"My lord didn't reply to Liu Zheng, let me ask Liu Zhoumu what he meant, to see what Liu Zhoumu is decided, if the state pastor wants to fight, my lord has already told me, with rockets as a letter, we will be able to defeat Liu Zheng before and after, if the adults want to make peace, then I will go back and reply to my lord."

Yan Gang gave him the task given to him by Gongsun Zhan, and as soon as he told Liu Bei, Liu Bei immediately fell into deep thought.

Liu Bei hadn't answered Yan Gang yet, and Zhang Fei, who was standing aside and hearing the news together, became excited first.

"Hahaha, our reinforcements are finally here, this time, we can have a good fight with Liu Zheng's kid, with General Gongsun's cooperation before and after, I see how Liu Zheng will fight this guy this time."

Zhang Fei has no memory, and he doesn't know how his previous losses in Beihai came about.

However, Guan Yu was obviously calmer than Zhang Fei, and immediately said a word to Zhang Fei.

"Third brother, have you forgotten that Lu Bu?"

Obviously, it is impossible to see who is Guan Yu, who is the first man to sell the first horseman, this time he also met an opponent, and suffered a loss in front of Lu Bu, Guan Yu's arrogance has been sharpened a lot.

"General Yan Gang, do you know how many soldiers and horses Liu Zheng has deployed outside this Linzi City?"

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and then opened his mouth and asked Yan Gang his own question.

The doubts in Liu Bei's heart were not Yan Gang and Gongsun Zhan, what he doubted in his heart was why Liu Zheng proposed peace talks at this time.

You must know that among the people present, the one who knows Liu Zheng's strength best is Liu Bei, and Liu Bei is completely aware that Liu Zheng has the ability to defeat these officials and troops in Linzi City.

The reason why Liu Zheng has not taken the initiative to attack these days is entirely because Liu Zheng is worried that the loss of soldiers and horses in the attack is too large and the gains outweigh the losses.

At present, Liu Zheng took the initiative to propose peace talks, and Liu Zheng, who had the advantage, proposed peace talks, which made Liu Bei have some doubts, thinking that Liu Zheng had some other plans, maybe to lure Liu Bei and others out of the city, and then start a war.

In this way, Liu Zheng did not need to prepare for the siege of the city, but fought with Liu Bei's people under the city, annihilated Liu Bei in one fell swoop, and even came to rescue Liu Bei's Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses.

So Liu Bei's worries were not unreasonable, he wanted to see how many troops Liu Zheng had stationed outside the city, and then make a decision.

Yan Gang didn't have much to worry about Liu Bei's inquiry, but directly told Liu Bei what he knew.

"Lord Hui, what we have found so far is that Liu Zheng left about 40,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, and it is not clear how much because our spies are not deep enough to get close to Liu Zheng."

Yan Gang's answer made Liu Bei's face gloomy and began to ponder, in fact, what Yan Gang said was similar to what Liu Bei himself knew.

"It should be forty or fifty thousand people, if our army fights with Liu Zheng, the number should be about the same, but the people under Liu Zheng are not elite, it is estimated that only 20,000 people are his own men, and the rest are the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Beihai, and their combat ability is limited, so if you look at it this way, Liu Zheng may indeed intend to negotiate peace."

"Lord, I think Liu Zheng should want peace talks, it's May, it's the time when spring plowing and farming are busy, if Liu Zheng continues to fight with our army here, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to the work of their people, and the continuous fighting, Liu Zheng's men and horses also need to rest."

Jian Yong guessed what Liu Bei was thinking on the side.

Liu Zheng's men and horses need to rest, why don't Liu Bei's soldiers and horses rest, although Liu Bei has been recuperating for half a month when he was besieging Beihai, and he has basically recovered some, but the battle of Beihai has caused Liu Bei's people to lose a lot again, plus he has always traveled from Yanzhou to Qingzhou.

Now that he can't go back to preside over the overall situation, it is Liu Bei himself, not Liu Zheng, who has a greater impact.

Liu Zheng can give up Qingzhou, after all, Qingzhou itself is not Liu Zheng's territory, Liu Zheng is in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, there are two large granaries, lack of grain, can be drawn from these two places.

But if Yanzhou is given up by Liu Bei, it will be Liu Bei himself who will suffer a huge loss.

Liu Bei didn't want to continue to fight Liu Zheng in Qingzhou, he wanted to go back to Yanzhou to regain control of the overall situation.

Of course, there is a more important point.

Cao Cao was arrested by Liu Zheng, life and death are uncertain, in Liu Bei's eyes, Cao Cao is dead, although Yanzhou was originally Liu Bei's state pastor, but Cao Cao's assassination history also occupies some territory.

Now that there is no Cao Cao, Liu Bei will return to Yanzhou, and he will be able to control the entire Yanzhou alone, and when the time comes, he will annex some of Cao Cao's remnants in Yanzhou, and Liu Bei's strength will be improved again, and he will fight with Liu again.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei already had the idea of peace talks in his heart.

Yan Gang was also a little anxious when he saw that Liu Bei had been silent and did not speak, after all, Liu Zheng only gave him a stick of incense, so he couldn't help but continue to stay in the city longer.

So after Yan Gang saw that Liu Bei didn't speak, he hurriedly urged.

"My lord, then Liu Zheng only gives me a little time, you give me an answer, I will go back and tell my father-in-law, whether it is a fight or a peace talk, you give an opinion."

Liu Bei was interrupted by Yan Gang's words and woke up from his contemplation.

"Peace talks, go back and tell your father-in-law, just say that peace talks with Liu Zheng, then Liu Zheng has a good strength of soldiers and horses, if it is a battle, the soldiers and horses of our two sides together, it may not be an opponent, even if it can win, it is a fluke, the loss must be great, in case Liu Zheng escapes, he can regroup and come again, we will be broken."

Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses in Qingzhou are all the elite under them, and they are gone, but they are really gone.

But Liu Zheng is different, Liu Zheng brought 20,000 horses over at best, even if all 20,000 people are buried here, for Liu Zheng, it will not hurt his muscles and bones.

In this way, no matter whether he wins or loses, it is always Liu Bei who suffers, and after thinking about this, Liu Bei decided to agree to Liu Zheng's peace talks.

When Yan Gang heard Liu Bei say that he wanted to talk peacefully, he nodded solemnly on his face.

"I understand, I'll go back to my life, and I'll talk to my father-in-law."

With that, Yan Gang left the city and returned to Gongsun Zhan's camp.

Liu Zheng also did not stop Yan Gang according to the agreement, and after Yan Gang came out of Linzi City at the agreed time, he let Yan Gang return to Gongsun Zhan's territory.

Not long after, Gongsun Zhan sent someone to find Liu Zheng and said that he wanted to discuss the specific matters of the peace talks.

This result was beyond Liu Zheng's expectations, but it was also reasonable.

Liu Zheng was originally interested in peace talks, and peace talks were also the result of Liu Zheng's best efforts, so he naturally would not refuse.

When he met with Gongsun Zhan, he discussed specific matters.