Listening to Liu Bei's surprised inquiry, Li Sheng smiled faintly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He shook his head and said to Liu Bei, "How could it be? It's only the first time I've met the big boss, so I can't say that we have a holiday. He said it very sincerely, as if this was the case, which made Liu Bi, who was standing behind Liu Bei and watching, couldn't help but feel a little weird.

"That's good! That's good! Liu Bei wiped his forehead, which he felt a little hot, and said with a sigh of relief. He had just put his heart in his throat. Because Liu Pi's Runan Yellow Turban Army is his main force at present, and Li Sheng, who has just had a good conversation with him, is his current "important strategist", both of whom are very important to Liu Bei. Liu Bei didn't want these two people to have any contradictions right now. That would be an absolute disaster for him. That's why he asked Li Sheng so tightly that he wanted to implement it as soon as possible, and breathed a long sigh of relief after Li Sheng denied this.

"Okay?" Li Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, but the smile on his face was weird, "I don't think it's good at all." Although I don't have any holiday with Leader Liu, my troops are currently fighting with Leader Liu's brother Leader Gong Du in the area of Anyang and Xinxi in the south. In a sense, I and Leader Liu are undoubtedly enemies. Under Liu Bei's faintly frozen smile, Li Sheng calmly said something that made Liu Bei stunned and very worried.

"This ...... What's going on here? Liu Bei, who looked very anxious on his face, smiled bitterly, and asked a little embarrassedly: "The two of you, one is in Runan and the other is in Jiangxia, it shouldn't be possible to have anything to do with him." How can there be a fight? Liu Bei felt very painful at the moment, because he had no choice but to find that what he least wanted to see had happened - the two people he valued the most at the moment, one Li Sheng and the other Liu Bi, would have such a major contradiction with each other. Still at war? What the hell is going to do with that? He frowned at the thought.

"Then I have to ask Liu Pi, the big leader." Li Sheng's face seemed to have a strange look on his face, "I did a good job in Xiyang to protect the people of the realm, if it weren't for Runan to provoke me, I wouldn't want to come to such a chaotic place." With a measly 2,000 troops to fight against tens of thousands of yellow turbans in Runan, I really had enough to do such a stupid thing. Li Sheng said calmly, he completely shifted the responsibility for starting the war to Liu Bi's side.

"You talk nonsense!" Regarding Li Sheng's statement of reversing right and wrong, Liu Bi couldn't help but blushed and muttered loudly: "Obviously, you yourself sent troops to attack Runan in vain, how can you say that it is because of us." He roared, foaming at the mouth, and put on a look of righteousness.

"What nonsense am I talking about?" Li Sheng's eyes widened suddenly, and a fierce momentum emanated from his body like a knife, entangled Liu Pi straight.

This is a very terrifying momentum, not only Liu Pi himself can deeply feel the power of this momentum, but even the people standing next to Liu Pi can also perceive this. They clearly understood that Li Sheng was already angry, and if Liu Bi did something, Li Sheng was afraid that he would really rush forward and break Liu Bi's neck.

"What should I do?" Liu Bei was a little nervous. He looked at Liu Bi, who was overwhelmed by Li Sheng's momentum and retreated, and was very worried that Li Sheng would make some excited behavior. "If that's the case, I'm afraid we won't even be able to think of this Runan City." Liu Bei was afraid of the worst scene, and on the other hand, he was a little strange: "Judging from the front, Zixu should be a rather amiable person." Why is he so resentful of Liu Pi? He was puzzled by this.

However, the worst thing did not happen. Li Sheng gasped and restrained his anger and suppressed the bloodthirsty impulse in his heart. He glanced coldly at Liu Bi, who was sweating because of his momentum, and then took out a piece of material written on silk cloth from his arms and threw it heavily in front of Liu Bi. "What good things you Runan Yellow Turbans have done, see for yourself." He dropped such a sentence with a cold expression, and then turned away and stopped looking at Liu Pi. Maybe he was worried that when he saw Liu Pi's dress through the yellow scarf again, he would really can't help but kill him.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn. From the original laughter to the silence now, it was only a matter of a moment, and such a sudden change made several people obviously feel a little depressed. However, Liu Bei and Jian Yong, who were bystanders, were not good at saying anything more. After all, the two of them didn't know what was going on in front of them, so naturally it was difficult for them to choose their own sides. They just quickly picked up the silk cloth that Li Sheng threw over, pulled up Liu Bi, who was very dissatisfied with Li Sheng's attitude and couldn't help but grit his teeth there, and went to the side to watch carefully. They all understand that in order to solve the current contradiction, the first thing to do is to understand. Only by understanding everything can we make a proper judgment.

They flipped through the scrolls and carefully reflected every word on the silk cloth into their hearts. Gradually, they frowned, and the anger on their faces, although forcibly suppressed, was still involuntarily revealed. Of course, they were not angry at the insults on the silk cloth, but at the fact that the facts mentioned on the silk cloth were all at the hands of the Yellow Turbans. Despite the troubled times, people's hearts are generally good. With the exception of a few killers or crazy people, no one seems to remain indifferent to such a tragedy.

"Is this all true?" After reading it, Liu Bei's face couldn't help but show a trace of pity and anger. Thinking about it, he was dissatisfied with the actions of the Yellow Turban Army and sad for the misery of the people.

"It seems that he is a man who loves the people." Li Sheng secretly had a higher evaluation of Liu Bei in his heart, and then nodded in response to Liu Bei's question: "That's true!" Behind the silk cloth are the blood marks and signatures of the people affected by the disaster in the four counties in northern Jiangxia, which can be used as evidence. ”

"Hmm!" Liu Bei nodded with a serious expression after hearing this, and he was already very sure of everything Li Sheng said. So, he turned to Liu Pi: "Big leader, what do you say?" He asked faintly, and every word in his mouth was smashed towards Liu Pi like a thousand pounds of hammer.

"This ...... This ...... "He also believed the facts described on the silk cloth." Although he thought that this was just the result of the rash actions of those small cottage people below, and it had nothing to do with his big leader, he still couldn't bear to take a few steps back under Liu Bei's compelling momentum, and stammered speechless.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little more dull, looking at Liu Pi's unspeakable appearance, Jian Yong couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. He understands Liu Pi's current distress: just as Li Sheng said at the beginning. Although Liu Pi is said to be the supreme commander of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan, he is only the commander in name. There are many Yellow Turban Mountains in Runan, and Liu Pi can only control the part of the people under him, but he is powerless against the forces that are separated from each mountain. The sceres depicted on the silk cloth, though serious, were most likely committed by the Yellow Turbans who did not obey his orders. It is really infuriating that someone who only nominally does what he tells him to do is responsible for it.

Jian Yong looked at Liu Bi quietly, saw his bitter anger, and suddenly felt a little pity for this person in his heart. He decided to help Liu Pi: "Lord, Li Sima, I think this is probably done by those independent forces under Liu Pi." Although these forces were ostensibly under the command of Liu Pi's chieftain, in reality they were in their own hands, as Li Sima said. For these things they have committed, we are all understandable people, and we don't have to blame all the sins on the head of Liu Pi. After all, he won't be easy. ”

"Well, there's some truth to that." After listening to Jian Yong's persuasion, Liu Bei Tieqing's face improved slightly, he quickly calmed down, thought about Liu Bi's position and the situation in Runan, and also thought that Liu Bi was a little wronged. He had the heart to excuse Liu Pi. But this incident was caused by Li Sheng, and he had to ask Li Sheng's opinion: "I don't know what Zixu thinks about this matter?" For the misdeeds of the people below, I think the Grand Commander himself has a headache. ”

"Of course, I know this too." Li Sheng nodded and said. His recognition of this point made Liu Bei, Jian Yong and Liu Bi breathe a sigh of relief. To be honest, they are really afraid that Li Sheng will be entangled in this point.

"But ......" Li Sheng brought up these two words again, which made their minds that had just relaxed tense again. Although they couldn't help but have some resentment in their hearts for Li Sheng always making people so appetizing, since Li Sheng still had something to say, they had to calm down and listen to what happened after he said "but": "However, I didn't list Liu Pi's big boss as a target that I had to eliminate." The people who committed such a crime in Xiyang must have fled from several counties in the south of Runan, near the border with Xiyang. We see this very clearly, so I plan to target the forces in these prefectures as well. It can be said that from the very beginning, I had no intention of being an enemy of Liu Pi's big leader. As for why he fought with the big chief's brother later, it was purely because the big boss couldn't let go of the face and thought that my army would offend him by entering Runan, so he sent troops from Anyang to attack me on his own. I didn't do anything about it. ”

“……？ I see! Hearing Li Sheng say so much, Liu Bei, Jian Yong, and Liu Pi couldn't help but be stunned, and then realized that what the other party really wanted to say was just that: they didn't want to be entangled with the Runan Yellow Turban all the time. The reason for the war was nothing more than a misunderstanding, and once this misunderstanding was explained, and the Runan Yellow Turban side admitted its mistake and accepted some of the conditions put forward by Li Sheng's side, then everything could be treated as if nothing had happened. After all, neither Liu Bei's side nor Li Sheng's side was willing to have any fight with an enemy who was not his main enemy at this time.

"We all understand Zixu's thoughts. The battle in the south was only caused by a misunderstanding, and although the two sides could strike as long as the explanation was clear, we were willing to make appropriate compensation for the losses suffered by Zixu. This is our sincerity, and we ask Zixu to understand. Under Liu Bei's signal, Jian Yong thought about it for a while, and then said such words.

Although Liu Bi's participation in Liu Bei's forces has not yet been officially confirmed, whether it is Liu Bei himself, Liu Pi himself or Li Sheng's side, it is already a fact that Liu Bei can make a commitment on behalf of Liu Bi, and Jian Yong's words undoubtedly represent Liu Bi's admission to Li Sheng's side of the "war" caused by this misunderstanding. Even if there is no word in it that confesses mistakes, the meaning of confession can indeed be felt.

In this regard, Li Sheng smiled and nodded: "Since this is a misunderstanding, then we will not continue to entangle ourselves even more." As long as Leader Liu Pi can agree to some of our requests and withdraw his troops, I can even use the power in my hands to provide some appropriate assistance to Runan. I think the big leader is also very dissatisfied with the current equipment of the Runan Army. With Jian Yong's words, Li Sheng quickly got away from those topics that should not continue to be entangled, and turned to practical benefits.

"Equipment?" As soon as he heard this, Liu Bi's original dissatisfaction quickly weakened to three points, his eyes lit up suddenly, he looked at Li Sheng with a blink, and asked expectantly, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

"That's nature!" Li Sheng nodded heavily. He glanced around at everyone in the room, and saw that not only was Liu Pi, the big leader, very interested in his condition, but even Liu Bei and Jian Yong's eyes were shining with a little essence.

"How much will it be?" Jian Yong then asked. As a person who is good at interacting with people, he always has that indifferent smile on his face, as if nothing can be put in his heart. Of course, this is just a deceptive appearance, and from the words that came out of his mouth urgently, it already made people feel the anxiety in his heart.

"There won't be too many. After all, I'm just a small prefectural order. Li Sheng shook his head lightly and said, "With my authority, I can only mobilize a maximum of five thousand sets of standard equipment. ”

"Five thousand sets." Liu Bei's originally excited face suddenly dimmed, and he muttered to himself: "Is this too little?" ”

"There's no way around that." Li Sheng was very embarrassed and said: "This still counts the battle damage of my soldiers!" 5,000 sets of equipment are for you, and my sergeants will not be able to replenish their equipment this time. ”

"Huh? That's right. There was a look of embarrassment on everyone's faces, they didn't want to complain anything to Li Sheng, so they could only agree very happily: "Five thousand is five thousand." All this is up to Zixu. ”

"Okay." Li Sheng responded sincerely, and then he put forward his own conditions: "What about my request?" ”

"Your request?" Liu Bei and the others were stunned when they heard this, and then realized that something was wrong on their side: "Oops, I talked about armaments with Zixu too much, and I forgot that he said earlier that he would provide armaments only after meeting the requirements." Liu Bei, who suddenly remembered this, couldn't help but show a little embarrassment on his face, he looked at Li Sheng a little embarrassed, and asked softly, "What do you want?" ”

"My main requirements are as follows." Li Sheng pondered for a moment, and then said the draft that he had already beaten a thousand times in his heart: "First, I demand an immediate truce between the two armies. As far as Commander Liu is concerned, the fight between our two sides was due to a misunderstanding, and now that the misunderstanding has been clarified, there is no need to let this battle continue. After all, the lives of soldiers on both sides are very important, and I don't want to look at those vivid faces gradually dimming in my eyes. This is a crucial point, and I hope that Commander Liu will quickly send someone to carry it out. ”

"That's a good point." Liu Bei stroked his palm with deep emotion and responded: "Well, a quick truce is a must. He motioned to Liu Bi with his eyes, "Why don't you hurry up and do it?" ”

"Huh? Be! Liu Biying was about to turn around, but was stopped by Jian Yong: "Since everything has been said, there is no need to be in a hurry." Let's listen to Zixu's remaining requirements. These things are all about the Grand Commander. ”

"Oh!" Liu Bei responded, and then realized that he was a little too anxious. After all, for the time being, the Runan Army has not yet been officially incorporated into Liu Bei's command, and the big leader of Runan is still Liu Pi, not him Liu Bei. Li Sheng is talking to Runan, not Liu Bei, so it's a bit too much to separate Liu Pi like this.

"Hey!" Liu Bei laughed awkwardly and glanced at Jian Yong gratefully, just very grateful to him in his heart. Then, he looked at Liu Pi and said the words "I'm sorry" with his apologetic gaze. This made Liu Pi really moved, although he didn't pay much attention to these in the first place.

"Please Zixu try the following conditions." After everything was straightened out again, Liu Bei was afraid that something would go wrong with him, so he handed over the matter of talking to Li Sheng to Jian Yong. As for himself, he only sets an example of a character who nods and shakes his head.

"Okay." Li Sheng nodded and continued: "This is the second point. It's about the demands on those who are angry. Perhaps those people were Liu Da's subordinates. If so, I ask Commander Liu to hand over the people. If not, considering the question of the true status of Grand Commander Liu, I ask Grand Commander Liu not to meddle in this matter and let me attack those forces that do not obey the orders of the six major commanders. Because I have sworn in front of the people of Xiyang to thoroughly investigate this matter, I must get a definite result. ”

"Okay!" Under Liu Bei's nod, Jian Yong simply spit out such a word. This is not much loss for Liu Bi's forces, after all, those forces that are contrary to yin and yang have not been counted into Liu Bi's forces, on the contrary, Liu Bi is still very disgusted with these "independent" guys.

"Anything else?" Jian Yong looked at Li Sheng.

"Third!" Li Sheng nodded and stretched out his three fingers: "In order to make up for the loss of Xiyang, I ask the Great Commander to cede several counties east of Yichun and south of Rushui, and allow our caravan to pass through the Runan Mountains freely. ”

"This ......" Jian Yong saw Liu Bei shaking his head and hesitated slightly.

"Will Zixu want too many cities?" Liu Bei immediately put forward his opinion: "East of Yichun and south of Rushui, that's the territory of five county seats!" Even if we are willing to give it to you, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it with your current strength of 2,000 troops. ”

"Whether I can hold it or not is something I need to think about. Actually, I don't really want these places, it's just that now after General Zuo leaves, Cao Cao will settle some of his own forces in Runan before he arrives. Therefore, I don't need the Grand Commander to hand over the territory now, as long as the Grand Commander allows me to immigrate here a little, it will be enough. As for when the city will be delivered, it will be possible to wait until the Grand Commander leaves. Li Sheng explained with a smile.

"In that case, that's it." When Liu Bei heard that it was for dealing with Cao Cao in the future, he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart and agreed. Although he didn't know exactly how Li Sheng would use these territories against Cao Cao, his instincts told him that he had to believe what Li Sheng said. Trusting his instincts, he quickly agreed.

These three points are basically settled. As for the question of whether there is anything missing, it will be necessary to wait for the armistice to be held, and then the two sides will send special personnel to talk. After all, no one here is a master of negotiation except Jian Yong, and Jian Yong is from Liu Bei's side, Li Sheng is unwilling to use his own shortcomings to match the other party's strengths, he wants to wait for his subordinates to arrive and discuss it in detail. Anyway, there must be a truce first, this is already an ironclad thing, and he can wait.

After the topic is discussed, I have to go to the banquet. Although Runan is under the control of the Yellow Turbans and surrounded by the surrounding major forces, its materials are naturally not very rich, but if it is not rich, it is only a small force below. A big sect like Liu Pi, even if he is a little nervous about ordnance and equipment, but in other aspects, he is similar to the princes and county guards outside, and he can still get a complete feast. In the midst of a staggered cup and bowl, under the singing and dancing of the military prostitutes in the camp, this feast made the guests and hosts happy. After the deliberate friendship between the two sides, the relationship between Liu Bei and Li Sheng was greatly narrowed - from the "lord" Liu Biao, Liu Bei became Li Sheng's uncle.

Everything went very well. Almost immediately following the messenger sent by Liu Pi, the men and horses sent by Li Sheng to Xinxi to inform him of this matter also set off. He brought Li Sheng's latest order: "...... After Liu Pijun's armistice was first armistice, all units of our army should carefully guard the direction, consolidate the existing positions, and arrange various traps. As long as the other side does not launch an attack on our army, our army must not provoke the other side. …… During this period, it is advisable to strengthen the reconnaissance work of the troops, grasp the front line of Xinxi, Rushui, and Huaihe as soon as possible, and must not allow the enemy to arbitrarily cut to the rear of our army......

The command was written on silk cloth. Perhaps because he was too worried about the new breath, Li Sheng actually wrote more than 500 words on the silk cloth. He wrote down everything he thought about, and he explained clearly some mistakes that no one could have made. This made the silk cloth that carried the command so long and long that it was a bulging bag in the hands of the messenger at the end. For such a situation, although the messenger didn't say anything, Zhou Rui, who had been following Li Sheng's side, felt that his lord was a little abnormal.

"Is it necessary to explain so many things?" After returning to the room arranged by Liu Bei for Li Sheng, Zhou Rui asked in a low voice.

"Probably not necessary. But this is the first time I've been confronted with such a ceasefire negotiation, and I'm worried. Li Sheng smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand and replied.

"What are you worried about, my lord?" Zhou Rui felt very strange.

"Worry about the unknown." Li Sheng said quietly: "Ceasefire negotiations are a matter that requires great patience. It is very important to wait in this matter. I hadn't done this kind of negotiation before, so I didn't know about the negotiation itself or what was going to happen after it. I hated the unknown, because it gave me a feeling that I couldn't grasp it at all, so I seemed a little concerned about the transition. ”

"That's right!" Zhou Rui had some understanding, but he still felt strange: "But seeing that the lord has written so much, it doesn't seem that he is ignorant of what happened after the negotiation." ”

"That's not what I said." Li Sheng shook his head gently, he seemed to be in a slightly better mood in the conversation with Zhou Rui, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Actually, I know all kinds of problems that may arise after the negotiation, but that's just knowing." Because there are so many things that can happen, in my experience, it's impossible to correctly judge one of them. That's why I'm so concerned that I write down all the issues that come to my mind. I can't judge this, but with their wisdom and experience, it should be okay. ”

"So your order, which is an order, is not an order but a suggestion?" Zhou Rui finally understood this.

"Yes! Don't you notice that my words are not very tough? If it's a command, I'm afraid that using this tone will make them feel a little confused. And I also added this sentence at the end of the silk cloth: 'What the specific situation is, you can decide for yourself according to the situation on the battlefield.' Li Sheng said with a smile.

"Hehe, I see." Zhou Rui also laughed, "Anyway, as long as you're okay, boss." That's what he really meant by that.

Suddenly hearing Zhou Rui say this, Li Sheng couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He immediately figured out the intention of Zhou Rui and himself to say so much. For a moment, he was moved, and a warm heat surged into his chest. "Thank you!" He was stuck for a long time and only uttered these three words. Although it is simple, the feelings contained in it are very strong.

"You're welcome. After all, are we brothers! Zhou Rui smiled brightly.

"Yes, we are brothers!" Li Sheng repeated faintly.

Brother, what is a brother? Those who can help you when you are in the most difficult time, can care for and comfort you when you are hesitating in your heart, can silently support you no matter what you do, and can treat you with a normal heart when you are in a high position, only such a person can truly be worthy of the word brother.

Li Sheng looked at Zhou Rui's bright smile, and there was a slight trace of guilt in his heart. He did not do it for anything other than because his purpose was not pure when he made an appointment with them. Although his physical age is only twenty at the moment, it seems that he is a few times different from Zhou Rui, but he will never forget to add thirteen before his age. Thinking about the beginning, just to gain a foothold in this era, just to model Liu Guanzhang's Taoyuan righteousness and worship them, just for his own ambition to let them accompany him on the road of this conquest, Li Sheng's heart will twitch. He felt guilty that he was sorry for these people who cared about him.

After taking a deep look at Zhou Rui, Li Sheng suddenly asked: "Do you regret being involved in this fiery battlefield with me?" Originally, like you, you should live an ordinary life. ”

"No, it's not." Listening to Li Sheng's question, Zhou Rui didn't feel stunned, and then quickly shook his head and denied: "Actually, I like it now!" Because it is precisely by getting to know the boss that we have a chance to get rid of mediocrity. I've always thought that only this kind of intenseness is really my world. ”

"Really?" Li Sheng muttered lightly, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "Since this is the case, let our brothers work together to change this troubled world." He shook his head, putting aside the guilt that had swelled up in his heart again.