"Bo Chang, you hurt me."

Sun Qian sighed and reminded softly.

Zhang Han: "......"

He slowly withdrew his hand, and no longer patted Sun Gan's shoulder at will, and at the same time said: "Pengcheng We have already conquered and governed, and implemented the government of the people, many displaced people who have lost their land and homes can only migrate, and all the slaves who have no registered households have been transferred to Yanzhou under the rule, and there are not many villagers and merchants left. ”

"This city should belong to my lord, but Gongyou said before that Tao Gongding will return it, and he is only willing to give up Peiguo, right? This sentence sounds very strange, as if we are about to be defeated and expelled from Xuzhou. ”

"Oh, that's not the case," Sun Qian hurriedly explained with a smile, "Bo Chang doesn't have to be so-for-tat, what I mean is that Pengcheng and Xiapi are both barriers to Tan County, and they are willing to pay the army a lot of money in exchange for a stable defense, otherwise there will be discrepancies in military orders and government orders in the future, and it will be inconvenient." ”

When Sun Gan heard this, he roughly understood what Zhang Han said, what Cao Cao really wanted was Xuzhou, after all, occupying Pengcheng was equivalent to having half a foot in front of Tancheng.

In the future, when we rest and rebuild our military strength, accumulate grain and grass and armaments, and attack Xuzhou again, we will get twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking of this, he was disappointed a lot, after all, he had expected Cao Cao to be different from the rest of the princes, and now it seems that the so-called benevolence and virtue are just to pave the way for plundering territory.

In this case, it is even more necessary to keep the tone and try to keep Pengcheng, Cao Cao did not dare to fight for a long time, worried that something would happen in the rear of Yanzhou, and he would not be too entangled.

The bottom line he gave Zhang Han must be accepted when he sees it.

Here, Zhang Han and Sun Qian continued to negotiate Pengcheng.

On the other end, Xi Zhicai and Chen Yuanlong also talked happily, and Chen Deng curiously asked about Zhang Han's background, mentorship, and achievements.

After all, Zhang Han still looks very young, a few years younger than him Chen Deng, he originally thought that among the young talents, he was already a leader, but he didn't expect to meet Zhang Han today, a young man who is not very old, but has become the master bookkeeper.

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Bo Chang offered a decree to Tuntian, resettled millions of displaced people from Qingzhou, and at the same time, based on this, he selected tens of thousands of elite Qingzhou soldiers. ”

"Qingzhou soldiers and tun people, each living in one place, those who have a family can benefit each other with meritorious service, and those who do not have a family can start a family in the future, divide the field and settle down, you say that such a result is not much better than the defeat of the soldiers?"

Chen Deng suddenly realized that it was his strategy to designate millions of people as tun people, which was better than the displaced people and worse than the local people.

And there will be families and friends separated, and they will threaten each other not to make trouble, but to work hard in exchange for peace.

He also selected the so-called elite soldiers of Qingzhou, and the dead soldiers followed, so that they could be in the vanguard during the battle, and save the elite children of the Cao clan itself, although there were many casualties, they could not touch his roots.

From this point of view, this move to Yanzhou just helped Cao Cao reduce the pressure of many soldiers, and during this war, many new soldiers were baptized in bloody battles, so they transformed into elites.

Now he has to give a lot of money and food to Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, and after the retreat, he will thank Cao Gong for coming to Xuzhou to help quell the thieves.

We have lost countless losses, and in the name of poor governance, we still have to say "thank you" to Cao Cao, what do we want?

In vain sorrow.

"Sacrificial wine, this time the peace negotiation, the misunderstanding between you and me has been resolved, and what does Cao Gong really want that Zhang mentioned in the main book?"

Chen Deng is very curious now, but he didn't reveal anything about eating and drinking during the banquet, and Zhang Han just talked about people's livelihood and internal governance, and exchanged experiences.

This is like making friends, not negotiating peace, but Chen Deng is a little anxious, he Chen Deng has always been a hearty personality, and he will not be too rigid about one thing, but this time things are different from the usual.

Xuzhou and Yanzhou, both sides understand that it is impossible to fight to the end, because the reasons are untenable, if anyone acts by force, it will cause more trouble in the future and fall into the hands of others.

Perhaps, now the letters of persuasion from the princes of all parties are already on the way, if Er Yuan sent a letter to persuade them to stop, let them have a face, how can this not be given?

Therefore, it is better to end this matter early, and you can still take care of the fields in the summer and wait for the autumn harvest, otherwise once the famine comes, it will be even more disaster.

"Both of you have been thinking about this?!" Zhang Han heard Chen Deng's words, and suddenly turned back to speak, gathering the eyes of Chen Deng and Sun Gan.

"I originally planned to say it slowly at the banquet to conform to the step-by-step process, since the two of you are in such a hurry, then it is better for me to say it first."

"Please!" Chen Deng's eyes were curious and expectant.

This pass has been sold for a long time, what exactly do you want, just say it clearly.

Zhang Han and Xi Zhicai looked at each other, then turned their heads and smiled at Chen Deng: "Naturally, I want to make friends with Gao Shi." ”

"This Pengcheng, if someone else comes to ask for it, it is categorically unwilling to give it up, this is the result of the hard work of my soldiers, of course, there are people with both talent and virtue to govern, but if it is the two of you, you can discuss, please go back and inform Tao Gong, if you ask Yuanlong to be the county guard of Pengcheng, so you can retreat."

"What?" Chen Deng looked at Zhang Han incredulously.

"What you said Cao Gong really wanted, this is what he really wanted?"

"That's right," Zhang Han nodded, "Yuanlong can feast and drink with peace of mind now, right?" ”

After hearing this, Chen Deng immediately understood what Zhang Han meant.

Cao Gong can let Peng Cheng out, but he wants to use Peng Cheng to make friends with the Chen family and leave a good talk, of course, this is a good talk for him to make the city virtuous, but for the Chen family, it is not so simple.

This move is equivalent to inserting a sharp thorn in Tao Qian's heart, which will pierce his heart at any time, so that he does not dare to entrust all internal and external political affairs to the Chen family.

"Bo Chang, what you said made me even more afraid to feast and drink." Chen Deng smiled bitterly, there were no mediocre people present, since Zhang Han said so, there must be Cao Cao's instructions.

Cao Cao intends to make friends, if he wants to quell the war as soon as possible, he can only agree, and as for the lord's side, he can talk more deeply in the future.

went around in a big circle, just to be able to leave a favor here in the Chen family, waiting to repay it in the future.

This is a reverse investment by the princes to the scholars, so the purpose could not be simpler, and Cao Cao is planning more.

The significance of this is not insignificant.

In the end, Chen Deng weighed again and again, or drank the wine at the banquet, that night, Chen Deng and Zhang Han and Xi Zhong talked about scriptures, judging ancient and modern texts, and also talked about the experience of internal governance, and even talked about the construction of the project, to divert water and inject water to irrigate the farmland.

After talking about these, he really believed that Zhang Han was a talented and learned person, and the strategy of the military tun he presented was indeed in line with the current situation in Yanzhou.

Although many people die from strain, many more people can be saved.

On this night, a lot of literary passages were also produced, of course, all of which were circulated among each other, and did not flow out of the barracks, or even outside the military tent.

Outside the military tent, Dian Wei was on duty, and he was stunned all night without feeling any touch.

On the second day, Chen Deng met with Cao Cao and determined the conditions for withdrawing from Pengcheng, which was quite harmonious.

By the afternoon, Sun Qian and Chen Deng had set off and left, and Tao Qian had already prepared cloth, horses, men, and money.

Cao Cao gave up Pengcheng, but stationed in Xiaopei, although he could threaten Xuzhou, always took the initiative, and also won the reputation of supporting Han.

When Cao Cao's squad returned, he still maintained a strict and solemn demeanor in the chariot, and it was not until he marched for four days and three nights, when he was about to approach Dongjun, that he called Zhang Han into the carriage to talk secretly.

"Bo Chang, there is a strategy for the current situation, how should I forge ahead next, take advantage of the fact that I am about to arrive in Dongjun, and talk to me as soon as possible."

Cao Cao leaned against the side wall of the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate, his face was tired and his eye sockets were deep.

It is difficult to determine whether this trip is a gain or a loss, but the situation is very decently stabilized, which can win the opportunity for the next autumn harvest, and Cao Cao is also tired.

Really, pretending to be tired.