I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 519, Negotiation

Everyone frowned when they heard that Xu Wei wanted to end the Sili War as soon as possible. It is not difficult to conquer Luoyang City under the current situation. The difficult thing is to quickly conquer Luoyang City. The 10 troops inside Luoyang City are not easy to deal with, not to mention that Luoyang City was originally the capital of the Han Dynasty with a large population. Naturally, because of the relocation of the capital, a large number of people followed Emperor Xian to Xiangyang, but even now Luoyang City has a population of hundreds of thousands. , if Yuan Xi integrates the young and strong among them, there will be about [-] people defending the entire Luoyang City, which can be said to be very difficult to fight!

After a long time, Li Ru sneered and said: "Although Luoyang City is difficult to conquer head-on, there is no city in the world that cannot be conquered. As long as we send people to jump over the internal contradictions in Luoyang City and let those who don't want to die join us, this Luoyang City will naturally be destroyed." It's self-defeating!"

Jia Xu also said: "Although Yuan Xi does not want to surrender, it does not mean that the other generals in Luoyang City do not want to surrender. They are definitely not willing to be buried with the Yuan family. We can send envoys into Luoyang City in the name of peace talks, and then divide them up. , it will be more effective than our simple strong attack!"

Xu Wei, Zhang Baiqi, Yang Feng, and Wang Yong discussed and felt that this proposal was good. Even if it failed, they could still know the internal trend of Luoyang City, so they agreed to the idea of ​​peace talks!

Li Ru even took the initiative to ask Ying to be the envoy of the peace talks!
Xu Wei said to Li Ru: "We will make peace with Yuan Xi and the others in the name of protecting the buildings inside Luoyang City. After all, this is the ancient capital for hundreds of years. Many things in Luoyang City are invaluable treasures of the great man, especially the East View The millions of volumes of books in Lantai and other places are the essence of our Han civilization. If they are destroyed by the fire of war, it will be a huge loss to the entire Chinese civilization. If it is destroyed in the fire of war like this, it will be a loss for our Han people You tell Yuan Xi that if he is willing to leave Luoyang City, I can spare his subordinates and his tens of thousands of soldiers!"

In history, Dong Zhuo set fire to Luoyang City and burned all the books written by the sages of the Han Dynasty for 400 years. The civilization of the Han Dynasty also suffered a huge blow, and even Cao Cao felt it was a pity.In this world, because of Xu Wei, the Kwantung Allied Forces did not enter Luoyang City, and millions of volumes of books in Dongguan, Lantai and other places were naturally preserved.

And Xu Wei didn't want to see Luoyang City completely destroyed. You must know that at this time Luoyang City can be regarded as the largest city in the Han Dynasty. It has an area of ​​[-] years in the Han Dynasty. If it really becomes a ruin, it will cost a lot to rebuild Luoyang.

Li Ru bowed his hands and said: "Beyond the bottom line of being in power, the subordinates understand how to negotiate!"

At this time, everyone in Luoyang City, from Yuan Xi to ordinary people, was panicked. They saw that the barracks of the Dagan army under the city wall were getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more enemies, and finally Luoyang City was completely surrounded by them. , especially in the past ten days or so, they have completely lost contact with the outside world, and the entire Luoyang City has become an isolated island.

The soldiers of Luoyang City were like sitting on a wrecked boat, they couldn't find a way out, they could only watch the boat slowly sink and drown them!

And just when everyone was looking for a way out, the soldiers came to report that they were Dagan's messengers asking for an interview, which became a life-saving straw!
Soon Li Ru came to the palace in Luoyang City, and saw Yuan Xi and other generals!
Seeing Li Ru, Yuan Xi said, "What does Mr. Lei want to tell us?"

Li Ru smiled and said: "Luoyang City is the essence of the great Han Dynasty for four hundred years. My family's ruling does not want to see Luoyang City being destroyed by war, so I decided to let you go. You can leave Luoyang City with your subordinates. My family is in power. Guaranteed not to pursue you!"

These words made all the generals present excited, as if a drowning man grasped the last straw!
But Yuan Xi snorted coldly: "With the defense and strength of my Luoyang City, it is impossible for your Hebei Army to enter Luoyang City!"

Li Ru smiled disdainfully and said: "After the appearance of artillery, there is no city that cannot be conquered anymore. If you are unwilling to surrender, at worst, our army will use artillery to knock down Luoyang City little by little. Now our army has 1000 artillery pieces. Under the Luoyang city, there are 200 giant cannons, and the projectiles they fired weighed more than a hundred catties, and even the city wall could collapse. How can you defend Luoyang city!"

"I am here to negotiate now because we are in power and are willing to give you a way out. If you really don't know good from bad, with the power of our army's artillery, it will take at most a month to make a strong attack. My banner of Dagan can be planted on the city wall of Luoyang !"

Yuan Xi said angrily: "Old man Li Ru, you really think I dare not kill you!"

Li Ru sneered and said, "Our ruling party said that if I die in Luoyang City as a negotiating envoy, I will be buried with me by officers above the captain of Luoyang City!"

After speaking, Li Ru looked around the hall and said with a smile: "When the time comes, you will be buried with you on Huangquan Road, so you won't be lonely!"

This caused a commotion in the hall, these generals did not want to be buried with Li Ru!

Yuan Zhong also got up and said: "Xianyi, if the two armies are fighting without beheading the envoy, if you really kill Li Ru, the people in the world will ridicule my Yuan family!"

Then Yuan Zhongyou said to Li Ru: "We need to discuss it, and ask the envoy to avoid it!"

Li Ru smiled and said, "Hurry up!"

Then Li Ru left the hall swaggeringly!
After Li Ru left, Yuan Xi said, "Fourth Uncle, do you want to surrender too?"

Yuan Zhong is Yuan He's second son, and also a member of the Yuan family. According to his seniority, he is Yuan Xi's uncle!
Yuan Zhongdao: "I'm here to see if we can delay the negotiation for a few more days. For Yuzhou, if we persist for one more day, we will delay the 20 army for one more day!"

But Yuan Xi said: "How long can this last? I'm afraid that if we don't surrender today, Lei Gong will attack Luoyang City tomorrow!"

Chun Yuqiong said: "Now Luoyang City is completely surrounded by Dagan. It is a dead end for us to defend Luoyang City. If we really agree with Lei Gong's opinion, our 4 troops can go to Yuzhou to support the General Chariot. This is very good for our army. It’s a good thing to say!”

But Gao Gan said angrily: "It's nonsense, not to mention whether Lei Gong's words are credible. If he sends cavalry to intercept us halfway, our 4 army will die without a place to die!"

Chun Yuqiong said: "Lei Gong has always kept his promise, he will not intercept and kill us."

The other generals also said: "Chunyu is right, since Lei Gong's uprising, it is impossible to chase and kill us with one promise!"

Gao Gan looked at the crowd and said: "Today is different, Lei Gong is a hero in troubled times, how could he be restricted by his promise, as long as it is beneficial for him to seize the world, breaking promises is nothing to a hero like him, are you going to Huang Quan asked Lei Gong why he broke his promise!"

"And even if Lei Gong keeps his promise, although Yuzhou can get the help of our 4 army, but we also brought 20 elite troops from Yuzhou. This is a disadvantage for us. We might as well stay in Luoyang City. At the very least, Luoyang City is the strongest city of the Han Dynasty. We can drag Lei Gong's 20 troops in Luoyang City for several months! And with these extra months, maybe the general can support Yuzhou, and we can still bring the dead back to life possibility!"

But we are dead, the generals will follow the slander!

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said, "Let Li Ru be handed over to you, Fourth Uncle. If you can delay it for a few days, delay it for a few more days!"

Yuan Xi knew that even his former disciples of the Yuan family were unreliable in Luoyang City now, maybe they would betray the Yuan family in exchange for their own glory and wealth, only their own family members were the most reliable.

After the meeting, Yuan Zhong invited Li Ru to his mansion, and the two drank wine and chatted casually.

Yuan Zhongdao: "For the sake of us being classmates back then, you tell me the truth, what exactly does Lei Gong want to do?"

Li Ru smiled and said, "You want me to betray my lord, our friendship with classmates alone can't do it!"

Yuan Zhong smiled wryly: "We have already become the turtles in Lei Gong's urn, can we escape?"

Li Ru smiled and said: "I came here to negotiate with sincerity. If you are worried that my family's ruler will chase you down, I can stay here with you. If the big army chases you down, you can kill me to vent your anger. You know I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and I will not guarantee anything that I am not sure about!"

Yuan Zhong sighed and said, "Yes, your ability to save your life is really good. There are not many classmates who were at the Taixue School who are still alive now, and you are the only one who is as active as you is still alive!"

Li Rudao: "Are you agreeing to give up Luoyang City?"

Yuan Zhong shook his head and said: "I can't be sorry at the beginning. Although I don't know why you Lei Gong are so eager to negotiate, but something unfavorable to Lei Gong must have happened outside Luoyang City, so you are so eager to end the battle in Luoyang City. Under such circumstances, we can't leave Luoyang City even more, but must be crucified in Luoyang City to hold back Lei Gong's 20 troops!"

Li Ru didn't change his face, but he was still a little annoyed, he underestimated this classmate too much!
But soon Li Ru returned to normal and said: "You are from the Yuan family, so naturally you don't want to just watch the Yuan family fall like this, but have you thought about the feelings of the other guards in Luoyang City? They are willing to be buried for your Yuan family." ?
You must know that we entered so smoothly this time. Yuan Tan is the number one hero of my Dagan. How many people in Luoyang City do you think are willing to work for Yuan Tan? Do you think that if you don’t run away now, no one will secretly join our Dagan Well, the strongest fortresses are often breached from the inside. How many members of your Yuan family still live in Luoyang City? You can see that there are hundreds of thousands of people living in Luoyang City! "

Yuan Zhong was in pain when he heard these words. Although the Dagan army is huge this time, relying on the favorable terrain of Sili, they can completely resist the Dagan army for 1-2 years. The generals and soldiers at the bottom were so alienated from his Yuan family that a fortified city like Chang'an City surrendered without a fight. He had no doubt how many people in the current Luoyang City wanted to betray the Yuan family and join the big army!

So Yuan Zhong said: "Give us a month to prepare, and we will completely give up Luoyang City in one month!"

Li Ru laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "Brother Zhengfu, do you think I'm a fool? One month's time is enough for me to completely destroy Luoyang City with artillery. It seems that you will not shed tears when you see the coffin , or if I let Dagan's artillery battalion bomb Luoyang City for three days, let's see if you still have the confidence to stick to Luoyang City!"

After speaking, Li Ru seemed to want to leave, but Yuan Zhong pulled Li Ru and said, "There are more than [-] people in Luoyang City. You must prepare to leave! This will take half a month!"

But Li Ru firmly said: "Don't try to procrastinate, at most tomorrow, Luoyang City, where you still haven't left, we will use cannons to speak!"

The two broke up unhappy like this, and Yuan Zhong asked soldiers to send Li Ru out of the city.

Just when Li Ru was about to leave Luoyang City, Chun Yuqiong found Li Rudao: "Messenger, I heard that after Zhang Yun and the others donated Chang'an City, Lei Gong rewarded them with more than one billion yuan?"

Li Ru was overjoyed when he heard this, but he still said calmly: "This is a rumor. The one billion yuan is the price of my lord's grain and weapons in Chang'an City. After all, this is not what our army seized."

Chunyu Qiong asked in a low voice: "If I also donate Luoyang City, can my subordinates and I, like Zhang He, convert the food, grass and military equipment of this Luoyang City into money and give them to us!"

Li Rudao: "It depends on your achievements. Zhang Xi led an army of 3 and dedicated a city of Chang'an. He didn't let me spend a lot of money. In this way, my family's government will convert the food, grass and weapons of Chang'an City into The money was handed over to Zhang Yun and they were only using the Yuan family's money, and they didn't lose anything.

If you can donate Luoyang City like Zhang He, then of course the food, grass and weapons of Luoyang City can be regarded as your trophies, but if Luoyang City still needs us to conquer it, the food, grass and military equipment of Luoyang City will be the trophies of my army!More than a billion dollars is the wealth of an enemy, and it is not so easy to get! "

Li Ru's words made Chun Yuqiong obviously ponder. He originally wanted to lead his subordinates to open the gate of Luoyang City and enlarge the army to enter Luoyang City when the big army attacked Luoyang City. The credit for this is not very great, if he leads his subordinates to kill Yuan Xi and the others, and dominates the entire Luoyang City, then he will be treated like Zhang Xi!

Thinking of this, Chunyu Qiong felt jealous for a while. You must know that in the fifth year of Zhongping (188), he was appointed as the right captain, one of the eight captains of Xiyuan, and joined Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Bao Hong, Cao Cao, Zhao Rong, and Feng Feng. Fang and Xia Mou are listed together.But his grade is the same as Yuan Shao's.

But these years, he has not been used by Mrs. Yuan Shao. At the beginning, Zhang Yun, who was a small official, could become a general guarding Chang'an City, but he only became a city gate captain in Luoyang City. It can be said that he has been in the past ten years With no progress in his official career, Yuan Shao and the others don't trust him at all, so he naturally doesn't want to be buried with the Yuan family!
He saw that Zhang He had sold the Yuan family for more than a billion dollars. Apart from a burst of envy and jealousy, he wanted to learn Zhang He's methods. After all, Zhang Yun could sell Yuan Tan, but couldn't I, Chunyu Qiong!
(End of this chapter)