Chapter 973: negotiation
Chapter 973 Negotiation
Chapter 971: Negotiation
Compared with the little seizures gained from the war, the princes still care more about their reputation. After all, there are many 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 know that they have been tricked by Qin Hao again. Now most of the princes have voluntarily given up on capturing them. If they still persist under the general trend, they will definitely be despised by the world.
After weighing the pros and cons, Yuan Shao finally chose to compromise, and gritted his teeth and said: "I, Yuan Benchu, are willing to give up the capture for disaster relief."
“I, Yuan Gongdao, am also willing to give up the seizure for disaster relief.”
Qin Hao showed a bright smile and said to the two of them with a smile: "Qin Hao would like to thank you both for your generosity on behalf of the people of Luoyang."
Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu said this, they secretly greeted all eight generations of Qin Hao's ancestors in their hearts. At the same time, they also secretly determined to make Qin Hao look good in the future, but they had to take the initiative to suffer this big loss.
The two principals, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, both surrendered. Naturally, the princes who were bewitched by the two men did not dare to continue to fight to the death, and they all took advantage of the situation and expressed their willingness to give up the capture.
Since then, all the princes have given up the capture, and Qin Hao has also carried out all the seizures for disaster relief in the name of all the princes. This move also won the favor of all the princes except the two Yuans.
Liu Xiu saw that Yuan Shao had been writing for a long time and still gave in. He couldn't help but shook his head in his heart: He thought that Yuan Shao was much stronger than Yuan Shu, but he didn't expect that he was also a shallow-minded person. This person does big things but sacrifices himself for small gains. This is It is absolutely impossible to fight against Qin Hao.
From the time Qin Hao formed the alliance to challenge Dong, Liu Xiu saw that Qin Hao's ambition was not in the south, and his goal of challenging Dong was 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 replace Dong Zhuo and become the new strongest prince, and his pace will certainly not stop. At that time, there are only two ways to continue to expand, to unify Hebei or to conquer Guan. West.
No matter which one Qin Hao chooses, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for Liu Xiu in the south, but it is different for the princes in the north. They will face Qin Hao's army directly.
Of course Liu Xiu didn't want to see Qin Hao grow bigger. He also thought about uniting the princes of the world and targeting Qin Hao like Dong Zhuo, but he found that there was no possibility of success.
Dong Zhuo will be jointly targeted by all the princes, not only because he offended the world's noble families, but also because he made all the princes feel threatened. The most important thing is that he has done too many death-seeking things, which completely ruined his reputation.
The crusade against Dong Zhuo is a matter of course, and one is naturally on the moral side, without even needing 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 surrounded by enemies on all sides, so before Qin Hao unified Guanxi and even Hebei, he would never let the princes of the world feel threatened.
Finally, Liu Xiu did not have the prestige to summon the princes of the world to unite.
In summary, Liu Xiu gave up his plan to secretly unite the princes to suppress Qin, but he could not watch Qin Hao grow stronger.
Liu Xiu looked at Liu Che, who showed no emotion or anger, and thought to himself: He might be able to fight 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: "To the leader of the alliance, I have an army of 30,000, but now there are less than 10,000 left, and most of them are wounded. After leaving, It won’t do anything, so I can only retire and recuperate.”
As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, Yuan Shu continued: "Alliance leader, there are only 15,000 of my 50,000-strong army left. The casualties are too heavy and I am no longer able 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 the princes.
Except for the princes who sent few troops to garrison, the casualties of other princes were basically around 50%. The Yuan brothers all suffered more than one defeat, and the casualties of the army reached 70% to 80%.
The Yuan brothers all requested to leave the coalition because of excessive casualties, and they were definitely not the only ones who had this idea.
The war against Dong has been fought so far, and everyone has paid a huge price, and there will be no benefits if the war continues, so it is better to break away from the alliance as soon as possible.
Just after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu asked to leave, sixteen princes including Li Mi, Kong Min, Zhang Yao, Liu Xiu, etc. stepped forward one after another, all asking to lead their troops back to their territories for training. As for other princes, they also had some intentions.
Half of the princes asked to leave, and the reasons were very legitimate, so Qin Hao could not find any reason to stop them.
But if they are really allowed to leave, the coalition forces will immediately be reduced by hundreds of thousands, and the remaining princes will definitely ask to leave. How can Qin Hao negotiate with Dong Zhuo then?
Qin Hao also knew that the fight could no longer be fought, so he was ready to give up as soon as possible, and sent his envoy to go to have peace talks with Dong Zhuo.
If Qin Hao wants to obtain the maximum benefit from the negotiation with Dong Zhuo, he must ensure that he has enough power to threaten Dong Zhuo. Otherwise, Dong Zhuo will never be able to compromise, so Qin Hao must first stabilize the princes who are leaving. .
“Everyone, I understand your feelings very well, but you must know that we have paid 270,000 army casualties to create this great situation. If we leave at this time, all the previous sacrifices will be in vain.”
Qin Hao's sonorous and powerful words made some princes hesitate again, but Yuan Shao saw this and said: "But what if we don't leave? Now we are not only short of people and horses, but also the supply of food and grass is becoming more and more difficult. We continue to do this one city after another." If we continue to attack, I’m afraid I won’t be able to break through Hangu Pass even if I use up all my troops.”
All the princes nodded unconsciously. After all, what Yuan Shao said did make sense.
Behind Luoyang there are strong cities such as Mianchi, Yiyang, Yewang, etc., and there is also Hangu Pass to block it. It is impossible for the coalition forces to attack Chang'an with the current strength of the coalition forces.
Seeing this, Qin Hao said: "Although it is impossible not to attack Chang'an this time, we will wait for next time. And I do not want to force you to stay, but I want you to wait for a few days."
“Leader, what do you mean?” Yuan Shao asked with a frown.
“We can negotiate with Dong Zhuo.”
A glint flashed in Qin Hao's eyes and he said with a smile: "The defeated should have the attitude of the defeated, and our coalition is the victor in this battle. With a great victory, Dong Zhuo was forced to surrender to the Duke of Liang and become the Marquis of Liang. This point It shouldn’t be too much, right?
Dong Zhuo also suffered heavy losses and definitely didn’t want to continue the fight, so he could only agree to our conditions.
After Dong Zhuo agrees to the negotiation terms, it won’t be too late for everyone to leave. "
(End of this chapter)