Chapter 653: Seeking Peace
"Iron Eagle Warrior?" After hearing this, Yuan Shu frowned and said, "I seem to have seen this in my father's books, but it should be an elite army of the former Qin Dynasty. Why did Huangfu Chaobo Is there such a force?"
When a group of people on the city tower were pointing at the soldiers and horses below the city, they saw a cavalry rushing out of the army formation on the opposite side. They did not stop until they were a hundred steps away from the city wall, and shouted to the top of the city wall: "On the city wall." People, listen, I am under the command of General Mu Pingdong of Sizhou. Today our Sizhou army came to Nanyang just to ask the general why he helped Zhou to commit evil, invade Luoyang, kill our officials and people, and do this thing that is outraged by both humans and gods. This time the army has come to ask for an explanation from you. My general has said that I will give you one day to hand over the murderer who massacred the city before tomorrow and compensate our officials and people for their losses. Otherwise, our army will definitely attack the city. Dogs don’t stay!”
After that, without waiting for the reaction of everyone on the city wall, he turned around and left.
Originally, Huangfu Chaobo was not confident enough to make Yuan Shu bow his head, but when he heard that Zhang Jijun and Liu Biaojun had taken advantage of the situation and sent troops to Nanyang, he knew that his opportunity had come. Three groups of princes besieged him. You know, Nanyang does not have Luoyang. Due to the terrain, even if Yuan Shu wanted to use one against three, his subordinate Wen Wu would not agree. So after discussing with Pang Tong, we took the action just now.
Sure enough, Yuan Shu in the city tower was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He was the legitimate son of the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince, and he was questioned like this by an unknown young general. Wouldn't Qi become a laughing stock among the princes from now on?
Everyone on the city wall was also stunned by these words, but they were not as reactionary as Yuan Shu. Seeing that Yuan Shu was about to explode, Ji Ling stepped forward and said, "Lord, please calm down. Nanyang is already in danger from all sides. It is not appropriate to completely offend General Pingdong's army!"
The rest of the people also comforted each other and said: "Yes, my lord, please calm down. Since we have already discussed it, lord, you don't need to pay attention to these noisy words."
Under the persuasion of everyone, Yuan Shu huffed and puffed for a long time and finally suppressed his anger. That's right, Nanyang has now been besieged by three groups of princes. Although Wancheng has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, Yuan Shu knows that these soldiers and horses can no longer compare with the original hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. If I were given another year and a half, I believe that with Nanyang's financial resources and Ji Ling's ability, I would be able to train an elite that is comparable to the original, but it is not possible now.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu glared at Yang Hong, then turned around and angrily walked down the city wall back to his home.
How could Yang Hong not understand what Yuan Shu meant, but he smiled bitterly in his heart. It was daytime, how could he go to General Pingdong's camp so blatantly to negotiate a peace and truce. Otherwise, the whole world will know that Yuan Shu's army and Sizhou's army have separated. With the good-looking character of my lord, I am sure that I will not look good. Thinking of this, Yang Hong nodded to Ji Ling and said, "General Ji, I'll trouble you on the city wall."
For the chief general under Yuan Shu, even a counselor like Yang Hong did not dare to turn against him easily. However, fortunately, although Ji Ling was brave, he was not arrogant, and his relationship with everyone under Yuan Shu's command, whether they were civil servants or military generals, was not bad. Seeing what Yang Hong said, he quickly said: "Mr. Yang, don't worry, the city wall will be left to a certain family of warriors. My lord, General Pingdong, still needs more efforts from the general."
After saying this, Ji Ling suddenly felt something in his heart and said: "Sir, if possible, could you discuss it with General Pingdong and let his army perform a show with our Nanyang army." As he said this, he whispered in Yang Hong's ear After saying this, he looked at Yang Hong expectantly.
After hearing this, Yang Hong put his hands on his hands and laughed loudly, saying: "General, you are a great talent. His plan of building a plank road openly and secretly crossing Chencang is indeed worthy of the name of the chief general under your lord." After that, he saluted and said: "General, don't worry, Yang Even if I give up my old face, I still want to reach this plan with General Pingdong.
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"Thank you so much, sir!" Ji Ling bowed his hands and said;
Yang Hong saluted again, then turned around and walked down the city wall towards Yuan Shu's mansion. For Ji Ling's plan to succeed, he must obtain the consent of his lord. However, Yang Hong believed that with his lord's temperament and character, he would definitely agree. Sure enough, after Yuan Shu returned to his mansion, he finally calmed down and after hearing Yang Hong's plan, he readily agreed to Yang Hong's request. He even said that as long as Yang Hong could obtain Huangfu Chaobo's consent, he could slightly relax the terms of the peace negotiation.
After getting Yuan Shu's consent, Yang Hong left the Hou General's Mansion with satisfaction. He had to return to his own manor to think carefully in order to better convince General Pingdong.
After half a day of thinking, Yang Hong went through the entire incident to make sure there were no omissions. After lunch, he took a good rest at his home for the entire afternoon, preparing to go out of the city to discuss peace with General Pingdong after dark. Things.
After a day of silence, Yang Hong led several servants to the north gate of Wancheng, which Ji Ling was guarding personally. Under Ji Ling's personal arrangement, a group of soldiers escorted them out of the north gate and headed towards the sunset in the north.
Half an hour later, Yang Hong successfully entered Huangfu Chaobo's central army, which was placed in the town's administrative hall. After receiving the news that Yang Hong, a counselor under Yuan Shu, was visiting, Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong looked at each other and smiled. It seemed that Yuan Shu was ready to negotiate peace with them as everyone expected.
After Yang Hong was brought in, although Yang Hong was amazed at how young Huangfu Chaobo was, his expression and actions were not disrespectful. After entering the door, Yang Hong took two quick steps and walked to the middle of the hall. He bowed and said, "I, the Chief Clerk of the General Hou's Mansion, Yang Hong, greet General Pingdong!"
"Clerk Yang, please stand up," Huangfu Chaobo said, "I wonder when the General Hou will hand over the murderer who massacred the city in Liang County? And when will the compensation for my soldiers and civilians who died in vain be delivered?"
After hearing this, Yang Hong was stunned. He did not expect that with Huangfu Chaobo's status and position, he would ask for compensation so bluntly. For a moment, Yang Hong did not know how to respond. Huangfu Chaobo was furious. He stood up and said to Yang Hong in a stern voice, "What's the matter? Does the General Hou still not want to admit it? The legitimate son of the Yuan family, who has been a minister for four generations, is such a coward who dares to do what he wants? If so, even if there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood, this general will definitely ask for an explanation for the officers and civilians who died in vain!"