Generally, before the real action, there will be a war of words, as if whoever takes the charge will be more able to exert combat power. Originally, the Sun and Liu families really didn't know how to fight a war of words with Liu Xie, but they didn't expect Liu Xie to take the initiative to give them an excuse to play on the topic, but for the accusations of the Sun and Liu families, Liu Xie didn't give the slightest explanation, but just issued an edict to spread the word to the world, and Sun Quan and Liu Bei were designated as rebels in the court, but anyone who supported these two people was punished as rebellious.

Liu Xie's real hammer smashed directly on the waists of Sun and Liu, causing them to roll their eyes. In any case, the two of them can't get around the relationship between the monarch and the minister with Liu Xie, and if they commit the following crimes, they will attack the monarch with their ministers, which is a rebellion. No matter how high-sounding the reason is, the essence is to seek the usurpation of the throne. For example, King Wu of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, or the later Li Tang Dynasty Sui, although the evaluation of later generations is high, the essence is still rebellion.

History has always been a little who is accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and only the victor is qualified to write. King Wu said that the king was brutal, but in fact the king was a generation of Ming monarchs, King Wu took advantage of the main force of the Shang Dynasty to attack the capital of the Shang Dynasty, Chaoge, and he succeeded, so the virtuous King of Zhou became a tyrant and a tyrant. Another example is Yang Guang, the second emperor of Sui, many of his policies during his reign had a great impact on later generations, but it is a pity that Yang Guang's personality is more radical, which confirms the sentence, you can't take too big steps when you walk, and it's easy to pull eggs when you step big.

Like the king of Shang, Yang Guang was a loser, so he could only let the victor wantonly smear ugly words. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not give himself Yang Guang himself, but the Li Tang Dynasty gave Yang Guang an installation for the sake of ugly Yang Guang, it is said that Yang Guang should have been called Emperor Ming of Sui, but who told him to fail and lose the right to speak, isn't it what others say.

But Liu Xie is different, he is not a loser, although for a while he has been hovering on the edge of a loser, but in the end he survived, with the assistance of Wenchen and military generals, the Han Dynasty was revived again, Liu Xie no longer had to be as false as before, because he had the confidence to say who was rebellious, and he was not afraid of who could turn the sky.

Strength is the confidence to speak, when you don't have the strength, you can't speak hard enough, but when you have the strength, you don't need to say anything against your will. Anyway, they won't listen to Sun Quan and Liu Bei, and in the end they want to convince them, but they can only rely on their strength to convince them, and they want to convince people with virtue? That also depends on the object, Sun Quan and Liu Bei obviously belong to the type of oil and salt that do not enter, and they have to enter inch by inch, so they don't need to be polite to this kind of person at all.

Liu Xie saw through the essence of Sun and Liu, so he was not prepared to be polite to Sun Quan and Liu Bei at the beginning. You are rebellious, Lao Tzu is here to clean you up, whoever dares to join you, Lao Tzu will clean up together.

Sun Quan and Liu Bei didn't expect Liu Association to have such a tough attitude, not only did they not expect it, but those who were still a little wavering before were also shocked. This kind of thing will appear at any time, and Liu Xie's ambiguous attitude can be used to delay the time, but now Liu Xie has given a clear signal, either on the side of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, or on the side of the imperial court, there is no third place to stand. Still want to be left and right? These are the first to be cleaned up.

The effect was immediate, when Liu Xie issued an edict to the world to declare Sun Quan and Liu Bei as rebels against the imperial court, and all those who assisted him were rebellious, and soon the situation in the world immediately had a clear direction. There is no third way to choose, either to support the imperial court, or to support Sun Liu, this choice is not difficult to choose, those who were a little wavering before took the lead in standing on the side of the imperial court with a clear attitude, followed by the families from all over the country have also drawn a clear line with Sun Liu, it can be said that in addition to the family under the rule of Sun Liu, the family in the area controlled by the imperial court is on Liu Xie's side. Not only that, even if the family under Sun Liu is on Sun Liu's side, it is also a little difficult for Sun and Liu to keep their basic market.

Family, family first, then country, only profit is for profit. When they can give them benefits, they will naturally support them, but if the risk is big enough to bring disaster to the family, then the family's mind will change. It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and anyone will do this.

In order to appease the family under his rule, Sun Quan had to take urgent measures to vigorously promote the children of the family under his command, which was also a helpless move. Compared with Liu Xie's wealth, Sun Quan is completely incomparable, and only through the way of conferring officials, on the one hand, to win over the family, on the other hand, to use these promoted children of the family as hostages to coerce the family.

The Gu family of the Jiangdong family saw through Sun Quan's sinister intentions, but they couldn't refuse. Sun Quan was already suspicious, and at such an extraordinary moment, any slightest movement could cause him to become a soldier. The army of the imperial court has not yet crossed the river, and the knife handle is still in Sun Quan's hands, once Sun Quan is suspicious, then there is no need to wait for the imperial army to cross the river, and the Gu family is likely to become Sun Quan's knife.

Gu Yong, the head of the Gu family, is a smart person, and like the late Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong also belongs to the main peace faction of Jiangdong. It's just that as soon as Zhang Zhao died, Gu Yong couldn't support himself, so he had to retreat and advance, and hand over the power of Jiangdong to others. But if he really wants to go to war with the imperial court, Gu Yong is unwilling from the bottom of his heart.

Liu Xie has worshipped many masters, Lu Zhi Cai Yong, Tong Yuan Wang Yue, all of whom are Liu Xie's masters. The purpose of Liu Xie's apprenticeship is to learn art, and the second is to win people's hearts. Lu Zhi and Cai Yong are all old ministers in the court, and they are highly respected in the court, and with their support, Liu Xie can get half of the support of the court, while Tong Yuan Wang Yue has no connections in the court, but their martial arts are rare in the world, and the few disciples they teach are all coveted by Liu Xie. Zhao Yun, Zhang Ren, Zhang Xiu, Shi A, the first three mixed the most is Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu admires Lu Bu's martial arts and is willing to obey, if he is willing, it will not be a problem to lead an army alone. And Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren are already generals in the army, and they are on the side for Liu Xie. As for Shi A, he is now a hidden blade by Liu Xie's side. If Tong Yuan's three disciples are compared to being in the open, then Wang Yue's disciple Shi A, who has always been in the dark, has made no less credit than Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren. It's just that because of the special requirements of the profession, Shi A's reputation is not conspicuous, but no matter who it is, Shi A is a close minister by Liu Xie's side and one of Liu Xie's most trusted courtiers.

Gu Yong can also climb the friendship with Liu Xie, he is a disciple of Cai Yong, and studied with Cai Yong in his early years, but because Gu Yong's father died of a sudden illness, Gu Yong had to suspend his studies and go home to inherit the position of the head of the Gu family, but Gu Yong has never forgotten the teaching of his mentor Cai Yong back then.

Friendship and relationship are originally shortcuts that can make things easier. If you follow the rules, you can win in the end, but the price you need to pay will be much higher. But if you can get Gu Yong's secret help, then the benefits will make the soldiers who participate in the war at least a lot less dead, so Liu Xie is willing to recognize Gu Yong, the same senior brother.

It's just that Liu Xie and Gu Yongzhong are separated by a Sun Quan, even if the two of them are willing to recognize each other, they must avoid Sun Quan, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Sun Quan's eyes have been a little red recently, and Sun Quan has seen as thoroughly as Liu Xie what kind of virtue the Jiangdong family is. It is precisely because of this that Sun Quan has never been convinced of the family's promises. It's just that in the past, the imperial army had not arrived, and Sun Quan was sure not to let those families turn the sky, so he turned a blind eye to the small actions of the family in secret, and just didn't see it. But now it doesn't work, the imperial army is coming, the Jiangdong family's heart is fluctuating, and Sun Quan feels that if he continues to open his eyes and close his eyes like in the past, he will likely be sold and help him count the money.

Zhou Yi is a talent recommended by Lu Meng to Sun Quan to be responsible for a detailed work, and Zhou Yi is also worthy of Sun Quan's trust, although he does not dare to guarantee that Sun Quan can fully understand every move of the Jiangdong family, but no matter which family has any trouble, Zhou Yi can get the news as soon as possible.

With Zhou Yi's ventilated message, Sun Quan felt disappointed and angry with the Jiangdong family. Don't look at this time, the Jiangdong family swore on the surface that they would fight the court with Sun Quan to the end, but in private, the Jiangdong family sent people across the river to find relatives and friends.

Sun Quan really wanted to kill all these villains in front of him and behind him, but he also knew that he couldn't do this, because if he lost the support of the Jiangdong family, the Sun family alone would not be able to hold Jiangdong, and in the end it would only cheapen Liu Xie.

Sun Quan would not do the stupid thing of making wedding dresses for others, but Sun Quan felt sorry for himself when he watched the Jiangdong family make small moves behind his back. Promoting the children of the family has become a means for Sun Quan to win over surveillance and warn the Jiangdong family. The families in Jiangdong knew Sun Quan's intentions, but in addition to complaining in private, they could only send the important children of their own clan named by Sun Quan to Sun Quan's command to be sent.

Your arms can't twist your thighs! The imperial court is very strong, but at the moment, Sun Quan still has the final say in Jiangdong, and he is against Sun Quan, that is, he can't get along with himself, and the Jiangdong family is not stupid, how can he go against Sun Quan at this time, isn't that an obvious excuse for Sun Quan to clean himself up.

But the obedience of the Jiangdong family did not make Sun Quan feel a little easier, but became more and more nervous and afraid. This feud is settled, don't look at the well-behaved and obedient Jiangdong family at this time, but Sun Quan knows that once he is weak, it will be the time for these Jiangdong families to bite back.

Compared with Sun Quan, who was overly nervous, Liu Bei's life was relatively better. Jingnan and Jiaozhou, which he occupied, were originally poor and remote, and Jingnan was better, and there were only a few small families back then. The Jingxiang family is mostly concentrated in Jingbei, and Jingnan is still an undeveloped area, although the Kuai family and the Cai family also sent people to Jingnan to settle down, but that nature is more like finding a place of exile for the unfilial children in the family, and the development of Jingnan has not yet been put on the agenda.

Later, Liu Bei took control of Jingnan, and the development of Jingnan by the Jingxiang family was postponed indefinitely, so Jingnan did not have any family existence that could make Liu Bei feel threatened. As for Jiaozhou, except for one scholar, which is still a bit of a climate, the rest are three or two kittens, Liu Bei moved his fingers casually, and it was settled.

In order to expand his strength as soon as possible, Liu Bei accepted those barbarians, he wanted to imitate Liu Xie's ethnic policy for foreign races, but he did not have the money enough to support the implementation of that ethnic policy, and the most important thing was that the Han people under Liu Bei's rule did not account for an absolute majority, and could not effectively dilute the barbarians under his command.

Conflicts often broke out between the Han barbarians due to customs, living habits, and other customary issues. In order to solve this problem, Liu Bei had to accept Zhuge Liang's suggestion to allow the barbarians to govern themselves and set aside an area as the living area of the barbarians, and whenever it was necessary to use troops abroad, Liu Bei would hire those barbarians to work for him in return with money.

In this battle with the imperial court, half of the barbarians under Liu Bei's command were hired by Liu Bei to fight with money. It's just that this war has been delayed, and Liu Bei's pockets are shrinking day by day. Liu Bei was in a hurry, he was not a wealthy person, and he looked at those barbarians every day just taking money and not doing anything, not to mention how awkward it was. And what made Liu Bei even more worried was that these barbarians were hired by themselves, and they forgot their righteousness for profit, what if the imperial court offered a price that made these barbarians who saw money and eyes open, what if they turned against them when the war was in full swing?

In order to avoid this kind of depressing situation, Liu Bei found Zhuge Liang, hoping that Zhuge Liang could come up with a foolproof plan for him. But Zhuge Liang is a human being, not a god, and he can't let the barbarians follow Liu Bei with all his heart with a word. After listening to Liu Bei's worries and pondering for a long time, Zhuge Liang then opened his mouth and suggested to Liu Bei: "Lord, if you think those barbarians are not credible, it is better to find an excuse to transfer them out of this place." ”

"Huh? Where to tune? Liu Bei hurriedly asked.

"The lord can order Shamoke to lead the army from Wuling to Bashu." Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei slowly. Liu Bei couldn't help frowning after hearing this. If there is any barbarian worthy of Liu Bei's trust, it is Shamoke. Shamoke was the first Wuxi barbarian to take refuge in Liu Bei, and with Liu Bei's help, Shamoke is now the Wuxi barbarian king of Jiugou and Eighteen Villages in Wuling Mountain.

It's no problem for Shamoke to lead the troops, but what is the purpose of entering Bashu? Liu Bei didn't understand this, so he asked Zhuge Liang. I saw Zhuge Liang smile bitterly and replied: "Lord, our army's finances are tight, and we can't afford to support so many men and horses, and Bashu has the reputation of the country of abundance. Let Shamoke lead the army to Bashu, firstly, to avoid the hidden danger of the barbarian defection in front of the battle, secondly, it can also take the opportunity to relieve the financial pressure of our army, and thirdly, it also makes it impossible for the imperial court to prepare for war with peace of mind, and see how he sits firmly in Xiangyang. ”