Chapter 1562: The Three Han Dynasties in the North, South and Middle (Part 1)
Chapter 1562: North, South, Central and Three Han Dynasties coexist (Part 1)
"Sir, the assassination attempt failed."
After hearing such a report from his subordinates, Zhang Liang couldn't help but feel a flash of surprise in his eyes.
This plan to assassinate Wang Mang was formulated by him personally, and Chang'e provided information, and even the Grand Master was sent out. Logically speaking, it is impossible to fail, but if even this fails to kill Wang Mang? What about this guy?
Life is too hard.
"Ju Wuba alone could not stop the two adults, but Xia Luqi and Wang Yanzhang, who were patrolling at the critical moment, arrived in time and Wang Mang escaped."
"I see."
Zhang Liang showed a clear look, and at the same time he was surprised by Wang Mang's luck. This luck was indeed too good.
"Sir, do you want to launch a second round of assassination? Wang Mang will definitely not be able to escape this time."
After hearing this proposal, Zhang Liang raised his eyebrows and felt a little moved in his heart, but after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up.
"That's all, you have already adjusted Zhu Tianpeng's bottom line once. If he is forced to Wang Mang's side again, the gain will outweigh the loss." Zhang Liang said lightly.
The assassination of Wang Mang was indeed arranged by Zhang Liang, but the purpose was just to prevent Zhu Tianpeng from being convinced and to prevent the Liangshan incident from happening again in Qi.
Wang Mang jumped up and down in Qingzhou, constantly making enemies for the Qin army. If he really persuaded Zhu Tianpeng, even if Li Jing blocked the Qi army in Beihai, it would invisibly increase the pressure on the Qin army.
Wang Mang's various actions had already touched Zhang Liang's bottom line, so he organized this assassination.
But if the assassination of Wang Mang angered Zhu Tianpeng completely and made him join the battle in advance, then the gain would outweigh the loss. Zhang Liang would naturally not do such a thing.
In Zhang Liang's plan, he wanted to take advantage of Zhu Ming's internal strife to provoke the Central Plains princes into a melee, so that the Central Plains princes could neither participate in the Three Han Dynasties' struggle for hegemony nor interfere with the Qin army's seizure of Hebei.
Liu Che will soon ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and Liu Ji will soon support Liu Bian to regain his position. At that time, there will be three Han emperors in the world at the same time, and each of them will claim to be orthodox. At this time, the position of the princes of the Central Plains will be
Very important.
The Qin army is the overlord of the princes, controls the court, and holds great righteousness, which is very enviable.
Therefore, if two other Han emperors really emerge to attack the Qin army, the princes of the Central Plains may not necessarily stick to their previous position and still recognize the Luoyang court as orthodox. It is even very likely that they will all unite to attack the Qin army just like they did against Dong Zhuo.
The overlord Qin army was defeated first.
What can be determined for the time being is that Liu Ji and Liu Yu in Yizhou, Li Shimin in Guanzhong, and Liu Xiu in Jingnan are all supporting Liu Bian.
The four princes, Han Xin and Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Song Jiang in Qingzhou, and the Yan army in Youzhou, supported Liu Che.
Once the princes of the Central Plains no longer support the imperial court and instead support these two parties, the Qin army will face enemies on all sides, and even the overlords of the princes will still be unable to control it.
Therefore, Zhang Liangcai wanted to use Zhu Ming's internal strife to hold back the Central Plains princes, making them unable and unable to attack the Qin army.
This plan is not without its boldness. If Zhang Liang wants to succeed, he must grasp the plan appropriately.
Neither Xue Ju could be allowed to lose to Zhu Di easily, nor could the princes of the Central Plains really destroy Zhu Ming.
Only by achieving a balance point can the forces of all parties continue to consume each other, and then they will not be able to escape even if they want to.
Therefore, Zhang Liang must help both Xue Ju and Zhu Di.
Zhang Liang's way of helping Xue Ju was to give him the secret of his head in advance, and to prevent Zhu Tianpeng from joining the Hebei war, this was Zhang Liang's way of helping Zhu Di.
Even if Zhu Di put down Xue Ju's rebellion, it would be difficult for Zhu Ming, who was seriously injured, to withstand the siege of Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin and other princes.
It is certainly not that Zhu Tianpeng would ignore Zhu Di, but if the Qi army was persuaded by Wang Mang to join the Hebei war and fall into the quagmire of Hebei, when Zhu Ming was really in a life-and-death crisis, Zhu Tianpeng could not withdraw even if he wanted to help Zhu Ming.
come out.
Once Zhu Ming is annexed by Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin, they will definitely turn their guns against the Qin army, and Zhu Ming's only reinforcements are the Qi State. Only with Zhu Tianpeng's assistance can Zhu Di be able to carry out the attack.
Get through this calamity.
Therefore, Zhang Liang would rather give up on getting rid of the scourge of Wang Mang than continue to provoke Zhu Tianpeng. If Zhu Tianpeng is really forced to send troops and is unable to rescue Zhu Di, the situation in the entire Central Plains may be out of control.
"Fortunately, everything is still within control. Wang Mang did not convince Zhu Tianpeng, and the Qi army has not yet participated in the Hebei War."
Zhang Liang secretly said, and he was secretly relieved. Even he was a little overwhelmed by trying to control so many forces by himself.
"But it's coming soon. As long as the princes in Hebei are eliminated, even if all the princes in the world unite, the Qin army will still not be afraid." Zhang Liang said to himself with a burning gaze.
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Yizhou
Liu Ji, Liu Yu, and Li Shimin, who had been fighting non-stop, not only shook hands and made peace, but also gathered together in Chengdu to discuss major issues. This made the people of Chengdu simply unable to believe that this was true.
Then more shocking news came out. King Liu Ji of Shu, King Li Shimin of Tang, King Liu Yu of Chengdu, and Marquis of Chu Liu Xiu jointly supported the deposed young emperor Hongnong Wang Liu Bian as emperor.
After Liu Bian proclaimed himself emperor, the titles of the Conglong princes remained unchanged, Liu Ji was still the King of Shu, and Li Shimin was still the King of Tang. However, Liu Xiu was named King of Chu, Liu Ji was named Prime Minister, and Liu Yu was named Taiwei.
Liu Xiu was Sikong and Li Shimin was the general.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the capital was naturally the top priority, and Liu Bian was in the hands of Liu Ji. Outsiders thought that Liu Ji would make Bajun the capital, but they did not expect that Liu Yu actually gave up Chengdu on his own initiative and used Chengdu as the example.
The capital of the new dynasty.
Liu Yu naturally didn't want to give up Chengdu, but he couldn't. After all, Li Shimin and Liu Xiu were on Liu Ji's side in supporting Liu Bian's ascension to the throne, and Bajun was not strong enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the capital of a country. Sichuan and Shu
Only Chengdu is qualified to be the capital of the country.
Liu Ji took advantage of the situation and asked Liu Yu to give up Chengdu as the capital. Li Shimin and Liu Xiu also expressed support for this. If Liu Xiu unilaterally opposed it, he would probably be swallowed up by the other three parties without even leaving any residue.
In addition, most of Shu County has been captured by Liu Ji. Liu Yu's continued defense of Chengdu is not conducive to the formation of the alliance. He had no choice but to give up Chengdu.
Liu Ji had been attacking the city of Chengdu for many years but could not capture it. Unexpectedly, after supporting Liu Bian's rank, he could capture it without spending a single soldier.
After establishing the capital in Chengdu, Liu Ji issued an edict to the whole world on behalf of Liu Bian, denounced Liu Xie as a false emperor supported by Dong Zhuo, and Liu Bian was the orthodox Han Dynasty, and called on the princes of the world to attack the traitor Qin Hao.
As soon as this news came out, the world was shocked.