The news that Zhao Yun led the army to conquer Taiyuan also reached the Han army camp, the Han army was full of jubilation, the soldiers were all ecstatic, Liu Jing then ordered the three armies to be rewarded, slaughtered pigs and sheep, and rewarded each person with a bottle of wine, the soldiers were full of food and drink, morale soared, the generals asked for help, asked to attack Cao Ying, and then make new contributions, Liu Jing just laughed and did not allow.

On this morning, Liu Jing and Sima Yi were discussing the strategy of dealing with Cao Jun in the big tent, Sima Yi smiled and said: "It is estimated that Cao Cāo has also learned about the annexation of the state, he should understand our true intentions, it depends on whether he can make concessions with interest and save the current predicament, I estimate that Cao Cāo will send someone to sue for peace soon." ”

Liu Jing also sighed: "My original intention was just to use the merger of states in exchange for Guan Long, and I didn't want to merge states, but I didn't expect that the county officials of the states have expressed their support for my Han army, which makes me a little embarrassed, if I give up merging states, won't it disappoint them, and it will also affect them." ”

Sima Yi persuaded Liu Jing to say: "Cao Cāo's problem is that he occupies too much territory, but there is no corresponding strength control, which leads to today's passivity everywhere, this is a lesson from the past, the state pastor must learn a lesson, must not be greedy, unrealistic, as for those officials, most of them are inextricably linked with the local family, they may not be supporting the state pastor, but they are just dissatisfied with Cao Cāo, I think there is a state pastor on the side, Cao Cāo does not dare to clean up the state officialdom too much, at most it is to make up for the dead, envelop the state family, and stabilize the officialdom, The state pastor doesn't have to apologize to them. ”

Liu Jing also knows that he has not yet annexed Hedong, and he is too hasty to make him passive, he must be down-to-earth, step by step, knowing that Lu Dao is the king's way, Liu Jing smiled: "Even so, it is human nature to disappoint them and make me feel sorry in my heart." ”

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "If the state pastor feels that he can't go, he can ask General Zhao to talk to them and ask them to understand, not to abandon them, so that they can be convinced." ”

"That's right, that's a good idea."

While the two were talking, a guard reported at the door of the big tent: "Qi Yu Zhou Mu, Cao Cāo sent a messenger here, it seems to be Cheng Yu." ”

Liu Jing and Sima Yi glanced at each other, and Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, "Actually sent the military advisor to negotiate, it seems that Cao Cāo is really in a hurry." ”

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "Let Weichen talk to him!" ”

Liu Jing nodded and said with a smile: "But etiquette is still required, Cheng Yu is someone I respect, and I will personally greet him." ”

Cheng Yu only brought one entourage to walk over the pontoon bridge, he stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the snow-capped world in the distance, the heavy snow was a foot thick, how could the two armies fight in such weather? Liu Jing obviously had no intention of attacking the Central Plains, just exerting pressure.

At this time, the camp gate was wide open, the drums were singing, Cheng Yu was slightly stunned, looked back, and saw a team of ceremonial soldiers lined up, lined up in two rows, dozens of generals walked out of the camp with Liu Jing in their arms, Cheng Yu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The state pastor personally came out to greet him, Cheng Yu can't afford it!" ”

Liu Jing bowed to him and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhongde is a famous man in the world, famous, Liu Jing has also admired him for a long time, Mr. is here in person, how dare Liu Jing be rude, sir, please follow me into the camp." ”

Although Liu Jing was very polite, the meaning was very clear, he personally greeted him, not because Cheng Yu was Cao Cāo's military advisor, but because he respected Cheng Yu's reputation, which made Cheng Yu quite moved and a little proud, he smiled and said: "The state pastor is so polite, Cheng Yu is better than respectful." ”

Cheng Yu followed Liu Jing into the Han army camp, only to see that the camp tent in the camp was neat, the ground was clean, the soldiers walked in an orderly manner, two people in a row, three people in a row, there was no one who marched alone, from these details, it can be seen that the Han army is well-trained, worthy of being the fierce enemy of the Cao army.

Cheng Yu nodded secretly, and walked into the big tent of the Chinese army with Liu Jing, the two sat down separately, Sima Yi and Gan Ning accompanied each other on the left and right, without waiting for Cheng Yu to speak, Liu Jing first led the topic away, and said with a smile: "I heard that after the Battle of Chibi, Mr. has been assisting in government affairs, I also think it's a pity, Mr. strategy and military is what he is good at." ”

Cheng Yu didn't understand the meaning of this, so he reluctantly smiled: "The prime minister is old, and the regular government affairs have been handed over to Pi Gongzi, and I have been assisting Pi Gongzi in the past few years." ”

"I see!"

Liu Jing asked again: "Sir, who does you think is more suitable for the prince?" ”

Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Liu Jing wanted to talk to himself about Cao Cāo's succession, perhaps he wanted to convey something to Cao Cāo through his own mouth, he smiled faintly and said silently: "This is a family matter of the prime minister, and it is not appropriate for a minister to ask more." ”

"No, the prime minister's son, it is related to the rise and fall of the Wei State, how can it be a family matter? Besides, didn't Mr. arrange for Pi Gongzi to conquer Liaodong? How can you say that you haven't asked? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jing looked at Cheng Yu with a smile, Cheng Yu secretly exclaimed in his heart, this matter was actually seen through by Liu Jing, could it be that Cheng Yu was passive in getting along, Cheng Yu neither admitted nor denied it, and asked with a slight smile: "I heard the prime minister say that the state pastor persuaded the prime minister to establish the son of the prime minister as the son of the family at the last meeting, why is this?" ”

"In fact, what kind of person is Cao Pi, Mr. Cheng knows better than me, he will not only be willing to be a little Wei Gong, from my interests, I wish he was abolished as today's son, set up Wei Dynasty Han, and then I can rightfully inherit the Han Dynasty, but in that way, the Cao family is not far from the door of destruction, I admire Prime Minister Cao Cheng's unification of the north, thanks to Sheji, so I persuaded him, don't take another step forward, one more step is the abyss, Mr. Cheng is the prime minister's confidant, but also the prime minister's bosom friend, The prime minister should always be persuaded to cherish his reputation after his death, which is worthy of the prime minister's kindness, what does Mr. think? ”

Liu Jing said these words very sincerely, which made Cheng Yu feel a little ashamed in his heart, he really did not consider the name behind him for the prime minister, and strongly supported Cao Pi for his own interests, he was not as good as Xun You in this regard, Xun You always refused to participate in the Pizhi dispute.

Cheng Yu sighed and said: "Zhou Mu Jinyu's words, I will tell the prime minister, this time I came to the Han army camp to talk about the two strikes, I don't know"

Without waiting for Cheng Yu to finish speaking, Liu Jing interrupted him, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's talk about business in the afternoon, now it's almost noon, I want to entertain Mr. first, in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

After lunch, Cheng Yu rested for a while, then someone came to invite Cheng Yu to talk about business, Cheng Yu walked into the big tent, but he didn't see Liu Jing, only Sima Yi was in the tent, Cheng Yu woke up, Liu Jing didn't talk to him, but Sima Yi negotiated with him, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was really confused, Liu Jing had already wanted to see the prime minister on an equal footing, how could he negotiate with himself?

Cheng Yu understood this, and his heart was also put down, at least Liu Jingken talked to him, this is a good beginning, he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Let Sima Junshi wait for a long time." ”

At dusk, Cheng Yu returned to Cao's camp, Cao Cāo immediately ordered the guards to invite him into his big tent, and the two sat down, Cao Cāo asked a little impatiently, "How is it?" ”

"On the whole, it didn't disappoint the prime minister, at least we guessed right, Liu Jing is ready to end this battle through negotiations, but the details still need to be considered by both sides, especially some of his conditions, I am worried that the prime minister will be difficult to accept."

"Tell me, what conditions does he have?" Cao Cāo calmed down and asked.

"One is to merge the state, Liu Jing does not want to withdraw the army, and secondly, the Cao army withdraws from Guanlong, with Tongguan as the boundary."

Cao Cāo's face sank obviously, and he couldn't accept the first condition, Liu Jing actually wanted to occupy and merge the state, how could it be? After a while, he asked coldly, "What else?" ”

"There are also political and economic conditions, there are three, the first is to ask the Son of Heaven to crown him as the king of Han; The second is that the prime minister must ensure the absolute safety of Queen Fu and not allow the queen to be abolished; The third is to completely open up trade, widen the clear water, and dredge the river between the Rushui and the Shuishui. ”

Cao cāo paced slowly in the big tent with his hands, at this time he had completely calmed down, Liu Jing's last three conditions, the first two were not a problem at all, the first one was the last time he asked his son Cao Zhi to go to Chengdu and expressed his willingness to canonize Liu Jing as king, but Liu Jing himself did not agree; As for the second one, to ensure the safety of Empress Fu, he also promised Liu Jing when he withdrew his troops from Jingzhou last time, and he also mentioned the old saying again, the key is the third one, open up trade, open up water channels, this one is the key, the first two are just to cover up the third one.

Cao Cāo was well aware of the situation after the liberalization of trade, and also knew the consequences of Jingzhou's money circulating in the north, Jiangdong was not so exploited by Jingzhou in the first place, absorbing a large amount of materials, especially iron ore, and most of the high-quality jīng iron flowed into Jingzhou, if he opened up trade, I am afraid that he would also suffer the same exploitation.

Cao Cāo was silent for a long time, and at this time, Cheng Yu persuaded again: "Actually, the prime minister doesn't have to worry too much about trade, the north is not Jiangdong, it is not so easy to be exploited, and opening up trade is a matter for both sides, and the materials from the south will also flow to the north, besides, Liu Jing has occupied the land of Guanlong, and he is no longer a prince in the south, and he also has to think about the north, so Weichen feels that Liu Jing's proposal of the third article is not to exploit the north." ”

"And what does he mean?" Cao Cāo asked back.

"I discussed this matter with Sima Yi, and what Sima Yi meant was that Liu Jing wanted to increase exchanges between the north and the south through trade, expand exchanges between the north and the south, and lay the foundation for the real unification and integration of the world in the future."

"I see!" Cao Cāo suddenly realized, this Liu Jing is really eloquent, understanding this, Cao Cāo's worries disappeared, he also supports the exchange and integration of the north and the south, which is in line with his idea of the world, in terms of the unification of the north and the south, Cao cāo has always been an active advocate, no matter who will sit in the world in the future, but Cao Cāo's political philosophy will not change.

Cao Cāo pondered for a moment and said: "I can promise him the last three conditions, but he must evacuate and annex the state, this point cannot be ambiguous, the two sides take the Yellow River and Tongguan as the boundary, return the soldiers to the warehouse, and recuperate with the people." ”

"Wechen understands, Wechen will negotiate with Liu Jing tomorrow."

After three rounds of negotiations, Liu Jing and Cao Cāo finally reached a compromise, Cao Cāo recognized Liu Jing's occupation of Guanlong, and the Han army withdrew from the state, and the two sides were bounded by the Yellow River and Tongguan.

On the third day after the two sides reached an agreement, Liu Jing and Cao Cāo signed the settlement agreement respectively, temporarily ending the nearly decade-long war between the two sides, and each withdrew his troops and began to recuperate, but with the westward expansion of Jiangdong's power, the relationship between Jingzhou and Jiangdong began to crack.

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