Chapter 4: Poison is cunning
Xu Huang pressed the long sword in his hand, raised the curtain and walked forward, and took two of his subordinates, one left and one right, directly pressed Jia Xu's shoulders, and twisted his arms back.
Jia Xu was startled, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wronged, wronged!" Please Your Majesty be clear, the ministers will not dare to deceive the king in the slightest! ”
"Wronged!?" Liu Xie chuckled disdainfully and said, "I really wronged you?" You said that Yuan Shao guarded the north gate of the Han Dynasty for me, but there are more and more states and counties under his jurisdiction, but his taxes are getting less and less, why? You said that Cao Ying, Yuan Shu and others are all humerus ministers, but I saw that they were all self-respecting and did not take my life and death to heart at all, but they still had me in their eyes? Such a minister is also considered a minister of humerus? Do you dare to say that you have not deceived the king? ”
Jia Xu didn't expect that this usually indecisive and short-sighted Han Emperor would now become wise and martial, and as a result, he dug a big pit for him and made him stupid and jump in! Let him not have the calm demeanor in the sky at all, it is really careless, the horse stumbles!
Jia Xu was helpless, so he had to shout: "Your Majesty only talked nonsense, please forgive your majesty, and the minister is willing to make up for his mistakes!" ”
Liu Xie waved his hand, asked Xu Huang to let go of him, and said, "Gongming, go and watch outside the tent, no one is allowed to approach, including the queen!" ”
"No!"
After Xu Huang withdrew from the tent with the left and right, Liu Xie said to Jia Xu: "Jia Aiqing, please calm down, get up and talk!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jia Xu exhaled secretly, got up from the ground, and secretly thought: I can't use him as a bully anymore, I don't know if the Red Emperor is coming again, if so, then you have to be careful to speak!
After pondering for a while, Jia Xu shook his hand again, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Li Guo and the two surnames are repeated, let Your Majesty return to the east this time, after a long time, you will definitely regret it, and you will inevitably bring troops to come at that time." In the opinion of the ministers, Your Majesty should abandon the ministers on the left and right and move forward lightly! ”
Liu Xie nodded and motioned for him to continue. When Jia Xu saw Liu Xie's appearance, he was secretly shocked in his heart, could it be that he thought of it himself?
"Moreover, if Your Majesty doesn't want to live like in the hands of Li Guo and the others, you can't go to any of the princely states and counties! From the perspective of the ministers, the princes of the world all want to blackmail His Majesty, the son of heaven, in order to order the rest of the princes! Although His Majesty has many loyal ministers in his hands, most of them are civil ministers, and their knowledge is shallow! There are very few generals, and even if there are, they are all extremely selfish people, such people can only share wealth and nobility, and cannot share joys and sorrows, and when the catastrophe comes, they will inevitably run away! ”
Liu Xie still had that unfazed expression, and he was secretly surprised to see Jia Xu, the old poisoner, and secretly thought: I have talked about this, he can still be so calm! Could it be that today's saints have really become wise and martial?
"Then according to Jia Aiqing's opinion, in this world, where can I be accommodated?" Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu with a smile, looking like an old god was there, and Jia Xu was puzzled for a while, secretly wondering: Could it be that he has already thought of where to go?
After thinking about it, Jia Xu smiled and said: "Your Majesty is so relaxed, I think I have already thought of where to go, so it is not good for my subordinates to get an axe again!" ”
Liu Xie smiled and pointed to the cotton silk on the case in front of him, and said with a smile: "My thoughts are already in this silk, but I want to listen to Jia Aiqing's words to see if it coincides with me, how about it?" Would Jia Aiqing be willing to give it a try? ”
Jia Xu's expression remained unchanged, but in his heart, he was already suspicious of the letter, and secretly thought: I don't understand, I don't understand! Could it be that the so-called 'Red Emperor' really exists?
"In the opinion of your subordinates, Your Majesty might as well transfer to Xishu!"
"Oh? Let's talk about it, why go to Xishu instead of Jingzhou? "Liu Xie is interested.
You must know that it was because he had a huge amount of information in later generations, thought about it, and finally decided to go to the land of Sichuan and Shu, and took it as the foundation, but Jia Xu, an old poisoner, actually thought of it just by virtue of the current situation, and the IQ of the two of them was high.
"Jingzhou and Xishu are both guarded by the Han clan, and it stands to reason that it is feasible for Your Majesty to go anywhere. However, Xishu and Jingxiang, but there is an essential difference, one Jingxiang is the place of four battles, the left and right abdomen and back will be enemy, Xishu is different, there is Hanzhong in the north to choke the gateway in the pass, there are mountains in the west to protect it, and Jingxiang in the east, it can be attacked and defended. Only the land of the southern barbarians in the south is unstable, but if the southern barbarians are stabilized, Xishu will still be the country of abundance with thousands of miles of fertile soil. And Xishu is also the land of Gaozu Longxing, Your Majesty going here is much better than going to Jingzhou! Jia Xu analyzed.
Liu Xie chuckled and said, "Why didn't Jia Aiqing say the more important point?" ”
Hearing Liu Xie say this, Jia Xu no longer dared to have the slightest contempt! But after thinking about it, he still pretended to be stupid and said: "Please make it clear to Your Majesty, the minister is stupid, and he hasn't thought of it for a while!" ”
How could Liu Xie not know that this Jia Poison was testing him. But since this old poisoner wants to test him, he doesn't mind showing his hands.
So he smiled and said: "The current ruler of Xishu is Liu Zhang and Liu Jiyu, this person's surname is cowardly, and I have the same as before, they are all assertive and indecisive, it is not enough to achieve great things, if I go, it is not difficult to take the palm!" However, Jingxiang is different, Liu Jingsheng, the state pastor, does not agree with me, the emperor who was set up by Dong thieves, how can he let me go to his Jingzhou and take his land? I don't know Jia Aiqing, do you think so? ”
Jia Xuba pursed his lips, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”
Liu Xie said with a smile: "Since Aiqing said that I am Shengming, I don't know if Qing is willing to give up the two thieves of Li Guo and go to help me, the king of Shengming?" ”
Hearing Liu Xie's boastful words, Jia Xu couldn't help but feel funny, but he agreed without hesitation.
In fact, in Liu Xie's view, Jia Xu is the kind of wall-headed grass character who is at peace with what happens, who is forced to fall to whom, and the old-fashioned idea of 'loyal ministers don't care about the two masters' is simply bullshit for him! Otherwise, he wouldn't have changed his master like changing his clothes, changing stubble after stubble!
However, one thing that makes Liu Xie more reassuring is that although this guy is not a die-hard person, he will never betray his old master for glory. This is also the reason why he is so diligent in changing masters, but there are still people who dare to use him.
Liu Xie nodded and said, "That's very good!" Aiqing can go to Xishu first, and prepare for me to come to Sichuan and Shu first, and wait for the opportunity! ”
"The minister obeys!" After a pause, he asked again; "I don't know how Your Majesty plans to escape the eyes and ears of Li Guo's two thieves?"
"Wen He has a clever plan?" Liu Xie asked with a smile, using the word to show intimacy.
"Your Majesty can divide the troops, first push out the ministers, and then lead one or two hundred light horsemen to leave, first to the east, then to the south, and then from Jingxiang to Sichuan and Shu. Along the way, His Majesty can blend in with some caravans, and it will be safer to go with the caravan. ”
"One or two hundred light horses, the goal is too big, I plan to take only one or twenty horses!" Liu Xie laughed.
Jia Xu didn't expect that the cowardly Han Emperor in the past would now become so bold. If he dares to go on the road with only one or twenty people, is he not afraid that he will encounter thieves and robbers on the road, and he will die on the road?
Waved back Jia Xu and asked him to take the warrant to go there to receive the golden ten yi, and then go to Sichuan and Shu.
Although Liu Xie's life was relatively miserable, and he didn't have so much money, he could still get more than 100 taels of gold.
One eridium of gold is counted as twenty-four taels, and ten eridium is two hundred and forty taels, which is only fifteen catties of gold. This amount of money is actually not much for going to Xishu to arrange some things. As for how to arrange it, Jia Xu is solely responsible for it, and Liu Xie doesn't want to ask more.
One is that he doesn't understand very well, and the other is that he is also suspicious, and he is not suspicious! Even if Jia Xu deceived him in the end, it would only be a loss of ten gold medals. He will not pin all his hopes on Jia Xu.
After Jia Xu left, Liu Xie asked people to summon all the civil and military forces to the tent. Liu Xie sat on the main seat, and the civil and military forces were divided into left and right, and the number of people was as many as dozens.
The civil officials were headed by Fu Wan, Yang Biao, Zhao Wen and others, and the military generals were headed by Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others. But there are many factions among them, and even Liu Xie, a political rookie, can see it.
Xu Huang stood behind him with a few small colonels, holding the Xuanhua axe in one hand and pressing the sword in the other, his eyes were shining, and he glanced at all the civil and military officials in the tent. fully assumed his responsibilities as a member of the Central Police/Guard Regiment.
Although Yang Feng was dissatisfied with Liu Xie's digging of the wall, he had nothing to say, after all, Liu Xie was the emperor of the Han Dynasty and wanted a strong personal guard to accompany him, what could they say? It's just a pity that Xu Huang, a brave subordinate, left like this.
Liu Xie cleared his throat and said, "Today, I will call all Aiqing, but I have something important to discuss, Fu Aiqing, you come to speak for me and everyone!" ”
After Fu Wan bowed to Liu Xie, then turned to the ministers, and said: "Your Majesty thinks that we are moving east at this time, and the walking speed is too slow, if Li Guo and the two thieves regret it and lead the troops to chase after it again, the consequences will be unimaginable." So he asked the old man to think of a solution. The old man thought about it, and then he thought of the method of dividing the troops......" Fu finished speaking, and said the method that Liu Xie instructed him, and finally said: "What do you think of this method?" ”
As a result, before the civil officials began to shout, Yang Ding, one of the military generals, shouted, "Your Majesty, this method must not be used!" Our troops are already small, and if we divide our troops again, won't we weaken our combat strength on our own? Although Li Guo's two thieves and henchmen have the intention to coerce His Majesty to return to the west, the ministers are willing to fight to the death to ensure that His Majesty returns safely to the east! ”
What Yang Ding said is actually not unreasonable. It's just that Liu Xie understands in his heart that he can't really return to the East this time, and once he returns, it will be all over!
And in history, Liu Xie's return to the east was very safe, but this way east, a group of civil and military, from the previous mighty, to the last less than 100 people, it can be seen that along the way, how heavy the casualties were? Although Liu Xie doesn't care about the life and death of others, he cares about his future!
Yang Biao also said: "What General Yang said is reasonable, now Li Guo and the others have promised me to wait for the return of the east, and Zhang Piaoqi will also accompany the army to escort him, I believe there will be no problems!" ”
Fu Wan laughed and said: "Li Guo and the others are capricious, you are not without understanding, just a few days ago, the generals also fought bloody battles with their subordinates, you dare to conclude that they will not stop Your Majesty from returning to the east?" Your Majesty's move is also for the sake of everyone! Just imagine, if Li Guo and the others regret it again and lead the army to chase and kill again, how long can we, the soldiers, fight bloodily? Even if it wins, it's a pyrrhic victory! But if the army is defeated, how can you and your family escape the pursuit of Xiliang Iron Cavalry? What is the military discipline of the Xiliang Army, don't you know? ”
Seeing that there was still a back-and-forth below, Liu Xie's brows tightened, such a group would be strange if it didn't fall!