Zhuge Liang understood Wang Xu's words and quickly implemented them in actual negotiations.

In fact, the meaning expressed by Wang Xu's sentence is that there is no point in talking about peace or not, and the state of Chu only needs to occupy Yuzhang and the South China Sea at present, and it can't spit out what it eats, so no matter what Wu Guo thinks, this is already a set fact, and Wu has no way to change anything.

As for why he didn't retreat directly, but instead wanted to talk about peace in name, to put it bluntly, it was to give Wu Guo a step.

If the state of Wu suffered such a painful loss, if the state of Chu retreated directly, then the concept of the great defeat of the state of Wu would be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, forcing the Sun family of the state of Wu to be swept away from the ground, and had to raise the banner of future revenge in order to maintain the authority of its ruler.

But this is not good for the two countries, the state of Chu failed to destroy the state of Wu, so before the next war, easing the relationship between the two countries, continuing to trade, and promoting each other is where the interests lie, then the peace talks given by Wang Xu are very good, because the Sun family can be said to be them luring the enemy to go deeper, so as to fight a decisive battle in Danyang, and finally stop fighting.

As for what kind of Cheng Dù Wu Guo really lost, apart from the high-level, how can the public know?

In this way, the Sun family will have a step down and will not be forced to give up the huge interests of trade between the two sides for the sake of their own authority.

Therefore, this peace negotiation has become very smooth, because the important thing is no longer the content, but the name, and since Wang Xu is willing to give this name, then it is already logical.

The peace talks went very smoothly, and in the process, Cao Cao in the north was also relieved and decisively withdrew his troops from Nanyang. The army of Chu also began to retreat in batches.

This is not a retreat. It's a retreat. The premise of retreat is that the opponent has the strength and strength to counterattack. Therefore, there will always be losses, and the retreat means that the two sides no longer have the reason or ability to fight, and they are naturally safe and sound, and there is no need to be too sad.

In today's Wu State, even if Zhou Yu, Tai Shici and others are full of grievances in their hearts, they can't do anything about it when they look at the army of Chu State. Because of their heavy losses, even if they are lucky enough to defeat this Chu army now. They also do not have the ability to enter the Chu State, and will cause more losses to themselves, and they can no longer afford more losses.

The state of Chu is now willing to take the initiative to withdraw its troops, which is also something they cannot want......

Before Wang Xu evacuated halfway, he also went to the prisoner camp alone to visit several captured Jiangdong important ministers.

Lu Su, Lu Meng, and He Qi have not had a bad time in the prisoner camp these days, which Wang Xu has specially explained, so when he saw the three of them, their complexions were not bad. The first person he talked about was Lu Su, and Wang Xu liked this Lu Zijing a lot. His people can be civil and martial, and they are the talents of generals.

But I persuaded for a long time. Lu Su was unmoved after all, although he admired Wang Xu very much, and he also respected him from the bottom of his heart, but he was indeed a tough scholar, this kind of stubborn scholar was sometimes more difficult to convince than those loyal generals, in short, no matter what reason, no matter what reason, no matter what persuasion, in the end it was two words - no surrender.

In desperation, Wang Xu chose to give up, and then met Lu Meng alone.

At this time, although Lu Meng's complexion was good, his spirit seemed a little sluggish, and he obviously did not recover from the blow of defeat, and he was silent when he saw Wang Xu.

After a little observation, Wang Xu didn't have much nonsense, and said with a smile: "Lu Ziming, you are the second time that you have been captured by my Chu State, the last time you were not convinced, and finally I ordered you to return, this time you are still not convinced?" ”

"Huh!" Lu Meng's head was raised, his eyes burned to look at Wang Xu, and he snorted heavily: "Don't accept it!" ”

"Why?" Wang Xu asked with an unchanged smile, without the slightest expression of surprise.

"Chu won this battle in Qiluo rather than in battle, although Qiluo determines success or failure, but that is not the responsibility of our generals, tactical fighting is my strength." Lu Meng was full of resentment, and his eyebrows were full of bitterness. "I fought with the State of Chu, and I have never really fought against the enemy with real swords and guns, all of them are inexplicably in a critical situation, how can I be convinced if I am so defeated?"

"That's right!" Wang Xu nodded with a smile, and then continued: "For you, it is indeed difficult to fight, and you are unwilling to lose, but the battlefield always talks about results, no matter what you think the duties of a general are and what you are good at, if you lose, the result is defeat, and for any general, this is the result of fighting." You are a genius who can be created, and today you will not accept it, but in the future you will definitely be convinced. ”

"You have also seen the current situation, the state of Chu has achieved the general trend, and it will take the world in the future, as a general, you have also made enough contributions to the old master, and now that you are bound, why don't you consider descending to Chu? Isn't it what you hope for to calm the world as soon as possible? ”

"Humph!" Lu Meng smiled disdainfully: "It turns out that the king of Chu said so much, but he came to persuade him to surrender, I, the general of the defeated army, can't climb high, it's useless to say more, but I'll die." Besides, the king of Chu is inevitably too conceited, how can he talk about the general trend of success or failure for a while, and whether it is too early to say that it is too early to sweep the world, my Wu country has many talents, and it is more than enough to resist the Chu country. ”

When the words fell, Wang Xu was silent, looked at Lu Meng for a long time before he smiled and said, "Today I hit outside Wudu, and next time it won't be here." ”

"Of course it's not here, next time you won't even be able to enter the border of Wu." Lu Meng replied with a laugh without fear.

Wang Xu instantly became murderous, squinted his eyes and said angrily: "With such wild words, aren't you afraid that I will cut you with a thousand knives?" ”

"The eldest husband is alive, why be afraid?" Lu Meng competed against each other.

The two looked at each other angrily for a moment, Wang Xu's angry face suddenly retracted, and instead laughed: "You Lu Ziming, you are really a hard bone, just go back to your Wu capital!" ”

"You'll let me go?" Lu Meng was stunned.

"No jokes!" Wang Xu looked at him with a smile.

"Why!"

"You are a handsome talent, after sweeping the world, you can open up territory for me. If you don't accept it now, I can beat you until you are convinced in the future! ”

Lu Meng was shocked, and looked at Wang Xu's indifferent smile in amazement, unable to move away for a long time.

In the end, Lu Su and Lu Meng both left with complicated feelings, only He Qi stayed after several persuasions from Wang Xu and Zhuge Liang and others, not that He Qi was disloyal, but that this battle of Wu and Chu dealt a heavy blow to the confidence of many people of insight in Wu State, He Qi seemed very depressed, and he was not the core henchman of the Sun family now, and he was captured after the battle earlier, which is not sorry for the Sun family.

What's more, Wang Xu knew the psychology of these people very well, and made a promise not to let him confront Wu Guo, which made him unload his psychological burden.

In February 209 AD, the army of Chu retreated to Yuzhang and the South China Sea respectively, while Wang Xu returned to Xiangyang with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others.

The battle between Chu and Wu officially ended at this moment, and the prestige of Chu climbed to a new peak and became the most powerful country, and the whole country celebrated. Even if he failed to destroy the Wu State in the end this time, the results he could achieve were brilliant, and it was such a feat to reach the capital of the Wu State in one fell swoop!

In this year and two years, the state of Chu has gone through the two major battles of "the battle of Chu and Wei" and the "battle of Chu and Wu", and under the joint promotion of premeditation and coincidence, it finally stood as dazzling as the sun, forming a pattern of the four strongest in the world and respecting Chu.

At this moment, history has moved towards a new chapter...... (To be continued......)