Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Cao Pi immediately said: "Just let him present the letterhead directly. These Japanese are barbarians, so people don't need to see them."

Sima Yi immediately reminded: "Your Majesty, these Japanese people don't have writing, and generally they don't have pens and paper. Therefore, except for some high-ranking officials who are fluent in Chinese, the news is usually passed on by word of mouth. Presumably the messenger didn't bring any letterhead, just brought message."

The commanding soldier next to him immediately responded: "Your Majesty, it is just as the general said. The messenger did not bring any letterhead. He said that he only had a message to deliver, and that this person can only speak Japanese. He needs an interpreter to understand it. "

Cao Pi waved his hands impatiently and said, "Then send him and the interpreter into the big tent, and all the ministers are there, let's see what message they sent."

After a while, the envoy and interpreter of the slave country were included in the big account.The messenger translated a sentence into a general translator, and then told all the people in the tent that the unknown enemy rode around Kyushu Island and plundered soldiers and civilians.

Cao Pi was the first to turn pale with shock, and lost his voice: "Who else could this be? General, you just said that the Liang army could not cross the sea to attack before the autumn harvest! But now they are on the move. They sent a small group The reason why the troops are kidnapping people everywhere is to scout for news and find out where the main force of our army is. And all this is to attract troops to attack!"

Sima Yi narrowed his triangular eyes and muttered for a moment: "Your Majesty, don't be alarmed. Liang Jun's attempt to find out where my main force is is good, but Liang Jun will not come to attack us so soon. They are just trying to keep us from attacking the dog slaves by constantly harassing us. This is to ensure that when they cross the sea in the fall, we cannot concentrate on dealing with them with Yamatai. Then we will use our tricks and set a trap for them."

Chapter 786 Yamatai Himiko

Just when there was a lot of discussion in the big tent of Cao Pi's army in Sue Town.In the tent of Cao Chong's army on Tsushima Island, Cao Chong, Guo Jia and others were also discussing how to deal with Cao Pi's army.Cao Chongjun had already finished interrogating the Kyushu Japanese who had been taken captive.

From the Japanese population of all kinds, from the slaves to the households to the lieutenant generals of the masters of a town, Cao Chong and Guo Jia already knew the general movements of Cao Pi's army after they arrived in Kyushu.Including that they have formed an alliance with Yamatai, and have directly received the help of the slave country of Yamatai, and are working on attacking the enemy country of Yamatai, the dog slave country.

The most important thing is that Guo Jia's guess was confirmed from the confessions of these Japanese people. Cao Pi's army captured Sue Town and Genkai Town on the north coast of Kyushu, and built cities there.Among them, Sue Town is where the main force of Cao Pi's army is located.

Cao Chong opened the mouth first and said: "Since this is the case, there is no hesitation. We must immediately organize a brigade to attack the two camps of Cao Pi's army. We cannot let them conquer the Gou Nu Kingdom and gain a firm foothold, and then unite with the rest of the Wa Kingdom to deal with it wholeheartedly. us."

Hearing Cao Chong's words, Zhang Yun, Xu Chu and other generals stood up one after another and challenged Cao Chong to fight.But Guo Jia shook his head at this time and said: "Now, we can't rashly attack them. We have taken so many people from Kyushu Island, it is impossible not to be discovered by them. With Sima Yi's resources, he can't It's not clear why we did this. So he must be on guard. Probably already tied his pockets, just waiting for our army to throw himself into the trap."

Before Cao Chong could speak, Xu Zhu anxiously said: "Then we will remain indifferent? Wait for them to settle down that dog country, and then unite with the Japanese to deal with us? If you ask me, Old Xu, you don't need to wait until we have the foundation of Tsushima Island After the construction is completed, we will directly cross the sea and kill the generals..."

Cao Chong glared at the side and said, "Xu Qing, don't want to talk nonsense. You ask, how is your intelligence compared to Guo Guoxiang? How is your intelligence compared to Sima Yi, Cao Pi's thief?"

Seeing that Cao Chong was sullen, Xu Chu hurriedly apologized with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, I'm a rough man. I don't know Sima Yi well, but Guo Guo Xiangchen is naturally not as good as him."

Cao Chong continued to teach: "So, both Guo Guoxiang and Sima Yi know that they must lay down their own foundations before pacifying the entire Yingzhou, otherwise it will be like building a house on the beach. Although the Japanese are weak, but no matter how flat the beach is, go directly to Building a house will inevitably lead to the collapse of the house and the death of people.”

When Cao Chong said this, he turned the subject and asked Guo Jia: "But when we lay a solid foundation on Tsushima Island, they may have already conquered the Gou Nu Kingdom, and instead they will concentrate on dealing with us with Yamatai. What should I do?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Although we can't directly attack Cao Pi's army, we can fight the Japanese team called Nuguo. Whether as an ally or for our own interests, Cao Pi and Sima Yi have to send troops Go and rescue them. Because they have to rely on Yamatai and the slave kingdoms attached to Yamatai for their food, supplies and even manpower. Once their main force is mobilized and they leave the city barracks, we will have a chance to take advantage of it.”

Hearing this, Zhang He stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister. If so, then I suggest that our army take down this place. In recent days, I have repeatedly checked the newly drawn sea chart provided by Wei Wen Navy. It was found that the Xiaguan marked by the land scouts is the key point connecting the two islands of Kyushu and Honshu. If the enemy loses this place, it will cut off the connection between Cao Pi's bandit army and the headquarters of Yamatai, and at the same time blockade Ying The throat of Zhou Neihai leading to the northern sea of ​​Yingzhou. In this way, Cao Pi must send troops to rescue. I ask the king to allow me to complete this task. I only need [-] fine horses. If you arrive at dawn and at night, you can occupy it on the same day close."

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Junyi, the goal you chose is not bad. But it's not the time to do that yet."

His words confuse everyone present again, Cao Chong questioned: "What does the Prime Minister mean by that, what else do we have to do before doing this?"

Guo Jia laughed and said: "We have chased all the way from Qingzhou, traveled thousands of miles, and the means we used were swords and soldiers facing each other and defeating the enemy with martial arts. On the other hand, Cao Pi's bandit army used vertical and horizontal techniques to combine vertical and horizontal, relying on Those local natives, barbarians and Japanese people deal with us and supplement ourselves. Of course, when we were in East Qingzhou Haidong, we had the imperial army to help us. Using powerful force to quickly cut through the mess, it is undoubtedly the fastest way to quickly defeat the enemy. But now there is only Wei Wen The general provides us with transportation support, and at most assists us with offensive operations near the coast. But most of the time, we still have to rely on ourselves. Therefore, it may not be feasible to conquer the entire Yingzhou by force and brute force now. .”

Cao Chong is so clever. When he heard this, he immediately understood what Guo Jia was going to say, and asked: "The Prime Minister said that we will first visit the Yamatai and the Gonu Kingdom to see if we can disintegrate the alliance between Yamatai and Cao Pi's army, as well as our Can you also form an alliance with the dog slave country?"

"The king's sage, that's what I mean."

Cao Chong tilted his head and said, "Who can we send?"

Guo Jia stroked his beard and said, "It's easy to deal with the Gou Nu Kingdom. Just send some capable ministers there. We just need to explain our purpose and whether the Gou Nu is willing to join forces with us. The key is to go out as an envoy." This person from Yamatai is difficult for someone who is not alert and eloquent."

At this time, one of the generals in the tent stood up and said: "I report to the king that I am willing to send an envoy to this country of Xiematai." When everyone saw it, it turned out that it was Yang Xiu, the general of Zhonglang.Guo Jia's eyes lit up and he said, "It's very suitable for you to go to Yematai as an envoy. I remember that when Nanmi Sheng, the envoy of Ximatai, came to Yecheng for an audience, you were in charge of reception at that time."

Yang Xiu responded, "It's exactly the case when you return to the country."

Cao Chong nodded his head and said, "Then I will trouble Yang Qing to go to Xiematai."

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Yamatai King City in the eastern part of the Great Peace Plains.In a large house made of Maotz adobe, on the polished and smooth wooden floor, a room full of people sat cross-legged.But the person at the top was kneeling, because she was a woman with gray hair.She is Himiko, Queen of Yamatai.

At this time, Himiko was having a court meeting with his ministers that must be held every day.

At this time, someone was the first to report and said: "Your Majesty, the slave country's big Japanese Nan Nuxi has new information. It is said that another group of soldiers and horses came from Tsushima Sea. But they seem to stop at Tsushima The island no longer goes south, but keeps sending soldiers and horses to plunder the population of the slave country. For some reason, this is not like capturing slaves. If it was for slaves, they would not be so cumbersome and only send a small group of people to take a few people away each time. "

Hearing this, Himiko opened his half-closed eyes, showing piercing eyes.

Chapter 787 Procrastination

Himiko asked, "Can you find out where this man came from? Is it Gaya or Mahan?"

"Your Majesty, the other party is neither Gaya nor Mahan. According to Nanuxi's report, these people who came here seem to be Han Chinese from the western mainland."

When everyone heard this, they began to discuss in low voices.A gleam of light flashed in Himiko's eyes: "That is to say, they are probably the Liang Kingdom that has newly risen on the western continent?"

A Yamatai minister bowed and responded, "It's probably true."

At this time, some of the ministers in Yamatai suddenly exclaimed: "Could it be that Daliang is going to attack us Japanese? If so, not only our Yamatai country and its subordinate countries, but also our three islands of Japanese people will be wiped out. They will destroy us like the Three Hans, and then directly bring us under the rule of Emperor Liang."

An old man raised his head and retorted: "If Daliang's army is really coming, they may not necessarily come to destroy us Japanese, but they are more likely to come to destroy that Wei army. With their habits of the Han people, they must treat the remnants of the previous dynasty Cutting the weeds and eradicating the roots will not give them a chance to make a comeback."

Himiko had a solemn face, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth when he heard this.She nodded and said: "If that's the case, it's a good thing. The Han people from the Wei army came to the place where our Japanese people lived, although they swore that they were just looking for a place that could help them revive the Great Wei. They will return in the future The mainland is Zhongtu, but who can really believe their words. If they have the ability to counterattack Zhongtu, they will definitely conquer all the three islands of Wodi before that. This king has no doubt that the Wei army will attack without hesitation. To destroy the dog slave country, but this king has been worried about what they will do after they attack the dog slave country, and how we will deal with it. If the new wave of people who come here is Liang Jun, this matter will be half as good. We can drive Gobble up wolves and reap the benefits of the fisherman. This king understands the Han land, and what they care about is surrender from all sides, so as long as they attack Cao Pi's Wei army, we can satisfy them by proclaiming their names. However, in reality We are still self-contained and will not be at the mercy of Western Han people."

All the ministers in the hall nodded in praise, at this time a servant came into the room and reported: "His Majesty, Xiaguan doctor Bi Nahu sent another urgent letter, saying that they captured a group of people who claimed to be the envoys of Wei Guo in Xiaguan. .This group of people keeps saying that they want to come to Yamato City to meet the king."

One of the ministers questioned: "What is the Wei State of Daliang? Why is there another Wei State?"

The waiter spread his hands and said: "This villain doesn't know either, that's what the messenger said."

Himiko's face darkened and said: "Then let the messenger go to the palace quickly. The king will ask him personally."

Himiko and the ministers inquired about the messenger and found out that Cao Chong, Wei State, was a vassal state subject to Liang State, and its lord Cao Chong was Cao Pi's younger brother, but at this time the two brothers were already sworn enemies.In addition, Cao Chong came to attack Cao Pi on the edict of Feng Yu, and Cao Chong sent them to discuss important matters with Xiematai.

Himiko smiled triumphantly and said, "What do you want? You don't need to guess what they came for. It must be Wei Jun who wants to join us to deal with Cao Pi."

The minister of Yamatai already shouted: "This is a good thing, let them come. Hurry up and make an alliance with us, and then let them annihilate Cao Pi. Then send them out of the country."

Himiko shook his head and said: "But now is not the time for them to annihilate Cao Pi, because the dog slave country is not yet dead. If they wipe out Cao Pi at once, what should we do together with the dog slave country to conquer us? For us, the best The end result is that Cao Pi first conquered the Gou Nu Kingdom, and then Cao Chong fought with Cao Pi again, no matter who wins or loses, we can all reap the benefits."

Someone below questioned: "But now Cao Chong's envoy is coming, if they propose to unite, how should we reply to them? Promise them, now we have to wipe our face with Cao Pi and break the relationship. Will Cao Pi still return?" It’s not certain that he will attack and destroy the Dog Nu Kingdom as planned, and he may even turn against us with the United Dog slaves. So no matter what answer we give, won’t the king’s plan be realized?”

Himiko chuckled and said, "Then we won't give them a clear answer, and we'll wait for change."

"But the news from Cao Pi said that they may be able to destroy the Gou Nu Kingdom before the arrival of this autumn at the earliest."

"You don't have to worry about this, the king has his own way."

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Seven or eight days later, Cao Chong's envoy Yang Xiu was "escorted" to this Yamato city.But Himiko did not summon him immediately, but arranged for him to live in a spacious and clean house.Another five or six days have passed since this stay, but Himiko has not been summoned for a long time.

Yang Xiu became anxious and ran to the palace to shout.That simple so-called palace is not big, so his cries can be heard by the whole palace.

"Himiko, queen of Yamatai, listen. You are an envoy sent by the royal court. I want to discuss with you about important matters related to the future of the two countries. This matter is not only about Yamatai and our country Wei, but also about The matter between you and the Daliang court. If you deliberately evade and perfunctory us, I am afraid that the emperor will be angered and send a large army of the court to attack. At that time, it may be useless for my family Wei Wang to intercede."

Called for a long time, but no one responded.On the contrary, several Xiematai soldiers ran out, blushing and yelling in the Japanese language, and gesticulating at him with spears in their hands.Even if Yang Xiu couldn't understand, he could almost guess that he was not allowed to make any noise, and if he didn't leave, he would be captured and killed on the spot.

Yang Xiu shouted again: "Since Queen Himiko didn't summon X, X returned by himself. After returning, X will truthfully report what happened here to King Wei. You treat X like this, this is not only against X and Wei. Humiliation is also a humiliation to the Daliang court!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked away with great strides.He walked less than a dozen battles away, and a Japanese official from the famous Yamatai chased him out of breath and said in blunt Chinese: "Liang envoy Xiuxiu, the queen wants someone to bring you a message."

Yang Xiu stopped in his tracks and corrected him: "This is not an envoy from Liang, but an envoy from Wei. If this is an envoy from the Daliang court, your Queen Himiko will come to welcome him like a vassal prince welcomes an imperial envoy."

The visitor kept nodding his head and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, whether it's Liang Envoy or Wei Envoy, in short, the Queen wants someone to bring you a message. She has been sick in bed for a few days, so she can't summon Wei Envoy. Envoy Wei, please take care of me. But her condition has improved today, and I can summon Mr. Envoy Wei at the court meeting tomorrow."

Only then did Yang Xiu secretly heave a sigh of relief, but he didn't really want to come this trip for nothing.

Chapter 788

In the early morning, the bronze bell parked outside the King's Palace of Yamato City began to clang, which was a signal to summon the officials to come to the court meeting.A major event in this court meeting was that Queen Himiko led a group of officials to meet Wei envoy Yang Xiu, so the group of officials gathered outside the simple palace gate early on.

After everyone filed in and sat cross-legged on the floor, Himiko came out from the back hall, knelt and sat on the head, waved his hand and said: "I invite the envoys of Wei Guo to come in." Yang Xiu appeared in front of everyone in sight.As soon as he entered the hall, he went straight to the point and explained the intention of going to Yamatai, hoping that Himiko could unite with Cao Chong, break off diplomatic relations with Cao Pi, and jointly defeat Cao Pi.

Of course, there are many threats and lures in his words, such as Cao Pi's wolfish ambitions, he will inevitably enslave the entire Yingzhou for his counterattack against the Central Plains.If Xiematai is stubborn, he will definitely suffer from military disasters.What if he joins forces with Cao Chong to defeat Cao Pi, King Wei only needs Kyushu and the Four Kingdoms, will guarantee the safety of Yamatai, and assist Yamatai to unify the state, and this guarantee will be endorsed by the Daliang court.

After Yang Xiu finished speaking, Himiko didn't reply directly, but pretended to be confused and said: "A few days ago, a team from the northwest crossed the sea and came to Yingzhou. Today there is another team A team claiming to be from the army of Wei came here and sent envoys. One claimed to be the emperor of the Wei family, who had the honor of ninety-five in the world, and all the countries in the world had to submit to him. The other claimed to be the king of Wei, and said it was the emperor of Liang. This king of the Wei family has dealt with each other in the early years, but this king of Daliang has never heard of it, but he has heard of the Wu country. They have a close relationship with the dog slave country. The king is confused. Which one is the real Wei Jun?"

Yang Xiu had no choice but to patiently explain the difference between this Wei and the other Wei for Himiko, and then he concluded: "The Wei State of Cao Pi, the thief, was obtained by plotting to kill the king and kill his father to usurp power. Wei. The state of Wei under the control of our king Cao Chong was handed down by the edict of Cao Cao, the first emperor of the state of Wei, and was recognized by the current Emperor of Liang, but he was only reduced to a king. It should be the orthodox Wei state that can inherit both the legal system and the moral system."

When Yang Xiu said this, he was interrupted by a minister from Xiematai: "Your envoy's words are strange. Then Cao Pi's Wei State is an empire. Cao Pi at least claims to be the emperor, but your king Cao Chong is a king. It was still under the rule of Liang State, the enemy state of Wei State. So, how can you call the other party a pseudo-Wei, and you are orthodox?"

Yang Xiu sneered and said: "This is because you don't understand my Central Plains culture. According to my Central Plains ethics, how can we use the status of the lord to distinguish between pseudo-legacy and orthodoxy. My king Cao Chong's country is According to his father, in terms of loyalty and righteousness, he is the vassal king conferred by the Son of Heaven. Daliang ruled China and opened up thousands of miles, which is the destiny of heaven. Therefore, my king Cao Chong complied with the destiny, willingly surrendered to the Son of Heaven, and downgraded to king."

Himi, who had been silent for a long time at this time, raised his hand and said: "I don't understand what your envoy said. It's just that I know that my Yamatai country also had a previous dynasty, which was the Wanu country. We Yamatai and Wanu The relationship between the two countries is probably the same as the relationship between Zhou State and Shang Fang in the pre-Qin period in your Central Plains. According to your etiquette, our Yamatai also inherited from the Wanu Kingdom. The lord of the country also professed his minister to the emperor of the Han Dynasty and recognized the emperor of the Han Dynasty as the master of the world. Therefore, the imperial court of the Han Dynasty granted him a golden seal of the Japanese slave king and an imperial edict. Now the golden seal is in the hands of the king. Serving the State of Wei, we should know that our country had also been sent to the State of Wei in the early years. At that time, the Lord of Wei had already proclaimed himself emperor. This king recognized his position as the Son of Heaven and proclaimed himself a minister to him. In this way, the country also inherited the Japanese slaves The vassal relationship between the country and the Central Plains court. But..."

When Himiko said this, he stopped his tone, picked up a pottery water bowl, blew some soup in it, took a sip, and then said the most crucial words:

"But now, you have been fighting back and forth in the Central Plains for decades. Today this one claims to be the emperor, and tomorrow the one is enthroned and proclaimed the emperor. Now, there is also a Wei emperor who claims to be the emperor and came to our Yingzhou. Our Yamatai is not unwilling I want to profess my vassal to the emperor of the Central Plains court, but I just can’t be sure which one is the real emperor. You can’t say that a person who occupies a large territory is the destiny, and he is the real emperor, right?”

After hearing Himiko's words, Yang Xiu's complexion became ugly, and he was about to say some ugly threatening words.Himiko said again: "Although this king is not very proficient in Chinese culture, but this king knows that there is one thing that can prove that your Central Plains emperors are orthodox, and that is the Jade Seal of Chuanguo! This jade seal was passed down from the unified Emperor Shihuang In the hands of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, it shows that his Han Kingdom inherited the first emperor's kingdom. Then you, the emperor of Daliang, must also have this jade seal, so that you can prove that your Daliang has inherited the orthodoxy of the Han Kingdom of Emperor Guangwu. So this king also It is justifiable to submit to the emperor of Daliang, and it is a matter of course to form an alliance with the king of Wei who was appointed by the emperor of Daliang to fight against the enemy."

Hearing this, Yang Xiu gasped. He didn't expect that the queen of this overseas country would also know the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.He immediately asked: "What exactly does Her Majesty want to say? Do you want us to show the Jade Seal of Chuanguo as proof? To be honest, the emperor of Daliang did have the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, but how could the Holy Majesty send such an important item to the land of thousands of miles?" An overseas foreign country! So don’t have this delusion!”

Himiko laughed like a silver bell, and she said: "Your envoy, don't be in a hurry. Wait for this king to finish speaking. This king knows that it is impossible for you to bring the Jade Seal of Chuanguo to Yingzhou. However, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty The imperial edict conferring on the Wa Nu King is still in the hands of the king, and there is a seal on the edict. Therefore, the noble envoy only needs to let the Daliang court pass the seal to know whether the emperor of Daliang really has the imperial jade seal. .”

Yang Xiu became anxious when he heard this, and thought that all the edicts and edicts that can be found in Cao Chong's army, including the edict to enshrine Cao Chong as the king of Wei and entrust the land of Yingzhou, all the seals on them are not the seals of the Jade Seal of the Kingdom.Because the Jade Seal of Chuanguo was treasured by Feng Yu, he usually used a seal instead of another one.In this way, it will take several months to go back to Luoyang to get the seal of Chuanguo Yuxi, and then come to Yingzhou.

Yang Xiu immediately explained the reason, but Himiko flicked his sleeves and said, "Your envoy, don't say any more, this king only recognizes the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. After taking it out, this king admits that the emperor of Daliang is the co-lord of the world. I will also form an alliance with the king of Wei who was appointed by the emperor."

Chapter 789

Above the main hall of Yamato Castle King's Palace.Yang Xiu saw that Queen Himiko of Yamatai insisted on asking for the seal of Chuanguo Yuxiu, so he had no choice but to hand over the island: "If so, then I will leave. I have a low official position. This time I am an envoy to your country to convey a message, and I can't promise anything. So I can only report your country's request to my king. As for how my king and the Daliang court will respond to your country, I can't guarantee anything. But I still have something to say. At the moment, my country and your country are not settled. In the case of an alliance, and your country is allied with Cao Pi, the thief, the poor country can only regard Yamatai as an enemy country. Therefore, there is no guarantee that we will not take hostile actions against your country before the Daliang court formally responds to your country .”

Hearing the threatening words, Himiko's heart tightened, but his face remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "It's natural. This king still said the same thing, as long as the king of Daliang really has the confirmation of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, This king recognizes his dignity as the son of heaven, and will naturally follow his edict to form an alliance with your country to fight against the bandits. But before that, whatever happens between Yamatai and your country." After finishing speaking, she waved her hand Said: "Send the envoy back!"

Yang Xiu saw that the order to evict the guests was issued, and without waiting for those Xiematai soldiers to chase them away, he consciously walked out in big strides.

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Nearly five or six days later, Cao rushed to the camp on Tsushima Island.Cao Chong, Guo Jia and others have all gathered in the large tent of the Chinese army.They knew that Yang Xiu, who was sent to Yamatai as an envoy, had returned, and they were all waiting for his return.

After a while, a dejected Yang Xiu entered the big tent, and everyone knew Huang from his expression.After Yang Xiu had finished describing the story in detail, Guo Jia stroked his long beard and sneered.He said to Cao Chong: "Your Majesty, the Queen of Yamatai is obviously willing to form an alliance with us, but deliberately delaying the time. That's why she made such a request that seems to make things difficult for us. From the Tsushima Strait to Chang'an, one No matter what, it will take more than two months."

Zhang He asked, "But why did she delay for two or three months?"

"Because he wants to unite with us after Cao Pi destroys the Gou Nu Kingdom." Guo Jia said firmly, and then changed his subject: "But we can't wait for two or three months. We must attack the Gou Nu Country before Cao Pi before taking action."

Cao Chong nodded, and then asked Zhang Yun, "Has the envoy from Gonu Kingdom returned?"

Zhang He spread his hands and said: "I'm back, but only the head came back. The dog slave Dawahimi Gonghu wanted to form an alliance with us, but he was stopped by one of his powerful ministers called Gougu Zhibeigou, and sent our envoy Beheaded."

Xu Zhu said angrily, "If that's the case, we are directly declaring war on our country Wei. How can there be such a stupid person in the world, who has allies but does not make friends, and insists on having an enemy."

Guo Jia pondered for a while and said, "I can't guess the intention of this move. It may be related to their internal power disputes. But since this is the case, we will ignore them and just follow our own plan." However, we still have a two-pronged approach. Now we should send people back to Chang'an, report this matter to the emperor, and ask for a document with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. How can I say that it will be of great use in the future, after all, Himiko said These words."

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In the torrential rain, Binahu, the doctor of Xiaguanbao, still insisted on going to the top of Wubao to make inspections.Some time ago, he already knew that Liang Jun's talk with Queen Himiko in Yamato City had collapsed, and Himiko even specially sent someone to cross the slave country, the big Japanese Nannuxi, and directly told him to be more careful.So in addition to ordering the daily patrol soldiers to be more careful, he also went to the city to patrol twice a day, rain or shine.

He walked around the top of the castle, which was less than a hundred battles in circumference, and found that there was no movement around and in the Xiaguan Strait not far away, so he went down to the city.What he didn't know was that a massacre was taking place only ten miles away from Xiaguan Fort.

In the rain, all over the field were the corpses of soldiers from the Xiaguan Fort patrolling slaves.The rainwater collected in the potholes has turned blood red.Not far away, the sound of splashing water was loud, and dozens of tigers and leopards were chasing more than a dozen slave soldiers in the rain.The latter were cut down to the ground one by one by the iron cavalry who were chasing after them while fleeing. It was only after the tiger and leopard knights cut down the last slave soldier that they reunited.

"Have they all been killed? Did anyone slip through the net?" asked the leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry.

"Don't worry about the team rate, none of them ran away. The Japanese patrol soldiers I saw just now were all killed. The number is clear, there are 51 people in total. Not too many people fell on the ground, a total of 51 people .”

The team leader nodded and said: "That's good, then we might have a chance to break through the city of Xiaguan directly, so as to save the trouble of attacking the city."

Another tiger and leopard knight who was the deputy team leader said: "Brother, in my opinion, I am not so optimistic. Presumably the Xiaguan Fort is already prepared, even if we suddenly kill them without anyone knowing Under the city, with our dozens of cavalry, we may not be able to take the city by surprise. According to someone, it is not too late to wait for the main force behind to catch up."

The team leader sneered: "Will it work, we will try it." Then he said loudly: "All brothers listen to the order, we will ride to the Xiaguan city in the rain, and kill him by surprise." He whipped the horse and galloped away.Dozens of riders galloped up, splashing large swathes of water across the field.

When they saw the outline of Xiaguan Fort, the rain intensified, to the point of heavy rain.For more than ten battles, the scenery could not be seen clearly.In this way, it is difficult for the Japanese soldiers at the top of the city to find them.Even the sound of horseshoes was completely covered by the sound of heavy rain.

But when they galloped to less than ten battles away from the city wall, the soldiers at the top of the city found them, screaming in panic.The Tiger and Leopard Riders ignored their reactions, Qiqi slowed down his horse and took out his hand crossbow, throwing his flying claws towards the top of the city which was two battles high.

The flying claws hooked onto the edge of the wall one by one, and the tiger and leopard knights climbed up the rope.The saddles of their war horses were already six or seven feet above the ground, so they were actually only five or six feet away from the top of the city, and they reached the top of the city in an instant.

But when these tiger and leopard knights climbed to the top of the city, these panicked Japanese soldiers calmed down in half a moment.They held out their spears, Qi Qi, and stabbed at the tiger and leopard knights.The doctor of Xiaguan Fort, Binahu, had already heard the noise and fighting outside in the room in the fort, and he didn't need soldiers to report that it was the enemy who came to kill him.He quickly raised his weapon, ran out of the room, and rushed to the top of the city with all the soldiers in the fort.

Chapter 790 Land and Water Blockade

The head of Xiaguan Fort.A tiger and leopard knight didn't stand firmly at the top of the city, so he didn't have time to dodge, and he didn't have time to draw the saber on his back, so he couldn't block it.In an instant, he was chopped to the waist by several short bronze daggers, and at the same time, an iron spear was pierced into the hollow of his shoulder.Although except for this iron spear, none of the rest penetrated the iron armor on his body, but the huge thrust still poked him off the top of the wall that was two battles high.

Almost at the same time, the other three tiger and leopard knights who had climbed to the top of the wall had already begun to kill. They danced the sabers in their hands into a ball and beheaded nearly ten Japanese soldiers from the slave country in an instant.

On the Xiaguan Fort, the tiger and leopard knights who were the first to climb the top of the city were slashing and killing wildly with their four-foot-long horse-chopping steel knives.It's like entering the land of no one.With a cry of a tiger and leopard knight, he slashed his saber towards the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side. The Japanese soldiers held up their short bronze daggers to block, and the two-inch-thick short bronze daggers were cut off in an instant, and then the blade It scratched the Japanese soldier's neck, and his head fell off.

Even so, the number of tiger and leopard knights is too small after all, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers in Xiaguan Fort are surging on the stairs and corridors of the city wall like a torrent.Although the tiger and leopard cavalry have more armor, weapons, and combat power than these Japanese soldiers, I don't know how much.But in the narrow city wall less than three feet wide, these advantages cannot be fully utilized.

On the contrary, the Japanese soldiers rushed forward wave after wave, causing continuous casualties of these tiger and leopard riders.A tiger and leopard knight raised his saber and slashed at a Japanese soldier again.Because he had consumed a lot of strength, the speed of this slash was a little slower, so that the Japanese soldier had time to react and raised the wooden shield in his hand.

With a bang, the blade split open the crude wooden shield, but when the blade penetrated into the middle of the board, it got stuck.The tiger and leopard rider couldn't pull out his own saber for a while, but another Japanese soldier with a spear saw an opening, and thrust out with a spear, hitting the tiger and leopard rider in the abdomen.The latter groaned, and was forced to retreat again and again under the severe pain, and fell to the top of the wall on his back.However, the two Japanese soldiers were immediately beheaded by another Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

The tiger and leopard cavalry team looked up and found that there were still black heads on the stairway, so they knew that the form was wrong.After repelling another wave of Japanese soldiers' charge, they hurriedly shouted to withdraw!The remaining [-] tiger and leopard knights hurriedly slid down the city along the rope still hanging on the wall.The Japanese soldiers at the top of the city suddenly boosted their morale.At this time, the heavy rain had passed, and the crossbowmen of the Japanese soldiers also rushed to the wall, firing their bows and arrows continuously.The rest of the soldiers gathered up the ropes left on the edge of the wall.