The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Can't kill? Why, he killed hundreds of my brothers, the hatred is irreconcilable, I will take his life!"

Jiang Qin's hatred for Zu Lang was still very deep, and when Liu Zheng said that he could not kill Zu Lang, he immediately became anxious.

"Zu Lang has surrendered to me just now, and now he is mine, so I want to save his life, give Liu Zheng a bad face, and spare his life. As for him killing hundreds of your brothers, it's better like this. I will provide the money and rations for your brothers and families, what do you think?"

"Actually, there is not much enmity between you. Why bother to kill you and me. This time you also killed a lot of his men and horses. It's time to let go of your anger."

Chapter 179

Liu Zheng wants to save Zu Lang, but he doesn't want to offend Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai too much.

It can only act as a peacemaker in the middle to resolve the hatred between the two parties.

After all, speaking of it, the reason why they got into such a fight was mainly because of Liu Zheng. If Liu Zheng hadn't framed them, the two of them probably wouldn't have fought.

"You really want to protect him?"

Although Liu Zheng said something, he didn't seem to be able to explain Jiang Qin in a few words.

The hatred between them is not so easy to resolve.

However, Jiang Qin did not ignore Liu Zheng's persuasion at this time, and did not directly attack Zu Lang.

Because Jiang Qin is not stupid, if Liu Zheng really wants to protect Zulang, there are more than a dozen of Liu Zheng here, not to mention Gan Ning, who seems to be extremely powerful, Jiang Qin will be able to deal with the dozen Jinfan thieves alone. It feels tricky.

It is impossible for Jiang Qin alone to fight against Liu Zheng's people.

So Jiang Qin can only ask clearly, and only after he is sure that Liu Zheng really wants to save Zu Lang can he think about the next thing.

Liu Zheng nodded again.

"Well, since Zu Lang has taken refuge with me, he is my brother. I will bear all the unhappiness he had with you before. Brother Jiang Qin, give me Liu Zheng a face. Sit down and discuss this matter. "

Jiang Qin heard Liu Zheng's affirmative answer again, this time he didn't say anything, but just stood there, staring at Zu Lang coldly.

I didn't speak for a long time.

Seeing that Jiang Qin didn't speak, Liu Zheng didn't say much. The two sides just stood there silently, confronting each other.

Jiang Qin was thinking, weighing the gains and losses of Liu Zheng's words, and at the same time thinking about how confident he was in chasing and killing Zu Lang if he forcibly ignored Liu Zheng's words.

After a dozen or so breaths of embarrassment, Jiang Qin finally spoke.

"I can't make the decision on this matter alone, I want to discuss it with Zhou Tai!"

Jiang Qin said a word for a long time, but in the end he chose to back down.

Seeing Jiang Qin speak, Liu Zheng already knew the meaning of Jiang Qin's resignation, so he didn't say much at the moment, and agreed directly.

"Okay, let's go back now, find Zhou Tai, and discuss how to solve Zu Lang's matter. Don't worry, it's still the same sentence just now. I would like to compensate you for the loss on Zu Lang's behalf. For the specific amount of loss, you brothers can open a I will give you some money, all I need is to wipe out the grievances between you and Zu Lang, and the two sides will turn their hostility into friendship."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he took the initiative to go to Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin's attitude towards Liu Zheng was a little colder than before, but he didn't turn his back.

In this way, the two sides walked out of the dense forest and returned to the place where they fought with Zu Lang's soldiers and horses.

When Liu Zheng brought his men back, the battle here was still raging.

After all, it was a battlefield with thousands of people, and it was very scattered, with a total of close to 5000 people, distributed on more than ten warships.

The scene is too big, and the battle cannot be ended in a short time.

When Liu Zheng brought Zu Lang back, Zu Lang and Liu Zheng ordered at the same time that the troops on both sides stop fighting. It took a lot of effort to let the troops on both sides temporarily truce and lean on one side.

Zu Lang called a truce, and his deputy immediately approached and asked Zu Lang why he stopped fighting.

Zu Lang also confessed, directly saying that he had surrendered to Liu Zheng, which made the deputies turn pale with fright, and immediately asked Zu Lang why he surrendered.

Those people didn't seem to understand Zu Lang's actions very much, and some even rebelled on the spot, saying they wanted to leave Zu Lang.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Zu Lang was so stubborn that he directly kicked up a long knife discarded by others on the ground, then picked up the long knife with one hand, swung it fiercely, and chopped down the water thief who asked him to leave Zu Lang .

Zu Lang showed a fierce look on his face, and immediately yelled.

"What are you talking about, I am the head of the family, do I need your consent to do anything, if you are willing to follow me, follow me, if you don't, get out of here as soon as possible!"

Maybe Zu Lang didn't like that person a long time ago, but the skill he showed in this way really shocked many people with different intentions. The few remaining Zu Lang's tribe immediately fell silent, everyone No more words, but silently stood aside, waiting for Zu Lang's order.

But Zu Lang was sensible, and stood honestly by Liu Zheng's side at this time, because Zu Lang also understood that although the fighting had subsided at this time, his life and death still depended on Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng was also waiting at this time. He gathered his soldiers and horses, and simply counted the number of people. After finding that more than [-] people were killed and injured, he felt a little bit pained in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. After all, there was no way to fight undead.

When he had just finished counting his manpower losses, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had already finished their discussions over there, and sent people over to contact Liu Zheng.

"Liu Zhengqu Shuai, the two of us have discussed it, please board the boat to discuss the next thing."

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai only sent an inconspicuous water thief to deliver a message to Liu Zheng.

And let Liu Zheng go to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's boat to discuss the next thing.

This made Gan Ning, Zu Lang and the others startled, and immediately spoke to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, no, if my lord gets on the boat, I'm afraid"

Gan Ning hadn't finished speaking, but Liu Zheng knew what Gan Ning wanted to say, so he stretched out his hand and interrupted what Gan Ning was about to say.

"Hey, Gan Ning, don't think about it. Since Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai have asked us to board the boat to discuss, then we will board the boat. Those who are afraid of tigers and wolves are not considered heroes. Come, follow me on board!"

Liu Zheng wasn't worried at all, and directly asked Gan Ning to follow him to the appointment.

Just after taking two steps, he remembered something and turned to look at Zu Lang.

"Brother Zulang, you can come too."

Zu Lang hesitated for a moment, but still took a step forward.

"Yes."

Zu Lang was also free and easy. Since Liu Zheng dared to go to the appointment alone, he naturally had nothing to be afraid of, so he followed Liu Zheng to the boat.

Only Gan Ning, although Liu Zheng interrupted what he was worried about, still did not relax his guard. He pulled his flying scythe, held the weapon tightly, and followed Liu Zheng onto the boat.

If an unpleasant conflict occurs, Gan Ning decides to protect Liu Zheng's safety to the death.

After boarding Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's boat, the boat was still in a mess, the bloodstains from the battle were not even cleaned up, and there were several brothers' corpses on the ground, as well as the bloody smell of the deck.

Seeing that Liu Zheng only brought Gan Ning and Zu Lang to the appointment, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were also taken aback. They never expected that Liu Zheng would be so relieved of the two of them.

Surprised, it was Jiang Qin who came up first to greet Liu Zheng.

1 Chapter Eighty

"Shuai Liu Zhengqu is really courageous. If you go to the appointment alone, aren't you afraid that the two of us brothers will harm you?"

When Jiang Qin saw Liu Zheng, he immediately said something to Liu Zheng, with a rather smug tone in his mouth.

Although there was quite a tense atmosphere on the boat at this time, Liu Zheng was not afraid, pretending to be calm, walked a few steps towards Jiang Qin, approached him slowly, and then responded to him.

"If I was afraid, I would not have come. I, Liu Zheng, am not a person who is afraid of death. If I was afraid of death, I would have died in the battle between the Yellow Turban Army and the Han army. How could I have the opportunity to lead a mere ten thousand people?" , entered Luoyang."

Liu Zheng said it lightly, but he was also telling Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai that Liu Zheng was not a person who was afraid of death.

"Besides, although I haven't been in contact with Brother Jiang Qin for a long time, I don't think you are fools. Even if you attack me at this time, you can kill us in the end. It's difficult for you to think that with this mere manpower, Can I escape safely from here?"

It's not that Liu Zheng is confident, but that Liu Zheng knows that both Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are water thieves. Although they lived a life of licking blood, it was all caused by poverty. It really made them swear to kill their ancestors because of hatred. Lang, or not.

Besides, there are more than 1000 people on Liu Zheng's side, including Zu Lang's manpower, more than 2000 people.

As for Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, after the fight just now, only 600 of the remaining [-] troops remained.

With these more than four hundred people, it is really not easy to kill Liu Zheng, Zu Lang and others.

Unless they really want to fight to the death, to the point where both parties suffer.

But Liu Zheng believes that they should also be so stupid.

Just after Liu Zheng finished speaking, a smile appeared on Jiang Qin's face, and he took the initiative to welcome Liu Zheng to talk about the next thing.

"Liu Zheng Qushuai, my brothers and I have already discussed it. We can accept the peace agreement and agree to a temporary truce with Zu Lang, but Zu Lang must give us a satisfactory answer and sufficient compensation."

Peace talks are the common goal of the two parties. After all, no one wants to make a fuss like this.

If it is possible to negotiate peacefully and resolve this issue peacefully, it must be acceptable to both parties.

"You can rest assured about this. I have already said it before. I will bear all the compensation. You just need to set a price, as long as it is not too outrageous, I can accept it."

After Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai heard Liu Zheng's words, they met and glanced at each other before answering Liu Zheng.

"Yes, we have killed or injured more than 600 brothers. One of these 600 brothers will pay us [-] yuan, minus the odds. If Zu Lang can compensate us with a total of [-] gold, we will agree to a relationship with him. All grievances are wiped out."

After Jiang Qin finished speaking, Zhou Tai said something to Liu Zheng, and put the amount of compensation at [-] gold.

This offer is not low.After all, it was an ordinary family of five in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.The cost of a day is only a dozen or so, not even one gold a year.

And Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and others asked for [-] gold, which was even more ruthless than Liu Zheng blackmailed Huang Zu and others back then.

But Liu Zheng did not refuse, after hearing Zhou Tai's words, he immediately agreed.

"Alright, [-] gold is [-] gold. As long as the grievances between you two are wiped out and turned into friendship, I can still afford this amount of money."

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were taken aback when they heard that Liu Zheng agreed so readily.

They never expected that Liu Zheng didn't even bargain or fight back, and he agreed directly.

According to the previous calculations of the two of them, they actually wanted the lion to open its mouth and offer an outrageous price, so that Liu Zheng would retreat because of the high price and give up protecting Zu Lang. After all, it cost such a huge amount to save Zu Lang A fortune that is not worth it.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had this idea, they wanted Liu Zheng to give up Zu Lang, so that they could continue to fight Zu Lang, but who knew that Liu Zheng actually agreed directly, and let the two of them work together for a while. It is not good to continue to expand.

The two looked at each other in embarrassment, and were even a little uncertain. They turned to look at Liu Zheng and asked tentatively again in doubt.

"Liu Zhengqu Shuai, what you said just now, is it true? Do you really want to compensate us [-] gold?"

"Hehehe, do you think what I, Liu Zheng, said was a joke?"

"Or do you think I can't afford so much money?"

"No, no, we didn't mean to offend, but I was a little surprised that you agreed directly. In my opinion, you should bargain with us."

"Ah, can I still bargain?"

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Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin looked at Liu Zheng in embarrassment, and were speechless for a while, without speaking.

After Liu Zheng agreed, the next negotiation will be much easier.

Liu Zheng agreed to give the money, and without counter-offering, he decided to pay [-] gold to compensate Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.

In front of Qian, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had nothing to say, they could only temporarily turn their hostility with Zu Lang into friendship.

After this matter was done, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin looked at Liu Zheng with admiration. First, they believed that Liu Zheng was honest, rich and powerful, and he was a man of great trust and promise.

At the same time, Zu Lang was also very grateful to Liu Zheng. The huge fund of [-] gold was put up, but even Zu Lang, a famous water thief in Poyang Lake, couldn't get it out for a while.

But Liu Zheng easily opened his mouth and took it out to compensate Zu Lang.This is not to say that Liu Zheng has a lot of money, but that Liu Zheng believes in Zu Lang and feels that Zu Lang is worth the money, which makes Zu Lang feel that he is valued by Liu Zheng, even more than [-] gold, in Liu Zheng's heart , so valued his Zulang.

Naturally, Zu Lang was also very grateful to Liu Zheng, and decided to be loyal to Liu Zheng and repay him for his kindness.

Of course, Liu Zheng was not that rich at this time. Although he had extorted more than 2000 gold from Cai Mao earlier, the money had already been spent by him buying equipment and distributing it to his subordinates.

Later, although he robbed a lot of money and food in Luoyang, he distributed some of the money and food to his subordinates and used the other part to build Mingyue Village. He said a lot, and the one that Liu Zheng used to compensate for the loss was actually obtained from Huang Zu. part of the money.

Together with some of the money left over from Luoyang, they managed to scrape together [-] gold and gave it to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.

As a result, Liu Zheng didn't have much cash to spend on him.

Chapter 181 Go North to Xuzhou

Liu Zheng didn't have much cash at first, but now he is a bit poor. Although food is not worrying for the time being, he can't do without money. His Mingyue cottage is under construction, and he needs money to buy materials. when.

Fortunately, the matter of water thieves has now been resolved.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, the Jiang Zhou thieves, did not know each other. After getting acquainted, although they did not join Liu Zheng, they still had friendship in the waters of Poyang Lake. After Liu Zheng sent a fleet to do business , it is not so difficult.

In addition, Zu Lang has completely surrendered to Liu Zheng and has become Liu Zheng's subordinate, so Liu Zheng also plans to focus on cultivating Zu Lang, and in the next few days, let his people and Zu Lang's people merge into one , Continue to cultivate your own power in the waters of Poyang Lake.

This is also the reason why Liu Zheng didn't rush to kill him when he saw Zu Lang running away, but let him take refuge in him.

Liu Zheng originally wanted to participate in the forces of the four water thieves in Poyang Lake.

At the beginning, his idea was to eliminate Jiang Zhou's bandit, thus replacing Jiang Zhou's bandit among the four major water thieves in Poyang Lake.

But later this incident triggered a battle between Jiang Zhou's thief and Zu Lang, which caused Jiang Zhou's thief's strength to be greatly damaged, and Liu Zheng joined forces with Jiang Tuesday's thief to fight against Zu Lang.