign, so he became the general alliance lord, his younger brother Yuan Shu became the grain inspector, and the Changsha Taishou Sun Jian was the vanguard official of the front department. The seemingly orderly division of labor arrangement is actually the sole power of brother Yuan, so that the Allies actually exist in name only, and there is no real name.
Changsha Taishou Sun Jian as the front of the Zhengyin pioneer officer in fact, there is nothing wrong with him, he has four members of the strong generals, namely the iron ridge snake spear general Cheng Pu, the iron whip general Huang Gai, the big knife general Han Dang, the double knife general Zu Mao, this combination of generals is not weak at all, in addition, Sun Jian himself crotch flower mane horse palm in the ancient ingot knife, that is also the hero Hao Jie of the Wei Zhen side, he confidently led the troops straight to the Water Pass to kill.
Dong Zhuo originally wanted to send his first fierce general, that is, his righteous son Wen Hou Lü Bu, to the horse, but before Lü Bu could act, a general came up from the tent, and seeing that this person was nine feet long, the tiger body wolf waist, the leopard head ape arm, the surname Hua Mingxiong, was the second fierce general under his account, and The big knife in Hua Xiong's hand was also a brave and invincible hero. Hua Xiong took the initiative to ask Miao to lead an infantry force of 50,000, and the military commander Li Su rushed Hu Yun and Zhao Cen to Shuishui Pass overnight.
Hua Xiong, we do not express it for the time being, just to say that these eighteen road princes, many people are mixed up, in fact, they are scattered, and they all say that they want to come to dong Zhuo Kuang to support the Han room, but secretly after that, they each calculate how they can get more benefits. Take Bao Xin, the governor of Jibei among the Eighteenth Route Princes, as soon as he saw that Sun Jian had led the troops away but did not send him any tasks, he provoked him, and he did not greet yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, and secretly sent his brother Bao Zhong to lead three thousand horses to copy the path to the front of Sun Jian, and first went to Shuishui Pass to seize the pass, but unfortunately he miscalculated, despised Hua Xiong and also overestimated Bao Zhong, this Bao Zhong was a squat of a sack of rice and a rice bag pressing a horse, nothing, Hua Xiong, who was out of the city to meet the enemy, turned around and ran, and did not run far before Hua Xiong took the knife and fell under the horse. Bao Zhong sent Hua Xiong a human head before the battle began, which greatly affected the morale of the Allied forces.
Sun Jian didn't know that Bao Xin had made such a play halfway, and if he knew, he would definitely provoke it. He took the headquarters of the soldiers and horses, the momentum was strong, came to the front of the water pass to call the battle, the iron ridge snake spear will be Cheng Pu first, and the Huaxiong department will fight Hu Yun in one place, that is, a few rounds, a snake spear stabbed Hu Yun's throat, and picked it under the horse, Sun Jian made a drum to order people to attack the city, and as a result, he was blocked by the bow and arrow in the city and could only take the troops back to the camp.
Sun Jian won the first battle beautifully, as the saying goes, the first battle won the battle, the first battle was lost, so he wrote a letter to the alliance lord Yuan Shao to report the victory, and urged Yuan Shu to grain. Originally, it was a good thing to win the war, and it was also necessary for the war to collect grain, and it was a matter of course for people to fight hard in front of the steel people's families, and it was a matter of course to provide grain and grass in the back.
However, Yuan Shu was narrow-minded, and he was afraid that Sun Jian had stolen the head and made a splash, and his people did not say good things in front of him: "Sun Jian is a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, if he breaks Luoyang and kills Dong Zhuo, it is the wolf who will get the tiger." If there is no grain now, the other army will disperse! Therefore, Yuan Shu did not move and did not provide grain and grass to Sun Jian's troops.
Cutting off people's grain and grass during the war was tantamount to seeking wealth and killing people, and how could Sun Jian's army win a battle without grain. Admiral Hua Xiong obeyed the plan of the military master Li Su, in the middle of the night came a move to steal the camp and rob the village, Sun Jian's troops were defenseless, at that time they were beaten down and fell into the water, if it were not for the double knife to save Zu Mao's life, Sun Jian would also die at the hands of Hua Xiong, poor double knife General Zu Mao in order to protect his lord, was hacked to death by Hua Xiong, he was also the first general among the eighteen princes killed by Hua Xiong.
The princes of the Eighteenth Route first had Bao Xin secretly send troops, and then Yuan Shu cut off food for Sun Jian, how could such a team win the battle, there was a way to be a soldier and a bear, and a nest of bears. The eighteenth road princes looked like gods and gods, and it was difficult for the blind leaders of the Yuan brothers not to lose the battle. When everyone was discussing how to attack Fenshui Pass, General Hua Xiong came to the two armies to call for battle.
Yuan Shao was still quite happy, thinking that it was not a big problem for many of his subordinates to deal with Huaxiong, and as a result, Yu Shi did not take long for Yu To get out of the horse, and there were soldiers who returned: "Yu Shi and Hua Xiong fought less than three times, and they were beheaded by Hua Xiong." This Yu Shi was also a cargo that sent people's heads, and he died faster than he went out, and then Han Fubu put General Pan Feng out of the horse, which was not much stronger than Yu Shi, and it didn't take long for hua xiong to kill him, which frightened the Eighteen Road Princes, and Yuan Shao even said: "Unfortunately, my general Yan Liangwen is ugly!" If you have one person here, why be afraid of Huaxiong! ”
This literal meaning is very obvious, the meaning is that Huaxiong is too powerful, it seems that these people on the scene of our Eighteenth Road Princes may not necessarily have beaten people's homes, in fact, there are still a few powerful people in the Eighteenth Road Princes, the front Sun Jian we do not say, Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan is not an idle person, Gongsun Zhan can fight with Lü Bu for twenty or thirty rounds to deal with Huaxiong should not be too bad, not to mention Gongsun Zhang behind Liu Guan Zhangli Guan Yu Zhang Fei casually can easily kill Huaxiong.
It's just that the Eighteenth Road princes are at odds with each other, they are pregnant with ghosts, and everyone is retaining their strength, afraid of revealing themselves in front of people, so there is such an embarrassing cold scene. If there is no Guan Yu taking the initiative to ask for help, Cao Cao Baoxian will fight, Guan Yu will drink wine and behead Huaxiong, I really don't know how the Eighteenth Road Princes can break this dead end! However, Hua Xiong was indeed powerful, although the number of generals killed was not large, but it was enough to deter the Eighteenth Road Princes, and its strength was definitely not under the "Hebei Four Court Pillars", even if Yan Liangwen was ugly, it was also a dragon and tiger fight.