Volume 2 Clouds Chapter 20 Luo Youdu, the young boy, has gone too far in bullying me
As soon as Luo Youdu finished speaking, not to mention Fan Yupi below.
Even Wang Jing and Han Lingkun's eyes widened.
Fan Yupi was an envoy from Shu State, representing Meng Chang. He met with Guo Rong, and this was a conversation between the kings of the two countries.
How can you just cut it down?
Fan Yupei was so angry that he was shaking all over. He said angrily, "Even when the two armies were fighting, they didn't kill the envoys. I am here to meet your king on behalf of my master. Why do you want to kill me? Do you really think that I am an unknown person in Shu who can be humiliated at will? If you want to kill me, then kill me. I, Fan Yupei, have nothing to fear from you!"
Luo Youdu slowly turned around, looked at the righteous Fan Yu, and said sternly: "In my eyes, there is only the emperor of the Great Zhou in this world, and there is no emperor of the Great Shu. Just someone who claims to be the emperor wants to discuss it with the emperor on an equal footing? The emperor cares about the people of the world, and he doesn't have the time to pay attention to idle people."
Fan Yupei's face turned purple after hearing these words.
Wang Jing and Han Lingkun looked at each other.
Han Lingkun is okay, steady enough.
Wang Jing slapped his thigh in anger, thinking: "No wonder the emperor likes Brother Luo so much, what he said is really nice. If I had this mouth, I wouldn't be afraid of any schemes, I'm sure I'll be the second Fu Yanqing!"
After a long while, Fan Yupi finally reacted. He pointed at Luo Youdu , trembling constantly, and cursed: "You little brat, you are pointing at the sky and the earth, looking down on everyone..."
Before he could finish his curse, something flew down from above and hit Fan Yupi on the head, then fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Luo Youdu looked closely and found that it was an inkstone.
Wang Jing rushed down from above and stomped on Fan Yupi who was lying on the ground, cursing, "Damn it , what the hell, you're cursing my brother."
This is the true attitude of the military generals in the Central Plains towards civil officials.
If it weren't for the fact that Luo Youdu came from the central government and might affect his future, Wang Jing would never have looked at him straight in the eye. It would have been even more impossible to accumulate today's friendship.
"Did he really cut it off?"
Wang Jing looked at Luo Youdu and asked.
Luo Youdu looked at the fainted Fan Yupi and the big footprint on his face, and felt a slight chill down his spine. He was glad that he had offended Zhao Kuangyin in the first place. This fellow was not a spoiled person, and had a certain political foresight. He knew that Guo Rong did not like the tyranny of military commanders, so he tolerated it. Otherwise, he would not be able to guarantee the same fate.
"Forget it. Now that it's come to this, he must have learned his lesson. Throw him out and tell him that peace talks are impossible. There is only one sun in the sky. Beat up his messenger as well and send him back to Shu."
Wang Jing waved his hand and had Fan Yupei carried away.
Luo Youdu smiled and looked at Wang Jing and Han Lingkun and said, "Would you two brothers like to scare Meng Chang?"
Wang Jing asked excitedly, "Why are you scared?"
Luo Youdu replied: "Just split the troops into two groups. One group will go out of the lower section of Chencang Road, station troops in Guzhen, and pretend to attack Yangping Pass and march to Xingyuan Prefecture. The other group will pretend to march to Baishui Pass... If the emperor doesn't let us continue to advance, we won't fight, but just take a walk around the gate. It would be best if we can force Meng Chang to give up his emperor title and change to the title of lord, and respect the emperor as the master. Even if we can't, we can make them uneasy. Once we get the emperor's order, we will withdraw directly."
Luo Youdu vaguely remembered that in history, the economy of Shu Kingdom collapsed due to corruption and extravagance by its rulers and ministers.
Then Meng Chang endured the humiliation and wrote a letter of peace to Guo Rong in a humble manner.
But the beginning of the letter called himself "Emperor of Great Shu", which made Guo Rong so angry that he ignored Meng Chang and didn't even bother to reply to the letter.
It is clear that Guo Rong attaches great importance to his uniqueness as the Emperor of the Great Zhou.
However, at that time, the Later Zhou Dynasty was competing with the Southern Tang for the Jianghuai region, so there was no follow-up.
Although from Luo Youdu's point of view, he did not think that there was any difference between Meng Chang calling himself the Son of Heaven and calling himself the Lord of the country.
Anyway, the tentacles of the Great Zhou cannot extend into Shu for the time being.
But the ancients thought differently. It was definitely a great achievement to force Meng Chang to give up the title of emperor and become the ruler of the country instead.
Historically, the Zhou army's attack on Hou Shu and seizing four states did not cause much casualties to Hou Shu. Now, because of my appearance, the Shu army has lost more than 25,000 soldiers and horses.
Among them, Li Tinggui's troops had 15,000 soldiers, and there were also garrison troops from Qinzhou, Fengzhou, Chengzhou, and Jiezhou.
In history, Shu Kingdom never suffered such heavy casualties.
Although the territory of Shu Kingdom was vast, its population had always been a major flaw.
Luo Youdu couldn't remember the exact population of Hou Shu, but it was no more than 500,000 households. They lost four states and more than 20,000 soldiers in one fell swoop.
Taking into account military supplies and other things, this kind of loss would be fatal for a country with a devastated economy.
If you force it a little further, there might be some special effects.
Wang Jing looked at Han Lingkun and said, "I think it's feasible."
Han Lingkun also said: "Then let's give it a try! You and I will go one by one, I will go to Baishui Pass, and Duke Baoguo will go to Yangping Pass, how about that?"
Baishui Pass is close to Jiange, and after passing Jiange you will directly enter Shu.
Deploying troops at Baishui Pass is most likely to force the enemy to fight.
Han Lingkun wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to gain some credit.
Wang Jing no longer cared about achievements. He only thought about whether he could take advantage of the situation to please Guo Rong and continue to hold the position of the tyrant in the northwest. He had no other desires.
Fan Yupi was driven back to Shu by Wang Jing's soldiers.
This undisguised posture of attacking Xingyuan Prefecture frightened Fan Yupei so much that he did not dare to hesitate at all and even refused to treat the wound on his face.
Even when he was resting, he just wiped off the shoe prints and refused to apply medicine, so as not to recover on the way to Chengdu.
The Imperial Palace of Shu.
A graceful woman in white was wielding a knife, deftly cutting the potato sprouts into thin slices.
The bright and sharp knife, which had been tempered through thousands of hammerings, reflected the slender, white and tender hands of the woman in white, like white jade.
The woman in white moved lightly and quickly, and in a blink of an eye, she had cut a long piece of potato into countless thin slices.
The woman in white took out the lotus powder, carefully wrapped the potato tablets in it, added seasoning, and put them in the steamer to steam.
Calculate the time, take the steamed food and put it gently into the food box.
The moment you open the steamer, the fresh fragrance of lotus fills your nose.
"My dear sister, when I didn't see you in the yard, I knew you were here. It smells so good. Your cooking skills are unique in the world. No wonder you are so favored by His Majesty." A charming woman with red hair and a high bun rushed into the kitchen.
The woman in white said softly, "Your Majesty was worried about state affairs and didn't eat yesterday. It's the New Year's Day, so I will personally make some of his favorite food, hoping to arouse his appetite."
The charming woman sighed, "It's all Luo Youdu's fault. Why fight a war when there's nothing to do? His Majesty doesn't even come to the courtyard to accompany us sisters. I heard that he wants to reduce our salary. He wants to reduce my salary to that of a fourth-rank official. How can this be enough?"
The woman in white said in a calm and ethereal voice, "If you are short of money, I have some here, you can come and get it anytime. Let's go and see His Majesty together."
The charming woman was overjoyed and walked side by side with the woman in white, but all the way she kept scolding the damned Luo Youdu.
The woman in white listened quietly but didn't say a word.
The two girls came to the corridor of the front hall, but heard a roar from inside the palace: "Luo Youdu, you little brat, you are bullying me too much."
