Chapter 226: Peace Talks

Zhang Xi had already asked Liu Bei whether he was fighting or making peace, and now it was Lu Su's turn to ask Sun Quan.

Seriously, Lu Su really didn't understand why Sun Quan had to send troops to attack the four counties of Jingnan.

If Liu Bei is playing tricks and not giving the state and county, you can use this as a reason to accuse Liu Bei and threaten to sever diplomatic relations and directly send troops to attack the matter, which is a bit unreasonable.

But since it was Sun Quan's decision, considering that Sun Quan is becoming more and more powerful now, Lu Su can't say anything.

So now that the two armies are facing each other on the front line of Xiangtan and public security, how should they end, we have to ask clearly.

Will they simply tear up the covenant, fight with Liu Bei, and then occupy Jingzhou, or use the existing benefits to negotiate with Liu Bei, and the two sides will continue to maintain the covenant?!

Sun Quan is actually quite hesitant about this.

In fact, Sun Quan, like Liu Bei, has been in a state of continuous victory since the Battle of Chibi, which has made him a little fluttery.

In the battle of Chibi, less wins more, you can say that it is all thanks to Zhou Lang's strength.

But the battle of Wet Whiskers, but he Sun Quan personally commanded, Zhou Yu only acted according to orders, and the final result was that he Sun Quan used 70,000 troops to defeat Cao Cao's 400,000 troops.

Although Cao Cao's 400,000 army is the same as Chibi, it is also known, but Cao Cao is after all recognized by the world as a master of the art of war, and his Sun Quan can repel Cao Cao's gold content, isn't it low? !

Now it is also an army of 70,000, and it has obtained Changsha and Guiyang counties in the early sneak attack, and Zhou Yu is even closer to the public security, in this case, even if he fights Liu Bei head-on, why not? !

You must know that Liu Bei's side, including all the Jingzhou troops, will not exceed 100,000.

I even repelled Cao Cao's 400,000 army, am I still afraid of Liu Bei's 100,000 army?!

Therefore, Sun Quan was indeed a little proud, thinking that he would just turn his face with Liu Bei.

Occupy Jingzhou and occupy the Yangtze River, so that you have the power to protect yourself.

Advancing troops from Jingzhou and Huainan and occupying Qingxu and Yuzhou, he Sun Quan also has the strength to win the world.

Then Zhou Yu poured a large basin of cold water on him.

Lu Su was brought up by Sun Quan, as Sun Quan's henchman, Sun Quan was fluttering, and Lu Su could only persuade him tactfully.

But Zhou Yu is different, although he is not very old, he is an old minister in Jiangdong.

Although Zhou Yu usually pays attention to the relationship with Sun Quan's monarchs and ministers, and has always respected Sun Quan, Sun Quan is so fluttering, Zhou Yu still unceremoniously debunks Sun Quan's illusions.

It is indeed the credit of Sun Quan's command that the battle of Weixu can be won, but more importantly, Cao Cao's naval army is not good, and it is impossible to break through the defense line of the Jiangdong army, and at the same time it is not used to the rainy climate in the south of the Yangtze River.

But if Sun Quan wants to compete with Liu Bei for Jingnan, then he will have to fight infantry and land battles. Lu Meng led 20,000 soldiers to attack, and he also had the advantage of sneak attack, but now he was still blocked in Xiangtan, and he could not advance an inch in the face of a defense of less than 10,000 soldiers.

In terms of water warfare capabilities, Zhou Yu is confident that he can block Guan Yu and Wen Ping on the Yangtze River and not move, so that they can't support Jingnan, but now Liu Bei has personally led an army of 30,000 to Wuling, once they march to the front line of Xiangtan, can they rely on Lu Meng's 20,000 people to withstand Liu Bei's attack? !

Sun Quan said proudly, I also brought troops, and I also brought a full 40,000, 10,000 more than Liu Bei.

Then Zhou Yu said bluntly to Sun Quan very unceremoniously - how is the level of our soldiers in land warfare, don't you have any points in your heart as a lord?!

Therefore, this time, Zhou Yu was unusual, and did not support the killing of Liu Bei, but supported Lu Su's proposition, and took advantage of the fact that Jiangdong still had an advantage to negotiate with Liu Bei.

It's not that Zhou Yu suddenly changed his personality after a serious illness, but the situation changed too quickly, so Zhou Yu had to adjust his strategy.

When Liu Bei only had Jingnan, Zhou Yu couldn't wait to kill Liu Bei quickly, after all, Sun Quan had this strength at this time, and he was also very hopeful that he would take Jingzhou completely.

But Sun Quan was concerned about the threat of Cao Cao in the north and did not listen.

Now, Liu Bei has occupied Yizhou, and Jingzhou has also been connected, and the situation has changed.

It's okay if you want to turn your face against Liu Bei, but unless you can kill Liu Bei in one fell swoop and let the Yizhou dragons start chaos again without a leader, otherwise once Liu Bei escapes back to Yizhou, things will be in trouble.

Liu Bei retreated, although he lost the possibility of enterprising the world, he could still close himself, see the right time, and harass Jingzhou from time to time.

And Jiangdong won Jingzhou, that is, it was attacked on three sides, not only to face the pressure of the Cao army on the Xiangyang and Huainan sides, but also to resist the sneak attack of Liu Bei's group that had turned its face at any time.

People occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and sneak attack downstream, but it is too convenient.

With Jiangdong's strength, sooner or later it will be exhausted in such a confrontation situation, and in the end it can only be cheaper Cao Cao.

The current situation is different from before, and at this time, it is impossible to kill Liu Bei at once, it is better to think about how to get enough benefits, and then attack north, strive to break through Huainan and enter Huaibei, and then capture Qingxu.

At this time, Sun Quan was still sober-minded, and he also knew that although Zhou Yu was very polite, Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu's heart was all on the foundation of Jiangdong, so Sun Quan could accept Zhou Yu's bluntness.

Then, Sun Quan sent Lu Su to tentatively contact Liu Bei's group to see if there was any possibility of peace talks.

Of course, even if it is a peace talk, it must be a peace talk under the existing situation, at least the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang, you Liu Bei has to give it to me, this is what was said before, you take Yizhou, these two counties will give me as compensation.

Liu Bei also wants to negotiate peace, but what Liu Bei hopes is that the two sides will retreat to the state before the war, that is, neither Changsha nor Guiyang can be missing, and that is my territory.

It's good that I don't pursue the matter of your betrayal of the alliance.

So, there are differences between the two sides, but at least, we can sit down and talk.

Let's talk about it.

This kind of thing must not be brought forward by the sovereigns of both sides, otherwise it will be difficult to bargain.

Therefore, the two sides sent two representatives each to hold peace talks.

Therefore, Lu Su proposed that in the middle of the confrontation between the armies of the two sides, a military tent should be set up, and the peace negotiators sent by both sides would negotiate, and the guards of both sides could bring them, but they could not bring long weapons, and could only carry single knives.

That is to say, go it alone.

It's really not that the second master is carrying the Qinglong knife, and he goes to the Jiangdong Tiger's Den alone to see the real single knife in the history of Lu Su, in fact, it means that the guards can only bring a single knife.

Even this time, the second master did not attend the meeting alone, and Lu Su was not the main decision-maker of the peace talks.

This time, although the second master is still the decision-maker, there is one more Zhang Xi by his side.

Lu Su is not even a decision-maker, the real decision-maker is Zhou Yu.

Just outside the public security city, in the middle of the army where Zhou Yu and Guan Yu confronted each other, Guan Yu made a military tent, and then Guan Yu and Zhang Xi as Liu Beifang's representative, and Lu Su Zhou Yu as Sun Quanfang's representative, conducted a negotiation.

According to the rules of this era, they met each other, saluted each other, and began formal negotiations.

"In the past, Xuande Gong had an appointment with my lord, and after taking Yizhou, he cut off the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang to my lord, why did Xuande Gong break the contract now?!"

Zhou Yu took the lead in speaking and talked about things in secret.

Guan Yu's eyes narrowed, and he didn't answer Zhou Yu's words, and instead said, "The land of Jingzhou is not owned by Jiangdong, but the land of Liu Jingsheng, how can Jiangdong ask for it?!"

Lu Su frowned and said, "The prince's words are wrong, although Jingzhou is the land of Liu Jingsheng, but Liu Jingsheng's father and son have died, and the land of Jingzhou is where the virtuous live. What's more, Liu Yuanjun has an appointment with my lord in advance."

Guan Yu immediately interrupted Lu Su's words and continued, "Zijing, what is it to say?! My lord is a member of the Han family, a virtuous person, and the younger brother of Liu Jingsheng, a brother and a brother, why not?!"

"General Guan, why don't you listen to Zijing?!" Zhou Yu's face was not very good-looking, and he said, "Zijing and I both made it clear that this matter was made by Liu Yuanjun and my lord first, how can I break the contract now?!"

Guan Yu frowned slightly,

I was quite upset.

Didn't fool the past.

Jiangdong must have seized the matter of the secret agreement to make a fuss, this matter is real, and Liu Bei did not deny it, so Jiangdong is the fault of Liu Bei when he talks about this.

In the past few years, I still pay more attention to things like oaths, especially people like Guan Yu.

Therefore, Guan Yu's strategy is to emphasize that the land of Jingzhou was inherited by Liu Bei from Liu Biao, which is reasonable and legal, and whether to give it or not should be Liu Bei's own business.

But no matter what, Guan Yu alone must not be able to say two people.

So Guan Yu looked at Zhang Xi, you guy, you're here to negotiate, not to see the excitement, right?!

And Zhang Xima's thinking is actually different from Guan Yu's.

Zhang Xi smiled slightly, and said to Zhou Yu and Lu Su, "What the two generals said, but there is something about it. Our lord and General Sun agreed that after taking Yizhou, the two counties would be handed over to General Sun. However, now that my lord has just leveled Yizhou and has not yet been convinced, General Sun has sent an envoy to ask for it, is it too hasty?"

Zhou Yu frowned, and said in his heart What tricks is this Zhang Yuanchang going to play? !

He was about to speak, but Zhang Xi smiled and continued to Zhou Yu, "Please listen to the governor. My lord has just entered Yizhou, and the people's hearts have not been attached, so I persuaded General Sun with good words, and please forgive me for some time, and when my lord subdues the hearts of the people of Yizhou and marches into Liangzhou, he will hand over the two counties to General Sun, but I don't want General Sun to ignore the alliance between the two families and send troops to attack, what does this mean?!"

Hearing this, Lu Su couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Why did Yuan Chang say this, it is clear that Liu Yuanjun does not want to give the two counties to my lord, so my lord takes it for himself, how can he break the covenant?!"

Zhang Xi continued to smile and said, "Brother Zijing, yesterday Xi got two pieces of beautiful jade, and I liked it very much, so I said to my subordinates that I want to give this beautiful jade to Brother Zijing. When Brother Zijing heard about this, he took advantage of Xi's absence at home, broke into the hall, and took the beautiful jade for himself. What is the explanation for this behavior?!"

As soon as Lu Su heard this, his face suddenly changed, and Zhou Yu didn't look like he listened, so he got up and said sharply, "Zhang Yuanchang, you have a sharp tooth and a sharp mouth!!