Wuhu Mingyue

Chapter 180 Five: Tongguan Secret Talk

At noon on the second day of September in 3 AD, Liu Can's residence in Tongguan Prefect's Mansion

King Shi'an Liu Yao and Crown Prince Liu Can were chatting alone, and their respective courtiers were waiting quietly outside the house.

To be honest, Liu Can was actually a little afraid of this clan uncle, but today Liu Yao did not bring the whole army into the customs, but only brought a group of followers and dozens of personal guards into the customs...

Liu Yao's behavior today has largely reassured Liu Can. Obviously, Liu Yao's behavior is to express goodwill to himself, because if Liu Yao wants to suppress himself, the prince, then he should have led his troops overnight Entering the customs instead of stationing outside the customs, or he can bring the whole army into the customs today, but he didn't. These points alone have made Liu Can's vigilance much less, but Liu Can still has many Doubt, what is the purpose of my uncle doing this?

Seeing Liu Can's unnatural expression, Liu Yao secretly smiled inwardly. This nephew of his own really doesn't have the bearing of his elder brother Liu Cong at all. Seeing the expression on his face that couldn't hide his worries at all, Liu Yao thought about his choice of words. , first opened his mouth and said: "Shiguang, my uncle was sent here by your father this time to help you take down Chang'an. If there is anything you need me to do, just say it?"

Liu Can was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Liu Yao to speak these thoughtful words, and it seemed that there was no need to say the countermeasures he had discussed with Chen Yuanda...

I only heard Liu Yao continue to say: "Shiguang, if you have any order or arrangement, just say it, uncle has no other skills, this errand can still be done!

Hearing Liu Yao's extremely humble words made Liu Can feel a little embarrassed.

Liu Can pretended to disagree and said, "Uncle Huang is a great hero who conquered Luoyang. Shi Guang was lucky enough to be able to fight Chang'an with Uncle Huang. It is already an honor! This battle must be dominated by Uncle Huang, and Shi Guang will be the leader. auxiliary"

"Shiguang, what are you talking about?! I, the emperor, has won the most important military merits in the world. Now the emperor asks your highness the prince to lead the whole army to attack Chang'an. This is to build momentum for your future enthronement. As an uncle, if I don't support it Your Royal Highness, what do people in the world think of me? How can I be worthy of the kindness of the former emperor?

The more Liu Yao talked, the more excited he became. Suddenly, he bowed down to Liu Can!

Seeing Liu Yao suddenly kneel down and bow to him, Liu Can hurried forward to help him.

Seeing that Liu Can had supported him, Liu Yao immediately said excitedly: "I, Liu Yao, will follow His Highness the Crown Prince through thick and thin in this life! If I break this oath, I will definitely die!"

Liu Can didn't expect that Liu Yao would perform courtiers' ceremony in front of him. One must know that Liu Yao was the hero of the Huns. For such a hero, even his own father was somewhat wary of Liu Yao. ...

But now Liu Yao actually expressed his intention to surrender to himself!Loyal minister!My grandfather Liu Yuan did not raise him in vain, my father did not trust him in vain, he is indeed a loyal person!But why is Liu Yao so eager to confess his feelings to himself today?

Thinking of this, Liu Can hurriedly said modestly: "Uncle, please hurry up. Chang'an was also the ancient capital of several dynasties. This defense is far better than Tongguan. Even if I want to conquer Chang'an alone, I am really powerless."

"So today I came to Tongguan specially to distribute part of the troops to His Royal Highness, and the rest of my troops will follow His Royal Highness's troops. Your Royal Highness, what do you think?"

Liu Can was completely shocked now, is this uncle of his clan really willing to give credit to me?If I said that I still had some precautions and doubts about Liu Yao before, then I really don't have any of them now, and I am willing to hand over the power of soldiers and horses to myself, so what is there to be distracted?It seems that the guessing of Liu Yao by myself and the group of people is too one-sided...

Thinking of this, Liu Can was moved and said: "The uncle loves me so much, my nephew will always remember it in my heart, so my nephew will be more respectful than obedient!"

"That's right! By the way, I heard that one of your subordinates named Zhao Ran has already led troops to Chang'an? It's really inappropriate for this lone army to go deep!"

As soon as Liu Can heard Liu Yao's words, he knew that Liu Yao already knew about Zhao Ran, but it seemed that from Liu Yao's tone, Liu Yao still didn't know the inside story, and he only thought it was his own order...

Liu Can bowed his head and thought for a while, and then explained to Liu Yao: "To tell you the truth, this Zhao Ran was not sent by me, he left with his troops privately and wanted to take the lead!"

"Hmph, bold Zhao Ran, what is he trying to do?! Why didn't you keep an eye on him?"

"When I arrived at Fenglingdu, he had already left. General Anxi Liu Ya's troops had a conflict with Zhao Ran's troops. Zhao Ran snatched Liu Ya's repaired ferryboat and raft. Because of this , My men and horses were almost a day late before crossing the Yellow River!"

Liu Yao nodded and didn't speak immediately. After a long time, Liu Yao said, "Then what are the plans of His Royal Highness?"

"I'm going to rest in Tongguan first, and then send troops to attack Chang'an after Zhao Ran's defeat. Uncle Huang, what do you think?"

"Well, this is not bad, it is safe and aggressive."

Seeing that Liu Yao was praising himself, Liu Can felt a little complacent in his heart, and this complacency had already shown on his face.

As if Liu Yao didn't see Liu Can's pride, he said earnestly, "It's just..."

"Just what?"

"If we follow Zhao Ran all the way, can we supervise Zhao Ran's dispatch of troops and prevent him from rebelling again? After all, he is a surrendered general and a Jin native, so we have to guard against it. Besides, if he really Take Chang'an, we will be behind, and he will never have the chance to control Chang'an first..." After Liu Yao finished speaking, he smiled mysteriously.

Liu Can immediately understood Liu Yao's intentions. It seems that his uncle not only saw that the control of Tongguan was not in his own hands, but also reminded himself that he had to fight against Zhao Ran. If that Jin dog took Chang'an, and then refused to hand over control like Tongguan, it would be really troublesome, and the two armies of himself and Liu Yao came from far away, so it was difficult to supply...

When Liu Can thought of this, a trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he looked at Liu Yao with nothing but gratitude in his heart.

"Uncle Huang, it's a good thing you're thoughtful, so I'll send troops today, so I won't be too far away from Zhao Ran!"

"That's very good, then I will hand over 2 troops to His Royal Highness in a short while, and the rest of my troops will follow His Highness's rear army as backup!"

When Liu Can heard this, he immediately stretched out his hands, held Liu Yao's hand tightly, and said emotionally: "Uncle Huang is kind to me today, and Liu Can will be rewarded in the future!"