Wei Xiao now believed that Liu Xiu wanted to eliminate him. After thinking about it, he finally decided to form an alliance with Gongsun Shu and was willing to respect Gongsun Shu as the emperor.
When the envoy heard this, he was overjoyed and praised Kaixiao for his understanding of matters. The envoy did not mention Gongsun Shu's plan to meet with Kaixiao. The next day, the envoy left Kaixiao and returned to Chengdu.
When they arrived in Chengdu, the envoy met Gongsun Shu and told him everything about Wei Xiao's agreement to form an alliance. After hearing this, Gongsun Shu almost jumped up with excitement. He couldn't help but smile up to the sky and sighed: "Even God
If everyone is on my side, how can I fail to achieve my great cause?"
Gongsun Shu was afraid of Liu Xiu, firstly because he was afraid of the strength of the Luoyang court, and secondly, because he was afraid of Kui Xiao.
Wei Xiao was on Liu Xiu's side. If Liu Xiu sent troops to Yizhou, he could attack Yizhou from two sides. Although Yizhou had natural dangers along the Shu Road, it was still difficult to resist.
Now that Kui Xiao has betrayed Liu Xiu and switched sides to his own side, this will undoubtedly remove a close friend of Gongsun Shu and at the same time gain a powerful helper for his own side.
When Liu Xiu wanted to invade Yizhou again in the future, the Han army would face a flanking attack from two sides. One was declining, the other was escalating. How could Gongsun Shu not feel happy in his heart?
He said hurriedly: "When you go to Tianshui as an envoy again, and you see Weixiao, no, when you see King Shuoning, you tell me that I want to meet him!"
Just as the envoy was about to agree, Mo Yan suddenly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. The person who is anxious now is... King Shuoning. Your Majesty only needs to wait patiently. King Shuoning will naturally send someone to Chengdu to invite you to meet him."
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Gongsun Shu was not a fool, and he knew everything. He patted his forehead, nodded repeatedly, and said: "Yes, yes, yes, the person who is anxious now is King Shuoning, not me! I will wait for Shuoning."
The king’s envoy is coming to Chengdu!”
This time, Mo Yan was right again. After only five days, the envoy sent by Kai Xiao arrived in Chengdu and met with Gongsun Shu. While sending generous gifts, the envoy of Kai Xiao also took the initiative to invite him, saying that he wanted to meet Gongsun Shu.
Face-to-face meetings.
Gongsun Shu was well prepared and without much thought, he decided that the meeting place for the two of them would be at the junction of Yizhou and Liangzhou. When the appointed time came, both Gongsun Shu and Wei Xiao came to the meeting place as scheduled.
The two of them were old enemies. Ever since Wei Xiao surrendered to Liu Xiu, Wei Xiao and Gongsun Shu had been fighting each other, and their mutual grudges were getting deeper and deeper. However, when they met this time, the two of them laughed it off.
Grudges.
Under the strong pressure of Liu Xiu, their common enemy, Wei Xiao and Gongsun Shu finally came together.
No one knows what the two of them discussed in this meeting, but one thing is very clear. Wei Xiao accepted the jade seal of King Shuoning given to him by Gongsun Shu.
After Weixiao returned to Tianshui with the jade seal of King Shuoning, he specially made a jade seal for his own mother, named the Queen Mother Shuoning's Seal. This seal of Queen Mother Shuoning has been preserved to this day and is displayed in
Inside the Chongqing Museum.
The latter did not publicize the alliance between Gongsun Shu and Wei Xiao. On the contrary, Gongsun Shu immediately had people post notices after returning to Chengdu, saying that Wei Xiao had surrendered to him and Liangzhou was already the territory of the emperor after he married.
(Gongsun Shu decided that the name of the country was Chengjia, and the Chengdu imperial court could also be called the Chengjia imperial court.)
He announced with great fanfare that Kai Xiao had surrendered to Chengdu, and the news soon spread to Luoyang. Upon hearing the news, the ministers in Luoyang were greatly surprised, but Liu Xiu was not too surprised.
When the news reached the palace, Liu Xiu was in the West Palace. He was painting and Yin Lihua was embroidering. The two of them were enjoying this rare leisure time.
Zhang Kun walked in from outside and whispered: "Your Majesty!"
"What's the matter?" Liu Xiu held the paintbrush in her hand without raising her head.
"Your Majesty, news has come back from Chengdu!" Zhang Kun said in a low voice.
Liu Xiu put down the paintbrush, and Yin Lihua also put down the embroidery needle. Liu Xiu raised her head and said, "Send it up."
Zhang Kun nodded to the outside, and Long Yuan strode in and handed a bamboo tube to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu took it, scratched the wax skin on the outside of the bamboo tube with his nails, opened the lid of the bamboo tube, and poured it out.
A roll of silk slipped out from inside.
He unfolded the silk, and there was a line of small characters written inside: An announcement was posted in Chengdu, and Wei Xiao had defected to Chengdu.
After reading the content recorded on the silk, Liu Xiu squinted his eyes and asked, "Long Yuan, has the news that Wei Xiao defected to Gongsun Shu been confirmed?"
Long Yuan nodded solemnly and said, "A message was sent back two days ago. Today, the news has been confirmed."
Hearing this, Yin Lihua's face suddenly changed. She subconsciously grabbed Liu Xiu's arm and said nervously: "Your Majesty..."
Even though she didn't care about it and didn't care about government affairs, she still knew how important Wei Xun was to the court. When Wei Xun tried to molest her and was about to be executed by castration, Yin Lihua even persuaded Liu Xiu that the punishment was too severe.
It's not that Wei Xun shouldn't be punished, but she feels that her relationship has caused a rift between the court and Wei Xiao, and her sin is too great.
Now that she heard the news that Wei Xiao had defected to Gongsun Shu, Yin Lihua was also extremely nervous. Liu Xiu smiled at Yin Lihua and patted her hand, indicating that she did not need to panic. He shrugged and said helplessly: "Recently, Wei Xiao and I have
Things are not going well between Wei Xiao and Wei Xiao. The envoy he sent to Luoyang was killed while traveling around, and the gift I gave him was stolen along the way. Now that Wei Xiao has rebelled and taken refuge with Gongsun Shu, it must be God's will!"
Long Yuan frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this news has only been confirmed in Chengdu, but no news has been sent back to Tianshui."
If Wei Xiao had really taken refuge with Gongsun Shu, Tianshui would have been in trouble long ago. But now, Tianshui is unusually quiet and no news has come back. This is really weird.
Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said, "It must be Wei Xiao who blocked the news."
Long Yuan looked puzzled. If Wei Xiao had already taken refuge with Gongsun Shu, then he was determined to break up with his side. Then there was no reason for him to deliberately block the news.
Liu Xiu said: "Kai Xiao was afraid that after I heard the news of his betrayal, I would be so angry that he would lead an army to attack Liangzhou without hesitation, and his new master might not be willing to send troops to save him."
Now, Wei Xiao must still feel very unsure of himself!
Liu Xiu waved his hands to Long Yuan and Zhang Kun and said, "Step back!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Long Yuan and Zhang Kun exited the hall.
Liu Xiu picked up the brush again and was about to continue painting. Yin Lihua asked curiously: "Your Majesty seems not surprised or worried at all by Kuai Xiao's rebellion."
"What's the use of worrying?" Liu Xiu said with a smile: "He won't give up rebellion because of my worries. Those who abandon me can't stay, just let him go!" Seeing that Yin Lihua still looked worried, Liu
Xiu smiled and said: "Kui Xiao has been a serious problem for me for a long time. If he didn't rebel, I really couldn't find a suitable excuse to use troops against him. Now that he rebels, I can send troops to conquer Liangzhou openly."
Hearing this, Yin Lihua's heart moved and she said, "Your Majesty hopes that Wei Xiao will rebel?"
Liu Xiu nodded and said: "I am sending the Zhengxi Army away and sending the Zhengxi Army north to defeat the bandits. This is to give Kui Xiao a chance, an opportunity for him to let go of his courage and rebel."
Yin Lihua looked at Liu Xiu in surprise. She really didn't expect that His Majesty transferred the Western Conquest Army for this reason, not because the Western Conquest Army was good at fighting, and not because Feng Yi was good at military tactics.
She pondered for a moment and then said: "If Your Majesty sends troops to conquer Weixiao, Gongsun Shu will definitely send troops to assist!" By then, wouldn't our side be one against two? The situation is not favorable to our side!
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Gongsun Shu will not send troops to rescue."
"Ah?" Gongsun Shu couldn't possibly understand the reason why Yin Lihua had a look of shock on her face, and her lips were dying and her teeth were cold. He couldn't possibly watch Wei Xiao's destruction.
"To be more precise, Gongsun Shu was unable to send a large army to rescue." Liu Xiu said confidently.
"Why is Your Majesty so sure?"
Liu Xiu looked up and smiled and said: "Because Gongsun Shu wants to use his troops in Nanjun and leave part of his troops to defend his home, he no longer has any extra troops to assist Wei Xiao."
Yin Lihua murmured: "Gongsun Shu did not invest many troops in Nanjun, and he invaded Nanjun several times, but was defeated by General Zhengnan."
Cen Peng led the Southern Expeditionary Army to guard Nanjun, making Nanjun's defense as solid as a rock. Gongsun Shu sent troops to Nanjun several times, but failed to gain any advantage.
Liu Xiu said: "That's because Gongsun Shu did not dare to send a large army to invade Nanjun. The Western Expedition Army stationed in Sanfu in the north of Shu was like a knife hanging over his head. Once he sent a large army to invade Nanjun, the Western Expedition Army would be destroyed."
The army is likely to invade Shu from the north and go straight to Huanglong. Now that the Western Expeditionary Army has left and Wei Xiao has taken refuge with him, Gongsun Shu no longer has any worries. He will definitely send a large army to attack Nanjun. Even if he doesn't want to do this, Tian Rong
I will also try my best to annoy him."
Tian Rong was defeated in Nanjun and took refuge in Gongsun Shu. You, Gongsun Shu, added such a powerful helper for no reason, but you didn't need to pay anything. If you didn't help Tian Rong regain Nanjun, why would people trust you?
Why do I want to continue to respect you?
It’s okay if you don’t have the opportunity. Now that the opportunities are in front of you, can you not do it?
Furthermore, Nanjun was also very important to Gongsun Shu. If he captured Nanjun, he could use Nanjun as a base to invade Jingzhou. If Jingzhou was captured, he could directly threaten Yangzhou and Jiaozhou.
Such a big pie is now placed in front of Gongsun Shu, just waiting for him to take a bite. Will he resist such a huge temptation and watch the pie in front of him without taking a bite?
He won't. As a man who dares to call himself emperor and is so ambitious, he will definitely not miss this opportunity.
After listening to Liu Xiu's story, Yin Lihua finally understood that his Majesty's transfer of the Western Expedition Army was not only a plot against Kui Xiao, but also against Gongsun Shu.
When mobilizing an army, he plotted against two people and two major forces at the same time. His scheming was so deep and his strategy was so far-reaching that it really gave people a chilling feeling.
Yin Lihua suddenly thought of something and said in surprise: "Then... the assassination of Youyou and the theft of gifts were... all done by His Majesty?"
Liu Xiu was happy, shook his head and said: "Zhou You's death has nothing to do with me. It was a caring person who helped me."
He only denied that Zhou You was assassinated, but did not deny that the gifts were stolen.
Yin Lihua suddenly realized that the gift had been stolen. You must know that the city was closed at night, and the gift would definitely not be sent out. It was inside the city, but the county government and the escorting Huben used all their strength to overturn the city.
The whole thing turned out to be a failure to find the stolen gifts.
It turns out that it's not that they are incompetent, but that this matter was arranged and planned by His Majesty secretly.
Yin Lihua looked at Liu Xiu blankly and didn't come back to her senses for a long time. Liu Xiu smiled slightly, took Yin Lihua's hand and asked, "Are you scared?"
Sometimes, even Liu Xiu feels that he is quite scary. But there is no way, he is the emperor, he has to be responsible for the people of the world, and he cannot be honest in everything.
Yin Lihua came close to Liu Xiu's arms and said, "I don't think your Majesty is scary, I just feel honored."
Her words warmed Liu Xiu's heart. He raised his arms, put his arms around Yin Lihua's shoulders, and said softly: "I will only use these methods on my enemies."
"I believe in Your Majesty!" Yin Lihua hugged his waist and said softly.
Liu Xiu was truly affectionate and loyal to his brothers who fought with him on the battlefield.
If they make meritorious deeds, he will reward them. If they make mistakes, he will not punish them severely. If they are under pressure, Liu Xiu will help them take the pressure off and bear it himself.
Liu Xiu himself is a very serious and easy-going person. If others treat him well, he will remember it, be grateful, and think of repaying him. Of course, if someone betrays him and stabs him in the back, Liu Xiu will never do it.
