Wu Jing and his entourage hurried up, returned to Cangwu in the early morning, and went straight to the mansion where Liu Wei was staying.
At this moment, it is the end of May, and the fresh watermelons have come down, Wang Shouren bought hundreds of thousands of watermelons from the Fengyang area, and it took three days to transport them to Cangwu with thousands of carriages.
As the Son of Heaven, Liu Wei naturally enjoys the best quality watermelon, but unfortunately the climate in the south is warm, and he can't store the cold ice in winter like the people in the north, and wait until midsummer to take out the chilled fruit to relieve the heat.
"Your watermelon in the Han Dynasty is really delicious, sweet and sandy, so delicious" Cleopatra, who was given the name Corrio, ate watermelon for the first time, and her index finger moved, and she ate seven or eight catties of watermelon in one go.
Liu Wei smiled and looked at the bewitching woman feasting, and corrected: "It should be our Han Dynasty, you are already the woman of the Han Emperor, how can I use your title again."
"Yes, yes, it should be us, the minister is guilty, I should call myself a minister" Cleopatra smiled and apologized, "Your Han name is really troublesome, I can't remember it" "The Emperor's Woman Should Call Herself a Concubine" Liu Wei corrected Cleopatra very seriously, took out a few books from his suitcase and handed them to her, and advised: "This is a book written in Western characters and Chinese characters, you can read more when you are fine, and you will be able to learn the broad and profound Han culture."
Regarding court etiquette, if there is anything you don't understand, you can come to me and ask Qiao Meiren, there will be a lot of red tape after entering the palace in the future. ” "The concubine obeys the order" Cleopatra imitated the appearance of Da Qiao and bowed solemnly, and the waves on her chest trembled up and down, majestic and magnificent.
Liu Bian's words changed: "By the way, how many troops and people are there in your Peacock Kingdom?"
Cleopatra threw away the watermelon skin in her hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped the watermelon juice on the corner of her lower lip: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the Peacock Kingdom in its heyday had hundreds of county seats, and there were four or five million people.
But since the Kushans were driven to northern India hundreds of years ago, the situation has deteriorated, and today, there are less than 300,000 people left in our Peacock Country, and the army is about 30,000. ” Liu Wei bowed slightly: "I can't imagine that the once glorious Peacock Empire has fallen to this, compared to the Kushan Empire, which has a population of 10 million and an army of 5 or 600,000, you are indeed too weak. ” "That's why my brother sent me to marry your Han Empire," Cleopatra coquettishly said to Liu Wei, "I think Your Majesty will definitely help us restore the country."
Liu Wei said: "It's okay to help you restore the Peacock Dynasty, but the descendants of your Peacock Kingdom must promise to submit to the Han Empire for generations to come and be our vassal state forever." ” Cleopatra looked embarrassed: "My brother is a very tough person, I'm afraid he won't agree."
"But I can't help you Peacock Kingdom without a little benefit, Guishan is the four major empires alongside our Han Dynasty, with a total strength of more than 500,000, to destroy Guishan for a long time, I'm afraid it will take a huge amount of manpower and material resources."
Cleopatra is a Western woman, and she doesn't attach much importance to the authority of the Son of Heaven, so she sat on Liu Bian's lap at the moment, rubbed her crisp breasts on Liu Bian's chest, and said coquettishly: "You see that I have gone to bed with you, isn't it a benefit, Your Majesty, you must know that in our Kushan country, I am the goddess in the hearts of all men."
Liu Wei sat upright, with a calm expression: "It's a private matter for you to accompany me to bed, and national affairs are public affairs, I must make a clear distinction between public and private, and I can't abolish the public because of private affairs."
"I understand my brother's personality, and I am afraid that Your Majesty will not agree to such conditions" Seeing Liu Wei smiling, Cleopatra knew that she was not doing well, and her tone became worried.
"But I have a good way," Liu Wei smiled, "After you give birth to a son to me, you can send you to the Peacock Kingdom to inherit the throne." ” Cleopatra's head shook like a rattle: "That's not good, my brother will also give birth to a son in the future." ” "You mean Caesar still has no sons" Cleopatra nodded: "My brother has married seven wives and had ten daughters so far, but sooner or later he will always have sons." ” The corners of Liu Wei's mouth curled slightly: "What if Prince Caesar loses his fertility in the future?"
"How is this possible," said Cleopatra, who said it was simply a fantasy.
Liu Wei showed a wry smile: "The world is impermanent, like a white cloud and a dog, anything will happen, I think that if your brother has no children under his knees, he can send your son to the Indian region to inherit the throne and rule the place." ” "Your Majesty, General Wu Jing is asking to see you outside the door" When Liu Wei was arguing with Cleopatra, Zhanzhao's report suddenly sounded outside the door.
Liu Wei waved his hand at Cleopatra: "Okay, you go down, think about this matter slowly."
You have made great sacrifices for the country, and it is also deserved to get some benefits. ” Cleopatra was a little confused, nodded blankly, left Liu Wei's arms, and retreated through the back door.
Wu Jing stood in the corner of the door, caught a glimpse of the intimate behavior of the Peacock Princess and Liu Bian, and knew that this woman had been favored by the Son of Heaven nine times out of ten.
Sun Quan, the little rabbit cub of the pit uncle, is still wishful thinking of coveting beauty, and he really took his maternal uncle to death After Wu Jing entered the door and finished the salute, Liu Wei handed over a piece of watermelon: "General Wu has been in the dust all the way, so you are tired, eat a piece of watermelon to cool off."
Wu Jing didn't dare to refuse, and reluctantly swallowed a piece of watermelon, and then sighed with a sad face: "Your Majesty's ministers are incompetent, and the conditions proposed by Zhong Mou really make the ministers dare not speak."
"It's okay, General Wu said it directly, I want to see how much appetite my nephew has."
Liu Wei had long expected Sun Quan's virtue, and commanded expressionlessly below.
Wu Jing swallowed his saliva, muttered Sun Quan's three conditions, and finally knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Weichen is incompetent, I'll go to the two younger sisters and ask them to give Zhong Mou a letter to reprimand him for his rude request."
Liu Wei waved his hand to stop Wu Jing: "No need, this is a state affair, don't bother the two ladies" "Yes, yes" Wu Jing sweated on his forehead.
"Of these three conditions, it is not impossible for me to agree to Sun Quan's two, the key is to listen to General Wu's words, it seems that Sun Quan has lost control of this army" Liu Bian's words turned sharply, and he keenly found a flaw worth starting.
Wu nodded: "That's true, since Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and other old generals of Wentai died one after another, almost all of the current generals are controlled by Zhou Yu, and Zhongmou has now lost the ability to control this team." ” Liu Wei let out a sneer: "Isn't this enough, Sun Quan doesn't even have the ability to control this team, what does he use to turn against Zhou Yu to understand Zhou Yu, he is a very arrogant person, he has lost his mind, he can't accept defeat, he wants to prove his ability at all costs, it is almost impossible to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender Since Sun Quan cannot control this army, the so-called surrender conditions are not valid at all" Wu Jing's forehead oozed beads of sweat like soybeans, and he nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, yes, what Your Majesty said is extremely true, these micro-ministers you said didn't expect that I would go to the coalition camp in Huai'an again and analyze the situation to him."
Looking at the current situation, it would be good if 10,000 of the 30,000 horses could follow him and return to the imperial court. ” "General Wu is tired and tired, and it is not too late to rest for a few days, and if he is too anxious, Sun Quan will think that I am begging him to surrender.
When to leave, wait for my command" Liu Wei finally appeased Wu Jingdao.
"Obey the order" Wu Jing could only bow down and agree, waiting for the will of the Son of Heaven.
In the evening of the next day, the scouts reported that Wang Ben's main reinforcements had arrived near Huai'an, and the troops were divided into two routes, Wang Ben left 50,000 people under the command of Meng Tian, and personally led 100,000 people to march towards Yulin.
However, the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty have arrived at the front line in Jiaozhou, including Liu Wei, Zhuge Liang, and Mu Guiying, and the total strength of the reinforcements has reached 140,000, known as 250,000.
Moreover, the home battle was convenient, and the supply of materials was convenient, so Meng Tian and Wang Ben did not dare to attack rashly, and on the one hand, they invited Li Si to sit in the territory of Linyi State to dispatch, while waiting for a good opportunity, and the war in the south also fell into a stalemate.
Five or six days later, when the time entered a hotter June, Liu Wei ordered Wu Jing to leave and go to the coalition camp to discuss surrender with Sun Quan.
When Wu Jing left, he had to take with him the handwritten letters written by the two Mrs.
Wu, and even Sun Shangxiang went to Sun Jun's camp in disguise to try to persuade Sun Quan to give up these inadequate conditions.
Wu Jing took Sun Shangxiang and spent most of the day on the road, arrived at Sun Jun's camp in the evening, and with the help of Zhu Zhi's father and son, secretly entered Sun Quan's camp again.
Since Wu Jing left, Sun Quan has been looking forward to it day and night, hoping that in case Liu Wei's brain cramps, he agreed to his conditions.
But five or six days have passed, and there is no trace of Wu Jing for a long time, which makes Sun Quan angry and keep cursing Liu Wei, and finally scolded his maternal uncle Wu Jing with a piece in anger.
Looking forward to the stars and the moon, Sun Quan, who was looking forward to the moon, finally waited for Wu Jing, and he didn't care about greeting Sun Shangxiang, so he asked impatiently: "The Son of Heaven promised me a few conditions."
Sun Shangxiang first reprimanded Sun Quan for a while, scolded him for not measuring his own strength, scolded him for not knowing what to do when he died, and when the catastrophe came in the future, it was too late to regret it "Get out of here, the slut with his elbow turned outward" Sun Quan was furious, raised his hand and rewarded Sun Shangxiang with a slap, and stared at Wu Jing viciously: "Liu Wei agreed to a few conditions for me" Wu Jing had no choice but to tell the truth: "Your Majesty said that I can promise you two conditions, but the military power is in the hands of Zhou Yu, how can you lead your troops to give the Guishan army a counterattack Since you can't fight back, your conditions are just a promise."
Listening to Wu Jing's words, Sun Quan frowned and pondered, and his eyes radiated a vicious light for a long time: "If you are a small gentleman, you are not a gentleman, you are not a poisonous husband, as long as you ask Liu Wei to give me a holy decree and write down the conditions promised to me in black and white, I will have a way to send Zhou Yu and them all to the Western Heavens."
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