On the ninth day of the first lunar month, all the guests who came to Linzi County to attend Wang Yan's wedding banquet did not come to visit. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shu, Li Ru and others are all human spirits, and they know that Wang Yan has just gotten married, so they leave Wang Yan with a day to adjust.

On the morning of the eleventh day of the first lunar month, a horse-drawn carriage quickly drove away and stopped outside the governor's office.

After the curtain of the carriage door was raised, Yuan Shao was dressed in brocade clothes and walked off the carriage wearing a virtuous crown. He led his guards straight to the gate, and after handing over the prayer post, the soldiers standing guard went to pass the message.

At tea time, a rush of footsteps came from the house.

Wang Yan was wearing a black collared coat, neatly dressed, and walked out with a smile. After seeing Yuan Shao, Wang Yanlang laughed loudly: "Brother Benchu, there are too many things in the past two days, and I can't be busy with thousands of things, and I don't have good hospitality, please forgive me." The tone of the words was very warm.

It seems that the relationship between Wang Yan and Yuan Shao is very good.

Yuan Shao smiled and said: "Where is the virtuous brother, the virtuous brother is newly married, and he should not come to disturb the brother." A trace of apprehension in Yuan Shao's heart disappeared.

Originally, Yuan Shao was worried that the contradiction in the Tiger Prison Pass would affect Wang Yan's attitude.

Now it seems that Wang Yan is very clear about his own interests and is not emotional. Such a result made Yuan Shao overjoyed, and he even thought that under such a premise, talking to Wang Yan would be much smoother.

Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "Brother Benchu, please inside." ”

"Please"

Yuan Shao smiled slightly and motioned for Wang Yan to invite first.

The two entered the mansion one after the other and sat down in the hall.

Wang Yan got straight to the point and said: "Brother Benchu came to the state pastoral mansion, what is the important matter?" ”

Yuan Shao sat down and said: "This time I came to Zixian County, one is to say hello to the virtuous brother, and the other is to form an alliance with Qingzhou and help each other. ”

Compared with Qingzhou, Jizhou is far superior to Qingzhou in terms of the vastness of its territory and the richness of its products. Even other populations and businesses are incomparable to Qingzhou.

According to common sense, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to ask Wang Yan for help, but Jizhou is not calm now. Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan had their own intentions, and after the two clashed, they went to war brazenly. After a fight, Yuan Shao actually fell into a disadvantage, and when he could not achieve victory, Yuan Shao planned to form an alliance with Wang Yan and resist Gongsun Zan with the help of Wang Yan's strength.

Wang Yan stared at Yuan Shao with interesting eyes, and said unhurriedly: "To form an alliance with Qingzhou, you should find your father." But the first brother came to me directly, I'm afraid I found the wrong person. ”

Yuan Shao shook his head lightly and said affirmatively: "If you don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, Qingzhou can't be called a complete Qingzhou if you don't have a virtuous brother in charge." Moreover, Wang Tingshi is the father of the virtuous brother, and the virtuous brother is enough to convince Wang Tingshi in terms of ability and identity. ”

Wang Yan said: "The original brother praised it falsely"

Yuan Shao said again: "Qingzhou is the land of four wars, and there are many disputes. As long as Qingzhou and Jizhou form an alliance and help each other, if anyone dares to attack Qingzhou at that time, they will definitely send troops to help. ”

Wang Yan smiled coldly, his words changed abruptly, and he said in a deep voice: "I am in Qingzhou, who dares to attack?" ”

In a word, domineering.

The confidence in the words shows Wang Yan's self-confidence.

Yuan Shao didn't expect Wang Yan to be so immodest, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he took a deep breath, and said slowly: "The virtuous brother is reasonable, there is a virtuous brother in Qingzhou, and Qingzhou will be as stable as Mount Tai." There is a way that two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, once Qingzhou encounters attacks from all sides, the strength of the virtuous brother is limited after all, and with Jizhou watching and helping each other, it will naturally have more strength

Wang Yan said confidently: "I am in Qingzhou, who dares to attack?" As long as I am in Qingzhou for a day, no one will dare to commit it. As for the two fists that are difficult to defeat the four hands mentioned by the first brother, it has no meaning at all. ”

Yuan Shao also heard the non-cooperation in Wang Yan's words, and frowned: "In this way, the virtuous brother is unwilling to form an alliance. ”

Wang Yan said: "Forming an alliance with my first brother, I'm afraid that someone will be stabbed in the back." ”

The direct words made Yuan Shao's eyes flash with anger.

Yuan Shao's anger was high in his heart, but when he thought of the current predicament facing Jizhou, he was angry in his heart. Once Gongsun Zhan's army invades Jizhou on all fronts, the consequences are unimaginable, and only by asking Wang Yan to send troops can he have a chance to stop Gongsun Zhan. Thinking of this, Yuan Shao had to suppress the anger in his heart, with a smile on his face, and said embarrassedly: "Although the virtuous brother can rest assured, this point of watching and helping each other, the foolish brother can do it." ”

When Wang Yan heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

In fact, he aggressively persecuted Yuan Shao, not because of personal enmity and revenge, but because he wanted to take this opportunity to test Yuan Shao's bottom line. Yuan Shao can let go of the face of the family in order for Jizhou, you can imagine what kind of predicament Jizhou is facing? It is precisely this kind of predicament that Wang Yan can take advantage of.

Wang Yan's tone became more and more calm, and said: "The matter of the alliance, let's not mention it for the time being." Brother Benchu doesn't need to talk about the alliance around the corner, just say the purpose of your visit. ”

Yuan Shao said straight to the point: "I came to Zixian County this time to hope that the virtuous brother would send troops to help me resist Gongsun Zhan. ”

Wang Yan said: "What are the conditions?" ”

Yuan Shao's expression was solemn and fell into silence.

In fact, before he came to Zi County, he was considering an alliance with Wang Yan. Once an alliance is formed, the two sides are allies, and he can ask Wang Yan to send troops to help without giving any conditions.

The two sides are allies, and when Yuan Shao encounters difficulties, Wang Yan is obliged to send troops to help.

However, Wang Yan did not agree, and Yuan Shao's plan fell through.

What to do?

Yuan Shao's eyes rolled, thinking carefully about the conditions.

Wang Yan's tone became more and more businesslike, and he said in a deep voice: "Since it involves sending troops, there will be war." And fighting on the battlefield will inevitably produce casualties. Qingzhou's dispatch of troops to help Jizhou cannot be unconditional help, and there must be sufficient conditions. ”

Yuan Shao said in a deep voice: "Five hundred war horses, as long as the virtuous brother sends troops to help, I support five hundred war horses in Qingzhou." ”

Yuan Shao also had a certain understanding of the situation in Qingzhou. In today's Qingzhou, the people's livelihood is withering, there is a lack of war horses, and although the soldiers under Wang Yan's command have strong combat effectiveness, they don't even have five hundred war horses.

In the case of not being able to obtain war horses, five hundred war horses can be said to be a huge amount of money.

Wang Yan didn't put it in his eyes, and said quietly: "The first brother is in charge of Jizhou, and his family is big, and he is extremely rich. Now, the lord of a state asks for help, but only takes five hundred war horses, is this to send food? If this is the case with this idea, I'm afraid there is no need to talk about it any further. It's not worth it to go to war with Gongsun Chan for five hundred war horses. The lives of my soldiers are not so cheap. ”

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and said, "What kind of conditions do you want for the virtuous brother?" ”

Wang Yan smiled but did not answer, and did not answer Yuan Shao's words.

Yuan Shao was silent for a while, and said again: "Eight hundred war horses, no more." ”

Wang Yan shook his head and said: "Jizhou is rich in products, countless grains, and is closer to Youzhou and Bingzhou, and has a large number of war horse resources. Such a rich Jizhou is only worth 800 war horses, I don't know how to talk about it. ”

Yuan Shao was hit again, and said, "What conditions does Wang Taishou want?" ”

By now, Yuan Shao was also a little impatient.

The enthusiasm in his words disappeared, replaced by irritability and anger, and he felt that Wang Yan was not sincere.

Wang Yan smiled lightly, then raised his right hand, raised his index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and said in a deep voice: "My conditions are very simple, three thousand war horses, plus 500,000 stone grain. ”

"Hiss"

Yuan Shao gasped, his eyes widened, and he had an incredible look on his face.

Three thousand war horses

500,000 stone of grain

This is not a simple condition, it is completely a lion's big mouth.

Yuan Shaoluo stood up, flicked his sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Wang Taishou, you are taking advantage of the fire to rob." Although Jizhou is in danger and is attacked by Gongsun Zhan, it is absolutely impossible for you to have such conditions. ”

Wang Yan spread out his hand, with an indifferent expression, and chuckled: "Yuan Zhoumu don't be in a hurry to refuse, go back and think about it, think about whether it is worth paying 500,000 stone grain and 3,000 war horses." If it's not worth it, Yuan Zhoumu can go back to Jizhou directly. If you think this condition is okay, then come to the state governor's office. But it can't be too long, and I'll be leaving for Dongnai County soon. ”

Yuan Shao listened to Wang Yan's tone, and suddenly wilted, he didn't expect Wang Yan to be so resolute and not give the slightest room for negotiation. He didn't want to agree now, so he said goodbye to Wang Yan very bluntly, and left in a hurry.

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