Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 381

"This is impossible!" The Han envoy turned pale with anger, and snapped, "This is absolutely impossible, a mere barbarian leader, how could the King of Han grant him the title of Chu... Uh, this..." The Han envoy was furious. He told the truth, but halfway through the speech he realized that this is Huoman's royal city, and it was too late to swallow the words back.

More than a dozen barbarian chiefs had already stood up, each with fierce eyes, and Mo Shahong's fierce eyes showed an undisguised murderous intent.

Bai Guang bowed to the northwest again, and said loudly: "The king of Han is the leader of the princes in the world. No one can match his benevolence and righteousness, and he has nothing to say about rewarding his officials. If the Wuxi Man can help the big man to destroy Chu, how can he not bear it?" The land of Changsha and Qianzhong counties? How can they not bear the title of King Chu?"

The envoy of the Han Dynasty didn't care about arguing with Bai Guang, and he explained to Mo Shahong: "Your Majesty, just now, it wasn't...that..." The pitiful mere work, originally not an eloquent debater, other His eloquence and courage are far from those of Bai Guang, who studied under Wu She, a great strategist, and he can't even speak fluently when he is nervous.

Mo Shahong is ferocious and has always killed people without blinking an eye. How could he have the patience to listen to the explanation of the Han envoy, and immediately shouted: "The king is short of a worthy human head to sacrifice the flag. This guy bumped into the door, which made the king feel relieved." Come, come, take this fake Han envoy down, and wait for the day of the expedition to behead and sacrifice the flag."

Two barbarians rushed forward a long time ago and escorted the Han envoy down.

Mosha twitched his short beard on his lips and asked Bai Guang again, "Honorable Envoy, when did the King of Han agree to send troops?"

"Of course, the sooner the better." Bai Guang bowed in the direction of Xianyang in the northwest for the third time, and said, "My king has personally led an army of 70 troops into Nanyang, and is confronting 50 Chu troops near Deng County. The twenty counties of Changsha and Qianzhong in the south are all empty, and the king will be invincible if he sends troops at this time!"

After saying this, Bai Guang said again: "It's just the rest of the barbarian soldiers..."

"The rest of the barbarian soldiers can be assembled within three days." Mo Shahong waved his big hand and said loudly, "In three days, this king will behead his head and sacrifice the flag, and launch a large army to attack Chu!"

"The barbarian king is wise." Bai Guang shallowly cupped his fists.

"Honorable Envoy, please go and rest first." Mosha waved his hand, and a barbarian woman stepped forward to lead Bai Guang away.

As soon as Bai Guang left, Mo Shahong's face darkened instantly. Although he was greedy, he was not stupid, and he would not trust any Han envoys. He immediately asked one of the barbarian leaders: "Mojiu, Qiao Zhuangchu Have all the tribesmen that Shang went to Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha to inquire about come back?"

The barbarian leader hurriedly said, "He's back."

Mo Shahong's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "How do you say it?"

The barbarian leader said: "Later, the envoy of the Han Dynasty was right. All the soldiers from Changsha and Qianzhong counties have been transferred to Jiangbei, and the twenty counties around Wuxi have been completely empty."

When Mo Shahong heard the words, his eyes flashed fiercely.

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Heihu sat on the bamboo mat with his legs propped up, his eyes were gloomy.

Heihu is the leader of Shanyue. Even though he is only in his twenties, he looks handsome, but in fact, he has a very high prestige among the various tribes in Shanyue!Five years ago, Shanyue still needed to pay tribute to Minyue, but shortly after Heihu became the leader, he defeated Minyue at the end of the year and completely got rid of Minyue's control.

In the hall in front of Heihu, two gentlemen in white stood side by side. They both had the same smiles, the same calm expressions, and even the same personable manners. They both claimed to be envoys of the King of Han. One had arrived half a month ago, while the other arrived not long ago.

"You all say that you are envoys from the Han Dynasty." Heihu's cold eyes flicked over the faces of the two white-clothed gentlemen, and he said sullenly, "And what you said seems to make sense, but one of you must be a fake! "

The Han envoy on the left smiled slightly and said: "The truth cannot be false, and the false cannot be true. I will only say one thing, and the truth will be judged!" It is related to the life and death of Shanyue, and it is even more related to the fate of the Han Dynasty, such a military and national event, as a liaison envoy between the two sides, how can it be delayed?"

The eyes of Heihu and a dozen Shanyue leaders turned to the Han envoy on the right, and their eyes were quite unfriendly.

The Han envoy on the right didn't care, and said: "This just shows that I am the real Han envoy. Xianyang is thousands of miles away. On the way, we need to cross Jingxiang and Jiangdong, and we have to deal with the people of Chu. May I ask the leader?" And the leaders, how can you go fast in this situation? It is not easy for me to arrive at this time."

The Han envoy on the right is naturally a fake, he is the only son of Wu She, a senior official in Chu State, Wu Lue.

More than a dozen Shanyue leaders turned their heads in unison, and their fierce eyes fell on the Han envoy on the left.

The Han envoy on the left looked a little embarrassed, but soon regained his composure, and said loudly: "It is true that I did not come from Xianyang, but I have a letter from the flying pigeon from Ganyang as evidence!"

As he spoke, the Han envoy took out the white-ink Flying Pigeon Letter from his bosom, but it was just a small scroll.

Wu Lue smiled slightly, and said: "I have a handwritten letter from the King of Han." After finishing speaking, Wu Lue slowly took out a sealed letter from his pocket.

"Present!" Heihu frowned slightly.

At present, a Shanyue samurai handed over two secret letters to the Black Tiger case.

But Hei Hu didn't read the secret letter, stared at Wu Lue and shouted: "Come here, tie up this spies of Chu!"

Two Shanyue samurai had rushed forward earlier, they could not help but pin Wu Lue to the ground and tied him up.

Wu Lue didn't struggle, but frowned and said, "Hei Hutou, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Heihu said coldly, "You are clearly a fake Han envoy, you need to know that I am not so easy to fool." The spies are cooked!"

Immediately, eight bare-chested and bare-backed Shanyue warriors carried a large bronze tripod, poured oil on it, and set it on fire. Within half an hour, green smoke rose from the tripod. Seeing this scene, the Han envoys not only His complexion changed slightly, but Wu Lue's expression was calm, as if the one who was about to be cooked was not himself, but the real Han envoy opposite.

Seeing this scene, Hei Hu couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

In fact, Hei Hu prefers Wu Lue to be the real envoy of the Han Dynasty, because Wu Lue not only brought the weapons, armor and pack horses that Shanyue urgently needed, but even brought a letter from the King of Han far away, unlike the other Guy, he only brought a small roll of paper and dozens of carts of salt, iron and silk. It was more like buying than Bangzhu Shanyue.

However, for the sake of caution, Hei Hu still decided to try it out. After all, this is related to the life and death of the entire Shanyue. A slight negligence will result in the end of the whole family's defeat. There is no need to be careless. Now, seeing Wu Lue facing the critical moment of life and death, he still showed an expression Ziruo, Heihu became more certain in his heart that Wu Lue was the real envoy of the Han Dynasty.

Half an hour later, the oil in the cauldron was completely boiling, and four Shanyue warriors grabbed Wu Lue's hands and feet, and put him on top of the cauldron. As long as he let go, Wu Lue would be cooked alive immediately.

Hei Hu stared at Wu Lue, and said murderously: "What else do you have to say?"

But Wu Lue turned his head away and ignored him. Although this guy is young, he has been taught by his father. As a strategist, the more life and death are at stake, the more calm he must be, and he must not show the slightest timidity.

Seeing that Heihu didn't give the order, the Han envoy couldn't help urging: "Leader, cook this spy quickly."

Heihu nodded, and said to the four Shanyue samurai: "Don't you let go of the envoy?" Then he pointed at the envoy and shouted coldly, "Let's cook this spy again."

The four Shanyue warriors responded loudly, put down their martial arts immediately, set up the Han envoy and left.

Before the Han envoy could react, the four Shanyue warriors had already thrown him into the cauldron. When the oil was hot, the Han envoy screamed like a pig being slaughtered, but only a moment later, there was no more sound.

Only then did Hei Hu get up, and he solemnly raised his hand at Wu Lue, and said loudly: "Honorable envoy, please take a seat."

Wu Lue didn't refuse, and immediately entered the table, he cupped his fists and bowed to Heihu and said, "Heihutou, all the weapons, armor and pack horses have been delivered, but I don't know when Shanyue will be able to send troops?"

Hei Hu didn't answer but asked instead, "When did the King of Han agree to send troops?"

"Of course, the sooner the better." Wu Lue said without hesitation, "Now, my 70 troops of the Han Dynasty are confronting the 50 troops of the Chu State in Nanyang.

Heihu said again: "I have heard that Mr. Zhang Liang, the military adviser under the King of Han's tent, is very wise. Before the envoy left, I don't know what Mr. Zhang Liang has to say?"

Wu Lue pointed at Heihu with a smile, and said, "Heihutou, you almost forgot if you didn't mention it."

After a pause, Wu Lue said again: "Before leaving, the military advisor really told me that if Shanyue only wanted to plunder Jiangdong, he should first attack the Yixian horse farm in order to capture enough horses to carry the load." Money, food, and property, but if you want to restore the old Yue state, you should not aim at looting, but take advantage of false raids to occupy the counties in Kuaiji."

Heihu nodded silently, then smiled and said: "Let's not talk about this first, my lord, let's drink."

Half an hour later, the host and guest had a good time, and Wu Lue, who was already half drunk, went to rest with the help of Yue Nu, but the drunkenness on Hei Hu's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and then he looked around for more than a dozen people on the left and right sides. The leader of Shanyue said in a deep voice: "The matter of raising troops to attack Chu is really no small matter, and I want to hear your opinions."

"Leader, pay attention carefully, the three camps of Ziling are all empty, let's send troops!"

"Leader, before the people of Chu turned against us three years ago, I went to Ziling once. It was really a prosperous place. If we can take down Ziling, we will have as much money, food, women, and property as we want! "

More than a dozen leaders immediately clamored, and each of them was eager to send troops immediately.

Heihu didn't respond immediately, but turned his head to look at the face of the next gray-haired elderly leader.

The old man pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The struggle between Chu and Han, no matter what the final result, will not give us Shanyue any good fruit to eat. We Shanyue can only rely on ourselves if we want to reproduce in this world, so , Chief, don’t hesitate any longer, send out troops, take this opportunity to take back Yuedi and restore the homeland!”

(End of this chapter)