A ruthless glint flashed through Huang Quan's eyes. "Prepare a banquet and invite Liu Bei under the pretext of peace talks. Conceal swordsmen and axemen nearby."
"Use the smashing of a cup as the signal. At one command, three hundred swordsmen and axemen will rush out and slay Liu Bei at the feast!"
"That will rid us of this thorn in our hearts!"
Huang Lian's thinking was simple: if they could not solve the problem, they would eliminate the man who had created it.
They indeed could not defeat Liu Bei in open battle, but if they killed him through a stratagem, his troops would become a host of dragons without a head. How could they possibly stand against them then?
"A feast at Hong Gate?"
Hearing Huang Lian's plan, Liu Zhang could not help being somewhat startled, but after considering it, he felt that it was indeed a good idea.
After all, once Liu Bei was dead, everything would be settled!
Having made up his mind, Liu Zhang nodded. "I will write a letter to Liu Bei at once and invite him to the banquet. Hurry and make the preparations."
"This time, we must eliminate this thorn in our hearts!"
Huang Quan and the other two accepted his orders.
That very evening, Liu Zhang dispatched an emissary with his handwritten letter from Shu Commandery to Ba Commandery, which Liu Bei occupied.
Five days later, Ba Commandery.
Inside the Prefect's Residence.
Liu Bei received the handwritten letter delivered by Liu Zhang's messenger. Only after carefully reading the entire letter did he turn his gaze to the emissary standing below.
"Does the Governor of Yi Province truly wish to negotiate peace with me?"
The emissary smiled faintly and cupped his hands. "Since entering Shu, Duke Xuande has helped my lord