Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 418: Taking the initiative to attack! (Thanks to the monthly votes of Star Hacker Book Friends 2024…3539～)

Hearing Meng Huo's blunt threat, Guo Jia narrowed his eyes and suddenly burst into laughter:
"I thought the Barbarian King was a great hero, but now he is just a coward!

"We have come a long way to help you, but we never thought you would want to detain us.

"With such little sincerity, I'm afraid my lord is not willing to send troops at all.

"It won't be a big deal if we both die. When the time comes, you will die, and the beautiful Madam Zhu Rong will become Yong Kai's plaything.

"Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me feel sorry for Madam..."

Seeing Guo Jia scolding him so resolutely, Meng Huo's face suddenly darkened.

However, Mrs. Zhu Rong was obviously frightened by Guo Jia's words, and hurriedly said to her husband:
“Your Majesty, if Duke Chu was unwilling to send troops, he would not have sent these two to negotiate with us.

"Yong Kai may attack at any time.

"If we delay any further, even if Lord Chu sends troops, it will be too late to rescue us."

Seeing the worry in his wife's eyes, Meng Huo suddenly fell silent.

After a moment, he could only sigh and nodded, waving his hand at Guo Jia and the others as if to drive them away:

"Well, well, let's let the two of you go back together.

“I hope you can keep your word and let Lord Chu send out troops in time.

"Otherwise, we will be destroyed and Yong Kai will dominate Nanzhong alone, which is definitely not a good thing for Duke Chu!"

Guo Jia then bowed and said:
"Please rest assured, King Barbarian. If we break our promise, the heavens will punish us with lightning!"

Seeing Guo Jia swearing a solemn oath, Meng Huo felt a little relieved.

Then he planned to host a banquet for the two of them, but was rejected by Guo Jia:
"The situation is urgent right now. Please allow the two of us to return to the country immediately to inform Lord Chu to send troops."

Seeing this, Meng Huo did not try to persuade them to stay, but immediately ordered the army to escort the two men to evacuate to the north.

At the same time, Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai were also quietly heading north back to Qianwei County.

Now that they have successfully provoked Yong Kai to use military force against Meng Huo, their mission has been accomplished.

Next, it depends on whether Guo Jia can persuade Meng Huo to fight against Yong Kai...

The seat of Qianwei County was Wuyang County.

Lu Bu was taking a walk outside the city at this moment.

Although he had only captured Jianwei County for a few months.

But as advanced farming techniques were introduced from the east.

In addition, various kinds of food are sold here at low prices, and people's lives are getting better day by day.

However, there was no joy on Lu Bu's face at this moment.

Because he was worried about whether his four subordinates could return safely.

After all, the dangers in South China do not only come from humans, but may also come from the harsh environment.

Just when he was worried, Zhang Liao, who had followed Lu Bu from Jingzhou to Yizhou, suddenly came on horseback with a smile on his face:
"My lord! We have news about the four of them. They have all entered our territory and will arrive here soon!

"Also, this is the letter Fengxiao sent in advance."

Having said that, Zhang Liao did not even have time to dismount from his horse. He took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu felt relieved immediately. When he opened the letter, he knew that Guo Jia and his gang's plan of sowing discord had succeeded!
And now, he needs to prepare to send troops to attack Yong Kai and cooperate with Meng Huo to eliminate Yong Kai's forces.

As for Meng Huo, he decided to support him to become the lord of Nanzhong, just like Zhuge Liang did back then.

Because the South Central region needs a prestigious leader to lead them.

As long as we can win over Meng Huo's heart, we won't have to worry about the problems in Nanzhong for the time being.

After conquering other areas, if necessary, we can completely recover Nanzhong.

It took Zhuge Liang seven attempts to capture Meng Huo before he was completely convinced.

It was like standing against Meng Huo and defeating him. But I didn't need to do that.

He only needs to send all kinds of new technologies and resources that are not available in the South Central region.

Let Meng Huo realize that he really wants to establish a friendly relationship with him.

By then, standing on the side of common interests, it would naturally be easier to gain Meng Huo's trust and favor.

Lu Bu put the letter away and immediately asked Zhang Liao to go to the military camp to reorganize the troops.

As soon as Guo Jia and his men come back, they will immediately head south to attack the vassal state of Qianwei!

the other side.

Although several days had passed since his wife was chopped into pieces, Yong Kai was still furious.

Especially when he wrote a letter to Meng Huo, Meng Huo actually responded that it had nothing to do with his wife at all.

But there is no explanation for why he suddenly ran away.

He said that he was afraid that Yong Kai would become suspicious of him and kill him.

But he and Meng Huo had a relationship for many years, and if the other party had come to him openly and clarified things, he would not have killed him at all.

It's obvious that the other party ran away because he was guilty!
Until now, Yong Kai had not realized that he had fallen into Lu Bu's army's trap of sowing discord.

Now that Meng Huo can't give him a reasonable explanation, he can only send troops to defeat the enemy and completely control the barbarian territory!

Yong Kai had already assembled an army of 90,000 and was preparing to march westward to capture Dianchi County.

With only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers in Dianchi County, it is impossible to hold the city.

As long as he wanted, with his absolute military advantage and understanding of the terrain of Yizhou County, he could easily capture the three southwestern counties!
Just as he was confidently watching the army prepare for war, the county magistrate Zhu Bao suddenly brought bad news:

"General, according to the spies, Lu Bu has assembled a large army and has arrived at the southern border of Qianwei County. It seems that he is ready to invade our vassal state of Qianwei at any time!"

"what?!"

Yong Kai's face was filled with panic!

Obviously, no one expected that Lu Bu's army would gather troops so quickly, as if they had made preparations in advance.

At this moment, Yong Kai realized belatedly that something was wrong.

However, his brain was not able to figure out what was going on inside.

I can just vaguely feel that Meng Huo's escape and resistance may be related to Lu Bu's army!
He looked at Zhu Bao and asked solemnly:

"Lü Bu's army is not as easy to deal with as the southern barbarians.

"If our army attacks Meng Huo now, Lu Bu's army will surely move south to attack Qianwei's vassal state.

"What should we do?"

Zhu Bao pondered for a moment and said slowly:

“For now, Meng Huo has not yet broken off relations with our army.

“It would be better to mobilize troops to the north first to prevent Lü Bu’s army from attacking, and at the same time write a letter to appease Meng Huo and pretend not to pursue his guilt.

"When Lu Bu continues to fight Liu Bei or the imperial army, we can take the opportunity to attack Meng Huo, and we won't have to worry about anything."

After listening to Zhu Bao's suggestion, Yong Kai could only nod helplessly:
“This is the only thing we can do now… This general will personally lead 50,000 troops north to support the vassal state of Qianwei.

"Zangke County will be handed over to you temporarily."

Zhu Bao bowed and saluted:

"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

However, just a few days after Yong Kai led his army north, Zhu Bao suddenly received a very unexpected news:

The barbarian king Meng Huo actually took the initiative to lead his troops to attack!
(End of this chapter)