Outside Hulao Pass, the coalition camp is located.
Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Chi You, each of these three people's faces grew longer than the other. It was obvious that they had encountered a lot of troubles.
Li Chengliang, who was sitting immediately behind these three people, had an indifferent expression, obviously not caring about the troubles for Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Chi You.
In the center of the tent, Qin Ji looked troubled and was explaining something!
After Fan Ju sent a letter to Qin Zheng, he elaborated on his suggestions. On the same day, Qin Zheng had already made his decision to withdraw Han Xin from Hulao Pass and cooperate with Sima Cuo to attack Liu Bang with all his strength.
Indeed, it is indeed important for the princes of the world today to do their best to limit the development of the Jin army.
However, Qin Zheng also clearly realized that to forge iron, you need to be strong yourself. Making yourself stronger is far more effective than making the enemy weaker.
Therefore, between Liu Bang and Li Xiang, Qin Zheng quickly made his choice.
In fact, another important reason why Qin Zheng made such a choice is that the coalition forces did not achieve much progress at Hulao Pass.
During this period, although the two sides had victories and defeats, they were only small victories and small defeats. The only good thing is that Li Jing followed Guo Jia's advice. Therefore, when the two sides fight, they mainly attack Yuan Shao.
It is precisely because of this that the casualties among the coalition forces were mainly borne by Yuan Shao's people.
But for the coalition princes except Yuan Shao, this is certainly a fortunate point, but it is also a worrying point. Whoever doesn't have a few great advisers will analyze many things sooner or later.
Moreover, judging from the current progress, Qin Zheng does not see any hope of breaking through Hulao Pass.
On the contrary, at this time, when the Battle of Jingbei is over, if the Jin army mobilizes reinforcements from Jingbei, the coalition forces will be even more passive by then.
Since Qin Zheng had made the decision to withdraw his troops, he did so very neatly. He sent Qin Ji, an important figure in the clan, to personally give orders to Han Xin, so that Han Xin could ride lightly the moment he gave the order. Returning, even the other supplies in the camp were abandoned.
Naturally, it is impossible for Qin Ji to come in person just to give Han Xin such an order to withdraw troops. This kind of order can be sent by anyone, and there is no need for Qin Ji to go there in person.
The real purpose of Qin Ji's coming here was to deal with Han Xin's aftermath. He didn't even discuss it and just withdraw his troops like this. How could it have no impact, and it would still have a serious negative impact.
Qin Zheng has no intention of becoming enemies with these princes, and even with the possible exception of Yuan Shao, the other two princes Cao Cao and Chi You. Qin Zheng not only has no intention of becoming enemies with them, but is also preparing to continue to strengthen the relationship between the two sides. connections between.
Now among the princes in the world, there is no possibility that they can develop in a short period of time to rival the Jin army. Therefore, it is imperative to conduct a grand alliance of princes in the future.
Even in Qin Zheng's mind, if there is an alliance of princes next time, all the remaining princes in the world should be brought into the alliance, so that it is possible to truly defeat the Jin army.
Like these two princes alliances, only a few princes participated. As a result, they were blocked from Hulao Pass each time, and they did not play the real role of the alliance at all.
And it is precisely because he is ready for another alliance next time. Therefore, at this time, Qin Zheng believes that it is necessary to maintain the best possible relationship with other princes.
Therefore, Qin Zheng not only ordered Han Xin to withdraw his troops as quickly as possible, but also sent Qin Ji to handle the follow-up matters.
Inside the tent, Qin Ji first described in detail the reasons for withdrawing his troops. Li Tang had invaded in large numbers, and they all had too much to take care of themselves. Reinforcement was like putting out a fire, and General Han Xin returned overnight.
Next, in order to express his apology, Qin Ji expressed his feelings to the princes. In fact, these things were just materials that Han Xin could not take away when he withdrew his troops, so Qin Ji used them as waste.
After a period of relaxation, Cao Cao and Chi You had gradually digested the news, and the expressions on their faces began to calm down. They did not intend to pursue this matter in depth, but thought about how to appease them. Because after this incident happened, it had an impact on the morale of the entire army.
Cao Cao and Chi You were also keenly aware that they might need to continue the post-lease alliance to fight against the Jin army. Therefore, although he was not angry with Qin Zheng for suddenly ordering his subordinates to withdraw their troops, since the other party was on the surface, he might as well give the other party a step down, and they still needed to maintain a certain relationship.
As for the series of things Qin Ji said, they didn't believe a word of it.
It's not like they have no intelligence sources themselves, so how could they not know what Qin Zheng was busy with during this period. Indeed, Li Tang did send a large number of troops to Qin Zheng, but it did not reach the level that Qin Ji said. Otherwise, Wei Liao and Sima Cuo would not still be dealing with Liu Bang.
But as princes along the way, sometimes they can only learn to see through things without telling them, leaving enough face for both parties.
However, Yuan Shao was not so easy to talk to in the end. Cao Cao and Chi You were willing to let this page go, but Yuan Shao was not so happy.
Everyone's perspective is different, and their views on the same issue will naturally be different.
The spheres of influence of Cao Cao, Chi You and Qin Zheng are not adjacent to each other, and Cao Cao and Chi You are in a hostile relationship. The strategic goal of these two has always been the entire Central Plains, while Qin Zheng's strategic goal is The land of Hebei.
Therefore, whether it is Cao Cao and Qin Zheng, or Chi You and Qin Zheng, they will not have any conflict of interest for a long time.
But Yuan Shao is different. Even now, Qin Zheng is still fighting against Liu Bang, but he still covets the fertile land of Jizhou, and Yuan Shao, who occupies the entire Jizhou, is also coveting Youzhou.
Yuan Shao and Qin Zheng are naturally hostile. Moreover, Yuan Shao did not want his neighbor to continue to become powerful.
If Qin Zheng continues to develop like this, if this guy really annexes Liu Bang, then if Yuan Shao wants to take action against Youzhou, it will only be more troublesome.
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