That minion is Gong Du's own brother, the fifth in line, and he is called Gong Wu in the cottage. This Gong Wu was very trusted by Gong Du, and he didn't care about it, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the two generals of Qiqi, Xin Cai sent someone to say that it was for General Liu to come to pass the word, I don't know if I want him to come in, and I ask the two generals to decide." ”

Gong Du nodded with satisfaction, turned to Liu Bi and said, "Senior Brother Liu, could it be that you are here to give us a war letter?" Do you want to see it? ”

If it were according to Gong Du's past style, the people sent by the government would have been cut down a long time ago, where would there be nonsense. But because Liu Bi had proposed peace talks just now, Gong Du held back his temperament and asked Liu Bi's opinion.

Liu Bi groaned: "According to the little brother, it is better to see each other, at least we can find out their intentions, as for whether we can negotiate peace, we will see the opportunity to act when the time comes." Anyway, the initiative is in our hands, whether to talk about it or not, it's not up to us to have the final say? ”

To their disappointment, it was only a messenger who could not make any decisions. However, the letter brought by the messenger passed from one to the other, and their faces were cloudy and uncertain.

The letter first pointed out the situation of Gong Du and Liu Pi, Xincai, the gateway to the south of Pingyu, had been conquered, and it was only a vanguard army that captured Xincai, and then there were 60,000 troops coming. Next, he turned to the main topic, reminding Gong Du and Liu Pi that if they wanted to save their lives, they could only recognize the situation and talk to Xincai as soon as possible, and maybe they could win some glory and wealth.

Liu Bi dropped the letter in his hand and hesitated: "If it is really as the letter says, Yuan Shu still has 60,000 troops coming later, and this Pingyu City will not be able to hold it. It's just that I don't know if the glory and wealth promised to us in the letter can be fulfilled, which makes people in a dilemma. ”

"Be careful to make the Ten Thousand Year Ship!" Gong Du waved his hand and said, "Senior Brother Liu, what do we rely on to survive until now?" It's just the word careful! Xin Cai, the two of us must not go, if we want to talk, let them come to Pingyu! ”

Such a result, as early as Jian Yong's expectation, he didn't expect Gong Du and Liu Bi to dare to take the risk to come to Xincai, the reason why he invited Gong Du and Liu Bi to come to Xincai was to reveal a message about peace talks to them and test whether they had any desire for peace talks. Knowing that Gong Du and Liu Bi asked him to go to Pingyu to talk, Jian Yong agreed without thinking about it.

When Jian Yong appeared in the hall of the Runan Taishou Mansion in Pingyu City, Gong Du and Liu Bi secretly admired Jian Yong's courage. You must know that Jian Yong is not a military general of the three armies, but just a thin scribe who is powerless, and he can personally take risks, which shows that he is full of sincerity this time.

Gong Du saw Jian Yong coming in person, but he was even more anxious than Liu Bi, after all, no one wanted to live that kind of life of hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. Gong Du hurriedly led Jian Yong to the top and sat down, and then said: "Master Jian, what you said in your letter is to give Gong and Senior Brother Liu a glorious and wealthy life, and now there are only two people here, Gong and Senior Brother Liu, what can you say directly." ”

Jian Yong saw that Gong Du's words were very attentive, and he couldn't help but have a great confidence in his trip to peace, and said with a smile: "Although the two generals know the current affairs, they are really handsome, and now our army is on the way, and the night is coming, if the two generals continue to resist, there is only a dead end." However, the lord of my family is benevolent and can't bear to see the lives ruined, so he specially ordered Jian to come and point out a clear path to the two generals. ”

Liu Pi stood up with a disdainful face and said loudly: "Yuan Shu's gang is tyrannical in Runan, so that the people are not happy, but he dares to say that he is benevolent by nature, and he is not afraid of the ridicule of the world when it is spread out!" ”

Jian Yong laughed and said: "General Liu's words are wrong, Yuan Shu will kill himself if he commits many injustices, what qualifications does he have to be the lord of Jian." Don't hide it from the two generals, my lord is a member of the Han family, surnamed Liu Mingbei, and the two generals must have heard of it. ”

"Liu Bei?!" Liu Bi shouted loudly, "That big-eared thief! Hmph, I've heard that he has a lot of blood on his hands! ”

Jian Yong waved his hand disappetively and said, "General Liu is also a battle-hardened person, don't you know that you are dead and alive on the battlefield?" At that time, each was its own master, but it was not a personal grudge, and General Liu couldn't tell the difference? ”

Gong Du sneered: "Master Jian, let's put aside the past for the time being. Gong heard that Lord Liu had recently lost Xuzhou and had switched to Yuan Shu. If Brother Gong worships him as his father-in-law, it is more appropriate to vote for Yuan Shu. I wonder what Master Jane said about this? ”

Jian Yong's old face was slightly red, but his mouth was full of words, and he said: "The two generals are both the old Yellow Turban Department, and they are no strangers to Cao Cao and Liu Xin. Cao Cao poured his nest south to seize Xuzhou, but fortunately, my lord designed to defend it, so as to keep the peace of the people in Xiapi and Guangling counties. hateful Liu Xin's guy took advantage of the exhaustion of our army and the famine to attack suddenly. The lord of my family has the virtue of a good life, and in order to avoid the misery of Xuzhou, he had to go to Lujiang and temporarily entrust him to Yuan Shu. ”

After a pause, Jian Yong continued: "The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, the lord of my family originally thought that Yuan Shu was also a person who was determined to help Sheji, and he had the heart to help him fight against Cao Cao and Liu Xin. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu is ambitious, and he actually wants to replace the Han Dynasty and brazenly claim the emperor, and it is naturally impossible for my lord to be in the same stream with him. ”

Hearing the news that Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, Gong Du and Liu Bi were all taken aback. Liu Biyu didn't believe it, got up and asked, "What did you say?" Yuan Shu is the emperor? ”

In fact, the news of Yuan Shu's proclamation as emperor has not yet reached here, and Jian Yong is not sure. But this is a strategy he discussed with Liu Bei, he believes that Liu Bei's jade seal will be able to successfully persuade Yuan Shu to become emperor, in order to subdue Gong Du and Liu Pi, he simply revealed this still uncertain news in advance.

Jian Yong said with a smile: "This matter is still confidential, but since my lord intends to recruit the two generals, he will naturally not hide anything from the two generals. If it weren't for my father-in-law's expectations, Cao Cao and Liu Xin would have raised their own troops under the guise of sweeping away the rebellion within a few days. I don't know if the two generals have ever thought that Runan is in a position that is just right, can they resist these two tiger and wolf divisions? ”

Gong Du and Liu Bi couldn't help but smile bitterly in unison, what is this, it's just a fire at the city gate and the fish in the pond, they can't even defeat Jian Yong's 10,000 horses, how can they resist Cao Cao and Liu Xin's two-way army.

Liu Bi glanced at Gong Du, which means that let's quickly retreat into the mountains, although the world of flowers here is good, it is not a place of long-term love.

Jian Yong took in all the changes on the faces of these two people, smiled, and continued: "General Gong said just now that it is better to vote for my lord than to vote for Yuan Shu, but Jian did not dare to agree. Yuan Shu was brutal in nature, the two generals occupied Runan, and killed Yuan Shu's henchman Han Yin, would he be willing to let the two generals go? ”

Because of his previous mission to Xiangyang, Han Yin finally reached an agreement to reconcile with Liu Xin, which was greatly appreciated by Yuan Shu, so he appointed him as the Taishou of Runan. In fact, Yuan Shu also knew that Han Yin's talent was really good, and the reason why he made such an appointment was also to take into account that Han Yin and Liu Xin had dealt with each other, and Runan and Yingchuan were adjacent to each other, in case of any conflict, where Han Yin was, it would be more conducive to negotiating with each other.

After Gong Du and Liu Pi captured Pingyu, Han Yin didn't have time to escape, and was captured alive. Originally, according to Gong Du's intention, he wanted to leave Han Yin's life as a hostage, but Liu Bi fell in love with one of Han Yin's concubines and insisted on beheading him. Now after Jian Yong's reminder, Gong couldn't help but turn his head and glared at Liu Bi fiercely.

Liu Pi was a little weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to make any more moves to imply that Gong Du retreat to the mountains, and said to Jian Yong: "My brothers have already believed in Lord Liu's sincerity, but they don't know how to avoid the attacks of Cao Cao and Liu Xin?" ”

Jian Yong said with a smile: "As long as the two generals submit to my lord, the two will join forces in one place, and there will be tens of thousands of people, although the attack is insufficient, the code is more than enough." When the time comes, my lord's guild will send a message to the world to discuss Yuan Shu, a traitor. The head of my family did this righteous act, even if Cao Cao and Liu Xin were stubborn, they would not dare to risk the disapproval of the world to attack Runan. ”

Gong Du felt a little moved, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I don't know the glory and wealth that Lord Jian promised just now......

Jian Yong didn't wait for him to finish, then bowed his head and said: "If the two generals can submit to my lord, they will be the right-hand man of my lord, it is better than being a thief here." Moreover, my lord raised the banner of righteousness in Runan, and he will definitely wave his army to the south and take the Lujiang River. Yuan Shu has been operating in Lujiang for many years, and there are many golden silk women in the city, are you afraid that there will be two generals missing? ”

Liu Bei has no one available now, so it is not a lie for Jian Yong to say that Gong Du and Liu Bi will become Liu Bei's right-hand men, and as for going south to take the Lujiang River, it is also the plan that Liu Bei and Jian Yong have agreed on. Not counting the 50,000 Xuzhou troops brought by Liu Bei, Yuan Shu originally had more than 200,000 horses, but Shouchun could not overcome it for a long time, plus those folded in the hands of Gong Du and Liu Pi, they had lost a lot. Today, there are still 100,000 people trapped in Shouchun, and 30,000 were brought out by Liu Bei, plus 30,000 people who defended the county, the real strength of Lujiang will not exceed 40,000.

Gong Du and Liu Pi rebelled, firstly, to fill their stomachs, and secondly, they also wanted to live a good life.

Hearing Gong Du and Liu Bi instruct their minions to set up a banquet, Jian Yong's heart finally fell to the ground, although the matters have not yet been finalized, but the submission of these two people is only a matter of time, and his trip is finally worthy of his mission. Without thinking, this wine naturally drank very happily, and the two sides negotiated many matters, including the placement of those old and weak yellow scarves, which made Gong Du and Liu Pi very satisfied.

At this time, Gong Wu quietly walked in and whispered a few words in Gong Du's ear, and Gong Du's face changed greatly.