Chapter 1041: King of Shu Liu Ji (Part 1) (page 1/1)
Chapter 1041: King Liu Ji of Shu
Bajun, Jiangzhou.
Liu Yu sent Zhang Song as an envoy to Bajun, but when Zhang Song arrived in Jiangzhou, Liu Ji avoided seeing him and left Zhang Song aside to dry out for several days.
Of course Liu Ji knew the purpose of Liu Yuxian's visit. After all, although there were constant conflicts between the two, Chi You was the biggest threat to Yizhou, and neither of them was an opponent when fighting alone, so a joint confrontation was the general trend.
Although Liu Ji knew this in his heart, he could not take the initiative to seek alliance with Liu Yu. After all, Liu Yan had betrayed him once before, so Liu Ji was waiting for Liu Yu to take the initiative to beg him, and then he would be with him. The lion can open his mouth now.
While Liu Ji was waiting for Liu Yuxian's envoy to come over, he was also worried that Liu Yu would be more aggressive than Liu Yan. After all, although Liu Yu had a reputation as a virtuous man in Yizhou, Liu Ji did not take his reputation seriously.
In Liu Ji's view, Liu Yu is by no means Chi You's opponent. After all, compared to the sinister and steady Liu Yan, Liu Yu is undoubtedly much younger and more 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 miserably. After all, if Liu Yu destroyed the Yizhou Army's family fortune, it would be difficult for Liu Ji to join forces with him. Defeat Chi You.
But the final result far exceeded Liu Ji's expectations.
Although Liu Yu still lost to Chi You, his defeat was not miserable. It could only be regarded as a small defeat. He still had the strength to fight against Chi You.
No, maybe it's not even a small defeat. For the Yizhou Army, it's a victory even though it's a defeat.
In the past, the Yizhou Army suffered repeated defeats against Chi You, so much so that they were timid before the war even started. However, under the command of Liu Yu, the Yizhou Army showed courage and will no longer be afraid of Chi You 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 jealous of him. However, what worried Liu Ji most was Liu Yu's ability to control people's hearts and employ people.
Before, Chen Ping and Liu Ji thought that Liu Yan was not a cause for concern. That was because Liu Yan had low abilities and had lost the hearts of the people, the military and his ministers. However, they did not expect that Liu Yan would die so soon, and Liu Yan would succeed Liu Yan. Liu Yu, who is in the position of Yan, is so outstanding.
Liu Yu is different from Liu Yan, just like Liu Bian, Liu Xie, and Liu Hong.
Although Liu Yan did a lot of stupid things, death is like a lamp going out. Liu Yu does not need to take the blame for these things.
Even if Liu Yu performs better than Liu Yan, the civil and military ministers in Yizhou will still think that Liu Yu is worthy of assistance. But now Liu Yu's performance in all aspects has completely surpassed Liu Yan, which naturally makes the civil and military ministers in Yizhou feel bitter. The Lord is waiting for you.
Although Chi You was a great threat, he was a foreigner after all, and Liu Yu was not only a Han, but also a member of the Han family, so Liu Ji had a vague hunch that Liu Yu might be the biggest obstacle to his unification of Yizhou.
At this thought, Liu Ji was extremely afraid of Liu Yu, but he would not stab his allies in the back like Liu Yan did. After all, that would only benefit Chi You.
Liu Ji was not sure that he could deal with Chi You with his family's strength, but after the threat of Chi You was eliminated, he would definitely attack Liu Yu as soon as possible.
But before that, Liu Ji naturally had to strive for more benefits. After all, he had already taken the initiative to ask for help, so he would definitely give the other party a beating.
Liu Ji also knew that the war in southern Sichuan was tense, so he did not leave Zhang Song alone. After three days, he reluctantly met Zhang Song accompanied by Chen Ping and others.
There are many contents in the bilateral negotiations, such as cutting off the border garrison and other issues, but the biggest disagreement lies in the cession of territory.
Liu Yu wanted to benefit others, so the territory he agreed to cede to Liu Ji was Xinggu County, which had been completely occupied by Chi You.
Of course Liu Ji couldn't agree. After all, he was not a fool. The territory he conquered by sending troops was of course his own. Why should Liu Yu cede it to himself?
Liu Ji asked Liu Yu to cede 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. Moreover, they are both surrounded by mountains and are easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Of course, Liu Yu could not give such an important place to Liu Ji, and the envoy Zhang Song did not have this right.
The negotiations came to a stalemate, but Liu Ji was not in a hurry at all. He didn't even waste a word with Zhang Song from beginning to end.
Liu Ji just put on a look of disdain and indifference, sitting back and watching the other side lose out, while Chen Ping and Zhang Song would have to talk about the negotiation.
With the perfect cooperation between Liu Ji and Chen Ping, Zhang Song could not figure out Liu Ji's true thoughts. Coupled with the tight war situation on the front line, Liu Yu really could no longer hold on.
After receiving several requests from Zhang Song, Liu Yu also knew that he had to produce something genuine to show the sincerity of this alliance, so he could only make some compromises, but it was impossible to cede an entire county.
Finally, after a series of negotiations, Liu Yu agreed to cede two counties in Jiangyang County and three counties in Zitong County, a total of five small counties that were not important and relatively poor.
Liu Ji knew that Liu Yu would not be able to give him a complete county. Although he failed to get Jiangyang or Zitong this time, the gain from the five counties was not small.
There is also a clause in the alliance agreement that the two sides will disarm on their respective borders, and the number of troops stationed shall not exceed 5,000, so both Liu Ji and Liu Yu can safely deploy troops from other places.
After Liu Yu transferred most of the excess troops on the eastern front to defend on the southern front, the pressure he suffered was finally much reduced.
Liu Yu wanted to protect himself, but Liu Ji wanted to expand. He wanted to conquer the land in southern Sichuan that Liu Yu had lost, so he decided to personally lead an army of 100,000 to attack Xinggu County.
But just before sending troops, Liu Ji got the news that Dong Zhuo was dead from Wang Yue's elder He He.
"I didn't expect Dong Zhuo to die like this." Liu Ji said with a surprised look on his face.
"In addition, the elders in Chang'an have sent accurate information. I'm afraid Xie'er has also fallen into Qin Hao's hands."
With that said, Wang Yue handed the information to Liu Ji, and Liu Ji became more and more shocked as he looked at it.
"Jia Xu was actually Qin Hao's secret son. Here Jia Xu returned eastward with the emperor, and over there Jia Fu killed him. Qin Hao almost didn't waste much effort and got rid of Dong Zhuo, a big enemy..."
Liu Ji said solemnly: "Qin Hao's methods are really powerful."
Wang Yue nodded and said in a deep voice: "Xie'er has fallen into Qin Hao's hands. His Highness needs to make plans early."
On the other hand, Chen Ping's eyes flashed with light, and he smiled and said: "Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord."
"Oh? Where does happiness come from?" Liu Ji asked with some confusion.
"Of course, my lord, the best time for you to become king has arrived."
"What? Become king?"
Liu Ji was completely stunned.
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