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Although Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang reminiscent of old conversations and friendship was rekindled, when talking about serious matters, the two immediately put away their chats and laughter, and their expressions became serious. Pang Tong pondered for a moment: "This time I came here under the full authority of His Highness the King of Han. His Highness the King of Han believes that some things need to be clear to the Jiaozhou Army, so I want to talk about some topics that may be unpleasant."

Zhuge Liang thought to himself that Liu Jing was indeed becoming more and more powerful. He said nothing before the war started and gave in to everything. Once the two armies fell into war, he began to make demands, which would inevitably be a sky-high price.

Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart. He felt helpless and passive, but helpless. At this time, he sent someone to invite Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to attend the talks together. Zhuge Liang knew that once the Jiaozhou army was forced to make major concessions, if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were unwilling to do so, Zhuge Liang might not be able to do it. More importantly, he wanted to give Liu Bei an explanation.

After everyone sat down, Zhuge Liang bowed slightly and said, "The key to cooperation between the two parties is to treat each other with sincerity. Please speak frankly and frankly."

"Since that's the case, I'll just say that His Highness the King of Han believes that Jingnan is an inseparable part of Jingzhou. It was a helpless move to give it to Jiangdong before, but in the end, it was unanimous opposition from the Han people, which also affected the King of Han's prestige in Jingzhou. Therefore, we decided to re-incorporate the four counties of Jingnan into the territory of Jingzhou after this battle."

Zhuge Liang's face changed slightly. This was the result he expected, but he did not expect it to come so quickly. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were furious. Guan Yu said angrily: "We took Jingnan from Jiangdong, consuming money and food, and losing soldiers. Jingzhou did not send out any soldiers and soldiers, and he would take them away if he said he would take them away. Do we have nothing to do?"

Zhang Fei was even more furious and furious. He drew his sword and pointed it at Pang Tong, shouting: "Take your words back, otherwise I will kill you with one sword."

Pang Tong said calmly: "I'm just here to convey the opinions of the King of Han. This is not a condition or requirement. We will definitely take back Jingnan. As for how to take back, we did not let your army give up. We can take back in other ways. We did not say that it is now, we just let you know that there is this."

Pang Tong said it was very implicit, but Zhuge Liang understood it. The so-called other method was to take it back by war. Zhuge Liang quickly calmed Zhang Fei down and said to Pang Tong: "I already know the affairs of the four counties in Jingnan, but I can't give Shi Yuan any answers, please continue to say it."

Pang Tong continued: "What I just mentioned is the four counties in Jingnan. You can slowly discuss ownership in the future, but the next request is that the King of Han hopes that the Jiaozhou Army will do it immediately."

"Please say," Zhuge Liang said without saying a word.

"The second requirement is to ask the Jiaozhou Army to hand over all the prisoners of war in Jiangdong to us, not only the prisoners of war in Yu County, but also the prisoners of war in Changsha County. I hope the Jiaozhou Army will do it immediately."

Pang Tong's tone was still so aggressive, and his words were still so sharp and straightforward. Guan Yu gritted his teeth and asked, "What if we don't agree?"

"It's very simple. If your army does not agree to this request, we will send troops immediately and join forces with the Jiangdong Army to wipe out you all. At the same time, the Han army will lead its troops south and directly destroy Jiaozhou."

The big tent suddenly became silent. Pang Tong was no longer discussing something, but threatening nakedly. Even Zhuge Liang's face changed drastically. After a while, he said coldly: "The King of Han has such a big tone."

Pang Tong shook his head gently, "It seems that Kong Ming still doesn't understand His Highness the King of Han. He will never speak loudly, nor will he do things that are unsure. I will not hide it from you. General Zhennan of the Han Dynasty and the veteran general Huang Zhong have led 40,000 barbarian and Han coalition troops to station troops in Lingling and can enter Cangwu County at any time."

The person sitting there was silent. After a long time, Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "It's a sudden thing. Please go down and rest first. We need to discuss it."

Pang Tong stood up and bowed, "Everyone can discuss it calmly, I will say goodbye first."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the tent. Zhang Fei looked at his back and walked away. He couldn't help but spat fiercely and whispered: "The dog relies on the power of the people."

At this time, Guan Yu asked worriedly: "Military advisor, is Pang Tong taking these words seriously?"

Zhuge Liang sighed, "I believe this is true, and this shows Liu Jing's strength. In fact, this is his plan that he had long been done. He only proposed that he was despicable and shameless, whether he was despicable or he was in the wrong place, we all had to face reality, and we had no choice."

"But if we obey him, what can we get?" Guan Yu asked unwillingly.

"We will get Yuzhang County and Poyang County. I believe this is the implication that Liu Jing did not say. He sent Pang Shiyuan to come, and his attitude has already shown that these two conditions cannot be bargained."

Zhang Fei was so angry that his face turned red, and he said with hatred for a while: "It's just a robber. We worked hard to break through the enemy and captured prisoners of war. Now we have to hand it over to them. Isn't this just a commission on the ground?"

"Liu Jing is indeed an excessive amount, but we can only obey our orders. First, hand over the prisoners of war to Pang Shiyuan and take them back. As for the four counties in Jingnan, finally, let's see the situation, what do the two generals think?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other, and Zhang Fei said angrily: "I have nothing to say, you decide for yourself."

"Where is General Guan?" Zhuge Liang asked again.

Guan Yu nodded slowly, "As the military advisor said, we have no choice. I agree with the military advisor's plan. I will hand over the prisoners of war to them first, and then delay the four counties in Jingnan."

Zhuge Liang nodded and immediately said to his personal soldiers: "Go and invite Mr. Pang again."

Pengze Lake, originally the easternmost naval camp in Jiangdong, close to Chaisang, but since the defeat in the Western Expedition in the 14th year of Jian'an, Jiangdong has ceded Pengze Lake and Pengze County to Jingzhou. This time, Sun Quan personally led the Jiangdong army to Yuzhang and Jingnan, and Pengze Lake became the logistics center of the Jiangdong Army. Of course, this has been approved by Jingzhou in advance. Although Gan Ning did not allow the main force of the Jiangdong Navy to enter Jiangxia west, it finally allowed the Jiangdong Army to station in Pengze Lake. This is also an indispensable condition. If you enter the Ganjiang River, you must pass through Pengze Lake.

At this time, the Jiangdong Army had 20,000 troops stationed in the main logistics area of ​​Pengze Lake, and several large ships were commanded by Sun Quan himself. At noon that day, a five-stone warship with the Jiangdong battle flag rushed from the south and gradually approached the Navy's Dazhai. An immediate patrol ship sailed out, and the generals on duty shouted: "Who is it?"

A soldier on the warship replied: "It's Governor Lu's warship."

When the general on duty saw the deputy governor Lu Xun standing on the deck, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Put the boat into the village."

The warship sailed into the water camp. On the bow of the boat, Lu Xun looked at the dense camp tents on the shore with his hands behind his back. His eyes were very heavy. No wonder, 20,000 troops were annihilated by the Jiaozhou army in Yu County, shocking the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army and also making Lu Xun extremely worried. He immediately wrote a letter to the Marquis of Wu, hoping to send troops to Xinwu County immediately, but the Marquis of Wu did not reply for a long time, which made Lu Xun feel bad, so he rushed to Pengze from Nanchang himself.

Lu Xun's attitude was very clear. He either concentrated his troops to fight the enemy's decisive battle, or withdrew his troops back to Jiangdong. He could not do this at both ends, but he felt the hesitation of Wu Hou.

Lu Xun got ashore and met Zhou Tai, who was the direct commander of Sun Quan and was named General Pinglu. He neither belonged to the Northern Sect nor the Wu Yue Sect, but Sun Quan's confidant general. In the Jiangdong Army, there were many generals like him who were not divided into factions, such as Xu Sheng, Zhu Huan, Ding Feng, Ling Tong, etc. Everyone called them to follow the Dragon Sect, which meant Sun Quan's direct faction.

Lu Xun greeted Zhou Tai and asked quickly: "What is the situation of Wu Hou?"

Zhou Tai sighed and said, "Wu Hou is in a bad situation. I heard that something happened in Jiangdong is also happening, so he is very anxious."

Lu Xun was shocked, "What happened in Jiangdong?"

Zhou Tai shook his head, "I don't know the specifics. Wu Hou received a quick message from Jiangdong and didn't say anything for a quarter of an hour, which shows that something big happened."

Lu Xun was puzzled, was it because Shanyue had rebelled again?

Zhou Tai pulled Lu Xun aside again and whispered: "I'm sorry to ask Governor Lu to say a few words to Gong Yimei, Zhou Tai is very grateful."

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were both thieves along the river when they were young, and they had a deep friendship. This time, Jiang Qin defeated Yu County, resulting in the 20,000 troops being wiped out. Sun Quan was angry and took him out of trouble and imprisoned him, which made Zhou Tai very worried. Zhou Tai knew that Sun Quan valued Lu Xun very much, so he wanted Lu Xun to plead for Jiang Qin.

Although Jiang Qin belongs to the Lujiang Sect and not to the Wuyue Sect, Lu Xun knew Zhou Tai's position in Sun Quan's heart, so he couldn't refuse this favor, so he smiled happily and said, "Since General Pinglu spoke, how could I not agree to rest assured."

Zhou Tai was overjoyed and hurriedly led Lu Xun to Sun Quan's tent. A personal soldier came in to report and came out for a moment and said, "Governor Lu, Marquis Wu invites you in."

Lu Xun tidied up his clothes and quickly walked into the big tent. In the big tent, Sun Quan stood in front of the table with his hands behind his back, staring at the map on the table, thinking for a long time, Lu Xun hurriedly bowed and bowed, "I'm going to see the Marquis of Wu."

"Why is Bo Yan coming?" Sun Quan glanced back at Lu Xun and asked.

"Report to the Marquis of Wu, the empress comes for military purposes."

Sun Quan nodded, "Sit"

"Thank you Wuhou"

Lu Xun and Sun Quan sat down, and Sun Quan sighed and said, "People's habitual thoughts are really a terrible thing. Since Jingzhou does not allow us to transit, I should change my strategy and temporarily give up Changsha County and concentrate my troops to deal with Zhuge Liang. But I was misled by my habitual thoughts and still sent troops to Changsha County, which led to a crushing defeat in Yu County, which is regrettable."

When Lu Xun saw Sun Quan reviewing himself, he explained: "Weichen believes that this is not a habitual thought. This is a plan we made in advance. Because we have an absolute advantage in the army, we will divide an army to Changsha County to help us control Jingnan. Weichen believes that it is completely correct. If we do not send troops to Jingnan, then we may lose Jingnan. You must know that the Jingzhou army can be eyeing each other."

Sun Quan nodded. Although he reviewed himself, it was just a form of explanation to his subordinates. If Lu Xun was not tactful and really thought it was Sun Quan's responsibility, it was that he was bored by himself. From ancient times to the present, the leaders have been right. Although they occasionally showed a little bit of self-blame, it was just pretending. As a subordinate, you must have the awareness of being a subordinate, be brave to take responsibility for the leader, and of course you must also grasp the measure and not become a scapegoat. This is a very profound official question.

Although Lu Xun was young, he had a deep family history. He was familiar with this question. He also said: "I believe that the defeat of Yu County was actually a defeat, and it was Jingzhou's toughness that put us at a disadvantage. This failure is inevitable. No matter who it is, he will also suffer a defeat. At most, the difference is that the failure schedule is different. In fact, it is rare for General Jiang to be able to protect more than 5,000 people."

These words made Sun Quan feel much more comfortable. His face showed anger, but the anger was aimed at Jingzhou. He clenched his fists and said, "Liu Jing was in vain for my sister-in-law and was so mean to put me in such a way. I will settle this account with him sooner or later."
Chapter completed!