The so-called "With books, long, and without books, short," has been more than a month since the younger generation of Jingxiang represented by Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang came out to help Lu Bu.

In a month, Lu Bu followed Pang Tong's words and transferred all the troops used to attack Changsha to the north, gathered around Jiangling, and focused on fighting with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. He did achieve quite good results, and even won a few games, which finally made Sun Ce realize that he really underestimated the heroes of the world.

Think about what opponents Sun Ce had encountered before, Yan Baihu, who was a bandit, Liu Yao, who was famous but was a vain, Liu Xun, who was a master of Yuan Shu, and Wang Lang, who was a master of classics, could not defeat the novice village.

However, is Lu Bu really a tiger in the world called out in vain? He has been with the army for more than 40 years, but who else has he lost besides Cao Cao? No matter how brave Sun Ce is, he is still a young man in his twenties. In terms of military experience, he is actually slightly weaker than Lu Bu. Now that Lu Bu is fighting locally, his troops are obviously better than him, so he naturally has to teach Sun Ce a lesson.

Taishi Ci on the other side was not much stronger. He, the Jianchang Duke, was originally guarding against Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, and was never the main force of Sun Ce's army. At best, he could only be regarded as a partial army. Facing Gao Shun, who gathered the power of the four counties in Jingnan, he also could not gain any advantage. Especially after what Liu Xie did in Youzhou was spread here, even the Wuxi Man actually ran out to help Gao Shun with the sing of "Eleven Ethnic Nation, Eleven Flowers".

He Taishi Ci only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in total, and Gao Shun's hands had 50,000 or 60,000 middle-aged men, and Gao Shun's camp as a middle-level officer to organize these barbarians who did not know the tactics of war. He made a fuss!

So, Sun Ce had no choice but to send Zhu Zhi, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and other veterans to Changsha to assist Taishi Ci. They were all Sun Jian's old subordinates, and Sun Jian once served as the prefect of Changsha. He was quite familiar with the terrain and folk customs of this place. Many old subordinates were locals in Changsha. For a moment, they could barely maintain the offensive and depended on the territory of Changsha, but only that was the end.

For a moment, Sun Ce could be said to have smashed all his family's assets, but the effect... but it was also average. It was really far from the original strategy of annihilation of Jingzhou before the court reinforcements arrived.

For Sun Ce, both Changsha and Jiangling had become a useless piece of ribs, and a group of famous scholars from Jiangdong led by Zhang Zhao had begun to advocate simply withdrawing back to Jiangdong, which made him very upset.

"Sir, Lu Bu sent Pang Tong as an envoy to ask for help from outside the tent."

"Pang Tong? Don't you go to the newly appointed Jingzhou?"

"It should be this person."

After thinking about it, Sun Ce said, "Let Zhang Zhao go to entertain him and I will disappear."

It can be thought of with his knees that Lu Bu must have come to seek peace. After all, although Lu Bu won a few games, he had just gained Jingzhou and had not yet established a firm foothold. Or he now only has a little inheritance left by Liu Biao in Nanjun and Jiangling City. Xiangyang Wenpin is still using troops to him. No matter how he looks at it, he is far more anxious than himself.

Although Sun Ce is not very interested in fighting now, whoever asks for help will be weak, will he ask Zhang Zhao to negotiate with him? Is it a huge price? If you can't reach an agreement, you can make a final decision.

However, what I didn't expect was that, not long after, Zhang Zhao ran over and said, "Lord, you're so happy. Lu Bu sent Pang Tong to seek peace."

“What conditions.”

"Lu Bu only needs Nanjun and Jiangxia County north of Anlu, as for the four counties south of Anlu and Jingnan, he is willing to send all his lords to his lord. The two families become in-laws and make allies forever. He goes west to get Yizhou, and you go south to get Changsha."

"Changsha is in Gao Shun's hands! Did he give that? Anlu Yinan is in my hands, so I need to let him give it? Is this his sincerity? I am also thinking about taking Xichuan!"

Zhang Zhao hurriedly said, "Lord, Lu Bu's courage is indeed unexpected. Now that we are going to war on the two sides, including Li Shu and Zhao Yun, the war on the third side, it is impossible to go to Jingzhou quickly. I think it's better to rely on him. We two families form allies to fight against the court. You must know that the court is the real enemy now!"

"Hmph, will I be afraid of him Lu Bu?"

"What can I do if I win Lu Bu? Can I still stop the army of the court after a decayed Nanjun? Lord, stop fighting. At this time, the court's army is in full swing, so I really can't compete with him. What the lord wants to do now is to abide the people of the gentry in the inner world, so that the people can cultivate their voices, and to make heroes in the world outside and wait for the change of the court!"

Zhang Hong also persuaded after hearing this: "The biggest hidden danger of the court at present is not the lord but Cao Cao. If we are powerful, the emperor and Cao Cao will inevitably become one and focus on us like they are dealing with Yuan Shao. On the contrary, it may take a few years to fall into internal strife."

Sun Ce also knew that what Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao said were loyal and practical words, but he was still not willing to let him discuss peace with Lu Bu like this.

"Well, let Pang Tong come over to see me, and I'll talk to him again."

Hearing this, the two of them clasped their fists and agreed, and then went out to call Pang Tong over.

In order to give Pang Tong a warning, Sun Ce specially ordered someone to come over to bring a roast goose. Although he was not hungry, he started eating in his military tent. He used neither chopsticks nor knife. He grabbed it with both hands and bites it. He was full of oil in his mouth and hands. When he saw Pang Tong, he threw a goose leg and smashed it directly on his face without saying a word: "Rat! Do you only have such sincerity when you ask for peace on your master? Humph, he has only won a few battles. Could it be that he thought he had won? No need to talk, I will order Taishi Ci to go north to meet me tomorrow, and let Lu Bu clean his neck and wait!"

I thought to myself that Pang Tong was nothing more than lobbying himself with the reasons that the two families united to fight against the court, which was similar to the overall situation, so he might as well pretend to be rude and brainless. Wouldn't it be over if he didn't listen to his trick? In this way, Pang Tong and Lu Bu would inevitably be intimidated and terrified.

After all, Lu Bu must be more depressed than himself at this time. No matter how great he fought this battle, he would retreat to Jiangdong. It would be difficult for the imperial court to recover after two or three years of fighting such a big battle. Lu Bu, if this battle continues like this, he will definitely die without a place to bury him.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity of Lu Bu's peace, why didn't he blackmail more money? Even if he wanted to make a truce, he had to pay hundreds of thousands of hu of military rations, and he had to accompany me in the northern part of Jiangxia County, right?

However, when Pang Tong saw this, he smiled and picked up the roast goose legs on the ground, blew the ashes on it, and then bit it up in one bite.

"This roast goose is pretty good, it's quite fragrant."

"You Jingzhou gentry are really not picky about food. You ate things that fall on the ground, so you don't think they are dirty."

"If you don't eat it, you will starve to death. Don't say that you just fall to the ground or fall into a cesspool. Should you eat it?"

As he said that, Pang Tong chewed the roast goose with a big mouthful of chew, and then let out a long breath before saying, "Of course, if there is a clean food, who would be willing to eat dirty food?"

When Sun Ce heard this, he frowned slightly, then grabbed the remaining roast goose on his plate and handed it to Pang Tong and said, "I have eaten this goose. I wonder if it is considered clean in your eyes?"

Pang Tong took it with a smile: "It's not as good as the new goose, but at least it's better than the dirty ones."

After saying that, Pang Tong took the roast goose from Sun Ce and started gnawing.

"It's interesting..."

After eating the roast goose, Pang Tong said, "Lu Bu did a rebellious act and was arrogant to the Jingzhou family but never stopped virtue. Naturally, we would not really accept him. However, if he didn't eat this roast goose, he would starve to death! If the general continues to fight like this, he will only get a ruined Jingzhou, so what's the use?"

"In your opinion, how can I get a complete Jingzhou?"

"The general only needs to sign an alliance with Lu Bu and then attack Gao with all his strength. By the way, I can guarantee that Lu Bu will never take the opportunity to attack General Yu. When Lu Bu leads his army westward to Yizhou, he will inevitably take away all his old subordinates such as Cao Xing, Hou Cheng, and others. When the general pacified Changsha and Lu Bu is blocked in Yizhou, he only needs General, and you can raise your arms and shout, and the gentry of the Nanjun county will inevitably respond one after another. Isn't the land of Jingzhou at your fingertips?"

As he said that, Pang Tong took out a box from his sleeve and gave it to Sun Ce, saying, "This is the map of the mountains, rivers, terrain and population distribution in various parts of Nainan County. Please read it."

Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, then immediately wiped his oily hands with his brocade robe, and held Pang Tong tightly and said, "My sir, I am really like a fish, I have water!"

Of course, saying that is true, Sun Ce and Pang Tong were actually sneering in their hearts, and no one took this seriously.

After all, the terrain of Nanjun is like that. From Xiangyang to the south is a straight line. To the west, the big mountain and the big river are just a corridor with such a plain. There is a mountain and river situation, and the terrain is dangerous?

However, Pang Tong alone cannot offer such a map. The excuse on the surface is of course that he never forgets his memory when he sees it. But the problem is that he is not a traveler, and he has measured every inch of land in Nanjun with his feet. Whether this thing is detailed or not has nothing to do with memory, but how much local snake support is behind this thing.

Therefore, in a sense, Pang Tong's offering of pictures can also be said that the local factions of Jingzhou united to sacrifice to Jingzhou.

But you said this thing is useful. It is actually a blank check. It really doesn't mean anything. People have made it clear that Jingzhou has two other prerequisites: first, he first settled the four counties in Jingnan and Gao Shun; second, Lu Bu was blocked on the way to take Yizhou west.

To put it bluntly, at this time, Pang Tong had actually become a representative of the local gentry in Jingzhou by chance. Whether it was his plan to Lu Bu or his plan to Sun Ce, the most fundamental purpose was to hope that Jingzhou could be avoided from the war.

At least let Nanjun, the core area of ​​Jingzhou, not suffer from war.

If Sun Ce can accomplish something, they don’t mind changing Sun Ce to assist. After all, the lord Lu Bu is really a scam. Do you think you will rebel if you want to rebel? It’s your own who will die if something happens. But why do you always show off a posture of pulling us all to bury you with?

Of course, if Lu Bu could really accomplish things in Yizhou, but Sun Ce could not even take over the little Changsha, then there was nothing wrong with it. Pang Tong and his younger generation were chess pieces launched by the Jingzhou gentry. Following Lu Bu to harm the people of Yizhou, Jingzhou would be saved.

To put it bluntly, the court's policies are actually not very friendly to them, such as the powerful and powerful gentry. If someone can stand up and represent them in resisting the court, they will be willing to contribute money and efforts, but the premise is to ensure that their interests are not damaged. It doesn't matter whether this person is Lu Bu or Sun Ce.

And if neither of these two people can hold on, then don’t delay our surrender to the court.

After all, the court's policies were just not very friendly, and it was not about extinction.

To be more straightforward, if Lu Bu succeeds in Yizhou and Sun Ce defeats Changsha, they will be with Lu Bu.

If Lu Bu fails to win Yizhou and Sun Ce succeeds to win Changsha, then they and Sun Ce and Lu Bu can die.

If both of them fail, there is nothing to say, just surrender to the court. In this way, although it is impossible to join forces and surrender like the original plan, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others who directly participated in the killing of Zhang Xian might have to die, but no matter how fierce the court is, it is impossible to kill them all, right?

If Lu Bu takes Yizhou and Sun Ce takes Changsha, he also takes Changsha, then he has to consider the issue of waiting for a price.
Chapter completed!