Chapter 185: Tongguan Secret Talk

At noon on the second day of September in 311 AD, Liu Cang's residence in Tongguan Taishou Mansion

Liu Yao, the king of Shi'an, and Liu Cang, the crown prince, chatted alone together, and their respective courtiers were waiting quietly outside the house.

To be honest, Liu Cang was actually a little afraid of this clan uncle, but today Liu Yao did not bring the whole army into the pass, but only brought a group of relatives and dozens of guards into the pass......

Liu Yao's behavior today has greatly reassured Liu Cang, it is obvious that Liu Yao's actions are to show goodwill to himself, because if Liu Yao wants to suppress himself as a prince, then he should have led troops into the customs overnight yesterday, instead of stationing outside the customs, or he can also bring the whole army into the customs today, but he didn't, just these few points have made Liu Cang's vigilance a lot less, but Liu Cang still has a lot of questions, what is the purpose of his uncle's doing this?

Liu Yao saw that Liu Cang's face was not very natural, and he laughed secretly in his heart, his nephew really didn't have the bearing of his eldest brother Liu Cong at all, seeing that he couldn't hide the expression on his face at all, Liu Yao considered his words, and said first: "Shiguang, I, as an uncle, was sent by your father this time, just to assist you in taking Chang'an, you can see if there is anything I need to do, just say it?" ”

Liu Cang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Liu Yao to say these intimate words as soon as he opened his mouth, and the few countermeasures that he had discussed with Chen Yuanda seemed to be no longer necessary......

I only heard Liu Yao continue: "Shiguang, if you have any instructions or arrangements, just say that your uncle has no other skills, and this errand before and after the saddle is still done!"

Hearing Liu Yao's extremely humble words, it made Liu Cang a little embarrassed.

Liu Cang pretended not to agree and said: "Uncle Huang is a great hero who captured Luoyang, Shiguang is fortunate to be able to fight Chang'an with Uncle Huang, it is already an honor!" This battle must be dominated by the emperor's uncle, supplemented by Shiguang"

"Shiguang, what are you talking about?! My emperor Han took the heaviest military merit in the world, and now the emperor asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to lead the whole army to attack Chang'an, this is to build momentum for your future enthronement, if I don't support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as an imperial uncle, then what will the people of the world think of me? How can I be worthy of the nurturing grace of the former emperor?

Liu Yao became more and more excited the more he talked, and suddenly, he knelt down to Liu Cang!

Liu Cang saw Liu Yao suddenly kneeling in front of him, and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Liu Yao saw that Liu Cang had already supported himself, and immediately said excitedly: "I, Liu Yao, will definitely follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the soup and fire in this life!" If you break this oath, you will not die well! ”

Liu Cang didn't expect Liu Yao to perform the courtesy of a courtier in front of him, you must know that Liu Yao is the hero of the Huns slaughtering each other, such a heroic figure, even his father is actually a little wary of Liu Yao......

But now Liu Yao actually expressed his intention to surrender to himself! O loyal servants! My grandfather Liu Yuan really didn't raise him in vain, and my father really didn't trust him in vain, he was really a loyal and righteous person! It's just that why is Liu Yao so anxious to confess his heart to himself today?

Thinking of this, Liu Cang hurriedly said modestly: "Uncle Huang, please hurry up, Chang'an is also the ancient capital of several dynasties, this defense is far better than Tongguan, even if I want to capture Chang'an alone, I am really a little powerless."

"So today I came to Tongguan to divide a part of the men and horses to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the rest of my men and horses are following behind His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, what do you think?"

Liu Cang was completely shocked at this time, is this uncle of his clan really willing to give me the credit? If he still had some precautions and doubts about Liu Yao before, then now he really has no more at all, and he is willing to hand over the power of soldiers and horses to himself, so what are the two hearts? It seems that he and his gang of people are too one-sided in their speculation about Liu Yao......

Thinking of this, Liu Cang said movingly: "Uncle Huang is very loving, and the little nephew is remembered in his heart, so the little nephew is respectful and obedient!" ”

"That's exactly how it should be! By the way, I heard that one of your subordinates named Zhao Ran has already led troops to Chang'an? It's really inappropriate to go deep into this lonely army! ”

As soon as Liu Cang heard Liu Yao's words, he knew that Liu Yao already knew about Zhao Ran, but it seemed that judging from Liu Yao's tone, Liu Yao didn't know the inside story, and only thought it was his own order......

Liu Cang lowered his head and thought for a while, and then explained to Liu Yao: "Don't hide it from Uncle Huang, this Zhao Ran was not sent out by me, he led the troops out without permission, and wanted to take the lead!" ”

"Hmph, bold Zhao Ran, what the hell does he want to do?! Why didn't you keep an eye on him? ”

"When I arrived at Fenglingdu, he was already gone, and the Anxi general Liu Ya's department also had a conflict with Zhao Ran's men and horses, and Zhao Ran snatched the ferry boat and wooden platoon that Liu Ya had repaired, and because of this, my men and horses were almost a day late to cross the Yellow River!"

Liu Yao nodded, did not speak immediately, and after a long time, Liu Yao spoke: "Then how is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince prepared?" ”

"I'm going to rest in Tongguan first, and then wait for Zhao Ran's army to be defeated before sending troops to attack Chang'an, Uncle Huang, what do you think?"

"Well, that's good, it's both safe and aggressive."

Liu Cang saw that Liu Yao was praising himself, and he felt a little proud in his heart, and this pride had already appeared on his face.

Liu Yao didn't seem to see Liu Cang's pride, and said seriously: "It's just ......"

"Just what?"

"If we follow Zhao Ran all the way, can we supervise Zhao Ran's troops and prevent him from rebelling again? After all, he is a general, and he is a Jin man, so he has to guard against it, besides, if he really takes Chang'an, we are behind, and he will not have the opportunity to control Chang'an first......" After Liu Yao finished speaking, he smiled mysteriously.

Liu Cang immediately understood Liu Yao's intentions, it seems that his imperial uncle not only saw that the control of this Tongguan was not in his own hands, but also reminded himself that he must guard against Zhao Ran, in case he was really taken Chang'an by Zhao Ran's Jin dog, and then refused to hand over control like Tongguan, it would be really troublesome, and the two armies of himself and Liu Yao came from afar, and it was difficult to supply......

Thinking of this, a trace of cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead, and he looked at Liu Yao, and there was only gratitude left in his heart.

"Uncle Huang, fortunately, you are thoughtful, then I will send troops today, in this way, I will not stagger the distance from Zhao Ran too much!"

"That's very good, then I will hand over 20,000 horses to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a while, and the rest of my men and horses will follow His Highness's rear army as backup!"

When Liu Cang heard this, he immediately stretched out his hands, held Liu Yao's hand tightly, and said movingly: "Uncle Huang is kind to me today, Liu Cang will be rewarded in the future!" ”