Shuhan

Chapter 224 A plan to slow down the army?I'll just do what I can!

"This envoy has been here for a long time, why didn't Runan prefect Li Ji come to see him?"

Wei Wang Cao Pi sent envoys to meet Liu Chan. The first stop was not to go to Xiyang City, but to Xinxi City, the prefecture of Runan County, to communicate with Li Jitong, the prefect of Runan County.

The head of the prefect's mansion showed embarrassment.

"The lower official has already sent someone to inform, and the Fuzun will come soon if he wants to come."

Coming soon?

"Humph!"

The envoy of the king of Wei snorted coldly and said, "I still have to go to Xiyang City as an envoy. Don't waste the time, or is it that Li Ji's plan to rebel is not successful? He didn't even accept the king's edict? His eunuch Bit, don’t you want to do it?”

Immediately, immediately!

I've said it three times!

Play me like a monkey?
Even if you play me like a monkey, you can't play Your Majesty like a monkey!
Since I am the envoy of the king of Wei, I represent the king, Li Ji, how dare I be presumptuous?

"The envoy calm down, I will send someone to urge again."

Urge?

"Humph!"

The envoy of King Wei waved his hand and said, "No need!"

He got up and walked towards the inner mansion.

"I want to see, what is Li Ji doing inside?!"

"The messenger waits, the messenger waits."

The head of the prefect's mansion of Runan County wanted to stop Wei Wang's envoy, but the envoy was determined to break into the inner courtyard.

The master couldn't stop him, so he had to follow Wei Wang's envoy with a wry smile.

As he got closer and closer, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard from the inner courtyard.

Walking outside the lobby of the inner courtyard, the envoy of the king of Wei became angry after a short while.

In the main hall of the inner courtyard of the prefect's mansion in Runan County, the prefect Li Ji and his beauties and music girls are having fun.

The lobby exudes a faint fragrance, and the light of candles reflects the surrounding walls.The atmosphere in the main hall was warm and cheerful.

The beauties wore beautiful satin gowns, wreaths on their heads, and bright smiles.

The music girls are dressed in light gauze dance skirts, holding slender silk fans, dancing lightly.

Li Ji cruised among the women, his eyes were covered by silk, and his face was full of joy.

At this time, I was participating in a blindfolded game of hide and seek with Miki and Le girls, cheering and laughing from time to time.

The game was in full swing, with Leeki reaching and groping, trying to grab one of the hidden beauties.

"Master, you can't catch me~"

"Come on~"

"The servant is here~"

The beauties deftly dodged and joked with him, adding to the joy of the whole scene.

The wine glasses are all over the table, and the wine is fragrant.Everyone toasted and drank together, drinking happily.

The singing of beauties intertwined with the dancing of the girls, enveloping the entire main hall in a joyous atmosphere.

Under the shade of the lights, Maggie danced lightly and sang melodiously, as if she was in a fairyland.

The main hall of the inner courtyard of the Taishou Mansion has become a sea of ​​happiness, making people forget the troubles of the world.

And the Wei Wang envoy who saw such a scene outside the lobby of the inner courtyard, how could he bear it?
"Is this what you said to call for Li Kei?"

The chief bookkeeper showed a panicked look on his face, and said quickly: "Messenger, I."

"I don't need to say much!"

The envoy of the king of Wei was so angry that his face was like a boiled prawn, which was called a red.

"If I were to come today, wouldn't it be to wait for a day in the reception hall of the outer mansion?"

Whoop whoop~
The envoy of King Wei's chest heaved violently and said, "Did Li Ji think that his dead Lao Tzu can still protect him?"

The father of Li Ji, the prefect of Runan, was Li Tong.

This Li Tong is Cao Cao's general guarding Runan, and he walks the world with loyalty.

In his early years, he was famous in Jiang Ru as a knight-errant. He once murdered Zhou Zhi and dominated Langling County.

Later, he led his people to defect to Cao Cao, made great contributions to supplementing the source of troops, and worshiped him as the captain of Yang'an.

The battle of Guandu was not only not lured by profit, but at that time the people in the south of Xudu were not stable, but Li Tong's Yangan remained.

In the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Ren was rescued, and before the war, he died of illness on the way.

His posthumous title is Ganghou.

It is precisely because of his father's great achievements, coupled with the influence of the Li family in Runan County, after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he promoted newcomers all over the country, and Li Ji was one of them.

Unexpectedly, this person is so unbearable!

In the face of the great enemy, he does not think of the enemy's plan, but is drunk and dreams of death. He is like a tiger father and dog son!

"Li Ji, do you recognize King Lingxin?"

The envoy of the King of Wei walked into the hall quickly, and shouted loudly at the blindfolded Li Ji!

The latter was shocked, and hurriedly took off the silk blindfold on his face.

"Your Excellency is"

"Don't you recognize the edict in my hand?"

Order letter?

Li Ji turned his head to look at the master book.

The latter hurried forward and whispered in Li Ji's ear: "Fu Zun, he is the envoy of the king. I sent someone to inform him earlier, why didn't Fu Zun come out?"

Just now, it is true that someone came to report, but...
The person who came just said that someone was coming to see me, but he didn't say that the envoy of King Wei came in person!

"It's you?!"

Li Ji felt ruthless in his heart, and pushed down the master book beside him.

"You hurt me on purpose?"

This master book was born in the Zhou family of Runan, and he is the most likely candidate to become the prefect of Runan.

After he came, he took this person's place, and because of this, he felt resentful and deliberately tripped him up.

"Fu Zun, you are wronged!"

The master's face was full of grievances.

"You, come here!"

Li Jigang was about to order someone to take down the chief book of the prefect's mansion in Runan County, but the envoy of King Wei who was beside the chief book showed an expression of impatience.

"Prefect, that's not how the show is played. I will truthfully tell the king what happened today. However, you might as well have a chance to save yourself."

Save yourself?

Li Ji suddenly woke up.

"Your Majesty is preparing to form an alliance with the Crown Prince of Hanzhong. If you can facilitate this, and keep Runan County intact, and the army's food roads ahead are unblocked, today's matter will be nothing."

Alliance with the Crown Prince of Hanzhong?

Li Ji was stunned.

"Then Liu Gongsi sent troops to plunder Runan County several times. How can such a heinous person form an alliance? He has only more than [-] soldiers. Why doesn't the king send troops here, and I will lead the troops to fight against him."

"you?"

The envoy of the king of Wei glanced at Li Ji and said: "This is an edict from the king, you just follow it, let's forget about today's affairs, if there is another time, hum!"

After finishing speaking, the envoy of King Wei immediately waved his sleeves and left.

"The messenger waits, the messenger waits."

Li Ji hurried forward to stop him.

"Please also ask the envoy to stay for one night, so that I can fulfill the courtesy of the Lord's family."

"No need."

The envoy of the king of Wei left without looking back, and went out of the mansion in a blink of an eye to get on the envoy's chariot and horse.

"Departure, go to Xiyang City."

The groom immediately drove the carriage, and when the envoy got off, the deputy envoy said: "Envoy, I haven't informed the sheriff of the important matter!"

important things?
This rat, what's the use of telling you?
But he thought about it for a while and said, "Okay then."

What the king ordered, of course, must be done well. Anyway, everything is done according to the procedure. Even if it fails in the end, he, as an envoy, does not have many sins.

Pass the blame to others first.

The deputy envoy immediately asked Runan prefect Li Ji and Zhou Zhuzhu to call into the car.

Naturally, the envoy of King Wei didn't give Li Ji any good looks.

"There are too many people with mixed eyes just now, and not all the important things have been said. This time, the king sent me to see Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong. Although the name is a alliance, however, the alliance is false and the delay is true. Just tell it to the two of you, don’t tell anyone else.”

False alliance?

Li Ji immediately cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, the envoy, I will not say anything about this matter."

Zhou Zhubu also said the same.

"I know that Zhao Zilong has stationed troops in the country, which is indeed a threat to Xinxi. However, since we want to act like an alliance, Xinxi City naturally has to make a gesture. Runan's defense must be loosened. Tight inside, do you know?"

Li Ji nodded immediately.

"I know."

The outer pine is for Liu Gongsi to see.

The inner tightness is to prevent Liu Gongsi from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

After all, this kid is famous for his treachery.

"That's all, wait for your life. After the king has cleaned up Zang Ba in Shouchun, he will come to deal with this Liu Gongsi. The king has an army of tens of thousands. When he arrives, he will deal with a mere Jingzhou soldier. Is that still easy to catch?"

Li Ji did something wrong in the past, but now he is very obedient.

At this moment, he bowed to the envoy of King Wei, and hurriedly said: "No."

Master Zhou asked, "I don't know how long it will take for the king to get rid of Zang Ba?"

How many days?

The envoy of the king of Wei shook his head and said: "Zang Ba's alliance with Jiangdong has become a force, and it may take some time to deal with him, but the king has a perfect plan, and Zang Ba will not be able to play for a few days."

Director Zhou's eyes flickered, and he agreed.

"Then this subordinate also obeys the imperial edict!"

After ordering the specific matters, the convoy of hundreds of envoys from King Wei immediately headed towards Xiyang City.

After the envoys left, Li Ji looked at Master Zhou, feeling his teeth itching with hatred.

"Zhou Ren, you!"

Seeing that Li Ji, the governor of the county, was going to attack him, Zhou Ren, the chief bookkeeper, stopped pretending.

"Now the government official is a clay bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is hard to protect himself. We should go through this calamity and deal with me again. Otherwise, in the future, the county guard may not necessarily belong to the government official."

Such naked words made Li Ji tremble all over, but it was not easy to attack Zhou Ren.

The Zhou family in Runan is deeply rooted in Runan. Although his Li family has prestige, it is still not as good as him.

What's more, today I was hosting a banquet to vent my fear, but I didn't want to be bumped into by Wei Wang's envoy. It is not easy for him to sit firmly as the prefect of Runan now. It is indeed a mud bodhisattva crossing the river.

hiss~
Li Ji took a deep breath and said: "Today's matter, this is the end, Master Zhou, please unite with us sincerely, and stand on the last post before the king comes. At that time, who will be the prefect of Runan?" If so, then obey the king's order!"

The master secretary Zhou Renpi smiled, and said softly to Li Ji: "The lord of the house has ordered, and the subordinates dare not refuse."

After finishing speaking, he left without waiting for Li Ji to speak.

"This week Ren!"

Li Ji was trembling with anger, but he was helpless.

perhaps
Zhou Ren should be sent to guard the ferry, and Zhao Zilong should be sent to attack him.

Otherwise, he felt that his position as the prefect of Runan would be unstable.

In Xiyang City.

Liu Chan received the envoy of Wei Wang Cao Pi in the main hall.

Seeing Cao Pi's envoy caught Liu Chan by surprise.

This Cao Zihuan, what kind of medicine is he selling in his heart?

"The foreign envoy pays homage to His Highness."

The etiquette of the Wei Wang envoy was impeccable.

"Please get up."

For the sake of the carts of gold, silver and jewels that the envoy brought with him, Liu Chan's attitude was relatively gentle.

"Cao Pi called you to come and see me, what's the matter?"

Hearing Liu Chan call Cao Pi's name directly, Wei Wang's envoy's face sank, but when he thought of the mission Cao Pi entrusted to him, he hurriedly hid the dissatisfaction in his heart.

He smiled lightly and said: "My king sent an envoy here to discuss the alliance with His Highness."

Alliance?

"Hahaha~"

Liu Chan laughed loudly and said, "Your lord wants you to form an alliance? Could it be that I heard wrong?"

Liu Chan ate the grapes that Zhen Mi handed over, looking very frivolous.

Like that dude who doesn't do his job properly.

But the envoy of King Wei did not dare to underestimate the young man in front of him.

Who knows if he is pretending?
Underestimating the young man in front of him, the final fate must be miserable.

Besides
The envoy of the king of Wei cautiously raised his head and glanced at Zhen Mi who was waiting for Liu Chan, and soon lowered his head again.

He was an old man in Cao Pi's house, so he had met Zhen Mi before.

Seeing the original mistress serving the enemy and the thief now, I have mixed feelings in my heart.

This grape is also the king's favorite thing. This Hanzhong king Liu Gongsi is so hateful that he let the mistress serve him in front of him. This is to anger him deliberately.

No!

I can't fulfill Liu Gongsi's wish.

The envoy of King Wei tried his best to calm down.

"My lord's desire to form an alliance with His Highness really comes from the heart, there is absolutely no falsehood, and there is no intention to deceive His Highness."

A tree lives with a layer of bark, and a person lives with a face.

When you are shameless, you are invincible.

"My king knows that His Royal Highness is a loyal minister of the Great Han Dynasty, and so is my Lord. Since we are both loyal ministers of the Great Han Dynasty, we should help each other now. My Lord wants to put down Zang Ba and Jiangdong Sun Quan. At that time, we will share the world and share wealth with Your Highness." !"

If you say this, who will believe it?
Liu Chan sneered and said, "Don't tell me these nonsense, what price is Cao Pi willing to pay for joining me?"

Before the envoy of the King of Wei could speak, Liu Chan added a sentence later, saying: "That Zang Ba promised me the Runan and Lujiang counties. Can Cao Pi agree to these two counties with me?"

Runan Lujiang Second County?

That Zang Ba is really generous!
The smile on the Wei King's envoy's face was a little stiff, but he still bit the bullet and said: "My lord is willing to send the land of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou to your Highness. Compared with the two counties of Runan and Lujiang, isn't it more generous?"

Liu Chan was about to make this Wei Wang envoy laugh.

"Then Yangzhou and Jiaozhou are now owned by Sun Zhongmou, and his Sun family has been running them for decades. Is it a land without an owner? Or is it the land of your Wei country? Do you dare to come here?"

"Your Highness is a hero of the times. You are a mere Jiangdong rat. How can you be His Highness's opponent? If my king restrains Jiangdong's main force and His Highness sends troops to attack Jiangdong, then Jiangdong will definitely be in His Highness's pocket. Wouldn't it be beautiful to divide the world like this?"

I am beautiful in your size!
Liu Chan snorted coldly, and immediately waved his hands to see off the guests.

"If the intention of Cao Pi's alliance is so sincere, then please go back as an envoy. I'd better take my two counties of Runan and Lujiang. At least, this is meat that can be seen, touched, and eaten." .”

Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong, is really not easy to fool.

The envoy of the king of Wei had no choice but to say: "Runan County and Lujiang County have my king's army in the tens of thousands. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Your Highness to attack them?"

Liu Chan didn't take it seriously.

"Although there are more than [-] people in the State of Wei, there is Zang Ba in the interior, and Jiangdong and Jingzhou are surrounded on the outside. They are surrounded by enemies on three sides. How can they dare to claim victory? At that time, the army will be defeated like a mountain. Let alone Runan County, it will be Yuzhou. We I also want to take it!"

What a big breath!
The envoy of King Wei snorted coldly, and his attitude became much tougher.

"Zang Ba and Jiangdong Sun Quan are nothing but clowns, not worth mentioning. My lord can destroy them with a wave of his hand."

Liu Chan sneered, and said sarcastically, "If that's the case, why did Cao Pi send you to form an alliance with me?"

Call ~
The envoy of the king of Wei found that he really couldn't speak to the young man in front of him, so he had to say: "My lord would like to cut off Lujiang County, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou and Your Highness. These are the conditions for the alliance to do business in the Kingdom of Wei, Your Highness, please consider it more, this is something that His Highness can eat, if there is too much, His Highness may be stuffed to death."

Lujiang County?
"If you don't cut off Runan, you will never form an alliance."

Cut Runan?
"This is impossible!"

The envoy of King Wei categorically refused.

"The messenger, please go back."

Liu Chan got up slowly, patted the dust on his sleeves, and there was already a look of impatience on his face.

"Your Highness, wait a minute."

The envoy of the king of Wei showed a struggling look on his face.

"Your Highness, please give me a few days. I will send an envoy to inform my king immediately."

Ha ha.

Liu Chan sneered and said, "Your Excellency, do you think I'm a fool? Do you think I can't see that this is a way to slow down?"

The envoy of the king of Wei shook his head quickly and said, "My lord is full of sincerity, and it is definitely not a plan to delay the attack!"

"Since that's the case, let me see my sincerity. The cession of one county in Runan needs to be negotiated. As for the cession of the five cities, can you be the master?"

Five cities?

Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong, is really difficult to deal with!
"This matter, I."

"If it doesn't work, it's a plan to delay the army!"

The envoy of the king of Wei was forced by Liu Chan's words to make the three corpses jump wildly.

He thought for a long time, and said: "Five cities can be cut, but which five cities to cut still need to be discussed."

In the view of Wei Wang's envoy, cut five cities?
Discuss for a few days.

Then it took a few more days to hand over the city.

Anyway, one word: drag!

Just push hard!
After the time is over, his task will be completed. As for the land of five cities?

When you, Liu Gongsi, dream, you can do more.

With my envoy from the king of Wei here, the great land of Wei is indispensable!
"It's fine to discuss, but to show your sincerity, please send some food and supplies over here."

Grain and supplies?

The face of Wei Wang's envoy changed drastically.

You boy, this appetite is really big!

"Your Highness, in the battle ahead, our army of Wei has no food left!"

Liu Chan's face darkened, and he said: "That means you are not sincere. I am short of food and grass in Jingzhou, and it is difficult to support an army of [-] people. If I want to attack Jiangdong, how can I do without food?"

"This"

The envoy of the King of Wei showed embarrassment.

"Within five days, if I don't send [-] carts of food and grass, I will immediately send troops to attack Xinxi. I will let go of the alliance, so I can do it myself!"

Really domineering!
The envoy of the King of Wei felt resentful in his heart, but he did not dare to attack it.

If you use three hundred carts of grain and grass, you can buy precious time for the king.

perhaps
Not bad?
He thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "Three hundred carts of grain and grass will be delivered to His Highness in five days!"

Hearing the promise from the envoy of King Wei, Liu Chan immediately showed a smile on his face.

"In that case, I know King Wei's sincerity!"

Ps:

Today's [-]-word chapter.

Everyone, give me some strength so that I can improve more!

(End of this chapter)