The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 654 Fierce confrontation

Liu Chan would receive routine reports from Zong Yu from the Wuling Mountains every day, and the reports could be described as gratifying and worrying.

The good news is that Sha Moke's attitude towards sending troops to help the Shu Han is not as tough as Liu Chan himself expected, but rather ambiguous.

It seems that the conditions that the Soochow side promised to Wuximan originally did not come true under the current situation.Even, in Liu Chan's view, maybe Zhuge Ke just made a promise to Sha Moke indiscriminately at that time, and he had no intention of fulfilling that promise afterwards.

But even so, Wuximan didn't seem to have suffered much from retreating without authorization.After all, Zhuge Ke gave Sha Moke an excellent excuse to retreat from the vicinity of Yuannan City and return to his place of residence.Then, on the way to retreat, they looted Wuling County wantonly, and they probably made a lot of money.

However, what is worrying is that this time, Shamoke is still asking for a lot of money from the Shu Han side. In addition to asking for a lot of property, he actually wants to occupy the territory of Shanyue in Jiangdong near Wuximan.In addition, after the armies of both sides joined forces to conquer Jiangxia County, the wealth of the entire county was given to Wuxi Man as compensation.

When Liu Chan saw Shamoke's excessive request, he lost his temper on the spot and threw the document on the table with force.

The territory of the Shanyue tribe should be said to be very large, and most of them are located in Jiangdong.This samoko really has a big appetite!Occupy other people's territory, then what do you want to do?At that time, I'm afraid it will go to war with the regime of Shu Han, right?
As for plundering the wealth of Jiangxia County?That is something that Liu Chan absolutely cannot agree to.

The national unification war waged by the Shu Han is not the kind of plundering war waged when foreigners invaded the Central Plains!

What's more, the Shu Han must now hold high the banner of morality in order to win a certain amount of popular support.After conquering Jiangxia County, the residents of Jiangxia County became the residents of Shuhan and were protected by Shuhan's army.

Liu Chan has always been in Jingzhou, trying every means to prevent the government from plundering the wealth of the people. How can he let a group of barbarians burn, kill and plunder innocent residents now?If the state cannot guarantee the safety of residents' lives and property, why should the residents support your government?
Therefore, in Liu Chan's view, the condition offered by Shamoke is totally irrelevant.

But Wuximan lived far away from Xiangtan, so it was not easy to get the report. Liu Chan wanted to give Zong Yu a reply in time, so that he would absolutely not allow the lion of Shamoke to speak loudly, but it was actually unfeasible.

However, Liu Chan still believed that Zong Yu should have the consciousness to reject Shamoko.Indulging in plundering people's lives and property is something that only a person with a completely devoid of conscience can do.This is definitely not something that a scholar like Zong Yu should agree to.

Liu Chan thought that otherwise, even if he immediately broke the agreement with Sha Moke, Zong Yu's big head, together with his sharp mouth, would no longer appear in this world.At that time, Zong Yu will be alive.

After all, Zong Yu did not disappoint Liu Chan.With Zong Yu's IQ, it's impossible for him to be stupid enough to agree to Sha Moke's request to plunder Jiangxia County.Otherwise, at that time, he will not only leave a bad name in the history, the protagonist Liu Bei has always been known as benevolent and close to the people, and he will definitely use his head to thank the world!

Therefore, Zong Yu must argue with Shamoko on this matter, both public and private.It can even be said that he has nothing to compromise on this matter.Zong Yu was forced into a desperate situation by Samoco.

Immediately, Zong Yu had a very heated argument with Sha Moke and some of Sha Moke's subordinates.During the period, if there was no sars to deal with it, I am afraid that the two sides would only end up in a scolding war, and the negotiation would break down.

The debate between the two sides continued for several days, and the patience of Sha Moke and Zong Yu finally reached its limit.

In fact, the debate has reached the point where Zong Yu's uncompromising determination has already made Sha Moke understand that he should restrain his greed in due course.

After all, a person like Sha Moke couldn't be a fool. Without good means, how could he integrate the hundreds of discrete tribes in Wuxi Man?
Therefore, under Sha Moke's instruction, the role of Sha Shixun, who had been acting as a mediator between Zong Yu and Sha Moke, was brought into play to the maximum extent—one of the two men sang the red face and the other sang the white The face, performed without any flaws.

Sha Shixun immediately proposed a compromise plan to Sha Moke and Zong Yu: all the Jiangdong Army captured by the Wuxi Man army, and all the city treasuries captured by the Wuxi Man army All the goods belonged to Wuxi Man.

That is to say, Wuxi Man's army wants to rely on its own force to seize all the property belonging to the Jiangdong government.Of course, as far as the Shu Han is concerned, if they deceive themselves enough, it can also be seen as Wuxi Man's move, which is to obtain enough wealth by virtue of his "contributions".

In fact, Zong Yu already knew that Sha Moke and Sha Shixun were singing double reeds, but he didn't care about it.On the contrary, he would like the two brothers to continue singing the double reed.Because he really needs Sha Shixun, a bad guy, to act as a buffer when he and Sha Moke have incentive friction.

Therefore, since Sha Moke needs Sha Shixun to sing a white face, he also needs it here. Although the purposes of the needs are different, in order to achieve his own goals, he might as well let Sha Shixun continue to sing a white face. .

However, Zong Yu still dared not agree easily to the new condition put forward by Sha Shixun.He needs to think again.

Sha Moke saw that he had made such a big concession, but Zong Yu was still so hesitant, and became angry on the spot.He immediately told Zong Yu that he would only give Zong Yu a day to think about it.If Zong Yu still did not give him an answer by then, the negotiation between the two of them would have broken down.

Zong Yu returned to his residence with a livid face.

Then he received a letter from Liu Chan from the squad leader of the Baier Guard.The content of the letter is of course about Sha Moke's plot to plunder Jiangxia County again.

It seems that the letter sent by Liu Chan finally arrived before Zong Yu and Samoko reached a final agreement.

Liu Chan's wording in the letter was very harsh and tough.

Liu Chan said that after the Wuxi Man plundered Wuling County, it had caused extremely serious consequences for Jingzhou, and it had already made him lose face as the prince of Hanzhong and the Shu Han.If Zong Yu dared to agree to Wuximan's request under the coercion of Shamoke, Zong Yu must kill himself to thank the world!
Zong Yu finished reading Liu Chan's letter with trembling hands, his face turned from livid with anger to pale like a dead person.He never expected that Shizi would react so much to this matter.

However, Zong Yu also secretly thanked the heavens in his heart, the letter from the son came a bit late, Shamoke had already changed his mind, and was not going to plunder Jiangxia County anymore.He also rejoiced in his heart that after all, he withstood Sha Moke's pressure and tried his best not to agree to Sha Moke's conditions.

Zong Yu couldn't help exhaling a long breath, reaching out his hand to wipe off the cold sweat that was densely covered on his forehead.

The next day, Zong Yu went to discuss with Samoko again.After another round of verbal confrontation, the two sides finally reached a series of mutually compromised conditions.

Originally, Zong Yu proposed to Samoko that the two sides' seizures on the battlefield should be equally shared and used by each other.As for the wealth in the treasury of each city, because it involves taxation, Wuxi Man can take half of it first.The remaining amount, the Shu Han side, will provide insufficient through various channels in the future.

Shamoke can be said to have gained a lot of wisdom by eating a ditch. He was slapped with Zhuge Ke's clever tongue at the beginning, and Jiang Dong has not sent him anything in return until now.Now Zong Yu wants to say that he will send a reward in the future, of course he will not do it.

Zong Yu had no choice but to find another way.

He suddenly told Sha Moke that if he could give up plundering the treasury property, the Shu Han could pay the soldiers of the Wuxi Barbarians a monthly salary at the level of ordinary soldiers.And if a soldier dies on the battlefield, he can also get a certain pension.

Sha Moke, Sha Shixun and others never imagined that Zong Yu would make such a condition.This indeed shows that Zong Yu has a flexible mind and knows how to act flexibly.

Sha Moke and the others quickly made up their minds.

Wuximan's fighters can get military pay every month, which can be said to be a very stable income.Moreover, they quickly realized that the larger the army dispatched, the more military pay they would get!

Moreover, in the eyes of Sha Moke and others, the world is still full of wars, and the local wealth is already almost exhausted.Even if they plunder the treasury of the city, the wealth in it may not be too much.This was discovered when they plundered Wuling County.

Therefore, Shamoke immediately made a request to Zong Yu that the military pay for Wuxi barbarian soldiers must be handed over to him to distribute to his soldiers.

Samoko’s reasons are quite sufficient: first, this is his army, and of course he will pay the military salary; second, he must maintain his prestige in the army; third, to prevent the Shu Han from detaining his soldiers their military pay.

Zong Yu nodded immediately after hearing Sha Moke's reasons, as if he understood very well.But in fact, he absolutely scoffed at Shamoko's three reasons in his heart.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the reason why Shamoke wants to get a military salary is nothing more than that he wants to profit from it.He Zong Yu is not a fool, he can understand even with his toes.

However, on the surface, Zong Yu agreed with Sha Moke's proposal very understandingly.After all, by handing over the military salary to Sha Moke, the Shu Han can also reduce a lot of troubles in distribution.

And when the time comes, the soldiers of Wuxi Man will know that their military pay has been deducted, and the only one whose reputation has been damaged is Sha Moke himself.

So, in the end, there was only one problem left, the distribution of the spoils.

Zong Yu decided that since he had made a great compromise on the wealth of the treasury, he could no longer make concessions on his side.Therefore, Zong Yu asked Samoco to give him corresponding "goodwill", otherwise the negotiation would not be able to continue.

Therefore, Samoko finally agreed with Zong Yu's original opinion: the spoils seized by the armies of both sides on the battlefield will be shared equally between the two sides.

Zong Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief because of this, it seems that this high-intensity negotiation, which lasted for more than ten days, can finally come to an end.

Zong Yu immediately bid farewell to Samoko.He dragged his exhausted body back to his residence.He immediately summoned his own documents, dictated by Zong Yu himself, and written by the documents, and truthfully reported all the final results of the negotiations between Zong Yu and Samoco to Liu Chan.

(End of this chapter)