Yan Pu's promotion was to make Zhang Lu suspicious of Pang De and disappoint him with Zhang Lu.

He knew that Zhang Lu didn't want to offend Cao Cao and would suppress this matter, so he went to Zhang Wei in advance and teased him with words.

Originally, he wanted to pull Yang Song into this vortex, but when he saw Zhang Lu, he did not blame Yang Song, the sponsor, and Yang Song did not intend to plead for Pang De.

Yan Pu knew in his heart that Yang Song must have seen something strange and was unwilling to participate. He didn't want Pang De to die at the hands of Zhang Wei, so he pleaded for Pang De and suggested that he be punished and make meritorious.

Zhang Lu also thought it through clearly, Pang De really can't kill him!

If you kill the wrong person, kill a general in vain, lose all your morale and your reputation will be over.

Even if you kill the right one, if you kill Cao Cao and want to surrender, where can you get the good fruit of Zhang Lu? It is equivalent to blocking your retreat. When you hear Yan Pu come out to smooth things over, you will immediately follow the good deeds and say:

"There is no evidence for Pang De's selling the formation. Let Pang De make meritorious service!"

When Zhang Wei saw his brother speak, he dared not refuse to obey, so he threatened Pang De viciously:

"You fight at sunrise and you will be killed if you don't win!"

Pang De was inexplicably caught in the attack, but he had no choice but to retreat with regret, and returned to the military camp to start planning for tomorrow's battle.

The next day, Cao Cao led his army to a short distance from the city and set up a formation to prepare to attack the city.

Zhang Weiling Pang De in the battle did not make any mistakes.

Pang De could no longer bear the defeat and dared not be careless. Although the enemy was still far away from the city wall, he still arranged a large number of crossbowmen on the city wall, and then opened the city gate and led the troops out of the battle.

Seeing that Pang De also set up a formation, Cao Cao directly ordered Xu Chu, who was the strongest martial arts, to fight.

Xu Zhu still obeyed Cao Cao's orders and used all his strength as soon as he went up. When he fought for a hundred rounds, he turned his head and pretended to be defeated and left.

Pang De was a little suspicious because he was wronged by the Zhang Lu brothers yesterday, he was in a irritable mood, unable to sleep at night, and his physical condition was not good, and he had no advantage in fighting with Xu Zhu, and he was slightly at a disadvantage.

Pang De knew very well that Xu Zhu was a trick to defeat him!

I wanted to lead the army back to the city, but I remembered Zhang Wei's harsh words "I will kill you if I cannot win", which is not a joke!

If you go back like this, Zhang Wei will definitely be in danger of being caught.

After hesitating for a moment, Pang De still rode his horse to chase him, but Xu Zhu had already gone far.

He hesitated and chased him down. This time, Cao Cao did not send anyone to use wheel tactics to stop him. Instead, he rode his horse out of the back of the hillside and exhorted Pang De:

"Why didn't Pang Lingming surrender early?"

Pang De couldn't catch up with Xu Zhu. When he saw Cao Cao appearing, there were only two guards beside him, he thought to himself:

"Just holding Cao Cao is more useful than killing a thousand generals!" He turned his horse's head and went up the hill to capture Cao Cao.

Seeing that Cao Cao was only one arrow away, Pang De was afraid that Cao Cao would escape, so he bent his bow and arrow to shoot Cao Cao's mount first.

Before the arrow was shot, he could only hear a shout, the sky collapsed, the earth collapsed, and Pang De and his men and horses fell into the pit.

Several soldiers stood around the pit, and all the hooks on the walls stepped forward together, captured Pang De alive, tied them tightly, and took them up the slope to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao turned over and dismounted the horse, scolded the soldiers, and personally untied Pang De's bondage, asking whether Pang De would surrender.

Pang De had not been surrendered, but thought that Zhang Lu had a weak power and had no chance of winning. He was also making unnecessary resistance!

Even if you can win this time and escape the disaster, you will have to be defeated by Cao Cao sooner or later, and your life will be unsuccessful! You agree to Cao Cao's surrender.

Cao Cao got Pang De as he wished, and was very happy. He personally helped him get on the horse, walked with him, and returned to Dazhai together.

He deliberately faced the city wall and taught the people of the city to see clearly and knew that Pang De had surrendered, which was to shake Zhang Lu's morale.

Cao Cao dug up the hillside at night and saw the scene of Pang De being captured from the top of the city. Zhang Wei saw clearly on the top of the city and immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Lu.

When Zhang Lu heard that Pang De had really surrendered to Cao Cao and confirmed the rumors in the market, he breathed a sigh of relief and summoned his subordinates to discuss. He wanted to open the door and surrender, so he instructed Yang Song to ask him to make this suggestion.

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Liu Bei sent Ma Liang to Jiangdong to perfectly resolve the dispute in Jingzhou. Faced with such a satisfactory result, Liu Bei felt that he didn't believe it!

He had lived in Jiangdong for several months and often talked with Sun Quan. He knew that his cheap brother-in-law was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Since Liu Bei did not want to continue fighting, he first proposed peace talks, and the initiative was Sun Quan.

Sun Quan could raise the asking price at the negotiating table, and at least he had to keep the three counties that had actually occupied military force.

However, the result of the reconciliation was that Sun Quan took great steps and returned the large amount of land in the western part of Lingling, Changsha and Guiyang, which he had already obtained, to Liu Bei.

Sun Quan not only gave up Lingling County, but also gave up part of Changsha and Guiyang land west of the Xiang River, only in exchange for a Jiangxia City that confronted Cao Cao across the river.

The Sun and Liu families used the Xiang River to draw boundaries. Although the dividing line was clear, Sun Quan only obtained the part of the land east of the Xiang River in Changsha County and Guiyang County, which was equivalent to losing most of the taxes.

Sun Quan made such a decision, not because he paid attention to morality, but because of his own considerations.

He left hope for Sun Shangxiang to return to Xichuan, and also left an excuse for himself to find trouble for his future attack on Jingzhou.

In his opinion, as long as we do not obtain Jiangling and the entire Jingzhou and occupy the entire Yangtze River natural danger, the rest of the place will be meaningless at all!

In addition, Sun Quan also held his breath!

In the Battle of Red Cliff, Sun Quan always thought that defeating Cao Cao was all up to him in the Battle of Red Cliff, and Liu Bei just got a big advantage.

But Sun Quan was very embarrassed for his future achievements!

In Hefei, whether it was an active attack or a passive counterattack, Sun Quan's army and Cao Cao's army fought dozens of battles, but they did not get any land.

In contrast, Liu Bei not only seized Xiangyang, a strategic city, but also acquired vast land in Xichuan.

He knew that Cao Cao and Liu Bei would inevitably have a big battle in Hanzhong, so he wanted to seize this opportunity to conquer Hefei.

Sun Quan took the initiative to start the Hefei War. Although this battle was not the largest military force invested by Jiangdong, it was the largest military force advantage.

Apart from traveling from Lukou, Jingzhou, the main generals who had resisted Guan Yu in Yiyang, such as Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, etc., all went together.

This battle was caused by Sun Quan taking the initiative to attack, trying to seize the opportunity of Cao Cao's conquest of Hanzhong. His troops were empty and he captured Hefei and occupied Huainan.

In Sun Quan's overall strategic plan, Liu Bei is still needed.

Although Sun Quan faced Cao Cao alone in front of Hefei, he could also enjoy the results of the battle. Its importance is far greater than that of Jingzhou. Its battlefield was the decisive battle between Sun Quan and Cao Cao and the passage of Jiangdong to advance into the Central Plains.
Chapter completed!