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Chapter 326 Meeting the King of Xiyue

Seeing that Telama's tone was very cold, and his eyes were full of disdain for him, the governor of Yangzhou, Zhao Lei immediately said loudly: "I am the majestic governor of Yangzhou, General Wei of the imperial court, Marquis of Wu, King Telama Although you proclaim yourself the king of Xiyue, you may not recognize this king of Xiyue in the eyes of the Han court. Maybe your majesty only thinks that you are just a county guard in the Shanyue area. In terms of official rank, as a general of Wei, I am far above that. Your Majesty has several official ranks. Even as the governor of Yangzhou, I am on an equal footing with him on Yangzhou land. Besides, I have always heard that the people of Xiyue are hospitable. I also sent people to your Majesty to express our great Han Dynasty's friendship to Shanyue. But today I personally visited, and the king receives the generals of the imperial court in such a place, is this the way the king treats guests?"

After all, Terama lacks confidence. Although he claims to be the king of Shanyue, Shanyue is a barbarian after all. Even if Dongyue is added together, he can't compete with the big man. A close relationship.Seeing that Zhao Lei was neither humble nor overbearing, he immediately walked down from his seat and said with a smile on his face, "I offended General Zhao, please forgive me, and please follow me to the hall to discuss in detail."

Before Zhao Lei came to Yanping, he had already asked Guo Jia and Wang Yue about Telama's character and temper. In addition, he had a little understanding of Shanyue in history, so he made a plan to impose it with the majesty of the Han court. pressure strategy.Trama is actually a bullying and fearful person. Although he is the king of Xiyue, he is much weaker than Dongyue in strength. The population of Shanyue people under his rule is only half of that of Dongyue. Compared with Zhao Lei, the governor of Yangzhou, he is much inferior.So Zhao Lei looked confident when facing the king of Xiyue.

In addition, it is worth noting that Shanyue has the same population structure as Nanman. "Dong" is an organizational structure of the Xiyue people. Different from the Hukou of the Han people, the "dong" here does not refer to a single household, but a group of several or many households, that is, a "donghu". Every cave household will have a cave master.There are also kings of various tribes above the cave master, and finally the king of the entire Shanyue.Now Shanyue is divided into two, so the original Shanyue king has become two, the powerful Dongyue king Tejima and Xiyue king Trama.

Telama invited Zhao Lei to the reception hall of the palace, and ordered someone to bring up the lychees that Shanyue people used to treat distinguished guests. This kind of tropical fruit is rare in the Central Plains.Because of the climate, this tropical fruit can only grow in the mountainous area where the seasons are like spring.At this time Telama put on a decent dress, stood on top and respectfully said to Zhao Lei: "General Zhao has come from a long way, and I am sorry to welcome you from afar. General please forgive me."

Zhao Lei looked stern, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "King Telama is too polite. In fact, I came here this time because I have important matters to discuss with the king. This matter is related to the territory of the king in Xiyue and the territory under the jurisdiction of the general. The life and death of all the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou."

Trama frowned upon hearing what Zhao Lei said so seriously, and hurriedly walked down from the top position, came to Zhao Lei's side, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by the general?"

Zhao Lei said: "Your Majesty, do you know about the fact that your close family, the Dongyue tribe, have been wandering in the south of Yangzhou for many days? I found out that this time they have [-] infantry troops in Kuaiji, and..."

"Back to General Zhao. After Kuaiji, Tejima still has more than [-] troops. Do you want to tell me the news?" Telama followed Zhao Lei's words.

"Exactly, so you know about this situation?" Zhao Lei asked.

Telama nodded, not only did he know, but he knew very well.Although the East Yue people and the West Yue people came from the same mountain, they have different ties to the Han Dynasty. The East Yue people often burned, killed and looted on the border of the Han Dynasty, while the West Yue people and the Han Dynasty have always maintained cultural and commercial exchanges.So such a good and evil, although they are both from Shanyue, they are actually on the opposite side, and the two groups of people have a bit of animosity relationship.Therefore, every time East Vietnam sends troops out of Yangzhou, West Vietnam people will be very vigilant.

Thinking of this, Telama said: "This Dongyue is getting more and more rampant."

"My lord, you are right. This time, the Dongyue people sent 5 infantry soldiers to wander around Shanyin County, Kuaiji County, in the south of Yangzhou. According to the speculation of my counselors, the [-] soldiers from Shanyue were only part of them. More Dongyue people are yet to come. It is January now, and the temperature is not very high. After winter, next spring, they will definitely go north to invade the counties of Yangzhou. I remember when I first came to Yangzhou last year, Dongyue It seems that the King of Yue once invaded Yangzhou, killed the governor of Yangzhou who came to lead his troops to resist in Danyang, and returned the people captive, so that the population of Yangzhou dropped sharply, and all the remaining Yangzhou people were full of fear of Shanyue. So, this time, I will no longer sit idly by the East Vietnamese. Now I lead an army of [-] people to attack them, to deal with these troops from the West Vietnam, but it is still a little bit reluctant to resist the enemy's [-] army with [-] people. Long heard The cavalry of Xiyue is famous all over the world, and I came here to borrow troops from the king." Zhao Lei deliberately said more about his own strength, in order to prevent accidents during the negotiations.

Telama heard Zhao Lei go around so much, and it turned out that he came to borrow soldiers. He immediately turned cold, sneered, sat down on the seat next to Zhao Lei, and asked, "Borrow soldiers? Zhao Lei?" Inspector, did I hear you right? You still need to borrow troops from me? It’s true that you and I have cavalry in West Vietnam, but I have lent you more than [-] people in my hand, which will anger the King of East Vietnam at that time. Come to me and wipe out my Xiyue family, what should I do? What's more, your Yangzhou army has never been defeated since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Less, but there is a chance of winning.”

"I still say the same thing, as long as the king lends me troops, then I, Yangzhou, will be allies with Xiyue. As the governor of Yangzhou, how can I watch you being attacked by Dongyue?" Zhao Lei said.

"There's no evidence to say it. If you are afraid of Dongyue's strength and don't send troops to rescue me, wouldn't my clansmen be finished?" Telama said.

Zhao Lei laughed and said, "Your Majesty ruled so many people in Shanyue, should you know what the consequences will be if we as monarchs live up to our words? The same is true for us Han people. If I don't mean what I say, then the people of Yangzhou will probably soon Drive me off the stage. Besides, the population of Xiyue people is at least 10,000+ people. Shanyue people, both men and women, are skilled bowmen and horsemen. What's more, to protect so many people from being violated, there must be a I dare say that there are no less than 5 Shanyue cavalry under the king's command. How can 1 people be all the king's property? Well, I will take a step back. If the king is willing to borrow [-] cavalry for If it is me, I will definitely use gold as a reward, as an employment fee. I don’t know what your majesty wants?”

After hearing what Zhao Lei said, Telama thought about it carefully, and then asked, "How much commission do you pay?"

Hearing Trama's resignation, Zhao Lei smiled slightly. He believed that although money is not omnipotent in this world, it is absolutely impossible without money. Most of the Shanyue people live in barren land ceded by the imperial court, so living in relative poverty.He smiled, stretched out five fingers, and said loudly: "No nonsense, your majesty only needs to lend me [-] cavalry, and I will give you [-] shi of food, one thousand catties of gold, and two thousand catties of silver."

Telama was tempted, so much money and food may not be a big deal to Zhao Lei, but it is definitely not a small amount to him, he immediately slapped his thigh, agreed immediately, and shouted: "Okay, the king will lend it to you." Ten thousand cavalry. However, before we reach an agreement, you must defeat my strongest warrior in public. Otherwise, even if I lend you ten thousand cavalry, they may not obey your command."

"Since you sent your men to fight, wouldn't it be impolite for me to fight in person?" Zhao Lei said.

Telama laughed and said, "In this case, General Zhao, you can also send one of your subordinates. Is it the literati on your left, or the general on your right?"

Zhao Lei had no choice but to refuse to agree to this matter, Telama had already made his words very clear.He stood up and cupped his hands at Telama: "Since this is Shanyue's rule, I will abide by it. I will send my righteous brother Zhao Yun to fight. When will the fight start?"

Seeing that Zhao Lei agreed very readily, Telama laughed and said, "What's the hurry? The general came from a long way, and it's getting late now. I, Xiyue, is a hospitable country, and I will never neglect the general. Tonight, my king Invite the general to a banquet, and tomorrow morning, there will be another competition on the plain outside Yanping City."

"Okay, then respect is worse than obedience!"

(End of this chapter)