Chapter 25 3. I can't bear it anymore, I don't need to bear it anymore

Looking around the world, who is the scariest?Liu Xiucai is the scariest person in the world.He is like a fierce wolf on the prairie. Once the prey appears, he will attack decisively and seal his throat with blood.If he encounters a cunning prey, he will squat in the grass and remain motionless until the prey shows his flaws. Back then, when Wang Yi's 430,000 troops claimed millions to besiege the small Kunyang City, Liu Xiu still maintained the courage to kill the enemy without fear when Mount Tai collapsed; since then, he has been chasing the enemy everywhere in the Central Plains battlefield. Tracks of prey.

Today, it is rare for him to be patient with Kai Xiao and Gongsun Shu. However, Liu Xiu could bear it, but some people couldn't bear it anymore.These people are Liu Xiu's generals stationed in the pass. They believed that Gongsun Shu in Chengdu looked gorgeous on the outside, but he had already shown signs of defeat and couldn't stand the fight, so he might as well give the order to go straight through the city of Chengdu.Therefore, they collectively wrote a letter to Liu Xiu, requesting to conquer Gongsunshu. Liu Xiu looked at the letters of invitation from the generals calmly. After thinking about it, he decided to send these letters to a person.No one expected that the invitation letter would be delivered to Kai Xiao.

At the same time, Liu Xiu also sent a message to Kai Xiao, I am going to conquer Gongsunshu in the south, you are the general of Xizhou, I want to send you as a forward first, and I will arrive later, what do you think. Liu Xiu's move was very fierce.Kai Xiao's attitude has always been unclear, once this plan is made, it is to force the other party to make a move.If Kai Xiao is willing to fight Gongsun Shu, it means that Ma Yuan's lobbying has worked; if Kai Xiao continues to practice Tai Chi, he can see his hole card at a glance-wait for the opportunity to rebel. Sure enough, after seeing the letter, Kai Xiao gently kicked it back like kicking a football.

Kaixiao replied to Liu Xiu in this way: There is a guy named Lu Fang who relied on the power of the Huns to proclaim himself emperor. , Big knife greets my family.Therefore, for the sake of my whole family, I cannot send troops first. What a perfect excuse, not logic, better than logic.In order to stabilize Liu Xiu, he did nothing but send his eldest son, Kui Xun, to Luoyang as a hostage, accompanied by Ma Yuan. All of a sudden, Liu Xiu discovered that Kai Xiao was really not an ordinary old Jiang Hu. For Liu Xiu, the situation of Kaixiao sending his son as a hostage is not ideal, but it is not too bad.From this at least it can be seen that Kai Xiao did not dare to move unless it was absolutely necessary.So, he stabilized Kai Xiao temporarily, and turned his gaze to Gongsun Shu.

Gongsun Shu seems to be very capable, but in fact he is extremely ridiculous.Ma Yuan has already experienced his ridiculous methods.This time, it was Liu Xiu's turn to see him. Gongsun Shu wrote several letters to Liu Xiu, and the content of the letter only stated one thing, explaining to Liu Xiu the rationality of being emperor.Where is the rationality?Not in the hearts of the people, but on paper.He told Liu Xiu like this: The streets are full of mysterious prophecy books, you can just go and look through them to see if they have predicted that I will be the emperor. Liu Xiu really couldn't laugh or cry.The prophecy books on the street do contain the words that Gongsun Shu wants to become the emperor.But those are all roadside goods, God knows whether they are genuine books or pirated books.Before Liu Xiu came to the throne, someone used a talisman to persuade him that he would be the emperor.Take the talisman to make the day's will, this unique trick is Wang Mang's original creation, he did not expect that this technique has been around the world for many years, and Gongsun Shu also learned it.

Liu Xiu sent a letter back to Gongsun Shu, explaining that the Ji language was unreliable.At the same time, he made it clear: born in chaos, everyone wants to be emperor, I understand this.However, you are old now, and you still have a wife and children at home. I advise you to think about your wife and children, and think twice before doing anything. Liu Xiu's move is called courtesy first and soldiers later.He didn't say he was going to hit you, but Gongsun Shu could clearly feel the murderous intent. In fact, Liu Xiu's letter has seriously hurt Gongsun Shu's fragile heart.

In Lu Xun's works, Ah Q once saw a monk touching a nun's head, so he ran up to touch it too.People wanted to beat him, but he was silent for a while and said: "The monk can touch it, why can't I touch it?" Put this joke on Gongsun Shu, and you will know how hurt Gongsun Shu will be.In today's chaos, Wang Mang seized the elk from the Liu family of the Han Dynasty. Fifteen years later, the elk slipped from Wang Mang's hands to the Central Plains again.In the whole world, there is a crowd of heroes vying for the throne, and everyone knows that the first to strike is the best.You Liu Xiu chased it, why should I, Gongsun Shu, not chase it?

That's right, you, Liu Xiu, don't have the word "Son of Heaven" written on your face.If you can be the emperor, so can I, Gongsun Shu.Ever since, Gongsun Shu, who was extremely injured, became angry and decided to fight back against Liu Xiu. March 30 AD.Gongsun Shu sent troops down the Yangtze River to attack Jingzhou. The prey finally showed its tail.At this time, Liu Xiu issued an edict ordering Kai Xiao to go south from Tianshui County and attack Gongsun Shu's back.Soon, Kai Xiao replied. However, the answer disappointed Liu Xiu—Kai Xiao refused to send troops. The reasons for Kai Xiao's refusal to send troops are as follows: the road at Baishuiguan is dangerous and difficult to march, and most of the plank roads along the road are rotten and unusable.This is one of them.The appearance of Gongsun Shu's defeat has been revealed, and there is a disharmony between the upper and lower levels. Wouldn't it be better to win him in one fell swoop when he is terminally ill?This is the second.So, wait a little longer.

It really is an old world. What does it mean to wait any longer? It is clearly procrastination.Last year you were called to send troops, and you said you were afraid that Lu Fang in the north would copy your family;This drags on year after year, until the year of the donkey and the month of the horse. I can't bear it anymore, I don't need to bear it anymore.Now that the matter has come to this point, Liu Xiu has no choice but to make a ruthless move. On April 8, Liu Xiu went to Chang'an.He first worshiped the ancestors of the Liu family, and then deployed troops, ordering Gai Yan and other seven generals to lead the army westward through Longxi and attack Gongsunshu.

Please note that Liu Xiu's troops are going to cross Longshan Mountain, which is Kaixiao's territory.But his target was Gongsun Shu in the south.If Liu Xiu said this, anyone can be deceived. If he wants to deceive Kai Xiao, it would be insulting Kai Xiao's wisdom. Anyone who is familiar with the art of war knows that the scientific name of Liu Xiushi's trick is called cutting Guo through the way.Liu Xiu is an old Jianghu, and Kai Xiao is also an old Jianghu, no one can fool the other.Liu Xiu's real intention was not to make excuses, but to prepare to start a war against Kai Xiao.

Then, Liu Xiu issued another imperial edict, calling someone over, and said, "Take my edict and go see Kai Xiao again. Tell him, and I will give him one last chance. If he is stubborn again , Don’t blame me for being rude.” The name of the person Liu Xiu summoned was called Lai She.This is a great man known to everyone in the world, and even more so, a fierce man who is not afraid of death. Lai She, named Uncle Jun, was born in Xinye, Nanyang (now south of Xinye, Henan).Lai She's father, Lai Zhong, served as a counselor during the reign of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty. He married Liu Xiu's aunt and gave birth to She.In terms of kinship, Liu Xiu still called her cousin.When Liu Xiu went to Chang'an to study in the west, Zeng and Laishe had a lot of contacts and had a good relationship. But this kinship almost killed cousin Laishe.After the Liu Xiu brothers rebelled in their hometown, Wang Mang carried out a sweeping raid on Liu's clan in the capital.Lai She was arrested, and after many rescues by his guests, he was finally pulled out of the prison. Fast-forward many years, cousin Laishe went to many places, and finally defected to Liu Xiu, and was named Taizhong doctor.Lai She, who was promoted to an official, asked Liu Xiu to send him a mission. At that time, Liu Xiuzhu was very pessimistic about sweeping away Kai Xiao and Gongsun Shu who were entrenched in Longshu and Shu, but Laishe thought there was nothing to worry about.He told Liu Xiu that when the Kaixiao family rebelled, they voted for Liu Xuan first, which shows that he still supported the Han Dynasty.In my opinion, as long as Kai Xiao is dealt with, Gongsun Shu will not have to worry.When I was in Chang'an, I had a good relationship with Kai Xiao, so it was very appropriate for me to go to Tianshui County to lobby Kai Xiao. Liu Xiushen thought so, and appointed Laishe as a special envoy, traveling between Tianshui County and Luoyang.To be honest, I went back and forth to Tianshui County and Luoyang many times, but I didn't get it right, and the results were not very satisfactory.However, he didn't run in vain. It was after coaxing and frightening that Kai Xiao sent his son to Luoyang as a hostage. Lai She took the edict issued by Liu Xiu to Kai Xiao and set off on the road.Seeing Kai Xiao, Lai She straight to the point conveyed Liu Xiu's meaning. But after reading the imperial edict, Kaixiao said unhurriedly, "Don't worry, let me think about it, and I'll answer you when I think about it." Kui Xiao thinks about it again, but a few days have passed, and there is no reply at all.Lai She finally got impatient with waiting, and asked to see Kai Xiao.However, Kai Xiao regretted it as soon as he met Lai She. If he had known that Lai She had made such a move, he would never see him again if he was killed. As soon as Lai She saw Kai Xiao, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I have made it clear to you; you can see his sincerity very clearly. But you keep pushing and pushing, capricious, and can't make a decision." As Laishe spoke, his head was congested with blood, and he couldn't help drawing his sword, stabbing Kai Xiao, and roaring again: "If you want to be exterminated, please say so, and I will fulfill you for Your Majesty." Startled, Kai Xiao turned around and ran away, only to be surrounded by guards.However, as if nothing had happened, Laishe calmly boarded the car with a talisman in one hand, and prepared to leave. However, when Laishe got into the car, he was completely surrounded. Kai Xiao has already ordered, since Lai She wants to play hard, let him taste what it means to come in vertically and be carried out horizontally today. Just as Niu Han, Kai Xiao's general, was about to strike, another general stopped him. The man's name was Wang Zun, and he told Kai Xiao, "It's easy to kill Lai She, but this deal is not worth it." Why is it not worthwhile? Wang Zun analyzed it like this: Laishe is Liu Xiu's special envoy, or Liu Xiu's cousin. Killing him will not do much harm to Liu Xiu, but it will bring us the scourge of extermination. Xiu will use the excuse of raising troops to question the crime.This is one of them; at this time, Kai Xun was still a hostage in Luoyang.If the execution comes to She, Kui Xun will also be headed to the ground.This is the second.In this way, no matter how we say it, we are at a big loss. After listening to it, Kaixiao looked and looked, thought and thought, and was speechless.In the end, he had to release Laishe and return to Luoyang. In fact, Kai Xiao had no way out.Liu Xiu has already sent his army into Longshan, even if he doesn't kill Lai She, Liu Xiu's army will kill him.Now, Laishe is gone, and he has made up his mind. This decision is to start a war with Liu Xiu and fight to the end.