Yuan Shao was furious. He never expected that Sun Ce would take this move. It was normal for the defeated soldiers to return to the camp after a great defeat. There was no need to be inquired by the Central Army. As long as the generals of the headquarters confirmed that they were incorrect, they were not enemy scouts who had infiltrated. Only those defeated soldiers who were completely disrupted and could not find the headquarters would come to the Central Army, and the Central Army would re-arrange the generals to rule.

Guo Jia was very careful when he picked people. One hundred people returned to the camp and successfully found his headquarters. He met his fellow countrymen. Then he passed the news of Sun Ce's exchange of prisoners and quickly spread the news of Sun Ce's exchange of prisoners throughout the army. He heard that he wanted to exchange prisoners, everyone knew that Yuan Shao had been defeated several times and did not catch a few Jiangdong soldiers at all. He could not count on replacing prisoners. It was the right way to use money to redeem people. So those who raised money gathered money, those who made up the goods and borrowed money everywhere. If they really couldn't get it, they would ask the generals to plead with them, hoping that they could come forward and ask Yuan Shao to make arrangements.

When Yuan Shao learned about this, it was too late to block the news. He sent people to arrest the 100 people, but the news had spread throughout the camp. Many generals, including Shen Ying, came to plead for mercy, hoping that Yuan Shao would come forward and negotiate with Sun Ce to exchange the prisoners. Not only more than 10,000 people alive, but those soldiers who had died in battle should also be brought back to Jizhou for burial. This is related to morale and cannot be taken lightly. It turns out that he would not do it because Sun Ce might refuse. Now that Sun Ce has taken the initiative to propose an exchange, we have been one step slower. If he still refuses, it would be too disappointing.

Yuan Shao's good mood just cheered up was gone, and the humiliation of defeat enveloped him, making him angry and cursed at Guo Tu. He believed that this was Guo Jia's idea. Guo Tu was speechless. Even if it was Guo Jia's idea, it would be useless to scold me. When Guo Jia went to Yecheng, he left because you didn't like him.

However, Guo Tu could also understand Yuan Shao's mood. This move was too detrimental and indeed conformed to Guo Jia's style.

The cost of war has always been very high, especially for the defeated parties. Yuan Shao sent troops for nearly half a year, and even if Huang Wan's troops were not counted, Jizhou alone had nearly 100,000 troops, and the money and food consumed was very amazing. Of course, it is easy to say that if you win, Yuzhou has abundant wealth and wealth, which can not only make up for the losses, but also reward the soldiers. Now that you lose, you can't get any supplements for money and food. You have already lost money and vomit blood. It takes a lot of money to redeem the captives, and no one feels happy.

Although Sun Ce's asking price was very cheap, he captured too many prisoners, more than 10,000 people, which cost several million yuan in money, and it was million stones of food. It was just enough to turn Yuan Shao's cavalry into infantry. As long as he settled the accounts, even the stupidest person knew that it was Sun Ce's intention, which was to make Yuan Shao unable to refuse, so he could only break his teeth and swallow his blood, leaving nothing to return.

In addition to real economic losses, this is also a humiliation, which is to remind Yuan Shao: You are the loser. If you don’t replace prisoners, you will abandon more than 10,000 soldiers who fought for you. Even if you return to Jizhou, you will not be able to explain to the people of Jizhou. If you replace prisoners, you will be seriously injured and you will not be able to relieve this breath within a few years. If you want to go out next time, you must first consider the losses this time.

Regardless of whether Yuan Shao changed or not, the slap was already strong and loud. Not to mention Yuan Shao, it would be difficult for anyone to be angry. In fact, Yuan Shao was already very restrained today. In the past, the heads of the one hundred prisoners were no longer on their necks, but were hung on the flagpole.

Of course, this is also related to Yuan Shao's repeated defeats, his army's morale is shaken, and he can no longer withstand the toss and troubles. In the face of life and death, his temper usually has a better temper, and Yuan Shao is no exception.

Just as Guo Tu was waiting for Yuan Shao to calm his anger, Shi Tao arrived. When Yuan Shao heard this, he kicked the desk in front of him, pulled out the Sizhao knife, broke out of the big tent, looked around and rushed to Shi Tao in a few steps. Guo Tu was startled, rushed up and hugged Yuan Shao.

"Lord, keep people under the knife. Put the overall situation first and the overall situation first."

Yuan Shao's eyes turned red with anger, and his long knife in his hand pointed directly at Shi Tao. "Say, whose idea is this?"

Shi Tao was also very nervous at first, but when he saw Yuan Shao being hugged by Guo Tu, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked back: "What is the meaning of the envoy? Don't you want to exchange those soldiers for the return?"

Yuan Shao looked at the soldiers around him and understood that he must not say the wrong thing at this time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. "If you change prisoners, you should change prisoners and be an envoy to come and go, why bother such a despicable thing?"

"The envoy misunderstood." Shi Tao said slowly, with his words straightforward and striving to make every soldier beside him hear it clearly. "This time, the envoy invaded the Central Plains, suffered repeated defeats and suffered numerous losses. There were 13,762 captured soldiers alone, and 3,153 killed and seriously injured in the battle, and countless food, grass and supplies were countless. My general was worried that you could not get the ransom, and he was embarrassed to raise the money by the soldiers, delaying his trip. This made the captured Jizhou soldiers find a way out. What's wrong with it?"

Yuan Shao was speechless and sneered: "How do you know I can't raise money? This is a waste of money."

"Oh, I can't say that." Shi Tao held back his laughter and said seriously: "My general is the most considerate person. He said that the envoy used three thousand gold to redeem the son Yuan Tan, but later he was already exhausted when he redeemed Zhang Mengzhuo. He has not taken it out yet. Zhang Zhongzhuo raised money to trade it on his own. I think the envoy was short of money and should not be able to take it out."

Yuan Shao was shocked and turned to look at Guo Tu. "Have Zhang Chao redeemed Zhang Miao?"

Guo Tu was also confused. He knew that Sun Ce sent someone to contact Zhang Chao and agreed to let Zhang Chao redeem Zhang Miao, but he didn't know which step it was going. But these were not the point. Shi Tao's words meant that Yuan Shao had money to redeem his son and had no money to redeem his soldiers. He winked at Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao had reacted for a long time and looked around. Only then did he realize that the soldiers looked wrong and couldn't help but regret it.

I just want to say something in the account. Why do I have to have a quarrel with Shi Tao in front of so many people? I can't do it now if I want to change my words.

Whether to redeem or not? It's all a problem. Yuan Shao's face turned red and white, as if he had been stripped of his clothes and showed himself to the public. He wanted to wave his hand generously and said that I had money and I had everything, but he himself knew very well that he really couldn't afford that much money. Even if he could take it out, he couldn't hand over the money to Sun Ce. Without the money, who would still listen to him in the future?

Seeing that Yuan Shao didn't say anything, Shi Tao was not in a hurry and turned around and bowed to Guo Tu. "Mr. Guo."

Guo Tu knew Shi Tao and his friendship was pretty good, otherwise he wouldn't have saved Shi Tao just now. But at this moment, he was still very uneasy when he saw Shi Tao saluting him. No matter what, he should invite Yuan Shao to the tent first, and don't be embarrassed in the public court.

"Oh, Guangyuan, although you and I know each other, we are both enemies and we don't have to be so polite. What do you have to say to me?"

"Okay, let's get in." Shi Tao did not refuse, and said while walking: "Guo Jijiu asked me to bring you a letter about the Guo family's ancestor worship this year..."

"Sacrifice to ancestors?" Guo Tu was stunned, his feet stopped and almost retreated.

"Yes, Guo Jijiu said that Guo Gong Mingzhu secretly surrendered, and the crime of accusing him of rebellion is inevitable. In order to avoid being implicated by the Guo family in Yangdi, he wanted to ask Guo Gong to move out of Yangdi himself, become a small clan, and borrow it elsewhere. From then on, he no longer calls himself the Guo family in Yangdi, and this year he will handle the ancestor worship."
Chapter completed!