Lu Peng looked at the so-called protector general in front of him, and was simply amused, an inexplicable patchwork of armor, inside was a gorgeous patterned robe, but there was a hat buttoned on his head, and a pair of bast shoes on his feet, as strange as he was.

"Now that I, the Tang King of Youzhou, have officially taken over Xuzhou, are you, the protector general, ready to resist or ready to surrender?" Lu Peng asked casually while dismounting.

"King Tang? Oh, I know, now I, the general of the Han Protectorate, led all my subjects, a total of more than 1,020 people, to surrender to the king of Tang, and I hope you will treat my people well. ”

Lu Peng laughed: "I accept your surrender, I accept your subjects, but let's talk about it, I don't have the title of the general who protects the country in my Youzhou group, and you, the Xuzhou pastor, I guess you can't be it." ”

Chen Xiaowu scratched his head with a hippie smile: "This general was sealed by myself, and this Xuzhou Mu was also sealed by myself, in fact, it is not counted, if the Tang King thinks that I have merit for this Xuzhou you are watching, you can reward me with anything, it doesn't matter if you give it to the official or not." ”

"You're a more interesting person, and you know how to advance and retreat."

"But I want to make it clear to you, I want to occupy this half of the street of houses for my people and fellow villagers, and there are 100,000 acres of fertile land outside the city that I have marked, I also have to ask the Tang King to give permission."

Lu Peng nodded solemnly: "I agree with this, let's just say it, but according to my rules, I can contract those lands for a lifetime, and the surrender of one hundred catties of grain per mu of land is absolutely indispensable, and the rules cannot be broken." ”

"That's fine, and in that case, I'm going to take my people with me."

Lu Peng grabbed him: "Give you a county order, but now you follow me first, because I am really unfamiliar with life here." ”

Wang Xiaowu is really overjoyed, this is a real official.

occupied Xuzhou, the first thing Lu Peng did was not to rush to the East China Sea with his men and horses according to his original plan and go to the beach to receive supplies, but directly sent a small team of men and horses to the seaside directly, and informed the caravan that had agreed in advance to receive him the news of his occupation of Xuzhou, and asked them to hurry over and meet him.

At the same time, he made a big noise and announced to the whole world that he had occupied Xuzhou, and Xuzhou was already my Lu Peng's.

During this period, in fact, Lu Peng really had nothing to do, so he could only sit idle every day, sitting on the chair that Cao Cao once sat on in a daze.

After Zang Ba and Zhu Shuo let Li Peng enter Xuzhou, Zhu Shuo personally went down the mountain to negotiate with Pang Tong, who was in charge of Lu Peng's army.

Because of the change in the situation, it is no longer meaningful for Zang Ba to stay here, especially now that the situation of being attacked by the enemy has been formed, the lives of these 50,000 soldiers are already in the hands of Lu Peng.

If you don't surrender, this is Zang Ba's bottom line, but you can retreat and open the way. Where to retreat? According to Zang Ba's meaning, that is, to follow the footsteps of King Wei, go directly to Jiangnan, and continue to fight for King Wei.

But Zhu Shuo denied Zang Ba's decision.

"To develop in the south of the Yangtze River, this is what we are forced to helpless, return to the Central Plains, and return to our homeland, this is the goal we must achieve in the future, so we have to leave a starting position for the King of Wei in Jiangbei, so we can only retreat to Guangling, and then join Sima Yi's army to defend this land in the north of the Yangtze River."

For this proposal, Zang Ba expressed his worries, Lu Pengzhi's toughness, the world knows, if he earns 50,000 horses and Sima Yi's 50,000 old and weak men and horses to join forces, occupy Guangling, there are no dangerous mountains and rivers as barriers, and if you want to defend Guangling, it is simply an unfinished task, and the end left to yourself can only be destroyed, and these 100,000 horses retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, which will strengthen the power of the lord and play a greater role.

But Zhu Shuo thinks that as long as he relies on the Huaihe River and has the ability of Sima Yi, he can completely gain a foothold there.

After patient persuasion, Zang Ba finally agreed to Zhu Shuo's suggestion and negotiated with Pang Tong on such terms.

This condition is not harsh, of course, Zang Ba also asked Pang Tong to send people up the mountain, so that he could really take a look at his reserves, if these 50,000 horses save a little food, they can hold on for two years and continue to be stuck here.

This is the confidence of the negotiation, whether we consume or let me go.

Pang Tong understood the situation at that time, and it was almost impossible to capture these two mountains, especially when spring was about to begin, the continuous heavy snow was about to melt, and when the flash flood broke out, he had to withdraw from these people, so he would completely isolate his lord, relying on his men and horses, relying solely on sea transportation, which was very dangerous.

And once Sima Yi let go of Liu Bei's coming, there was no need to think about who the entire Xuzhou would end up with.

But he didn't have the power to make a decision, so he conveyed this negotiation condition to the cabinet in Youzhou and reported to Lu Pengpeng.

The whole situation is here, whether it is the cabinet or Lu Peng, they all think that Zang Ba's conditions are acceptable, no matter what, taking advantage of this turmoil, his own advantage has been taken a lot, if he is too forced, Zang Ba is blocked there and does not leave, the situation in the world will undergo unpredictable changes, and now such a harvest, Lu Peng and the cabinet have also been satisfied. How much is more? What more bikes do you need? It's too much.

So the two parties reached an agreement, Zang Ba and Zhu Shuo went down the mountain and took his 50,000 people to the south, and then Xi Zhen took his 60,000 troops and the 30,000 iron cavalry left by Lu Peng to follow south.

It was also suggested that after Zang Ba went down the mountain, he would tear up the agreement and annihilate Zang Ba halfway. Lu Peng actually does this often, and everyone has no psychological burden at all.

But this suggestion was denied by Lu Peng, the war has come to the present, the unification of the Central Plains has become a foregone conclusion, at this time, the kind of unscrupulous self-destruction of credibility at the beginning of the business is not advisable, so now is the time to establish their own reputation, for the future to sit firmly in the world to build a good reputation. Therefore, the spirit of contract must be implemented in one's own group.

So, when Zang Ba retreated with a trembling heart, Lu Peng's army followed him from a safe distance of hundreds of miles.

When Zang Ba passed by Xuzhou, Lu Peng saw him on the side of the road in a light car.

"Becoming a king or defeating a coward, in fact, there is nothing to say, everyone has their own goals and ideals in their hearts, and this is understandable, but have you thought about it, because you occupy Guangling, it will make the situation repeat again, the unification of the world will be postponed again, and the people of the world will suffer more, aren't you sad at all?"

After Zang Ba tilted his head and looked at Lu Peng again, he arched his hand and left with mixed feelings, between sticking to his own ideas and making the world suffer a lot for this, this is really a painful and desperate choice.