The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 265 Full of Pets ([-])

Man Chong was overjoyed, and asked again: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness. The second question, can you really let our army withdraw without any conditions?"

Liu Chan thought for a while, and felt that Cao Jun should not be taken advantage of like this. He pretended to be a little distressed and said, "Well, when we do things between you and me, you always have to consider the gains and losses. Since this son let you leave safely, you always have to Give me something in return, otherwise it will be difficult for me to explain to Guan Junhou and my father! Besides, General Man Chong said just now that Governor Cao Ren attaches great importance to the lives of soldiers, so in order to protect soldiers, Governor Cao Ren should be willing to pay the corresponding amount costly."

Man Chong was already prepared for Liu Chan's repentance, so he was not too surprised, not to mention that Liu Chan's actions were not too much.But since I'm here to negotiate, I naturally have to argue hard.

Man Chong then said angrily: "Chong thought that the son was a benevolent gentleman, but he didn't want to be a person who valued profit more than trust! How could you easily break the promise?"

Liu Chan sneered and said, "General Man Chong, what you said is completely wrong. You should know that at that time on Futuan Mountain, Governor Cao Ren did not agree to my proposal to let you safely withdraw from Fancheng. That is to say , My original promises have already expired at that time. If you bring up the old matter now, I will of course have to reconsider it based on the current situation. General Man Chong, isn’t that the reason?”

Man Chong was blushed by Liu Chan's words, secretly hated Liu Chan for his sharp teeth, and said: "Even so, Liu Yizhou, the king of Hanzhong, has always been famous for his benevolence and righteousness. The son of the world should take it as his father, and should not be self-sufficient. Xiaoli!"

This Man Chong is really eloquent, and he actually used Liu Bei's righteousness to suppress Liu Chan.

Liu Chan smiled and said: "Pursuing benevolence and righteousness is of course the code of conduct for my generation. But General Man Chong, my father's benevolence and righteousness are based on kindness to the people, not on unprincipled compromises with the enemy. Yes. Now I let you leave safely, but I didn’t get any benefit, how can I explain to the soldiers who followed me to fight to the death, and to my father?”

Man Chong was immediately speechless by Liu Chan's words. After a long silence, he cupped his hands and said, "This matter is of great importance. This time, the last general is only here on behalf of Governor Cao Ren, and he cannot casually agree to the reward proposed by the prince."

Liu Chan chuckled twice and said, "It's okay. After you go back, tell Governor Cao that our army is short of horses. Please Governor Cao give me all your cavalry mounts as a souvenir of this battle." .”

Cao Wei's cavalry is indeed quite a lot. Now there are at least 1000 good horses in Fancheng. In terms of value alone, they are worth at least tens of thousands of gold.For Liu Beijun, who has always been short of war horses, its value is even more inestimable.Maybe, after Cao Wei was stabbed, Cao Ren and Man Chong would even be accused of collaborating with and supporting the enemy.

Man Chong couldn't help saying angrily: "Liu Shizi, your appetite is too big!"

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "General Man Chong, since you have no right to negotiate with me about remuneration, then you only need to take my words back and report to Governor Cao. So, I won't talk to you about this now." It's a waste of time." He actually directly refused to discuss this matter and continued to negotiate with Man Chong.

Man Chong resented Liu Chan's lion in his heart, but he had said before that he had no right to deal with this matter. If he continued to argue now, wouldn't he slap himself in the mouth?
Man Chong had no choice but to say: "If that's the case, then Chong will bid farewell."

But Liu Chan stopped Man Chong and said, "General Man Chong, go slowly. I still have something to say here!"

Man Chong had no choice but to stop, turned around and asked, "What else can Mr. Liu say?"

Liu Chan coughed twice and said, "It's like this. Since your army is sincerely willing to give up Fancheng, you must act as if you are sincere."

Man Chong wondered: "How can we be sincere?"

Liu Chan said: "First of all, your army must retreat in strict accordance with the marching route provided by our army. I will send troops to closely monitor your movements along the way; secondly, when you retreat, each soldier can only carry the necessary dry food and A weapon."

Man Chong was really shocked at this time, Liu Chan's conditions were so harsh, it was too detrimental to his side.

Man Chong immediately retorted: "Liu Shizi, if our army agrees to your two conditions, once you walk out of Fancheng, the road will completely become a fish on your board-once you no longer keep your promise to our army, launch an attack If so, how can our army protect its own safety?"

Liu Chan waved his hand and said with a smile: "General Man Chong, don't be so excited. You are always thinking about guarding against our army, so why don't our army have doubts about your army? I sent an army to monitor you, and I will never approach you. It's just following and monitoring all the way. After you have crossed the river, you can set fire to the bridge. As for the fact that you may become powerless to fight back against our army's attack, it is obviously not true. I It is precisely to make you feel at ease, which is why you proposed to let your soldiers leave with a weapon each."

Man Chong sighed and said: "Man Chong really has no right to make decisions about these conditions. Let Dudu Cao decide when I take them back..."

Liu Chan smiled slightly, stood up from his seat and said, "That's very good. Then I will send General Man Chong out of the camp." Liu Chan walked down the middle hall and walked out of the handsome hall with Man Chong.

Liu Chan and Ma Liang sent Man Chong to the gate of Daying before they parted from Man Chong.At this time, it was night, only a small white spot remained in the western sky, and the moon and stars had already risen into the sky.

Only then did Ma Liang ask, "My lord, aren't the conditions you raised just now too harsh? Will Cao Ren agree?"

Liu Chan smiled slightly: "Mr. Ma, the so-called negotiation is not a bargaining like buying vegetables in a vegetable market, but a mutual compromise between both parties. How could it be possible to achieve the results that both parties want without you coming and going to argue a few times?" ?”

Ma Liang hesitated: "Then how many times will the prince want to discuss with them?"

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Now it's not something I want to discuss a few times, but Cao Ren probably doesn't have time to bargain with me again and again. Didn't you see just now when I said that there might be a mutiny in Fancheng last night? At that time, did you Manchong that extremely ugly face?"

Ma Liang nodded and said, "Oh, it turned out that there was a riot in Fancheng last night, so Cao Ren was so eager to send Man Chong to negotiate with the prince to withdraw from Fancheng!"

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Exactly. So now I can be sure that Cao Ren will agree to most of the conditions I put forward!"

Ma Liang was amazed in his heart, the son's grasp of the enemy's psychology was beyond his reach!

In fact, Liu Chan was still thinking about another thing.Now he was not afraid at all that Cao Ren would continue to stay in Fancheng and be his coward.Because the fluctuating morale of the Cao army in Fancheng has now been confirmed, if he led the army to besiege on three sides, the possibility of attacking must be extremely high.

——Cao Ren, ah, Cao Ren, you would never have imagined that sending out a Man Chong would show me so many things, would you? !
Liu Chan thought.

Then, he walked back to the camp with Ma Liang.What he wants to do most now is to rush back to his camp, and lie down on the couch to sleep soundly!
(End of this chapter)