"Huh? Liu Bei retired? Yuan Shao, who was rushing to Juxian County, was shocked when he heard the news of Liu Bei's withdrawal. However, after being shocked, his face became extremely solemn again, "It seems that I underestimated that Liu Bei ...... before."

After learning that Yuan Shao was coming with his army, Liu Bei immediately led the army to retreat, and it seemed that Liu Bei was afraid of Yuan Shao. But sometimes, it's not easy for everyone to choose. In particular, Liu Bei's troops were not much less than Yuan Shao's. At least Yuan Shao felt that if he was in Liu Bei's situation, he would never withdraw so decisively.

"Lord, my subordinates think that now that Liu Bei has withdrawn from the army, he must not want to fight a decisive battle with the lord. In this case, why don't you take the opportunity to make peace with that Liu Bei? Now that Li Yi and Gongsun Zan have not moved, if the lord takes the initiative to make peace with Liu Bei, Liu Bei will not disagree. Just as Yuan Shao was pondering, Xun Chen on the side looked at Yuan Shao's face and proposed respectfully.

"Negotiate peace?" Yuan Shao groaned, and couldn't help but think of Xun Yu's proposal before leaving, "If you listen to Wen Ruo's words and make peace with that Liu Bei at that time," Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel a trace ......of remorse in his heart.

However, this trace of remorse did not stay in Yuan Shao's heart for too long, although Yuan Shao was a little indecisive, it did not mean that he was a person who liked to regret. Not to mention that under the circumstances at that time, Yuan Shaoke didn't feel that Liu Bei could bring him any trouble at all.

Well...... Speaking of which, even if Yuan Shao listened to Xun Yu's proposal to negotiate peace with Liu Bei at that time, with Liu Bei's state of wanting to invade the Qinghe Kingdom at that time, he might not agree, right?

Seeing that Yuan Shao didn't speak, Xu Yu on the side opened his mouth to persuade, "My lord, my subordinates also agree with Youruo's words. Since the lord got Jizhou, he has been tired of dealing with the attacks of the surrounding enemies, and has hardly developed his territory. Although Jizhou's wealth can withstand it in a short period of time, it is not a long-term solution after all......"

"Well......" Hearing this, Yuan Shao groaned, then nodded and said, "In that case, Youruo, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Please rest assured that your subordinates will not live up to your lord's expectations!" Xun Chen replied respectfully when he heard this.

A few days later, Plains County.

"Peace?" Liu Bei looked at Xun Chen in front of him, his expression was neither happy nor sad, and he didn't seem to have much thought about Yuan Shao's desire to negotiate peace.

"Exactly, the matter in Jizhou is just a misunderstanding, so my lord sent me this time in the hope of solving this misunderstanding." Xun Chen chuckled and said, "Now that the Holy Lord is still suffering in Chang'an, if we are still fighting each other, wouldn't it make Dong Thief see a joke?" ”

"Humph! What a misunderstanding! Yuan Cheqi was just a Bohai county guard, but now he directly seized the land of Jizhou. How can this kind of rebellion be explained by a misunderstanding?! Bing Yuan on the side looked at Xun Chen and sneered.

"I think this is the Beihai celebrity Bing Gen Bingjun, right? Chen has heard the name of Bing Jun for a long time, but he has never had a chance to meet, and he regrets it...... "Hearing Bing Yuan's words, Xun Chen glanced at Liu Bei, who had no meaning to speak, and then turned his head to look at Bing Yuan and smiled respectfully.

As the saying goes, stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, although Bing Yuan was very dissatisfied with what Yuan Shao did, but Xun Chen said so, he could only say politely, "It's just a false name, Xun Jun has a good reputation." However, although he was in Beihai, he had long heard the name of Yingchuan Xun, and the eight dragons were famous all over the world in the past, and his descendants were all loyal and patriotic. It's just that now Xun Jun chose to help Yuan Shao, he was really puzzled......"

In the end, Bing Yuan pulled the topic back and mocked Xun Chen by the way. Obviously, for Yuan Shao's behavior, Bing Yuan was quite contemptuous.

Just in the face of Bing Yuan's words, Xun Chen just chuckled and said, "Yuan Cheqi is a descendant of the Yuan family, not to mention the loyalty of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, just when he crusaded against Dong Thief in the past, if Yuan Cheqi did not come forward to order the heroes, I am afraid that Dong Thief is still in Luoyang now!" ”

As he spoke, Xun Chen turned his head to look at Liu Bei and said with a smile, "As for the matter in Jizhou, it is really a misunderstanding. After the former coalition army returned to the territory, Yuan Cheqi has been accumulating strength to prepare to crusade against Dong Thief again. Later, he mistakenly fell for the plan of the Dong thief, thinking that Han Jun secretly surrendered to the Dong thief, so he ......"

Fortunately, Yuan Cheqi woke up quickly, quickly met with Han Jun and resolved the misunderstanding, and did not make a big mistake. It's just that then, because Han Jun was ill, and at the same time, he felt that he was not qualified for the position of Jizhou pastor. Therefore, after discussing with the officials of Jizhou and Yuan Cheqi, it was finally decided to give up the position of Jizhou pastor to Yuan Cheqi. Xun Chen kept explaining.

"The rank of the court official, how can he let him go at will?!" A rough voice sounded, Xun Chen turned his head to look, and suddenly smiled, "What General Zhang said is very true, how can the official ranks appointed and dismissed by the imperial court be let go at will?" ”

It's just that when he said this, Xun Chen's expression suddenly dimmed, and he said in a rather helpless tone, "It's just that Han Jun and Yuan Cheqi have no other way, after all, now the imperial court is controlled by that Dong thief, although Han Jun and Yuan Cheqi have sent people to the imperial court, but they have sunk into the sea without any echo......"

Well, Xun Chen directly threw all the pots to Dong Zhuo, and obviously, there is no more suitable person to carry the pot than Dong Zhuo. After all, it is impossible for Liu Bei to send someone to Chang'an to inquire about this matter, and even if he goes, any reply Yuan Shao gets can deal with it with "This is a plan for Dong and thieves".

It can be said that if this matter is really to be investigated, it is completely unsolvable. And in this regard, Bing Yuan was very clear, and Zhang Fei also understood, so they didn't say much, but turned their heads to look at Liu Bei.

Seeing this, Liu Bei suddenly sighed, "Since it was a misunderstanding, then Bei naturally will not refuse to discuss peace." Everyone is a minister of the Han family, how can they attack and fight each other? It's just that now that Dong Thief is in power, I hope that Yuan Cheqi will act in the future, and he still needs to think more about the impact, especially some major events, it is best to discuss with the surrounding envoys and government monarchs......"

"The advice of the envoy will certainly be conveyed to the lord in the future." Xun Chen replied with a smile when he heard this.

Just as Xun Chen and others guessed, Liu Bei didn't plan to fight to the death with Yuan Shao, after all, Li Yi and Gongsun Zhan had no movement, and only Zhang Yan was an ally...... Well, from beginning to end, I'm afraid that Liu Bei didn't regard Zhang Yan as an ally.

In this way, relying only on the strength of Qingzhou to fight against Yuan Shao alone, although Liu Bei did not feel that he had lost, it was obvious that it was not a wise move to continue to fight hard no matter how you look at it.