Chapter 159 The Way of hospitality

Yang Sheng, once appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, the lieutenant of Xirong, and Duke Qiu Chi by the imperial court, was a veritable local prince.

This guy is a typical wall grass. Previously, when he saw that the Jin Dynasty was powerful, he accepted the title of the imperial court. Later, when he saw that the Jin Dynasty gradually lost control of Longyou, he accepted the appointment of the State of Qin.

Qiu Chi is relatively close to Liangzhou, and Liangzhou is still under the control of Huan Xuan. I don't know why this guy sent people to Jingzhou?

Lu Qiang ordered Wang Zhen to receive Qiu Chi. He has too many things to do, so anyone can see him when he has time?

After a few days of thinking and discussing with everyone, Lu Qiang finally decided to complete the battle of Shu as soon as possible and never give him time to recuperate.

For this reason, Jiangling must transfer another 30,000 to 50,000 horses to Baidi City. 30,000 horses are not a problem, but 50,000 is a little overwhelmed. In that case, Jiangling will have no soldiers to defend. Not to mention whether Liu Yu will fight, but it is a little sudden and will not be able to deal with it.

It's going to be the spring ploughing season again, so recruitment is not realistic, and it still has to be transferred from various places. Fortunately, during this period, there are plenty of soldiers in Guangzhou, Xunyang, Poyang and other places.

Jiaozhou has been pacified, and there is no need to station a large army. Lu Qiang ordered Han Yanzhi to transfer another 10,000 horses to the north. At the same time, Poyang is blocking the gate of Jiangzhou, and Xunyang can also draw 10,000 horses.

In this way, with the 50,000 troops in the north and south camps of Jiangling, it is enough to collect 70,000, leaving 20,000 troops to guard Jiangling, and 50,000 troops to enter Shu, supplemented by the barbarian king Mot's barbarian soldiers, which can be enough to eliminate the indulgence.

Watching countless ordnance and grain being transported to Baidi City every day, Lu Qiang couldn't help sighing that war is really not a fun thing. After this war, you must take a good rest, otherwise Jingzhou will have to be hollowed out sooner or later.

But if everything goes as he wants, then you don't have to do anything. Just sit at home and think about it every day.

Wang Zhen evil soon came to report that Yang Sheng sent an envoy to form an alliance with Jingzhou to jointly deal with Qin, and in order to show his sincerity in forming an alliance with Jingzhou, he also sent 500 war horses.

Five horses?

Lu Qiang also thought that he had heard it wrong. It was not difficult to understand Yang Sheng's gift giving himself. What puzzled him was that there was still Liangzhou between Qiu Chi County and Jiangling. How did these 500 war horses get here?

Is it possible that Huan Xuanzhen intends to surrender? Uh-huh! Not to mention, it's really possible.

Huan Xuan is trapped in Liangzhou. There is no strategic depth and no boundless good land to support. It is already the limit that he can support the more than 10,000 troops. I believe he knows very well that once the Jingzhou army sweeps up the dragonfly, the next target must be him.

Lu Qiang used to hate Huan Xuan. If it hadn't been for him, Yurun would not have left him. However, with the passage of time, this hatred has gradually faded, especially after he defected to the State of Qin as a traitor, but he did not respond, Lu Qiang has decided to forgive him. Of course, the premise is that he takes the initiative to put down his weapon and surrender.

Five hundred war horses have been included in the barracks, and there is no problem. They are the best Western Region horses. In addition, with defeating the horses captured by the Qin army, Jingzhou will soon be able to form a cavalry of 5,000 troops.

Send gifts first and then do things. Yang Sheng is quite discerning.

Lu Qiang authorized Wang Zhenvil. His bottom line is that the alliance is fine, but he can't send troops to Qin now. However, if Qin attacks Yang Sheng, Jingzhou will never sit idly by.

After sending Yang Sheng's messenger away, Lu Qiang ordered someone to send a sincere letter to Huan Xuan, in which he once again put forward the idea of making Huan Xuan a rich man, and he wanted to go there, which was chosen by Huan Xuan himself.

This is Lu Qiang's second and last letter to Huan Xuan. The opportunity has been given to him. How to grasp it? It's his own business.

Just after finishing the work here, Yao Xing's messenger Yin Xu also arrived.

Prince Taifu? The official is not small, but now he is on the winning side, even if Yao Xing comes and doesn't want to see him, he doesn't see him.

Lu Qiang ordered Xie Wangzu and Wang Dan to meet Yin Xu. The two old foxes were more and more cunning, and it was almost impossible to take advantage of them.

It turns out that Lu Qiang's decision is the most correct.

As the prince of the State of Qin, Yin Xu is highly respected in Qin, but he never thought that Lu Qiang did not see him at all. For a moment, he was angry and hateful. If he hadn't remembered the emperor's brother, he really wanted to go back to the house.

Looking at the two boring old guys who came to the post hall to see him, Yin Xu was even more angry. He didn't return the gift to the two and said coldly, "Is there no one in Jiangling? How can anyone serve as an official to receive envoys?

Xie Wangzu smiled and said, "The officials in Jiangling are all busy! Only the two of us have nothing to do, so we were sent to see you by Lord Lu. If Lord Yin feels that it is not appropriate, we can wait here and wait for the official in Jiangling to have time to meet you."

Wang Dan beside him also smiled and said, "Mr. Xie's words are true. If Yao Xing comes, my lord may meet others... Ha ha! Brother Xie, I don't think Lord Yin has time. Let's go! I recently found a good pub with a mellow taste. How about it? Let's try it..."

"Hmm! OK, OK, it's a nice day today, just right for drinking"

The two sang together and simply regarded Yin Xu as air.

Yin Xu's lungs almost exploded. Two people who had nothing to do saw themselves. What did they think of themselves? However, thinking about my mission, I still suppress my anger.

said, "Is this the way of Jiangling's hospitality? I sincerely came to visit Lord Lu. I hope that the two adults can also solve the previous misunderstanding between you and our two families.

Before Yin Xu came, he also had some understanding of Jiangling's officialdom. He knew that although these two people did not have a clear official position, they were all valued by Lu Qiang, especially Xie Wangzu, who knew that he was the future father-in-law of the assassin.

So if you think about the identity of the two people from another perspective, he will be in a better mood.

Of course, the two old guys didn't really want to leave. They stopped when they heard the words.

Xie Wang's ancestors said, "Lord Yin is right to say that. We are also eager to reach this agreement as soon as possible. Xie won't say more. Lord Yin is ready for the ransom set by my lord?"

Yin continued frowned and said, "Your Excellency, the ransom offered by Lord Lu is really too high. Even if we are poor in the power of the State of Qin, we can't make so many ransoms. Moreover, China's dispatching troops before was purely a misunderstanding. Now I have come here with the greatest sincerity to reconcile with your army."

Wang Dan sneered and said, "misunderstanding? Qin's iron horse went south, how many cities did the State of Qin break through me and kill how many people I had? How many people have been destroyed and their wives and children have been separated? Is a misunderstanding over? Do you want me to go to your Qin Dynasty to misunderstand my Jingzhou army?

Wang Dan's words were loud, and every word was on the point. Yin Xu, who only said for a moment, was speechless. After a long time, he ate and said, "This, this, together with the war, casualties are inevitable. In addition, Wuguan has been destroyed by Lord Lu? I think I don't need to care about that!"

Wang Dan worshipped in the direction of Jiankang and said, "My Lord Lu was appointed by the emperor to guard one side of the court and damaged a commoner, which made my family unable to sleep at night. How can we compare with tens of millions of people in the Jin Dynasty?"

Xie Wangzu saw that Wang Dan was getting more and more excited. He quickly pulled Wang Dan's sleeve and interrupted, "Lord Yin, let's talk about how much ransom your king can pay to redeem his brother?"

Yin Xu said secretly that if this issue continues to be discussed, he will not be able to finish it in three days and nights. He hurriedly said, "My majesty means to replace the war horse with sheep, 100,000 sheep, plus 5,000 war horses, and 50,000 silver..."

Before he finished his words, he was interrupted again by Xie Wangzu. He saw the old man Xie curled his lips and shook his head and said, "It seems that your monarch doesn't attach too much importance to brotherhood. To tell you the truth, before coming, my Lord Lu has already said that the ransom can be halved, but that's all, and the number given by Lord Yin is not even one layer. Do you think Jingzhou is a begling? In this case, Lord Yin, please come back! Several mines in Jingzhou are short of labor. Yao Dashuai is strong, but he is the most suitable candidate. Say goodbye."

This time, Xie Wangzu and Wang Dan really left. Lu Qiang handed over to them, which can reduce the ransom, but Yin Xu cut too hard. What else is there to talk about?

"Hey..."

Yin Xu wanted to say something, but when he saw that the two ignored him at all, he went straight away. Now he had no idea. He pondered for a moment, wrote a letter, and ordered 800 miles to send it back to Chang'an urgently.

Yao Xing also handed him the bottom, but it was also far from the same road. Yao Xing was only willing to produce 10,000 horses, 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 sheep.

Jingzhou is not short of food, but only a war horse, so how can Lu Qiang agree to Yao Xing's ransom?

How to reply? Yin Xu dares not make the decision. It's up to the emperor to decide!

Aside from Jiangling, which is preparing to attack Shuzhong, the Huan family in Huanxuan Mansion in Liangzhou is also facing the most difficult choice at this time.

In addition to Huan Xuan, there are also Huan Xi, Huan Zhen, and Bian Fanzhi who has been following Huan Xuan.

They have received Lu Qiang's letter. Huan's family still believes in Lu Qiang's character, especially Huan Zhen, who once assassinated Lu Qiang but was finally released by Lu Qiang.

Huan Zhen is a rare loyal person in the Huan family, otherwise he would not have taken the risk of assassinating Lu Qiang. However, after being released by Lu Qiang, he has made great changes to the great enemy of the Huan family. In particular, he is also very clear about the current situation of Liangzhou.

As Lu Qiang thought, there was only one way to survive, but if he surrendered like this, he was still a little unwilling.

It has been almost a year since he left Jiangling. Huan Xuan, who was just 40 years old, is like an old man with wrinkles and white hair. There is no more enthusiasm when he pulled Lu Qiang down from the emperor's throne.

If Lu Qiang sees him at this time, the custodian will not recognize him.