Xin Feiyu's original tribulation brother came to the door, and it was surprising to learn that the Dingyan Army already had primitive firearms, but these can only be regarded as a small episode compared to the big move that the crossing team is making to pacify the world. After briefly paying attention to the situation of Chen Baoqiang, Qiu Mingbo and other future companions and the Dingyan Army, the traversers quickly turned their minds back to more important matters.

With the phased progress of the feudal reduction operation, the eyes of the crossing team naturally focused on the two local separatist regimes of Later Shu and Southern Han, which had not yet been included in the rule of the Later Zhou court. Therefore, since the tenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar in the fourth year of Jianlong, as one of the preliminary preparations, under the arrangement and dispatch of the relevant departments and departments of the Later Zhou court, a large number of grain, grass and military funds gradually gathered to attack the two forward bases of Houshu - Fengxiang Mansion and Jiangling Mansion. In this way, it made the Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang, who had already been disturbed and uneasy by the battle to destroy the Southern Tang (Jiangnan) before the Later Zhou court and a series of actions to cut the feudal domain, even more frightened and worried.

As the saying goes, "the king humiliates the ministers to death, and the monarch worries about the humiliation of the ministers", Meng Chang was frightened for a series of actions of the Later Zhou court, and the Houshu civil and military officers who were courtiers naturally wanted to find ways to relieve the king's worries, including Wang Zhaoyuan, the envoy and the Privy Council. It's just that although this Wang Zhaoyuan often compares himself to Zhuge Wuhou, he was able to climb to today's position only by flattering the Lord of Shu, but his actual talent is really limited. Just when Wang Zhaoyuan was worried that he couldn't solve his worries for the king, his henchman and the judge Zhang Tingwei of the Southern Jiedu of Houshu Mountain took the initiative to visit him and brought him a "wonderful move".

According to Zhang Tingwei, Wang Zhaoyuan, as a general envoy and a member of the Privy Council, has a high position of power, but he has no real merits. Now in the center, if he can't establish great merits for the imperial court, how can he stop the mouths of those ministers and people who are dissatisfied with his progress and prosperity. At this time, it is the eventful autumn of the country, if you can solve the difficulties of the country, relieve the worries of the king, and make that immortal achievement, not only can you plug the mouths of the people, but also make the heart of the Son of Heaven happy, and in the future, it will be more important and rely on it. As for the way to play this "wonderful chess", it is very simple, that is, to persuade the Lord to send an envoy to the Khitan, form an ally with it, and invite it to send troops south. Our dynasty sent troops from Huanghua and Meridian Valley to respond, making it difficult for the Central Plains to be exposed to the enemy and difficult to take care of. In this way, it can not only solve the difficulties of our court, but also easily pocket the right place, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Although it is uncertain whether the Khitans, who had suffered heavy losses under the Beiping Army, were willing to form an alliance with their own and whether they were willing to send troops south. But first, Wang Zhaoyuan, who was originally a scoundrel, had no merit at all before, and relied on flattery to Meng Chang to occupy a prominent position, and Wang Zhaoyuan, who was often criticized by his ministers and the world, saw that this was a rare opportunity to make contributions and shine in the annals of history, and it must not be missed. Second, looking around the world, the separatist forces that have not yet been included in the bag by the Later Zhou court, except for the absurd, mediocre and incompetent, who governs the country with eunuchs and witches, and whose national strength is worse than his own, there is only one Khitan who seems to be quite powerful on the surface and is still competing with the Later Zhou court. Moreover, based on the previous grudges with the Beiping army and the Later Zhou court, the Khitans were also the only forces that might be willing to ally with their own family. Therefore, secretly forming an alliance with the Khitan and resisting the Central Plains together is the only choice for his own family at present. Therefore, soon after Zhang Tingwei's advice, Wang Zhaoyuan secretly played the Shu lord Meng Chang and advocated an alliance with the Khitan to resist the Central Plains.

Similar to Wang Zhaoyuan's thoughts, although he was unsure of whether the Khitan was willing to form an alliance and send troops, in the face of this only choice, whether he was sure or not, the Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang could only follow Wang Zhaoyuan's strategy and play this so-called "wonderful chess". Therefore, at the beginning of the eleventh lunar calendar in the fourth year of Jianlong (the tenth year of the Later Shu Dabao), Meng Chang sent the Privy Council Dacheng Officer, the Xingguo Army to attack Sun Yu, and the Xingzhou generals Zhao Yantao and Yang Yan as envoys, bringing a large number of gifts to Kaifeng in the name of the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Zongxun congratulatory ceremony. During this period, Meng Chang personally wrote a silk book, in which he not only explained the willingness of Houshu and the Khitan to form an alliance against the Zhou, but also said that his side had increased the army of Bao and Han, hoping that the Khitan could wave the army south at the same time and attack the Central Plains. Then, he hid the silk book into the wax pill, secretly granted it to Sun, Zhao, Yang and others, and ordered Sun Yu to secretly communicate with the Khitan envoy stationed in Kaifeng during the Zhou period, and with the assistance of the other party, he tried to sneak out of Kaifeng, went to Shangjing, and presented the "wax pill silk book" to the Khitan emperor to persuade the other party to form an alliance with him to resist the Zhou.

Meng Chang and Wang Zhaoyuan were dreaming of forming an alliance with the Khitan to resist the Zhou in Chengdu, but as the so-called "those who know the practice are the heroes", Meng and Wang ignored reality and daydreamed, but some people were very aware of the current situation and decided not to be with this pair of faint monarchs and ministers. So, on the night when the Houshu congratulatory delegation arrived in Kaifeng City and stayed at the imperial court, Zhao Yantao, as the deputy envoy, first drunk Sun Yu and Yang Wei with wine at the dust washing banquet, and stole the "wax pill silk book" hidden on Sun Yu's body. Then he persuaded the post of the pavilion to lead the way for himself, and rushed to the "Qingyuan City" overnight, asking to see Wang Kunjun, the first minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Meng Chang's handwritten "Wax Pill Silk Book" and Zhao Yantao's personal narration, Wang Kunjun and several other committee members who rushed to hear the news naturally had no reason to disbelieve it. In fact, even if Zhao Yantao did not bring the "Wax Pill Silk Book" to vote, the crossing team and the Later Zhou court would try their best to put a charge on the Later Shu regime so that the teacher could become famous. As the saying goes, "just when you want to fall asleep, someone sends a pillow", and now with the "Wax Pill Silk Book" and Zhao Yantao's confession, Meng Chang's charges of colluding with foreigners, betraying the court, and plotting against him can be said to be too real to be true, so that the Later Zhou court has a sufficient excuse to send troops to crusade.

However, although "the evidence of the crime is conclusive", and he has long intended to destroy Shu, considering that the crown ceremony will be held for Chai Zongxun soon, and it will take some time for the army to be mobilized. Therefore, the crossing team did not immediately issue an order to reprimand Meng Chang after receiving the "Wax Pill Silk Book" and Zhao Yantao's confession, and immediately announced a crusade against the army. Instead, after Haosheng appeased Zhao Yantao, he ordered him to return to the pavilion with the fake "Wax Pill Silk Book" copied, still hidden on Sun Yu's body, as if nothing had happened, continue to be his deputy envoy, and assist Sun Yu to get in touch with the Khitan envoy in Kaifeng as much as possible, so that Sun Yu could arrive in Khitan smoothly and present the "Wax Pill Silk Book" to Yelujing. In this way, on the one hand, Meng Chang and the ministers of Later Shu can be temporarily stabilized, so that the crusade of the Great Zhou can reach a certain suddenness. Second, we can also take this opportunity to test the reaction of the Khitans, to see if they only talk and do nothing like when the Southern Tang (Jiangnan) sent envoys to form an alliance, or come to hit the iron walls of the four towns of the Beiping Army without knowing the height of the sky, so that the crossing team has a chance to explore its true strength after years of recovery.