Ju Su was in a mood to argue with Guo Tu. He knew that Xun Yan's death had destroyed Guo Tu's will. Guo Tu had no hope at this moment. The Ruying clan's talent was gone and the death was the only thing he could expect, just because he, a scholar over 50 years old, could not compete with the Jizhou clan and escape without hesitation, and enjoy his old age. He was afraid that he could hope for a last dignity. He was not worth refuting it.

Ju Su just looked at Yuan Tan and couldn't hide his anxiety.

Yuan Tan held back his tears, stood up slowly, and ordered Sima Yi to arrange someone to restrain Xun Yan's body and walked aside. "Mr., come with me."

Ju Su followed closely and bowed to take the order.

Guo Tuan wanted to follow him, but thought about it and stopped again. He looked at Sima Yi standing beside him with his hands hanging down, and said angrily: "Zhongda, didn't you say there was no problem?"

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer. He was even more shocked than Guo Tu when he heard this news. He saw Xun Yan patrolling the Dawei with his own eyes. It can be said that he thought of everything he could think of, and did not dare to let go of any suspiciousness, but the Dawei collapsed like this, just when success was in sight. If Xu Sheng's navy had not come so timely, he would not have believed that it was artificial, and it would have seemed like an accident no matter what.

"If you think about it carefully, if you want to tell me the flaw, I'm afraid there is only one flaw."

"What flaw?"

"Time is tight, General Xun can only use the old weirs before. Perhaps Lu Gong has tampered with those old weirs."

Guo Tu didn't say anything. He thought so, but he believed that Xun Yan would not not notice this. Before building the dam, he would definitely carefully check the old dams, but Lu Yi's hands and feet were too secret, and Xun Yan didn't find it.

In the final analysis, time is too tight to allow Xun Yan to make arrangements calmly. Time, time, this is the most deadly thing. At that time, Yuan Shao was undecided and failed to build a dam, so he changed his plan in the middle and was finally defeated by Sun Ce. This time, Yuan Tan sent troops and had to take risks because of the tight time. Instead, Sun Ce used defense instead of attacking, responded calmly, seized their flaws, and hit it with one blow.

"You can't be anxious, as it will cause chaos." Guo Tu sighed.

Sima Yi felt deeply in agreement and sighed in agreement.

"Zhongda, do you think..." Guo Tu looked at Yuan Tan and Ju Su who were whispering not far away, and said quietly: "Is peace talk feasible?"

Sima Yi shook his head with a wry smile. After a while, probably thinking that there might be a misunderstanding, he added. "Boy Zhiqian, dare not speculate."

Guo Tu snorted, said nothing, looked down at Xun Yan's body, his nose felt sore, and tears came out again. A guard came in, lifted Xun Yan's body, and went to the side yard to clean and deal with it.

Ju Su analyzed the current situation to Yuan Tan. Before the Gaotang and Junyi were gone, the east and west ends of Yanzhou were in the hands of the Jiangdong Army. In addition, the rain increased and the Yellow River flowed again. The Jiangdong Navy might enter the Yellow River at any time to cut off the connection between Yanzhou and Jizhou. It would be no wise to attack Yuzhou at this time. Since this is the case, it is better to give up the offense and defend on the spot, and seek negotiations with Sun Ce.

Since it is a negotiation, concessions are naturally inevitable, but the strength is still there, which is much better than talking after a big defeat. If Sun Ce can agree to their conditions, it is of course better. If Sun Ce does not agree, he can also gain some time. It always takes time for the messengers to communicate. With time, they can take a breath, redeploy, and prepare to fight again.

Negotiation is also an opportunity to win people's hearts. Why is the Yanzhou family unwilling to rely on Sun Ce? That is, they are unwilling to give up the land in their hands, and Sun Ce's new policy basis is to take the land from the aristocratic family. Yuan Tan represents Yanzhou and Jizhou family negotiates with Sun Ce. If Sun Ce can agree to this condition and the negotiation is successful, the Yanji family will be grateful for Yuan Tan's kindness and will support him in the future. In order to ensure that Sun Ce can fulfill his promise, he will inevitably support Yuan Tan in charge of one of the states, or even two states. If Sun Ce does not agree, the Yanji family also knows that they have no possibility of compromise with Sun Ce, and can only continue to support Yuan Tan's battle.

The emperor naturally would not watch Yuan Tan being defeated by Sun Ce or even surrendered to Sun Ce. Now that Yuan Tan has tried his best, he still wants to watch the wall, which is too natural. Negotiating with Sun Ce and forcing the emperor to make a decision, he can at least compete for some initiative.

Yuan Tan pondered for a long time. "What if Sun Ce refuses to negotiate and decides to take it by force?"

Ju Su said: "The Yuzhou soldiers first entered the battle formation, and there may be more defense, but the attack may not be useful. Sun Ce's possibility of taking the initiative to attack is not high. Unless he goes north personally, we can hold on to the ground."

“Will there be any change?”

Ju Su smiled reluctantly. "It may be because Sun Ce has changed, or the Yanji family has changed, or the imperial court has changed, there will always be a change of mind."

Yuan Tan thought about it for a long time and accepted Ju Su's suggestion. Now he is unable to attack and cannot retreat. It is always good to talk about it. Regardless of whether it can be done or not, it is okay to adjust the rhythm and gain some breathing time. He turned around and discussed with Guo Tu and Sima Yi. Guo Tu was stunned and said nothing, and Sima Yi did not dare to talk too much. Yuan Tan summoned Chen Lin, Geng Bao and others to discuss it. Everyone had different thoughts and had different opinions, but in the face of the two major defeats of Zhang He and Xun Yan, no one dared to volunteer. Even if he had any opinions, he could only hide it in his heart.

Finally, Yuan Tan made a decision, Chen Lin wrote a book to negotiate with Sun Ce, and informed the emperor of the situation. At the same time, he sent an envoy to contact the Yanzhou family and informed them of his decision. When he learned that Yuan Tan wanted to negotiate with Sun Ce on the condition of preserving the land in their hands, the Yanzhou family breathed a sigh of relief. They originally thought that Yuan Tan could invade Yuzhou, but now Zhang He and Xun Yan were defeated one after another, and Yuan Tan was unable to attack Yuzhou. Whether it was withdrawing Jizhou or staying in Yanzhou, it was not good news for them. It was undoubtedly the best result for Yuan Tan to come forward to negotiate with Sun Ce. It was better to gather Yanzhou and Jizhou to negotiate together than to negotiate with Sun Ce alone.

Cao Ang left. If Yuan Tan ignored them, they would only become Sun Ce’s meat on the chopping board, and they would take it and ask for it without any resistance.

Mangshan, Yuanling.

After discovering that Xu Sheng's navy had left the sandbank, the emperor immediately launched a tentative attack. Liu Bei volunteered to be the vanguard and attack by boat.

The attack was very smooth, and there were not many people on the sandbank. Seeing a boat approaching, the soldiers left behind ran away without even a single arrow. Before leaving, they set off a fire. Liu Bei climbed onto the sandbank and looked at the burning city, and couldn't laugh or cry. There was no city on the sandbank. The so-called city was just a fence made of reeds, which looked like a city from a distance. Of course, even if there was no city and Xu Sheng did not leave, it would be easy for them to attack the sandbank. In front of the navy's warships, these civilian ships had no combat power at all, and I don't know how many people were going to fall into the water.

The emperor was speechless when he received the news. Tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry were blocked by a fence for more than ten days. Although he had no intention of attacking, he felt embarrassed.

After capturing the sandbank, Liu Bei crossed the Yellow River and rushed to Xiaopingjin Pass. Xiaopingjin Pass was empty, not only without anyone to defend, but not even a mouse. The warehouse was naturally clean, just like a clean-up and waiting for the emperor to enter.

The emperor did not enter Luoyang, so he stationed in Xiaopingjin Pass and was ready to withdraw to Hanoi at any time.

Today, the emperor accompanied by Liu Bei to visit Emperor Guangwu's Yuanling. In front of Emperor Guangwu's tomb, he read his relatives and begged Emperor Guangwu's spirit to bless him to revive the Han Dynasty. When he was moved, he cried in tears when he thought about the troubles over the years.

Liu Ye, Liu Bei and others were crying along with each other.

After the worship, the emperor climbed to Beimang Mountain and looked at the old capital and the tombs of his ancestors from afar. Luoyang City was lush inside and outside, but it was not as majestic as the royal magnificence, and only the spirit of decline. No one lived in a long time, Luoyang City was deserted, with weeds everywhere, and even the city walls were covered with weeds. After seeing it, the emperor couldn't help but cry and tear it down.

In a blink of an eye, he has been away from Luoyang for ten years. When he left, he was just ten years old. He was forced to travel west by Dong Zhuo's army, and was in a panic all day long. Now he is still young and leads tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry. He seems majestic, but he knows very well how much strength he has and can't be happy.

"When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, digging imperial tombs and burning Luoyang, Yuan Shao regarded himself as the leader of the alliance, with more than 100,000 troops, but he did not dare to go further. Only Cao Cao and Sun Jian took the initiative to attack. Cao Cao was defeated in Xingyang, and Sun Jian finally attacked Luoyang, cleaned up the palace and buried the imperial tombs, and was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Now his son Sun Ce has become the biggest threat to the Han Dynasty, which is really sad. Father and son have the same bloodline, how can one be loyal and one traitor be separated by thousands of miles?"

Liu Ye said slowly: "Although Sun Jian is loyal and brave, he does not abide by etiquette and law, and does not know how to educate his children. He killed Wang Rui and Zhang Zi back then was the forerunner of Sun Ce's killing of aristocratic families today. Moreover, Sun Jian turned a blind eye to Sun Jian and only knew how to go far away to Jiaozhou, so what loyalty and righteousness can he say?"

Liu Bei agreed and said, "I am very honest. If you don't study and do not receive the teachings of saints, you will never be able to become a great person." He sighed again. "Bei now regrets it. He studied with Master Lu, but he didn't know how to work hard, so he is useless today. If Your Majesty had not abandoned him, he would have to live a lifetime. In the midst of the nine fountains, he would not only be ashamed of the ancestors of the Liu family, but also of the Lu family."

Liu Ye rolled his eyes and did not answer Liu Bei's words. The emperor nodded. "It's not too late to make up for the bribe. If Sun Ce could be like you and change your past mistakes, it would be a blessing for the Han Dynasty and the world."

Ma Chao, who was beside him, couldn't help laughing "Puchi". Liu Bei's face was a little hot. He wanted to echo the emperor, but he was embarrassed to speak. The emperor glanced at Ma Chao. "Ma Qing thinks what I said is ridiculous?"

Ma Chao quickly put away his smile and bowed. "I am missing the etiquette, please forgive me for my crime. But... the King of Wu is obsessed with it, and I am afraid I can't change it. If he wants to change his mind, he can only fight with force. General Zuo was the best candidate for being a vanguard, but unfortunately Guan Yu was not here and Zhang Fei had no intention of fighting. General Zuo was powerless, so he could only sigh a few words. Speaking of which, after all, he was a person who had read books with Mr. Lu, so I couldn't say such insightful words." (Reading on the mobile version of the Three Kingdoms Little Overlords)
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