Chapter 164: The bargaining chips of the 300,000 army
"Hahaha!" But it was Liu Tong's burst of laughter that resolved the embarrassment of holding ~ for a long time in the Xuanzheng Palace, and after a pause, Liu Tong said: "The new dynasty has its own faction, and I dare not say its faults." Since the emperor of the new dynasty is willing to sit with my courtiers, then I will wait here for these courtiers to thank you. With that, Liu Tong looked at the four courtiers behind him and motioned for them to sit down.
The four courtiers were also very knowledgeable, and hurriedly found a place to sit down, among them, Gan Luomao volunteered to sit next to Wang Ba, but it was the armor on Wang Ba's body that attracted Gan Luomao.
Zhang Wushu nodded, stared at Liu Tong and said, "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, what is your intention to make such a big battle for Emperor Daliang to come to me, the new dynasty of Jiuyuan County?"
"I waited to come, naturally my king missed the emperor of the new dynasty coming here, and at the same time, he also came to congratulate the rise of the new dynasty with generous gifts. It was not Liu Tong who spoke, but the strategist Lu Cheng, who was sitting opposite Gan Luomao on Liu Tong's left.
Wang Ba was a little impatient, and shouted: "My Majesty asked the one named Liu Tong, and no one else had to interject, besides, Wang Ba is a reckless man, and he has always hated people who interject......"
Zhang Wuxian made a gesture and motioned for Wang Ba to shut up, but Zhang Wusheng was very appreciative of what Wang Ba said, otherwise why did he call Wang Ba over? Then he looked at Lu Cheng again and said with a smile: "This adult, what is Gao's name? How come Zhang has never seen Zhang when he was in Daliang before?"
Zhang Wuxian deliberately changed his self-proclaimed name from me to Zhang, and after hearing this, Lu Cheng hurriedly got up and came to the center of the Xuanzheng Palace, and bowed deeply: "Back to Your Majesty of the New Dynasty, the next official is the emperor's adviser named Lu Cheng." Lu Cheng is an unknown person, His Majesty naturally does not know Lu Cheng, and Lu Cheng only had the opportunity to talk to His Majesty in the court today after the emperor ascended the throne. When he spoke, Lu Cheng's face was smiling from beginning to end, and at a glance, he knew that he was not an easy person to deal with.
Zhang Wuxian nodded: "Emperor Liu can be assisted by a capable person like Lord Lu by his side, and he is like a tiger with wings. Just now you said that you prepared a generous gift for me, where is the gift?" From ancient times to the present, I have never seen such a thick-skinned person as Zhang Wuxian, even Liu Tong was stunned for a moment, then swallowed his saliva and said, "Come on, present the gift!" After that, I saw an old waiter holding a token and slowly walked in front of Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng took the token and handed it to Liu Tong, Liu Tong glanced at it, and then directly slammed the token on the table, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Your Majesty of the New Dynasty still remembers, that day in Daliang, you had agreed with General Zhengxi that you would help people get out and rescue their families, and he would give you 300,000 troops as a thank you, do you remember?"
Zhang Wuxian nodded: "Naturally, I won't forget, but Zhang has never received any news about the 300,000 army, let alone seen the soldier Fu Tiger Fu appear in front of Zhang. Old things, Emperor Liu suddenly mentioned it, isn't it ......" After saying that, Zhang Wuxian glanced at the token on Liu Tong's table.
Liu Tong nodded firmly: "The previous general of the expedition to the west promised you an army of 300,000, and the gentleman could not chase after him, and my Liang was absolutely untrustworthy, so today I used the reason of congratulations to realize the promise that the Liang did not fulfill." ”
To be honest, Zhang Wushu didn't expect that the gift would be a talisman for the 300,000 army, but Zhang Wushu was not wrong about one thing, that is, he did forget about it because he couldn't speak because of all kinds of things and there were many things after that. But Zhang Wuxian knew that this big beam was holding an army of 300,000 and giving it to himself, which was more unreliable than pie in the sky.
After listening to Liu Tong's narration, Zhang Wuxian did not have any judgmental words, but looked at Gao Chun and said with a smile: "General Gao, how can you say that you also served in Daliang before, what do you think about this matter? Remember, don't scruple about anything, just be strict with your personal opinions." ”
Gao Chun said: "If the last general is the monarch of a country, then the last general will never give up his main army to others, unless there is a problem in the last general's brain." If there is no problem in the brains of the last general, then it is the problem of the 300,000 troops. ”
Before Gao Chun could speak, Liu Tong directly slapped the table angrily, stood up suddenly, his face was bruised, and his fists were clenched tightly. Seeing this, Zhang Wuxian couldn't help but pretend to complain: "Ah, what are you doing, Emperor Liu?
Wang Ba deliberately knocked the cup on the table to the ground, and sneered: "Emperor Liu is doing this, is it possible that he still wants to press the new general by force? To tell you honestly, he Gao Chun is the top boss of my Wang Ba, weigh it carefully, the world knows what kind of temper my Wang Ba is." ”
Lu Cheng saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, and he also pulled Liu Tong's sleeve behind his back, and after Liu Tong sighed, he sat down again, holding his mouth and not speaking. At this time, Gan Luomao, who had not spoken, got up and arched his fist at Zhang Wuxian: "Your Majesty of the New Dynasty, General Gan Luomao of the Great Liang has something to say!"
Zhang Wuxian made a gesture of invitation, and Gan Luomao paused and said: "Ben Jiang has been silent, but he wants to see how the hospitality of the new dynasty is, but now it seems that the etiquette is broken! If you think that the control of this 300,000 army is a hot potato, then I can bring it back, and I don't have to be angry here." ”
Zhang Wuxian frowned: "What does General Gan mean is that now the 300,000 Great Liang army has been encamped outside Jiuyuan County?"
Gan Luomao nodded: "The last general has commanded the Great Liang army for many years, although the general was not a general during the period of His Majesty Emperor Xuan, but he was also a Chinese army Sima, and now he is suffering from such anger, he will not be able to stand it." ”
"If you can't stand it, don't take it, and only after death can people be free from emotional distress. With that, Wang Ba pulled out his sword and put it on Gan Luomao's neck: "The law of the new dynasty clearly stipulates that those who set up camp outside Jiuyuan County will be killed!"
Gan Luomao snorted coldly: "Even if my Daliang people die in battle, they will never bow their heads." Seeing that this general is dressed in a gorgeous outfit, isn't it just that he is useless? Gan Luomao once again set his eyes on Zhang Wuxian: "Whether to accept it or not, please make a quick decision for Your Majesty the new dynasty." ”
Zhang Wuxian couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, counting the previous Su Yunyang, this was already the second person to come to give him a gift uninvited, and naturally none of them had a good purpose. But for the one in front of him, Zhang Wuxian knew that he couldn't refuse directly, otherwise the world would say that he was not interested.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Wuxian smiled and said: "Daliang is so kind, it is said that Zhang really can't bear to refuse, but now it is also powerful, Jiuyuan County is a native of Jiuyuan, if it is directly stuffed in 300,000 people, I am afraid it will be self-defeating, and the new dynasty has bleak products, I am afraid that the 300,000 army will come here to reduce its combat effectiveness, it is really not as good as in Daliang!"
Without waiting for the others to speak, Zhang Wuxian paused and continued: "Da Liang has this intention, and I am very relieved. After that, Zhang Wuxian looked at Gao Chun and said with a smile: "Prepare 100,000 pieces of silver, and quickly send the Blue Flame Army to Daliang safely, as a gesture of courtesy, I received this gift, it should be regarded as Emperor Liu personally came to congratulate." ”
Although Zhang Wuxian is unwilling to endure the pain of cutting his flesh, in the face of the situation in front of him, there is no other way than to spend money to eliminate the disaster, one is that he needs to take into account the disparity in strength between the two countries. If the national strength of the new dynasty is above the beam, it can be done. Another point is the world's perception of themselves, which is what we often call word of mouth.
Only when the country's reputation is good, will it attract more capable people and sages to come to assist, and then it will be more powerful, and then it will be more vigorously recruiting troops and horses, and changing the law to become stronger. In this way, it can be regarded as falling into a virtuous circle.
Based on these two eternal laws of national survival, Zhang Wuxian had to spend money to eliminate the disaster, and the most important thing is that the people of Daliang can't complain about their own practices.
But seeing that Liu Tongqi's mouth was almost crooked, he was stunned and arched his fist with a bitter face: "The emperor of the new dynasty is far-sighted, and Liu Tong has seen it." 100,000 taels of silver, Liu Tong is naturally respectful and obedient. Let's go!" With that, Liu Tong left the Xuanzheng Hall with a wave of his sleeves, and the other officials naturally followed.
Although it was a flick of his sleeves and left, he did not return to the beam, but to the palace. The palace, similar to the post house, was just for the royal nobles. After arriving at the palace, Liu Tong forcibly removed all the soldiers and replaced them with his own soldiers.
After Liu Tong and the others left, Zhang Wushu and a few people seriously discussed the matter of the 300,000 troops of Daliang stationed outside Jiuyuan County in the Xuanzheng Palace, after all, this is a matter of the safety of Jiuyuan County, and it is not allowed to be careless. In the end, Zhang Wuxian ordered Wang Ba to lead a thousand Blue Flame Army to investigate the truth outside Jiuyuan County, if it was false, it would be fine, but if it was as Gan Luomao said, then Wang Ba would go directly to the 300,000-strong army of the Chinese army shogunate to see if the commander was willing to withdraw the army, if he was unwilling to retreat, there must be something strange.
After Wang Ba left, Zhang Wuxian thought about it and felt that Wang Ba took a thousand Blue Flame Army to the land of 300,000 tigers and wolves, and he always felt relieved in his heart, even if he rode Xiaohong and secretly followed Wang Ba.
Zhang Wuxian asked himself, it should be easy for him to kill a way out of 300,000 people with his male and female swords. But it is said that Wang Ba took a thousand people to take advantage of the night to come to the outside of Jiuyuan County, as Gan Luomao said, just after the five miles of Jiuyuan County, the 300,000 army surrounded the entire Jiuyuan County, Zhang Wuxian followed behind, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, Wuli was inevitably a little too close.
I saw Wang Ba nodded, and then took the 1,000 people through the inspection of layers of patrols, and finally arrived at the camp tent of the Chinese army shogunate, and Zhang Wuxian was secretly following, so he could only quietly change out of a member of the Blue Flame Army, put on the clothes of the Blue Flame Army and mix inside.
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