Listening to his father's words, Yan Peng was silent for a long time, he had fought head-on with the Eastern Army, and naturally knew the strength of the opponent, and now he wanted to resist, just because he had the support of Hejian City, but now, this last layer of reliance is also being peeled off layer by layer.

"It's just Sun Jian, them?" He hesitated and asked worriedly.

"You go and summon Sun Jian's group of people to me first." Yan Shenghao leaned back in his chair tiredly and said softly.

"Father wants to?"

"Zhou Yu left them down, naturally he wanted me to resist to the end, they don't care if I win the fight or not, all they care about is whether I can consume some lofty strength, forget about the ordinary soldiers below, but Sun Jian and those captains must be taken first." Yan Shengxu waved his hand, "If you go to them, just say that I will discuss with them about the city defense, and now the new barracks under their command are constantly in chaos, and there are the most problems, so they won't be suspicious." ”

"I see!" Yan Peng nodded and turned to leave.

Yan Shenghao let out a long sigh and looked up and down the hall he was in, and soon, this place that represented the highest power in Hejian County no longer belonged to him.

A day later, the camp of the Eastern Army outside the city welcomed a special guest. Hejian County guarded Yan Shenghao, he rode alone, came out of the city, and went straight into the lofty camp.

For Yan Shenghao to come over in person, it was unexpected, in one respect, this is also a rather not simple person, who has been able to run Hejian County for many years, and has his own uniqueness.

The other party came calmly, and Gao Yuan naturally would not neglect him, and personally greeted him and welcomed him into his big tent.

"What can you give me?" The two sat down opposite each other, without any cold noise, and Gao Yuan went straight to the topic. This is an extremely tricky question, right now, except for the county seat, all other places in Hejian County have fallen into the hands of Gao Yuan, and Yan Shenghao does not have many chips in his hands.

Looking at the opponent in front of him, who was decades younger than himself, Yan Shenghao felt a lot of emotion in his heart, since a few years ago, he received a letter from Ning Zecheng, and sent an army to search for Gao Yuan in the name of sweeping the Huns. He handed over bad luck, and one after another elite soldiers were wiped out in the hands of this person, until today, the other side soldiers are in the city, and they are at the end of their rope. The reliance that he thought he had at the beginning has now been reduced to a prisoner, and Zhou Yutanfeng, the two new generation of rising people, is even more thick-faced and black-hearted than Ning Zhouren, and he has become an abandoned outcast, a dying prey who can be used for the last time.

"I can give you an intact rivertown!" Yan Shenghao said slowly: "I can also give you a clear and honest identity." You should understand that I, Yan, have been in Hejian County for decades, and I always have some strength and fame, and you have justifiably won Hejian County. It's better than a robbery in an outsider's mouth, I don't know if you care about fame, but a good reputation is much better than a bad reputation. Right? ”

Listening to Yan Shenghao's words, Gao Yuan laughed and applauded lightly. "Well said. But is that all? ”

"Of course it's not all, I still have four thousand elite soldiers!" Yan Shenghao stared at Gao Yuan: "General Gao, if you face me, you naturally have the strength to do what you want, but you clearly know who your enemy is?" Now, it should be Donghu people! ”

Gao Yuan smiled slightly: "So what?" ”

"Donghu people and Dayan a big war, although they won, but also paid a huge price, especially the tactics they used, so that the economy of their ruling area suffered great damage, the current Donghu, with hunger and cold to describe it is not an exaggeration, survive this winter, they will come out, what to do, naturally to rob, to grab, General Gao, you occupy Liaoxi, you will inevitably have to fight with the other party, maybe Liaoxi will become a battlefield, That's why you must take Hejian County as your solid rear, right? ”

"You're right!" Gao Yuan leaned forward, "There is indeed a reason for this." The forces of Donghu are much stronger than mine, and I need more land, more people, and more wealth to fight them. ”

"Yes, you need that, but now, you're even more short of soldiers. In the past few months, I have also received a lot of information, calculated your strength in detail, you do not have many soldiers under your command now, it will never exceed 20,000, and what you have to deal with is Donghu, who has 100,000 troops, and my remaining 4,000 elites are definitely what you need. Although they have suffered defeat at your hands, it does not mean that they cannot fight. Yan Shenghao said: "These, is it enough?" ”

"What do you want?" Looking at Yan Shenghao, Gao Yuan gradually put away his contempt, sure enough, none of them were fuel-efficient lamps, and they were clearly calculated.

"I heard that General Gao has built a large-scale stone city in the grassland, green like the sea in spring and summer, snowy in winter, the landscape is very magnificent, where does Yan want to find a private house, come to spring in spring, and enjoy the snow in winter, I don't know if it is possible?" Yan Shengxu looked at Gao Yuan and said.

This is to take the body as a hostage. Gao Yuan narrowed his eyes, "Jishi City is very big, if Yan Junshou wants to settle down somewhere, Gao is naturally welcome, I don't know what other requirements Yan Junshou has?" ”

"My son Yan Peng, who has passed the age of his establishment, is not handsome, and it may be difficult to stand alone, but as a general who charges into battle, he is still very qualified, and my request is that these 4,000 Hejian soldiers are led by him to serve the general. As for what he can do in the future, he needs to work hard by himself, and I can't control it. ”

Gao Yuan smiled, "Yan Junshou must also have a very detailed understanding of my Eastern Army, and you should know that the Eastern Army is mixed. ”

"There are exceptions to everything." Yan Shenghao shook his head and said, "This is my request." The only requirement. ”

"Yan Junshou, aren't you afraid that I will promise you now, when you arrive at Jishi City, after Yan Peng leads the army to merge into the Eastern Army, I will start to slowly divide your army?"

"At that time, the soldiers of Hejian County were already your army." Yan Shenghao smiled, "What's more, I think General Gao has lofty ambitions and should have more ambitious goals, so he won't break his promise and enrich himself and chill the hearts of those who come after him." ”

"The soldiers of Hejian County are in their own right, how can I restrain them?" Gao Yuan crossed his fingers and looked at Yan Shengxu with a smile.

"If you want to restrain your followers, you naturally have to be stronger than them, General Gao, if your strength is always above everyone else, will those who follow you have two hearts? On the contrary, even if you want to restrain them, can you restrain them? You still only own one county, and all the soldiers were brought out by your own hands, but in the future, when you want to go further, do you still have the energy, this courage, every soldier, every general, and appoint your descendants? No, General Gao, you need to accommodate more people, among these people, there may be those who sincerely follow you, some who want to follow you, maybe there are icing on the cake, and there will be no shortage of unpredictable people. ”

"Well said, well said!" Gao Yuan laughed and stood up, "Then what kind of person are you?" ”

"I, now me, should be very contradictory, first, I am forced to be helpless, now I don't take refuge in you, then I have to die, Yan will die, second, in the situation of Yan Kingdom, I am also optimistic about you, maybe you can become a generation of heroes, of course, if you can really defeat the Donghu people and recover the land of Liaodong, then I will follow you with all my heart, because I know that if you can do this, then Yan Peng will follow you, and there will definitely be a bright future." Yan Shengxu said: "Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, I now say that I am happy and sincere to you, and I am dead to you, do you believe it?" ”

"Okay, very good, Yan Junshou, I underestimated you before, but I'm very strange, you shouldn't be an incompetent person, but why did you run Hejian County to the way it is now?"

"It's hard to return, I can't break the old, I'm content with the current state, I haven't judged the current situation clearly, failure is naturally inevitable, it's naturally easy to reflect after the incident, but to have foresight, how many can there be in the world? I'm not a mediocre person, but I'm not a wise and decisive person, and in this turbulent era, it's only natural to be eliminated. ”

"I promise you, Yan Peng will form an army of his own with four thousand Hejian soldiers, but, as you said, my next opponent is the Donghu people, so they will go to the Donghu front, he needs to prove his worth with his military exploits, you can rest assured, as long as I come under my command, I will treat everyone equally, and I will not look at the Hejian soldiers differently because of your words, and even intend to destroy them, I am not Ning Zecheng, nor Zhou Yuan." Gao Yuan looked at Yan Shenghao with both hands: "I will give Yan Peng a chance, and I will also convince you." ”

Yan Shenghao stood up, "In that case, the deal, after returning to the city, I will pack up, pack up and salute, and go back to Jishi City with you." ”

"Stone City will be very welcoming for you to stay, where you will look a different world!" Gao Yuan smiled.

"When Zhou Yu traveled through Hejian County to Yuyang, he left me a teaching team of five hundred people, and now these people have been taken down by me, what are you going to do with them?"

"Let them go, let them go back." Gao Yuan said noncommittally: "After all, they are all Dayan people, killing them will not do me any good, let them go back, maybe they can still do something for Dayan!" ”

"Are you still loyal to Dayan?" Yan Shenghao's tone was slightly sarcastic.

"The current Dayan still needs me, and I need him too!" Gao Yuan said meaningfully: "This is like a husband and wife, whose relationship has broken down and separated, but for the sake of their children, they still have to live a life in a detached manner." ”

"When the child grows up, it's time for a real break?"

"That's nature!" (To be continued......)