Chapter 297: Gift to the Son of Heaven
After returning to Chang'an, Wei Tao did not delay much, and did not even ask about Chang'an.
Wei Tao believes that with Zhuge Jin's cautiousness, this Chang'an City is already under his control, and there is no need to worry about it at all.
So Wei Tao went straight into the palace and asked to see the Son of Heaven.
Yes, although it can be said that it is a plaything in Wei Tao's palm today, Wei Tao still asks to see him according to etiquette at this time.
Sure enough, as Zhuge Jin said, the Son of Heaven was obviously waiting for Wei Tao to arrive, and as soon as Wei Tao asked to see him, he immediately agreed and sent someone to lead the way for Wei Tao.
"Your Majesty."
After seeing Liu Xie, Wei Tao didn't see any guilt or remorse on his face, nor did he have any joy or anger, just a calm face.
"General, please get up, it doesn't have to be like this. I don't know what the general wants to do to me when he returns now? Is it to hold me hostage to command the world? Or will I replace me? This was indeed my last stand, after much thought. I've been tired over the years, and I'm afraid, so now I only look at how the general is. ”
Liu Xie is a young man after all, although his face was still calm before, but when he opened his mouth like this, he was exposed, but there was a little tremor in his voice, Liu Xie relied on himself to force himself to suppress himself to be able to finish speaking.
Just looking at his tightly clasped hands, Wei Tao just understood.
However, it is not easy for Liu Xie to be able to say all these words, after all, after going through so many things, no one wants to be under house arrest and forced to Zen, and it is natural for Liu Xie to be afraid in his heart.
"Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty knows Tao's ambition?"
Wei Tao was slightly silent. Then he slowly spoke.
"But Kuang Fu Han Room. Eminence? ”
After all, I didn't have much contact with Wei Tao. Liu Xie really didn't know what Wei Tao's ambition was, so he replied casually, Kuang Fu Han and dominate the world can be said to be the most used slogan among the princes, Liu Xie is like this, and there is also a bit of ridicule of Wei Tao.
"Huh...... Your Majesty, the ministers only wish that the world will be peaceful and that our people will not be invaded by foreign enemies. As for the Kuang Fu Han Chamber. Let the world be unified, it is not the minister's original ambition, attacking Jizhou and Sili, but it is just forced by the situation. The ministers are the first, or the secluded, and the two states, and at most the current Liangzhou. Outside these three states, there are foreign tribes surviving, although they may not be able to threaten the Han Dynasty for a while, but now the Han Central Plains civil strife, the image of decay has been seen. If I am waiting for an opportunity to enter by foreign enemies, won't it be difficult for my Han people to live in peace? ”
Wei Tao smiled slightly and said slowly. It's just that although Liu Xie listened, his face was expressionless, and he obviously didn't listen to it.
"Alas...... If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, then you can't, and what Your Majesty said today is not for so much, just for one thing, that is, since what Your Majesty has done is already an obstacle to me, then I have to ask Your Majesty. ”
"Oh? What do you want? ”
Although he wanted to maintain the royal demeanor, Liu Xie's body couldn't help but tremble slightly at this time, obviously afraid that Wei Tao was going to force the palace again.
"Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this."
Wei Tao smiled slightly, but unfortunately although Liu Xie said it well, it was not so easy to calm down.
"Your Majesty has also seen Cao Cao Cao Mengde, who named Xuxian County Xuchang, and then established the imperial capital in Xuchang, which is the imperial palace, and has always wanted His Majesty to go. Cao Mengde has always regarded Kuang Fu Dahan and Jingping the world as his lifelong ambition, which is different from a certain one, and may be able to serve His Majesty. ”
"Cao Mengde?"
Liu Xie said in a low voice, Cao Cao hoped that Liu Xie would go to Xuchang; Liu Xie naturally didn't know about Cao Cao, but because Liu Xie was afraid that Cao Cao was also a figure like Dong Zhuo, he was always reluctant to go.
It's just that now, Liu Xie already has the intention of breaking the jar, and he doesn't have much resistance to going to Xuchang.
Even if Cao Cao held himself hostage, he would also be under house arrest if he stayed in Chang'an anyway, so soon Liu Xie nodded slightly.
"Cao Mengde is indeed respectful to me, but before I do that, I still want to ask, don't you want to replace my big man?"
Maybe it was because he knew Wei Tao's execution method for treating him, and at this time Liu Xie finally became truly calm, and then asked again.
"If one day Cao Mengde really supports the Han and makes the Han world unified, what should you do? Is it a battle with the Great Han? ”
"Huh...... Your Majesty, if there really is that day, the minister will naturally be the minister of the Han Dynasty. What the minister does is only to expel foreign enemies, and to protect my Han from foreign enemies for eternity, but anyone who is contrary to my ambition will naturally have to disobey. ”
Wei Tao was also calm when he said this, although it was a little tongue-twisting, but Wei Tao believed that Liu Xie could understand the meaning of his words.
"Okay, I see. If I had known that the Great General was like this, then I would have seen the Great General earlier. It's a pity that the general was born at this time, otherwise the general would have been accomplished by now. ”
Hearing Liu Xie's exclamation, Wei Tao just smiled.
This may be the case, but if it weren't for this era, how could he be able to defend one side at this age and have such a powerful military power?
If it was really in peacetime, maybe he was also a minister for the Han Dynasty, and he might not even have this ambition.
Now that he had already talked to Liu Xie, Wei Tao quickly said goodbye and left, leaving Liu Xie alone to face the empty palace and sigh secretly.
Since Dong Zhuo was forced to move the capital to Chang'an, and now Liu Xie is going to move the capital to Xuchang again, even Liu Xie himself doesn't know what he will do if he goes like this, but unfortunately at this time, there is no one around Liu Xie who can let him talk to him anymore.
Wei Tao wanted to send the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, so naturally he also wanted to discuss with the people on Cao Cao's side.
However, this matter is very easy in comparison, because Cao Cao has always sent people to stay in Chang'an, for this matter, at least at this time, Cao Cao has not yet extinguished his ambition to help the Han.
So the news soon reached Cao Cao's ears, and when he heard this, Cao Cao immediately ordered people to quickly whip up the message, willing to welcome the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, and Cao Cao directly led people to meet the frame of the Son of Heaven.
It's just that at this time, Wei Tao was unwilling to put his mind on this, in fact, after determining that Cao Cao would welcome the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, Wei Tao soon left Chang'an and went to Xiliang again, preparing to confront the Qiang people.
When Wei Tao returned to Xiliang again, it had already been nearly a month.
For a period of time, those Qiang people have been assembled, and they have come one after another, but with several generals under Wei Tao's command, the Qiang people have almost never returned, although Wei Tao's command has also suffered a lot of casualties, but relatively speaking, the Qiang people still have more casualties.
And what made Wei Tao happy was that his previous plan to barrage and store water was actually achieved five days ago, and after asking carefully, Wei Tao knew that it was those Qiang people who couldn't hold back and launched an attack, but they didn't want them to move like that, which can be said to be in the middle of the favor, and was directly flooded by Tai Shici.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Ma Teng and Han Sui did not regard them as their cronies and subordinates, otherwise with the ability of the two of them, it is enough to order them not to do it.
"Haha...... Unexpectedly, as soon as I came back, I heard about this victory, Ziyi, Gongming, and Wen Changguo were all famous generals at that time! After this number of defeats, more than 10,000 Qiang people were killed and injured, and now the Qiang people are already frightened, and it is just the right time to break their army! ”
Wei Tao's words are not false, although the bridge on the Wei River is still there, but no one dares to cross the bridge today, obviously the previous defeat also affected his morale.
"Lord, it is normal for the Qiang people to have this defeat, after all, the Qiang people are scattered and undisciplined, and it is not difficult to defeat, but because of this, after the Qiang people have suffered this loss, I am afraid that they will not retreat easily, and now it will be so, I am afraid there is more reason."
At this time, Chen Qun just opened his mouth and said, although Chen Qun is not as good as Zhou Yu and others in terms of military strategy, but his resourcefulness is not low, and he can naturally understand it.
"That Ma Chaosu is known as the general of Shenwei Tian among the Qiang people, and if this is enough, it is enough to suppress the Qiang people. In the past, the Qiang people were proud of their martial arts, and I am afraid that they would not obey the order, but now because of this big loss, their arrogance has been restrained, and I am afraid that they will obey their fate, so it is even more threatening! ”
Wei Tao nodded slightly, for the correct opinion, even if it is pointed out in public, he will not be ashamed at all.
"Yes, when a war is not over, it is naturally inappropriate to speculate on the results, but then Xiliang will really have a big counterattack?"
Wei Tao didn't believe Chen Qun's judgment, but because the previous battle also weakened the strength of many Qiang people, this battle Qiang people were originally attracted by wealth, even if they were not afraid of life and death, it was impossible to fight with themselves for free.
"The lord doesn't know, that Ma Teng and Han Sui may have made up their minds this time, even if the Qiang people died, they also gave compensation, which greatly encouraged the morale of the Qiang people, if it weren't for Ma Teng and Han Sui, although they saved the Qiang people and our army to fight to the death, but in the end they still had to use their strength to defeat our army in one fell swoop, I am afraid that the Qiang people would continue to fight with our army at this time."
Wei Tao nodded slightly, this is to understand, how poor those Qiang tribes are, if not, I am afraid they will not be so desperate, after thinking about it slightly, he said so.
In this way, since Ma Chao is a Shenweitian general, then he can command the Qiang people to fight, and the origin of Ma Teng and Han Sui, although there is a suspicion, it may not be impossible to unite on the matter of the Qiang people. In this way, our army has to face the Qiang people again? ”
Chen Qun nodded slightly, this is what he wants to tell Wei Tao. (To be continued......)