Chapter 973 Negotiation
Chapter 971: Negotiation
Compared with the amount of seizure obtained 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 destroyed, it will be extremely difficult to whitewash it, so so many princes follow the trend and voluntarily give up seizure.
As for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they also knew that they had been under the guise of Qin Hao again. Now most of the princes have voluntarily given up seizure. If they 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, is willing to give up the seizure to provide disaster relief."
"I, Yuan Gaolu, are also willing to give up seizure and use it for disaster relief."
Qin Hao showed an extremely bright smile and said to the two with a smile: "Qin Hao thanked the people of Luoyang for their generosity."
“It should be, it should be…”
Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu said this, they secretly greeted Qin Hao’s ancestors in their hearts, and at the same time they made up their minds to give Qin Hao a good look in the future, but they had to take the initiative to eat this.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both surrendered. The princes who were bewitched by the two of them naturally did not dare to continue to bear the mercy, and they all expressed their willingness to give up the seizure.
Since then, all the princes gave up seizures, and Qin Hao also provided disaster relief in the name of all the princes, and this action also gained the favor of all the princes except the two Yuans.
Seeing that Yuan Shao''s Moji still surrendered for a long time, Liu Xiu couldn''t help but shook his head in his heart: I thought Yuan Shao was much better than Yuan Shu, but I didn''t expect that he was also a shallow person. This person was definitely not able to fight against Qin Hao when he did big things and took advantage of small profits.
From the beginning of Qin Hao''s formation of the alliance to fight against Dong, Liu Xiu saw that Qin Hao''s ambition was not in the south, and his goal of fighting against Dong was to occupy Sizhou and achieve the goal of connecting Bingzhou and Jingbei.
After Qin Hao occupied the four counties of Sizhou, he would replace Dong Zhuo as the new strongest prince, and his pace would definitely not stop. At that time, there were only two roads that could continue to expand, unify Hebei or conquer Guanxi.
No matter which one Qin Hao chooses, it is undoubtedly a great thing for Liu Xiu, who is in the south, but the princes in the north are different. They will face Qin Hao''s military front directly.
Of course, Liu Xiu didn''t want to see Qin Hao grow bigger. He had thought of uniting the princes of the world and targeting Qin Hao like Dong Zhuo, but found that there was no possibility of success at all.
Dong Zhuohui was jointly targeted by the princes, not only because he offended the aristocratic families in the world, but also because he also made the princes feel threatened. The most important thing is that he has done too many things to commit suicide, which has completely made his reputation awesome.
It is a natural thing to attack Dong Zhuo, and he naturally stands on the moral side and does not even need to find a reason.
Qin Hao and Dong Zhuo are completely different.
First of all, Qin Hao has a very good reputation and reputation, 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 from all sides, so before Qin Hao unified Guanxi and even Hebei, the princes in the world would never feel threatened.
In the end, Liu Xiu did not have the prestige to convene the princes of the world to unite.
In summary, Liu Xiu dispelled the plan to secretly unite the princes to suppress Qin, but he could not watch Qin Hao grow stronger little by little.
Liu Che, who looked at him without showing his emotions, thought to himself: He might be able to fight against Qin Hao.
Just as Liu Xiu was considering how to curb Qin Hao, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu stood up together, and Yuan Shao took the lead and said: "Report to the leader of the alliance, I have a 30,000 army under my command, but now there are less than 10,000 left, and most of them are wounded. They can''t play any role in staying behind, so I can only recuperate first."
As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, Yuan Shu continued, "Leader, the 50,000 troops under my command are only 15,000. The casualties are too heavy and I am powerless to continue fighting. Please allow me to lead my 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, the casualties of other princes were basically around 50%, and the Yuan brothers suffered more than one defeat, and the casualties of the army reached 70% to 80%.
The Yuan brothers all demanded to leave the coalition forces due to excessive casualties, and they were definitely not the only ones who had this idea.
Everyone has paid a huge price until now in this battle against Dong, and they will not get any benefits if they continue to fight, so it is better to leave the alliance as soon as possible.
Just after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu asked to leave, the sixteen princes including Li Mi, Kong Yi, Zhang Yao, Liu Xiu stood up one after another, all demanding to lead the troops back to their 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 could not find any reason to stop him.
But if they are really allowed to leave, the coalition forces will immediately reduce the army by more than 100,000, and the remaining princes will definitely ask to leave. How can Qin Hao negotiate with Dong Zhuo at that time?
Qin Hao also knew that he could no longer fight, so he was ready to stop when he was ready and went to have a peace talk with Dong Zhuo.
If Qin Hao wants to gain the greatest benefit in the negotiations 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 these princes who are about to leave.
"Everyone, I understand your feelings very well, but we must know that we have paid 270,000 troops to create this great situation now. If we leave at this time, all the previous sacrifices will be in vain."
Qin Hao''s powerful words made some princes hesitate again, and Yuan Shao said when he saw this: "But even if we don''t leave, what if we don''t leave? Now we are not only in short supply of people, but also intensifying the supply of food and grass. If we continue to conquer one city by one, I''m afraid that my troops may not be able to break through Hangu Pass if we have exhausted all our troops."
The princes nodded unconsciously, after all, what Yuan Shao said really makes sense.
After Luoyang, there are strong cities such as Mianchi, Yiyang, and Yewang, and there are also Hangu Xiong Pass to block it. It is impossible for the coalition forces to attack Chang''an at all.
Qin Hao saw this and said, "Although it is impossible for us to fail to enter Chang''an this time, we will stay for the next time. I don''t want to force you to stay, but I want you to wait for several days."
"What do you mean, leader?" Yuan Shao asked with a frown.
"We can negotiate with Dong Zhuo."
A glimmer flashed in Qin Hao''s eyes and he smiled and said, "The loser should be the loser, and our coalition is the side that won this battle. It should not be too much to force Dong Zhuo to surrender Liang Gong to become Liang Hou with a great victory, right?
Dong Zhuo''s losses were also extremely heavy, and he definitely didn''t want to continue fighting, so he could only agree to our conditions.
After Dong Zhuo agrees to the negotiation conditions, it is not too late for you to leave. ”
(This chapter ends)