Chapter 1562: The Three Han Dynasties in the North, the South, and the Middle (Part I)

"My lord, the assassination attempt failed."

After hearing such a report from his subordinates, Zhang Liang's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise.

The plan to assassinate Wang Mang this time was formulated by him personally, with Chang'e providing information, and even the great grandmaster was sent out, so it stands to reason that it would not be possible to fail, but if he failed to kill Wang Mang in this way? Then this guy's life is too hard.

"Big Buba alone can't stop the two adults, but Xia Luqi and Wang Yanzhang, who were patrolling at the critical moment, arrived in time, which allowed Wang Mang to escape."

"I see."

Zhang Liang showed a look of surprise, and at the same time was surprised by Wang Mang's luck, which was indeed too good.

"My lord, do you want to start a second round of assassination? This time, Wang Mang definitely couldn't dodge. ”

After hearing this proposal, Zhang Liang raised his eyebrows, and there was a faint feeling in his heart, but he gave up after weighing the pros and cons.

"That's it, once it's already adjusting Zhu Tianpeng's bottom line, if he is forced to Wang Mang's side again, it will be worth the loss." Zhang Liang said lightly.

The assassination of Wang Mang was indeed arranged by Zhang Liang, but the purpose was only to prevent Zhu Tianpeng from really being persuaded and prevent the Liangshan incident from happening again in the Qi State.

Wang Mang jumped up and down in Qingzhou, constantly making enemies for the Qin army, if he really let him say that Zhu Tianpeng was moved, even if Li Jing blocked the Qi army in Beihai, it also invisibly increased the pressure on the Qin army.

Wang Mang's various actions have already touched Zhang Liang's bottom line, so he organized this assassination.

But if it was because of the assassination of Wang Mang, it completely angered Zhu Tianpeng and asked him to join the battle in advance, then the gains outweighed the losses, and Zhang Liang naturally couldn't do this kind of thing.

In Zhang Liang's plan, he wanted to use Zhu Ming's internal strife to provoke the Central Plains princes to fight, so that the Central Plains princes could neither participate in the Three Han Dynasty hegemony, nor be distracted from intervening in the Qin army to seize Hebei.

Liu Che will soon ascend the throne and become emperor, and Liu Ji will soon support Liu Bian to regain his position, and then there will be three Han emperors in the world at the same time, and each of them claims to be orthodox, and the position of the princes of the Central Plains is very important at this time.

The Qin army was originally the overlord of the princes, and he controlled the court and occupied the righteousness, which was already very jealous and hateful.

Therefore, if two other Han emperors really emerge to target the Qin army, the princes of the Central Plains may not still adhere to their former position, and still recognize the Luoyang court as orthodox, and it is even very likely that they will all unite to defeat the Qin army as the overlord first, just like they did with Dong Zhuo in the past.

At present, it can be determined for the time being that Liu Ji and Liu Yu in Yizhou, Li Shimin in Guanzhong, and Liu Xiu in Jingnan all support Liu Bian.

Han Xin and Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Song Jiang in Qingzhou, and Yan Jun in Youzhou, these four princes supported Liu Che.

Once the princes of the Central Plains no longer support the imperial court, but instead support these two sides, the Qin army will face enemies on all sides, even if it is the overlord of the princes, it will still be overwhelmed.

Therefore, Zhang Liangcai wanted to use Zhu Ming's internal strife to drag down the princes of the Central Plains, so that they could not and could not target the Qin army.

This plan is not bold, and if Zhang Liang wants to succeed, this degree must be grasped appropriately.

Neither can Xue Ju be easily defeated by Zhu Di, nor can the Central Plains princes really destroy Zhu Ming.

Only by striking a balance can the forces of all parties continue to consume each other, and even if they want to, they will not be able to get out.

Therefore, Zhang Liang must help both Xue Ju and Zhu Di.

Zhang Liang's way of helping Xue Ju was to keep his head secret to him in advance, and preventing Zhu Tianpeng from joining the Hebei battle was Zhang Liang's way of helping Zhu Di.

Even if Zhu Di quelled Xue Ju's rebellion, it would be difficult for Zhu Ming, who was greatly injured, to block the siege of Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin and other princes.

Zhu Tianpeng definitely didn't ignore Zhu Di, but if the Qi army was moved by Wang Mang to join the Hebei war and fall into the quagmire of Hebei, when Zhu Ming really reached a life and death crisis, Zhu Tianpeng couldn't withdraw even if he wanted to withdraw his troops to help Zhu Ming.

Once Zhu Ming is annexed by Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin, they will definitely turn their guns against the Qin army, and Zhu Ming's only reinforcement is only Qi State, and only with Zhu Tianpeng's assistance, Zhu Di can withstand this catastrophe.

Therefore, Zhang Liang would rather give up getting rid of the scourge of Wang Mang than continue to stimulate Zhu Tianpeng, in case Zhu Tianpeng is really forced to send troops, and if he is unable to rescue Zhu Di at that time, I am afraid that the situation in the entire Central Plains may get out of control.

"Fortunately, everything is still under control, Wang Mang did not convince Zhu Tianpeng, and the Qi army has not participated in the Hebei War for the time being."

Zhang Liang said secretly, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, calculating so many forces with his own strength, even he was faintly a little unbearable.

"But it's fast, as long as the princes of Hebei are eliminated, even if the princes of the whole world are united, the Qin army will still not be afraid." Zhang Liang muttered to himself with burning eyes.

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Yizhou

Liu Ji, Liu Yu, and Li Shimin, who had been fighting non-stop, not only shook hands and made peace, but also gathered in Chengdu together to discuss major matters, which made the people of Chengdu unable to believe that this was true.

Then there was even more shocking news that Liu Ji, the king of Shu, Li Shimin, the king of Tang, Liu Yu, the king of Chengdu, and Liu Xiu, the marquis of Chu, jointly supported the deposed young emperor Hongnong Wang Liu Wei as the emperor.

Liu Wei said that the title of the emperor and queen from the princes of Longzhong remained unchanged, Liu Ji was still the king of Shu, and Li Shimin was still the king of Tang, but Liu Xiu was crowned the king of Chu, and Liu Ji was crowned as the prime minister, Liu Yu was the captain, Liu Xiu was the secretary, and Li Shimin was the general.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, the capital was naturally the top priority, and Liu Bian was in the hands of Liu Ji, and outsiders thought that Liu Ji would make the capital Ba County, but they didn't expect Liu Yu to take the initiative to give up Chengdu and use Chengdu as the capital of the new dynasty.

Liu Yu naturally didn't want to give up Chengdu, but he didn't let it, after all, to support Liu Ban's accession to the throne, Li Shimin and Liu Xiu were on Liu Ji's side, and Ba County was not enough to undertake the heavy responsibility of the capital of a country, and only Chengdu was qualified to be the capital in the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Liu Ji coerced the general trend to let Liu Yu give up Chengdu as the capital, Li Shimin and Liu Xiu also expressed their support for this, if Liu Xiu unilaterally opposed, I am afraid that he will be swallowed by the other three parties and there will be no scum left.

In addition, most of Shu County has been seized by Liu Ji, and Liu Yu's continued defense of Chengdu is not conducive to the formation of the alliance, so he can only give up Chengdu in desperation.

The city of Chengdu, Liu Ji has not captured it for many years, but he didn't expect that after supporting Liu Yan's level, he would get it without a single soldier.

After the capital was set in Chengdu, Liu Ji issued an edict to the whole world on behalf of Liu Bian, reprimanding Liu Xie as a puppet emperor supported by Dong Zhuo, and Liu Bian was the orthodox Han Dynasty, and at the same time called on the princes of the world to crusade against the traitor Qin Hao.

As soon as this news came out, the world was shocked.