In the third year of Taixing, in late September, the atmosphere in Jianye City became strange again because of an incident, and the incident involved the three most powerful people in the Great Jin Dynasty today, namely Sima Rui, the son of heaven, Wang Dun, and Sima Weishuo. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

All three of them were linked by a transaction, and in order to suppress Wang Dun, Wei Shuo specially ordered the Laoshan Trading Company to sell a batch of ordnance to Jiang Zuo at a very low price.

Sima Rui was overjoyed after receiving the news from Liaodong, and most of the soldiers and horses of his descendants Dai Yuan, Liu Kui and others were lost in Huainan, and he was worried that there was no ordnance to rebuild his arms.

As soon as the weapons arrived, the Son of Heaven directly allocated them to Xi Jian, Dai Yuan, and Liu Kui without saying a word. In particular, Xi Jian, who had just succeeded Zhou Yue, obtained 10,000 ring-headed knives and 5,000 longbows, as well as a large number of paper armor and round shields, which was enough for Xi Jian to arm nearly 20,000 elite soldiers.

The Son of Heaven was naturally happy to get Liaodong's aid, but he didn't think about it, but it annoyed Wang Dun.

On the one hand, Wang Dun was disgusted that Liaodong always interfered in Jiangzuo's internal disputes, and on the other hand, he was angry that the Son of Heaven did not take him as a general too seriously.

After buying so many ordnance from Liaodong, all of them were eventually transferred by the Son of Heaven to Xi Jian, Dai Yuan, Liu Kui, Tao Kan and other generals.

In a fit of rage, the general Wang Dun immediately went to the court and demanded that the ordnance allocated to him be withdrawn, and then he would be the general to allocate and use it.

How could Sima Rui, the Son of Heaven, agree to Wang Dun's proposal, with the assistance of Wang Dao, Wang Dun's recital was left unpublished.

As for the ordnance that has been allocated, it was originally used by Liaodong to aid the imperial court against Wang Dun, and naturally it will not be recovered.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was indifferent to his proposal, Wang Dun immediately instructed his lackeys to slander Dai Yuan and other henchmen and generals of the Son of Heaven, especially Liu Kui, who had a good relationship with Wei Shuo, and was even more attacked by Wang Dun's henchmen.

Wang Dun spread rumors that Liu Kui now has tens of thousands of troops, and he does not want to serve the imperial court, but he has the heart of self-reliance, not only reducing taxes on the territory without authorization, buying people's hearts, but also colluding with the great Sima Weishuo in a vain attempt to lure the Liaodong Army into Jiangzuo.

Next, Wang Dun even burst into tears and told the outside world that he couldn't bear to see Liu Kui and Wei Shuo's conspiracy succeed, causing the lives of the people of Jiangzuo to be ruined, so he repeatedly wrote to the Son of Heaven, hoping that the imperial court would immediately bring Liu Kui to justice.

Although this attack on Liu Kui caused a lot of discussion in Jianye, most people did not believe it was true.

As for Liu Kui's friendship with Wei Shuo, everyone in the world knows that it is not something unpleasant.

In Jiangzuo, including the Son of Heaven, basically everyone knows that Liu Kui befriended Wei Shuo, but to say that Liu Kui betrayed the Son of Heaven and colluded with the Liaodong Army to get involved in Jiangzuo, not to mention that outsiders don't believe it, even Sima Rui doesn't believe it.

As a confidant who has followed Sima Rui for many years, can he still not understand Liu Kui's personality?

Liu Kui is a very upright and strict person, in fact, Liu Kui's popularity in the imperial court is not good, but he has offended many people because of his straight temper and daring to tell the truth.

Although attacking Liu Kui did not cause harm to him, it still aroused the suspicion of the Jiang Zuo family towards the Son of Heaven, and to a certain extent, Wang Dun was able to pull back a game.

As we all know, there are many contradictions between the Jiangzuo family and the great Sima Weishuo, Liaodong once caused the Jiangzuo family to suffer heavy losses through the issuance of currency, and Wei Shuo was also assassinated by the Jiangzuo family, and the grievances and hatreds in the middle are not easy to resolve.

Originally, the Jiangzuo family was very dissatisfied with the Son of Heaven and Liaodong recently, and now it was rumored that Liu Kui colluded with Wei Shuo, although most people knew that it was fake, but it was an indisputable fact that the Son of Heaven was assisted by Liaodong ordnance.

This will naturally make the Jiangzuo family think that the Son of Heaven wants to unite with Liaodong to deal with Wang Dun, and in the eyes of the Jiangzuo family, the Son of Heaven's move is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger.

In the future, once the Liaodong Army moves south to Jianye, although Wang Dun will be destroyed, with Wei Shuo entering Jiangzuo, the Jiangzuo family will inevitably have no good fruits.

Soon the development of things exceeded many people's expectations, and in the raging public opinion, there were very few people who really accused Wang Dun of being unsuccessful and ambitious, but many people still scolded Liu Kui for eating inside and out.

In fact, the Jiangzuo family is just scolding the Son of Heaven in the name of Liu Kui, and Sima Rui, the Son of Heaven, naturally knows the deep meaning, but in order to deal with Wang Dun, it is necessary to introduce Liaodong as foreign aid.

In order to appease the Jiangzuo family, the Son of Heaven still sent Wang Dao, the superintendent of the middle school, to explain the reasons to the major families in person.

However, in any case, after this round of turmoil, the internal situation in Jiangdong has become more and more treacherous.

For the sake of their own interests, the Jiangzuo family, the general Wang Dun, and the emperor Sima Rui once again launched a new round of negotiations, division, and alliance.

Just when the forces of all parties in Jiangzuo were about to move, a group of special guests entered the west gate of Jianye.

This special guest came from Chenghan, Yizhou, and was the envoy sent to Liaodong by Li Xiong, the lord of Chenghan, Prime Minister Fan Ben, and Taiwei Li Xiang.

With the pacification of Liangzhou in Liaodong, he pointed his troops at Tuyuhun, which put great pressure on Cheng Han.

In order to further make friends with Liaodong, this year Li Xiong specially asked the prime minister and his uncle to go to Liaodong to meet Da Sima with heavy gifts.

The carriages used by the Cheng and Han people to carry gifts were mighty and hundreds, and they were dispatched for several miles at the gate of Jicheng.

Li Xiang and Fan Ben both came to Liaodong for the first time, and when they originally traveled through Yongqin and Qinzhou, they didn't see how rich Liaodong was compared to Chenghan except that Liaodong was like a big construction site. It was not until after crossing the Yellow River and entering Bingzhou and Hedong that the Cheng and Han people appreciated the strength of Liaodong.

"Originally, I thought that Bingzhou was the most prosperous place in eastern Liaodong, but I didn't expect Jicheng to be more prosperous. No wonder everyone says that Liaodong is rich in the world, I was a little skeptical before, but now I know that I am lonely and unheard. ”

Fan Ben's face was heavy when he heard this: "Lord Taifu, if Liaodong is just rich, it is nothing, the key is that it also has an invincible and powerful army. Da Sima relied on this army to defeat Liu Cong, Liu Yao, Murong Hao, Tuoba Yulu and many other heroes, and now his troops are pointing to the Xihai Plateau, who knows if the Liaodong Army will go south to Yiliang next. ”

"It's not that Fan Mouchang is angry with others to destroy his prestige, but the Liaodong Army is really prestigious, if it goes south to attack Yizhou, how can I resist it?"

Hearing that Li Xiang's face was gloomy and silent, speaking of which, the Cheng Han army has also fought a lot of battles in the south and the north over the years, taking Taifu Li Xiang as an example, Zeng Sheng captured Jiao Deng, the general of the Jin Dynasty stationed in Fucheng, so that Zitong and Bashi County became the land of Cheng Han, and he was also promoted to the post of general and Taifu because of his merits.

But even so, Li Xiang didn't dare to pat his chest and say that he was sure to snipe the Liaodong army, otherwise he would not have come to Liaodong in the name of Li Xiong to 'pay tribute'.

Speaking of which, Li Xiong is also the lord of a country, and his status is not lower than that of the great Sima Weishuo, but now he has to send the prime minister and Taifu as representatives to Jicheng to curry favor with Wei Shuo, this is not because Liaodong is too strong, and Cheng Han can't afford to provoke him.

"Prime Minister, tell me, can we successfully complete the entrustment of the lord of the country during this trip to Jicheng?"

"In my opinion, at least half the chance." Contrary to Li Xiang's expectations, Fan Ben seemed to be full of confidence in the trip to Jicheng.

"Oh? Why is the prime minister so conclusive? ”

"Taifu, now Liaodong is strong, and Cheng Han is weak, this is an undoubted fact, but Cheng Han is not without advantages. First of all, Cheng Han has to occupy the geographical advantage of Shuzhong, and the difficulty of Shu Road is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. If the Liaodong Army invaded Chenghan on a large scale, its strongest cavalry would certainly not be able to play as well as before. ”

"Without the help of cavalry, no matter how strong the infantry of the Liaodong Army is, my Han soldiers are not vegetarians, and they can compete with one of them according to the city."

"Secondly, the real enemy of Liaodong is not Cheng Han, but Shile, who is entrenched in the Central Plains. Before Shile was resolved, the Liaodong Army would never attack Chenghan on a large scale. ”

"Yes...... But why did the other party attack Liangzhou? ”

"That's because the people of Liangzhou died by themselves, if it weren't for Zhang Yu's accidental death, Liaodong would not have sent troops to Hexi. Therefore, as long as the internal stability of the Cheng Han Dynasty, Liaodong will also take me into the Han Dynasty for a while. ”

"Can Cheng Han stay stable all the time?"

Hearing Li Xiang muttering to himself, he couldn't help but think that Li Xiong, the lord of the Cheng Han Dynasty, had the intention of abandoning his son and making his nephew the crown prince, which was definitely the way to take trouble. (To be continued.) )