Chapter 22: Trapping the Barbarian King
Seeing the barbarian soldiers coming in, Guan Xiu couldn't sit still, the weapons were all scavenged by the commander of the walled city, and now he was unarmed, if Meng Qiu wanted to kill the two of them, he couldn't escape at all, he was not afraid of dying here, but now there is Liu Yao here, the only surviving clan in Shu, once there are three long and two short, there is really no hope for the revival of the Han family.
At this time, seeing that Liu Yao was still drinking tea calmly, Guan Xiu was even more anxious, and asked Meng Qiu loudly:
"Uncle! Do you really want to kill your nephew with a sword? Before her mother died, she was still telling her nephew to visit her uncle more, but she didn't expect that now her nephew would die at the hands of her own brother! ”
Guan Xiu hoped to impress Meng Qiu with family affection, and wanted Meng Qiu to open his mouth and let them go.
Meng Qiu heard Guan Xiu's words, and said slowly: "Now that you have nowhere to escape, my uncle doesn't want my son to kill each other, why don't you serve me, with your bravery, when my uncle enters the Central Plains, he will be able to be crowned a king and a marquis!" ”
Guan Xiu suddenly died down, sat down and stopped talking, Meng Qiu wanted to use himself for his own use, and it seemed that he was safe for the time being.
Liu Yao, who had been silent for a long time, slowly began to speak at this time:
"Does the king know that the danger in the south is imminent?"
In fact, after seeing the barbarian soldiers coming in, Liu Yao was extremely flustered in his heart, knowing that he would not be able to retreat with his whole body today, and kept recalling in his mind the measures taken by those literati and lobbyists to deal with this kind of scene.
As soon as Meng Qiu heard Liu Yao say that he was in danger in Nanzhong, he immediately smiled and said: "Don't come to this set, the people of the Central Plains like to pretend to be amazing, this king has already heard of it, I don't have so many twists and turns in the people of Nanzhong, if there is any reason to make Nanzhong dangerous, just say it!" ”
Liu Yao originally didn't think that his pretending to be shocking could scare Meng Qiu, if this could scare him, then he would not be the king of Nanzhong, Liu Yao just wanted Meng Qiu to give him a chance to persuade him.
Seeing that he had aroused Meng Qiu's curiosity, Liu Yao achieved his goal, so he stood up, arched his hand to Meng Qiu, and said:
"The Wei army is so strong, now my Han Emperor and hundreds of officials have fallen into the hands of the Wei army, the king should understand the truth of the death of the lips and teeth, after the Wei State destroyed my Han Dynasty, how can you allow Nanzhong to continue to be a country within a country and get involved in the border counties, the Great Wei soldiers are several times stronger than the Han army, and Nanzhong suffers from the great Han Jianning County and can't, which is stronger and which is weaker is obvious."
Meng Qiu was interested at this time, he only saw that Nanzhong was getting stronger and stronger, his ambition was growing with his strength, and it was rumored that the Central Plains was rich, so he wanted to get involved in the Central Plains, and he never thought of fighting with Wei, the Han regime was already a very powerful existence in his eyes, and he only heard about the Great Wei State, but never fought with it.
Now I hear him say that this Great Wei State is even more powerful than the Great Han regime, and he can take the capital of Shu Han and capture the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials at his fingertips.
Meng Qiu flinched a little at the moment and motioned for Liu Yao to continue.
Liu Yao saw that Meng Qiu had the intention of retreating, and hit the railway while it was hot:
"In the future, the Wei State will fight second, the king has not unified the south for a long time, the thirty-six cave masters are forced by the king Wuyun is strong, temporarily surrender to the king, if the king leads the army to the north of the Central Plains, then the south will be chaotic, maybe the king can not even protect the south, I advise the king to send troops to rescue my Han, the Han will survive in the south, and the Han will be destroyed in the south, and the death of the Han will not be far away!"
When Meng Qiu heard that Liu Yao wanted him to send troops to rescue the Han, he immediately asked:
"The Great Han Cun is the South and the Middle Cun? If I send troops to rescue your family's Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials, how do you know that in the future, your Han people will be able to tolerate me in Nanzhong? ”
Liu Yao laughed and replied:
"The king is really worried, my Han and Nanzhong coexist, the people of Shuzhong have been war-torn for many years, the people's livelihood has withered, and the people are mostly like vegetables, all of them are trapped by the Wei army, our country should focus on recuperation and development of people's livelihood, and will not add swords, and our country is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and it is our responsibility to recover the Han Dynasty, and wherever we look, they are all in Kyushu in the north, how can we be interested in you in Nanzhong!"
Meng Qiu has completely believed Liu Yao's words at the moment, and he is no longer young, his son Meng Tai has an impatient personality, honest and less wise, after a hundred years, whether Meng Tai can still sit firmly as the king of Nanzhong, he must hand him a Nanzhong without internal and external troubles.
Liu Yao saw that the heat was almost over, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and saluted Meng Qiu with a fist, and said:
"King, I saw on the way to Nanzhong that there are people in Nanzhong mining tea trees, and now I personally tasted Nanzhong tea in the palace, when it is really mellow and sweet, if it is sold to Shuzhong, Wuzhong, and the north of the Central Plains, it will definitely be able to exchange for a large amount of grain cloth to improve the livelihood of the people in Nanzhong, after the king sent troops to rescue the son of heaven of the Han family, my country promised to exchange grain cloth for all Nanzhong tea, so that the people of Nanzhong have more living conditions."
Meng Qiu didn't pay too much attention to the livelihood of the people in Nanzhong, what he wanted was that after a hundred years, his son Meng Tai would be able to sit firmly as the king of Nanzhong, and there would no longer be any threat, so he immediately put forward conditions to Liu Yao:
"Tea trees are everywhere in Nanzhong, if they can be sold to all parts of the Central Plains in exchange for grain and cloth, of course it would be great, but this king still has a request!"
Liu Yao saw that Meng Qiu had relented, and knew that this trip to Nanzhong had been half successful, so he immediately asked:
"I wonder what the king wants?"
Meng Qiu straightened his expression and said word by word: "I want the armor and weapons of the Han people, as well as the crossbow!" ”
Liu Yao's face changed instantly, if he wanted food, he could give cloth, and even cede Jianning County, as long as Meng Qiu could send troops to rescue Shu Han, it was not impossible to consider.
However, Meng Qiu's lion opened his mouth to ask for Han armor and weapons, which is to completely eliminate the advantages of ethnic minorities and Han people, especially the repeating crossbow, if the barbarian soldiers are equipped with repeating crossbows, it is undoubtedly a problem for raising tigers.
Liu Yao knew how powerful the repeater was, and immediately refused:
"Armor and weapons can be considered, don't even think about crossbows, I'd rather fall half of Shu and let the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of the enemy, forcing me to go to Dongwu to ask for rescue, but if you want a crossbow, I will never agree!"
After that, Liu Yao turned around and was about to leave, Guan Xiu saw that Liu Yao was leaving, and also stood up.
Meng Qiu naturally knew that the crossbow was a killing weapon that the Han would never pass on, so he just asked with the attitude of trying it out, and it was not surprising to see that Liu Yao refused.
Meng Qiu saw that Liu Yao had already walked towards the palace gate, and shouted:
"Two of you!"
Liu Yao heard Meng Qiu shouting to stop them, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped, if Meng Qiu didn't call him, he really had to flee to Dongwu to ask for reinforcements.
Not to mention whether Dongwu is willing to send troops to rescue, Dongwu and Dahan are two countries on an equal footing, unlike the relationship between Nanzhong and Dahan as subordinate countries and suzerains, even if Dongwu sends troops, it is impossible to lead the army to Liu Yao, and will definitely send generals to firmly grasp the military power and rescue the hundred officials of the Han Emperor.
As a last resort, Liu Yao will not go to Soochow to ask for help.