Just four years after entering Jianxing, many people in Pingyang realized that the situation of the Han State was a little bad recently, and the Liaodong Army in the north was pressing the border on a large scale, and Liu Yao, Liu Yi, Liu Ji and other Han clans in the city were ready to move.

In mid-February, Jin Zhun wanted to get rid of his enemy Liu Yi, so he planned to unite with Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, to frame Liu Yi for rebellion.

Liu Yao is not comparable to Jin Zhun, there is no contradiction between him and Liu Yi, and he will not be carried away by hatred. Although Liu Yi was one of the stumbling blocks to his success, Liu Yao knew that Liu Yi had a huge influence among the Di and Qiang ethnic groups. It is easy to frame Liu Yi, but if it triggers a rebellion in Diqiang, it will be a bad thing.

However, Jin Zhun is now his most important ally, which is related to the key to the struggle for the throne, and Liu Yao is worried that if he does not agree with Jin Zhun's proposal, Jin Zhun will be dissatisfied. After thinking about it, Liu Yao had no choice but to quietly bring Guo Yan, Hu Yanyan, Yin Che and other confidants to discuss.

"Don't be impulsive, my lord! Of course, Liu Yi has no power, but as Queen Shan, he has a huge influence among the Di people, and once there is an accident, the already unstable Di people are likely to launch a rebellion. Now the Han Kingdom is in turmoil, and it can't stand any toss! ”

Changshi Guo Yan was anxious when he heard Liu Yao finish saying that Jin Zhun was going to plan, he never thought that when the Han Kingdom was alive and dead, Jin Zhun still had the heart to take revenge.

Liu Yao explained: "Jin Zhun was originally a confidant of Liu Cang, the king of Jin, and he had many conflicts with Liu Yi before, but now the king of Jin is unfortunately dead, Jin Zhun is not only worried that Liu Yi's ascension to the throne will threaten him, but also wants to curry favor with Gu through this matter." It's a pity that this person's pattern is too small and is destined to become a big tool. ”

However, at present, Jin Zhun, as Liu Cong's confidant, is one of the auxiliary ministers, and he has a close connection with the harem, so he wants to do great things. Jin Zhun will be indispensable for help. He wanted to seek Liu Yi, but if he didn't allow it, he was afraid that Jin Zhun would be cranky! ”

"The king is worried!"

Everyone fell silent when they heard this, no one knew better than them what kind of person Jin Zhun was. Not only is it rewarding, but it also lacks foresight. If he hadn't given birth to two daughters who were as beautiful as flowers, how could Jin Zhun climb to the status of an auxiliary minister with his ability?

Just when Liu Yao and Jin Zhun were trying to frame Liu Yi, they didn't know that Liu Yi was also plotting a plan to seize Pingyang. Since being persuaded by Cui Wei and Xu Yao, Liu Yi **** was restless, and finally gritted his teeth and found his grandfather, the chief of the Di tribe.

"What? Are you planning to rebel? ”

Shan Zheng was taken aback, he didn't expect that his grandson, who had always been timid and scared, would suddenly have such an idea. When Liu Yi first became the emperor's younger brother, Shan Zheng also fantasized that he would inherit the throne in the future and reign over the world, but who knew that Liu Cong's series of actions later made Shan Zheng understand. Liu Yi did not have any chance of inheriting the throne.

"Grandpa, it's not that you want to rebel, but the royal brother doesn't give him a way to live! In the past, Liu Cang, the king of Jin, was aggressive, making him seem to be the heir to the throne, but Lone was not even as good as a vassal king. Now Liu Cang has died by his own doing, Liu Cong is terminally ill again, and Liu Ji's brothers are young and ignorant, so if you don't take this opportunity to take a risk. Are we still waiting for catastrophe to come? ”

"What are you going to do?" Shan Zheng asked after a moment of silence.

A cold light flashed in Liu Yi's eyes, and he leaned in front of Shan Zheng and whispered, "Seven days later." In the middle of the night, the lonely general sent his henchmen to quietly open the gate of Pingyang City, and asked his grandfather to take the opportunity to enter the city with the elite of the Di clan. At that time, as long as Liu Cong and Liu Ji are killed, and then the ministers are controlled, who else can stop Lone from ascending to the throne? ”

It's a pity that Liu Yi forgot one sentence: It is difficult to prevent thieves from thousands of guards!

He would never have thought of what Cui Wei and Xu Yao said to him at the beginning. All of them were known to Xun Yu, a member of the East Palace, and Xun Yu happened to be the inside line arranged by Liu Cong to monitor Liu Yi in the East Palace before. When Liu Yi wanted to kill Liu Cong, he didn't know that his every move was under Liu Cong's surveillance.

Since falling ill, Liu Cong has realized that the throne under his ass is no longer secure, otherwise he would not have wantonly excluded dissidents. Liu Yao, the mainstay of the Han Kingdom, was excluded from the auxiliary ministers, and his two sons Liu Ji and Liu Fu were forcibly promoted to the positions of Great Sima and Great General.

Just when Liu Cong was determined to attack Liu Yi, he didn't expect Jin Zhun and Liu Yao to fight against Liu Yi crookedly. Liu Cong knew that Jin Zhun and Liu Yao had not wronged Liu Yi, but the other ministers didn't know the inside story, so naturally they couldn't watch Liu Yi being imprisoned.

Chen Yuanda, Qi Wuda, Gongshi Yu, Wang Yan, Liu Yi, Liu Yan and other court ministers, including Liu Cong's son Liu Fu, were worried that the disposal of Liu Yi would cause the centrifugation of the Di people, and they all went to the table to admonish. As a result, Liu Cong was furious, and not only destroyed the edict of his uncle Dazai Liu Yi with his own hands, but also made Liu Yi die of anger.

He also called his son Liu Fu in front of him and scolded him fiercely, and ordered Liu Fu to think about it behind closed doors, Chen Yuanda saw that Liu Yi died and Liu Fu was imprisoned, and he was completely disappointed in Liu Cong, and he couldn't bear to see Liu Yuan's foundation ruined, so he had to commit suicide in anger.

After cleaning up the opposition forces in the court, Liu Cong had no scruples, and immediately issued an order to abolish Liu Yi's status as the emperor's younger brother, and set Liu Ji as the crown prince, and at the same time took the opportunity to kill a large number of officials he considered unreliable, and a total of more than 15,000 people died in Liu Yi's rebellion.

After this chaos, the power of the entire Han court fell into the hands of Shen and Jin Zhun, the kings of Zhongchang, and under the control of the two of them, the court had no discipline at all levels, and corruption was rampant, and the subordinates would only flatter their superiors; The rewards for the harem concubines and palace people are abundant, but the army outside is not resourceful.

Liu Cong repaired Liu Yi cleanly, and in his eyes, only Liu Yao was left to threaten his son's status, just when he was thinking about getting rid of Liu Yao again, he didn't know that Shan Zheng, the leader of the Di tribe who had just escaped, quietly left Pingyang and went north to Yangqu with tens of thousands of Qiang tribes.

Although Liu Cong was forced by the Di clan forces not to deal with Shan Zheng, Liu Yi's death made Shan Zheng feel some threat. Besides, as a high-level member of the Han State, Shan Zheng knew that the Liaodong Army was about to go south, but Liu Cong was still tossing himself repeatedly, and he could no longer see any hope for the revival of the Han State.

The Hu people were accustomed to submitting to the strong, and after some careful consideration, Shan Zheng planned to take the opportunity to break away from the Han state and go north to join the increasingly powerful Liaodong. The betrayal of the Di tribe gave the Huns a fatal blow, Liu Cong heard that he was furious, but he was helpless to take a single levy, not only did he not dare to send troops to chase, but also thought of ways to eliminate its adverse effects.

Shan Zheng came to surrender to Cheng, which alarmed Pei Wei, Wen Qiao, and Shao Yuniang, who were sitting in Yangqu.

Pei Wei was excited, thinking that it would be difficult for the Liaodong Army to attack Pingyang in the south, but seeing Shan Zheng coming to vote, he finally put it back in his stomach after hanging his heart.

"Now that the elite of the Xiongnu of the Han State has been folded in Guanzhong, and there is no support from hundreds of thousands of Qiang people, I don't think Pingyang is a cause for concern. Please General Shao put in order his troops and horses, and be ready to go south to Pingyang at any time, and Taizhen and I will raise food and grass for you in the rear! ”

"Please rest assured, General Ben understands."

"However, we have to inform the lord of this matter quickly!"

With the frequent troop movements of the Liaodong Army in the north, the pressure on Binh Duong is increasing. However, the Huns, who should have been united in their efforts to tide over the difficulties, faced a split situation again because of the succession to the throne, the Han Emperor Liu Cong hoped that his son Liu Ji would inherit the throne, and Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, thought that he had the ability to turn the tide and was unwilling to surrender to his nephew Liu Ji.

It's just that Liu Cong was frightened by the bad impact of Liu Yi's case, and he didn't dare to attack Liu Yao easily, so he could only appease him. But the rift between Liu Yao and Liu Cong has arisen, and it is impossible to work together, and the Xiongnu and Han kingdoms have reached the end of the road.

"Hahaha, it's really Liu Cong's own destruction! Without the support of hundreds of thousands of Di people, I see what Liu Cong can do to resist my Liaodong army. ”

After Wei Shuo received the urgent report from Yangqu, he immediately realized that the time was ripe to go south to attack Pingyang.

"Please give the order of the lord, and the last general will go to the soup and swear to kill the enemy!" Zhang Tong, Beigong Chun and other Liaodong generals asked for orders to go on the expedition.

"Pass on my orders: Gao Zhan, Liu Han, Wei Xiong, Zhang Tong, Su Maru and others stay in Jicheng, and Zhang Biao, Beigong Chun, Sun Wei, Chen An, and Ji Tang will follow me to Pingyang."

In late February of the fourth year of Jianxing, the Liaodong Army finally started the war machine, and a large number of soldiers, ordnance, grain and grass were transferred to the camp in northern Shaanxi, and tens of thousands of infantry cavalry coalition troops had gathered in northern Shaanxi in a short period of time. (To be continued.) )