The news that Murong Chui was divided into Shaanxi and Guanxi is not stingy or even far exceeds a series of major events in the Wei State, the imperial power of the Yan State is very strong, in this case, he is willing to let a king of the sect to split the land and divide the king, such a generous act, even in the Bang Zhou period, it is not rare, let alone now.

Murong Chui's attack on Guanzhong should have been a major event for the great crack of the Yan Kingdom and even the outbreak of a civil war, but why did the Yan Kingdom end all this smoothly?

Up to now, Yan is far from the north in the unified and narrow sense, that is, north of the Yellow River, only half of Jizhou and Liangzhou and the four counties of Hexi are left, and a behemoth runs through it like a canopy, bringing everyone an infinite sense of oppression.

What really happened in the city of Yan Guoji?

To be able to get the emperor to make such a big concession?

The minister of Yan wants to know, Murong Chui wants to know, Han wants to know, Liang wants to know, and everyone in the world wants to know!

There is no impermeable wall in the world, especially related to people like the Empress Dowager of Yan Kingdom, who are not particularly good.

……

Jianye.

Xiao Yan and Luo Xianzhi sat opposite each other, even Luo Xianzhi was a little confused, even he couldn't understand the development of the situation, and once again he went through everything, he shook his head again, and said in disbelief: "No, it is impossible for the Empress Dowager of Yan and the Emperor to pay this price, even if Murong Ke is a hostage, it is impossible for the two of them to let go of their vigilance against Murong Chui." ”

Xiao Yan nodded approvingly, even if Luo Xianzhi and Luo Youyi vouched for a person together, they couldn't agree to this thing, people would become, and they couldn't speculate on future behavior with the current heart.

Every political entrustment is a gamble on the shrine of the Jongmyo Society.

This is the reason why Luo Xin, the king of Luowen, is respected by the world.

Starting from Emperor Gao Lu Pheasant to Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty, he was in charge of the government for forty years, and everyone knew that it was easy for him to usurp the emperor's throne, but he was diligent and conscientious in his governance, without the slightest misdemeanor.

Murong Ke is known as King Xiaowen, but he is not King Wen after all, and there is also the Empress Dowager of Yan Guo who is engaged in wind and rain, and his power has also been usurped over the years, from the information that Luo Xianzhi has, as well as his understanding of the Empress Dowager of Yan and the Emperor of Yan, this is absolutely impossible.

Xiao Yan sighed and said: "Facts speak louder than words, this incident happened, Lingxiu, we must reconsider the layout of the world, it seems that we can't destroy the Han Kingdom together with the Yan Kingdom."

Otherwise, in the face of the Yan State that unified the north, we would not be the opponent of the Yan State in the vast north without cavalry in the foreseeable future.

If the Yellow River freezes, we will have to resist the iron cavalry of the Yan State on the plains of the Pingchuan River, and fall into the current predicament of the Han State. ”

Luo Xianzhi pondered, and said slowly for a long time: "Your Majesty, although the minister is not very proficient in military affairs, the general trend knows that all unreasonable things in this world have to pay a price, and the detailed work sent by the minister should soon be able to bring back the gossip in the Yan Kingdom."

Let's talk about the general trend then. ”

Not long after the words fell, a eunuch hurriedly walked into the hall and said, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from the official of Shangshutai outside the palace. ”

Luo Xianzhi and Xiao Yan looked shocked, and immediately reached out to take the letter, and when they opened it, they were shocked in place, with a feeling of sudden realization, how could it be?

Luo Xianzhi's eyes suddenly burst into joy, and then looked at the emperor, only to see the emperor staring at the letter for a long time, and suddenly a sigh in his heart, deliberately said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Yan Kingdom has brought about its own destruction, this is a good opportunity for my Great Liang, first destroy the Han Kingdom, and then seize Shuzhong, go north to attack Yan, and go west to destroy Guanzhong, the great cause can be expected." ”

Yes?

Xiao Yan raised his head, not knowing why Luo Xianzhi said that?

……

As Luo Xianzhi said, even if Murong Ke was a hostage, it would be impossible for the emperor and the empress dowager to agree to such outrageous conditions.

Murong Ke made a lot of effort, first reasoning with the emperor and the empress dowager, Murong Chui's capture of Guanzhong is a major event that is enough to change the situation in the world, and it can even be said that the time to unify the world has advanced a great step.

Murong Chui almost didn't want the imperial court's military rations, and now he has united with the Guan sergeant clan and has formed a de facto separation, even if the imperial court does not agree, he will be called the king and emperor in Guanzhong, and the imperial court has to face a powerful country with the same surname.

In this world, there is a set of guidelines between monarchs and ministers, and thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's point of view, which is not recognized by most people.

This is what Murong Ke said to the emperor and the queen mother, but as we all know, the world never runs in terms of "how it should be", but "how it wants to be", especially for those who are in high positions of power and cannot be immortal.

When Murong Ke vouched for Murong Chui, the Empress Dowager of Yan seized an opportunity, she asked Murong Ke to swear to Luo Shui that he would always be loyal to the emperor, and if Murong Chui tried to rebel, he would lead a large army to quell Murong Chui's rebellion.

Moreover, Murong Ke wanted to lead the army to capture the Han State, and take all the north of the Yellow River and even the north of the Huai River, until he died.

For the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom, Murong Chui does have outstanding talents, but they don't think they can compare to Murong Ke, as long as Murong Ke is there, Murong Chui will not be able to become a climate.

But Luo's oath, until now no one who made the oath has a good result, Yuan Shao died violently in middle age, Sima Yi violated the oath, and the four emperors swore that the head of the Luo family would bear the backlash, but Cao Fang still did not resist.

Let people swear, basically no different from the suicide of an important person, Wei Guozhong proposed to let Cao Chenghei swear an oath, and he scolded him back.

But Murong Ke finally agreed to this condition, and after he made his oath, it was really like being struck by lightning, the emperor regretted it a little, but the queen mother only felt happy.

For the emperor and the queen mother, if they can own the land in Guandong, then Murong Chui without Hedong, Shuzhong, and Liangzhou is relatively weak in the face of the imperial court.

For Murong Ke, not only being able to serve Dayan and capture Han Liang is what he wants to do, but also giving Murong a place to live and avoid the persecution of the Queen Mother, which is already the best of both worlds, as for the future, it is no longer something he can consider.

……

In Jianye City, Xiao Yan was extremely curious about what Luo Xianzhi had just said about his own destruction, and hurriedly asked, "Lingxiu, why do you say that Yan Guo is destroying itself?" I only feel that this Murong Ke is really a sincere gentleman, and he can't do it. ”

Luo Xianzhi was recalling something, and said with emotion on his face: "People are not as good as heaven, where is there a calculating god in this world who can get a good death?"

In the past, Yuan Shao swore that he died young, the four emperors swore an oath, Emperor Wei died early, and the oath of Luoshui was very small, and the main backlash was borne by the main branch of the called Luo.

They all died on the grassland, so it seems that no one took the oath, and if the main branch survived, you would see them die in middle age.

Roselle has a spirit, and since it can make people swear, it is natural to know the content of the oath.

Murong Ke swore that he would be devoured by him, needless to say, it depends on his luck and longevity.

The Empress Dowager of Yan Guo forced Murong Ke to swear, isn't this using the divine energy of Luo Shen to become her own selfish desires?

Such a person will suffer a very heavy repercussion, even if she is strong for a while, in two or three years, she will definitely die.

Isn't this a situation of chaos in the Yan Kingdom?

In today's world of great controversy, since the abolition of Murong Ke, a talented king who is both civil and military, and also caught up with the queen mother, the minister just wants to laugh, if I really have the Holy Lord, it is better than the enemy.

Your Majesty, the minister thought that he should immediately contact the Yan State and carry out a war of annihilation against the Han State, the Wei State has died, it is the turn of the Han State, to carve up the Han State, and the Yan State across the Yellow River, this is what I asked for after the Great Liang. ”

Yes?

Xiao Yan was stunned again, this is talking about Luoshui's oath, why did he suddenly jump to the destruction of the Han Kingdom, and just now he said that he would leave the Han Kingdom.

Luo Xianzhi laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, after the partition of the Han Kingdom, the world is divided into two parts on the surface, but in fact it is divided into three parts, and Murong Chui and the Yan State Court will not attack my Liang together."

When Murong Ke dies, then the Yan Kingdom will probably be divided and chaotic, and at that time, it will be my chance. ”

Xiao Yan could clearly hear from Luo Xianzhi's words, he had a very high degree of certainty that Murong Ke would die early, you must know that there are historians in the palace where the two talked, and he dared to say this kind of packing ticket, which shows that there will be no accidents.

This made Xiao Yan a little flustered, and hurriedly asked: "Lingxiu, I also swore back then, if so, wouldn't it be ...... me?"

Luo Xianzhi soothed: "As the minister said just now, Your Majesty has not received much backlash, then Cao Fang is an exception, Emperor Yan Murong Chengguang has lived for seven or eight years, and Emperor Liu Chen of Han has lived for twenty years, they are all fine, what does Your Majesty have to worry about?" ”

Xiao Yan was a little relieved, but he didn't completely let go of his heart, even the Bodhisattva Buddha who was full of halls couldn't let him have the slightest peace of mind, especially when he also suppressed Buddhism, he felt a little uncomfortable everywhere, he wanted to chant the scriptures, so he handed over the matter of forming an alliance with Yan Guo to Luo Xianzhi, and ended this somewhat panicked conversation.

After Luo Xianzhi walked out of the palace, he was a little emotional, he saw that Xiao Yan was still not at ease, but he had no choice, this god and ghost thing originated from people's hearts, and people's hearts are the most complicated things in this world, changing all the time, people in this world believe or not, it is really difficult to speculate.

Liu Bang's preciousness lies here, his open-mindedness in the face of death is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Especially for a Son of Heaven with great power, he is really a great Son of Heaven who is not inferior to the Ancient Saint King.

Luo Xianzhi had never seen Murong Ke, in the era when he entered Jianye, Murong Ke already had the praise of the god of war among the countries, even Xiao Yan didn't want to deal with Murong Ke.

But smart people will always have the same opinion and the same judgment on the situation, for example, there is no need for the Han State to exist, and Murong Ke and Luo Xianzhi have reached an agreement.

……

In Luofuzhong, the small bridge flows, the pavilions and pavilions, the corridor waist is back, the lotus leaves in the pool, the dragonfly falls on the water, dotting a circle of ripples, Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun lie on the rocking chair in the pavilion.

Xie Daoyun taught his daughter to read with a book in one hand, and occasionally fanned Luo Xianzhi with a feather fan in the other, while Luo Xianzhi was holding a letter in his hand, which came from Murong Ke of Yan State.

This is not an official letter but a letter from Murong Ke's personal person, the reason is very simple, Luo Xianzhi's official position has not changed, he is still Shang Shuling, but his official character has been upgraded.

Liang Guo's Shang Shuling has now been upgraded to the Yan State, from a third-rank official to a second-rank official, and with greater authority, Shang Shuling has completely become a semi-prime minister, and even Shangshu's left and right servants have become much more powerful.

The power of Shangshutai has increased in various countries, which is precisely the trend of the current era, that is, the imperial court concentrates all its forces to do great things, and any dispersion of forces will bring the consequences of failure.

Xie Daoyun read the persuasion and asked the maid to take her daughter away and ask, "Husband, what did Murong Ke say in the letter?" ”

Luo Xianzhi handed the letter to Xie Daoyun, and then said, "Very interesting person." ”

Murong Ke didn't say much about state affairs in the letter, but said something to Luo Xianzhi that should not be said with the strange relationship between the two people, such as inviting the Luo clan to go to the Yan Kingdom and promising to be willing to crown the Luo clan as king.

These words were basically said in vain to the Luo family, but Murong Ke still did it, Luo Xianzhi laughed softly: "Does this Murong Ke have any plans, is he going to use this letter to drive a wedge between me and the emperor?"

Then he was wrong, although the emperor and I are not unbreakable, but it is not a letter that can be separated. ”

Xie Daoyun groaned: "He may be sincere, reading this text, I don't know if it's an illusion, the concubine body can feel between the lines of his words, I can feel that he seems to have anxiety and expectation."

Didn't you say that he might die at any time, husband?

Perhaps he himself has concerns about this. ”

Luo Xianzhi was silent for a moment, this was an angle he hadn't thought of, he took the letter back, read it again, and sure enough, there was a difference in his feelings.

"What a sincere minister, it's a pity that there are wise kings in this world first, and only then can there be virtuous ministers who can perform wantonly.

He made a mistake, he shouldn't have targeted me, he shouldn't have been on Luo's body, even if Luo's died, it would not be possible to do the second master, even if I didn't have a holy stigma, but I wouldn't have fallen into Luo's reputation.

He probably saw my letter to him, too, and I wanted to meet him. ”

……

This was the first meeting between Luo Xianzhi and Murong Ke.

On the Yellow River, a flat boat moved with the waves, and two boatmen supported the boat one after the other, and Luo Xianzhi and Murong Ke sat opposite each other in the boat, looking at each other.

In the past years, Liang and Yan did not border, so there was no chance of meeting between the two countries, but after Liang captured Heluo, Liang and Yan were demarcated across the Yellow River, so there is today's Yellow River Meeting.

I don't know how long it took, Murong Ke first opened his mouth and smiled: "I didn't meet Ling Zun back then, I didn't expect to see the county prince today, father and son are in the same phase, but it's a pity that my Dayan doesn't have such a Sheng family." ”

Luo Xianzhi said: "The king is famous, he is a genius in the world, and the king of Yan is enough." ”

Murong Ke coughed lightly and said: "I used to think so, I thought I could fight the world alone, but then I realized that people are born, old, sick and die, and the country always prospers because of people, and declines because of people.

I originally thought that my seventh brother would be such a talent.

Is the county prince really reluctant to come to Yan Kingdom?

The Liang State is a Southern Dynasty, does the county prince really think that the Liang State can dominate the four seas?

If in the process of dominating the world, Luo's does not have enough credit, and even stands on the opposite side, can he still keep the family's wealth in the end? ”

Murong Ke still did not give up persuading Luo Xianzhi to go to Yan Kingdom.

Luo Xianzhi smiled and said, "Where in this world is there anything that can be said accurately?

If you only rely on the current beam, you can't do it, this thing is man-made, who said that the future beam is impossible?

If Yan Guo is really sure to win, why does the king ask me these things here?

There is no predestined or certain thing in this world! ”

Murong Ke was silenced by Luo Xianyi's words, he coughed twice heavily, and sighed: "It seems that it won't work, then let's discuss the right thing, it's time for the Han Kingdom to end." ”

What he said was an understatement, but it was a direct imposition on a country to be sentenced to death.

Luo Xianzhi groaned: "The Han Kingdom is not easy to destroy. ”

Murong Ke exhaled lightly, "It is never easy to destroy a country, but now is probably the best time, Liu Chen is dead, the new emperor of the Han State, favoring the eunuchs, ignoring the government and government, and belittleing the important ministers, the political situation of the Han State is in chaos."

The so-called time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people.

For a country like the Han Kingdom, which is not in danger of mountains and rivers, if it loses its people, it will not be far from extinction.

Since five years ago, the Han State has been unable to fight field battles with our Dayan, so it can only defend the city and attack the grain routes of my Dayan, relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River to deal with the attack of my Dayan on Fenggao.

Now the Han Kingdom is about to lose even the United City, a country can't fight in the field, it will only fall into passivity, if the people's hearts are chaotic, and they can't even defend the city, then it should be destroyed. ”

Murong Ke's understanding of war is very deep, in the offensive, the offense gains an advantage, the defense is guaranteed not to die, if a country can keep attacking, it is naturally not in danger of destruction, but if a country cannot defend well, it will easily fall into annihilation.

The terrain of the Han Kingdom was very poor, and it was the only country among the countries that did not have the danger of mountains and rivers, and was able to face attacks from three sides, relying on a strong city defense system built with money and grain, and in this era, a large number of dock forts and urn cities were built, which were simply built according to the scale of the Great Wall, to resist the attacks of the Three Kingdoms.

But the man-made defensive city, it is impossible to stop the border of thousands of miles, the Han State still has to divide troops to guard, now the emperor of the Han State messes around, favors eunuchs and flattering ministers, and the courtiers in the Han State can only persuade, because this is Liu Chen's only son, and he can't even change a person, and the problem of scarcity of heirs in the Han State since the time of Liu Bei has affected the present after all.

The generation of the Han Kingdom is not as good as the first generation, either it is a gentleman who has no ambition, or it is the second generation of the ambitious and talented, there are few talents who can write and martial arts, even if it is Yinghou, it is the same, and now without the blessing of the ancestors, even the main branch can not ensure that there will be a talent who supports the bottom, let alone the Yinghou family.

Contemporary Yinghou is a talent of county guarding, compared with Wang Zuozhi like Luo Xianzhi and Murong Ke, it is a little far behind.

The meaning of Murong Ke's words is very simple, the Han State is indeed difficult to destroy, but as long as the Yan State and the Liang State are together, the Han State will not be able to hold on, and no country can face the three-front battle and achieve victory.

Luo Xianzhi pondered for a while and said, "It is inevitable that your country will attack Jizhou, what next?" ”

Murong Ke until Luo Xianzhi This is the place where he is going to start the attack, which can be regarded as a division of forces, since he wants to form an alliance to carve up the Han State, it is natural that Yan State and Liang State cannot fight first, he has already thought about it, and said directly: "Meet on the Yellow River today, north of the Yellow River, belong to my Dayan, south of the Yellow River, Yuzhou belongs to Liang State, Qingyan and two places, first come, first served." ”

Luo Xianzhi looked at Murong Ke playfully, and said lightly: "The north of the Yellow River belongs to the Yan Kingdom, and the south of the Yellow River belongs to my Daliang, with the Yellow River as the boundary, and the peace between the two countries will always be maintained." ”

Murong Ke laughed loudly and spread far away in the Yellow River, and said: "The joke of the county prince is too big, such a big land, it is not something that the Liang Kingdom can eat, I will not allow such a thing to happen, since this is the case, then let's rely on our own ability." ”

In the process of fighting for Qingyan, Liang had the advantage, because Liang could directly kill from Heluo, while Yan had to cross the Yellow River from the Bohai Sea before he could attack Qingzhou, except in the winter when the Yellow River was dry.

Luo Xianzhi discussed with Murong Ke about the number of troops sent by various countries, and if they wanted to destroy the Han Kingdom, both countries would have to make great efforts, and it could even be said that they would all pour out the country.

Although neither emperor came, but both of them brought the emperor's treasure, and they took out a seal from their bosoms, and then wrote the covenant with their own hands and stamped it on it.

When everything was over, Murong Ke and Luo Xianzhi high-fived and swore an oath, and Murong Ke smiled and said, "I hope to be able to see the county prince in Fenggao in Mount Tai." ”

Luo Xianzhi also smiled: "At that time, it must be the retreat of the Yan Kingdom, and my Liang will insert the Daxu in the palace and the city of the Han Kingdom." ”

After that, the two of them got on the big boat from the flat boat, Murong Ke went back to the north, Luo Xianzhi went south, the two parted ways, and carried the covenant in their arms.

After Murong Ke went ashore, he let his cronies and retainers run to Guanzhong, and informed Murong Chui of this matter, Liang and Yan were going to unite to attack Han, this is Murong Chui's opportunity, Liangzhou and Shuzhong are still in a state of independent separation, Liangzhou is the back garden of Guanzhong, if the threat of Liangzhou cannot be cleared, then Guanzhong will not be able to advance eastward in the future, and Shuzhong is the blood bag and advance base of Guanzhong, without Shuzhong alone, a large number of troops cannot be exploded, and the future can not threaten the Southern Dynasty.

The war between the three kingdoms must be a long-term war, once the war starts, it is not a matter of one or two years, even if it is an instant, I am afraid it will take three or four years, especially the siege of a city, if you meet a master defender, a city may be difficult to overcome, and it will take countless time.

Such a long time was enough for Murong Trai to start a war of annexation of Liangzhou and Shuzhong.

Murong Ke was heartbroken for Murong Trai, and at this critical time, he didn't forget to mention Murong Trai, maybe he was a little desperate for the emperor and the Queen Mother, and then put all his hopes on Murong Trai.

Luo Xianzhi doesn't know about this?

He could have guessed.

But this is the way things are in this world, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds, and the strength of the Liang State must choose one on the Western Front and the Eastern Front.

The Yan State would definitely attack Jizhou, whether the Liang State agreed to attack together or not, and the Han State would be difficult to stop north of the Yellow River, unless the Liang State was willing to support the Han State.

But this can't be.

If Liang supported Han, then Murong Chui would definitely put pressure on Liang on the Western Front, and Liang would fall into a two-front battle.

When the Yan State captured the entire territory of Jizhou and began to set foot south of the Yellow River, the Liang State would face greater competition.

Therefore, the current situation is the best choice for the Liang State, for the time being, let Murong Chui focus on other forces, and the Liang State will strive to get all the land south of the Yellow River, and then wait for the fission within the Yan State.

This is the most suitable idea for Liang Guo that Luo Xianzhi and Xiao Yan have come up with after analyzing for a long time and synthesizing various plans.

When Luo Xianzhi and Murong Ke met, and when Liang and Yan formed an alliance, Han had no idea what was happening.

Feng High School, the capital of the Han Kingdom, the emperor who had just ascended the throne, was playing a game of catching butterflies with his concubines in the harem, and around him were some literati making some literary gifts for him.

He likes to be vassals and gentle, and he doesn't like to listen to those military affairs.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis Yinghou asks to see you."

The emperor was having fun, and a eunuch hurriedly came to his side and whispered that if it was the news of an ordinary minister, it would not reach the emperor at all, but the news of Yinghou, of course, he did not dare to stop it.

Yinghou?

The emperor rubbed his head with a little headache, he could even imagine what Yinghou would say, he knew this teacher of his too well, and after meeting, it must have been those words of exhortation.

The emperor hugged a slightly bewitching concubine and said with a sad face: "Let's just say that I am tired, sick, and can't see me, let the teacher go back." ”

When the eunuch heard this, he hurriedly ran outside the palace and conveyed the emperor's words to the contemporary Yinghou, who sat in the carriage, but he didn't expect this to be the result, and glanced at the palace again.

"It may be like fate."

He got out of here.

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The "Yellow River Alliance" was the first formal military alliance reached between the two countries after the end of the Bang Zhou era, and the Yan and Liang states formed an alliance to dismember the Han state, and the conclusion of the alliance marked a new stage in the unification war of Zhuxia.

The end of an era and the beginning of a new era are between this conversation and laughter. - "Zhuxia: Northern and Southern Dynasties"

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