Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 45: Prime Minister Cao's Bamboo Bar Bang Bang Bang

"General Zhao!"

"Mr. Ziyang!"

After the two passed their names and said a few polite words, they began to sit down and negotiate. "Prime Minister Cao led an army here to eradicate the banditry, why did Mr. Liu send troops to fight against him? Could it be that Mr. Liu wants to rebel?" Zhao Feng never expected that Liu Ye would be so aggressive when he sat down, as if Now they generally have the upper hand.

But how could Zhao Feng be fooled by him so easily?At that moment, he laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Ziyang, let's put away your tricks. Prime Minister Cao sent troops to invade our Yuzhou border this time. Whether it is to eliminate bandits or has ulterior motives, you know better than me. Now he can't move here. , and want to act like a prime minister, how can there be such a good thing in this world?"

"This," Liu Ye was also speechless for a while, but then he said: "Now Yuan Shu is arrogating himself as the emperor, a great rebellion. As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Shijun should suppress the rebellion and set the government in order. Why did he fight with Prime Minister Cao who is loyal to the emperor and serves the country?" An enemy? My prime minister is magnanimous, and is willing to put an end to the fighting and join Liu Shijun to punish the country's traitors."

Finally got to the point, Zhao Feng also had a little idea in his mind, and said immediately: "My lord also has the same intention, but Prime Minister Cao invaded Yuzhou this time, and my lord suffered heavy losses. Soldiers, horses, money and food are often wasted. General Sun Guan even died in the line of duty. If Prime Minister Cao didn't say anything, I'm afraid our soldiers will not feel at ease."

"Then I don't know what Liu Shijun intends to do?" Liu Ye immediately felt that there was a door when he heard this, and hurriedly asked while the iron was hot.

"Prime Minister Cao wants us to retreat, and it's not impossible to discuss. We only need to agree to three conditions. First: return the traitor Changxi; second: keep the horses of your trapped cavalry; In Xuzhou territory." Zhao Feng said lightly.These three conditions are also the result of long-term discussions between him and Liu Bei and others. Needless to say, traitors have had to be killed since ancient times for the first one; the second and third ones were put forward by Zhao Feng and Lu Su. It is all about cavalry, and the latter sees the strategic importance of Taishan County. As long as Taishan County is in Cao Cao's hands, he is equivalent to installing a big iron gate on the east gate of his house. This makes Xuzhou very passive, so Lu Su proposed to take the opportunity to ask for this Taishan County.

Liu Ye was stunned for a while, before he sighed: "I can't decide this matter, but I think it's very difficult for my prime minister to agree to such a harsh condition."

"That's the condition. It's up to Prime Minister Cao whether he agrees or not." Zhao Feng didn't give him too many opportunities to bargain, and after he finished speaking, he just stared at him to see how he would reply.

"Isn't Liu Shijun afraid that our army will fight to the death? If our army strikes with all its strength, I'm afraid Liu Shijun may not be able to trap my prime minister's army." Liu Ye said threateningly.It's a pity that he might be used to being a counselor, and Zhao Feng's threat seemed a bit bluff.

"As long as Prime Minister Cao is willing, I can fight to the death with him!" Zhao Feng said with a grin, and suddenly changed the subject and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Ziyang has had lunch?"

"Huh?" Liu Ye was taken aback.In fact, Cao Jun is now from top to bottom, and each person only has two bowls of gruel every day.Liu Ye ate lunch this time, but now there is not much stock in his stomach.However, in order to prevent the other party from finding out that he was short of food, Liu Ye bit the bullet and replied: "It has been used, and General Zhao will not worry about it."

"Since you've used it, forget it. Zhao hasn't eaten his lunch yet. He's hungry and thirsty now. I'm afraid he needs to eat something to have the strength to continue the discussion. Please forgive me." Zhao Feng said here, and there was a cook outside. Serve a bowl of beef noodles.Liu Ye didn't know if Zhao Feng did it on purpose, but in short, Zhao Feng ate a bowl of beef noodles with great relish in front of him, whirring, and even licked the bowl after eating.The rich aroma of the broth, combined with a few scallions, made Liu Ye, who had been drinking porridge for several days, start to protest.

Fortunately, Zhao Feng ate very quickly, and wiped out the big bowl of noodles in the blink of an eye, which didn't make Liu Ye suffer for too long. "Liu Shijun's conditions are too harsh. I really don't dare to make the decision. I will make a decision after I go back and report to my prime minister." Liu Ye came back to look at Zhao Feng who was still full of ideas, and could only weakly resist, That bowl of lively and fragrant beef noodles has destroyed a lot of his will.

"Mr. Zi Yang, please go ahead!" Zhao Feng laughed so much that the soul in his body trembled.After Liu Ye said his farewell, he went back to report to Cao Cao. On the way, he encountered dozens of deserters from the Cao army. At the same time, there were more than a hundred soldiers from Xuzhou eating and drinking not far from the Cao army camp. Liu Ye knew the smell when he smelled it. It's beef noodles.

"General Zhao, I really made a lot of money today. More than 1000 people from Cao Jun's side came here!" Zhao Feng had just stepped out of the negotiating tent, and Lin Bao, who had been promoted to Captain, approached with a smile and said.

"Hey, I really hope Cao Cao hesitates for a few more days, so that I can capture some more prisoners!" Zhao Feng also smiled very sinisterly, and then went to Liu Bei to report the progress of the talks.

However, things went against their wishes. In Cao Jun's tent, Cao Cao heard Liu Bei's three conditions proposed by Zhao Feng. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and agreed to them all. "My lord!" Xia Houdun and other generals were all indignant, and were stopped by Cao Cao just as they were about to speak. "There is no food in the army, and the morale of the army is already in disarray. If you don't leave this place quickly, the entire army will be wiped out. At this time, even if you want to cut off a catty of my flesh, I have to agree. Ziyang, you go and tell Liu Bei, just tell me about me. All agreed!" Cao Cao said these words almost word by word through gritted teeth, and everyone couldn't help shivering for a while.At this moment, Le Jin came to report that more than a thousand people from Cao Jun had fled to Liu Bei's camp today, and everyone was silent when they heard the words.

Cao Cao agreed, so the next thing is easy to handle.Liu Ye entered Liu Bei's camp again, and after confirming his agreement, Liu Ye was taken by Zhao Feng to meet Liu Bei.After some courtesies from both parties, Liu Bei formally agreed to let Cao Cao go.After Liu Ye returned to Cao Ying, Cao Cao began to order the cavalry to gather all the horses, and ordered the counselor Man Chong to take his own handwritten order to Taishan County to notify the guards to change defenses.At the same time, Liu Bei also wrote to Guan Yu of Lu State, asking him to prepare to let Cao Jun cross the border. At the same time, he sent Chen Dao to lead [-] elite soldiers to Taishan County to change defenses. Zhao Feng, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun were busy inspecting the horses.

"A total of 9000 horses!" Chen Dao reported to Zhao Feng and Zhang Feihui after counting. "Cao Cao is really rich and powerful, there are tens of thousands of cavalry at random." Zhao Feng sighed, deducting some generals' horses, Cao Cao should have dispatched [-] cavalry this time, which is the number of cavalry in Xuzhou.Presumably when he occupies the north, there will be more cavalry under his command, and tiger and leopard cavalry will also be on the stage of history.But I also have nearly [-] cavalry on my side, so it shouldn't be bad to train well.The only pity is that most of the more than [-] horses are Shandong horses. Although they are not bad, compared with Xiliang horses or Liaodong horses, the gap is still obvious.

A few days later, Chen Dao wrote back to inform that the defense of Taishan County had been completely replaced. At the same time, Zhang Fei, Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun also started to form a new cavalry unit.In the past few days, Zhao Feng still didn't withdraw the soldiers who were eating and drinking at Cao Jun's gate. In his words, the more you can fool, the more you count.However, it seems that Cao Cao sent an order to tell the soldiers that the peace talks have been negotiated and the return date is imminent, and the morale of the army has stabilized a lot. Not many soldiers have surrendered these days.

Even so, when Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, there were less than 15 of the 3 army left.In addition to the more than [-] people who died in battle, there were nearly [-] prisoners, and a small half of them were fooled by Zhao Feng's eating and drinking strategies.

"Son Liu Bei, this revenge must be avenged!" When the army passed by Taishan County, Cao Cao took a bitter look at the big flag with Liu characters on the top of the city, and felt ruthless in his heart.Chen Dao on the top of the wall was also fully on guard against Cao Jun's sudden attack, but fortunately this did not happen.

Cao Cao withdrew his army. At this time, Liu Bei's army was also ready to go under Peiguo City.But before leaving, there is one other thing to do.

"Bring Chang Xi up!" In front of a new grave, Liu Bei, whose hair was tied in a white cloth, and other Xuzhou high-level officials were present.On the tombstone in front of the grave, it is clearly written: the tomb of Sun Guanzhi, Prime Minister of the State of Lu.

Two soldiers dragged Chang Xi, who was already limp on the ground, all the way to the grave, "My lord, spare me, my lord!" Chang Xi begged for mercy incoherently when he was about to die.

"Go and talk to General Sun yourself!" Liu Bei dropped this sentence coldly, and then said to a young man with no body on his right: "Zhong Quan, avenge your brother!"

"Thank you, my lord!" That person was Sun Guan's younger brother, Sun Kang, who immediately drew out a ring-headed broadsword and stepped forward. The spirit is not far away, my brother avenged you today!" After speaking, without waiting for Chang Xi to say anything, he chopped it down with all his might.

"Pfft!" Bright red blood spurted from Chang Xi's broken neck.After executing Chang Xi, Liu Bei also quickly ordered to retreat to Xuzhou, preparing to counterattack Yuan Shu.As for Guan Yu's Yuzhou army horses, everyone felt that after the battle just now, it is not appropriate to use Yuzhou army horses too much.After all, Yuzhou is next to Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and the character of this neighbor is not very reliable. It is best for Guan Yu to lead 3 troops to attack Yuan Shu from the front line of Anfeng and Yiyang, and coordinate the offensive from Huainan. "Big Brother, Third Brother, I didn't expect you and my brother to say goodbye just after we met!" Guan Yu was also a little reluctant, and Zhang Fei was even more silent.

"Second brother sits in Yuzhou, and the relationship is very important. When you and my brothers stop fighting in the future, we can get together every day." Liu Bei is also a little emotional.Speaking of Yuzhou, Guan Yu suddenly thought of it and said: "Brother, Liu Biao took advantage of my absence a few days ago and sent Cai Mao to lead an army of [-] to attack Runan, but was repelled by Wen Chang Heping'er who stayed behind, and Wen Chang even killed Cai Mao's clan brother with his own hands. Cai Zhong."

"Wen Chang really has the talent of a general!" Liu Bei was also overjoyed when he heard this.In the end, Guan Yu suggested that Guan Ping should follow Liu Bei to fight against Yuan Shu in Huainan. After a lot of experience, Liu Bei had no choice but to arrange Guan Ping to be a school lieutenant under Zhao Feng's command.

(End of this chapter)