Chapter 17 Cooperation and Negotiation
Yuan Yao pretended to pick up the teacup on the table.
I took a small sip in my mouth.
Immediately put down the teacup and began, looking at Tai Shici.
"I heard that Brother Ziyi has been in trouble lately?"
After drinking tea, it is natural to get down to business.
What's more, Tai Shi Ci was already very interested in his intentions.
Only by talking about these things directly can Tai Shici's attention be able to attract Tai Shici's attention.
Tai Shi Ci frowned, looking at Yuan Yao, not knowing what Yuan Yao was referring to this trouble, and also wondering what Yuan Yao came here for.
"Trouble? I'm in constant trouble, and it's not new. ”
"That's right, I heard that Chen Ce, a bandit in Lujiangshan, has been looking for trouble with Brother Ziyi recently? Brother Ziyi organized people to fight back, but he suffered a loss? ”
As soon as Tai Shici heard Yuan Yao's words, he understood the intention of Yuan Yao's visit today, which turned out to be for Chen Ce's affairs.
But right now, Tai Shi Ci really felt that Chen Ce was a trouble, and when he saw Yuan Yao talking about these things, he was not angry, and even had a great interest in what Yuan Yao said.
After Yuan Yao finished speaking, he nodded.
"Since Yuan Gongzi knows all these things, I have nothing to hide, my Tai Shi Ci just accepted some brothers and temporarily settled in the middle of this lake, but I offended Chen Ce, the thief of Lujiang, Chen Ce thought that I wanted to stand on my own mountain in Lujiang and compete with him."
"When I led the men and horses out, they attacked my stronghold, so that I lost a lot of people, some time ago, I gathered people and planned to go to Chen Ce to ask for an understanding, who knew that this person would do it to me again."
There were originally more than 3,000 people under Tai Shici's command, but after this battle, only more than 1,000 remained. A large part of these manpower were Tai Shici's private soldiers when he was a general under Liu Xuan, and they were all his personal troops.
Now that he died at the hands of the bandits, not to mention how angry Tai Shici was.
If it weren't for Chen Ce cowering in his lair, Tai Shi Ci would have led his men and horses to kill him immediately.
But last time, Tai Shi Ci had already heard clearly, Chen Ce had nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the lair, although these people were just some rabble, but they were in the lair of the thieves, they had terrain advantages, and it was not so easy to fight from the bottom of the mountain.
If it was easy to eliminate Chen Ce, Lu Kang, who was too guarded by Lujiang at the beginning, would not let Chen Ce go free for so many years.
Yuan Yao listened to Tai Shici's simple description, and a smile appeared on his face.
He could sense Tai Shi Ci's hatred for Chen Ce from Tai Shi Ci's words.
Therefore, soon Yuan Yao continued Tai Shici's words.
"Brother Ziyi, I can't hide it, this time I came to Lujiang, the main task is to exterminate the mountain bandits and return the people of Lujiang to peace."
"And that Chen Ce is the first big thief!"
"A few days ago, my spies found out that you were in conflict with that Chen Ce, so I thought about it, since you have a grudge against that Chen Ce, and I also want to eliminate Chen Ce, you and I have the same goal, maybe we can cooperate."
Yuan Yao's words went straight to the point.
After letting Tai Shici hear it, he instantly understood what Yuan Yao meant.
He came to cooperate with him and deal with Chen Ce together.
In the past, Yuan Yao proposed to cooperate, but Tai Shici would refuse on the spot.
Because Tai Shici and Yuan Yao, if you really want to talk about it, it is actually an opponent relationship.
Yuan Yao's father, Yuan Shu, occupied Yangzhou, and Tai Shici was Liu Xuan's subordinate, Liu Xuan was the assassin of Yangzhou canonized by the imperial court, and the reason why Liu Xuan was beaten away by Sun Ce was also because Sun Ce was ordered by Yuan Shu.
Speaking of which, although Liu Miao and Tai Shici fell to this point, the main reason was Sun Ce, but the indirect reason was Yuan Shu.
If Tai Shi Ci hadn't fallen to the point of becoming a water thief, he would definitely not cooperate with Yuan Yao.
But now, what else could he do?
If he wants to find Chen Ce to find a venue, it is not so easy to rely on his own strength.
Cooperating with Yuan Yao is the fastest and best way at the moment.
"What kind of cooperation do you want?"
After a moment of silence, Tai Shici looked at Yuan Yao and asked what he wanted to ask.
Yuan Yao didn't talk nonsense when he heard Tai Shici's answer, and directly said some words that he had already prepared.
"The cooperation between us is very simple, because we all have a common demand, and that is to eliminate Chen Ce!"
"This time, I came from Shouchun and brought three thousand elite soldiers, plus these horses under your command, although there is still a slight gap with Chen Ce's strength, but it may not be without the strength to fight."
"As long as we use it properly, plan in advance, and make a good layout, it is completely feasible to kill Chen Ce."
After hearing Yuan Yao's description, the expression on Tai Shici's face gradually became solemn.
"I'm willing to cooperate with you, but you have to tell me first, what plan do you have to deal with Chen Ce?"
Yuan Yao heard Tai Shici agree, and he was still a little apprehensive, but he immediately relaxed.
As long as Tai Shici can cooperate with him, just a Chen Ce, he really doesn't care about it.
At the moment, he gave up all the methods he thought of at the beginning.
"It's actually not difficult to deal with Chen Ce."
"Although Chen Ce has nearly 10,000 people under his command, these people under him are just some rabble, and they don't have much actual combat power, and the reason why he has been able to live happily for so long is entirely because his lair is located in a large mountain range in Lujiang County."
"On both sides of the nest, the mountains are steep, and there is only one path leading to the mountain, this kind of mountain road with a line of heaven is difficult to pass through most of the soldiers and horses, so every time the imperial court encircles and suppresses, it can only send a small force of troops."
"It is very difficult to defeat Chen Ce in such a terrain, so if you want to kill Chen Ce, you must change the location of the battle with him."
"Brother Ziyi, didn't you suffer a loss from the war with Chen Ce before, presumably Chen Ce also wants to annex you, at that time, we just need to let some news go to him, lure him out of the cottage's lair, and surround and kill him together, we can easily kill Chen Ce!"
Yuan Yao's plan is to exploit his strengths and avoid weaknesses, use his own strengths to deal with Chen Ce, as long as he cooperates with the proper layout, it is completely possible to kill Chen Ce at no cost.
This plan, whether it is Tai Shici or Yuan Yao alone, is not easy to implement.
If Tai Shici wanted to carry out this plan by himself, firstly, he would be short of manpower, and secondly, he might not be able to really kill Chen Ce.
And Yuan Yao couldn't rely on his own people to carry out this plan, without Tai Shici, Chen Ce might not be lured out of the lair.
Even if Chen Ce left his lair, it would not be so easy to defeat Chen Ce with Yuan Yao's current manpower.
Success is only possible if both parties work together.