Chapter 20: The Armor

Ugo is located in the northern part of present-day Myanmar, which is the place where the Ka people are more popular on Douyin, and during the Three Kingdoms period, Ugo was not only a small country with no language barriers, but even different from the local inhabitants of Yunnan. There is a famous river that is the Taohua River, which is said to be the water of the Taohua River, except for the people of Wugo, who can drink the water of the Taohua River, and all other people who drink this water will rot and die.

At the Peach Blossom Ferry, a small boat floats leisurely on the river.

Li Xian is on this Ye Bian boat, there is also an accompanying translator beside him, and this accompanying translator is specially found by Li Xian, this person has been going back and forth in various small countries in Nanzhong for more than ten years, not only is he famous in various places, he is an extremely shrewd businessman, but it is the tempering of these ten years, and he is basically familiar with the language of every tribe in Nanzhong, Ugo is no exception, surnamed Sun, called Zu Song, originally the Han Dynasty since Wang Mang, it is respected by two words, so businessmen or farmers, people with little status, Often, only three-word names can be used. There was another man on the boat, the messenger of the country of Ugo.

"I didn't expect the scenery of the Peach Blossom River to be so beautiful," Li Xian sat on the boat, couldn't help but sigh, turned around and asked Sun Zusong, "You have been doing business here for many years, and the scenery here must be full of undoubtedness, right?" ”

Sun Zusong arched his hand and said: "General, although the scenery here is beautiful, it is in danger, and the general should not be deceived by the illusion of this place." ”

"What's the explanation?" Li Xian asked curiously.

"This peach blossom river water is extraordinary, although the scenery is pleasant, in fact, it is extremely poisonous, the man of the Ugo country is an adult, he will marry the woman, and perform the Zhou Gong ceremony in the river water, if this water is drunk by other people, it will immediately die through the intestines, on the contrary, the local people drink it, it will only multiply the spirit." Sun Zusong said solemnly.

Li Xianyan also nodded, in fact, it had already been written in the book, as for the principle, he didn't know, maybe it was a virus? After all, the wilderness of Nanzhong is somewhat evil.

Sun Zusong continued to say solemnly: "The water of this place, not only flows through here, but also divides into four undercurrents from the underground, each forming a spring, but the toxicity is more than this water, ordinary people can't tell how different the spring water is, but if you drink those springs, you will immediately lose your speech, abdominal pain is unbearable, the king of Mulu used this water to harm the lives of many soldiers, so these so-called kings in the south of the land have nothing to fear. ”

Li Xian was also silent, after all, the four poisonous springs were famous, and the conquest of Nanzhong did not have an advantage in itself, so attacking the heart became the primary target.

The two of them had already arrived in the territory of the country of Ugo in a word, and before they arrived, they saw the unbearable scenery of the river crossing, so they quickened their pace and followed the messenger quickly.

In the hinterland of the Ugo country, even Zhuge Liang, who had completed the seven captures of Meng Shu, could not reach here, thinking of this, Li Xian couldn't help but get excited, if he could really protect these rattan armor soldiers before the battle of the Snake Valley, he would definitely be able to establish miraculous achievements in the future Northern Expedition.

The two of them followed the messenger all the way, but they did not see the location of the so-called king's palace, but instead looked at rows of soldiers wearing rattan armor and holding swords and shields, until they reached a cave.

The messenger turned around, saluted respectfully, explained a few things to Sun Zusong, and then turned around and entered the cave.

"What did he say?" Li Xian asked.

"He said let's wait, he went in first to make a report, and then waited for the king to announce that we were in." Sun Zusong replied.

Li Xian nodded and waited outside the cave.

After a while, a sturdy sergeant wearing feathers and rattan armor came out and led the two into the cave.

"The foreign minister is polite, the first time I saw the king prepared some small gifts, I hope the king will smile." Only then did Li Xian beckon the guards behind him to carry up the boxes he had obtained in the past few days.

The vulture bone sat on the throne, originally had no intention of receiving these Han guests, and they accidentally liked these Han people, but they had a lot of money, and there was no reason to send money to the door.

"Your country came to the door to send such a generous gift, wasn't it because Meng Yu was scared and came to ask for help?" The vulture asked rhetorically.

Li Xian laughed when he heard this, and said straightly: "His Royal Highness the King, I can't help but underestimate my big man, my prime minister is known as Wolong, don't say that you have one Meng Yuan, even if it is ten, you will also be captured." ”

The vulture couldn't help but sneer: "Your Excellency said so, don't you underestimate Meng Shu too much, the battle report said that he has won three times, and he will be able to capture Zhuge Liang alive in a few days." ”

Li Xian laughed even more when he heard this: "His Royal Highness the King, you must not be deceived by Meng Huo, if Meng Huo really won three battles, why bother borrowing a card knife to provoke Ding Jun yesterday, he has already been caught by my prime minister three times, and my prime minister can't bear to kill him when he returns, so let him go, who knows that this guy is not only not grateful to Dade, but is in trouble again." ”

The vulture bone pondered for a long time, and he thought in his heart, if Meng Shu's military report was true, it would not be that his troops would go south more and more, even if he didn't know where the troops went, and his fast messenger horse came back shorter and shorter each time, there was no doubt about it, compare with each other, whose news is more reliable, and it is clear at a glance.

After thinking about it, the vulture bone asked, "That's it, since the envoy is here, he said that he wanted to buy my rattan armor, and he was even willing to pay three times the price?" ”

Li Xian replied without thinking, "Yes." ”

This unhesitating momentum not only shocked the vultures, but even Sun Zusong, who has been doing business in Nanzhong all the year round, was also startled.

The vulture shook his head and said, "Even if you bid ten times, I don't want to sell it to you, not more than a thousand at most." ”

After hearing this, Li Xian smiled dumbly again: "Could it be that His Royal Highness the King still wants to leave the rest of the rattan armor for Meng Shu to use?" ”

Hearing this, the vulture bone was surprised again, and then his eyes instantly became sharp: "It's not a secret, although King Meng Huo is useless, but it is indeed the desire of our barbarians, no matter how bad he is, I will not be an enemy of him, these rattan armor, although you know the goods, I will definitely leave it for him." ”

"Does the king want to help Meng Huo, or does he want to trap Meng Huo?" Li Xianzheng asked rhetorically.

"I and King Meng Huo are friends of life and death, so how can we talk about pitfalls!" Hearing this, the vulture bone's face turned gloomy, and he didn't know what the two people under the throne were talking nonsense about.

"King, Meng Huo rebelled in Nanzhong, and it was indeed the desire of the people, but with the momentum of Meng Huo's uprising, it should be easy to break through Jianning, why Jianning is a small city, but it can stop the army for more than 20 days, the king can understand in his heart?" Li Xian spoke up at this time.

When the vulture bone heard this, he was also silent, and he was thinking about this matter in his heart, the speed of Meng Shu's uprising was already considered to be a lightning speed, but it was delayed under Jianning City for more than 20 days, and his morale was lazy, and he even folded Zhu Bao, E Huan, and Yonghong, and he was also arrested once, and he was also shocked in his heart.

Li Xian saw that the vulture bones were silent, so he spoke again: "Then I will speak for the king, the fundamental reason is that Meng Huo can't beat the defenders of Jianning at all, even if there are only 3,000 defenders in Jianning City, you Meng Huo has 100,000 people, no armor, no training, no military discipline, in front of the Han army is a plate of sheep to be slaughtered, how to rise up, can not change the fact that he is a sheep." ”

Only then did the vulture slowly speak: "The general's words are too practical, right?" At least Meng Shu can still fight with your prime minister now. ”

"King, don't dream of the Spring and Autumn Period, the reason why Meng Shu can still have the strength to fight today is entirely because the prime minister doesn't want to kill him at all, if he really uses the power of the army to calm the barbarians, why should he be delayed to this time, as early as under Jianning City, Meng Huo was beheaded by General Zhao." Li Xian's words were like a spear that smashed into the Yellow Dragon, piercing straight into the heart of the vulture bone.

"Even if... Even if Meng Huo is really useless, my 30,000 rattan armor soldiers are enough for your prime minister. "The last hope that the vulture bone has almost one last hope is his ace rattan armor soldier, and he firmly believes that this invulnerable class of troops will only make it impossible for the Han people in the north to start.

"My lord, until this time, are you still thinking about how to resist? Have you ever heard of the Battle of Chibi? Li Xian sighed and directly gave the ultimate answer to the question, why do you say so, because the Battle of Chibi was burned through by Zhou Lang with a fire of 830,000 troops, and the vine armor said that it is invulnerable, but it also has its own nemesis, that is, fire attack.

Wu Tu Gu listened, he didn't know the battle of Chibi, his last glimmer of hope was that the Han people didn't know that the fire attack could restrain the rattan armor, and this last glimmer of hope was shattered by the Han man in front of him on the spot, he knew that if the 30,000 rattan armor soldiers were really handed over at this time, the final result would be to turn into a row of barbecue, and the young man in front of him was obviously not as simple as he thought.

"I want to know, what official position you have in the Han Dynasty now? What is the real power? If I help your prime minister, what will I get? The vulture said slowly.

"The king is really refreshing, in the next and now temporarily lead Jianning Taishou, Your Majesty will give you the post of General Jinshu, if you send troops to help my prime minister, my prime minister will definitely go to the court, and crown you as the lord of the Ugo country forever, and I am willing to be friendly with the king for generations, and never offend." Li Xian replied with his hand. Obviously, this is a blank check, he is originally the king of the Ugo country, as long as he does not help the rebellion, he will not be pulled down from the position of the king, in turn, the deeper meaning of this sentence is, that is, once you send troops to help the rebellion, let alone talk about the king's position, it is reasonable to die and be wiped out, and whether there is a Ugo country at that time is another matter.

The vulture bone also pondered for a long time, slowly breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "Shu Han has a character like you, I really envy me, that's it, I'll sell all the existing rattan armor that can be sold to you, just according to the market price, I should give you a favor, I am a small country with Ugo projectiles, there are only 10,000 pairs in the inventory, I need to keep 2,000 for replacement, and wait for the new vine to grow and the old vine fade next year, and then replenish it." ”

"The minister thanked the king, and the minister still needs some rattan armor and horse armor, I don't know if I can process it?" Li Xian arched his hand.

"Of course, you can cut a drawing so that the craftsmen know what horse armor is." The vulture nodded.

Li Xian took out the drawings that had been prepared long ago from his arms, since the national strength of Shu Han is not enough for me to form a heavy armored iron cavalry, the kind of army that can be invincible, then I will form a cavalry fully armed with rattan armor, as long as it is not sent to the fire pit, this kind of cavalry that is invulnerable to swords and guns is extremely cost-effective, not only is the mobility stronger than the heavy armored iron cavalry, but also the defensive power is even higher than that of ordinary soldiers, so that this Destroying Battalion will be properly lucky. I'm afraid that the combat effectiveness of these 3,000 Destroying Blade Battalions is even more terrifying than the Wudang Flying Army formed here in history!

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Li Xian took Sun Zusong back to Jianning, looking at his thousand rattan armor cavalry, the pride in his heart couldn't help but rise suddenly, now that he is a thousand people, if he wants to run rampant in Nanzhong, it is easy, it depends on when he can go into battle to kill the enemy.

"Prime Minister's military order! General Zhang Yi came back to change his guard and ordered General Li Xian to set off for Lushui Ferry on the same day! ”