"The general only gave a thirty-day deadline, how dare we delay? If it weren't for the horses having to rest, we wouldn't have dared to stop for a day! ”

After nodding his head and replying, he opened his mouth and said as soon as he heard Guan Jing's voice:

"By the way, about the prisoners of war, my lord means ......"

"Slow!"

didn't wait for Guan Jing to finish speaking, but was interrupted by Huaxing on the other side:

"You don't have to tell me about this, when you get to the prisoner of war area, you can just tell the soldiers directly. Let's go, they must be in a hurry during this time, let's go see them now. ”

After speaking, regardless of whether the other party wanted to or not, Huaxing turned around and walked towards the prison area.

Guan Jing's visit this time, in addition to bringing Gongsun Zhan's reply, he actually has another task:

It is to use his incorruptible tongue to persuade the other party to release the prisoners of war unconditionally as much as possible.

But judging from the current situation, Huaxing had no intention of negotiating at all, but directly took himself to the prisoner of war area.

If you get there, in front of many soldiers, some things will definitely not be easy to say.

Therefore, in order to achieve the purpose of this trip, I saw Guan Jing hurriedly step forward, came to Huaxing's side and said:

"General Hua, before going to the prison area, there are still some things I want to discuss with the general......

"Humph! Discuss? ”

But like last time, this time Huaxing still didn't let the other party finish speaking, so he coldly interrupted Guan Jing:

"Guan Changshi, you're not mistaken, right? You and I are still hostile! Still discussing? Why should I consult with you? When you sent troops to attack us, why didn't you say that we would discuss it first? Now that you're defeated, you just remembered to discuss? What a pipe dream! ”

Speaking of this, I saw Hua Xing glaring at the other party fiercely, and then continued:

"Surnamed Guan, listen to me, I called you here for one purpose, so that you can redeem the prisoners of war! Other than that, I don't want to hear any more words. If you dare to say more, I'll even shut you down! ”

As the saying goes, when people are under the roof, they have to bow their heads.

Seeing that the other party's attitude was so tough, Guan Jing, who was in the enemy camp, had no choice but to shut up and follow Huaxing all the way to the prison area, not daring to say a word.

……

Ten minutes later, Hua Xing and the others arrived at the prison area.

There was no need to give further notice, after seeing the figures of Huaxing and Guan Jing, the prisoners of war were passed on to ten, ten, and hundreds, and soon completed the assembly and gathered under the high platform.

Seeing that the "reinforcements" that they had been waiting for for more than half a month finally came, the eyes of the soldiers were full of longing and expectation.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also came to the venue at this moment under the reminder of their companions.

After seeing Guan Jing on the stage, Zhang Fei showed a relieved smile on the spot, and said to Guan Yu beside him:

"Second brother, look, it's Guan Changshi who is here. Hehe, now we're saved. ”

And Guan Yu, who was standing on the side, was not as optimistic as Zhang Fei.

He just nodded slightly, and after saying "I hope so", he didn't say anything more, and turned to look at Huaxing on the stage.

Seeing that the people were almost coming, Hua Xing took a step forward, raised his arms and made a quiet gesture to everyone:

"Ladies and gentlemen, your long-awaited history of the Commissioner is finally here. I don't talk nonsense, let's let Guan Changshi directly announce the results! ”

Speaking of this, Hua Xing directly turned his head to look at Guan Jing and asked:

"Guan Changshi, how did Gongsun Chan decide? Is he planning to spend money to redeem everyone? Or do you want to leave them here and die? ”

As soon as these words came out, the two thousand people standing in the audience instantly became silent.

Some people are full of anticipation, some are nervous, some are anxious, and some are frowning......

For a while, everyone in the venue held their breath, and all their eyes converged on Guan Jing's body.

Under the gaze of everyone, Guan Jing was also under pressure, not only his face was unnatural, but a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead.

It seems that the answer he brought to the table did not seem to be ideal.

However, due to the distance, most of the soldiers in the audience couldn't see Guan Jing's expression clearly.

Even if they did, they couldn't easily give up hope until they heard the answer in person.

Therefore, seeing that the other party did not reply for a long time, the soldiers in the audience shouted one after another:

"Guan Changshi, why don't you answer? What did the lord say? ”

"Yes! Is it dead or alive, why don't you give me a word? Standing there silent, is it trying to kill us in a hurry? ”

"Alas! Does this need to be asked? The meaning is already obvious, Gongsun Chan definitely didn't plan to save us, otherwise Guan Jing would have spoken a long time ago! ”

"That's not right! If he hadn't come to save us, why would he be here? Wouldn't it be nice to stay in Youzhou? Why go all the way to find a curse? ”

"Well, that makes sense. But if so, then why didn't he speak? ”

"This, this...... I don't know......"

The audience is gossiping and disagreeing; On the stage, they looked at each other and were confused.

Seeing that Guan Jing was reluctant to speak, Zhang Liao, who was standing aside, was also a little impatient:

"Hey! I said the surname Guan, what did Gongsun Chan say? You haven't been talking, are you trying to kill us in a hurry? ”

After feeling the double pressure from the stage and the audience, Guan Jing knew that he couldn't be so silent anymore.

Although it was a little difficult to speak, but now he had no other way but to walk to the front of the stage, hugged his fists at the nearly 2,000 comrades in the audience, and said apologetically:

"Brave men, after learning the news of your capture, the lord and I are heartbroken! We convened an emergency meeting overnight and tried every means to raise ransom for you. However, everyone also knows that our Youzhou army is not rich in the first place, and in addition, we have been fighting against Yuan Shaojun during this time, and the military expenditure is very high, so until the end, we have not been able to make up the full ransom......"

Hearing this, many soldiers showed disappointment on their faces.

But disappointment to disappointment, they did not despair!

Because in their view, "not enough" only means that some people cannot leave, and some people can be rescued.

So, soon someone in the audience shouted:

"Guan Changshi, how much did you make up? How many people can be saved? At least one thousand eight hundred taels, right? ”

"This, this...... Alas! We didn't have much, only, only two hundred taels of silver. Because he was too weak-hearted, Guan Jing didn't dare to raise his head when he said this.

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "buzz" from the audience and exploded!!

If Gongsun Chan was just the head of a cottage, everyone would never have any complaints.

Because two hundred taels of silver is really not a small amount for a cottage, it is not easy to make up this number.