Lin Yuan smiled, "You didn't come to me to compliment me, did you?" Say, what do you want me to do? ”

"Brother Lin is quick to talk, Zhong admires!"

"I won't hide it anymore, I want Brother Lin to take the initiative to withdraw from Jiangling City, and I have left the way to retreat in the north."

"Brother Lin doesn't have to refuse in a hurry, I am very sincere, if Brother Lin is willing to withdraw from Jiangling City, I can let my father issue a decree to enshrine Brother Lin as the King of Jing, from now on, you and I will unite and work together for a great cause."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but scoff, "Let me quit Jiangling City, and then you want to make me the King of Jing?" Zhong Ziang, do you think that if I want to be this King of Jing, I still need Zhong Xiang to seal it? ”

"You ......" Zhong Ziang's expression changed slightly, but his qi cultivation skills were very good, and he regained his calm after a while.

"Ziyi doesn't have to be angry, everyone can talk about the conditions, if you are not satisfied, you can also give you 10,000 taels of gold, how about 1,000 beauties?"

"100,000 taels of gold!" Lin Yuan's expression was grim.

"100,000 taels of gold?" Zhong Ziang was shocked and asked, "Lin Ziyi, you are the wronged leader of our Chu State!" ”

"I'm not done with my request yet." Lin Yuan smiled coldly,

"In addition to 100,000 taels of gold, I also want 300 iron cannons, 5,000 pairs of purple gold-level armor, 20,000 pairs of gold-level armor, as well as 20 giant ships, and 20 million units of grain and grass."

"With these things, I will take the initiative to give up Jiangling City, and even accept the title of King Jing to guard the north for you."

On the other side, Zhong Ziang listened to Lin Yuan's offer, and the whole person was silent.

An invisible fire, burning.

"Lin Ziyi, don't go too far!"

"You have to figure it out, it's not me begging you now, I'm leaving you a way to live."

"If we really can't talk about it, I will immediately order 300,000 troops to attack the city!"

"Siege? Are you afraid of you? Lin Yuan sneered, a trace of fierceness flashed on his face: "There are still 100,000 elites in my city, as well as 2 million people, I want to see if your 300,000 people can be captured?" ”

"You ......" Zhong Zi was very arrogant, but he was helpless.

However, he was not an ordinary person after all, he was extremely angry one moment, and the next moment he regained his composure, and his face was full of smiles again.

The tone also softened a lot.

"Ziyi, you have too many things to ask for, we can't take them out."

"Otherwise, 30 iron cannons, 50 pairs of purple gold-level armor, 2,000 pairs of gold-level armor, 2 million units of grain and grass, and the previous 100,000 taels of gold, 1,000 beauties, how about it?"

"If you agree, I can order these things to be put together now!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this is not a business, you can still bargain!"

"You don't want to do this business, you have the Southern Song Dynasty court to do it, to tell you the truth, the vanguard of the Yue family's army has arrived in Jingmen, and it will soon arrive at Jiangling City!"

"So, whether to buy Jiangling City, or to storm Jiangling City from me and the Yue family's army, you can consider it yourself."

Zhong Ziang nodded calmly, "I need to discuss it with my staff!" ”

"Yes!"

Lin Yuan nodded.

Zhong Ziang turned to leave, and it wasn't long before he came with a Confucian general with long braids.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, who are you?" Lin Yuan was a little angry.

"Ziyi don't have to worry too much, this is my staff, Zeng Guofan!" Zhong Ziang explained.

The Confucian general also hugged his fists, "General Lin, it's polite!" ”

Lin Yuan was slightly shocked.

Sure enough, as he guessed, the general with long braids in Zhong Xiang's army was a general of the Qing Dynasty.

That person is Zeng Guofan, and the other person with long braids must be Zuo Zongtang.

Both are from Hunan.

Zhong Xiang captured Jinghu South Road, and it seemed that it was not difficult to get the two of them.

The four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty have won two of them.

It is no wonder that the army of this Zhong Xiang army is neat, in unison, and has the momentum of a strong army.

"Prince Zhong, did you bring this person here to act as a lobbyist? My requirements will not change. ”

"General Lin misunderstood, and we agreed to your request." Zeng Guofan suddenly spoke.

"Oh, that's good."

"However, we also need to add some conditions of our own." Zeng Guofan spoke again, "General Lin wants too many things, we can't collect them in a short time, especially the purple gold level armor, we can't get together 500 pairs at all!" ”

"It's better to give the general three percent of the things first, 100 iron cannons, 100 pairs of purple gold armor, 2,000 pairs of gold armor, 5 million units of grain and grass, and 100,000 taels of gold, as for the giant ship and 1,000 beauties, how about returning it slowly in the future?"

"The general first ceded Jiangling City to us, and let our 300,000 troops enter the city to assist in the defense and jointly resist the Southern Song Dynasty army."

"Hahaha, good!" Lin Yuan directly agreed.

Zhong Ziang and Zeng Guofan were all stunned, they thought that Lin Yuan would never agree.

"However......" Lin Yuan's words suddenly changed again, "Before I get these things, I also ask the army to temporarily live outside the city, of course, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely expensive, and he can follow me into the city to stay." ”

Zhong Ziang's eyelids jumped when he heard this.

"Since His Royal Highness commanded the army to fight, he has been living in the barracks, Ziyi's kindness Zhong has received it, I still wait for the army to enter the city together."

"Since the prince resigned, Lin Yuan did not force him to stay, in this way, I agreed with you for a period of three days, and after three days, you will hoard all the materials under the gate of Beicheng, and I will retreat from Beicheng and enlarge the army into the city."

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Zhong Ziang and Lin Yuan high-fived as an oath.

Next, both sides retreated and returned to their camps.

"My lord, Gao Cang returns, the vanguard general of the Yue family's army, is Yue Yun, the son of Yue Fei, who personally led 3,000 back troops and is on the way to come."

After returning to the city, Zhuge Liang immediately reported back.

"Yue Yun? Carrying the Army? This is a high-level mounted cavalry! It seems that Yue Fei has made up his mind to take Jiangling City this time. Lin Yuan nodded.

"Go and contact Yue Yun and ask them to arrive in Jiangling City within two days!"

"No!"

Someone immediately went to arrange it.

Because of the agreement between Lin Yuan and Zhong Ziang, the two sides will not fight in a short time.

Gangneung Fortress spent two days peacefully.

Late at night on the second day, the 3,000 Beiwei army led by Yue Yun finally arrived.

The first time Lin Yuan saw Yue Yun, his eyes lit up, this young general had red lips and white teeth, tall and heroic, dressed in silver helmet and silver armor, holding two eight-sided bright silver hammers, majestic.

Lin Yuan looked extremely hot, if his son could do this in the future, it would be great.

After Yue Yun saw Lin Yuan, he was also full of curiosity.

Because Lin Yuan looks like he is only a few years older than him, but he has already shocked Jinghu North Road.

Lin Yuan set up a banquet for Yue Yun, and during the banquet, Lin Yuan revealed his plan to Yue Yun.

He was extorting Zhong Ziang's money, food and equipment, and he needed Yue Yun's cooperation.

That's right, from the beginning, he didn't plan to sell Jiangling City to Zhong Ziang, it was the other party who brought the cheap to his mouth, wouldn't it be a pity that he didn't eat it.