Yuan Shao led the generals back to the main tent. The military advisors Feng Ji and Guo Tu who were accompanying him on this expedition had already arrived. They had also heard about the changing of flags at the top of Jinyang City. Now they heard that Liu Lin had sent an envoy to ask for an audience.
, the two of them looked at Yuan Shao and saw that Yuan Shao's face was gloomy and uncertain, so they didn't say anything and just knelt down and sat there as usual!
"Just now, the generals followed me to the front of the battle to see the changes at the top of Jinyang City. Now Liu Lin's envoy is outside the tent. Xuande thinks that the envoy came to want me to withdraw. What do the two military advisors think?" Yuan Shao
He glanced at Feng Ji and Guo Tu and said.
Feng Ji glanced at Liu Bei and saw Liu Bei sitting there, motionless, as if what just happened had nothing to do with him. He nodded secretly in his heart, then stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My lord, I think Liu Shijun's words
What's more, now our army is besieging Jinyang and is about to break the city, but the city top of Jinyang has been replaced by the flag of Youzhou. This shows that Yang Feng has surrendered to Liu Lin. Now that Liu Lin's envoy has come to see his lord, he must be asking for help.
The lord proposed to withdraw the army, but his subordinates believed that the lord must not agree. Now our army has been besieging Jinyang for more than half a month and has lost many troops and generals. It seems that Jinyang is about to fall into the hands of the lord. Now Liu Lin has come to ask the lord to withdraw. That is not asking the lord to withdraw.
Have you failed in your efforts? Not to mention that tens of thousands of soldiers did not agree, even the officials and people of Jizhou did not agree. I hope my lord will think twice!"
Yuan Shao nodded, glanced at Guo Tu again, and said, "Gongze, what do you think?" Guo Tu was dissatisfied that Feng Ji had preempted him by saying more and said what he was thinking. Now Yuan Shao asked, let him
He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he stood up and bowed and said: "My subordinates also believe that the lord must never agree to Liu Lin's words to withdraw the army!" Yuan Shao saw that the two major military advisors in his army said the same thing, and he said in a deep voice.
Said: "Then let the messenger come in!"
Cui Yan strode into the big tent. Although he didn't know Yuan Shao, he saw a general wearing golden armor on the commander's seat in the Chinese army's tent. His face was as heavy as water and he had three long beards. He knew that this man must be Yuan Shao.
, then he quickly bowed and saluted and said: "Cui Yan has met the general under Marquis Yan's tent!" When Cui Yan bowed and saluted, Yuan Shao was also looking at Cui Yan carefully.
He was handsome, his words were like a spring breeze, and when he saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant, Yuan Shao liked him very much, so he nodded and said: "Your envoy, please arise!"
Cui Yan stood up straight and said to Yuan Shao: "General, this envoy is here to discuss the retreat of the army with the order of Marquis Yan!"
He took out the letter. Although the generals had long known that Cui Yan was here to ask for withdrawal, it was one thing to know, and it was another thing to hear it with their own ears. The crowd was excited for a while, and Wen Chou was even more excited.
He pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed at Cui Yan and said: "Where did you come from, this madman, who dares to ask my lord to withdraw his army? I'm tired of living!"
As soon as Wen Chou drew his sword, all the generals also drew out their swords. Yuan Shao did not speak, but looked at Cui Yan coldly. The hint of liking for him just now disappeared with Cui Yan's words. Feng Ji and Guo
Tu didn't say much, he just looked at everything in the tent quietly. Suddenly Cui Yan burst into laughter, "Hahaha, I didn't expect the general to treat the envoy like this. It seems that the fourth generation and the three princes are also in vain!"
"Bold! How dare you, a little messenger, insult the general!" "Bang!" Liu Bei suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist and placed it on Cui Yan's neck. Cui Yan glanced at Liu Bei with a sneer.
Said: "What does this general mean? Are you going to let the general get a bad name?" "You!" Liu Bei's face changed and he didn't know what to say. At this time, Yuan Shao saw that Liu Bei was quite embarrassed, so he gave him a
At the bottom of the steps, he said: "Xuande, don't be rude!" Liu Bei said "hum", put the long sword into the scabbard, and stepped back to both sides. At this time, Yuan Shao said to Cui Yan: "You
Leave the letter and you can leave. Go back and tell Liu Lin that I, Yuan Shao, am determined to win Jinyang City, and I hope he will do well!"
When Cui Yan saw that Yuan Shao had already given the answer, he sneered in his heart. He handed the letter in his hand to a general next to him, then raised his hand and said, "In this case, I will leave!" After saying this, he ignored the anger in everyone's eyes.
, strides towards the outside of the tent!
As soon as Cui Yan walked out of the tent, Yuan Shao tore Liu Lin's letter into pieces and sneered: "Liu Lin, a kid, dares to go too far!" As soon as he finished saying this, he heard a general outside shouting:
"My lord, Zhang He wants to see you!" "Come in!" Yuan Shao said loudly. At this time, the door of the tent opened, and a general wearing fish-scale armor walked in. He cupped his fists towards Yuan Shao and said: "My lord, the scouting horse is coming to report. Liu Lin
Lead an army of fifty thousand and camp fifty miles away from our army!"
"What?" Yuan Shao stood up in shock. Now he finally knew that Liu Lin was determined to win Jinyang this time. Thinking of what he said to Cui Yan just now, Yuan Shao regretted it. After all, he hadn't heard Cui Yan say anything about Liu.
Lin thought about it and replied to Liu Lin's intention without reading Liu Lin's letter. He raised his head and glanced at Feng Ji and Guo Tu beside him. When they saw Yuan Shao looking this way, they knew that Yuan Shao had already treated them.
Dissatisfied, Guo Tu quickly stood up and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, my subordinates believe that Liu Lin's rescue of Jinyang this time is fake, and that he wants to fight with the lord is real. I hope that the lord will make a decision soon!"
When Yuan Shao heard this, he slowly calmed down and said: "What Gongzhi said is reasonable. Liu Lin seems to have a big appetite! What do you think of this battle?" Since there is no way out, there is only one battle.
In fact, Guo Tu and Feng Ji have already thought of Jizhou, but it is inappropriate to talk about Jizhou at this time. Only defeating Liu Lin in one battle is the right way. Feng Ji also hurriedly said: "My lord, I think Liu Lin
With only 50,000 troops under his command, they must have arrived in a hurry, so my subordinates thought that it would be better to leave more than 10,000 troops to besiege Jinyang, while the remaining 70,000 troops would fight to the death with Liu Lin!"
When Liu Bei heard this, he quickly clasped his fists and said: "My lord, I think what military advisor said is true. Liu Lin's 50,000 troops heading to Bingzhou are already out of men and horses. Although our army besieged Jinyang, it has already become a battle.
An elite warrior can be captured in just one battle!" Yuan Shao heard this, nodded, stood up, and loudly said: "Liu Bei obeys your orders!" Liu Bei quickly clasped his fists and said: "The general is here!" Yuan Shao said: "I
I order you to lead 20,000 troops to besiege Jinyang, and the rest of the generals will follow me to meet the young man Liu Lin!" The generals quickly bowed and said "No!" Liu Bei glanced at Yuan Shao standing above, with a trace of difficulty on his face.