Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 975 Dong Zhuo's Compromise

Chapter 973: Dong Zhuo's Compromise

Chang'an, the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Aren't they all quite able to talk at ordinary times? Why is it that they are all dumb?"

Dong Zhuo glared at the officials in the hall, and scolded: "A group of people can't even speak for one person, what use are you waiting for?

Trash, it's all a bunch of trash, and the face of the miscellaneous family has been completely humiliated by you. "

All the officials of the Liang army shook their heads, their hearts aggrieved to the extreme, but they did not dare to refute the furious Dong Zhuo, after all they really failed to argue against Pei Ju.

After Dong Zhuo scolded the officials for a long time, most of the anger in his heart was extinguished, then he snorted coldly to Li Ru and the other three, and asked, "Three military advisers, what do you think should be done?"

After Li Ru, Jia Xu and Lu Buwei looked at each other, Li Ru was the first to stand up and said, "My lord, peace talks must be negotiated, but this is not the way to talk."

"My son-in-law, how do you think you should negotiate?"

"The coalition army is really a big talker this time. Pei Ju asked us to give up three counties, and even asked the lord to surrender the title of duke, but he didn't even mention the release of captured generals and prisoners of war."

Speaking of this, Li Ru carefully glanced at Dong Zhuo, and then continued: "My subordinates believe that future negotiations should focus on how to obtain prisoners of war and generals."

Dong Zhuo immediately showed displeasure, and said lightly: "So, son-in-law, do you also think that the miscellaneous family should agree to the two conditions of the coalition army?"

"This one……"

Li Ru saw Dong Zhuo's expression was unkind, so he didn't dare to continue to answer, but then Jia Xu stood up and persuaded:
"My lord, now that Hulao Pass has been lost, the three counties of Hongnong, Hedong, and Hanoi are no longer in danger. Forcing them to hold on will only increase casualties. It is better to trade space for time. After our army's strength recovers, we will re-strike Sizhou Just come down.

As for the title of self-surrendered duke, the coalition forces only want a step, and this will not have any impact on you, my lord.

After the strength of our army becomes stronger again, even if the lord becomes the king directly, the princes will still be unable to do anything to you, lord! "

Jia Xu's in-depth analysis also caused Dong Zhuo to fall into deep thought. After a while, he sighed: "The Zajia is not reconciled... Forget it, the Zajia agreed to the two conditions of the coalition forces."

Hearing this, Li Ru, Jia Xu, and Lu Buwei looked at each other, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that Dong Zhuo would continue to fight the coalition forces, and the Liang army would only suffer even greater losses.

The next day, negotiations resumed.

Because Dong Zhuo's attitude was extremely tough yesterday, Pei Ju thought it would take more than ten days of negotiation, and it took a lot of words to convince him.

But when he heard that Dong Zhuo agreed directly, Pei Ju couldn't help being extremely surprised, and Dong Zhuo's next words made him a little embarrassed.

"The miscellaneous family can agree to Qin Hao's conditions, but Qin Hao must also agree to the miscellaneous family's conditions."

Pei Ju frowned slightly, and asked, "Return to the prime minister, as long as it is not too much, I think the princes will not refuse."

"The conditions raised by the miscellaneous family are absolutely not excessive, as long as the coalition forces release the captured generals and prisoners of war."

Pei Ju couldn't help frowning even tighter. He also knew that this condition was not too much, but the terrible thing was that Li Shimin was also among the captured generals, and it was absolutely impossible for Qin Hao to let Li Shimin go.

"Prime Minister, the soldiers are easy to talk about, but it is impossible to release them directly. The Prime Minister can redeem them with money and food. As for the captured generals..."

Pei Ju looked up at Dong Zhuo's face, and seeing that there was nothing serious, he continued, "This is a bit troublesome."

"What's the trouble?" Dong Zhuo said pretending to be displeased.

"The generals who have not surrendered can be redeemed, but Han Qinhu, Ding Yanping, Zhang Xutuo and other generals have already surrendered, so I am afraid they will not be able to return to the Liang army."

After Ding Yanping was captured, after Qin Hao and Luo Cheng took turns persuading him, he finally surrendered. After all, his adopted brother and adopted son were both in the Qin army.

As for Han Qinhu who was captured alive by Bai Qi, because he was Han Dang's brother, Sun Jian personally asked Qin Hao for it several times.

After weighing the pros and cons, Qin Hao finally handed it over to Sun Jian, and Han Qinhu also surrendered Sun Jian.

As for Zhang Xutuo, although he did not surrender, he was captured alive by Zhao Kuangyin, and it was absolutely impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to release him, so in order to negotiate smoothly, Pei Ju simply said that he surrendered too.

Disappointment flashed in Dong Zhuo's eyes after hearing the words, and after taking a long breath, he said in a deep voice, "Everyone has their own aspirations, and we can't force them to. I hope they can get better development by choosing another queen."

Speaking of this time, Dong Zhuo was also a little discouraged, so he left alone, and handed over the negotiation to Li Ru. It can be seen that the surrender of the generals under his command also caused a certain blow to him.

In fact, as far as the negotiation is concerned, it has basically been carried out almost, but there are still many details that need to be discussed slowly.

Just the issue of the ransom of the soldiers made the two sides quarrel at the negotiating table, and both sides wanted to strive for greater benefits.

And when it came to Li Shimin's issue, the negotiation almost fell to a freezing point, and even Dong Zhuo, who had already left, returned.

"Mr. Pei, I heard that you are also from a wealthy family, why are you making up such a nonsense?"

Dong Zhuo looked at Pei Ju coldly, and asked sharply: "After the Battle of Luoyang, Shimin has not heard anything so far. He is not in the coalition army. Is he still in our Liang army?"

Pei Ju looked directly into Dong Zhuo's eyes, and said without blushing, "Pei Ju dare not lie to the prime minister, General Li Shimin is really not in the Qin army.

Anything can happen on the battlefield. General Li may be captured by other princes, and of course some of them may have been killed in battle. This is all uncertain, and I hope the prime minister expresses his condolences. "

Dong Zhuo's face was extremely cold, and he said coldly: "So Qin Hao is going to die and refuse to admit it?"

Pei Ju knew that Dong Zhuo was on the verge of eruption, and immediately said: "Prime Minister, I am just a small emissary, and there are some things that Lord Hou can't decide.

Let's do this, I can convey the prime minister's conditions on my behalf, and it depends on God's will whether it will be successful or not. "

"Go back and tell your master, there is only one condition for the truce of the Zajia, and that is to release Li Shimin, otherwise the Zajia will fight Qin Hao to the end."

Dong Zhuo almost finished his speech with a growl, and turned his head away as soon as he finished speaking, because he was afraid that he would not be able to restrain the killing intent in his heart, and if he killed Pei Ju, everything would be over.

Pei Ju looked at Dong Zhuo's back with a solemn face, never expecting that Li Shimin's status was so high in Dong Zhuo's heart.

Seeing that Pei Ju was in a daze, Li Ru patted him on the shoulder and said calmly, "Mr. Pei, please go back."

Pei Ju regained consciousness in an instant, cupped his hands and said, "Farewell."

(End of this chapter)