"But what if Liu Qi doesn't let Lone stay in Guanzhong after the surrender? If he moved Gu to Xiangyang, wouldn't Gu's efforts be in vain? Liu Bei was still uneasy and asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, this is the content of the conditions for our negotiation with Liu Qi, as long as he is willing to agree, it is naturally not good to publicly break the promise, so that we have successfully achieved the first goal, in fact, even if he does not agree, we can also take the opportunity of the negotiation to delay time, and wait until Cao Ping settles on Wu Huan, and after leading the army back, we will take refuge in Cao Gong, with the help of Cao Gong's power to fight against Liu Qi, then we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, take advantage of their fight to restore their strength, and take the opportunity to seize Hedong, Shangdang and other places, occupy the secluded annex, The lord was originally a person from Zhuo County, Youzhou, and he had a prestige that was difficult for others to reach there, if he could dominate there, and then connect Xianbei and the Xiongnu against Cao Cao and Liu Qi, and try to divide the world, wouldn't it be a way to live? Zhong Xuan's words were full of confidence and said proudly.

Liu Bei listened to Zhong Xuan's words, was silent for a moment, and then said: "What you said is indeed reasonable, but Gu is the emperor's uncle, and Liu Qi is just a child of his nephew's generation, so he is really unwilling to let Gu bow to him." What's more, the matter of the envoy is a matter of importance, and it may be difficult for idlers to take on this heavy responsibility. ”

Zhong Xuan bowed slightly and said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and the lord should not care too much about the problem of face, as long as the lord achieves a great cause in the future, who will remember today's shame?" As for the envoy, if the lord does not give up, he will go to Liu Qi's army by Weichen, and Weichen will do his best to persuade Liu Qi to agree to the lord's conditions. ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, held Zhong Xuan's hand, and said solemnly: "In this way, please ask Yuan Chang." ”

Next, Liu Bei repaired a letter to Liu Qi, expressing his willingness to surrender, and then ordered someone to prepare a gift. Two more attendants were sent to escort Zhong Xuan to Liu Qi's army.

Zhuge Liang watched Zhong Xuan go towards Liu Qi's army with cold eyes, and couldn't help but slowly shake his head.

In fact, he had already guessed Zhong Qi's intentions, and since Zhong Xuan went to Liu Qi's camp without him, it was obvious that he was going to surrender to Liu Qi. Because the high-level leaders within the entire Great Qin knew that he Zhuge Liang thought that he had a hatred for taking his wife from Liu Qi. With his temperament, he will definitely not unanimously surrender to Liu Qi.

But Zhuge Liang also knew that with Zhong Xuan's loyalty to Liu Qi, it was absolutely impossible to surrender unconditionally like Liu Zhang, so this surrender was definitely conditional on Liu Bei continuing to rule Guanzhong, at least Jing Zhaoyin.

In fact, there are still some people who look down on Zhuge Liang, in fact, Zhuge Liang will indeed not agree with his approach, but the reason for disagreement is not just for personal vendetta. It's because he knows Liu Qi too well, since this person has achieved an absolute advantage over Liu Bei, he will never agree to Liu Bei's request, this time Zhong Qi went, he could only bring humiliation on himself.

As for Zhong Xuan's belief that Chen Deng and Pei Qian can separate one side, Zhuge Liang will not agree, because he has already understood that whether it is Chen Deng or Pei Qian. Although they seem to have a lot of power on the surface, each of them is absolutely submissive to Liu Qi. They don't dare and won't have this kind of self-reliance, not to mention anything else, even the 20,000 elite soldiers under Liu Qi's command are enough for them not to dare to have any dissent.

Although Zhuge Liang understood Zhong Xuan and Liu Bei's intention to avoid him and discuss the surrender, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, because in his opinion. This is a sign that Liu Bei is starting to distrust himself.

However, Zhuge Liang was sure that Zhong Xuan would definitely fail this time, so after that, Liu Bei could only choose to believe in himself again. Other than that, he will have no choice.

At that time, Liu Qi's army was only twenty miles away from Liu Bei, and he was still hurrying forward, Zhong Qi rode in retrograde, but it was the kung fu of two pillars of incense that came to Liu Qi's army, and said loudly: "The servants of Shang Shu under the command of the Duke of Qin shot Zhong Xuan to ask to see the Duke of Chu, and if there is something important to discuss, please also ask the Duke of Chu to see him." ”

After a while, I saw a personal soldier and said, "Duke Chu invites you to see you in the rear, but we must first disarm your sword and search your body at the same time, in case you have a sharp weapon, which is not good for Duke Chu." ”

Zhong Xuan couldn't help but be secretly angry when he heard this, because it was very disrespectful to search people's bodies, but for the sake of Qin Gong's plan, he had no choice but to endure his anger, handed over the sword to the other party, and let the other party search his body, and then was brought to Liu Qi's horse behind the battle.

"I wonder what Mr. Zhong is doing so far?" Liu Qi's face was full of tiredness, and he asked lazily.

Seeing Liu Qi's expression, Zhong Xuan was even more unhappy in his heart, but he still pretended not to see it, and respectfully saluted: "Duke Chu, the lower officials are here to ask for my lord." ”

"Oh? Cao Gongyuan is in Wuhuan, it is estimated that he should have won a big victory now, how to send Mr. here to ask for surrender, it is really strange and strange? ”

"It's not Gong Cao, it's Gong Qin." Zhong Xuan naturally knew that Liu Qi deliberately mentioned Cao Cao because he was laughing at him for serving Cao Cao before, but later defected to Liu Bei, but for Liu Bei's plan, he had to endure it, forcibly cheered up, and said slowly: "Duke Qin and Duke Chu are both members of the Han family, like a family, why bother to share each other's strengths and weaknesses?" Therefore, Qin Gong thought about it for a long time, thinking that it was better to unite the two families into one, jointly support the Han family, eradicate the national thieves, re-secure the world, and let the people enjoy peace again, I don't know what happened to the Duke of Chu? ”

But Liu Qi laughed and said: "This is naturally a good thing, but I don't know how to combine the two into one?" ”

Zhong Xuan listened to Liu Qi's words, felt as if there was hope this time, and hurriedly forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, bowed down and said: "That's the case, our Duke Qin decided to raise the land of Guanzhong to be subordinate to the Duke of Chu, and the Duke of Chu only needs to divide the land of Guanzhong as a fief to our Duke Qin, so that the Duke of Chu can not only sit on the land of Guanzhong, but also lose the clan friendship with the Duke of Qin, wouldn't it be wonderful?" ”

"Hehe, this idea is not bad, you Qin Gong will be able to develop the economy of Guanzhong under the banner of Lone's subordinates from now on, Cao Cao has Lone to resist, and grain and grass materials to support, once Guanzhong's strength is restored, even if you want to rebel, Lone is helpless, hehe, Zhong Yuanchang, I don't know if what Lone said is right?"

"Eh, why did Duke Chu say this? This time, Duke Qin surrendered sincerely, and had no other intentions. Zhong Xuan secretly sighed in his heart that Liu Qi reflected so quickly, but he still said stubbornly.

But he heard Liu Qi laugh and said, if Qin Gong really had his heart set on the Han family, he would not have ordered Guan Yu to sneak attack Luoyang and attempt to hold the Son of Heaven hostage, let alone later form an alliance with Cao Cao to fight against Gu, Gu would rather believe Cao Gong than believe his words. In fact, I have to say that Qin Gong's plan is really high, but do you think Lone will agree? Hehe, I don't know if Yuan Chang has ever heard a word? ”

"I don't know what to say? Please also ask the Duke of Chu to give advice. Seeing that Liu Qi had actually seen through his intentions, Zhong Miao felt a little flustered in his heart, and asked casually.

This sentence is, how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch? Since I and the Duke of Qin are of the same clan, why should we split up? If you Duke Qin really want to surrender, hand over all his army and the land of Guanzhong to Gu Lai to take charge of, and Gu will definitely retain his title of Duke of Qin, let him spend his old age in peace. If you want to deliberately deceive Yu Gu under the banner of surrender, then you have really made a mistake. You go and sue Liu Bei, let him wash his neck, and wait for the moment when my hundreds of thousands of troops capture Chang'an. ”

After Liu Qi finished speaking, he ordered someone to blast out Zhong Xuan.

Zhong Xuan was full of shame, hugged his head and left, when he saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei had already returned to Chang'an.

Let's say that Zhong Xuan saw Liu Bei in Chang'an, told him the details, and then sighed: "Weichen has been entrusted by Duke Qin, and the crime deserves death, and I ask Duke Qin to punish the crime." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but look gloomy, and sighed slowly: "Liu Qi is ambitious and arrogant, what does Yuan Chang have to do?" In fact, after you left, Gu thought about it again, and knew that he would not agree, but he was just thinking about delaying it for a few days to give our army some respite, but he didn't expect this person to refuse so decisively, alas, Yuan Chang went down to rest. ”

At this time, Zhong Xuan hesitated, and suddenly said: "Duke Qin, Weichen has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

"Hehe, why should Yuan Chang see the outside world? There is something to say, but it is said. ”

"No." Zhong Xuan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Weichen thinks that in fact, the conditions given by the Duke of Chu are acceptable to the lord, after all, the hundreds of thousands of troops under the command of the Duke of Chu are besieging the city, and Chang'an is in danger, and if the lord surrenders sincerely, he can still retain the title of the Duke of Chu, so it is an ideal destination to spend his life in his old age......

"Shut up!"

Before Zhong Jian finished speaking, he saw Liu Bei's face gloomy, and shouted: "Lone is a member of the Han family, after King Jing of Zhongshan, a dignified uncle, how can he put down his body and surrender to Liu Qi'er?" Liu Qi'er is insidious and cunning, despicable and shameless, how can He De be worthy of being obedient to Lonely? Although Liu Qi'er has hundreds of thousands of troops, Lone is not afraid, even if Guanzhong is not guaranteed, Lone still has five counties in Bingzhou, as long as Lone relies on the five counties of Jizhou, and then contacts the Xiongnu and Xianbei, there is still a chance to make a comeback. Yuan Chang, you went to Liu Qi's camp, and you actually said this, could it be that you were bought by Liu Qi? ”

"Wechen didn't dare, Wechen said nonsense, offended the lord, and asked the lord to forgive him." After Zhong Xuan heard this, he was immediately frightened, broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly asked Liu Bei for guilt.

Liu Bei realized that his words were a little heavy, and hurriedly comforted Zhong Xuan, and then let him retreat.

After Liu Bei waited for Zhong Xuan to retreat, his face was still excited, and he felt that he was a hero, and he was defeated in the hands of Liu Qi, a yellow-mouthed child, and he was really a little unconvinced, but he knew that in his current form, he didn't have any ideas, and he meditated for a while, so he ordered someone to invite Zhuge Liang.

"The clothes are not as good as the old, the people are not as good as the old, it seems that Kong Ming and I are still of the same mind, whether I can keep the foundation or not, I still have to rely on Kong Ming, I hope this time he can come up with a clever plan to turn the tide." Liu Bei sighed and said slowly. (To be continued......)