Chapter Seventy-Eight: King Anding Meets Deng Ai
Deng Ai was discussing with his son Deng Zhong in the Wuhou Mansion about the defense and food of Chengdu City, calculating how long he could resist.
Deng Ai cares most about his eldest son, otherwise he would not have returned the crown prince Liu Rui and some Han Dynasty officials to exchange, so he also had some conflicts with Shi Su, Shi Su never agreed to put Liu Rui back, but Deng Ai loved his son and finally decided to exchange.
Just now, Jiang Wei sent a Han army envoy to say that he would give him a letter of persuasion, and Jiang Wei sent a letter of persuasion when he came to the city, which was obviously humiliating himself, at least Deng Ai thought so.
At the suggestion of his son Deng Zhong, he scolded the Han army envoy and cut off one of his ears and beat Chengdu City.
Hearing that Deng Ai cut off the ears of the Han army envoy and sent him out of the city, Shi Su was frightened and hurriedly ran to the Wuhou Mansion, he had just gotten the military information, and the Han army was ready to attack Chengdu again, all the Wei army knew about this, and the Han army did not know how many times it had attacked Chengdu City.
But Shi Su found something terrible in the city, today's Han army is twice as large as in the past, and it may be true.
Shi Su pushed the door in a sweaty manner, and saw that Deng Ai was still analyzing the Chengdu defense with his son as if nothing had happened, and suddenly sighed anxiously.
"General Deng, when is it, let's go to the city and have a look!" Shi Su said with an impatient face.
"Oh? It's the master, it's already common for the Han army to attack, Chengdu City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention that the Han army is not easy to enter, even if it comes in, so what, I have the Son of Heaven in my hand, and the Han army can endure me? Deng Ai turned his head and saw that it was Shi Shu who had come, waved his hand and said indifferently.
"I just heard that a Han army envoy came in, and the general asked him to cut off his ears and go out of the city, yes or no?" Shi Su asked.
"Jiang Wei's deception is too much, and the soldiers also sent a letter of persuasion to surrender when they came to the city, which was clearly deliberately humiliating me, the two armies did not cut the envoy at war, I only cut off the envoy's ears all the time, and it was already benevolent and righteous!" Deng Ai said indignantly.
"Alas! Woe to you! This time I'm afraid that the Han army is really coming, the Han army will not send an envoy if it is not completely sure, I saw that the Han army outside the city has more than doubled, I think it is the reinforcements coming, the general beat the envoy back, there is no chance of reconciliation at all! Shi Su covered his forehead with his hand and looked regretful.
"Humph! So what, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the Han army dares to kill, so that he will not return. Deng Zhong said viciously.
The previous breakthrough wanted to ask for reinforcements, but he didn't expect to be captured by the Han army, losing face, this revenge will not be avenged, he Deng Zhong will no longer have the shame to live in the world.
"Master Shi doesn't have to worry, there is the Son of Heaven in my hands, and the Han army will not dare to come hard." Deng Ai hurriedly walked up to comfort the teacher.
"Alas!" Shi Su had no choice but to sigh.
"General! Oh no! A soldier burst into the house and shouted loudly.
Deng Ai frowned, and was a little worried in his heart, and asked, "Is it that the Han army has attacked the city?" ”
"No, it's the Han army envoy again, the captain obeyed the general's order, and wanted to cut off the messenger's ears and go out of the city, but the messenger took away the weapon, and now the captain is held hostage by the messenger and threatens to kill the captain!" The soldier replied breathlessly.
"Another messenger?" Deng Ai was a little unconvinced, the envoy had been humiliated by him just now, and the Han army actually dared to send the envoy.
"Quick! Don't hurt the messenger, and bring him over!" Shi Su stomped his feet and ordered anxiously.
"This ......" The soldier was a little shocked when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Deng Ai, after all, Deng Ai was their main general, and without Deng Ai to speak, they didn't dare to listen to others.
"Forget it, take me to the city to meet the messenger in person!" Deng Ai also wanted to see what the Han army envoy had, so he couldn't cut off his ears and go out of the city.
"No!"
The soldier hurriedly led the way in front, and Deng Ai, Deng Zhong and Shi Su walked out together with the guards in the house.
Chengdu East Gate City Head.
Wei Bing was still surrounding Liu Yao and Wen Yang, and the captain was miserable, he was trampled on his neck by Wen Yang on the ground, his face was lost, and he was out of breath when he was stepped on, and his face was red.
Liu Yao stood there motionless, he, like the Wei soldiers, was waiting for news from the messenger.
Finally, a group of Wei soldiers marched towards the city, surrounded by two generals and a scribe.
"It's you!" Deng Zhong saw Liu Yao at a glance when he landed in the city, pulled out the saber on his waist, and stared at him deadly.
"It turned out to be General Deng Zhong, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know if you are still used to the food in the Han military camp?" Liu Yao also saw Deng Zhong and asked sarcastically.
"I'm mad at me!" Deng Zhong was about to go over to cut Liu Yao with a knife, and it was unbearable to expose his scars in front of so many people.
Deng Ai hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Deng Zhong and motioned for him to retreat.
"You are Liu Yao?" Deng Ai asked with a slight smile.
"If it is fake, Liu Yao, the king of Han Anding, is also, you are General Deng Ai, I have heard the name of thunder for a long time!" Liu Yao symbolically arched his hand, which can be regarded as fulfilling the etiquette.
"Exactly, a certain Deng Ai, the prestige of His Royal Highness King Anding is not small, and he can save Shu Han from peril by himself, which makes him admire." Deng Ai's great contribution to the destruction of Shu was stirred up by Liu Yao to the current situation, it is impossible not to hate him, but the most basic etiquette is still understood, and he also bowed his hand in return.
"General Deng is serious! If it weren't for General Deng leading the army to attack our capital, how could my Han Dynasty be martyred by the Son of Heaven and the country would not be a country. Liu Yao accompanied Deng Ai to brush his lips and said.
"Is it possible that the envoys of the Han army want to be anti-guest-oriented? What does it mean to come to my camp and do this to my men? Deng Ai didn't talk to him about this, and pointed to the Wei military captain who was still trampled under the feet of Wen Yang, and asked rhetorically.
"General Deng's words are wrong, firstly, this Chengdu City is my new capital of the Han Dynasty, and your army is from afar and comes from afar, and secondly, General Deng's subordinates humiliate me first, I can't wait to repay the favor!" Liu Yao smiled slightly, the Han army occupies the righteousness, and Deng Ai can't say anything about himself anyway.
"No matter what, my subordinates may have collided with His Highness if they are not sensible, and I hope His Highness will raise his noble hand!" Deng Ai is still a handful of people who have experienced wind and rain at an age, and he can bend and stretch.
"Wenyang, let him go!" Liu Yao turned his head and commanded Wen Yang.
Deng Ai has said this part, and Liu Yao will be a little childish if he doesn't let people go.
After hearing this, Wen Yang finally let go of his tightly stepped foot, and threw the knife he had snatched from his hand on the ground, and the Wei military captain was relieved, quickly got up, picked up his own weapon on the ground, and stood behind Deng Ai.
"Tell me, what do you have to tell the general when you come here?" Deng Ai went straight to the topic.
"General Deng is refreshing, then I will say it directly, I hope General Deng can put my father back, as a son of man, I really can't sleep well when my father suffers, and I always look forward to being able to fulfill my filial piety under my father's knees." Liu Yao, in the tone of an ordinary person, directly occupied the upper hand in filial piety.
"Your Royal Highness is really filial, it is better to stay in Chengdu City, and it is good to be filial piety under your father's knees!" Deng Ai is a good person, and he turns righteousness into his own use with a smile.
Liu Yao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, but this one lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot, and quickly changed the topic and said:
"General Deng doesn't know yet, the Han army has already established my imperial brother as the new emperor, and now all the reinforcements from the Han Dynasty have arrived in Chengdu, and 200,000 royal divisions are outside the city."
After Liu Yao finished speaking, he quietly waited for Deng Ai's reaction, and sure enough, Deng Ai's face had become solemn when he heard Liu Yao's words.
Of course, Deng Ai knew that the 200,000 Wang Shi in Liu Yao's mouth was an exaggeration to say that the Han army could only gather 100,000 troops at most, although the Wei army was not its opponent, but it had Liu Chan in his hand, if the Han army really supported Liu Rui as the new emperor, then the trump card in the hands of the Wei army would not have much value.
Everyone was silent, and Liu Yao's news was tantamount to a bolt from the blue to them.
Shi Su hurriedly pulled Deng Ai's sleeve and motioned for him to take a step to speak.
"Deng Zhong, you are optimistic about them here, I have something to say to Master Shi." Deng Ai instructed Deng Zhong, turned his head and bowed his hand to Liu Yao: "Please wait here for a while, Your Highness!" ”
"General Deng, please take care of yourself!" Liu Yao waved his hand and said.
The two waited quietly for Deng Ai's reply.
"General, now that my army has no advantage, there is no point in holding on to Chengdu City in vain, and we can't let these 20,000 sons and daughters be buried in this Shu land!" Shi Su whispered to Deng Ai.
"General Ben doesn't understand, but if I put back the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials, the Han army will be capricious and kill our army again, won't the gains outweigh the losses?" Deng Ai replied with a worried face.
"Now there is only one way, to capture the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials, our army will retreat to the Xiliang border first, and then release them, if the Han army does not agree, it can only be broken!" Shi Su looked resolute and clenched his fists.
"I finally caught Liu Chan, it's a pity to put it back like this!" Deng Ai felt a little sad in his heart, he didn't know how much suffering he had to pay for how many casualties he had to take to capture Liu Chan, and now all of them were going to be in vain.
"The general doesn't have to worry too much, since the Han army has established Liu Rui as the emperor, our army can put Liu Chan back, I want to see how they deal with this son of heaven, if you don't make the Shu Han court a bloody storm." A smile appeared at the corner of Shi Su's mouth.
"Oh? I forgot, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, ruthlessly is the emperor since ancient times, how can Liu Rui be willing to give up the throne in his hands, Liu Chan has been an emperor for decades, and his influence is so great, how can he be willing to abdicate, even if he agrees, the ministers in the court will not agree, you must know that once the son of heaven and a courtier, the interests they have in hand are so easy to say and let go! Deng Ai also reacted, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, this time the attack on Shu was not in vain, at least Shu Han was also greatly injured.
"The general is wise!" Shi Su hurriedly slapped a sycophant, Deng Ai is not a person who does not accept advice, as long as it can make him feel profitable, he can always be good.
"Let's go, I'll go back to that Liu Yao child!" Deng Ai said.
The two of them appeared in front of Liu Yao again.