Under Zhang Shuo's arrangement, it took less than an hour for the cadres to set up a simple wooden pavilion in the middle of the two armies, and put some ordinary melons and fruits on the table. This is not Zhang Shuo's attention to pomp, but to show the etiquette of Qianguo and the importance of Liu Bei.

Then, Zhang Shuo took Xie An and walked into the small pavilion. They were followed by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, neither of whom wore a single soldier or a general.

In Zhang Shuo's cognition, if he and Xie An's force alone, they would not be the opponents of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang at all. There is an ancient saying: If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, how can Zhang Shuo risk his net worth and life to gamble on Liu Bei's far-reaching vision and character.

Zhang Shuo dared to do this, entirely because when he was driving in person, Bao Liang and Ge Xuan each gave him a life-saving talisman, the former gave him a diamond-level "Great Shift Talisman", after use, he could instantly move himself to a designated place no more than 500 meters away from the original position.

The latter gives the legendary-level "Four Elephants Forbidden Magic Talisman", and after use, it forms a forbidden demon realm within a distance of 200 meters around the body. For half an hour, all creatures in the realm are not allowed to use any spells.

It is precisely because of these two powerful life-saving talismans that Zhang Shuo dares to be so fearless. As for Xie An, Zhang Shuo was not worried at all. You are the contemporary head of the Xie family, can you have some means to save your life?

"I have heard for a long time that King Mingguo is arbitrary and acts resolutely. When I saw it today, it turned out to be extraordinary. ”

Liu Bei entered the pavilion with a smile on his face, and saw Zhang Shuo and Xie An sitting there laughing at the wind, so comfortable. didn't put up a fight immediately, said modestly, and then looked at Zhuge Liang, who was half a position away from him: "This is Zhuge Kongming, the prime minister of my Shu Kingdom." ”

"The King of Shu is polite. Wolong's name of Zhuge Liang is like thunder. The two of them sat down quickly. ”

Zhang Shuo got up and personally invited Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to take a seat. Then he raised his hand and introduced Xie An behind him: "This is Xie Anshi of Chen County, his person is extraordinary, and he is even more talented. Now he is the Dazai of our country. ”

"Chen Jun Xie's family, prepared like thunder."

After the four of them exchanged polite greetings, they took their seats in turn. Zhang Shuo looked at the two of them who were silent, and after thinking for a while, he said: "King of Shu, my Qianguo and your Shu have always been non-violatory, why are you raising troops to invade my border now?" ”

"Don't be angry, it's also a misunderstanding. Not long ago, there was a group of refugees from Donghai County who were displaced to Shudi. Yan Qianguo is reckless in military force and arrogant in raising troops, so that the people are displaced and miserable. After many verifications, in order to save the people from fire and water, we resolutely attacked the sub-level Qianguo with a mere male-level country. ”

Liu Bei said helplessly, looking like he was asking for his life for the people.

In this regard, Zhang Shuo didn't care, the countries that are still surviving at the moment, which is easy, wants to start a war, there are reasons everywhere.

"That being the case, why did the King of Shu retreat so quickly? Could it be that after beating half of the beating, I realized that the persimmon of Qianguo is not easy to pinch? ”

Listening to the ridicule in Zhang Shuo's words, Liu Bei didn't care, and looked like Zhang Shuo misunderstood him: "The reason for retreating from the army is because what I have seen and heard in Lanling County in the past half a month is not the same as what the refugees described.

In case of what you can see, King Qianwang is a saintly king who is virtuous and virtuous and asks for the people's lives. It's just that...... It's just that King Qian's words just now made Bei a little disappointed. ”

"Let the King of Shu down, I'm really 'scared'...... It's just that Shu invaded our Qianguo for no reason, but now it's just saying that it's leaving, so I can't help but treat my Qianguo as nothing, right? ”

"In this battle, the loss of my Shu Kingdom is not too big."

"But it's you, not me, who start the war! If this king lets you go like this, how shall I give an account to the soldiers of my army, and to the people under my rule? ”

Zhang Shuo said righteously, although the withdrawal of Qi State at the moment has caused him a lot of trouble. However, Zhang Shuo would never compromise on this and let Shu leave unconditionally.

When Liu Bei heard this, he asked tentatively, "What does King Qianwang mean?"

"Don't say anything else, shouldn't the Lord of Shu release our soldiers first to show his sincerity?"

"This is natural, but Qianguo must also release our soldiers at the same time."

Liu Bei nodded, at this point, the two sides did not have too much entanglement. After all, a truce between the two sides and the release of the prisoners is the most basic sincerity.

After seeing the other party so good, Zhang Shuo said with a smile: "Very good, it seems that the preliminary negotiations are very smooth, then the next step is the issue of compensation."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shuo couldn't help but secretly get nervous, he knew very well that what was next was where the biggest difference between the two parties was, so he couldn't take his eyes off Liu Bei. While trying to see something from the other party's expression, he was also secretly thinking about how much to put forward in order to be within the range of the other party's tolerance.

"In this war, our army's food and grass materials have been seriously consumed, and Shu must compensate."

"King Qian's words are reasonable! China is willing to compensate Qianguo with 2,000 stone of grain as compensation. ”

"Two thousand stones?!"

Zhang Shuo couldn't help frowning when he heard this. Immediately sank his face and said:

"Isn't King Mo of Shu sending beggars?"

"What does the King mean?"

"In terms of single grain and grass, this king roughly calculated, in the past half a month, he has also consumed nearly 40,000 stone of grain. Your Shu country has to compensate my country at least 30,000 stone grain and grass! In addition to this, taking into account the loss of arrows in the armor of each division. In addition to returning the equipment of the captured cadres, the lord of Shu also needs to compensate another 5,000 black iron-grade spear leather armor. Oh yes, and by the way, remember to return the iron spear of Xianming. ”

"Let's not mention the matter of armor for the time being, but in half a month, the cadres consumed 40,000 stones of grain and grass......

Speaking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but sneer: "King Qian, just in case, the top priority for your country at the moment is to send more people to inspect and supervise all parts of the Qianguo, so as not to destroy the Qianguo in the hands of some moths."

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't believe it, Zhang Shuo gave Liu Bei a rough calculation, and when he said that he gave the other party 10,000 stone grain and grass in order to invite Qi to send troops, Liu Bei also understood. This goods obviously want to use himself as a Kaizi, and even the cost of inviting other countries to send troops has to be deducted from his head. No monarch in his right mind would agree to such an unreasonable demand.

"Dry King ......"

Looking at Zhang Shuo in front of him, although a trace of anger had burned in his heart, Liu Bei still maintained a gentle tone on the surface and said: "Now the food in my Shu country is also very scarce. If King Qianwang is sincerely willing to reconcile, I am willing to endure the pain and take out another 2,000 stone of grain, a total of 4,000 stone of grain and grass, to compensate King Qian! ”