Zhao Xing was a man who was not bound by rules, and he used many methods in the past many years that were despised by the scholars, but this did not include assassination and assassination. The only time Zhao Xing instructed Dian Wei to carry out an assassination operation was against Tang Zhou, the "inner ghost" of the Yellow Turban Army, who was not known to few people at that time or even now.

Up to now, everyone in the world knows about Dian Wei's assassination of Tang Zhou back then, except for Zhao Xing, who is Dian Wei. Therefore, in the reputation of King Pingxi, who may not be perfect, there has never been a rumor that he used his men to assassinate or assassinate the leader of a certain faction.

It is precisely because Zhao Xing has never used assassination methods, and he is the overlord of the party with the most strength and capital to do so, so even when the other forces know that they are going to be defeated, they do not dare to easily send assassins to fight Zhao Xing's counterscales. This time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei sent Wang Yue, Shi A and dozens of assassins to Luoyang to sneak to Zhao Xing, just as Tong Yuan said, but stabbed a hornet's nest.

After killing the assassins sent by Cao Cao and Liu Bei in one fell swoop in the Maolong Garden, Zhao Xing immediately asked reporters from "Jin Bao" and several other newspapers to go to the scene of the incident to conduct on-the-spot interviews and reports, preparing to let the whole world see Liu Bei and Cao Cao's faces clearly, and at the same time to provide the best excuse for the East Route Army and the Southeast Road Army to launch a major war.

Today, the East Route Corps commanded by Zhao Yun and the Southeast Route Corps commanded by Zhang Liao have completely recovered the territories occupied by Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the past, and if they continue to advance westward, the original banner of recovering the old land can no longer be used. Zhao Xing was assassinated in Luoyang by Assassins sent by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and as Zhao Xing's generals, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao were able to command their armies to attack Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou.

In fact, when the news of Zhao Xing's assassination in Luoyang spread to the states, the repercussions far exceeded Zhao Xing's own estimates.

The officers and men of the Eastern Route Army, who had driven Cao Cao's army from the north bank of the Yellow River to the south and from the eastern side of Taishan to the west, were excited when they heard the astonishing news of the attack on Luoyang, the king of Pingxi, and everyone shouted that they wanted to avenge the king of Pingxi. Considering such a fierce reaction of the soldiers, Zhao Yun ordered the entire Eastern Route Army to go out and rush straight to the direction of Yanzhou Chenliu, and in just half a month, they successively captured Yanzhou Taishan County, Jibei Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom and Rencheng Kingdom, and now the troops have arrived on the east side of Juye Ze.

After hearing the news of the assassination of the king of Pingxi, the dragoon army and the officers and soldiers of Xiong Zhen, who were resting in the area from Wuxian to Erqiu in Xuzhou, close to Yuzhou, petitioned the superior generals one after another, demanding that the troops immediately enter Yuzhou and fight directly to Xuchang, and then capture Liu Bei and Cao Cao alive to avenge the king of Pingxi. Zhang Liao then threw the task of attacking Yangzhou to the Jiangdong Army, and directly rushed into Yuzhou with 60,000 elite troops, and fought a few battles with Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei who defended Yuzhou, and even moved the heavy artillery to the front of the battlefield.

After hearing the news of the attack on Luoyang, the king of Pingxi, the 50,000 officers and men of the Marine Corps of the Marine Division, who were far away in the vicinity of Jiangling, rushed to Xiangyang as quickly as possible, and then forced Liu Biao of Xiangyang to send troops to assist the Marine Corps in attacking Xinye, approaching Runan, and cutting off the connection between Yangzhou and Yuzhou. Liu Biao originally wanted to excuse himself in order to retain Xiangyang's strength, but when he saw Tai Shi Ci, who was silent, and Guan Ping, who kept clenching his fists, he didn't say anything, and directly asked Huang Zhong to lead 15,000 old troops to listen to Tai Shi Ci's account in the future.

Tai Shici originally wanted to extort some more benefits from Liu Biao, but for the sake of Huang Zhong's face, he let Liu Biao go, and as long as 15,000 Jingzhou veterans who had experienced a hundred battles, he hurriedly rushed towards Xinye.

When Tai Shi Ci led the army away, Liu Biao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then asked Wen Ping, Huo Jun, Liu Pan and others: "What do you think of the 50,000 elite combat power under Tai Shi Ziyi?"

Huo Jun replied expressionlessly: "If Jingzhou and the Jin State are enemies, Tai Shici can completely conquer Xiangyang City with 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands!"

Liu Biao said with some disbelief: "Is Zhong Miao's remark a bit exaggerated? Xiangyang now has 70,000 heavy soldiers, and there are more fierce generals such as Zhong Ye (Wen Pingzi) and you to garrison, Tai Shici only has 50,000 soldiers, how can he conquer Xiangyang City, which is a deep ditch?"

Wen Ping, who was on the side, finally spoke: "Don't forget that the Jin army now has a large number of powerful artillery, once Tai Shici spares no effort to use artillery in the battle, I'm afraid that it will be really difficult for us to resist." ”

After Liu Biao listened to Wen Ping and Huo Jun's words, his originally lively thoughts suddenly fell to the bottom, and he no longer dared to think about it.

The people north of the Yellow River, after hearing the news that Luoyang, the king of Pingxi, was almost assassinated, were crusading against the imperial court and Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others. People spontaneously donated money and materials to the government, asking for the urgent recruitment of 100,000 troops into Luoyang to protect the safety of the king of Pingxi, and many people even ignored the cold weather, and migrated to the Luoyang area, saying that they wanted to help the king of Pingxi to defend Luoyang City, and not let the villains have the opportunity to sneak into Luoyang City to do evil in the future.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei in Xuchang City only felt bitter in their hearts after learning the reaction of the surrounding soldiers and civilians, and they all knew that this attempt to assassinate Zhao Xing was a complete mess. Not only did it fail to achieve the expected goal, but it allowed Zhao Xing to catch the handle, which caused the anger of the people all over the world.

Although the situation has become more and more serious, tenacious heroes like Cao Cao and Liu Bei will never give up until the last moment. Cao Cao and Liu Bei continued to shrink their forces, taking advantage of the dangerous terrain around Xuchang to build a large number of fortifications, preparing to fight to the death against Zhao Xing's army in these places.

Zhuge Liang, who had been sitting in Yangzhou, only shook his head helplessly after learning about Liu Bei and Cao Cao's plot to assassinate Zhao Xing. In his heart, he didn't approve of this kind of conspiracy, but he understood that Liu Bei was forced to make this decision, and he really couldn't think of any way. Although Zhuge Liang is conceited and has the talent in his chest, now he has to admit that Zhao Xing's majesty is slightly higher than his own. Zhuge Liang can only be a matter of eating the monarch and being loyal to the monarch now, and taking one step at a time is one step.

Zhuge Jin, who is far away in the northeast, has written several letters to Zhuge Liang, in which Zhuge Jin persuaded and told Zhuge Liang as a brother not to be rash, and when things can't be done, he can completely withdraw from it, and it's a big deal to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests in the future, and be an idle cloud and wild crane.

Zhuge Jin made it very clear that Zhao Xing is not the kind of person with a small belly, if Zhuge Liang is willing to serve in the nascent empire in the future, Zhao Xing will welcome it; if Zhuge Liang is not willing to serve Zhao Xing in the future, he can choose to live in the way he wants. The Han is so big that it can accommodate everyone, including Zhuge Liang!