Surrendering was not an option, and Yuan Shao was not dead. To surrender would be to betray the master, which they could not afford to suffer if they only wanted to gain fame all their lives.
Leaving Ganling was not an option, regardless of whether Wang Xuan deliberately did not besiege the city and simply fled, especially when Yuan Shao was in a coma and unable to take charge.
But just waiting like this, they were unwilling to give in. It was impossible to persuade him to surrender, let alone to visit him and beg him to come out.
The only thing that gave them some comfort was that their lives were safe... The bottom line was that Wang Xuan didn't like them.
In comparison, the military commander's side is actually better.
The military generals were either from poor families or from outside branches, and their low background turned out to be an advantage at this moment.
"Okay, why are you thinking so much? Just wait." After Xu You interrupted, he continued to look at the man and asked: "Can you find out what Liu Beijun is doing?"
"I heard about it and have been busy with the captives. On the one hand, I announced Liu Beijun's treatment to the captives. They will receive military pay every month, and their families will be divided into twenty acres of farmland and military land. While trading is prohibited, they will also be tax-free..."
"It goes without saying about the treatment. Let's continue with the rest." Xu You frowned. This kind of thing must not be spread in Ganling City.
"Oh, the other thing is that those who don't want to be soldiers will be given money to return to their place of origin, those who are willing to be soldiers will be screened, and those who fail will be given money to return to their place of origin."
"Oh? What's the request?" Qu Yi became interested. In his heart, Liu Bei's army was extremely elite, and he wanted to know how to choose the commander.
"Above 20 years old, under 35 years old, not sick, not an only child, that's all, it's just called a reserve force. I heard that they will have to be retrained in the future."
"How do you know so clearly?" Qu Yi asked again.
"Uh... um, um, I went to apply for the job." The spy lowered his head and said.
Everyone: "..."
"No, then why are you back again?"
The spy said with a sad face: "People think I am too old."
Qu Yi was speechless for a while. This guy was a bit older. He was a veteran in the army and had been a soldier for more than 20 years. He had rich experience in surviving, so he was chosen to go out and gather information.
"Okay, let's go down and collect the reward," Xu You saw that there was nothing more to ask, so he drove the person out and turned to yell at the people around him.
The spy followed happily. After a while, there was a vague scream.
After all, veteran Youzi knows how to survive on the battlefield, but he doesn't know how to survive under the hands of these senior officials.
No one in the room showed any strange behavior. This kind of thing cannot be spread among the army, otherwise the 50,000-strong army will be unstable.
They believe that only the dead can keep secrets. As for the spies, they died after performing meritorious services. This is something that can't be helped. The overall situation is important. I believe that the spies know what they are doing and will feel relieved.
As for whether the spies know what the overall situation is?
Is it important?
"Everyone, let's talk about the next step. What should we do? Now everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope, including General Qu Yi. He broke the White Horse Yi Cong back then, but now Gongsun Zan has become Liu Bei's man."
"Hmph, doesn't Ziyuan not know that Liu Bei even dares to continue using Li Ru?" Qu Yi snorted coldly.
"Even if Liu Bei is really unparalleled in benevolence, well, it's better to be unparalleled in benevolence and virtue." After saying this, Xu You couldn't help but smile bitterly. Presumably, benevolence is really quite good, "But Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are not the same."
As a classmate, you may not show mercy to Gongsun Zan."
"Uncertain things about the future will be discussed in the future. Right now, my lord is still Yuan Shao." Qu Yi waved his hand and didn't bother to say anything more. Xu You was just afraid that their military attache would simply lead his troops to surrender. In fact,
If it weren't for Gongsun Zan's incident, he would have actually voted.
Regardless of the fact that there is enough food and grass in the city, even if 50,000 troops can be fed for two days, there will be no problem. However, such a broken city is useless, not to mention whether Liu Bei has any way to attack the city. Even if it can be defended,
But who knows what the following generals are thinking. Most of them are natives of Jizhou, and a few are from Youzhou and Bingzhou. Do you really expect them to be willing to be buried with Yuan Shao?
Yuan Shao was not their biological father. Even if he was his biological father, he saw that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were buried with Yuan Wei and others, instead of just watching Dong Zhuo escape. Speaking of which, Lu Bu also helped the Yuan family avenge the murder of his father.
"Everyone, stop arguing. If you want me to see it, why not go out and meet Liu Bei's people." Guo Tu smoothed things over and turned to look at Xun Chen, "Youruo, isn't your brother Xun Yue coming with you this time?
Well, can you..."
Before Guo Tu could finish speaking, a burst of crying suddenly sounded outside the door, and the crying was getting closer and closer. Everyone couldn't help but look for a sound, and saw a guard running in.
The guard tried his best to look like I was crying loudly, but there was not a single tear on his face, and he shouted: "My lord is dead!"
"What!" Everyone here stood up and looked at the visitor with surprised expressions. Then they all looked at each other, a look of sadness appeared subconsciously on their faces, but after all, it was too sudden and the performance was not that good.
At the end, it was obvious that several of them breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
After all, when Yuan Shao died and the whereabouts of the Yuan family's three sons were unknown, they were able to get rid of the master-slave relationship with the Yuan family in a 'physical' sense, which greatly increased their operability.
Of course, this is all in the future. The most important thing at the moment is to organize the funeral for Yuan Shao. After all, he is a prince. As ministers, they cannot belittle Yuan Shao and must meet the standards.
Not to mention preparing the white cloth and the coffin, the funeral cannot be held in Ganling. This is against the rules. Yuan Shao's identity must be transported to the Yuan family's hometown in Runan to be buried in the ancestral grave.
Of course, all of this must be approved by Liu Bei, at least in their view... Well, I hope that Liu Bei will not let them leave the city safely. This is not a bitch, but he does not want himself and others to be ignored.
This time Xun Chen had a good reason. He set out on the same day and sent the message as an envoy, and finally met Liu Bei smoothly.
"Xun Chen met Duke Xuande."
"Excuse me. Mr. Xun is Zhong Yu's cousin, so he is not considered an outsider. Please sit down."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Xuande. I am here to inform you that my master, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, has passed away." As he said this, Xun Chen looked sad.
There was silence in the hall. Liu Bei stood up slowly, looked at Xun Chen, fell into memories again and again, and sighed for a while, "I didn't expect that Yuan Benchu was like this... Oh, why did he die?"
"After withdrawing from the army that day, my lord became depressed. He didn't have enough water and rice for several days, and he gradually began to die."
"Oh, a few years have passed by so fast, and it still seems like yesterday. Back then, when I was the leader of the alliance, I was so high-spirited that I didn't want to leave today." Liu Bei sighed.
Suddenly, a very discordant sound sounded in the hall...