This is easier said than done!
Unlike governing states and counties, you can take your time.
Persuading a warlord to surrender is different. It is not only difficult, but also risky.
If Zang Ba's brain breaks out, he may even endanger his life by deceiving Zhang Hong!
For someone like Zhang Zhao, at best, his governance was poor and his reputation was ruined.
If Zhang Hong could not convince Zang Ba and was killed again, his reputation would be ruined!
He's almost sixty years old, so it's not worth it.
Zhang Hong struggled for a long time but could not give Liu Zhang an answer.
I really can't make up my mind.
Warlord Zang Ba is no longer in power for a day or two. Cao Cao is so tough that he has been given a very high degree of autonomy.
To put it bluntly, it belongs to Cao Cao in name only.
The surrender mentioned by Liu Zhang must be an unconditional surrender, and the previous autonomy situation will not be allowed to reappear.
How can it be so easy with the power of words?
"King Qin, Zang Ba's matter is not a trivial matter. I am old and weak-minded, and I am afraid it will delay King Qin's important affairs."
Liu Zhang smiled. He had already guessed that Zhang Hong would shirk.
This errand is not a bad one!
"Mr. Zigang, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Zang Ba is not in a hurry. He still focuses on governing Huainan. Mr. Zigang can communicate with Zang Ba first and negotiate the terms."
"There is only one principle of isolation, and private soldiers are not allowed to exist."
"If Zang Ba likes to lead troops, Gu can arrange for him to join all the armies under his command."
"Whether it's the Eastern Army, the Central Army, the Imperial Guard, etc. By the way, the title and official position after surrender can be discussed."
"As long as it's not too much, I won't be stingy with rewards!"
After hearing this, Zhang Hong's frown suddenly relaxed a lot.
Such favorable conditions are not entirely impossible.
After taking Huainan, the Qin army was unstoppable!
Everyone knows that Liu Zhang's steps to dominate the world will not be easily stopped.
Zang Ba is not a fool.
His strength is at most about the same as Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu had just died, wasn't Zang Ba worried about his neck?
As long as the treatment is good, there is no need to worry about Zang Ba not surrendering.
"In that case, let me give it a try. If it doesn't work, please forgive me, King Qin!"
Zhang Hong agreed, but still got vaccinated in advance.
"Then please leave it to Mr. Zigang!"
Liu Zhang didn't pay attention.
Anyway, I don't have the energy to deal with Zang Ba now, so it doesn't matter if I let Zhang Hong try.
Once the emperor's problem was solved, Zang Ba was just thinking about it.
Xuzhou is a vast area with no danger to defend.
With the presence of siege engines, the role of the city wall will be infinitely weakened.
If Zang Ba is really ungrateful, Liu Zhang doesn't mind letting the army attack Xuzhou from all directions.
When the time comes, you can crush him to death with just a wave of your hand!
After regaining Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, the others were not so grand.
There was no need for Liu Zhang to recruit them, they all expressed their willingness to submit.
For civil servants, Liu Zhang accepted them all and assigned them to Zhang Zhao, allowing him to appoint them according to his abilities.
After all, he is from Jiangdong and has a deeper understanding of the abilities of these people.
As for the surrendered generals, Liu Zhang only took a fancy to one.
That is Chen Wu, who was born in Jiujiang County.
Liu Zhang didn't know why the brave Chen Wu was not reused by Zhou Yu.
After questioning, I learned that it was because Chen Wu was once Sun Quan's confidant.
In other words, Chen Wu serves as Sun Quan's eyes, following Zhou Yu.
Although Sun Quan was destroyed, Chen Wu was not entrusted with important tasks.
This is also a good thing for Liu Zhang, otherwise with Chen Wu as his opponent, there will definitely be many more soldiers killed and injured.
Zhou Yu's Huainan army and the Qin army captured many.
Liu Zhang immediately promoted Chen Wu to the rank of general, and selected 10,000 prisoners from the Huainan Army to form an army.
Huainan was pacified, but threats were still everywhere.
Liu Zhang planned to leave Pang Tong and lead the Eastern Army to station here.
One is to frighten Xiao Xiao, and the other is to frighten Xuzhou Zang Ba.
Provide confidence for Zhang Hong to persuade him to surrender.
Since he needed to go to Xuchang, there were only more than 70,000 Imperial Guards left after the casualties, so Liu Zhang prepared to take 10,000 people led by Chen Wu with him.
Eighty thousand troops went to Xuchang, which was enough to stabilize the situation.
As for other generals, Liu Zhang selected the best.
Either be assigned to the Eastern Army, or join the New Huainan Army as a partial general, a small colonel, etc.
In short, arrangements have been made for the civil and military affairs left by the Jiangdong Sun family and Zhou Yu.
Everyone is happy.
After settling everything, Liu Zhang ordered everyone to take action as soon as possible and ended the first palace meeting.
Liu Zhang himself also quickly headed to the backyard.
Two delicate beauties, but they have been waiting for a long time!
Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao!
Liu Zhang smiled evilly as he walked.
"Brother Meng De, I will do it for you if you can't complete it!"
After pushing open the door, Liu Zhang stepped in with excitement.
But after taking only two steps, he stopped where he was.
There were three people in the house.
A boy and two women, one of whom is Da Qiao.
The boy and the other woman had red eyes and tears on their faces.
Liu Zhang's eyes quickly passed over and finally stopped on the strange woman.
No need to think too much, it is undoubtedly Xiao Qiao.
Sure enough, as Da Qiao said, he looks petite.
There is a strong Xiaojiabiyu style, which is completely opposite to Daqiao.
Compared with Da Qiao's wildness, Xiao Qiao, who is irritating and pitiful, makes people want to conquer even more.
Liu Zhang couldn't help but salivate.
"Sister, nephew, why don't you quickly pay your respects to King Qin?"
Da Qiao was the first to react and pulled the two of them to Liu Zhang.
"Meet the King of Qin."
"No gift."
Liu Zhang stretched out his hand to help, and his fingertips touched Xiao Qiao's arm.
Xiao Qiao's face turned red, feeling indescribable.
"Gong Jin and Gu have known each other for many years. It's a pity that they are enemies now."
"Now that Gong Jin has passed away, his wife is Gu's wife, so you can rest assured!"
Xiao Qiao took the boy and thanked him quickly.
"Thank you, King Qin!"
Liu Zhang nodded and gave Da Qiao a hint.
Da Qiao understood and pulled Zhou Yu's son out of the door.
"Go ahead, we have important matters to discuss with King Qin."
The young man looked displeased, but the soldiers on both sides were fierce and did not give him a chance to choose.
Just like that, he was pulled and dragged down.
Da Qiao returned to the house and closed the door tightly.
This sound made Xiao Qiao tremble.
Liu Zhang stepped forward and took Xiao Qiao into his arms unceremoniously.
"Xiao Qiao, have Da Qiao told you? If your mother and son want to be safe and sound, do you know what to do?"
Xiao Qiao bit her lip, looking reluctant.
He looked up at his sister Da Qiao, wanting to ask for help.
But Da Qiao's eyes were very sharp, looking like a warning.
Reluctantly, he had no choice but to nod his head in submission.
"I... know..."
Liu Zhang raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a lewd smile.
"In that case, don't waste time."
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