After Sun Jian led the way and Cao Cao took Zhao Zhi's two orders, he not only lost his fighting spirit to attack Dong, but also his generals were dissatisfied with the Allied forces. He Bai was worried that the morale of the army would not be available, so he led his troops to abandon Jingxian and Yangcheng, retreated to Xinzheng and rested again.

He Bai, who was used to the fast pace of his future generations, was forced to be crazy by this war that dragged on time. However, no one in the Allies has withdrawn from the alliance, and He Bai doesn't want to be the leader, so he can only endure it.

There was a bad news for He Bai's army during this period, but it was pleasant but sad. Half a month after Sun Jian robbed the military's money and food, he fought with the Xiliang army and Liang County. Sun Jian's attention was all focused on Hu Zhen, the general of the Dong army. He did not want to see Xu Rong and Hua Xiong on Xingyang, the Sishui line, secretly rushed past Jingxian County, Yangcheng. Before He Bai's army's escort sent back the message, he forced Sun Jian's army to Liangdong.

Sun Jian's army was killed by Xu Rong and Hua Xiong and blood flowed into a river, with heavy casualties. Most of the 30,000 troops fled. Sun Jian only led dozens of cavalry to return. Even the general Zu Mao under his command was killed by Hua Xiong. Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan who was forced to accompany the army by Sun Jian, was unfortunately captured and was cooked alive by the Western Liang army. The other captured soldiers were wrapped in cloth, hung upside down, and killed with hot oil.

The officials of Yingchuan County hated Sun Jian's domineering mankind and killed the prefect of Yingchuan Li Min. So they raised troops to reject Sun Jian's support and sent envoys to invite He Bai to return to Yingchuan to guard the troops. He Bai was completely unlucky, so he moved his troops from Xinzheng to return to Yangdi, and resided Yingchuan's terrified people. He also took the opportunity to accommodate Sun Jian's four thousand scattered soldiers who were good at water battles in Jingzhou.

Sun Jian fled back to Luyang, and his soldiers were separated due to the loss of money and food. Only thousands of defeated soldiers were defeated, so he could only sit in the sad city. Fortunately, the new Nanyang prefect Yuan Shu sent reinforcements to send money and food to support him. Sun Jian's soldiers gradually gathered up and gradually became the first. However, their relationship with Yuan Shu changed from the initial alliance to the subordinate state.

After Liang Dong's defeat, Sun Jian not only lost all his troops, but also lost all his prestige to the north, and he had no face to compete with He Bai for dominance over Yingchuan County. So under Yuan Shu's order, he led his troops to the Yang people stationed north of Liang County, and confronted Hu Zhen's army again.

In February of the following year, Yuan Shao and the governor of Jizhou Han Fu wanted to make Liu Yu the emperor because the emperor was young and controlled by Dong Zhuo, and were separated from the gates. They did not know whether the emperor was safe. So they sent envoys Zhang Qi and others to invite Liu Yu to the south to discuss the ascension of the throne, and wrote to Yingchuan, hoping that He Bai could go to Soybean again to discuss major events.

He Bai was a little hesitant after receiving the letter. At first, he heard that Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi discussed replacing Liu Bian, the King of Donglai, as emperor. After Lu Zhi flatly rejected it, he changed to Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, as emperor. He Bai was not clear about the exact process and result of this matter. In this life, He Bai had the achievements of the present time because of Liu Yu's recommendation. Therefore, it was related to Liu Yu. He Bai could not ignore it. So he ordered the punishment. The two generals Zhang Liao guarded Yingchuan, led the three generals Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, Chunyu Qiong, and three thousand cavalry to go to the sour jujube.

When he arrived at Sour Zao, Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao to greet He Bai. When Cao Cao saw He Bai, he laughed and bowed his hands to worship deeply: "Dawn, Cao is ashamed of you in the matter of taking over Zhao Zhi. I hope you are a lot of people, don't bother with me."

He Bai smiled slightly and said, "Zhao Zhi is not my private part, but a general in the court. He wants to turn to someone, that is his freedom. But I have been serving his Shangguan for more than a year. Even if I don't like me, I still have a private relationship. Unexpectedly, he incited hundreds of soldiers to leave without saying goodbye. It is obvious that he is conspiring to split our army, but it makes me unable to let go."

Cao Cao bowed again: "This matter is wrong with Zhao Zhi, but Zhao Zhi also has too deep feelings for Tianming. He is afraid that he will not speak after meeting Tianming, so he is reluctant to say goodbye. He just made up his mind to leave without saying goodbye. But he acted too hastily, which is a bit rash, and it is inevitable that he has not considered it carefully. It is definitely not a conspiracy."

He Bai was also convinced of Cao Cao's talent, but Cao Cao had too few soldiers and horses at present, and He Bai didn't have much concern. In this life, Cao Cao lost millions of Qingzhou soldiers, and he thought he would not have done much in the early stage. After his own power developed, Cao Cao would not have cooked a skillful woman without rice.

He Baike was very envious of the talents of the Cao family and Xiahou clans. Maybe he could persuade Cao Cao to surrender in the future and become his thug. He was younger than Cao Cao. As long as he did not die early and died of illness, I think the Cao family would be honest. Even if there was an accident, wouldn’t Zhuge Liang still be able to entrust him?

He Bai's heart moved and asked in a low voice: "Yingchuan Prefect Li Min was unfortunately killed. Now Yingchuan has no master. Yingchuan officials are under my power to take over Yingchuan. I don't know that Meng De is willing to come to help me, but I can express my support as the new Yingchuan Prefect."

Cao Cao's brows and his mind was very moved. He wanted to respond in one go. But after thinking for a long time, he sighed: "If my son loses his power today, he cannot rule the world. My Cao family has the Han family's wealth in the world, and must not be like the Han thieves, and he must be in charge of the county and county. Yingchuan has no master, so he can temporarily take over the power of the court. In the future, the court will be safe again, and then follow the court's orders. However, the court cannot be formally guarded by Tianming."

He Bai couldn't help but sigh inwardly. At this time, Cao Cao was a righteous man who protected the Han Dynasty, but he was a rebel minister who conspired to subvert the Han Dynasty. The two had different ways and did not plan for each other, and he would never be able to be with him.

Just like Cao Cao was always helping Yuan Shao at this time, but Yuan Shao was always doing things to ruin the prestige of the Han Dynasty, and then he had the intention of separating Hebei and establishing his own country. Therefore, Cao Cao parted ways with Yuan Shao, and finally turned against him and became enemies. Therefore, how long can he be harmonious with Cao Cao? Since Cao Cao was unwilling, He Bai naturally could not persuade him.

He Bai then asked, "Meng De, how do you see how Liu Dasima, the governor of Youzhou, react to Yuan Benchu's proposal."

Cao Cao sneered and said, "The Han Dynasty is declining, and people have different intentions. Only Mr. Liu does not lose his loyalty. I believe that Liu Bo'an dares not be the emperor, and Zhang Qi will never succeed in this trip."

He Bai nodded and responded vaguely: "Yes, yes, yes, Liu Dasima is noble in character, loyalty and righteous, and will never be the emperor. Yuan Benchu's plan is just a kind-hearted thought. For the prestige of the Han Dynasty, there must be no two masters in the world."

He Bai and Cao Cao went to see Yuan Shao, but did not distinguish anything from Yuan Shaoqiang. They only said that they were mainly Liu Yu's attitude as the governor of Youzhou, and only listened to Liu Yu's opinions. Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, and his view of He Bai's evil was much better.

A few days later, even Yuan Shu, who had not had contact with Yuan Shao for a long time, rushed to Soybean, fearing that Liu Yu would agree to Yuan Shao's proposal and let Yuan Shao take the first contribution to the emperor, and Yuan Shao took the opportunity to go in the new dynasty. For a moment, Soybean again gathered more than a dozen princes, but only Sun Jian, who was confronting Hu Zhen in Yangren, and Gongsun Zan, who went to invite Liu Yu to the south at the same time, were not there.

Ten days later, Gongsun Zan and the envoy Zhang Qi finally returned. As Cao Cao expected, Liu Yu refused to be made the emperor. He even scolded Zhang Qi angrily: "Now that there is a great chaos today, the king has lost his power. I have received great kindness, but I have not been able to clear the national humiliation. You all have the prefectures and counties, and should work together to repay the royal family. Instead, they are rebelling and treasoning, which is to win shame on each other!" He refused to accept it.

Han Fu and others wanted to ask Liu Yu to take charge of the Secretariat again, but Liu Yu refused and even killed the envoy. Yuan Shao had no choice but to stop. Yuan Shao had no choice but to refuse. Liu Yu refused, Liu Bian was unwilling. The other Liu clans had no outstanding people in terms of status and virtue, and even the princes were not active in supporting the new emperor. Yuan Shao could only hold a banquet for the princes, pretending to smile and relieve their sorrows.

Just when Yuan Shao was bored, he accidentally saw three people standing behind Gongsun Zan, with an unusual appearance and standing there as if standing out from a crowd of chickens. However, the sneer on his face made Yuan Shao feel angry. He felt that he was mocking himself. He suddenly became angry and asked, "Who is standing behind Gongsun Prefect?"

Gongsun Zan looked back, hurriedly shouted out someone and said, "This is my fellow brother who was studying since childhood, and Pingyuan Ling Liu Bei is the same."

He Bai was shocked, Liu Bei came. He hurriedly looked up and saw behind Gongsun Zan who was sitting diagonally opposite He Bai, it was indeed Liu Bei who had met several times under Liu Yu's command.

At that time, Liu Bei was appointed as the temporary commander under Liu Hui, the prefect of the county, and was in a state of pride and wanted to make achievements. However, he saw He Bai, a small army marquis who commanded 300 private soldiers of Wuhuan, lucky to make great contributions, and boasted about his achievements in the army, taking all the limelight from Liu Bei's brothers. He was displeased and suggested transfer He Bai back to Ji County to transport grain. For He Bai, the first meeting of Liu Bei was not pleasant.

However, the entire Youzhou army was defeated later because of the greed of alcohol by Liu Bei's troops. Instead, He Bai-collar, who returned from transporting grain, turned the tide and saved Liu Yu and Youzhou army. In contrast, the three Liu Bei brothers seemed much useless and were demoted by Liu Yu. Liu Bei's position was not promoted for several years, and until then he was only a thousand stone magistrate of Pingyuan County.

Therefore, Liu Bei and the other two looked at He Bai not friendly, and they were not as good as meeting old people in the past. When Liu Bei walked out, he swept over He Bai. Guan Yu, who was tall, closed his eyes slightly and looked at him without looking at him. However, Zhang Fei, who was strong and strong, opened his eyes angrily, leaned forward, and stared at He Bai tightly.

Cao Cao asked happily: "Is it Liu Xuande who followed Zhu Gongwei to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang?"

Gongsun Zan smiled and said, "That's right." Liu Bei immediately asked him to pay homage to Yuan Shao and the princes, and explained Liu Bei's contributions during the Yellow Turban Rebellion and his background in detail. This was Gongsun Zan's intention to support Liu Bei in front of the princes, but Gongsun Zan didn't know that Liu Bei did not feel much gratitude to him.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao knew that he could not get angry anymore, so he could only say unhappy: "Since he is a relative of the Han Dynasty, come and take him." He ordered someone to take a horse stool. After Liu Bei thanked him, Yuan Shao added another sentence: "I do not respect your name, but I respect you as a descendant of the imperial family."

Liu Bei had no expression on his face and took the horse stool to the last place to sit, facing He Bai from afar. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood behind with their hands and stared at He Bai. The attitudes of the three of them made Dian Wei, Huang Zhong and Chunyu Qiong behind He Bai noticed. Although they didn't know the truth, they were not willing to be outdone and looked at him arrogantly.

At this moment, a spy suddenly came to report: "Hua Xiong, the governor of Sishui Pass, led three thousand iron cavalry to come, and used a long pole to pick Chi Li of the prefect of Sun Changsha, and cursed and fought in front of the village."
Chapter completed!