si-mexico Chapter 772: The Emperor of Chu is "broken in love" again
Chapter 772: The Emperor of Chu is "broken in love" again
Yuan Chu and Huang Tao are very famous.
When the Yan army was approaching Shengjing, Prime Minister Yuan Chu was sent to the Yan army camp. He was persuaded to surrender by the Yan army, but he sold out Emperor Kun and persuaded Chen Qing to surrender. Chen Qing led an army of 300,000 and rushed into Shengjing, captured Emperor Kun alive and presented him to Shen Changgong.
Later, the Yan army attacked Luoyang, and Emperor Cao De of Wei sent Huang Tao to the Yan army camp as an envoy. As a result, Huang Tao was persuaded to surrender.
Then, Huang Tao became an internal accomplice and instigated some generals to rebel. Fortunately, the Emperor of Wei surrendered at the last moment, otherwise he would have been captured alive by his own men.
If Gongyang Zhan was sent as an envoy, it is not certain whether Gongyang Zhan could convince Gongyang Ge. What if Gongyang Ge managed to convince Gongyang Zhan?
This failed to plant a thorn in the side of the Yan army, and the Yan army planted another thorn in their side. What should they do?
Emperor Qian hesitated.
He did not want to give up the opportunity to negotiate peace with Yan State and incite Gongyang Ge to rebel, but he was worried that Yan State would talk nonsense about Gongyang Zhan.
The Gongyang family was too powerful. When Gongyang Zhan came back, he discussed with his brother, Prime Minister Gongyang Chunyi. Oh my god, if the Gongyang family turned against us, Daqian would be doomed.
At this time, the Tingwei continued,
"Your Majesty, I think you can send the Minister of Rites Wenbo and the Minister of Grain Gongyang Zhan to go on the mission together.
Sending envoys to other countries is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has no choice but to do it.
Gongyang Zhan can also persuade Gongyang Ge.
If one of the two Nine Ministers goes together, it can also demonstrate the importance we attach to Daqian.
At the same time, they can also monitor each other, warn each other, and when encountering problems, they can also discuss with each other and make decisions."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Qian nodded secretly in his heart. Dian Ke was from another party and had always been at odds with the Gongyang family. They were political enemies, which was a good opportunity for them to be on guard against each other.
"Okay, then it's settled. Prime Minister, you will write the letter immediately.
Dian Ke, Zhi Su Nei Shi, you two should go home immediately to pack your bags and set off this afternoon.
I will send a cavalry unit to escort you.
It will take at least half a month for Yan to reach Yingdu. You must arrive within half a month and negotiate peace with Yan before Yan captures Yingdu and destroys Chu.
We must hurry along the way and ride as fast as we can."
"The minister obeys the order!"
The two of them hurried back home to prepare a carriage, spare clothes, money and food.
After the others left the court, the prime minister followed the emperor to the imperial study, took a pen and paper and began to write a letter to the emperor. He wrote a long and eloquent article, which took him two and a half hours and consisted of more than a thousand words.
After he finished writing, Emperor Qian took a look at it, thought it was good, and affixed the imperial seal.
At this time, Wenbo and Gongyang Zhan had also packed up, took the letter from the credible country, and immediately left Yugui with the cavalry team of 100 people, galloping towards the north.
As for the State of Chu, Emperor Qian was too lazy to pay attention to it and simply did not reply.
It’s just a pity for the King of Chu. He was like a young boy in love, waiting and waiting, but there was no reply. He was anxious and couldn’t sleep all night.
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Both the Qian and Chu states predicted that the Yan army would arrive at Yingdu within half a month.
But they all forgot one thing.
The Yan army is on the north bank, not the south bank.
Their army of 800,000 to 900,000 people needed to board the ship, cross the river, and then disembark one by one.
The Yangtze River is turbulent, and it is fast to go downstream, but it is not so fast to go to the other side, because you also have to take into account the time of getting on and off the boat.
In addition, there are not many ships, with more than 2,000 large and small ships in total, which can only transport tens of thousands of people to the other side in a day.
The Yan army took seven days to cross the river before they managed to get the main force to the other side.
Many of the Yan soldiers on the ship were vomiting and suffering from severe seasickness.
Especially the three pregnant women, Yu Ziling, Yan Fuyao and Gongsun Wan'er, their faces were pale and they were in extreme pain.
This instantly ruined Yan Fuyao's mood for enjoying the river view from the boat.
After crossing the river, the army assembled and continued to march south.
The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and this is not empty talk.
There is no problem except that the air is a little humid.
The hilly rice fields, small bridges, flowing water, and Jiangnan architecture along the way are all fascinating.
This put everyone in a good mood.
According to the Yan army's marching route, they had to go south for 500 miles, cross the Yuan River, capture Yiyang, and then go southeast for more than 100 miles to reach Yingdu.
The army also moved forward and backward, neither hurried nor slow.
……
Ten days had passed, and the King of Chu still hadn't received a reply from the State of Qian.
Xiong Ren was like a lovelorn teenager, drinking all day long, living a life of drunkenness and dreams, trying to forget his beloved Qian Kingdom.
But the morning court still has to be held.
One day, Xiong Ren rubbed his aching head and came to the court to discuss state affairs with the ministers.
Suddenly, the guards outside the hall came in, clasped their hands and said,
"Your Majesty, there is someone outside the gate asking to see you, claiming to be from Zhaoyang."
"From Zhaoyang? Why are people from the border here? Is there something wrong in Qian Country? Report quickly."
"As ordered!"
Soon, a man in the post station uniform ran in and immediately knelt on his knees and said,
"Greetings to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor!"
"Get up and tell me what's going on."
The postman said quickly,
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, someone from Zhaoyang came to the government office and reported seeing two Qian Kingdom carriages, accompanied by a hundred cavalrymen, galloping past, heading north."
Hearing this, Xiong Ren frowned and said,
"What? Qian Kingdom's chariots and cavalry? They're coming to our Chu territory? Why haven't I received any letters from them?"
The Prime Minister said hurriedly,
"A carriage and cavalry, it looks like an envoy. Perhaps the Qian Kingdom wants to meet with Your Majesty, so there's no time to pass on the letter of credence. The letter is in the hands of the envoy."
"Oh, that makes sense. This Emperor Qian didn't even bother to send a pigeon to let us know first, but instead sent someone straight over, even flying over there so fast. He's really too impatient."
A smile appeared on Xiong Ren's face, like a love-stricken man who had lost his love and found it again. He was so happy to see his lover back by his side.
However, the postman hurriedly said,
"Your Majesty, that's not right. We thought so too at the beginning, and the prefect quickly sent us, the postmen, on horseback, to chase them and ask if they needed anything to entertain them.
But they ran so fast that we had to chase them all night before we caught up with them.
In the end, they told us not to get close to them.
We will accompany and escort them all the way, hoping to send them to Yingdu.
But... but we gradually discovered that their route seemed to be wrong. They headed all the way north and did not come to Yingdu at all, but went directly to Yiyang.
I felt something was amiss, so I came to report it immediately."
Xiong Ren immediately frowned and said,
"Yiyang? Isn't it also in the northwest? What are they doing in Yiyang?"