Xiahou Xian couldn't help but be secretly taken aback by Jiang Wei's refreshment, in his opinion, Jiang Wei would at least bargain again, after all, such negotiations are a kind of tug-of-war, in order to fight for a little more of their own interests, it is still beneficial to delay. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Jiang Wei wants to be happy, the main reason is that Jiang Wei urgently needs to find a breakthrough, a breakthrough to the Central Plains, so that the Shu army can fight with the Jin State on two fronts, with Liu Yin in the area north of the Yellow River to contain the main force of the Jin army, Jiang Wei has very reason to believe that it is not an unattainable dream to attack Luoyang.

Of course, the premise of all this is to take Xiangyang, if Xiangyang cannot be taken, even if the Shu army that has obtained the three counties of Shangyong will still not be able to break through the defense line of the Jin army.

Xiangyang is a piece of fat, Lu Kang of Wu State and Yanghu of Jin State are all staring here, it is not easy for Jiang Wei to get a piece of the pie from here, the key is what Zhong Hui's attitude is.

Zhong Hui's careful thinking Jiang Wei didn't understand, even if he was forced into a desperate situation, Zhong Hui was reluctant to give up military power, military power was his lifeblood.

But for each surrenderee, it is almost impossible for the surrendered man to continue to be in charge of the troops, because the surrenderer has a bad heart, and no one can guarantee that there will still be an army in his hands, and there will be another rebellion at a critical time.

Xiahou Xian also mentioned that Wu Guo had also put forward similar conditions, obviously Lu Kang also had the same concerns, Zhong Hui's surrender was acceptable, but the precondition was to hand over the territory and soldiers and horses, high-ranking officials Houlu could, but they just couldn't take charge of the army.

And the focus of the contradiction between the two sides is precisely here, Zhong Hui is the kind of person with a strong desire for power, there is no sense of security without military power, and the harsh surrender conditions will inevitably make him refuse to surrender.

Jiang Wei was the first to put forward the three conditions of "being a minister, offering land, and handing over troops", but in fact, it was just a test, and even Jiang Wei felt that these three conditions were too harsh, and Zhong Hui might not agree.

Let Zhong Hui retain the military power, Jiang Wei has not thought about it, but it is too risky to do so, Zhong Hui is the kind of person who is extremely ambitious, unscrupulous in order to achieve the goal, and now he is poor, but who can guarantee that after the situation changes in the future, Zhong Hui will be a obedient minister in peace.

Lu Kangzhi didn't dare to agree, I'm afraid that's the reason, but Jiang Wei had another thought, the current situation is gradually becoming clearer, the three families of Shu, Jin and Wu, whoever gets Xiangyang can win the initiative. And the opportunity is in front of him, if Jiang Wei agrees to Zhong Hui's request, not only can he get the important town of Xiangyang, but also can get Zhong Hui's tens of thousands of troops to join, and the power of the Shu army can expand to the point where it can completely compete with Yanghu's Jin army, or even slightly better.

Jiang Wei's vision is not only limited to one city and one place, the purpose of his expedition to the east is not just to get the four counties of Jingzhou to be satisfied, Jiang Wei's goal, that is to take Luoyang to win the Central Plains, since ancient times, those who have become big things are not informal, even if Zhong Hui is ambitious, it is impossible to ride on Jiang Wei's head, in the future, Shu Han will dominate the world, Zhong Hui's careful thinking of the rat belly and chicken intestines, it is even less worth mentioning.

Jiang Wei did not insist on taking back Zhong Hui's military power like Eastern Wu, and it was only tentative at first, of course, if Zhong Hui was willing to hand over the military power, it would be better, but if Zhong Hui was unwilling, Jiang Wei could not negotiate because such a condition was not met, so when Xiahou Xian explained Zhong Hui's bottom line, Jiang Wei immediately agreed to his request.

Xiahou Xian was overjoyed and thanked Jiang Wei, and the next negotiation involved the details of Zhonghui's surrender, and after finalizing these contents, Xiahou Xian hoped that Jiang Wei could send troops as soon as possible to solve Xiangyang's urgent needs.

No matter how proper the discussion is here, if Xiangyang City is attacked by Yanghu, then in the end it will be equivalent to a bamboo basket for water, Jiang Wei of course knows this reason, he asked Xiahou Xian to return to Xiangyang as soon as possible, and explain everything to Zhong Hui, so as to appease the hearts of the Xiangyang army.

On the other hand, Jiang Wei ordered the Shu army to set up camp, with Jiang Bin as the vanguard, Wang She and Liu Yin responded on the left and right, and marched in the direction of Shandu.

In order to intercept the eastward advance of the Shu army, Yanghu ordered Du Pre to lead 20,000 troops into Shandu. The main target of the Jin army is Xiangyang, so there are not too many soldiers and horses that can be assigned to Du Pre, of course, Yanghu did not expect Du Pre to defeat Jiang Wei, and the main thing is to let Du Pre delay the attack of the Shu army, as long as he is given a little more time to take Xiangyang, then all the difficulties will be solved.

Yanghu's goal is very clear, first of all, to quell the rebellion of Zhonghui, which is the top priority of this trip, and secondly, to recover the four counties of Jingzhou, in addition to Xiangyang, the three counties of Shangyong are also within his plan, and now the Shu army occupies the three counties of Shangyong, but Yanghu did not dare to move, and only after the elimination of Zhonghui, it is possible for the Jin army to point the spearhead at the three counties of Shangyong.

However, the mountain capital is not the kind of terrain where the terrain is dangerous, in fact, outside the three counties of Shangyong, the entire Xiangyang is a flat river, under such a terrain, if Du Pre tries to stop the eastward advance of the Shu army, the difficulty is not small.

After Jiang Bin received the order, he led the vanguard army to the mountain capital.

Du Pre knew that if he defended the city, he would not be able to stop the eastward advance of the Shu army, because the target of the Shu army's attack was a small county town like Xiangyang and Shandu, and he would directly ignore it.

Jiang Bin led the army to the front of Du Pre's camp in one breath and lined up to fight.

Du Pre led the troops to fight, the two formations were in a circle, and the Shu army killed a partial general, named Hao Wei, and rushed to the front of the battle to call for battle, Du Pre turned back to the generals and said: "Who dares to fight?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a hand came out behind him and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

Du Yu saw that it was Wu Lin, the general in front of the tent, nodded at the moment, and said: "Be careful to fight, don't underestimate the enemy!" ”

Wu Linnuo snorted, slapped his horse, and went out of the battle, until in front of Hao Wei, the two generals exchanged names, and they fought in one place.

Wu Lin is nine feet tall, with a big waist and a big knife, and the momentum is heavy, Hao Wei and the battle are only ten times, that is, he is out of breath, knowing that he is invincible, he wants to leave.

Knowing that Wu Lin's horse was fast, he immediately chased after him, raised his knife and fell, and beheaded Hao Wei under the horse.

The momentum of the Jin army soared, Du Yu waved the red flag, and all the armies fought together, marched side by side, and rushed towards the Shu army, Jiang Bin could not resist the enemy, so he had to lead the troops to retreat. (To be continued.) )