Xiliang Military Camp.

"There is a letter from the Jingzhou Army." Niu Fu said to everyone in the tent with a smile: "Then Liu Boyu sent someone to tell me that it would be difficult for him to agree to our request. It would be really difficult for him to have me stationed in Wancheng.

It was too difficult, so he asked me to station troops in Luyang, in the north of Nanyang County, and promised me that the taxes from the six counties around Luyang could be regarded as military resources."

Zhang Ji heard this and said: "We asked him for Wancheng, but they asked us to station troops in Luyang. This is too underestimated for me! No way!"

Niu Fu snorted and said: "I think the people of Jingchu are still in need of a fight. In the previous fierce battle, they couldn't use the strength of our army. It seems that a certain family has to gather heavy troops to fight."

Once they fight, we will let them know the grandeur of our army, and only then will those named Liu obediently submit."

Speaking of this, Niu Fu seemed to have remembered something, and Fang turned around and asked Jia Xu with a smile: "Wen He, in your opinion, what do you think of this matter?"

Jia Xu just said nothing. He neither agreed nor objected to the judgments made by Niu Fu and Zhang Jishicai.

Jia Xu is like this. Except when he is willing to speak out and make plans on matters that are particularly related to his own interests, he will not say anything easily at other times.

He had previously begged Niu Fu to let his sons, who were in charge of supervising food supplies, take leave to go out and handle some private matters for him for some legitimate reasons that he had thought of.

Niu Fu is a careless man, not to mention sending his three sons to prepare food for the army. This is because he is selling Jia Xu's face, and a few boys are not that important to him. Such a thing of selling Jia Xu's favor is just a matter of smooth flow.

Naturally, Niu Fu would not refuse.

In this way, Jia Xu's last heartache was completely gone.

His son and wife have now arrived in Li County. After a period of time, after Liu Qi and his side have demarcated the boundaries, Jia Xu will ask the prince to give several of his sons local posts, such as county magistrates or county magistrates.

All is fine. By then, his Jia family will be able to take root in the southern border and have a place to live and food for the time being.

As for other things, just take it one step at a time.

Jia Xu, who had no worries about his future, honestly didn't care much about the current battle between Xiliang Army and Jingzhou Army.

When Niu Fu asked him, he would answer without asking him... He couldn't make the mistake of always putting on a show to make his colleagues jealous.

But now, Niu Fu has already asked him.

Jia Xu said very naturally: "Protector, I don't know whether to send troops now. Please forgive me."

Niu Fu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then seemed to understand something.

He immediately asked the other captains and commanders of other departments: "Do you have any high opinions, but it doesn't matter? Tell them all!"

After Niu Fu finished speaking, everyone from Xiliang School, Si and others spoke out one after another.

Everyone said something to each other and began to analyze the situation in various ways.

Most people felt that the Jingzhou Army was too abominable, and they should send troops to attack it again to let them know how powerful their side is, so that the other side would be more sensible.

However, there are also a small number of people who believe that the Jingzhou Army believes that the conditions proposed by their own side are too harsh, so they have made drastic maneuvers. The intention is to negotiate with their own side in order to obtain the best result.

After all, when you go to the market to buy vegetables, the buyers and sellers will repay each other's prices and compete for profits. This is a reasonable thing, and you should negotiate with the other party.

Niu Fu listened to everyone's words and neither refuted nor confirmed anyone's opinions.

He just listened carefully, and after everyone had finished speaking, he asked all the generals to go down and supervise each battalion. He said that he would think about it carefully.

After everyone left for a while, Niu Fu sent someone to call Jia Xu back alone.

After a while, I saw Jia Xu, who had gone out with the group, returned alone again.

He saluted Niu Fu respectfully, so humbly that no one could find any fault with him.

Niu Fu sighed and said: "Wen He, you too... You know that what those people said is not the point at all, but you still have to... Alas! They are all good at fighting, but making plans is not their specialty...

But you always ask me to listen to what they say exactly before you are willing to give me advice. Why do you think you are making such a big circle?"

Jia Xu smiled gently and said: "It is right to gather the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought. The Zhonglang will guard the country for the prime minister. He must learn to follow the good and be good at accepting advice."

Of course, this is pure nonsense. The reason why Jia Xu did this was just because he didn't want everyone to be jealous of Niu Fu for obeying his advice.

Niu Fu didn't want to waste any more nonsense on this matter, and said: "Wen He, the Jingzhou Army thought about it for more than twenty days, and in the end they gave me an answer that allowed me to station troops in Luyang. You said that a certain family should continue to send troops to fight with

Should they fight, or should we send someone to talk to them?"

Jia Xu smiled faintly: "Fight and negotiation are not enough to resolve the current matter... In fact, the people of Jingzhou do not want to fight or negotiate, their purpose is to delay."

"Drag?" Niu Fu asked curiously: "Drag what?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "What exactly do you want to delay? Jia Mou hasn't figured it out yet, but they must be waiting for some opportunity at the moment. This is a battle of wits. The protector must not act rashly, and more first

Send a sentry to Xiangyang to carefully observe Liu Biao's movements, and wait for Jia to think clearly before taking action."

"Send a sentry to Xiangyang?" Niu Fu muttered secretly: "Does Wen He think Liu Qi is waiting for reinforcements from Nanjun?"

Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "I'm just making a simple guess. I can't say for sure whether the people in Jingzhou are thinking this way, but I think it's still necessary to send someone to Xiangyang to find out."

Niu Fu suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped the table hard, making a loud noise that even Jia Xu was startled.

"Wen He's words are very true. We should first send people to Nanjun to inquire, and then send envoys to the Jingzhou Army to negotiate with them. Let's see how the Jingzhou people react, and we will take action before it is too late!"

…

The next day, Niu Fu sent an envoy.

The negotiations this time were relatively fast, and the Jingzhou side seemed to have made some concessions. They added three more counties that would give Niu Fu taxes, and sent envoys to the Xiliang military camp to proactively explain to Niu Fu.

Interestingly, the Jingzhou envoy came this time and brought gifts to Niu Fu and his captains.

As enemies facing each other, it is quite interesting that one side takes the initiative to give gifts to the other side...it is not easy.

The gifts given by people in Jingzhou are quite expensive, including brocade, gold foil, expensive utensils and other items.

People in Xiliang are all greedy for money. When they saw the other party offering gifts, they did not refuse.

The Jingzhou envoy visited the military camps one by one and distributed the prepared gifts to the captains under Niu Fu, including Jia Xu.

Jia Xu thanked the Jingzhou envoy very calmly and did not refuse.

All the other Xiliang captains wanted it. If he didn't want it, he would be too different and might cause criticism.

When it's time to go with the flow, you have to go with the flow.

"Captain Jia, I have come this time to pay homage to the generals of the Xiliang Army on behalf of Mr. Liu. I also have a letter that I have been specially ordered to deliver to you, Mr. Liu."

Jia Xu couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Liu Qi would do something like this. What was going on?

The messenger said calmly: "General Niu Zhonglang does not know about this matter. I have never opened and read the letter sent to you by the Lord... and I cannot open it."

After saying that, the envoy carefully took out a ball of cloth from his arms, put it on the table in Jia Xu's tent, and said, "The Lord has said that if Jia Xiaowei wants to see it, he can."

, If you don’t want to see it, it doesn’t matter if you burn it.”

After that, he made a long bow to Jia Xu, then said goodbye and left.

Jia Xu was left alone in the tent, looking at the cloth balls in confusion, with a somewhat frightened expression on his face.
Chapter completed!