One day, in the palace of Xuchang Qi, the music is intoxicating, the singing and dancing are fragrant, Sima Jiong is drinking indoors, several women are waiting on the side, and outside the curtain is the figure of the dancing girls and the graceful singing of the Lingyou.

Since everything was arranged, Sima Jiong was relieved and bold to live a comfortable life, he indulged in wine all day long, so that he did not leave the palace for several months, and when he was in charge of government affairs, he was taken care of by his cronies and minions, and then reported to the palace of Qi.

In this way, seeing that more than a month has passed, in Sima Jiong's eyes, there is no big deal in the world except for the wedding of the prince of the capital in this month. While he was dreaming beautifully, his confidant Ge Xuan walked in.

Ge Xuan looked at King Qi with a look of pleasure on his face a little helplessly, and had no choice but to shout loudly: "King." ”

Sima Jiong suddenly woke up from his half-asleep sleep, raised his head to look, and burped, "It's Ge Xuan." Can I help you? ”

Ge Xuan didn't care about saluting, and said hurriedly: "Empress Jia is dead." ”

"Oh? …… It's good to be dead, she should have died a long time ago. What the!? At first, King Qi hadn't reacted, but when he came to his senses, he looked at Ge Xuan with a shocked expression, "Are you telling the truth?" Empress Jia is really dead! ”

"Hey, my lord, how dare you deceive you! It is true that Empress Jia was really killed by the crown prince, and now Sima Shu has completely mastered the situation in Luoyang. Ge Xuan was also shocked when he first heard the news, and when everyone thought that the prince would definitely die, Sima Shu turned over and uprooted the forces of King Zhao and Empress Jia in one fell swoop.

"This ...... This...... So what do we do next? "King Qi is numb, all the strategies and tactics they have formulated before have been based on the assumption that the crown prince was killed, but the development of the situation has completely exceeded the expectations of King Qi and his staff.

"King, let's hurry up and bring Wei Yi and Wang Bao to discuss, all the plans we made before are useless, we must reassess Sima Shu's strength, and we must make a new plan next."

"Yes, yes, yes, what Mr. said is good, come on, go and invite Wei Yi and Wang Bao over!" The King of Qi completely lost his square inch at this time, and his dream of eradicating the Jia Hou Party and taking charge of the government was completely shattered.

It didn't take long for Wei Yi and the others to come in a hurry after receiving the news, and as soon as they entered the door, Wei Yi couldn't wait to ask: "Wang, is the news reliable?" ”

Ge Xuan replied in an unquestionable tone: "This is the news that the minister's meticulous work has done everything possible to find out in Luoyang City, there will definitely be no mistake, now the entire Luoyang City is full of soldiers who have arrested Jia Hou's henchmen, Shi Chong, Zhou Hui, Pan Yue, Cheng Ju and others have been raided and exterminated!" ”

"Shhh I didn't expect Xizu's heart to be really ruthless! Isn't he afraid of causing chaos in Luoyang? King Qi was shocked, a little unable to believe that this was true.

"Chaos? How can it be! According to the news obtained by the minister, Sima Shu mastered 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in the capital in one fell swoop by killing the officers of the forbidden army. Ge Xuan snorted coldly.

"Whew! This...... This...... So sir, what should we do? "King Qi is a little worried about his own situation, now he finds that he can't understand Sima Shu more and more junior, now the prince has the entire Guanzhong behind him as a support, plus he has mastered the righteousness of the court, and he will definitely not let go of princes and kings like him who do not listen to the dispatch of the court in the future.

"The king is not worried, although the crown prince controls Luoyang militarily, his foundation is not stable. According to the news that came back from Xizuo, except for one or two families such as the Pei family, most of the other families were looking forward to someone kicking Sima Shu off the throne. Ge Xuan looked frightened Sima Jiong, and couldn't help but comfort him.

"That's it, that's it, don't worry, don't look at Sima Shu's infinite scenery on the surface, but in fact, he is already in danger. As long as our side makes a name for itself, the world's families will definitely respond. Wei Yi, who had been listening to it for a long time, also interjected.

"Yes...... But, sir, the widow is really worried that we are weak! Why don't we unite with other princes and kings? As soon as King Qi thought of the tens of thousands of horses in the capital, especially the Su guards under Meng Guan's command, he was a little frightened, and he thought that it was better to pull more people to be strong and courageous.

"Well, what the prince said is not unreasonable, my lord, I think we should contact the king of Chengdu first! This Chengdu royal capital is the capital of Yecheng, which is a military important place in the world. If we can form an alliance with the king of Chengdu and send troops together, we can threaten Luoyang from both the north and the south. ”

"Good! I'll leave this matter to the two gentlemen! ”

After Wei Yi and Ge Xuan bid farewell to the king of Qi, Pegasus rushed to Yecheng to prepare to persuade the king of Chengdu to form an alliance with the king of Qi. Before leaving, King Qi repeatedly told him that he must get the position of alliance leader!

When the King of Qi conspired to form an alliance with the King of Chengdu, Sima Yan, the King of the River between the Jizhou River, couldn't bear it, and when he learned that Empress Jia and King Zhao were killed by the prince, he couldn't wait to find his confidants to discuss the opportunity to start the matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the prince is perverse in Luoyang City, and the widow plans to do the right thing for the heavens, kill the traitors, and clear the king's side. I wonder what you think? King Hejian swept his eyes at Bi Heng, Zhang Fang, and Fang Yang.

The three of them didn't react for a while, and they didn't understand what their prince wanted to do at all. Is this Qingjun side so good?

"Lord, please redeem your humble duties and say bluntly, if we only rely on tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Hejian Kingdom, we will definitely not be able to defeat the imperial court, maybe we will not even be able to pass the Tiger Prison and Bishui Pass." Zhang Fang did not hesitate to express his objections, he only analyzed from a military point of view, with the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the King of Hejian is definitely not the opponent of the elite soldiers under the prince.

The soldiers of Hejian have not experienced war for many years, and the prince's command has just experienced the baptism of the Guanzhong Rebellion, and has recuperated for a period of time, which is the peak of combat power.

Listening to Zhang Fang's words, the king of Hejian was a little dissatisfied, he frowned and said: "Now Sima Shu is engaged in the anger of the heavens in Luoyang, and the widows are in accordance with the will of heaven and raise troops, and the people in the world are not all looking at the scenery?!" ”

The corners of Zhang Fang's mouth showed a trace of disdain, and then it was fleeting, he didn't bother to answer the nonsense of the king of Hejian, if it was for the sake of his kindness back then, Zhang Fang would have gone to Luoyang to defect to the prince. Now he can see that the king of Hejian he relies on is simply a straw bag, and sooner or later he will have to be cleaned up by the crown prince.

Bi Heng was silent for a long time, and at the same time, he also saw the dissatisfaction of the King of Hejian with Zhang Fang, and he felt that this was the time for him to win the prince's trust.

"Lord Wang, Captain Zhang is right, with our own strength, we are indeed not the opponent of the prince, but Captain Zhang forgot that we are not the only ones in the world who want to overthrow Sima Shu's rule! The king, the minister thinks that we can contact the other princes and kings to raise troops together. Just like the alliance of the world's heroes in the late Han Dynasty to fight Dong Zhuo, as long as you can encourage other princes to raise troops together, even if Sima Shu has three heads and six arms, he can't stop us from having many generals! ”

"Good! Sir is really smart! Please ask Mr. to be responsible for this matter, and after the matter is completed, the widow will give Mr. a great credit! ”

"Thank you for your love!"

Seeing that his suggestion was supported by Sima Yan, Bi Heng immediately became excited, glanced at Zhang Fang without a trace, and then prepared to go to Yecheng to persuade the king of Chengdu.

While Sima Shu was busy integrating the surrounding forces in Luoyang, the other princes were not idle. In Yecheng, Wei County, Chengdu Wangfu is full of warblers singing and dancing, and the voices are boiling. Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, is entertaining the henchmen Bi Heng and Fang Yang of the king of Hejian, the henchmen Ge Xuan and Wei Yi of the king of Qi, and Lu Zhi and Shi Chao to accompany them.

"Your Majesty, please!"

"Everyone, please!"

Everyone raised their wine glasses and drank them all, Sima Ying looked at Bi Heng and the three people on the left, and a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes from time to time. For the purpose of the two families coming together, the king of Chengdu can guess some of it. At present, the contradiction between the prince and the family is becoming more and more acute, and it is on the verge of breaking out.

In order to protect themselves, the Central Plains family began to provide financial and food support to the princes and kings in various places, so as to arm them to confront the crown prince. Now the three princes of Hejian Wang, Chengdu Wang, and Qi Wang have come together under the guidance of the family, and tried their best to make secret contact with them and form an anti-Sima Shu alliance.

"King, the minister came here on the order of my lord this time because he had something important to discuss with the king!" When the wine was hot, Wei Yi, a subordinate of King Qi, was the first to provoke the conversation.

"Oh? What's the matter? Sir, even if you say it directly, the widow listens! ”

"The king, now that the prince is in the capital, the chaos in the government has caused the anger of the heavens and the people, he not only abolished the queen set up by the previous emperor in vain, but also ruled the government and excluded all the ministers of the family. Moreover, from the day this person came to power, he sealed the private party, and a large number of officials from Guanzhong filled the entire court. ”

"What's even more serious is that Sima Shu actually wants to do something to the world's families. Hum! As the elder of the crown prince, you should come forward at this time and take on the burden of Kuang Fu Sheji. When the prince of my family came, he told him that if the prince was willing to raise the banner of righteousness, and the three of us formed a military alliance, he would be more willing to serve the prince as the leader of the alliance! ”

Wei Yi said this somewhat half-truthfully, King Qi was indeed willing to form an alliance with the other three princes, but King Qi preferred to be the leader of the alliance himself.

"This ......" Chengdu Wang was silent when he heard this, he had no opinion on the three alliances, and the only thing he was worried about was the distribution of benefits after the war. There is not much difference in the power among the three families, only the strength of King Qi is slightly superior, if he succeeds in driving Sima Shu from power in the end, who is in charge of the center of the three brothers?

Lu Zhi knew his prince's thoughts best, and he took over the conversation quietly and said: "Mr. Wei, it is easy to form an alliance, but if you can get away with the cause of the king, how should the power of this center be distributed?" ”

"Of course, the three families are in charge of the government, and the details need to be discussed by the three princes."

"Okay, since this is the case, the widow agrees to this alliance, but it is more appropriate for the position of the leader of the alliance to be held by the king of Qi, and the uncle of the widow back then, Sima You, the king of Qi, is also a well-known virtuous king, if he lets his descendants now Brother Qi serve as the leader of the alliance, he will definitely be able to call on more people to devote themselves to the action against Sima Shu!"

In the end, Sima Ying still reluctantly gave up the position of the leader of the alliance, and after three urgent consultations, finally reached a strategic alliance, and agreed to meet in the spring of 300 AD next year, and jointly raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, and the rest of this time everyone should hurry up to raise food and grass and train soldiers!