The civil and military officials of the Great Jin Dynasty, after some debate, decided to adopt a prudent way, let the main forces of the three roads actively prepare for the war, and wait for the opportunity to go north according to the shape of Yecheng direction.

For the Guanzhong Plain, which had just been recovered, because the shape shì was not yet stable, the imperial court ordered Hua'an to supervise the military of Yongzhou, do their best to stabilize the shape of Guanzhong, and wait for the opportunity to advance eastward according to the shape shì.

The will of the imperial court soon reached the three-way army, Hua'an began to run Guanzhong with all its might, and paid close attention to the shape of Yecheng direction, Huan Wen's Jingzhou army main force entered the northern area of Jingzhou, and set up the Chinese army's big tent in the strategic place of Xiangyang, Yangzhou Army's Chu Li was seriously ill, unable to represent the expedition, so he handed over the task of running Xuzhou to the famous Yin Hao, Yin Hao led the Yangzhou army, stationed in Pengcheng, and shocked the Qingyan Erzhou of Zhao, and echoed with Huan Wen of Xiangyang, and went hand in hand, The momentum of the Central Plains.

However, the strength of Zhao was still very strong, and after each made a small attempt, Huan Wen and Yin Hao gave up their plans to immediately go on a northern expedition, instead gathering troops and watching the shape of the Central Plains.

After Zhao Guoleping Wang Shibao led his subordinates to escape from Guanzhong, Yecheng's reinforcements were late, and when he saw that Tongguan had been captured by Xie Ai, he immediately launched a feint, and the result was naturally defeated by Xie Ai, so he had to withdraw to Luoyang and report the situation to the direction of Yecheng.

Seeing that Guanzhong had been lost, and that the strength of the Jin army in Guanzhong was extremely strong, Shi Zun was shocked, and he wanted to send troops to recapture Guanzhong, but at present, the political situation in Yecheng was not very stable, and the forces of all parties were criss-crossed, besides. Sensitive, he has already sniffed out the intentions of the Great Jin and Yan Kingdom, in order to defend Yecheng and other core areas, Shi Zun did not dare to send the main army to the direction of Guanzhong, so as not to protect the country.

In addition, there is another thing that bothers Shi Zun, that is, the general Shi Min, when he raised troops in Li Cheng, in order to get Shi Min's support, Shi Zun promised Shi Min. After his own ascension to the throne of God. He made Shi Min the crown prince, but after Shi Zunzhen ascended the throne, he was forced to set up Shi Bin's son as the crown prince, after all. Shi Min's original surname is Ran. It is a remnant of the Jin Dynasty. is not a member of the Qiang clan, let alone a descendant of Shi Hu, so naturally he cannot be established as a prince. Otherwise, it will attract the opposition of the ministers, in order to appease Shi Min, Shi Min was appointed as the Duke of Wuxing, the general of the auxiliary country, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and gave Shi Min great military power.

But at this time, Shi Zun regretted a little, his broken promise made Shi Min very unhappy, after handing over the military power to Shi Min, he was very scared in his heart, because this Shi Min was very brave and good at fighting, in case he was not satisfied, if he wanted to rebel, the consequences would be quite terrible.

Shi Min fought bravely, repeatedly made military exploits, and the generals under his command naturally also made great contributions, for this reason, Shi Min naturally wanted to reward his subordinate generals and let them hold higher positions, but Shi Zun was very afraid that Shi Min's strength would expand and endanger his rule, so he not only vetoed Shi Min's request, but also degraded the generals under Shi Min's command, this action weakened Shi Min's power, but also made Shi Min and the soldiers under his command resentful, and then, Shi Zun became even more afraid in his heart, in order to solve his heart disease, Shi Zun summoned several of his brothers, Yiyang Wang Shijian, Leping Wang Shibao, Ruyin Wang Shi Kun, Huainan Wang Shizhao and others, in his mother's Empress Dowager Zheng's room, to discuss how to solve Shi Min's problem.

Shi Zun looked at the brothers, frowned and said: "Shi Min is brave and good at fighting, the warriors under his command are like forests, all the generals are afraid of him, even I, seeing this person, is also frightened, now, Shi Min is more and more dissatisfied with me, what can I do?" ”

"Shi Min is an outsider, but he is in charge of the lifeblood of the country, sooner or later it will be a disaster, and it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible." Shi Bao built yì loudly.

"That's right, Shi Min and his father were originally relics of the Jin Dynasty, the first emperor took pity on him and used it, and gave him the surname Shi, but his heart will be different if he is not my race, Shi Min is in charge of military power, and he will be a disaster for a long time, and he must be killed." Shi Jian agrees.

When Shi Zun heard this, he was moved to kill, but Shi Min's martial arts are strong, and there are many warriors under his command, it is not easy to kill Shi Min, in case the matter is revealed, the consequences are unimaginable, which makes him a little embarrassed.

"The emperor is slow, when he raised troops in Li Cheng, if there was no support from Shi Min, how could you have today, and Pei Wang Shi Chong, led the army to kill Yecheng, to compete with you for the throne, and it was also Shi Min who led the army to quell the rebellion, now, he is a little arrogant, his eyes are like a person, and it is also reasonable, he should be tolerant of him, how can he be suspicious of a moment and move with killing intent?" Empress Dowager Zheng is a woman in the end, and she doesn't want her son to take this risk.

After listening to his mother's words, Shi Zun was a little hesitant, between killing or not killing, he couldn't choose for a while, and finally, he decided to put this matter aside for the time being and talk about it later.

At this time, Shi Jian went out under the pretext of going out, and in order to seize the throne, he sent his confidants to tell Shi Min the news that Shi Zun intended to kill Shi Min, so as to obtain Shi Min's support, so as to replace Shi Jian and ascend to the throne.

Sure enough, after learning that Shi Zun was going to do something to himself, Shi Min discussed with Li Nong and Wang Ji, and hurriedly sent his generals Su Yan and Zhou Cheng to lead 3,000 men and horses to quickly surround the palace and arrest Shi Zun.

At this time, Shi Zun was playing with the woman, and when he saw many people rushing towards him, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Who wants to rebel?" ”

General Zhou Cheng said: "Yiyang Wang Shijian should be the heir." ”

Hearing this, Shi Zun nodded, and suddenly laughed: "If I am still like this, how long can Shi Jian last?" Hahaha! There was a sense of relaxation after saying that.

"Your Majesty, don't worry!" Zhou Cheng said, raised the weapon in his hand, and immediately killed Shi Zun, and killed the Empress Dowager Zheng, Prince Shi Yan and other cadres to eliminate future troubles.

After Shi Zun was killed, with the support of Shi Min, Li Nong and many other generals, Shi Jian, the king of Yicheng, ascended the throne of God, and granted amnesty to the world, with Wuxing Gong Shi Min as the general, named King Wude, appointed Li Nong as the great Sima, and the rest of the generals had their own rewards.

In this way, after Shi Hu's death, in just a few months, Shi Shi, Shi Zun, and Shi Jian of Zhao State successively ascended the throne, and the political situation was turbulent, which can be seen.

Shi Jian's succession was achieved with the support of Shi Min and other generals, so it was not recognized by all the generals of Zhao State, and many veterans even put up a shelf and refused to go to Yecheng to meet the Son of Heaven.

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In the direction of Guanzhong, after nearly a month of convening, the 60,000 Guanzhong Army was formally recruited, and a large-scale military camp was established on the outskirts of Chang'an.

Although Wang Meng has never had any experience in training the army, he is familiar with military books and is very proficient in military affairs, so he naturally understands how to train recruits and has the confidence to train this new army into an elite army.

After the training officially began, Wang Meng would go to the barracks every day to guide the training of the new army, but more time, he was thinking about the layout of all aspects of Guanzhong.

According to his assumptions, the enemy that may be encountered in the future is a cavalry-based army, and it is a huge cavalry corps of 100,000 horses at every turn, and the mobility of cavalry is incomparable to other arms.

Guanzhong is close to the Western Regions, horses are naturally not a problem, there are all kinds of materials and money in the direction of Liangzhou as a backing, and the problem of funds is not big, but in the equipment of the cavalry, Wang Meng has his own unique opinions.

During the years of hard study in Huashan, when Wang Meng had nothing to do, he invented a lot of military equipment, including various equipment for cavalry.

It's just that these equipment are still in the stage of drawings, after all, Wang Meng is not a blacksmith, nor is he a leatherman, so he can't make real things by himself, and Wang Meng is not rich, so naturally he can't ask someone to create these items that he doesn't urgently need.

And now the situation is different, Hua'an has handed over 60,000 new troops to him, in order to make these 60,000 new troops, in a year later, have strong combat power, in addition to strict training, but also to provide these recruits with sophisticated equipment, the more sophisticated the equipment, the more can increase the combat effectiveness of the army.

Wang Meng drew all kinds of equipment suitable for cavalry use that he had designed on the drawings and handed them to Hua'an to ask for Hua'an's opinion.

Looking at the equipment designed by Wang Meng, Hua'an applauded, these equipment, fully consider the comfort of cavalry and war horses, and this humanized design will undoubtedly increase the combat effectiveness of cavalry.

In order to support Wang Meng, Hua'an immediately decided to transfer half of the people in the Liangzhou Direction Armory Hall to Chang'an City, and build a new Armory Hall in Chang'an City to create the weapons that Wang Meng needs.

Wang Meng was greatly moved by Hua'an's full support, and made up his mind that the 60,000 new troops in Guanzhong must be trained into an elite division.

At the same time, in order to alleviate the dependence on Liangzhou, Wang Mengjian carried out a large-scale development of Guanzhong, and analyzed the absolute advantages of Guanzhong over Hanzhong by taking advantage of the topography and hydrological conditions of Guò.

In other words, the development potential of Guanzhong is not comparable to that of small Hanzhong, and Chang'an, as the western capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, is not comparable to Nanzhengcheng.

Wang Meng's analysis coincides with Hua'an's idea, the fame of Chang'an City is indeed far greater than that of Nanzheng City, and the geographical advantages of Guanzhong are also greatly greater than those of Hanzhong.

In Hua'an's expectation, once Chang'an City prospered, it can attract more business travel than Nanzheng City, for this reason, Hua'an decided to expand Chang'an City after the autumn harvest, and step by step Chang'an City will be built into a metropolis where merchants gather, at that time, the status of Chang'an City will replace Nanzheng City, become the first major city in the west of the Great Jin Dynasty. (To be continued......)