"Tao Xuzhou was promoted to the governor of Xuzhou and occupied Xuzhou. He was already a prince when he challenged Dong. Now several years have passed, and Xuzhou under his jurisdiction has no longer been stable. On the contrary, it has become more impoverished and chaotic, and there have been uprising and rebel generals. Xuan."
"You and I both know that it is common for ordinary people to dare to call themselves bandits if they rebel from a prefecture or county. However, places like Xiapi are surrounded by enemies on all sides and have no natural dangers to defend. Moreover, they are far away from the mountains. How can you, Xuzhou, escape from the mountains? He calls himself emperor in this place? Isn’t he seeking death?!”
"How can a person be so stupid? If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. There must be someone behind the scenes. Tao Qian used this puppet to take the opportunity to enter our Yanzhou territory. His heart is to be punished. If there is no different intention, why is the alliance territory also Want to invade? Putting aside all this, he governed Xuzhou for three years and managed to create a rebel?"
"Tao Xuzhou would be unruly if he did not do so, and he would be incompetent if he did not do so. The two of you coming here to beg for surrender are just seeing that the situation is tilted, so you want to hide the rebellion."
Zhang Han's cold words were sonorous and powerful. Before Xi Zhi, who was sitting in the main seat, could speak, he drank the two of them until they were weak. He didn't know how to reply for a while.
Only Chen Deng put his hands behind his back and clasped his wrists tightly to swallow his anger. After a long time, he said "I want to punish you", and then sneered silently.
On the other hand, Sun Qian looked as usual, even smiling slightly. After waiting for a long time, he raised his hands and saluted: "May I ask, who is sir?"
"The district military chief is Zhang Han."
"I understand what Mr. Zhang said. Anyone who does great things has the name of being a military official. It is understandable that Duke Cao used this name to resolve the military chaos in Yanzhou. However, we did get the military report. Que Xuan's remnant party fled to Yanzhou. Just now Hurry to catch up."
"What a coincidence, so are we!" Zhang Han immediately became happy, "I have Xuzhou scouts here who rebelled, and I personally led the team to surrender. Only then did I realize that Tao Qian was plotting to usurp the Han Dynasty and establish itself, so I immediately sent troops to attack. I have human and material evidence. All present."
"Tsk," Chen Deng was stunned on the side, and his face became even colder. Out of politeness, he gritted his teeth and endured it without saying a word.
You have some damn personal and physical evidence! There is no such thing as proof or not, so where is the notarization from above?
It is difficult for the emperor to protect himself, and there are so many thieves in the world! Officials and bureaucracies have been reduced to wasteland. If you just pull out a few people, wouldn't it be enough to convict them arbitrarily?
If you continue talking about this section, I'm afraid you won't want to negotiate a peace!
I'm afraid Cao Cao sent a madman to humiliate us.
Sun Qian glanced at Chen Deng out of the corner of his eye, took a deep breath and calmed down instantly, smiled and held his hands in his hands: "Do you want Chief Zhang to bring out the witnesses and physical evidence for a look?"
"It's inconvenient to invite him out. I will take him with me when the city is destroyed or when the emperor comes to check." Zhang Han folded his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, with his back to the two of them, looking enigmatic.
Xi Zhicai, who was in the main seat, was about to lift his buttocks, but now he is sitting firmly again.
This Bochang, the Lord thought he would be hesitant, but now it seems that this is not a good thing. Step by step, the conversation has been pushed to the edge of the cliff from the moment they met. Whether it is collapse or peace, it all depends on their thoughts. .
Even if it collapses, it doesn't matter. It's just a matter of fighting a few more battles. Although our army has suffered losses, it will be difficult to defend Xiapi for a long time.
Hearing this, Sun Qian frowned, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said to Zhang Han: "Master Zhang, there is indeed a traitor in Xiapi, but he is not my master."
He then bowed to Xi Zhicai, who was sitting on the main seat, and said, "This one should be offering wine. I have something to say that I have to say now."
Xi Zhicai raised his eyelids slightly and said expressionlessly: "Just say it."
"Among the Quexuan rebels, there are figures from the Xiapi wealthy family, and among them, the common people and merchants also provide a lot of funding. I generally know these things, so Master Zhang is indeed not talking nonsense."
"This battle is really a misunderstanding. We marched into Yanzhou too hastily, and Duke Cao misunderstood our lord too deeply, so we were suspected of fighting. Yuanlong and I are here to explain this matter."
"Although Mr. Cao came here due to misunderstanding, on the one hand, he wanted to kill the remaining bandits and bandits in our territory and defend the city territory; on the other hand, our army rushed into Yanzhou without having time to show its advance, thus wasting troops and money. Therefore, our Lord is willing to give Duke Cao’s army is provided with 30,000 dan, and he will give another 20,000 dan after the autumn harvest.”
"At the same time, I will hand over the remnants of the merchants and wealthy families to Duke Cao, except for Xiapi and Pengcheng. I will not bother Duke Cao to guard it for our lord. The bandits in Xuzhou are very scattered. If we send troops and horses from far away to guard, it will only increase the burden on Yanzhou. , and we don’t know the situation in Xuzhou, they may attack at any time.”
"But apart from these two places, Xiaopei has many ethnic groups and is located on the border. I would like to ask Duke Cao to help guard it. My lord will give horses, grain, gold and silver as a reward."
The businessman's way of talking has already laid out part of the compensation for the settlement in very comfortable terms.
After Sun Qian paused for a while, he sighed deeply and looked at the sky: "Alas, this disaster was all caused by Que Xuan, who provoked the two armies to fight, resulting in countless casualties and making the city river stop flowing. , how tragic it is, how can we bear to ignore the common people after seeing it?"
"I think we should inform the prefectures and counties about Que Xuan's deeds to deter disloyal thieves. Then we should go to the Chang'an court to inform Duke Cao of his loyalty to the emperor and the country, and how difficult it is for our lord to quell the chaos and control the territory."
Well, this time a big pot was also placed on the dead body, and everyone was happy.
As long as you agree and discuss the details of the so-called "reward for the army", this battle can end with dignity. Anyway, we are all noble and great, so the whole Quexuan family who rushed to the street have firmly shouldered the blame.
Sun Qian just said something very good - guarding with distant troops only increases Yanzhou's burden.
This statement seems to be talking about the many thieves and bandits, but it actually expresses the embarrassment of Boss Cao now.
He could pile down Xiapi with his bravery and fearless death, but it would be difficult to hold on for a long time. Moreover, Yanzhou is not yet completely stable, and Nanyang Yuan Shu is always watching behind him.
As for Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, there were faint signs of being in the same camp, or they had long been members of the same faction in the alliance.
If we fight to the end, we can't determine the outcome, but it will definitely be ten times more difficult than the current situation.
Zhang Han originally thought that he would have to exchange a few curse words and provoke a verbal quarrel between the two parties before they could talk on a level level.
Unexpectedly, Sun Qian's words were all resolved.
"As expected of Sun Gongyou," Zhang Han suddenly relaxed. When several people looked at him, his face was already filled with a relaxed smile.
Sun Qian and Chen Deng both looked at each other in surprise, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly changed.
"Does Master Zhang recognize me?"
Sun Qian asked curiously.
Zhang Han stood still, bowed, raised his hands, and said: "Sun Bie learned from the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, he is graceful and graceful, and he is respected in the world."
He looked at Chen Deng again and said: "Chen Yuanlong rarely has the ambition to help the world and benefit the people, but in the long run he has a political reputation for his wonderful strategies to stabilize the country. Both of them are great talents in Xuzhou. Although they are vulgar and shallow, how can they do it?" Don’t know?”
"Ashamed..." Chen Deng was suddenly praised like this, but he had no idea about the reputation and past of the man in front of him. Moreover, he looked completely different from what he had just said, so he was deliberately testing.
No, what is this about trying to negotiate with him? ! Isn't this just because Sun Qian gave in to his heart and stopped making things difficult for him?
This person, this person...should be just shameless! Shameless! His expression changed immediately when he saw the benefits.
Although I don't know what his past is or what his talents are, I know one thing now: this man has a face as thick as a city wall horse's face, and he won't even blush because of it.
Zhang Han and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and smiled, then turned around and cupped their hands, saying: "You two have come a long way. Now that you have cleared up your misunderstanding, we are having a banquet in the army in the evening. I would like to ask you for something." What the Lord really wants.”
Chen Deng and Sun Qian were both stunned. These words were a bit unfathomable. The city, money, food, horses and people were all given, and they even had fame and achievements.
Judging from what he meant, these are not what Cao Cao wants most, so what does he want?
"Okay, I'd like to hear the details."
The two of them were also made a little helpless. From the time they entered the account until now, although their words were decent and the scene was harmonious, they were always led by the other party.
…
Inside Pengcheng Mansion.
Cao Cao's banquet dispersed, leaving only an old man who had a deep conversation with him. From time to time, laughter could be heard, and the conversation was very pleasant.
"Gong Cao is benevolent and righteous, treats the people with kindness, and treats the people of Xuzhou with generosity, which makes the old man admire him." Duke Gan was wearing a khaki robe, with most of his hair white, and he had a pleasant smile and spoke kindly.
"Now I can meet Duke Cao. I know that he has great ambitions and can act according to benevolence, justice and virtue. It's rare."
Cao Cao hurriedly waved his hand, "Gong Gan made a false compliment. Cao Cao was born in troubled times. He was not competitive by nature and only wanted to fight. It was really helpless to enter Xuzhou this time, let alone anger the people. He just wanted the people of Xuzhou to be more friendly. The government should not cause people to be displaced by war."
"Alas, what Mr. Cao said came from the bottom of his heart, making me ashamed. All the princes in the world are fighting for fame and wealth, trying to bring trouble to the world. Only you, Mr. Cao, are dedicated to supporting the Han people and abandoning your family and life just for the sake of righteousness. This is how you chased the Dong thief. , this is how I entered Xuzhou today."
As it turned out, we, the Xuzhou nobles, were wary of making friends with him because of our origins. We followed the trend because of the contemptuous attitude of other nobles and also despised Cao Cao.
In fact, only after seeing him do you know that this person has great talents. I don't know whether he can bring peace to the troubled times, but he must have the ability to settle down in one place and make the people peaceful.
Today is no longer the time when eunuchs were in power, nor is it the time when famous families were in their prime. Times have changed, and heroes have emerged in large numbers.
"Dong Gan, during the hundreds of years of our reign, Xiaopei was divided into Xuzhou and Yanzhou several times. Judging from the terrain, Xiaopei was still close to Yanzhou after all. Now Cao Cao has suppressed the rebellion in the Pei and Pengcheng areas. The people are poor and determined to govern this place, and they hope that Duke Gan can help them."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say..." Mr. Gan smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, "In addition to helping Mr. Cao with his family property, I can also introduce a few people. At the same time, I can tell Mr. Cao about the current situation in Xuzhou..."
The two looked at each other and smiled, understanding each other.
Cao Cao knew clearly in his heart that this person's words could be used as a guide within Xuzhou. If he remembers correctly, Tao Qian should have been recommended by Duke Gan.
His connections and knowledge were used in Xuzhou, which was excellent.
…
Cao Jun's military camp, the host tent hosted a banquet.
Because they agreed with each other, Zhang Han ran over and sat next to Sun Qian. After getting slightly drunk, the two of them were talking about something, arms around each other, and laughing from ear to ear.
Sun Qian himself is friendly, and his smile makes him even more kind.
"Haha... Bo Chang was so complimentary! I have little talent and little knowledge, but I only got this name with my wealth and financial support."
"Brother Gongyou, you are so humble!" Zhang Han laughed heartily and patted him on the shoulder, "With a talent like this, I can be entrusted with all external relations, my words can determine a state or a county, and my wealth can only pave the way."
These few pats made Sun Qian tremble all over, his shoulders hurt, and his forehead started to sweat.
Can you please stay away from me... These few moves may seem easy and natural, but the strength is not that great.
