Chapter 126 Exchanging Materials
After Yuan Yao occupied Jingnan, he confiscated food and grass, recruited new soldiers, and made an offering to the Han court in Xudu. He asked himself to be the prefect of Lingling, Huang Zu was the prefect of Changsha, and Huang Zhong was the prefect of Guiyang.

The battle between Cao and Sun in Lujiang County was completely deadlocked. With the assistance of Zhou Yu, Sun Ce controlled the Wancheng, Shuxian, and Wuhu areas in Lujiang County, but he was powerless if he wanted to go further. use of troops.

Lujiang County, Wancheng.

"Yuan Yao ordered the humble officer to send a letter to Marquis Wu!"

A young general from Taishi Ci's soldiers who was captured took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Sun Ce.

Zhang Hong, who was accompanying the army to discuss matters, sneered and said, "There is absolutely nothing good for Yuan Yao, my lord, you must think twice before you act! Besides, Tai Shici has been captured for several months, maybe..."

Zhang Hong had just returned from Xu Du's resignation, so he didn't know much about Taishi Ci, so he said it casually.

But the young general thought his words were contemptuous, and couldn't help glaring at Jiang Gan with his eyes.

"What do you mean? Are you saying that my general surrendered to Yuan Yao? My general is an upright man who will never surrender. If he surrenders, he will not send me back."

The young general said to Sun Ce again: "Marquis Wu, my general followed you to fight in the north and south. Don't you know who he is? Please Marquis Wu, don't leave him alone."

Sun Ce did not save Tai Shici at the beginning because he had a hard time, but seeing that things had turned around, he quickly took the letter and told the young general to go down to rest first.

But before Sun Ce read a few lines, he jumped into a rage, stood up and tore the letter to pieces.

"Yuan Yao, you are too deceptive!"

Sun Ce yelled, "I, Sun Ce, swear to heaven that I will not kill this thief, and I will not be a human being."

Zhang Hong and the accompanying generals looked at each other in blank dismay. It is estimated that Yuan Yao put forward conditions that Sun Ce could not accept, otherwise they would not be so furious.

Zhang Hong stepped forward and asked cautiously, "Marquis Wu, what conditions did Yuan Yao put forward?"

Sun Ce was so angry that he said bitterly, "He offered to exchange Taishi Ziyi for five thousand sets of armor and five thousand steel knives. It's really shameless!"

Zhang Hong laughed.

"This is Yuan Yao's exorbitant asking price. He knows that Marquis Wu will definitely not agree, so he offered a condition that Marquis Wu could not accept. He also knew it was impossible. I thought that he must have other conditions."

Zhang Hong's persuasion made Sun Ce a little more sober.

Five thousand sets of armor and steel knives are absolutely impossible.

However, Sun Ce regretted it a little. He shouldn't have torn up the letter, otherwise he could see the conditions behind and understand Yuan Yao's real asking price.

Although he regretted it in his heart, he didn't say anything, and still insisted: "He's dreaming! I won't agree to any conditions. If he doesn't let Ziyi go, I will flatten Changsha County and leave nothing behind!"

Zhang Hong understood Sun Ce's psychology, he waved his hand gently, and all the generals retreated, leaving only him and Sun Ce, Zhang Hong then whispered: "Why don't you go and check on the situation, we will think about it later Countermeasures."

The reason why Zhang Hong was so trusted by Sun Ce was that his confidants were not only talented, but also able to understand Sun Ce's heart, hypocritical, violent, and desperate for face.

Moreover, Zhang Hong is very good at talking. For example, he obviously went to Changsha to negotiate with Yuan Yao on behalf of Sun Ce, but he didn't say that, but said to find out the truth. This gave Sun Ce a step and face, and made Sun Ce speak hard. Not to slap in the face.

Sun Ce nodded and said: "Everything is based on the overall situation, Mr. Lao Zigang is here."

"Understood, let's go to Changsha County!"

Zhang Hong led a team of entourages and hurried to Changsha County without stopping.

Changsha County, Linxiang City.

Yuan Yao intentionally let out the rumor that as long as Jiang Dong exchanged things, Tai Shici and Lu Meng could be released. Five days later, the person Yuan Yao was waiting for arrived, Jiang Dong's envoy Zhang Hong.

At Yuan Yao's mansion, Huang Zu, the prefect of Changsha, walked quickly and said with a smile from a distance: "My lord, Sun Ce sent Zhang Hong, one of his staff, to discuss matters concerning Tai Shi's kindness."

Yuan Yao was stunned, and smiled slightly: "Just act according to the plan we discussed in advance, call that person, and I will tell him a few more words."

Not long after, a young Jiangdong soldier was brought over. He was wounded by an arrow and his arm was wrapped with thick linen gauze.

The name of this person is Chen Da, from Yuzhang County. This time he was captured together with Tai Shici, but at this time he has surrendered to Yuan Yao. Born, as long as you surrender, as long as you have the strength, it will not be a problem for you to do all of them, and the salary is three times that of the soldiers in Jiangdong.

Chen Da stepped forward and knelt down on one knee: "I pay my respects to Yuan Zhoumu!"

Yuan Yao quickly helped him up, and asked with concern: "How is the injury?"

"Reporting to Mr. State Shepherd, the injury is not a hindrance, and he is recovering."

Yuan Yao nodded, and smiled again: "You know what I'm going to tell you!"

"Keep your humble job in mind!"

"You have done things for me, and I will never treat you badly in the future."

Chen Da was moved in his heart, and knelt down again and said, "Master Zhou Mu, please rest assured, I will do my best to get things done, and there will be no mistakes."

Yuan Yao patted him on the shoulder, and said a few words to comfort him, and then someone took him away. Huang Zu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Let the subordinates go down and talk to Zhang Hong, or the lord will come forward in person."

Yuan Yao pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "To show my sincerity, I'd better talk to him in person, but I can take him to see Tai Shici and Lu Meng first, and then I'll talk to him in detail."

"Bang!"

An iron door was pulled open, Huang Zu turned to Zhang Hong and said, "It's right here, Mr. Zhang, come with me!"

Zhang Hong was apprehensive, and followed Huang Zu into this dark, bottomless dungeon. The dungeon was dimly lit, but very quiet, and there were no other prisoners inside. When he walked to a cell, he saw Tai Shici and Lu Meng at a glance. It turned out that he had been beaten so badly that his body was bloody and he was curled up on a wooden couch with thick iron chains tied to his hands and feet.

"General Tai Shici!"

Zhang Hong called Tai Shici several times, and Tai Shici slowly raised his head, looked at him feebly, and suddenly light appeared in his eyes.

"Whoa!"

Tai Shici dragged the iron chain and climbed to the wooden gate, and grabbed Zhang Hong's hand.

"Sir, is the Marquis Wu faction here to save me?"

Seeing his miserable appearance, Zhang Hong couldn't help but sighed, nodded and said, "I entrust you to the Marquis of Wu to find a way to rescue you."

"At the end of the day, I will lose the love of my lord, and I really have no face to face others."

Tai Shici couldn't continue, so he burst into tears.

Zhang Hong hurriedly comforted him, promising to rescue him, then he looked back out of the corner of his eye and saw the smug smile on Huang Zu's face.

"Sir, please! My lord is still waiting for you."

Zhang Hong nodded, turned around and followed Huang Zu out of the dungeon, and came directly to the prefect's office.

Huang Zu led Zhang Hong to the meeting hall, Yuan Yao was already seated in the hall, seeing Zhang Hong coming, Yuan Yao stood up with a smile.

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhang Hong Zhang, sorry for your disrespect!"

Zhang Hong hastily stepped forward and bowed deeply, saying: "Zhang Hong sees Mr. Yuan!"

People in Jiangdong don't recognize Yuan Yao's status as Yangzhou state shepherd, and Yuan Yao doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

"Sir, you are too polite, please sit down!"

"Thank you, son!"

Zhang Hong sat down, Huang Zu also sat beside him, Yuan Yao ordered someone to serve tea, and he asked with a smile: "I remember that sir, isn't he an official in Xudu?"

"Exactly!"

Zhang Hong hesitated for a while and said: "Cao's bandit has no way, the emperor is ashamed, now I have resigned from office and returned to Jiangdong, and now I am waiting for orders under the Marquis of Wu's tent."

"Mr. is really a man of pride, and I, Yuan Boping, admire him."

"Let the son laugh."

The servant served them tea, Yuan Yao picked up the tea bowl and took a sip slowly, then changed the topic back to business, and said calmly: "Sir, you should have seen General Tai Shici just now!"

"Yes, I just beg Mr. Yuan not to abuse him."

"No! How could I abuse General Tai Shici?"

Yuan Yao pretended to be surprised and asked Huang Zu next to him, and reprimanded him: "Prefect Huang, this Linxiang City is under your jurisdiction, you order someone to investigate, is there anyone who abused General Tai Shici's lynching without authorization?"

Huang Zu got up quickly, and replied: "Your subordinate will go and investigate now!"

Yuan Yao quickly stopped him, and said casually: "There is no rush now, let's talk about it later."

Yuan Yao apologized to Zhang Hong again: "I'm too busy with things, and I can't take care of many things. You also know that General Tai Shici killed many of my soldiers and made many personal enemies. Maybe someone Publicly avenging private revenge and attacking him secretly, I will never allow this kind of situation, and try to avoid it as much as possible."

Zhang Hong smiled wryly in his heart, and if he was beaten like that, it would be an understatement to avenge his personal revenge, but think about it, Tai Shici is a prisoner of war, and it is normal to suffer any kind of crime, so what if he is killed.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hong stopped mentioning the abuse of Tai Shici, continued the topic further, and asked: "The young master also knows that Marquis Wu is a hero who values ​​love and righteousness, so he naturally wants to redeem General Tai Shici, so he ordered Let me talk about the specific method of redemption? I wonder if Mr. Yuan has a plan."

"plan?"

Yuan Yao couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Didn't I write a letter to trust Tai Shici's personal soldier to take back? Didn't Sun Ce receive it?"

Embarrassment appeared on Zhang Hong's face, and he explained: "Marquis Wu accidentally lost his hand and the letter was destroyed, but he doesn't know what was written on it?"

Yuan Yao and Huang Zu looked at each other, and they both laughed meaningfully, Yuan Yao said lightly, "Since Sun Ce can't accept it, then what else is there to talk about, sir, I'm excused."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Yao stood up and was about to leave. Zhang Hong was stunned, but he immediately came to his senses and said repeatedly: "Young Master Yuan, please stay!"

Huang Zu also got up quickly, stepped forward and persuaded: "My lord, don't lose your etiquette, and show Mr. Zhang Hong some favors! Listen to his explanation."

Anger finally appeared on Yuan Yao's face, and he said coldly to Zhang Hong: "I am an enemy of Sun Ce, everyone in the world knows, I will not give him any face, Tai Shici's injury is my order, if you think it is impossible to talk Go down, then we will fight, you go back and tell Sun Ce, sooner or later Tai Shici's head will be sent, he wants to attack the city, and I, Yuan Boping, will accompany him at any time!"

Zhang Hong went forward and bowed again and again, pretending to make amends, and said: "My lord, calm down, please calm down!"

Yuan Yao snorted heavily, sat down again, and said, "Sir, it's not that I don't show you favor, it's because Sun Ce is ungrateful and ungrateful, if Mr. Nian Zai's morality and prestige were not high, otherwise I would never give in at all. "

"Thank you son, Zhang Hong is very grateful!"

After such a turmoil, Zhang Hong felt that he was much weaker. This time, it was Sun Ce who made a sneak attack first.

Zhang Hong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a bitter face, "Five thousand sets of weapons and armor are really beyond the reach of a strong man. Other than that, everything else is easy to discuss."

Huang Zu next to him began to be a good old man, and persuaded him aloud: "My lord, Tai Shici is an incompetent person. If he kills him, he will die like a rat. It is enough to change a few sets of armor."

Zhang Hong's face darkened, and he seemed to be saying good things to himself, but he was actually burying Tai Shici, but he still didn't dare to refute.

Zhang Hong begged, Huang Zu pretended to be a peacemaker, and persuaded Yuan Yao from the sidelines. Yuan Yao pondered for a while, and then reluctantly said: "Okay! I will make three more conditions. If Sun Ce still does not agree, then I will wait to give it to Tai Shici." Collect the corpse!"

……

Lujiang County, Wancheng.

Zhang Hong's face showed embarrassment, and he slowly stated Yuan Yao's three conditions. It was really difficult for him to speak, but he had to say, he sighed and said: "The third condition proposed by Yuan Yao's child , asking the lord to pay 20 shi of grain, 10 taels of gold, and [-] sets of armor."

Sun Ce's eyeballs were about to pop out, 20 shi of grain, 10 taels of gold, didn't this take him out of his pocket?

Sun Ce shook his head slowly, sighed and said, "Sir, Yuan Yao, you are really snake-hearted. If you don't agree with him, it will make the entire Jiangdong army feel cold."

Zhang Hong replied: "I also know that this condition will embarrass Marquis Wu, but Yuan Yao made it very clear that the three conditions are indispensable, and he will never give in."

"Furthermore, in Linxiang City, I saw a large number of soldiers from the Jiangdong Army surrendered to Yuan Yao'er. Under such circumstances, this man has a very high reputation in the Jingyang area, which is extremely unfavorable to the Marquis of Wu. There is a The Jiangdong soldier named Chen Da, who was originally from Yuzhang County, came to assassinate me in the middle of the night, although we saw through it, it is enough to prove that people's hearts have changed."

Sun Ce paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling extremely heavy. He couldn't understand in his heart that if he attacked again, he might not be able to capture Changsha County, and Tai Shici would definitely die.

This time, Sun Ce had no choice but to eat Coptis chinensis as a dumb man. He couldn't explain his suffering, so he had to prepare supplies according to Yuan Yao's request.

In the next ten days, Sun Ce began to fulfill his promise, and according to the three conditions provided by Yuan Yao, he sent the supplies to Linxiang City one after another.

When the last cart of grain was delivered to Linxiang City, Yuan Yaozhen didn't make things difficult. A gentleman can't chase after a word, and he kept his word, and he really let Tai Shici and Lu Meng go.

And this time the material exchange has buffered Yuan Yao's military supplies, which is really a big deal. More importantly, he is sending Liu Bei a signal that if you want to rescue Zhao Yun and Chen Dao, you are also possible.

(End of this chapter)

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