Chapter 117: The sky-high asking price
Wei Yan received an order to go to the base camp.
Yuan Shao is the leader of the coalition forces, and his barracks are naturally the base camp.
Every time he went to the base camp, Wei Yan was a little impatient, he really didn't want to deal with Yuan Shao and the others, the shameless hypocrisy of these people made him feel bored.
But he couldn't help but go, and after receiving the order, Wei Yan asked the messenger who reported the news to go back first.
"Lord, Yuan Benchu is wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, I'm afraid that he will not be good for you." Xi Zhicai said.
"Sir, don't worry, Yuan Benchu is resourceful and indecisive, even if he resents me, he won't do anything for a while, and besides, in front of everyone, he won't do anything to me." Wei Yan said lightly.
"My lord, I'll go with you." Dian Wei said.
"Just let Zhou Cang go with me, I'm afraid you'll be rash." Wei Yan patted Dian Wei's shoulder.
"Liao Hua, Xiao Pei, you hurry up and put Liu Bei's men and horses into our team, no matter who comes, you can't let them take people away." Wei Yan commanded.
"Yes, my lord." Liao Hua and Pei Yuanshao surrendered their orders.
Wei Yan came to the base camp and walked directly into the council hall without being announced.
Yuan Shaozheng was sitting on the main seat with a gloomy face, and the atmosphere was a little solemn.
Yuan Shu gloated at Wei Yan who came in, while the others seemed indifferent, only Cao Cao and a few others simply said hello to Wei Yan.
"I wonder what the alliance leader summoned me for?" Wei Yan pretended not to know and greeted Yuan Shao.
"You've done a good job!" Yuan Shao snorted.
"How?" Wei Yan asked.
Yuan Shu couldn't hold his breath and said, "Wei Yan, at this time, do you still want to quibble?" ”
"Sophistry? What do you mean? Wei Yan asked rhetorically.
"Humph! We and the coalition are all brothers, why do you allow your men to kill their comrades? Yuan Shu asked sharply.
"I mutilated my comrades?" Wei Yan sneered, looked at Yuan Shu and asked, "Yuan Shu, do you know the cause and effect of this matter?" If you think I'm Wei Yan a bully, you can just give it a try! ”
Of course, Yuan Shu knew the cause and effect of this matter, and the reason why he was the first to attack was to take the lead in taking the lead, convicting Wei Yan of a crime first, and turning this discussion into a trial meeting.
"You ......" Yuan Shu's face was gloomy.
"Alright, you sit down first!" Yuan Shao saw that something was going to happen, and hurriedly came out to play a round.
He originally wanted to take this opportunity to rectify Wei Yan, but it seemed that Wei Yan was a little tough, and it didn't look good on anyone's face if he stiffened.
"Wu Tinghou, don't be angry, of course we know the rights and wrongs of this matter, that Liu Bei is just a small person, and there is a mistake first, this matter should have been turned into a big thing and a small matter, but now is the time to employ people, it is not appropriate for you to openly destroy the unity of the coalition like this, not to mention that Gongsun Taishou's face must not look good, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Yuan Shao said.
"At the beginning, this matter is already very clear, the fault is not Wen Chang, but the horse was sent to Wen Chang, but it was robbed by Liu Bei, and this matter is reasonable." Cao Cao said.
"Yes, the gentleman is frank, a little petty people, we don't need to take it to heart." Kong Rong also spoke for Wei Yan.
Yuan Shao frowned, he felt that the tone was not quite right, obviously he wanted to criticize Wei Yan, so if he continued like this, he would become a critic of Liu Bei, so he quickly broke the tone back.
"Ahem......" Yuan Shao coughed lightly, "Liu Bei must be wrong, but since we are an alliance, of course we have to discuss with me, the alliance leader, if there is anything, there is no need to make a big deal about this matter, if Wu Tinghou had come to inform me earlier, Shao would definitely be able to bring all the horses back, and avoid cannibalism among his comrades, so, this is a matter of principle, otherwise what's the use of me as the alliance leader?" ”
"Yes, the original words are very good, since it is an alliance, everything should be done according to the rules." Han Fu said.
"No matter what, we still have to give Bergui an explanation for this matter."
"I think I'll let Wu Tinghou go to Gongsun Taishou to apologize......"
Wei Yan looked at these people coldly, you didn't say a word, but you didn't say a word.
Yuan Shao was very satisfied, with a smile on his face, he had been watching coldly, knowing that most of the princes were still on his side, and he also had confidence in his heart.
What kind of apology and the like were automatically ignored by him, he didn't want to spare Wei Yan so lightly.
Yuan Shao raised his hand to stop everyone from talking, and waited until the council hall was quiet before he said slowly: "Wu Tinghou is young after all, it is inevitable to make some mistakes, we should give him a chance to make up for his mistakes." ”
"Well, the alliance leader is magnanimous, I admire him."
"Listen to the alliance leader, but I don't know how to make up for it?"
Everyone was interested in Yuan Shao's statement that he would make up for it.
Even Wei Yan wanted to hear what Yuan Shao had in mind.
"Ahem...... What's this...... Now everyone has seen the form, Dong Zhuo's old thief is really arrogant, our army's heart is shaken, we must investigate, if Wu Tinghou is willing to take the lead and get a good start for the coalition army, this little thing should be revealed. Yuan Shao said.
The sound of gasps rang out from the council chamber.
Yuan Shao's hand is too vicious, who doesn't know the courage of Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army, even fierce people like Cao Cao and Sun Jian have been defeated, at this moment, taking advantage of the danger, morale is flourishing, who dares to take the lead?
They all looked at Wei Yan, thinking that Wei Yan would definitely refuse, but Wei Yan laughed and said, "No problem, isn't it just taking the lead, I agree." ”
"Ah~" Yuan Shao didn't expect Wei Yan to agree so quickly, he still had a lot of reasons in his stomach, and this time he was all stuffed in his stomach by Wei Yan, which made him feel depressed.
"Do you really agree?" Yuan Shao asked again.
"Agreed, but I have one condition!" Wei Yan said.
"Wu Tinghou, please say, as long as we can do it, we will give it our full support." Yuan Shao was overjoyed.
"I want three thousand soldiers, five hundred war horses, and three thousand pairs ......of weapons and armor," Wei Yan thought for a while and said.
"You ......" Yuan Shao swallowed and spat, scolding in his heart, Tama's, you are a lion with his mouth wide open, so many things, have you used them up?
"This is too much, I can only give you a thousand people, two hundred horses, and a thousand pairs of weapons and armor...... Yuan Shao discounted everything.
Wei Yan was overjoyed, he was already asking for a price, so he waited for Yuan Shao to sit on the ground and bargain, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to give so many things, which had exceeded his expectations.
In fact, Yuan Shao is not too sensitive to these specific figures, he has a lot of money, and he feels that he has cut more than half, and he is already okay.
What he didn't expect was that Wei Yan only had a total of 3,000 people, and there were still many old and weak soldiers in it, and it was estimated that there would be left of these equipment plus the ones that were available before.
"That's it." Wei Yan smiled and blossomed.