Chapter 397: Jiangdong Seeks Peace
Kan Ze also seemed to be mentally prepared, smiled faintly, and said to Liu Cong: "The governor didn't let you release General Xu Sheng, but the two families exchanged. ”
"Swap? How to exchange? Of course, Liu Cong knows the importance of Xu Sheng to Jiangdong now, if the other party takes out money and grain in exchange, as long as it is reasonable, it can still be accepted. After all, Xu Sheng has been very angry since he was arrested, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to subdue for a while. If you take the opportunity to grab some resources or something, it will also help the crusade.
"As long as the prime minister releases General Xu Sheng, the governor of my family will immediately send someone to return Liu Shang!"
"Oh?" Liu Cong realized that this Lu Su was really good at business, although Liu Shang was not as good at martial arts as Xu Sheng, and he was not good at leading troops to fight, but presumably Lu Su also found out Liu Cong's thoughts. This Liu Shang is the son of Liu Xuan, a daredevils sent to Jiangdong by Liu Cong, and the titular Yuzhang is too guarded! An ordinary military general is replaced by a Taishou, Jiangdong is even a little at a loss, Liu Cong can't refuse, otherwise his reputation will be damaged!
Of course, Liu Cong can't use the court to suppress people at this time, and people will arrest him, Liu Shangna is also a prisoner, and the exchange of prisoners is fair and reasonable!
"Just do as your governor says! However, what I want to emphasize is that Liu Taishou is not your captive! It was you who had the audacity to detain the imperial court officials without permission. In addition, I need you to send someone to send Liu Taishou to my camp......"
"This is natural, now Liu Shang is already in Chaisang City, as long as the prime minister agrees. Ze Ze will be able to send people over after he goes back this time! Obviously, Lu Su was occupied at Hukou, and after Xu Sheng's whereabouts were unknown, he immediately thought of Liu Shang in the Nanchang prison. The exchange of captives has long been prepared! As for Liu Cong's emphasis that Liu Shang is not a prisoner, in Kan Ze's opinion, Liu Cong just wants to estimate the face of himself and the imperial court, and Jiangdong doesn't care what to say.
When Liu Cong heard this, he didn't take the initiative this time, but it didn't matter, Liu Shang's mission had been completed, and it was also important to return safely. He just admired Kan Ze, this is a battlefield between the two sides, but an enemy camp, but he is so calm and calm, he really deserves to be a generation of Confucianism. It's just a pity that I followed Sun Quan......
"Everything is according to what the gentleman said!"
"Thank you, Prime Minister." Kan Ze was relieved, thinking that Liu Cong was not difficult to deal with, why did he look like a fierce god in the eyes of the governor, and those routs described Liu Cong as a demon? I just don't know what's next...... Unexpectedly, just had such an idea, and Liu Cong spoke over there.
"Mr. Derun, I know that you are quite famous in Jiangdong, and when I see you today, you are really full of wealth, and you are a great talent in the world. Now that the imperial court has conquered Jiangdong, the victory or defeat is clear, I wonder if Mr. is willing to return to the imperial court and contribute to the Kuangfu Han family? ”
Kan Ze's face, which had not changed color since entering the camp, suddenly sank, and he secretly said in his heart, this Liu Cong is really not simple! However, it was only a moment before he regained his composure, and then said with a smile: "Zeduo thanks the prime minister for his appreciation, but the loyal ministers are not the second master." This time I came to be a messenger, and I don't have any other intentions, and I ask for the Prime Minister's understanding! ”
"But you have also seen that in less than ten days, our army broke through the mouth of the lake and reinforced Cheng Pu, and your Jiangdong lost Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai. Even if Lu Su has the talent of Zhou Yu's reincarnation, with the complexity of the waters of Chaisang, how many days can he resist? And that Sun Quan, a small Yangzhou, the land of projectiles, also dares to be the king? Such a mediocre person, Mr. is afraid that he will delay his future! ”
"Although the prime minister has tens of thousands of soldiers, I have millions of Jiangdong people and tens of thousands of soldiers, and I am bent on following my lord. The combat strength of the two sides is equal, and it is too early for the prime minister to say victory or defeat at this time! ”
"Haha...... It is said that Mr. is smart, why deceive himself? Sun Quan went against the sky, greatly lost the hearts of the people, and the loss of harmony between the monarchs and ministers is already a matter known to everyone in the world. Jiangdong talents have joined the imperial court, and the people have migrated...... In the first battle of Hukou, there was no fighting spirit at all, and it was easily defeated by our army. Known as the first warrior in Jiangdong, that is, he died. Later, Cheng Pu, known as the first general in Jiangdong, came to help, but he ended up with the whole army and took his own life. Does Mr. think that our army exchanged 10,000 soldiers for half of Jiangdong's naval army and two generals, and it was only equal?
Now that our army has taken Hukou, Chaisang and Nanchang have lost foreign aid and cut off the grain route. As long as Nanchang is taken, our army will be able to spread that side to encircle Chaisang. Mr. thinks that a lonely city in Chaisan can withstand the imperial army for a few days? ”
The cruel truth was in front of him, and Kan Ze was silent. If Guan Yusheng and Zhou Tai can be regarded as bullying more and less, but the Hukou defenders, who occupy the home advantage, did not even have time to pass the information to Lu Su and Cheng Pu, which caused Cheng Pu to fall into an ambush, which is certainly not quite able to explain. And the 30,000 sailors before and after are indeed half of all the sailors in Jiangdong!
Kan Ze still had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but seeing Liu Cong being so aggressive, he secretly said in his heart that it was not good!
"Sir, you can stay in my camp for a few days, see the morale of our army, and see how many days of fierce battle with the Chaisang water army before drawing conclusions!" Seeing that Kan Ze finally didn't have the same calm and leisure as before, Liu Cong smiled weirdly, and then persuaded Kan Ze to stay. Sincerely don't let Kan Ze continue to speak!
"Thank you, Prime Minister, but Kan Ze has a heavy responsibility and is inconvenient to stay for a long time...... This time I came to ......"
"Since Mr. is obsessed, and the prime minister is not reluctant, when he dies the city is broken, it is still the same sentence, the prime minister and the court welcome Mr. to join! Come on, send Mr. back! "Kan Ze was previously arrested as a spy, and now that he was ordered to be in charge of exchanging prisoners, and he also agreed, he should naturally be sent back safely.
It's just that Kan Ze didn't plan to say goodbye to it, although Liu Cong persuaded him to surrender and he couldn't agree, but he still had more important tasks, so he couldn't leave yet! From the beginning to the present, Liu Cong didn't let him say a few more words, obviously the young prime minister had already prepared, this was sincere! But it's not okay to come here, and Chaisang's situation is indeed very critical, otherwise Lu Su would not have sent himself here.
"Prime Minister, do you have anything else to say?"
"Oh, Mr. Fei has changed his mind and decided to return to the imperial court?" Liu Cong made a look full of anticipation, so that everyone around him thought that this lord was really thirsty for love!
But Kan Ze knew in his heart that he had already expressed his determination, and Liu Cong continued to guide him, just because he didn't want to let himself say his true intentions, but he had to say it, so he was embarrassed, and still insisted: "Prime Minister, today, Cao Cao in the north is dominant. When Cao Cao marched south, the prime minister chose to form an alliance with my Jiangdong.
Now Cao Cao has not been weakened, and I, Jiangdong, have always regarded the prime minister as a close ally. However, the prime minister suddenly offended my Jiangdong, which caught me off guard. Under such circumstances, my lord and the governor still thought that both sides should focus on the overall situation. The prime minister is determined to support the Han family and reorganize the supergang, then Cao Cao is the national thief, the enemy of the prime minister and the court!
Although the navy of Jiangdong has lost today, the skeleton is still there, and if the two sides do their best, they will definitely lose both sides and let Cao Cao benefit from the fisherman...... Therefore, the governor sent Ze to show that Jiangdong had no intention of being an enemy of the prime minister and the imperial court. It's better for the two sides to turn the war into a jade silk, and I, Jiangdong, am willing to send the prime minister's army two months of grain and grass, I don't know what the prime minister wants? ”
Kan Ze was very difficult, and intermittently said another purpose of his trip. This was also said cheekily after a secret contest with Liu Cong, so he knew that the success was very low!
Seeing that Kan Ze still said it, Liu Cong was not easy to pretend to be stupid, if he had come with someone else, he was afraid that he would have been forcibly sent to the riverside by Liu Cong at this time. This Kan Ze is already a scholar of Si Swenwen, and he is quite famous in Jiangdong, although his position is not high, Liu Cong is not easy to use. Hearing what Kan Ze was talking about, the other people in the tent finally understood why the lord had prevaricated Kan Ze so much before.
Liu Cong looked at the other people in the tent, then looked at Kan Ze, and then got up from his seat and walked closer to Kan Ze: "Jiangdong has no intention of being an enemy of the imperial court, why does he want to send troops to prevent Mr. Zhuge and his brother-in-law from going to Xiangyang?" Why did you detain Liu Shang, an official of the imperial court? And your lord even went against the sky, and the court named him a captain, and if he didn't take office, he actually said where was the king in the court?
You keep saying that Jiangdong regards his own appearance as an ally, why did when Cao Cao marched south and the two sides fought fiercely in Fancheng, your governor Zhou Yu was the commander of Xiakou, intending to take the opportunity to enter the army and carve up Jingzhou? Afterwards, he sent infantry to attack Jiaozhou! Back then, the mountain bandits attacked me Jiangxia, and Zhou Yu was ready to move...... Is this the work of allies?
And how does this treat you Jiangdong? Cao Cao marched south to Hefei, and despite the fatigue of the boat and car that had just subdued Yizhou, he sent troops to Xuchang to relieve the siege of Jiangdong. Cao Cao's army then retreated, and your lord didn't even make a pursuit. And his brother-in-law Lu Boyan ambushed Cao Cao with a long distance of 10,000 people and won a great victory, but he was snubbed by your father-in-law since then!
Since you sincerely want to reconcile, why didn't you take action when the imperial court issued a crusade against you, presumably because you were not afraid of the imperial army! And now that the encirclement of Chaisang is about to be formed, do you want to reconcile? After half a year of preparation, hasn't the promise he made to the people of the world become an empty word?
According to your ideas, the battle is equal, and the battle is lost, and seeing that the imperial court is going to take Chaisang, is it too cheap to ask for peace? The prime minister's promise to return Xu Sheng, who was captured on the battlefield, is already very polite! You must know that Liu Shangnai is an official of the imperial court, and Yuzhang is too guarded, and he took the initiative to enter Nanchang to take up his post, how can he be equivalent to a prisoner of war? ”
Liu Cong's words were aggressive, this was also his true thought in his heart, his purpose was to take Jiangdong as soon as possible and accumulate strength to compete with Cao Cao. In this way, the whole world knows about it, how can you give up halfway, not to mention that the situation is very good now, and two months of grain and grass will be gone?
What do the officers and men of the whole army think, and when will they find an excuse to go to war next time! With this lesson, Sun Quan will definitely go all out to expand the army, and the difficulty is only several times greater! And once Cao Cao takes Hanzhong, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch himself take Jiangdong! Such a great opportunity could not be missed! Even more crazy, this Lu Su is too stingy! Liu Cong, who was bullied by Zhou Yu in Jingzhou before, didn't dare to forget it at all, and took advantage of a few opportunities to return it all to Kan Ze!