Only after this investigation did I see clearly that these tens of thousands of troops were wearing the armor of the Hebei Army and waving high-character flags, which were obviously Gao Huai's troops. Presumably, after his defeat, he did not return to Huaiyin, lurking in the north of Guangling Port, waiting for an opportunity to move. It wasn't until after Gan Ning left the village that it suddenly attacked.

"It turned out to be Gao Huai, even if he came in time..." Yuan Xi smiled bitterly and flew down to meet him.

Gao Huai saw Yuan Xi and sued again and again.

Yuan Xi said: "You don't have to accuse. Guangling Port is lost and recovered, just guard it well in the future, don't be attacked by Gan Ning again... ”

"Yes."

Gao Huai responded.

With the help of Forbidden, Lejin, and Gao Huai, they soon occupied Guangling Port. And urgently armed, to ten miles away on guard.

After Gan Ning won the victory, he learned that the rear was occupied, and rushed to Sanjiangkou without hesitation.

He did this for two main reasons.

First, in the confrontation with the Hebei Naval Army, he has already won the victory, and it is not appropriate to delay it any longer and cause accidents.

Second, he captured two large steam engine warships, which, after his research, were much stronger than the Jiangdong warships, and their speed was comparable to that of cavalry on land. This surprised him.

With such a ship, will the water war still be lost?

At the same time, I feel afraid.

When he attacked the camp, if Yu Ban and Le Jin were smart, they used the speed of the warship to contain the suspicious soldiers, and then used three large ships as the main force and a dozen medium-sized ships as the backup, and quickly broke through and surrounded him.

Gan Ning believes that he doesn't even have the power to fight back.

..........

Gan Ning evacuated and went to Sanjiangkou.

Yuan Xi did not chase after him, he personally wrote a letter and sent a messenger to Jiangdong.

This messenger is Yu Ban!

Yu Ban took the letter written by Yuan Xi and went to Sanjiangkou by boat, passed as an envoy, and went to Sun Quan's capital Jianye.

A few days later.

Jianye.

Sun Quan ceremoniously received Yu Ban.

Why do you want to be ceremoniously received? Because after Sun Quan consulted with the ministers, he decided to negotiate peace and form an alliance with Yuan Xi, and some ministers even proposed to marry Sun Xiaomei (Sun Quan's sister, Sun Shangxiang) to Yuan Xi and become in-laws with Yuan Xi. Then send people to Hebei to learn all kinds of wine, paper, perfume, soap... and so on the manufacturing method of commercial supplies. The main thing, of course, is to figure out the principle of a steam engine warship. And to do this, it is necessary to reach a close relationship with Yuan Xi.

All in all, Sun Quan didn't want to fall out with Yuan Xi, he also wanted to unite Yuan Xi, flank Cao Cao, and annex Liu Bei.

"General Yu, please..." Entering the lobby of the government and taking a seat, Sun Quan picked up the wine bottle and said.

"Ming Gong, please."

Yu Ban sat on Sun Quan's left hand side, which was already the highest courtesy.

There are also dozens of civil and military personnel in the hall, all of whom are well-known people in Jiangdong, including the old ministers Zhang Zhao and Kan Ze, the strategists Zhuge Jin and Lu Su, as well as the generals Han Dang, Jiang Qin, and Zhou Tai.

Sun Quan said with a smile: "I have long heard that the spirits in Hebei are the best in the world, so I specially sent someone to Jizhou to buy some..." ”

"Ming Gong bothered."

"Where, where..."

"General Yu." After chatting with Yu Ban for a while, Sun Quan changed his words and said sincerely: "I really want to form an alliance with General Yuan and fight Cao Cao together." I hope General Yuan will agree. ”

Yu Ban said: "What Ming Gong said is very true, and my lord also has this intention. To tell the truth, I came here to discuss peace, alliance, and cooperation. It is hoped that through negotiations, the battle in Yangzhou will be resolved. And also... My lord put forward a new condition, as long as Ming Gong agrees, my lord is willing to make another concession and give Ming Gong 100,000 stone grain and 30 million money! ”

"Huh? This.... ”

Yu Ban's words shocked Sun Quan.

The Jiangdong civil and military also whispered.

What kind of conditions could make Yuan Xi make such concessions?

"100,000 stone grain, 30 million money? General Yu, you're not kidding, are you? Sun Quan reacted and asked in horror.

Everyone looked at Yu Ban.

Yu Ban arched his hand and said: "How dare you do it below." This is what the lord personally explained before coming to Jiangdong, word for word. ”

"What are the conditions?"

"This..."

Yu Ban glanced at the civil and military forces in the hall, seemed to be a little taboo, and shook his head lightly: "Ming Gong forgives the sin, I can't say it now." When the banquet is over, can you talk to Ming Gong alone? ”

"Okay."

Sun Quan raised the bottle and said with a smile: "Our Sun and Yuan families, if they really form an alliance, there must be many things to discuss, General Yu will stay in Jiangdong for the time being, and discuss with us well, I believe that in the end we will all be satisfied." General, please drink this bottle to the fullest. ”

"Please..."

Yu Ban did not say what Yuan Xi ordered in front of Jiangdong Wenwu.

Sun Quan also realized that the so-called conditions must not be simple.

He was ready to take the cost.

The banquet ends.

Sun Quan took Yu Ban to the back garden.

In a pavilion, only Sun Quan and Yu Ban, even the accompanying personal soldiers, were arranged in a distance, hundreds of steps away from the pavilion. At this distance, it was obviously impossible to hear the conversation between Sun Quan and Yu Ban.

"General Yu, what are the conditions you are talking about?" Sun Quan asked again.

Yu Ban clenched his fists and replied: "My lord has a saying that if you want to form an alliance with Ming Gong, you need to ask Ming Gong for someone..." ”

"Who?"

"Gan Xingba."

"Gan Ning?" Sun Quan was puzzled: "What do you want Gan Ning to do?" He is my Jiangdong general, except for this time to guard Guangling, he has never intersected with the Hebei army, how could General Yuan suddenly mention him? ”

Yu Ban followed Yuan Xi's instructions and said: "Don't hide it from Ming Gong, my lord is also a person who loves talents, after the battle of Guangling, I fell in love with Gan Ning." Hehe... So.... ”

Yu Ban is really a little difficult to speak.

Sun Quan was also a little annoyed, but it didn't show it on his face.

He got up slowly, walked across and said, "General Yu, don't you think it's too much?" Gan Ning is my general, how can I give it to Yuan Xi? What's more, Gan Ning only serves Zhou Yu, and he may not listen to my words. ”

Yu Ban ran to Sun Quan's side and said in a low voice: "Ming Gong, you also said just now, Gan Ning is Zhou Yu's person, he may not follow your orders, so why not give him to my lord." First, you can break Zhou Yu's arm, so that he will always be against you. Second, my lord will give Ming Gong 100,000 stone grain and 30 million money, with this wealth, Ming Gong can recruit tens of thousands of troops in Yangzhou. This may be more soldiers and horses than Zhou Yu controls, isn't Ming Gong tempted? ”

Sun Quan had long wanted to have an army of his own. Only he can mobilize this army, and the generals in the army must be completely loyal to him, just like the garrison at the mouth of the three rivers. It's just that in the territory of Koto, there is no population, and it is impossible to recruit soldiers. Even if a few thousand people were raised, there would be no surplus food to feed.

For this matter, Sun Quan was distressed for a while.

If you are forbidden now, although it is not good for Jiangdong, it is very beneficial to him, and I can't help but measure it psychologically.