Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 973 Negotiations
Chapter 971: Negotiations
Compared with the gains from the war, the princes still care more about their reputation. After all, there are ways to obtain money and food, but once the reputation is ruined, it will be extremely difficult to clean up, so there are so many The princes followed suit and voluntarily gave up the seizure.

As for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they also knew that they had been bullied by Qin Hao again, and most of the princes now voluntarily gave up the capture. If the general trend persisted, they would be cast aside by the world.

After weighing the pros and cons, Yuan Shao finally chose to compromise, and gritted his teeth: "I, Yuan Benchu, are willing to give up the seizure for disaster relief."

"I, Yuan Gonglu, are also willing to give up the seizure for disaster relief."

Qin Hao showed a very bright smile, and said to the two with a smile: "Qin Hao, on behalf of the people of Luoyang, thank you for your generosity."

"It should be, it should be..."

Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu said that, they secretly greeted Qin Hao's ancestors for eight generations in their hearts. At the same time, they also secretly made up their minds that they must show Qin Hao a good look in the future, but they had to take the initiative to take this big loss.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the two principals, succumbed, and the princes who were bewitched by the two naturally did not dare to continue to carry it to death, and they also took advantage of the situation and expressed their willingness to give up the capture.

Since then, all the princes gave up the seizure, and Qin Hao also used all the seized land for disaster relief in the name of all the princes, and this move also won the favor of all the princes except Er Yuan.

Seeing Yuan Shao's ink marks for a long time, Liu Xiu still gave in, and couldn't help shaking her head in her heart: I thought Yuan Shao was much stronger than Yuan Shu, but I didn't expect that he was also a person with shallow eyesight. It is absolutely impossible to beat Qin Hao.

From the moment Qin Hao formed the alliance to challenge the Dong, Liu Xiu saw that Qin Hao's ambition was not in the south, and his goal of seeking the Dong was also to occupy Sizhou, so as to achieve the goal of connecting Bingzhou and Jingbei.

And when Qin Hao occupies the four counties of Sizhou, he will also replace Dong Zhuo as the new strongest prince, and his pace will definitely not stop. At that time, there are only two ways to continue to expand, unifying Hebei or conquering Guanzhan. West.

No matter which option Qin Hao chooses, it will undoubtedly be a great thing for Liu Xiu who is in the south, but it will be different for the princes in the north. They will face Qin Hao's soldiers directly.

Of course Liu Xiu didn't want to see Qin Hao become bigger. It's not that he didn't want to unite the princes of the world to target Qin Hao like Dong Zhuo, but he found that there was no possibility of success at all.

Dong Zhuohui was jointly targeted by the princes, not only because he offended the world's aristocratic family, but also because he made the princes feel threatened. The most important thing is that he had done too many deadly things, so that his reputation was completely stigmatized.

Crusading Dong Zhuo is a matter of course, and he is naturally on the side of morality, and he doesn't even need to find a reason.

Qin Hao and Dong Zhuo are completely different.

First of all, Qin Hao's reputation and reputation are excellent, and there is no reason to target him in terms of reputation.

In addition, the sphere of influence of the Qin and Jin families can be said to be enemies on all sides, so before Qin Hao unified Kansai and even Hebei, he would never let the princes of the world feel threatened.

In the end, Liu Xiu did not have the prestige to call the princes of the world to unite.

To sum up the above three points, Liu Xiu canceled his plan to secretly unite with the princes to suppress Qin, but it is impossible for him to watch Qin Hao grow a little bit.

Liu Xiu looked at Liu Che, who showed no signs of emotion or anger, and thought to himself: Maybe he can fight against Qin Hao.

Just when Liu Xiu was thinking about how to contain Qin Hao, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu stood up together. Yuan Shao took the lead and said:

"I would like to report to the lord, of the [-] troops under my command, there are only less than [-] left, and most of them are wounded. It will not be of much use to stay, so we can only retire first to recuperate."

As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, Yuan Shu continued: "Master, only [-] of our [-] troops remain. The casualties are too heavy, and we are unable to continue fighting. Please allow me to lead the army back to Yuzhou."

The Yuan brothers did not lie, the casualties of their troops were indeed the highest among all the princes.

Except for the princes who sent few troops, the casualties of the other princes basically hovered around [-]%, while the Yuan brothers suffered more than one defeat, and the army casualties reached [-]% to [-]%.

The Yuan brothers all demanded to leave the coalition because of the excessive casualties, and they were definitely not the only ones who had this idea.

Everyone has paid a huge price for this battle against Dong, and there will be no benefit if the fight continues, so it is better to leave the alliance as soon as possible.

Just after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu asked to leave, Li Mi, Kong Ni, Zhang Yao, Liu Xiu and other [-] princes stood up one after another, all requesting to lead the army back to the territory for cultivation, as for the other princes, they were also a little moved.

Half of the princes asked to leave, and the reasons were very legitimate, so Qin Hao couldn't find a reason to stop him.

But if they are really allowed to leave, the coalition forces will immediately reduce the army by 10,000+, and the remaining princes will definitely ask to leave. How will Qin Hao negotiate with Dong Zhuo then?
Qin Hao also knew that the fight could not go on, so he was ready to accept it as soon as it was ready, and the envoy went to have peace talks with Dong Zhuo.

If Qin Hao wants to obtain the greatest benefits in the negotiations with Dong Zhuo, he must ensure that he has enough power to threaten Dong Zhuo, otherwise Dong Zhuo will never compromise, so Qin Hao must first stabilize these princes who are about to leave. .

"Everyone, I understand your feelings very well, but you must know that we have paid the casualties of 27 troops to create this great situation. If we leave now, all the previous sacrifices will be in vain."

Qin Hao's sonorous and forceful words caused some princes to hesitate again, but Yuan Shao said, "But what if we don't leave? Now we are not only depleted of people, but even the supply of food and grass is becoming more and more difficult. If we continue to live like this, city by city If the attack continues, I'm afraid I may not be able to break through the Hangu Pass even if I have exhausted my troops."

All the princes nodded unconsciously, after all what Yuan Shao said was indeed reasonable.

After Luoyang, there are fortified cities such as Mianchi, Yiyang, and Yewang, and there are also Hangu Xiongguan blocking it. It is impossible for the coalition forces to attack Chang'an with the current strength.

Seeing this, Qin Hao said: "Although it is impossible not to break into Chang'an this time, we will save it for the next time, and I am not trying to force you to stay, but I want you to wait for a few days."

"Master, what do you mean?" Yuan Shao asked with a frown.

"We can negotiate with Dong Zhuo."

A gleam of light flashed in Qin Hao's eyes, and he said with a smile: "The loser should have the attitude of the loser, and our coalition forces are the victors in this battle. With the momentum of a big victory, Dong Zhuo was forced to surrender Lianggong to be Lianghou. It shouldn't be too much, right?
Dong Zhuo's losses were also extremely heavy, and he definitely didn't want to fight anymore, so he could only agree to our conditions.

After Dong Zhuo agrees to negotiate terms, it's not too late for everyone to leave. "

(End of this chapter)