Yuan Shu gently patted the injured leg, sighed, and handed Yuan Kui's reply back to Yang Xiu. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info persuasion letter was written in his tone, and Yuan Kui's reply was also given to him. It is rare that Yuan Kui did not reprimand him, but only refused to surrender, and tactfully proposed to negotiate with the Son of Heaven. Of course, these words were written to Xiao Tianzi, but for Yuan Shu, such a reply was enough to surprise him.

"He didn't scold me, it seems that the anger has disappeared a lot." Yuan Shu's words were frivolous, but there were worries between his eyebrows. He knows Yuan Kui's temperament best, and it is by no means an easy task for a person who has never taken a detour in his life to have to bow to a grandchild today. It can be seen from this how much pressure Yuan Kui's heart can have.

"Uncle, do you think you can talk?"

"Without Liu Xiu, he can talk, with Liu Xiu, he is dreaming." The corners of Yuan Shu's mouth were raised, and a sneer just appeared, and then disappeared endlessly. He let out a long sigh: "He doesn't give up on Ben Chu, but he doesn't know that although Ben Chu is talented, he is not Liu Xiu's opponent, if he can defeat Liu Xiu, why wait until today." Entering Yanzhou is already a mistake, delaying and not advancing and losing another strategy, cutting off the back road and losing another strategy, losing three strategies in a row, do you still expect him to fight back? ”

Yuan Shu sneered and didn't say any more. He also regrets it a little now, if he didn't want to catch Liu Xiu at once, he was arrested by Liu Xiu, and now he is in charge of the Yuan army in Guangling and Hefei, Liu Xiu will never dare to march so quickly, and the situation will not be so dangerous. Yuan Kui is a good hand in officialdom, but when it comes to fighting, he is a layman. An army of 30,000 is trapped in the city, so why don't you come out and test it? There are only 20,000 people outside the city. In any case, he can also share a little bit of Yuan Shao's pressure, so that he will not hesitate beside the water.

Forget it, whether it is Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, he is not Liu Xiu's opponent. If we continue to fight, the situation will only get worse.

"It's not impossible to reply to him with a letter, if you really want to negotiate. However, this condition is too outrageous, and there is no sincerity at all. Yuan Shu closed his eyes and said to himself: "At this point, the Yuan family can save their lives, and it would be good for the ancestors to have blood food, and they still want to learn from Liu Xiu to occupy Jizhou." How can there be such a good thing in the world. ”

Yang Xiu glanced at Yuan Shu in surprise and did not speak. Yuan Shu seemed to sense his surprise and chuckled: "Boy, do you think that my uncle has been out of business lately, and he has been insightful?" ”

Yang Xiu smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.

"Actually, I've always been smart, but I just won't use it. I'm idle now. I wasted another leg, and I couldn't move my fists and feet, so I had to use my brain. ”

Yang Xiu pursed his lips. The heart only praised you twice, and the self-righteous stinky virtue came out again.

……

The news that Yuan Kui was going to negotiate was quickly sent to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu had already settled in Suiyang City at this time, and was discussing the military situation with Ding Chong, who was ordered by Cao Cao to stay in Suiyang. They had just received the news that Yuan Shao was stationed in Bo County, fifty miles away, and the former army general had already arrived in the area of Shan Father and Chengwu, and Cao Ren and Xia Yu led 15,000 elite cavalry to rush to the outside of Dingtao City in front of the trial. Liu Xiu felt that the trial might take advantage of the favorable terrain of Jishui in the north to fight Cao Ren and Xia Yu in an ambush. Because Dingtao is to the east, there are many swamps, which is very unfavorable for the movement of cavalry. Yuan Shao's immobility in Bo County had the purpose of preventing Liu Xiu's support and cutting off Cao Ren and Xia Yu's retreat.

Yuan Shao now has an army of 40,000 on hand. And Liu Xiu also has an army of 40,000 on hand, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Liu Xiu has enough advantages, the only weakness is that a fire burned a large area of rice fields outside Suiyang City, and the military rations could not be replenished on the spot. "Yuan Kui wants to negotiate?" Liu Xiu sneered: "The old thief's heart is not dead, waiting for Yuan Shao to turn the tables." ”

Ding Chong stroked his beard and didn't say a word, he didn't have a good impression of the Yuan family at all now, and the fire really burned him.

"It's just a delaying tactic." Yu turned dismissively.

"Hmph." Liu Xiu pursed his lips, crossed his hands in front of his abdomen, circled his thumbs around each other quickly, and pondered for a moment: "Reply to Your Majesty, this matter is handled by him with full authority, whether to talk or surrender, I have no opinion." ”

Yu rolled his eyelids and said unceremoniously: "General, this is not appropriate, right?" ”

"What's inappropriate?" Liu Xiu asked incomprehensibly.

"Your Majesty is not yet in charge and is not capable of handling such a thing. Even if he is in power, since he comes to ask your opinion, you can't reply to him like this. Yu glanced at Ding Chong and glanced at Liu Xiu: "If you don't express any opinions, then if General Wei has an opinion, will he say it or not?" ”

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes, stroked his forehead and laughed, and said continuously: "It's me who is negligent, it's me who is negligent." That's right, then wait a little and see General Wei's opinion, anyway, it's not in a hurry. ”

Ding Chong, who had been silent, laughed at this time: "The hussar general is really good." ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Liu Xiu arched his hand: "I hope Ding Jun doesn't tell General Wei about my faux pas, otherwise, he will have to have an opinion on me again." ”

Ding Chong laughed, waved his hand again and again, and said, "The general is too worried." General Wei has always admired you. He often told me that his best friend was the general, and that he would not be where he is today without the great support of the general. He paused, then squeezed his eyes again: "Of course, if the general is not at ease, you can seal my mouth with wine, I am welcome." After saying that, he couldn't help laughing happily.

Liu Xiu also laughed. Ding Chong is Cao Cao's confidant, it is said that his son Ding Yi and Cao Rui still had a marriage contract, but later Cao Rui came to Xiao Tianzi's side, and this matter was done, but this did not affect the relationship between Ding Chong and Cao Cao. Cao Cao's handing over such an important place as Suiyang to Ding Chong is proof of this. Ding Chong is very smart and scheming, but he has a bad problem: greedy for cups, greedy for cups to the point of no moderation, as long as there is good wine, he will not stop if he is not drunk.

"It's easy to say, when the time comes, I will send someone to send an urn of wine from the Western Regions to Ding Jun's mansion, and this business will be completed."

"It's a deal." Ding Chong raised his hand and swore a serious high-five with Liu Xiu, and both of them couldn't help laughing.

……

Bo County.

Yuan Shao, Guo Tu, Xin Bi and others were sitting precariously with different faces. There was an urgent letter on Yuan Shao's case, which was sent by Yuan Kui. In the letter, Yuan Kui asked Yuan Shao why he didn't attack when he arrived in Weishui, and now the people in Pingyu City are fluctuating, panicked, and there may be civil strife at any time. In order to appease the people, he has announced that he will negotiate with the imperial court, in order to delay time, hoping that Yuan Shao can give him a quasi-letter, whether he still has the ability to relieve the siege of public opinion, if not, it is better to take advantage of the strength to negotiate, sit down and bargain with the imperial court, if so, then he will delay for a period of time and wait for a turnaround.

Yuan Shao felt very uncomfortable in his heart, he knew Yuan Kui's temper too well, what a proud and confident person he was, how desperate he was to be able to say the word give up. He knew that he had returned in vain this time, and the blow to Yuan Kui was too great. Although Yuan Kui passed Yuan Shu to his knees, the child he admired most in his heart had always been him Yuan Shao, not Yuan Shu. At the beginning, he tried his best to suppress Yuan Shu and support him, and after Yuan Shu was captured, Yuan Kui handed over all the command of the army to him Yuan Shao, hoping that he would defeat the imperial court and ascend to that supreme position. For this reason, he did not hesitate to use himself as bait to lure Liu Xiu to Runan. It's a pity that after living up to Yuan Kui's hopes, he led an army of 80,000 to come, but he looked at his hometown and Pingyu from afar in front of Weishui, and failed to take the last step to relieve the siege of Pingyu, let alone defeat Liu Xiu and achieve a decisive victory.

Now, Yuan Kui asked him, can you do it? This sentence means that Yuan Kui's confidence in him has been shaken and is no longer as firm as before.

Faced with this sentence, Yuan Shao was embarrassed.

He has two fathers, the nominal father Yuan Cheng died early, he has no impression, his biological father Yuan Feng is average to him, neither good nor bad, but he values this uncle the most, and he respects this uncle the most. Now, he and his most respected uncle are looking forward to Pingyu City, but he wants to retreat to Jizhou in embarrassment, like a beaten dog.

I'm gone, what about my uncle, what about Pingyu?

Yuan Shao's mouth was bitter, and his mood was even more bitter, and the joy of successfully jumping out of the encirclement became all irony at this moment. I only cared about running for my life, but left my uncle in the most dangerous place, what am I?

"Guys, what's going on?" Yuan Shao raised his head and swept over the faces of Guo Tu and the others with an endless sad gaze.

Guo Tu and Xin Bi are in a bad mood, they are all Ruying people, and they have followed Yuan Shao to fight for many years, isn't it that Yuan Shao won the world, they became the founding heroes, and glorified their ancestors? After being away from home for several years, this time they finally saw the familiar mountains and water in their hometown, and heard the local sound, but they failed to set foot on their homeland and returned in embarrassment. Leaving this time, maybe like He Hao, will never have the opportunity to return to his hometown. When they think about this, their mood is very depressed.

"I think Yuan Gong's suggestion can be considered." Guo Tu said with some hesitation.

Yuan Shao glanced at him and didn't speak, but Xin Bi shook his head, "I don't approve." ”

"Why?"

"Because we don't have a chance to defeat Liu Xiu." Xin Bi said in a deep voice: "Liu Xiu has already chased Suiyang, and he stopped at this time, just because the trial and distribution burned the rice outside the city, and there was no military food to replenish. But Jingzhou is very close to here, and he can replenish it in ten days and half a month at most. This half month is our best chance to escape, and it is also the last chance, an opportunity created by the trial at the cost of our own reputation, and we can't just give up. Simbi raised his head: "Lord, don't let it go." ”

The corners of Yuan Shao's eyes twitched, and his eyes were painful. Guo Tu saw it in his eyes and immediately asked, "What about Yuan Gong?" Do you want to let the lord see death and not save him? If Yuan Gong died, how would the people of the world view the lord? ”