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Chapter 466 Negotiation Results, Expedition

"Hahaha, if that's the case, Liu Zhang, ah Liu Zhang, you say you're not stupid, so why have you ended up like this? To be honest, I feel that Liu Bei, Sun Jian and the others are not as good as you. If..."

"Cao Cao, if you are still so insincere, then today's negotiations can end here."

Liu Zhang interrupted Cao Cao impatiently again and looked at Cao Cao with contempt. He didn't know if Cao Cao had been over-disguising himself. Until now, Cao Cao still hadn't shown any real sincerity and was just using some blank checks to perfunctory Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was not stupid, so he would not be moved by such a few words without any practical basis. So after seeing that Cao Cao was still unwilling to make any promises, Liu Zhang lost his patience.

After being interrupted by Liu Zhang again, the smile on Cao Cao's face completely disappeared, and was replaced by anger.

"Well, since you want sincerity, I will tell you my greatest sincerity. If you are willing to submit to me, after I unify the Han Dynasty, I can not only make you a king and let you be the local emperor of the land, but also guarantee that you will not die. This is my greatest sincerity."

After these words were spoken, a long silence fell between the two. What Cao Cao said was the most basic, yet the most sincere, and also the most important to Liu Zhang.

"What can you guarantee?"

"Promise? No guarantee is needed. I, Cao Cao, am the greatest guarantee. Keeping you alive will only benefit me. Think about it. If I want to unify the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and Shi Xie must all die. Then, in the entire Han Dynasty, there should be only the two of us as players. If I kill you at that time, how lonely would I be?"

Cao Cao's words made Liu Zhang fall into silence. No matter what promises Cao Cao made, it would be meaningless to him, because even if Cao Cao killed him at that time, he would have no way to do anything. On the contrary, Cao Cao's words made Liu Zhang feel that they were more useful than any promises Cao Cao made.

"Okay, then this is the sincerity between the two of us. Next, we can discuss the specific details of the cooperation."

Liu Zhang smiled gently. The concessions between the two allowed them to reach the first step of cooperation. Liu Zhang filled their glasses with hot wine again, and at the same time gently weighed the amount in the wine pot, and then continued.

"This wine pot can hold ten cups of wine. We have already drunk four cups and poured two more. That means there are four cups left. Next, we will drink a cup of wine and state our conditions. After three cups of wine each, if we can reach an agreement, then we will reach an agreement. If not, then we will have to fight."

"Hahaha, ok, I like it."

Cao Cao raised the wine glass in his hand and drank the first glass of wine.

"Except for the sincerity of both parties in the negotiation, that is, except for the Yizhou Tiger Tally and the condition that I promised to protect your life, everything else is invalid. Then my first condition is that you recognize me as your leader. You don't have to let your subordinates know, but you must recognize me as your leader."

Cao Cao placed the wine glass on the table and continued.

"This request is not because I want to suppress you, but because my characteristic bonus and the characteristic bonus of my generals are much higher than you and your subordinates. So I made this request so that the Yizhou army can better fight against Liu Bei's subordinates."

After he finished speaking, Cao Cao spread his hands to indicate that he had finished. Liu Zhang did not express any response to Cao Cao's request, but just picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all like Cao Cao.

"My first condition is that Yizhou, Jiaozhou, and the Wuling County, Guiyang County, Xiaoling County, Changsha County in the south of Jingzhou, as well as Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County in Yangzhou, will be ceded to me. The four counties of Jingzhou and the two counties of Yangzhou are not rich places. Although they have some gold, silver and food, they account for less than one-third of the two states. They are just larger in size."

The two men smiled at each other, and after they both showed their sincerity, their negotiations went smoothly.

After Liu Zhang filled the glass with wine again, Cao Cao was still the first to raise his glass.

"Then the second condition is that you must completely obey my command and orders, and all the officers and soldiers under your command must be at my disposal."

"I haven't thought of the other conditions yet. Can you tell me your third condition first?"

After Liu Zhang finished his drink, he poured wine while saying that he had only two goals today, one was to ensure his own safety, the other was to allow himself to continue to live as a local overlord after Cao Cao unified the Han Dynasty. He had not thought of other conditions yet, and the conditions he just mentioned for each glass of wine were just casually proposed by him.

Cao Cao just smiled and said nothing more. He was actually happy that Liu Zhang only had this one condition.

"Well, my third condition is that after you unify the Han Dynasty, you can own the fiefdom, but you cannot command troops. One thousand soldiers in each prefecture. Yizhou, Jiaozhou, plus the six prefectures of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, a total of 23 prefectures, which means you can only have 23,000 soldiers in total."

After saying this, Cao Cao finished drinking the glass of wine, then looked at Liu Zhang with a smile. Liu Zhang finished drinking the wine with Cao Cao. At this point, all ten glasses of wine in the jug had been drunk, and the two were still sitting opposite each other.

"I can agree to these three conditions."

"Oh? Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

When Cao Cao wanted to raise his glass again, he found that there was no wine left. Liu Zhang shook the wine pot, but there was no sound of liquid shaking.

The two men smiled at each other again, and Cao Cao then stood up and left Liu Zhang's tent.

A meeting that could change the current world situation took place in this tent and ended in less than half an hour. After seeing Cao Cao off, Liu Zhang continued to sit alone in the big tent, stroking the wine glass in his hand, frowning, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Oh my god, these two are just discussing this? They really don't take Liu Caoxie seriously. Liu Caoxie has the legendary general Guan Erye under his command. These two are not afraid of getting their tongues bitten for boasting."

"Cao Zhonger is so confident, he must have a trump card to deal with Guan Erye. If he couldn't deal with Guan Erye, Cao Zhonger wouldn't dare to make such a boast."

"Did Dian Wei also become a legendary general when he was in the Xiongnu? Think about it, when Dian Wei was in the Xiongnu, Cao Zhonger was in Xudu, and there were three layers of soldiers guarding it. It was obvious that he was afraid that Lord Guan would come to Xudu directly and take his life. But after Dian Wei came back, Cao Zhonger immediately withdrew all his defenses in Xudu. It can be seen that Dian Wei must have been promoted to a legendary general in the Xiongnu. Cao Zhonger thought that Dian Wei could deal with Lord Guan, so he did this. In addition, Cao Zhonger has now joined forces with Liu Zhang, so it should not be a problem to deal with Liu Caoxie."

"To be promoted in the Xiongnu, do you need to kill other generals to be promoted?" "If these two join forces, I'm afraid the world war will begin. This time, I'm afraid we have to fight until only one side is left."

"Hey, the guy above said that you can only level up by killing generals. I suddenly remembered something. Sun Menghu asked Sun Ce to lead his army into Bingzhou two days ago. Now they have captured Shi Xie. Many of Shi Xie's generals were killed by Sun Ce, leaving only Shi Xie, the commander without any troops. He is now negotiating with Sun Menghu. So, did Sun Menghu also ask Sun Ce to kill generals to level up?"

"Oh my god, if that's the case, then this legendary general is equivalent to today's nuclear weapons. You can choose not to use them, but you can't do without them. Strategic deterrence."

"I feel like what you said makes sense. Aren't we watching the same live broadcast? Why can't I see anything?"

Inside the live broadcast room, in Liu Zhang's tent, the lights were on all night long.

Early the next morning, Cao Cao brought Dian Wei and Cao Zhang to Liu Zhang's tent. The layout inside the tent was still exactly the same as it was last night. The only difference from last night was that the wine jug that was originally empty had now been filled up again by Liu Zhang. Next to Liu Zhang sat Zhang Ren and Liu Xun.

Judging from Liu Zhang's appearance, he seemed to have not slept all night. He had heavy dark bags under his eyelids and thick dark circles under his eyes.

"Ji Yu, what's wrong with you? You don't look like you got enough rest?"

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Meng De. It's okay. I had some things to do yesterday, so I didn't rest."

Liu Zhang waved his hand, and the two of them continued to get along as they did yesterday, as if the negotiation last night had never happened. Cao Cao sat opposite Liu Zhang and waved his hand, motioning Dian Wei and Cao Zhang to sit down as well.

Inside Liu Zhang's tent, Liu Zhang and Cao Cao were sitting opposite each other, Dian Wei and Zhang Ren, Cao Zhang and Liu Xun were side by side, Zhang Ren and Liu Xun were facing each other, and Dian Wei and Cao Cao were facing each other.

"Brother Meng De, the next mission of attacking Meng Huo still has to be handed over to you."

"Ji Yu, it's too polite to say that. We are allies. It's my duty to help my allies. Don't worry about it."

"Then the Yizhou Army will be led by you."

As Liu Zhang spoke, he took out the tiger talisman that he had placed on the table last night but did not take away, and handed it to Cao Cao. The four people on the side, including Dian Wei and Cao Zhang, were all shocked. They couldn't understand why Liu Zhang's attitude today was so different from that of yesterday, and he actually took the initiative to hand over the tiger talisman of the Yizhou army to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao smiled slightly and took the tiger talisman in his hand.

"Ji Yu, believe in the truth, I will never let you down."

Liu Zhang nodded slightly and said nothing. Cao Cao glanced at Zhang Ren and Liu Xun, then spoke.

"In this battle, there is no need for the Yizhou army to go out. Only two of my generals and five thousand soldiers are needed to capture Meng Huo and conquer Yongchang County."

As soon as these words were spoken, not only Zhang Ren and Liu Xun looked at Cao Cao in shock, even Liu Zhang was horrified. He knew that Cao Cao's characteristic bonus was much higher than his, but he did not expect that the gap between the two had reached such a level. Meng Huo, whom he could not deal with even with his army of more than 100,000, could be dealt with by Cao Cao with only two generals and 5,000 soldiers.

"Okay, I'll trouble you, Prime Minister."

Liu Zhang also changed the way he addressed Cao Cao. He no longer called him Brother Meng De, but called him Prime Minister.

"It takes a little effort, but it doesn't matter."

Cao Cao stood up and nodded. Cao Zhang and Dian Wei beside him also stood up. The six of them walked out of the tent together. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Grave Robbers' Captain and the Fa Qiu Lieutenant General had already been on full alert and were waiting for Cao Cao's orders outside the camp.

"Ji Yu, Gong Yi, you can go and watch the battle together."

After Cao Cao got on his horse, he suddenly turned around and spoke to the people behind him. His purpose was self-evident. Liu Zhang nodded slightly. He really wanted to see the strength of the elite troops under Cao Cao. After all, the previous battles with Liu Bei ended in their failure. If Cao Cao's troops were still as strong as before, then Liu Zhang actually had another choice, which was to defect to Liu Bei.

The reason for cooperating with Cao Cao before was simply because Liu Bei killed too many players. Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and other famous players were all eliminated by Liu Bei, so he did not cooperate with Liu Bei. But now it seems that Liu Bei seems to be more suitable for an alliance instead of Cao Cao, whom he chose to ally with before.

In fact, before the meeting with Cao Cao last night, Liu Zhang had already written a letter to Qingzhou. Once the talks with Cao Cao failed, he would immediately send someone to deliver the letter to form an alliance with Liu Bei to deal with Cao Cao together.

Last night's meeting went smoother than Liu Zhang expected, so the letter is still in Liu Zhang's sleeve and has not been sent out. If the elite troops under Cao Cao show extraordinary strength in the future, then Liu Zhang will sincerely form an alliance with Cao Cao and join hands with Cao Cao to dominate the world.

Cao Zhang put on armor and set out on a journey to conquer Meng Huo with 5,000 soldiers under his command.

At this moment, Meng Huo was leading his army to station in a military town on the border of Yongchang County. There were mountains near the military town, which was an excellent place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. This was the front line where Meng Huo led the barbarians to resist the Yizhou army. Before this, the Yizhou army led by Liu Zhang had never broken through this border military town and was blocked here every time.

It was the same this time, they were blocked here, so the stalemate has continued and the war has continued.

Soon, they passed through the narrow valley and arrived at the foot of the military town. Along the way, Cao Cao immediately saw why Liu Zhang had been unable to capture the city for so long. The combat power was one reason, but the more important reason was that the terrain here was too rugged and the army could not advance straight through.

Even for these 5,000 soldiers, it was extremely difficult to cross the mountains, not to mention Liu Zhang leading tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops to attack here. They could not even reach the military town, let alone attack.

This kind of narrow mountain is most suitable for ambushes. If tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops enter together, the front and back teams will be too long, and ambushes are the most feared.

(End of this chapter)