I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 469, the tyrants across the state and counties
Yuan Tan knew that the most important thing for him now was to get Liu Bei's support to stabilize the situation in Yuzhou.

So he said to Zhang Fei: "Although the Dagan army stopped at the border between Yan and Xu, our army lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers in this Central Plains war. The pressure is too great and we need the support of the general. Otherwise, Yuzhou will be annexed by Dagan. And if Yuzhou is captured by the big army, then Luoyang City and Jingzhou will be under the attack of the northern army!"

Zhang Fei was clearly aware of this, and he said seriously, "Don't worry, after I return to Xiangyang, I will definitely report the situation here to the general, and I will ask the general to fully support Yuzhou!"

Only then did Yuan Tan feel relieved. There was nothing he could do. The mess Yuan Shao had left for him was really too big. Although Yuan Tan seemed to occupy a vast territory, everyone was in a precarious state. So powerful, without Liu Bei's support, I'm afraid he would be wiped out by the Dagan army within three or two years!

At the end of the war, Zhang Fei returned to Jingzhou with thousands of remnants of the Jingzhou army, which made Liu Bei burst into tears. He thought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had died in Yanzhou, but he didn't expect Zhang Fei to escape.

In September, Qingzhou Beihai County!
Half of Xuzhou was easily captured by them, and Duan Yun who attacked Xuzhou was also repelled by him. Gao Rou and his army were also sent out of the country by Cao Cao. I finally heard some good news. Qingzhou finally had a breakthrough from the siege of the Dagan Army, and the Qingzhou Army finally had a place to breathe!
And at this time the guard came to report that Cao Chun was back!

Cao Cao was so excited that he asked the guards to take Cao Chun into the hall. Seeing that it was really Cao Chun, Cao Cao hugged Cao Chun excitedly and said, "Zihe, it's great that you didn't die in battle!"

Cao Chun said: "Brother Yuan Rang and I were captured by Wang Yong in Yanzhou, but the Dagan Army did not mistreat us. We have been detained in Dong'a City!"

Cao Cao said pleasantly, "Yuan Rang is still alive!"

Cao Cao thought that Xiahou Dun had died in battle, but he didn't expect that he was still alive!

Cao Chundao: "Brother Yuan Rang was also captured by the Dagan Army. The artillery of the Dagan Army is too powerful. Brother Yuan Rang was stunned, so he was caught by the Dagan Army!"

Cao Cao calmed down a bit and asked, "Did you escape from Yanzhou?"

Cao Chun said in embarrassment: "It was Lei Gong who let me come to Qingzhou. He wanted to make a deal with my brother. He wanted to use Yuan to let Big Brother, General Yu Jin, Cai Yang, Li Tong and other 17 school lieutenants, and more than a hundred military commanders and above. Officers in exchange for the families of Qingzhou soldiers captured by the Dagan Army!"

Cao Cao was pleasantly surprised: "Lei Gong is willing to let them come back?"

This was really a surprise to Cao Cao. The experienced commanders of this era are all fighting out of the battlefield, and their tuition fees are human lives. This price can be described as extremely expensive.That's why in this era, there is a saying that it is easy to get a thousand troops and a general is hard to find. If Dagan really released Cao Cao's captured officers, then for Cao Cao, he could rely on these experienced officers to quickly form a large army. And the combat power will not drop much!

Only Guo Jia asked suspiciously: "Mr. Lei said how many soldiers will be replaced?"

Cao Chun said in embarrassment: "The Dagan Army has captured [-] of our soldiers, and they hope that Brother Meng De can hand over all the families of the [-] soldiers to Dagan!"

Xun Yu was surprised and said: "Mr. Lei wants to exchange these hundreds of generals for 6 to 7 of us. Mr. Lei's tone is too loud!"

Hearing this, Xia Houyuan said angrily: "My elder brother and these hundreds of officers are not worth 6 to 7 old and weak women and children!"

The other generals also looked at Xun Yu seriously. Now that the Dagan Army is so powerful, any of them may be captured by the Dagan Army. If they can be exchanged, their lives will be guaranteed. Now Xun Yu is obviously Want to cut off their life!
Xun Yu also knew that what he said was a bit too much, so he immediately remedied it: "It's not that it's worthless, but that Lei Gong can't let Lei Gong ask for a price. I have a population of just over two million in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Wan Jingrui, if these 4-6 family members are handed over to Dagan, Qingzhou will lose nearly 7 people in one fell swoop, which will seriously affect our conscription and tax collection in Qingzhou. It can be said that handing over these 10-6 7 family members is equivalent to another defeat in Qingzhou!"

Zang Ba sneered: "Then what you mean is that we don't save Yuan to let them, Xun Changshi, do you know what it means to have a thousand troops easy to get but a general is hard to find? Soldiers can be recruited casually, but experienced generals like Yuan Rang Generals are very difficult to appear! And the family members of these captured soldiers are basically old, weak, sick and disabled. Leaving us in Qingzhou can be regarded as reducing our burden. Recruit ten thousand soldiers out of ten thousand!"

At this time, Guo Jia said: "Naturally, negotiating requires bargaining. It is impossible to make a big deal, and we agree. This is too passive! Moreover, Lei Gong wants the families of these captured soldiers, and the captured soldiers will definitely return to Lei Gong." , This is equivalent to Lei Gong having 2 more soldiers, which is also a threat to us! If we welcome Yuan Rang back to them, it will be at the cost of the defeat of Qingzhou, and everyone wants to see this scene!"

After being told by Guo Jia, the generals like Xia Houyuan calmed down!
However, Cao Cao frowned and said: "Lei Gong wants these soldiers' families, obviously he wants to capture the soldiers and return them to their hearts. If we don't hand over all these families to Lei Gong, I am afraid that Lei Gong will not let Yuan let them come back!"

Guo Jia said: "Daqian just let Yuan let them come back, but we want 6 to 7 people. This deal is too bad for us! We should also let Lei Gong exchange some people back, so that we don't Will suffer!"

Cao Cao said helplessly: "But we haven't captured the soldiers of the Dagan Army, how can we exchange with them?"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Now Yanzhou belongs to Lei Gong, but there are also many people here that Lei Gong doesn't want. If we let Lei Gong hand over these people to us, Lei Gong will definitely be willing!"

Xun Yu's eyes lit up and he said, "The families in Yanzhou are powerful!"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "That's right, it's the powerful clans in Yanzhou. Lei Gong vigorously wiped out the powerful and powerful gentry in Hebei. It is no exception to come to Yanzhou. Yi Jia predicts that the whole Yanzhou will be exiled by Lei Gong for more than ten years." Tens of thousands of people go to the desert and the islands to completely wipe out all the rich and powerful gentry in Yanzhou!"

Cao Cao was envious when he heard that, he also wanted to do such a thing, and even did it, but he was the one who was kicked out by Hao Qiang. Nothing to do with them!Only a rebel like Lei Gong can unscrupulously wipe out the rich and powerful gentry in a state!

But Cheng Yu hesitated and said: "These people came to our Qingzhou, I'm afraid it won't do anything to us? We don't have enough land in Qingzhou, and if we bring a group of ancestors over, I'm afraid Qingzhou will be messed up by these people !"

At this time, Kong Rong said, "If they go to Xuzhou, we have no objection!"

Seeing Kong Rong, who was eight feet tall and muscular, Xun Yu could only smile wryly. Throwing these people to Xuzhou was probably because he wanted to use them as cannon fodder to defend Qingzhou!
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Our Qingzhou can't accommodate these people who eat dry food. I'm talking about my family members, and now we should pick them up and leave Yanzhou! Like Mancheng, the Li family should not dare to continue now. Stay in Yanzhou!"

Li Dian could only smile wryly and said: "The elders of the family don't want to part with their ancestors at all. The subordinates have told them many times to let them come to Qingzhou, but they just don't want to come! This time, I'm afraid they have to come if they don't want to!"

The Li family used to be a tyrant in Yanzhou, with a large number of clansmen, to what extent, there is one sentence in history to describe such a powerful tycoon, crossing states and counties.A family can pull out tens of thousands of people!With its own Wubao, manor shop, it can be said that the Li family is a self-sufficient small world. Such a powerful and powerful family can protect one party in troubled times. Let's talk about how powerful the Li family is!
In history, Lu Bu and Cao Cao competed for Yanzhou, and Cao Cao had only three cities left when Lu Bu once fought.But when Lu Bu was at his most powerful, he sent troops to collect food from the Li family, but was beaten and fled by Li Dian's father with his clansmen.

And such a powerful person is naturally the key target of Dagan. Li Dian knew that if the Li family did not leave Yanzhou this time, they would be forced to be exiled to the desert by Dagan to herd sheep!

Then Guo Jia looked at Xu Chu again and said, "Zhongkang, your family should also come to Qingzhou!"

Xu Zhu could only smile wryly and said, "The clan elders are already discussing about fleeing, but they want to go to Jingzhou even more! Qingzhou is too close to Lei Gong!"

Xu Chu's family is also a powerful tyrant. Historically, they gathered thousands of strong men and clans to build defensive facilities to resist the invasion of bandits.At that time, more than [-] soldiers from Gebei in Runan attacked Xu's family but failed to conquer them. It can be seen that although Xu Chu's family is not as powerful as Li's family, it is not much worse!
Cao Cao also suddenly realized at this time: "Cao also needs to inform the clan elders to let them escape from Qiao County!"

Cao Cao's own family is also in Qiao County. Although his father and relatives have been taken to Qingzhou, a family like Cao Cao that has only been passed down for hundreds of years has tens of thousands of Guang clan members. It is impossible for all of them to come to Qingzhou , Guo Jia Xunyu's family is in Yingchuan, and Yu Jin's family is in Juping County, Taishan County. It can be said that a small half of the families of the generals around Cao Cao are now in the sphere of influence of the Dagan army, or in the attack range of the Dagan army.

Originally, their feudal hegemony would not harm their families like this, just like in history, even if Cao Cao wanted to fight Yuan Shao, he did not touch the Yuan family in Runan, but who made them face a Lei Gong who does not speak martial arts now? The powerful and powerful are all in the scope of his attack, and now they have to find a way to make their family escape from their hometown.

And it would be a good idea to ask Dagan for these people. After all, their clansmen probably number tens of thousands in total, so the transactions between the two parties will be equal!
Guo Jia volunteered to participate in the negotiations with the Dagan army. Cao Cao didn't want his confidants to go to Dagan's territory, but Guo Jia said: "Lei Gong has a very good reputation, he would not use such means to kill people." of!"

Then Guo Jia mocked: "Lei Gong treats people like us, he likes to beat us head-on, and then use the common people to mock us, let us be infamous for thousands of years! We will never be able to turn around. If he kills me now, what face does Dagan have to say about himself? It's doing justice for the heavens!"

Cao Cao thought about it!It seems that this is the case, so I agreed with Guo Jia to go to Yanzhou to negotiate!

After Guo Jia came, Xu Wei didn't have the idea of ​​meeting this historical celebrity, but handed him over to Jia Xu to negotiate with Guo Jia!
And Jia Xu set the negotiation site in Jibei State. After Guo Jia came, although the negotiations between the two sides were fierce, they each got what they needed. Naturally, it was impossible for Cao Cao's family to let them all leave Yanzhou. One hundred thousand people left Yanzhou, but relatives like Cao Cao Wufu could be taken away by Cao Cao.

The rest of the people are said to be of the same clan, but their status is not much higher than that of serfs. They just report to the regiment to keep warm. It does not mean that if your surname is Cao, you will not be oppressed by the Cao family.These people also didn't want to leave their hometowns, so the only ones who were kicked out by Dagan were only the core members of these powerful clans with thousands of core members!
So the negotiations were completed in less than three days.The two parties agreed that Dagan should not prevent Cao Cao's family members in Yanzhou from leaving Yanzhou, and at the same time let Xiahou Dun and other Qingzhou Army officers leave Yanzhou safely, while Cao Cao would hand over the family members of the captured soldiers to Dagan Army according to the list provided by Xu Wei. And the place where the two parties traded is in Lu County of Jibei Country!Guo Jia's proposal to meet Xiahou Dun first was also agreed by Xu Wei.

After the negotiation on Cao Cao's side was completed, Xu Weiwei was so happy that he decided to make persistent efforts and send someone to notify Liu Bei of the exchange of prisoners of war!
So ten days later!
Sun Ce returned to Jingzhou, came to the General's Mansion, found Liu Bei, and told him about the Dagan Army's plan to trade prisoners of war!
Liu Bei couldn't believe it when he heard the news, "Lei Gong is willing to let the second brother go?"

Sun Ce said: "Lei Gong wants the general to release the families of the captured Jingzhou Army and Yangzhou Army to Yanzhou!"

Yuan Ji was surprised and said: "This is a population of hundreds of thousands. Lei Gong's appetite is too great. He actually wants to exchange hundreds of thousands of our people with thousands of generals!"

Liu Bei frowned when he heard this opinion!The battle for hegemony is based on population. Their population in Jiangnan is not as large as that of Dagan. Now if Lei Gong gets this hundreds of thousands of people, the captured soldiers will definitely join Dagan. This is equivalent to Lei Gong having an army of hundreds of thousands more. This exchange will definitely increase the strength of Dagan's army!I'm afraid that even the ministers of the DPRK and China are unwilling to see such a result!

On the contrary, Zhang Fei said anxiously: "My second brother is a fierce general who can be defeated by thousands of people. It is worthwhile for him to replace tens of thousands of ordinary people alone! There are other generals and schools who have experienced many battles and have been with the elder brother for several years. Well, as the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find, and these generals alone are worth exchanging hundreds of thousands of people!"

(End of this chapter)