The situation was critical, Liu Ye did not stop after Cao Cao's instructions, quickly stepped up, all the way to Jingxiang, and arrived in Xiangyang three days later, and met with Pang Shanmin above the court.

Pang Shanmin was quite surprised by Liu Ye's words, in Pang Shanmin's opinion, Cao Cao wanted to send troops in a big way, and now, what did he send his envoys to Jingxiang to do? Looking at Liu Ye with a tired face in the hall, Pang Shanmin couldn't help but ask: "Pang Mou and the prime minister's army are about to clash, but Mr. Ziyang is here, do you want to vote for me?" ”

Tang Hou laughed. Liu Ye was not angry when he heard Pang Shanmin's ridicule, and said indifferently: "Although Tang Hou took my lord Wancheng and Luoyang, but my prime minister does not care about the gains and losses of this city and a pool, Ye is here to tell Tang Hou the intention of my lord, and now Tang Hou's army is besieging Xu Du, and the prime minister is concerned about the safety of Mr. Fengxiao, and wants to give this city to Tang Hou, so that Tang Hou can occupy this Xiongcheng without spending a single soldier, I don't know what Tang Hou thinks?" ”

Pang Shanmin only thought about it for a while, and then smiled disdainfully: "Xu Du has been trapped for many days, and the city is only broken in the evening, there is Wolong, Bo Yan and the two use soldiers, and the battle damage must not be big, the prime minister's kindness, Pang Mou received it, but Pang Mou has a good relationship with Fengxiao, and he also wants him to come to Jingxiang as a guest." ”

Pang Shanmin's decision was still expected by Liu Ye, seeing that Pang Shanmin refused to stop the war, Liu Ye smiled and said: "If you only let one city, without showing the sincerity of the prime minister, the prime minister also wants to give Hefei and Shouchun two cities to Tang Hou, and when he left Yecheng, the prime minister specially confessed, then Sun Quan is a repeated villain, not enough to believe, if Tang Hou is willing to let go of all the soldiers and horses, return it safely, the prime minister can order General Wenyuan." Return to Yecheng! ”

"Oh?" Pang Shanmin couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Liu Ye and laughed: "The prime minister is very calculating, and if he wants to spoil the friendship between Pang and Zhongmou, he is so willing to pay for it, and with my Jingxiang military horse, blocking the road of Jiangdong's advance into the Central Plains, Mr. Fei thinks that Pang can be bullied?" ”

"But the prime minister proposed that. For Tang Hou. There are also a lot of benefits, could it be that Tang Hou is willing to watch Jiangdong enter the Central Plains and continue to grow? Liu Ye heard Pang Shanmin's words, and smiled indifferently: "The land of the world." Those who can live in it. Tang Hou has the heart to win the world. When fearlessness is. ”

Liu Ye's words made Pang Shanmin quite moved, and he thought about it for a long time. Pang Shanmin sighed lightly and said: "This kind of interest really makes Pang Mou tempted, this matter is very important, Pang Mou should think about it carefully, and ask Mr. to rest in the post house, waiting for Pang Mou to discuss with the ministers to come to a conclusion." ”

Hearing this, Liu Ye nodded, and said to Pang Shanmin: "Tang Hou can afford to wait, but the people of Xu Du can't afford to wait. ”

After that, Liu Ye didn't say anything more, and left directly, Pang Shanmin saw Liu Ye go away, and his mind was uncertain, so he hurriedly ordered someone to invite Erkuai to discuss whether to agree to the proposal brought by Liu Ye this time.

After a short time, both came, and after Pang Shanmin told Cao Cao's intentions, Erkui was also quite hesitant.

Kuai Liang thought for a long time, and said to Pang Shanmin: "Such a big thing, the lord can act independently, in Kuai's opinion, no matter how the lord chooses, there are pros and cons!" ”

Pang Shanmin nodded when he heard this, and what he said in his heart was not bad, but at present, it is difficult for Pang Shanmin to choose, in fact, Pang Shanmin still intends to accept Cao Cao's proposal in his heart, and the biggest reason is only because Pang Shanmin has not yet figured out how to face Guo Jia once Xu Ducheng is broken.

It is unbearable to kill, and it is even more unbearable to abandon it, and it is impossible to fight hard and release Guo Jia to Cao Ying......

It's just that once Guo Jia arrives in Jingxiang, Pang Shanmin can also think of it with his toes, Guo Jia will refuse to surrender, and if Guo Jia threatens his life and has to leave, then Pang Shanmin really doesn't know what to do......

Therefore, Cao Cao's proposal, in Pang Shanmin's opinion, is really a bit of a timely rain, in addition to helping him solve the dilemma of how to face Guo Jia, it can also be effortless, Hefei, Shouchun, for Jing Xiang, is extremely cost-effective.

Although if you forcibly occupy the two places, you will almost 100% have a bad relationship with Jiangdong, but Pang Shanmin doesn't care about this, the two princes still don't agree with each other in the final analysis, even if they tear their faces, Pang Shanmin has no burden in their hearts.

The reason for this is that Jingxiang and Jiangdong fought before, Jiangdong was repeatedly defeated, and Jingxiang won repeatedly, and this inexplicable psychological advantage made Jingxiang respect and disdain everyone in Jiangdong.

After thinking for a long time, Pang Shanmin sighed, and said to Erkui with a wry smile: "Two gentlemen, it is difficult for Pang to make a decision, is it considered a mediocrity to disturb himself?" Cao Cao's suggestion was a dignified conspiracy, and Pang could not avoid it. ”

Hearing Pang Shanmin's words, Kuai's conscience knew that Pang Shanmin still planned to respond to Cao Cao's suggestion, and immediately smiled heartily and said: "The lord has Cao Cao's great gift, and it is natural for Kuai to see it, but it is just bitter Xingba, originally the lord was about to conquer the Central Plains, but now he wants the two families to strike the army, Xingba to enter the Central Plains, and the desire to promote land warfare is afraid that it is difficult to achieve, and once it is at odds with Jiangdong, Jingxiang will have to rely on the sailor to compete with it in the future, and I don't know if Xingba will be tired of water war." ”

Pang Shanmin couldn't help laughing when he heard Kuai Yue's words, and after thinking for a moment, Pang Shanmin said to Kuai Yue: "Xingba over there, Pang Mou will persuade you!" ”

Kuai Liang pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "That's fine, but since the lord has made a decision, he should send the army and horses to Shouchun and Hefei as soon as possible, and hand over the city with the Cao army. ”

When Pang Shanmin heard this, he thought it was true, when the lord of the three princes today, Pang Shanmin had already positioned it in his heart, Cao Cao died to save face, Sun Quan died shamelessly, if Jiangdong really found an opportunity, this Shouchun, Hefei is afraid that it will really be occupied by it, once the Jiangdong army and horses enter the city, Pang Shanmin's situation will be extremely embarrassing, and whether to fight or not to fight will not be beneficial to Jing Xiang.

After pondering for a long time, Pang Shanmin nodded and said: "My Jingxiang army is being assembled, and it should have dealt with the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains, but now it has to face Jiangdong, so it seems that this soldiers and horses really can't disperse early......"

Thinking of this, Pang Shanmin ordered someone to prepare pen and ink, write a book, and ordered the messenger to send it to Xu Du Zhuge Liang as soon as possible, and secretly said in his heart: If Guo Jia retreats, Xu Du can be handed over to Bo Yan for the time being, and as for Xinde County, it is most reassuring to hand it over to Kong Ming to guard.

Seeing the messenger leaving, Pang Shanmin smiled at Erkuai and said: "In this case, Pang will invite Liu Ye to a banquet tomorrow and inform him of Pang's decision, so that Fengxiao, who suffered from Xu Du's suffering, can leave earlier. (To be continued......)