It is said that when Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe returned to Yijing, they entered a mansion in the city, which was originally the residence of a fugitive rich man in the city, and was requisitioned by Cao Ying as a temporary residence because it was idle.

And Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe walked into the hall of this mansion, but found that Yuan Shao was already there, pacing back and forth, frowning and not knowing what to think, and beside Yuan Shao, there were two burly men, judging by their demeanor, they were obviously people in the army.

Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe glanced at each other, stepped forward and clasped their fists and said, "Brother Benchu, don't come unharmed!" ”

"Mengde?" Yuan Shao turned his head suddenly, and secretly glanced at Jiang Zhe beside Cao Ying, and then he said to Cao Ying with a clenched fist, "Meng De...... Uh, just ...... I just entered Yijing, but I can't find you everywhere, hehe......"

"Oh......" Cao Ying followed what Jiang Zhe had just said, and said with a reluctant smile, "I don't know that my brother is coming today, and he has never come far to atone for his sins...... As for Fang Cai, alas, Fang Cai went to the barracks and looked at the soldiers under his hands...... Alas, he brought them here, but could not bring them back safely, and was very ashamed in his heart......"

"Huh?" Yuan Shao's face froze, he seemed to be a little embarrassed, and reluctantly said, "Meng Degaoyi...... Thank you! ”

Jiang Zhe summoned a subordinate in the mansion and asked him to prepare some tea, and then said to Yuan Shao with a smile, "Yuan Yuanjun must have been very tired all the way here...... But I have to live up to the kindness of the envoy, Gongsun Zhan...... Hehe! ”

Yuan Shao opened his mouth to speak, and then said embarrassedly, "Hehe, I never thought that the old thief Gongsun would lose his surname so easily without being beaten......"

"Nope! Make Lord Jun Liao! Jiang Zhe shook his head and said, "It's not that Gongsun Chan is useless, but that I wait for the soldiers under my command to use their lives, so that if Lord Jun goes to our army, he won't say this......

"Shouyi!" Cao Ying frowned and said, and then said to Yuan Shao very apologetically, "Don't blame him at the beginning, he is ...... to keep righteousness."

"I understand, I understand!" Yuan Shao nodded, opened his mouth and said to Jiang Zhe, "This time I was able to defeat the old thief Gongsun and the Yellow Turban thief of Montenegro, thanks to Meng De and Shouyi and you and other soldiers under his command, Shao is here to thank you!" In this way, how about we pay for the bereavement of the dead soldiers? ”

"This ...... This ......" Cao Ying frowned, obviously hesitating, but Jiang Zhe said at this moment, "This is not necessary, my lord promised to come to the aid of Lord Jun, firstly, to remember the friendship between Lord Jun and my lord, and secondly, to pay for the four thousand war horses, although I never thought that this act would lose so many soldiers, but since we have already said that the bereavement benefits for the soldiers who died in battle will be paid by us, then we will pay it ourselves!" ”

"This ......" Yuan Shao opened his mouth, his face was very embarrassed by Jiang Zhe's words, and he hesitated for a long time before saying, "Then ...... I don't know what you want...... No, no, no, what do we do? ”

"Alas!" Jiang Zhe sighed heavily, shook his head and said to Yuan Shao, "No need, my lord, oh, by the way, I will go back after tomorrow, if it is a long time, I am afraid it will not ......be good."

"Bad?" Although Yuan Shao now very much hopes that Cao Ying, Jiang Zhe and others will lead the troops to leave Youzhou as soon as possible, but now that Jiang Zhe said it, he was a little embarrassed, as if his inner thoughts were seen through by Jiang Zhe.

"How can Shouyi say 'bad'?"

"Huh! What else! Jiang Zhe smiled bitterly and said sadly, "If I don't leave, when I return to Xuchang, the corpses of the soldiers will all be decomposed, then the families of the dead soldiers will not even see their loved ones for the last time, how can I be embarrassed?" ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shao was taken aback, glared at him and said in astonishment, "This ...... Haven't the dead soldiers been buried or cremated......"

"Envoy-sama!" Jiang Zhe sighed, shook his head and said to Yuan Shao, "The soldiers under my command are all from Yanzhou and Yuzhou, if they are buried in Youzhou...... How sad is it that you can't return to your homeland after death? If they are cremated, won't the soldiers' families not even see them for the last time? When it is time to set out on the expedition, we will bring them, even if they are now killed in Youzhou, we will definitely bring them back! ”

After listening to Jiang Zhe's words, Yuan Shao's face was uncertain, silent, and he asked suspiciously for a long time, "I heard that you are waiting...... Cough! I have heard that there are more than 10,000 soldiers who died in battle, and if you want to bring them all back, I don't know what you are going to carry them with...... Corpse ......"

"Hmm!" Jiang Zhe seemed to glance at him when he heard this, and he was not very sure that he had to turn his head and say to Cao Ying, "My lord, the grain carriage in the army should be enough, right?" ”

"Huh?" Cao Ying wanted to laugh very much in his heart, pretending to be sad and said hesitantly, "The car is enough...... But there aren't enough horses, so we can't wait to use all the horses to carry the corpses of the soldiers, right? And the grain and grass! ”

"It's okay!" Yuan Shao smiled when he heard this, and said with a wave of his hand, "When it is said that the contract of four thousand war horses, we have only delivered more than 1,000, and there are still 3,000 numbers, so it is better to say that it is delivered, and it is good to ......."

"How?" Jiang Zhe interrupted Yuan Shao's words and said loudly, "That's a first-class war horse, which is used by my lord to form a cavalry to conquer the unsubdued thieves, alas, more than half of the 100,000 soldiers were killed and wounded in exchange for this hard-won 4,000 war horses, how difficult is it?" If you are tired and die on the way, how can I explain to the dead soldiers? ”

After speaking, Jiang Zhe turned around and gave Cao Ying a look, and although Cao Ying, who immediately understood, looked at Jiang Zhe's expression and was very amused, he still lost no time in sighing.

"This ...... That's ......" Yuan Shao was very hesitant when he heard this, and he paced a few steps in the hall before hesitatingly saying, "I heard that there are still horses left behind by Gongsun Zan in Youzhou...... Several...... If Meng De and Shouyi do not give up, in addition to the 3,000 war horses, I will also allocate some horses to you and others to carry the corpses of soldiers...... How is it? ”

Hum! You're very generous! Jiang Zhe pursed his lips secretly, his expression was also very hesitant, and he thought for a moment and said, "It's not proper, since my lord promised to send troops with four thousand war horses to help him earlier, now he has to make Lord Jun ...... Insiders are okay, if the people of the world don't know the reason, think that my lord has gone back on his word and forgot his righteousness, then how to make it? Isn't it because of a small loss? Thank you for your kindness, I think it is now a close time, it is a cold winter, and it is not easy for the corpse to rot, so let me wait for the soldiers under my command to work hard again, and transport Tongze's body to Yanzhou! ”

"Shouyi!" Yuan Shao frowned, and said in his heart, if this is really the case, I am afraid that people in the world will say that I Yuan Benchu crossed the river and demolished the bridge!

"Mengde, keep righteousness, this is a little bit of my heart, and I am very ashamed of Mengde, Mengde ......"

Looking at Yuan Shao's complicated eyes, Cao Ying lowered his head and smiled secretly, but on the surface, he seemed to be hesitant.

"Mengde!" Yuan Shao walked in front of Cao Ying in a few steps, took his hand and said, "Meng Demo wants to make Shao embarrassed, if Meng De doesn't allow it, Shao is afraid that he will feel ashamed in his heart and will not be able to live in peace!" ”

"Then ......" Cao Ying glanced at Jiang Zhe hesitantly, and said softly, "Shouyi, since I said that at the beginning, I can't wait......"

"Lord!" Jiang Zhe interrupted Cao Ying's words with a glare, and said loudly, "Although horses are valuable, how can they be precious? If the people of the world misunderstand the lord in the future, what will happen? ”

"No, no, no!" Yuan Shao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Only we know this, how can others know?" If Meng De hesitated...... Good! I, Yuan Benchu, swore to the sky today, and after this day, I will not mention this matter again, if there is a violation, heaven and earth will not tolerate it! ”

"The original cannot be ...... Alas! Cao Ying sighed and said hesitantly, "It's right, why should it be like this in the first place?" ”

"It's okay!" Yuan Shao waved his hand, turned to Jiang Zhe and said, "I don't know how to keep righteousness......"

Hey! Jiang Zhe laughed secretly, but looked at Cao Ying with an expression of hatred on his face and said, "In the future, if the people of the world misunderstand you, I don't care!" ”

Cao Ying was just right to show a very embarrassed expression.

"Huh!" Yuan Shao laughed and said to Jiang Zhe, "Now I don't know if Shouyi has estimated how many horses are needed to carry the remains of the soldiers?" ”

"Well, in that case, let me calculate, a carriage transports the remains of ten soldiers, and more than 10,000 soldiers need a thousand horses......"

Yuan Shao nodded, although he regretted it in his heart, he was helpless.

"Coupled with nearly 20,000 soldiers who were seriously injured and unable to walk, a carriage carrying ten soldiers, that is two thousand, then now it is three thousand......

Yuan Shao swallowed his saliva, and his expression began to be a little unnatural.

"The rest is the armor and weapons of the soldiers who died in battle, as well as the armor and weapons of the corporal under the command of Gongsun Zhan that we captured, Zhe roughly calculated, it takes five thousand horses......"

Hiss...... Yuan Shao gasped violently, and hurriedly said, "For...... Why is this ......?"

"Alas, there is no way to do it!" Jiang Zhe sighed heavily, shook his head and said, "When we brought them here, they were all living people, they were all pillars of their respective families, either as sons of men, or as husbands, or as fathers, and now that they have died in battle, we must always bring their relics back, so that their relatives in the family can have something to miss!" Surely you can understand that, right? ”

"This ...... This...... Then why do you still have to bring the armor and weapons of Gongsun Zhan's soldiers? ”

"Didn't Lord Envoy even think of this?" Jiang Zhe looked sad, shook his head and said, "It's the place where they died!" ”

"......" Yuan Shao's face twitched for a while, and he stared at Jiang Zhe in disbelief, but he was stunned to find the sadness in Jiang Zhe's eyes, and his heart was full of affection.

"Humph!" Just when Yuan Shao was not able to reply to Jiang Zhe, a cold snort suddenly came from behind him, and then a person sneered and said, "If this is the kind of algorithm, if you add the baggage, grain and grass and other things escorted by you, wouldn't you need ten thousand good horses?" Your Excellency is such a great appetite! ”

Jiang Zhe glanced in the direction of speaking, and said lightly, "Who is this?" ”

"Under Yan Liang!" One of the general-looking people behind Yuan Shao spoke, "This one next to me is my righteous brother Wen Chou, who has heard the name of Jiang Shouyi for a long time. ”

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, pointed at Yan Liang and said, "I have long admired the prestige of the two generals...... Eh, it looks like I'm waiting to meet, right? ”

"Huh?" Yan Liang was stunned and said, "When will we meet?" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Zhe sneered and said, "Just when the two generals were forced by the three thousand white horse righteous followers......"

"You!" Yan Liang and Wen Chou's faces turned red, and they shouted angrily, "You dare to bully me? ”

"I'm lying to you?" Jiang Zhe sneered, turned to Cao Ying angrily and said, "Lord, I said a long time ago, we left this place a long time ago, and now we ...... Hum! ”

Cao Ying looked at Jiang Zhe with an excited expression, and almost burst out laughing, but he couldn't hold back his laughter, was silent for a while, got up and said to Jiang Zhe, "What Shouyi said is ...... I'll wait for some ideas to come up with for these things, and let's go! Then he hugged his fist at Yuan Shao and said, "Originally, farewell!" ”

This...... In Yuan Shao's hesitant and stunned eyes, Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe suddenly walked out of the door, but after thinking about it in their hearts, they secretly said that it was not good, Meng De came to the rescue when he was in trouble, sent 100,000 troops, and killed and injured tens of thousands of soldiers, how huge this situation is! If they are allowed to leave like this, won't they be mistaken by the people of the world for thinking that I, Yuan Ben, was the one who crossed the river and demolished the bridge, this ...... Isn't this to be looked down upon by the people of the world?

Mengde ...... Mende stops! Yuan Shao hurriedly called out to Cao Ying, who had already walked to the door of the tent, gritted his teeth and said, "It's because my majesty is not strict and righteous, I am here to make amends to you, this matter ...... It's easy to ...... It's also easy to ...... Eight ......"

"What? Eight thousand war horses are not enough? Jiang Zhe turned his head violently, looked at Cao Ying in astonishment and shouted, "Yuan Yuanjun is so generous to give me eight thousand horses, lord, you can't even say enough?" Could it be that in addition to the 3,000 war horses, the lord still wants Yuan Yuanjun to give me all the horses in Youzhou? My lord, this is too much! It's too much! ”

"No...... I...... I didn't say anything, did I? "I didn't say anything! Cao Ying was even more stunned than Jiang Zhe, and said weakly, and in his heart, he had a faint bad premonition...... Blame...... You really want me to carry it...... Righteousness...... You're so unkind...... (To be continued)