Dong Zhuo dominated the state affairs, so various governors gathered to crusade against Dong Zhuo. The 18 th Route Warlords established an alliance, but because of their own opinions, there was no progress in the early stage, and Cao Cao had no choice but to kill the thief.

Union of governors:

In the first month of the first year of Chuping (190), all parts of the country fought against Dong, including Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai Sea, Yuan Shu, Han Fu, Kong, Liu Dai, Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao, Zhang and Qiao Huan, the governor of Yuzhou.

At that time, Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang were stationed in Hanoi, and Zhang Yang also led thousands of people to take refuge; Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Qiao Huan, Yuan Yi and Bao Xin stationed troops on Zizyphus jujuba, while Cao Cao belonged to Zhang Miao's army. Yuan Shu stationed troops in Luyang, and Sun Jian came from Changsha to meet Yuan Shu; Kong Zhou was stationed in Yingchuan; Han Fu stayed in Yecheng and gave the Allies rations. All the heroes elected Yuan Shao as their leader, but only Bao Xin thought Cao Cao was the most capable of overthrowing Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao rode a general in his own car, and everyone else had a fake official title. For example, Cao Cao was named General Fenwu.

Faced with the influence of the Kwantung Army, Dong Zhuo was shocked. Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu was supplemented by 30 thousand soldiers to crusade against the Bai Bojun in Hedong. Worried about the contact between the two sides, he sent Marotta to kill the waste emperor Liu Bian first, and consulted with all the ministers to send troops to crusade against the Kwantung Army, which was dissuaded by Zheng Tai.

After moving the capital to Chang 'an in Guanzhong, Yang Biao and Huang Wan dissuaded them many times, but Dong Zhuo was relieved of Huang Wan and Yang Biao's posts on February 1st due to the disaster. Wu Qiong and Zhou Yi still thought that they could not move their capital, so Dong Zhuo killed Zhou Yi and Wu Qiong who had recommended Yuan Shao and Liu Dai for promotion. But Dong Zhuo regretted killing them, so he reappointed Huang Wan and Yang Biao.

Move the capital to avoid disaster:

However, the relocation of the capital has not stopped. Starting from Dinghai Day, Dong Zhuo drove Xian Di to the west first. Millions of people in Luoyang were forced to Chang 'an by infantry and cavalry. On the way, people were trampled to death, people were trampled to death by horses, people starved to death, people were robbed and people were killed. Dong Zhuo stayed in luoyang country garden and ordered the arrest of the rich, killing them on charges and confiscating their property. There are countless dead people. He also sent Lu Bu to dig out the tombs and officials under the first emperor's mausoleum and confiscated the treasures inside.

Eventually set fire to temples, officials and houses in Luoyang. Within 200 miles of Fiona Fang, Luoyang, the buildings were destroyed, leaving no chickens or dogs. Dong Zhuo stayed near Luoyang. On the third day of March, Xian Di arrived in Chang 'an. Because Dong Zhuo didn't arrive, he took Wang Yun as an assistant government. On May Day, Dong Zhuo killed his uncles Wei Yuan, Yuanji and his family, involving more than 50 people, including babies and women.

Not enterprising:

Even so, the allies are still afraid of Dong's strength, so they don't want to go first. Only Cao Cao thought that since he began to beg Dong, he should take action, so he led his troops to the west and prepared to enter. Zhang Miao also sent Wei Zi to lead the troops with the army. When the army arrived in Xingyang Bianshui, they met Xu Rong, the general of Dong Zhuo, and the two sides fought. Serenade against Cao Jun, Cao Cao was shot by an arrow and his mount was injured.

Cao Cao's cousin Cao Hong gave the horse to Cao Cao. Cao Cao refused, and Cao Hong said, "There can be no flood and no monarch!" Let Cao Cao get on the horse, follow him on foot and run away at night. But Xu Rong saw that Zizyphus jujuba (an ancient place name) was not easy to attack, so he led the troops back to the defense.

Cao Cao returned to Zizyphus jujuba and saw that although there were hundreds of thousands of allies, only banquets and gatherings were held every day. Cao Cao was very dissatisfied. He made a plan for them: as long as Yuan Shao led the troops from Hanoi to Jin Meng, General Ziziphus jujuba would be stationed in Gaochang, occupy Aocang, set up camp in Yuan Tiao and Taigu to control the danger, and Yuan Shu would go from Nanyang to Dan and Yan, and then enter Wuguan to attack Guanzhong. It was a difficult time.

I also think that if we just don't make progress here, we will only lose our world reputation and bring shame. But Zhang Miao and others didn't accept it, so Cao Cao took Xia Houdun to Yangzhou (not Yangzhou today) to raise more than 1,000 soldiers, stationed troops in Hanoi, and turned to Yuan Shao.