"Persuade Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang? Is this possible? Zhao Jie said with a look of disbelief, "Situ Hao is the king of Luoyang, a prince, will he surrender?" ”

Situ Liang pondered for a while, and said softly: "What General Zhao Xiong said is also a good way. You are right, the current king of Luoyang, Situ Hao, is no longer the king of Luoyang after losing Dongyongzhou and Luoyang City, the capital of the Great Yan Emperor. Judging from the information gathered, this is indeed the case. Well, that's a good idea. ”

"Is this possible? No matter how weak the King of Luoyang is, no matter how weak he is, he no longer has the fighting spirit, but ......" Zhao Jie still shook his head with some suspicion and said.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "Dongyongzhou is lost, perhaps in terms of strength, the king of Luoyang is still a third of the loss. However, the loss of Dongyongzhou made him lose not only tens of thousands of Luojun soldiers, but more importantly, the loss of Luoyang City, which made his losses reach a point that he could not bear. ”

"Luoyang City? Emperor Yan is afraid that he will not be sincerely regarded by Situ Hao, no matter who it is, this Emperor Yan is just an ornament. As early as after the King of Qi called on the princes of the world to crusade against the Yongwang Situ Lei to no avail, and the Yong army was divided, the Yan Emperor lost its due role, and the loss of the Yan Emperor was not an unbearable loss for Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang. ”

Zhao Xiong said in a deep voice: "It's not Emperor Yan, but the courtiers under the Luoyang Palace's palace and the courtiers under the name of Emperor Yan." Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang, reused the old ministers of Dayan, which was also the main reason why Situ Lei, the king of Yong, did not hand over the great cause to him in the first place. But it is precisely because of this that most of the courtiers under the command of King Luoyang are also old ministers of Dayan. ”

"Although the officials of the six ministries in Luoyang City are not reused by Situ Hao, the other ministries and the subordinate officials of the six ministries are the backbone of the Luoyang King's power. The other part is also the courtiers under the name of the Luoyang Palace. Dongyongzhou was taken by my Da Zhao, whether it was Emperor Yan or Luoyang Palace, they were all taken together. The officials in the city also surrendered to Zhao under the will of the Six Shangshu and Emperor Yan. And the officials of the Luoyang Palace, also surrendered to my Da Zhao when they couldn't do anything. ”

It can be said that the loss of Dongyongzhou made the king of Luoyang suddenly lose most of the officials who coordinated the overall situation. Without the backbone, how can the branches and leaves grow? ”

"Of course, surrender is just our expected goal, if we can't accomplish it, then find a way to make the king of Luoyang hostile to the other princes, and it is best to make them oppose and fight. Don't forget, we didn't leave any of the captive families behind, and we didn't ask for their release. ”

In Xiangyang, the king of Hanzhong was also persuading the king of Luoyang to regain his fighting spirit and confront the Zhao state, in order to repay the hatred of Eastern Yongzhou occupied by the Zhao army.

Maybe it's because of the loss of Dongyongzhou, or maybe it's other reasons, the current king of Luoyang, as Situ Liang and others said, is no longer the king of Luoyang in the past.

"Revenge? Second, do you think I still have the ability to take revenge? Don't talk about me, it's the arrogant King of Qi Murong Cheng, it's the fifth Situ Che, and it's not trying to use you and me to fight against Zhao Guo, and try to reply to himself. The alliance is true, but it is simply impossible to get their people to work for you and me. Situ Hao said indifferently.

Hanzhong Wang Situ Fei frowned and said, "Big brother, what's wrong with you now?" You are the king of Luoyang, a prince of a place, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, why have you become like this now? ”

The king of Luoyang smiled bitterly: "Dongyongzhou is gone, Luoyang City is gone, what am I doing as the king of Luoyang?" The land of Jingzhou is now also under the front of the army of Zhao. Forget it, it's useless to talk about it. The alliance of princes, I will send people to participate, as for the land of Jingzhou and the Luo army, it will be up to you to decide in the future. ”

Originally, Situ Fei wanted Situ Hao to go to Jiangling Mansion in person and participate in the alliance with the representatives of the King of Shu and the King of Qi, and use the strength of the two to fight for greater conditions in the alliance. In addition, there is also the intention of using Situ Hao to fight against Situ Che. Situ Che didn't like the two of them and even wanted to get rid of them, and Situ Fei also knew it. Situ Fei was unwilling to be suppressed by Situ Che because of his weakness when he was in the alliance.

However, seeing Situ Hao's current situation, Situ Fei could only be helpless. In the land of Jingzhou, the Luo army is jointly occupied with himself, and the two sides are now allies. Although there had been a dispute of interests between the two sides earlier, the king of Luoyang had not paid much attention to the land of Jingzhou for a long time, and the king of Luoyang did not care about Jingzhou, which also made the actual power of Jingzhou also in his hands.

The prince of Hanzhong went to Jiangling Mansion, and of course, Jiangling Mansion was also the jurisdiction of the king of Hanzhong. And the king of Shu and the king of Qi were the cronies and important ministers under their own command. The king of Luoyang, like the king of Shu and the king of Qi, did not come in person, but sent an important minister under his command, Wang Dao, and was also the highest-ranking courtier under the command of the king of Luoyang.

Wang Dao and Xu Ji are both the kings of Luoyang, but Wang Dao is with the king of Luoyang to handle political affairs in Jingzhou, while Xu Ji is stationed in Dongyongzhou. As a result, Xu Ji was trapped in Luoyang City, and later surrendered to Zhao. Xu Ji's surrender to Zhao still has a great impact on the royal road. The two are both left and right, not only colleagues, but also friends with good relations. Dongyongzhou was lost, the king of Luoyang lost his fighting spirit, and Wang Dao also felt that he was in the Luo army, and he was afraid that he would not be able to support it for too long.

Xu Ji, like Wang Dao, saw the disadvantages of the King of Luoyang, and thought that the King of Luoyang should not think too much about the old ministers of Yan, and even the two of them thought that the King of Luoyang should not keep the Emperor Yan, not to mention getting rid of the Emperor Yan, but he should not hold it in his own hands. After all, the strength of the King of Luoyang is too weak, and this Emperor Yan in his hands not only does not have the slightest benefit, but will affect the development of the King of Luoyang because of the master-slave problem between the Great Yan and the King of Luoyang.

It was also because of the joint opposition of the two that after the king of Luoyang went south to Jingzhou and occupied Jingzhou, he gradually isolated the old ministers of Dayan from the center of the Luo army. It was also at the suggestion of the two that the king of Luoyang prepared to establish a new center in Jingzhou, and began to move his cronies, many generals who were not the former ministers of the Great Yan, to the south.

After the fall of Yongzhou in Eastern China, Xu Ji, who surrendered to Zhao, protected the Luoyang Wang's family, and after Luoyang fell into the hands of the Zhao army, Xu Ji was also the only Luo Jun courtier who asked the Zhao King to protect the Luoyang Wang's family, and he also took care of the Luoyang Wang's family after the Zhao army occupied Luoyang City. When the Luoyang royal family was returned by King Zhao, Xu Ji also saw them off in person.

Luoyang City is the center of power of the King of Luoyang, although among the generals, most of the relatives of the King of Luoyang have moved south. However, among the civil officials, the command of the king of Luoyang is still dominated by the former ministers of Dayan. But it was after Zhao occupied Dongyongzhou that these old ministers of Dayan directly took the initiative to surrender to Zhao, and no one cared about the Luoyang royal family, except for Xu Ji.

It is also because of this that after Xu Ji descended to Zhao, after learning about the situation from the family members who were released, the king of Luoyang did not blame Xu Ji in the slightest. In addition, the king of Luoyang also put back all the relatives who served Xu Ji in Jingzhou and were arrested because of Xu Ji's surrender to Zhao. What made it difficult for King Luoyang to accept was that those old ministers of Dayan, who valued him and had never been sorry for the other party, abandoned him without the slightest guilt.

After learning that Xu Ji served as the pacification envoy of Dongyongzhou and the governor of Henan Prefecture in Zhao State, Wang Dao couldn't help but feel happy for his former colleagues and friends. Even when the king of Luoyang heard the news, he was only lonely and sighed, and he did not blame.

The alliance did not go well at the beginning, and the king of Hanzhong wanted an alliance of princes to form an alliance to jointly deploy defenses in Xiyongzhou and Jingbei to defend against Zhao. However, neither the king of Shu nor the king of Qi was willing. The king of Qi had his own reasons, because the land of Yangzhou in the north of the Qi army was threatened by the land of Xuzhou in the Zhao State, and the southern part of the Qi State was also threatened by the Zhao State. However, the king of Shu was unwilling to ask the king of Hanzhong to hand over the land of Hanzhong, or to give up the land of Jiangling Mansion in Jingnan, so that the Shu army could mobilize troops to the front line in time. After all, on the southern line of Jiangling Prefecture, there is also the Yangtze River, which is not conducive to the actions of the Shu army.

Needless to say, these conditions, the king of Hanzhong will naturally not agree. Hanzhong is the source of the title of the king of Hanzhong, and it is also the front line of the Shu army in Yizhou and Ningzhou, the territory of the king of Hanzhong, how could it be given to the Shu army. If the Shu army is put into Hanzhong. Don't say that the land of Xiyongzhou may fall into the hands of the Shu army, that is, the land of Jingzhou, which also received attacks from the flanks. Even if the Shu army had no intention of Xiyongzhou, Hanzhong was gone, and Xiyongzhou cut off most of the connection with Jingzhou.

As for the Jiangling Mansion in the land of Jingnan, that is, the land of the alliance, the king of Hanzhong was even more unwilling. With the Yangtze River, Jingzhou is not afraid of the King of Shu. If there is no Yangtze River, the strength of the Shu army is not something that the king of Hanzhong and the king of Luoyang can resist.

Not only did the envoys of the kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang, Wang Dao, disagree, but also the envoys of the kings of Qi. Of course, the envoys of the King of Qi were not thinking about the King of Hanzhong and the King of Luoyang, they were just unwilling to see the strength of the Shu army increase.

The king of Hanzhong and the king of Luoyang did not agree, and the king of Shu could not help to support the defense of Xiyongzhou and Jingbei. But the king of Hanzhong also said that if the king of Shu did not support the front line, the land of Xiyongzhou and the land of Jingbei, when they were attacked by Zhao, if nothing could be done, Xiyongzhou and the land of Jingbei might fall to Zhao. If you are not afraid of the pressure of the Zhao army and are isolated, then you don't care. Although the king of Hanzhong did not directly explain the words, his meaning was indeed undoubted. This made the envoys of Shu and Qi feel nervous.

Although the current strength of the King of Hanzhong and the King of Luoyang is nothing in the eyes of Shu and Qi, they are also the periphery of Shu and Qi, and the frontier of their defense against Zhao. Otherwise, the king of Qi and the king of Shu would not have agreed to the alliance under the call of the king of Hanzhong.

Therefore, these Western Yongzhou and Jingbei must not fall into the hands of Zhao Jun for Shu and Qi, which have no direct relationship with them. Otherwise, the remaining Shu and Qi states would not be able to resist the Zhao state at all.

As a result, the conditions of the Quartet Association were debated endlessly in Gangneung Province. But at this moment, some information reached the hands of the king of Hanzhong.

"Is this true?" Looking at the information in his hand, Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, asked the leader of the secret guard beside him gloomily.

"Returning to the king, I am sure that the people under the command of the king of Shu have been interacting with these people for a long time."

"Good you Situ Che, you dare to do this! Immediately pass this information to the envoy of Zhao State, Wang Dao, and in addition, secretly protect the king of Luoyang. Situ Che, you dare to use the idea of attacking my Jingzhou when the alliance is due, hateful! ”

Situ Fei informed the envoy of the king of Luoyang, Wang Dao, and Wang Dao was also surprised. Several leading generals of the Luo army in Jingzhou were actually in contact with the king of Shu. It is several Luo army generals stationed in Gangneung Province, and their lists are also in the intelligence.

"The king? Is this information true? Wang Dao's brows tightened, and he asked in a deep voice. This matter can be big or small, if it is only the people of the Shu army who start to win over and buy the general of the Luo army, it will be fine. If they already have a good relationship with each other, then it will be a big problem.

Situ Fei said coldly: "This king will frame them? If it weren't for the truth, how could this king do this, and the gains and losses of the land of Jingzhou are not only related to your king, but also to the interests of this king. Why, could it be that Wang Zuocheng also ......" As he spoke, Situ Fei glanced at Wang Dao coldly.

"Hmph...... This official doesn't want to make Jingzhou chaotic because of inaccurate information. The heart of this official for my king can be learned from heaven and earth, and there is no need for the king of Hanzhong to bother. ”

"That's very good, this is your Luo Jun's problem, and it is inconvenient for this king to interfere. However, this king does not want this Jingzhou to be in turmoil, and he does not want this Jingnan land to fall into the hands of the Shu army. If Wang Zuocheng acts, it will be fast, and it will be too late, but it will be too late to regret it. ”

Wang Dao naturally didn't dare to be careless about this, and immediately arranged for people to investigate the problems on the intelligence, but before he could find out the details, rumors spread in Jiangling Mansion. It is rumored throughout Jiangling Mansion that Situ Che, the king of Shu, sent a large number of people into Jingzhou on the occasion of the alliance, bought and won over the troops and horses of Luo, and prepared to annex the land of Jingzhou.

As soon as the rumors came out, the problems with the information obtained by the king of Hanzhong were immediately put in the open, so that the king was ready to secretly investigate and take corresponding measures, but the results fell short. Suddenly, the generals of the Luo Army in the entire Jiangling Mansion became nervous, although the rumors did not name names, pointing out who the people who were bought and co-opted by the Shu Army, but the generals of the Luo Army in Jiangling Mansion were all implicit.

Maybe some of them are really being co-opted and bought by the Shu army, maybe some generals are being co-opted and bought by the Shu army, and perhaps, some generals are in the midst of being co-opted and bought by the Shu army, and they refuse righteously and sternly. However, whether they accept or refuse the Shu army's co-optation and bribery, as long as the Jiangling Mansion generals who have contacts and contacts with the people of the Shu army, they are all suspicious.

The problem is that Jiangling Mansion is the land of the Quartet Alliance, and there are quite a few people from the Shu army who come to participate in the Alliance, and it is normal for the generals and civilian officials of the Jiangling Mansion garrison to have dealings with these members of the Alliance. But now add in the problems of apostasy and mutiny, and the trouble is not small.

Soon, this rumor spread all over Jingnan, and Jiangling Mansion was even more turbulent. These rumors not only involved the generals of the Luo army, but also the generals of the Han army, after all, the land of Jingzhou was jointly occupied by the Luo army and the Han army, and it was also a common leader. What's more serious is that even the civil officials of Gangneung Province were involved.

This time, not only the royal road couldn't sit still, but the envoys of the Shu army couldn't sit still, and even the king of Hanzhong couldn't sit still. After all, before the alliance was negotiated, it began to dig the foot of the wall internally, and no one could stand it.

"Who is spreading this rumor?" Wang Dao asked, the king of Shu asked, and the king of Hanzhong also asked. But now is no time to track down the rumors. Even, it is very inconvenient to even inspect it.

"Wang Zuocheng, how is it? The king told you to act immediately, but you didn't listen. Now, how are you going to deal with it? King Hanzhong said with a gloomy face to Wang Dao, who also had an ugly face.

Wang Dao was also extremely angry at the moment, and the fact that things had developed to this point was naturally not what he hoped for. The original matter involved some generals, but now, all the civil and military officials of Jiangling Mansion have been involved, not only the officials of the Luo army, but also the officials of the Han army.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han, this matter is not what you and I want, nor is it something you and I can lead. Even if I had done it earlier, I was afraid that it would have been like this. Rumors are spreading, can it be so fast, is it a simple thing? This King of Shu is acting, and you and I are unwilling, so the rumors are definitely not coming from both you and me. ”

"As for the people of the Shu army and those who have already started to tie up with the Shu army, they will not push themselves into the water. Unless we have found out the situation and there is no way for him to escape, he will muddy the situation. But in this way, not only does he have no place to stay in Jingzhou, but also the Shu army, and he will not let go of him, a guy who has ruined their good deeds. Therefore, it was not done by the people on the side of the Shu army. ”

The King of Hanzhong's face turned cold, and said, "You mean to say that it was the people of the King of Qi who did it?" He didn't want to see the Shu army profit in Jingzhou, so it was very likely that he would do so. ”

Wang Dao shook his head and said: "This official thinks that it is unlikely that the people of the Qi army will be impossible, and in this way, the affairs of the alliance will inevitably be delayed or even failed." And now, the Qi army needs an alliance, or rather, it needs to involve the Shu army in the fight against Zhao, instead of sitting in the rear and watching the tiger fight. ”

"Zhao Guo!" Situ Fei stiffened, and said gloomily, "That can only be Zhao Guo, our alliance, the one who suffers the most is naturally Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo doesn't want the alliance to succeed, at least they don't want to succeed when they are busy with internal rectification." Damn it! Are Zhao's spies so strong in Jingzhou? ”

"King Han, the top priority now is to first calm down the hidden dangers along the Yangtze River such as Jiangling Mansion and Jingling Mansion. Whether it is a conspiracy of Zhao or not, however, the king of Shu is calculating Jingzhou, this is certain. Even if the Shu army is not as exaggerated as the rumors, the officials in the Jiangling Mansion and Jingling Mansion are afraid that they will not be able to continue to be stationed in the same place. As for the alliance, you and I will fight against the King of Shu together and ask about this matter. ”

"How do the officials of these two provinces arrange? Do you want to get rid of them all? I'm afraid the situation will be even more chaotic. Now that people's hearts are in turmoil, how can they easily start killing again. King Hanzhong frowned and objected.

"No, rotate them with the officials of Jingbei, so that the king of Han and my king are still new to them, and at the same time, it is also to let them get rid of rumors. If anyone dares to disobey, it means that they have betrayed the two kings as the rumors say, and they can be dealt with on the spot. ”