There was a dead silence in the lobby, including Xiahou Dun, everyone knew that Yuan Tan's greatest reliance, the eldest son of the emperor, had been taken away by Guo Jia, and Yuan Tan had only one way to die in battle except to surrender the city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Yuan Tan's death or not has nothing to do with them, but their life and death, they have to think about it.

Last year's battle of Yanzhou made them understand a truth, there is a difference between surrendering without a fight and surrendering after a battle.

The former is like Tian Feng, and the latter is like trial.

No one wants to be judged, especially those from Yingchuan. They are not like the people of Jizhou, they have not been deprived of their lives by Liu Xiu, Yingchuan's family business is still there, Liu Xiu will suppress their development in their careers for a period of time at most, but they will not seize their property without fear like exploiting the people of Jizhou.

Even the people of Jizhou are not willing to do the trial, although they have only xing life left, but the most important thing is not xing's life? What's more, it's not the life and death of one or two people, but the survival of the entire family. So many people are buried alone for Yuan Tan, isn't it a little too unworthy?

Guo Jia's words were very aggrieved, but the meaning was very clear, this was not a grievance, but another kind of publicity. You can kill me, but the Great General will kill all of you to avenge me, and I am more than willing to make an excuse for the Great General to eradicate all of you.

Guo Jia can be very heroic, but others don't want to give him this heroic opportunity.

So they looked at Yuan Tan in turn.

Yuan Tan's face was as dead as ashes, he knew that these people had abandoned him, and even the temporary alliance could not be maintained. For their own interests, they are going to bow to Liu Xiunu Yan. Looking at these faces, whether serious or ashamed, Yuan Tan suddenly laughed out loud.

"My father and son have lost as they deserve, and they have deserved their defeat." Yuan Tan threw down the knife and pointed at the Wenchen generals with different faces, laughing while crying, Feng Ji sighed and waved his hand: "The general is in a bad mood." A little out of shape, why don't you help him in to rest? ”

The two generals walked up and carried Yuan Tan towards the inner room. Yuan Xi's face was cold, and he was about to leave with him. Feng Ji stopped him and stared into his eyes: "General, do you also want to follow your brother's pretense and escape from the world?" ”

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment and slowly lowered his head.

Watching Yuan Xi half-push and half-pushed by Feng Ji to sit down on the main seat, watching Feng Ji walk in front of Guo Jia, he put on an embarrassed smile, and watched those nervous Xun Chen and others sit down again. Xiahoudun finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the most dangerous time had passed, and the initiative was all in Guo Jia's hands. He glanced at Guo Jia with admiration and sighed secretly, it seemed that Cao Cāo's appreciation of Guo Jia was not just emotion.

After tense negotiations in the middle of the night, before the first rays of sunlight shone on the head of Yecheng City, the gate of Yecheng City rumbled open, and the pale Yuan Tan walked out of Yecheng accompanied by Guo Jia and Xiahoudun. He did not wear armor. He was unarmed, dressed in the usual clothes of an ordinary scholar, with his hands arched over his chest. came to the outside of Liu Xiu's camp.

Yecheng surrendered.

Guo Jia walked into Liu Xiu's big tent, looked at everything in front of him, and couldn't help but be stunned. Liu Xiu sat behind the desk, rubbing his eyes, his face was tired, his hair was a little scattered, and the clothes on his body were still the ones he wore yesterday. The case is a bit messy, and it can be seen that he should have not slept all night, just waiting here for news from the city.

"The king......" Guo Jia choked up a little. Catch up and bow down in front of Liu Xiu.

"Bonghyo?" Liu Xiu calmed down, and when he saw that it was Guo Jia, he laughed. He stretched out his hand to help Guo Jia up, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "Yuan Tan didn't treat you well, right?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and shook his head: "He doesn't have that guts." ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Xiu was extremely happy. Laugh out loud. "It is said that Zilong is full of guts, and in my opinion, you Guo Fengxiao is not far behind. How about it, they fell? ”

"It's down, Yuan Tan is waiting outside the camp." Guo Jia told the story again, and said with some embarrassment: "Please ask the king to forgive the ministers for their own self-determination, and the ministers agreed to some conditions for them." ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and patted Guo Jia's shoulder disappreciatively: "If you agree, you can be safe, better than anything." A few acres of land, a few manors, I really didn't pay attention to it, I believe that Zhang Yan and they can give me some face. ”

Guo Jia was grateful. In order to allow those people to surrender, he agreed to some conditions that Liu Xiu did not intend to agree to, of course, these benefits were not given in vain, Guo Jia asked Yuan Tan and others to officially admit that the eldest son of the emperor had never appeared in Yecheng, and this was just a scam set up by Yuan Tan to negotiate with Liu Xiu.

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The recovery of Yecheng represents the return of Jizhou to the territory of the Han Dynasty, and with the fast delivery of a letter to all parts of Jizhou, those counties that are still resisting have opened their city gates and officially surrendered to Liu Xiu. It was the golden autumn of October, looking at the farmers who were preparing to plant winter wheat on the fertile fields outside the city, the heroes of Jizhou who had just walked out of Yecheng had mixed feelings. When they held on to Yecheng, their fields and manors basically changed hands, if it weren't for Guo Jia taking matters into his own hands and making some concessions, they would only have one life left now.

Watching the wealth they had accumulated over the years come to naught, their hearts were dripping with blood and remorse. Yuan Shao died, the Yuan Tan brothers surrendered, and Yuan Shao's coffin returned to Runan for burial, the taste of the Yuan family in Jizhou is getting weaker and weaker, but the wounds they brought to the people of Jizhou will not be able to heal for a long time.

However, compared to the judge who was moved to Linyi in Jiaozhou by the whole family, they were a little lucky. After all, they can still stay in the familiar land, after all, they don't have to move thousands of miles to the wilderness, after all, they still have a chance to make a comeback.

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Luoyang.

Under the bronze lamp, Xiao Tianzi twisted the thin paper, looked at the concise sentences on it, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at himself or mocking others.

"General...... Won again. ”

"Your Majesty, the general is like a god with his soldiers, and with the help of General Wei, former generals and others, it is easy to capture Jizhou." Zhou Yu cautiously glanced at Xiao Tianzi's haggard face, and swallowed back the words behind. Although Liu Xiu's recovery of Jizhou was expected, he was still very shocked to recover Jizhou in only three months. The detailed military report has not yet arrived, and how Liu Xiu fought this battle is still a mystery, as a young man who is confident that he has talent in using soldiers, this mystery is enough to make him yearn for it.

"Gong Jin, are you tempted?" Xiao Tianzi glanced at him and suddenly laughed.

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and nodded embarrassedly. "There is no trace of the general's soldiers, and the minister really can't imagine that he will solve the war in Jizhou so quickly."

"The general is like a dragon, since it is a dragon, of course it is impossible for people to see the clues." Xiao Tianzi stood up, slowly paced in front of the big man's map, and looked at it with nostalgia for a long time. Zhou Yu silently walked behind him, crossed Xiao Tianzi's shoulder, and looked at Yutu. On the map, there is an area where the ink is a little blurry, which should be the result of someone often rubbing their fingers during this time.

Zhou Yu knew with his eyes closed that it was the Western Regions. When Liu Xiu conquered Jizhou, the Western Regions were also abruptly changed, Murong Feng invaded many times, Zhang He, the chief of the Western Regions, and Xiahou Yuan, the captain of Huqiang, had already Chen Bing on the border, and even the Niutou tribe was moving westward, and the war was about to break out, so all they were waiting for was the news that the general had recovered Jizhou. Although the Han now has the strength to fight these two wars at the same time, Liu Xiu does not agree to do so, for the simple reason that it will require additional endowments and loans from various states and counties.

Liu Xiu believes that there is no need for this, and the war in the Western Regions is not urgent at this time.

But Zhou Yu didn't know why Xiao Tianzi looked at the Western Regions, was it because the general was going to send troops to the Western Regions next, or did Xiao Tianzi want to conquer the Western Regions in person?

"Your Majesty, Jizhou has been recovered, and the next ...... Do you want to send troops to the Western Regions? ”

Xiao Tianzi was silent for a moment, nodded, but did not say whether it was Liu Xiu who sent troops or whether he personally recruited, he didn't answer the question that Zhou Yu really wanted to ask, but asked Zhou Yu a question: "Gongjin, are you sure you don't want to go to the academy anymore?" ”

Zhou Yu shook his head: "The minister went to the school to listen to the class, and the minister felt that there was no need to waste this time to learn those basic theories, what the minister lacked now was the opportunity to fight." ”

"In that case, are you interested in going to the Western Regions?" Xiao Tianzi turned around and looked at Zhou Yu with blazing eyes: "Looking at the world, only the Western Regions still have the opportunity to fight." ”

Zhou Yu frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Your Majesty thinks ...... Should the minister go? ”

Xiao Tianzi smiled, "This is not an order, just a suggestion, if you want to go, I can arrange for you to go now." If you don't want to be too far from home, don't say I did. ”

Zhou Yu lowered his head and thought for a long time: "Your Majesty, if the minister goes to the Western Regions and travels thousands of miles, it will not be easy to see His Majesty again." ”

"I know that I am reluctant to let you go, but if I always keep you by my side, won't it delay your future. You are not Yang Xiu, you want to make a name for yourself immediately, and you always have a chance in the capital. Xiao Tianzi slowly paced in front of the map with his hands behind his back, his voice was a little hoarse, but it revealed a maturity that did not belong to his age. The general also said that you are a natural general, an eagle destined to soar in the sky, I can't bury you, treat you as a funny and boring golden bird. ”

He raised his head and laughed softly: "Go ahead, the sky in Xiliang is already very vast, and I believe that the sky in the Western Regions will be even broader." ”

Zhou Yu bowed down and received the order: "Only! Obey His Majesty's edict. He paused, and then said, "After the minister leaves, please take care of your majesty and wait for the minister's good news." ”

Xiao Tianzi waved his hand and smiled slightly: "You are a person who is favored by all generals, and I believe that you will not disappoint me." However, I would like to remind you that there are rules in the army, and if you refuse to enter the school to learn the art of war, you will inevitably be discriminated against when you arrive in the border army. I can give you a position, but it is difficult for you to be convinced by the border soldiers, so, for the sake of your future, I don't want to give you any edict, you have to join the army in your own name. ”

Zhou Yu said: "The minister is thinking so. The minister wants to let those soldiers and students who come out of the academy see that if they don't enter the academy, they can still be a famous general. ”

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