Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 138 Gifts from Our Ancestors

There is no doubt that Zhou Tai's action of letting Xing Daorong go was very important.

If he had not released Xing Daorong back then, there would be no way Liu Bei would have failed in the Baiyi Crossing the River plan today.

Of course, Liu Bei was also a considerate person. If Zhou Tai had any ordinary request, he would agree to it without hesitation.

But the act of crossing the river in white clothes was really too much, and it was really hard for Liu Bei to look at it in a good light.

At that moment, he said to Zhuge Jin without any politeness, "The Marquis of Wu and I made an alliance to fight against Cao Cao together, and even arranged for my younger sister to marry. Although he later tried to imprison me in Jiangdong, I was concerned about the overall situation and never had any grudges against him!"

"The Marquis of Wu...does not know how to show gratitude, and instead repays kindness with hatred, and launches a surprise attack on Jingzhou. How despicable!"

"I am now counterattacking Jiaozhou, just to fight back. How can he ask me to withdraw my troops?"

Liu Bei was really angry.

When facing Zhuge Jin, he did not give him any face and just started cursing at him.

Zhuge Jin sighed, "Marquis Wu believes that we should put the general situation first. I only ask the King of Hanzhong to be magnanimous and resist the foreign enemies together! Marquis Wu..."

"boom!"

Before Zhuge Jin could finish his words, Liu Bei interrupted him by slamming the table.

But he said: "The Lord of Wu knows a lot of principles, but what he did is shameful. Could it be that my General Xing has planned this in advance? I am afraid that it is still unknown who will control Jingzhou today..."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Jin and Zhou Tai looked at Xing Daorong.

But this guy just had a solemn look on his face, and didn't even look at this person, as if he had long forgotten the kindness Zhou Tai had shown him.

But how could Xing Daorong forget!
However, at this moment when Liu Bei was negotiating with Jiangdong, he naturally could not show any goodwill, so as not to ruin the negotiation atmosphere.

I can't be the breakthrough point!

That's why he looks so cold.

Zhuge Jin sighed as he looked at him, but said, "King of Hanzhong, Marquis Wu is sincere in negotiating peace, please think twice."

Liu Bei's face was filled with anger, and he said in a cold voice: "This matter still needs to be discussed, you wait for a few days."

Zhuge Jin had no choice but to nod and leave.

Defeated on the battlefield, I can only feel aggrieved at the negotiation table...

This is an eternal truth.

...

Liu Bei did not have a good face towards Zhuge Jin, but he still needed to consider the issue of peace.

The balance between the three countries is delicate.

Especially when Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were all alive, they restrained and restricted each other, and it was difficult for one of them to face the combined forces of the other two.

You can say that Cao Cao was indeed powerful, but since Liu Bei and Sun Quan were both determined to attack him, he couldn't withstand it.

Not to mention Liu Bei, who only had Jing and Yi, there was no way he could face the combined forces of Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

Therefore, both Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng said that peace should be negotiated with Jiangdong.

However, we still need to think carefully about how to negotiate peace.

At that moment, Fa Zheng said, "King of Hanzhong, there are seven counties in Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhi and Yulin counties are close to Yizhou. But if Jiaozhi is taken, Jiuzhen and Rinnan counties will also be separated, and Sun Quan will definitely not agree."

"Why not take Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, three prefectures and twenty-two counties?"

"These three counties have mines that can be used to forge weapons."

Zhuge Liang said: "Jiuzhen and Rinnan have many Luoyue people. Sun Quan did not appoint many officials to these two places, but just let them go. If we ask for these two places, I think they will definitely be able to help us." "But I'm afraid it will be troublesome to educate them in the future."

Cui Yan also said: "It is difficult to educate the barbarians in this chaotic world. It is better to take the Yulin County."

"Ever since Emperor Wu sent General Fu Bo to lead his army south, the Yulin County has been under the control of the Han Dynasty for three hundred years. It is easy to educate and can be put to great use."

Xing Daorong listened at the side and nodded slightly, but this nod was not to Cui Yan's words, but to Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che.

After arriving in this era, he finally understood why Liu Che had been spoken of so highly by successive generations.

In fact, his distant attack on the Huns, forcing them to migrate to the desert, and his dispatching of Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to communicate with the Han Dynasty and the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions were only part of his glorious imperial resume.

He conquered Minyue, Dong'ou, Nanyue, and Wei's Korea, managed the Southwestern Yi, and established counties in their territories.

The Enfeoffment Order was promulgated, the Zuoguan Law and Supplementary Law were formulated, and the princes were strictly prohibited from participating in politics.
Although he was indeed superstitious about gods and immortals and was keen on Fengshan and suburban sacrifices, his achievements, especially in expanding territory, had a huge impact.

It can even be said that it directly influenced the progress of the entire Chinese nation.

Such achievements are indeed worthy of people's admiration thousands of years later.

Today, he heard that some people looked down on Jiuzhen and Rinan counties. Xing Daorong suddenly felt something and stepped forward and said, "King of Hanzhong, although the world is in chaos today, the foundation of our ancestors cannot be underestimated. Although Jiuzhen and Rinan have many Luoyue people, they have been part of our Han territory for a long time. If we ignore them, wouldn't we be abandoning our ancestors' foundation?"

"If you dare to rebel, I will lead the army to kill you, and I will have no worries."

Liu Bei was very interested and asked, "Zi Yu, I didn't know you valued that border area so much."

Xing Daorong said: "The hardship and fatigue we endure today are only for the sake of future generations. If we don't do it today, won't our descendants blame us for losing our ancestral territory?"

Liu Bei didn't particularly care about this sentence, but Xing Daorong's sincere expression made Liu Bei hesitate.

After thinking for a while, he said, "All under heaven belongs to the king. So I ask Sun Quan to hand over Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and twenty-two counties of Rinnan, and then we will reconcile with Sun Quan."

Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, Zhuge Liang stepped forward and said, "In this case, we should have made an agreement with Jiangdong long ago and negotiated peace with them before attacking Cao Cao again."

Seeing that Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, and Xing Daorong all agreed, Liu Bei said, "Okay! Let's spare Sun Quan for now. We will have another chance to march east in the future!"

Everyone bowed and praised Liu Bei for his wisdom.

After Xing Daorong finished his discussion, he was planning to go back and study the Bagua diagram again. Unexpectedly, halfway back, he was stopped by someone.

It was none other than Zhou Tai.

He knew exactly why Zhou Tai was looking for him, but he was moved and walked up to him with enthusiasm, "Brother Youping! It's been a while!"

"We met in the palace earlier. We each serve our own masters and it was difficult to greet each other. Now that I have some free time, I wanted to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come first."

Zhou Tai's expression was a little conflicted at first, but he didn't expect Xing Daorong to be so enthusiastic, and he was slightly stunned for a moment.

Subconsciously, he responded, "General Xing, it's been a long time since we last met."

As soon as he said that, Xing Daorong pulled his hand and said, "Come on, come on, we haven't seen each other for a while, so we should catch up."

As he said this, he ran all the way, without any sense of strangeness at all.

At present, Xing Daorong does not have a good reputation in Jiangdong. After all, he defeated Lu Meng and can be said to be a thorn in the eyes of Jiangdong.

But to be honest, the people who really hated Xing Daorong were only Sun Quan and a few generals. Among the Jiangdong noble families, their attitude towards Xing Daorong was quite good.

But don’t forget that Xing Daorong had a good relationship with Lu Ji and others in the pavilion back then.

As for Zhou Tai himself
As for Xing Daorong personally, he really doesn't have too many evil thoughts.

Born as a pirate, he knew that there was no mercy on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)