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In April, Li Shun's envoy Yue Shi returned to Xianyang after being attacked on the way back, and the process of the envoy and the attack had been reported in detail to Feng Quji, the right minister in charge of the court, but because the emperor was on a parade, even if it was 400 miles expedited, this recital was not delivered to the emperor until mid-May, and the news was tightly sealed, and the people did not hear about it in the slightest.

Although the emperor was slightly angry after receiving the news, he did not ask for an immediate attack on the Yue clan, but prepared to make another arrangement after returning to Xianyang after the parade, after all, many important ministers of the court were accompanying the parade, and many things could not be properly coordinated at all.

However, in Meng Tian's opinion, the fact that the mission was attacked by the Yue tribe was a good opportunity to sow discord and cause internal strife in the Yue clan.

Therefore, after some planning, the Yueshi King's escort returned to the Yue's royal court and told the Yueshi King about the tribal attack on the mission, and also added fuel to the description of the horror of the Taiyi Shenlei, the Yueshi King was naturally frightened and convened the tribal leaders loyal to the royal family to discuss countermeasures, Mao Dun fled and was worried that the Great Qin Emperor would be angry and conquer the Yueshi, and now there was this kind of tribal sneak attack on the mission, the Yueshi King was even more frightened, and after the discussion, he hurriedly sent Zuoping Wang and Wen Bupo as envoys to Xianyang to beg for crimes. However, when he walked to the border of Longxi, he was intercepted by Meng Tian's scouts.

Meng Tian told King Zuoping that the emperor was currently touring the southeast and had no time to meet the envoys of the Yue clan, so he could only wait until the emperor returned to Xianyang, and the king of Zuoping had no choice but to ask Meng Tian to transfer the attitude of the king of the Yue clan to the Emperor of Great Qin, hoping that the emperor would not be angry because of this, and that the king of the Yue clan would punish those tribes who attacked the mission, and would definitely give Emperor Daqin a satisfactory explanation.

The attitude of the king of the Yue clan, Meng Tian and a group of rough generals guarding the border of the Western Regions, didn't care at all, what they cared about was how to take advantage of the internal division of the Yue clan to find a way to swallow the Yue clan and make a great contribution to the title of marquis.

Therefore, Meng Tian and Yan Yuese promised to convey the attitude of the king of the Yue clan at the same time, he also inquired in detail about the gossip that some envoys inquired about, and learned that the Qiang and the Yue people have indeed been coming and going to each other for many years, although both sides have their own victories and defeats, but in general, because the Qiang people are sneak attacks, the losses of the Yue clan are greater, but they are a little helpless.

Originally, in the warm weather in March, the king of the Yue clan gathered more than ten tribes to prepare for a large-scale war against the Qiang people, but the arrival of the Great Qin mission, the matter was delayed again and again, and when the mission left, it was attacked by the Yue tribe in the territory of the Yue clan, and after the news was transmitted back to the Yue clan, the king of the Yue clan was completely confused, and he couldn't eat or sleep in horror, and he didn't have the heart to deal with those rabbit-like Qiang people, and this matter was about to drag on.

Moreover, King Zuoping was also very depressed and told Meng Tian that in April and May, the Qiang people attacked and harassed the Yueshi tribe again, causing heavy losses to the Yueshi clan.

"Well, it seems that the Qiang people are indeed very unconvinced!" Meng Tian sat in the big tent of the military camp and pulled his beard and nodded, "When the mission returned, I said that the King of the Yue Clan and the King of Zuo Ping really wanted to get along with my Great Qin, and they were willing to trade with each other, and His Majesty did not want to attack the Yue Clan, and there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed on the border, and he did not have the ability to go on an expedition to attack the Yue Clan's royal court, so I also asked the King of Zuoping to tell the Yue Clan after returning that the Great Qin would not attack the Yue Clan for no reason, but the matter of the Yue Clan's tribe's attack on the mission must be dealt with, and the behind-the-scenes instructors should be arrested as soon as possible and sent to Xianyang, Otherwise, when the First Emperor returns from his cruise, he will inevitably be furious, and he may attack the Yue Clan! ”

King Zuoping's face was as ugly as a shoehorn, but he had to agree to Meng Tian's proposal.

After all, it was the Yue's tribe who attacked the mission, no matter what, the Yue's king has a relationship that he can't get rid of, if the Great Qin Emperor is angry and sends a large army to conquer the Yue's, if the Yue's resists, it will inevitably fight with the Great Qin, and it will definitely fail miserably, if it doesn't resist, the Yue's will become a vassal of the Great Qin, no matter what kind of attitude, the stability of the Yue's people for ten years will be completely buried.

"Please also rest assured that after the king returns to the royal court, he will definitely find a way with the king to capture the clan leaders behind the attack on the mission and send them to Xianyang, but because there is no clue at the moment, and it will take some time to secretly prepare and arrange." King Zuo Ping helplessly delayed the time.

After their investigation and speculation, the people who attacked Li Shun's mission must have been King Nantu and King Xiumi and others, but King Nantu is now a tribe second only to the royal court in strength, with more than 50,000 tribal warriors who can lead the bow to fight, and the king of Nantu is proficient in the art of war and strategy, and his combat effectiveness is almost on par with the royal court, and there are four or five tribes to support it, if the plan is not good or the news leaks out, the king of Nantu will inevitably call his troops to resist, so that the Yue clan will split into two factions to attack each other, No matter which side wins in the end, the Yue Clan will be in a slump, and Great Qin will easily be able to wipe out the Yue Clan.

That is to say, this sneak attack on the mission, in fact, forced the Yue Clan King into a corner, and if he was soft on Great Qin, he had to catch King Tunan and other clan leaders and hand them over to Emperor Daqin, and if he didn't give in, he would have to fight to the death with Great Qin.

Both paths were unbearable endings for the Yueshi.

However, King Zuoping and King Yue also know that serving softness can also leave a chance for Yue's family to survive, after all, although they will have to fight each other with King Nantu after surrendering, most of the tribal forces will be lost, and they have become vassals of Great Qin, but at least they will not be driven out by Great Qin like the Huns Donghu, leaving only women, children, old and young.

"Ben Jiang naturally knows that this matter has put a lot of pressure on the Yue Clan, but I believe that the Yue Clan King must also be very aware of the fate of angering the Great Qin Emperor, so Ben will persuade the King of Zuo Ping to go back and tell the Yue Clan King, don't have unrealistic ideas, if you plan to jointly attack the tribes of the mission to resist the Great Qin, I Daqin can levy hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the Yue Clan, there is a Chinese proverb called the mantis arm as a car......"

"Yes, please rest assured General Meng, I will definitely persuade the king after I go back!" King Zuo Ping wiped the sweat rolling down his forehead and stood up to say goodbye.

"If the King of the Yue Clan really wants to be friendly with the Great Qin Dynasty, in fact, he can help you eradicate the betrayer!" Sending King Zuo Ping out of the big tent, looking at the Yue Clan's envoy who was ready to return to the Yue Clan's royal court, Meng Tian said with a somewhat serious face.

King Zuoping's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said: "Please also ask General Meng to show you, if you can really eradicate the rebel tribes within the Yue Clan, the King of the Yue Clan will definitely personally escort the rebels to Xianyang to ask the First Emperor for his guilt." ”

"Ben will hear that you and the Qiang people have been fighting, this matter was mentioned last time the mission returned, and the king of the Yue clan also intends to attack the Qiang people to take revenge, in fact, you can use this opportunity to gather the tribal leaders again to attack the Qiang people, and this general can also arrange a strange soldier to dress up as a Qiang people as a response, and when it is time to fight with the Qiang people, the king of the Yue clan can arrange those unscrupulous tribes who attack the Qiang people first, my Great Qin attacks from the side, and the rebels will inevitably retreat in confusion, In this way, the king of the Yue clan will be able to command the army to take the opportunity to wipe out those rebels! ”

King Zuoping's face trembled a few times, and after being silent for a long time, he nodded and said: "General Meng's plan is indeed very good, but this king needs to discuss carefully with the king after he goes back, no matter how the king decides, this king will come to inform General Meng again......"

"Okay, the general will be waiting for King Zuoping to come again in the barracks, I won't be far away, please~"

"General Meng farewell!"

Seeing King Zuoping's envoy leave the barracks and return to Yueshi, Jiang Hu and a group of other generals quickly surrounded Meng Tian, and they all began to inquire about the discussion.

"According to the attitude of King Zuoping, General Yingbu will inevitably have seven or eight points of certainty in this strategy, after all, the King of the Yue Clan is not stupid, this is the only chance they can compromise with Daqin, and they can retain most of their strength, if they let them fight with the King of Nantu by themselves, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties and even be destroyed by the King of Nantu!" Meng Tian twisted his beard and thought for a moment and said.

"Haha, wouldn't that be a successful sneak attack this time!" Jiang Hu and Yingbu and a group of other generals instantly became excited.

"That's right, hurry up and arrange for Erlang to step up the practice, and at the same time send a letter to General Li Xin again, asking him to step up the preparation of dry food and drinking water, just wait for the general to arrive, immediately take the path over the Yin Mountain into the desert and approach the Yue Clan's royal court from the side!"

"Whoa!" A group of generals bowed and dispersed.

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"King Zuoping, we must be careful to deal with Meng Tian's strategy and beware of fraud!"

After the Yue's mission led by King Zuo Ping came out of the Great Wall Pass, Wen Bupo, who was traveling with him, reminded with a tangled face.

"Alas, this king naturally knows, but Mr. Wen has also seen those elite and fierce horsemen of Daqin in the Daqin military camp, and the order prohibits the use of armies, full of double-layer cowhide armor, sharp blades, strong bows and crossbows, and exquisite and sturdy new horse harnesses, none of which we have in the Yue clan, even if all the tribes of my Yue clan add up, there are only fifty or sixty thousand elite soldiers, and the rest can fight on horseback, although there are more than 200,000 people, but those are all old and young, and it is okay to fight with the Qiang people and Wusun, and compared with the Qin people, they are simply a rabble, Once the war starts, it will only be slaughtered, so even if this strategy is deceitful, the king will definitely consider it very carefully, and is there a better way than this at the moment, since the king of Tunan is determined to provoke the hatred of the Yue clan and the Great Qin, he must have already had bad intentions, if the king does not act as soon as possible, once the king of Tunan suddenly launches a rebellion, the royal court will be even more caught off guard, not to mention the ...... of the king's body" King Zuo Ping shook his head with a melancholy face.

Wen Bupo's face gradually fell silent.

The Yue Clan's body was as bad as ever, especially after learning that the Yue Clan tribe had attacked the Great Qin Mission but was killed by the legendary Immortal Divine Thunder Spell, his body was even more unbearable under the blows of various horrors and worries, and he had almost reached the point of dying at any time.

If the king of the Yue clan dies suddenly, the king of Nantu will inevitably rebel, and at that time, the royal court will be chaotic and the rest of the tribes will be even more chaotic, and if Great Qin takes the opportunity to attack, the Yue clan will inevitably collapse.

Therefore, it is necessary to quell the rebellion of King Tunan while the King of the Yue Clan is still alive, so that the Yue Clan still has room to bargain with Great Qin.

Internal and external troubles, this is the current chaotic situation of the Yueshi.

Although Great Qin is not credible, at least he has not heard the news that the Great Qin Emperor is going to attack the Yue Clan, and this is the only opportunity for the Yue Clan King to still have some thoughts.

"Even if the king agrees with Meng Tian's plan, King Zuoping still has to remind the king to be careful, leave enough strength to guard the royal court, I have lived in the Central Plains for more than ten years, and the people of the Central Plains have always been full of scheming when they fight......

"Sun Tzu's Art of War said: A soldier is also treacherous. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot be used, it is not used to show it, it is near and it is far away, and it is far away and it is shown to be near. Profit and temptation, chaos and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave, attack its unpreparedness, surprise ......"

"As the most powerful general in Great Qin right now, Meng Tian will definitely not be so kind to help my Yue Clan calm down the internal troubles, and it is very likely that he will fish in troubled waters with a knife in his smile......"

Wen Bupo has lived in the Zhao State for more than ten years, and is very familiar with the battles between the princes of the Central Plains, and is familiar with the classics of the hundred schools.

But this matter is not something he can control.

In fact, the Yue clan has been forced by the king of Nantu to the point where he has to make a decision, and life and death are all in one thought.