208. Negotiation
Sun Ce recovered a little strength at this time, and he turned his head to Zhou Yu and said, "Gongjin, please let them all come back! They are no match for these three people! Over time, they will inevitably lose something!"
Zhou Yu also found that the people on his side seemed to be unable to do it at this time, so he hurriedly called out the gold and retreated. All the people on the battlefield breathed a sigh of relief, and then struggled to break free from Zhang Fei, Dian Wei and Taishi Ci's attack range, and all retreated safely to the formation.
When Zhang Fei and the other two saw that their opponents had retreated, they all retreated. At this time, the two armies were silent in front of the formation, and everyone was wondering whether Sun Ce would order the army to attack. Liu Bei was also ready to fight, but at this time Sun Ce's army retreated.
Liu Bei looked at Sun Ce's army that retreated like a tide and did not order a pursuit. Although Sun Ce's army retreated, they all took care of each other and retreated slowly.
Seeing Sun Ce's army go away, Liu Bei waved his hand and brought his men back to the camp. Back to the tent, Liu Bei asked Jia Xu: "Sun Ce was not defeated today, but why did he lead the army to retreat?"
Jia Xu smiled and said, "I'm here to congratulate my lord first. The mission of sending troops this time has been basically completed. Tomorrow tomorrow, Sun Ce will definitely send someone here to discuss peace."
"Peace talk?" Liu Bei said in a daze.
"Yes, Sun Ce and Liu Biao are enemies! He will not fight against us here, thus giving up Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Especially after the lord added another 30,000 troops, his troops were no longer very advantageous. Instead of spending time here, it would be better to negotiate peace with us as soon as possible!" Jia Xu explained.
After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded and said, "If it is true as Wenhe said, it is probably possible. Then I will wait for him to come in the camp tomorrow."
"Lord, you don't need to come forward in person." Jia Xu said.
"Yes, Mr. Wenhe is right. Lord, the other party just sent someone here casually, you don't have to pay attention to him. We should do it on our behalf. You just need to tell us what kind of results we need." Chen Deng also said with a smile.
"That's it! What do you think Yuanlong should be discussed?" Liu Bei said to Chen Deng.
Chen Deng thought for a while and said, "First of all, this Moling City must be taken down, and then there will be compensation. The army sent out labor and money to cause trouble. Sun Ce wanted us to withdraw our troops, so he had to give some compensation! But the specific amount of this is still the lord's decision." Chen Deng replied.
After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Okay, Yuanlong, you will be up to to negotiate with them tomorrow! I have no request for compensation. In short, there are so many words." Chen Deng agreed with a smile.
After arriving around, Sun Ce indeed sent someone. A young man named Lu Su, whose courtesy name was Zijing. If Han Fei was here, he would have to see the legendary Lu Zijing with his own eyes. However, at this moment, Han Fei was far away in Qingzhou, and Chen Deng received him here. Liu Bei did not show up at all.
Lu Su didn't think that Liu Bei was despised him because his identities were much worse than Liu Bei. Chen Deng, his subordinate, came to receive him, which was just right for his identity. Thinking of this, Lu Su smiled at Chen Deng and said, "My Lord Sun Ce knew that Liu Qingzhou was also a kind person, so he sent him to come. He just hoped that your and my families could quit the army."
"Brother Zijing, wait. I know that Brother Zijing believes in the words of the Lord, but I can't help but ask: Can you make the decision of what you are talking about today?" Chen Deng asked.
"This..." Lu Su pondered for a moment: "Before I came, my master had a plan. As long as it was not an excessive request, I believe I could make the decision."
"Hahaha! That's the best! Come on! Let's talk while drinking!" Chen Deng laughed and raised his glass to invite wine.
Lu Su also smiled and raised his glass to make this glass of wine with him. After a glass of wine, Lu Su became relaxed. He smiled and said to Chen Deng, "This time, my lord is very sincere. What conditions does your lord Liu Qingzhou want to propose?"
After hearing this, Chen Deng laughed and said, "This time, you and I are the only ones. You might as well talk about the conditions that their own masters have made public. We can seek common ground while reserving differences!" Lu Su naturally agreed.
So in this way, the two of them started bargaining variously while drinking and eating. The negotiation took a day, and finally reached a preliminary agreement in the evening. So Lu Su refused Chen Deng's request for supper and returned to Sun Ce's camp with the agreed terms.
Sun Ce was waiting for Lu Su's news in the big tent. After Lu Su came back, he told all the talks in front of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. After hearing this, Zhou Yu coughed and said, "I have worked hard this time, but today's affairs still need to be discussed."
When Sun Ce heard this, he ordered people to prepare supper. The three of them decided to eat and talk. While they were talking, the wine and food had already been put on. Sun Ce and the other two even talked, and finally agreed to all the requests made by Chen Deng. Not only did they give Moling City to the other party, but they also had to give Liu Bei's army another 100,000 dan of food and grass.
After Liu Bei received the report, he asked the army to make way and let the people in Moling City come out to meet with Sun Ce's brigade. Then Liu Bei sent Taishi Ci to lead his army to occupy the Moling City. At this point, the mission of sending troops was all completed. Just wait for Sun Ce to send another 100,000 dan of food and grass to come here and you can retreat.
Sun Ce was very efficient in his work. He only took three days to deliver the food and grass to Moling City. After receiving the food and grass, Liu Bei left Chen Deng, Taishi Ci and a 30,000 army to guard Moling City, Qu'a and Dantu counties. Then he led Zhang Feidianwei to lead the army across the river and head north and return to Qingzhou.
Yuan Shao, who was far away in Jizhou, became interested again after learning that Liu Bei was heading south and wanted to take action against Liu Bei's army. However, this time he decided to act with Cao Cao.
Cao Cao destroyed Ma Teng and took Liangzhou into his hands. He suddenly felt that his strength had increased greatly. At this time, he also had the idea of attacking Liu Bei. So Yuan Shao and Cao Cao hit it off. So the new shadow of war enveloped Qingzhou and Jizhou.
The young military advisor Han Fei was also cautious at this moment. He sent General Zhao Yungang to Taishan County to help Zang Ba to defend Tai'an City. At the same time, Han Fei wrote a letter to Guan Yu to ask him to always guard against Yuan Shao's army's surprise attack.
Guan Yu just finished reading the letter from Han Fei, and a soldier came to report, "A group of people came from outside the city! Please go to the city to take a quick look!"
After hearing Danfeng's eyes narrowed, Guan Yu said to himself, "I just received Zicong's letter, did Yuan Shao call me? Well, let's go and see me!" After that, he got up and took Zhou Cang to the top of the city.
Chapter completed!