Sun Ce and Liu Bei had already stationed their army here for a few days, because they believed Zhou Yu's words, so they had been waiting for Cao Cao's move. Don't talk about the results, today is finally for them to wait for the results.

Originally, the intention of Man Chong and Xu Chu was to go north to Xiangyang directly, after all, the two didn't know that Sun Ce and Liu Bei had already led a large army to approach Wuling, but it was only after hearing the latest news brought by Huo Jun that they stopped marching and settled in place. So the two went directly to Xiangyang, but halfway through, they were discovered by the exploration horses of the Sun and Liu coalition forces.

The two of them were not surprised to see the Sun and Liu Alliance's horses, and of course it was impossible to do it. However, Xu Chu is very defensive, as long as the other party dares to make a move, he doesn't mind directly killing the other party with a knife.

Finally, after contact, Tanma determined that the two were envoys from Cao Cao's Yanzhou army from Wuling, and the result was great joy. It is true that the horse exploration is the Sun and Liu coalition army, but this is the Jiangdong army's exploration horse, it can be said that whether it is Sun Ce or Liu Bei, it is to let their own horse exploration pay close attention to the people who pass by, especially the horseback riders, just to see when Cao Cao's people come. As a result, he had great luck today, and he met Man Chong and Xu Chu, so isn't this a credit-

Tanma politely took Man Chong and Xu Chu back to his camp, to tell the truth. Just two people like Man Chong and Xu Chu, Tanma is not worried at all. In his opinion, just how much more storm can the two of them set off. It's not that he looks down on the two of them. The main thing is that there are more than 100,000 people in his own battalion, not to mention just these two people, even if the tiger Lu Bu and Lu Feng are resurrected first, and the two Lu Bu may not be able to pose any threat to their own side.

It's not bragging, if it's really Lu Bu, dare to come. Then thousands of archers on their own side fired arrows in unison, not to mention two Lu Bu. It's twenty, two hundred, and you have to die. The so-called general is not afraid of thousands of troops, but he is afraid of an inch. No, if you don't admit it, you can't Even if he, Lu Fengxian, is indeed a 10,000-strong enemy, but with thousands of archers firing arrows at random, he can still be alive?

Tanma directly brought Man Pet and Xu Chu back to his camp, and Man Pet and Xu Chu glanced at each other, and both of them had a happy look in their eyes. To be honest, as long as the two of them meet Sun Bofu and Liu Xuande earlier, then it will be of great benefit to themselves to solve the problem of their own retreat as soon as possible. So the two of them were actually a little anxious. I thought I had to go to Xiangyang before, but now it's okay. This Sun Liu Lianjun is here halfway, doesn't this save his own business-

The people brought back by Tanma, the guards of the big camp did not stop them, but Tanma said directly: "These two are the envoys of the Yanzhou army!" ”

When the battalion guards heard this, I see, or I didn't know how to face it, I haven't seen it, but it's just a member of my own coalition army. But I've heard that my lord and that Liu Xuande are waiting for someone, probably just waiting for the Yanzhou army to come. However, these are not for me and others to think about, since they are the envoys of the Yanzhou army, then naturally they can't stop it.

Tanma took Man Chong and Xu Chu into the camp of the Sun-Liu coalition army, and came directly to Sun Ce's Chinese army tent.

"Two of you, go down and report to the lord!"

Tanma bowed his hand to Man Pet and Xu Chu and said, and Man Pet nodded to Tan Ma, which is all due etiquette. It is impossible for himself and Xu Chu to break into someone's big tent directly. If this thing is not done well, it may be arrested as an assassin. If this is really the case, then it will be over, even if Xu Chu is the enemy of ten thousand people, can he really stop the random arrows of others, anyway, he is full of favors and bottomless-

Tanma walked directly into the big tent, and it happened that Sun Ce was alone in the big tent, and after seeing Tanma's nervousness, he arched his hand and said: "Lord, I met a Yanzhou military envoy from Wuling on the way to the inspection, claiming to be full of favors and Xu Chu!" ”

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and hurriedly asked, "Where are the two of you at this time?" ”

"Waiting outside the tent!"

"Okay, credit to you for this! Quick, invite them in, and invite Gong Jin and Liu Xuande to come to the tent! ”

"No!"

When Tanma heard this, he was overjoyed, can this not be so. It's not a trivial matter for my lord to give himself a credit. No matter how small the credit is, there are people who blow it. They have never been rewarded by their own lord once in their lives, but what about themselves, hehe, they are lucky. The reward is small, the key is that the face is big, what his lord said himself, remember his own merits, and when he chats and talks in the future, he won't blow it-

Tanma turned around and walked out of the big tent, at this time Sun Ce looked outside the big tent, and said to himself, "It's finally here!" ”

Tanma came out of the big tent, came to the front of Man Zhong and Xu Chu, and said, "Two, the lord invites you two in!" ”

Man Zhong smiled: "Thank you sergeant!" ”

Tanma hurriedly returned the salute, and then said goodbye to the two, after all, he still had to invite Zhou Yu and Liu Bei, so it was impossible to delay any longer.

And Man Zhong and Xu Chu walked towards Sun Ce's big tent, but before entering the tent, Xu Chu's big knife was temporarily kept by the guards at the door. After all, Sun Ce is the only one in the big tent, Xu Chu went in with a weapon like this, this is definitely not good, this is impossible anywhere, this is the rule, Xu Chu also understands.

Just when he handed the knife to the big tent guard, Xu Chu still snorted dissatisfied. No matter how you say it, he is a military general in a famous town, so he handed over his weapons. Of course he won't be satisfied. However, Xu Chu also understood, after all, he also did this, and he was usually a messenger from other aspects. Many of the people who carried weapons were taken away by him. But today, it's the other way around, and his weapons have been taken away from others-

As for the saber on the waist of Man Pet, this is not counted, how can I say that Man Pet is still a scribe, so there is no special reason for the scribe's saber. It won't be taken away. But if it's any other weapon, it doesn't count. As for the sword, he was basically a scribe. They all have to hang one around their waists, and in their opinion, the sword is a gentleman, the so-called gentleman's sword. That's it. Of course, there are no exceptions to him.

After Xu Chu's weapons were taken away, Man Zhong and he entered Sun Ce's Chinese army tent.

As soon as the two entered the big tent, they saw Sun Ce who had already stood up, of course, he was the only one in the tent, and he was in the middle position, so who else could he be if he was not Sun Ce?

As for Sun Ce standing up, this is even more of a big deal. If the two of them were at the door of the big tent before, Sun Ce did not greet them. But at this time, he had to stand up. How can you say that the two of them are messengers from afar, they are their own guests, and they can not go to the door to greet them, but at this time, they must stand up, and the basic etiquette, Sun Ce will not be left behind.

At least Sun Ce won't let Man Chong and Xu Chu think that he is too arrogant, even if Sun Ce is indeed a person who thinks highly of himself, but he doesn't think of the world in his eyes-

Who are the two of them, Sun Ce still knows a little bit.

Shanyang people are full of favor, the word Boning, is a capable scholar and martial artist in the Yanzhou army, and he is the first lobbyist in the Yanzhou army, and is deeply valued by Cao Mengde and his people. Look at the people who let him garrison Xiangyang before, you can know a thing or two, don't be full of favor, can Cao Cao let him be stationed in such an important place as Xiangyang. As for saying that the loss of the city is the loss, this is normal, but Cao Cao values his people, and this is also true.

Peiguo Xu Chu, the word Zhongkang, was born in the Haoqiang Xu family, and his person has "the courage of ten thousand people", and he is a battlefield general. However, he has served as Cao Mengde's personal guard for many years, so on the battlefield, he rarely really leads the troops to fight, unless Cao Cao is in danger, he will definitely not fail to shoot.

So in the face of these two people, Sun Ce will not slack off, but he has not yet come to the whole of them, so he can only let the two of them sit down first and chat casually-

But before Sun Ce could speak, Man Chong spoke first, "Yanzhou Army Cao Sikong is full of favor under Boning, and I have seen General Sun!" ”

As soon as the words of the man came, Xu Chu also arched his hand and said: "Yanzhou Army Xu Chu, it's time to see the ceremony!" ”

Although Xu Chu is not interested in Sun Ce, but no matter what, Sun Ce and Sun Bofu are all the same as their own lords, they are all powerful princes in the world, and they are considered to be of the same status as their lords, so even if Xu Chu is not convinced, on the surface, he has to give him a salute, after all, this is the most basic thing. What's more, I came here today to ask people to come, so if I don't lower my profile, it will definitely not work.

Sun Ce saw that the two of them had opened their mouths first, and he also hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Mr. Berning, General Xu, come on, come on, please sit down, sit down!" ”

At this time, the two said in unison: "Thank you, General!" ”

With that, Man Pet and Xu Chu found a place to sit down-

After the two sat down, they heard Sun Ce say: "Don't hide it from the two of you, Ce has sent someone to invite Xuande Gong to come here, so please wait for a while!" ”

When he heard this, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay!" Since Xuande Gong is not here, then since he is waiting for him to come here. ”

When Sun Ce heard this, he smiled at Man Pet, and as for Xu Chu, he could basically ignore it. We all know that when it comes to negotiations, full of favors has the final say. Xu Chu doesn't have any right to speak, what he does, who doesn't know.

After Sun Ce said a few more words to Man Pet. Three more people came in one after another outside the tent, the first one was naturally Liu Bei, then Xu Shu and Zhou Yu, the two were behind Liu Bei, and the three of them walked into the big tent.

At this time, Sun Ce was busy smiling at Man Chong and Xu Chu: "Presumably, this one doesn't need to say much, and this is Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi, Mr. Yuanzhi, a subordinate of Xuande, and this is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin under Cezhi!" ”

Sun Ce didn't introduce Liu Bei anything. Because both Man Chong and Xu Chu knew him, and Liu Bei was naturally familiar with the two. He just introduced Xu Shu and Zhou Yu to Man Pet and Xu Chu-

Then he said to Xu Shu and Zhou Yu: "This is the Yanzhou Army full of favor and Boning, Mr. Boning." You should know it all. And this is Xu Chu Xu Zhongkang, General Xu! ”

For Man Favor, he was the main general who guarded Xiangyang before, so Sun Ce knew. Whether it's Xu Shu. It's still Zhou Yu, they should all know him. But this Xu Chu, of course they all know his name, but this person, they are all seeing it for the first time.

After Sun Ce finished introducing them, several people hurriedly saw each other, except for Liu Bei, the other people were indeed not very familiar with each other. So seeing each other can be regarded as acquaintances. And after that. Liu Bei and the three of them also sat down, but after he sat down, he first glanced at Sun Ce, which meant that Cao Mengde really sent someone.

And Sun Ce's eyes couldn't be more obvious, which means that he is saying, that's right, Cao Mengde really couldn't hold his breath anymore, and sent someone here, this opportunity to take advantage of the situation came-

In fact, whether it is Sun Ce or Liu Bei, what the two of them think about is their own interests, which is true. Therefore, Cao Cao sent Man Zhong and Xu Chu here, although it was a last resort, but if you want to achieve your goal without bleeding, this is basically impossible. After all, he Cao Cao is powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he is not at an advantage now, but at a disadvantage. On the contrary, Sun Ce and Liu Bei, their side is the one who occupies the initiative, so Cao Cao does not bleed, which is definitely impossible.

After Liu Bei and the others also sat down in their respective positions, Sun Ce smiled at Man Chong and said, "I don't know why Mr. Berning came to our army today?" ”

Don't look at the previous battle between the two sides, the Sun-Liu coalition army attacked Xiangyang for several days, but now the relationship between the two sides, although it is still hostile, but the Yanzhou army didn't send a messenger here, so of course Sun Ce can't treat Manchu like facing the enemy. He and Liu Bei, as well as Zhou Yu and Xu Shuke, all understand that they are here to talk about peace, and the so-called "reaching out and not hitting smiling people", people can lower their posture to seek peace, and of course it is impossible for them to be stingy. Even if it was hostile before, it was nothing-

As for full pets, it's even more so. For him, although he was defeated in Xiangyang before, to say that in his heart, his resentment towards Sun Ce and Liu Bei is indeed not small. But one yard is one yard, and the previous thing was that the two armies were hostile to each other, and of course they had to fight. But now his lord is letting himself come to beg others for his own retreat, so even if there is any love, he has to hide it, or if it is a big deal, then he will be the sinner of the Yanzhou army, and he can't afford this consequence.

When he heard this, he hurriedly said: "General Sun, Xuande Gong, don't hide it from the two of you, I came here today to make peace with the two of you on the order of my lord!" ”

When Sun Ce and Liu Bei heard this, they said in their hearts that we had already talked about it. And the two looked at each other for a second time at this time, and said in their hearts, sure enough, still, so!

Of course, this matter did not surprise them, or you would have said what else could you do with the full pet. After all, they had already discussed with each other before, and they almost knew what Cao Cao was going to do, but when I looked at it today, it was really the case, so Zhou Yu was right! ——

Sun Ce smiled at this time, and then said to Man Chong: "This Duke Cao occupies our Wuling, and then he is going to come to negotiate peace with our army, dare to ask Mr., how to explain this?" ”

Sun Ce was sharp at this time, and he didn't give full face at all, so he asked directly. Although Wuling is not the place of his Sun Ce Jiangdong Army, it is Liu Bei's territory, after all, the two armies have formed an alliance and formed an alliance, so of course it is a place on his own side. And Sun Ce used this to question Manzhong, which means that you have all occupied one of our counties, and then after that, you are talking about peace talks, and all the good things in this world are yours, is there any reason for this?

Although now Sun Ce also knows that even if Cao Cao's Yanzhou army occupies a Wuling, they still do not have an advantage, and their own side is the most advantageous one, but the matter of negotiation is to seize what is beneficial to their own side, or how to strive for more and greater benefits for their own side. (To be continued......)