Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 264
After a fierce battle, Xi'e City was occupied by Li Song's army, including Cai He, Han Xuan and others, who were all captured alive.

In the county government office of Xi'e County, Li Song sat on top of the courtroom, Xu Chu and Li Yuanba stood on both sides, guarding Li Song's side.

Li Cunxiao, Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu, Sima Yi and other civil and military personnel sat on the left and right.

"This time we were able to break through Xi'e County, thanks to the efforts of all the princes to defeat Liu Biao's army and capture all Liu Biao's subordinates. Your merits are indispensable!" Li Song looked at the people in the hall and said.

"It's all due to the prime minister's leadership! I dare not take credit for it!" Everyone hurriedly got up, bowed and saluted, and said humbly.

"Remember the credit for the time being! After our army returns to Xuchang, it will not be too late to confer rewards! First bring Cai He and others up." Li Song said.

After everyone sat down, Li Cunxiao took a step forward and shouted outside the door: "Bring Cai He and others here."

After a while, Cai He and others were brought to the court, except Wenpin and Wei Yan, Li Song planned to take them back to Xuchang.

"Meet the prime minister! Don't kneel down yet!" Seeing Cai He and others being escorted to court, Li Cunxiao yelled loudly, scaring Cai He, Cai Zhong brothers, Zhou Guang, Chen Jiu and others to kneel immediately .

Only Han Xuan, Wang Wei, and Su Fei still stood like sculptures above the courtroom. Seeing this, Li Cunxiao couldn't help being annoyed, and with a wave of his hand, some soldiers stepped forward and forced them to kneel on the ground.

The three of Han Xuan struggled hard, Wang Wei struggled to break free from the soldiers' hands, turned sideways to avoid the rushing soldiers, raised his leg and kicked one soldier to the ground, and the rest of the soldiers immediately rushed to Wang Wei, trying to subdue him, but After being resolved one by one, none of the generals in the court stood up to help, and they still sat quietly and watched the situation change.

Li Cunxiao waved his hand to make them retreat, and stepped forward to capture Wang Wei himself. Wang Wei was not Li Cunxiao's opponent when he was in his prime, let alone he was still tied up now, and he was even less his opponent. Li Cunxiao subdued Wang Wei with one move, He knelt down and knelt with Cai He, Su Fei and others in the lobby.

"I captured you this time! Do you know why?" Li Song looked at the Jingzhou Liu Biao subordinates who had calmed down.

"Bah! Thief Li wants to be killed or cut to pieces! Stop talking nonsense here! I fell into your hands today, I just want to die quickly!" Han Xuan looked generous, but scared Zhou Guang and Cai beside him. Brothers He and Cai Zhong almost lost control of their bladder and bowels, and they were afraid that they would be dragged down by Han Xuan and their heads would be beheaded.

"Okay! That's how it turned out! So I pulled them out and cut them off together! It also fulfills your loyalty." Li Song smiled slightly. He admired Han Xuan's generosity, but he didn't know if it was true or not. .

"Prime Minister, spare your life! Prime Minister, spare your life!" Seeing the soldiers who were about to pull them out and chop them up, Zhou Guang and the Cai brothers hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy. They still had a lot of time to enjoy and they hadn't lived enough. Xuan died together.

"Huh! The real man is dead, so there is nothing to be afraid of. If you lose your head and have a scar that is no bigger than a bowl, don't you want to embarrass me from Jingzhou." Seeing this, Han Xuan cursed angrily.

You are not afraid, but we are so scared that we almost peed our pants. Zhou Guang and the Cai brothers greeted the women of Han Xuan's family several times in their hearts, completely ignored Han Xuan, and kept begging for mercy.

"Put Han Xuan, Wang Wei, Su Fei and others in prison and wait for their execution! Leave the Cai brothers and Zhou Guang behind." Li Song looked contemptuously at Cai He, who was kneeling on the ground, half dead from fright, and said.

"Bah!" The soldiers hurriedly pulled Han Xuan and the others down. Before being pulled down, Han Xuan did not forget to spit on Chao Cai and the three of them.

Li Song looked at the three of them and said, "Come here! Untie! Give me a seat!"

The soldiers stepped forward to untie Cai and the three of them, and gave them three mats. Cai and the three hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Prime Minister!" After thanking them, they knelt down on the mats.

"The truth is not in the land of Jingzhou, but Liu Biao sent troops to invade Nanyang. It's really abominable! Thinking about it, I know that Wancheng is the gateway of Jingzhou. Liu Biao is worried that our army will go south to occupy Jingzhou. It's justifiable!"

"I don't want to investigate the fact that he raised troops to invade the country! But Wancheng is also my Xuchang's barrier in the south. Losing Wancheng, not only Liu Biao is afraid, but I am also afraid. You think so!" Li Song said.

None of the three dared to answer, they really didn't know what Li Song's intention was!I had no choice but to bow my head in silence.

"Therefore, I plan to negotiate peace with Liu Biao! The two will not invade each other, are you willing to help the truth to make this happen?" Li Song continued, peace negotiation is the main theme this time.

"Negotiate peace?" Cai He looked up at Li Song, thinking that he had heard it wrong. After seeing Li Song nodding, Cai He and the three of them believed it, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Prime Minister! Negotiate."

"Okay! If you make this happen, I will invite the emperor to grant you and your family a royal title, so as not to have long nights and dreams. Now go back to Xiangyang to persuade Liu Biao to negotiate peace with me. With Wancheng as the boundary, Wancheng The south will be owned by Jingzhou, and the north of Wancheng will be owned by me. As for Han Xuan and others, we will let them go back after the peace talks are concluded," Li Song said.

"It's the prime minister! The three of us will go back right away!" Cai He and the three got up and said, and left quickly. Li Song was not at all afraid that Cai He and the others would lose weight if they didn't break their promise.

After Cai He and the three left, Li Song dealt with the lingering Liu Biao subordinates. Wang Wei, Han Xuan and the others left behind and returned them to Liu Biao. Because Su Fei was good friends with Gan Ning, he sent them away Send them to Gan Ning and let him persuade Su Fei to surrender, while Wen Pin and Wei Yan escort them back to Xuchang, and then persuade them to surrender to him later.

After Cai He and the three returned to Xiangyang, they tried their best to persuade Liu Biao to negotiate a peace with Li Song. With Wancheng as the boundary, Nanyang should be divided and ruled, and the two would not invade each other. wind.

Liu Biao's heart was already shaken, but he didn't know what to do. He was afraid that this was Li Song's trick. Once he relaxed, he would deal him a fatal blow.

Just when he didn't know how to choose, Lai Gong, who he sent to Jiaozhou as the governor, was driven out of Jiaozhou by Wu Ju, and most of the counties and counties in Jiaozhou were in the hands of Shi Xie, who was under the control of Li Song, and he lost control of Jiaozhou. .

This is not the worst, the worst thing is that Sun Quan in Jiangdong did not know what medicine he took wrongly, so he gave up attacking Gan Ning, who controlled half of Lujiang River, and turned to his own Jiangxia. Sun Quan sent troops to Jiangxia. Pinch it in Liu Biao's hands.

What is even more incomprehensible is that Li Song would hand over the two counties and half of Lujiang to Sun Quan.

Now, Jingzhou is in danger!If you don't negotiate a peace with Li Song, then Li Song will be furious!Continue to go south, and under the attack of Sun Quan who is crossing the river, Jingzhou is not safe.

Liu Biao sighed, after much deliberation, he finally decided to negotiate a peace with Li Song. No matter whether Li Song really negotiated a peace or not, he must be stabilized first, and repelling Sun Quan is the top priority.

(End of this chapter)