Not long after, Zhang Zhao returned from Gongsun Zhan's barracks.

After Zhang Zhao told Liu Zheng the news from Gongsun Zhan's side, it also attracted the analysis of a kind of civil and military generals under Liu Zheng.

"Gongsun Zhan, this guy wants to meet with Liu Bei's people, and then he can tell us whether he is willing to negotiate peace, what is this guy's idea!"

Liu Zheng gloomy, thinking carefully about Gongsun Zhan's intention to do this.

In Liu Zheng's opinion, the most likely thing Gongsun Zhan did was to send people to contact Liu Bei, and if the peace talks were fake, it was also very possible to meet with Liu Bei to discuss the purpose of the joint attack.

Once Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan's men are connected, and the two sides work out a way to target Liu Zheng, then Liu Zheng will be very passive.

However, through Zhang Zhao's description, Liu Zheng felt that Gongsun Zhan did not have much confidence, otherwise, there would be no such request to meet Liu Bei.

"Mr. Zibu, do you think we should agree to Gongsun Zhan's request?"

Liu Zheng thought in his heart, he didn't have much clue, he could only ask the people around him.

At this time, Liu Zheng was only the newly recruited Zhang Zhao, Chen Deng could give him some advice, like Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others, Liu Zheng asked in vain, and they didn't know much about this issue.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao, who participated in the whole negotiation, should have his own ideas about Gongsun Zhan, and asking Zhang Zhao can let Liu Zheng understand Gongsun Zhan's intentions.

After Zhang Zhao was questioned by Liu Zheng, he did not hide anything, and immediately began to explain his opinions to Liu Zheng.

"Back to the lord, I look at that Gongsun Zhan, in fact, he still has some confidence, but after he asked the strategists around him, he became a little cautious, and made such a request, most likely because he wanted to go to Liu Bei to understand our strength. Then decide whether to negotiate peace or belligerence. ”

Gongsun Chan himself should be more proud, and he is not afraid of Liu Zheng, after all, Gongsun Chan followed Lu Zhi and performed well on the battlefield in Jizhou, although he did not take too much advantage of Yuan Shao's battle.

However, Gongsun Chan himself also performed remarkably, and at the beginning, he relied on his own ability to block Yuan Shao's attack, so that Gongsun Chan was not too afraid of Liu Zheng.

Of course, the main reason is that Gongsun Chan himself is belligerent and never afraid of any opponent, and Gongsun Chan and Liu Zheng have no chance of fighting head-on, so they are not clear about Liu Zheng's strength.

As a result, Gongsun Zhan was not afraid at all in front of Liu Zheng.

But Gongsun Chan is not afraid, it does not mean that these strategists around Gongsun Chan are not afraid.

Guan Jing still knows something about Liu Zheng's intelligence, especially Guan Jing's understanding of Liu Guanzhang, and knows that Liu Bei's two younger brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, are powerful, but such a powerful Liu Bei has suffered losses in front of Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng's strength is naturally powerful.

This makes Guan Jing have to go to the staff staff Liu Bei.

Zhang Zhao took this situation into consideration, so he told Liu Zheng that Gongsun Zhan's advisers were probably going to ask Liu Bei about the battle situation in Qingzhou this time.

Only Liu Bei is the one who knows Liu Zheng's strength best.

"Then we are the people who let Gongsun Zan go to the city to see Liu Bei?"

"You can let Gongsun Chan send someone in alone, and only give a stick of incense time, so that the other party doesn't have much time to discuss, just ask for a result, and there is not much loss for us, but if the other party can agree to peace talks, we will not suffer a loss if Linzi City is handed over to us."

Zhang Zhao told Liu Zheng what he thought in his heart, and Liu Zheng nodded.

He was still unwilling to continue the war, but after Zhang Zhao's words, Liu Zheng also decided to believe Zhang Zhao once.

immediately asked Zhang Zhao to go back and continue to negotiate with Gongsun Zhan's people according to his own wishes.

Gongsun Chan was also surprised when he learned that Liu Zheng actually agreed, but Gongsun Chan still sent a person to Linzi City to ask Liu Bei's opinion as agreed.

The person sent was not Guan Jing, but another general whom Gongsun Zan trusted a lot, Yan Gang.

Yan Gang is also one of the few talents under Gongsun Zhan, after Liu Zheng knew about this person, he also had some impressions, it was the Jizhou assassin appointed by Gongsun Zhan in history, but this guy did not have too many deeds in history.

Liu Zheng had the impression that in the battle with Yuan Shao, he was beheaded by Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi.

At best, he is a third-rate general, and even Zhou Cang under Liu Zheng is much more powerful than Yan Gang and others.

Letting Yan Gang enter Linzi City was also Gongsun Zhan's worry that Liu Bei didn't know his own people, thinking that it was Liu Zheng's plan, and only those who made Liu Bei familiar with him would Liu Bei believe it.

Alone, Yan Gang passed through Liu Zheng's army, and then came to the city of Linzi City.

On the top of the city tower, Guan Yu was stationed at the city gate, and when he saw a person coming, he immediately shouted.

"Who's coming?"

"General Guan, under the Yan Gang, General Gongsun Zhan's subordinates are partial generals, and I have had a few encounters with General Guan before, but I still remember it."

Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are both students of Lu Zhi, and they have worked together under Lu Zhi's account before, so between Guan Yu and Yan Gang, there are also several fates.

In addition, Guan Yu knew that Liu Bei had gone to Jizhou for help, and he had already sent people half a month ago, and now Yan Gang's appearance here is also a possibility.

"General Yan Gang, why are you here?"

"My lord has already garrisoned outside Linzi City, Liu Zheng sent someone to negotiate, so let me ask Liu Zhoumu, General Guan, please open the door and let me enter the city to discuss things."

Guan Yu did not doubt that he was there, after all, he was an acquaintance, and he was the only one Yan Gang, so he was naturally not afraid of Yan Gang's tricks, and after nodding, he let people put down the gate of Linzi City.

After talking about the time of a stick of incense, after Yan Gang entered the city, he didn't even go to the mansion in the city to rest, but was outside the city, talking to Liu Bei's people.

Liu Bei and the others were also waiting under the city for a long time, and as soon as Yan Gang came in, they couldn't wait to ask.

"General Yan Gang, Brother Bo Gui (Gongsun Zhan's cousin) has already led the army to help?"

"Lord Hui, my lord has led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Linzi City, but he was intercepted by Liu Zheng's army, and the two sides were about to fight, but Liu Zheng sent someone over to negotiate peace, saying that he was willing to enlarge people to leave Linzi City, but there was one request."

"What requirements?"

"Then Liu Zheng said that the condition is that in the future, Qingzhou will be demarcated and governed, with Linzi City as the boundary, the east will belong to Liu Zheng, and the west will belong to the imperial court."