Yan Echo and the old protector of the country, with the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang, quickly withdrew their troops for ten miles after Yuan Zhao, the prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, brought reinforcements to the Lanwan River.

Xie Lin took the clairvoyant mirror, looked at the direction of the Great Wei military camp and said: "Prince, old prince, there are a lot of soldiers and horses from the Great Wei, it seems that there are hundreds of thousands, what should we do?" Will you continue to fight, or will you withdraw to Fan Ling City to defend the city? ”

After fighting for so long, he can clearly analyze the pros and cons on the battlefield, and he can already know that this can only be a temporary garrison, not a place that can be attacked and defended.

Yan Echo looked at the old man, "Old man, what do you say?" ”

"Back to Fan Ling City, the reinforcements of Great Wei, see that at least 300,000 have come. Our current strength, if we resist, will still suffer. After retreating to Fan Ling City, it can be attacked, retreated can be defended, and in case a war starts after a big Wei rests, it can also be dealt with. "The old protector of the country is fair.

Yan Echo nodded, and immediately ordered to go down, and ordered the three armies to retreat to Fan Lingcheng.

Fan Ling City is a hundred miles away from Blue Water City, where the Blue Bay River is located.

As soon as Da Liang withdrew his troops, Yuan Zhao, the prince of Great Wei, received the news, and he was also slightly relieved, he wanted to negotiate peace, naturally he didn't want to fight with Da Liang and Nan Chu, although his current strength was able to deal with Yan Echo and the old protector of the country, but on the side of Southern Chu, there would be an empty door, wouldn't it make Su Rong completely benefit?

Yuanchen was also paying close attention to the movements of Daliang's soldiers and horses, and immediately said, "Brother Wang, Daliang has withdrawn." ”

Yuan Chen looked at him, "It's just a retreat to Fan Ling City." After all, in the case of a huge disparity in troops, Daliang did not dare to advance again. ”

Yuan Chen clenched his hands, "Brother Wang, Da Liang is timid, can't he really chase after him?" Is it necessary to negotiate peace? ”

"It's okay to chase after it, but what about after it's hit? Are you waiting for the soldiers and horses of Nanchu to drive straight in? Yuan Zhao said: "Unless Yan Echo and the old protector are killed, but now that there is no siege artillery, this king is not sure." Once you can't kill Yan Echo, you can't ride the soldiers and horses of Daliang, then what awaits us is that Su Rong took the soldiers and horses, passed through about Zhucheng, and came here, Nanchu and Daliang joined forces, sandwiched us in the middle, and worked together to level Dawei. Is that what you want to see? ”

Yuanchen closed his mouth and shook his head, naturally it was not what he wanted to see.

Yuan Zhao didn't say more, and immediately sent two letters, one ordered someone to send to Dingnan City to Nangong Zheng and Helan to decide, and the other ordered someone to send it to Daliang Prince Yan Echo.

In the two letters, Yuan Zhao separately considered the wording, set out the advantages and disadvantages of Great Wei, and also set out the respective advantages and disadvantages of Great Liang and Southern Chu, and at the same time, also made it clear that if Great Liang and Southern Chu were willing to negotiate peace with Great Wei, then Great Wei was willing to cede conditions. If Daliang and Nanchu are unwilling to negotiate peace, then Dawei has sufficient grain and grass salaries, and he is not afraid of fighting to the death with Daliang and Nanchu. At that time, all three will be defeated, and none of them will be intact, he promised.

After the two letters were sent, Yuan Zhao rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and then he had time to ask Yuan Chen, "You can obviously save He Lanying, why don't you save it?" Just because he is the king's man? Do you know that Helan Ying's death is a loss for the younger generation of Great Wei, he has not grown up yet, he died at a young age, if he is given some experience and age, he will definitely be the second Helan Duel. You are not convinced by this king, but you should not use the foundation of Great Wei to sacrifice your selfishness. ”

Although Yuanchen was indeed dissatisfied with He Lanying and wanted to punish him, but later, he really regretted it a little, regretting that he didn't let his people protect He Lanying in advance.

He didn't argue, he only said to Yuan Zhao: "Although I am a little unconvinced Brother Wang, but it is also because my father favors you, for the throne, I also know that I have no ability of Brother Wang, nor do I have the support of my father, for He Lanying's death, I also did not expect it, the battlefield situation was very dangerous at that time, I had to go down the city wall in person, I was stopped, He Lanying went into battle in person, he didn't have to die on the battlefield, but he sent out the guards around him to destroy the siege artillery, and he fell short, and was killed by Yan Echo himself, Because I didn't give someone to protect him in advance, my people naturally won't protect him. ”

Yuan Zhao looked at him, "What about now?" ”

Yuanchen was stunned for a moment, "What now?" ”

"Are you still not convinced? Still want my place? ”

Yuanchen lowered his head, "Brother is incompetent, I don't dare to think about it, I will assist Brother Wang in the future and protect my Great Wei." ”

Yuan Zhao nodded, and finally reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "You and my brother, it's best to twist it into a rope, don't forget that sixteen years ago, the Great Wei disaster caused Xiao Wall, and Brother Yan Wall, so that the county lord Zhenmin took advantage of the chaos to fake his death and get out, so that Da Liang had the opportunity to make peace." Compared to the death of the country, you should understand how to do the right thing. ”

Yuanchen nodded, "That's what Brother Wang said." ”

"Also, my father favors me because he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, I have tolerated you all these years, and you should also understand that I can't tolerate you, nor can't deal with you, but I think that you are not really confused and do irreparable things. At the end of the day, I think that you and my brothers may not be able to work together to protect the Great Wei. Yuan Zhao said.

Yuan Chen's heart was touched, over the years, he has made some small moves, Yuan Zhao has indeed always been a small punishment and a big commandment, and he has never killed him, and it is indeed that he has always not joked about the rivers and mountains of Da Wei, but satisfied his ambitions and selfish desires.

He gave up his hand and made up his mind, "Brother Wang, don't worry, the younger brother has figured it out, and from now on, only Brother Wang's orders will be obeyed." ”

After Helanying's death, when he sent an emergency report to Yuan Zhao as soon as possible, he knew what he had given up. Compared with Dawei Jiangshan, his selfishness is not worth mentioning. He really couldn't make trouble for Yuan Zhao anymore.

Yuan Zhao was relieved, "You're tired too, go and rest!" Heal your wounds carefully. ”

Yuanchen nodded.

The two brothers, from childhood to adulthood, have never been so harmonious today. Yuan Chen returned to his residence, his mood was complicated and relaxed, and after a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and fell asleep, God knows how long it had been since he had had a good night's sleep.

Yuan Zhao came, although the crisis was not solved, everything was handed over to him, and he could finally take care of it.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Liang withdrew to Fan Lingcheng on the front foot, and the messenger of the Great Wei came to Fan Lingcheng on the back foot and handed over the letter of the Great Wei Prince Yuan Zhaohe.

Yun An tied up the messenger and checked the letter again and again, but found no problems before handing it to Yan Echo.

Yan Huisheng took the letter, opened it, and after reading it, he couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect Yuan Zhao to be decisive, and brought reinforcements, but he didn't even fight, and he wanted to make peace with Lone." He handed the letter to the old protector, "Old man, look, why is this Yuanzhao?" It stands to reason that he brought so many reinforcements, and if he wanted to recapture the twelve cities, although it would be difficult, it was not impossible to fight. ”

(End of chapter)