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Chapter 651 Peace Negotiation
The two fought for more than twenty rounds, and Hua Rong turned his horse around and rode away.

Xu Jing saw this and shouted, "You little thief, you can't beat me, let's get someone else."

Hua Rong turned his horse around and wanted to fight again, but he saw gongs and drums sounding and three riders galloping out. When he looked over, they were three female generals.

One of them was tall, wearing golden chain mail, a phoenix-wing helmet, front and back breastplates, dressed in green, riding a green-maned horse, wielding two sun and moon swords. She was none other than [Yi Zhang Qing] Hu Sanniang.

The one at the top, wearing a Phoenix-winged Cloud Helmet, a suit of silver chain mail, riding a rouge horse, holding a pear blossom spear, with a Tayuan Treasure Carved Bow and a pot of carved feather wolf tooth arrows on the horse. She is the [Female Flying Guard] Chen Liqing.

The one at the bottom, wearing a gold-thread lotus leaf helmet, chain mail and plum blossom armor, riding an iron-backed and silver-maned horse bestowed by the emperor, holding two swords, and with a birch-bark carved bow and a pot of white-feather chisel arrows on her horse. She is none other than [Ma Shang Jiao] Tu Qiao.

Chen Liqing shouted loudly: "General Hua, take a break and watch me catch it."

After saying that, he rode forward and stabbed Xu Jing in the heart with his pear blossom spear. Xu Jing saw that it was a young lady and shouted, "Is there no one in Liangshan? You are sending a young woman to fight."

Seeing that Chen Liqing was coming fiercely, Xu Jing put away his contempt and went forward with the copper stick in his hand.

The two fought for more than thirty rounds without a clear winner.

On the tower, Gao Qiu saw this and said to Wang Huan and the others, "This young lady is the daughter of Chen Xizhen, and a member of the bandit leader's family. If we can capture her, we can definitely bring back Han Jiedu."

After that, he pointed at Hu Sanniang and Tu Qiao and said, "Those two must be the bandit leader's family members."

Wang Huan heard this and said, "We lost a battle yesterday, and today he tricked Han Jiedu into giving us a chance. If we can't defeat him, wouldn't the heroes of the world think that the ten Jiedus like us are just people who got the title for nothing?"

Having said that, he was about to ride out to fight.

The tower that had not yet been lowered saw another change on the battlefield. It was Hu Sanniang who saw that Chen Liqing was unable to defeat her after a long battle, so she shouted, "Sister, take a break. I will capture him."

Hu Sanniang raised her two swords and started slashing.

Xu Jing left Chen Liqing and went to fight Hu Sanniang.

On this side, Wang Huan had already ridden out of the city. When Tu Qiao saw him, he rode forward.

After fighting for less than twenty rounds, Tu Qiao was already defeated. Seeing this, Chen Liqing rushed forward and attacked Wang Huan together.

The three men formed a T-shape and fought in front of the formation. Wang Huan fought against Tu Qiao and Chen Liqing without any fear.

On the other side, Hu Sanniang and Xu Jing had been fighting for more than thirty rounds. Hu Sanniang separated her two swords, turned her horse around and left.

Xu Jing wanted to show off his merits, so he rode over. Hu Sanniang secretly hung her two swords on the saddle, took out the red brocade lasso from under her robe, waited for Xu Jing to get close on his horse, turned around, and threw the lasso into the air.

Although Xu Jing was shocked, he remained calm and raised the copper stick in his hand into the air. However, he did not expect that the lasso was not under any force and the golden hook had already wrapped around it. Xu Jing was still struggling, and the golden hook was wrapped around him even tighter. Hu Sanniang pulled hard and dragged Xu Jing off the horse.

Hua Rong, who was in charge of the battle, saw this, rushed over and captured Xu Jing.

There was thunderous cheering in Liangshan Town.

Wang Huan saw this secretly and was very angry. He fought hard to rescue her, but was stopped by Chen Liqing and Tu Qiao.

Gao Qiu, who was on the city wall, saw this and couldn't stop stepping on the ground.

Zhang Kai wanted to leave, but Gao Qiu stopped him.

Hua Rong escorted Xu Jing back to the battlefield, but Hu Sanniang rode forward and, together with Chen Liqing and the other two, surrounded Wang Huan.

Wang Huan cheered up and became stronger and stronger.

After fighting for more than ten rounds, a gong was struck in the Liangshan formation. Chen Liqing and the other two heard it and turned their horses to the side.

Chen Liqing shouted, "Old General, I will spare you today, and we will fight again tomorrow."

Wang Huan was furious and wanted to step forward, but he thought he was no match for the three girls. But he was unwilling to retreat.

Seeing Hua Rong coming out again, bow and arrow in hand, Wang Huan retreated in anger.

It turned out that Sun Jing received a reply from Tong Guan and was captured by the scouts sent out by Zhao Zhen when he returned to Chuqiu City.

When Zhao Zhen saw Sun Jing, he asked, "Colonel Sun, what do you want to say?"

Sun Jing said, "Sir, I have a letter from the Prime Minister here."

As he spoke, he opened the package on his back and took out a letter.

After seeing this, Zhao Zhen ordered his troops to retreat.

Zhao Zhen said to Sun Jing, "I think you have read my grandfather's letter. Tell the Grand Commandant what it says."

"It is not my intention to go to war. The three states of Jizhou, Shanzhou, and Xuzhou pretended to be bandits and sent troops to attack Yizhou, so I sent troops to resist. This time I defeated the general and wanted to capture him alive, but now that my father-in-law has come forward, I can't just ignore it. Please ask Staff Officer Sun to take the letter to the general. If you can satisfy me, I will let the general go according to what is said in the letter."

After listening to this, Sun Jing nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Zhen sent someone to escort Sun Jing and his entourage out of the camp.

After Sun Jing left, Zhao Zhen invited Wu Yong, Zhu Wu and Liu Hui Niang to come to the big tent to discuss matters.

After showing Tong Guan's letter to the three of them, Zhao Zhen asked, "What do you think?"

Wu Yong smiled and said, "Sir, even if Gao Qiu is captured alive, that would be the best. With more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, seven out of ten have been killed, and all the generals have been killed or wounded. General Gao will definitely agree to what Envoy Tong proposed."

"I think we can agree to this. In this way, not only will we have Shanzhou and Xuzhou in our hands, but we can also take over Zibozhou and Qizhou. Except for Yingtian Prefecture, all of Jingdong and Jingdong will be under your rule."

Zhu Wu said: "Scholar, how can Zibo and Qizhou be obtained in this way?"

Wu Yong said: "I may not be sure about other places, but the governors and military commanders of these two places are all followers of Cai Jing and Gao Qiu. Most of the people in the court are followers of Cai Jing and Gao Qiu, so it is easy for them to cover up the emperor's wisdom."

Liu Hui Niang asked, "Where are the ten military governors?"

Wu Yong said, "In the past, these people would still be taken seriously. Now, of the ten military governors, only Wang Huan and Zhang Kai are left. No one else needs to intervene. Once Gao Qiu returns to the capital, he will definitely punish these two. The officials and officers of Qizhou and Zibo are just right to be assigned to the ten military governors."

In Chuqiu City, Sun Jing went to Gao Qiu to report after entering the city. After hearing what Tong Guan said, Gao Qiu scolded him, "Tong Guan is a treacherous fellow. He sent countless gifts to Liangshan during the conquest of Jiangnan. Now he is still thinking of seeking benefits for Liangshan."

Sun Jing said: "Grand Commander..."

"Humph, we should just put up with him. Go to Zhao Zhen's camp and tell him that I agree with what Envoy Tong said."

After hearing this, Sun Jing did not even take a rest and went out of the city to see Zhao Zhen.

"Colonel Sun, what does the general say?" Wu Yong asked.

Sun Jing said, "This was proposed by Envoy Tong. The Grand Marshal and the Prime Minister have always been on good terms. How could the Grand Marshal not agree to the Prime Minister's proposal? Moreover, the Grand Marshal heard rumors that Shanzhou and Xuzhou were colluding with Fang La in the south of the Yangtze River, which was a serious matter. The Emperor issued an order, so the Grand Marshal had to come."

"It's just that the Grand Commandant has lost many soldiers and generals, and it's hard to explain to the court. I have to ask the pacification minister to cooperate in a play."

(End of this chapter)