Chapter 1087 Give up Xiangyang

Zhang Yu made great progress, and his soldiers pointed directly at Changsha. Cao Cao had been in a hurry for a while.

This time, the envoy he sent to Shuchuan finally came with a message.

When his envoy Man Pang saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei was already kind and humble.

Liu Bei became the original Uncle Liu Huang, but now it seems that he is so hypocritical.

"My lord, congratulations on winning Shuchuan and becoming the king of Shu." Man Pang saluted Liu Bei first.

In fact, Liu Bei was not very satisfied with the King of Shu, and he was ready to proclaim himself emperor.

How can he be a king when everyone else is proclaiming himself emperor.

But Liu Bei didn't show it at all.

"The envoy is here, please treat him well. I have prepared a banquet tonight, so you must have a few drinks." Liu Bei said.

Man Pang got up and nodded, and then said, "Although I am tired from the journey, there are some urgent matters. Let me talk about it first, so I can discuss it tonight."

Liu Bei nodded, but didn't answer anything.

Man Pang said, "Zhang Yu is so powerful that no one can stop him. Although the king of Shu is safe, if Zhang Yu defeats Sun Ce, and then defeats my lord and Cai Mao, then the king of Shu may not even have a chance to be safe."

"You want me to go out of Shuchuan to deal with Zhang Yu with you?" Liu Bei asked.

Man Pang shook his head and said, "We want Xiangyang, and we ask the King of Shu to consider giving Cai Mao other places like Xiangyang."

"Impossible." Liu Bei changed his face and immediately refused.

Man Pang was not surprised at all, and continued to say, "Please also ask the King of Shu to go back and think about it."

Liu Bei's eyes flickered, and then he left without saying a word.

After Liu Bei left, he immediately went to find Pang Tong.

"Shiyuan, how about this full proposal? Xiangyang is a big city, but it is the essence of Jingzhou, with a large number of people and amazing wealth." Liu Bei said.

Pang Tong said, "My lord, what we have to do now is to cultivate our health and rest, develop ourselves according to Shuchuan, and find opportunities to fight in the future."

"But Zhang Yu is too powerful,

He has become so strong that no one can control him. The three princes outside, Sun Ce, Cai Hao, and Cao Cao, face each other alone. None of them is an opponent. They can only protect themselves by joining forces. But our Xiangyang is in the middle, and they take too much care , dare not cooperate. "

Liu Bei's face changed a little. Pang Tong also agreed to give up Xiangyang. To be honest, Liu Bei was very reluctant.

Seeing Liu Bei's face, Pang Tong guessed something, and then said, "My lord, don't be reluctant. With them here, we can stop Zhang Yu and buy us enough time. During this time, we will definitely be able to have both ways, Cai Mao." , Cao Cao dare not offend us, so as not to suffer from the enemy."

"Of course, there are conditions for us to give up Xiangyang. We must make them pay a relatively high price, and we will definitely not give them up for nothing."

Liu Bei's complexion is now better. If Cao Cao and Cai Mao collapsed earlier, and they don't have much strength to deal with Zhang Yu now.

"My king understands what you mean, sir, but what do we want?"

"Money, a lot of money. We have just won Shuchuan and we must try our best to develop people's livelihood. This requires huge funds. Only when we develop can we be qualified to form a separate regime with the outside princes." Pang Tong said.

"Okay, but we have to hand over Xiangyang slowly. There are a lot of people and wealth in Xiangyang, so we can't just give it up for nothing."

Pang Tong didn't continue to say anything. The current Liu Bei may be poor and frightened, and he is a bit petty. Let Cai Mao and Cao Cao unite earlier so that they can get along with Zhang Yu as soon as possible.

But Pang Tong didn't say it out, so according to Liu Bei's intention, he had to give Liu Bei some face.

So, that night, Liu Bei and Man Pang had a good talk.

They asked for 300 million yuan, half of which was paid in the first year, and then paid in five years.

The big money of 300 million is not a small amount. It is obviously very difficult for the two families to pay so much.

And it will take three months before Xiangyang is handed over. Obviously, I want to search once when I leave.

Man Pang bargained several times to no avail, so he could only ask his followers to report the situation back.

For a big city, it is not expensive for Xiangyang to sell for 300 million yuan, but it depends on when.

This transaction is of great benefit to Liu Bei. Strategically, Liu Bei benefits the most, but Liu Bei still needs to extort another sum of money.

When Cao Cao received the news, he was furious.

"This Liu Bei was nothing back then, but now he is like this." Cao Cao cursed, swearing a lot of ugly words.

His subordinates are also very helpless, this Liu Bei is really too much.

Cao Cao said angrily, "Why don't we send troops with Cai Mao, and we can easily take Xiangyang without paying any money."

Obviously, his subordinates also knew that Cao Cao was angry.

But helpless.

Cao Ang said, "Father, I feel that the money must be paid by Cai Mao. After all, the city is entrusted to him. We can help out a small part to show our sincerity."

"My son suggested to Cai Mao to use the goods to pay, and pay Liu Bei with liquor, tea, etc. After all, it is easy to negotiate."

Cao Ang's suggestion was approved by Cao Cao. After discussing with others, Cao Cao sent the news to Man Pang and Jia Xu respectively.

Jia Xu stayed with Cai Mao all the time, and the two talked twice.

Jia Xu has a direct insight into people's hearts, and Cai Mao dare not act rashly with a few words.

But when Cai Mao knew Liu Bei's conditions, he immediately became furious.

"Liu Bei is delusional. I have a good relationship with Zhang Yu. Most of them will surrender to him if they fail, and they can still live a rich life."

Cai Mao was angry. After Liu Bei arrived in Shuchuan, he regarded him as someone, and he dared to do so.

Cai Mao cursed and disagreed with these conditions.

Jia Xu calmed down a few words, and then said, "Prince Cai, Zhang Yu's ambition to unify the world has nothing to discuss. If you want to separate yourself, continue to be a prince or even become an emperor, you can only cooperate."

Cai Mao calmed down, but still said, "Okay, but I don't agree to Liu Bei's conditions. At worst, we can directly use force to take Xiangyang. I think Liu Bei doesn't have much strength to fight."

It is not that simple to attack Shuchuan, but it is not that simple for Shuchuan to agree.

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Okay, I can write a letter to my master, and we can continue to discuss this matter."

The three parties exchanged letters quickly, but in the end they all regressed.

Pay Liu Bei 200 million yuan, 5,000 in cash in the first year, the rest in goods, and the other 100 million in three years. In Xiangyang, Liu Bei can take away the family or army who voluntarily follow him, but he is not allowed to force it, let alone Robbery, and have to leave in two months.

The three parties compromised, Liu Bei sold Xiangyang, and Cai Mao quickly occupied Xiangyang.

A lot of families from Xiangyang still left, because these families had a grudge against Cai Mao before and dared not stay.

In this way, the three-party transaction is completed, the purpose is very meditative, to deal with Zhang Yu together.

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