The country of Ugo is located in the north of what is now Myanmar, where the Gar people are popular on Douyin. During the Three Kingdoms period, Ugo was not only a small country with a language barrier, it was even different from the local residents of Yunnan. There is a famous river that separates from Ugo, which is the Taohua River. It is said that except for the Ugo people, the Taohua River water can be drunk, and everyone else who drinks this water will have their internal organs rot and die.
At Peach Blossom Ferry, a small boat floats leisurely on the river.
Li Xian was on the Ye Bianzhou, and there was an accompanying translator standing next to him. This accompanying translator was specially found by Li Xian. This person had been traveling around various small countries in South China for more than ten years. He is well-known and an extremely shrewd businessman. On the contrary, these more than ten years of training have made him familiar with the language of almost every tribe in the south. Ugo is no exception. His surname is Sun and his given name is Zusong. He was originally Han Since Wang Mang, the imperial court has respected two characters. Therefore, businessmen or farmers, and people of low status, often can only use three-character names. There is another person on the boat, the envoy of the Ugo Kingdom.
"I didn't expect that the scenery of the Taohua River is so beautiful," Li Xian couldn't help but sigh while sitting on the boat. He turned around and asked Sun Zusong, "You have been doing business here for many years, so you must have enjoyed the scenery here, right?"
Sun Zusong cupped his hands and said: "General, although the scenery here is beautiful, it is dangerous. General, please don't be fooled by the illusion of this place."
"What's the explanation?" Li Xian asked curiously.
"This Peach Blossom River is unusual. Although the scenery is pleasant, it is actually extremely poisonous. When a man from the Ugo Kingdom comes of age, he will marry a woman and perform the courtesy of Zhou Gong in the river. If people from other countries drink this water, they will immediately become poisonous. If it pierces the intestines and dies, on the contrary, if the locals drink it, it will only increase their energy." Sun Zusong said solemnly.
Li Xian nodded when he heard this. In fact, it had been written in the book. As for the principle, he didn't know. Maybe it was a virus? After all, the wild land in the south is somewhat evil.
Sun Zusong continued to say solemnly: "The water here not only flows here, but is also divided into four undercurrents from the underground, each forming a spring. However, the toxicity is even worse than this water. Ordinary people cannot tell the difference between the spring water and the spring water." What's the difference, but if you drink those spring water, you will immediately become speechless and suffer from severe abdominal pain. King Mulu used this water to kill many soldiers back then, so these so-called kings in the South Central Land have nothing to fear."
Li Xian was also silent. After all, the four poisonous springs were famous. The expedition to Nanzhong did not occupy any advantage in itself, so attacking the heart became the primary goal.
The two of them had arrived at the territory of the Ugo Kingdom in a matter of words. Before they arrived, they saw an unsightly sight at the river crossing, so they quickened their pace and followed the envoy quickly.
In the hinterland of the Ugo Kingdom, even Zhuge Liang, who had captured Meng Huo seven times, could not reach here. Thinking of this, Li Xian couldn't help but get excited. If he could really save these vine-armored soldiers before the battle of Coiling Snake Valley, he would definitely be able to do so in the future Northern Expedition. Build miracles.
The two followed the envoy all the way, but they never saw the so-called king's palace. Instead, they saw rows of soldiers wearing rattan armor and holding swords and shields until they reached a cave.
The envoy turned around, bowed respectfully, explained a few things to Sun Zusong, and then turned around and entered the cave.
"What did he say?" Li Xian asked.
"He said to let us wait a moment. He will go in first and make an announcement, and then wait for the king to announce our entry." Sun Zusong replied.
Li Xian nodded and waited outside the cave.
Not long after, a sturdy sergeant wearing feathers on his head and rattan armor came out and led the two of them into the cave.
"The foreign minister is polite. I have prepared some small gifts for the first time, and I hope the king will accept them." Li Xian then called the guards behind him to bring up the few boxes he had obtained in the past few days.
Wu Tu Gu was sitting on the throne. He had no intention of receiving these Han visitors. He liked these Han people accidentally, but he had a lot of money, so there was no reason to waste the money he sent to his door.
"Your country is sending such a generous gift to my door. Could it be that Meng Huo frightened me and came to ask for help?" Wu Tu Gu asked.
Li Xian laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty, you are looking down on me. My prime minister is called Wolong. Not to mention that you only have one Menghuo, even ten of you will still be captured."
Wu Tu Gu couldn't help but sneered: "Your Majesty said that, you are looking down on Meng Huo too much. The battle report said that he has won three times and will capture Zhuge Liang alive soon."
Li Xian laughed even more when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you must not be deceived by Meng Huo. If Meng Huo really won three battles, why bothered to borrow a sword to tease Ding Jun yesterday? He has already been caught three times by my prime minister. , every time my prime minister couldn't bear to kill him and released him, who would have thought that instead of being grateful, this guy would attack again."
Wu Tu Gu pondered for a long time, and he had his own thoughts. If Meng Huo's military report was true, his troops would not go south more and more. Even if he did not know where the troops were going, his messengers would come back more quickly. The time is short, and there is no doubt that it is clear at a glance whose news is more reliable by comparing them with each other.
After Wu Tu Gu finished thinking, he asked: "That's all, since your envoy is here and says he wants to buy my rattan armor, is he even willing to pay three times the price?"
Li Xian replied without thinking: "Yes."
This unhesitating momentum not only shocked Wu Tu Gu, but even Sun Zusong, who had been doing business in Nanzhong all year round, was also shocked.
Wu Tu Gu shook his head and said, "Even if you bid ten times, I won't sell it to you. It can't exceed a thousand pairs at most."
After hearing this, Li Xian laughed dumbly again and said, "Does His Highness the King want to leave the rest of the rattan armor to Meng Huo?"
Wu Tu Gu was surprised again when he heard the words, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "To be honest, although King Meng Huo is useless, he is indeed what our barbarians want. No matter how bad he is, I will not You will be his enemy. Although you know these vine armors, I will definitely keep them for him."
"Does the king want to help Meng Huo, or does he want to harm Meng Huo?" Li Xian asked seriously.
"King Meng Huo and I are close friends of life and death, so let's talk about harming him!" Wu Tu Gu looked sullen when he heard this. He had no idea what the two people under the throne were talking about.
"Your Majesty, Meng Huo's rebellion in Nanzhong was responded to by hundreds of people. It is indeed what the people want. However, with the momentum of Meng Huo's rebellion, it should be easy to defeat Jianning. Why was it that the small town of Jianning was able to hold back the army for more than twenty days? Your Majesty. Do you understand in your heart?" Li Xian then spoke seriously.
When Wu Tu Gu heard the words, he was also silent. He was naturally thinking about this matter in his heart. Originally, the speed of Meng Huo's uprising was already lightning fast, but it was delayed for more than 20 days under Jianning City. His morale was slack, and even Zhu Bao was broken. Three generals, E Huan and Yong Kai, were also arrested once, and they were also shocked and suspicious.
Seeing that Wu Tu Gu was silent, Li Xian spoke again: "Then let me speak for your Majesty. The fundamental reason is that Meng Huo cannot defeat the Jianning defenders at all. Even if there are only three thousand defenders in Jianning City, you Meng Huo With a hundred thousand soldiers, no armor, no training, and no military discipline, he is like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Han army. No matter how he rises up, he cannot change the fact that he is a sheep."
Wu Tu Gu then spoke slowly: "Are the general's words too true? At least Meng Huo can still fight with your prime minister now."
"Your Majesty, please don't dream about the Spring and Autumn Period. The reason why Meng Huo is still able to fight today is entirely because the Prime Minister doesn't want to kill him at all. If we really use military power to quell the barbarians, why wait until now? Meng Huo was beheaded by General Zhao at the gate of Jianning City." Li Xian's words were like a spear directed at Huanglong, piercing Wutugu's heart.
"Even...even if Meng Huo is really helpless, my thirty thousand vine armor soldiers are more than enough for your prime minister." Wu Tu Gu almost still has one last hope, which is his ace vine armor soldiers. He firmly believes that this kind of invulnerability The military units will only make it impossible for the Han people in the north to attack.
"Your Majesty, until now, are you still thinking about how to resist? Have you ever heard about the Battle of Red Cliff?" Li Xian sighed and directly gave the ultimate answer to the question. Why do you say this because the Battle of Red Cliff was mentioned by Zhou? Lang's fire burned through the 830,000-strong army. Tengjia said he was invulnerable, but he also had his own nemesis, which was fire attack.
After listening to Wu Tu Gu, he didn't know about the Battle of Chibi. His last glimmer of hope was that the Han people didn't know that fire attack could defeat the rattan armor. However, this last glimmer of hope was crushed by the Han in front of him on the spot. He knew very well that , if these 30,000 vine armor soldiers are really handed over at this time, the final result will be rows of barbecues. The young man in front of him is obviously not as simple as he thought.
"I want to know, what is your official position in the Han Dynasty now? What real power do you have? What can I get if I help your prime minister?" Wu Tu Gu said slowly.
"Your Majesty, you are so pleased. Your Majesty will temporarily take over the post of Jianning Prefect, and your Majesty will give you the post of General Jinshu. If you send troops to help my Prime Minister, my Prime Minister will definitely go to the court and make you the Lord of Ugo Kingdom forever, and he is willing to do so." We have been on good terms with the king for generations and will never violate each other." Li Xian then answered with his hands in hand. Obviously this is a bad promise. He is originally the king of Ugo. As long as he does not help and rebel, he will not be pulled down from the position of king. On the contrary, the deeper meaning of this sentence is that once you It is reasonable to send troops to help the rebels, let alone the position of king. It is reasonable to die and destroy the family. Whether there will be Ugo country by then is another matter.
Wutu Gu also pondered for a long time, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Shu Han is really envious of me for having a person like you. That's all, I will sell you all the rattan armor that can be sold now, according to the market Price, just treat it as a favor to you. I, a small country like Ugo, only have 10,000 pairs in stock. I need to keep 2,000 pairs for replacement. I will replenish them next year when the new vines grow and the old vines fade away."
"The foreign minister has thanked the king. I also need some rattan armor and horse armor. I wonder if I can process them?" Li Xian said with cupped hands.
"Of course, you can draw a drawing so that the craftsmen know what horse armor is." Wu Tu Gu nodded.
Li Xian took out the drawings he had prepared long ago from his arms. Since the national strength of the Shu Han Dynasty is not enough for me to form a heavily armored cavalry, the kind of army that can be completely invincible, then I will form a force fully equipped with rattan armor. As long as the armed cavalry is not sent into the fire pit, this kind of invulnerable and extremely cost-effective cavalry is not only more maneuverable than heavy armored cavalry, but its defensive power is even higher than that of ordinary soldiers. In this way, this front-destroying battalion can With a lot of good fortune, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of these three thousand Destroying Front Battalions is more terrifying than the useless flying army formed here in history!
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Li Xian took Sun Zusong back to Jianning. Looking at his thousand cavalrymen in rattan armor, he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart. Now that he has a thousand men, it is easy to run rampant in Nanzhong. Just look at it. When can I go into battle and kill the enemy?
"Military order from the Prime Minister! General Zhang Yi returns to change defenses and orders General Li Xian to set off for Lushui Ferry today!"
