Bei didn't want anything else, just hoped that he could lead the army back to Yuzhou, and hoped that Yuan Gong could believe in Bei's sincerity. Now that Bei has agreed, Bei will naturally not slack off in the future, and will definitely attack the city with all his might, and the same is true for Yuan Gong. Liu Bei said sincerely.

"Naturally, a certain Yuan Highway is a promise, you and I take what we need, and a certain person will naturally not release water." Yuan Shu said lightly.

"Thank you Gong Yuan. I don't know what Yuan Gong's plans are after taking Tongguan? Liu Bei first thanked him solemnly, and then asked.

Yuan Shu also understood Liu Bei's thoughts, and said lightly with a chuckle: "At this time, a certain person has no intention of entering the Central Plains, and a certain person can only take down the subordinate." In addition, I wonder if Brother Xuande can give back the three counties of Jiangbei in Jingzhou to a certain one? ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his face changed. He was most afraid that Yuan Shu would make this request at such a time, but he didn't expect it to happen. No wonder Yuan Shu agreed so happily before, he was waiting for him here.

"If our army cedes the three counties of Jingzhou and Jiangbei, what can Yuan Gong give us?" Liu Ye said in a strong tone.

"Jingzhou was originally under my lord's command, and you attacked us for no reason and plundered the three counties of Jiangbei. Isn't it only natural for you to return it to our alliance today? Fa Zheng also said in a bad tone.

"Return? The whole world is not the king's land, and we are all Hanchen, so how can we return it. At the beginning, Jingzhou was under the jurisdiction of Liu Biao, and your unprovoked attack was a forcible seizure, when did Jingzhou belong to you? Liu Ye said unceremoniously.

The atmosphere that had just eased became tense again, and Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were naturally red-faced, allowing the two white-faced strategists to clash with each other here.

"Now that you and I are well aware of this situation, do you need me to make it clearer? We can ignore the affairs of the Central Plains, but the three northern counties of Jingzhou must be returned to our army, otherwise..."Fa Zheng threatened in an unkind tone, which had the meaning of directly eliminating Liu Beijun here.

Liu Ye was not afraid at all, and sneered slightly: "Otherwise, what?" How dare you wipe out our army here? ”

"Why don't you dare?"

The two sides looked tense, and the three generals behind Yuan Shu and Guan Zhang behind Liu Bei also glared at each other angrily, and murderous intentions continued to emerge in the air.

"Are you so willing to let Cao Mengde sit in the Central Plains? If you destroy our army, the people who stay in Yuzhou will definitely turn to Cao Cao and avenge the lord of a certain family. When the time comes, Cao Mengde will easily dominate the Central Plains, and if you want to take the Central Plains, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, right? Liu Ye smiled coldly and hit the nail on the head. He knew very well why neither Cao Yuan nor the other side moved their remnant army, and both sides threw their mouses.

Fa Zheng was silent for a moment when he heard this, although he guessed that the other party had already understood his own thoughts, but he couldn't help but try it out with luck, and was directly countered by the other party.

Yuan Shu saw that Fa Zheng was falling behind, and sighed slightly in his heart: It's still too young! How can Liu Ye, these top strategists, be so easy to be scared?

"The three counties of Jingzhou are bound to win, what conditions Xuande has, you might as well talk about it, if it is reasonable, you can help one or two." Yuan Shu played the round field.

The price was all over the place to repay the money, Yuan Shu didn't intend to force Liu Bei to give up the land of the three counties so easily. You must know how much Liu Bei paid for the land of these three counties, even if Liu Bei is weak, I am afraid he will not accept it.

Yuan Shu's words set the tone again, bringing the two sides back to the negotiating table again.

"The three counties of Jingbei are of great significance to Yuan Gong, presumably Yuan Gong doesn't mind paying some more price." Firmly occupying the upper hand, Liu Ye looked directly at Fa Zheng and said with a smile, revealing incomparable confidence in his words.

When Fa Zheng heard this, his heart was cold, at this time he finally understood why Yuan Shu had always been in favor of this product, this is indeed a difficult opponent to deal with, and the other party's overall view and grasp of people's hearts are really shocking. In the face of Liu Ye's words, Fa Zheng could only be silent and unable to answer. If it is justified, it is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation, the other party is obviously very aware of the importance of the three counties of Jingbei, and it is useless to refute it, and it can only be countered by the other party.

In the past, the three counties of Jingbei were not very important to Yuan Shu, and they could even be said to be chicken ribs. Moreover, Cao Liu was obviously wearing a pair of pants at the time, even if Yuan Shu had the heart, he was unable to recapture the three counties of Jingbei, and forcibly sending troops could only start a meaningless tug-of-war with Cao Liu. Therefore, Yuan Shu has never made a move against the three counties of Jingbei, but now the situation is obviously different.

After taking Xiliang and Guanxi, the three counties of Jingbei have become a deep nail, threatening Xiliang, Guanxi, Jingzhou and even Yizhou, not to mention that Yuan Shu is about to make a move on the land of Sili, and the three counties of Jingbei are even more important, and it has become an imperative place for Yuan Shu. And at this time, Cao Liu broke up because of the position of the lord of the Central Plains, it was the best time for Yuan Shu to take this place, even if Liu Bei did not compromise, Yuan Shu's strong attack would be taken. However, it is best for the two sides to negotiate, and the price paid is even smaller, not to mention, Yuan Shu also needs Liu Bei to involve Cao Cao, who intends to dominate the Central Plains.

"Our army in the three counties of Jingzhou is indeed bound to win, even if it is not appropriate, we will take it by storming. So I hope you don't go too far, so as not to be bad for both parties at that time. Fa Zheng couldn't answer, so he turned to threaten.

Liu Ye smiled slightly: "Naturally, mutual benefit is better than losing both, after all, our common enemy now is Cao Cao, and there are many interests that are the same." ”

Looking at the smile on the corner of Liu Ye's mouth, Fa Zheng's heart was itching. This thing is so hateful, it doesn't show any flaws at all, one wrong step, one wrong step, and he is now completely crushed.

"I don't know what conditions your army has?" Fa Zheng asked with a dark face. At this time, he was like a lamb to be slaughtered, allowing Liu Ye to slaughter.

Liu Ye's heart was relieved, his previous approach was extremely risky, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he might anger the other party and tear his face. But fortunately, he was not mistaken, Yuan Shu is now completely in the big picture, and he doesn't care about such a small loss. Yuan Shu wanted to use them to contain Cao Cao, and they wanted to use Yuan Shu's help to defeat Cao Cao and replace him, and they could get as much help as they could. This is like the relationship between the Kuomintang and the United States during the Republic of China.

Fa Zheng regretted it in his heart at this time, he was indeed careless. Originally, he could have the upper hand, after all, the general trend now lies in Yuan Shu, but his momentary rush directly gave the initiative to others. Fa Zheng could already think of how Jia Xu would punish himself when he went back.

"First, Jiangdong is rich, can Duke Yuan provide some armor and ordnance for our army?" Liu Bei, who has the support of the Yuzhou family, is not short of soldiers and money and food, but he is deficient in armor and ordnance. In the early years, I didn't think that in the past few years, Liu Bei and other princes suddenly found that most of the craftsmen under their command were less, and all of them were attracted by Jiangdong's generous treatment, which directly led to Liu Bei and other princes having money but not enough craftsmen to build armor and ordnance.

"How much?" Fa Zheng asked through gritted teeth.

"A full set of armor weapons for 100,000 people, including bows and crossbows. The quality is not too good, and the quality of the weapons traded by your army and Lu Bu is the same. Liu Ye said with a smile.

"Impossible!" Facing Liu Ye's lion's big mouth, Fa Zheng directly refused: "At most 50,000 people of armor and weapons, 20,000 bows and crossbows." ”

The two sides again bargained for a long time, and finally settled on the equipment of 80,000 people and 30,000 bows and crossbows. While Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Liu Ye, Liu Bei and others were already happy in their hearts, especially Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Jiangdong's well-equipped equipment is absolutely recognized, and even the obsolete goods for Lu Bu, Gongsun Zan and others are extremely sophisticated in the eyes of the princes of the world. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already been greedy, and at this time they had already begun to calculate how to snatch this batch of armor and ordnance and equip their descendants.

Yuan Shu watched coldly from the sidelines, and found that Fa Zheng had been cheated again, and the corners of his mouth twitched. It's a mistake to bring this out, it's still unpracticed! The ability is good, how can this self-righteous character not be changed. These equipment are really nothing to Yuan Shu, it is enough to transfer some casually from the abandoned warehouse, and it was originally going to be rebuilt anyway. But for Liu Bei, it is definitely a windfall, which is enough to increase the combat effectiveness of the troops under Liu Bei's command by more than two percent.

Fa Zheng obviously looked at this matter from his own eyes, and he didn't realize the attraction and importance of Jiangdong's equipment to Liu Bei and other princes. But it's not a big problem, it's nothing more than the loss of some waste, anyway, Liu Bei wants to use these weapons to deal with Cao Cao, so it should be regarded as a sponsorship fee for him.

After negotiating at this time, Liu Ye felt that the burden on his body was instantly reduced by more than half. Regardless of the conditions after that, this batch of ordnance alone is barely enough to return to its original cost.

"Second, we hope that Yuan Gong can send troops to Xuzhou to suppress Cao Ren stationed in Xuzhou, and prevent him from aiding Yanzhou." Liu Ye said the second condition.