At the end of September, Xu Jun was in a fierce battle with the Heavenly King of Longyuan, and Wei Guo received the letter of the eldest grandson in early JuneAt the same time, the news of the Yongxing Incident spread at this time, and the treacherous and cunning Wei Wang was not in a hurry to reply to the eldest grandson, so he first sent an envoy to Liang State to meet the Son of Heaven to inquire about the alliance.

Liang Tianzi had already received a secret letter from Ji Kang at this moment, and learned that the Yongxing Incident had happened, so he issued a reprimand order to question the king of Jin and the lord of the eldest grandson, and issued an edict to the world. It was mid-to-late June when the text was sent to Weiguo, and at this time, the news of Xu's dispatch of troops reached Weiguo at the same time.

In view of the fact that the Xianguo Cloud Festival was too far away, the alliance was delayed until at least August and September, and when the alliance was reached to send troops, it was already unknown the year of the monkey, and it would be unprofitable to defend the country at that time, so King Wei decided to abandon the alliance and send troops eastward.

At this point, the eldest grandson alliance has basically become a laughing stock.

In mid-October, Ye Xin suffered a defeat, and in early November, Zhao Xun ordered Guan Longxiang to be the military division, and all the artillery was transported to Ye Xin's department to help him fight, so as to suppress the artillery of the Divine Power Heavenly King.

The artillery of the Black Turban Army is really average, and most of them are bronze cannons, and the iron cannons are all from the captured princes of various countries, and the range is uneven. In the distance, there are 23 catties of projectile guns captured by Changsun Guo, with a range of up to three miles, and most of the nearest ones are small-caliber copper cannons with five or six catties of projectiles, which are of inferior quality, and the firing range ranges from 300 meters to less than 1 li, and the total number is about 30 guns.

Although the quality was extremely poor, there was not a single artillery in the Gongliang army, and the battle had a great impact on the morale of the volunteers.

In order to weaken the strength and influence of the Gongliang Army, the pig iron cannons and copper cannons cast by Zhiguo were distributed to Tao's Zhenxi Army and Zhiwang's Forbidden Army, and the Gongliang Army was not equipped, which made the two counties of Changyin and Xiaguan extremely passive.

Until mid to late November, Guan Longxiang led his troops to the front line, and Ye Xin and other troops converged to seek the main battle, the secret report of the king of Shentong learned that the Xian army was equipped with artillery, and the accuracy was extremely powerful, so he actively avoided the battle, and by the beginning of December, the snow was flying, the road was frozen badly, which was not conducive to combat, and the battle situation turned into a stalemate after half a year of attack.

In the past six months, Xu, Wei, and Yan have sent troops one after another, and Xu's vitality has been greatly damaged, and he only regained the important town of Hongxiang with a tragic victory.

In addition to Shen Bi's more than 300,000 horses and horses in the northern army, there are also three younger brothers of Wei Wang Zhong Dong, Zhong Huai, Zhong Mi, and Zhong Ting's three brothers.

On the contrary, after the three kingdoms of Yan, Sun, and Liang joined forces, they successively expelled the Black Turban Army from Liang, and the northwest front was restored to the level of 632 in the Shengyuan Dynasty.

At the same time, after the alliance between the eldest grandson and the Jin State Yunjie, the two countries could not reach a consensus on the matter of sending troops, but the king of Jin was not in a hurry for this matter, and it was the eldest grandson who was anxious.

So the stalemate until the end of September, the vassal states successively sent their own troops, the alliance was completely hopeless, and at the same time the Xian army defeated Peng Yuan, the lord of the eldest grandson Cao Yan was eager to annex the land of the Sun state, seeing that the situation was unfavorable, so he made concessions and agreed to the Jin state to send troops, so the Yunjie alliance finally ended up with a tiger and a snake tail.

During this period, there was also an episode, seeing that the Xian State had captured Pengyuan, Cao Yan ordered the Xiangguo Liu Bian to go to the Xiangguo to meet the King of Xian, and shamelessly lowered the tariffs and transit protection fees in exchange for the Xian State to send troops to the two counties of Sangnan and Sangbei.

This not only delayed the continued expansion of the Xian army to the west, but also reduced the frontal pressure on the Changsun army, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, in fact, no one is stupid, Cao Yan is very shrewd, every year from the Xian country to the West Sea, and from the West Sea to the Xian country to the salt country import tariffs, protection fees, transit fees equivalent to tens of thousands of inches of silver, ten years is a small five or six hundred thousand, not a small amount.

If the Xianguo continued to expand westward, each county would need to spend more than one million yuan of money and grain each year in the first few years of the county, and the more counties the Xianguo conquered, the more financial resources it would have to absorb. Even though the Xian State has treasures in the south, it has only expenditure and no income for ten years, and no one will do a loss-making business.

However, this is obviously Cao Yan and Liu Bian's miser-style wishful thinking, not to mention that the Xianguo has sufficient money for grain and grass, and the new laws implemented by the Xianguo have greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the peasants, reduced the rebellion, and the popularization of new farming tools and farming methods has pushed up the yield per mu, and the Xianguo has enough land carrying capacity to bear the huge food ration subsidies in the first few years of the occupied territory.

At the same time, the country is rich in land and resources, and its market will be the main source of bulk materials in the country, and the country can completely exchange iron products and special commodities for the bulk materials of the country, and at the same time export new agricultural tools to promote the national grain of the country, then only need to increase imports, encourage the resumption of production, and greatly alleviate the problem of food shortage.

When Liu Bian proposed to King Xian to send troops in exchange for customs duties, King Xian only asked rhetorically, who would belong to the two counties of Sangnan and Sangbei in the future, and Liu Bian was speechless.

At the beginning of October, the king of Jin ordered the Taiwei Ji Qing to command the northern army, and Xi Chang was the deputy general of the northern army, and co-presided over the dispatch of troops.

The reason is very simple, the news of the artillery and hot air balloon bombing of the Xian army has spread, and Bailiyan's "intimidation" has become no longer a powerless intimidation at this time, but a disaster that may come at any time.

Due to the struggle of the Black Turban Army beyond expectations, the war in various places did not go smoothly, and the main culprit of this reason is still the Changsun Kingdom's lax secrets, which led to a large leakage and spread of firearms and gunpowder technology.

In particular, after the Black Turban Army figured out the general formula of gunpowder, they cast a large number of shoulder-mounted firearms, which brought great casualties to sieges and field battles, and at the same time, the popularization of explosive weapons and rocket weapons undoubtedly aggravated the cruelty of the war.

Duan Songzhi wanted to go to Changsun Country at first, and then go to Xianguo by sea and land, so that the distance was the shortest and most convenient, and all the personnel of Liang State and their families could be transported to Xianguo within two or three months.

However, after the Yongxing Incident, he had to be rerouted to the southwest, first to Yanguo to borrow the road to defend the country, and then to the headquarters of the Xuguo Yuke, so the delay was more than half a year, until the end of November, all the personnel of the Ligong faction in the Liang State were considered to have moved into the Yuke General Hall.

At the same time, King Zhi sent Tao Chun, the eldest son of Tao Yong, to Xianguo to negotiate the purchase of artillery, hot air balloons, and grenades, and even hinted that he could buy related technology at a high price.

At the same time that Tao Chun arrived in Chenling, Gongliangxiu arrived with his heels, the purpose was the same, but in addition to arms, Gongliangxiu also needed medicine.

King Xian was anxious to reach a deal with Zhiguo, and asked Bailiyan to draw up the details of the deal as soon as possible and reach an agreement before the end of the year.