In the camp of the Wu army, the lights in the main tent were turned on and off, and Sun Quan's face was flickering and dark, and the weather was uncertain.

The two conditions put forward by the Shu army have been conveyed by Bu Qi on their behalf.

He frowned and pondered for a long time, and then hesitated:

"Isn't this Liu Bei's plan? He was short of military rations, so he took the opportunity to extort money on the grounds that our army had captured soldiers and soldiers. Once our army allocates food and grass, what should he do if he turns around and continues to confront our army? ”

Lu Xun, who was sitting at the bottom, hugged his fists and said, "The lord doesn't have to worry. He only said that he wanted grain and grass, but he did not say that he would be allocated all at once. On the grounds that the army was short of food and grass, our army only allocated 500 stone a day, so that it could not only provide for the lost soldiers, but also prevent Liu Bei from turning it into his own use. ”

Sun Quan suddenly realized: "This plan is wonderful! That's it! ”

Lu Xun said again: "It's just that Mi Fang and Shiren have contributed to the city, and the lord has already appointed an official position, if it is handed over, I am afraid it will damage the lord's reputation......"

Sun Quan waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's just two rebel generals." This one also depends. ”

When Lu Xun heard this, he sighed secretly.

In fact, in his opinion, he was more inclined to allocate more grain and grass to send grain and return the rebel generals, so as to save the lives of Mi Fang and Shiren as much as possible.

For the superiors, resist the pressure to protect and demote people, this is a deed that can be written about, and it can usher in huge prestige, making the ministers under his command more dedicated.

But Wu Hou seems to only see the immediate benefits, and the distant benefits, but he doesn't see them very clearly, maybe he deliberately turns a blind eye.

However, he saw that Wu Hou had already agreed, and there was no better way for a while, so he had to comply with it.

Early in the morning of the second day, Buqi came to the camp in front of the Han army again.

He was accompanied by a herald, claiming to have taken the order of Marquis Wu and went to Jiangling City to deliver a letter to Lü Meng, asking him to send someone to escort Mi Fang and Shiren here.

Deng Zhi sent someone to search carefully, and he didn't even let go of his hair bun, and sure enough, there was only a letter written by Sun Quan, in which there was nothing else to say except for ordering the two generals to be escorted to.

He thought to himself that since the Han army had occupied the Jiangjin ferry along the way, and the navy had blocked the water, Sun Quan was not afraid of secretly making trouble.

After asking for instructions, Deng Zhi waved his hand, immediately let him go, and sent a small boat to send the herald to cross the river.

Not long after, Wu Jun threw hundreds of stones of grain and grass from the camp. With a step as a guarantee, Deng Zhi sent a few brave and powerful soldiers to carry it, and sure enough, the Wu soldiers in the camp only looked vigilant and did not release arrows.

It's just that these grains and grasses are too little, which caused Deng Zhi to be dissatisfied for a while.

Bu Qi said, Wu Hou didn't bring much grain and grass when he came, and these were all deducted from the mouths of the soldiers in the garrison, just to show sincerity, but there are these every day, please rest assured.

How much grain and grass there is in the camp of the Wu army, that is something that no one can say. Bu Qi swore another gambling curse, and Deng Zhi said in his heart, after all, talking is better than nothing, and this one is over.

Although Wu Jun's sincerity has been discounted, it can finally be explained. Deng Zhi's face softened slightly, and he immediately invited Bu Qi to discuss in detail.

Last night, Liu Bei and Fa Zheng had already explained to him that the biggest bargaining chip in the hands of the Han this time was not the tide of the offensive, but the 20,000 Wu army prisoners in their hands - these are Sun Quan's heart, and he wants Deng Zhi to use this as a threat to seek the greatest benefits.

The upper echelons are motivated, and the work of the people below is naturally much easier.

At present, the core of the dispute between the two sides is still the issue of prisoner exchange.

Bu Qiu hopes to be able to exchange only Guan Yu's 20,000 Jingzhou pawns for his own 20,000 captives in a one-for-one manner, and it is easy to say in terms of money and food compensation;

And the ideal price that Fa Zheng revealed to Deng Zhi was that in addition to Guan Yu's training of 20,000 troops in Jiangling, he also had to exchange his family members and ask Wu Jun to compensate 300,000 stone for military rations.

Both of them are extremely intelligent and eloquent, and they are bent on seeking the greatest benefit for their own family.

On the contrary, on the issue of territory, both sides have been very tacitly silent.

For Liu Bei, although the Eastern Crusade will end in the retreat of the army, it does not mean that it will not come back. He didn't want to confirm the ownership of the counties in Jingzhou in the peace documents, so as not to lose the excuse to send troops next time.

As far as Sun Quan is concerned, most of the three counties have been pocketed, which can be regarded as vested interests, so Liu Bei will not mention it, and he will not take the initiative to mention it.

The negotiations have always been arduous, so the two of them talked for three days in a row.

In the past few days, in order to enhance the persuasiveness of the negotiation table, the Han army has continued to encircle the Wu army camp.

It's just that Liu Bei is old after all, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are also in a bad mood, and Guan Ping will take over the command of the front line.

After all, he spent a day erecting a three-zhang high platform a mile away from the Wu army camp, and sent people to observe day and night.

In the past few days, Wu Jun has never missed his appointment, and every morning, hundreds of stones of grain and grass are thrown out of the camp.

Fa Zheng naturally would not be polite, and ordered to take most of the military rations for his own use, and only barely hang the lives of the Wu army prisoners, so as not to starve to death.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also knew that the peace was a foregone conclusion, and under the repeated comfort of Liu Bei and Fa Zheng, they also lost their anger; I also heard that Mi Fang and Shiren were about to be sent back soon, so I turned my attention here.

Zhang Bao, Jiang Wei, and Guan Xing took turns leading the cavalry to reconnoiter around, beware of Wu Jun taking the opportunity to smuggle in.

Therefore, in the past few days, although the two armies have frequently sent envoys, the posture of preparing for war has not relaxed in the slightest.

******

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Jiang Weizheng led Lin Hang and more than 100 cavalry to patrol and sweep outside Yidao City, and saw a flat boat floating on the river from a distance.

He immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and ordered the boat to anchor on the spot.

Not long after, a group of Wu soldiers pushed and shoved two men in their fifties and landed on the boat.

I saw that both of them tied their arms with white silk, even in the cold weather of spring, they only wore a white single coat with flesh, shivering in the cold river breeze in the morning, and their lips were white.

Jiang Wei saw that the first person had a short neck and shrunken cheeks, and his face was rich, so he knew that the people who came must be Mi Fang and Shiren.

He rode his horse straight to the detained Wu sergeant and said coldly: "Who is coming?" ”

A soldier of Wu who was dressed as a leader bowed down and replied: "In the name of Wu Hou, the villain escorted Mi Fang and Shiren here, and I would like to ask the general to borrow it." ”

Jiang Wei said: "A certain person is under the command of the king of Hanzhong, and these two people will be handed over to my lord anyway, so a certain person will accept it." ”

As soon as he waved his hand, Lin Hang immediately led two Yu Lin Lang forward, wanting to snatch Mi Fang and Shiren from Wu Jun.

Sergeant Wu wanted to resist, but Yu Linlang was tall and big, and he fought a series of battles, and his murderous aura was revealed, Lin Hang only stared, and the resistance in the heart of Sergeant Wu disappeared invisibly.

The Han army successfully received Mi Fang and Shiren from the hands of Wu Jun.

Jiang Wei waved his hand again and said, "The matter is over, let's go back by boat." ”

However, the soldiers of Wu did not follow his orders, but looked left and right, gathered together and discussed a few words in a low voice.

The leader bowed again and said: "Although the person has been handed over to the general, but after all, the villain was ordered by Wu Hou, and he must return to Wu Hou in time, so please make it convenient for the general." ”

When Lin Hang heard this, his brows furrowed, and he whipped the leader fiercely, and said impatiently: "Are you deaf?" My general told you to get out! ”

The leader was whipped, and a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, although he didn't make any moves, but the surrounding companions were angry, shouting and surrounding Lin Hang.

Seeing this, Yu Linwei was furious, and pulled out long knives to Wu Jun's neck, and the conflict was about to break out.

Seeing this, the leader hurriedly said: "Don't panic, don't panic, don't lose your temper!" ”

He took a breath, turned to Jiang Wei, and looked more respectful: "These brothers don't understand the rules, villains, and they collided with the general, please forgive me." Well, the general thinks it's good, the villain asked these brothers to turn around immediately, and only the villain returned to Wu Hou alone. ”

Jiang Wei was already suspicious at this time. Ordinary soldiers who are oppressed and have a fierce temperament will generally be angry and shouting; Those who are weaker will cower and kneel and beg for mercy.

But although the language of the person in front of him was respectful, he was obviously deliberately suppressing his anger, and he was not an ordinary pawn.

"There must be something inside here!"

Jiang Wei's face was still silent, and it suddenly became clear in his heart that this person insisted on seeing Sun Quan, and he came from Jiangling, maybe there was a message from Lu Meng to Sun Quan!

Thinking of this, he did not hesitate any longer, raised his horsewhip, and shouted: "Take it all down for me!" ”

Lin Hang had already held his breath, and when he heard the order of the main general, he immediately kicked the person in front of him over.

Yu Linlang beside him was even more fierce, and took the opportunity to punch and kick one after another, and in just a moment, he beat several Wu pawns to the point of spitting blood and looking for teeth all over the ground.

Jiang Wei didn't stop him, and said in his heart: "After several bloody battles, Yu Linlang's bloodiness has finally been stimulated. ”

After all, Yu Linwei was overwhelmed, and after a while, he had beaten several Wu soldiers to the point of dying, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

Jiang Wei ordered to stop, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, go back to the big tent of the king of Hanzhong to resume his life." ”

******

When the group returned to the camp, Jiang Wei commanded in Lin Hang's ear:

"Go pry the mouths of those Wu soldiers and see if Lu Meng has something to bring to Sun Quan."

Lin Hang answered, and was about to leave, Jiang Wei grabbed him and instructed:

"Interrogate them separately one by one, warn them before they are interrogated, and if what they say is inconsistent with others, they will be killed!"

This is the famous prisoner's dilemma theory in later generations, seeing Lin Hang's expression of sudden realization, Jiang Wei smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and then personally led Mi Fang and Shiren into the big tent.

In the tent, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Fa Zheng were deliberating, and suddenly saw Mi Fang and Shiren coming, and they all bounced up from their seats.

Before Jiang Wei could recover his life, Zhang Fei had already stepped in front of the two.

He opened his eyes, gritted his steel teeth, kicked Mi Fang and Shiren one by one, and then pulled out a belt made of rhinoceros leather from his waist, whipped them fiercely, and scolded angrily while whipping:

"Good! Thousands of precautions, it is difficult to prevent thieves, you two thieves, tell you to surrender the city, and let you harm people a lot! ”

Under the attack of Zhang Fei, how great is the strength? However, the two of them tied their arms, and after being kicked and knocked to the ground, they couldn't get up for a while, and they couldn't dodge if they wanted to.

After only three or five lashes, the two of them were beaten so much that they couldn't stop wailing, and their white clothes were covered with red blood.

Zhang Fei jumped like thunder, scolded while beating, and then whipped five or seven times, and the two of them were already dying.

Guan Yu suddenly stepped forward, stopped Zhang Fei's hand holding the whip, and said hatefully: "Yide stop, there is something to ask him!" ”

Jiang Wei could see clearly from the side, Guan Yu's eyes were cracking, his pupils were bloody, and his burly body was shaking uncontrollably.

His momentum was very compelling, Mi Fang and Shiren only dared to kneel and tremble in the face of Zhang Fei's beating just now; But Guan Yu didn't fight or scold, just relying on this momentum, he forced the two of them to retreat, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads slightly.

Guan Yu moved forward slowly, and the two of them kept shrinking back until their backs were against the pillar, and then there was no way to retreat.

But seeing that Guan Yu took a deep breath, he barely suppressed his anger that wanted to tear the two of them, only stared at Mi Fang, and said coldly:

"Mi Fang! Why! What the hell are you for! ”

His shoulders shook, and he saw the brink of an explosion.

Mi Fang half-knelt on the ground, her head was like pounding garlic, but she was silent,

Liu Bei finally felt sorry for his brother, stepped forward and patted Guan Yu's back, signaling him to calm his anger, and then turned to Mi Fang and scolded angrily:

"Mi Fang! Vain Gu trusts you so much, and entrusts you with all the major affairs of Nanjun, why did you do such unscrupulous and ugly things? You say, "Are you worthy of Lone, worthy of your brother?" ”

Xu is Mi Fang felt that Liu Bei was his brother-in-law after all, and he had some affection, and when he saw him before and after, it was like a drowning man who had found a life-saving straw, lying on Liu Bei's lap, crying bitterly and saying:

"Spare your life! Lord, spare your life! ”

Liu Bei was even more angry when he heard this: "You know today, why did you do this today?" He glared angrily, and for a moment he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei kicked Mi Fang and shouted angrily: "You still have the face to beg for mercy? If you don't disembowel the two of you today, how can you sacrifice the souls of these many soldiers who died in battle? ”

Mi Fang got up again, only leaning on Liu Bei's thigh, tears flowing:

"Lord! Nian Zaifang has served by his side for decades, without complaint or regret, and also asks the Lord to open up the public network, be a cow and a horse in the future, and repay the Lord for his great kindness! ”

Liu Bei said hatefully: "You almost ruined Yun Chang's life, and you also ruined the great cause of Gu Kuang's support for the Han family!" If you are lonely, how to face the ancestors of the Han Dynasty? How to block the mouth of the world? ”

Mi Fang heard it, and her face turned pale.

He knew that he was guilty of a lot of sins, and the death penalty was inevitable, and he only thought that he was Liu Bei's wife and uncle after all, what if the lord's heart softened?

He deliberately dressed in white today, came with his arms tied, and let Zhang Fei beat and scold, making a pitiful appearance, which is to have this illusion.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei actually took out the mouth of Kuangfu Daye, the ancestors and the world, it seems that his hatred for himself is not under Guan Yu at all.

Mi Fang knew that it would be difficult to get good today, and all thoughts were suddenly lost.

At this time, Guan Yu stepped forward and grabbed his collar, lifted him one foot off the ground with one hand, and reached the sword handle at his waist with the other, and shouted angrily:

"I want to see if your heart is red or black, whether it is made of meat or mud!"

(Author's note: 4,000-word chapter, two more cooperation and one change today.)

PS Why do I often have tears when I code this paragraph, because I love Guan Yu deeply. ）