At the beginning of June, the private armies of the nobles and lords in the Wei State successively marched towards the "Dingtao" county of Song County, with their respective princes as units.

Of course, this is not to say that the private army of these noble lords wants to attack Dingtao.

Because the county seat of Dingtao has shouldered the role equivalent of the "Wei and Song border cities" in the past nearly two decades, during that period of extremely tense relations between Wei and Song County, Wei merchants mainly traded with Song people in Dingtao - if they went too deep into Song County, they were likely to be plundered by the Song rebel "Northern Army".

Therefore, in fact, when Nangong Yao was still alive, Dingtao was actually controlled by the Liang court.

From another point of view, Dingtao is also the county seat where Wei people come and go or settle in the whole Song County.

On the fourth day of the sixth month, the aristocratic private army of the Suwang Party, under the leadership of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, rushed to Dingtao.

At this time, as the nominal commander of the private army of the noble gate lords of the Qingwang Party, the head of the Wei family in Tianshui, "Wei Gang", had already led the army to Dingtao, and set up camp in the Taoqiu area, waiting for the arrival of the private army of the rest of the party.

Subsequently, the nobles of several major factions such as the Yongwang Party, the Xiangwang Party, and the Suwang Party arrived one after another.

In fact, in addition to these generous ones, there are also some neutral forces and noble lords who have not yet joined His Royal Highness, but these people are not on Wei Gang's negotiation list.

The participants in this game are mainly in the Qingwang Party, Xiangwang Party, Yongwang Party, Suwang Party and other forces.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, Zhao Tan, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, came to the location of the "Princes Alliance", that is, a tent on a mound in "Taoqiu".

This negotiation agreement, known as the "Hui Alliance", is actually a meeting of the nobles in Wei State, and they agree with each other in advance not to pull each other back, and to strive for the maximization of interests.

After all, this time to send troops to Song County, it can be described as the imperial court's strategy of "driving the tiger and devouring the wolf", deliberately using the wealth of Song County to lure these aristocratic private armies to sweep away the "Song Yun, the leader of the Northern Army" and "Huan Hu, the leader of the Suiyang Army", the two biggest rebels in Song County.

Therefore, to make a good result, while recovering Song County for the imperial court, while secretly recovering the wealth of Song County, it is best to let the imperial court send an elite army without excuses, I believe that this is the most common idea of the nobles attending this meeting - the war of national disaster is over, and they must not let them make a fortune for this heavy loss?

When Zhao Tan, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, arrived at the meeting place, the leaders of the private armies who were fortunate enough to attend the meeting were already waiting in the tent one after another.

When they saw that "Jiyang King Zhao Zhuo" and "Zhongyang King Zhao Huo" actually attended on behalf of the Yongwang Party nobles, Chengling King Zhao Tan and Anping Marquis Zhao Tan glanced at each other, and they both felt a little surprised: This Yongwang Hongyu was silent, and he actually won over these two local princes?

Speaking of which, "Jiyang King Zhao Zhuo" and "Zhongyang King Zhao Huo" are old partners of Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, thinking that when Zhao Hongrun blocked Chenggao Pass and did not allow domestic noble caravans to enter and exit, it was these two princes plus "Zhao Kai, King of Yuanyang", and Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, together with Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, on behalf of the domestic aristocratic forces to put pressure on Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and finally forced the latter to compromise with the domestic nobles.

At that time, the relationship between these four princes was still quite good, but after Zhao Shen, the king of Anling, defected to Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, the relationship between him and these old partners gradually faded, but Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, who had not been close to each other, has now become an ally who advances and retreats together.

In this regard, although Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, felt sorry, he was helpless.

He firmly believed that it was the wisest choice to take refuge in King Su Zhao Hongrun, but unfortunately, he failed to convince the two old partners of "Jiyang King Zhao Zhuo" and "Zhongyang King Zhao Huo", as for Zhao Kai, the original Yang King, this guy had already taken refuge in Qingwang Hongxin.

"It's almost all here, then, let's discuss the strategy for Song County."

Seeing that the invited objects arrived one after another, Wei Fu said with a smile, but unfortunately many people in the account did not buy this person.

In all fairness, the energy of the Wei clan in Longxi is not small in the Wei State now, on the one hand, they and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, help each other, and on the other hand, pull up the banner of "Qingwang Hongxin", and the development momentum is still quite amazing.

However, it is precisely because of this that it has been resisted by the princes and nobles of the Ji Zhao clan in Wei - there are still many children of the Ji Zhao clan in Wei who have not yet accepted the Wei clan in Longxi, believing that the existence of the Wei clan in Longxi has compressed their living space.

No, after hearing Wei Fu's words, Zhao Huo, the king of Zhongyang, said nonchalantly: "Actually, this meeting is unnecessary, who doesn't know the "rules"? As he spoke, he glanced around and snatched Wei Gang's words like a host: "Either each other honestly abide by the 'rules', or...... Oh, just flip this table, no one wants to play! ”

"That's exactly what it is." Wei Fu was robbed of words, but he was not annoyed, but instead stroked his palm and echoed the words of Zhao Huo, the king of Zhongyang.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, I heard someone say quietly: "However, someone has purchased a batch of war weapons from the Smelting Bureau, is this a violation of the rules?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to take a look, only to find that it was Sun Mou, the Marquis of Humu, who was the person who celebrated Wang Hongxin.

Hearing this, Zhao Tan, Marquis of Anping, said with a smile: "As the so-called "make the best use of things", no matter how beneficial weapons fall into the hands of some people, hehe, it is nothing more than decoration. …… Marquis Hu, I heard that the last time you supported the defense of the country, not a single soldier was damaged, and you also got a batch of grain and grass for the defense of the country in vain? Awesome! ”

"An Pinghou, what do you mean by that?" Sun Mou, the Marquis of Humu, heard the sarcasm in Zhao Tan's words, and said with a sneer: "Aren't the soldiers under Your Excellency's command also unharmed?" ”

Zhao Tan, Marquis of Anping, sneered when he heard this: "Wherever it is, it all depends on the clever plan of the king of Nanliang." ”

"You ......" Humu Marquis Sun Mu was dumbfounded by Zhao Tan, Marquis of Anping.

After a long time, he said hatefully: "All in all, you have taken the war weapons of the Smelting Bureau, which is against the rules!" ”

Hearing this, the nobles of the other factions present all looked at Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, intentionally or unintentionally, and they were more or less jealous.

It's no wonder, after all, most of the weapons and equipment of the private army of the aristocratic gate lords are not good, at best, they are a grade of equipment for domestic county soldiers, and they may even be worse than this, as for the weapons of war, what is it? I've never seen it.

The private army of the nobles of the Su Wang Party was good, not only did they acquire a number of weapons and equipment eliminated by the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army, but also "rented" 50 repeater crossbows, 100 machine crossbow boxes, and 20 catapults from the Smelting Bureau.

Damn it! This is what a private army can have?!

Looking at the eyes of the Marquis of Humu, Sun Mu and others, there seemed to be a flame of jealousy, Zhao Shen, the king of Anling, and Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, were very happy in their hearts - this is called leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade! Accurate? Jealous? Blame me?

Facing everyone's gaze, Zhao Shen, the king of Anling, said with a smile: "It's not His Royal Highness King Su's personal expedition, and the Shangshui Army, Yanling Army, and Youma Army are also not moving, why should the Marquis of Hu make a fuss?" Speaking of this, he glanced around and said with a smile: "All in all, we take the 'own clan', you don't want to compete with us." ”

Own?

The nobles present looked at each other, because the "Jishi" county was very close to "Suiyang", could it be that these private troops of the Suwang Party really planned to attack Suiyang of Huanhu?

In their opinion, if it was Zhao Run, the king of Su, who said this, and led the elite divisions of the Su Wang army such as the Shangshui Army, the Yanling Army, and the Youma Army, then it would be okay to fight Suiyang, but you Chengling King Zhao Shen led 30,000 rabble, even if you borrowed a batch of powerful war weapons from the Smelting Bureau, you actually dared to go to trouble Huan Hu and the Suiyang Army? - That's a garrison-level rebel!

The nobles in the tent glanced at each other, and no one had any intention of competing with Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling.

At this time, after taking a deep look at Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, Sun Mou, the Marquis of Humu, actually stopped targeting the latter, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, then we will take the "Chengshi". ”

"Ride...... Is this going to attack "Chang County"? Hey, you've got a bit of an appetite.'"

Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, glanced at it with a little surprise, after all, Chang County was also a prosperous county in the western part of Song County.

As he expected, as soon as he heard the "Cheng Clan", Zhao Huo, the Zhongyang King on the side of the Yongwang Party, couldn't sit still, frowned and said, "Why do you fight the 'Cheng Clan'?" ”

"I'll start with that."

"Do you think it's first-come, first-served?"

Seeing that Zhao Huo, the king of Zhongyang, and Sun Mou, the marquis of Humu, quarreled because of "Changyi", Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, glanced at Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, got up and said goodbye: "Everyone, continue to negotiate, and we will leave for the time being." ”

The people in the tent said a few perfunctory polite words, ignoring Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, after all, they didn't have the courage to get too close to Suiyang, so they had no conflict of interest with the nobles of the Suwang Party who chose to attack the "Jishi" county.

When Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, left the tent, Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, finally couldn't help laughing-who said that the "Ji clan" was close to Suiyang, and they chose the route of Ji County, so they had to attack Suiyang? Can I play "Slip", "Meng", and "Chengwu"?

In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, did think about fighting Suiyang after defeating their own clan, after all, Suiyang was the former nest of Nangong Yao, and the latter did not know how much wealth had been accumulated in Suiyang.

But after receiving a warning from King Su Zhao Hongrun a few days ago, they didn't dare to underestimate the original thief Huan Hu who now occupies Suiyang, so they changed their minds and planned to go to the surrounding counties to scrape first, and then decide whether to attack Suiyang in the future.

On the same day, the private army of the nobles of the Suwang Party set off for the "Ji Clan", while the Yongwang Party and the Qingwang Party were still arguing over "Chang County".

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement: the Yongwang Party nobles attacked the "Chengshi", and the Qingwang Party nobles attacked "Chengwu", and whoever broke through the city first and arrived at "Changyi" would be attacked.

This avoided a fight between the two sides.