Chapter 1043 Shu King Liu Ji (Part 1)
Chapter 1041: King Liu Ji of Shu
Ba County, Jiangzhou.
Liu Yu sent Zhang Song to Ba County as an envoy, but after Zhang Song arrived in Jiangzhou, Liu Ji avoided Zhang Song and left him aside for several days.
Liu Ji certainly knew the purpose of Liu Yu''s envoy coming. After all, although the two Lius were constantly distracted, Chi You was the biggest threat to Yizhou, and fighting alone was not an opponent, so joint confrontation was the general trend.
Although Liu Ji knew this in his heart, he could not take the initiative to join forces with Liu Yu. After all, Liu Yan had betrayed him once before, so Liu Ji was waiting for Liu Yu to come and beg him, so he could speak loudly.
While Liu Ji was waiting for Liu Yu to come, he was also worried that Liu Yu would beat him even more than Liu Yan. After all, although Liu Yu was not as good as a virtuous person in Yizhou, these false reputations were not taken seriously by Liu Ji.
In Liu Ji''s opinion, Liu Yu is definitely not Chi You''s opponent. After all, compared with the insidious and calm Liu Yan, Liu Yu is undoubtedly more young and impulsive, while Chi You is an opponent with almost no weaknesses.
Therefore, although Liu Ji believed that Liu Yu would lose, he also hoped that Liu Yu would not lose too badly. After all, if Liu Yu defeated all the Yizhou army''s wealth, even if Liu Ji joined forces with him, it would be difficult to defeat Chi You.
But the final result was far beyond Liu Ji''s expectations.
Although Liu Yu still lost to Chi You, he did not lose badly. He could only be considered a small defeat. He still has the power to fight against Chi You.
No, maybe it is not even a small defeat, and for the Yizhou army, it is a complete victory even if it is defeated.
Previously, the Yizhou Army had been defeated repeatedly against Chiyou, so they were already afraid of fighting before the war started. However, under the command of Liu Yu, the Yizhou Army showed courage and would not be afraid of Chiyou in the future when facing the Southern Barbarians.
Liu Yu fully proved his ability to command troops in the battle with Chi You, which naturally made Liu Ji very afraid of him, but what made Liu Ji most afraid of was Liu Yu''s ability to control people''s hearts and employ people.
Previously, Chen Ping and Liu Ji thought that Liu Yan was not worth worrying about, because Liu Yan''s own abilities were low and had lost all the hearts of the people, the army and the ministers. But they did not expect that Liu Yan would die so soon, and Liu Yu, who inherited Liu Yan''s position, was so outstanding.
Liu Yu is different from Liu Yan, just like Liu Bian and Liu Xie, and also from Liu Hong.
Although Liu Yan did a lot of stupid things, he died like a lamp extinguished, and Liu Yu did not need to take the blame for this.
Even if Liu Yu performed better than Liu Yan, the civil and military officials in Yizhou would still think that Liu Yu was worthy of assistance. Now Liu Yu’s performance in all aspects was better than Liu Yan. This is naturally the wise ruler who was waiting for in the hearts of the civil and military officials in Yizhou.
Although Chi You is a great threat, he is a foreign tribe after all. Liu Yu is not only a Han Chinese, but also a relative of the Han family. So this gave Liu Ji a vague premonition that Liu Yu might be the biggest obstacle to his unification of Yizhou.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Ji was extremely afraid of Liu Yu, but he would not stab his allies behind the scenes like Liu Yan. After all, that would only benefit Chiyou Fisherman.
Liu Ji was not sure to rely on his family''s strength to deal with Chi You, but when Chi You''s threat was cut off, he would definitely attack Liu Yu as soon as possible.
But before this, Liu Ji naturally had to fight for more benefits. After all, he had already taken the initiative to come to him, so he would definitely be beaten up.
Liu Ji also knew that the war in southern Sichuan was tense, so he did not keep hanging Zhang Song. After three days, he met Zhang Song with Chen Ping and others.
There are many contents of double negotiations. Such issues such as cutting the border garrisons, but the biggest difference lies in the cemetery of territory.
Liu Yu wanted to sigh at the good fortune of others, and the territory he promised to cede to Liu Ji was Xinggu County, which had been completely occupied by Chiyou.
Liu Ji naturally couldn''t agree. After all, he was not a fool. Of course, the territory he captured by his troops was his own. Why should Liu Yu ced him?
Liu Ji asked Liu Yu to ced Jiangyang County or Zitong County to him. Although Jiangyang County and Zitong County are not big, one is the east gate of Chengdu and the other is the north gate of Yizhou. They are also surrounded by mountains and easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Of course, Liu Yu could not give Liu Ji such an important place, and the envoy Zhang Song did not have this right.
The negotiations were deadlocked, but Liu Ji was not in a hurry at all. He didn''t even talk to Zhang Songfei from beginning to end.
Liu Ji just showed off his disdain and indifferent attitude, and sat down to see the other party''s defeat, while Chen Ping went to discuss the negotiations with Zhang Song.
With the perfect cooperation of Liu Ji and Chen Ping, Zhang Song couldn''t figure out Liu Ji''s true thoughts. In addition, the front-line war was tight, and Liu Yu was really unable to hold on.
After receiving several requests from Zhang Song, Liu Yu also knew that he had to come up with some real goods to demonstrate the sincerity of the alliance, so he could only make some compromises, but it was impossible to ced a whole county.
After a series of negotiations, Liu Yu agreed to ced two counties in Jiangyang County and three counties in Zitong County, a total of five small counties that are not important and are relatively poor.
Liu Ji knew that Liu Yu could not give him a complete county. Although he failed to get Jiangyang or Zitong as he wished, the five counties also gained a lot.
There is another one in the alliance agreement: the two sides disarmament on their own borders, and the number of troops stationed shall not exceed 5,000, so whether it is Liu Ji or Liu Yu, they can also feel at ease to mobilize troops from other places.
After Liu Yu drew most of the extra troops from the Eastern Front to the Southern Front to defend, the pressure he suffered finally became much less.
Liu Yu wanted to protect himself, but Liu Ji wanted to expand. He wanted to conquer the southern Sichuan land that Liu Yu had lost, so he decided to lead a 100,000 army to attack Xinggu County himself.
But just before the troops were about to be sent, Liu Ji got the news that Dong Zhuo was dead from Wang Yue''s Dashe.
"I didn''t expect Dong Zhuo to die like this." Liu Ji said with a look of surprise.
"In addition, when the Chang''an master has sent out the exact information, Xie''er may have fallen into Qin Hao''s hands."
As he said that, Wang Yue handed the information to Liu Ji, and Liu Ji became more and more shocked as he looked at it.
"Jia Xu is actually Qin Hao''s secret son. Jia Xu and the emperor are returning to the east, and Jia Fu is killing him. Qin Hao has almost no strength to give up his enemy Dong Zhuo..."
Liu Ji said with a serious look on his face: "Qin Hao''s methods are really amazing."
Wang Yue nodded and said in a deep voice: "Xi''er has fallen into Qin Hao''s hands, and Your Highness needs to make plans early."
On the one hand, a glimmer flashed in Chen Ping''s eyes and he smiled and said, "Congratulations to lord, congratulations to lord."
"Oh? Where did the joy come from?" Liu Ji asked with a little confusion.
"Of course, lord, the best time for you to be king is already here."
"What? Become the king?"
Liu Ji was completely stunned.
(This chapter ends)