As expected by the important ministers under the command of the King of Hanzhong and Zhao Xun and others, the King of Hanzhong killed dozens of powerful clans in a few days, which had a deep impact on the land of the Han army, and then affected the Luo army, so that the relationship between the Han army and the Luo army suddenly fell to the freezing point. In some places, it is even close to war.

The dozens of powerful families killed by the king of Hanzhong, they all have something in common, that is, they all refused the king of Hanzhong's request to borrow grain, and swept the messengers of the king of Hanzhong out of the house, and at the same time, they also sent all the young children and elite children of the family to serve under the command of the king of Luoyang. Moreover, they also provided a lot of material assistance to the king of Luoyang.

It can be said that these powerful people who exterminated the clan, the young children of their families, are now all officials or generals in the Luo army. They were slaughtered by the king of Hanzhong, how could they not hate? The king of Hanzhong is not their monarch, and the slaughter of their family is equivalent to their mortal enemy. Therefore, these Luo army officials naturally want to take revenge.

At the very beginning, the two sides agreed that the eastern part of Jingzhou belonged to the Luo army, and the western half belonged to the Han army. Later, the two ears became close, and sometimes they even did not distinguish each other. However, the foundation of the two sides and the officials they dispatched, as well as the recruitment of soldiers and taxes by each side, were generally based on this standard.

After the defeat of the Han army and the return of the king of Hanzhong to Jingzhou, he began to gather the Han soldiers stationed in the eastern half. Especially after learning that the king of Luoyang intended to annex his own territory and power, the king of Hanzhong began to gradually dilute the influence of the king of Luoyang within his own territory, and at the same time, he began to station soldiers in the border land, and the inspection of outsiders began to be strict.

In short, after learning that the king of Luoyang had the intention of annexing himself, the king of Hanzhong, who had turned back, began to distinguish between himself and the king of Luoyang. The king of Hanzhong did this, and the king of Luoyang naturally knew about it. Therefore, in the corresponding position, the king of Luoyang also sent men and horses to station. I don't know if it was the order of the king of Luoyang or the meaning of the officials below, there are always some contradictions in the place where the two sides are handed over, although it will not cause a big war, but there are often problems between the Han army and the Luo army.

However, this time, after the king of Hanzhong executed dozens of powerful families in the name of executing the spies of the Shu army in his own territory, the place where the two sides handed over almost caused a big war.

Many of the elite children of those exterminated clans are now officials or generals in areas close to the Han military jurisdiction. After all, their proximity to the Han military jurisdiction also facilitates the understanding of the Han military jurisdiction and their assimilation into the Han military jurisdiction. Don't forget, these dozens of big families are all big families. Even most of the wealth and land within a land are in their hands. If they have the support of the Luo army, their influence above the local area will increase.

However, these families were exterminated, and the king of Hanzhong exterminated the whole clan, and confiscated their families. After hearing the news, the first thought of the family they sent to Luo Jun as an official was not to believe it, and the second was to take revenge. The children of these families, the civil officials are better, and they directly wrote to the king of Luoyang for help, asking the king of Luoyang to administer justice for them, hoping that the king of Luoyang can avenge them. As for those generals, the first thought was naturally to take their own men and horses and attack the Han army directly.

Among them, the smaller official positions are better to say, even if they have the power in their hands, they can't mobilize people, and even if they can mobilize people, they can't move a few people. Among them, there were several generals with higher official ranks, and even led the army to the Han army without saying a word. If it weren't for their commander to directly let his soldiers stop them and order the soldiers to return as the commander, I am afraid that they have already entered the jurisdiction of the Hanzhong king, and they have already started a war with the Han army.

Even so, there were three conflicts, and hundreds of soldiers from both sides died in the fighting. What is ridiculous is that many soldiers still don't know why they want to attack each other after the fact. After all, for ordinary soldiers, the relationship between the Luo army and the Han army was still relatively close before.

Many low-ranking officers and the soldiers of the Han army who died of their friend Pao Ze asked the officers above to lead them to attack the Luo army and avenge the dead brothers. If it weren't for these Han generals who knew their current situation, ordered their soldiers in time, and reported to the rear, I was afraid that the big war between the two sides would begin.

Soon after, both the Han army and the Luo army received a military order from their king, that is, all troops should return to the camp and not act rashly. A crisis disappeared under the unanimous military orders of the two princes.

However, this is not to say that the two kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang have the same opinion, in order to maintain their relationship, for the stability of Jingzhou, and for the current situation between the two sides. For the king of Hanzhong, he dealt with illegal people within his own jurisdiction, and Luo Jun was not qualified to intervene. For King Qi, if it weren't for all kinds of scruples, he would have taken action against the Han army a long time ago. This time, the king of Hanzhong did this, which was clearly aimed at him. Everyone else is fine, but the dozens of families that have a relationship with themselves have been beheaded. But how the Han army did it, that was the power of the king of Hanzhong himself, and he the king of Luoyang was not qualified to intervene. Of course, what the king of Luoyang would not easily meddle in was that he would attack the Han army without a reasonable excuse, and he would definitely attract the participation of the northern Zhao army. Of course, the current king of Luoyang was not ready to go to war with the Han army.

However, after this incident, there was a crack between the Han army and the Luo army. The relationship between the two sides can no longer be the same as before. Neither side cared, though. For the king of Hanzhong, after learning that the king of Luoyang had the intention of annexing him, he was full of vigilance and hostility towards the king of Luoyang, and the friendly and intimate relationship in the past completely disappeared. The king of Hanzhong also understood that the previous close relationship was because the strength of the two sides was equal, and if the strength was not equal, no matter how close the relationship was, it would not be able to maintain. It's like the big clans don't maintain close contacts with ordinary people, if the two sides have intimate contacts, it means that there must be ulterior motives.

"It's a pity that this king thought that Luo Jun would take action because of this, but now it seems that Zhao Jun's impact on them is much greater than this king thinks." Knowing the situation on Luo Jun's side, the king of Hanzhong sighed with a little pity.

For the pity of their own king, Wang Hewen and several others understood very well that the king wanted to wait until the Luo army made a move and suppress the Luo army together with the Zhao army. Moreover, the excuses are all well-founded. At the same time, because his own Han army was containing the western region of the Shu army, the king of Hanzhong was not worried that the Zhao army would treacherously attack him at this moment.

"Tian Yu, can you pass the news that the Shu army sent people to form an alliance with the Luo army and the Qi army to the Zhao army?"

"Returning to the king, it has been passed on. However, the minister thought that Zhao Jun had naturally received the exact news of such news, and it would not be less than ours. Sima Tianyu, the marching commander, said in a deep voice, "On the contrary, if we do this, it will make Zhao Guo suspect that we want to use them against the Luo army." In this way, will Zhao Guo have an adverse impact on us? ”

Wang Hewen shook his head and said, "Otherwise, such news should be true, and it is also related to the situation of the Shu army." The Shu army counterattacked Hanzhong before, almost making it impossible for the Zhao army in Hanzhong to hold on. And at this moment, together with Zhao State, we will join forces to attack the Shu army, which is related to the intelligence of the Shu army, if we have no reaction, then it is the problem. In addition, when we say this, we also hope that if the Shu army, the Luo army, and the Qi army make any moves in the future, he Zhao Guo will also help. We have already sent the information, what arrangements he Zhao Guo makes, it is naturally their business, but no matter how he arranges, he can't help but consider the interests of our Han army. ”

Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, ignored these things, and instead asked: "According to our spies in the Luo army, now that the envoy of the Shu army has met with the king of Luoyang, have you ever found out what they discussed in detail?" ”

Wang Hewen shook his head and said: "Many of our spies in the Luo army have now been inspected by the Luo army and have been removed. The rest of them can't get too close to the king of Luoyang, and we can't find out what they talked about in detail. ”

However, the minister thought that the king of Luoyang could form an alliance with the Shu army, but he should not form an alliance with the Qi army. An alliance with the Shu army can target us. However, by forming an alliance with the Qi army, the Taluo army could no longer fight the idea of Jiangxia Mansion. According to our spies in the Luo army, since we took Wuling Mansion, the king of Luoyang has already had the idea of attacking the Qi army. ”

"After all, in the land of Jingzhou now, in addition to Wuling Mansion being occupied by the Shu army and Chunling Mansion being occupied by the Yanzhou Zhao army, Jiangxia Mansion is occupied by the Qi army. But with the current strength of the Luo army, he would never dare to make a move against the Chunling Mansion occupied by the Zhao army, so his target would naturally be Jiangxia Mansion. If it weren't for the fact that our actions had put the Qi army in Jiangxia Mansion on guard, coupled with the spread of some rumors, I am afraid that the Luo army would have taken action against the Qi army as early as a month ago. ”

"But now if he forms an alliance with the Qi army and wants to attack the Qi army, I'm afraid it won't be easy. In particular, the Qi army borders the Shu army, and the Shu army hopes to get the assistance of the Qi army and maintain allied relations with the Qi army, so as to alleviate the confrontation between the land of Jiaozhou and the Qi army, and can transfer more men and horses from Jiaozhou to target us. In addition, the Shu army in Jiaozhou was also able to join forces with the Qi army to deal with the Zhao army in Guangzhou Prefecture and other places in the southeast of Jiaozhou. ”

"If the Luo army and the Qi army form an alliance and then attack the Qi army, I am afraid that the Qi army and the Shu army in the land of Jiaozhou will join forces to counterattack. After all, the current Shu army needs the Qi army, and it needs to join forces to fight against the Zhao army, not internal problems. In addition, Situ Che, the king of Shu, did not want anyone to be like himself, treacherously attacking his allies, so that the alliance he hoped for would become empty words. ”

Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, shook his head slightly, and said lightly: "Don't underestimate Situ Hao, the current king of Luoyang is no longer the king of Luoyang in the past." In the past, after the king of Luoyang lost Luoyang, he had no fighting spirit, and even had the intention of giving up the struggle for hegemony. You also know this, and the king of Luoyang even entrusted all the affairs of Jingzhou to this king. ”

"But since he started trading with the Zhao army and we fought with the Shu army, the king of Luoyang has been very different from before. I don't know if it's because of the expansion of strength or something else, the current King of Luoyang is already ambitious, and he has returned to the posture of a hero, which is much more powerful than before. ”

"Therefore, we can no longer look at this King of Luoyang in the same way as before, the alliance is nothing to him at all. Even if it is treacherous, as long as there are benefits and sufficient benefits, even if it is treacherous to attack an ally, he will not care. You should also strengthen the sentinels on our border with the Luo army, and be careful to watch out for the Luo army. As for the issue of the alliance sent by the Shu army, since we can't find out, we don't need to care too much about it. ”

"By the way, we let the caravan of the Zhao army pass through our jurisdiction to transport grain for Hanzhong, and we also let the Shu army contain the Shu army by attacking Wuling Mansion, so that the Shu army's action against Hanzhong had to be canceled. Then, we can also ask Zhao Guo for some benefits now. ”

Tian Yu frowned and said: "King, now that the Zhao army has reduced the number of military armor and equipment, war horses, etc., and it is not easy to ask them for benefits. ”

The king of Hanzhong said in a deep voice: "It's not easy, but if the Shu army is allied with the Luo army and the Qi army, it will be very unfavorable for us, if we can't make an alliance between the Shu army and the Luo army, then we can no longer contain the Shu army in the east, then, for the Shu army, then we can only rely on his Zhao army's men and horses in Hanzhong." Therefore, if they want us to continue to contain the Shu army here and deal with the Shu army, the Luo army and the Qi army after the alliance, they must sell us some more armor and war horses. ”

"For Zhao Jun, we can't threaten them now, and in addition, the strength of the Luo Army is also very unfavorable to Zhao Jun. Come to think of it, we should have no problem asking them to keep the number of armor and horses sold. Although you can send someone to complain to Zhao Guo, this king expects that Zhao Jun will not refuse to agree to the current situation of other princes' alliances. ”

Tian Yu nodded and said, "The minister understands, and the minister should handle it properly." ”

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At this moment, the king of Luoyang is in contact with the envoy sent by the Shu army, and the envoy sent by the Shu army wants to form an alliance with the Luo army and the Qi army, and the three parties join forces against the Zhao army and the Han army, and the king of Luoyang and his courtiers also have different opinions. There are those who agree, and there are those who disagree.

The left king's road, and the right side of the battle are not in favor of the alliance. In their opinion, an alliance with the Shu and Qi armies would inevitably be hostile to the Han and Zhao armies. If it was just hostile to the Han army, then it would be fine, I am afraid that they would have agreed a long time ago. However, hostility with the Zhao army was something they could not accept.

If the Luo army still occupies Dongyongzhou and has various natural dangers as defense, then, even if it is hostile to the Zhao army, the Luo army can also form an alliance and take the lead in getting rid of the Han army together with the Shu army, so that the Luo army can become the overlord of Jingzhou and enjoy the land of Jingzhou exclusively. However, now Yongzhou has more than 100,000 Zhao troops on its side, and once it is hostile to the Zhao army, hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops can wave their troops south, and the current Luo army cannot resist at all.

Although the strength of the Luo army is developing rapidly, most of the armor and equipment of the Luo army come from the Zhao army. However, they are well aware of the gap between themselves and Zhao Jun. Engaged in a head-to-head battle with the Zhao army, they were not at all an opponent of the Zhao army. In particular, now on their side, there is also a Han army presence. And the Han army, however, was an ally of the Zhao army. If the Zhao army went south, the Han army would not take advantage of the fire to loot?

It seems that the Luo army formed an alliance with the Shu army and the Qi army to resist the Zhao army. But in fact, the three princes each had a place bordering the Zhao army, and the men and horses of the other princes could not cooperate with the Luo army at all to resist the Zhao army. To put it bluntly, if Zhao Jun really goes south, Luo Jun can only rely on himself. And the current Luo army, without the assistance of other princes, can resist the Zhao army?

Secondly, the original target of the Luo army was Jiangxia Mansion, which was occupied by the Qi army. If they are now allied with the Qi army, then the Luo army's attack on Jiangxia Mansion will become an empty talk. The king of Hanzhong raided the Shu army and recovered the Wuling Mansion has greatly increased his prestige, if the Luo army cannot take back the Jiangxia Mansion occupied by the Qi army, then the prestige of the king of Luoyang will not be comparable to the king of Hanzhong.

Therefore, it is not a good thing for the Luo army to form an alliance with the Qi army and the Shu army. At the very least, there is not much benefit to the Luo army.

Military generals such as Sima Xue Lin held the opposite idea, believing that they could form an alliance with the Shu army and the Qi army. Among them, in addition to those military generals, there are more officials and generals who were slaughtered by the Han army. Their family was slaughtered by the Han army, and they naturally hoped to form an alliance with the Shu army and destroy the Han army first.

Xue Lin and others believed that the strength of the Han army was weaker than that of the Qi army, and in addition, the Luo army had a deep foundation in Jingzhou, because of the friendly relations between the two sides in the past, and the Luo army also knew a lot about the Han army's governance. As the army marched westward, it was much easier to attack the Han army than to deal with the Qi army.

Especially now with the participation of the Shu army, when the Shu army moves against the southern part of the Han army, the Luo army can take advantage of the Han army to be pinned down by the Shu army, immediately raid and quickly take the land occupied by the Han army. In this way, the Luo army took not only the land of Yifu, but the land of Jingzhou. So. It would be much easier to attack Jiangxia Mansion without spending a lot of money, and the harvest would be much greater.

Of course, the problem of the Zhao army that the Luo army is worried about can also be contained by the Shu army's dispatch to the land of Hanzhong and the Qi army's attack on the north. Yongzhou has an army of more than 100,000 people, and that counts the local government soldiers and county soldiers. The Zhao army in Yongzhou is only a three-town man, with a total of about 80,000. Even if they go south, they can't let the Luo army be defeated.

If the Zhao army attacks Jingzhou in an all-out way, then the Qi army and the Shu army will naturally have the opportunity to counterattack, and now the Shu army and the Qi army are fighting for their own lives, and they can't sit back and watch the Zhao army defeat their own side and take the entire Jingzhou. In that case, the Shu army and the Qi army would not only be cut off by the Zhao army, but also receive the flank attack of the Zhao army on the left and right sides.