Just now, a scout reported that Gan Ning occupied Neihuang, and before Yuan Shao could react further, another scout hurriedly entered the council hall: "General Yu, Wei Tong, Yang Feng, Zhang Yang, and Huang Zhong are coming towards Yecheng in four ways, and the nearest one is less than thirty miles. ”

The four went forward together, which was also expected, but the oppressive feeling of the mountain rain still made everyone present breathless. Yecheng must face the siege of Wei Xuan's four troops and horses. Maybe Wei Xuan won't send other people to come, but the three-way infantry will attack the city, and the cavalry will intercept the reinforcements, which will make Yecheng passive. Yuan Shaoma is afraid that it will be difficult for thousands of troops to gather in Yecheng.

Yuan Shao seemed to be focusing differently from everyone else, he beckoned to the scout and said, "Have you ever found out the traces of Zhang Liao and Zhang He?" ”

The scout looked embarrassed, if it weren't for Huang Zhong and the others not hiding their traces at all, they would not have mastered the enemy's whereabouts so quickly according to the individual ability of the scouts on both sides.

Now Yuan Shao asked him where Zhang Liao and Zhang He went, he could only guess, and said very uncertainly: "It should be in Neihuang to recuperate." ”

Yuan Shao???????????????? Nodding and waving his hand, the scout pushed down. Zhang Liaobu is a heavy cavalry that is more suitable for field battles, and Weitong's light cavalry is more suitable for long-distance raids and interceptions. Therefore, it is understandable that it is Weitong that appears near Yecheng. As for Zhang Liao and Zhang He disappeared at the same time, it was obvious that Zhang Liao was the soldiers under Zhang He's command, and it seemed that he was going to redeem Zhang He and the others earlier. After a long time, the Jizhou soldiers became Hanoi soldiers.

Just without waiting for Yuan Shao and the others to determine the whereabouts of Zhang Liao and the others, the scouts seemed to have made an appointment, and another one came in and knelt at the door and said: "General Yu, General Liyi came to report that there was an abnormal movement in the Montenegrin army, and more than 10,000 people appeared at the Changshan border, please prepare as soon as possible." ”

Yuan Shao frowned again, where is there more than 10,000 elites in Liyi, they are the real elites. Although Koji Yi and the others are Han Fu's people, but now that Han Fu has been dead for so many years, what does Koji mean by doing this? Now that Zhang Yan is only dispatching 10,000 people, he actually has the face to send someone to inform Yuan Shao and ask him to prepare early. If he can't fight one-on-one with the Montenegrin army, then he still can't go back to his hometown in Runan. Yuan Shao guessed that Koi Yi was silent, asking for money, food and power. Yuan Shao intends to satisfy him, after all, Jizhou needs a stable and united situation now.

Chun Yuqiong blew up as if he had seized any opportunity and said: "At the beginning, Qiong was willing to take Zhao Guojun's soldiers to the foot of Taihang to contain Zhang Yan so that he did not dare to go down the mountain. ”

Frustrated with a sneer in his heart, this is scared by Wei Xuan's subordinates, this is to leave Yecheng! The other civil and military people also looked at Chun Yuqiong with a strange expression, and after Chun Yuqiong finished speaking, he lowered his head and ignored everyone's expressions. Nothing is more important than one's own life.

Yuan Shao also looked at Chun Yuqiong with a little surprise, of course he believed Chun Yuqiong, but Chun Yuqiong was in such a hurry to leave Yecheng to prove that he had no confidence in holding Yecheng. Chun Yuqiong was the only one who participated twice and dealt with Wei Xuan as the main general. Then Chun Yuqiong's intuition should be more reliable.

Yuan Shao felt that he had to carefully consider Feng Ji's proposal before, it was time to make a decision, and it would change later. So Yuan Shao looked at the frustrated attitude of a transparent person who had never spoken, and asked very kindly: "Prison Army, which one is more threatening between Gongsun Chan and Wei Zhongdao?" Who should I focus on guarding against in Jizhou? ”

Yuan Shao's question is still very level. He wasn't worried about Zhang Yan, what could happen to a group of bandits, it was just harassment and containment, and this time the troops could not be the result of Gongsun Zhan's persuasion. Yuan Shao felt that Lu Yi was talking about Zhang Yan like this, and when the matter on Wei Xuan's side was resolved, Gongsun Zhan, the region, and Zhang Yan must be destroyed one by one.

Fu Zhu pondered for a while and said: "Ming Gong, Gongsun is a wolf, and Si Li is a tiger, which cannot be compared. However, Gongsun Zhan's heart will last forever, and his appetite is difficult to satisfy, but Si Li's land in Sanzhou is mostly facing enemies, and he mainly protects himself. If he can meet Si Li's requirements, he should be able to withdraw his troops from Hebei. I, Jizhou, still take the assessment of Hebei as the first priority. ”

This is also a big truth, according to the strength, Wei Xuan's threat is much greater than Gongsun Zhan. But Gongsun Zhan's main choice to further expand his territory is Jizhou and Qingzhou, after all, the north of Bingzhou is the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan, and Gongsun Chan has a bad relationship with these people, even if he occupies Bingzhou, he can't hold it. So Gongsun Chan went to Bingzhou just to snatch some war horses,???????????????? The long-term goal is to garrison Jizhou, and it is very appropriate to use the heart of death to last forever.

Wei Xuan is different, his strength has swelled too fast and he hasn't had time to digest it, and now the most scarce thing in the army is estimated to be grain and grass, but the most easily squeezed out of the densely populated Jizhou is grain and grass.

Yuan Shao sighed, and his words were also very clear, although Gongsun Zhan's strength was small, it was not easy to reconcile. Wei Xuan is strong, but because there are many enemies, he is the side that wants reconciliation more. But now that Wei Xuan has the advantage in Hebei, if he wants to reconcile in this situation, the price he pays may be unacceptable.

However, Yuan Shao still patiently continued to ask: "Then with the intention of supervising the army, what conditions should Wei Zhongdao put forward in return?" How should I reply in Jizhou? ”

Hearing this, he fell into contemplation again, and spoke again in the anxious and waiting eyes of everyone: "Judging from Si Li's past experience, he will definitely ask for a huge amount of grain and grass, and now that Neihuang is occupied and Yecheng is about to be besieged, this number may not be less than two million stones."

However, we can try to ask Si Li to release Jun Yi, Yuan Hao and all the Jizhou soldiers. ”

Yuan Shao nodded, although he was very unhappy with Zhang He, Tian Feng and others surrendering to Wei Xuan, but after calming down, he could also understand the hardships of Zhang He and others, if they didn't surrender, they would die, and keeping a useful body was the most important thing. If Wei Xuan was the same as the last time he exchanged Yan Liang, he would still be willing to redeem a few people. It's just a pity that Yan Liang is nowhere to be found, and it is estimated that he is dead.

Guo Tu didn't expect that he couldn't change the topic after several attempts, and Yuan Shao seemed to have made up his mind to make peace. In this case, it is not good for him to continue to arch the fire, after all, Jizhou now has no strength to fight a decisive battle with Wei Xuan.

Yuan Shao turned to Feng Ji again: "Yuan Tu, I'm going to trouble you again this time." ”

Feng Ji nodded, he had met with many generals under Wei Xuan, and now he was naturally the most suitable person to negotiate peace. However, Feng Ji still had to confirm Yuan Shao's bottom line and asked: "Duke Ming, do we want to let all Si Li withdraw from Wei County, and then return the prisoners of General Zhang and Yuan Hao and others, right?" ”

Yuan Shao nodded.

Feng Ji continued to ask: "How much grain, grass and money can we pay for this at most?" ”

Yuan Shao thought about it and said a little uncertainly: "One million grain, three hundred million money." ”

Everyone lowered their heads with strange expressions and didn't dare to look at Yuan Shao, for fear of being angry, after a few years of tossing and turning, they still sent money to Wei Zhongdao to get it, and it was really a loss of money and a loss of money. Knowing that this was the case, why bother in the first place, isn't it good to live in peace with Wei Zhongdao? If the money and grain paid to Wei Zhongdao were used to prepare soldiers and horses, maybe Gongsun Chan would have been solved long ago.

However, all the decisions were made by Yuan Shaozheng under the consultation of Guo Tu and other strategists. If you want to blame, there is nowhere to say.

Feng Ji was really worried, he had seen the domineering and cunning of Wei Xuan's subordinates, this time Wei Xuan's advantage was even greater, and Yuan Shao not only wanted to take Hanoi himself, but also instigated others to join forces with him. Wei Xuan is not a good person, this time he will definitely list Yuan Shao's crimes one by one and then ask for money.

When Feng Ji was taken to Huang Zhong's camp by scouts, he unexpectedly met Tian Feng. This scene was somewhat awkward. However, Feng Ji can't estimate so much in the body, but he ???????????????? straight Then he said to Huang Zhong, who was sitting on the main seat: "Ji came here on the order of the general to reconcile the two sides. I also ask General Huang to convey the sincerity of my general. ”

Huang Zhong had a kind face, and he was also older than Feng Ji and Tian Feng and others, and he said with a smile: "Mr. can go directly to Huaixian to find Zhang Wenyuan, or you can go to Chen Liu to find my father-in-law." This kind of great loyalty cannot sit on the Lord. Zhong is just a military general, who is responsible for defeating Yecheng. The matter of negotiation is the business of your scholars, sir, where are you going to go, Zhong will send troops to escort you. ”

Feng Ji is accustomed to the attitude of Wei Xuan's soldiers, but this time Huang Zhong is not wrong, Zhang Liao is the chief general of this Hebei campaign, and only he has the right to choose whether to fight or peace on behalf of Wei Xuan.

However, Feng Ji also knew that if he wanted to negotiate peace, he needed to stop the upcoming attack first, and the greater the advantage that Wei Xuanjun achieved on the battlefield, the greater the price Yuan Shao would have to pay in the future. So he smiled and said: "General Zhang is not here, General Huang is the main general of this front, and please stop the attack with the rank of general, and then send someone to inform General Zhang and Wei Sili." ”

Huang Zhong said with a smile: "Sir, you might as well talk about the sincerity of Yuan Jizhou's peace talks, and Zhong should also send someone to inform General Zhang and my lord." ”

Jingjing nodded: "This should be reasonable, my general hopes that you can withdraw from Wei County completely, and release Zhang Junyi and Tian Yuanhao and other Jizhou soldiers." Our general is willing to pay part of the grain, grass and money in exchange for reconciliation between the two sides. ”

Huang Zhong's eyes widened in disbelief, Tian Feng next to him was even more embarrassed, Wei Xuan recruited Zhang He, Tian Feng, Gao Lan and others but put a lot of effort, especially let the cavalry go around Zhang He's department, surround but not kill. And Yuan Shao still didn't think of Wei Xuan's actions, and he still wanted to redeem Zhang He and those Jizhou soldiers.

Feng Ji saw that Huang Zhong and the other generals also widened their eyes with strange expressions, and then looked at Tian Feng with an embarrassed expression, he realized that maybe Yuan Shao was wishful thinking, even if Wei Xuan was willing to release people, Yuan Shao was willing to pay for ransom, this Tian Yuan Hao may not be willing to go back!

Feng Ji thought so, and it was normal for him to make such a judgment from the expressions of Huang Zhong and others. However, Feng Ji still thought in his heart that he would talk to Tian Feng in private.