In the grass army's tent, Zhang Guiba was still thinking about what Wu Yong said just now.
Yuan Shu didn't look like he was going to succeed. Leaving aside his confrontation with Wang Jing, he went north to attack Pizhou, but was defeated by Murong Shaozong's troops in Pizhou.
Murong Shaozong, as a famous general in the world, has not yet arrived.
But the troops he commanded to attack Hou Jing had already arrived, because Murong Shaozong was a descendant of Murong Ke, the former Yan Dazhong Prime Minister, and was in the same line as the Murong family of Yan State.
Therefore, his tribe united with the Murong clan of Nanyan, and the two sides worked together to annex the troops originally sent by Gaocheng of the Northern Qi Dynasty and occupy Pizhou.
Before the two sides merged, Yuan Shu got the news and took advantage of the confusion between the two sides to go north to take advantage.
However, he went north to use troops for a long time, but he did not gain any advantage. Instead, the opponent used Murong's cavalry to defeat the army. If the opponent did not pursue it vigorously, it would not be easy for Yuan Shu to withdraw.
"In addition to sweeping away those rogue horse thieves and small and medium-sized forces, Yuan Shu seems to have not defeated any powerful enemies yet!"
Such thoughts came to Zhang Guiba's mind.
Yuan Shu's family was rich, and when he arrived, he had all the civil and military personnel there, as well as a strong army.
Taking advantage of the time when countless people and numerous forces had just arrived, he took advantage of the situation to attack those forces that were still relatively weak. Nothing goes wrong.
But when the power grows.
It would not be so easy for Yuan Shu to expand externally. Whether he went north to attack Nanyan or joined forces with the Cao army to attack Zhang Lin, he suffered repeated setbacks.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guiba became more disdainful towards Yuan Shu.
Although he didn't take Yuan Shu seriously in the first place, realizing the other party's incompetence made his impression of Yuan Shu even worse.
"If nothing can be done, defecting to Wang Jing is also a way out!"
Motivated by Wu Yong's talent.
At this time, Zhang Guiba began to seriously consider what benefits he would get if he defected to Wang Jing.
At this time.
There was a sound of footsteps outside.
"General Fei and General Ma are here!"
The soldiers guarding the big tent reported outside, and then two generals in armor walked in angrily. Both of them were senior officials of the grass army who had followed Huang Chao in raising troops.
However, Fei Quangu and Ma Xiang's abilities were limited, and their reputations could not be compared with those of Shang Rang and Meng Kai who had followed Huang Chao.
In terms of horizontal comparison, their abilities are probably similar to Mu Chun and Chen Da.
"It's so deceiving!"
After Fei Quangu came in, without waiting for Zhang Guiba to ask questions, he shouted angrily: "I went to the city to beg for food and grass. Ji Ling didn't come out and didn't say anything. He also asked a petty official to come out and prevaricate."
"According to what was agreed upon when we retreated, Yuan Jun would allocate three thousand stones of food and grass to us every ten days. Today we went, but this little official only gave us half!"
One thousand five hundred stones of grain and grass is an astronomical amount for one person to eat, and it will take him a lifetime to finish.
But if tens of thousands of Cao troops were allowed to eat, they would all be finished in a few days.
There is still some food and grass in the Caojun camp, but they cannot sit back and eat nothing, so they need some food and grass from Yuan Jun as assistance.
In the eyes of the grass army generals.
They worked hard for Yuan Shu, but for Yuan Shu's grand plan, they couldn't help but lose 10,000 elite soldiers under their command, lost their own territory, and lost 20,000 to 300,000 soldiers and civilians.
What's wrong with such a big sacrifice and asking Yuan Shu to give him some food and grass? This is all as it should be!
But in Yuan Shu's view, the main reason why the troops retreated from the battle a month ago was because of the incompetence of the grass army! The general sent out had 20,000 elite troops, but he was completely wiped out by the Zhennan Army in four days.
And Zhang Guiba. In order to show his sincerity, Yuan Shu even sent his first general Ji Ling to serve as his deputy commander. Follow Zhang Guiba's command.
After the two sides formed an alliance, there were 100,000 troops!
One hundred thousand troops continuously besieged the Tang army's camp, but they couldn't take it for a long time.
Yuan Jun made such a big sacrifice, but Zhang Guiba made a mess of feathers on the ground, and could not see the slightest ability belonging to a general.
Yuan Jun did not take the opportunity to annex the Cao Army because it was for the sake of his allies. If Yuan Shu and Ji Ling were more ruthless, they would directly send troops to surround the Cao Army's camp.
There is no need to attack, as long as the army is surrounded for more than half a month, the grass army will be defeated without a fight due to lack of food and grass.
In fact.
In Suining City, Yan Xiang and Yang Hong both had such suggestions, and Yuan Shu also gave Ji Ling an order, but Ji Ling considered that the two parties were allies after all.
It made him feel a little regretful that he suddenly acted evilly, so he didn't make up his mind for the time being.
However, Ji Ling will definitely obey Yuan Shu's order in the end.
Since they are about to fall out, they will definitely not replenish the grass and grain for the Cao Army. The fifteen hundred stones of grain and grass given today are mainly to buy time for Yuan Jun to mobilize.
"What did General Ji Ling say?"
Zhang Guiba's face darkened, and a ball of anger also arose in his heart.
"We haven't even seen Ji Ling in person... We've asked each other but it's just prevarication. General, Ji Ling doesn't see us as allies at all. None of the conditions we agreed upon when we retreated have been fulfilled now!"
Ma Xiang said angrily.
"General, Yuan Shu doesn't take us seriously at all. Maybe they will do something to us at some point. We'd better leave as soon as possible!"
Fei Quangu suggested.
Zhang Guiba listened to the two talking with a cold face, and after a while he said: "It was Yuan Shu who took the initiative to send people to form an alliance, but now he treats us as beggars! Our grass army has lost all face!"
"Since Yuan Shu and Ji Ling don't give us face, we don't have to be polite to them!"
"General, do you want to attack Baize City and fall out with Ji Ling?"
Fei Quangu and Ma Xiang were startled.
"Somebody come!"
Zhang Guiba suddenly called the guards outside, "Go and invite the envoy!"
"messenger?"
The two generals in the camp were stunned for a moment, and soon they saw an old scholar being brought in. When they knew that the other person was the envoy sent by Wang Jing.
Fei Quangu and Ma Xiang were shocked. Wang Jing sent an envoy. Was he trying to recruit someone to surrender?
Now that the future of the Cao Army is uncertain, taking refuge with Wang Jing is also a way out.
As for the incident more than a month ago when the Cao Army and Wang Jing became enemies and lost 10,000 elite soldiers, Fei Quangu and Ma Xiang did not take it seriously. The soldiers of the Cao Army were all working people at the lowest level.
They were also common people before.
But after they rebelled and joined the Grass Army, they became generals with great authority and were no longer ordinary people!
No matter how many ordinary people and soldiers died, they became just numbers in their eyes.
Huang Chao rose up in rebellion and fought from the Central Plains to Lingnan, and from Lingnan to Jiangnan, conquering Luoyang and Chang'an all the way. The whole world was filled with blood and corpses.
The inner palace was burned into beautiful ashes, and the bones of the princes were trampled on in the streets.
Such wanton killing was regarded as nothing by the Cao Army. The generals of the Cao Army no longer took human life seriously.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if the ones who died are not their relatives or friends.
"I agree to General Zhennan's conditions!"
Zhang Guiba gritted his teeth and said: "Not only that, I also want to give General Zhennan a big gift... May I ask the envoy, how long will it take to send a message to General Zhennan as quickly as possible?"
Wu Yong's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt an inexplicable excitement.
He suppressed his emotions and immediately said: "The water route that the villain took when he came was to go south in a fast boat and a single boat. It can reach Quy Nhon in half a day. From Quy Nhon, he can send a message to Wanshou Kuai Ma, and he can reply in one day!"
Zhang Guiba nodded slightly, sat down immediately and quickly wrote a letter.
"Ma Xiang, you and the envoy's bodyguard will set off together to see General Zhennan and hand over this letter in person..."
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