In Luoyang City, in the wine cellar in Huangfu Song Mansion.

Liu Yu and other old ministers knelt beside Liu Xie, all with joy on their faces. Zhong Yao took the lead in speaking: "Report to the lord, the champion Hou united the 19 princes to launch an army to attack Dong Zhuo. In addition, the Xiliang prefect Ma Teng restrained Dong Zhuo's nest. Now, the coalition forces have conquered Hulao and are chasing Li Ru and the remaining troops of Lu Bu. I believe that in a few days, Ao Junhou will be able to enter Luoyang and kill Dong Zhuo."

Liu Xie also had a happy expression on his tender face and asked quickly: "Can you all know which 19 princes are there? These people are loyal ministers, and I will reward them heavily in the future."

Huangfu Song replied: "The first town is the second general, Nanyang prefect Yuan Shu; the second town is the governor of Yanzhou Liu Dai;... the eighteenth town of the cavalry general and champion Hou Ao Lie. In addition, Zhong Lingjun had already said just now that the prefect of Xiliang Ma Teng was in charge of Xiliang."

Liu Xie thought about it in his mind and asked in confusion: "Didn't you talk about the 19th princes? Why are you missing all the way?"

Liu Yu replied: "There is another person who is actually not a prince. Legend has it that this person is also a relative of the Han Dynasty. His name is Liu Bei and his courtesy name is Xuande. He was once the prime minister of Pingyuan. Later, when Zhang Ju rebelled, he abandoned his official position and disappeared. He knew that various princes were joining forces to fight against Dong, but he didn't know where he emerged."

Liu Xie frowned and thought for a long time, but he didn't remember which Han clan relative was named Liu Bei. He asked, "Which clan is this Liu Bei?" After Liu Bang founded the country, he once awarded family children as kings, so that the princes and kings in many places were Han clan relatives. Over the past four hundred years, some clan relatives who were originally named kings returned to the court to serve, such as Liu Yu; but many of them were wandering among the people because of their family deterioration or anger. They were no different from ordinary people, and Liu Bei belonged to this kind of person.

"Uh, this..." Liu Yu stammered, as if he didn't want to tell Liu Bei's origin. Seeing Liu Yu's appearance, Liu Xie felt curious and couldn't help but continue asking: "Why, is there any hidden secrets in the Emperor's uncle?"

Wang Yun, who was standing beside him, sighed and interrupted, "It is normal for the Grand Sima to speak out, because Liu Bei called himself the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan whenever he met everyone."

Prince Jing of Zhongshan? The absurd prince who gave birth to more than 120 sons in his lifetime? The most despised among all the princes is this Prince Jing of Zhongshan. Other princes either stayed in history or left a devil for thousands of years, and the least was also mediocre. Only Prince Jing of Zhongshan did not leave any thing that would allow future generations to praise him. His greatest achievement was to drink constantly every day, spend time on women, and throughout his life, he actually set a record of more than 120 sons. This record did not include his daughter. Just one thing, the signature of Prince Jing of Zhongshan was already notorious. So Liu Yu was embarrassed to tell Liu Bei's origin.

Liu Xie shook his head with a self-deprecating voice, and sighed, "After King Jing of Zhongshan, that's not worth investing in at all."

Zhu Jun suddenly said, "The Master, when he was conquering the Yellow Turban Army for his ministers ten years ago, he had met Liu Xuande several times. This person had a very kind face, but he always gave people a feeling that his kindness seemed to have been deliberately modified. However, this person had some skills at that time, and he had two powerful generals under him, all with the courage to be inappropriate for thousands of men."

Zhong Yao interrupted: "No matter what, having such a person is also a helping hand. Ao Junhou's power is a bit weak after all. If Liu Xuande can become Ao Junhou's arm, it would be a beautiful thing."

While everyone was talking, a sound of knocking on the door was suddenly heard outside the wine cellar. This was the secret code that Liu Yu and everyone had set. On odd days, he used three long and two short knocking on the door; on even days, he used two short and three long knocking on the door. Liu Yu also learned this from Ao Lie, which can effectively prevent Liu Xie's hiding place from being leaked.

Huangfu Song walked over and opened the door. A figure flashed into the wine cellar, then quickly closed the door of the wine cellar. Everyone looked carefully and found that it was Wu Qiong, the city gate captain. At the beginning, when Zhang Shao from Wancheng led the remnants of the Yellow Turbans to gather for rebellion, Ao Lie had once selected soldiers and selected generals in the army. Wu Qiong was selected by Ao Lie and took office as a military officer. Later, when Ao Lie pacified Wancheng and returned to Youbeiping, the brothers Wu Qiong and Wu Xi did not go to Youzhou with Ao Lie because their families were in Luoyang, but returned to Luoyang. Because they had made contributions to quelling the rebellion, the two of them were promoted. Wu Qiong is now the city gate captain.

It was precisely because the Wu Qiong brothers had followed Ao Lie and were promoted because of this that the two brothers were always respectful to Ao Lie's father Liu Yu. After secretly temptation, Liu Yu confirmed that the two brothers were loyal to the Han Dynasty, so he also brought them into the same camp.

Wu Qiong first knelt down and bowed to Liu Xie for a moment, then said hurriedly: "The big thing is wrong. According to reliable news, the coalition of princes has dispersed!"

Everyone in the wine cellar was shocked when they heard this. The nineteen vassal coalition forces of the princes were unstoppable. They had already conquered Hulao Pass and marched into Luoyang. The killing of Dong Zhuo was just around the corner. How could they disperse at such a critical moment?

Liu Xie's face suddenly became gloomy, and even some trembling was already in his voice: "What the hell is going on?"

Wu Qiong swallowed with difficulty, sorted out his thoughts, and then split the coalition into two camps. Ao Lie led his army to pursue, and most of the princes were roughly talking about the matter. Fortunately, Wu Qiong was the captain of the city gate and was responsible for the investigation of various city gates in Luoyang, so he could find out so quickly why the nineteen princes fell apart.

After listening to Wu Qiong's story, Huangfu Song said bitterly with a shocked look on his face: "So, the nineteen princes have been divided into two factions. Ao Junhou and others are minorities and advocate the elimination of evil. However, most of Yuan Shao and others are stagnant in Hulao and are determined to watch on the wall?"

Liu Xie slapped me fiercely on the wall in anger and said angrily: "Yuan Shao, a bastard who is a fool who is abusing the country and the king! How dare he openly oppose the emperor's brother? Where did he put me? Am I just a bargaining chip for him to get political capital? Is it really a crime to die!"

Wu Qiongyu was not shocking and continued to say, "The emperor calmed down. The situation might even be worse. Cao Mengde took the lead in leading troops to pursue Li Ru. Lu Bu's troops were ambushed by Li Ru, and his troops were completely lost. After hearing the news of Cao Mengde's defeat, Liu Xuande, who claimed to be the King Jing of Zhongshan, immediately led his troops back and returned to Hulao Pass. Now, only four princes, Ao Junhou, Liaoxi Prefect Gongsun Zan, Changsha Prefect Sun Jian, and Hanoi Prefect Wang Kuang, came to serve the king. The total number of four people was less than 50,000."

When everyone heard this, they sighed to the sky, with a sad look on their faces.

Liu Xie sat down blankly and said listlessly: "Are I the only few loyal people in my great man and in times of crisis?"

Looking at Liu Xie's decadent expression, Wu Qiong felt a slight pain in his heart, but the current situation was critical, and he really couldn't hide these facts. Suddenly, he remembered something, and Wu Qiong suddenly raised his head, took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms, and said repeatedly: "By the way, I almost forgot about a big thing! This was sent by Jia Xu, a military Sima under Ao Junhou, Jia Wenhe, who sent someone to destroy the thieves. People came to tell us about the strategies to destroy the thieves, and they were all in it."

When Liu Xie heard that it was sent by Ao Lie, he hurriedly reached out to take the silk cloth and looked at it carefully. In fact, Ao Lie really didn't know about this matter. It was Jia Xu who sent someone to Wu Qiong on his own initiative. There were only a few words on the silk cloth, which roughly meant that he wanted to destroy Dong Zhuo. The best way was to break the fortress built by Dong Zhuo from the inside, and this breakthrough point was to find a way to provoke the conflict between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

After Liu Xie finished reading this silk cloth, his panic became calm again. No matter when and where, as long as there is Ao Lie, there will be miracles; as long as Ao Lie's help, he will be safe and sound. This is the trust that Liu Xie has long lost in Ao Lie. He handed the silk cloth in his hand to Liu Yu and others, and Liu Xie said: "You all look at it, do what the emperor wants, and I believe him."

Liu Yu and others passed the silk cloth over. Wang Yun patted his thigh and said, "Miscellaneous! Mysterious plan! Lu Bu is now commanding 40,000 Bingzhou Army. Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou, was forced to death by Dong Zhuo and Li Ru. How could the 40,000 Bingzhou Army, who were like wolves and tigers, be willing to let Dong Zhuo be driven by Dong Zhuo? It was just a must for Lu Bu's prestige. If Dong Zhuo rebels against Lu Bu, the 40,000 Bingzhou Army would probably immediately turn against each other. At that time, the emperor would win over Lu Bu, which would be equivalent to controlling the 40,000 Bingzhou Army. Later, he would cooperate with Ao Junhou and achieve great things!"

Jia Xu's slaughter plan was secretly carried out on Ao Lie's back, because Jia Xu knew that with Ao Lie's character, he would definitely not agree to this plan to plot Lu Bu in, but this plan was the most confident path to success. With Jia Xu's keen observation of people's hearts, he foreseeed that Dong Zhuo would definitely not tolerate Lu Bu, or that Dong Zhuo could not tolerate the 40,000 Bingzhou army under Lu Bu. Only by provoking the conflict between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu can Ao Lie successfully attack Luoyang City. When Dong Zhuo died, according to the agreement between Lu Bu and Ao Lie, then there would be another powerful general under Ao Lie's command. Jia Xu thought this kind of best of both worlds was very cost-effective, so he secretly sent someone to send Wu Qiong this piece of silk cloth.

The people in the wine cellar gathered together for a while and had just made a rough plan for the time being, but the details in various places still need to be carefully considered to ensure that they are foolproof. This is the only opportunity for Liu Xie to turn the tables, and everyone dare not make any rash decisions.

Seeing that staying in the wine cellar has not been short, it will cause people to doubt it when they stay. Everyone had to end the meeting. Before leaving, Zhong Yao suddenly said to Liu Yu: "Brother Bo'an, according to my opinion, you should not show up for the time being. Ao Junhou is the leader of the coalition army and has assassinated Dong Zhuo. Once Dong Zhuo takes his anger on you, it may cause a murder. Why not stay here for the time being, please stay here for the emperor. In the evening, someone will arrange for someone to send Zhenjun here." The Zhenjun mentioned by Zhong Yao is Liu Yu's eldest son, Ao Lie's brother Liu He.

I felt that what Zhong Yao said was very reasonable, and others advised Liu Yu to stay for the time being and promised that he would send Liu He intact before dark today. In the end, even Liu Xie also told him to keep Liu Yu, and Liu Yu agreed.
Chapter completed!