Chapter 2648: The Sixth Central Plains War, the Second Imperial Examination of the Qin Dynasty
Since the Qin Dynasty declared war on the Ming Dynasty, all the eyes of the world have been focused on the Central Plains. In addition to paying attention to the war between Qin and Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is the reaction of the Wei and Song Dynasties. After all, this is related to the progress of the Fourth Central Plains War.
Strictly speaking, this is actually the Sixth Central Plains War.
The world calls the three wars that broke out in the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties the Central Plains War, but in fact there were two before that, and the first was the Yellow Turban Uprising.
Although the Yellow Turban Army was short-lived, it swept the entire Central Plains region. Although it turned the Central Plains into a sieve, it also brought new life. This was the first Central Plains War in the true sense.
The Second Central Plains War was after the heroes conquered Dong. Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Zhu Yuanzhang and other major forces conquered and merged with each other. In the end, only the four countries of Wei, Song, Ming and Qi were left.
As for the third, fourth and fifth wars, these three Central Plains wars took place after Zhu Yuanzhang died and Zhu Di succeeded to the throne.
Wei and Song jointly prepared to annex Zhu Ming, but they did not expect that the Ming Dynasty was so tenacious. They fought three consecutive Central Plains wars but failed to destroy the Ming Dynasty. Instead, the political structure of the Central Plains changed from a four-power struggle for hegemony to a tripartite confrontation.
Now that the Qin Dynasty has declared war on the Ming Dynasty, if the Wei and Song Dynasties sided with the Ming Dynasty, it would be equivalent to using the entire Central Plains to fight against the Great Qin Dynasty, which would naturally be the Sixth Central Plains War.
However, many people think that the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming may not necessarily join forces. There are three reasons for this:
First, the contradictions between the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Ming were too great. Three wars in the Central Plains resulted in the death of countless people. This hatred cannot be resolved easily.
Second, the relationship between Wei and Song and Da Qin is too close. Qin and Wei, Qin and Song are all related by marriage, and private business exchanges are even more frequent. It is obviously difficult to fall out before a complete separation.
And the third thing is that Wei, the biggest loser in the Qin Dynasty, may not dare to fall out with the Qin Dynasty.
The material support of Great Qin was indispensable for Wei's success today. In addition, it was bordered by Great Qin on three sides, and all walks of life in the country were once controlled by Great Qin, so that Wei could not even straighten its back when facing Qin. He didn't have any confidence to fall out with Da Qin.
For the marriage between the two countries, Song and Wu both sent one princess, but Wei actually sent three.
Wei Guo's flattery towards Da Qin has reached the point of flattery. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a vassal state of Da Qin.
Do you expect the vassal country to dare to fall out with the overlord country?
Does South Korea dare to fall out with the United States?
But what everyone didn't expect was that two days after Great Qin declared war on Ming, the first one to respond was Wei, and the response also accused Great Qin of attacking Ming for no reason and it was an unjust war.
Cao Cao, who had always had a soft attitude towards Da Qin, became unusually tough this time. It was simply unbelievable!
Not only those ordinary people, but also Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Di were incredible at Cao Cao's reaction, because they were the only ones who knew what Cao Cao's statement meant.
This means that if the Qin Dynasty starts a war against the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains at the same time, the first battlefield will be moved from the south of Qingzhou to Yanzhou. After all, if the first bird is shot, Cao Wei is sacrificing himself to defend the Ming Dynasty.
When did that insidious and cunning Cao Ah Ma, who didn't get up early without any benefit, have this kind of consciousness?
Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Di were both shocked by this, but what shocked them even more was what came next.
In addition to accusing Qin of attacking the Ming Dynasty for no reason, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead an army of 50,000 to aid the Ming Dynasty, and also moved the capital?
This is a rhythm that does not leave even a little bit of room, and directly burns the boat, and confronts Da Qin head-on.
Zhao Kuangyin originally wanted to wait and see, but Cao Cao's fierce reaction made Zhao Kuangyin completely determined.
There are also many peace advocates within the Song Dynasty, and they also oppose sending troops from the perspective of doing the best for the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin had the patience to listen to what they had to say before, but now he is no longer prepared to argue with the domestic peace faction.
After Zhao Kuangyin killed two civil servants who opposed aid to the Ming Dynasty, he also issued a document accusing Qin of raising troops for no reason. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Xutuo to be the chief general, Yuan Chonghuan to be the deputy general, and Zhao Pu to be the military advisor, leading an army of 100,000, as well as Shi Shouxin and Pan Mei. , Gao Huaide, Zhang Jun and other generals went to Qingzhou to support the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin also sent envoys to Wei and Song, and proposed that the three countries form a blood alliance in Qiao County, the new capital of Wei, and formally form the Wei, Song, and Ming Three Kingdoms Anti-Qin Alliance to show that the three countries jointly resisted the Qin Dynasty.
When Cao Cao and Zhu Di learned about it, they naturally had no reason to refuse.
Zhu Di sent Zhu Yunzhen as an envoy to go to the alliance meeting on his behalf, while Zhao Kuangyin sent Zhao Defang there.
As for Cao Cao, as the host, he naturally participated in it personally.
When the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu met in Shouchun, the Qin Dynasty sent five great masters to come. They were called guards but were actually causing trouble.
In order to prevent the original scene from happening again, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming each sent a Grand Master to prevent Great Qin from sending Grand Masters to cause trouble again.
In addition, Zhao Kuangyin also asked Shen Gongbao and Zhao Gongming to invite Shura Cult leader Kui Gang to come and sit at the venue.
The more chaotic the soil, the more suitable it is for the development of the devil. And most of the aristocratic families in the Central Plains region were wiped out due to wars. After that, there was endless fighting between the major forces, so this place naturally became the paradise of the devil.
This also resulted in the Central Plains region, in addition to the three pillars of conflict, there are also two intertwined paths of good and evil.
It’s not that the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Ming had never thought about eradicating the evil ways, but the difficulty and resistance were too great, and there were also external threats, so they naturally left it alone. Then they even changed their strategy, switching from stirring up to pacifying, or even soliciting, so the Central Plains The relationship between the Three Kingdoms and the major sects of the Demonic Way is pretty good.
As the leader of the Shura Sect, Kui Gang learned about the purpose of Shen Gongbao's trip. After some thought, he agreed to go to Qiao County to take charge of the Shura Sect due to the Three Kingdoms' care for the Shura Sect.
But Kui Gang's prerequisite is that Great Qin will only send one master who is close to the Half-step Xuanjing realm before he can help. But if two come, he won't take any risks, and He will not interfere with the war between the Three Kingdoms and Qin.
Shen Gongbao was naturally full of words about this. After all, no matter what the outcome was, he had to fool Kui Gang first and get through this.
The three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were worried that Qin would send masters to destroy the alliance of the three kingdoms. To this end, they even invited Kui Gang, a demon master who was close to the half-step mystical realm.
However, the Qin Dynasty was eager for the three countries to formally form an alliance, so that they could legitimately send troops to attack Wei and Song Dynasties. Naturally, there was no need to send people to destroy the alliance.
Qiao County, in front of the altar of the alliance between Wei, Song and Wu.
Cao Cao, Zhao Defang, and Zhu Yunwen shared the altar and said in unison: "Today, we, the Great Wei (Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty), form an alliance here. From today on, we are of one heart and one mind and share weal and woe. The Qin Dynasty will not fall and the alliance will not be separated."
After saying that, the three of them put their hands into a blood basin, dipped their index, middle and ring fingers in blood, and then smeared it on their faces. After completing the ritual steps of making a blood alliance, they faced the altar at the same time. Kneel down on one knee, look up to the sky and shout in unison:
"The emperor, the queen of heaven, bless me in the Wei Dynasty (the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty)."
Since then, the anti-Qin alliance of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming was formally established.
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The Wei and Song dynasties accused the Qin of raising troops for no reason, then sent troops to aid the Ming Dynasty, and the news that they would formally form an alliance in Qiao County was sent back to the Qin Dynasty, which immediately aroused unanimous condemnation from all over the Qin Dynasty.
From the officials and nobles to the common people in the Qin Dynasty, everyone was indignant at the accusations made by the Wei and Song Dynasties.
If the Ming Kingdom or the Chu and Shu countries opposed the Qin Dynasty, the people of the Qin Dynasty would not be so angry. After all, these three countries were originally enemies.
But Wei and Song are different. These two countries have always been allies of Da Qin. The two countries followed Da Qin's butt and gained countless advantages, especially Wei. If it weren't for Da Qin's support, they would not be as strong as they are today.
But these two younger brothers of Da Qin are now on the side of the Ming Kingdom. In turn, they blame their eldest brother Da Qin, who has given them countless help, and even directly sent troops to support the Ming Kingdom.
This kind of traitor who stabs someone in the back is the most hated.
After the news spread, within three days, tens of thousands of people spontaneously took to the streets in Luoyang, Wancheng, Yecheng, Xiangyang and other places with close ties with the Wei and Song Dynasties, setting off a crusade against the Wei and Song Dynasties. Demonstrations in both countries.
Some over-emotional people directly smashed the shops opened by local merchants from Wei and Song Dynasties. After the smashing, they did not feel relieved and even injured innocent clerks and bosses, which eventually led to many murders.
If people smashed a store to vent their emotions, the law would not punish the public, so they would only be closed for a few days at most.
But if you beat someone to death and caused a loss of life, it would be a crime against public order, and it would not be as simple as being imprisoned for a few days.
For these mobs who use patriotism as a guise to release their negative emotions, Da Qin's laws will naturally not protect them, and Da Qin's police officers will not show mercy at all. They will be directly imprisoned for trial and punished according to the severity of the case.
Many such people were arrested in various cities, which calmed down the excited people a lot, but it was still difficult to popularize the wave of condemnation of Wei and Song Dynasty.
But when it comes to parading the two traitors in Wei and Song, it is the people in Luoyang, the imperial capital, who are the most professional.
As the capital of the Qin Dynasty, Luoyang is a place with the best security. The city is full of soldiers, policemen and guards. Naturally, the people of Luoyang do not dare to mess around like people from other places.
In addition, even if the people of Luoyang knew only a little about Da Qin's public security crimes, there were still students from various university palaces who taught them the law and told them what they could and could not do. Naturally, they would not go back to do such illegal things as smashing shops or even beating people to death. Something happened.
Under the leadership of some students from various university palaces, the people of Luoyang took to the streets in an organized and disciplined manner, parading to denounce the traitors of the Wei and Song Dynasties who betrayed the covenant, thus forming beautiful landscapes.
"Cao Wei is unrighteous, Zhao Song is shameless."
"Severely punish Wei and Song to set the record straight."
Every time a slogan was sounded, there would be an immediate response, and waves of sound echoed throughout Luoyang City.
At first, the slogans shouted by the people were quite normal. They were all words to denounce and denounce the Wei and Song Dynasties.
But as the situation developed, the people's shouting changed, and the slogan became "Abolish the Five Concubines and crusade against the Wei and Song Dynasties."
The five concubines in the people's mouth are naturally the concubine princesses of Wei and Song Dynasties, namely: Zhao Ling'er, Su Daji, Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Xiahou Qingyi.
The two countries Wei and Song were against Da Qin because of life and death and profit. They had nothing to do with Zhao Ling'er and the other five women, but the people cursed Ying Hao's five concubines.
This is obviously a way of venting the dissatisfaction between the Wei and Song Dynasties on Zhao Ling'er and the other five women, and also uses public opinion to kidnap the policy. This is not a good sign.
Luoyang Imperial Palace, inside the North Palace.
Emperor Ying Hao of the Qin Dynasty, as well as Zhao Ling'er, Su Daji and other five demon concubines, also heard the condemnation of the people outside the imperial city.
The four girls, Zhao Ling'er, Su Daji, Cao Xian, and Cao Jie, all looked pale and felt vaguely uneasy. Only Xia Hou Qingyi, who had followed Ying Hao for the longest time, had a calm expression.
As for Ying Hao, his face was full of coldness, and he was obviously really angry.
Naturally, this anger was not directed at Zhao Ling'er and the other five girls, but at those students with ill intentions who were guiding public opinion and trying to tie up national policies.
The second imperial examination of the Qin Dynasty is about to begin, and those scholars from wealthy families usually come to Luoyang in advance to adapt.
Originally, these officials were in fair competition, but the Wei-Song rebellion incident gave those who lacked strength but wanted to be in high school an opportunity to take advantage of others.
They feel that if they perform well in this people's demonstration, they can be considered as relieving the country's worries. If they enter the sight of the high officials in the DPRK in advance, it will obviously be a bonus for the next imperial examination, but they don't know that the high-level officials The most disgusting thing is this kind of behavior.
"Fengxiao, find out every one of those who directed their hatred of Wei and Song Dynasties towards the fifth concubine." Ying Hao ordered coldly.
(End of chapter)
