Peng Zecheng, from the temporary palace in the city to the Wei army's land and water camp outside the city, was shrouded in the smell of wine and meat everywhere. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The celebratory banquet of the potters has been going on for five days in a row, and the tired spirit of the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty has gradually recovered because of this celebratory atmosphere and the endless wine and meat.

In the lobby, the potter was already discussing with the ministers how to move the army eastward, capture Anhuikou, and directly take the plan of Jianye.

When discussing the use of troops, Jing Ke outside the hall entered and reported that Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Wu State, had arrived, and was now asking for a meeting outside the door.

"Sun Ce sent Zhuge Jin here at this time, if this king guessed correctly, he should have come to ask for peace, pass him in." The potter sneered and waved his hand.

A moment later, a scribe of about thirty years old with a horse's face calmly walked into the hall.

The one who came was Zhuge Liang's brother, Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin walked into the hall with a calm face, and bowed to the potter, "Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Wu State, meet the King of Wei." ”

The potter looked down at him and said coldly: "Zhuge Jin, don't talk so much nonsense, just say it, Sun Ce sent you here, is it because you can't beat this king, you want to ask for peace." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhuge Jin's face changed immediately, he obviously didn't expect that the king of Great Wei in front of him would be so straightforward, and he didn't give him a chance to say a few words at all, and directly changed his intentions.

For a while, Zhuge Jin stood in place in embarrassment, looking embarrassed, not knowing what to do.

The generals of the Great Wei couldn't help but smile when they saw Zhuge Jin's situation, they all knew that the potter had guessed correctly, and Sun Ce really sent someone to ask for surrender.

The potter, however, was not at all surprised.

He knew Sun Ce very well, this person seemed to be arrogant, the kind of person who would rather die without hitting the south wall, and would rather die standing than fall down on his knees.

The potter knows that Sun Ce can bend and stretch, and he is really a strong and soft hero.

Otherwise, Sun Ce would not have endured under Yuan Shu for many years after the death of his father Sun Jian, until Yuan Shu became emperor and everyone betrayed his relatives.

At present, he has been defeated several times, and the offensive and defensive trend on the Yangtze River has been reversed, and it is normal to put down his face to seek peace, which is very in line with Sun Ce's character of being able to bend and stretch.

In front of the lobby, Zhuge Jin was embarrassed for a moment, so he had to give up his hand again, and said with a calm smile: "In fact, the king of my family has admired the king of Wei for a long time, and the previous war with the king was also bewitched by that Liu Biao, and now my king has some regrets, so he sent a special official to meet the king, to pay the highest respect to my king, hoping to stop the war with the king, from then on the well water of the two countries does not violate the river water, and there is nothing to do, I don't know what the king wants." ”

In response to Zhuge Jin, it was the potter who laughed wildly, and the laughter was full of sarcasm.

Zhuge Jin was embarrassed again.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the pottery merchant snorted coldly: "Are you here to joke with this king, right now this king's army of more than 100,000 is here, advancing by land and water, and you can sweep away your pseudo-Wu in a blink of an eye, Sun Ce, a man who has been defeated in consecutive battles, what qualifications does he have to make peace with this king!" ”

The potter didn't give Sun Ce half of the face, and coldly pointed out the cruel facts, choking Zhuge Jin to the point of becoming more and more embarrassed, and a layer of cold sweat soaked out of his forehead.

Zhuge Jin wanted to bargain with the potter, but it was obvious that the potter had already seen the reality of the two countries and did not give him a chance to negotiate the conditions at all.

In desperation, Zhuge Jin had to take a deep breath, tried his best to calm down his nervous mood, and arched his hand: "The king is angry, my lord actually said that as long as the king is willing to accept our request for peace, my lord is willing to lower the title to the Duke of Wu Guo, and from now on he will be a vassal to Dawei Nagong, and ask the king to be gracious." ”

Zhuge Jin also had no way, being oppressed by the potters to such a point, and he could only show Sun Ce's bottom line:

Nagong, called a minister.

The solemn expression of the pottery merchant eased a little, and in his mind, the figure of Sun Shangxiang suddenly appeared, and he thought of the additional force value of marriage on her.

Thinking of this, the pottery merchant said: "It's not enough to pay tribute and be a minister, this king knows that you have beauties in Wudi, and Sun Ce doesn't plan to offer a few beauties to this king?" ”

Zhuge Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "What the king said is timely, as long as the king agrees to us to sue for peace, my lord will pick dozens of Wumei people and send them to the king immediately." ”

"There are not many kings, only one." A smile rose at the corner of the potter's mouth, "This king heard that your lord has a sister named Sun Shangxiang, and now she is still in the boudoir, so this king wants to ask Sun Ce to dedicate his sister to this king as a side concubine." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhuge Jin's expression changed greatly.

He never expected that the woman the potter was referring to was Sun Shangxiang, the county lord of their Wu Kingdom.

If it is replaced by an ordinary woman, Sun Shangxiang is the daughter of the royal family, and the most beloved sister of King Wu, and the heart of the Queen Mother Wu, how can she be dedicated to the pottery merchant to take the concubine.

Mo said that Sun Ce agreed, but according to the strong character of the bow waist Ji, he would rather die than agree.

Moreover, Sun Ce took the initiative to claim peace with his ministers, which was already a great humiliation, and if he offered his sister to the potter, it would be a loss of face.

This kind of thing, Sun Ce can do it, but Sun Ce will never be able to do it.

Zhuge Jin immediately sank his face, and said with a straight face: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, my lord really wants to ask for peace, but he doesn't want the King of Wei to force him so much, although the King of Wei, although your national strength is strong, but my Wu country is also a bloody son, if the King of Wei is really persecuted too much, we can only fight to the death to maintain the dignity of our lord." ”

Zhuge Jin changed his previous respectful face, and suddenly became righteous and awe-inspiring.

The potter was on fire on the spot, and was about to have a seizure, but Zhang Liang, who was beside him, coughed dryly and glanced at him.

As soon as he rolled his eyes, he immediately understood, and he clapped his hands and smiled, "Zhuge Jin, what are you excited about, this king is just talking casually, I just want to test whether you Wu people have backbone." ”

Zhuge Jin's anger instantly suppressed the potter, and he was baffled by the potter's unpredictable attitude, not angry for a while, not angry, I don't know what to do.

At this time, it was Zhang Liang's turn to speak.

He coughed lightly a few times, and arched his hand: "King, now that the two countries are fighting, and the army and civilians have been killed and injured countless times, since Lord Wu is sincerely seeking peace, in the opinion of the minister, the king should not agree to him in the heart of benevolence and righteousness." ”

With the potter's idea, he didn't intend to give Sun Ce a chance to seek peace, but since Zhang Liang said so, there must be a reason, and the potter pretended to weigh it.

Zhuge Jin became nervous again.

Zhang Liang approached him and said in a low voice: "Since your lord is asking for peace, you have to show some sincerity, otherwise my lord will withdraw his troops, and how can he convince the soldiers of the whole army." ”

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the Tao Shang's thoughts, and hurriedly whispered: "My lord actually wants to offer some money and silk to comfort the Great Wei soldiers, but I don't know how much the King of Wei needs to be satisfied." ”

Zhang Liang raised two fingers, "It's not much, it's only two thousand gold, plus forty million gold." ”

Zhuge Jin gasped, almost blurted out, scolding Zhang Liang for opening his mouth and blackmailing him.

Two thousand catties of gold, forty million dollars, this amount is indeed a lot for Sun Ce, who only owns one state, and it is really not easy for the Wu court with insufficient financial resources.

Moreover, the current defeat and peace, for Sun Ce, is just an expedient measure to delay the pottery merchant, Sun Ce just wants to sacrifice his reputation and gain enough respite, but the potter is such a lion who opens his mouth, Sun Ce has to have some blood, otherwise how can he fool the pottery merchant.

Moreover, it is not enough to sue for peace with the potters after the defeat of the army, but also to offer such a huge amount of labor and army wealth, which in the eyes of the world, is that Sun Ce is bowing to the potters completely, and it is even more damaging to his reputation.

After thinking about it, thinking about Sun Ce's instructions before leaving, Zhuge Jin hesitated for a long time, but he had to grit his teeth and arch his hand: "King, my lord has confessed, in order to show our sincerity in seeking peace, my lord is willing to offer 2,000 catties of gold and 40 million yuan as a gift for the labor army." ”

"This Zhang Liang is really going to take the opportunity to blackmail......"

The pottery merchant glanced at Zhang Liang, and immediately said happily: "Okay, since Sun Ce is so sincere, this king will agree to his request for peace." ”

Zhuge Jin was happy and worried, happy that the potter agreed to make peace, but worried that bringing back such a negotiation result would definitely disappoint Sun Ce.

was helpless in his heart, but Zhuge Jin still had to be grateful to the potter, and he was grateful in every way.

The potter didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and waved his hand and said: "It's so decided, this king will give you eight days, and within eight days, if this king can't see Sun Ce's gift, this king's land and water army will immediately wave his army east and raze Wu to the ground." ”

The potter also had to talk nonsense with him, and directly threw an ultimatum to Sun Ce to let Zhuge Jin get out.

Zhuge Jin's body trembled, a layer of cold sweat secretly appeared on his back, and he was busy thanking him again and again, and hurriedly retreated.

As soon as Zhuge Jin walked on his front foot, Fan Xu shouted: "King, if we destroy the Wu Kingdom, all the money in Sun Ce's pocket is ours, how can we promise to let go of that little miscellaneous hair for this money." ”

Su Qin also arched his hand and said: "King, Sun Ce has ambitious ambitions, he is seeking peace today, but it is just a last resort, if we collect our troops and return to the north and give Sun Ce a chance to breathe, he will definitely make a comeback, while I am not ready to attack Chaisang Pengze again, at that time, if Chaisang Pengze is lost, our hard work in this battle will not be in vain." ”

Not only Su Qin, but also the rest of the civil and military forces did not approve of accepting Sun Ce's request for peace.

Especially the generals, they are even more opposed, and they are eager to enter the army immediately and go straight to Jianye.

At this time, the potter burst out laughing.

This laughter made all the warriors and monks confused, and looked at the potter blankly.

After laughing wildly, the pottery merchant glanced at all the civil and military officials, and sneered: "Do you all think that this king is a person who is greedy for Sun Ce's little money, do you think that this king can't see that Sun Ce wants to delay this king to destroy Wu by seeking peace!" ”

The potter's words were different, and the generals were suspicious for a while, as if they had figured out something, and looked at the potter's gaze, all of them were admired.

In the eagle eyes of the potter, the cold and ironic murderous intent has quietly ignited.

……

A few days later, the potter was in the king's tent, staring at the map, making final preparations for the dispatch of troops.

At this time, Jing Ke came to report that the ship sent by the Wu army had arrived.

"Sun Ce really cut the meat, let's go, take a look." The potter smiled, and immediately left the king's tent and went straight to the water camp.

Running to the side of the Shuiying trestle bridge, the potters looked at the river from afar, but saw more than ten Wu boats, which were under the supervision of their own patrol ships, one after another sailed into the water camp.

As soon as the ship docked, the Wu people carried a large box ashore.

Don't think about it, what was in those boxes must be the 2,000 catties of gold and 40 million yuan of "Labor Army Gift" given by Sun Ce.

Seeing this, the generals of the Great Wei Dynasty all laughed, laughing weirdly and sarcastically.

Zhang Liang also arched his hand and said: "It's rare that Sun Ce sent so much money, it seems that after the king conquers the Wu Kingdom, he is not afraid of having no money to reward meritorious soldiers." ”

The potter laughed.

At this time, Wu Zixuzi rode over, with excitement in his eyes, and arched his hand: "King, my 30,000 naval troops are all in place, just waiting for the king's edict." ”

The potter nodded slightly, and rode straight to the trestle.

There, Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Wu State, was directing the Wu pawns to carry the cash box to the shore, and when he saw the arrival of the potter, he was busy coming to see him.

Seeing the salute, Zhuge Jin arched his hand and smiled: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, here are two thousand catties of gold and forty million dollars, which is the reason for my lord's filial piety to the king's labor army, and please accept the king with a smile." ”

The potter glanced at the money boxes all over the place, but shouted with his hands: "Jing Ke, go and call all the bookkeepers who are in charge of the accounts to this king, and this king wants to check whether Sun Ce's donation is sufficient." ”

Jing Ke had already prepared, and immediately took a group of Mr. Shuzuo from the account office to open all the cash boxes and weigh them one by one.

Zhuge Jin was embarrassed, how could he have thought that the potters were so "money fans" that they even had to count the amount, so they thought that they had even sent tens of millions of money, and it was difficult to miss the few dollars that were "short of catties and two".

Zhuge Jin was helpless, but it was not easy to stop him, so he smiled awkwardly and let the potter count it.

"You don't need to point the money, the key is to weigh it, whether the gold is enough." The potter gave orders to go down, and then turned his horse back to the king's tent.

Zhuge Jin had no choice but to follow in awkwardly, the potter sat on it, sipping a little wine, and without saying a word, Zhuge Jin had to stand there, very uncomfortable.

The atmosphere in the king's tent suddenly became tense, making Zhuge Jin's back secretly soaked in cold sweat.

Seeing that the potter didn't speak for a long time, Zhuge Jin couldn't help it, so he arched his hand and asked with a wry smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, our labor army has been offered, and I don't know the ...... of King Wei about this peace."

"What's the hurry, wait for this king to finish counting Sun Ce's offerings, see if Sun Ce is really sincere, and then it's not too late to talk about your request for peace." The potter waved his hand and interrupted Zhuge Jin, not even looking at him.

Zhuge Jin smiled awkwardly again, and had to close his mouth.

An hour later, Jing Ke walked into the big tent with an annoyed face, and said in a deep voice: "Your lord, the Wu people are too treacherous, the two thousand catties of gold they gave us are not in good condition at all, in fact, they are only 1,900 catties of gold. ”

Bang!

The wine glass in the potter's hand smashed on the table, glared at Zhuge Jin angrily, and said angrily: "Okay, Sun Ce kept saying that he wanted to sincerely seek peace with the king, and he dared to lack two catties in the donation, is this his sincerity!" ”

Zhuge Jin was stunned, and didn't know how to explain it for a while, to say that the fineness of this gold, ten percent, it is inevitable that there will be a little bit of insufficient fineness, which is unavoidable, who would have thought that the potter would pick bones in the egg, and he had to talk about this.

Just when Zhuge Jin was still shocked, the potter had already stood up and said sharply: "Since Sun Ce is so insincere, how can this king let him tease, he is killing himself!" ”

Facing the angry pottery merchant, Zhuge Jin was frightened and hurriedly said: "The king is angry, the quality of this gold is inevitable, there will inevitably be errors, if the king feels less, the lower officials immediately call the country to send it over, the king is angry, this is not my lord's intention." ”

Obviously, Zhuge Jin was a little naïve, and thought that the potter's anger was really because of the lack of quality of the donation.

The potter ignored his explanation and said coldly: "The opportunity has been given to Sun Ce, but he himself is not good at grasping it, so don't blame the king!" ”

After that, the potter swept the generals and shouted: "The generals will listen to the order!" ”

In front of the tent, Wu Zixu and other generals, who had already understood, immediately stood solemnly.

The potter waved his hand and said sharply: "Pass on the king's order, the land and water army will set off immediately, go straight to the fortress of Wankou, and this king will destroy the Wu country in one fell swoop!" ”

Zhuge Jin was suddenly shocked, he never expected that the pottery merchant would be so angry that he wanted to send troops to Anhui and destroy him because of this trivial matter.

"The king, the king......" Just when he was eager to explain again, his heart suddenly shook, and he suddenly realized.

He finally understood that from the beginning, the potters had never intended to allow them to sue for peace, and from the beginning to the end, the potters had decided to destroy Wu!