The next day arrived soon, and Yang Hong got up at dawn this day! But after he got up, he didn't go directly to Zhang Zhao's place, but in the courtyard, he picked up a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write calligraphy, and even picked up a carving knife to carve the tortoise shell! After lunch in the middle of the day, Yang Hong took a nap again, and then walked slowly and leisurely towards the courtyard where Zhang Zhao was. He knew that now was the time to go. Anyway, the two of them were relatively speechless, and if it was too late, Zhang Zhao would go directly to the prefect's mansion. After all, he was an envoy of a prince. If the country does not fight, you can't let the people in the world think that Lu Bu's army is a bunch of barbarians!
Now it's just the time, neither too late nor too early, Yang Hong directly stepped into Zhang Zhao's mansion, Yang Hong could enjoy himself leisurely, Zhang Zhao didn't have such a good idea, because he was being roasted on the fire now, You must know that he came this time not only because of Sun Ce, but also because of the pressure from so many gentry. Every day he delays, those gentry children may suffer an extra day in the prison in Wancheng. He can't wait, but he is still calm on the surface, because he must occupy the top score so as to get the most benefit from the diplomacy with Lu Bujun!
"Mr. Yang Hong is here!" Zhang Zhaoye was sitting in the courtyard. Although he was anxious in his heart, he was very calm on the surface. Seeing Yang Hong coming, he didn't go up to greet him, but just glanced at Yang Hong, which meant that you please go ahead. , I will not entertain you. .
What a great perseverance! Yang Hong also had a high opinion of Zhang Zhao. If he was a normal person, a normal emissary or an ordinary person, he would be so anxious that he would not know what to do. He might jump up and down, or directly He ran to the prefect's mansion, and he could even pull himself to gossip as soon as he came in, but the Zhang Zhao in front of him now was very indifferent, he was indeed the chief counselor of Jiangdong!
But what can this do, you must know that the initiative is in Yang Hong's hands now, since you are so indifferent, let's continue to let you remain indifferent! Yang Hong didn't mind Zhang Zhao's rudeness, so he just said on the table, "Come here, help me with a set of cups!" This courtyard was found by Yang Hong for Zhang Zhao, so naturally all the servants in it knew Yang Hong. After hearing Yang Hong's order, they immediately went down to prepare. They all knew what Yang Hong liked to drink. After a while, a tray with a teacup and a teapot came up!
The tea at this time is not the modern kind of clear tea. These teas are made of longan, salt and even some seasonings. It is not so much tea as soup, and this soup is only Yang Hong. Only those who are used to drinking can drink it. Others can hardly swallow it, such as Liu Mang. Liu Mang has no interest in this kind of tea, and even feels disgusting when he sees it.
Yang Hong just sat there and drank on his own. He squinted his eyes and continued the playing time of yesterday.
"This Yang Hong!" Zhang Zhao frowned when people were not paying attention. Isn't this Yang Hong an idiot! Isn't it a superficial person? Why hasn't the Lord appeared to make peace with him? What do they want! Chen Gong, what was he thinking! Among the Lv Bujun, Chen Gong is the most intelligent and strategic person, so Zhang Zhao thought that standing behind Yang Hong was Chen Gong, who asked Yang Hong to come over to do this, so that he could speak first. Zhao remained calm, because he believed what the guard said! That personal guard is Sun Ce's confidant, and Sun Ce trusts him very much, otherwise he wouldn't be here to protect himself.
"Drink tea, drink tea!" Zhang Zhao also continued to drink tea. He didn't believe that Yang Hong really couldn't hold back his words. The time passed very quickly, and the day would be over soon. Yang Hong looked at the sky, Standing up again, this time he tasted the tea in a different mood.
"Mr. Zhang Zhao, excuse me again. It's getting late, so Hong will leave!" Yang Hong got up and walked directly towards the door of the mansion as before.
"Hmph!" Seeing Yang Hong walk out, Zhang Zhao snorted coldly. It was like this and this, what on earth is Lu Bujun thinking!
"Mr. Zhang Zhao has eaten!" The guard next to him reminded Zhang Zhao. The day is over, it's time to eat.
But how could Zhang Zhao be in the mood to eat now! "Don't eat, don't eat!" He was about to say it, but he stopped suddenly, because he knew that now that he had lost his temper and didn't finish his meal, wouldn't that be telling the enemy that he was already impatient! You must know that this is the courtyard arranged by Lu Bujun's Yang Hong, and there are countless people's eyeliner in it.
"Let's go, let's go eat together!" Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao immediately pulled up his guards. Not only did he want to eat, but he also wanted to drag these guards to eat with Yan Yuese. He wanted to tell Yang Hong, tell Yang Hong Chen Gong, who is behind Hong, is not in a hurry, not at all. They came to the peace talks this time to give you Lu Bujun face, not for other reasons.
"You can still eat! It's really good!" Zhang Zhao's guess is right, there are really many Yang Hong's eyeliners in this courtyard, and Yang Hong arranged Zhang Zhao here to monitor Zhang Zhao , Zhang Zhao's every move is basically under the control of Yang Hong. If Zhang Zhao can't calm down and has been left alone for two days, then he should lose his temper at night and throw all the dishes and chopsticks in his hands. Turns out, you must know that Zhang Zhao is the chief counselor in Jiangdong, which is equivalent to Chen Gong and the low position in Lu Bu's army. He is a character that Sun Ce can't live without. In the past two days, although Yang Hong was very polite to Zhang Zhao verbally, he showed a kind of disdain in his behavior.
The purpose is to anger Zhang Zhao and make Zhang Zhao mess up his heels, so that Zhang Zhao will be led away by the nose by Yang Hong.
But Zhang Zhao can eat now, and he eats very deliciously. He brought a few guards to the table together, chatting about Jiangdong's customs and customs while eating, and a few of them drank a little wine. The enemy's city, Zhang Zhao doesn't look like he's here for negotiation or for vacation.
Ordinary people would probably be fooled by Zhang Zhao's expression. If Liu Mang was here, he would probably just cut to the chase with Zhang Zhao.
"Calm down! Let's see how long you will stay calm!" Yang Hong sneered. He Yang Hong may be slightly inferior in strategy and strategy, and he can even make stupid moves, but in terms of diplomacy, Yang Hong thinks he is number one. No one else dared to admit to being number two, He Zong Lian Heng was a joke in front of Yang Hong!
On the third and fourth days, Yang Hong was like this, and Zhang Zhao was as indifferent as ever, calling the guards to eat, but judging from the stiff expression on his face, he was almost unable to hold on anymore.
Yang Hong planned to continue like this, but he interrupted because of Liu Mang, because Liu Mang was about to leave, and he was going to take Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Huang Xu and Xu Shengchengyu to Shouchun. Zhong Huangxu doesn't matter, he was with Liu Mang at first, Xu Sheng's black chess army is ready to go, and Cheng Yu's urban management army is also settled. Although the combat effectiveness is not known, it is not impossible to fight!
However, Gan Ning's departure made Yang Hong's plan advance, because Gan Ning's navy needed to follow Liu Mang to Shouchun. Casualties, but after all, Lu Bu's navy has little time to form an army. What is needed is to rest or expand, because there will be large-scale battles to be fought in the future, so what's the use of relying on these thousands of soldiers! If you really have torn skins with the Jiangdong navy, although relying on the strength of the bed crossbow, you can still gain a little upper hand, but once the Jiangdong army becomes fierce and blocks the Yangtze River with heavy casualties, then Gan Ning's navy will count as ten. It will not be an opponent, and there is still a spoof Jingzhou navy watching, so now Liu Mang is going to take Gan Ning's navy to Shouchun. There are also Huaihe and Yingshui in Shouchun. It is enough for Gan Ning to train the sailors. The rest now is to prepare for the future occupation of Jiangdong Jingzhou. Now Gan Ning’s navy is in the border area between Lujiang and Jiangxia. It is worry, but also a kind of deterrence. Once Gan Ning's navy and Jingzhou's navy unite, then Zhou Yu will really be unable to escape, and this is also Yang Hong's bargaining chip. Now such a big bargaining chip will disappear. , Yang Hong had to change his plan!
On the fifth day, Zhang Zhao couldn't hold on any longer, because he had received information from Jiang Xia one day before, that Gan Ning's navy and Jiangdong's navy came into contact again, and this time they were very close to each other. From the distance of the boat, everyone can see the face of the enemy on the opposite side. What does Lu Bujun want to do? He really wants to start a full-scale war with Jiangdong! If Zhou Yu's navy is wiped out, then Jiangdong is really in danger, at least his dominance in Jiangzhong will be shaken, and now he only has two main forces left to withstand the attack of the Jingzhou navy. Counterattack, if this one is gone, then not only Jiang Xia will be lost, but Pan Yang may be lost, but he is still supporting Wuchang. At that time, he will not open up the territory, but be oppressed Well, although Liu Biao of Jingzhou has no enterprising spirit, he would be a fool if he didn't eat a piece of fat in front of his eyes! So Zhang Zhao was a little anxious.
Especially one thing tonight made Zhang Zhao even more impatient, that is, there were fewer dishes for dinner at night, how could it be enough to eat, so Zhang Zhao asked the maid why there were fewer dishes, The maid said, because there is not enough food and grass in the city, there is no problem with food and clothing, but if you want to increase the number of vegetables, it is impossible.
Running out of food in the city? If Zhang Zhao can analyze a lot of things for Lu Bujun in normal times, and he will be very happy, because Lu Bujun will naturally put away his claws when he is short of food and grass, so that Jiangdong will be safe, but now the harvest of summer grain will be difficult. When there is a lack of food, it will be less for a while, but now even he, the envoy, has to reduce his food, so what about the chiefs of the gentry who are now in the prison in Wancheng! When he came to Lv Bujun, he promised well that he would take all the chiefs of the gentry back one by one, and take them back unscathed.
If a few of them were starved to death, then it would be a lot of fun. If it was the one who starved to death before, it is understandable. If it is starved to death now, then it is Zhang Zhao's mistake, because Zhang Zhao's procrastination is the reason. As a result, those gentry chiefs were starved to death. Although Zhang Zhao is also a famous and powerful person in Jiangdong, even in Jiangdong, he can be said to be under one person and over 10,000 people, but he doesn't want to offend those gentry!
If his Zhang family wants to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, it must establish a good relationship with these land-headed snake families, so that they can have both offense and defense, so that they can integrate in. An unacceptable noble family will be calculated to death sooner or later. Zhao is dead! So who else in the Zhang family can make the Zhang family persevere!
On the sixth day, before Yang Hong left the mansion, Zhang Zhao went up to him and cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Yang Hong, I would like to ask, do you want to talk about peace?" Leng Yi, he won't beg Yang Hong, because Jiang Dong is not incapable of fighting, if he is forced, he can really jump over the wall in a hurry! Moreover, Liu Biao in Jingzhou didn't like Sun Cejun. Could it be that he has Lu Bujun? They are also enemies, but the difference is that one is a wolf and the other is a tiger! There are no absolute friends in this world, only absolute interests. Maybe a person who was an enemy one moment becomes a friend the next moment.
Just like when Lu Bu was in Xuzhou, he was still friends with Liu Bei one moment ago, and at the next moment Lu Bu directly sold Liu Bei for Xuzhou territory. Fly, but seeing that these two families are going to die endlessly! After all, Liu Daer managed to survive until the old man Tao Qian died, and took over Xuzhou from Tao Qian. Once you have a place, you, Lu Bu, came to grab the territory. You know, Lu Bu's way to Xuzhou is because of Liu Bei from Xuzhou For the sake of protecting him, Lu Bu escaped from Cao Cao in Yanzhou. According to his temper, Lao Cao originally wanted to kill Lu Bu, because Lu Bu would take the whole of Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father. At that time, he stepped in and almost broke Lao Cao's entire hometown. Lao Cao would be a ghost if he could let Lu Bu go, but because of Liu Bei, Lao Cao endured it. Liu Bei is really no match for him. What's more, his hometown has become such a mess, and Lao Cao himself is hard to take care of himself, so Cao Cao retreated, and Liu Bei also gave Xiaopei to Lu Bu and asked Lu Bu to guard the Xuzhou gate for him. That period was a honeymoon period!
But in the blink of an eye, when Liu Bei was beating Yuan Shu, Lu Bu turned around and bit Liu Bei, seized Xiapi and occupied Xuzhou, leaving only a few cities for Liu Bei. At this time, Yuan Shu also came to intervene. For revenge, he was beaten by Liu Bei before and now he is going to beat him. Liu Bei has reached the critical moment of life and death. Under the leadership of Ji Ling, Yuan Shujun might be able to destroy Liu Bei directly. At this time, Lu Bu stepped forward again, and he became a peacemaker again. He wanted to persuade Yuan Shujun to retreat. You thought this was the end! no! Liu Bei was rescued by Lu Bu, and he didn't thank Lu Bu. His current role is completely different from Lu Bu's! On the surface, he promised Lv Bu to help Lv Bu guard Xuzhou, but secretly contacted Chen Deng in Guangling and Cao Cao who was far away in Yanzhou, and gave Lv Bu another scene of besieging Xiapi! Lu Bu was almost killed by Liu Bei!
So in this chaotic world where interests are the main thing, there are no real enemies at all, only absolute interests.
"Naturally, I want peace talks! Mr. Zhang Zhao, haven't we been talking these few days!" Yang Hong said to Zhang Zhao with a smile. Finally, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but speak first. If Zhang Zhao goes on like this, Yang Hong will be very helpless, because Gan Ning's trilogy is about to leave Wancheng, and he will go to Shouchun with Liu Mang's trilogy. At that time, a big bargaining chip was gone, and Yang Hong was very helpless. Now he is very happy to see Zhang Zhaoxian speak up!
"Peace talk!? Huh!" Zhang Zhao felt angry. This is called peace talk. Drinking tea, sleeping, and writing calligraphy for several days in a row is called peace talk? This is to relax! Even going out to relax is not so leisurely!
"Come, come! Mr. Zhang Zhao, now I, Yang Hong, represent my lord, and have peace talks with Mr. Zhang Zhao!" Yang Hong straightened his clothes and said seriously to Zhang Zhao. In ancient times, peace talks were a very serious matter, because Both sides represent their own lords, and their words and deeds are the representatives of their respective princes, and they must not be ashamed.
"If that's the case, let's start! Mr. Yang Hong!" Zhang Zhao could only hold back his anger, and returned a salute, and the peace talks officially started.
"Mr. Yang Hong, I would like to ask what your lord's navy looks like!" Zhang Zhao first asked, "He sometimes goes to Jiangxia and sometimes returns to Wancheng. Mi, what are you doing! Do you want to continue the war!"
"War?!" Yang Hong smiled, and he said to Zhang Zhao, "I don't know where Mr. Zhang Zhao learned that there was a truce between our two armies!" Sun Ce's army attacked Lujiang, Lu Bu's army guarded Wancheng, and Shu In the city, the two sides fought life and death for such a long time. Although they all retreated, they never proposed a truce! In other words, it is still in a state of war, so why talk about starting a war during the battle!
"Huh!?!" Zhang Zhao frowned. Yang Hong was right. They were really in a state of war. Zhang Zhao didn't expect that Sun Ce would fail to take down Lujiang with an army of 100,000. Sun Ce occupied the entire Jiangdong with 3,000 infantry, but now he is blocked by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Yangtze River. If one hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand troops, appear on the battlefield of Jiangxia, I am afraid that Jiangxia's army will be defeated by now. The pattern has changed!
In fact, Zhang Zhao was right. If the 100,000 troops appeared in Jiangxia, then Jiangxia would be defeated. Similarly, those nobles in Jingzhou would not be able to sit still, and they would go to support Liu Biao everywhere, and the final result would be The war between the gentry~
And these gentry sent troops to attack Lu Bu because Lu Bu could not win the hearts of other gentry at all, and the gentry in Wancheng rebelled against Lu Bu. Everyone felt relieved to send troops to attack him.
"Well, even so, since I'm here, Mr. Yang Hong, then both of us should be in a state of truce!" Zhang Zhao looked at Yang Hong's hippie smiling face and wanted to punch him. This Yang Hong's scheme is not very good. , this lip service is really strong.
"Yes!" Yang Hong nodded. Originally, Lu Bujun didn't want to fight anymore. Although Sun Ce attacked Lujiang this time, don't forget that Lujiang originally belonged to Sun Ce, and Yang Hong and his Lu Bujun just occupied it. If we continue to fight now, we can only take advantage of Liu Biao of Jingzhou and the princes of the Central Plains. The one who laughs the most is probably Cao Cao. He is now in a decisive battle with Yuan Shao. He is afraid that he and Yuan Shao will be inseparable. Fighting in the front, someone behind him raided his hometown of Xudu. Sun Ce was planning to do this, so Lao Cao made a plan and with the help of some conspirators in Jiangdong, he killed Sun Ce.
As for Lu Bu, he even has a criminal record. When Lao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he broke Lao Cao's hometown. It's hard, if it wasn't for Lu Bu, Lao Cao would have taken Xuzhou a long time ago, and even now Yangzhou is also on Lao Cao's territory, how could the Jiangdong Army have a chance to cross the river! He won't fight with Liu Biao, and he can even join forces with Liu Biao to fight Lao Cao.
It is because of Lu Bu's move that Cao Xiu has lived for many years. This is why Lao Cao hates Lu Bu. The happiest thing in Lu Bu and Sun Ce's battle is Cao Cao. These two fierce tigers, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and they must be separated No matter who wins, there are only advantages and no disadvantages for Lao Cao. If Sun Ce wins, he has Liu Biao of Jingzhou beside him. Liu Biao killed Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian. Naturally, he is afraid that Sun Ce's Jiangdong will become stronger and find his own. Trouble, even if Sun Ce wins Lu Bu, he will not even think about sending troops to threaten Xu Du in a short time. With Liu Biao as a thug in Cao Cao, he will be safe and sound.
If Lu Bu wins, how could that little overlord Sun Ce send a little army? It must be a big battle. Even if Lu Bu wins, he will suffer heavy losses. What's more, Lu Bu just escaped from Xuzhou, and he doesn't have that many troops. .
The only thing Cao Cao missed was that Lu Bujun not only won, but also won so beautifully that he beat Sun Ce back to his hometown. Only 5,000 of the 100,000 army went back. All the elite troops have been injured, but the fighting power of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry and the trapping camp is still there. Now the black chess army is complete, and the city management army has joined the fresh blood of Danyang soldiers and has fighting power, so Lu Bu's threat is great. Get up!
Lu Bu's army also didn't want to go to war with Sun Ce. Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong, although Lu Bu coveted Jiangdong's territory very much. There is no shortage of food and grass! But Lu Bu's army has a large army, and the navy only has a battalion like Gan Ning's, what is enough! Moreover, there are many waterways in Jiangdong, and the land is muddy, which is very unfavorable for cavalry, let alone heavy armored cavalry like Bingzhou wolf cavalry!
Now the main point of Lu Bujun is to accumulate food and become king slowly. He wants to watch his neighbors fight each other. Sun Ce and Jingzhou Liu Biao are strangled, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are strangled. Time to act.
"The truce is not sincere!" Zhang Zhao looked at Yang Hong and said.
"Yes!" Yang Hong was very forthright, "Since Mr. Zhang Zhao sincerely wants peace talks, then our Lu Bu army is not disrespectful. I will take the place of the master and let General Gan Ning's navy stop stepping into Jiangxia!"
"Huh?!" Yang Hong's straightforwardness made Zhang Zhao wonder why this fat man is so talkative! I promised so quickly that I won't blow up again!
Of course they won’t cheat again, Gan Ning’s navy is about to go to Shouchun, this favor is not for nothing, now that it’s sold, Zhang Zhao may still be grateful, let’s wait for Zhang Zhao to bleed! (To be continued.)