The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 294 Gift to the Emperor

After returning to Chang'an, Wei Tao didn't delay much, and didn't even ask about Chang'an.

Wei Tao believed that with Zhuge Jin's prudent behavior, the city of Chang'an was already under his control, so there was no need to worry about it.

So Wei Tao went straight into the palace and asked to see the emperor.

Yes, although today's emperor can be said to be a plaything in Wei Tao's hands, Wei Tao still asks for an audience according to etiquette at this time.

Sure enough, as Zhuge Jin said, the emperor was obviously waiting for Wei Tao's arrival. Once Wei Tao asked to see him, he immediately agreed and sent someone to lead the way for Wei Tao.

"The minister bows to His Majesty."

After seeing Liu Xie, Wei Tao didn't see any guilt, remorse, joy or anger on his face, just calm.

"General, please get up, it doesn't have to be like this. I don't know what the general wants to do to me when he returns now? Is he going to hold me hostage to order the world? Or is he going to replace me? This time is indeed my last fight after much thought. I've been tired and scared over the years, so now I only care about the general."

After all, Liu Xie is a young man. Although he was able to maintain a calm face before, he revealed his truth when he opened his mouth, but his voice trembled a little. Liu Xie was able to finish his sentence by forcing himself to suppress himself. .

Just looking at his tightly clenched hands, Wei Tao understood.

However, it was not easy for Liu Xie to be able to say all these words. After all, after experiencing so many things, no one wanted to be under house arrest and forced to sit in Zen. It was only natural for Liu Xie to be afraid.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if Your Majesty knows Tao's ambition?"

Wei Tao was silent for a moment, and then spoke slowly.

"But Kuang helped the Han Dynasty and ruled the world?"

After all, he didn’t have much contact with Wei Tao, and Liu Xie really didn’t know what Wei Tao’s ambition was, so he answered casually, helping the Han Dynasty and unifying the world, which can be said to be the most slogan used by the princes. Liu Xie’s words are also somewhat ironic Wei Tao means.

"Hehe... Your Majesty, I only hope that the world will be peaceful, and my people will not be invaded by foreign enemies. As for helping the Han Dynasty and unifying the world, it is not my original ambition. Attacking Jizhou and Sili is just a sight. It's just the situation. The ministers are the first, or You, and the two prefectures, and at most the current Liangzhou. Outside of these three prefectures, there are foreigners living, although they may not be able to threaten the big Han for a while, But now that there is civil strife in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty, the signs of decline are already visible, if foreign enemies wait for an opportunity to enter, wouldn't it make it difficult for the people of the Han Dynasty to live in peace?"

Wei Tao smiled and said slowly, but although Liu Xie was listening, his face was expressionless, obviously he didn't listen to him.

"Well... If your majesty doesn't believe me, then there's nothing you can do. What I said to your majesty today is not for so many reasons, but for one thing, that is, since your majesty's actions have already hindered me, then I have to ask your majesty to move me." gone."

"Oh? What do you want?"

Although he wanted to maintain the royal demeanor, Liu Xie couldn't help but tremble slightly at this time, obviously afraid that Wei Tao would force the palace again.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to."

Wei Tao smiled slightly, but unfortunately although Liu Xie spoke well, it was not so easy to calm down.

"Your Majesty has also seen Cao Cao Cao Mengde, who named Xu County Xuchang, and then established the imperial capital in Xuchang as the imperial palace. He has always wanted His Majesty to go there. Cao Mengde has always helped the great man and calmed the world as a My lifelong ambition is different from that of a certain university, maybe it can be to serve His Majesty."

"Cao Mengde?"

Liu Xie said in a low voice, Cao Cao hoped that Liu Xie would go to Xuchang for many times; Liu Xie naturally did not know Cao Cao, but because Liu Xie was afraid that Cao Cao would also be a figure like Dong Zhuo, so he was always reluctant to go. .

It's just that now, Liu Xie already has the intention of breaking the can, and he doesn't have much resistance to going to Xuchang.

Even if Cao Cao held him hostage, anyway, if he stayed in Chang'an, he would also be under house arrest, so soon Liu Xie nodded slightly.

"Cao Mengde is indeed respectful to me, but before that, I still want to ask a question, don't you have the idea of ​​​​replacing me as a big man?"

Perhaps knowing Wei Tao's execution method for him, Liu Xie finally calmed down at this time, and asked again.

"If one day Cao Mengde really helps the big man and makes me a big man, what will you do? Will you fight the big man?"

"Hehe...Your Majesty, if there is a day, I will naturally be a minister of the great man. The only thing I do is to drive out foreign enemies, and protect my great man from foreign enemies forever. had to be disobeyed."

Wei Tao was also calm when he said this. Although it was a bit convoluted, Wei Tao believed that Liu Xie could understand the meaning of his words.

"Okay, I understand. If I had known the general's reason for this earlier, then I might have met the general earlier. It's a pity that the general was born at this time, otherwise the general would have accomplished all his achievements by now."

Hearing Liu Xie's exclamation, Wei Tao just smiled.

That might be the case, but if it wasn't for this era, how could I be able to guard one side at this age and have such a strong military power?
If it was really a time of peace, maybe he was also a counselor of the great man, and he might not even have this ambition.

Now that he had spoken to Liu Xie, Wei Tao quickly took his leave and left, leaving only Liu Xie facing the empty palace, sighing secretly.

Ever since Dong Zhuo was forced to move his capital to Chang'an, now Liu Xie is going to move his capital to Xuchang again, even Liu Xie himself doesn't know what will happen if he goes like this, but unfortunately at this time, there is no one around Liu Xie who can do it again. Let him talk.

Wei Tao wanted to send the emperor to Xuchang, so he naturally wanted to discuss with Cao Cao's people.

However, this matter is very easy in comparison, because Cao Cao has always sent people to stay in Chang'an for this matter. At least at this time, Cao Cao has not lost his ambition to help the big man.

So the news quickly reached Cao Cao's ears. Hearing this, Cao Cao immediately ordered people to send a message, willing to welcome the emperor to Xuchang, and Cao Cao directly led people to greet the emperor's frame.

It's just that Wei Tao didn't want to put his mind on it at this time. In fact, after confirming that Cao Cao would welcome the emperor to Xuchang, Wei Tao left Chang'an soon and went to Xiliang again, preparing to confront the Qiang people.

When Wei Tao returned to Xiliang again, nearly a month had passed.

For a period of time, those Qiang people have been assembled and have come in droves. However, with several generals under Wei Tao's command, the Qiang people who attacked almost never came back. There were still more human casualties.

What's more, to Wei Tao's delight, his previous plan to block the river and store water turned out to be successful five days ago. After careful questioning, Wei Tao knew that it was those Qiang people who couldn't hold back and launched an attack, but didn't want to They made such a move, it can be said that they hit the target, but Tai Shici directly flooded them.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Ma Teng and Han Sui did not regard them as trusted subordinates, otherwise, their abilities would be enough to order them not to do so.

"Haha... Unexpectedly, I heard about this victory as soon as I came back. Ziyi, Gongming, and Wen Changguo were all famous generals at that time! After these defeats, more than ten thousand Qiang people were killed and wounded. Now the Qiang people are already terrified, just right It can break the sharpness of the army!"

Wei Tao's words were not false. Although there is still a bridge over the Weihe River, no one dared to cross the bridge to attack today. Obviously, the previous defeat also affected their morale.

"My lord, it is normal for the Qiang people to have such a defeat. After all, the Qiang people are loose and undisciplined, so defeat is not difficult. However, because of this, after the Qiang people have suffered this loss, I am afraid that they will not retreat easily. Now it will be like this, I am afraid there are more reasons.”

At this time, Chen Qun said, although Chen Qun was inferior to Zhou Yu and others in terms of military strategy, his resourcefulness was not low, so he could see it clearly.

"Then Ma Chaosu is known as the mighty general among the Qiang people. If this is enough to suppress the Qiang people. Before the Qiang people relied on their bravery, they might not obey orders. Now because of this big loss, they have restrained their arrogance. I'm afraid it will be To follow his orders is even more threatening!"

Wei Tao nodded slightly, even if he pointed out the correct opinion in public, he would not feel ashamed in the slightest.

"That's right, before a war is over, it's wrong to speculate on the outcome, but will Xiliang really have a big counterattack?"

Wei Tao didn't believe in Chen Qun's judgment, but because the previous battle also weakened the strength of many Qiang people. The Qiang people in this battle were originally attracted by wealth. Working hard with yourself is.

"My lord doesn't know, but Ma Teng and Han Sui may have made up their minds this time. Even if the Qiang people died, they would still give compensation. This greatly boosted the morale of the Qiang people. It was saved to let the Qiang people fight to the death with our army, but in the end we still have to use their strength to defeat our army in one fell swoop, I am afraid that the Qiang people will continue to fight to the death with our army at this time."

Wei Tao nodded slightly, only then did he understand how impoverished those Qiang tribes were.

"In this way, since Ma Chao is the general of Shenweitian, he can lead the Qiang people to fight. However, Ma Teng and Han Sui have a relationship. Although there is a quarrel, it may not be impossible to unite the Qiang people. So to say Come to our army to face the Qiang again?"

Chen Qun nodded slightly, this is what he wanted to tell Wei Tao.

(End of this chapter)