When the King of Shu saw that Liu An from the Ministry of War was willing to go to Yucheng to see King Ping and wanted to persuade King Ping to stop the army and negotiate peace, he nodded. The king and his ministers discussed quietly for a while, and Liu An knelt down and left. Just as Liu An turned around, King of Shu Liu Sheng left again
Calling him, he hesitated and said, "You are the only one who knows where Mr. Liu is going."
Of course Liu An understood what the King of Shu meant, and quickly bowed and said: "I will obey the holy will, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust!"
After hearing this, the King of Shu nodded and waved his hand to indicate that Liu An could leave.
Liu An left the palace of the King of Shu and went to his own house. On the way, Liu An secretly thought about something evil: he was a close friend of King Ping in his early years. During the Hua Xia Dynasty, Liu An and King Ping were officials in Quancheng together. King Ping Qi Yong served as
General Quancheng, Liu An served as staff general. The two had similar interests and worked together in Quancheng for many years. Later, King Liu Sheng of Shu raised an army and summoned Liu An back to Shu to help. Liu An then bid farewell to King Ping and returned to Shu.
Even after the King of Shu was established, Liu An was appointed Minister of War of Shu, and King Ping was appointed Prince of Qi, the two still exchanged letters privately.
It was precisely because of this connection that Liu An dared to ask for orders to go to Qiying in Chongqing to meet King Ping. Liu An had also been prepared in advance. If this happened, then he would be the popular man on both sides of King Shu, King Qi, and King Ping; even if they couldn't agree.
, but also to talk about the past with King Ping first, so as to leave a way out for the future.
When Liu An returned home, he didn't say anything to his wife. He just told her to tell the public that he was sick and not see outsiders. Then he would go out for a few days. During his time away, he should only stay at home and not mess around there.
Walk around, waiting for him to come back. Mrs. Liu is also a virtuous person. When she heard what Liu An said, she also responded continuously.
Liu An secretly left Chengcheng and arrived at Yucheng. On the way from Chengcheng to Yucheng, Liu An saw camps of the Qi army and allied forces everywhere, and soldiers gathered everywhere. Liu An sighed secretly and thought to himself
:This city may not be able to withstand the Qi army’s repeated attacks!
King Ping in the city of Chongqing heard that an old friend named Liu An was asking for an audience, and he naturally thought that it was this military official from the Shu Kingdom. Ping could also expect that Liu An had seen the purpose, so he ordered the invitation to be made quickly, and he himself did the same.
He got up and took the generals to pick him up.
Liu An waited outside the Marshal's Mansion for a while before he saw the returning soldiers running out, saying that it was the prince who invited him. Liu An smiled softly, thinking that Prince Ping could still miss his old friendship after all, and said the word "please". Liu An is here
He stepped inside, and after walking only a few steps, he saw a group of people coming out, and in front of him was King Ping.
Although Liu An and Prince Ping had not seen each other for many years, they still looked the same as they did yesterday, except that they had some white hair on their temples and some wrinkles on their faces.
When King Ping saw Liu An, he opened his arms and laughed loudly and said: "Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for many years, and you still look as good as before!"
Liu An also took a few steps and was about to hug King Ping. The guard on the side stepped in between the two of them, which shocked Liu An. King Ping laughed, waved to the guard, motioning for him to get down, and then
He hugged Liu An tightly, patted Liu An hard on the back, and said: "Brother Liu, you have missed me so much these years, and you are not willing to go to Lucheng to see me."
Liu An also laughed and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. I miss you too, and I miss you so much. However, things are so complicated in the world. I really want to visit you, but it's hard to do it!"
Prince Ping and Liu An talked about how they missed each other again, and then they walked hand in hand to the lobby of the handsome manor. After entering the lobby, the two of them sat down separately, and then Prince Ping said to Liu An: "Brother Liu, this is me.
I want to introduce you to all the generals in the Qi army one by one, but it’s just you, how should I introduce them?!"
Naturally, Liu An understood what King Ping meant when he consulted him, so he quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am just a small official in the Kingdom of Shu, and I am not worthy of your attention. I should tell the generals myself!" King Ping nodded and made a gesture.
Please gesture.
Liu An said to the generals: "Liu An is your former colleague, and we are as close as brothers. I came here today because I heard that Your Majesty has arrived in Shu and stationed troops in Yucheng, so I came to meet you and talk about the relationship between brothers."
Affection."
After hearing this, all the generals greeted him one after another. King Ping motioned for everyone to introduce themselves, and Liu An also quickly wrote it down carefully.
When King Ping saw that Liu An refused to change his identity, he guessed that he had something important to say to him, so without saying anything, he ordered his guards to prepare wine and food, and he and his generals wanted to have a good drunken time with Liu An.
King Ping and the generals accompanied Liu An until they got very drunk. Then King Ping ordered the guards to send Liu An to the guest room to rest. He called King Wuyou to his side. King Wuyou was not in the city during the day, but went with Qi Lu.
After arriving in Wucheng, Zhiye had just returned. King Wuyou saw that his father's face was flushed and he looked like he had drunk wine, so he asked with concern: "Father, why did you drink so much wine? Didn't mother tell you to drink less?
Yes!"
King Ping smiled and said: "That's why I called you here. Today Liu An, the Minister of War of the Shu Kingdom, is here. You also know Liu An, but you were still young at the time. Now he suddenly comes to my city of Chongqing
, what do you think it will be?"
King Wuyou said "Oh", then thought for a while and said: "I guess it's nothing more than setting up a friendship with you so that you can teach you how to seize Shu in the future and save his life; or he can accept the favor of the King of Shu.
Send us to negotiate peace!"
King Ping looked at King Wuyou with eyes full of approval, and then nodded and said: "He came here because he didn't want me to reveal his identity. It seems that he has a special mission, so it won't be his personal matter.
, then he came under the order of the King of Shu as you guessed."
King Wuyou laughed and said to King Ping: "Father, at this time, how can the King of Shu negotiate peace with you? What conditions does he have for peace?"
Prince Ping also nodded and said: "I asked him to go to bed today. I think he will make it clear to me tomorrow. But tomorrow, I still need you to perform a play with me!"
After saying that, King Ping and King Wuyou whispered, and King Wuyou also added a few words in a low voice. After talking for a while, the father and son looked at each other and laughed together.
Although Liu An drank too much last night and pretended to be drunk and fell asleep, his mind was full of thinking about how to talk about the peace talks. At dawn, he heard Prince Ping's voice coming from outside, and Liu An hurriedly came out of the house.
, meet with King Ping.
King Ping first looked at Liu An, asked if he was resting well, and wanted to go to have breakfast with Liu An. Liu An thought: Let's make peace with him now! So he went to the front hall with King Ping.
After King Ping had breakfast with Liu An, he said to Liu An: "Brother Liu, when ### is my staff general, we fought together in various places in Quancheng and were invincible. Now that ### is here, I will follow you."
Let me go and see my military formation."
Before Liu An could reply, King Ping grabbed his hand and they walked out of the commander's mansion together. As he was walking, he saw a young general coming up to him. When he saw King Ping, he called him his father. Liu An was shocked. It seemed that this
The young man is the worry-free king who has become famous all over the world in the past few years.
King Ping greeted King Wuyou and said to Liu An: "Si'er, this is the uncle Liu An I often talk to you about. Come here quickly to see me!"
After hearing this, King Wuyou quickly saluted Liu An and said, "Qi Si pays homage to my uncle. My uncle's name Qi Si often hears from my father!"
Liu An saw that King Wuyou was so elegant and courteous, but it was quite different from the rumors. Liu An also hurriedly extended his hand to help and said: "Prince, please don't be polite. I am an ordinary official and I dare not accept the prince's gift!"
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Liu An and King Wuyou exchanged a few polite words, and King Wuyou asked King Ping: "Father, my brother Lu and I have already assembled a large army. We only need to wait for your order to raise our troops!"
King Ping coughed, and King Wuyou pretended to understand, but then said nonchalantly: "Father, since Uncle Liu is your old friend, it doesn't hurt to let him know. If Uncle Liu can't keep the secret, I will let Liu
Uncle will keep this secret forever!"
When Liu An heard this, he had a cold war. He could naturally tell what King Wuyou meant by always keeping secrets. Liu An couldn't help but look at King Wuyou again and thought to himself: This Prince Qi Si is really overbearing. He just returned the secret.
Say polite words to yourself, but if you turn around, you will kill someone!
King Ping glared at King Wuyou with a sullen face and said, "You are also a married man, why are you still so willful?! I am about to take your Uncle Liu to watch our military training. Go and gather me.
The Tiger Ben Army, let your Uncle Liu see the drill."
After hearing this, King Wuyou laughed and said: Yes! Then he turned around and left first. Liu An watched King Wuyou walk away, and the tension in his heart was relieved. Liu An knew that under King Wuyou's indifferent expression
, all murderous intentions.
As soon as Liu An and King Ping arrived at the school military field in Yucheng, they saw that there were already neatly arrayed in formation. There were ten thousand people in the formation, all of them heavy armored cavalry and light cavalry. There were more than ten thousand people and horses there, but no one made a sound.
The horses didn't neigh, only the banners were blown by the wind.
Liu An was filled with admiration again. This Qi army was indeed elite and strict in military management.
When King Ping took Liu An to the upstairs carriage, looking at the brightly-clad Qi army in front of him, Liu An asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are these the elite of your Tiger Army?"
King Ping nodded, and Liu An asked again: "Why is the army gathering?"
King Wuyou said from the side: "Uncle Liu, now that the city of Chongqing has been won, my father has ordered me to lead the army to go out immediately and join the coalition forces to capture the city!"
Liu An was shocked when he heard this, and then asked: "Your Highness, I have also heard that you captured this city of Chongqing with your troops, but the prince did not allow you to use his troops!"
King Wuyou looked proud after hearing this, and said calmly: "Our Qi army can attack wherever it goes and win every battle. On that day when we captured Yu City, Yang Yun refused to surrender, and I shot him through the body with random arrows.
Shoot them to death; if the defenders in the city refuse to surrender, when I send the order to the three armies to capture Yu City, any Shu army that is seen holding an inch of iron will be killed on the spot. There will always be 30,000 to 50,000 enemies beheaded that day!"
When Liu An heard this, his heart trembled even more. He looked at King Wuyou with fear in his eyes.
King Ping and Liu An watched the training of the Tiger and Ben troops for a while, then took Liu An back. On the way, King Ping and Liu An rode side by side, with guards guarding them from a distance in front and back. When Liu An saw no one nearby, he whispered
He said to King Ping: "My lord, did you gather the army just now to send troops to attack Chengcheng?"