After several consecutive days of sunny and hot weather, a sudden downpour shrouded the entire Yicheng in the water curtain.

In the mansion, Liu Biao kept staring at the water curtain outside the hall, as if he was thinking about something. The aides who came into the hall one after another did not let him turn his head and take a look.

In the past few days, defeats have been reported one after another. Cai Mao also failed to attack Xiangyang, and was defeated by the reinforcements led by Feng Yu. After the two thousand soldiers were collected, there were only less than a thousand people left. This was Feng Yu's "gratitude" and did not kill all the defeated soldiers in Jingzhou.

Immediately afterwards, Kuai Tong also brought news of the fall of Wu County. However, this was not too bad news for Liu Biao.

A few days ago, in order to take care of the Kuai family's emotions, Liu Biao reluctantly sent two thousand soldiers to reinforce Wu County. Halfway through the way, Wu County was lost, so naturally there was no need to fight this battle.

In addition, Wu County, which is lonely, is very important to the Kuai family, but not very important to Liu Biao or Jingzhou. After all, Jingzhou also has salt sources from Jiangdong and Lingnan.

He only reminded the guards: "Lord, everyone is here." Liu Biao turned around and looked at the civil and military officials in the hall. Before he could speak, Cai Mao stood up from his position, came to the hall, knelt down and said to Liu Biao:

"The subordinates failed to attack Xiangyang and suffered losses, and they lost their troops and generals. They actually had to bear the heavy trust of the lord. Please punish the lord!"

Liu Ping said expressionlessly: "Cai Mao, get up. It's not your fault, Feng Yu is indeed powerful. He swallowed the three eastern counties in Hanzhong and took down Wu County in a short time. He became a domineering bald ox. It's not surprising that you can't conquer Xiangyang."

Wen Pin, who was still bandaged next to him, had a trace of undetectable change on his face. Of course, he didn't want to see the Jingzhou Army's defeat in Xiangyang. But Cai Mao's defeat was restored to his face after all.

When Liu Biao finally mentioned Wu County, Kuai Yue's face was also obviously moved. Then he came from his own table to the hall and said to Liu Biaoli: "Please transfer more than two thousand soldiers and horses. Yue vows to take over the Xiangyang Fort for the lord to make a comeback to relieve the humiliation of my Jingzhou!"

He knew in his heart that Liu Biao had sent troops to rescue Wu County before, and he could not ask Liu Biao to send troops from thousands of miles to regain Wu County, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack for his Kuai family. So he only mentioned the war in Xiangyang here.

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Liu Biao's mouth, and he shook his head and said, "Alien degree, we don't have the time and energy to spend more time with Feng Yu in the north."

After hearing Liu Biao's words, everyone raised their heads and turned their eyes to him. Knowing that he would make a major decision. Liu Biao continued:

"According to detailed reports, Sun Jian, Changsha, and Wang Rui, who disrespects the imperial edicts in the south, have shown signs of abnormal movement recently, and it is very likely that they will unite. If they really collude, then we will be in trouble. A few days ago, the envoy who went to Jiangxia to try to convince Huang Zu also took Huang Zu's rejection. He has been left in Jiangxia for many days. Therefore, our energy must be turned to these sides."

Speaking of this, Liu Biao stopped talking, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea soup. Cai Mao couldn't help but take his words and asked:

"The lord wants to settle for the second best. Give up Xiangyang, break away from contact with Feng Yu, and instead set up camps at the key to the north of Yicheng?"

Liu Biao put down the tea bowl, nodded, and suddenly said in a high voice: "Not only that. I will also send someone to Zhuyang to talk to Feng Yu about peace. For the long-term consideration of Jingzhou, we must do this. So here I ask you to put down your personal grudges and consider it more from the perspective of my Jingzhou."

The civil and military officials in the hall did not look as expected by Liu Biao, and they began to whisper and whisper. But Liu Biao's words had come to this point, and no one, including Kuai Yue, clearly raised objections. The only thing left was the question of who to send to Zhuyang...

In late summer, cicadas in the trees were still chirping. Feng Yu watched the spear-spouting gun-slinging soldiers in the military camp in the scorching sun.

Their training requirements are that when they bring a run-up, they can throw the spear gun twenty-five battles away, and they can hit humanoid targets ten battles away. When they are on the spot, they are required to throw the spear gun out of five battles and hit humanoid targets.

Finally, Feng Yu improvised the spear-spouting soldiers and made a spear-spouting match. The winner could even shoot the spear-spouting thirty battles away with running-ups, approaching the shooting distance of the bow and arrow.

After the training, just as Feng Yu and the soldiers and the generals drank sour plum soup together, Feng Yu's personal guards came to report that it was the prefect of Nanyang and Zhang Zi of Wancheng...

When Feng Yu saw Zhang Zi, he asked with a smile: "But the salt in Wancheng has been used up, and the prefect is anxious to ask someone to fulfill his promise. Please do not panic. When the autumn wind comes, a large amount of salt will be transported."

Zhang Zi said with a smile on his face: "Where, where? How can I not trust the Lord and Hou? I have learned that the Lord and Hou dominate the three eastern counties in the middle of the Han Dynasty and the Yanquan Wu County, so why are you worried that the Lord and Hou will not be able to fulfill the promise? Today, I didn't come for this salt."

"Oh, what's the matter with the prefect coming today?" Feng Yu asked with a little confusion.

Zhang Zi still smiled and said, "I came here this time to be a peacemaker. I want to stop the military and talk about the peace between the Lord and the Liu envoy of Jingzhou. I will lead a needle and lead a thread."

Feng Yu's face changed slightly and he said, "I did not intend to be an enemy of Liu Envoy. Meeting him with a sword was actually a helpless move. I should have been willing to make peace, but whether the peace or not depends not on this marquis, but on Jingzhou."

Zhang Zi hurriedly said, "That's right, that's right. I'm not hiding the king and the king. The envoy Liu has already made a plan to make peace with the king and the king. And he has sent an envoy here."

After saying that, he introduced a Confucian scholar with a robe and robe scarf behind him to Feng Yu and said, "This is Mr. Zhuge Xuan, a member of the other department of Liu Enjun. He is the exclusive representative of Liu Jingzhou to discuss peace with the lord."

When Feng Yu heard the word "Zhuge" and thought about it. Then he carefully recalled the history of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Xuan seemed to be a relative of Zhuge Liang, a famous historical figure.

After performing the ceremony, Zhuge Xuan was wondering why the expression of the other party had changed slightly. Feng Yu had already turned his mind and bowed to Zhuge Xuan as usual, and then exchanged some polite words.

Soon, the two of them got to the point, and they discussed the conditions for stopping the army and not fighting. Zhuge Xuan followed Liu Biao's will and tentatively proposed to ask Feng Yu to return to Wu County, and allowed the Jingzhou army to set up another stronghold fort near the Xiangyang Fort. These were rejected by Feng Yu.

Finally, the two agreed to this section on the southwest bank of Mianshui. Hutou Mountain on the south side of Xiangyang and on the edge of Mianshui as the boundary, Liu Biao occupied the south and Feng Yu occupied the north, and did not invade each other.

However, on the Nanyang Plain northeast of the Mianshui River, both families can enter, and the Zhuyang Army cannot block the Jingzhou Army from entering the Nanyang Plain on the east bank of the Mianshui River on Hutou Mountain. However, after entering the Nanyang Plain, they cannot cross the river to the south bank of the Mianshui River.

The abandoned cities and lands on the Nanyang Plain naturally belong to whoever takes the first place. However, at present, neither of these two families has the energy or interest to occupy these abandoned cities and land.

The two agreed and established the name as the basis, and Zhang Zi also became a witness. Finally, Feng Yu set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Zi and Zhuge Xuan. During the banquet, Feng Yu asked about the situation of Zhuge Xuan's family intentionally or unintentionally, and only then did he know that he had a cousin Zhuge Gui who was serving as the county magistrate in Taishan County, and Zhuge Gui was Zhuge Liang's biological father.
Chapter completed!