I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 572 Cao Cao wants to negotiate peace

"How many troops did Guan Yu bring to the battle?"

"Go back to the general, there are about a thousand people!"

"A thousand people?"

When Sun Jian heard this amount, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

Guan Yu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Liu Jian is a hero among men. How could such a combination send a mere 1000 people to fight him?

There must be something going on here!

"Hang the war-free card and don't fight!"

Sun Jian immediately ordered.

Huang Gai said to Sun Jian from the side: "The enemy came to challenge us, and they only attracted a thousand people. If we don't fight, the morale of our army will be lowered."

Sun Jian shook his head and said: "You only know the first one, but not the second. What kind of person is Liu Jian? How can he easily implement a method that will lead to defeat? That Guan Yunchang is a fierce general who travels across the desert and has repeatedly fought against foreigners."

"Hanzhou in the Han Dynasty was developed by this man. Our army has nearly [-] soldiers here, but the other army only brought a thousand soldiers to call for battle. Think about it for yourself, is there nothing in this? A trick?"

When Huang Gai heard this, he smacked his lips and didn't say much.

In fact, Huang Gai felt that even if the opponent had a conspiracy, it would not be a big deal. As long as Sun Jian sent out his troops to repel Guan Yu and did not pursue him deeply, it would not be a big deal.

However, Huang Gai did not know Liu Jian after all. Although he had heard of Liu Jian's name, he had no contact with Liu Jian.

Sun Jian had known Liu Jian in the past, and Sun Jian had also fought against the Yellow Turbans with Liu Xian. Huang Gai felt that since Sun Jian thought Liu Jian had a plan, there might be something wrong here.

At the same time, Guan Yu was challenging Sun Jian outside his camp.

Seeing that he had so few soldiers and horses, but Sun Jian ordered his people to put up the no-war card, Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny.

It seems that the big victory against Cao Ren last night really made Sun Jian doubtful.

Sun Jian is a good warrior, and he understands that it is not appropriate for him to fight the opponent casually before he understands everything.

However, the main reason is probably because his brother Liu Jian was known to Sun Jian in Xuzhou.

Sun Jian doesn’t know if it’s true or not…

Guan Yu was no longer anxious. He just stroked his beard and stationed his horse outside Sun Jian's camp, letting his soldiers scold him.

After cursing for an hour, Guan Yu immediately ordered his troops to retreat.

Soon, Zhang Fei came again with his troops.

Although Zhang Fei was injured, he still had a stronger sense of combat than Guan Yu.

He seemed to be deliberately challenging Sun Jian's bottom line. He asked these thousand soldiers to curse loudly and loudly in front of Sun Jian's camp. Anyway, the curses were as unpleasant as they wanted to be heard.

The most bottomless kind of scolding.

But what surprised everyone was that even if Zhang Fei let his men be defeated in Sun Jian's camp and scolded him like this, Sun Jian would remain indifferent.

I really don’t know the truth.

Now Sun Jian no matter how much Zhang Fei scolds me, I will remain unmoved.

Soon after Zhang Fei withdrew, Cheng Pu led a thousand soldiers and horses to call for formation outside Sun Jian's camp.

The more frequently Liu Jian changed people to call for battle in front of Sun Jian's camp, the more Sun Jian felt that his guess was correct. Liu Jian's purpose of sending soldiers and horses to call for battle was not to fight with him, but for another conspiracy.

After about two days of this, Liu Jian and Liu Bei's troops and horses were almost ready, and the food, grass and baggage were already moving in the direction of Xuzhou.

Therefore, Liu Jian immediately withdrew his troops and allowed the team to slowly move towards the northern border of Xuzhou.

After Sun Jian learned that Liu Jian had withdrawn, he originally intended to pursue him, but after careful consideration, he felt that there was no harm in being careful, so he sent someone to check it out. The result was that Liu Jian did not have many troops behind him.

After some serious thinking, Sun Jian felt that this was another trick by Liu Jian to lure troops to fight, so he gave up the pursuit.

I have to say that Sun Jian's consideration was indeed right this time.

Because Liu Jian was really tight on the outside and tight on the inside, he arranged his troops and horses, ready to attack Sun Jian at any time.

According to Liu Jian's understanding of Sun Jian, after Sun Jian knew that he had taken turns to challenge him, and then walked to Xuzhou, he must have been furious and felt that he had been insulted, so he should have sent troops to pursue him.

After all, Sun Jian is not a good person. Like Zhang Fei, he is a pure militant.

But it's obvious that Sun Jian has made some progress than he thought. At this moment, he is no longer a strong general who can only run rampant.

Obviously, Sun Jian is now far from ordinary people. Not only can he charge on the battlefield, but he also knows how to strategize.

The Tigers have indeed begun to develop into a famous general.

Since Sun Jian was not ambushed, then he should not be ambushed. Anyway, this was not a big loss to Liu Jian.

Defeating Cao Ren and capturing Cao Chun alive was enough to make the Hebei army famous in the south of the Yangtze River.So Liu Jian immediately led his troops back to Xuzhou.

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At this moment, the supporting troops of Langya King Liu Rong and Xiao Jian had arrived in the southern territory of Xuzhou.

They originally wanted to go straight to Yixian to support Liu Jian, but Liu Jian sent someone to inform Xiao Jian in advance not to go directly to Peng Chengguo, and let Xiao Jian lead his troops to station near Xiapi State.

Xiao Jian was puzzled, but he still followed Liu Jian's instructions.

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At this time, Zhou Yu was taking advantage of the power of victory to seize the local cities in Guangling Kingdom.

Of course, Zhou Yu did not forget to understand the situation on Cao Ren's side at all times.

But I never expected that there had been no major changes in the situation in Yixian, but on this day, news suddenly came that Cao Ren's troops were defeated.

After all, Zhou Yu was still very young. After hearing the news of Cao Ren's defeat, he was almost so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

"How is it possible? Why did the deputy governor suddenly suffer a defeat?"

Ling Cao stood below Zhou Yu and said helplessly: "It is said that Liu Deran arrived here. He sent troops to attack from inside and outside. Together with Liu Bei, he opened a passage in the deputy governor's camp and defeated the deputy governor."

"What? Liu Jian?"

When Zhou Yu heard this, he suddenly became excited.

"I heard that Liu Deran is the No. 1 general of the Han Dynasty."

"Now that he is here, I am willing to meet him."

Ling Cao heard this and said hurriedly: "Captain, you must not do it. Liu Deran is here in person. I don't know how many troops he has led. We need to be careful... Besides, if we want to fight Liu Deran, we need permission from Ming Gong. If How can we easily start a war with Liu Jian when Duke Wu Ming agrees?"

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and felt it made sense.

Then he said: "Let me inform Duke Ming of everything happening here."

"Report!"

At this moment, a shout reached Zhou Yu's ears.

But it was Jiangdong Army's scouts who came to report important matters.

"Say!"

"Captain, there is a troop of about thousands of soldiers and horses displayed on the border of Xiapi Kingdom. They are just stationed in Xiapi territory and there are no other changes."

"Captain Cao on the front line specifically asked his subordinates to report the matter to the Governor and ask the Governor to make a decision."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu showed a rather solemn expression on his face.

He stood up and walked back and forth twice in the big tent.

Then he said: "It seems that there are forces we don't know about in the northern border of Xuzhou that are secretly helping Liu Deran. It seems that Liu Deran's potential strength and his allies are beyond our imagination."

"If Tao Qian is the only one in Xuzhou, it will be easy to deal with."

"But now Liu Jian has also come here from Hebei."

"As a result, it's hard to say where things will go in Xuzhou."

"Report!"

Just when Zhou Yu was hesitating, another scout suddenly shouted loudly.

"speak!"

Zhou Yu ordered the people who had just entered the commander's tent.

"Grand Governor, General Ming Gong ordered the Grand Governor to take back the counties in Guangling and hold his troops still."

"The Ming Dynasty will send people to negotiate peace with Liu Jian."

"Peace?!"

Zhou Yu had a surprised look on his face after hearing this.

"Negotiating peace at this time?!"

The man hurriedly said: "Yes, Ming Gong said that he is familiar with Liu Deran and knows Liu Deran's character. This peace negotiation is in line with his intention!"

(End of this chapter)