The remaining princes' expressions changed again and they looked at Tao Qian.

After his eyes flashed, Tao Qian looked in the direction Liu Dai left, took the imperial edict, and hurried away.

Soon, everyone in the main camp saw Liu Dai's troops hastily break camp and leave, followed closely by Tao Qian. Afterwards, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Bao Xin, and Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling, bid farewell to Lin Han and left with their troops.

Not long after they led the troops away, a spy came to report.

At Sishui Pass, Han Fu received an imperial edict appointing him governor of Jizhou, and he led his troops to break camp and head toward Jizhou. Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai, was furious at Sishui Pass and subsequently broke camp and fled back to Bohai.

When Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, heard that Liu Dai was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou, he also led his troops to leave Sili and rushed back to Chenliu.

The three imperial edicts triggered a chain reaction that dispersed the princes' camps. Half of the princes, who were originally not united in their pursuit of profit, immediately dispersed.

Cao Cao sighed and left the main camp, looking furious.

Seeing that a big event was about to happen, this incident happened. Dong Zhuo's conspiracy was nakedly exposed.

And the news doesn't stop there.

A few days later, the spy came back with the report.

Liu Biao received the imperial edict and was appointed governor of Jingzhou. Soon after, Liu Biao submitted a memorial to Luoyang, appointing Yuan Shu as governor of Nanyang. Yuan Shu received the edict, led his troops and departed to Nanyang to take up his post.

In the north, Dong Zhuo appointed Gongsun Du as the governor of Liaodong, while Liu Yu continued to serve as the governor of Youzhou. Gongsun Zan received a secret letter from the Gongsun family, bid farewell to Lin Han, and hurried back to Youzhou.

After the princes left, Wang Kuang saw that the situation was not good. He returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers on the pretext that he had no elite soldiers and strong generals. He said goodbye to Lin Han and left with his troops.

Seeing that the princes had led their troops away, the Yuzhou Governor Kong Rong, Liangzhou Ma Teng, Beihai Prefect Kong Rong, and Shangdang Prefect Zhang Yang were worried that something might happen in their jurisdictions, so they also sent people to bid farewell to Lin Han and returned to their respective nests.

Of the twenty princes, except for Sun Jian and Yang Ji who went to attack Yique Pass, in just half a month, only Cao Cao and Lin Han were left outside Hulao Pass.