Chapter 226

Plus he was the earliest with the Lord, and his merit accumulation was the most, so he wasn't that short of merit.

Of course, it was also because he knew that there were countless battles waiting for them in the future!

No rush for this moment.

The troubled times have come, the situation of lords fighting for hegemony has been formed, are you afraid that there will be no battles to fight in the future?

Wen Pin's side also quickly made the same choice, leading the army to receive the surrender and clean up the battlefield.

And Su Xuan asked people to bring Sun Sun Jian, Ji Ling, and others over.

Looking at Sun Sun Jian, Su Xuan smiled faintly: "Brother Wentai! Everything is well!"

Sun Sun Jian heard this, smiled bitterly and bowed: "Sun has seen Brother Su Boyuan! This time, I really have no face to see Brother Su Boyuan!"

"Although this time it was in response to Lord Yuan Shu's order, I didn't refuse, it's my fault for failing Brother Su Boyuan."

"I suppose, Changsha has already fallen into Brother Su Boyuan's hands by now, right?"

"I am willing to pay the price, please Brother Su Boyuan to let go of the families of me and my subordinates."

At this time, it was not appropriate to say harsh words or simply play the human card, Sun Sun Jian simply didn't do so.

Directly begged and requested, and the posture was very low.

Also willing to pay the price.

Su Xuan nodded in realization: "I did send troops, but it won't be that fast to take Changsha!"

"If Brother Wentai is willing to send people to help me persuade the troops you left in Changsha to surrender, and completely withdraw from Changsha;"

"I can hand over the families of you and your main generals to you intact, how about it?"

Although, with the combat power of Gao Shun, Huang Gai, and their troops, taking Changsha with few defenders was easy.

But it's not bad to have fewer battles and fewer deaths.

He can receive a more complete Changsha.

Furthermore, he didn't intend to do anything to the relatives of Sun Sun Jian and his main generals to begin with.

The two sides haven't reached the point of becoming mortal enemies.

"Then thank you, Brother Su Boyuan! Thank you so much this time!"

Sun Sun Jian was overjoyed and thanked Su Xuan repeatedly.

Sure enough, Brother Su Boyuan is a kind person!

"I will send someone to go to Changsha with your people right away."

As he spoke, Sun Sun Jian summoned Sun Ce and Cheng Pu and let them leave with Su Xuan's people.

Su Xuan directly arranged the matter for Wen Pin, letting Wen Pin send a fast ship to take Sun Ce and Cheng Pu to Changsha at the fastest speed to join Huang Gai and the others.

At the same time, he also gave a wink to Jia San beside him, and said through mental transmission: "You quickly tell Huang Gai on my behalf, inform him about Sun Ce and Cheng Pu, let him not rush to attack Changsha, and act after joining Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, and the others."

Jia San nodded slightly, turned around, and left quickly.

Sun Sun Jian and Ji Ling saw this scene, but didn't know what Su Xuan had done at all.

Speaking of which, mental transmission was a mental secret technique created by Su Xuan a few years ago.

It's just that it's usually not used, so it's used less.

It's very useful at this time.

After doing all this, Su Xuan looked at Ji Ling: "Send someone to invite your Lord to Xinye for peace talks! I'll wait for him here!"

"Right! Let him bring 1 million shi of grain and 300, 00 gold as ransom for all the surrendered troops under you and Sun Sun Jian."

300, 00 gold is about 300 million.

Not much, but not little.

The key is that the 1 million shi of grain is more valuable and important.

"What?"

Ji Ling's face changed, and his face became even uglier: "General, isn't this too much?"

Even with Lord Yuan Shu and the Lord Yuan clan's family background, taking out so much money and food is not a small amount.

Sun Sun Jian, on the other hand, felt a little secretly refreshed for some reason.

Because Su Xuan didn't ask him directly, but counted the ransom on his side to Lord Yuan Shu.

Of course, Sun Sun Jian knew that he still owed Su Xuan a big favor and would have to pay it back later.

Su Xuan looked at Ji Ling coldly: "I'm not discussing with you! This is the prerequisite for peace talks;"

"Otherwise, I don't mind destroying Lord Yuan Shu and taking back Nanyang."

"You..."

Ji Ling still wanted to say something.

Su Xuan directly raised his hand to interrupt him: "Don't think about using the crusade against Dong and the so-called overall situation to threaten me!"

"With my strength, without Lord Yuan Shu, I can still participate in the crusade against Dong, and my role is much greater than Lord Yuan Shu's!"

"I believe that even if Lord Yuan Shu spreads everywhere that I colluded with Dong Zhuo, as long as I participate in the crusade against Dong later, these rumors will be self-defeating;"

"You have no chips to threaten me!"

"If it weren't for the face of the Lord Yuan clan and the overall situation of the crusade against Dong, you wouldn't be able to stand here and talk to me."

Do you really think he has a good temper?

Does he not need a fee for taking action?

1 million shi of grain is enough for 100, 00 troops to eat openly for two months during wartime.

If it's not wartime, it's enough for a year.

Hmm! With the appetite of Su Xuan's soldiers, this time needs to be halved.

It's not that he doesn't want more, but Lord Yuan Shu probably won't agree, and he can't take out more for a while.

Currently, he can let the local scholars in Nanyang scrape together, it shouldn't be difficult.

What? Nanyang will be Su Xuan's territory in the future.

Is he tricking himself?

Stop joking.

Even if Su Xuan takes Nanyang, the money and food of those scholars are not his money and food!

Even if he wants to take it out, he has to pay a price.

As for moving these scholars?

Now is far from the time.

Moreover, even if he wants to move in the future, he can't be roughly beaten to death with one stick.

That would not only be useless, but would only make things worse.

Any reform cannot be roughly cut with one knife, otherwise, it will only hurt others and oneself.

In addition, letting Lord Yuan Shu forcibly levy the money and food of Nanyang scholars is to make Lord Yuan Shu completely offend these Nanyang scholars.

Shaking Lord Yuan Shu's foundation in Nanyang, making it convenient for Su Xuan to drive Lord Yuan Shu away in the future, take Nanyang, and quickly stabilize Nanyang's rule.

I believe that with the comparison, these local scholars in Nanyang should know who is the better ruler.

He is also afraid that some scholars in Nanyang will not see the situation clearly, think that Su Xuan's family in Nanyang didn't count for anything before, and brainlessly look down on Su Xuan, doing some brainless behaviors.

It won't hurt Su Xuan, but it can disgust him.

"Yes! I will send someone to convey the General's meaning, but I don't guarantee my Lord will agree!"

Su Xuan had said everything to this point, and there was no room for discussion at all, Ji Ling could only bite the bullet and agree to convey Su Xuan's meaning first.

As for how Lord Yuan Shu chooses, that is Lord Yuan Shu's business.

At worst, they will be abandoned by Lord Yuan Shu and die directly.

Although, he just started preparing to follow the Lord to do a big thing, and now he might die, but Ji Ling is not a person afraid of death.

"Very good! Then hurry up and do it!"

Su Xuan nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand to a secret guard beside him, and the secret guard took Ji Ling to write the letter.

— Author's Notes —

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