Chapter 980 The coalition forces scattered and the beacon is on fire
Chapter 978: The coalition forces scattered and the beacon is on fire
In Dong Zhuo''s opinion, among the princes who were not Liu''s surname, Qin Wen was qualified to be listed as the title of king with him. All other princes, even Qin Hao, were not qualified to be the title of king with him.
Everything must be done step by step, and it is naturally the same for being a king or an emperor.
Except for Dong Zhuo, the princes of the surname Liu were all marquis before, and directly being crowned as king would be equivalent to reaching the sky in one step, which is more convincing.
Although Feng Gong also took a big step forward, he would not have to take too much steps, and it would be acceptable to people.
In addition to the three titles of Yizi Wang, Prince, and Duke of Guo, Dong Zhuo also granted the title of the marquis of Guo, and the target was not the small princes such as Zhao Kuangyin and Gongsun Xuanyuan who depended on the great princes, or the small princes such as Wang Lang, Huang Zu, and Han Xuan with slightly inferior strength.
The people who were named the marquis of the State by Dong Zhuo include: Zhao Kuangyin, Duke of Ji Dusun Xuanyuan, Duke of Yue Wang Lang, Duke of Shu Lu Kang, Duke of E Huang Zu, Duke of Xiang Han Xuan, Duke of Dai Zhang Yang, Duke of Chen Chen Youliang, Duke of Ji Zhang Shicheng...
Of course, while Dong Zhuo was exiling his ban, he did not forget his subordinates.
Tang Marquis Li Yuan was named Duke of Tang, Sui Marquis Yang Jian was named Duke of Sui, and Hua Xiong, Li Jue and other generals were also named Duke of Sui, but they had no fiefs. After all, Dong Zhuo could not allow the territory of the Liang army to be divided.
In short, in addition to Hong Xiuquan from Jiaozhou, and Ren Hongchang, Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Zicheng and others who escaped into the Three Mountains, almost all the princes were granted the title of Dong Zhuo, and the lowest title was the marquis of the State, and the above were the Duke of the State, the Prince, and the Yizi King.
At this point, the Han Dynasty was nominally divided by the princes, and the world officially entered a new Warring States Period.
The princes who stayed in Luoyang all made a unified reaction after receiving Dong Zhuo''s enfeoffment, that is, they decisively refused the enfeoffment.
They were scolding Dong Zhuo as a traitor before, but now they accept his enthronement. Isn’t that equivalent to slapping themselves in the face?
What''s more, the princes came to fight against Dong. Although the temptation brought by the title of kings and kings was great, once accepted, it would mean betrayal of the alliance. If it aroused the siege of surrounding princes, it would not be possible.
Therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable to enthronement before leaving the alliance.
The princes all refused the canonization on the surface, but secretly they were actively preparing to leave the coalition forces, and then sat down to see the changes in the world in the future, and decided whether to accept the canonization.
Most of the princes wanted to break away from the alliance, but no one asked them. After all, the princes were shot and the princes were all ghostly and ghostly, and no one wanted to be the one who stood out.
In this strange balance, the coalition of princes was stable for more than ten days.
All the princes were waiting quietly, waiting for the first person to accept the canonization to appear. They all knew that this day would not be too long, but no one expected that what they would wait for was the news that Liu He of Youzhou was called the King of Yan, which also broke the fragile balance of the coalition forces.
Liu He is the son of Liu Yu and does not have much ambitions. The reason why he accepted Dong Zhuo''s enthronement this time was because he was bewitched by Dong Zhuo''s envoy Li Su.
After Liu Che learned about it, he naturally couldn''t sit still. After all, his position had not been consolidated yet. Now he is thousands of miles away from Youzhou. With the power he has in his hands, he may not be able to compete with Liu He.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Che came to resign in person. Qin Hao tried his best to persuade him to stay, but Liu Che had decided to leave, so Qin Hao had no choice but to let Liu Che lead the army and leave. In this way, Liu Che became the first prince to leave. His departure not only meant that the civil strife in Youzhou was about to begin, but also meant that the war fires throughout the world were about to be reignited.
As soon as Liu Che left, Gongsun Zan also came to resign, after all, his territory was also in Youzhou.
With Liu Che and Gongsun Zan taking the lead, the princes naturally had no worries and all came to resign from Qin Hao, including the Yuan brothers who had just taken up their blood feud with Dong Zhuo.
In the original history, Dong Zhuo also destroyed the entire Yuan family, but Yuan Shao, as the leader of the coalition forces, chose to stop advancing, which shows how cold his temperament was.
Faced with these resigned princes, Qin Hao dissuaded them one by one, but these people were determined to leave. No matter how dry the mouth was, Qin Hao still insisted on leaving.
Qin Hao could not force them to stay. This was equivalent to offending the princes in the world, so he had to gather and leave.
In just half a month, nearly 30 princes, including Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Xiu, Liu Xie, Liu Yao, etc., withdrew from the alliance, and the departure of these princes also caused the coalition forces to drop rapidly.
Of course, some princes were persuaded to stay by Qin Hao, either because of interests or because of personal favors, such as Tao Qian, Kong Rong, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian, but they left one after another for various reasons.
As Qin Wen''s brother-in-law Sun Jian, the reason why he left in a hurry was because of his neighbor Wang Lang.
Although Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, was named Marquis of Yue, he did not dare to accept it at first. But when he learned that Liu He accepted the position of King Yan, Wang Lang accepted Dong Zhuo''s title of Marquis of Yue.
Wang Lang''s acceptance of the canonization has little to do with Sun Jian, but this made Sun Jian find an excuse to attack Wang Lang. After all, under Sun Jian''s governance, Wujun''s comprehensive strength is much stronger than Wang Lang''s Kuaiji, and Sun Jian has long had the desire to occupy Kuaiji, so naturally he would not miss this once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity.
Shortly after Sun Jian left, Cao Cao, Tao Qian and Kong Rong also left one after another.
This time, Cao Cao''s performance was also very eye-catching when the princes attacked Dong, which also attracted the fear of the princes of Yanzhou, and they also had a faint sense of unity. When Cao Cao learned about it, he was shocked and hurriedly led his troops back to Yanzhou to take charge.
In addition, Huang Chao, who occupied Qi State and most of Donglai, not only accepted the position of Qi Duke granted by Dong Zhuo this time, but also took advantage of Kong Rong''s return to personally lead an army of 30,000 to attack Beihai. Kong Rong naturally did not dare to stay in Luoyang for a long time.
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang, who hid in the Dabie Mountains, finally led his troops out of the Dabie Mountains after enduring for several years and chose to attack Guangling County in Xuzhou at this time.
During the Battle of Destroying Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Tao Qian''s 36,000 army head-on with 6,000 infantry and cavalry.
That battle brought Tao Qian a shadow in his heart. Even if he had nightmares for several consecutive months, he would dream of Zhu Yuanzhang. Now that the nightmare that once made a comeback has come again, Tao Qian naturally dared not relax at all.
With the departure of Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Tao Qian and Kong Rong, only Qin Hao and Qin Wen were left in Luoyang since then, and the Kwantung Alliance was completely disbanded.
Volume 9 officially started, and the challenge to Dong was finally over. Next is the protagonist''s one-man show, and the way to unify the world begins!
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(This chapter ends)