Chapter 109: The King of Han was forced to seek peace

The King of Han also knew that Xiahou Jie and others had tried their best, so he did not pursue the matter too much, so he had to instruct them to find Deng's army as soon as possible and wipe them out.

At this time, Prime Minister Cao Qun asked for a meeting, and the King of Han asked Xiahou Jie to go down first.

"I pay homage to the king!" Cao Qun came in and saluted.

"Is there anything wrong with Xiang Cao coming this time?" The King of Han was powerless. There was too much bad news during this period, which made the King of Han a little exhausted.

Cao Qun said: "Report to the king, because the Deng army attacked the major cities in Guanzhong, burning a lot of our army's food and grass, the remaining food and grass in our Han Dynasty are no longer enough to support the front line operations. Moreover, the existing food around Chang'an has been burned by the Deng army, so they can only transport grain from other places. However, now the Deng army is eyeing it, and I am worried that the food transported from other places will be robbed by the Deng army."

Every time Qin Lie and others attacked a city, they did not rob gold, silver and treasures, but just killed people and burned grain, just like locusts crossing the border. Most of the food and grass accumulated by the Han Dynasty was burned by them. What's even more terrifying is that there is no grain around Chang'an now, and they can only transport grain from other places to Chang'an, and they may be intercepted and killed by Deng Jun halfway.

The King of Han suddenly felt a headache. What's the matter? These Deng troops were really hateful. As soon as they entered the city, they went straight to the granary. Nearly half of the Han Dynasty's grain was stored in Chang'an and Xianyang, the two largest cities in Guanzhong. Now Chang'an and Xianyang were raided by Deng's army one after another, and all the food and grass were destroyed, causing the Han Dynasty, which had always been rich and powerful, to have a food crisis.

"Cao Xiang, how much food is left in Guanzhong now?" The King of Han asked, pinching his temple.

Cao Qun said in a difficult situation: "The granaries of Kings, Chang'an and Xianyang were destroyed, and the county, Lantian and other places were also attacked. Now our dynasty has less than five million stones of grain reserve. This not only needs to support the war between the two fronts, but also many people are affected in various places this time, so some of the grain reserves are needed to use up. This is the premise that the Deng army no longer attacks cities in various places. In this way, we may not be able to sustain this autumn harvest!"

"And the most terrifying thing is that the Deng army will destroy those farmlands. If this is true, my great man will have a greater crisis next year." Cao Qun said another even more terrifying fact, that is, the Deng army will burn your farmland. Now most of the food in the Han country has been destroyed. If Deng army is asked to destroy the seedlings in the farmlands, the entire Han country will have to drink the northwest wind next year.

The King of Han's head hurt even more. Farmland is not like a city. If you close the city gate, the Deng army will definitely not be able to attack, but the farmland has no city gate. Unless you send troops to guard it, there are fewer soldiers and not enough people to kill them. If there are too many soldiers, are there so many soldiers? You must know that Guanzhong is known as a fertile field with countless fertile fields. It is estimated that all the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom cannot be guarded so many.

"What advice does Cao Cao have?" asked the King of Han.

Cao Qun thought for a while and said, "King, the only way to make peace with Deng State is to buy a batch of grain from Deng State to support the war in Longguan."

Speaking of this, Cao Qun lowered his head. In the past decade, every time the Han Dynasty was defeated, it was unrelated to Deng State, just as Deng State was the nemesis of Han State.

"Cao Xiang, is this really the only way?" The King of Han was unwilling to do so.

Cao Qun nodded and said, "King, now that I am fighting on two fronts, the supply of food and grass is already tight. Now that most of the food has been destroyed, I still have to provide relief to so many people, I really can't hold on. I hope the king will think twice."

The King of Han said helplessly: "Cao Xiang goes down first, I will think about it carefully."

"Yes, I'm leaving!" Cao Qun said.

Three days later, a mission led by Li Bu, the Great Emperor of Han, left Chang'an City. They were going to serve on the Deng State to discuss peace with Deng Sheng on behalf of the King of Han.

Since Cao Qun told the King of Han about the seriousness of the matter, the King of Han also knew that it was not the time to hold on. If this matter was not resolved quickly, it would be too late to destroy the fertile fields in Guanzhong. In addition to sending missions, the King of Han also ordered Xiahou Jie to keep a close eye on some relatively large fields in Guanzhong to prevent the Deng army from suddenly breaking out and destroying the fields.

Ten days later, Li Bu brought a delegation to Wuguan. Now there are tens of thousands of Deng troops stationed outside Wuguan. If he runs out without saying hello, he will definitely be the target of Deng's army. Therefore, Zhou Shen needs to send someone to say hello to him.

In the Mansion of General Wuguan, Li Bu and Zhou Shen sat opposite each other.

Zhou Shen said: "Mr. Li, is the king really going to ask for peace from Deng?" When Zhou Shen heard this news, he felt incredible. The always arrogant King of Han actually bowed his head. Although the King of Han had bowed his head to Deng more than ten years ago, wasn't it because more than 100,000 Han army captives and Wuguan were in the hands of Deng, and he was just afraid of the rats.

Li Bu smiled bitterly and said, "General, you have been in Wuguan for a long time, but I don't know the tragic situation in Guanzhong now. Now all cities in Guanzhong dare not open the city gates, for fear of being attacked by Deng's army. Moreover, Deng's army burned down most of the Han's food. Now the Han Dynasty has no food to continue to fight, so now we can only give priority to Longguan. After all, Longguan is too unfavorable to the Han Dynasty in the hands of Qin."

"Oh..." Zhou Shen sighed. He really didn't expect that Deng Jun would cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot and turn Guanzhong upside down. In fact, there was his own responsibility. Xu Jie asked himself whether Qin Chuan's direction needed to be stationed, but he refused. If he could send a group of troops to station Qinchuan at that time, even if he just sent a team of scouts, Guanzhong would not have been like this.

Seeing Zhou Shen’s face full of self-blame, Li Bu knew that Zhou Shen was blaming him, so he comforted him: “The general doesn’t need to do this. This is not the general’s responsibility. After all, who would have thought that Deng Jun could really cross 800 miles of Qinchuan and enter Guanzhong? It’s really impossible for anyone to do it.”

Zhou Shen smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Li doesn't need to comfort me. If such a thing happens, I will be blamed. As a general of the court and the governor of Wuguan, I can't see Yue Fei's plan. It's so ashamed that I was led by Yue Fei."

"Okay, General, now is not the time to blame himself. General, please send someone to see Yue Fei quickly. Deng Jun is still hiding in Guanzhong, and he is missing. It is better to quickly discuss peace talks so as not to cause trouble." Li Bu obviously didn't want to discuss with Zhou Shen who is right and who is wrong. Now he is thinking the most and quickly meet Deng Sheng and implement the peace talks.

Zhou Shen nodded and said, "Okay, Lord Li, I will send someone to see Yue Fei."

Yue Fei was in a good mood during the Deng army camp. Although Deng Han is fighting now and Mingjing cannot directly obtain information from Guanzhong, he learned from the caravans that the Guanzhong is now uneasy by Qin Lie and others. All the cities are closed, and they cannot go to the city to do business even if they go.

Just as Zhou Shen sent people to Deng’s camp, Yue Fei was drinking with the generals in the army. Although there were regulations in the army that alcohol could not be drunk, tens of thousands of people were idle here. If they didn’t have some fun, they would probably be suffocated. As long as they were well controlled, it would not be a big problem to drink some wine.

"Marson, I heard that Qin Lie is so happy in Guanzhong." Deng Qiang drank a glass of wine and smiled slightly drunk.

"That's right? I heard that they are in Guanzhong now, like bandits, and they go to rob Qiufeng at any time. It's really enviable. I had known that I would have taken the initiative to go to Guanzhong. Such a great achievement would be a bonus for this kid Qin Lie." Zhang Fei envied. He was originally hoarding troops with Ma Chao and Wudang, but after the news of Qin Lie raging in Guanzhong came, Yue Fei asked them to come back. After all, the purpose had been achieved, and their mission was completed. It would be meaningless to stay in Wudang again.

As soon as I returned to Wuguan, I heard that Qin Lie and his men burned, killed, looted, and were very happy. I was very envious and shouted more than once that I regretted not going to Guanzhong.

Yue Fei, who was sitting in the main seat, also smiled. Although Qin Lie and others made great contributions this time, they were still the idea they came up with, and they had their own contributions. The most important thing was that he finally put Zhou Shen on his own. I guess the title of the third player in the world had to be given to him.

Although it was just a false reputation, Yue Fei actually didn't care much, but he was unhappy after Zhou Shen. He had fought with Zhou Shen several times, but he was not sure about the outcome. Why did he have to be behind him? He still had to fight for this tone.
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