Of course, Chen Deng can't be the master, after all, the Chen family is still in charge of his father Chen Qi, although he is the eldest son and has a weak crown, his father still has more say after all.

Even if Chen Deng has an idea, he needs to consult with his father before making a decision.

Xuzhou City.

Chen's house.

Chen Qi summoned a group of Tao Qian's original troops to discuss the situation of being surrounded by Liu Zheng's army outside the city.

There are not many people, that is, Tao Qian's original two sons, Chen Qi and his son, as well as the famous Zhang Zhao and the captain Zhang Min.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Xuzhou City has been besieged, although we recruited Xiang Yong overnight and made up more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but the person outside the city is Liu Zheng, with our ability, it is not easy to block Liu Zheng, if we are determined to fight, we are likely to be defeated."

Chen Jue naturally didn't want the Chen family to make any mistakes in this turmoil, but Chen Jue still needed to listen to other people's opinions and then decide on some things.

In fact, the main thing is the meaning of Tao Qian's two sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying,

The two of them are the key to deciding whether to fight or to make peace.

"Uncle Han Yu, the two of us have no opinion, I want to listen to your wishes, because the two of us don't know anything about marching and fighting, so whether it is war or peace, we can only listen to your will."

The pottery merchant is Tao Qian's eldest son, although he doesn't want to be an official, it doesn't mean that he is a stupid person, on the contrary, the pottery merchant is smart, he knows that he is relying on his father's afterglow in this Xuzhou City, and now that his father Tao Qian is dead, what he and his younger brother Tao Ying said is useless, everything is the decision of the Chen family's father and son.

So when Chen Qi asked, the potter directly handed over the right to speak to Chen Qi.

When Chen Jue heard Tao Shang say this, he first expressed his surprise with a flattered look, and then sighed, and once again said that Tao Qian's departure, he was also very sorry, but the matter has come to this, people cannot be resurrected, and those who are alive must also consider their own future.

After all, if you really go against Liu Zheng, there will be no good end, so instead of this, it is better to think about peace talks.

Chen Qi said this, how could the potter not know what Chen Qi meant.

"Uncle Han Yu, it's up to you to decide."

After the potter finished speaking, he was silent, and Chen Qi looked at the others.

The people present did not have a high right to speak, mainly Chen Qi and his son were in charge, so they didn't speak, only Zhang Zhao glanced at everyone and said a word.

"My lord, if you can negotiate peacefully, let's try to negotiate peacefully, after all, Liu Zheng doesn't look like a bad person, if Xuzhou is going to fall into the hands of Liu Zheng after all, it is better to let everyone have a place to settle down."

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he immediately made Chen Qi nod.

"I understand, since everyone does not advocate resisting the enemy, then let's talk about what kind of peace talks, although peace talks are peace talks, but first of all, Liu Zheng must ensure our safety, at the same time, we can surrender the city, but the people in the city can not suffer the slightest loss, if they can't do this, we will not consider surrendering."

The crowd began to discuss here, and a series of conditions were stated.

The time of an hour is coming soon.

Chen Deng, Chen Qi and others reappeared on the Xuzhou City Tower.

Liu Zheng also appeared under the city tower at the agreed time.

When the two sides met again at this time, Liu Zheng was the first to open his mouth and ask about the city tower.

"Mr. Yuanlong, when the time comes, how are you discussing?"

"Lord Liu Zheng, we discussed it together, and we don't want to make senseless resistance, after all, Lord Liu Zheng, your army is invincible, and we have already heard of it, if you resist with thousands of soldiers and horses, the result is still a dead end, so if Your Excellency can agree to us some conditions, it is not impossible for us to surrender the city."

Chen Qi did not open his mouth to respond to Liu Zheng, but continued to let his son Chen Deng talk to Liu Zheng.

When Liu Zheng heard Chen Deng's answer, he already knew in his heart that the other party wanted to surrender, but he was just talking about the conditions, as long as the two sides could negotiate, then the big battle in Xuzhou would not have to start.

This ending was naturally satisfactory to him, so he answered immediately.

"Yes, no problem, if you have any conditions, just ask, but I will never refuse if I can meet them."

Liu Zheng did not immediately agree to the other party's conditions, but first listened to what kind of conditions the other party offered, and then considered whether he could accept these conditions.

Seeing that Liu Zheng agreed, Chen Deng opened his mouth to talk about the conditions they had discussed.

"First, we can surrender, but Liu Zheng must ensure the safety of the people of Xuzhou City, and you must not indiscriminately kill innocents in Xuzhou and harm the lives of one person. If you can't guarantee that, we won't surrender! ”

Although Chen Deng wanted to protect the lives of the people in the city, he actually wanted to protect the interests of the clans in Xuzhou City, and prevent Liu Zheng from taking action against them, the clans, and robbing them of their money.

After all, Liu Zheng has always been from the bandit Yellow Turban Army, and he will always make these people from big families feel a little afraid.

For Chen Deng's condition, Liu Zheng naturally didn't think about it, and agreed directly to it.

"Yes, I agreed to this condition, I am not a murderous person, and I want to get Xuzhou not to get the territory of Xuzhou, but also to take a fancy to the talents of Xuzhou, I will not offend the people of Xuzhou, on the contrary, I will be gracious here, try to exempt the taxes in Xuzhou, presumably the policies I implemented in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, you have also heard of it, and I don't need to say more about the rest."

Liu Zheng's attitude towards the Yangzhou family is actually quite good, these Xuzhou families are also very close to Yangzhou, they have more or less heard of some of Liu Zheng's deeds, and naturally understand that what Liu Zheng said is still counting, he said that if the tax is reduced, it will definitely be levied less.

And the most important point is that Liu Zheng's subordinates are not conscription, but conscription, which makes Liu Zheng not easy to use force against the family, which allows many people from the family to make a lot of money.

Chen Deng saw that Liu Zheng was so happy and agreed to the first request. But there was a smile on his face, and then he continued to talk about his second one.

"Then let's talk about the second article, our Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian died in Qingzhou, and the body has not been seen so far, the son of the Thorn Shi hopes that the adults can return Tao Qian's body to him."

This is Tao Qian's son pottery merchant put forward the conditions, in ancient times is very attached to filial piety, Tao Qian's death made the pottery very sad, but people can not be resurrected after death, the only thing the potter can do is to collect his father's body, bury it well, and then keep filial piety for three years.