Chapter 515: The Eighteen Lords

Bai Lang covered the army and killed the generals, directly breaking the cavalry formation and being invincible—the cavalry officers who commanded the shock cavalry, such as the Quhou and Junhou, could not walk a single round in front of him and died just like those cavalrymen—Bai Lang stabbed them casually, not even worth spending more energy.

What kind of martial arts and what kind of eyesight Bai Lang had, the feeling of being divine, ordinary soldiers couldn't withstand a single blow from him. Bai Lang saw a "Zhang" character under the big flag, and immediately killed through the cavalry formation and rushed directly to the man wearing the general's armor under the flag—he didn't know if this was Zhang Ju or Zhang Chun, anyway, for Bai Lang, it was the same, just a head.

Bai Lang's horse was not very fast. His body was long and his weight was not light, and he was wearing heavy armor, and the weapon in his hand was not light. Even the northern horse given to him by Liu Yu, the Jizhou Inspector, was carrying it quite hard. But even so, the momentum of his charge still made the man turn his horse and run, while the crossbowmen on both sides shot arrows at Bai Lang.

The iron spear in Bai Lang's hand shook, as if it had turned into a long whip, shaking out flowers. Those crossbow arrows and bow arrows were directly blocked and blown away by the flowers and wind shaken by the iron spear, and they couldn't touch him at all. The morale of Bai Lang's subordinates soared, and the other side collapsed directly when they saw this scene.

Bai Lang pointed his toes and abandoned his horse to fly. Within eight steps, he had already torn open the knife and shield guards in front and approached behind the Zhang person who was turning his horse and fleeing. Bai Lang gave a shout and his figure grew longer. He held the tail of the iron spear and stabbed straight out, directly piercing the armor on the man's body and lifting him on the tip of the gun.

"The general is dead! The general is dead!" The soldiers guarding around immediately collapsed in morale and began to flee. Bai Lang's guards—now there were more than a hundred cavalry behind—saw this and cheered loudly, directly driving the defeated soldiers to kill the infantry who had stopped to set up camp and had already begun to flee in small batches.

Although there were subordinates trying to restrain the defeated soldiers, they couldn't even withstand a single blow from Bai Lang's subordinates who were already in high morale. "Is this the Southern Dipper Junior Charge?" Bai Lang had already known that he had killed Zhang Ju through prisoners, and he was also full of ambition.

Ten thousand rebel troops collapsed in one morning, and Bai Lang's two hundred cavalry chased and killed them. The rebel troops left corpses for dozens of miles, fleeing all the way back to Yuyang, and no more than two or three out of ten entered the city. Bai Lang killed more than a thousand heads including Zhang Ju in this blow, and the rest fled... When Xuande led Yunchang, Yide, and the main army to arrive, they could already set up camp outside Yuyang city.

At this point, Bai Lang's bravery also made Liu Yu and his civil and military officials admire, and LiuBei Liu Xuande was even more enthusiastic, running around Bai Lang. "I didn't expect to see the bravery of Ben and Yu again today!" Liu Xuande praised Bai Lang like this, and GuanYu and ZhangFei, who were accompanying the banquet, were a bit unconvinced, but that was just the thought of "I can do it too!"

So in the next tentative siege, Guan and Zhang took the lead and climbed the city wall several times. If it weren't for Zhang Chun fighting to the death, the city would have been broken long ago. Zhang Chun was a man who was single-minded and fierce, and the soldiers' hearts changed. The head under his tent assassinated Zhang Chun, presented his head, and led the crowd to surrender. Yuyang was pacified.

Liu Yu recommended the merit of Bai Lang, LiuBei, and others to the court. LiuBei also had an old friend Gongsun Zan who also recommended LiuBei's past merit after pacifying the rebellion, so he was recommended as a separate department military officer and guarded Pingyuan County Magistrate. And Bai Lang could also have been a county magistrate, military officer, or colonel, but Bai Lang declined them all, returned the seal and armor, and ran away with his juniors.

"Liu Yu is pure and kind, but he is not my master. If Xuande has time, you can come to Rencheng countryside to find me." Bai Lang said this to the three of Liu, Guan, and Zhang who came to see him off, without any feeling of not being used. LiuBei saw that Bai Lang was free and easy, and he was also excited and sighed, "Yuzhu has a great demeanor!" This time even Guan and Zhang were quite admiring—Bai Lang's style of being free and easy and treating merit and wealth as nothing was actually quite in line with the temper of LiuBei and GuanYu.

These two also had the temperament of chivalrous men, but the desire for fame was naturally strong. After Bai Lang resigned from his post, he also returned to Yanzhou and heard that Liu Xuande was in Pingyuan, with quite a lot of money, food, and troops, and was reorganizing the old atmosphere. Liu Yu had merit in pacifying the bandits and served as Taiwei and Youzhou Inspector. In the summer of the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Hong was seriously ill.

Bai Lang knew that there was a fierce political struggle surrounding the eunuchs, relatives, scholars, and the succession of the prince. And He Jin used Yuan Shao's plan to recruit foreign troops, but it was just as CaoCao said, "Those who mess up the world must be Jin." But that was something that happened several months later.

Now it was Yuan Shao leading troops to force the palace, and the big guys established Liu Bian as emperor before Liu Hong's spirit—by the way, Liu Hong finally earned himself a "beautiful posthumous title" of "Ling". "Not diligent in fame is called Ling, chaotic but not damaged is called Ling. Sure enough, Liu Hong is just such a product." Bai Lang heard the posthumous title of Emperor Ling of Han and laughed with the guards, "The world of the Han family is just ruined by people like him."

The development of the situation was like a storm. In August, He Jin was killed by the Ten Eunuchs, and that night Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao beheaded the pass into the palace to kill the eunuchs, and killed the Ten Eunuchs. And Xiliang Inspector Dong Zhuo led troops to Luoyang... Then Dong Zhuo became Taiwei, attacked Ding Yuan and subdued Lu Bu, and in September abolished the young emperor Liu Bian, making Chenliu King Liu Xie the new emperor—this was the later Emperor Xian of Han.

Dong Zhuo went a step further and became the Prime Minister. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fled one after another. Yuan Shao went to Jizhou, but Dong Zhuo still sealed him as Bohai Administrator—the so-called four generations and three dukes were like this, even if he rebelled against Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo had to give him an official position.

In February of the following year, Dong Zhuo was rampant and lawless. CaoCao should also have failed to assassinate Dong and fled. In March, he issued a decree to the world to crusade against Dong. For a time, the eighteen lords responded one after another: the first town, Rear General Nanyang Administrator Yuan Shu. The second town, Jizhou Inspector Han Fu. The third town, Yuzhou Inspector Kong Zhou. The fourth town, Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai. The fifth town, Henei Commandery Administrator Wang Kuang. The sixth town, Chenliu Administrator Zhang Miao. The seventh town, Dong Commandery Administrator Qiao Mao. The eighth town, Shanyang Administrator Yuan Yi. The ninth town, Jibei Minister Bao Xin. The tenth town, North Sea Administrator Kong Rong. The eleventh town, Guangling Administrator Zhang Chao. The twelfth town, Xuzhou Inspector Tao Qian. The thirteenth town, Xiliang Administrator Ma Teng. The fourteenth town, Beiping Administrator Gongsun Zan. The fifteenth town, Shangdang Administrator Zhang Yang. The sixteenth town, Wucheng Marquis Changsha Administrator Sun Jian. The seventeenth town, Qixiang Marquis Bohai Administrator Yuan Shao.

Before Liu Dai sent troops, he also came to the place where Bai Lang was farming and invited Bai Lang to come out as a general. "Crusade against Dong Zhuo, then follow the Governor." Liu Dai recommended Bai Lang as Cavalry Commandant, commanding a thousand Yanzhou cavalry, and other generals were divided into infantry, gathering twenty thousand Yanzhou commandery troops to set out.

The lords gathered in Suanzao, but Bai Lang saw Liu, Guan, and Zhang behind Beiping Administrator Gongsun Zan. He immediately nodded and signaled, and saw CaoCao, the initiator of this organization, and said a few idle words. The lords set up camps for more than a hundred miles, gathering an army of three hundred thousand.

Cao slaughtered cattle and horses, gathered the lords, and discussed the strategy of advancing troops. Administrator Wang Kuang said: "Now that we are serving the great righteousness, we must establish an alliance leader; everyone listens to the constraints, and then advance troops." Cao said: "Yuan Benchu is four generations and three dukes, with many old officials at the door, and a descendant of the famous prime minister of the Han Dynasty, can be the alliance leader." Shao declined again and again, and everyone said that it must be Benchu, and Shao agreed. ===== CHAPTER 516 =====