Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 613 I, Liu Ji, the Marquis of Qi

Liu Bei was very moved by Fazheng's trust, and later came to Chencang under the protection of Wei Yan and five hundred Chu troops.

Directly informing Liu Ji that "Liu Bei is still alive and has surrendered to Chu" is likely to trigger Liu Ji's backlash, but... Liu Bei is confident that he can persuade Liu Ji if he goes there in person.

The number five hundred is within the range that Liu Ji can rest assured, but it is not without the ability to fight back...

Of course, don't even think about artillery. It would be great if you could sneak in some grenades that are still in the experimental stage!

The reason why the "grenade" is in the experimental stage is because the Chu State has not done much research on primitive grenades from the beginning - ordinary throwing objects that are detonated with black powder after being ignited.

This type of grenade actually has limited effect. In the Chu army's current infuriating crossbow and artillery system, it is completely accumulated.

Nowadays, Chu State is investing in experiments that are filled with high explosives, damaged by fragments, and detonated by pulling the bolt, which is equivalent to the Mills-style grenade that only appeared during World War I.

A grenade that can truly work on a mature thermal weapons battlefield!
It is precisely because among the 500 people Wei Yan brought, hundreds of grassroots generals carried several of these grenades with them, so he went directly to "tease" Liu Ji without worrying about safety. At least it should not be difficult to break out of the encirclement. .

No matter what, meeting Liu Bei directly was a kind of "tease" for Liu Ji!
In Fazheng's view, Liu Bei's only "chance of victory" should be to sneak into Chencang and then instigate other local defenders.

At this time, Deng Zhi had not told Liu Ji the truth. He only said that General Wei Yan of Hanzhong had arrived in person with [-] Chu troops.

In Chencang Army City, Liu Ji did not doubt Chu State's intentions. After all, Chu State was his best choice now, and it only had 500 people.

And after arriving at Chencang, Wei Yan brought only a dozen personal guards into the city without fear, and the other Chu troops were only stationed outside the city!
Liu Ji also personally greeted Wei Yan at the city gate.

Although Wei Yan is not as the prefect of Hanzhong and the top three military officers of Shu Han like he was at the peak of history, he is at least a division commander now, and he is also the nominal commander in charge of the "Hanzhong Attack on Guanzhong".

Status in Chu State...

There are still some top 30 in the military!

Liu Ji is now the Marquis of Qi in name only, but he only has [-] Qi troops at his disposal, and he is still a rootless tree. He is just stuck in an important position, so he has some capital to be sold.

Liu Ji met Wei Yan very enthusiastically, but Wei Yan was not very enthusiastic towards him. He just said: "I have met General Liu, let's enter the city quickly!"

Hearing that Wei Yan was still calling "General Liu", Liu Ji paused for a moment in disappointment.

Originally, he expected that Chu State would recognize him as "Marquis of Qi".

It's not that he hopes that he can still be named "Marquis of Qi" in Chu State, but only if Chu State now recognizes the position of "Marquis of Qi" can he be recognized for the role he can play.

However, Wei Yan and Liu Bei have become more familiar with each other in the past few days, and they have become more resistant to this "rebellious son".

It's not because Liu Bei slandered him so much. On the contrary, when Liu Bei and Wei Yan mentioned Liu Ji, they always talked about how good this kid was, how he looked like him, and how there was someone braver than him... and then they sighed.

This made Wei Yan a little disgusted with Liu Ji's actions.

Of course, it was just "familiar" and "a little disgusted", and Wei Yan would not abandon public service for personal reasons.

Liu Ji did not dare to have any objections to Wei Yan because of this matter, and still invited him to the banquet.

Just halfway through leading the way, Liu Ji looked back awkwardly...

"What's wrong with General Liu?" Wei Yan asked with a frown.

"It's nothing, I'm just impressed by the might of the Chu State's military." Liu Jiqian said with a smile.

Just now, Liu Ji always felt that someone among Wei Yan's personal guards was staring at him, and he had a premonition when he saw it. However, when he looked back, he didn't find anything strange, and he didn't feel any murderous intent. So Liu Ji didn't pay too much attention.

However, when he came to the front hall and was about to invite Wei Yan to the banquet, Wei Yan grabbed Liu Ji's arm. The latter visibly flinched, but failed.

Although Liu Ji is known for his "braveness", it is mainly due to his temperament and his military strength... Because he is still young, even if he is in a high position, there is still a thin line between him and the golden general.

Although Wei Yan is young, he can now be regarded as a veteran, but he is still far away from becoming a god.

Liu Ji's soldiers around him were also obviously on guard, and naturally Wei Yan's soldiers were also mobilized, and their strings were also vaguely tense.

"Hmph." A Wei Yan soldier who had not moved made an angry snort.

After hearing this voice, Liu Ji's body visibly paused, and then he said in a pretentious manner: "What are you doing? I, general... I, the lord! I want to invite Master Wei to the banquet!"

That's right, the personal guard who just spoke out is naturally Liu Bei who "pretends to be a personal guard".

For Liu Bei, this is already child's play...

Moreover, with the professionals from Chu State, Liu Bei's height, shoulder width, face shape, and facial features are all subtly different from before. With the half-covered helmet, Liu Bei is completely unrecognizable from his appearance.

Even the specially designed height-increasing boots will make your walking posture very different from usual!
The reason why Liu Bei was so angry just now was more because he saw Liu Ji panicking because Wei Yan caught him...

Whether to get rid of Wei Yan and fall out directly to avoid being held hostage, or to invite Wei Yan to the table as usual, this is a matter of "choice". No matter what choice you choose, it is not wrong. However, Liu Bei was stunned for a moment in panic, which made Liu Bei very dissatisfied with him.

Wei Yan was not sure whether Liu Ji had discovered it or not, but he just felt that... Liu Ji began to like to emphasize "I am the Marquis of Qi" more and more.

Even when Wei Yan asked about Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang and tested Liu Ji's attitude, instead of emphasizing how arrogant Guan Yu was and how forced he was, as he did with Deng Zhi, Liu Ji said carelessly, "I am Qi." "Hou", "Rebellious ministers and traitors are not worth a damn", "They were all locked up and died outside Chencang"...

But Wei Yan always felt like he was not arrogant, but like... he was competing with someone!

Wei Yan, who was [-]% sure in his heart that Liu Ji had noticed something, also took the initiative to say at this time: "Of course, Qi Hou voted for Chu, I, Da Chu, welcomes it very much, but there are still some details that need to be confirmed by Qi Hou."

Wei Yan was addressing Qi Hou at this time, but... Liu Ji always felt that he was not talking about him!
Moreover, Liu Ji is only "intentionally" surrendering to Chu now. The two sides have not even said this, so why are there only "details that need to be confirmed"?
However, Liu Ji calmed down without much surprise at this time. After a while, he said to Wei Yan: "Master Wei is tired from traveling and traveling. You might as well rest early tonight. I...be quiet for a while."

He said he wanted to be quiet, but Wei Yan and his own soldiers were all driven out, but one of Wei Yan's personal guards never left. Liu Ji looked like he didn't see it...

(End of this chapter)